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11[[caption-width-right:1000:You have a feeling it's going to be a long day.]]
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13->''"I don't merely '''draw''' Homestuck... (Click "==>", I am about to make a joke.)" [[labelnote:==>]]\
14I '''CONJURE''' THIS INTREPID FANTASYSCAPE WITH TEARS BLED FROM THE WISDOM-WEARY EYES OF FIFTY THOUSAND IMAGINARY MAGICIANS. I PULL HEAVY DRAGS FROM THE BRUMES OF INSPIRATION WITH ENCHANTED BELLOWS MARAUDED FROM A GUILD OF CHURLISH MYTHICAL DWARVES. VAST BULBOUS RIDDLESPIDERS PUSH THE SILKEN STRANDS OF PURE WHIMSY THROUGH HIDEOUS ABDOMINAL SPINNERETS AND IT IS THAT WITH WHICH I WEAVE THIS AUDACIOUS COCOON OF EXQUISITE LIES. AND WHEN IT HATCHES A GREAT MOTH OF TITILLATION WILL AWAKEN AND ROAR AND BEAT ITS WINGS, AND THE POWDER SETTLING DOWN WILL ARREST THE HUMORS OF AN ENORMOUS TERRIBLE OLD BEGGAR, RELAXING THE VULTUROUS LEATHERY VICEGRIP HE'S FIXED AROUND YOUR CAPTIVE MIND.[[/labelnote]]''
15-->-- '''Creator/AndrewHussie''', [[https://www.homestuck.com/story/1677 this page]]
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17'''[[{{Doorstopper}} > Begin reading excessively verbose document.]]'''
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19A sort of InteractiveComic/Flash game hybrid, ''[[https://www.homestuck.com/ Homestuck]]'' is the fourth and latest series of ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'', a series of web comics done in the style of old [[InteractiveFiction text-based]] {{adventure game}}s, written by Creator/AndrewHussie. ''Homestuck'' started like the others, with every update prompted by a [[AudienceParticipation user suggestion]], but it soon shed its suggestion box when the plot outgrew it, and has since become a multimedia ''[[MediumBlending thing]]'' which has grown to be truly enormous.
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21A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 13th of April, 2009, is this young man's birthday. Though it was thirteen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will be given a name!
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23[[HelloInsertNameHere What will the name of this young man be?]]
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25...It will be Zoosmell Pooplord... er, sorry. It will be John Egbert. Our chief protagonist is one of four thirteen-year-old friends--the other three being Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley--who are fated to play ''Sburb'', a widely hyped multi-player video game with real-life effects. ''Sburb'' allows players to manipulate and modify each other's environments in real time in a way reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheSims''. But as it turns out, the consequences of playing ''Sburb'' [[TheGamePlaysYou are significantly further-reaching than they initially appear to be]], and what begins as a series of amusing domestic struggles and game-mechanics goofs quickly [[SerialEscalation spirals into a succession of events]] far beyond the expectations of its participants.
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27''Homestuck'' began on April 13, 2009, only one month after the end of the highly successful ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth''. It rapidly rose in popularity for many reasons, primarily for its [[JigsawPuzzlePlot intricate]] multi-timeline apocalypse-centric plot, insanely fast update schedule for the first few years[[note]]At its peak, ''Homestuck'' updated with 5.5 pages a day on average, a veritable torrent of updates save for [[AnimationBump Flash animations]][[/note]], a visual upgrade from the style of ''Problem Sleuth'', Flash animations and games accompanied by [[Music/{{Homestuck}} a massive soundtrack]], and its [[{{Troperiffic}} incredibly high trope density]].
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29As the scope and scale of the comic grew, Hussie began [[SeriesHiatus pausing updates of the comic]] in order to produce Flash animations, develop ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', and work on larger chunks of the story at once, including a weeks-long hiatus for the End of Act 5 flash, a year-long "Gigapause" during Act 6, and an eight-month "Omegapause" from July 2015. ''Homestuck''[='=]s final stretch of updates began on March 28th, 2016, and the climax of the story finally ended on [[ArcNumber April 13th]], 2016, the seventh anniversary of the comic. However, Hussie also made a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMZU89jY2j8 credits video]] released on [[ArcNumber October 25, 2016]], and eventually ''Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues'', which started on [[BookEnds April 13, 2019]]. October 25 of the same year, he released the beginning of an official sequel (so to speak) to the comic, ''Webcomic/HomestuckBeyondCanon''.
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31''Homestuck'' has spawned several major side projects, including the Kickstarter-funded ''VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}}'', the online anthology ''Webcomic/ParadoxSpace'', and the multimedia ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxHnKT_2u64 Homestuck 2.0]]'' with eager involvement from Creator/DanteBasco. For a full list of side projects, see [[Franchise/{{Homestuck}} the Franchise page]].
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33Voice acting troupe Creator/{{Voxus}} is in the process of dubbing ''Homestuck'', and as of June 2022 the project has reached Act 6 Act 5.
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35In October of 2017, Creator/VIZMedia [[https://www.viz.com/news/newsroom/v/1006506 announced]] that they had acquired ''Homestuck'' in addition to their plans to publish the comic in book form. Webcomic merchandising company [=TopatoCo=] had previously attemped to do the same, but ultimately only published the first three acts. As of March 2020, the VIZ book series has reached Act 5 Act 2 Part 2.
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37Note: with the end of Flash on internet browsers, ''Homestuck'' is no longer accessible online in its original form (most Flash content has been replaced with low-res videos). The fan-made [[https://bambosh.github.io/unofficial-homestuck-collection/ Unofficial Homestuck Collection]], a downloadable version of the webcomic, [[ApprovalOfGod has been endorsed by Hussie]] as the least broken way to read not only ''Homestuck'', but the other ''MS Paint Adventures''' webcomics as well.
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40'''LateArrivalSpoiler Warning:''' ''Homestuck'' is an enormous, deeply complicated story that features rapid plot developments. Additionally, it features a cast of characters filled with {{walking spoiler}}s that have become ubiquitous in the story, and a majority of the story's seemingly minor events, themes and jokes themselves constitute or foreshadow what were originally major twists. Therefore, '''all spoilers for ''Homestuck'' have been left unmarked'''. ''Homestuck'' is freely available in its entirety, and there are no barriers to reading. To fully enjoy the experience, it is ''highly'' suggested you read the whole comic ''before'' visiting any of the following links.[[note]]Well, except the Laconic link.[[/note]] '''Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned'''. [[ArchivePanic Good luck]].
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42!! > Contextualize currently-compiled list of common media devices exemplified in ''Homestuck''.
43PSYCHE! The tropes for this work have been split alphabetically due to their sheer numbers. Looks like you'll have to visit the sub-pages for the trope listing.
44%% Please do not add tropes to this page. Instead, go to the appropriate sub-page.
45[[index]]
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47* '''[[Homestuck/TropesAToL > Document tropes A through L.]]'''
48* '''[[Homestuck/TropesMToZ > Document tropes M through Z.]]'''
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50* '''[[ContinuityNod/{{Homestuck}} > Nod to established continuity.]]'''
51* '''[[LateArrivalSpoiler/{{Homestuck}} > Investigate now-highly-prevalent spoilers.]]'''
52* '''[[MoodWhiplash/{{Homestuck}} > Recall tonal juxtapositions.]]'''
53* '''[[ShoutOut/{{Homestuck}} > Document references to other media.]]'''
54* '''[[WhamEpisode/{{Homestuck}} > Respond to dramatic turns of events.]]'''
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56[[/index]]
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58!! '''> Gather articles of supplemental data related to ''Homestuck'''''.
59[[index]]
60'''[[Music/{{Homestuck}} > Captchalogue sick beats.]]'''\
61'''[[Characters/{{Homestuck}} > Study cast dossier.]]'''\
62'''[[SelfDemonstrating/DocScratch > Be Doc Scratch.]]'''\
63'''[[YMMV/{{Homestuck}} > Weigh in on subjective matters.]]'''
64: : '''[[Awesome/{{Homestuck}} > DO THE AWESOME THING.]]'''
65: : '''[[BrokenBase/{{Homestuck}} > Engage in confrontational debates.]]'''
66: : '''[[Funny/{{Homestuck}} > Experience mirthful shenanigans.]]'''
67: : '''[[Heartwarming/{{Homestuck}} > Inspect burning vascular pump.]]'''
68: : '''[[HoYay/{{Homestuck}} > Document homoromantic affections.]]'''
69: : '''[[Memes/{{Homestuck}} > Sleuth out internet colloquialisms.]]'''
70: : '''[[NightmareFuel/{{Homestuck}} > Peruse bad dream catalysts.]]'''
71: : '''[[TearJerker/{{Homestuck}} > Shed single tear of black liquid sorrow.]]'''\
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73'''[[AwesomeMusic/{{Homestuck}} > Appreciate beat collections.]]'''\
74'''[[Trivia/{{Homestuck}} > Engage in useless learning.]]'''\
75'''[[Laconic/{{Homestuck}} > Succumb to unfathomable brevity.]]'''\
76'''[[Quotes/{{Homestuck}} > Fondly regard quotations.]]'''\
77'''[[Timeline/{{Homestuck}} > Attempt to understand mind-bending chronology.]]'''\
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79'''[[Fanworks/{{Homestuck}} > Compile fan works.]]'''\
80'''[[Music/HomestuckFanMusic > Observe fan-made additions to established sick beats.]]'''\
81'''[[FanficRecs/{{Homestuck}} > Review unsanctioned storytelling.]]'''\
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83'''[[WMG/{{Homestuck}} > Investigate unfocused predictions.]]'''\
84'''[[Headscratchers/{{Homestuck}} > Report cranial irritation.]]'''\
85'''[[Fridge/{{Homestuck}} > Take inventory of thermal hull.]]'''\
86'''[[Haiku/{{Homestuck}} > Compose Japanese poetry.]]'''\
87'''[[WarpThatAesop/{{Homestuck}} > Distort presented life lessons.]]'''\
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89'''[[Literature/TheHomestuckEpilogues ==>]]'''\
90[[/index]]
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94-->'''[[http://readmspa.org/stats/ 4/13/2009 - 4/13/2016]]'''
95-->2558 days
96-->8124 pages
97-->14,913 panels
98-->817,612 words (incl. 113,319 transcribed)
99-->about 282% the size of The Lord Of The Rings, 176% the size of the King James Bible, 125% the size of the Harry Potter series, or 77% the size of A Song Of Ice And Fire (the five books so far)
100-->164 Flash updates
101-->3.2 pages per day
102-->4 hours, 5 minutes, 2 seconds of animated footage
103-->29 albums[[note]]26 if you count ''Homestuck Vol. 1-4'' as one.[[/note]]
104-->51 Sweet Bro and Hella Jeffs
105-->--'''Anthony Bailey''', stats for ''Homestuck'''s final year
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107[-'''[[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures Start Over]] | [[Webcomic/ProblemSleuth Go Back]]'''-] [[labelnote:*]][-'''Save Game (?) | Auto-Save! (?) | Load Game | Delete Game Data'''-][[/labelnote]]

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