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Every time I see the black horned guy with the sword in his chest, he's pictured doing something creepy or awesome. Now I see him getting hit in the head with a newspaper. I don't even know what to think anymore.

Those are actually ears since he's part dog at that point.

Which is actually the reason he's letting Jade hit him with a newspaper in that scene (she used to be the dog's owner, so he's compelled by dog instincts to be loyal and obedient to her).

That's really all you need to know about him. Those aren't horns, those are ears. One part murderous gangster, one part god, one part dog. (the simplified version is he fused with a god dog. Phenominal power, but still a dog). Which means he's bound by the inescapable love a dog has for their master.

Annnd Homestuck has stolen my idea for a novel again.

I've had a million ideas that I've seen show up in other works and I understand it can be disappointing, but it's also kind of neat. All these different themes and images are repeated in stories over and over, because they have some kind of meaning to us. We might not remember what is exactly, but we keep creating stuff, partly to figure it out, or because we want to play with a concept and see how we can make it different.

This is gonna sound harsh, but the difference between you and Hussie is that Hussie actually wrote his thing and put it out there. I'm saying this to encourage you, not to put you down--I also have a bunch of vague ideas that have yet to be turned into anything worth reading. But don't give up on an idea just because something similar is in another story. All that's gonna do is make you miserable. Write your novel, work on it, and hopefully share it with the world someday. I guarantee, it won't be Homestuck. It will have the same universal themes that show up in every story (think of them as atoms). It might make someone think "Hm, this reminds me a little of Homestuck." But that's a good thing, I personally love stories that remind me of other stories I like. But Hussie is Hussie (and not to mention he had a LOT of reader-input for the first couple of acts and still gets ideas from his fandom), and you are you. You have different things to say and different ways of saying them.

Thanks for the advice, but I was 80% joking.

Okay then this is aimed at the other 20%.

SA I'm kind of at a block right now, so it is appreciated. :)

Oh good.

...sometimes I need to remind myself, too.

Hell, Diana Wynne Jones did it way back in 1975, minus the gangster bit. There's room in the world for more than one nigh-omnipotent-entity-saddled-with-the-instincts-of-a-dog story.

Edited 2013-09-29 22:08 (UTC)

Think of it as a challenge.

They're dog ears!

He's not as awesome as he thinks he is. But that's what makes him one of my favorites.

oops i guess we dogpiled you sorry

Edited (get it) 2013-09-29 21:17 (UTC)

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