History Heartwarming / ParadoxSpace

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* Andrew Hussie's message for the launch of the site, which just emphasizes the amount of love and work that has been put into both the story and the culture surrounding it.[[note]]
-->A young reader stands in a webcomic. A brand new webcomic, to be exact. One that has launched on the 5th anniversary of Homestuck's first page. If the thirteenth of April holds a magical place in your heart, then chances are, you are on pins and needles waiting for me to post the end of the story. It will still be quite some time before that happens. I've had too much else going on to be able to attack the remaining content with the ferocity that has been characteristic of my update schedule over the years. It is nothing short of The Greatest Tragedy that a beloved story is held hostage to the ability of a single artist to continue creating it. Which brings us to the website called Paradox Space, and the chapter it will represent in Homestuck's extended life cycle.
-->As I work on finishing the story, I tend to think a lot about where Homestuck as a creative property goes from here. It's hard to ignore the fact that it has turned into something much bigger than just a long, crazy story on the internet. It has a lot of fans, and there's a whole culture surrounding it. Friendships have been made, lives have been changed, or so people tell me. Those who like HS are extremely fond of the characters, yet those characters are trapped - "stuck" if you will - inside a very particular narrative, which itself has been at the mercy of my ability to produce it. So when I think about the future of Homestuck, I envision projects which liberate the things people love about it from the story itself, and most importantly, from my intensive personal effort.
-->So this website is the first major step in that direction. Here is the idea:
-->Paradox Space will feature many short comic stories involving literally any characters and settings from Homestuck. Any point in canon could be visited and elaborated on, whether it's backstory, some scenes that were skipped over or alluded to, funny hypothetical scenarios which have nothing to do with canon events, or exploring things that could have happened in canon through the "doomed timeline" mechanic that is a defining trait of Homestuck's multiverse-continuum known as "paradox space". There is a WHOLE LOT of fun stuff we can do here; and we will!
-->The idea is also to get a lot of different artists and writers involved. It's going to be a major team effort. Occasionally I will write some comic scripts, particularly at the onset to help get this off the ground. But I'd like that to be the exception rather than the rule. I think it will be exciting to see how a talented pool of creators can work within the HS universe, and what they will bring to these characters. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see who's contributing so far. I guarantee that list of names will expand considerably in the months ahead.
-->And a quick shout-out to those I regard as the core contributors of Paradox Space. Rachel and Kory, who are the managing editors of the content. Tauhid, who designed this sick website. And Matt, who coded this sick website. These people worked very hard to get this site up and running. They did a great job.
-->Paradox Space updates with a new page every weekday, starting this week. Next update is Tuesday, with the first page of another short story. What's it gonna be?? Believe me when I say these arcs can involve anything and anyone.
-->The first story was drawn by Zack Morrison, who is a super solid comic maker. You should take a look at his webcomic when you get the chance. It's really good! I'm not even "just sayin" that either. Why do ya think we asked him to make the first comic?? Dude's great. ;-] [[/note]]

* There's something inherently heartening about seeing Vriska and Eridan - by rights, two of the comic's most notoriously screwed-up characters - interacting in a relatively normal, lighthearted, and ''[[FunnyMoments fucking hilarious]]'' way.

* Doubling as an awesome moment, Tavros is challenged to a rap-off by AU!Dave. Tavros takes him up on it, and after a panel depicting a staredown, according to Real!Dave, Tavros "lays down some mind-blowing rhymes" [[note]]Judging by Karkat's reaction, whether he actually wrote that or if Dave is improvising is left ambiguous[[/note]]. Tavros proceeds to [[CurbStompBattle curbstomp]] AU!Dave. What sells it is the next panel. Tavros has had Dave's shades and cocky smirk for the last couple of panels, and the final panel of that page has Bro laying his hand on his shoulder rapping alongside him. So this could be seen as Dave projecting himself into the story and reading it as a fond memory with Bro that he never got to have. Also has an undertone of TearJerker.

** One of the things Karkat wished for his friends? For Terezi and Vriska to have found "some bullshit compromise." [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments He got his wish.]]

** One of the things Karkat wished for his friends? For Terezi and Vriska to have found "some bullshit compromise." [[FridgeHeartwarming He got his wish.]]

[[AC: Mother&Grub]]

* Two trolls come across Signless-Grub and want to sell him to make [[HumanResources Troll Resources]]. The Dolorosa proceeds to go Rainbow Drinker.