hey frank! how are you? could i get a top 10 reasons why homestuck exist, please?
Top 10 Reasons Why Homestuck Exist
- The story takes place in an alternate timeline, and has all the features of a standard fantasy novel
- At one point the protagonist (Jake) starts a video game club
- All the characters are teenagers
- It’s a series of interlocking narratives, each of which follows its own plotline
- Jake is the most relatable character of all the kids
- The narrative is written in the style of a video game, and uses visual aspects of video games to emphasize and create mood
- Jake is a pretty good character
- It’s a webcomic (like, with panels)
- I’m sorry, but that’s all
That’s a lot of Jake love but last time you posted about Joke English, you put him in prison.
I should clarify that Jake is not incarcerated. He did do some bad things, but it’s unclear whether his being “the most relatable” makes him “the most sympathetic.” Jake is just a sad, flawed person whose flaws are presented as something to be “understood” rather than judged. The audience is expected to find his self-loathing, his self-hatred, etc. relatable, rather than to judge him for them. So, on balance, I’d say that makes Jake the more sympathetic character?
Jake is a hero who is relatable, which is a more positive thing than “relatable person who did terrible things,” and so far he hasn’t been imprisoned, which is an even more positive thing than “a sad flawed person who did terrible things, ” and so far Jake has not been judged for any of the things he has done. So on balance, I’d say that means he’s the sadder character?
Or, if we want to be more technical, I’d say he’s the “sadder” character because he is also the “less sympathetic” character?
Anyway, there’s a good case to be made that Jake has not yet had his character judged, and the evidence I have for this is that, on the evidence I’ve seen, Jake is the least sympathetic character of all the kids in the comic, despite his being the most “relatable.”
Do you like Avatar, Francis?
I don’t know, do you
I love you but we’re not doing mind-games right now, dear. do you want to kiss Nay'tiri Avatar, Francis?
I love you too but we’re also not doing mind games right now
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