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 12/22/11(Thu)05:50 No.5270424I
 love webcomics. I read and keep up with tons. I had no ill-will towards
 Homestuck, and was even looking forward to adding another webcomic to 
my list. I could not get through the first 50 pages. It bored me to 
tears. I literally forced myself to read for about half an hour and then
 wanted to rip my eyes out. It was THE most horrible, slow, and boring 
intro to any comic I have ever read. Ever. I could not imagine how 
anyone could stand this shit. Me and a couple of friends would rage 
about how awful it is and why the fuck so many people liked it.
  But
 then, like you OP, the curiosity set in. One of my friends on tumblr 
occasionally reblogged discussions, screenshots, and fanart of it. (and 
DAMN does that webcomic get some fantastic fanart, it's nuts) I could 
not stand the thought of trying to read it again, so instead to cure my 
curiosity, I did what any other lazy person does for quick info. I went on the Homestuck wiki. I
 figured I'd just get a little info on who's who, what's what, etc. But 
ohgod one page led to another that would lead to another and suddenly 
hours had passed and I had a favourite character and followed links to 
certain pages in the comic that the wiki highlighted and found some that
 were funny or interesting or neat. I was horrified that I actually 
started liking this thing I thought was utter shit. 
  So right now
 I'm keeping it secret from everyone I know, especially the people I 
used to make fun of it with; they'd never let me live it down. (I'm 
over-exaggerating, but you get my point) Still don't think it's the 
greatest thing in the world, and there's still a lot of shit that bugs 
me about it, and I don't think I'll ever read the whole thing through, 
but now I at least somewhat see the appeal, and some of it is pretty 
damn brilliant imo.
  Just...just wanted to share my closeted homestuck shame.  |