Tag: homestuck

prokopetz:

prokopetz:

You know, I think those articles comparing Homestuck to works of classic literature may be closer to the mark than many folks realise. I mean, let’s go down the list:

  • Takes forever to get going
  • Way too many viewpoint characters, many of whom are only introduced two-thirds of the way through the text
  • Careens wildly between narrative and epistolary formats
  • Long, stylistically affected dialogues, especially in situations where you wouldn’t think there’d be time to stop and chat
  • Repeated digressions about peripherally relevant worldbuilding details, often focusing on characters who play little or no role in the actual plot
  • Sentimental preoccupation with a very specific era of popular culture
  • Strongly opinionated narrator who appears to have some sort of romantic obsession with one of the female leads
  • Kills off half its speaking cast

  • Published piecemeal, alternating large bursts of content with lengthy hiatuses
  • The author isn’t getting paid by the word, but it feels like he should be

Victor Hugo would be proud, is what I’m saying.

(For those who are unsure whether this is a callout post of Andrew Hussie or a callout post of Victor Hugo, I encourage you to examine your assumption that it can only be one of those two things.)

maplestrip:

17776football:

themagicruby:

notahomestuck:

17776football:

pyrlspite:

we need a new genre for stuff like homestuck, 17776, bill wurtz, car boys ect that’s just “internet”

euumm, “mixed media webcomics” ? something like that

“Cosmic Comedy”, a genre that I think would also encompass welcome to night vale

My high school had a class about shit like this, called “experimental literature” which I think is pretty encompassing

I like the experimental part, hmm. maybe “experimental web media”?

Ok, so I see people here confusing two things:

>Adventure webcomics, a format that fits Homestuck, Ruby Quest, Awful Hospital, Neokosmos, and a lot of other stuff. It arguably fits 17776 as well, though it’s a bit more infinite canvas-y than usual.

>This kind of “Internet” genre centered around the nature of “internet culture” and fandon, often using a lot of overly compressed images and stuff like that. These are hard to categorize but are certainly independent of genre.