Scardoll
Since: Nov, 2010
10/12/2012 00:00:00
...You do realize that Vriska's character arc is about her failure, right?
And I don't like the character deaths (Mainly because they don't feel organic to the story when they're all placed together for forced drama), but at least they thinned out the annoyingly large cast of the trolls.
Fight. Struggle. Endure. Suffer. LIVE.
Twiddler
(On A Trope Odyssey)
10/12/2012 00:00:00
...So, only read Homestuck if you don't care either way about the trolls?
Hylarn
(Don’t ask)
10/12/2012 00:00:00
...So, only read Homestuck if you don't care either way about the trolls?
That'd leave you not really caring about a large amount of what happens. Still not ideal
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I hope you like text, and typing quirks...
Homestuck is a word-based word-story based in being overly wordy with occasional pictures to illustrate the words.
The story revolves around four kids, four guardians, four exiles, and twelve trolls. All the kids save Dave are likable enough; all the Guardians pull some really impressive stunts, the Exiles are some of my favorite characters in any webcomic, and the trolls...
The trolls...
The trolls are what makes or breaks Homestuck. They take over the story. All twelve trolls have remarkably different personalities; an assortment of wills that would be incredibly hard for any author to do; and though Andrew Hussie is a decent enough writer, keeping up with twenty-four characters is too much.
The only solution for him is to reduce the size of the cast, which Hussie does in the most horrifying, disappointing, depressing, and disturbing manner possible.
If you don't like the trolls, don't read Homestuck. If you do like the trolls, don't read Homestuck (because you'll have to read about all the terrible things that happen to them).
Also, Homestuck has more than its fair share of in-jokes and self-references; which tend to be annoying on rereads, but are rather amusing the first time.
In general, I would recommend those who don't like the trolls to stop reading when Karkat is introduced; and I would recommend those who do like the trolls to just read fan-fiction written by people who aren't sadistic jerks who want to marry Vriska and kill off as many characters as possible. If you don't like Homestuck, don't start.