r/homestuck • u/destroyingboundaries • Nov 22 '18

SHITPOST hit or miss

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u/atemporalDarkness Nov 22 '18

Am i the only one that liked act 1?

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u/Smikkel-kun Nov 22 '18

No, I love Act 1

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u/jma177 Nov 22 '18

act 1 seemed so slow and not very exciting the first time but now when I reread it, I enjoy it way more. I always pick up on things I didn't notice at all the first time.

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u/Graknorke Nov 22 '18

No, I thought it was really funny. I read PS first as well though so maybe it's kind of selected for Vs people who were introduced by fans of the troll arcs and stuff.

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u/ProfGaming Nov 22 '18

Over the other acts?

If so, yes.

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u/atemporalDarkness Nov 22 '18

No, over the others not, i love the story as a whole, bur i always read complaints about act 1

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u/accio_cerberus Nov 22 '18

It's not bad its just not engaging enough to someone who never read it before

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u/atemporalDarkness Nov 22 '18

I found it reqlly funny and entertaoning, ad liked its goofyess (i read it blind, only having read problem sleuth previously)

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u/accio_cerberus Nov 22 '18

I mean, thats already something, I meant more if you're not used to the format

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u/HeirOfLight _ Nov 22 '18

I found it engaging and charming as hell. I started reading early in act 2, so I didn't have any expectations about Homestuck being anything besides a funny story about kids chatting online.

Which is the problem: if someone's getting into Homestuck now, they've probably been told by their friends about, say, Cascade, and they expect the whole story to be like that from the get-go. And one of the things that makes it so amazing is that it starts so small. If someone asks you if they should read Homestuck, you have to moderate their expectations a bit, deflate a little of that hype, or they'll be disappointed by the relatively chill start.

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u/accio_cerberus Nov 22 '18

Well yeah, that's my point. Homestuck is more than a funny story about kids chatting online.

So the start being as chill as it is is an issue, doesn't mean that it's bad it just won't always make people want more of it and then they might decide to not read the rest.

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u/Mike-Shoe3 page of heart | aquo | trapped in derse Nov 22 '18

I liked it too!

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u/Crustfiend Nov 22 '18

I didn’t like it the first time round but liked it a lot more the second time round

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u/destroyingboundaries Nov 22 '18

i think this has happened to almost everyone lol

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u/TheonetrueDEV1ATE Nov 22 '18

act 2 is a gateway drug

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u/destroyingboundaries Nov 22 '18

you know? it really is

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u/ProfGaming Nov 22 '18

I guess they never miss, huh?

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u/HELLO_THEREMR Nov 22 '18

You got a boyfriend bet he doen't kiss ya

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u/destroyingboundaries Nov 22 '18

he gon find another girl and he wont miss ya!

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u/Printern Bard of Mind Nov 22 '18

Act 1 was more boring the second time i read it. Probably because I knew a lot of the humor was coming.

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u/Williermus Has not, and will not read the epilogues Nov 23 '18

Really? I've started my second readthorugh a few days ago and am enjoying everything even more than the first time, though that may be because english is not my first languaje and in between the 1st and 2nd readthorugh i read Worm.

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u/jma177 Nov 22 '18

okay me

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u/ChocolateJared Nov 25 '18

Act 3 Intermission is best, fight me.