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This is a love letter to one of my favorite games, and definitely the one with the biggest impact on me. With this channel nearing 10,000 subs, I wanted to do something I’ve wanted to do since before I started the channel: Adapt this old, personal piece about Earthbound into video form.

I wanted to express my personal experience of the game and why it matters to me, both as a way of letting you guys get to know me a bit better, and because a lot of what Homestuck is in my eyes is informed by this spirit in Earthbound, too. That’s what led me to Homestuck in the first place, after all.

Anyway, hope you all enjoy this video. Thank you all for supporting this channel thus far. As always, Keep rising.

Thanks to Mammon Machine’s ZEAL for publishing this piece in its original article form:
https://medium.com/mammon-machine-zea…

https://medium.com/mammon-machine-zea…

Rough outline on Homestuck’s similarities with Earthbound/Mother 3: https://medium.com/@RoseOfNobility/pa…

Sources: Shigesato Itoi quote: https://earthboundcentral.com/2008/06… Earthbound 20th Anniversary Fan-Animation: https://youtu.be/-hVuv7mDNqM    

HSE: God Tiers

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!

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Find the music on Bandcamp!
Pyrocumulus (Sicknasty):
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Revered Return:
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Awakening:
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Heirfare:
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HSE: God Tiers

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! 😀

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Find the Music on Bandcamp!

“Swing of the Clock”, by Jeremy “Solatrus” Iamurri https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/…

“Time Paradox”, by Thomas “EidolonOrpheus” Ferkol https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/…

“English”, by Toby Fox
https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/…

New video asserts are by my friend, Joyfulldreams! Check out her great work on her blog: http://joyfulldreams.tumblr.com/

Intro music is “Nemuro Kinenkan”, from Revolutionary Girl Utena: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8luvp…

so I enjoy your videos alot. And I like classpecting. I used to do some classpecting blogs. And after seeing your videos, I feel inspired to make a classpect focused video series that focuses on individual classpects determined by something like a strawpoll. I don’t know why I felt the need to tell you. But maybe if I get motivated enough to go through with it (which is the hardest part) and I get to the Mage of Hope, you could be a guest? idk. just spitballin. do you think it’s a good idea?

I feel that the Homestuck fandom overall might benefit from a shift towards Youtube, in some ways, so it sounds awesome to me.
Like, I really can’t stress how big a shift I think it’d make.

If you’ve ever played Dark Souls or engaged with its youtube fandom, or for that matter if you’ve ever browsed a game wiki, then you might get why I feel this way.

Like Homestuck at the end game (and in many ways, throughout it’s run), Dark Souls has some extremely esoteric and vague storytelling tactics, and a lot is left for the player to deduce from cryptic clues and environmental storytelling.

The thing is, Tumblr makes this stuff VERY difficult to talk about! I get wordy and overly elaborate when I communicate through text (as you can see), and that lends itself to stuff that’s hard to read.

I think video is a more effective way to communicate this kind of analysis because it forces me to structure my arguments and prioritize brevity and clarity of conveyance.

And the clearer and more enjoyable I can make videos, the easier it is for new fans to take an interest in the comic’s lore and background, which I feel could easily be a huge part of Hiveswap’s appeal. It’s already received substantial exposure from lets players like jacksepticeye and stuff. And again, borrowing Dark Souls’ example:
People love deep enviromental storytelling and background lore stuff.

So I think more people deciding they love Homestuck enough to tell people about it on Youtube is a good thing. Let me know if there’s any way I can help if you do! And I have no idea if I’ll have the time to guest in anything, sorta having trouble keeping up as it is, but if we get the chance, that sounds really cool!

Hey, chums! Here’s the next episode of Homestuck: Explained!

This time we take our first step into The Incipisphere, Homestuck’s main stage.

I’ll be honest and say this video probably won’t have much new information for you old hat Homestucks–but it should be a great introduction to the Inicipisphere for the new fans I am excited to welcome, as we get ready for the ancient seal on Hiveswap to be broken and a new age of the fandom, unleashed.

I’ve got a couple more videos down the pipeline, and we’ll be opening Patron voting on the next series of Homestuck: Explained videos within the next week, so stay tuned. That’s all for right now. 

Keep rising!

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