Hey guys, new HSE! In this part 1 we look at the timeline of the mythical bunny, and consider the most beautiful human emotion…Friendship. But like, as a source of narrative power.
Does this look feel compelling? If not, what do you think the bunny represents? Let me know what you think! Hope you enjoy this video, and til next time,
PS: I forgot to post the last video here apparently so here’s me finally doing that, too.
This video’s just a short n’ sweet introduction to the Beta Session.
Thanks to Joyfulldreams for the awesome new HSE opening, and to DBnet18
for providing the background track for it!:
Not too much new analysis here, at least that I haven’t covered before,
but the introduction of a new setting called for some overview. I’m
awful excited for the next batch of videos, so I hope you are too! We’re
getting SO close to those character videos, I can’t wait!
Hey guys, this time around we’re looking at the impact of Guardians and Ancestors, two distinct kinds of parentage in Homestuck. In the process, I outline how I think the Roleplay mechanic works as per Homestuck’s Classpect system.
Let me know what you think!
Here’s some links to other writing I’ve done on the subject of Roleplay:
This time, we talk about Ectobiology. Hope this clears things up for some of you! I actually can’t count the times I’ve been surprised to hear someone say Jake and Jane having feelings for each other was weird because they’re “related” (they’re not).
Let me know if you’d find videos on Homestuck’s canon relationships interesting! I’d definitely love to make them, so if enough people want them I may do so sooner rather than later.
tl;dr, we can consider the Beta video the start of Homestuck Explained: Season Two, since it marks the next section of videos. I’ve been catching up on Hiveswap stuff in the meantime and there’s some other projects I want to tackle before we get back to Homestuck: Explained, but we’ll get there. I have a few surprises in store for then, so I hope you look forward to it 🙂
At this point most of my breakthroughs/new insights about Homestuck tend to stem from conversations I have there, I’ve grown pretty proud of the variety of opinions and perspectives we house.
I didn’t plan for this, you gotta believe me. The Homestuck thoughts converged on me late in the night, beat me up and MADE me make you start watching what’s now at least a trilogy of videos on Gamzee Makara–often described as the worst character in Homestuck. I’m sorry.
…But is he? A combination of new insights from the fandom and lore details revealed through Hiveswap have left me wondering if, perhaps, this lousy purple clown may have hidden depths after all. I found the questions so exciting, I literally couldn’t resist the impulse to drop everything else I’m working on to share them with you. You’re welcome.
I wanna do something a little different, so I’m going to include a question of the day for each video from now on. Answer it, and you might have higher odds of eventually being featured in a comments response, whenever and however I bring those out for you guys.
This week’s question is simple: What do you think the relationship between Lil Cal and Gamzee is like?
If you’d like some other perspectives on Gamzee to work off, here’s some of the works that inspired this one:
In this episode, we take a closer look at the God Tier power-up system, and its various perks. I also make a case for understanding God Tier powers as being an innate inner power of the players, manifested through their wills and thoughts, rather than a power-up granted to them by the game.
This means I argue that every character uses their Classpect powers throughout their lifetimes, whether or not they actually make God Tier. It also means a player can develop God Tier-level powers without actually being God Tier.
God Tier tends to grant players power because experiencing the messianic death and rebirth of the heroes’ journey tends to make people feel more like heroes, and so more able to self-actualize–NOT because doing so arbitrarily unlocks their superpowers. In other words, I argue God Tier is a shortcut to Heroes’ inner potential–not a requirement for it.
This warrants a closer look at examples of characters in Homestuck typically considered not to be good “examples” of their Hero Titles. I provide some examples of how I understand such characters, as well–including Karkat, Nepeta, and Gamzee.
Lastly, this understanding ties Homestuck’s take on psychic powers to that of it’s namesake, Earthbound–and suggests the possibility that Hiveswap’s characters could well develop God Tier-like powers, too.
Please feel free to discuss and question these ideas in the comments. I’m sure we’ll be revisiting your responses sooner or later, and I’m very curious as to how this video will be received. Thanks for reading, and keep rising!
ive already written a ridiculously long post on Jade. I’ve also covered Dave, John, Rose and others under the guise of classpects. When I do actual analysis content really focused on the betas it’ll probably be in video form as part of Homestuck Explained, where I eventually hope to cover everyone, as seen on the Homestuck Explained video map:
Tho there are things I want to cover eventually like Davekat, late-game Rose, and other stuff more specifically.
In this episode, we cover The Alpha Timeline–the anchor of Homestuck’s plot. The understated rules that guide Homestuck’s time flow tell us a lot about the way Homestuck’s story functions, and the stakes it involves. Let me know what you think in the comments! 😀
Flying through Storytelling 