Blog: Let me tell you about Homestuck

Homestuck. It is amazing. Really.

Anyways, let me just tell you about it. It's sort of a creation story but also like a video game at the same time. It's told in a style of text adventure. But with pictures. It's about four kids who start playing a new game, called Sburb. However, it turns out Sburb is something that starts the end of the world.
There are many characters in homestuck. There are even more things to remember about them. I don't even want to go into listing them all. The comic itself is very long, and forms itself through panels, flashes, games and textlogs. Time travel, alternate timelines and alternate worlds make up most of the plot. It's often based in satire of many things, itself included. It can be sad and it can be terrifying. The characters are composed well enough that, even if you don't know them well (or have trouble keeping track like I did) they will grow on you.
I got into Homestuck through maybe a week of reading (like I said, it's very long.) I had first heard of it through the Hetalia fandom. Apparently, there's some sort of feud between the two fandoms. Curiosity got me to look it up, and I lost interest about ten pages in.
I tried again a year later (Just this year), and was hooked. I love the characters and the freshness of the plot. I'm a sucker for setting in stories, and I love the world Homestuck takes place in. It's full of clever plot twists and self-referencing. Also, it has it's own catchy music.
I suggest you don't give up for a while. The beginning starts out slow, but picks up pace maybe round the second act.

Lovely print I seriously want right here. Also, this probably needs a spoiler warning or something. Just don't look too carefully.