You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Basically I get the feeling this is gonna be one of these videos where he does minimal research into what he's reviewing, but acts like he knows everything about it. Inevitably this results in him being like "THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!!!", resulting in people pointing out that whatever he's ranting about was, in fact, explained in some other part he didn't look at.
Homestuck's fandom is obsessive enough that I can't imagine they'd react well to that kind of idiocy...but they're also obnoxious enough that I can't really feel sorry for them.
But I can't really feel sorry for Linkara, either. Especially since this is a paid video.
I'm fond of Google Drive, especially since I was working on a ticking timebomb of a laptop up until now and making sure my stuff wouldn't get wiped out was important
That said, I only want to use it for school/work stuff. Personal stuff stays on the personal place.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
oh christ i'm not even to the theme song and he's starting already
he says people told him not to start at Act 1 because not much happens story-wise there and he's like "but if I'm gonna start a story, I want to start at the beginning!"
oh christ i'm not even to the theme song and he's starting already
he says people told him not to start at Act 1 because not much happens story-wise there and he's like "but if I'm gonna start a story, I want to start at the beginning!"
this is going to be painful to watch
Well he's right.
It's not like Doctor Who, or Batman, it's a huge cluster of densely interconnected continuity.
He's an older guy who has two kids and reviews Star Trek episodes mostly. The way he works is that he'll take donations to review certain things, usually more Star Trek but sometimes movies, episodes of other games, or shows. Someone gave him money to review Madoka, and to his surprise, he ended up liking it.
This lead to a fan giving him 100 dollars to review a terrible yuri fanservice show most weaboos don't like.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I dunno, like, if you're going to read Homestuck for your own enjoyment, start at Act 1
But if you're going to make a video about it because a fan paid you to, and your fans are telling you what parts they want to see, shouldn't you...you know...give them what they want?
Hm. i don't think it's fair to accuse someone of an "irrational grudge" just because they don't like a comic, but otherwise that's a good point.
When i first started reading Homestuck, there was stuff i didn't much like; the toilet humour was kind of puerile and made me think it was going to be pretty bad. However, the rest of it was mostly funny to me, and by the end of Act 1, i was already quite intrigued and wanted to see where it would go.
Of course it got a lot better, but i think you kinda have to get through Hussie's clowning around at the start. If you skip to the action and the drama, you're only going to be put out when the goofiness makes a recurrence, which it does fairly often. Whereas if you enjoyed the beginning, the comic only gets better from there, i think.
For whatever weird reason I find it kinda sweet that Justice is following a few people I know IRL through either odd coincidence or through my knowing them.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Has Homestuck changed that much in the past few years? 'Cause I remember in like 2011-12 the common wisdom was "if you find the beginning boring, skip ahead a few chapters"
Or was that only something you say to people who don't really want to read Homestuck?
I was saying "irrational grudge" because Jane started disliking it because she was told to skip around like people told Linkara to. You are probably right that I was a bit too sharp there, though.
I still stand by my bafflement at people who tell other people to skip around in Homestuck, though, because in my experience that just leads to people disliking the comic. Jane was just the first example that came to mind.
Speaking for myself, I avoided reading Homestuck for too long because I suspected it was too pointlessly overwrought for me to really care about it. The over-explanation in Act 1 didn't help me with that suspicion when I first tried to read it.
I only started really thinking otherwise once I tried reading it again and made it up to the Intermission. In retrospect, if someone had just told me to keep reading until then back when I first read it, I probably would've gotten into Homestuck much earlier than I did.
Has Homestuck changed that much in the past few years? 'Cause I remember in like 2011-12 the common wisdom was "if you find the beginning boring, skip ahead a few chapters"
Or was that only something you say to people who don't really want to read Homestuck?
people have always said that, and they have always been wrong
or maybe that works for some people, but i think it would just confuse and irritate most people
certainly it would have confused the heck out of me
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
*pulls up in a 4-door compact car with the license plate NOT ROYL*
Hi! I'm Ellen Smithee. Sure is a great day to be a normal high school girl and not at all a princess, isn't it?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
(Is the license plate too subtle? Maybe I should add a bumper sticker that says "PRIVATELY OWNED MOTOR VEHICLE" next to a picture of a crown with a 'no' symbol over it)
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
It's so in character for Walmart to react to a mass shooting not by refusing to sell guns, but refusing to sell Confederate flags. The perfect empty gesture to pretend they care about something other than money.
given the governor's fucking insane "we're not taking it down because i haven't heard CEOs complain about it" i think the country is almost banalized enough that it wraps around to less than pointless
I was saying "irrational grudge" because Jane started disliking it because she was told to skip around like people told Linkara to. You are probably right that I was a bit too sharp there, though.
I still stand by my bafflement at people who tell other people to skip around in Homestuck, though, because in my experience that just leads to people disliking the comic. Jane was just the first example that came to mind.
I've actually tried both approaches and found the comic really uninteresting both times.
That was years ago so I might feel different now, but also Peak Homestuck was a long time ago and it doesn't seem like something I'd be into on its own merits, so there's not much a reason nowadays.
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Linkara irritates me and i derive no enjoyment from his videos
i like Homestuck too much to hear it get the treatment he usually gives to comics
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
It's not like Doctor Who, or Batman, it's a huge cluster of densely interconnected continuity.
i mean yeah he's ignoring their advice like he knows better when he presumably doesn't
but it's bad advice, it gets off to a slow start but if you don't start from the beginning you miss stuff
He's an older guy who has two kids and reviews Star Trek episodes mostly. The way he works is that he'll take donations to review certain things, usually more Star Trek but sometimes movies, episodes of other games, or shows. Someone gave him money to review Madoka, and to his surprise, he ended up liking it.
I think there are paralles here.
Fuckin' A.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
But if you're going to make a video about it because a fan paid you to, and your fans are telling you what parts they want to see, shouldn't you...you know...give them what they want?
if he wanted to start from the beginning he should have done it in his own time, in that case
Would you really want that instead?
When i first started reading Homestuck, there was stuff i didn't much like; the toilet humour was kind of puerile and made me think it was going to be pretty bad. However, the rest of it was mostly funny to me, and by the end of Act 1, i was already quite intrigued and wanted to see where it would go.
Of course it got a lot better, but i think you kinda have to get through Hussie's clowning around at the start. If you skip to the action and the drama, you're only going to be put out when the goofiness makes a recurrence, which it does fairly often. Whereas if you enjoyed the beginning, the comic only gets better from there, i think.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
For whatever weird reason I find it kinda sweet that Justice is following a few people I know IRL through either odd coincidence or through my knowing them.
Or was that only something you say to people who don't really want to read Homestuck?
I still stand by my bafflement at people who tell other people to skip around in Homestuck, though, because in my experience that just leads to people disliking the comic. Jane was just the first example that came to mind.
Speaking for myself, I avoided reading Homestuck for too long because I suspected it was too pointlessly overwrought for me to really care about it. The over-explanation in Act 1 didn't help me with that suspicion when I first tried to read it.
I only started really thinking otherwise once I tried reading it again and made it up to the Intermission. In retrospect, if someone had just told me to keep reading until then back when I first read it, I probably would've gotten into Homestuck much earlier than I did.
or maybe that works for some people, but i think it would just confuse and irritate most people
certainly it would have confused the heck out of me
I am still amazed that man spent ten minutes of a review talking about costumes that appeared for two minutes in a 20 hour game.
Hi! I'm Ellen Smithee. Sure is a great day to be a normal high school girl and not at all a princess, isn't it?
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
That was years ago so I might feel different now, but also Peak Homestuck was a long time ago and it doesn't seem like something I'd be into on its own merits, so there's not much a reason nowadays.
I did get into Steven Universe though, and I'm glad I did.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead