11/23/19 upd8 thread

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11/23/19 upd8 thread

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by calamityCons » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:43 pm

The art is really pretty. I dislike literally everything else about it, like the long-winded and unnecessary narration or the whole ass negative number of fucks I give about Dirk and Jake, but god DAMN that is some really well-made art and the color theory is off the charts.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by NAKNAKNAK » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:53 pm

I'm happy we are back in Candy timeline and it wasn't just a long springboard to bring back Alt!Callie.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by Darth_Energon » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:54 pm

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
I'm getting tired of hearing Dirk go on and on with his narration.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by JakeMorph » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:54 pm

cripes! looks like jakey boy is in for a long hooter of an adventure this time!
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by heroboof » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:57 pm

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by Sokota » Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:58 pm

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'nuff said

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by Cyber-Fan » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:02 pm

Homestuck 2 could end up being a complete disaster and it will still have been worth it for the sheer meme potential contained within certain panels.

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by heroboof » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:02 pm

Sokota wrote:
Sat Nov 23, 2019 5:58 pm
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by egg » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:07 pm

I like this.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by sylvarn » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:17 pm

so do we get more of this chapter or is it just 20-40 pages an update

seriously for the money being poured into this by patreon and the large amount of people, there really isn't much here

that much for a whole month makes me think the art and writing teams really arent actually doing much but i'll trust yall and hope this is just a scheme to drop more content on the same day like in 3 upd8s

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by calamityCons » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:19 pm

sylvarn wrote:
Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:17 pm
seriously for the money being poured into this by patreon and the large amount of people, there really isn't much here
You definitely have a good point. If this were the work of just one person I would understand the slow update schedule and slow pacing, but this is a team of artists all working together and apparently not getting any money from their partnership with ViZ Media so I'm very suspicious.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by dualfallen » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:21 pm

That was, pretty lackluster. We waited 29 days for this???
I mean it was good stuff, I can't believe we're actually going to get to see candy Earth C. But this was not worth waiting a whole month for.

Also I'm upset because I was really looking forward to seeing the new race and instead it's just more of the epilogues.

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by rookie1978 » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:21 pm

At least Jane and Jake look older. Dirk looks the same age every time we've seen him, from homestuck 1 to 2.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by VASKA » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:23 pm

So first off, I phenomenally enjoy this. But secondly, there's a lot of little details in the dream sequence that interest me. Brain Ghost Dirk doesn't seem to care for Ultimate Dirk, and it seems like the creature hunting Jake is one of the monsters from Hiveswap, somehow.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by hailvera » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:25 pm

rookie1978 wrote:
Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:21 pm
At least Jane and Jake look older. Dirk looks the same age every time we've seen him, from homestuck 1 to 2.
I can't speak on the ultimate Dirk from the last update (because frankly yes he should look older), but I think the reason this Dirk looks younger is because it's Brain Ghost Dirk. It's just Jake's Hope powers creating an idealized version of him, so it makes sense that he wouldn't look older.

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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by william_ » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:38 pm

it's an odd ol' turn! i was perfectly content with HS^2 just being a Meat continuation (A Hive 8n't a Home is all the Candy continuation i need >:D) but now there's definitely gonna be some timeline-mixing! jake is groan but the moustache does save the day a lil. (and how i have missed brain ghost dirk...) wherever this goes should prove to be interesting! :olliesouty:
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by Wing » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:39 pm

Jane doesn't look super different either. I think it's also in part due to the minimalist cartoony style and the fact that it's not like Dirk's grown a mustache or something. But there are definitely other arguable ways to show aging.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by ArchmageIsACat » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:40 pm

desu I dont have much issue with this only being like, 24 pages.
its about as many pages as if they took a 5 day break then started updating a page a day, which even though we're waiting a month for updates isnt that big of a pacing issue for me.

as for speculation about the story, it seems to me that Ulti!dirk is speaking through brain ghost dirk to get jake out of the black hole, what with his shades being meat dirk's shades' color and him talking about bringing jake back into active duty. I think he's assuming that since jake's hope powers were effective against a lord they'll be similarly effective against a muse, and he wants that kinda power on his side now that alt callie is free from the black hole and chasing him.
plus its kinda interesting that BGD is only appearing now after years of being inactive in candy, coincidentally right after alt callie left.
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Re: 11/23/19 upd8 thread

Post by VASKA » Sat Nov 23, 2019 6:41 pm

People are saying they didn't expect to see candy timeline, but honestly I'd riot if I didn't get more Vriska ML. You can't keep me from my daughter.
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