[ SECRET POST #1799 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1799 ⌋


Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Notes:

IP logging is on because of the youtube redirects.

Secrets Left to Post: 06 pages, 144 secrets from Secret Submission Post #257.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 2 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeats ]
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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Well sorry to break it to the people who think they know better, because he did plan major plot points--he has said it a bunch of times--written paragraphs about it too. And even if it weren't like that, so what? People like it BECAUSE it's a different approach to storytelling and characterization, nothing we've previously seen before in a webcomic. Just because there's already a format for storytelling, it does not mean that a writer cannot decide to take another approach. It only looks bad to a lot of people because they've already been dogmatically conditioned to follow a certain flow and cannot/are not willing to break away from it. Hussie already knows that there are a lot risks he's taking with this; the comic was an experimental way to explore different media and concepts. He knows it has faults (we know--the sane ones at least!), but he is willing to take the damage if it means it'll teach him or us something in the long run.
I'll agree though, that some people would rather see than read. Personally, I think it takes far more effort and creativity from the viewer if they are asked to read and envision a character's conversation in their minds instead of being handed out the visuals.

I am willing to give you the "it's not deep" point of view, yeah--it's a freaking web comic--not The fucking Brother's Karamazov. It can, however, touch on the whole coming-of-age theme really well considering the strong reactions he gets from his audience.
YET it IS objectively complex. The structure of the story has layers upon layers of subplots to take into account, all of which are not banal in the grands scheme of things--they all serve a purpose. However, if you're referring to the thematic of the story, then you have to take into account through WHOSE POV we're watching the story progress: Most of the times you'll be seeing it from the kids' POV. Kids don't see the world as complex as adults do--most don't have existential crisis during lunch break. If the characters had been adults, then yeah we might have something to work with here, but no, they're kids and we see it the way they see it.
Also another HUGE THING we're all missing, this comic is supposed to make you laugh--laugh at yourself; the gamer culture, hipsters, fangirl shippers, furries, dorky kids, hackers, the bubbly airhead chicks, fashionistas, and kids who take themselves far too seriously. So I don't really see anything wrong with Hussie "catering" to the "internet people", since there's already a shitton of shows and books out there that do the same--only to a different "mainstream demographic". So really what I'm saying is "You don't like it? Fine, you can't please everyone and that's just things go, but don't think yourself the authority to say what is good and what is not."

P.S: I also kind of hate the fandom from time to time, to the point that I'm glad I know no one irl who reads Homestuck.

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[(Anonymous)]

I just totally misspelled The Brothers Karamazov. I need to sleep.