Maybe we'll see the end of the art style that's carried over ever since Jailbreak -you know, like the 'sprite versions' of the characters in homestuck- and he'll actually draw stuff properly, like he's been doing more and more of recently.
To be honest, though, I think a lot of the charm is the changing artstyle and the multimedia stuff. I think I enjoy it more as a comic [whether sprite, fully-proportional, other-sprite, or what-have-you]/novel/piece of music/video game/really really shitty comic/movie than I would with any of that excluded. I think that really, one of the greatest evolutions in his art style from PS to Homestuck was the increase in forms.
I.E. like the actual print comics Hussie makes and gets paid money for? Possibly.
... What, he's a professional cartoonist? I never knew.
Beyond that being what I loved most about Problem Sleuth and then Homestuck, that's obviously what Hussie likes writing. A story with a billion interlocking parts, doled out an effective sentence or so a day. I have gotten a little annoyed with Homestuck when he starts jumping around in time so you can't follow what's happening, because it's not clear what happened when, but that's what makes the informative revelations so much fun.
I like the billion interlocking parts, and I liked the crazy revelations, and I adore the off-the-wall moments when I just wind up cussing out my computer screen because I can't do anything else.
I'm talking about things like the final battle of PS, where I ended up feeling like it was just a bit too much and I was reading some religion's endlessly convoluted scripture... and frankly, I still don't have any idea as to what's happening with Homestuck, stable time loops or otherwise. What happens when? Fuck if I know. I felt like that worked really well for PS, but at this point all I understand is a vague dead count, a series of jokes I enjoyed, and something about time going backwards and forwards. I mean... yeah, it's brilliant, and yeah, the stuff coming out of nowhere is great.
The issue, I guess, is that I read PS for the "what the fuck is happening" and Homestuck has characters to whom I am somewhat more attached. PS is sort of... Dragonbally, in that you never know who's going to be dead and who isn't. There's no real death. There's just reference after reference and a bunch of weird things with windows and hiding in forts. I read it, and went "Okay, why not? This is cool."
But somehow, I feel that with this plot there's somewhat more expectation that we understand what's actually going on, or rather that we understand how much information we possess. Recaps and stuff, that just muddy the waters further... and I guess I don't quite know what to do with all of it. It's danged confusing.
So usually I would wait before linking to something like this, just in case it dies early. And I did wait. It looks like this one is going to keep going, even if it is disrupted by the artist's class times.
This is Prequel, an MSPA by Kazerad, one whose depictions of a crippled Tavros contributed to making it canon. Prepare for the tugging of heartstrings.
Ooh, thanks. Taking a look.
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