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[Someone]

One thing I find amazing is that I am already working on a crossover fic, and your title matched the one I was going to give Jimmy. Mindhive.

 

In addition, 4/13. I'm expecting Hussie to pull out an awesome.

[~~Megan~~]

I wanted to make more of a fanventure than a fic, and more of an AU than a crossover. My idea was Jimmy and the gang play Sburb. I've got a tumblr for it, neutronstuck.tumblr.com, but I haven't done much with it. I would really like to get some JN/Homestuck fans to help me work on it, and make it a group thing. If you'd like to work on with me, I'd welcome the input!

 

I'm half expecting Hussie to not post anything tomorrow. Either that, or only one panel. Or, most preferably, a huge flash.

[Chompyzilla]

He has posted a hell of a lot of panels te past couple days. I don't think he has anything planned for John's b-day more then extra bunnies being passed around.

[Someone]

@Megan: I'd be happy to help if only because my fic takes a totally different route.

As for 413, who knows what Hussie will do.

[~~Megan~~]

PM me any time! Or if you have skype, that works too.

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

(C'mon, Megan!  What happened to us plain-ol'-JN-RPing?? )

[Someone]

Part of the fun of fandoms is bringing them together. Take two great things and you get caffeine an even better great thing!

[JimmyxxCindy4EVER]

(That's what I'm doing in my RP that Megan was originally doing with me...  C'mon, Megan!! )

[~~Megan~~]

Sorry, Em. To be honest I wasn't enjoying the RP anymore, and I lost interest. Also I'm not asking Someone to RP with me, I'm looking to brainstorm with him for this crossover I want to work on. If you read Homestuck, I'd love to work on it with you too! But I don't think Homestuck is your cup of tea.

 

Speaking of, happy 4/13!!! What did you think of that upd8???

 

Spoiler

Disc 3?!?!?

[Chompyzilla]

Hell F*cking Yes!!

[~~Megan~~]

John has gone the full anime

[Chompyzilla]

You can't put the ace of moirallegiance on the 9 of kismessitude, John. Everyone knows that.

[~~Megan~~]

CAMERON HOLY JEGUS YOUR SIG IS INCREDIBLE

[Mara=^.^=]

It's amazing. After all this time, I still have NO idea what Homestuck's about.

 

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

[~~Megan~~]

You should read it! Hussie just announced an indefinite hiatus to work on the Homestuck video game instead...plenty of time to catch up! I think you'd really appreciate all the effort and skill that goes into it, as well as Hussie's wit and ingenuity. He is a fantastic storyteller.

[Mara=^.^=]

Meeehhhh....isn't it like, really long?

 

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

[~~Megan~~]

Yes. It's the longest running webcomic on the internet. However, many of the pages are single image panels, and while the first act is a little slow, the pace picks up rapidly in act two.  Homestuck isn't just a comic though. There are pesterlogs of online chats between the characters. A lot of the panels are animated gifs. Some parts of the story are told in flash animations, complete with soundtracks of fan-made music. Hussie has asked fan artists to assist him with some of these flashes. More than a few parts of the story are told through short flash games. The entire comic is a parody of a text-based adventure game and multiple aspects of geek culture, and though it has lots of action, adventure, romance, and shenanigans, it is a comedy overall.

 

When I started reading Homestuck back in August, it took me about a week to catch up, but that was a week of probably reading 12+ hours a day. I completely binged on Homestuck, and let me tell you, I was pretty hungover by the end! I didn't even bother with the fandom until I had caught up, either.  

 

My favorite thing about Homestuck is simply that it is a wonderfully told story. It makes me laugh, cry, and hack up phlegm ALL at the same time! ;P I don't know how to convince you to read Homestuck, though I encourage you to give it a try. It's the best story I've ever experienced.

[Mara=^.^=]

But it's on hiatus now? As in, no resolution in sight?

 

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

[Someone]

But it's on hiatus now? As in, no resolution in sight?

 

~*Mara*~ = ^.^ =

 

That it is. Mostly so the author can work on the game that his fans pledged $3,000,000 or so for. Perfect time to catch up, as the end won't be outpacing you.

[~~Megan~~]

The end won't be happening anytime soon, but Hussie IS going to finish it. Here's part of his explanation from the MSPA site:

 

 

"The idea last year was to finish Homestuck and then begin working on the game. But as I've started to get into the early game dev process a bit, it's become obvious I have to start working on it much sooner. As in, right now. It takes many months of drawing and programming to make a game. But nobody can start on any of that until I've done a lot of writing and planning. So what it comes down to is, either I delay finishing Homestuck by a few months, or delay the release of the game by what would probably be a lot longer than that. Considering people threw 2.5 million bucks at me to make a game, I think that choice is obvious. 

 

If I could do both at the same time, I would. But that's not realistic. Working on HS is an all consuming thing. Designing a whole game I believe will be too. It may sound obvious, but it can't be emphasized enough - entertainment takes a lot of time to create. More time than most people think. MSPA somewhat obscures that reality because I work on it as maniacally and efficiently as I can to keep the rate of output as high as possible. But the ease of production is an illusion. It is in fact a nonstop grind to generate this much material at a consistent rate. So I have to put all that on hold if I want to get anything else done."