#HUSSIE

[brawnie]

The first 10 or so panels of homestuck are so wildly important to establishing the nature of homestuck. It’s a give and take between author and audience, wherein both parties are trolling each other through the story. You read homestuck and in doing so you write homestuck. This is the main character of this story. What will you name him? Zoosmell pooplord? Fuck you. Where are his arms? They’ve been there the whole time you moron. The relationship between author and reader must be GENUINELY antagonistic, because that’s the basis of which the comic is built on. This is why, fundamentally, it does not work as a corporate product. You can’t truly antagonize a consumer base you’re trying to market to, and if you fail to antagonize them, you lose the core thread of what makes homestuck unique. In this essay I will

#homestuck #Andrew hussie #hussie #viz media #what pumpkin #this is what happens when I start to read homestuck fanfics again #the brainrot is everlasting

[ballsalsda]

ignore the amount of effort put into the hussie drawing

#hs #homestuck #art #fanart #john egbert #john #john homestuck #andrew hussie #hussie #shit #shitpost #homestuck art #homestuck fanart

[derseprinceoftbd]

This is a rant I've been meaning to get off my chest for a while, but the conception on Tumblr, AO3, and sometimes here, that Jake is capable of "teasing" Dirk, and all that implies, irks me deeply.

Let me be clear: Jake English is not self-aware. He, in Canon, never does anything resembling self-awareness, maturity, emotional boldness, or anything else that requires a spinal column. This includes apologizing to anyone, talking about his problems in a way that doesn't end up being selfish, teasing someone, particularly Dirk, or transitioning. (I maintain this especially; he does not have the boldness, maturity, self-awareness, or nerve to have transitioned his gender presentation pre-Act-6.)

He has an *understanding* of pranks, if we allow Paradox Space as evidence, but that's it. He makes *Tavros* look like a fully-roleplayed-into-Class-shift Lord.

You know what the popular Fandom perception of Jake, as a member of a DirkJake relationship, lines up with? *John*, before his main writing trait became a deep, all-consuming depression and repression thing.

Like, John’s original Act 5 and earlier characterization before his underreaction to his dad's death and the spiral that sent him down towards his current "transition would not save her" characterization is what people use for Jake (charming, funny, actually seems to have his shit together enough to maybe be transmasc (man, remember *transmasc John*?), and, most importantly, seemingly capable of dealing with the levels of vaguely sociopathic bullshit that an even-close-to-accurate Dirk would throw at him), but DirkJohn/JohnDirk is less popular, to the point of not having a consensus order, simply because Jake and Dirk are *coded* as liking each other.

I think a lot of people miss that DirkJake is fundamentally the Equius of relationships; Hussie isn't one of those writers that feels pride in finding pathos in the ridiculous, but spiteful glee and humor. He genuinely does not care if he accidentally touches people's hearts in a way that doesn't involve Dave, or *maybe* Vriska. The fact is, DirkJake is a joke relationship, which is spelled out very clearly in their conversation.

You know, their conversation. The one they have together. The time we see someone who is actual Dirk Strider, not Hal pretending, not Aranea co-opting a memory, not a Brain Ghost, talking to Jake. That time.

Yeah, that doesn't exist. DirkJohn has as much conversational basis as DirkJake.

Edit:

LESS! GAME OVER! "I FAILED"! LESS!!!

DirkJake is a joke, a long, subtle one being made on everyone who saw Dirk's affections and immediately wanted him to get together with his disabled(?) ongoing harassment victim. Hussie was having a lot of fun making it seem like Jake found it important in the Masterpiece, I'll tell you that much.

@thelifetimechannel/@geejaysmith/@clonerightsagenda did magnificently wringing blood from this stone, I really do mean that, their Alphas are genuinely written better than Canon for 3/4, but that's all it ever was; every DirkJake writer is the YouTube comments under [this video](https://youtu.be/B7bpv5xyrOY?si=wYTCFDHM5ZzOY8fp) saying Equius could ever have been more than what he was.

TL:DR

1, Jake is pathetic, and we should remember this.

2, Hussie is a jackass who hates us one and all for the sin of caring and everything he has done with this franchise since maybe EOY2 has had an ulterior motive, and we should remember this.

3, Most people who write longfics set in SBURBless AUs, whether normalcy or fantasy, and want to ship Dirk and Jake should really be shipping Dirk with John, since now that history of Dirk-Jake interactions that justifies the ship in-Universe is gone at the Author's leasure, John would have the dynamic they want, and they talk *exactly as much*.

4, If you want to trans Jake, [there's a sensible way to do that](https://archiveofourown.org/works/8619856), but there's no in-character way to make him transmasc.

5, Read DDOTA, I beseecheth of you. Like yeah the Striders are emotional to a kinda weird degree but apart from that they really got everyone down right.

#dirkjake #dirk strider #jake English #pistol pony rodeo #Alpha kids #alpha kids meta #Homestuck #Homestuck meta #hs meta #dirkjohn #johndirk #dirkjake meta #double death of the author #ddota #tlcstuck #equius zahhak #andrew hussie #hs fic #hs fics #hs fic meta #transmasc jake #jake meta #jake english meta #jakedirk #john egbert #dirk strider meta #Homestuck shipping meta #hussie

[ceno8yte]

I may sound insane here, but I swear to GOD there was like, a series Discord screengrabs from Hussie around the PQ/Post-Epilogue/HS2 that was elaborating on some plot points that were posted to Aysha on (IIRC) Twitter. I'm specifically looking for this one where he was talking about how Vriska's obsession with Nic Cage was like wanting a father figure rather than a romantic thing? I know these posts also included stuff like Sollux being a trans man and some shit with Eridan and Shrek that had appeared for like, one frame in Collide. At least ONE person has this shit on hand, right? Help me out here.

#homestuck #hom3stuck #vriska #vriska serket #sollux #sollux captor #eridan #eridan ampora #hussie #andrew hussie #pesterquest #pq #homestuck 2 #hs2 #home22tuck #sorry 4 overtagging i just wanna get this post around

[mrkarkalicious]

So yeah!!!

#homestuck #hussie #andrew hussie #hussie does meth #i was cackling

[fiptuna00]

<3

orig pic:

#homestuck #homestuck sketch #andrew hussie #hom3stuck #lord english #Hussie

[homestuckexamination]

I'm not convinced Mituna isn't bad representation. Of course, there is a lot of dubious stuff in Homestuck. And I'm not saying you can't consume something critically. But I can't help feeling a hypocrite for boycotting Rowling and continuing to ignore the dubious stuff in homestuck (especially the use of the r*t*** word). I guess you could say that at least Hussie developed and learnt from their mistakes (not true for Rowling is it)... Is that a good enough excuse to continue to like Homestuck?

Yeah no, I said I don't think I could say he's good rep, at all.

However, I am going to make my stance on this very clear. 'Especially the use of the r slur'.

Homestuck is an indie Fandom Internet thing, that started as a parody of CYOA comics of the era, and has humor that is very of its era, as well as inherent biases of Hussie being a white American- Including, as you mentioned, the use of slurs, or racial insensitivity, and ableist stuff through the entirety of its run.

It doesn't matter how much you hate Homestuck. It doesn't matter whether you think any of this is redeemable or forgivable. Without even looking at the Authors and what they've done with their fame, Harry Potter is a mainstream franchise to an extent Homestuck could never be. Homestuck is an Internet Meme. Harry Potter is a Cultural Phenomenon. If you find a lone Homestuck reference in some new TV show, you point at it in surprise like "WHAT?". If a series has an Entire Episode parodying Harry Potter, it's almost basically expected. Even if they were equivalent in what they do wrong- With they're not- The reach and impact of these two franchises are entirely incomparable.

But then take, also, the Authors of the content. Hussie grew up alongside their work, work which queer youth related to, and they embraced it, and even eventually came out as non-binary themself. They let WP handle the franchise, with Hiveswap and HS^2- Regardless of what your personal opinion on the WP Team and any of what they've done may be, it's a largely queer group of artists and writers and musicians, who were given an 'official' blessing by Hussie to go wild, and they brought a lot of creativity and good rep to the table and interesting talking points. Take Homestuck. Take Psycholonials. At its core, there's an inherently queer, leftist narrative, interesting conversation regarding identity and what it means to Be, and growing up in different circumstances, and being friends with a bunch of people online, and dealing with the climate of world around us.

Then take Rowling, who's used her fame to promote blatant transphobia and cause harm- Tangible, real harm in UK Politics, to trans youth, who's emboldened transphobes and strengthened the TERF Movement, and whose work is entrenched in antisemitism, among other things, whose most recent work reads like an 'I'm not owned, I'm not owned!' scream villifying trans disabled youth and painting an analogue for herself as some helpless victim, and it's like...

I'm not saying Homestuck is perfect, god no. I am not saying you have to like it. I'm not saying you have to forgive Hussie for any of the times they have fucked up, or that they're beyond criticism. But dear God they're not the same, they're on two completely different scales, and if your sense of morality makes you feel that liking Homestuck is the same as liking Harry Potter, you need to re-evaluate how you gauge morality and harmful media.

And on that topic...

'Is there an excuse?' Why are you seeking, externally, for an excuse to consume media? Why do you need external validation in order to determine whether media is 'redeemable' before you can consume it? Only you can determine how much you can put up with Something until it becomes Not For You. Personally? I think what Hussie tried to convey with Homestuck, its themes, its characters, and the kind of author Hussie has shown to be, as well as how Homestuck has developed in general over the years, is really nice, and I still enjoy Homestuck, and I am going to keep enjoying Homestuck, no matter how many prior points are framed as problematic, or how many times something Hussie said once is brought up, unless Hussie did like, a 180 turn and started weaponizing Homestuck for queer hatred and an overt call to genocide or shit like that, which... Doesn't just happen, you know- Meanwhile in that same vein, Harry Potter has become entrenched, in my mind, with all the harm Rowling has caused, its monetization is being actively used to harm people like me, and Terfs have co-opted it entirely as a Dogwhistle. Those are my values. That's what I believe. Your values and what you believe may differ from mine.

Don't look to the Internet and Popular Opinion for advice. Don't look for 'problematic points' and 'redeemability'. You can enjoy absolute trash that has a lot of problems just because you like it and you don't think it's like, harmful. You can be uncomfortable by problematic points in a series others tell you is good, because you can't handle that kinda stuff, and decide not to watch it.

There's no gauge.

This is not to mean you shouldn't trust people's opinions or anything but like... Don't look to others for morality trying to excuse yourself like it feels shameful otherwise. Inform yourself through what they say, but make your opinion yourself, once informed.

#Homestuck #Harry Potter #HSE #TERF Stuff #TERFs #Hussie #JK Rowling #Ableism #Racism #Queerphobia #Transphobia

[snailpilled-and-based]

I made these like I think last year 😭😭 Someone else edited Will Wood to be a cat boy..I only added the blush and flower crown 🤫

Anyways these are satire 😭😭 I also just miss those corny flower crown edits 💔

Will Wood ones are dedicated to @onlyicanhavepizza 🗣️🗣️🗣️

#Andrew Hussie #Hussie #Jimmy Urine #Will Wood #flower crown edits #yes that is a twenty one pilots lyric on the will wood photo.

[scratchesrainbows]

sillyscratch got too sillay!! 🤣 (old art)

non-satured ver

remaking this. maybe. i dunno! no i dont hate hussie to the point i want him to die lol. i just think it would be funny if sillyscratch killed (self-insert) hussie

13 MAR 2024

#🌞 #💊 #🎀🪽 #🏡🌈 #homestuck #homestuck fanart #homestuck au #the felt #doc scratch #andrew hussie #hussie #im not tagging rose since shes so tiny. sprry rosey posey 😅 #tw gore #cw gore #tw heavy blood #tw blood #cw blood

[sociallyanxiousdragon]

you gotta refresh my memory, what did hussie say about the epilogues?

I swear to got this used to be hosted on homestuck.info and SPAT but I can only find the reddit post with it (outside of linking to That Podcast lmao)

It's "The Homestuck Epilogues: Bridges and Off-Ramps", the statement Hussie wrote for That definitely not official homestuck podcast to read

#ask jax #gaphic #homestuck #jax yacks #beyond canon #epilogues #hussie

[assi9]

happy anniversary on being stuck in the house or whatever

#homestuck #413 #alternia #anniversary #hussie #rereading this recently #garbage (complementary) #trolls #hiveswap

[freackthejester]

He's got such distinctive handwriting.

Hussie Vandalized book, it's here if you haven't seen this yet.

#i say stuff #homestuck reread #hussie

[faygofountains]

Attention New York homestucks! We at BxCosplay will be hosting a 413 anniversary celebration this month on the 22nd!! *Link here*

Come enjoy snacks, vendors, and activities with other fellow homestucks!

I will be vending and cosplaying as Jade! I hope to see some of ya’ll there!

We are also looking for cosplayers to volunteer and help us make this event even better. If interested you can message me or message us on our Instagram

Spread the word, please and thank you!!

#hs #homestuck #hiveswap #friendsim #pesterquest #This was suppose to be the 15th but things got changed #homestuck 2023 #413 #happy 413 #john egbert #jade harley #rose lalonde #dave strider #beta kids #alpha kids #alpha trolls #beta trolls #hussie #homestuck event #Nyc homestuck event

[derseprinceoftbd]

It's so deeply deeply sad that if you dig into Cybersmith lore he is exposed as obvious satire. Like the moment I saw him saying "fr*cking" everything else just lost its lustre. Like now *at best* he's like a Hussie or Jreg, like a half-man-half-The-Bit type deal.

#cybersmith #human pet guy #jreg #hussie #andrew hussie #the cybersmith

[cardgameengineer]

Happy 413 to my fellow homestucks!

#homestuck #pesterchum #hussie #413

[shawtyalilbaddieshemylilbo]

downtown brown

#homestuck #hs #sollux captor #vriska serket #dave strider #dirk strider #equius zahhak #nepeta leijon #karkat vantas #terezi pyrope #jade harley #tavros nitram #gamzee makara #rose lalonde #aradia megido #feferi peixes #jake english #hussie #kanaya maryam #i sat down for 9 hours and made this. why. i dont know