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Originally Posted by Solid Snake
There are many problems I have with Homestuck right now, but the biggest one I have personally is that we've long past eclipsed the point where the protagonists are supposed to have some sort of plan and some sort of agency in defeating The Big Menace that's kept them down for most the plot, and yet Homestuck's premise right now seems to be "How depressing has this been? LET'S MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE HOPELESS SOMEHOW," repeat forever and eternity. Even the solutions that take us years to get to somehow only make things worse!! INCREDIBLE
Andrew: You don't win extra credits as an author by presenting your heroes with the worst possible situation ad nauseum, as if like, heroes are judged solely by the odds stacked against them
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I apologize to Snake if I'm misrepresenting his argument, but it seems clear to me that the problem he has is that Hussie could've very easily ended Homestuck like 3 years ago if he didn't just KEEP throwing more and more shit onto the conflict pile and ultimately render all that shit pointless anyways.
And like, its a problem I have with Homestuck! I loved the comic once upon a time, and I still enjoy it from time to time, because Hussie is pretty fantastic at some things (like writing character-to-character interactions for example). But there's a point where every story ought to just end for its own good and I think Homestuck passed that point around the midway point of Act 6, if not at the BEGINNING of Act 6. At this point, I primarily follow it because I'm curious as to how/when it'll end.