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Man, these aren’t getting any better are they. Oh well whatever.

Good news regarding my progress though. Since yesterday, I’ve managed to reach the point where I caught up, and have made stern progress, completing Act 5. I’m in Act 6 Act 3 now. I’m starting to think I might actually have some sort of a shot catching up on or by the 13th. I’d prefer before, because I can only imagine how many pages and pages and pages of liveblogs I have to catch up on, not to mention a lot of other social channels I’ve been quiet on trying to pull this off.

I always thought it was pretty impressive I caught up where I did (about 4000ish pages) in a total of about 4 days when I started reading. I mean it probably still is objectively, especially considering my lack of sleep during that period. But considering I have not really been reading with nearly that kind of dedication, I feel like I’m not lagging too far behind all things considered. I guess I’ve been skimming in some places, barely reading in others. A lot of stuff went over my head the first time but I was probably paying closer attention to the conversations. Pretty much any flash would get a multitude of viewings before I moved on. I guess pretty much knowing how most of it goes lets me absorb each page very quickly and move along, even when I’m into it.

Dunno if my level of interest is tied to the particular parts themselves or just my mood sort of rising and falling throughout the day, but I’ve been pretty rigorous today. I did kind of have to push myself in a couple places that I might not have thought I would, but that’s been pretty uncommon. Also, Act 6 is moving pretty briskly so far. I’ve done a reread before, but I don’t really remember taking notice of its pacing or length.

Guess I should talk about that a little. It still does feel to me like the breadth of storytelling takes a pretty significant step with Act 6. Prior to that, stuff just kinda... happens. It’s really pretty similar to Problem Sleuth. Stuff happens, and it’s all complex and labyrinthine and puzzling, but in the end, it’s just kind of stuff happening that doesn’t have a great deal of significance. At least, that applies to a lot of the “big” stuff, like the scratch, bec noir, and most of what really moves the plot along.

Granted, there is a good deal of emotional & character stuff too, largely to do with the trolls. And there are these themes of like. Morality at play. But Act 6 starts to kick off the deeper meaning of the sburb roles, the classes and aspects, retroactively redefining a lot of past stuff and creating this really deep framework to analyze practically the whole story, past and future.

Acts 1-4 are practically like laying the groundwork for the whole story, building things up slowly and steadily. Act 5 is when it started to get attention and the whirlwind phenomena and flashy coolness of it make it something exciting, memorable, epic, and awesome. Act 6 starts to introduce, or at least really explore, themes and ideas for which the groundwork had been laid that make the story seem so much deeper. Maybe give it the sort of literary weight to deserve the praise and attention persons such as myself like to lavish on it. And since I’m breaking it into fourths, I’m sure Act 6 Act 6 probably has a profound effect of its own, too. Um, if something occurs to me when I get to that point, I’ll come back to this.

And, yeah, that’s gonna be a thing. If I’m going to stand a chance of catching up, I’d like to make it up to at least A6A5 by tonight. But I dunno, I’m feeling like I might give it a rest soon. We’ll see.

Nobody is reading this. I sure hope not anyway. I could definitely stand to think about all this some more, and present it maybe in a more accessible and succinct package. I guess this has kind of rekindled my interest in discussing the comic. Maybe I’ll create opportunities to do just that soon.

#daily_doodle #art #Homestuck #rambling

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