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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I feel like homestuck, at least, is hard to disentangle from its fandom just because of the level of outsourcing the author did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I got into it blind and only learned about the fandom and the surrounding history after finishing it. It felt like reading a parallel story and it was actually pretty fun, but it only cemented my feeling of not wanting to be associated with them. I mean, the bucket. Just wow.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I never got too far into the fandom, and I've never really investigated it. I have no memory or knowledge of the bucket.

But I did enjoy looking at fan art and such whatnot, "trollsonas" and such, at least a bit. I got into the lore about as far as I do any

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I recommend watching a youtube recap of the history of the fandom as it really helps contextualize the whole comic, and it is quite fun, as such an excentric comic attracted an equally excentric fanbase. There are plenty of fun and gross anecdotes. As for the bucket, you can watch for yourself, but let me warn you...

"spoiler"It's a bunch of people collectively spitting into a bucket in a restaurant