"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Tuesday, July 6, 2010\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/soul-money\">\n Soul\n Money\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n Not long ago, a determined cabal of MSPA readers, quite unsolicited,\n leapt from the shadows and accosted me. Brazen was their\n skulduggery,\n waged in plain daylight. These rowdy toughs were not armed with\n whirling\n chains or brass knuckles or snug leather vests or sporty kerchiefs\n or\n fishnet ANYTHINGS, primarily I guess because they were not male\n strippers. They WERE however armed with the most daring accoutrement\n of\n all: generosity.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n They made a donation of $150 dollars\n American, a gift which came with a pretty firm stipulation. I was to\n use this money to\n <a href=\"http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/\">\n hire a man to create my celestial soul\n portrait</a>.\n In this way, I could have my soul properly beautified as well as\n immortalized. This would be accomplished by a guy named Erial Ali,\n who\n would surely have it on authority from the celestial deities\n themselves\n which way would be optimal to set my soul aflame with rainbows and\n random forehead lasers, and how many shitty space dolphins would be\n ideal to stick up in my grill.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But there was a catch, and no,\n that catch amazingly wasn't simply the 150 bucks it apparently\n requires\n to drop a few reduced-opacity rainbow gradations, mediocre masking\n effects and augmented saturation adjustments on a photo that your\n unemployed neighbor took of you in the back yard. The real catch was\n that Erial seems to demand to speak with you on the phone before he\n Photochops your bad high school portrait with resources mined from a\n Google Image Search of the Hubble Deep Field. I guess maybe to get\n to\n know your soul?\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Either way, I knew this phone call was going\n to\n be intense. I actually got kind of psyched for it, for a while. I\n practiced a modified form of enthusiasm, the kind that was basically\n genuine enough to trick his soul-sweeping lasers that scour my aura\n for\n traces of irony. I was prepared to throw out a lot of buzz phrases\n in a\n really excited way, like I was really eager to see how he would\n \"blitz\n my chakras\". I was going to say \"blitz my chakras\" a lot. I'm\n serious\n about that. It was going to be my go-to line. Like, dude, just go\n apeshit on those chakras. I'm not paypalling you a Benjie and a half\n for\n a bunch of weaksauce chakras. I want a chakra you can hang your hat\n on,\n WHILE you fry an egg on it, and makes you HIGH just in the amount of\n time it takes you to go Google whatever the fuck a chakra\n IS.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But then I chickened out and just did the damn soul\n portrait myself.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/soulportrait_be
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"id":"interrogative-remarks-followed-by",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Wednesday, November 25, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/interrogative-remarks-followed-by\">\n Interrogative\n remarks followed by statements that involve various forms of\n punctuation.\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n</span>\n</span>\n I've\n been meaning to type up something illuminating the process behind HS\n since the end of Act 2. I tend to stay pretty tight-lipped about it\n in\n the news section, since I'd honestly rather spend time making it\n than\n yapping about it all day. But hey I still realize that now and then\n I\n should strive to descend from above the stage, perched on my\n moon-shaped\n swing with my legs all a kickin' and swayin', and with ukelele\n cradled\n to my bosom, let you folks in on my FEELINGS.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But I just\n couldn't\n get up the gumption to sit down and COMPOSE with a capital C, and\n some\n other capitalized letters, some serious self-contained literary\n piece on\n the subject. So instead I just opened up a Q&A session in the MSPA community\n and this is how it went.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Some of these answers\n are pretty long. I guess because I like to pretend what I do is\n complicated and nuanced.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n<br/>\n<br/>\n Are\n user commands really affecting all that much? Other than the occasional\n \"Squawk like an imbecile and shit on your desk\" command.\n </span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n They are, but their influence is not always\n obvious.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n A\n command is actually a pretty superficial thing. It is only supposed\n to\n influence the present panel through a single atomic action. It\n shouldn't\n serve the function of aa command like \"Plot: Take a certain\n direction I\n have in mind.\" A command can't try to do too much, but they often\n do.\n With this sort of thing, there will always be tension between the\n author\n and the suggestors, whose main purpose is to leave their distinctive\n personal stamp on the story, and as a result, often resort to the\n outlandish, the overly elaborate, or the non sequitur. These are\n fine to\n embrace in small doses, but they are poison to a cohesive story if\n resorted to regularly.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Consequently, actions of a more\n straightforward variety become favored, and the appearance which\n follows\n is that the user voice has been diminished. This is compounded with\n a\n great abundance of commands. A simple example. The hero approaches\n three\n doors. Which will you choose? Obviously all three doors will be\n suggested with a large enough pool of suggestors, plus plenty of\n clever\n non sequitur \"option D\"commands.Knowingthis,whichdoorthehero\ngoes\nthroughwasalwaysuptothe
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"id":"shirtsprints",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Wednesday, August 19, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/shirtsprints\">\n Homestuck\n shirts/prints\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n (I thought I'd record the explanation of the\n <a href=\"/mspa/6\" target=\"_blank\">\n Homestuck</a> \n shirts and prints here, for a little bit of posterity and\n persistence.)\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Ok,\n so this is all a little different from the usual stuff for sale.\n Instead of just slapping humorous or story-relevant stuff on a shirt\n (which is all well and fine, don't get me wrong!) I sort of wanted\n to\n take the opportunity to let this stuff tell a little story, and add\n some\n depth and detail to the Homestuck universe.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n There are two\n character shirts available,\n <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-ghost-white\">\n John's</a> and\n <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-squiddle-white\">\n Rose's</a>. But the shirts have their own little\n backstories, which are conveyed in corresponding prints, also\n <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\">\n for sale</a>.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I\n think the stories sort of speak for themselves through those\n graphics,\n but I'll go ahead and overexplain anyway. John's shirt, which of\n course\n appears to be Slimer from Ghostbusters, is actually a depiction of\n an\n Asian knock-off of Slimer called the\n <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mspa-ghost-print.png\">\n GREEN SLIME GHOST</a>.\n Rose's shirt was once a depiction of a character from a fake cute\n cartoon show which I totally made up called \"Squiddles!\". She then\n went\n about defacing this shirt to make it look mean! The shirt itself\n actually appears to be defaced, with ink missing around the eyes and\n mouth area (but it's a pretty subtle effect, because the ink color\n is\n very close to the shirt color).\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The cool thing about\n <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mspa-squiddle-print.png\">\n Rose's print</a> is you can get either the faux-Lovecraftian defaced version, or the\n undefaced version (so you can deface it yourself!) Just make sure\n you\n select the option you want underneath: \"LOVECRAFT MY SQUIDDLE!\" if\n you\n want the defaced version, or \"DON'T LOVECRAFT MY SQUIDDLE!\" if you\n want\n it unmolested!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n So there you have it. The story of the shirts,\n and some sweet merch all rolled into one.\n <div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/shirtsprints\" title=\"2009-08-19T01:51:00-07:00\">\n
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"id":"fan-art-penny-arcade",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Saturday, July 11, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/fan-art-penny-arcade\">\n Fan\n Art: The Penny Arcade\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n I did this\n <a href=\"http://www.penny-arcade.com/\">\n Penny\n Arcade</a> fan illustration a while ago, which will appear in their new book\n coming out (which I can't seem to find a link to any info on, but I\n guess just keep an eye out for it!)\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The fact that this\n drawing\n will appear in the book is as good as any reason for you to buy it.\n And\n among \"any reason\" I suppose is the fact that it's a very funny\n comic\n that makes you laugh.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/PAillustration_thumb.jpg\"/>\n I\n would like to do some more fan art soon for other comics I like.\n Though\n I cannot promise these works will appear in books! They will at\n least\n appear in this blog. And soon, in your heart.\n <div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/fan-art-penny-arcade\" title=\"2009-07-11T18:48:00-07:00\">\n 6:48\n PM\n </a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"old-blog-redux-internet-adventures",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Thursday, July 9, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/old-blog-redux-internet-adventures\">\n Old\n blog redux: Internet Adventures\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n I used to do an\n <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n awful lot of blogging\n </span>\n .\n But those days are behind me.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Or are they??\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The answer\n is yes.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But\n now and then I get the impulse to dredge up material from those\n archives, whose web facades and database machinery have long since\n deteriorated. I have done this a couple\n <a href=\"blogspot/fancy-santas-are-stupid-imposters\">times</a> <a href=\"blogspot/need-for-steed\">already</a>,\n but this is only the tip of the iceberg. It's sort of selfish of me\n to\n horde those articles, so I have resolved to slay the dragon in my\n bosom\n known as Avarice and release this treasure unto you all.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n In\n this\n case, that treasure was plundered from several adventures I embarked\n upon through the world of dumb internet banner and popup\n ads.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The first was\n <a href=\"/blogspot/offeryoucantrefuse\" target=\"_blank\">\n An Offer You Can't Refuse</a>, first transcribed\n in the heady times of 2006.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The second, authored more than a\n year later, was\n <a href=\"/blogspot/magicaljourney\" target=\"_blank\">\n Come With Me on a Magical Journey Through the\n Internet!</a>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n There's\n plenty of other stuff I will release later, in lieu of writing\n actual\n new content (GOD FORBID). But some of it is pretty exciting. Among\n the\n essays are excerpts in which I voice a\n <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n strong desire\n </span>\n to accost host\n of Food Network's\n <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n Unwrapped\n </span>\n ,\n Marc Summers, with a bright red ping pong paddle. There are also\n numerous articles about Jimmy Buffet, and how he was almost my\n father,\n and how I hate him and his music and everything he stands for, but\n especially the stupid books he writes sometimes.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n And a lot of\n other stuff. But those will wait for another day.\n <div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/old-blog-redux-internet-adventures\" title=\"2009-07-09T22:16:00-07:00\">\n 10:16 PM\n </a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"flash-is-hard",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Wednesday, April 15, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/flash-is-hard\">\n FLASH\n IS HARD\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n I'll explain my thinking on first using Flash, then switching back\n so\n fast we all achieved powerful and enchanted new WHIPLASHQUIP: FULL\n PLATE\n OF THE NECKBRACE TEMPLARS.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Here is a summary of what actually\n happened first.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n On April 10th, I launched the new story,\n <a href=\"/mspa/5\" target=\"_blank\">\n \"Homestuck\",\n made entirely in Flash</a>. My plan was to complete the whole story\n in Flash, adding interactivity, music, and stuff like that. I\n completed 8 pages.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n This\n turned out to be way too much work. To put this in perspective,\n doing\n these 8 relatively simple pages was MORE DIFFICULT AND TIME\n CONSUMING\n THAN ALL THE\n <a href=\"/mspa/001710\" target=\"_blank\">\n SEPULCHRITUDE ANIMATIONS</a> COMBINED. I am not\n joking about that!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I\n don't know if this says more about my inexperience with Flash, or my\n proficiency with Photoshop (in which all PS work was done). Probably\n both. I don't mind dealing with Actionscript, really. It was the\n whole\n environment I had trouble with. It felt very unnatural to draw in,\n and\n difficult to manage everything spread across multiple time lines and\n movie clips. Even doing simple things was like pulling\n teeth.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n So in order to prevent the story from grinding to a\n halt down the road, I just switched back to Photoshop and\n <a href=\"/mspa/6\" target=\"_blank\">\n started\n over</a>.\n I kept the Flash version online, and recast it as the \"Homestuck\n BETA\",\n which now appears to have been \"released\" three days prior to the\n current version. You could even call this a happy coincidence that\n appears to have been planned, since it echoes an aspect of the\n story, in\n which the beta for a game was released three days prior to his\n birthday.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But I guess MSPA tends to be full of these sorts of\n coincidences which make you wonder what was planned and what wasn't.\n But\n here I am telling you it wasn't planned! I should really work on\n being\n more mysterious.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n (You will also note, the age of the\n character\n jumped from 10 to 13 in this three day span. This is, for mysterious\n reasons, because the \"magic number\"forthisstoryisnow4/13\nrather\nthan4/10.)\n<br/>\n<br/>\nPerhapsironically,theHomestuckbeta,whichwas\nneversupposedtobeabeta,genuinelydidserveasabeta!Ihada\nchancetotestoutsomethingsthere,andwhenIrealizeditwasn't\nworking,Ipulledtheplug.ButIgottoestablishtheFlashpage\ninfrastruct
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"id":"getting-ready-for-next-adventure",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Thursday, April 9, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/getting-ready-for-next-adventure\">\n Getting\n ready for the next adventure!\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n So I guess it's time to get serious about this.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The first\n matter\n of business is related to music and sound. As I've hinted at before,\n I'm\n going to take a stab at a Flash production this time. This means\n I'll\n be incorporating music and sound effects on some of the\n pages.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Here's the catch: I am not actually a musician and\n have no particular talent for the craft!\n <span style=\"font-weight:bold;\">\n My\n plan is to have the music be reader-created, through a collaborative \n process. If you are proficient in the field of music or sound, and would\n like to participate in this process,\n <strike>\n please email me!\n </strike>\n ***\n </span>\n I will send you the information you\n need to do this!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n ***\n The response to this was great! Thanks to everyone who contacted me.\n I'm sure that's enough participants for now, but if this changes,\n I'll\n let you all know.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n (A note on sound for the next adventure:\n music/sound will never at any point be critical to following the\n story!\n So it's still fine if you check it out at work without the volume or\n such.)\n <br/>\n<br/>\n That's the main thing I wanted to mention. If all goes\n according to plan, there will be a new story on the front page\n tomorrow.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n -------------------\n <br/>\n<br/>\n A side note:\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Many\n have wondered if PS will be printed in a book at some point.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I\n can't say when for sure, but there WILL be a Problem Sleuth book.\n Probably released in multiple volumes on account of acute hugeness.\n <div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/getting-ready-for-next-adventure\" title=\"2009-04-09T14:09:00-07:00\">\n 2:09 PM\n </a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"corporate-pranksterism",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Tuesday, March 31, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/corporate-pranksterism\">\n Corporate\n Pranksterism!\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n I thought about doing something funny on my site for April Fools, but\n then I didn't because I don't really have time for that nonsense!\n Instead I thought I'd regurgitate this article from my old blog I posted\n on 4/1 last year about how big corporations like to play these really\n limp-wristed April Fools gags on us now.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But then I reread it\n and thought it was kind of long and boring. It sort of spun out of\n control at the end into a rant about how stupid \"funny commercials\" are.\n I thought I'd post that snippet alone, because man, I really hate funny\n commercials!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Originally posted: 04-01-08\n <br/>\n -----------------------------\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I\n fucking HATE funny commercials. I deeply resent the arena of humor being\n hijacked in this way. It makes me sort of hate the universe of humor\n itself, somehow. I almost find it distasteful to participate in the same\n discipline in which thrives such a loud and broad display of clumsy,\n floundering suck. I guess this phenomenon has its roots in the\n coronation of the Superbowl as the great custodian of funny commercials.\n These commercials are popularly alleged to be as much of a draw to the\n high ratings event as the game itself, and I guess this just got\n corporations thinking; why not make every day the Superbowl? And they\n did. Now every day is like a fresh, highly competitive Superbowl of\n unfunny bullshit.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I could go on about \"funny\" commercials and why\n I hate them forever, but who has the energy for that? (Especially after\n we've all eaten ourselves into a wheelchair from the customary April\n Fools feast.) Occasionally there are some genuinely funny commercials. I\n just don't care. All the unfunny \"funny\" ones ruin the funny \"funny\"\n ones completely. I'm tired of waiting for the shoe to drop in the\n 30-second bullshit vignette on Glade scented candles. I'm tired of\n \"funny\" moments being punctuated by awkward pauses of silence (while we\n all laugh, I guess. And then meditate on Werther's Originals.) I'm tired\n of people getting hit in the groin with a can of Green Giant corn, or\n backed over by a Hertz rental car, and hearing them shout \"I'm ok!\" in\n the fading moments. I don't want to laugh, and the attempt to inflict\n this reaction on me is causing me pain. There's a good chance I am\n watching the show I'm watching for this very purpose, to be made to\n laugh. The creators of this show are ostensibly good at causing this\n reaction.\n <span style=\"font-style:italic;\">\nYouaren't\n</span>\n,Holiday\nInn.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nIt'snotthatIwantcommercialstobefunnier,uptothe\nstandardsofthefewthatarefunny.It'sthatIwantthemalltostop\nbeingfunny.Doyourememberatimewhennoteverycommercialwas
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"id":"wcwe-addendum",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Monday, March 23, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/wcwe-addendum\">\n WCWE\n Addendum\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n Wait, there are more people I wanted to talk about!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n KC Green\n draws outstanding comics. His myriad of websites are all among my\n favorites ever. Please\n <a href=\"http://kcgreendotcom.com/\">\n go\n to his site</a> and visit his odd collection of satellite-websites like\n horribleville and gunshow and please read all of the comics there at\n once.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I bumped into him on the street the first night of the\n weekend when everyone was roving around the town under varying\n magnitudes of inebriation and chilliness. I recognized him and proceeded\n to orbit about his radiant, molten core of affability, but I did not\n introduce myself. Later in the evening I mumbled my name, and he\n recognized it, and offered a hug to celebrate the recognition. It was\n not because he was inebriated; the beverage in his hand was a root beer\n you see. Neither was it on account of chilliness. He's just a hella nice\n guy!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I also met Zach Weiner, which was another high point. He\n does\n <a href=\"http://www.smbc-comics.com/\">\n SMBC</a>,\n which is a comic that has the uncanny ability to be EXTREMELY FUNNY on\n EVERY SINGLE OCCASION IT UPDATES, which is JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY. Zach\n was also all hells of cool and drew me a picture of a llama with a brain\n in a jar for a head. I'll keep it folded in my breast pocket for the\n rest of my life, until one day it takes a bullet for me. The very bullet\n which passes clean through it and into my heart, rendering me not alive\n anymore.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n There was also a gentleman named John Keogh who does a\n comic called\n <a href=\"http://www.lucid-tv.com/\">\n Lucid\n TV</a>, which I had not read before. I just checked it out and it is\n quite funny! You should check it out too.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n This encounter was\n precipitated because he said hello and told me he liked my work. Not\n MSPA in this case, but a comic I used to do a while ago called\n Humanimals. I'm always impressed when someone has heard of Humanimals\n before, and I am downright flabbergasted when people tell me they\n actually like it.\n <a href=\"/archive/tso/blurbs/00085-h.gif\">\n Here's\n a sample</a> if you care to trespass into...\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I'll shut my\n flowery trap this once. It is a comic about nude men with hooves and\n udders and stuff. They work in an office and they are always happy.\n <div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/wcwe
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"id":"webcomics-weekend-09",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Monday, March 23, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/webcomics-weekend-09\">\n Webcomics\n Weekend 09\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n I went to a weekend gathering for webcomic authors and enjoyers alike,\n and good times were had! You could say it was authoritatively\n enjoyed.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Speaking of authoritativity, the event was spearheaded\n and organized by\n <a href=\"http://www.octopuspie.com/\">\n Meredith\n Gran</a>, who does a really great comic about a young octopus who lives\n in New York City, trying to make it out there. Ok, that is not what the\n comic is about. But you should go read it and see what it is\n about!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n My accomp-hort\n <a href=\"http://www.mcmittens.com/\">\n Cindy</a> came along and took some pictures. We didn't snap a lot, but here are a\n few which you may use to waft some of the ambiance into those gaping\n nostrils you call eyeballs.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/webcomweekend01.jpg\"/>\n<br/>\n Here\n I am bookended by the dynamic damefella duo, Emily and Joey, who produce\n the comic that is called\n <a href=\"http://www.asofterworld.com/\">\n a softer\n world</a>. These are really cool people to hang out with and talk to and\n stuff! Here Emily rifles through her mad wad of Benjies, or at least I'm\n pretty sure those are Benjies. Cause that's what we're all about here,\n knocking down sick bank and leafing through our pimpin' hustle-bucks.\n Joey is the sort of dude who seems like he is always on the verge of\n either beating the shit out of you, or giving you a hug, in a precisely\n equal distribution of probability.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Oh yeah, up there I think is\n one of those moments where I was talking to someone while pretending to\n be\n <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\">\n Ryan North</a>,\n poised in front of all his dinosaur merchandise. He would pretend to be\n me too, and brandish vivid tales about how he drew a lot of pages about\n a guy who likes candy corn or something, and possibly wore a hat at one\n point. Our marks were none the wiser to the ruse. You see, we play\n pranks as a thing we do.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/webcomweekend02.jpg\"/>\n<br/>\n Here\n Chris(\n <a href=\"http://www.drmcninja.com/\">\n !!!</a> ) and\n Joey and Ryan prepare for a panel discussion, comparing notes on how to\n be a hilarious bunch of outrageous motherfuckers.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n By the way, is\n Dr. McNinja great? Uh let me think.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.drmcninja.com/\">\n YEAH,\n IT IS.</a>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/webcomweekend03.jpg\"/>\n<br/>\n I\n eat cake which is\n <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=721\">\nshaped\nlikeaporkchop</a>.Youwillhavetotakemywordforitthatthatwas\ntheshapeofthecake.Ryanisholdinganalligator
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"id":"pot-of-gold-at-end-of-cultural-rainbow",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Saturday, March 14, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/pot-of-gold-at-end-of-cultural-rainbow\">\n The\n pot of gold at the end of the cultural rainbow...\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/Mural01.jpg\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n Is me.</a><br/>\n<br/>\n And\n anyone who chooses to stand up for diversity, strong civic spirit, and\n multi-cultural harmony in the community.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n When I\n <a href=\"/mspa/000259\" target=\"_blank\">\n originally\n included this mural</a> in Problem Sleuth, I found it on the internet\n and thought it was particularly striking. I had no idea at the time that\n it was physically located about 15 minutes from where I lived, in\n Cambridge MA.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Naturally I had to go celebrate its existence as\n well as my physical proximity to it by standing in front of it. Intrepid\n fellow diversity enthusiast Tyler came along too, and here you see him\n <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mural_tyler.gif\">\n somewhat\n nonplussed</a> by the mischievous stowaway clinging to his hapless\n personage.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Prior to discovering the mural was local, I had\n wondered how to get information on the artist in order to give credit.\n <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mural_fichter.jpg\">\n Now\n that is possible</a>. Let us all bask in the majesty of David\n Fitcher's painterly vision.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n There is an amazing amount of these\n \"cultural urban murals\" in the Boston area. Fichter's work is apparently\n everywhere, including two striking works of genius less than a block\n from my residence. I'll take a photo of those too some time.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But\n there is a lot of lesser talent glomming on to otherwise respectable\n city surfaces as well.\n <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mural_galvez.jpg\">\nMr.\nGalvez'sheartisintherightplace,Isuppose.</a><br/>\n<br/>\nFichter's\nstuffmaybealittlethematicallysilly,butatleastit'sverywell\nexecuted.Galvez'sshitisjustfuckingpandemonium.Thecompositionis\nanairy,ramblinghodgepodgeofdisagreeable-lookinghorseshit.These\ngrotesqueharbingersofdiversityatoncefrenzytostokemynightmares,\norwhateveryoucallthetypeofdreamyou'dliketoshakebythecollar\nandbackhandrepeatedly.WheredoIstartwiththisthing?\n<br/>\n<br/>\n1)\nI'veneverseenamanemployaconductor'sbatonandrollerskatesto\nassisthiminhisquestforsparechange.\n<br/>\n<br/>\n2)Affablestreet\nwalkershustleupabuckonthelemon-limeroad.Anytakers?Howabout\nthekidtotheleftwiththebrokenfootandtheoveralls20sizestoo\nbigforhim?\n<br/>\n<br/>\n3)ThisVillagePeopleunderstudywearsonhisface\ntheoneemotion,regardlessofraceorcreed,withwhichweareall\nintimatelyfamiliar:profoundshame.\n<br/>\n<br/>\n
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"id":"end-of-problem-sleuth",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Tuesday, March 10, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/end-of-problem-sleuth\">\n THE\n END OF PROBLEM SLEUTH.\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n03/10/08-03/10/09.\n<br/>\n<br/>\n3detectives\n<br/>\n365days\n<br/>\n1621pages\n<br/>\n1915\nimages\n<br/>\n142megabytes\n<br/>\n45,000words\n<br/>\n0sacredurnstoppled\n<br/>\n0\nmysticruinsdesecrated\n<br/>\n0hallowedtombsdefiled\n<br/>\n<br/>\nAcouple\nhundredpeopletunedinonthefirstday.Acouplehundredthousand\ntunedinonthelast.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nThebeginningwashumbleinwaysthatgo\nbeyondasimplereadercount.Humblemightnotevenbetherightword.\nTheword'sblademightneedtobedulledfurther--fromsomethingused\ntoslicebutter,tosomethingusedtoladlepasteintothemouthofan\ninfant.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nIwaswonderingwhatsortofstorytomake,soIdrewa\ndetectiveonablankcanvas.ThenIthoughtheshouldbeinaroom,of\ncourse.Probablyadetective'soffice,becausethat'swheredetectives\nusuallyare.Heneededaphoneandagun.Clearlythosetwoitemswould\nalonesuffice,Ithought.ThewallovertherelookedalittleblanksoI\ndrewasafe.Awindowforambience.Adoorforexit,whichmayormay\nnothavebeenlocked;Iwasn'tsureyet.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nWhatIwasalso\noblivioustowasthetwootherdetectiveswhowouldshowuplater,and\ntotheiradjacentoffices.Iwasoblivioustotheworldofimagination,\nandthedesk-madefortthatwouldbeitsgateway.Ididn'tknowthe\nwindowleadthereeither,andIdidn'tknowyoucouldonlygettothat\nplaceIdidn'tknowaboutifitwaspluggedin.Ididn'tknowaboutthe\ncandyinhispocket,thedamesintheirdollhouse,thekingpininhis\nship,ortheweaselinhispalace.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nThoseI'swouldbedottedby\nyoursuggestions,andtheT'swouldbecrossedbymyreactiontothem.\nItwasastorytellinggameofcatandmouse,andyoupresumablyjust\nfinishedreadingtheaftermathofouryear-long,TomandJerry-style\nrampagethroughthehouse.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nAndifatthebeginningyoutoldmeI\nwouldhaveagroupofcharactersfightasinglegiantmonstereveryday\nforalmostsixmonths,Iwouldhavetoldyou...well,Iwouldhavetold\nyouthatsoundsawesome!ButthenIprobablywouldn'thavedoneit.\nBecauseIwouldhaveknownIwasgoingtodoit.Andwhatfunwouldthat\nhavebeen?\n<br/>\n<br/>\nIt'shardtobelieveit'sdone,I'msuremostlyforme\npersonally.Ifyoudothemath,you'llnoteIproducedanaverageof\nmorethan5imagesperday,everysingledayforthatyear-longstretch.\nInretrospect,itwasamatterofroutineinseparablefromdaytoday\nexistenc
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"id":"if-you-drew-comic-called-super-frog-at",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Saturday, February 21, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/if-you-drew-comic-called-super-frog-at\">\n If\n you drew a comic called Super Frog at age 11\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n Then take a number.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Jeffrey-<a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/oc/index.php?comic=-1\">OC</a>/<a href=\"http://wigucomics.com/\">WIGU</a>-Rowland and I\n both got ours at the deli counter of weird coincidences involving\n crudely drawn amphibious superheroes. My immediate thought was this was\n like an especially shitty or an especially awesome episode of Lost.\n Maybe it is both.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n The year was 1986, and\n as\n he tells it, Jeff's 11 year-old mind conceived of a hero named\n Superfrog (no space).\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Flash forward to the year 1990, a time when\n my 11 year-old mind would independently duplicate this feat, and bring\n into the world -- again -- a hero named Super Frog (but with a\n space!)\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/oldart1.jpg\"/>\n<br/>\n This\n cover stirs visions of a an intrepid young lad soldiering through that\n night sky with a thin, purple magic marker, thrashing in every\n conceivable direction like a crazed raccoon trying to escape an empty\n swimming pool. But it looks like he eventually and quite understandably\n muttered \"fuck this\" and stomped off to plunder the kitchen for some\n delicious Slimer-themed\n <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/ecto_cooler.mp4\">\n Ecto\n Cooler</a> Hi-C.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n You'll note some striking similarities between\n my and Jeff's work, aside from breadth of ambition.\n (Amphibition?)\n <br/>\n<br/>\n They both dwelt on swampy planets. Though mine was\n supposed to be Earth, since my story followed a Superman template. I\n figured he might as well since he shared a prefix with that hero. Jeff's\n looks like it fits into more of a Star Wars mold, which would make\n \"Amphibia\" somewhat akin to Yoda's swampy planet I guess.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Also\n note that while Jeff's planet was plagued by a \"terrorist group called\n MEGA\", my story was published by MEGA comics. This is obviously a word\n one dare not leave uncapitalized. Also both these frogs had really cool\n underground lairs.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But I'm afraid that's where the similarities\n end.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n 11 year-old Jeff's handwriting is actually better than mine\n is today, let alone the grisly marks which I pawned off as letters at\n age 11. You'll also note Jeff could actually string together a pretty\n decent sentence. \"<a href=\"http://wigu.com/superfrog/003-sm.jpg\">But,\n Amphibia was not without its evil forces…</a>\" Note the fairly\n sophisticated use of the double negative to take a little something off\n the sentence for rhetorical purposes. He could have taken the easy route\n and said \"Amphibia had so many evil forces!\" Or, \"Amphibia had all hella\n evil forces up ins, yo!\"if
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"id":"blog-redux-bon-voyage-tim-and-george",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Friday, February 13, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/blog-redux-bon-voyage-tim-and-george\">\n BLOG\n REDUX: Bon Voyage, Tim and George\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<p>\n I'm really just reposting this article from my old blog so\n <a href=\"http://bcomposed.blogspot.com/\">\n Byron</a> can link to it\n in his new blog.\n </p>\n<p>\n Originally posted: 06/24/08\n <br/>\n ---------------------------------------\n <br/>\n</p>\n<p>\n Tim Russert and George Carlin both recently passed away, and it is\n time to honor their memory with the somber gravity that can only be\n conveyed by that\n <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAl1JBruK4Y\">\n sappy\n acoustic version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”</a>.\n </p>\n<p>\n It is also time for us to acknowledge that their very real souls have\n moved on to the very real afterlife, where their transient physical\n identities will persist relentlessly for all eternity.\n </p>\n<p>\n As such I have put together this collage in memoriam as is the stoic\n tradition of this blog [EDIT: RE: MY OLD BLOG]. So keep a seat warm\n for me, George. I can’t wait for your bit on the 10 words you can’t\n say in heaven! And Tim, keep giving ‘em hell! ;)\n </p>\n<p>\n<br/>\n</p>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/russert-carlin.jpg\"/>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/blog-redux-bon-voyage-tim-and-george\" title=\"2009-02-13T15:47:00-08:00\">\n 3:47 PM\n </a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"how-do-i-prank-thee-let-me-qwantz-ways",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Monday, February 9, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/how-do-i-prank-thee-let-me-qwantz-ways\">\n How\n do I prank thee? Let me qwantz the ways.\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n Ok so here's what up.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I was recently embroiled (am still\n embroiled???) in this exotic prankster's feud with\n <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\">\n this guy who draws\n dinosaurs saying things</a>. Ok he doesn't really draw them but anyway.\n It was fun (is still fun???) but then due to some mental handicap\n specific to the needlessly officious I deleted some of my earlier\n <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n prankins\n </span>\n because the news section\n was getting a little long in the tooth. VERTICALLY SPEAKING.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n It\n was like a great venerable redwood and I was sort of like an especially\n angry Paul Bunyan, or just some really terrifically huge dude with an\n axe who hates trees, and possibly harbors disdain for the very concept\n of HEIGHT ITSELF.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n So I did this and dusted my hands but then some\n people started yelling at me.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n So I'm like, ok, I guess I can put\n it all back up somehow, even though that stuff I deleted is gone\n forever. I don't exactly have a\n <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n stout archival repository\n </span>\n for every frivolous little EPIC FUCKING BATTLESCAPE AMONG WORLD CLASS\n PRACTICAL JAPESTERS that happens to flutter through the perfumey breeze\n of my life.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I promised I'd take a crack at reconstructing what I\n said, and in the process probably charting new frontiers in the realm of\n dubious fidelity.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Anyway why don't we take this thing from the\n top. Ryan said this once upon a time, and I have emboldened the key\n point.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">\n February 4th, 2009: Andrew \"MS Paint Adventures\" Hussie has been putting together some videos with his friend Jan van den Hemel where they re-edit some Star Trek: TNG footage into hilarious short videos. They're great, you guys! I recommend watching them in order because it is comedy gold that builds on itself really nicely.\n <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\nAndrewHussieisquicklybecomingtheonlypersonwhosehouseIparkoutsideatnight.Ijustwanttowatchhimeathisdinner.\n</span>\n</span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd\nIwastickledhesaidit,butthenIwentontosay(probably)something\nlikethis.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nRyan,you'renotfoolinganyonesittinginyourcar,\nsortofduckingdownbehindyourdashboardlikethat.[IthinkI\nprobablymentionedsomethingaboutoperaglasses,orgoggleshere,which\nheretrievedfromhisglovebox.I'mnotsurewhyIwouldsuggesthekeep\nsuchathinginhisglovebox.Ithinkmymotivationwasprobablytouse\nlanguagetocasthimasabitofalithe-fingeredfop.I'mgoingtogo\naheadandassumethatIwa
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"id":"star-trek-edits",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Tuesday, February 3, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/star-trek-edits\">\n Star\n Trek Edits\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n Recently I helped a friend edit some episodes of Star Trek: The Next\n Generation. I've collected them all\n <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20090205072849/http://mspaintadventures.com/piefpafpauw/\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n on this web page\n here</a>.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Some other things of note: Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher)\n from the show has seen them and\n <a href=\"http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2009/02/your-daily-dose-of-surreality.html\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n written about it in\n his blog</a>. The videos have also appeared on TV, a on a\n <a href=\"http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/aroundthenet/66151/Leather-Commercial-Female-Cyclist.html\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\">\n G4 broadcast called Attack of the Show</a>. (It is\n mentioned in item number 4 on that clip.) They went as far as getting in\n costumes and sort of \"acting out\" the scenes from the\n <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk7eyqY4bbQ\">\n particular episode</a> they showed. Cool!\n <br/>\n<br/>\n A\n few other notes on this, and some FAQish sort of stuff...\n <br/>\n<br/>\n These\n were edited by <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/gazorra\">\n Jan Van den Hemel</a>, who's obviously\n pretty awesome at this. I helped him make these by writing these sort of\n \"scripts\", suggesting how to arrange clips, what lines to dub, and what\n sort of visual effects to try out. I also usually supply the, uh,\n <a href=\"https://mrcheeze.github.io/andrewhussie/finearts1.htm\">\n<br/>external resources</a>. Jan supplies a lot of input\n to the \"scripting\" process too. The result I think is a pretty effective\n fusion of our senses of humor, but of course all the technical editing\n gravitas is pure Jan.\n <br>\n<br/>\n We will probably keep making these videos,\n as long as it stays fun. We'll keep doing Star Trek for a while, but\n will likely also try using samples from other TV shows and movies later.\n <div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</br></div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/star-trek-edits\" title=\"2009-02-03T14:17:00-08:00\">\n 2:17\n PM\n </a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"need-for-steed",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Wednesday, January 7, 2009\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/need-for-steed\">\n Need\n for the Steed\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\">\n Exactly one year ago, I purchased a painting of a horse.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I chronicled this remarkable tale in my old blog. I repost the major excerpts from this adventure here today for posterity.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n ------\n </span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;\">\n Posted 12/17/2007\n <br/>\n “Fundraiser 07-08: Need for the Steed”\n </span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n A\n lot of webmasters such as bloggers or webcomic authors have fundraisers\n from time to time. It’s usually for something like a new computer (they\n are upgrading so they can better bring YOU content. How benevolent!), or\n some other piece of electronic equipment, or maybe even a medical\n procedure.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n This practice is of course self-indulgent bullshit. If\n you need money for something, go get a job and save the money yourself.\n Shaking coins from your readership like a piggybank at the threat of\n suspended content or hiatus is a crass move indeed.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Unless you\n have a really good reason, that is. Like me.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Today I am launching\n a bold fundraising campaign, “Fundraiser 07-08: Need for the Steed”, to\n obtain the monies necessary to purchase this incredible\n painting.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/flamingsteedpainting.jpg\"/>\n<br/>\n A\n while ago I discovered this artist simply named “T”. I was instantly\n smitten.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I “reviewed” (i.e. fawned over) the work at an earlier\n date. I have supplied an excerpt from this review here.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\">\nEverythingaboutthispaintingisfuckingamazing.OaklandRaiderslinebackerBillRomanowskifendingoffawild,flamingblacksteed,inamysticalsnowcappedmountainsetting.Idon’tknowifit’stheconceptalone,whichitselfisobviouslymind-blowing.Maybeit’salsothecurious,vaguely-humanoidmusculatureofthehorse.Ithasaman’sbicepandtriceps,andsomeverysuspiciouslyman-likebackmuscles.Ormaybeit’stheflamingmane,whichoncloserinspection,doesn’tresembleflamesomuchassyntheticorangepuppethair.Thissteediseitherfromhell,orhasrecentlyescapedFraggleRock,andisreadytoteartheentireNFLanewasshole.Buthedidn’tcountonbumpingintoBillRomo(understandably,sincehewasbuckingaroundthemiddleofthedamnedHimalayas).\n</span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nI\nwrotethatseveralyearsago,andbeforeIcatchmyselfextollingthe\ngrandeurofthepainterlygeniusof“T”again,I’lljustgettothe\npoint.Acoupleyearsagoaroundthesametimeofyear,alittlebefore\nChristmas,Iwrote“T”anemailofferingtopurchasethepainting.In\nadditiontogushingabouthisworkwithstrategicallyvapidand\nobsequiousprose,Iofferedhim$50forit.Thisofferwasmorethan\nfair,Itho
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Tuesday, December 23, 2008\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/fancy-santas-are-stupid-imposters\">\n Fancy-Santas\n are Stupid Imposters\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<span style=\"font-size:78%;\">\n (Since Christmas is in the air, I thought it would be a good time for a redux of this article posted in my old blog. It is probably the only thing worth salvaging from that blog and in this season of sharing I feel it is important to share it with you.\n </span>\n )\n <br/>\n<br/>\n I\n hate Fancy-Santas. Unlike the archetypical Santa, the cliché with the\n bright red suit, white beard, and unassuming accessories like black\n boots and mittens, the Fancy-Santa tries to be more than the cliché. He\n drapes himself in ruffled velvets, expensive European leathers, peculiar\n hats, and often can be found carrying around armloads of weird things,\n like a wreath, or a swan, or a fucking bush.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n But what’s worse is\n his attitude. The Fancy-Santa acts like he’s too good to be a normal\n Santa. While a normal Santa is jolly and friendly, the Fancy-Santa is\n aloof and acts like a complete prick. He likes to think he’s mysterious,\n tiptoeing through the woods, occasionally pausing to cast an abstract\n gaze into the northern sky. What mortal could dare to even fathom the\n grand majesties behind his ice-blue eyes and gaudy attire? What mortal\n could afford one of his bullshit dolls or figurines?\n <br/>\n<br/>\n You’ve\n probably seen a Fancy-Santa slowly rotating on a QVC broadcast for about\n $900, while a spokeswoman gingerly strokes his velvet robes. She uses\n words like “beautiful” and “exquisite” and “precious”. To her, the\n Fancy-Santa resembles everything good and decent left in her life, a\n life looted of joy by a succession of boorish ex-husbands. There is\n nothing boorish about a Fancy-Santa though. He is thoughtful, dignified,\n elegant—the perfect gentleman. And the perfect catch for a lonely\n middle-aged woman, if she could just find him in the fucking woods\n first. (protip: set a bear trap)\n <br/>\n<br/>\n Still don’t know what I’m\n talking about? You’re lucky, then. But I’m afraid your good fortune runs\n out here.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n This is a Fancy-Santa.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/blogspot/fancysanta1.jpg\"/>\n<br/>\nJust\nlookatthatasshole.Whothefuckdoeshethinkheis?Whatisheso\nhappyabout?\n<br/>\n<br/>\nListen,youimposter.YouarenotKrisKringle.Put\ndownthewreath,takeoffyoursillyrobes,andgohome.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nTheyare\nalwaysdeckedoutinanabsurdplethoraofridiculousshit.He’sgota\nsmallcrystaltree.Youknow,incaseofanemergency.Andsomekindof\nweirdlaceydoilyhangingfromit.Also,alistforauthenticity’ssake,\nbecause—haha!—he’sgottoconfirmwhichchildrenarenaughtyornice.\nAsifhe’sgoingtobegivingchildrenjackshit.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nIfyoueverrun\n
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\">\n<span>\n Wednesday, December 17, 2008\n </span>\n</h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\">\n<a href=\"/blogspot/ms-paint-adventures-suggestion-box\">\n The\n MS Paint Adventures Suggestion Box\n </a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\">\n<br/>\n Submit a comment to this post to make a suggestion for the latest\n </span>\n<span style=\"font-size:130%;\">\n<a href=\"/\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">\n MSPA\n </a>\n</span>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\">\n story.\n </span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\">\n You can also leave any other sort of comment about the site here. That's cool too.\n </span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7040474486766110676&postID=5559431398582644095\">\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;\">\n POST YOUR COMMENT\n </span>\n</a>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-size:78%;\">\n Some notes:\n <br/>\n<br/>\n - Keep it short! I tend to clip all suggestions to be about 60 characters or less.\n <br/>\n<br/>\n - Maybe this is obvious, but\n <b>\n only\n make suggestions for the latest point in the story!\n </b>\n Posting the suggestion \"shoot safe\" when I am 800 pages past that point doesn't make the slightest bit of sense!\n </span>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\">\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\">\n Posted by\n <span class=\"fn\">\n<span>\n Andrew Hussie\n </span>\n</span>\n</span>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"/blogspot/ms-paint-adventures-suggestion-box\" title=\"2008-12-17T16:15:00-08:00\">\n 4:15 PM\n </a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Thursday, February 25, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/seaworld2\">this is why you dont go to sea world</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n because some fat soaking monster will eat you\n </div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/seaworld2\" title=\"2010-02-25T00:31:00-05:00\">12:31 AM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Wednesday, February 24, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/nancho\">this is a 10 part series</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n sometimes when you want to get your nacho on theres some shit you just dont need so this is a shoutout to that<br/><br/>also this is a 10 part series maybe<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"/sbahj/12\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/archive/012.jpg\" style=\"width: 315px;\"/>\n</a>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/nancho\" title=\"2010-02-24T02:19:00-05:00\">2:19 AM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"danecook",
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Saturday, February 20, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/danecook\">dane cook is ugly</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n i was watching good luck chuck because i hate myself but thats another story<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/danebarf.jpg\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n this guy is hideous i wonder why i never noticed how ugly he was until i saw this movie. the problem may be exaggerated by contrast with jessica alba on the same screen cause she isnt too hard to look at at all. but damn.<br/><br/>\n he has a strikingly hateable face. i get the same feeling when im watching some movie magic behind the scenes thing and one of jim hensons wizards shows off some latex goblin head he made and sort of beams with fatherly pride like he outdid himself with this one.<br/><br/>i think his whole demeanor and his tired shtick and his rubber limbed histrionics dont help. i was kind of thinking while watching this hog slop that dane cook is really like a very very poor mans ben stiller crossed with a very very poor mans jim carrey.<br/><br/>which is weird because those guys are ALREADY poor mans versions of some other guys but i cant really think of the guys now. maybe they dont actually exist but rich folk are just kind of waiting around and hoping<br/><br/>which would make dane a guy slated for the utterly fucking destitute. dane cook is like part of an emergency relief care package for a third world nation. but then it turns out they dont want him<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/daneyuck.gif\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n dane dont make any more movies\n </div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/danecook\" title=\"2010-02-20T18:01:00-05:00\">6:01 PM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Thursday, February 18, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/tony2\">more ton'</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/tonyhawwwwk.jpg\"/><br/><br/>\n tony i got your back bro\n </div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/tony2\" title=\"2010-02-18T00:12:00-05:00\">12:12 AM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Wednesday, February 17, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/candy\">some candy company ripped me off</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/sweetcred1.jpg\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/sweetcred/kidshome.swf\">i dont know this just seems vaguely derivative</a><br/><br/>\n maybe what i mean is i wish i was the one who made that website. why is it the best kind of irony is always the unintended kind. dammit this candy slinging jackass doesnt even realize what a fucking genius he is. because hes too fucking stupid. stupid enough to think that a bunch of street savvy, weird-face, head-ass looking motherfuckers is a one way ticket to selling a goddamn tsunami of candy<br/><br/>\n i dont know where to begin with this thing its like trying to shake the hand of a really fat guy, what do you even grab<br/><br/>ENTER KIDS' ZONE... fuck i could write a graduate thesis on this garbage, im repelled just by the sheer audacity of its hydranecked powergrab for my contempt. at least KIDS isnt spelled with a Z maybe they havent figured out how to do that in england yet. no not with the queens english, but of course in one fell swoop they use that same silvery tongue to titillate the devils squirming asshole.<br/><br/>\n ok hang on... panning through the grisly multimedia trainwreck of an intro oh ok SKIP... and music off... ok<br/><br/>\n i wonder if that music was from THE STREET. probably fucking jacked right the fuck off some fly homie's boombox<br/><br/>\n now we need to MEET THE SWEET CRED GANG obviously as soon as fucking possible cause i dont know how i slept a fucking wink without this posse of smug cunts taking me to school. how should i wear a hat oh ok backwards? whoa whoa slow down are you sure itll even FIT that way. we are talking about the same thing right, a HAT right. ha ha<br/><br/>\n lets talk about SIMON<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/sweetcred2.jpg\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n ok i cant even say for sure if \"cool\" is even what they were going for here. reminds me of like in movies when they try to dress a drunk guy up to stand in as someone respectable to pull off a ruse, or maybe a dead guy like weekend at bernies. or like a dude who pretends to be a rich person butler to steal shit and if they find out they'll fuckin cut his dick off. i dunno. shit.<br/><br/>\n what im saying is that simon looks mentally handicapped and someone dressed him that way in the morning. dressed him \"cool\",skateboardcheckbackwardshatcheck.iguessimsayingsimonismentallychallengedandhedoesskateboardstuntsforapplesauce(re:fallsdown)<br/><br/>\nthemoreilookathisheadthemoreitresembles...idontknow<br/><br/>\nsomethingindecent.<br/><br/>\nhisheadislike...imaginecauliflower-earedgenitaliainahat.imagineifyoushavedsomeonespubicareaandifwhatyoufoundunderneathcouldmakeafaceatyou.itwouldbasicallybesimonsface<br/><br/>\nthecartoonistiguessbelievestheloweredeyelidsstylisticallycommandsconfidencebutwhathedoesntrealizeisthatattributemassivelyamplifiesthehorrifyingnatureofthealreadylatentlygrotesque.imagineifadeadguysnutsackhadeyesandtheeyelidsloweredatyouleavinglittledoubt:thatsackKNOWSTHESCORE.fuck<br/><br/>\nohmanheLOVES:workingonhisskateboardmovesanddownloadingGREATVIDEOS...waitbutwhere?grandad'sgramophoneorsomeuncoolshitlikethat?NOANMP4PLAYER.thatshowcoolheishedoesntevenBOTHERwithmp3playerslikewhatthekidsthesedaysareprobablyusingheskipsrighttofucking4.<br/><br/>\nalsohesnottookeenonhomeworkandicantsayiblamehim,ohalso
"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Thursday, January 7, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/togyhawg\">review of tony hawk</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n no not the game. just the guy. ive never played a tony hawk game.<br/><br/>\n ive never met tony hawk either. ill just go by mostly photos of him.<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/tonyhawk1.jpg\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n look at this goofy motherfucker. it looks like kevin sorbo had a savage face collision with james woods. note that i didnt say they had a \"love child\". people who use that phrase are fucking assholes<br/><br/>\n you would never get the idea he makes a ton of dough scooting around on a wheeled-up piece of wood made for little boys. hey haggard dude. yeah you with the goonish facial proportions. can you go nab me some sick air?? and while youre up there why dont you find a real job<br/><br/>skateboards havent been asserted as legitimately cool since probably michael j fox outmaneuvered biff in the fifties and fed him a world of cowshit i think to prevent himself from fucking his own mom. that and bart simpson. but bart simpson was never cool, no one ever actually thought he was cool even in the thick of their early ninties delirium. he never actually said anything clever and now that i think about it he was vaguely effeminate, which would be fine i guess but it betrayed his wafer thin eat my shorts attitude. maybe 20 years of having your lines delivered by a woman will make that happen. seriously even the idiots in the 90s werent really sure what eat my shorts meant. its like they were aware it was a fucking dumbass thing to say on some level albeit dimly, and let some shitty characterization slide cause it was a funny show. dear matt groening being a \"cool kid\" means more than hating school and dishing out mediocre sass over the span of 7 presidential terms. i dont know this character is so old already maybe i should start ripping jughead a new asshole or maybe lil abner while im at it. what the fuck am i even doing<br/><br/>then i think for approximately two years in the 90s people thought rollerblades were cool, and then someone splashed a pitcher of cold piss in all our faces and woke us the fuck up from that nightmare. a guy lumbering around on rollerblades makes it look like someone fucked with frankensteins shoes in his sleep as a practical joke. if youre wearing rollerblades you might as well shuffle down to the pawn shop and fork over your dick cause you just became so frightening to women theyll start handing out pink ribbons en masse to promote you-awareness.<br/><br/>basically anybody who gets bent out of shape about anything that has wheels needs to be whipped briskly across the cheek with the wishbone of a huge flightless bird<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/tonyhawk2.jpg\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n heres another one<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/tonyhawk3.jpg\"/><br/>\n</div><br/>\n i dont care about this suddenly\n </div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/togyhawg\" title=\"2010-01-07T02:54:00-05:00\">2:54 AM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Thursday, January 7, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/seaworld\">why would anyone go to sea world</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n you see a bunch of fat wet animals and then you go home<br/><br/>\n who gives a crap\n </div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/seaworld\" title=\"2010-01-07T02:52:00-05:00\">2:52 AM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"html":"\n<h2 class=\"date-header\"><span>Thursday, January 7, 2010</span></h2>\n<div class=\"date-posts\">\n<div class=\"post-outer\">\n<div class=\"post\">\n<h3 class=\"post-title\">\n<a href=\"/dstrider/bruce\">i watched bruce almighty recently</a>\n</h3>\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n this was my favorite part of the movie. bruce is talking to morgan freeman because he cant make jennifer aniston fall in love with him for some mind boggling reason<br/><br/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<img src=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/blog/brucealmighty.jpg\"/>\n</div><br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=volunteer+at+your+local+church\" target=\"_blank\">here if youre interested</a><br/><br/>\n</div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\">\n at\n <a class=\"anchor\" href=\"/dstrider/bruce\" title=\"2010-01-07T02:21:00-05:00\">2:21 AM</a>\n</span>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n"
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234563189\">\nIf you could ask God one question what would it be?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234563782\">\nWhat was the most interesting place you've traveled to?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nstupid\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie234575405",
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234575405\">\nIs Bro gay?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nhe's a fictional character\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie234577094",
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234577094\">\nIf you could have taken problem sleuth in a completely different direction, what would it have been?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nmarshmallow peeps instead of candy corn\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234580723\">\ni JUST DO not *believe* what i saw, what KIND OF skills even are those stunts you just pulled\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit sounds like you are a little too skeptical.<br/>\n<br/>\ntldr; BELIEVE IT\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234581697\">\nWhat the fuck is this shit?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni dont think i care for your tone\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234582875\">\nWHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM FLAVOR, ANDREW.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ngummy bears yellow cake and ribbed condoms\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234584861",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234584861\">\nIf you were stranded outside in space, and all you had was your partner monkey Joe and three tennis shoes, what would you do to survive?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni stopped reading at the comma\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234585235",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234585235\">\nWhere did you go to school?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ntemple university\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234586019",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234586019\">\nhow much for 20 minutes\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n1200 seconds\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234587648",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234587648\">\nAndre Hussie I am having trouble with this essay on a bunch of stupid bullshit, will you be my guide in these troubled times.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthey are not troubled times for nobody but you so the answer is no.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234588589",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234588589\">\nwhen you usually spell the word bees how many e's do you put in?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni should start using the delete question feature\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234589763",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234589763\">\nWhat the fuck do you plan to do with this horseshit?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ntreat it respectably while its stern father is watching\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234591218",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234591218\">\nTop hats or monocles?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthe implied mutual exclusivity turns my stomach\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234591774",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234591774\">\nWhere the fuck were you last night man, you said you'd be there!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthis is a ruse i do not know you\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234593868",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234593868\">\nWould you consider making an Xbox Live Arcade game some day?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes but i need currency and clockticks of which i aint got much of neither\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234595692",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234595692\">\nSo if you had to choose between a flying unicorn and a harem of nubile young women, and you could never have the one you didn't pick, what would you choose?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\noh my god please this question is SiLlY!1!1!<br/>\n<br/>\n(how big is the unicorns horn?)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234599252",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234599252\">\nWhat inspires the direction(s) of your storytelling? Does music have any piece in it, or do you outline things yourself with just your own ideas from the hammerspace of your mind?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nvery many of the flash pages have been seriously influenced by the music, and sometimes songs lead me to do flash pages i wasn't planning on doing in the first place.<br/>\n<br/>\nmost other sources of inspiration: yeah pretty much the hammerspace thing\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234601348",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234601348\">\nIf you could prove the existence of one recognized religion's God(s)/Deity(s)/Whathaveyou(s), who's religion would you validate? Might you prefer to to prove one religion to be irrefutably wrong?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni say this truthfully and with the greatest respect to you:<br/>\n<br/>\ni consider the premise of the question to be childish and on the whole philosophically bankrupt\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234601934",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234601934\">\nYou're certain that I can't marry Bro? We could drive to Connecticut. It's legal there.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nare you a minor or a puppet?<br/>\n<br/>\nboth?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234607135",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234607135\">\nWhat is the nature of reality?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nimagine a brillo pad the size of the universe. now imagine that instead of steel wool it is made of the agony of all living beings.<br/>\n<br/>\nnow imagine that pad being dragged across god's brain for the full perpetuity of existence.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234612972",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234612972\">\nWhy are you seriously so awesome? You tie with Jeph Jaques for my favorite web-cartoonists. where did you get the idea for mspaint adventures? and how can i become brilliant like you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwhat would break the tie? i need to know how to be better than everybody, forever. maybe we can help each other out.<br/>\n<br/>\nhow to be brilliant: make something awesome then blame it on your brain.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234616377",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234616377\">\nIf you were a pogo stick jump rope master, would you use your powers for good or evil? And what exactly would you do?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni would use my powers to call one of my homies and say yo dogg you gotta drive me to the hospital because i just did something fuckin [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ED with a pogo stick. ha ha no dude i'll tell you when you get here just hurry man i'm hurt pretty bad\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234621870",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234621870\">\nribbed condoms are not an add-in. do you bring your own?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyeah well they gather dust in the wallet so i figure might as well get some use out of them\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234622148",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234622148\">\nIf you could prove the existence of one Paris Hilton's Paris Hilton, who's Paris Hilton would you validate? Might you prefer to to prove one Paris Hilton to be irrefutably Paris Hilton? Oh god what have you done with your life?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthis is terrible to read\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234623086",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234623086\">\nWhy'd you hide all this wax in my ear?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nelves will fuck any hole as long as its owner is asleep\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234623463",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234623463\">\nYou and Dave are THE SAME PERSON, aren't you\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni use more punctuation.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234623661",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234623661\">\nwhy are you participating in this terrible horseshit\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n:(\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234623801",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234623801\">\nAre you going to do anything about that velociraptor behind you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n:(\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234624031",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234624031\">\nOnce there is a reasonable number of strips, is there any chance of a Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff book with commentary by Dave Strider?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyeah\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234625123",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234625123\">\nWhich memory aid do you use when you tie your shoes? (eg rabbit around the stump and through the hole etc)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni never tie my shoes. i leave them tied hard and slip em on and off like slippers. only sane way to wear shoes, period.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234626987",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234626987\">\nYou never call anymore, Andrew. You never call. Your brother Byron calls every day. Why can't be more like Byron?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nbyron never calls and neither do i. we are both perfectly misanthropic in precisely the same quantity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234627135",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234627135\">\nWhy so serious?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n:(\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234627645",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234627645\">\nWhat is your alcoholic drink of choice? (Do you drink?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nusually beer but mostly for lack of imagination\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234628360",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234628360\">\nclearly a lot of these questions are ass backward window licking [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ed but no need to be rude andrew. how do you plan to reconcile all these people you've offended?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nim being fine and everyone likes me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234628628",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234628628\">\nShould we crush his sweet hands?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n:(\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234628980",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234628980\">\nHow did Jack Noir deflate his head in order to become Wayward Vagabond???\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndumb theory, stupid question\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234631744",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234631744\">\nWhy don't you like Wes Anderson's directing?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nstop tricking me into having an opinion on this man\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234632686",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234632686\">\nwhen was the last time you ate at olive garden?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nbest question yet.<br/>\n<br/>\ni think maybe 4 years ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhen i was there i wasnt family and they gave me my money back\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234633517",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234633517\">\nWho's your favorite Wilson? Owen, Luke, or the other one?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni think they all need to try to commit suicide a few more times before i reach a verdict\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234634775",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234634775\">\nWhy is your picture a shitty 'mirror with camera covering face' myspace-esque shot?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nzoom in<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/scraps2/shittybathroommirrorshot.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/shittybathroommirrorshot.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\nim not sure if that actually answers the question though\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234636528",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234636528\">\nhttp://www.johnegbert.com/ Is this part of some sort of zany ALTERNATE REALITY GAME??? Because I totally knew John Egbert would end up running a lucrative photography business.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndammit<br/>\n<br/>\ni wish that wasn't a real thing\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234636886",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234636886\">\nI am trying to decide which is the better Marvin Gaye song:\"Let's get it on\" or \"Sexual Healing.\" Both are distinct treatments of essentially the same topic, so I am trying to come up with alternative qualifiers for which is better. Thoughts?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n..................................................................................\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234638298",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234638298\">\ndescribe the perfect meal to enjoy as a prelude to some hardcore art action\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni dont really ever do any hardcore art these days.<br/>\n<br/>\nconsequently i find myself malnourished.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234642710",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234642710\">\nwould it be an insult to you if we insinuated you were somehow related to a majestic stallion\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes.<br/>\n<br/>\ni demand there be nothing ambiguous about the accusation.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234644072\">\nSoon, you'll be wearing my sword like a shish kebab!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nseems like there are logical fallacies with your simile\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234644396",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234644396\">\nwould it be an insult to you if we insinuated you were somehow related to a majestic stallion\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ngod stop asking this\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234644569",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234644569\">\nwould it be an insult to you if we insinuated you were somehow related to a majestic stallion\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\njesus...\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234647930",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234647930\">\nWhat is your opinion of furries? Do you think they're all pathetic, or just enough to get the Internet all up in a lather about the subject?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nindignation over furries is a tad stale.<br/>\n<br/>\ni'm not any more hotheaded about them than i am about candy corn or puppet butts\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234648714",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234648714\">\nOn average, how long does it take for you to create a single flash fight scene (for example, Dave's Strife with his Bro) from start to finish?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nusually 1 day, but a pretty solid day\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234650442",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234650442\">\nIn Homestuck, if John subtracted the code of a glass of water from that of an empty glass to get the code for some water, and inverted that code's bits (thus applying the NOT operation), what item would the resulting code produce?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyou can't just subtract a code though. you can make some determination about a number of POSSIBLE codes that could result from subtraction.<br/>\n<br/>\n#NERDY ANSWER YOU DIDN'T WANT\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 7, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234651021",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234651021\">\nThis post on Dave's blog (http://dstrider.blogspot.com/2010/02/this-is-10-part-series.html) is dated 2010, so does that mean the featured SBaHJ strip only appears 1 year after the events of Homestuck take place?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit means i cant travel back in time to make fake blog posts\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234652464",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234652464\">\nCould you stop making references to Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff comics within Homestuck? I'm really not comfortable with it, and I couldn't tell you exactly why.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthe sweet bro quotes were a...<br/>\n<br/>\nDISTACTION<br/>\n<br/>\ni HAVE the endless vortex of self-reference\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234652981",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234652981\">\nWhat was your first impression of Ryan North upon meeting him? (Assuming you two have actually met in person.)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni thought he was a nice guy, and kind of short<br/>\n<br/>\nthen he stood up\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234653857",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234653857\">\nWhere do you find inspiration for such imaginative, unique, and inspiring storytelling and characterization? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br/>\n<br/>\njust gonna bask in this one for a while<br/>\n<br/>\nfuck all y'all with your other dumb questions this guy is way better than you.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234654229",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234654229\">\nWhat was that about the stairs again?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthey were mentioned; warnings, issued.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234654709",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234654709\">\nWhat breed of dog is Bec?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nomnipoterrier\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234655255",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234655255\">\nWhen you woke up today, is this how you envisioned spending any part of your Friday night?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO<br/>\n<br/>\nreally i would be drawing now if not for this\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234657089",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234657089\">\nAre you surprised that the Striderism \"where doing it man / where MAKING THIS HAPEN\" has become so popular?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnot really, but a secret agenda for sneaking other sbahj quotes into HS is to make those a little more popular too so that particular quote is not the only one i hear all the time.<br/>\n<br/>\n#it's working<br/>\n<br/>\n#why am i using hashtags\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234658362",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234658362\">\nTeddy bears or Security Blankeys?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nboth make excellent bait.<br/>\n<br/>\nthanks for the tip, mr. child predator.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234658741",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234658741\">\nWhere did the wise-guru-on-a-mountaintop comic trope originate from?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni dont know probably from real life old dudes sitting on mountains\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234658866",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234658866\">\nWill we ever get to see LORD ENGLISH in the flesh?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyeah\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234660831",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234660831\">\nDoes it make you sad that someone thinks you tie with jeff fucking jaques at anything?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\njeff's a cool guy i dont get sad about nothin of the sort\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234662194",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234662194\">\nWho are the Homestuck characters' personalities based on / inspired by?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ntheyre basically just me talking to myself with judicious modifications in rhythm and diction, like a multiple personality disorder via webcomic.*<br/>\n<br/>\n*pompous douchebag answer\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234662599",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234662599\">\nWould you consider relinquishing your vast and unquenchable stores of talent to those of us less fortunate in the artistic and creative areas?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni dont know how to do this\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234663709",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234663709\">\nSeriously, when do you think the Problem Sleuth book is coming out? I need to know when I should prepare moneys. On a similar note, do you have any idea when the next Homestuck album might be released?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit really will come out pretty soon.<br/>\n<br/>\nreally really really.<br/>\n<br/>\ni mean not \"really soon\" but \"really as in im not lying about this\"<br/>\n<br/>\nits taken forever to get it off the ground and its my fault for dogging it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234664667",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234664667\">\nhey andrew you ever even do a thing on a place??\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndoing things blows. dont even get me STARTED on places.<br/>\n<br/>\nfuckers think they OWN locations and shit\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234665515",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234665515\">\nSo you ever going to finish Bard Quest or is that just a lost cause now?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni have on numerous occasions contemplated revisiting it.<br/>\n<br/>\nim sure i will again.<br/>\n<br/>\ncontemplate, that is.<br/>\n<br/>\nfinish it? no.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234668149",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234668149\">\nHi Andrew! I hope you are having a great day/night! <3 What was your personal favourite moment in HS so far??? :D\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nis this michi?<br/>\n<br/>\nrecently i decided that this was one of my favorite panels for some reason<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/003339\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003339</a><br/>\n<br/>\nprobably just because of the sheer amount of information it contains, particularly for those unfamiliar with it all\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234669829",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234669829\">\nOf the songs created for Homestuck so far, do you have a favorite?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni really like Doctor, which was a huge multi-artist remix collaboration and got to be very fine-tuned by the end.<br/>\n<br/>\nLiquid Negrocity too from the MC album.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlus a WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHERS.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234670596",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234670596\">\nHow come the first two Truffle Shuffle maneuvers are just colossal wastes of time, but the Double Truffle Shuffle Trouble and the Triple Truffle Shuffle Scuffle are ludicrously powerful?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTEAMWORK IS THE ANSWER\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234670967",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234670967\">\nWhat color is Dave Strider's hair?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni dont know. the fans seem to want it to be orange so i guess thats what it is\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234671380",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234671380\">\nOn what sort of things would you give the name General Discomfort?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBLUUUUH>>>>>>>>>>>?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234673569",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234673569\">\nWhen is the next volume of Whistles coming out?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthere's a very good chance i just won't finish it. it takes too much time to make a fully rendered graphic novel.<br/>\n<br/>\neffortwise 30 finished whistles pages = 500 mspa pages.<br/>\n<br/>\nive decided getting more story done in less time is better.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234674518",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234674518\">\nWho would win in a fist fight, you or Jeph Jacques?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\njohn keogh.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234688613",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234688613\">\nYou know you can just delete stupid questions instead of answering them, right?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni figure answering stupid questions when you just start using formspring is the equivalent of getting really excited about apps when you just start using facebook.<br/>\n<br/>\nLET THIS BABY HAVE HIS FUCKING BOTTLE\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234690160",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234690160\">\nSo far, what percentage of the fan adventure Felt is canon?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nonly as much as my own yet-unrecorded ideas.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhich is to say, none, until actually committed to a page.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234690834\">\nWhy are you so brilliant and charismatic?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwhy are you so great at posing questions?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234691305",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234691305\">\nDo you only answer questions in a stupidity threshold greater than 15% and less than 70%?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni have answered ever single question submitted thusfar.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234691867",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234691867\">\nCould you figure out a way to make the text portions of Rose's FAQ searchable with your comic's Search feature? (i.e my browser's Find feature?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnot without typing it all somewhere and i kind of dont feel like it, sorry\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234692518",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234692518\">\nWhat is your GAMBIT SCHEMA, Andrew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nerotic cake webcomic artist\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234693685",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234693685\">\nAre you going to buy your musicians a fancy dinner? Or ponies? I like ponies.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthey make way more money than me off the music so they should be buying me fancy lobsters on a bed of filet mignon\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234694034",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234694034\">\nwhat do you do when you're not making comic things?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthis is pretty much all i do\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234694635",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234694635\">\nWhat are your personal names for the Light ande Dark races in Homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni guess prospitians and ______ites.<br/>\n<br/>\nwouldnt you like to know what the latter word is\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234695206",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234695206\">\nIs it ever disconcerting to think about exactly how many people idolize you or think you are incredibly awesome? Does your popularity ever frighten you even a little?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnah.<br/>\n<br/>\nwait...<br/>\n<br/>\nis this true???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234695731",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234695731\">\nwhy do you ceaselessly evade answering these questions\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nANOTHER BULLET DODGED<br/>\n<br/>\nWHOOSH\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234695877",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234695877\">\nHow is it that even your crappy mirror shot somehow looks amazing?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\njust a good lookin dude<br/>\n<br/>\nright here\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234696426",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234696426\">\nWill you be at PAX East? How do you respond to fans approaching you and saying, \"Hey, you're that guy who does that thing?\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni'll be milling around there.<br/>\n<br/>\ni will be putting the NEATO in<br/>\n<br/>\nincognito\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234696617",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234696617\">\nHow can one of us lesser artists become as powerful as you are, Andrew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyou can not<br/>\n<br/>\ni am sorry\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234702224",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234702224\">\nI need some quality vulgarity and was told you are the man to see about learning some.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyou were misinformed<br/>\n<br/>\nprobably by some filthy dicktickling wizardfucking assface\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234703177",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234703177\">\nI am trying to impress you with my wit-riddled questions. Would you agree that I am being a \"smooth customer\" about this?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ntrying to impress people is a hollow pursuit<br/>\n<br/>\noh wait youre doing it anonymously through formspring??? whoa wait i take it back\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234703614",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234703614\">\nAre you ever afraid that one of your many internet fans/stalkers is going to track you down and build a tent on your lawn and just watch you all day?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nif someones popping boners on my lawn im calling the cops\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234703691",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234703691\">\nDo you like buffalo wings?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234703937",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234703937\">\nyou are somehow related to a majestic stallion\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthumbs down to this\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234704245",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234704245\">\niS IT FOOLISH TO BELIEVE IN FAIRIES\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nok this is the last one of these really awful ones i answer\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234704731",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234704731\">\nspeaking of horses, where is your majestic stallion attacking a football player these days? can we have some interior design shots?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nits on the floor propped up against a wall about 10 feet away from me right now\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie234705071",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie234705071\">\nWhat time were you planning on quitting this waste of time and going to sleep?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nright..........<br/>\n<br/>\n...............<br/>\n.....<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n..........<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n...............<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n.........<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n...................<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n.......<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nNOW!<br/>\n<br/>\n(probably wont go to sleep yet though)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256915952",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256915952\">\nHow are you funding this hobby of yours?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nmostly through porn ads. and a huge amount of that goes to server expenses because im cool enough to deliver enormous flash files to a quarter million people every day or something like that.<br/>\n<br/>\nbasically people need to buy more shit from me.<br/>\n<br/>\nand i need to sell more shit to people.<br/>\n<br/>\nthat i am not a millionaire is your fault and mine. together we make the arrangement work.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256917816",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256917816\">\nWill you marry me?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK.<br/>\n<br/>\npeople will wish i deleted this question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256920284",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256920284\">\nHow much formal education do you have in philosophy and how has this influenced your writing of MSPA?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nzero to both ends of the question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256920638",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256920638\">\nI know this is weird, but I fucking love the way you draw clouds like in Skaia etc. Not a question, but you need to know this\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthanks!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256921851",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256921851\">\nHow can I tell if you're ignoring my questions or if there is just a massive queue of questions you have yet to answer?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni just found your question on the queue and answered it 3 days after you submitted it.<br/>\n<br/>\na bunch of others i deleted tho\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256923182",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256923182\">\nWhat events do you speculate would have had to occur at your birth to make you such an amazing and unique individual?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\na wizard fucked my mom\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256927724",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256927724\">\nDo you do much trolling mr huss?? Is all this SBHJ stuff based off experience?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSBaHJ directly resulted from my illustrious career as a troll.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/forum/SBaHJ Origins.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=85435</a><br/>\n<br/>\ncool dude and stoner lou did too. some people know what that is\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256933996",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256933996\">\nDo you think that the vocabulary you use during webcomicing draws a more intelligent audience than most web comics or do you truthfully not give a shit and a half\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't not give a shit if my readers are smart. i want them to be smart, despite my apparent efforts to destroy their brain cells.<br/>\n<br/>\nmy dealings with the community has lead me to believe they are more intelligent than most internet browsing fare by a wide margin.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut then again there's enough goofy nonsense in problem sleuth to draw the memeholics so ???????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256935974",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256935974\">\nDo you [how do you] ever get any sleep?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes [horse sedatives]\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256940468",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256940468\">\nDo you ever let people ever call you \"Andy\"?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nits really hard to stop those intent on brandishing a word.<br/>\n<br/>\njust look at the flap over the R-word<br/>\n<br/>\nnew englanders dont want to give it up because they feel some pride in using it i guess?<br/>\n<br/>\ngod i hate new englanders<br/>\n<br/>\nbut im fine with the R-word. that has nothing to do with it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256944538",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256944538\">\nThis isn't really a question, but I have to tell you that I laughed for 10 minutes straight at the following strip:http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003349 and I just wanted to extend particular thanks for such hilarity!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni have to copy/paste that url, can you just tell me what it was?<br/>\n<br/>\nanyway, thanks, and you're welcome!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256952378",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256952378\">\nDo you have a degree in anything; if so, what?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ncomputer science\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256953807",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256953807\">\nWhat do you use to draw the draw-y bits of MSPA?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nphotoshop. all animated gifs done in photoshop too.<br/>\n<br/>\ni only use flash for flash pages.<br/>\n<br/>\neven then a lot of times i animate stuff in photoshop and just import the frames in.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256954698",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256954698\">\nwhen can i expect to see a Dave Strider shirt on that shitty website you call a store? (can i throw up a preorder thing or what)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nworking on this. shouldnt be too long.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256956204",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256956204\">\nIs Jade asian? Is this supposed to be a racist social commentary sort of thing?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni consider the kids a-racial.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe only race they obviously definitely arent is black.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhich is very racist of me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256961329",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256961329\">\nDo the plot twists ever surprise you? Or, perhaps more appropriately, do you ever change up the story just to screw with the IDE/Theories that are out there?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nive never made a story decision specifically to debunk a theory.<br/>\n<br/>\nother than that, i dont know.<br/>\n<br/>\nits sort of hard to be surprised by an idea when comes from you.<br/>\n<br/>\nunless you have the writerly equivalent of tourette's syndrome.<br/>\n<br/>\nkids playin a game doo dee doo SHIT METEORS<br/>\n<br/>\nactually it was sort of like that. so maybe.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256961718",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256961718\">\nWhat time zone are you currently located in? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\neastern\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256965803",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256965803\">\nHow do you so seamlessly come off as simultaneously enigmatic and approachable?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndo i?<br/>\n<br/>\nim starting to worry im coming off as a little ornery answering these questions<br/>\n<br/>\njackass\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256971942",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256971942\">\nAndrew, to what extent are the prototypings pre-planned? What are your criteria?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsometimes my plans (bark) are bigger than my ____ (bite).<br/>\n<br/>\ni wasnt sure what word to put in that blank there.<br/>\n<br/>\ni had this idea a while ago that i would make polls to determine prototyping. such as:<br/>\n<br/>\n- wizard statue<br/>\n- princess doll<br/>\n- maplehoof<br/>\n<br/>\nor such<br/>\n<br/>\nand then run with the results. but that somehow seemed like too much trouble.<br/>\n<br/>\nit wouldnt have been too much trouble if not for that fact that i was up to my neck in animation chores. the inclusion of flash pages, while it may seem like i slip them in there gracefully, is sort of an albatross around my neck in some regards. the effort involved tends to crowd out all sorts of cool ideas i would be implementing otherwise. promoting additional democratic storybuilding mechanisms is just one example of such a casualty.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256975742",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256975742\">\nDo you ever take a measure of sadistic glee in withholding an update for an hour or two just to watch the addicts squirm a little, or do you always update right away when an update is ready?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni always update the second a page is ready to go. and often (USUALLY) before it is ready to go, and i have to mutter obscenities while i fix typos.<br/>\n<br/>\ni dont usually make a lot of typos in general, but with mspa i am a typo machine for some reason. maybe because in most cases the text is sort of an afterthought.<br/>\n<br/>\nlike ill make an image and then say oh damn i guess i should SAY something under this thing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256976686",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256976686\">\nWill you ever make another page for Gentlemen of Excellence?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\noh god no<br/>\n<br/>\nim out of hawaiian strongman super hero concepts for one thing\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256979391",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256979391\">\nWill the Hashrap Strife ever see the light of day?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nits just one of those things that would be REALLY COOL, but on the whole would take too much time and not really serve the story to justify it.<br/>\n<br/>\nfor every weird idea in mspa there are at least 10 that i decided not to implement for a similar reason.<br/>\n<br/>\neven then, i still implement too many extraneous ideas.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256984133",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256984133\">\nHow often do you plan on doing those exploration-game-things?s I ask because I am so poor and my computer is so shitty I have to steal a peak at it from another man's house.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nVERY RARELY<br/>\n<br/>\nbut i find it suspect that the latest version is all that slow on any computer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256985436",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256985436\">\nwhen are you going to make more zoosmell comics? Andrew make more zoosmell comics.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nas soon as my livestock coffers are sufficiently flush\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256987170",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256987170\">\nMr. Andrew a little question: do you read the MSPaint adventures in the forums? which ones are your favorites?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni really dont have time to do anything other than browse now and then. people would be angry with me if i did so at the expense of updating, which is what would happen.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie256989626",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie256989626\">\nIf I bring a ace of spaces card to a convention will you autograph it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes, mostly because im curious to know what an ace of spaces card looks like.<br/>\n<br/>\nsounds...<br/>\n<br/>\nCOSMIC\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie257017381",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie257017381\">\nI was just wondering cause you seen to be really good at writing in voice, have you had any formal writing experience (school, job, or whatever), or did you get this good by yourself and just writing a lot?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwell as is the case with a lot of these questions i guess ill first say thanks thanks and more thanks.<br/>\n<br/>\ni dont have formal writing experience or training. not creative writing anyway. plenty of technical writing experience though. my trainin's in 'puters.<br/>\n<br/>\nive never thought of myself as a writer at all. more of a storyteller, during loftier musings, and a joke teller all other times. writing is one tool i use to tell stories at the moment. its a craft ive improved, semi-deliberately, only for the sake of improving the storytelling process.<br/>\n<br/>\nin typing out that reason it sounds weird. is there any other reason to do so? when i listen to aspiring writers talk about stuff i often get the sense theyre in it for more than that. like theyre trying to heal some hole in their aura which is preventing them from truly BEING A WRITER. i dont know.<br/>\n<br/>\ni think writing in voice is pretty simple. its mostly about consistency. choosing a set of parameters and committing to them absolutely. it can even be a shitty set of parameters and a crappy character. but if you keep hammering away at that voice, people will say, damn thats some pretty good characterization there! i mean... they might be WRONG. but theyll SAY it.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe advantage in being so obstinate with the profile you choose is then any deviation you make will be very noticeable. this is to your advantage, if you can control these deviations with purpose and precision. such deviations can serve as the pillars for character development. they cant happen without the consistency first. and ironically, without the consistency, they DO happen. for the wrong reasons. because you fucked up.<br/>\n<br/>\nsyntax is not a typical part of voice in most works but its one ive latched onto aggressively in HS and perhaps solidifies the illusion of strong voice. in fact ive become so conscious of syntax-voice, i noticed for some reason when answering these questions ive gravitated towards an ad hoc syntax, no caps, no apostrophes, otherwise punctuated. i am fearful of deviating from it. because it will mess with your heads if i do. and mine.<br/>\n<br/>\nSee, look. Instant syntax upgrade. It's hard to believe this is even the same person talking!<br/>\n<br/>\nInconsistency can be one of great calling cards of utter trash. Glorious inconsistency, artful inconsistency even, I think is something to behold. It's like a window into a defective mind. These are principles I employ in SBaHJ. They interest me for some reason. Will this sentence end with a period? No, looks like it won't. But this one will. Why was that particular word misspelled? Why not just misspell every word? That would make no statement. It would invite no speculation into a uniquely defective thought process.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie257018080",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie257018080\">\nWill you write more Manimals comics, or do I have to wait for the Apocalypse?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni just chose a random question to say no more questions for now. goodnight.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie264757574",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264757574\">\nWhy are all your comics, on some level, about one Ryan North?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nhe's a compelling muse. i'm moved by his commitment to a single small sample of dinosaur clip art. also his passion for taking humorous ideas and conveying them through funny remarks. he's sort of like a word clown. the only of his kind.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie264801061",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264801061\">\nI noticed that many of the pages from jailbreak are not anywhere near as good as current pages. Is this because you didn't put in as much effort back then, or did the practice truly make you perfect.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit's sort of sad to think about, but i don't believe i've improved my drawing skill one iota since starting mspa. animation skill, yes. (as in, from zero to something)<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\ni've always purposefully drawn well beneath my actual skill level for the sake of speed, and occasionally digging a little deeper whenever i feel like it. to really IMPROVE, i would need to be pushing the envelope artistically much more than i have been.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe only reason it looks like i've gotten better between jailbreak and now is because i switched gears from \"i don't give a shit\" to \"i sort of suddenly give a shit\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie264834806",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264834806\">\nDid you start Homestuck knowing it would get to a point like it's at now, or did you think of most of it after you started it? Also, did you know you were going to have a part about the Midnight Crew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't know. the only thing i'm really caught off guard by is how much longer it's taken to make progress in HS than i thought it would. (flash gets the blame)<br/>\n<br/>\nthe main reason i've included MC in HS so heavily is because i came SO CLOSE to just giving up on the HS idea at the beginning and running with a much easier to implement non-flash MC adventure. but then i made some modifications to my approach, decided to use flash stuff more rarely, and stuck with HS.<br/>\n<br/>\nso in an alternate universe right now, i'm doing an MC adventure, not HS. which is literally what's going on in HS when they tune into MSPA.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264848955",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264848955\">\nHow do you manage to have quality updates for your comic so often? Do you ever sleep?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni do sleep. probably too much actually. because it prevents me from updating as much as i'd like to.<br/>\n<br/>\nalso i draw fast.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264860872",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264860872\">\nWould you do another forum q&a in the future?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni suspect a lot of forum members are asking me questions here.<br/>\n<br/>\nwait, are you guys saving all your REALLY GOOD questions for a forum Q&A????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264871286",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264871286\">\nIn the picture of the football player and the horse, which do you think would win the fight, or would they just destroy the universe in their struggle?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni really like to believe it's not the outcome of the battle that matters.<br/>\n<br/>\nin fact i find it somewhat distasteful to picture even a moment beyond the freezeframe we all know and love.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/flamingsteedpainting.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps/blog/flamingsteedpainting.jpg</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264907018",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264907018\">\nWhat character in Homestuck do you enjoy being the most?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni would guess it's sort of obvious to anyone really immersed in this stuff that it would be dave. but that's not a coincidence, because his style most closely approximates my own internet chatting style. he's pretty much an exaggerated trollish wise ass version of my own previous web persona iterations. i draw from this reservoir of experience in crafting his profile.<br/>\n<br/>\na handful of his conversations are lifted almost word for word from some of my own old chatlogs, with some minor context adaptations. very minor, because actually the subjects of those conversations helped me craft the content of the story.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264914128",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264914128\">\nHi. I like your comics lots. What was your first webcomic/thing? Is it still around anywhere? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\npractically every old webcomic thing ive done can be seen here:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/tso\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.andrewhussie.com/comics.php</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264925603",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264925603\">\nRose's chilly siege of PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE one-upmanship with her mother is hilarious. Will we ever see anything quite as elaborate as their refrigerator again?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't know, it's one of those ideas that was fun to execute and would be fun to revisit, but then there are JUST SO MANY things like that. i think sometimes in a story that exhibits the sort of density that HS has, it's got to be good enough just to put a funny idea out there, play with it a while, and then let go of it forever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie264940710",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264940710\">\nHUSSIIIIIEEEE did you come up with the char designs for the trolls and exiles at the same time as the main four kids, or did they come much later?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno, the trolls we nowhere close to being on the horizon when i started. like many many other things.<br/>\n<br/>\nand i haven't designed any of them other than those already seen in the story. most things, almost everything in fact, are not designed until the very moment i need to draw them. the four main characters are one of the few exceptions to this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nFeb 24, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie264985018",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie264985018\">\nIf the black queen looks this silly after just two (sets of) prototypings, let alone after Dave and Jade are done with her, then what on earth is she gonna look like in the trolls' game after 12+ prototypings?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthis is the sort of question i like to wordlessly invite as the nuances of the game systems gradually present themselves.<br/>\n<br/>\nthey are questions for your imagination to answer.<br/>\n<br/>\nand later, just maybe, the story will too. or maybe not.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie265035491",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265035491\">\nHow are you so prolific? I'm amazed by not only the quality, but ALSO the quantity of your work. Some web comic artists (not mentioning any names) barely manage to pump out a comic per MONTH. My RSS feed runneth over.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthere's nothing all that special to it.<br/>\n<br/>\npersonally i find it hard to believe that anyone who struggles to update their comic/whatever in a steady fashion actually cares about it all that much.<br/>\n<br/>\nenjoyment of the process is the first and most important thing.<br/>\n<br/>\nand then there are the details, knowing your limits, exactly what you want to accomplish, etc. i'm focused on creating the maximum impact with the most efficient expenditure of energy. max impact in this case means most story output conveyed as effectively as possible. that formula has gotten pretty streamlined with mspa.<br/>\n<br/>\nthen, once you've nailed the formula down: WORK ON IT AS HARD AS YOU CAN\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie265056627",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265056627\">\nWhy is it that you make no mention of those polls (for Jade's shirt and her sylladex) on the main site? I didn't even KNOW you had polls running for either of them until they were over! And I saw all the \"Commands\" in the Suggestion box for the first...\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni just wanted to get them processed fast so i could start drawing.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe results of a micro-democracy are stunningly similar to those of a macro-democracy. hence the use of polling in politics.<br/>\n<br/>\nif there are more important polls in the future i'll open them up to the bigger population.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie265068711",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265068711\">\nIf I made a PowerPoint presentation listing each and every page of Problem Sleuth (including donation pages), and sent it to you, would there be any possibility of you NOT laughing your ass off and thinking, \"HE ACTUALLY DID THAT?! WHAT A DUMBASS!\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit depends* on how many fancy transitions and dissolve-wipes you used between the pages<br/>\n<br/>\n*FAVORABLY depends\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie265126813",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265126813\">\nhow much work goes into the TNG edits, and what is the % of work on your part and on jan's part?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nat first it was all jan doing the hands-on editing while i sort of \"directed\". then later as we built up more steam i did some hands-on editing too, and we sort of each did our own thing, mixing and matching clips and ideas.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut then i found less and less time to work on it as i spent more and more time doing mspa stuff. i estimate i've done twice as much drawing for HS so far as i did for all of PS, if not more (i did a lot of editing at the same time as working on PS) it's fair to say that HS killed the editing projects.<br/>\n<br/>\nwell, that and i had some computer issues that made it tough to get editing done. also jan had to look for jobs and stuff. boring life shit getting in the way of cool things a lot of internet nerds feel entitled to having fed to them for free forever, as usual.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut we'll do some more later for sure, when we free up the time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie265213041",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265213041\">\nWhat was your favorite donation fueled commission you did?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni followed a link somewhere to this one recently<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000021\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000021.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nand didnt even remember doing it. i found myself laughing at it as if it wasnt even written by me.<br/>\n<br/>\nthis happens to me from time to time, when i stumble on old stuff that i cant for the life of me remember doing. and then i feel ashamed for laughing at my own shit.<br/>\n<br/>\nthis is a plight of the irretrievably self absorbed.<br/>\n<br/>\nalso note that page was a clear precursor to some of the game mechanics in HS.<br/>\n<br/>\nsame with the brief interlude in PS wherein punchcard alchemy was conceived <a href=\"/mspa/000794\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000794</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie265252093",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265252093\">\nWhen will the next major plot twist occur?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOH MY GOD GO REFRESH THE SITE NOW HURRY GO GO GO\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie265268734",
"timestamp":1268006400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie265268734\">\nYou mentioned on your main page that you are answering questions here if I want to steal a gander. However, I have no interest in pilfering geese, so I fear you are wasting your time here.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyour law abiding demeanor with respect to waterfowl upsets me and i find it to be pâténtly offensive.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 4, 2010 - Mar 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289616984",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289616984\">\nTo the nearest 0.05 yoctometre, what is your Schwarzschild radius?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndoes a schwarzchild radius have anything to do with a restraining order on a pedophile?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289632858",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289632858\">\nwhen will you design more MSPA T-shirts?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthere's another one coming out pretty soon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289651983",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289651983\">\nDid you already know that the Jack of Spades is colloquially known as \"One-Eyed Jack\" (because he's one of the 3 royal cards who always appear in profile)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno but let's pretend i did know this because that would have been so cool if i did.<br/>\n<br/>\ndoes he have one arm too?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie289656615",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289656615\">\np.s. andrew i greatly admire you. does that creep you out\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289666764",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289666764\">\nDo you use a tablet or do it all by mouse? Oh and also(this may sound stupid) but I see how in problem slueth and your other adventures that the line size randomly changes. DO you do this on purpose or are you just magic? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit does sound kind of stupid, but no biggie.<br/>\n<br/>\nyes i use a tablet, and the line size changing you refer to is probably on account of its pressure sensitivity feature. also yeah i do it on purpose, but also yeah i am kind of magic too.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie289673227",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289673227\">\nAny idea on when Homestuck Vol. 4 is coming out? I really appreciate the music that all of these artists have been making.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\npretty soon. i'm waiting to drop a little more music via flash page first before packing it all up in a new album.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie289683700",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289683700\">\nWhy didn't you just have Byron to draw some guest horses for you when your computer was killed itself?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't really do guest comics because as weird as it might sound maintaining a perpetual flow of content no matter what is not actually the point.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut i might have byron whip up some horses for you guys anyway.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289705905",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289705905\">\nDo you derive any sort of sick satisfaction from upsetting our expectations and thus totally screwing with out heads? 'Cause if I was you, I would.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni might if i knew what your expectations were.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhat i really do is just picture something boring that could happen, and then to do something that isn't that.<br/>\n<br/>\nso maybe the moral of the story is that people tend to have boring expectations???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289739410",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289739410\">\nHow into the Cthulu mythos are you, exactly?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnot really at all. i've never read a lovecraft book.<br/>\n<br/>\nif i've dealt with anything lovecraftian it has much more to do with echoing the cult fascination with his work that seems especially lively in the furrows of the internet. and maybe hot topic too.<br/>\n<br/>\ni mean the bottom line is all that \"fluthlu\" stuff is just me being silly yet again.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289746372",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289746372\">\nThe relationship of the four kids is really interesting to watch. I haven't really been able to figure this out, but do John and Dave actually like or hate each other? What about Dave and Rose?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nmaybe the fact that you can't figure that out is one of the reasons why you find the relationships interesting!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289773278",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289773278\">\nWhat is your least favourite comic/art related thing that you have ever committed to a webpage?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nprobably humanimals. but that also happens to be my most favorite.<br/>\n<br/>\nin fact all of my least favorite things are also my most favorite things.<br/>\n<br/>\nhere's another least favorite thing i did.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/forum/dearandrew_files/suckoff05.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.andrewhussie.com/scraps/s_o/suckoff05.jpg</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289859996",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289859996\">\nWhen you were writing Problem Sleuth, how much research did you have to do / did you (not) do, or did you already learn everything from prior education?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n\"writing\" sure is a weird verb to apply to problem sleuth. but ok we'll run with it.<br/>\n<br/>\ngenerally i don't reach much further than the boundaries of my existing knowledge base for ideas. just because it's much faster that way. and if i'm doing \"research\" to get ideas, what would i even read? maybe pay a visit to the idea wing of the library?<br/>\n<br/>\nhomestuck has actually involved a fair amount of research, but usually a very specific and targeted kind. sometimes i can't believe the sort of things i find myself looking up for story purposes.<br/>\n<br/>\none example was when i was making the [S] Ascend page and started poring over GPS coordinates of real places in the world. like scouting out locations in the adirondacks park in new york for various waterfalls for a plausible location of rose's house. i settled on a pretty big waterfall called \"rainbow falls\" and found the exact gps coordinates for that and plugged it into WV's station terminal when he was taking off. the name of the falls became sort of relevant later, because when rose entered the medium her house then straddled a literal rainbow waterfall. i also looked for plausible coordinates for jade's island, and found this weird patch in the pacific ocean that looked like it had been edited out by the government or something. maybe it was! or maybe it was just a shallow, boxy look reef. didn't really matter, i was just looking for something mysterious. john has a real world location too. in fact, his real life address is a house that's for sale. he lives by a lake in washington called pipe lake, which his father probably chose for obvious reasons.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289884018",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289884018\">\nWill you ever do one of those youtube videos showing the process of making an MSPA page? I don't imagine it'd be very long, but I'd like to see it.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni've though about doing something like that, but every time i think about it i just wind up saying screw it and just knock the pages out.<br/>\n<br/>\nsome day.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie289913802",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie289913802\">\nHow is it that you managed to make a time travel plot that is even harder to understand than Primer?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni've never seen primer, but i bet it's pretty hard to understand!<br/>\n<br/>\nbut if what you allege is true, then it may be even more remarkable when you take into account that no one has actually traveled through time yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie290125526",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie290125526\">\nWhy have you moved away from letting the fans control the story? You seem more and more to have a plot you want to use and pretend to you submissions by fans that actually would have fit into the story already in your head. Give MSPA back to the fans!!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nto tell you the truth it's statements like this that just make me want to stop using reader commands forever.<br/>\n<br/>\nthere are many types of objections like this pertaining to the format that get dredged up which are based on a complete misunderstanding about how user input works.<br/>\n<br/>\nfirst point: when there are hundreds of commands, you have nearly every absurd idea imaginable to choose from. so what criteria should i use to select? how about ones that sync up better with ideas i've had, and help move the story? you suggest i do just the opposite. so i should ACTIVELY SUFFOCATE my own ideas in favor of RANDOM DUDE X's ideas, even though there are hundreds of RANDOM DUDE X's all making noise at once, and there is no particularly strong case to be made for any above the others? following your advice not only makes no sense from a creator's perspective, it would actually sabotage the story in the long run.<br/>\n<br/>\nsecond point: reader commands are great for the story's early climb, establishing some elements, making something out of nothing, etc. they are not good for wrapping things up. in the early going, there is a huge amount of granularity to the action. pick this object up. put it over there. walk through that door. and so on. you just can't finish a story with these micro actions though. at some point you have to start speeding up, and tying loose ends. reader commands don't do that though. they will always speak in the language of micro actions, because that is pretty much the only thing a mock-player can do.<br/>\n<br/>\nthese are the remarks of someone who has spent HUNDREDS of hours thinking about these issues and trying to make it all work. people who say stuff like \"give it back to the fans!\" obviously haven't even spent a minute thinking about it. The fans were only ever in control in a limited way, and everything takes shape at my discretion. people just get really carried away with the whole \"reader driven\" idea and form these weird fantasies about how it works, and then take umbrage when my decisions are in violation of this fantasy protocol!<br/>\n<br/>\nreally the only thing i don't like about the format is it seems to lend itself to these misunderstandings.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie290177724",
"timestamp":1268179200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie290177724\">\nwhat's that robot from on the current page of mspa?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nits some gundam lego thing.<br/>\n<br/>\nalso the johnny 5 image was a toy too.<br/>\n<br/>\ni have no plans to ever include an image of a robot that is not a toy or model.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Mar 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie290189569",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie290189569\">\nWhen do you think HS will be over?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nive been considering ending it on 8/26/10.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut who the hell knows if that'll pan out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie290244755",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie290244755\">\nI'm always really impressed with the spirograph design for the Gates. what sort of gumption went into its conception and creation? in its Flash appearances, is it really just composed of lots of little curved lines moving into different positions?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthe spirograph in flash is a single curved line.<br/>\n<br/>\nmultiplied by 10, each rotated radially around the center.<br/>\n<br/>\nthen those 10 are copied, pasted, and flipped horizontally.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhen i animate it, i only animate one line.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie291875963",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie291875963\">\n\"no one has actually traveled through time yet.\" SLICK DID. :V\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni guess i was talking about non-intermission stuff.<br/>\n<br/>\nobviously the intermission was all about guys traveling through time. and dying a lot.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie291878267",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie291878267\">\nI would like to recommend ending HS on 8/26/20 instead of your proposed 8/26/10. What do you think?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyikes no way!<br/>\n<br/>\ni don't think i'm really cut out for spending a lifetime on one thing as a cartoonist. even working on something more than a year is starting to push it.<br/>\n<br/>\nalso a 10 year adventure would be 16,000 pages. i don't think anyone wants to read that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie291888861",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie291888861\">\nI feel the pace of HS has improved over that of PS; how do you manage the pacing of an organic story? What have you learned about fluid storytelling that might have helped keep a shmuck like me interested in updates instead of alienated by too much?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni have no idea why you like this thing!<br/>\n<br/>\ni always tend to assume at least 99 out of 100 people will want nothing whatsoever to do with HS, whether due to its complexity, or its peculiar format.<br/>\n<br/>\nand i keep being surprised that so many people keep tuning in. then again, i'm also surprised by how popular Lost is, when you might expect a show of such complexity would scare people off.<br/>\n<br/>\nmaybe what i'm discovering is people actually like complexity, and will even gravitate toward it, as long as it isn't a total train wreck. if you unapologetically tackle high complexity head on, and pull it off somewhat, it seems like people respond well to it. sure they may not understand it. (and if you've ever heard people speculate about Lost, they definitely don't) but they like it.<br/>\n<br/>\nas for fluidity, i really don't know. that's not a property i'm cognizant of while working. i just try to make sure every page has some purpose, whether it's just funny or amusing, or advances the story in some way. the most important page is always the one i'm working on. i never put out pages just to take up space or kill time. i think if a story manages to be a succession of meaningful, entertaining events, then that fluidity happens automatically.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie291892421",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie291892421\">\nI hit refresh instinctively and a new answer came up! It's like you're live and in concert! I guess I need a question, though, so... what is your sleep schedule like? It's pretty late where I am; are you some kinda insomniac or what?!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni've always tended to go to sleep late, but HS has pretty much nullified any sort of predictable sleep pattern i used to have.<br/>\n<br/>\nmost nights i go to sleep between 4-6 AM. a lot of the flash updates have kept me up to even sillier hours, like 8, 9, 10 AM. and a fair number of times i just never bothered going to sleep at all.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie291896173",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie291896173\">\nI am trying to convince my friend to start reading mspaintadventures, because it is fantastic (!!!!). He maintains though that there is already way too much of it to ever get caught up on, so he refuses. This is The Worst Problem.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni commiserate with him.<br/>\n<br/>\nthere are lots of great things i just don't have time to read either.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie291904651",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie291904651\">\nIf you got a legit offer from someone asking if they could make one of the adventures into a video game, how would you respond?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndepending on how legit it was, i'd do it in a heartbeat.<br/>\n<br/>\nby legit, i mean it's got to have a budget with a plurality of digits on the left side of the comma. really, 2 commas would be ideal.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMar 7, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399071418",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399071418\">\nis... is that snoopdog in the sky?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399071917",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399071917\">\nSo I've been reading Mark Twain's 'Mysterious Stranger', and I'm wondering if the idea of the 'dream self' is inspired at all by that book?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno but colonel sassacre is<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/scraps2/sassacre_original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/sassacre_original.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\ni think i have this weird delusion where i feel like i sort of relate to mark twain even though i've only read maybe half of one of his books\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399078471",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399078471\">\nHow long did it take for you to think of the name \"Seppucrow?\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nforum members came up with the name quite a while ago\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399079583",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399079583\">\nIs there a Mrs. Hussie?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399083154\">\nSo, I think I've figured it out. Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff is your real comic, and Homestuck is what you're making ironically to laugh at its massive fanbase, isn't it!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwrong!<br/>\n<br/>\ni wrote something \"SERIOUS\" about sbahj recently. here it is, pasted from elsewhere.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's clearly rooted primarily in jackassery which no doubt is not for everyone but it's presence in the story does have an ACTUAL LITERARY PURPOSE.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is an invention within the universe for the kids to reference amongst themselves endlessly. Friends on the internet do this all the time. Instead of using memes from reality, I made this one up as a satirical project of one of the characters. The strip provides the core of memes that fuels much of their banter, and that core is added to as I (Dave) make(s) more comics. Certain memes upon reaching a critical density begin to accumulate an entire vocabulary to slip into during casual banter amongst those familiar with it. That is what has happened, and the density is such that the vocabulary has even permeated the narrative itself.<br/>\n<br/>\nThose who don't care for SBaHJ much or merely \"put up\" with its presence in HS most likely are not appreciating the fact that it is mostly another device employed for rigorous universe building. In no way is its attachment to HS just a vehicle for hocking it as one of my asinine side projects. If it strikes many as a viable standalone form of entertainment it is only because it has that effectively served my purpose for it, which is to build this universe.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399083382",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399083382\">\nWhat's your serious opinion on furries?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsuch a thing does not exist therefore i do not have one\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399083937",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399083937\">\nFor GC's images, do you close your eyes and draw and use whatever crud comes out, or do you purposefully offset everything an inch or so to theleft?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnope i draw them with my eyes open\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 2, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399087599",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399087599\">\nDo you consider HS to be your magnum opus, or is something else in the pipeline?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni remember people asking me similar things about problem sleuth<br/>\n<br/>\nthat said i dont have an answer\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399089999",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399089999\">\nIf you google how to answer questions on formspring your the first link... just sayin. PS I have no idea who the hell you are! bye\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwow youre right!<br/>\n<br/>\nthis is really bizarre. especially since i provide no insight into the question at all.<br/>\n<br/>\nhere look<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=how+to+answer+questions+on+formspring&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=how+to+answer+questions+on+formspring&gs_rfai=&fp=a2bb30ecf4f91972\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=how+to+answer+questions+on+formspring&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=how+to+answer+questions+on+formspring&gs_rfai=&fp=a2bb30ecf4f91972</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399093938",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399093938\">\nWhy are there so many porn ads on your site? Every time I check MSPA I get weird looks from people around me.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthen maybe you shouldnt be looking at so much damn porn in public all the time\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie399096523",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie399096523\">\nWhen something is moving in one of the more static updates, at what frequency are the objects vibrating or shifting or whatever? I find it hilarious\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthe fastest gif-jitter frame rate i use is 20 fps\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400211538",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400211538\">\nIs the possibility of Dave Strider being one of his bro's puppets out of the question? I think that would be the most interesting twist you could write, but please prove me wrong!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nprove you wrong that it would be an interesting twist?<br/>\n<br/>\nthat would be pretty easy because it would not be an interesting twist.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400228149",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400228149\">\nSo where did you get all these musicians from? Did you just ask some guys to do some? Did some guys just come to you? I'm just curious, since this web... adventure... comic... game... whatever has basically one of the greatest soundtracks. It's amazing.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nat the beginning of HS i put the word out i was looking for musicians, and about 40 or so got back to me over a day or two.<br/>\n<br/>\nmany of them kind of drifted away from the project or never made much in the first place, leaving behind a smaller core of very enthusiastic and talented participants, which is responsible for most of the music in HS so far. i added a few more people to the pool recently, since over time some more great musicians (mostly from the community) were clearly excited to make music and participate, so i said sure why not.<br/>\n<br/>\ni wish i could use all the great stuff they make. but that's why i want to put out more albums, to get more of their work out in the open.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400232503",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400232503\">\nwhy is snoopdog in the sky? Knowing you it probably has some vague literary purpose. Also knowing you, it's probably just a stupid reference to PS.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nactually the answer is neither<br/>\n<br/>\nit is because snoop is so proud of john\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400269965",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400269965\">\nHow did the kids become such tight-knit group?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni doubt the story will ever address the details of their bonding process. if anything, it may touch on how they all met in the first place (and has already sort of, with john's time traveling package to jade)<br/>\n<br/>\nmost of the story so far has been a window into a group of friends whose relationships have already been well established for years and already have strong bonds of friendship. many things they say and allude to points to this strong preexisting bond.<br/>\n<br/>\npart of introducing the trolls to the story has been taking on a new challenge, which is to document the process of the group of four kids making new friends (albeit in a pretty unusual fashion). we know the personalities of the four kids very well by this point, so now we're getting to see how those personalities mesh with new people outside their social bubble, and how in their own ways they're sort of reversing the antagonism of these self appointed adversaries and turning them into friends, even in spite of everyone's best efforts to avoid that outcome.<br/>\n<br/>\nas always, friendship prevails.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400273739",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400273739\">\nThoughts on people RPing your characters on Livejournal? We like doing it and all but if AH says not to do it then we're not gonna brotray you.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\npeople do this? if so i had no idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nsounds cool to me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400274581",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400274581\">\nis there anything more to the felt than just that intermission?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsure why not\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400282682",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400282682\">\nAndrew, what happened to you using Formspring? You also didn't update MSPA on my birthday. I feel as though we are drifting apart... =(\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthe formspring software is actually a big pile of shit and i can only take using it in small doses. also i'm busy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 4, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400291787",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400291787\">\nYou are more talented and ambitious than many rich and/or famous people. Why are you not rich and/or famous? HARD MODE: Internet fame doesn't count.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthe most recent overcompensating comic touches upon this subject:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/20100405.png\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20100405.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nalso. THANKS!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400296977",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400296977\">\nSo when did you realize you were afraid of clowns/wizards/puppets? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nair ball dude!<br/>\n<br/>\nthese are god's most beautiful children.<br/>\n<br/>\nexcept wizards. they're these aloof filthy fucking beggars and gotta be hosed down like civil rights protesters.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400301406",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400301406\">\ncontinued) have imbued them with animals. using this as a relating method, can we expect Jade to program her sprite with her dead grandfather and Becquerel?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndividing your question up into two parts was kind of silly.<br/>\n<br/>\nhere's an answer to your question. highlight the text below to reveal the hidden spoiler.<br/>\n<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER<br/>\nSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILERSPOILER\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie400318551",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400318551\">\noy will you just wrap it up all ready!!!! 3514 im good now hurry the fuck up and start something else already!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n3514 (as of the posting of your question) is not homestuck's page count. it is the total number of pages in all the stories in mspa.<br/>\n<br/>\nHS is currently 1667 pages long.<br/>\n<br/>\nto A your Q: nah\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400331844",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400331844\">\nIs MSPA basically the outward manifestation of your deep psychological problems?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno.<br/>\n<br/>\nall of my psychological problems are quite shallow; it's low hanging fruit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400355608",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400355608\">\nOh god where did you get that real life puppet cal in your avatar???\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a href=\"http://www.metroidhat.com/gallery/lilcal.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.metroidhat.com/gallery/lilcal.html</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400356923",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400356923\">\nIs GC blind because Libra is Scales, symbolic of Justice, and Justice is Blind?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes, yes, and yes\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400478762",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400478762\">\nThe Act 4 opening, while epic in its own way, was much less interesting than a simple flash animation or multiple ones would be. I don't think it was worth the effort you and your team put in. I love it, but you could've saved time and made it better.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\non some level i agree, but to scrap initiatives like that entirely goes against the grain of the experimental nature of this thing. (also in this case my \"team\" is really just me and gankro. there wasn't THAT much more effort involved than usual, save his coding efforts done mostly in tandem with the art.)<br/>\n<br/>\ndramatically speaking, it would have been more powerful to arrange a hard wired animation set to cool music, and dictate exactly what the reader is supposed to see and learn about the story. but the downsides are you sacrifice the curveball element, and fail to push the envelope on the medium. i prefer keeping these upsides, even if just in small doses.<br/>\n<br/>\ni found it kind of interesting to see the variety of reactions to that page, specifically that there appears to be a class of people who are grumpy about the concept, when faced with having to do something themselves to drive the story. which is a somewhat understandable reaction. if you go to a movie and all you want to do is tune out to what's on the screen and let the director do all the driving, you'd probably be perplexed or irritated if a controller popped out of the seat in front of you half way through and you had to control the characters for a while. but that's not quite what you're signing up for here. anything goes, and the only reason i don't do stuff like that more often is due to the labor involved.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut when i see that sort of reaction to it, it makes me think i should be doing it more. people get comfortable with the status quo very easily, even when that status quo itself isn't all that old (i've only been including these heavy duty flash animations in mspa for less than a year). meandering outside this comfort zone gets people agitated, and the more people get agitated the more i'm tempted to think i'm on the right track, or at least further exploration is warranted. sometimes a good idea has to be really rammed down people's throats for them to understand it's a good idea, because you'll always have to surmount their curmudgeonly resistance to innovation, and as always, the preposterous love affair the masses seem to have with mediocrity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400492703",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400492703\">\nHey could you add in an icon indicator for chat-log pages like you do for [S] and [I] ? It would make tracking down this troll chatter WAY LESS OF A FUCKIN' NIGHTMARE HEADACHE. ;D\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ngo to \"search\" and browser-search for \"pesterlog\". it will serve the exact same purpose as such an icon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400533561",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400533561\">\nI think the major downside to those interactive pages is the anxiety that we won't make the right choice and thus won't be able to experience the best thing possible. It's the idea that we'll miss something important.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nhere's something else to note about it:<br/>\n<br/>\neven though the interactive pages seem like a RADICAL DEVIATION in common storytelling practices, they're really not.<br/>\n<br/>\nmany of us have played hundreds of hours of RPGs like final fantasy doing the same thing, running around, talking to everybody in a town, making sure you don't miss anything.<br/>\n<br/>\ni guess it's less unnerving in an RPG because that's A) what you're expecting to do, and B) what you're doing CONSTANTLY through the whole game, with little pockets of story progression interrupting now and then.<br/>\n<br/>\nso keeping a reader/player comfortable is mostly about conforming to their expectations, and staying within the established parameters of the medium.<br/>\n<br/>\ni guess i'm not that concerned with reader comfort! this isn't a luxury automobile. it's more like a rickety jeep, serviceable on an outrageous safari.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie400575974",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400575974\">\nHave you ever stopped in the middle of drawing/writing an update and asked yourself, \"What the fuck am I making?\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsometimes, but i don't think i ever stop drawing. just now and then while i'm drawing i probably form an expression of befuddlement or disgust at my present behavior.<br/>\n<br/>\none example i guess was when i was making the dutton panel:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/003278\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003278</a><br/>\n<br/>\nand i had to make a \"doodle\" that looked like a whimsical random sketch, but the tablet interpreted as a dutton head. so i think i wound up drawing about 30 or 40 quick random sketches on top of dutton's face before i got one that looked right, and i'm sure at some point in the process i stopped to think what an odd practice this was for a person to be engaged in out of context. (or even in context)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie400843516",
"timestamp":1270684800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie400843516\">\nHow many updated have you done drunk? I mean, how HIGH do you have to be to do something like that?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nhow many questioned have you done drunk?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 5, 2010 - Apr 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie448962933",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie448962933\">\nWhat is the most over referenced classic television show? I think It's M*A*S*H but my friends think it's Dallas.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nis this a formspring q-bot asking this? if so, why do formspring bots exist? it doesn't make sense to me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 7, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie448967036",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie448967036\">\nWhy is Snowman so awesome? Does she radiate some sort of energy that causes girls to swoon and want to worship her or something?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't know, some people like her, but then again some people like all the other characters too.<br/>\n<br/>\nanyway what's not to like about a femme fatale?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 7, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie448976198",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie448976198\">\nWhat would all the Homestuck characters in color?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwhoa that is definitely not a question that makes sense!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 7, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie448980558",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie448980558\">\nWere the trolls an element you had planned out from the beginning, or did you only come up with them later on in the story? They seem so integral at this point, despite their late introduction.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthey were absolutely not even remotely planned from the beginning or anywhere close for that matter.<br/>\n<br/>\nwait let me copy something i wrote from somewhere else that might be informative.<br/>\n<br/>\nit's about the DNA letters, the pesterchum name abbreviations, and how that led to the trolls.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe DNA connection began well before I ever even thought of the trolls.<br/>\n<br/>\nI named EB, TT, TG, in that order. I noticed an unfolding pattern with the latter two, and then named GG to solidify this pattern.<br/>\n<br/>\nI assumed EB was just a special case for whatever reason, much like he is in other ways. For instance, the other three all have close birthdays in December, while his is in April. I figured very early on that he would have an alt account to complete the pattern, but hadn't developed the plot device to explain the alt until the trolls surfaced.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe DNA connection with GT, TT, TG, GG I also noticed early on, and in fact largely precipitated the existence of the trolls, and was the sole reason for there being 12 of them. (12 remaining DNA letter combos, and some people theorized there would be 12 based on this before it was clear how many there were.) Additionally, the fact that there were 12 was what prompted the zodiac connection.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt may also be interesting to note that for GT, TG, TT, and GG, the like-letters are girls, and differing letters are boys, which correspond to chromosomes XY (male), and XX (female). Trolls do not follow this pattern because, first, there are only AA and CC left which would mean only 2 girls in the group ( :C ) and second, they aren't human, so their chromosomes probably work differently. For now, all we know is the girls begin with G, but the logic probably needs to be more elaborate than this if there are any more girls in the group.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is further rationale for John's defection from the pattern, from GT to EB, which possibly will never be explained in the story. What caused him to defect was the trolls, a group ostensibly lead by CG, whose name obviously implies cancerous disruption within a genetic system, or a DNA code. His cancerous influence causes a defect in the full string of genetic characters, from GT TT TG GG | CG GC GA AG AC CA TA AT TC CT AA CC to EB TT TG GG | CG GC GA AG AC CA TA AT TC CT AA CC. This is the nature of cancer, to corrupt genetic data. There may be additional relevance to the fact that John defected to ectoBiologist, the name of a pseudo-science sounding similar to carcinoGeneticist. In fact, I believe this will prove to be relevant later on.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 7, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie448993239",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie448993239\">\nAre you skipping http://www.calgaryexpo.com/ because you are afraid of Ryan North's Disconcerting Ogle or perhaps more of his brain-searing sticky notes?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni thought i was going to do EVERY CONVENTION this year. it was going to be THE YEAR OF THE CONVENTION.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut then i realized how hard it is traveling. i don't really want to do a lot of conventions anymore. i'd rather just stay at home and draw really. because i suck.<br/>\n<br/>\ni will be going to, in this order, roflcon and TCAF. and then possibly SPX and... MAYBE??? APE.<br/>\n<br/>\nthen next year i might go to like one convention.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 7, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449003122",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449003122\">\nHow many hours have passed for the homestuck kids since the first page?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsomewhere between 6 and 12. not counting time hijinks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 7, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449006602",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449006602\">\nWhat made you choose Sepulchritude shirt for the self-insertion? I was mildly disappointed it wasn't the Blue Ghost shirt.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthis might sound lame, but i had the idea for the self-insert a long time ago, and decided then if i did it, i'd make myself wear the sepulchritude shirt. i think i decided that when that shirt was newer and more of a novelty.<br/>\n<br/>\nBUT.<br/>\n<br/>\nit actually sort of makes sense, since the 4th wall thing came on the heels of jack noir's rise to power, which visually is quite reminiscent of a reverse-sepulchritude transformation. or an evil sepulchritude.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe shirt even has black wings (inky wings per the inky theme of the attack) which is actually even more in keeping with noir's transform than PS's. so it's not like it has no symbol-relevance.<br/>\n<br/>\nas an artist/storysmith i tend to think about stuff like that as much as i can. which is another way of saying i'm good at rationalizing random decisions i make.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449009797",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449009797\">\nRemember when you said you were going to re-open the suggestion boxes? You should go do that.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't want to yet. i'll think about doing so later.<br/>\n<br/>\ni've been enjoying the process of making up commands myself for the time being. the crazy thing about this whole thing is that i really only care about keeping the process enjoyable for myself.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449033702",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449033702\">\nWhat is the most over referenced classic television show? I think It's M*A*S*H but my friends think it's Dallas.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni would just like to take this opportunity to say again what a horrible piece of miserable shit the formspring software is.<br/>\n<br/>\n(this has nothing to do with the question. i chose a dummy question to say this.)<br/>\n<br/>\nseriously, who coded this? are they a quarter of the way through php for dummies yet?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449035609",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449035609\">\nAW, you should retcon Dave's birthday to Dec. 4th instead of 3rd, if it doesn't interfere with plans. Why, you ask? Because you are reading a question from a Dave who lives in Texas and has a birthday of Dec. 4th. I am clearly your character come to life!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwhoops shoulda been born a day earlier, sorry buddy!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449052347",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449052347\">\nWhy did you decide to write in second person?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ntext adventure game convention.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449058239",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449058239\">\nWhy does Rose get seer of light and Jade Witch of space? Typo on origional document resolving in no ability to change? They even switched parts for pete's sake!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwhereas the word \"origional\" clearly remains typo-free!<br/>\n<br/>\nlet's consider a world for a moment where your expectation for a certain outcome is the precise reason why that outcome has not come to pass.<br/>\n<br/>\nCONSIDER THAT WORLD. CONSIDER IT I SAY.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449059780\">\ndid you have any training in even regular flavor animation before homestuck? not just flash, but the moving picture thing in general.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnope, not any whatsoever. honestly i was always quite put off by the idea of getting into animation.<br/>\n<br/>\nunfortunately i was dragged kicking and screaming into the discipline by the allure of creating something really really cool.<br/>\n<br/>\ni did all the kicking, screaming, AND dragging.<br/>\n<br/>\ni am mildly [REDACTED].\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449065992\">\nWhen did you first start drawing and how did you become so proficient in drawing stuff on computers?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni was drawing since i was born which is an answer i always consider a little insipid so i wish i hadn't just said it now damn.<br/>\n<br/>\ndrawing on computers is just something you have to force yourself to do until you're good at it. it's an ugly process kind of like making sausages.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhat the fuck no that's a delicious process. i stopped making sense suddenly.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449072377",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449072377\">\nYou've got the most weird haircut, man.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni always have a different haircut. i never know what to say to barbers. i just shrug in the chair and walk out looking like sort of a goofball.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449077319",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449077319\">\nWow you are one disgusting peice of shit. I really hope you just die one day you ugly motherfucker\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nhahahahahahahahahahahahaha\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449080536",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449080536\">\nDid you kill Nick Gurewitch and take over his website? (Serious questions: how do you know him, and do you know that some of the links on that site don't work?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nseveral years ago i offered to help him maintain his website and he said ok. i did so because he made the best comic that has ever existed, indisputably.<br/>\n<br/>\ni haven't had much time to keep up with maintaining his site lately. then again he hasn't had much time to make comics either.<br/>\n<br/>\noh but he's going to put up a new one fairly soon, along with some kind of mysterious animation project.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449081761",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449081761\">\nIs it weird that I am tickled pink by your Minotaur Chinashop Reference on page 003495? (Dave vs Taurus) For you see my Game Design instructor from college is LEAD DESIGNER for the STUDIO that made it so references to it & thier other games tickle me pink\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsometimes people think i'm referencing things when i'm actually not. i don't actually know what you're talking about.<br/>\n<br/>\nsorry!<br/>\n<br/>\nmaybe i shouldn't have said anything. i should learn to just let people be happy about stuff sometimes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449083519",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449083519\">\nWhat character in Homestuck to you relate to the most, if any at all?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndave, who is basically me. i am that cool. fact\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449088736",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449088736\">\nDid over 100,000 people really go on mspaintadventures.com on the last day of problem sleuth? wow that's a lot i didnt know the site had that many fans\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit was 200,000, if stats are to be trusted, which honestly i have no idea if they can.<br/>\n<br/>\nthat's about how many people are tuning in every day now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449092286",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449092286\">\nBefore all the kids were given names, did you ever name them in your head?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnope. they were completely nameless til readers named em.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449093271",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449093271\">\nHow long did it take you to write up the Homestuck Year One Summary?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nabout a solid day of typing, and sort of messing around, procrastinating all that typing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449095601",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449095601\">\nHow long does it take to write gC's pesterlogs? And who's dialogue do you enjoy writing most?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGC's... no longer than anyone else's. except for the extra \"syntax burden\", which is pretty minor.<br/>\n<br/>\nmost of the character writing is fairly stream of consciousness for me. i write pretty fast and don't edit much.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe ones that are most time consuming are when i have to think of complex mechanics beyond mere funny conversation. like when trolls are talking to the kids from different points in the timeline, influencing past/future conversations in various ways.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449101880",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449101880\">\nMr. Hussie, how is it that you come about randomly landing on these amazing references that you had no idea existed??\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't know, but it's pretty mysterious. it happens all the time. the most important lesson i have taken from working on mspa is that i am sort of magic, like this weird little man from a very obscure pocket of irish mythology called a \"leprechaun\".<br/>\n<br/>\n(look it up! it's a real thing.)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449103599",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449103599\">\nWhich of your flash animations are you most proud of for Homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni think pride stopped being an active concept for me once i got in a groove. hence i was probably most proud of the first strife john had with his dad, which at the time seemed pretty radical. it now feels pretty old hat and each one i do is just another plank slotted into this story's platform. a sense of pride and accomplishment will come again when i can roll a ball bearing across that completed platform without any bounces or skips.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449131350",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449131350\">\nAre you going to change the name of the site to Well-Done, Aesthetically Pleasing and Technically Complicated Flash Adventures? There is not a spot of MS Paint left!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nbut this was true even in the first page of problem sleuth.<br/>\n<br/>\ni just have a website with a dumb nonsensical name.<br/>\n<br/>\nsort of like a PRETTY FAMOUS search engine that you might be familiar with and perhaps use EVERY DAY.<br/>\n<br/>\n(askjeeves.com)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449140861",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449140861\">\nHey S_O, why don't you hang in SE much anymore? Too busy working on your fancy pants webcomic? Have you become too popular for us? Huh? HUH?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni browse there now and then but i stay busy enough that i can hardly even keep up with my own forums.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449149109",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449149109\">\nWould you let this story end badly for one or more of the better liked (by you or the fans) characters if it made enough narrative sense?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nalmost anything can be caused to make narrative sense.<br/>\n<br/>\n>fit round peg in square hole<br/>\n<br/>\n\"why, you are quite certain the hole is circular, and always has been.\"<br/>\n<br/>\nwow, what point did i just make there?? even i'm not sure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449173803",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449173803\">\nStuff like future Dave going back in time and Jack ascending: How far in advance did you plan these? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nshort term planning of things like that happens, and it seems really whimsical at the time of the idea, but then execution of the ideas gets delaaaaayed, and then suddenly the plans seem not so short term anymore. (from my perspective. from your perspective, these things still seem like bombshells i guess.)<br/>\n<br/>\nboth of those concepts mentioned were thus planned as such more than a month in advance i think, and i just hung on to the ideas until they were ready to spring.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut then there are little adjustments that happen in the execution which i don't plan, and just pull out spontaneously. often this involves scaling back an idea because it's a bit too complicated to depict in the hot frenzy of grinding out a flash animation. a lot of times i think i have more time in an animation to squeeze more events in, but in reality, it's really easy to chew up the minutes of a song with a few simple cinematic events, and you turn around and you're out of time.<br/>\n<br/>\nthat phenomenon leads to a lot of the density present in the animations. segments where seconds are going by and things are flying by so fast you barely notice all the detail coming together to tell the story, so you have to replay it a few times to get it.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut that's fine, it's part of the format being forged here. in a video game cut scene, you don't really always have the luxury or inclination to go back and replay it. here you do, and replays are actually a fairly critical part of digesting everything.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449175612",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449175612\">\nWhat would happen if two different players in a sburb daisy chain lived inside the same house? Like, say, four siblings playing it in the same house but on four different computers?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nthink of this not in the abstract of a real game like sburb existing, but a real story being written wherein such conditions were true.<br/>\n<br/>\nevents would conspire to make the outcome interesting.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449186772",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449186772\">\nwho's your best character in street fighter?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwhen i was playing SF hot and heavy i took some amount of pride in being able to beat anyone with anybody.<br/>\n<br/>\nlike sidling up to the machine and letting the cursor wander around until it settled on dhalsim and listening to the guy next to me snicker with his uninspired choice of ryu or whatever.<br/>\n<br/>\nthen whoops here's your ass dude.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449198939",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449198939\">\nIf I remember correctly, it was a reader command that fueled the fort/imaginary world bit of PS that ended up dominating the concept as a whole. What's the biggest reader-fueled part of Homestuck that wasn't part of some pre-existing plan?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nprobably can town, but not even because of the town itself. it lead to WV identifying himself as a mayor, which lead to the civic role themes for other exiles, and the fact that those themes carried over to their former roles in the kingdoms, which became the vehicles for certain plot objectives.<br/>\n<br/>\nthe references to gushers were also completely command influenced.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie449207438",
"timestamp":1273276800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie449207438\">\nThe music on the [S] Jack: Ascend page matched the animation really well. Do you start with the music and pace the animation to keep in time with it on purpose? or does it just work out that way?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni animate entirely around the timing of an existing piece of music.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nApr 15, 2010 - May 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550109350",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550109350\">\nWill Lord English be important again or is he just a throw-away thinger?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nit depends on how you define important.<br/>\n<br/>\nbut he'll be back. or that is, appear for the first time. at some point.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550113230",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550113230\">\nAt the moment, approximately how far have you planned, or got-vague-idea'd, into the future in Homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\na lot more planning has started to take place since i stopped taking commands. there's a pretty decent amount of stuff planned at this point.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550162338",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550162338\">\nWhat is your opinion on the Pirates vs Ninjas debate?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHereissomethingIwroteabout5yearsago,backwhenthewholetopicwasmorenoveltodiscuss.<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nHowtobeFunnyontheInternet:Lesson1<br/>\n<br/>\nTheInternetisnothingifnotaboundlesspopulationofaspiringcomedians.Theyutilizethisuncensoredmediumasanincubatorofsortsfortheirabilitiesashumoristsbeforeexplodingontothestandupcircuit.Whilethiswillisuniversal,beinganaturalhumoristisfarfromit.Luckily,IhavearoadmapthatwillguideyoutowardstheappearanceofbeingfunnyontheInternet,ifstrictlyadheredto.<br/>\n<br/>\nMentionNinjas.<br/>\n<br/>\n“Ablurofblackinadimroom.Astheemperorpondershiskoans,hecracksaneyelid.Butit’stoolate.Whoelsecouldmakeoffwithancientscrollsandthelion’sshareofakindemperor’sspinebeforetheshutterhasyetswungclosedfromentry?Ifyouranswerwas‘notaninja’,you’refucking[EMOTIONALSUPPORTSLUR]ed.”<br/>\n<br/>\nNinjasareevidentlyhilarious.Particularlyifalludedtoinamannerthatmightbeconstruedastongue-in-cheek.Butnotcompletely.Youdon’twanttocomeofflikeyou’remakingfunofninjas,becauseitiscommonknowledgethattheyareawesome.<br/>\n<br/>\nIfyouareunlearnedinthevicissitudesofcyberspace,youmayfindthisconfusing.Iwilltrytoexplain.Thefirstthingtorealize:ninjasareawesome.Thereisnothingnotawesomeaboutthem.Theyarepracticallythearchetypicalembodimentofawesomeness.Sowhatexactlyissofunnyaboutthem?Actually(andthisiswhatmaybehardtounderstand),nothingatall.Whenaninjaisinvokedinanycontext,theresponsepromotestheillusionthatsomethinghumorouswassaid.Butwhathasactuallyoccurredisamutualcelebrationofninjas’all-aroundawesomeness,kindoflikean“impliedhighfive”.<br/>\n<br/>\nButwait,there’smore.Youdon’twanttogettoowrappedupinhowawesomeninjasare.Thatwouldbecomedicseppuku.Thiswillbreedanattitudeofreverence,andyoubegintotakethemtooseriously.Takingthingsseriouslyisnerdish,andveryunfunny,especiallyontheInternet.Youwillbecomethetargetofridicule,ratherthantargeter.Thisiswhyyoumusttakeastepback,andstrikethatintuitivebalancebetweenreverencefor,andanoutrightmockeryofninjas.Thejokebecomesthefactthattheyareawesome,andtheybecomeMOREawesomebecausetheyarethejoke.Placethemincuriousjuxtapositions,mixthemwithreferencestopopculture.You’llgetthehangofit.<br/>\n<br/>\nAndonefinalthought.Onceyouhavedigestedallofthis,andthenmasteredit,realizethisprofoundscrap:thejokeisactuallythejoke.MeditateonTHAT.<br/>\n<br/>\nMentionPirates:<br/>\n<br/>\nPiratesarealsohilarious,andmentioningthemwillmakeyouhilariousaswell.Thisisforasimilarsetofreasonsthatmakeninjasarefunny.Theyareawesome.Butawesomefordifferentreasons.True,bothclassessharethemesofdanger,deadliness,andbeinggenerallybadass.Butwhileninjasconveystealth,precision,andcunning,piratesevokeasenseofadventure,bravado,andfoolhardyswagger.Theirpassionforburiedrichesislegendary,andtheyarenottooproudtosinganddanceeither,providedasteadyflowofrum.Mentioningpirateswillconjurevisionsofallthesethings,andyourfriendswillbeenamoredofyourruggedlyadventuroussensibilities.<br/>\n<br/>\nButasisthecasewithninjas,yourdeploymentofpiratereferencesmustalsobetongue-in-cheek.Youdon’twanttocomeoffasactuallybeingintopiratesseriously.Thatwouldbeidiotic.Again,it’slikeaverbalhighfiveincelebrationofpiratesandwhattheyrepresent.Consideraliteralhighfiveforamoment,betweenacoupleofguys.It’snotaboutthemomentaryslappingofskin.
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"id":"andrewhussie550205525",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550205525\">\nwhen you're combining three items, example: knittings && velvet pillow || squiddles shirt, what's the order of operations?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEvaluated left to right.<br/>\n<br/>\nAdding || to the mix was kind of necessary to keep the hole patterns from whittling down to nothing, as would be the case if you just kept &&-ing everything.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot that most people care about this, or even understand it really.<br/>\n<br/>\nComputer people frequently harp on the fact that it should be the bitwise '&' and '|' operators rather than the boolean '&&' and '||'.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich I guess is technically true. But the first and most important point is I didn't like how they looked as single characters. Especially '|' looked stupid to me. The double chars are more expressive, and perfectly understandable if you're a coder, and meaningless if not.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut aside from that, what's to say &&/|| wouldn't have that meaning in this application context? It's completely up to the author of a language to draft the meaning of operators. Various chars can have many different meanings across different languages. They often do.<br/>\n<br/>\nCard A && Card B in this universe simply means, for each bit, evaluate Bit A && Bit B.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550215371",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550215371\">\nWhat are your thoughts on the recent upcropping of fan-made trolls? Art of trolls with bug wings?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think they're cool.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550227579",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550227579\">\nDid you know the site for Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden mysteriously went down a week after you mentioned in in HS? WHAT DID YOU DO ANDREW\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope.<br/>\n<br/>\nI didn't even know about BSUaJG until somewhat recently.<br/>\n<br/>\nI first mentioned Barkley in this page, attributing him to a poem.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/002207\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002207</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThen much later I found out about the game, and it seemed like a pretty good idea to reference it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550234853",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550234853\">\nDid you know that if the first Problem Sleuth book was slightly cheaper and available in bookstores I would buy it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI do now.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it looks like they will probably all sell out as it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe you should hurry up and get one!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550243476",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550243476\">\nWhat is your main motivation for putting so much effort into your work? It's rather inspiring, I must say.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe motivation is mostly to keep the story moving, and get the huge amount of ideas I have out into reality before they languish too long. Given those demands, there's really no time to waste.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550251962",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550251962\">\nWithout looking anything up and being creative as possible, explain cinco de mayo to me please?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA bunch of Spanish speaking dudes got five days into May and flipped their shit about it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 07, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550300327",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550300327\">\nHowcome no one else with prototyped powers uses their powers to cheat like jack does? Also what kind of crazy game of chess is this since when is \"flying airship\" a playing piece is this German Chess?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJack is clearly a special case. While the kings and queens abide by certain rules and let the battle play out with certain order and discipline, Jack is more aggressive and ambitious, and more dangerous for that reason.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich is not to say he's more powerful with a ring than a queen is. A ringed queen could certainly be a very powerful entity, who sits back on the throne for a long time until she's ready to put herself in the action, much like a queen in a real game of chess. What makes Jack more troublesome is his temper, and his will to break the rules.<br/>\n<br/>\nPart of the purpose of the intermission was to covertly begin characterizing a villain through a back door approach. We learned a lot about his character, even though it wasn't even technically the same character, and never suspected we were getting a primer on the key villain who would rise to power. This was the plan.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550327685",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550327685\">\nOkay I just gotta ask this one...Is there a white version of the Midnight Crew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWho knows?<br/>\n<br/>\nWith the exception of PM and the White Queen, there has been no indication any white agents will be especially consequential.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe white kingdom appears to have a more passive posture, as if playing defense. The black kingdom is on offense, and therefore more aggressive by nature. As such, it's more likely that nefarious key players will emerge on the dark side specifically to cause trouble, like Jack and co. If Prospit were more active in the espionage game (at least in this session) we'd probably have seen corresponding white agents in the spotlight.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut anything can happen.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550339476",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550339476\">\nWhat do you mean when you say there are \"new notes\" in PS Book One? What'll make me want to dish over some hard earned greenbacks instead of freeloading off the tubes of the interweb?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSee the bottom of this image?<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/mspa-ps-book1-pic.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://topatoco.com/graphics/mspa-ps-book1-pic.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThere are little notes about stuff on every page. Most of them are really funny and informative.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome of them are kinda dumb.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550345862",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550345862\">\nhave you ever put jelly....... on a hot god?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've never been that high in my entire life.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550356223",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550356223\">\nWhat made you choose the pixel look for Dave's shirt over the smooth circular design from in-story?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt just looked better. If it was smooth, it would just be kind of a boring black circle.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe other designs I thought benefited from the upgrade though.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550366887",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550366887\">\nI know you glance through the fanart threads, but do you ever look through the fanfiction thread? Some excellent stuff's hidden in there.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI generally see almost all the fan art, but poring through fanfic is something I seriously don't have time for.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm sure there's some good and funny stuff though.<br/>\n<br/>\nProbably some bad stuff too! But then, it wouldn't be fanfic without it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550372684",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550372684\">\nIs the reason that ring-bearing Jade doesn't have sweet shades simply because she doesn't know davesprite is davesprite yet? (please say yes i want Jack to have sweet shades next time we see him)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDavesprite was prototyped after Dave entered the medium. No effect on monsters/ring-wearer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550379091",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550379091\">\nUnder what pacing are you answering your fromspring questions? Is there a number, or am I just getting my hopes up?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI browse haphazardly through the several thousand in the queue and answer sort of at random.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550425816",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550425816\">\nDo you keep notes to track loose ends for later reference, or do you have some sort of magical brain?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know about having a magical brain, but I don't keep many notes at all.<br/>\n<br/>\nI have an HS.txt file, which contains every command in the story so far. That's where I write the commands and below-image text before I post it all.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat file also contains the chum handles of kids and the trolls, their corresponding colors and zodiac signs, the names of all the Felt, a few GPS coordinates, and that's about it.<br/>\n<br/>\nI never take anything like \"plot notes\". I just tend to remember all the details. I wrote the whole recap from memory.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't even have a very good memory. I forget stuff all the time. But when it comes to story details, I just remember it all for some reason. Which is probably why the thing reads like a chronicle of a million callbacks. Almost every page is calling back something from earlier in the story, whether it's some obscure item or a turn of phrase used by a character or the narrator. Most of this nonsense is just readily available in my rapid recall cache, so it all gets pounded repeatedly.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550443464",
"timestamp":1274918400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550443464\">\nAre/is you/Dave done with the ironically hilarious \"sweet bro and hella jeff\" sub-comic comic thing?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nno\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 26, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550456315",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550456315\">\nDo you think much about the Trolls pre-sburb lives and their biology or do you get most of your ideas for that from the forum?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI haven't given much thought to the trolls and their pre-game lives/culture/society outside of their present relevance to the plot. I keep all that on a need-to-reveal basis, even for myself.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere'll be more development of those things as we go. I'm sure I'll take some cues from readers, as well as use my own ideas.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550474095",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550474095\">\nGiven the huge amount of fan-made material (art, games, fake pesterlogs, voice acting, etc), has any of it kinda pissed you off or portrayed a character way off your own plans/ideas?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere has been absolutely nothing done with my stuff that I haven't already seen done to other people's work in far more offensive and copious supplies. It's completely expected. Embraced even.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550488999",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550488999\">\nHave you ever been tempted to go back and change a page, whether to add foreshadowing, write yourself out of a corner, or some other reason?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe only page I ever changed long after the fact was this one.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/002858\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002858</a><br/>\n<br/>\nI added the scar to the eye.<br/>\n<br/>\nEven then, it wasn't really a true retcon, <a href=\"/archive/formspring/00958_1.gif\">because I had originally intended to draw the scar but forgot</a>, and didn't get around to fixing it for some time. In fact I actually waited until Jack was eye-gouged in the intermission, specifically to make people go ???????<br/>\n<br/>\nOther than that, no, I never have any reason to change anything.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550495338",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550495338\">\nIs your greatest artistic work, SB&HJ, actually done in MS Paint? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPhotoshop.<br/>\n<br/>\nIronically, I couldn't make it anywhere near as terrible looking if I used Paint.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550512875",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550512875\">\ni thought the self-insertion was pretty out of character for you (i thought the same thing when you did it in bard quest) - especially since \"MSPA you\" declared it a terrible idea. what inspired you to break the fourth wall so hard?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't break the 4th wall in Bard Quest! I think you need to go back and read BQ another three or four hundred times.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso I said it was a terrible idea, but in fact it secretly was a great idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe fact that it was a great idea is what inspired me to do it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550529531",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550529531\">\nWhat scene in Problem Sleuth would you have loved to do the most with the Flash skills you have now?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProbably Sepulchritude.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut really if Flash were a factor in that story it would have changed everything. There would be entire scenes and concepts that never took place at all in the static story.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550555861",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550555861\">\nI'm working on getting a webcomic off the ground. We're pretty close to finishing the first issue--what advice can you give for getting it \"out there\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWork on it really hard for several years without expecting it to be popular.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550589194",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550589194\">\nHeyyyyyy Andrew. Are you a leftie or a rightie?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDraw/write with left, do practically everything else with right.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie550632567",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie550632567\">\nwell, fuck\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFollowing up on your webcomic question answered two slots down...<br/>\n<br/>\nTrying to \"get it out there\" when your site is only one comic deep shows a misapprehension of the medium you are stepping into.<br/>\n<br/>\nNo one is going to care about a webcomic that consists of only one comic, no matter how good it is. And at this early stage, putting emphasis on the attention your work will receive before any substantial work is done will be a severe creative detriment.<br/>\n<br/>\nPopularity will always be an inscrutable cross product of novelty, quality, dedication, and luck. Unless you catch crazy lightning in a bottle, it will take at least a year to discover how your formula pans out, probably longer.<br/>\n<br/>\nDon't even bother looking at your stat tracker. Focus on making something good.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551920517",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551920517\">\nIf you were the last person on earth would you still update MSPA?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProbably more so.<br/>\n<br/>\nLess distractions.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe humanity ruse was a.......<br/>\n<br/>\noh never mind\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551930195",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551930195\">\nI need (need) a Gamebro shirt but I'm not willing fast into a small or binge into an Xtra Xtra Large. Can you fix this?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe ones in the store are all that will ever be left ever!<br/>\n<br/>\nYou guys think you have all the time in the world to buy stuff but you really don't.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you see something you want to buy you should do it right away to avoid future frowns!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551934199",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551934199\">\nIf one prototyping leads to a flat game of chess, a second to a cube and the third to a sphere, what the hell kind of weird-ass shape would a fourth prototype result in?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah that sure is a question invited by that animation isn't it!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551943582",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551943582\">\nWhen exactly did the Felt come into existence? I'm curious because of the poster on Dave's wall. Were they an idea for the Midnight Crew adventure you were almost gonna do?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLast summer I was looking into making an MC flash game with Gankro. Of course that proved to be too much work so the idea was quickly discarded. But these were the villains I drafted for that purpose. I later adapted them to the intermission. But had them lying around way in advance, so they made it onto Dave's wall.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551962327",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551962327\">\nIt's been mentioned in Homestuck that Jade is really good at stuff like bitwise operators. When she enters the Incipisphere and starts alchemizing, will we get to see her use the XNOR, NOT, NAND, NOR and XNOR operators?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe thing is, AND and OR have graceful, easily understood means of being achieved through physical punch cards, by overlapping or double punching. How would these more exotic methods be achieved? You could of course go through the motions of computing them, calculating the new code, typing the code and punching it, but it loses the simplicity of original basic idea that lead to the combinations in the first place. Would going through such machinations just to invoke these more obscure operations actually be interesting? Probably not.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551964449",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551964449\">\nThe old school philosophers said that people were essentially made up of 4 humors: black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood. As each of the 4 HS kids seem to have an associated classical element, do each of them have an associated humor as well?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI can't believe how stupid old philosophers were.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe older the dumber.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551967305",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551967305\">\nHow is Dave able to change suits on a whim?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow can kids put shit on cards?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551971060",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551971060\">\nWhat does a man like you look for in a woman?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWHAT DO YOU GOT<br/>\n<br/>\n(please don't say a dick please don't say a dick please don't say a dick)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551995299",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551995299\">\nAndrew, where did your all-lowercase typing go?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI can't decide what syntax to use.<br/>\n<br/>\nnot all the consonants are the same<br/>\n<br/>\ntoo many cases and voewls\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie551996724",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie551996724\">\nHave you watched television at all for the past month? I don't think I have.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've watched Lost but I thought the last episode was kind of dumb.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 10, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie552018174",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie552018174\">\nWhen writing some of Rose's more wordy text (such as our recent look into her journals), how much do you consult a thesaurus or other such materials?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are exactly two words I pulled out of the thesaurus for that. coriaceous and adumbratives.<br/>\n<br/>\nWith the first, I was just wondering if there was a totally ridiculous fancy word for leathery. It turned out there was.<br/>\n<br/>\nWith the second I was looking for an old timey word specifically to nounify for that purpose. The correct form, the adjective, means foreshadowing. In the noun context, I guess it's some vague assortment of wizardly prognostication talismans? I can't claim to be an authority on this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie552023304",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie552023304\">\nHow do you sit when you use the computer [not drawing]?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nKind of like Batman perched on the precipice of a building.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589028607",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589028607\">\nAny plans to attend the SanDiego Comic-Con and sell books or shirts there?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, sorry!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589029922",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589029922\">\nhow did you intent jack noir's surname to be pronounced? \"nore\" or \"no-are\"?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe way the word is actually pronounced.<br/>\n<br/>\nnwär\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589031821",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589031821\">\nandrew- when SO NOT diamonds droog (wink wink) was in daves room, wan't he surprised to see sort of his duplicate on dave's MC poster?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt wasn't on the wall at the time. It was in Dave's sylladex. He used it to make a cool suit and stuff.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589032369",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589032369\">\nHow do you know so many big words?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow do you know so fewer than me?<br/>\n<br/>\nWHAT'S YOUR SECRET\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589032816",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589032816\">\nHow did you think you came's to seen out when you are wery old? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nwow\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 14, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589038901",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589038901\">\nAndrew, I wanted to ask something of the sort, Are the 4 hero's Related? Because from what i saw they might\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNanna is a paradox clone of herself.<br/>\nGrandpa is a paradox clone of himself.<br/>\nBro is a paradox clone of himself.<br/>\nMom is a paradox clone of herself.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn is a clone of Nanna and Grandpa's ghost slime mixed together. So is Jade.<br/>\n<br/>\nRose is a clone of Mom and Bro's ghost slime mixed together. So is Dave.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn and Jade are biologically related, in the same way siblings are. Though they are not literally siblings. We saw how they were \"born\".<br/>\n<br/>\nDave and Rose are the same way.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn is not related to Rose.<br/>\nDave is not related to Jade.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is no evidence to suggest nanna, grandpa, mom, or bro are related to each other in any way. They are all clones of themselves, sent back in time to become themselves.<br/>\n<br/>\nParadox clones.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589039370",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589039370\">\nSince you have the process more 'down' for making a book, can we expect PS book 2 sooner rather than later?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, sooner.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589041299",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589041299\">\nAre you as jaundiced as the illustration used for your icon suggests?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, I quite often exhibit prejudice.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589043574",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589043574\">\nwiil the trolls ever become really important? their a really cool idea and i love GC!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are extremely important to the story, and will become more so.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589044518",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589044518\">\nHow can I give you all the moneys I want to give to you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIN ABSURD QUANTITIES AND WITH HASTE\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589045409",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589045409\">\nWHY ARE THESE UPDATES SCREWING WITH MY HEAD??\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt takes two to screw.<br/>\n<br/>\nGet your lecherous head away from my innocent updates.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589047771",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589047771\">\nso andrew are you ever going to answer any of my questions please? what do you think about my friend drawing an inspiration of sbahj in the school paper. -a\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk, I will answer this one.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo you say your pal wants to draw something shitty in a school newspaper?<br/>\n<br/>\nI hope he sports a musket and a coonskin cap, because that, my friend, is a PIONEER.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589049263",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589049263\">\nhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/75/Kid_Chameleon_Coverart.png was dave's appearance inspired by this guy? the resemblance unnerves me a little.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, but I did play that game.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was really long and fucking impossible.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 19, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589049851",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589049851\">\nHow does the wallet fetch modus work?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou put things on cards and stick them in your plain and serviceable brown wallet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 21, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589051196",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589051196\">\nHey, I got one. For [S] Jack: Ascend, was the beginning where it sang, \"Become a member of the Midnight Crew\", was that part of the song itself, or did you record it on your own or what?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is this.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/external/midnightcrew.mp4\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbsXLDNPvNc</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 21, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589053783",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589053783\">\nThere are many recurring motifs throughout your various works (Jesters and horses being some of the most prevalent.) Do these things have some deeper symbolism, or are you just screwing around with the semioticians of the future?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHorses and jesters are both hilarious.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey symbolically represent hilariousness.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 21, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589060495",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589060495\">\nHi Andrew. When making Homestuck, which part of the process takes disproportionate effort and time to produce something rewarding for you? TLDR: which part is most tedious?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe only thing I would describe as tedious would be setting up a Flash file from scratch, getting the preloader ready to go and everything. I don't mind working long hours on an animation, but I kind of want to get right into it, not spend an hour setting it up.<br/>\n<br/>\nRewarding? I don't know. Everything is rewarding.<br/>\n<br/>\nI enjoy writing the pesterlogs. Probably because it's relaxing. I sit here and go tap tap tap. Instead of ranging around with my stylus like a wild animal, hitting the undo button, and muttering to myself now and then. Writing is easy. Sometimes I think I'd rather just be a writer, and I could say \"I'M A WRITER\" when people asked me.<br/>\n<br/>\nBOY would they be impressed!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 21, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589061074",
"timestamp":1275350400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589061074\">\nWhat ever happened to Dave's entry into the medium? You even said that you'd show it at some point on the forums, yet that seems to be getting less and less likely, and it'd be kind of odd if Dave's entry was just brought up from nowhere at this point.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt'll come up pretty soon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 21, 2010 - May 31, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589067047",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589067047\">\nAre there any pieces of backstory or otherwise additional information that you have made, but are not actually neccesary?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProbably. But any time I come up with backstory stuff and think it won't be necessary, it just finds a way in there anyway.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe fact that nanna and grandpa were raised by Sassacre (before he died) and Betty Crocker was an example of this. It was a funny backstory idea I had quite some time ago, mainly in the form of joking with myself, and said \"There's no WAY I'm going to work that in!\" And yet here we are.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd somehow when it happens it still manages to feel like it's an important part of the story. At least for me.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne of the things I am most proud about in Homestuck is the fact that I have managed to elevate Betty Crocker to a position of critical relevance to the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think creators probably tend to be proud of really stupid things about their stuff a lot of times.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589074139",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589074139\">\nIn what ways was Homestuck influenced by Lost?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's really hard to say.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe it just hasn't been at all.<br/>\n<br/>\nI've thought that the closest thing to being true is that Lost is very much the sort of story I would try to write if left to my own devices, in terms of structure and complexity and involvement of scifi and the supernatural.<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept it would be funny, and not as heavy handed and dour all the time.<br/>\n<br/>\nAs it turns out, I AM left to my own devices! And HS is the result.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso I thought the final episode was very good.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589074958",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589074958\">\nAre the Aimless Renegade's initials a pun on how he uses Assualt Rifles?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt doesn't sound like you know what a pun is!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589075631",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589075631\">\nsuch a beautiful boonbuck\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI liked it too. It is like a wrapper for a fancy chocolate bar.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589077017",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589077017\">\nIs it alright with you if I design a set of rules for a Homestuck pen and paper game, and is there any6thing specific you would want in it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI STRICTLY FORBID THIS!!!!!!!!!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nJust kidding, that's cool.<br/>\n<br/>\nI request that you make it so that you have to roll LOTS of dice, ALL THE TIME.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie589105791",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589105791\">\nDid you intend for all the kids/parents to be related from the beginning?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo. But there were similarities between the two pairs for aesthetic reasons, and some other reasons I guess. Bifurcation in broad personality type. The 4 character designs were drawn before page 1, so things were very loose back then. I left it open, and the cross-similarities between pairs, specifically between Jade and John, led me to get some steam behind the idea that these two very vaguely had \"something to do with each other\".<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat they had to do with each other was something pieced together very organically over the development of the plot. We saw they shared identical towers on the same moon. The logic that they had something to do with each other naturally led to the same principle for Rose and Dave. They got a moon too.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis sort of stuff is all so gradual, and pieced together from so many smaller events, it's hard to pinpoint exactly when an idea originally took shape.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut the idea that they all had that origin was not pulled out of thin air. It was in the works for a good while, and a lot of foundation was laid for it. I would say it had its beginnings when I first introduced the concept of ectobiology, in Rose's next door lab when she made an unsuccessful paradox clone, a two headed cat. The thoughts weren't far off then, like \"Maybe this weird way of cloning someone is how the kids were made? Maybe for that matter they created themselves?\" Doesn't get more paradoxical than that, and thus wholly in the spirit of the fictional science, and in the spirit of the slowly rolling thunder that is this work's accumulating cache of themes.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I think was sold it for me was when I got the idea to mix the pairs of slime from their respective guardians. The whole weird mess struck me as an especially novel origin story, and the thought of making these 8 babies all at once was just ridiculous enough to be irresistible. Not just because of the mad science/time travel/paradoxical novelty, but because of the new light it put the characters under. Especially the guardians I think. These weird automaton-like authority figures, mostly obstacles in the early going, are quite probably very much like the kids, just at different stages in their weird lives (i.e. the ones where they lose their facial features). They're all kind of like siblings in a way, even if not all biological. (Though some are!) And I think you could pick up on that from some of the early interactions, that for instance Rose was likely a very similar person to her mom. Her mom just happened to be an adult!<br/>\n<br/>\nThe origin story also lent a lot more relevance to John's designated handle, exctoBiologist. This was never something that was supposed to be significant at all. It was some funny word that tied into his interest of ghosts, and Ghostbusters. (The word was also lifted from an old comic I wrote.)<br/>\n<br/>\nBut now that seems like it was extremely important from the getgo, like it was all FORESHADOWIN' AND SHIT. But of course it's just yet again me connecting another one of these million dots to some others, when the dots were never actually meant to be connected.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think very few major developments are pulled out of thin air, even if they appear to come from out of nowhere. There is almost always some foundational work for it. These things arrive through the series of details which lead to their cognition in the first place. You can always trace it backwards and find the clues that were pointing to it all along.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie589136910",
"timestamp":1275955200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie589136910\">\nSo far you've done links between dad mom grampa and grandma in backstory. will we get to see daves bro's backstory? how he met lil cal? why hes so obsessed with puppets? (if so, any chance you could interspace it with lots of cool flips and sword fights?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nmaybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe maybe<br/>\n<br/>\nWe already saw how Bro met Cal though. He's sleeping on him right now!<br/>\n<br/>\nCal's origin: came from Bro's future little brother's (i.e. biological son's!) dreams, dreams which were spurred by his anxiety over sharing an apartment with...<br/>\n<br/>\nTHE VERY SAME PUPPET.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nMay 23, 2010 - June 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667466104",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667466104\">\nEvery-time I go to your website I see the beginning of Homestuck and consider reading again from the beginning. However, the beginning of this story is nothing like the epic proportions we are reading now. Honestly, you didn't know it would be like that?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not sure I understand. Do you want me to point the homepage to a more recent page? I like keeping it at the beginning for newcomers.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf it's just \"did you know how crazy it would get\" the answer's yes. That was always the intention. Perhaps not intention so much as grim understanding. I was going off the advancement of PS as a model, and expected to duplicate or surpass that degree of escalation from the very start.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 7, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667479333",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667479333\">\nAbout how far into Homestuck would you say we are now? A quarter, half, less than an eighth? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAct 4 just finished. I think it will likely be 3 more acts. It's easier to make calls like that now that I'm not bogged down in user suggestions.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 7, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667486989",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667486989\">\nHow many of the pesterlogs aside from the infamous \"wrist deep in puppet\" were taken from your real life conversations?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt always seems like more to me, but I think it's only two. That one, and the one where they talk about Little Monsters and Howie Mandel piss, which was a conversation I had with Michael Firman.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.firmanproductions.com</a><br/>\n<br/>\nMy idea was to integrate a lot more, but it turned out to be easier to serve the story by making them from scratch. You know, actual \"writing\".\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 7, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667489220",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667489220\">\nhey so why would jack so willing give away one of the few things that has any threat to him? is he cocky or is he actually a man of his word or is he pulling some shenanigans or what?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA reasonable guess is he still believed the bunny was under his control.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667492325",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667492325\">\nI ordered some shirts like a month ago and they haven't come in yet! When do you think I'll get them?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh no! I don't know. I think you should ask Topatoco. They are friendly and helpful.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667501872",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667501872\">\nDid you find collaborating on the latest epic flash to be much better than working by yourself? If so in what ways?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt really seemed to be an equal amount of work for me somehow. I was just working on it nonstop for days, in spite of the extra art I had available.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt did make the end result much nicer looking though. They included drawings of detail I never would have attempted myself while trying to knock out such a huge project.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667513110",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667513110\">\ncould someone be their own host if they used two computers?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n????????????????????<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy don't you try it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667514853",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667514853\">\nandrew did you like the pictures we made of you as a woman\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey were just awful.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667516937",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667516937\">\nEarly on in home struck, we would see a mouse icon moving around putting cakes onto a bed for John and such. Are the kids themselves meant to be part of a game outside Sburb? Because I quite honestly hope that is not the case.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, they are part of a game called Homestuck, which you, the player/reader, are reading/playing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667519330",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667519330\">\nWill you ever show (or tell) us the abilities of Matchsticks and Quatorze from the intermission?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. How many goddamn super powers do we need to see??\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667526015",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667526015\">\nHEY ANDREW, HOW MIGHT YOU BE?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is at least a slim chance I presently occupy any condition you can imagine, I suppose.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667537206",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667537206\">\nDo you consciously make all the self/outside references or is it like some form of Turret's? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIs misspelling the name of various syndromes the type of Tourette's you're afflicted with?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667543137",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667543137\">\nIs a Nikola Tesla facsimile going to appear? 'cause a Mark Twain facsimile appeared, and they were kind of chums.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA Tesla knockoff didn't author a giant joke book that's been haunting the pages of this story since act 1 though. So no that would be dumb.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667546361",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667546361\">\nSo is Act Five the final act of Homestuck? I ask because it's rare for something with an act structure to exceed five acts, and things do seem to be speeding towards a conclusion!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think 7.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't know if this is something with formal act structure. Acts were just what I decided to call them instead of chapters.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667558097",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667558097\">\nHow do you feel about the RP Thread on the forum?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't read any roleplaying whatsoever.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne, it's too time consuming.<br/>\n<br/>\nTwo, I think in general it's potentially a bit toxic for authors to be reading RPing of their stuff. It seems like there's always potential, no matter how you steel yourself against the terrible writing, for contamination.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667561220",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667561220\">\nDid you know that your RSS feed isn't valid? ( http://validator.w3.org/feed/ )\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know, I guess. It always seems like there's been some variety of issues with it. It does the job and I don't want to spend any energy fixing it or thinking about it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667565270",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667565270\">\nSome songs are missng from the freeeeeee albums. Why? Will I have to callibrate my cash containment combobulation to \"open\" in order to listen to my personal favorite of nightlife? Does this have any correlation to the new album coming out\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm swapping out some songs from old pages with new ones, for some uninteresting reasons. The new songs will be available in a new album.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667567776",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667567776\">\nAre you really good at foreshadowing months ahead, or good at leaving hooks in the story that you can make sense of as they are needed? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know how really good I am at either, but I do both.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667569197",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667569197\">\nAre you ever going to do any actual canon pairings? Or are you going to leave that to the fans?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMOMxDAD<br/>\n<br/>\n???????????????<br/>\n<br/>\n!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667571203",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667571203\">\nAre you going to have Gankro make any more minigames (like the Act 4 opening)? Cause it'd be awesome to control Rose and her LAZORS.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGankro does lots of cool stuff on his own without me telling him too. We'll see what stuff he cooks up in the future.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667576385\">\nDave keeps saying he spends about 5 min. on make a SBHJ comic, but be honest, THAT amount of awful must take a while to perfect. How much time do you spend to make a new page?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSometimes a couple hours.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667590274",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667590274\">\nHow many gates did the trolls have? Do they have 7, like the kids, or do they have 23 or some such number? I'm working on an 8 player session with some people and we want to know if we'd have 7 gates, or 15 gates. But it would be nice to know either way.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf they only had 7 gates, the 12 players couldn't cycle all the way through them. If that was a necessary condition, it would have to be more.<br/>\n<br/>\nOther than that point of logic, this doesn't seem like the format for a definitive answer on it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667598169",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667598169\">\nHow did Courtyard Droll get to Skaia and find the white king's scepter? He was left on prospit after Jade beat the crap out of him.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSame way PM got there. He took a shuttle shortly after, and followed PM. He saw PM get clobbered by HB, and went to recover the scepter she dropped, while she had her hands full chopping off HB's head.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667600441",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667600441\">\nHow do you make your updates so awesome? I mean really, I keep thinking \"He can't top that\" and HE DOES. Seriously, how are you going to top this update you just made?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know, you asked this question three days ago. Did I top it??\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667603977",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667603977\">\nWhen are you planning to release Descend on bandcamp? It is my favorite Song so far.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOn 6/12 or maybe 6/13. These things often run later than planned.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667607838",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667607838\">\nDo thirteen year old girls have boobs?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLet's go on this journey of discovery together. A federal prison will be our Emerald City.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667613082",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667613082\">\nJust how long have you been planning to make Jade's robot explode? What ideas did you toss around towards making it happen?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSince CG first mentioned it in a chat.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne idea I tossed around to make that happen was the death of dream Jade.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't think I tossed around many others, actually.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667620451",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667620451\">\nTwo questions about EoA4. Firstly, there is no character performing the action [s] Descend. So is that just the name of the flash/animation? Secondly, I can't figure out for the life of me what the voice says in the Squiddles intermission. What is it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere was no name preceding the command for EOA3 either: [S] Enter. In that, many entered, generally speaking. In EOA4, many descended, in various ways.<br/>\n<br/>\n\"I just had a friendship aneurysm.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667626789",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667626789\">\nSo wait...do Jade and John wear glasses? All the fanstuffs of them feature glasses. I always assumed that that was just...eyes.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat is so ridiculous!<br/>\n<br/>\nFor one thing, Jade's glasses have a bridge between them. What did you suppose that was?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667632337",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667632337\">\ndo you have any idea how you are going to end homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the most basic way, I also knew how it would end before page 1.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it's more specific now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667636881",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667636881\">\nThat last EOA was awesome (OK they were all awesome, but this one was the most awesome one). Why are you so awesome?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere seem to be a lot of questions that resemble this template!<br/>\n<br/>\nAll I can respond with is something like \"thank you for thinking I am awesome.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667637765",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667637765\">\nDo the Grist Costs in the Homestuck Adventure map mean anything?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope. Other than those tallies appear somewhere in the act.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667645551",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667645551\">\nWhen I finished reading HS for the first time, I thought \"Wow, this is what Lost would be like if Lost didn't suck.\" Then I found out here that you like Lost. I'm worried that the cognitive dissonance will make me scribble on my walls. Please advise.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI did like Lost but let's face it HS is a pretty different animal.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn a broader note it helps to realize that sometimes people who make stuff that you like will also like things that you don't like and that's ok.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667649418",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667649418\">\nCan you dwell more on the exiles' side story? you haven't focused on them since early act 4/late act 3.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm pretty keenly aware of how much dust I've let the far future arc gather, but it's kind of made up for by the fact that there's been such heavy focus on the stories of those same characters during their pre-exile lives.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667652887",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667652887\">\nOkay seriously how the hell did you make Dave's Bro so cool?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI made him chop a meteor in half and also a bunch of other things. Plus he wears pointy shades.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667655728",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667655728\">\nSo when did you decide that everything was going to get all fucked up? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt wasn't a decision it was a foregone conclusion.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667670818",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667670818\">\nGiven that Homestuck is building towards some kind of conclusion/confrontation at this point, do you expect it to be anywhere near the level of the DMK fight in Problem Sleuth in terms of length?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is absolutely not going to be a long boss battle in HS like there was with DMK.<br/>\n<br/>\nI kind of regret that that is the inevitable expectation people will have.<br/>\n<br/>\nWith PS, the emphasis was on general gaming satire, and the neverending boss battle was part of that. There was no major plot to satisfy, other than escaping an office, and defeating this monster.<br/>\n<br/>\nHS has a complicated plot. It is an actual story, and will be wrapped up the way actual stories are meant to be. Will there be service to the gaming parallels present in HS too, as there were with the strife pages? Sure. But an infinite boss fight serves no purpose in this context other than to aggravate an audience. It was ok in Problem Sleuth because there was nothing more to it than that. The battle was a purpose unto itself, strung together with the ridiculous and the surreal and the absurd.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667680557",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667680557\">\nSo how much different would the medium be if instead of chess, it were based on, let's say, SimAnt?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt would probably be like that dumb ant movie starring Woody Allen.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich is to say A COMPLETE FUCKING NIGHTMARE<br/>\n<br/>\nActually I don't even remember what that movie was about. Maybe it was ok.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe better than that movie about Bees by Seinfeld. What's with these retired comedians making movies about bugs???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667683346",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667683346\">\nI think the name Jack Black is very clever . Do you speak French, or did you simply use a translator ? Oh, and cactus .\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJack Noir was named by a reader.<br/>\n<br/>\nI do however take credit for selecting the suggestion!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie667690734",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie667690734\">\nHave you ever consumed the unnatural horror that is the KFC Double Down?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis sounds like the name of a fat horse at the Kentucky Derby.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think this will be the last question I answer so that this one stays at the top for several weeks.<br/>\n<br/>\nGoodnight folks!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698134138",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698134138\">\nDo you draw GC's art with your eyes actually closed?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo! It's possible to make art that is so bad that it doesn't even effectively serve the purpose of being bad art.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698135938",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698135938\">\nAre we going to see all the trolls eventually? Some of the Felt we didn't get to see, granted the Felt arent as important as a group as the Trolls are. I was just wondering if ALL of them are going to have an impact on the story, and will we see them all?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698136812",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698136812\">\ni heart you\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks for feeling that way!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698137859",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698137859\">\nWhy does WV only eat things that are green?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe's an herbivore.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlus it's not true. He ate a rotting pumpkin, and the top of a fresh pumpkin.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698139352",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698139352\">\nWill you ever update Dave's blog again?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I think it's perfectly within Dave's character, and within the spirit of the blog, and within the spirit of blogs in general, to abandon it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698142149",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698142149\">\nHow do you deal with the horror that is the MSPA Forum and not kill something out of rage?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's not so bad. Mainly just a lot of people talkin about stuff. Kind of like all over the internet.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it's really busy and hard to keep up with.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 8, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698143291",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698143291\">\nWhen drawing trolls' horns, which color do you start with?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe dark orange. Then medium then light.<br/>\n<br/>\nWOWEE that's a specific question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 12, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698144950",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698144950\">\nSo... Do you read the Homestuck thread on Something Awful?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've browsed it a few times. It's pretty huge!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 12, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698146033",
"timestamp":1277251200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698146033\">\nHave you been using any of the community's Character Roleplays to flesh out the trolls? (I.E, When we see tA, he'd be using nunchucks)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAbsolutely not.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 12, 2010 - June 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698149288",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698149288\">\nhow do you say \"Terezi Pyrope?\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nteh-REH-zee PIE-rope\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698167482",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698167482\">\nSeems like I all do wonder what you planned in advance. From the very beginning, I wondered stuff like 'is John's Dad divorced?' 'are Jade's parents dead?' Then I figured each kid had only one guardian for simplicity. So what inspired the paradox cloning?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLots of small subtle things, many of which I can't remember.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome of these big ideas are like a slow rolling thunder instead of a lightning bolt. In fact, maybe all of them are. It's really hard to pinpoint where exactly major developments originated from.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think it started from the very simple fact that the two pairs of kids looked similar, and had some profile similarities. And then there was the fact that John's nanna looked to Jade, and her grandpa looked like John. This begged the obvious question, are nanna/granpa actually Jade/John sent back in time??? Which is so obvious, it would be stupid if it panned out like that. So i think creating an explanation for that presented a challenge. An explanation that was somewhat original and completely unexpected, but made sense and used the existing parameters of the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere was also a ridiculous drawing I did which was a satirical crack pairing of Rose's mom and Dave's bro, just cause the idea of those two together seemed so absurd. But that actually may have influenced the outcome too.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698173128",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698173128\">\nYou currently have 512 answered questions. is this on purpose because it's a power of two? If so, you are even more awesome than i thought.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess I have to shoot for 1024 next or fall short of awesome?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698179195",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698179195\">\nVol. 5 is astounding and joy-inducing. I'd like to know whether the songs were each written to express certain scenes/characters, or if they were meant to more loosely fit the mood/style of Homestuck. If it's the former, what does \"Sunsetter\" represent?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMore the latter. I just arranged then in what I thought was a reasonably compelling order.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698186927",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698186927\">\nFor John, entering the first gate meant getting transported to the surface of his \"planet\" thing, LOWAS. So, Dave is now going to be taken to LOHAC. Rose destroyed her gate, but had she taken it, where would she have gone? She's on the ground already.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSomewhere else on the planet.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnless I'm just not getting the question. Why does it matter whether shes on the ground? Gates take you to different locations.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's like being on top of the Empire State Building, and needing to fly to L.A. So you go downstairs to go to the airport. But the moment you get to the 1st floor, you say, damn we can't go to L.A. now! We're on the ground already!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698190437",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698190437\">\nHow did Troll Will Smith's son do in the remake of Troll Karate Kid?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHis spine was swiftly harvested by a resurgent Troll Cobra Kai.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698200793",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698200793\">\nHave you ever read Gravity's Rainbow? It seems like it'd be up your alley, what with the incredibly complex plot, storytelling, etc.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've heard of it and I've read some snippets. It does seem a bit dense and kind of heavyhanded though.<br/>\n<br/>\nAt the risk of raising myself above a great and accomplished novelist, I kind of like to make my stuff fun to read.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut maybe I don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Maybe the book's a riot!<br/>\n<br/>\nP.S. I'm not saying stuff's got to be funny to be good either.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698205594",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698205594\">\nHow do you feel about people who read SB&HJ but not Homestuck? I personally feel like they're missing out on another layer of irony needed to complete the comics, but at the same time I dunno if I can blame them for not reading Homestuck due to length.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIs it really so surprising one could enjoy one and not the other?<br/>\n<br/>\nThey do spring from the same muse I guess. Albeit a muse prone to radical mood swings.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut they are completely different things.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698206661",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698206661\">\nHow does the Miracle Modus work?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy do you pollute God's creation with your curiosity?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698212267",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698212267\">\nIt seems that most visual storytelling industries (tv, movies, games, ect.) are shifting a heavy focus onto 3-D. Do you think that there is any future for 3-D in digital comics?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI would be a really terrible ambassador for what has a future in digital comics, even though I myself have been particularly feisty with the medium.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll I can say is what there's a future for in my work. And it probably isn't 3D.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698218698",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698218698\">\nHow did you make Gamzee so fucking adorable? It is a motherfucking miracle.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI try to make every character likable in some way. Accomplishing this for a character who was immediately established as a juggalo struck me as a serious challenge.<br/>\n<br/>\nI often put myself way, way behind the eight ball with some of these challenges I set up for myself.<br/>\n<br/>\nHomestuck itself is the ultimate eight ball.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698226077",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698226077\">\nMy Brother Thought of 413 as 4 Hero's and 13 Trolls is he right or are you doing that for no reason to make everybody Go insain and also i saw the ICP Nice touch\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n413: A story about 4 13 year olds. Plus lots of other stuff. 4 members of the MC. 4 suits, 13 cards per suit. John's birthday, story start-date: 4/13. Etc.<br/>\n<br/>\n6/12, start of act five. A story about 12 6 year olds (in troll years).<br/>\n<br/>\nIs ICP ever REALLY a nice touch?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 16, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698236562",
"timestamp":1277424000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698236562\">\nGet off of Formspring and update already!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI posted 10 pages today.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot record breaking I know.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut is that not sufficient???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - June 24, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698239173",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698239173\">\nHow many hits does MSPA get in a month? Has that changed noticably over time?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou can see for yourself by checking out the Project Wonderful stats. (click the price under banner ads)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698239681",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698239681\">\nParty?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nParties are stupid!<br/>\n<br/>\nJust kidding.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698242663",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698242663\">\nDo you have an idea lined up for the adventure after Homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo way!<br/>\n<br/>\nOther than knowing that the format and story framework will likely undergo earth shattering revolutions.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is no way I'm going to do something quite like Homestuck again.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698244763",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698244763\">\nI will have your children. No you don't have to ask I will just make it happen.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCome one man you are probably a dude, and dudes can't have babies. Let's get real here.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698251110",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698251110\">\nI know the Midnight Crew arc is long over, but will we ever see whatever happened to Matchsticks and Quarters, as well as what their time powers were supposed to be?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn a way I've almost become weary of the topic simply due to the extended overabundance of curiosity relative to the intrinsic appeal of whatever those powers could possibly be.<br/>\n<br/>\nI like how I preceded that remark with \"simply\", as if the point I just made was remotely simple.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698253592",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698253592\">\nDid you base terminallyCapricious off the rapping clowns from the SNL skit? Because you should totally throw that \"Fucking Magnets, how do they work?\" line in for good measure.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA lot of people will think you're pretty silly if I answer this question, mainly because I would be bumping it for them to read.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhoops, sorry!<br/>\n<br/>\nGoogle ICP.<br/>\n<br/>\nWait don't!<br/>\n<br/>\nWhoops, sorry!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698254565",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698254565\">\nSo, what WAS the password for Bro's computer?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nlilcal\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698255687",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698255687\">\nHave you ever considered making a complete floor layout of the Problem Sleuth world? I would be so very, very thankful if you did.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis comes pretty close.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000030\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000030.html</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698256810",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698256810\">\nAre the future music releases going to be large as the latest one? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot even close.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698258935",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698258935\">\nDo the troll's personality respond in anyway to their astrological signs, or do they all have unique personalities. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nActually getting into the details of the astrological personality traits and applying those to the characters struck me as a really uninteresting idea. But it did occur to me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698261480",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698261480\">\nHow did Jack get to the Beat Mesa on Dave's planet from Prospit so fast?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWait, you were there? Did you time his journey with a stopwatch?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698265808",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698265808\">\nIs each of the trolls' personalities a combination of two different personalities of the four main characters mixed? IE; each of the main characters' personalities' can mix with three others, four times that three. Lots of beer inspired this question.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo. Some of the trolls share certain personality traits with some of the kids. But there's no formula for it. And it's certainly not as simple as \"She's the troll-Jade!\" and such. That's not how I view it, or how I planned it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698269398",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698269398\">\nWhy is it that some panels in the Problem Sleuth book are small, while others are the size of the page?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy did you use a bunch of different letters and words in your sentence? What's up with that? And look! What's that curly thing at the end? The one with the dot under it?? <- Oh shit, there they are again!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698285212",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698285212\">\nGiven some of your answers here, would you describe yourself as a bit of a jerk, or is that part of the character we saw behind the fourth wall? And on a related topic, are you answering these questions, or is it said character?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess some of my answers seem testy. Mainly I take opportunities to make humorous remarks, and occasionally, I APPEAR to do so at the expense of another. This is an illusion though. I think everyone's great.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt isn't really a deliberate act, but neither is it how I behave in the real world. I have had a long creative career on the internet. Most of it in the shadows, and much of it established in the tradition of trolling the wide eyed and unsuspecting. The good kind of trolling. The funny kind. Some of that comes through in my current work, and more recently, somewhat literally.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere really is no 4th wall AH character, as is separate from the narrative voice throughout the entire story. That is me, or more specifically, my internet voice. The characters are me too, but I suppose are aspects of my personality that are hyper-accelerated for characterization purposes. If they get a bit sassy at times, and they do, and my narrative voice gets sassy at times, and it does, it shouldn't be a surprise that I do as well.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698300013",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698300013\">\nYou realize that everyone is pissed off about the new music right? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question is 5 days old. I have not seen another question about it posted more recently!<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's amazing how what seems like a big deal gets forgotten so quickly. People have already more or less forgotten there were ever different songs. In a couple months, the song swaps will be a point of obscure trivia. The whole topic will fade into the lore of the site, known by few and regretted by none (except maybe one person).<br/>\n<br/>\nI was never under any impression swapping them was the wrong thing to do, or that the new songs were inferior. They were always great, and sorry to say, complaints fell on deaf ears. I'm sort of pathologically unshakable on decisions like that, or really any creative decision.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698309765",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698309765\">\nExplain the inherent humor in things like horses and puppets\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk horses are HILARIOUS.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey're like these big snorting muscular monsters with these huge faces, and they often freak out, and we RIDE THEM. That's INSANE.<br/>\n<br/>\nPuppets are funny for some reasons I guess. It's really hard to describe. Like people decided they wanted to make these... smaller fake people? And make them talk and do things. And on their quest they fell ass backwards into the uncanny valley. It's actually kind of a tragedy when you think about it.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat was the worst fucking essay I ever just wrote.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie698327381",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie698327381\">\nI know you're not answering questions for a while due to chicken sandwich questions, but do you like Nicolas Cage as much as John, or is that just for irony?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYour question can be the chicken sandwich question. \"The Chicken Sandwich Question\" will be the new name for the last question I answer, and leave at the top for weeks.<br/>\n<br/>\nI definitely don't like Cage much, nor do I hate him. But I also wouldn't describe my employment of his service as ironic. It's similar to irony, but it's a concept that I truly think eludes verbalization. You would need to sift the mists of my subconscious, and treat the yields to a prolonged, unpleasant examination.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo extract a more practical slice of the issue for the microscope, early in the story I decided I needed something really ludicrous to harp on repeatedly, and ALSO for that thing to prove to be, through a deliberately circuitous path, immensely critical to the plot. This was the bunny. I guess you could say Cage was along for the ride.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf the question is \"Why the bunny?\" the answer is, because there is nothing you could possibly select to be the critical linchpin of a story that is more stupid than authentic memorabilia from the film Con Air, specifically the stuffed rabbit that Cameron Poe gave to his daughter at the end. You can try to think of something dumber, but you won't succeed.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750575980",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750575980\">\nExactly what shade of blond is Rose's hair? I have been wondering this for a while now.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBrown.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot really, I just thought that would be a funny answer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750580681",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750580681\">\nhow diid you manage two come up wiith 2uch 2tupiid hard to read and crazy type of wriiting. 2eriiou2ly iit'2 unreal how annoyiing thii2 ii2 to read.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah, it's easy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750584766",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750584766\">\nI think it needs more cowbell. Do you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe only thing that needs more cowbell is a cow.<br/>\n<br/>\nCows that can sneak up on you make me nervous.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750584848",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750584848\">\nWill we ever meet Jade's Pen pal?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750586280",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750586280\">\nShit I'm samurai Ace Dick do you know a good baker?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOof! Bad crop of questions today.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750593561",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750593561\">\nYou seem to have been drawing a lot more \"action panels\" in the Troll Arc. Does drawing in that format require a noticeably greater amount of time and effort than drawing in the regular sprite format for you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNoooooo. Sprites are quite a pain in the ass to draw. I never feel like an artist when I draw sprites. I feel like a pixel engineer.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhenever I need to draw something new, and it isn't sprite-based, it's because I'm essentially taking the easy route. Drawing a character with more realistic proportions in cool poses and settings and stuff is relatively effortless compared to sprite work, and doing stuff like zooming 400% so I can fuss over a couple pixels so someone's fingers don't look like total garbage.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750602874",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750602874\">\nSo you changed the font, to fit the trolls better? Well aesthetically that makes sense but it sure is annoying to read.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you talking about the alien-looking font? (Elder scrolls)<br/>\n<br/>\nYou're not supposed to be able to read it genius!<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you're talkin about something else then......<br/>\n<br/>\n??????????????<br/>\n<br/>\nYou mean diif3r3nt 2YNT4X liik3 THIS 2tuff?? Not really a font.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't understand things people say sometimes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 17, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750605790",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750605790\">\nHow did you get the effect on this page:http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004028 ??? It is Most Beautiful.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn Photoshop you can take any brush and use it in pencil mode, which gives you the hard edges. I used a more transparent brush in pencil mode, and just built up some colors on top of black.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen I duplicated that layer, amped up the contrast on the copy, and faded in and out over a series of frames.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750621030",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750621030\">\nFirst off I love the TNG edits, secondly are you a big nerd? The only two shows I have heard you talk about are startrek and lost. And I guess night court. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI haven't watched much TV lately. I watched all the Star trek series into the ground, but I was never much of a trekkie. I don't really think Lost was an especially nerdy show. it had a huge audience full of really regular joes who just liked mystery. I liked Arrested Development a lot. Might actually be my fav all time show.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm probably not nearly as nerdy as my work makes me seem. I hardly ever play video games or anything like that. Or read nerdy books or play rpgs. My readers could probably nerd me under the table (a table littered with dice and rulebooks!)<br/>\n<br/>\nI admire them for this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750623676",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750623676\">\nHave you ever played the game Braid?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope. Looks great though, and I always thought the artist was good, from his days as a web comic artist.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750625096",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750625096\">\nWhat would happen if you hired two private detectives to follow each other?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn the world of comedy, the result would be a series of humorous escapades.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the world of reality, the two gumshoes would catch wise INSTANTLY, and there is a reasonable probability that physical violence would ensue.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750628080",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750628080\">\nIs the Incipisphere a construct initialized for each set of players upon installing the game? If so, how'd Jade's dream-self exist there before John & Co. started playing the game - even before the game was released? If not, in what sense does it exist?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt always existed.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yet, it was also initialized by John's entry.<br/>\n<br/>\n!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750632350",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750632350\">\nI've been hearing that Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff is more popular than Homestuck, is there any truth to that that you know of?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't think this is true.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd it wouldn't bother me if it was.<br/>\n<br/>\n(Oh snap, followup question CUT OFF AT THE PASS)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750632994",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750632994\">\nS u m m o n t h e c r o c o d i l e s.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\naaaaaah!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750638626",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750638626\">\nWill there ever be a Homestuck book? If so, how will you overcome Homestuck's reliance on animation and flash?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe there's nothing to overcome. Maybe using different media to translate a work will diminish it in some ways, but augment it in others. That would be fine.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750642854",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750642854\">\nI'm an amateur juggler and you had better portray juggling well with this ICP bullshit troll guy or I'll have to take some drastic action like complaining about it on the internet.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe you should wait til you're not so amateur at juggling before you get all high and mighty about my plans to utterly defile your noble discipline through my work!<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd it will happen, watch.<br/>\n<br/>\nFuck yeah, jugglin is going FUCKING DOWN.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750645153",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750645153\">\nDo the four kids go to school? The beginning of Homestuck (undoubtedly unintentionally) implies that they have little friends other than each other. Plus, I mean, Jade lives on an island with a magical dog and a stuffed custodian\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey're too cool for school.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd also, too fictional.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750646840",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750646840\">\nMay we see the entire rap-off between Gamzee and Tarvos?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe reader is invited to write his or her own rap to complete the conversation.<br/>\n<br/>\nMuch as some toys invite children to use magnets to draw moustaches made of iron filings on cartoon men.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's \"fun\".\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750648991",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750648991\">\nWhat is your favorite flavor of cake?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't eat cake slow enough to process flavor.<br/>\n<br/>\nImagine footage of a firehose, played backwards, and sped up.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat is my mouth. And cake.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750651887",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750651887\">\nWhat about willingness to extend the length of the story beyond the 2 year point?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSHRUG<br/>\n<br/>\nThings take time. Time budgeting always seems to backfire.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt'll be 7 acts total, and I'll stick to that. The key point is the light is visible at the end of a heretofore interminable tunnel.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750677397",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750677397\">\nWe're over half way through Homestuck now... The kids have hardly even started, and now we're going into an awesome Act about the trolls... Are you confident the story can reach a conclusion to all this buildup that is satisfying and not rushed?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSaying they've hardly even started is just nonsense. They've come a long way.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe can look at his through our obsessive gamer goggles and say \"man they've only gone through 1 gate! fuck that!\"<br/>\n<br/>\nOr we can look at it through our storyteller goggles (i.e. my goggles) and realize shit like that doesn't matter. Are we REALLY going to sit there and believe progress will be meted out through the rigorous, literal gaming logic presented? Are we going to go through every gate, watch every subquest, slay every monster and gain every level?<br/>\n<br/>\nOr is it going to become increasingly less granular, as the trend has shown? Leapfrogging over the unnecessary, the logic and mechanics already wrung of their story mileage through the intensive granularity early in the story? How could I rationally proceed without doing this?<br/>\n<br/>\nWe see evidence of this in the troll arc, as we hop way into the future and back into the past pretty often, making use of all these facts we know, about the game and about the storyline. There's not much to hide or suspend about the way the game works, because we already know. There's not much drama inherent in guarding their future events heavily, because again, we were brought into this with knowledge of where they wind up, and how a generic game session works. The point is to draw out all the characters, show some facets of their story in ways that illuminate aspects of their characters, and ways that help tie their story to the main arc. It all has a purpose, and that purpose can't be fully known until we get there.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750677834",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750677834\">\nCan this be the chicken sandwich question?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750678787",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750678787\">\ndid you project your puppet fetish onto dave's bro?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't have a puppet fetish. Puppets are gross ugly little men.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750679403",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750679403\">\nIs the entirety of ACT 5 dedicated to the trolls, or will we be seeing the kids again this act?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, it won't be a \"troll act\".\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750701724",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750701724\">\nDo you feel lately that every musical update from now on has to be part of a significant and vivid animation, and you can't just do short static musical pages like the Harlequin prototyping or Nannaquin anymore?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess if the winding road through Homestuck has yielded anything like a formal policy on Flash stuff, it's that I really don't want to fire up Flash at all unless I'm going to make it COUNT.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think early in HS I was still figuring out what role Flash would play, and I was still operating under this idea that I would sprinkle in lots of quirky little Flash pages here and there to complement the static stuff, as a compromise to the original idea that every page would be Flash.<br/>\n<br/>\nVery gradually, this model shifted. It's really nothing like that at all anymore, and the real power of Flash in this format, for this particular story, I think has been revealed to be in adding serious cinematic power to the major moments, and not littering the more run of the mill content with funny little Flash tidbits and short musical interruptions. Not that I think the early content that had that stuff was bad. Not at all. It was all a great part of this thing's evolution.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat stuff doesn't really feel right for where this thing is now though. Like strife pages, mini games, 20 second musical interludes, etc. And effort is a factor here. There comes a time when effort has to be conserved to make sure everything that's happening is contributing constructively to an ultimate conclusion. Doing something like a strife page now would feel like WAY too much of a diversion when looking at the effort required. That wasn't a factor on the slow build up to this though. In fact doing stuff like that was part of the point of the build. To find out what this mixed media story experience could be. So pushing boundaries with Flash for some not especially critical content was perfectly suitable.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750707956",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750707956\">\nHow long do you imagine Hivebent will last? I'm loving getting to know the trolls more personally, but at the same time I'm missing John and Dave and the crew to death. No rush, of course!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGetting 12 characters out of the woodwork, even if some are examined a bit more superficially than others, is apparently a pretty serious undertaking. Ideally, each introduction will not be quite as formulaic as the trend presently appears, and this will present opportunity for acceleration.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I still think it might be another 3 weeks or so with this arc, to put out an estimate with a safe margin. It's just astonishing how quickly time moves versus the rate of artistic production.<br/>\n<br/>\nEVEN MY RATE.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750709461",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750709461\">\nDear Mr. Hussie, Since you are reading this you are obviously not working on Homestuck (Hivebent.) Therefore, I have a question for you: WHY THE FUCK ARE ON HERE WASTING TIME INSTEAD OF UPDATING?! Sincerely, An adoring fan\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell the truth is, if I weren't doing this now I would be sleeping. So it's either say this to you, or be asleep.<br/>\n<br/>\nOH GOD....\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750710742",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750710742\">\nDo you feel like the troll arc is progressing as per the original month-long plan, or is it delayed?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI was pretty cagey about saying it would last a month. I always knew it was likely to overflow, and that's pretty surely gonna be the case.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750713956",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750713956\">\nDid we ever get a reason why the kids couldn't just alchemise extra copies of the Pre-Punched Card items, instead of having to jump down waterfalls or climb nasty metal towers to get them back?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think the fact that they went through those trials was pretty good evidence that you only get to make one apple/bottle/egg etc, for whatever reason.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750715242",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750715242\">\nCats or dogs? Don't answer horses.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't understand the second thing you said. It doesn't make sense.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750718044",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750718044\">\nI know it seems like everyone is amazed how you take these stereotypes and make them likable (Ex: Gamzee). I just chalk it up to good character writing, but was there any plan going into the trolls to figure out how you were going to make them likable?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot really. I think the main thing is I would have a real hard time writing a character who I didn't personally like, or at the very least, find interesting. So in order to make it so I don't hate writing someone's lines, I make it so I like them in some way. And in doing so, I guess often other people do as well.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750726722",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750726722\">\nWhy \"caligulasAquarium?\" Is it because Caligula built aqueducts or something?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know, honestly a lot of these trolltags were just silly throwaway phrases to match up all the leftover ACGT initials. I never thought I'd introduce most of them. But it's been one of the fun things about it, taking that initial phrase and building something around it to make it logical.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I originally thought of the phrase \"gallowsCalibrator\" for instance, I pictured some guy, someone probably much more generically malevolent. Then I'm sure I thought, pffffffff, never gonna introduce THAT guy.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yet, the greater story purpose for the trolls has always remained the same, and has not yet been revealed. I just thought that purpose would be delivered through a more generic, unseen vehicle of internet trolls bugging kids through messages. But I was wrong.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750738682",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750738682\">\nIf you were you to go back and change the beginning of Homestuck today, what would you do?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe just make a cool flash intro to better suck people in.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd promptly disappoint them in ensuing pages, and somewhat mitigate the impact of such content which arrives later.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo yeah I guess that's a bad idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nA big part of the experience of reading it I think is this liftoff it achieves with its gradual escalation in every respect, in story and format.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe fact that it's just so \"straight\" at the beginning, and comparatively bland, is a major part of that stage setting, and something I was very much cognizant of while making it. Much to the lament of those so eagerly anticipating a new story that would instantly echo the magnitude of the final throes of Problem Sleuth.<br/>\n<br/>\nI can't say a blame anyone who is deflected by the early story for its lack of fireworks. But they are also missing out on an intended effect the work is meant to achieve through its up front banality. This is an unavoidable tradeoff.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not even answering your question anymore, I'm just talking to myself.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750740231",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750740231\">\noh got you made \"virgo\" troll super creepy how did she get so fucking creepy creepy creepy creeeeeeepppyyyyyy \"taurus\" troll meanwhile just gets cuter and cuter.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEhhh she's not that creepy.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think creepy is a really overused word. Kind of like random.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750740485",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750740485\">\nI thought you said a few months back that you would try to use your blog more. What happened to that?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI LIED\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750741990",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750741990\">\nDid you purposefully decide to make Tavros the saddest troll ever or did that just happen.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe's not sad, he's always smiling. Maybe you shouldn't project your own emotions on handicapped people.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's racist.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750743814",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750743814\">\nAndrew, I re-watched WV: Ascend, and when the Skyship Base started flying, the map zoomed out to what appeared to be Europe. The base started flying westward towards the Frog Temple. Since the Skyship Base is where Rose's house was, is Rose European?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhen did Europe steal the Great Lakes from us?<br/>\n<br/>\nI smell a war brewing...\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie750745112",
"timestamp":1278547200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie750745112\">\nWhat if you just prototyped your sprites with abunch of useless stupid stuff?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou would get something that resembles a queue of formspring questions waiting to be answered.<br/>\n<br/>\nCHICKEN SANDWICH QUESTION.<br/>\n<br/>\nLATER.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJune 30, 2010 - July 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780920155",
"timestamp":1278720000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780920155\">\nOn the DoomsDay Scale why didn't she just remove the skull, that would have kept it from hitting the button when the lusus hatched. or build a platform around the button to hold the scale, or the other things she could have done.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy don't YOU go move the 10 ton skull off the doomsday scale??? Oh, not so easy, is it!<br/>\n<br/>\nAnyway, what would be the point? Disarming the device in some way wouldn't have helped the egg hatch. From a young troll girl's perspective, it's just some diabolical ancient contraption rigged in the woods, probably meant to stay that way forever. Why mess with it?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780954157",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780954157\">\nwhen did you realize that you are funny?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is a really odd question. I'll accept the premise for a moment, and start rambling.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think I actually remember when I realized I WASN'T funny. It was a really long time ago, maybe when I was in high school. And I drew some dumb bullshit comics of some vaguely humorous nature and assumed they were objectively funny because they were meant to be. They were \"funnies\". And those are automatically funny.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut then a little later I took a look at those comics. One series was about a singing snail, and I guess there were some others. And I thought, \"Holy shit, this isn't funny at all. What was I thinking?\" And then later, gradually, I put a more concerted effort into understanding what is funny. I think it was a pretty slow climb. It was also a gradual process of becoming less of a dumbass. Dumbasses think stupid shit is funny, and that can be a major handicap.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe biggest key to being funny is to not be a dumbass. Really stupid people have a hard time being funny (intentionally). The smarter you are, the better the odds you have of being funny. Note that sometimes you run into really smart people who aren't funny, or lack a sense of humor. But note, this is VERY STRONG evidence that they are not nearly as smart as they appear to be! In my view at least.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I equate humor as a product of intelligence, I mean it is primarily a product of awareness. The more you are aware of, and the more insight you have into a myriad of things, the more you will be able to successfully illuminate absurdity, and the more clever ways to accomplish this you will be able to conceive of. Awareness lends itself to an agile imagination. This is why stupidity is such comedic poison. Awareness of the world and that from which you draw your satirical muse is deadened by the mind-blunting forces that are associated with stupidity. These forces primarily are a lack of concentration and dedication, and inalertness to all that surrounds you and all content you are exposed to. As well as being quick to judge and label whatever does manage to get through the pinhole. Those are brain killers and comedy killers. They lead to hackneyed work at best, and incredibly awful, prejudicial, bigoted stuff at worst.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow I don't mean to say I'm a real smart guy and that's why I'm funny, or EVEN VICE VERSA. I'm just pointing out that, in thinking back, becoming less obtuse and deepening my understanding of as much as possible was a turning point in beginning to understand what is and isn't funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie780955459",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780955459\">\nThis isn't so much a question, but I want to say that I love your work and am somewhat overwhelemed by how amazing Homestuck is thus far!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780956887",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780956887\">\nlololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGod there are so many questions.<br/>\n<br/>\nI clicked on this one just to say that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780958791",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780958791\">\nDo you read TVTropes?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've read a bit of the MSPA articles. Some tidbits are insightful.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I've never gotten sucked into its vortex like so many have.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780959543",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780959543\">\nAre the trolls horns made of candy corn?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780966720",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780966720\">\nAre the trolls on future Earth?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo. They're on Alternia.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780967179",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780967179\">\nDid you ever think MSPA would be this popular?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm still not even really sure how popular it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nI did always think from the start that the basic gimmick of the format had a lot of viral potential.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut now looking back, I feel like the bulk of the readership has fallen into orbit on account of the preposterous amount of content I've generated in a short timeframe, plus the overall electricity and media volatility of the whole thing in its totality. I picture a great many gawkers gathered around a storm, and most of them can't decide whether what they're looking at is spectacular or horrifying. But they can't look away, and then more gather around to see what everyone's gawking at. And then THEY'RE trapped too.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780971872",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780971872\">\nWhere did you get the idea for the general look of the trolls? Do you have a particular inspiration for their design?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCharacter design is the most whimsical thing for me. For many of them, I don't have a clue what they're going to look like until I'm drawing them.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes it feels like I'm channeling a design. I'll draw it, then look at it, and say, oh, so that's what that guy looks like. Actually writing the dialogue is a lot like that too.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780979296",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780979296\">\nIS IT HARD COMING UP WITH ABUNCH OF ASSHOLES ALL AT ONCE? (12 trolls, 15 felt...)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFelt, no. They were just green guys with powers. And I thought of their powers on the fly.<br/>\n<br/>\nTrolls...<br/>\n<br/>\nComing up with them is the easy part. Introducing them through the \"Homestuck fomula\", one after another, giving them distinct personalities, roles in the dynamic of the full ensemble, roles in the short story arc to drive the action, distinct voice, chat syntax, appearance, lusus, room, house, weapon, modus, game world, all presented through a fictional alien culture I'm building on the fly simultaneously, and doing it in such a way that's fairly engaging and won't take FOREVER<br/>\n<br/>\nis challenging.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I guess that's why I decided to do it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780980161",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780980161\">\nWhen you write troll dialog, do you include all the typographical eccentricities from the get-go, or do you implement them afterwards with a regex or something? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSometimes one, sometimes the other.<br/>\n<br/>\nI should probably always do the latter for efficiency's sake.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut sometimes I just like to see how it looks as I'm typing it.<br/>\n<br/>\nTYPOS ABOUND\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780982282",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780982282\">\nI'm liking Homestuck... but why is there so much to read in this adventure compared to the old ones? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause this one has....................... dialogue???<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not sure why I bother answering some of these. They are like wiggling worms on a hook, and then suddenly I am in the fisherman's boat.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780983129",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780983129\">\nHow many days in advance do you make each page before posting them? Like, do you have a month's worth of pages lined up already, and are posting them at your liesure? Or do you do them the day of?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe average time between completing an image and posting it is about ten seconds.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780984866",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780984866\">\nWhich game console do you prefer? Why?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGamecube.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's the last one I played with any regularity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780995992",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780995992\">\ni sure hope you let the trolls overflow a lot more, im loving them so far, any chance we could get a small page with names, basic data for each and profile photo just to get used to their names easier during the chats?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess I could make a chart. Then again there's all sorts of stuff out there I have nothing to do with, keeping track of it. MSPA wiki, tvtropes articles, material circulating in the forums...<br/>\n<br/>\nSome people say they wouldn't mind a whole act of troll stuff, or even a whole year.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen again, some say it's already too much of a diversion from the \"real story\".<br/>\n<br/>\nSo as usual, tough to please everyone. All I can say is, this arc is serving the exact purpose it needs to serve for the bigger picture, and it'll take exactly as long as it needs to take. If the issue is it's too much of a tangential slowdown from the main story, all I can do is point to the fact that all of Homestuck is constructed almost exclusively of meandering garden paths. Even though these are new characters in a completely different place and time, there's not much new here. This sort of thing has happened before. Introducing WV in act 2 seemed like a massive detour at the time, but later its tremendous relevance was illuminated. In hindsight, I don't think impatience has ever been warranted or vindicated. It all eventually gets tied together, usually pretty maniacally, and sometimes explosively, if given enough time.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhoops there I go again, talking about stuff that has nothing to do with the question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780997145",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780997145\">\nWhere did you come up with a cat with two mouths in arranged in a vertical fashion? A second question, why are AC's eyes so big compared to the rest of the trollkind?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe atomic number of arsenic is 33.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn pt. no. 2.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes stylization takes place, and it's no big deal. Then we all shrug.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780997612",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780997612\">\nIs there a caste system for the trolls? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, it has to do with the color of their blood.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780999131",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780999131\">\nDo you ever take a break? You update MSPA Every single day, usually multiple times per day. How are you able to keep on this kind of schedule? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah I don't take breaks.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut really, what else is there to do?<br/>\n<br/>\nThat said it looks like I'll take a week off soon on account of travelin's.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie780999429",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie780999429\">\nWhat's your sign?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nVirgo.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781012207",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781012207\">\nCan you post some kind of alternate version of the troll's text that doesn't physically hurt my brain to read? Like a r3t4rd3d bul2hiit on-off switch.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI was thinking about this recently, and I have decided that this sort of complaint is really stupid. Let's break it down and look at the facts.<br/>\n<br/>\nCG: TYPES IN CAPS.<br/>\n<br/>\nNo problem there. Totally readable.<br/>\n<br/>\nAT: mOSTLY CAPS, oNLY FIRST LETTER IS LOWER,<br/>\n<br/>\nAgain, perfectly legible.<br/>\n<br/>\nAA: swaps the letter 'O' with zer0es<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you told me this was hard to read, I'd call you a liar.<br/>\n<br/>\nAC: :33 > talks like this. uses some cat puns<br/>\nAG: Uses the num8er eight instead of B. B's are pretty rare.<br/>\nCT: Uses percent sign instead of an X. Also rare.<br/>\nGA: Capitalizes First Letter Of Each Word<br/>\n<br/>\nNone of these are the slightest bit challenging to read.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow the \"hard ones\".<br/>\n<br/>\nTA: 2peak2 liike thii2.<br/>\n<br/>\nArguably the toughest one to parse. But he doesn't actually have that many conversations in the grand scheme of all this.<br/>\n<br/>\nGC: SW4PS L3TT3RS \"AEI\" with \"431\"<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso somewhat challenging. But we really had a long time to get used to her speech pattern. Plenty of conversations before the troll arc. The letters are caps, matching the size of the numbers for increased readability (deliberate).<br/>\n<br/>\nParsing these is just a matter of flipping a switch in your head, on just a few characters, which bear pretty strong resemblance to those they stand for.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow I understand if this still isn't ideal for perfectly comfortable reading, and I wouldn't want to read a whole book like that for instance, but when you take into account the \"hard ones\" will occupy probably less than 20% of all dialogue, this whole issue is just dumb.<br/>\n<br/>\nI can't roll my eyes hard enough at complaints about this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781012579",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781012579\">\nDo you ever get confused by your own storyline?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781013909",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781013909\">\nI JUST REALIZED ANDREW HUSSIE IS A VALID TROLL NAME\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLot's of people don't even know what a valid troll name is.<br/>\n<br/>\nI still get plenty of suggestions for names that don't fit the accepted model.<br/>\n<br/>\n(Which is first and last names each being 6 letters long.)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781020665",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781020665\">\nYou're a wonderfully awesome guy, and I respect you infinitely. My question for you: What the hell is with those bizarre adult comic advertisements? As I've read through each mspaint adventure, lurking below each page was a furry, or a nun fondling satan!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPeople ask me about ads from time to time, and I should point out that I often go for many days without even looking at my website, aside from the brief glance required to get new pages up. Ads come and go without my awareness, approval, or faintest concern.<br/>\n<br/>\nI hope I might dispel the notion that I am manicuring a tidy brand here with this website. I mean, maybe I SHOULD be. But I'm not. I'm just making some cool images and a cool story and dropping pages here every day.<br/>\n<br/>\nSlutty cartoon nuns don't get my feathers ruffled any.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781022361",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781022361\">\nKeeping track of homestuck's plot can be a bit daunting, which you seem to acknowledge by writing a synopsis one in awhile. How do you organize and keep track of the logistics of a time travel plot? Is it all in your head?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, it's in my head.<br/>\n<br/>\nI feel like I've answered this 10 times already.<br/>\n<br/>\nI need to remember to make an updated FAQ page that no one will read.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781023535",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781023535\">\nAndrew, what should I have for dinner: tomato soup, an instant mushroom-rice bowl, or a turkey sandwich?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question arrived in the queue yesterday.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou're probably starving!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781027547",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781027547\">\nDon't you think that locking the suggestion box takes away most of the fun?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm suddenly convinced this question was posted to deliberately annoy me.<br/>\n<br/>\nAt this point I pretty much despise the suggestion box.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut this probably has to do with the fact that every time I open it, it breaks the website and I can't even POST the drawings of all the cool suggestions people are in such a frenzy to overwhelm me with.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut aside from that, I think it was a brewing antipathy. Brewing and smoldering.<br/>\n<br/>\nHere's a riddle: what isn't all that funny or enjoyable?<br/>\n<br/>\nAnswer: a million ideas at once.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 9, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781028913",
"timestamp":1279152000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781028913\">\nWhere do you find the fantastically horrifying anthropomorphic horse paintings? They're... wonderful.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI had them lying around.<br/>\n<br/>\nI used to write formal artistic critiques of such work.<br/>\n<br/>\nSomeone had to.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898002954",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898002954\">\ndose WV riot in evry session of Sburb? or was that uniqe to Johns session for some reasion?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWho can say!<br/>\n<br/>\nWe know there were lots of unique things about their session. Any difference can have an effect on the outcome.<br/>\n<br/>\nPerhaps there is one soldier (WV) who always has a rebellious attitude in every session. Perhaps in some sessions this manifests in rebellion. Perhaps in others, nothing comes of it.<br/>\n<br/>\nJust like there will always be a Jack with an eye toward mutiny. In some sessions he will succeed. In others he won't. It seems likely he will always try, at least.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898005348",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898005348\">\nwhat do adult trolls look like?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLike the actors on the posters in Karkat's room.<br/>\n<br/>\nRATHER ATTRACTIVE.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898008973",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898008973\">\nwhat would happen if the white army on skaia won the fight with the asistance of the players?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSounds like the players would win the game and white would win the war.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898041222",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898041222\">\nWhy is John Egbert so alarmingly adorable? (and how did you think of all the Troll's names?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJohn is adorable because he is honest and heroic and nerdy and a good friend.<br/>\n<br/>\nI named all the trolls (their trolltags) as a fun exercise some time ago, way before I needed them all. It was like a puzzle. I had the 12 remaining DNA letter combinations, and had to think of a zodiac-pertinent handle for each. Which is easy at first, but gets more challenging when you start winding down to only a few signs and letter pairs left.<br/>\n<br/>\nLike, ok, I've got CC left and have to think of something reminiscent of pisces. HMMMMM.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was fun playing with the logic that tied a name to a sign. It would have been dull if everything was a straightup pun. Sometimes the word concealed the sign in it. terminallyCapricious contains capric, i.e. capricorn. gallowsCallibrator contains libra (I also believe this word pair evokes the image of a scale, in a way. A scale of nooses.) Others neither involve wordplay or a hidden word, like adiosToreador. But there is no way you could mistake that for anything but taurus.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898050673",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898050673\">\nWhere'd Sburb come from on Earth? Is it published/distributed by some company? Apparently, knowledge of its existence is more or less public (unlike on Alternia), since it got \"reviewed\" in GameBro. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOn Alternia, it came from the ruins. The code for the game was contained by the sequence of hieroglyphs on the walls.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's pretty heavily implied this is also true for the ruins on Earth. It's also pretty heavily implied Jade's grandpa had something to do with the development of the game, since he was the first to explore those ruins.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898059853",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898059853\">\nHow far behind schedule are you? PS: youre awesome\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't think I have a schedule.<br/>\n<br/>\nAny time I engage in any sort of scheduling it seems to backfire.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll I know is act 7 will be the last.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898090039",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898090039\">\nDo all people (humans/trolls/other aliens) have dream selves? If so, are all the dream selves in the Medium (or various versions of the Medium)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly those that will play the game.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 12, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898135176",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898135176\">\nAm I correct in stating that you TOTALLY stole this page:http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004191 from the Descend animation?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI repurpose vast quantities of graphics.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes it is for speed. And sometimes (as in that case) it was actually slower to do it that way than it would be to just draw it from scratch.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is an idea which is behind reusing visuals like that, much like I reused the shot of Dave lying on the ground using his iPhone to show a crippled Tavros doing the exact same thing.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe idea is tied to the huge volume of textual callbacks, reusing phrases from the narrative and bits of dialogue, tweaking them sometimes. This happens probably more than anyone realizes. You could possibly read the story ten times and not catch them all. Nothing is safe from reuse. The thing is a litany of a thousand refrains, visual, verbal and conceptual.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo what is the idea? I don't feel like elaborating on it THAT much now, because I would probably type forever. Basically, it's about building an extremely dense interior vocabulary to tell a story with, and continue to build and expand that vocabulary by revisiting its components often, combining them, extending them and so on. A vocabulary can be (and usually is) simple, consisting of single words, but in this case it extends to entire sentences and paragraph structures and visual forms and even entire scenes like the one linked above. Sometimes the purpose for reiteration is clear, and sometimes there really is no purpose other than to hit a familiar note, and for me that's all that needs to happen for it to be worthwhile. Triggering recognition is a powerful tool for a storyteller to use. Recognition is a powerful experience for a reader. It promotes alertness, at the very least. And in a lot of cases here, I think it promotes levity (humor! this is mostly a work of comedy, remember.) Controlling a reader's recognition faculty is one way to manipulate the reader's reactions as desired to advance the creative agenda. In this case I'm not exactly sure what that agenda is all the time, and in truth there probably isn't any serious agenda there. This story, though at times seeming diabolically put together, is still pretty light reading after all. if anything I'm just striving for a certain pitch in density with the all the multithreaded symbolism and endless internal reference. Think of it as a symphony and everything I've referred to as belonging to a vocabulary are really just notes, working together in a really complicated harmonic structure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 20, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898135703",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898135703\">\nWhat programming language is Sburb written in? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 20, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898138099",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898138099\">\nHow much would I have to pay you to see the rest of Nepeta's shipping wall?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou're lucky you saw what you did. It's private!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 20, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898140954",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898140954\">\nHas being an Witty Irony Wizard ever landed you into any actual trouble?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou mean like jail time? Nah.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 20, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898148902",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898148902\">\nMan, I know you are a baddass, but don't you think you should care a bit more about yourself? You are (apparently) awake from 8-4, that can't be healthy. I mean, why don't you get a more \"normal\" sleep schedule? It makes me feel kinda bad.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's not really true. I usually go to sleep anywhere from 4-7 am and usually wake up anywhere from 12-5 pm.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I wake up at 5 I'm like oh shit this sucks. Those aren't very good days. Because there is no day.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 20, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898149915",
"timestamp":1280361600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898149915\">\nYO DREW-HUSS! What's the deal with Karkat being stabbed and bleeding all over his hand and shit. Does he have rainbow blood like a freaking unicorn (Sparklelord), or is that your way of fucking with us since we're not allowed to see his blood yet???\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo you posted this question too soon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 27, 2010 - July 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781029376",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781029376\">\nWhy did you make him a furry/horse fetishist? Was that *really* necessary, or does this have something to do with \"Horse boy\"? Do you have some deep-rooted personal issues about horses, Andrew? It's okay, you can tell us, we're not like Twilight fans.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCause it was funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781029630",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781029630\">\nDo you love being STRONG?!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is absolutely nothing I don't love about being strong.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781030315",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781030315\">\nWhy did you make CT's lusus a humanimal?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCause it was funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781033749",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781033749\">\nI am hopelessly addicted to your comic, and like all junkies, I’m beginning to require larger doses of it to keep me satisfied. Would you be terribly miffed if I just cut out the middleman and skipped to eating your brain?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think a lot of people are in your shoes and it's probably kind of irresponsible of me to produce something that lends itself addiction through such erratic daily updates.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut then I look through a lot of these questions and I wonder... do these people even understand what they're obsessed with?? This doesn't make sense!<br/>\n<br/>\nNothing makes sense. I'm going to drive all you people insane, and you won't even understand what's happening to you. We're all going down together.<br/>\n<br/>\nSayonara motherfuckers.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781034378",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781034378\">\nHave you ever watched the HBO series Deadwood? It is quite good and features several nice horses.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHorses can go kiss my ass.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781035062",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781035062\">\nThat soul portrait you made of yourself is so good. Will you do one of me? I would pay 150 dollars for such a service\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk. Actually... can you make it 300?<br/>\n<br/>\nSend me an email.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781050221",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781050221\">\nWhat's the point of being completely underwhelmed with your own story? It stopped being funny awhile ago. For you to be like \"Oh, well, look at that\" really killed the excitement of the revelation that Aradia is a ghost, at least for me.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDo you actually think it was a real expression of my personal disinterest in a plot point, or the story as a whole?<br/>\n<br/>\nI mean was it really SO COMPELLING that it demanded a straight dramatic sale? The last guy to consider the dead all along hook to be really earth shattering stuff was M. Night circa 10 years ago. Yikes, sorry just a dash of genre savvy wiseassery RUUUUUUINED that for you.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot all of these plot points are especially grandiose in my mind, and are not to be treated with velvet gloves at the expense of losing the light tone that pervades the whole thing. When I feel like a plot development really is major and demands some dramatic clout surrounding it, I treat it more seriously. I think the \"Check.\" moment when the bunny defended John from Jack was a good example of that. There are some others.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut the big ghost-all-along reveal... nahhh. Besides, if you didn't see it coming, it's still plenty exciting if you can somehow manage to summon the fortitude to not let the joke ruin your day.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781051115",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781051115\">\nBy this point I'll probably be the hundredth person to ask this but how long have you had Aradia's ghostliness planned out?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSince before the act.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I forming ideas for the characters, I defined her as \"the dead one\".\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781055306",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781055306\">\nWas there ever a point where you were going to use all the material you had planned for the trolls to make a full on story? Because I get the feeling there's a lot more material then you're going to get through in the time limit you've given yourself.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo. The objective here is to introduce the characters, and not much else. What happens in their session, the details etc are not as important (to some extent, because we already know the overall outcome). But finding out who they all are is the mission, and doing that requires the substance of a storyline, and a logical sequence of events, whether past, present or future.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781058239",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781058239\">\nSo are you gonna be known as the founding father of animation in webcomics or what? I think you're the first guy with a 'legitimate' webcomic that uses animation?!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. To be a founding father implies others will follow.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoes it look like anyone else REALLY wants to do this? Kinda doesn't look like it to me.<br/>\n<br/>\nI suspect most artists are loath to reach for the ten foot pole they'd use to touch the ten foot pole they wouldn't want to touch this with.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781060112",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781060112\">\nwut made you decide on 12 trolls? isn't that a lil' too much plot shit for us to handle on top of it all?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was already too much to handle 1 or 2 acts ago, according to contingent X.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlease note contingent X is still reading. And worrying.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781062548",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781062548\">\nTerezi mentions she doesn't really know anything about Troll Jegus. Is Terezi Jewish?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe's Troll Jewgish.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781065512",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781065512\">\nDid you ever intend for a certain subset of the trolls, perhaps the blue-bloods, to be intolerable assholes/psychos/etc.? Or did it emerge slowly as you wrote the other trolls?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat emerged more slowly.<br/>\n<br/>\nI did assign all their chat colors quite a long time ago. But matching the colors with their blood was a new, pretty spontaneous idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nMostly centered around the fact that it created a good explanation for why carcinoGeneticist was the gray aberration in the rainbow. He's opted for blood anonymity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie781071123",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie781071123\">\nDo the silly questions asked here make you chuckle or fill you with an unrelenting rage?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe bottom line is there are just too many.<br/>\n<br/>\nI scan up and down and I just answer kind of at random. There are some good questions I should answer which I undoubtedly missed. And there are some stupid ones I should have ignored but answered.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think I answered too many not that great questions this time.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut please enjoy reading them below anyway.<br/>\n<br/>\nchicken<br/>\n<br/>\ns a n d w i c h<br/>\n<br/>\nq<br/>\nu<br/>\ne<br/>\ns<br/>\nt<br/>\ni<br/>\no<br/>\nn\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie897983666",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie897983666\">\nSo, what direction are Aradia's horns supposed to curl in? Sometimes they curl forward, sometimes backward, sometimes outward. And I don't even know what's going on with them in her first appearance.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA curly ram horn is actually a pretty complicated object. I draw fast and loose and a lot of times emphasize gesture and stylization over precision. If you're looking for rigid fidelity to a couple of loopy horns I am afraid you're barking up the wrong tree!<br/>\n<br/>\nThey curl whatever way looks best for the scene.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898160239",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898160239\">\nSkaia's defense system seems to have all of spacetime to choose from, so why does it send all the meteors to Earth? Is it just an asshole?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow do you know it does? If I'm recalling right, every single gate surrounding it has lead to earth. it's just a matter of when.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome go in the past to bring important things to earth, to set everything up. Like the kids, the guardians, the ruins, and the game itself.<br/>\n<br/>\nMost go in the present when the game is being played. Probably to provide the kids with motivation to escape into the game, and get the whole paradox party started.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 27, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898161214",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898161214\">\nDid Jack wipe Karkat's blood on his hand to did he really cut himself? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat a silly question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898163949",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898163949\">\nAre you purposely avoiding any face to face dialog in Homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's been an accident the whole time.<br/>\n<br/>\nWHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS.<br/>\n<br/>\njk heheh\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898172386",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898172386\">\nPsssst does Nepeta have feelings for Karkat? If so why would she like such a grumpy asshole?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTrolls have different standards than people.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe does appear to have an interest in issues pertaining to troll romance, as clearly does she. Maybe they've had lots of conversations about it in the past and bonded over it in some way?<br/>\n<br/>\nWho knows what happened in the past with all these crazy troll boys and girls. I sure don't.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898175141",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898175141\">\ndo you enjoy Homestuck's story, or do you write it because you know we will enjoy it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI write it because I enjoy it and assume everyone else will and take pity on those who don't.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898177407",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898177407\">\nDid John or Jade ever get braces? They look like they need them.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJohn's dad never had a good dental plan at the office.<br/>\n<br/>\nJade's dog didn't either.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898182376",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898182376\">\nWhat do the symbols on Nepeta's shipping wall denote? (Heart=Love, Diamond=?, ?=?, ?=?, etc.)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe humans have one symbol to denote our extremely simplistic, linear view of romance: <3<br/>\n<br/>\nTrolls have more than that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898189214",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898189214\">\never been to chick fil a\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes they are pretty good, but it's dumb that they are closed on Sundays. Someone forgot to tell them that this is FUCKING AMERICA.<br/>\n<br/>\nP.S. this is not the chicken sandwich question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898190273",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898190273\">\nHow do you pronounce \"designix\"?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndez IGG nicks\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898197088",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898197088\">\nHave you heard any of the fan voices for characters? If so, what do you think?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've heard a few and some are pretty good, but honestly I have trouble listening to even good ones. For some reason none of the pesterlogs feel right to me as real dialogue. This is probably because they were always meant to be true to life chat logs, typed not spoken. If I were writing what was meant to be spoken, I would write quite differently.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898242584",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898242584\">\nHow do Terezi's computer glasses work? Since they project in front of her, she is unable to lick them. Since they're rose-tinted I'm guessing it'd be hard to define the scent of each color since it'd just be shades of red.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe has a pretty good nose.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd if there's any ambiguity, she could take off the glasses and lick them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 28, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898245345\">\nWhy does the trolls' session pull a mobius double reach around? Why couldn't the planet-chain go in a circle, like this:http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/1928/derpwh.png ?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause that is not how the planets are arranged.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 30, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898250561",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898250561\">\nHas Rose ever won any prank-off? I'd like to think her pranksters gambit has at least tasted something above 0 at one time. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe probably didn't have the slightest clue what a prankster's gambit was until that bucket was on her head.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn fact, she still might not.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 30, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898254629",
"timestamp":1280707200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898254629\">\nGeeze, andrew. We're about to see CC in a pesterlog and you take a break to answer formspring questions? Stalling much?!?!?! Though seriously, I love the the Q&A sessions. Thanks and all!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut everything we are about to do next is exciting. It is always exciting. I'm excited.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 1, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898256555",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898256555\">\nHow come Terezi was able to hyperlink some of her words in this pesterlog: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003557 ? In the other logs the URLs are on a separate line.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe is clever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898263480",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898263480\">\nWhy did you wait so long to introduce Kanaya I mean gog DAAAAMN\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThings take time. If I introduced her earlier then other stuff would be pushed back. Then you'd be like why'd you wait so long to do that other stuff???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898264525",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898264525\">\nThe chats between the kids and their various sprites, can we consider those voiced conversations?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI will allow it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898270105",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898270105\">\nGA + TA 4 eva\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk. I'm writing this down.<br/>\n<br/>\nOTP. Book it!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898272994",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898272994\">\nSo why did you drop the idea of acessory based armor? It seemed you were leaning that way with the beaglepuss near the beginning.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey got awesome new outfits. Was that not enough???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898273845",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898273845\">\nAndrew, somehow the trolls' adventure, even summarized, is way more interesting than the kids'. Even if you don't agree, if you did, would you consider it a bad thing?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, and I don't disagree. But we need to consider some TRU-FACTS;<br/>\n<br/>\nYou could never launch into a story like this cold turkey. You could but it would be really difficult, forcing people to swallow a lot at once. I do think in some way Hivebent stands alone reasonably well, but part of what makes it compelling is the massive pre-education the reader had on the way up to this point. There are so many complex concepts that can now be taken for granted, while we explore a completely different story with new characters, without spending time developing those grounding concepts which is what we were doing for much of the preceding acts.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yet those concepts are still being elaborated on all the same, through this totally new context. Part of the point of this (the MANY points) is to continue to develop the game they're playing, and demonstrate its incredible flexibility and how many ways it could possibly go. By showing an example of extreme difference, 12 players instead of 4, prototyping a bunch of monsters instead of silly things, how many different fanciful worlds there can be and how the political scene with the kingdoms can play out so differently, we're given a much better sense of this than when we were just told it. Showing this helps the reader continue to extrapolate through imagination the various ways this game could go, and also helps put in perspective how the kids' game is going and how off model they are.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere's a lot of purpose to this arc beyond serving as a cool tangent. Every step of the way we are constantly altering our perspective on what the main protagonists are facing. And when we finally come out of the woods of this thing and get back into the kids' story, our perspective will be completely different from where we left it. And I'm quite sure whatever unique energy is building in the Hivebent story, that will carry over to Homestuck proper when we pick it up again.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut all that said, I think it's cool to be able to tell a story like this in the middle of something fairly unlike it. To essentially inject a humorous scifi world-building tale, follow the complex lives of alien kids on a planet without adult supervision, raised by monsters, all playing a game over the internet. That's a fun premise, and it just wouldn't be the same if not nested inside a bigger story that already did so much of the dirty work. It would be a lot harder to pull off by itself.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898278544",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898278544\">\nAre musclebeasts the strongest of the native fauna on Alternia? Which genus is the strongest of them? Does troll society collapse when Sgrub meteors Alternia because it kills all the mother grubs, which are necessary for troll reproduction?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are so strong you don't even know.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898279220",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898279220\">\nWhat does Gamzee's voice sound like?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI never thought about it and kind of don't want to.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie898293310",
"timestamp":1281225600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie898293310\">\nIf you put a KFC Double Down in the seizure kernel, would that count as a \"deceased or doomed\" thing, and would it manifest as a whole chicken wearing some bread buns?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf this doesn't qualify as a chicken sandwich question then you can bread and bucket me and offer me to the Colonel in exchange for greasy-fingered genital stimulation.<br/>\n<br/>\nSpeaking of which, I can't help but think the scenario you describe is just another plausible route to achieving a Colonelsprite.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's the end of the big heap of questions I answered just under this one. Read them merrily and be wizened.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJuly 31, 2010 - Aug 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie963052079",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie963052079\">\nHow was Vriska able to interact with Tavros' FOUR WHEEL DEVICE if direct server player interaction with client players or anything directly touching them is prohibited in the kids' session?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt isn't entirely prohibited. If you look at the page where Rose was trying to move the bed John was lying on, the bed is jostling a bit, and so is John.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 7, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie963052837",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie963052837\">\nSo, where did Equius get the blood for Aradiabot? It doesn't match his, or any of the other seen trolls' blood, for that matter. Is it synthetic or what?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI figured it was his own blood, saved up over time.<br/>\n<br/>\nPerhaps with some generously donated by Aurthour mixed in.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 7, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie963055318",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie963055318\">\nJust as a question of scale, could Doc Scratch take DMK in a fight?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEven if not, he could certainly transport and strand him in another galaxy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 7, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie963059184",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie963059184\">\nHow would Nepeta react if she found a deck of human playing cards? Also, do trolls have playing cards?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat sort of smut is usually kept away from minors on Alternia.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 7, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie963060996",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie963060996\">\nDOMINANT AND RECESSIVE ALLELES (NOT GENES) DO NOT WORK THAT WAY\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTroll ones do.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 11, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976251162",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976251162\">\nHow do you pronounce \"Fefari\"? I've been rhyming it with \"Clefairy\", but I'm not sure if that's right or not.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell, spelling it right is the first step.<br/>\n<br/>\nI pronounce it pretty close to the way you do.<br/>\n<br/>\nfuh-ferry<br/>\n<br/>\nSimilar to how I pronounce Terezi.<br/>\n<br/>\ntuh-rezzy<br/>\n<br/>\nRE: Her last name, Peixes. I don't really know. These things can be open to interpretation. It's Portuguese for fish I think, and has something to do with the Pisces constellation. I think it's pronounced something like PAY-shez in Portuguese, but that's not necessarily the definitive pronunciation key here. It's up to you.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 13, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976252801",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976252801\">\nAndrew, do you ever feel like \"screw it, I don't want to continue this webcomic\"? it must be tiring to keep updating all the time! :3\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 13, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976256572",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976256572\">\nwait, so Trolls cant play Poker?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSure they can. Troll poker at least.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's a pretty emotional game.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe the gamblignants played it? Sure, let's say sure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 13, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976275339",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976275339\">\nso lets say a Male Trolls Kismisis (or whatever the spade one is called, you need shorter words M8) was also a male, would he be considered homosexual? would they still be able to fill the buckets? is evryone on Alternia Bisexual by our standards?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe we'll understand more about this topic later? Or maybe not!<br/>\n<br/>\nThe words aren't hard to remember if you know their roots. Just like real words.<br/>\n<br/>\nkismesis = kismet + nemesis<br/>\nmatesprit = mate + esprit<br/>\nauspistice = auspice (auspicious) + armistice<br/>\nmoirallegiance + moira (myth figure tied to fate) + allegiance<br/>\n<br/>\nPortmanteaus are fun. MSPA remains an incestuous slurry of morphemes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 13, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976277182",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976277182\">\nHow can the former relationship between Sollux and Aradia be described? I assume it was red romance, but was it concupiscent or conciliatory?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe it's more interesting if it's not spelled out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 13, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976291119",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976291119\">\nAre you a large fan of the \"zoom out to put things in perspective\" technique? You seem to have used it quite a bit in both PS and HS :D\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere aren't actually that many other methods to use. If the purpose is to show scale, then one way or another, you need to compare the big thing to a smaller thing of known size. You can either do this with zooming, or chop out all the zooming and cut to the chase. But in the case of the sea monster holding the whale, the whale was so comparatively small you couldn't see it, and it no longer conveyed the sense of scale. The zoom was necessary in that case.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976292834",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976292834\">\nWhich is more high maintenance, Vriska's Spidermom or Feferi's Giant Squiddy Pal?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'd say both keep 'em pretty busy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976297708",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976297708\">\nWhen Fefari was supposed to do something adorable, she took the whale that Eridan killed, and fed it to a colossal-monolithic-astronomical-epic sized Kracken-thing-with-tentacles! How is that adorable? The Kracken-thing isn't even that cute!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOf course it was adorable. The monster wasn't, but the action was. She was feeding her seabeast-mother a tasty snack, and she was wearing cute goggles and stuff. Adorable!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976304350",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976304350\">\nWhat happens to all the grown-up trolls? Is/are the mother grub/s only on Alternia? A violent nation such as Alternia is kind of dumb to assume that no one would try to attack their home planet. The mother grub is like that little vent on the Death Star.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe grown up trolls go off to war.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt would be suicide for an alien race to stage an attack on the home world.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso the home world is probably too deep in the heart of their empire for that to be realistic. Any threat to their race would have to be internal.<br/>\n<br/>\nHypothetically of course.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976306022",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976306022\">\nI have a terrible secret. Ask me what it is.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI do not care.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976309688",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976309688\">\nYoung trolls don't look anything like adult trolls (except for the horns), so what do adolescent trolls look like?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYoung humans don't look like adult humans either.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoes John look anything like Bill Cosby?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976334608\">\nAre you ever frustrated by how dumb some of your fans are?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, but stupidity isn't limited to fans. It's a more serious epidemic.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20100819000731/http://www.journalfen.net/community/otf_wank/631170.html\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.journalfen.net/community/otf_wank/631170.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nStupidity is real. It's not made up. This is not the Bigfoot we are talking about. I have seen it shitting in my back yard. I can't take a snapshot of a serene woodland glade without its slouching hairy silhouette pocking up the lens. The stories are true. Legends are real.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976335361",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976335361\">\nIs Barack Obana going to make a canon appearance?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWho?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976337467",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976337467\">\nSo, did you have Feferi's lusus planned out this whole time? Or did you decide to make the largest, most frightening looking yet somehow endearing creature possible?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI had it planned out most of the time, but I think I surprised even my self with how big it turned out to be.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976339069",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976339069\">\nWhy'd you stop without a chicken sandwich question?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think I'm going to retire the concept of the chicken sandwich question.<br/>\n<br/>\nLet's face it. It doesn't make any sense.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976342981",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976342981\">\nAndrew Hussie, why're you such a genius? Perhaps its a virus that affects the brain? Perhaps its that creatively shitty painting you hang in your foyer (cause everyone has one)? Or maybe its that magical place called Olive Garden. Fucking Breadsticks...\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is a pretty leading question!<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's also pretty flattering though I guess, so thanks.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso that shitty painting is currently in the trunk of my car for some reason.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976344579",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976344579\">\nSo wait, if all troll adults go to war... How the heck they make movies?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey bring film crews with them in space.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976351896",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976351896\">\nThis excessive exposition bores me\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI know.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's a different kind of thing though, and it's fun when it's accepted and embraced on its terms.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe just got to roll with it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976353250",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976353250\">\nwould you preffer questions asked by pepole with acounts rather then anons?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI can't think of anything I care less about than this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976357293",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976357293\">\nHow exactly did the trolls all meet eachother? Were they just chosen to beta-test Trollian together or something?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. We don't know that about the kids either. It's not that important.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie976378503",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976378503\">\nWhy do you use video game tropes to tell the story? My question is why use sprites and houses that can be turned into playable games? Is it because of the plot where the kids enter the video game they play? is it because MSPA was originally a game parody?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's both. And MSPA is still largely a game parody. That didn't rally go away. Maybe diminished somewhat as other elements have been emphasized over strict parody.<br/>\n<br/>\nAre these things really tropes, though? Is a game cursor wandering over a screen a trope?<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe it will get to the point where every imaginable subatomic bit of information that can be understood by human awareness will be regarded as a trope.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's pretty amazing what tvtropes has managed to accomplish. It now monopolizes all information and conceptualization in its most abstract essence. Not even google and wikipedia combined could pull that off!<br/>\n<br/>\nC.S.Q.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie976630852",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie976630852\">\nWhich do you prefer: Abdrew or Ansrew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm only using this question to make fun of myself for making the typo in the question below - \"rally\"<br/>\n<br/>\nHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!<br/>\n<br/>\nDumbass.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie984286197",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie984286197\">\nWhy do you use video game tropes to tell the story? My question is why use sprites and houses that can be turned into playable games? Is it because of the plot where the kids enter the video game they play? is it because MSPA was originally a game parody?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's both. And MSPA is still largely a game parody. That didn't rally go away. Maybe diminished somewhat as other elements have been emphasized over strict parody.<br/>\n<br/>\nAre these things really tropes, though? Is a game cursor wandering over a screen a trope?<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe it will get to the point where every imaginable subatomic bit of information that can be understood by human awareness will be regarded as a trope.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's pretty amazing what tvtropes has managed to accomplish. It now monopolizes all information and conceptualization in its most abstract essence. Not even google and wikipedia combined could pull that off!<br/>\n<br/>\nC.S.Q.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie984306727",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie984306727\">\nWhy do you use video game tropes to tell the story? My question is why use sprites and houses that can be turned into playable games? Is it because of the plot where the kids enter the video game they play? is it because MSPA was originally a game parody?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's both. And MSPA is still largely a game parody. That didn't rally go away. Maybe diminished somewhat as other elements have been emphasized over strict parody.<br/>\n<br/>\nAre these things really tropes, though? Is a game cursor wandering over a screen a trope?<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe it will get to the point where every imaginable subatomic bit of information that can be understood by human awareness will be regarded as a trope.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's pretty amazing what tvtropes has managed to accomplish. It now monopolizes all information and conceptualization in its most abstract essence. Not even google and wikipedia combined could pull that off!<br/>\n<br/>\nC.S.Q.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie984311254",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie984311254\">\nWhich do you prefer: Abdrew or Ansrew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm only using this question to make fun of myself for making the typo in the question below - \"rally\"<br/>\n<br/>\nHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!<br/>\n<br/>\nDumbass.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie984330000",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie984330000\">\nWhich do you prefer: Abdrew or Ansrew?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm only using this question to make fun of myself for making the typo in the question below - \"rally\"<br/>\n<br/>\nHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!<br/>\n<br/>\nDumbass.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1000769846",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1000769846\">\nWill you be my Kesmesis?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy is Formspring posting multiple copies of questions I'm answering?<br/>\n<br/>\nHave you ever noticed how some of these faddy little widgets on the internet get really popular, which immediately exposes the quality of the coding? Formspring must have just been some dude's college programming project. Same goes for Twitter.<br/>\n<br/>\nWait I've probably bitched about this before. Never mind.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 14, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1000771830",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1000771830\">\nAndrew Hussie has officially flipped his lid.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNuh uh.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 22, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1000792014",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1000792014\">\nWhy do you take such apparent delight in teasing your fanbase?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCause it's funny!<br/>\n<br/>\nThe fans think it's funny too.<br/>\n<br/>\nAt least the ones who aren't dummies do.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd secretly, we are all really only laughing at the ones who are.<br/>\n<br/>\n~_^\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 22, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1000830808",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1000830808\">\nYou barely trolled me within an inch of my cerebellum, let alone my higher funtioning centers. Give it up, Hussie. Go back to being the incredible storyteller you are. You do not have a future as a troll. QUESTIONMARK\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThank you for liking the way I tell stories.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I have been telling stories that have been strung together using a great deal of material that is exactly like this.<br/>\n<br/>\nDidn't you notice??<br/>\n<br/>\nKudos on the wherewithal you showed by failing to be trolled. But that wasn't the sole intent here. It was a form of theater. A farcical pseudo-trolling. The intent was to humorous dividends!<br/>\n<br/>\nIn this regard it was a stunning success.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 22, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1000843168",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1000843168\">\nis there any way you could set up a way for me to snail-mail you money in exchange for those awsome Troll T-shirts? i dont have a credit card.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nhmmmmm I'm not sure.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy don't you send an email to this address about it.<br/>\n<br/>\nwhatpumpkin@gmail.com\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nAug 22, 2010 - Sep 7, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1001292582",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1001292582\">\nHahaha. My regards to Troll Andrew. Regardless, for everyone person who dislikes how long the Hivebent arc has been going on, I'd say there's three of us who like what you've done with it. It's engaging and cool to read. OH CRAP NEED A QUESTION howru?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou know, there has been some buzzin' about it and what not, but I think the truth is it was never actually that controversial.<br/>\n<br/>\nI've sampled reactions to it all over the place, and it always stuck me as quite a small pocket of the overall audience that ever had any dissatisfaction with it. The same was also true at the beginning of Homestuck. It was a very different thing, and a few people here and there got really restless about it, and swore up and down that MSPA had crested with Problem Sleuth. And of course these sentiments were not in the least bit vindicated in the long run, once we stopped being up so close and personal with the tree of Act 1, and got a little distance from the forest that is HS. I've regarded the vocal minority's present dissatisfaction as the exact same thing. It hasn't deterred me in the least, and even though the recent \"AH trolls the fans\" thing seems like a strong rebuke of this dissent, it's really very mild one, if one at all. It is meant as playful and humorous.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow on the FLIPSIDE of this, there is significant group of people that really liked the change in direction this arc presented. In fact, rather than functioning as a drag on the readership's interest, I have observed the opposite. The troll stuff has been like pouring rocket fuel on the fandom. Daily traffic has only gone UP since it started. More people than ever seem to be energetically buzzing about what's going on, debating the merits of the characters and the nature of the alien world, drawing more fan art than I could ever possibly keep track of, creating troll personas and stuff like that. These are not the typical results of making a mistake in a story's direction.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn the subject of, \"Was the troll arc, and to some extent the existence of the trolls altogether, really an elaborate set up as a long con to troll the readers?\"<br/>\n<br/>\nYes and no. There is a little truth to it, in the sense that creating alien kid characters who were both internet trolls, AND literal trolls could very well have been a kind of racial avatarization of my own semi-trolling tendencies as an author, which had been on display well before their appearance. Psyche-outs, cagey self referential stuff and the like, it's all a little spunky, and I remain aware of this, and this stuff does fall into a certain class of trolling. Totally granted.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut all that became much more tangible with the introduction of the trolls. Everything about the trolls was always at least a little antagonizing with varying degrees of playfulness, both to the other characters, and to the reader as well. Their text is a bit difficult to parse (Not impossible! Just enough to make you aware of additional reading effort.) They are all a little ornery, and as it turns out, excessively emotional. Their role in the plot is one of bumbling sabotage and interference with the protagonists. And finally, in maybe the most trollish display yet, their entire introduction through a \"detour arc\"clearlyisabitagitatingtoanyoneeagertoseesomeofthesecliffhangersresolved.It'sentirelyinthespiritoftheindentationtheyhavealreadymadeonthestory.Thereadercaneitherfightit(trollswin!)orrollwithitandembraceitonthetermsit'spresented.(Trollsstillwin.)<br/>\n<br/>\nAndevenwithinthearc,therearenumerousexplorationsofthetrollingtheme,likeaddressingtopicsthataresuretogetpeopleworkedup.Examiningtopicslikejuggalos,furryfetishporn,shipping,andintricatestudiesonsci-firomance,ultimatelyspiralingintosoapoperaplotdynamicsandcharacterinteractions,heavywithcon
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"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093880933\">\nAre you ever going to deface more books?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, probably.<br/>\n<br/>\nBooks have been strutting around like they own the place for a while now and someone needs to take them down a peg.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1093884129",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093884129\">\nOh god, I didn't mean to send this! Please, delete this question.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI shit I didn't mean to answer it.<br/>\n<br/>\nFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK<br/>\n<br/>\n........<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm kind of having a hard time deciding what questions to answer here.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1093885119",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093885119\">\nwhy did you decide never to touch on the fact that rose draws? she's really good! http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002122 also, did you draw those? can i get that shit in a full-sized variety?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI did draw those.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey are illustrations for some wizard fanfiction I wrote some time ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am actually being serious about this, even though it's hard to tell.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093889605",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093889605\">\nso like with how long this troll intermission has been, will homestuck end up being a 2 year comic? We haven't even REALLY started part 5 yet have we? that's still 3 parts to go.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow long is three months really?<br/>\n<br/>\nThree months is actually not a long time. Think of all the stuff that doesn't manage to get done in three months.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf HS was a thrice-weekly comic, in three months I would have made 36 comics! That's not that many.<br/>\n<br/>\nInstead I made almost 600 pages and a 3 minute animation. Time was swift but the pace was furious. What's more important, chronology or page count in estimating the dent an arc puts in a story?<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm beginning to think I don't really have a point to make in answering this question.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo answer the first part: will it be a two year comic? It's already been running for a year and a half, so uh... yeah??? Probably longer, really.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093889980",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093889980\">\nWhat does Andrew Hussie do in his spare time?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI spend all of my spare time drawing HS, and spare time is all I've got.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093901866",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093901866\">\nWhy does it seem like you're trying too hard on the more recent SBaHJs? Look at the first one. It's brilliant. Hilarious Look at the most recent one. It's forced! It's going nowhere! Everything is *too* bad looking to seem realistic.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSBAHJ like anything undergoes artistic evolution. It will gradually stray from original purpose to explore different artistic statements.<br/>\n<br/>\nDo you really believe the goal is to strive for anything approaching realism at this point? To mimic a poorly constructed comic done in earnest?<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy does it seem like I'm trying too hard? It seems that way to you because you clearly have no idea what I am actually trying to do.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat if the model for the first few strips had persisted, and I'd adhered to it religiously? Would it have stayed funny? For how long? What latitude is there for testing the boundaries of those parameters? These are the types of things that people who aren't artists have a hard time grasping before they find themselves tapping away at a keyboard.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat said, if you want to see forced, you should check out much of the fan-drafted SBAHJs. Most of those people seriously have no idea how to dial it back.<br/>\n<br/>\novgf loik att tehse typoess ev reywheere@2!!11\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093905581",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093905581\">\nThat \"[S... BAHJ] Terezi: Ascend.\" page had me laughing pretty good; any particular reason you decided to do that?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am answering SBAHJ related questions tonight for some reason!<br/>\n<br/>\nYes, it's a simple callback to this page.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/003746\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003746</a><br/>\n<br/>\nCompare with.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/004477\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004477</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThere are a number of lesser reasons for this which might be difficult to express concisely. But the primary one is a bit of subtle foreshadowing to the ensuing animation.<br/>\n<br/>\nNotice the parallels between Skaia and the sun, the location they are both anchored to, and the character looking directly at it in the latter instance.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoes that mean Terezi has some weird cosmic correlation with Sweet Bro? Nah. The parallel isn't perfect. It was just a silly thing that occurred to me to do.<br/>\n<br/>\nPrimarily because it was funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1093905792",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093905792\">\nso, everyone can breathe in space?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey're in space?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1093906756",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093906756\">\nIf the trolls use a different alphabet how is it that they're able to make smiley faces like >XO or ?:B?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause it's funny.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd because they use our alphabet.<br/>\n<br/>\nHaven't you noticed??\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1093907013",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093907013\">\nYou forgot to put the JPEG compression artifacts in \"[SBAHJ] Terezi: Ascend\"!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFUCK<br/>\n<br/>\nfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck<br/>\nfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck<br/>\nfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck<br/>\nfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck<br/>\nfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1093909992",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093909992\">\nWhat's your opinion on some of the, umm, less \"work-suitable\" HS fan-art out there? You probably already know about MSPAchan...\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou mean porn? Man, who cares about porn.<br/>\n<br/>\nI certainly don't look at any of it though. No longer than it takes to dispatch it from my browser upon incidental discovery.<br/>\n<br/>\nReally bad fanfiction is somehow more offensive to me. If I read more than a couple sentences of it I immediately feel a little tainted as a writer. I kinda believe that bad writing is something you can \"catch\".<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso really overwrought SBaHJ fan comics. Those are worse than porn too.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1093911546",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093911546\">\nDid you make Vriska sorta as a Gurren Lagann reference to Adiane the Elegant just as you had Dave's Bro wear Kamina's glasses?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDude honestly I don't know a damn thing about anime.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1093935286",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093935286\">\nSome critics charge that you are immune to criticism. Do you think there are any legitimate complaints that get lost in the trend of \"THIS ISN'T PROBLEM SLEUTH 2 SO IT SUCKS\"? More generally, do you perceive any failures in your execution so far?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not immune to criticism nor do I regard my work as perfect at all. It has plenty of flaws and by and large I know what they are.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnderstanding these flaws already might make me seem \"immune\", or at least indifferent to criticism. I can't recall being blindsided by an intelligent criticism which hadn't already occurred to me myself. Usually I look at a decision from a lot of angles, examine the pitfalls, and often proceed in spite of the pitfalls for whatever reasons I have. There are always reasons behind these judgments. Also a lot of what happens with MSPA is a learning process based on experimental approach. Experimentation is often what informs decisions against more universally sound creative judgment. But when the dust has settled after a certain experimental phase, I generally have all the faults with it well in hand, and many of them were anticipated. I can see myself what worked and didn't work so well. By the time a critic comes knocking they aren't telling me anything new. I've already spent ten times longer thinking about it than he has. Probably longer. Anyone trying to school me on this stuff frankly is just barking up the wrong tree.<br/>\n<br/>\nImplicit in this is that I often agree with critics, especially if they really \"got it\". I agree qualitatively. What I don't agree with is critical editorializing. And example of a qualitative observation would be \"this is a bit wordy\" to which I respond \"yes I agree.\" Where we differ is when the critic feels the need to say \"and that's bad bad bad you should stop stop stop!\" to which I reply \"no no no!\" Because obviously I already thought it through and accepted the consequences of that decision. It is what I wanted it to be, and exactly what I thought it would be, pitfalls and all, for reasons I can articulate if needed. Demanding critics want more from you though. They wish for concessions to their point of view. It seems more emotional than logical.<br/>\n<br/>\nMany critics are very naive in this sense, and these people I would not even regard as real critics at all. More like just complainers. They leverage their dissatisfaction under the guise of criticism, and if their grievances are dismissed, the creator is accused of being deaf to criticism. A little like suitors spurned by a woman will accuse her of being icy. Creators have a responsibility to vet their critics, to know how deep the critic's appreciation and understanding of the material is first before putting value on their advice. To understand whether the critic is capable of quality thought and observation. To apply a critical process to the critic itself. Some critics believe they themselves are immune to criticism! Not all opinions and perspectives are equal, and it's dangerous and incredibly stupid for creators to treat them as such. Would you take advice on how to improve your life from a [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ed person? You see, we actually do this every day. We vet those who would counsel us on our daily lives, who we would trust to guide us in the right direction.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093942628",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093942628\">\nHow long did it take you to finish writing the memos? Personally, I think they show off your writing at it's absolute best- hilarious, clever, self-aware, wonderful interaction between characters, just everything.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh hey thanks! They are definitely fun to write.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey took a little longer than normal logs, but mostly because they were just longer. The fact that there were multiple participants from varying points on the timeline, including past and future duplicates of the same person, added a little complexity. But by now I'm pretty used to sorting through that kind of stuff.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that complexity does breed longer logs, I found. It's hard to have them serve their purpose without making them longer.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere'll probably be more of these later.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093944150",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093944150\">\nHi Mr Hussie! <3 Uhm, Is Dave Blonde or Ginger? :O\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe fandom really took him for a ride as a redhead, but let's face it, it would make a lot more sense if he was blonde since that's what Rose is.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093945665",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093945665\">\nWhat do you expect to be doing ten years from now? Will you still be making webcomics; or shooting for television/feature length animationl or perhaps something completely different like opening a Denny's? Or do you not worry about that sort of thing?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI always thought of MSPA as a pretty temporary thing in the long term. I really can't imagine it becoming ossified as this WEB BRAND for like a decade or more. That idea is really unpalatable to me for some reason.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo yeah I have no idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nWebstuff, TV, movies, books, games... really I'm open to anything.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093947328",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093947328\">\nWhen you first started to do Homestuck, did you ever think that it would eventually turn out into drawing the Hivebent arc? It's really interesting to see these developments!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo not at all.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere was only one sure thing I knew when starting HS. That was that this thing would go batshit insane in ways I couldn't begin to imagine. In fact, it was practically the mission statement.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093948312",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093948312\">\nif you had to redo an early flash, such as, say, wv:ascend, how much more epic would it be?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI woudn't want to, even if I could snap my fingers and make it happen.<br/>\n<br/>\nActually, Ascend was a pretty nasty job even by my animation standards now. Those time-lapse landscapes were pretty brutal.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093953142",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093953142\">\nIs it satisfying seeing how large the fandom's grown compared to say when you started with Problem Sleuth?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot how much it's grown, which it's obvious, but how it changes in nature so subtly and gradually.<br/>\n<br/>\nReaders during PS had a certain energy reflected in the nature of the story. Hard to describe. Very meme and gag driven, but that's a bit simplistic.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow the readers have a very different energy. The kind of readership that seems to be resonating with some of the soap opera qualities of the Hivebent drama, which is something so far afield of PS it's ridiculous.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd the really funny thing is there is a HUGE amount of overlap between these two groups of people. They have just gradually modified their appetites for the type of entertainment being dispensed.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot everyone has though. Some stormed off in a huff when they saw John fuck around in his room for two solid months, or when we watched a bunch of alien kids get really emotional for three months. (although they are all still secretly visiting the website! shhhhh)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093955125",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093955125\">\nAdmit it. You got the idea of blinding Terezi with the sun from \"Terezi vs. The Sun\", didn't you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI remember that, and it was in the mix of influences for sure. I recall there were others speculating about sun-staring as a cause. It's one reasonably obvious thing to speculate. What else is there? Daggers to the eyes... hot coffee spill? I don't know. The practical list is probably underwhelming.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut the \"what\" isn't all that interesting. It's the \"how\" that required a little thought and ingenuity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1093975262",
"timestamp":1284076800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093975262\">\nWhat? Okay, the Alternian sun caused Terezi to go blind, and Skaia caused dream Terezi to go blind. Is Terezi incrediably photosensitive, or is it just that bright? Wouldn't the other Prospit trolls be blinded by Skaia then? And Kanaya with the sun? What?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou seem to be making this more complicated than it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nFirst of all, if you stare at the sun for a while, you go blind. Even if that's not 100% technically true, that's the reality everyone understands. You don't need to be especially photosensitive.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen Terezi stared at the sun, her real self went blind. This is a simple fact.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen her dream self stared at Skaia, this is open to interpretation. Does staring into the heart of Skaia for a while cause your dream self to go blind? Maybe staring at it in conjunction with your real self staring at the sun is what does it? OR! Maybe staring at Skaia doesn't make your dream self go blind at all. Maybe her dream self went blind simply because her real self did, and like she explained to Karkat, her mental self image kept the blindness in her dreams because she wanted to be that way, because it helped her continue to connect with her lusus and learn a new way to see. There are a number of ways to look at this.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe psychic relay that made her sleepwalk also involves some subtleties. (Though this wasn't actually part of the question.)<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska commandeered Tavros's mind to get him to use his psychic powers. That's pretty obvious. He then communed with Terezi's dragon. The dragon then connected with the mind of sleeping Terezi. But what happens then does not appear to be straightup mind control, as Vriska usually employs. Terezi was happily sleepwalking along, not proceeding with the zombie shuffle that mind control victims usually exhibit.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt seems that the dragon's psychic ability was used to influence Terezi in a more subtle way, without issuing firm commands. More like a suggestion. It suggested in her dream that she get up, look into the sky and open her eyes. This is simultaneously implementing Vriska's revenge ploy by getting her real self to sleepwalk and look at the sun, as well as implementing the dragon's primal intent to get Terezi's dream self to become aware of Skaia and wake up. Her unhatched dragon, as a sort of mystical guide, presumably is aware of Skaia and her fate, and continues to act as such as it teaches her to see while blind in her dreams.<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska simply used the dragon's unharnessed impulse to do this as a matter of convenience, working under the constraints she had. She may have had this contingency prepared in advance even, much like Terezi had a plan prepared to take Vriska out utilizing Scratch.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 09, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1157808973",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1157808973\">\nare you going to be at New York Comic-Con?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes. Sitting with McNinja + Nedroid fellows.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158290610",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158290610\">\nSo now you've revealed that the trolls' Sburb session CREATED OUR GODDAMN UNIVERSE. How long have you been waiting to spring that on us?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSince before Homestuck started.<br/>\n<br/>\nHS was always going to be a story about an extremely elaborate creation myth. As elaborate as I could conceive. In the HS reality, Sburb/Sgrub is the means by which universes procreate. Planets and civilizations are the seeds from which one or many new universes will blossom if the players succeed, at the expense of the life on that planet.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis was always what Homestuck was about. This revelation was carefully guarded, although there are plenty of clues. It has taken 4.5 acts to understand the \"what\" (as well as some of the \"how\" along the way.) The rest of the story will be about exploring the rest of the \"how\", as well as determining whether the players succeed.<br/>\n<br/>\nI've answered numerous times that the conception of HS had its roots in loosely combining the themes and feel of Earthbound, The Sims, and Spore. That was a formula concocted many months before I began the story, well before Problem Sleuth was finished. The story still strikes me as staying very close to that original vision. Only now does the Spore component seems like it makes more sense. \"Sburb\" was always a word that was supposed to be reminiscent of \"Spore\", tweaked to reference the house building element as well. Spore is about universe building, and more specifically, life form and civilization building, but from the microscopic to the macroscopic. Sburb is the reverse. The goal is to create a universe all at once after overcoming an extensive series of challenges, and as is implied, the universe fleshes itself out with galaxies and systems and planets and lifeforms, ready and waiting for entry by the victorious players. The ultimate reward is for the players to enter the universe they created and do as they see fit. They are essentially the gods of that universe, and that is what the trolls are to our universe.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe trolls were always meant to serve this purpose. Before I conceptualized them in any way at all, their primary description was \"the group of players who created our universe by successfully completing Sburb, and who would interact with the kids in some way and help them understand the purpose of the game\".Logically,theothergroupofplayerswouldhavetobealiens,sincetheyarenotonlyfromadifferentplanet,butfromanentirelydifferentuniverse.Thisbeganthethoughtprocessthatleadtomakingthemtrolls,andthenspecifically,internettrollswhowouldharassthekids,butultimatelysupportthemasthegroupofveteranplayerswhounderstoodwhatwasgoingonbetterthananyofthekids.ThiswasmainlysolidifiedbecauseIthoughttheconceptofouruniversebeingcreatedbyabunchofcantankerousinternettrollswasafunnyidea.<br/>\n<br/>\nButatthetimeIdidn'texpecttogetasdeepintotheirstoryasIeventuallydid.IfiguredI'dtouchuponitinsomelimitedway,andonlyintroduceahandfulofcharacters,andjustkeeptruckingalongwiththekids.Butastheirstorybecamemoreentangledwiththekids'story,itfeltmorenecessarytojustgoallthewayandgetintotheiradventure,notjusttobettercontextualizeandcharacterizethemall,butasasortofacceleratedprimerontheentiregameobjectiveitself.Thestoryiscertainlyaboutfourkidsandtheiradventuretogether,butalsoatitsheart,itisaboutthisesotericcreationmyth,andthetrollarcbecameagoodwaytoestablishthetrueobjectivewhilegettingafootholdofthescopeandmagnitudeofitall.Wegotadifferentlookathowanothersessioncouldgo,withamuchdifferentplayercountandpersonalityensemble,andallthewaysthatcouldcontributetovariationsinthishighlyflexiblegame,andultimatelywhatthepointofallthisis.Allthisd
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158350215\">\nAlright, just to clarify, really. Is John's spade shirt an actual garment or is it representative (or, I suppose, both)? I feel bad asking because when KARKATRAINBOWBLOOD was a common IDE I thought it was stupidly obviously not accurate... and now karma.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's a real shirt. In his letter to Jade, he said he got her the blue ghost shirt for her birthday, at the same time as when he got his own green ghost shirt. So he was wearing a different shirt before that. We just didn't know what it was.<br/>\n<br/>\nTurns out it was a spade shirt. There is not a huge amount of significance to this other than 1) he likes magic and card tricks, and all the Harry Anderson stuff in his room reminds of this, 2) it is the symbol favored by Jack Noir, the bad guy he's destined to face in this game, and 3) it is taken by Karkat as an omen that this kid he just discovered was meant to be his kismesis. Hate at first sight.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut then he switched to his ghost shirt on Jade's birthday, which was also when he resolved to change his handle from ghostyTrickster to ectoBiologist, just after Terezi trolled him for the first time and threatened to kill him.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158410794",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158410794\">\nWhat time is it for Karkat in this latest flash? Is it right after Act 5:1 ended, or is it after a long time trolling John? If Karkat trolls in reverse, is he watching BabyJohn at the end, and then having that realization? I'm so chronologically confused.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt seems abundantly clear to me that this is Karkat discovering John for the first time. Nothing about this would make much sense otherwise.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo make it any more clear, I think I'd have to use subtitles.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158470624",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158470624\">\nSo, the trolls are in our universe now? Can the kids actually meet up an become a team?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n\"So, the trolls are in our universe now?\"<br/>\n<br/>\nNo. What the hell gave you that idea?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158562058",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158562058\">\nJust how bad does Faygo taste?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's a pretty uninspiring soft drink experience. Not outright offensive or anything.<br/>\n<br/>\nActually, the red stuff is pretty offensive.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158566711",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158566711\">\nSo is the nature of the universe seeded by Sburb meant to serve as a Paradise for the players who create it in winning? For example, ICP becomes real, love gets less complicated, people have mothers and fathers instead of murderous hellbeasts, etc.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat remains to be seen.<br/>\n<br/>\nEarth sure looks like a nice planet compared to Alternia though.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut who says they have to go to Earth? A universe is a big place.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158647790",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158647790\">\nIs this why God doesn't answer my prayers for a sweet new car? Because he's some asshole troll locked in another universe? Thanks for nothing, God(s)!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe trolls probably wouldn't answer your prayers even if they presided over us unfettered.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut they aren't literally gods. They would certainly feel like it, having made the universe and then going wherever they wanted, existing as very powerful warriors from all their battle experience and high grade gear.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are other entities and forces in this multiverse reality that could be seen as more god-like. The many instances of Skaia, for one. Whatever it is, exactly. The more sinister outer gods. Omnipotent beings like English, Scratch, Snowman, Bec. The mysterious frog god briefly mentioned, \"Bilious Slick\". All this stuff alludes to a pretty lively scene beyond the grasp of mortals. Players of the game appear to be just more pawns in the process of perpetuating reality. They're heroes, sure. And their stories likely wind up being the most interesting in this reality. But they're still just a bunch of mortal kids.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut we do see evidence that their story elevates them to godhood in the mythology of the people who eventually populate the universe they create. The constellations in our zodiac are just arbitrary looking star clusters, but people in our history saw them as symbols of the 12 creators, and built a whole mystical framework around their story. The specifics of the story may have been lost over time, or may never have been known. It could just be that the way our universe was created is imprinted in their subconscious, and it surfaces symbolically in their stories.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis was actually my line of thinking in writing Rose's wizardfic. If you sift through that dense excerpt, you find it's about 12 evil kids who played a role in influencing every dark event in history. My intent was that this was her subconsciously echoing the creation story of her own universe.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou could also extend their influence to the personality profiles of the characters. There are a lot of similarities between the profiles of many of the trolls and the kids. Some trolls seem to share traits with more than one kid. This is to be expected to some extent, since some of the profile elements are pretty broad. But in some cases the crossover is harder to ignore, and this could be attributed to the Alternian heroes laying the psychological tracks for the heroes that arise in the universe they create. But that said, I didn't want to get too carried away with this idea, and just make the \"Dave version\" of the trolls, and so on. So I drew similarities at times, and exaggerated differences at others, hoping to strike a balance.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158677748",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158677748\">\nhttp://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1158566711 Well, the whole 'going to Earth' thing is implied by numerous factors. First, those listed in that question, plus the fact that the zodiac is visible from there, and wouldn't be most other places.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSure it's implied at times, but you could make just as good an argument against it.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe zodiac thing is completely irrelevant. There is nothing special about the constellations, as I answered below. The people of Earth assigned the meanings to those stars. Any planet in the universe could have a similar zodiac, but with different looking constellations. Perhaps all of them do.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe Earth is the \"paradise planet\" mentioned once or twice. Maybe they could have settled there. Are trolls really prone to settle? Maybe if they were successful, they would have conquered instead. It's all a moot point obviously.<br/>\n<br/>\nEarth is less special as a place the trolls are destined to settle, and more special as a place where the kids were born. The kids who would go on the adventure that would be completely tangled up with the adventure the trolls just went on.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1158778979",
"timestamp":1284940800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158778979\">\nNow that Hivebent is apparently over, is there anything you wish you could change about it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope!<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's all the questions I'll answer for now.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn the subject of this question, let's look at some...<br/>\n<br/>\nHIVEBENT STATS<br/>\n<br/>\n98 days<br/>\n635 pages<br/>\n737 images<br/>\n1 three minute flash animation<br/>\n70,000 words<br/>\n<br/>\n7.5 images per day<br/>\n714 words per day<br/>\n<br/>\nHivebent definitely went at a faster clip than usual for MSPA, in both image and word output. The word count spike seems especially pronounced.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut this was a deliberate effort, and not really just for the sake of a more compressed, sweeping story.<br/>\n<br/>\nA while ago, months before Hivebent, I had the thought that I wanted to allow words to tow more of the load in what has been mostly a visual format (MSPA as a whole I mean). The trend had already been present in HS, with increasing importance given to pesterlogs to drive the story, and I've found the consequences to be interesting, and not really expected from the onset of HS.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo Hivebent represents more of a verbal push, I guess in part as a media exploration. It's not too inaccurate to describe it as a very vividly illustrated e-novel. I understand of course this is not what 100% of all readers have a strong appetite for, and that's fine with me. Reading through HS and then hitting Hivebent is a little like suddenly encountering thicker atmosphere in flight. The rate of progress slows, it demands a little more attention, and then when you get through it, the pace picks back up. (Probably!) Overall, I'm satisfied with how it turned out, and it reads pretty much how I thought it would. It just lasted a couple months longer than I projected, because I will absolutely never be able to pin down an accurate time estimate on a story arc. I have resolved to stop trying, ever.<br/>\n<br/>\nText-heavy visual storytelling is something I've thought about recently beyond the scope of this arc, and I think there are some interesting possibilities to explore. Perhaps I will, but I doubt what I'd have in mind would be compatible with the MSPA format. Perhaps after HS. We'll see.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nSep 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1336166268",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336166268\">\nSince the gender of the parent trolls has no bearing on reproduction, why does gender exist in Alternia?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIs nature really so utilitarian? When you look at all the crazy diversity in earth biology, can you really say that only that which is strictly necessary is what exists? Why do some birds develop such elaborate mating dances when simpler ones would suffice? Choose your own example.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere's plenty we don't know about their biology, nor will we ever. There are lots of possible explanations. Vestigial genders. An unknown role gender still plays in reproduction, noncomparable to anything on this planet. Choose your own explanation.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe real answer of course is because it makes the ensemble more fun and more relatable to us.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336324975\">\nWhat's the deal with the [REDACTED] storytelling still? I understand using that format for Hivebent, but now that we're with the kids must we still have micro-time jumps and have every statement be enigmatic? What happened to the slow build and discovery?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat's the deal with the phrase \"what's the deal with\"? The deal with it is what you see and read. That's how it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nWere you expecting absolute reversion to earlier story progression rhythms? You were wrong to do so. What is it about this story, this format, or this website which would make you anticipate static, unevolving patterns? Is there criticism and disapproval buried in your question? [Yes.] That's cool. But if you've made it this far, you should now be familiar with the concept of storytelling in a state of perpetual flux. Your observation strikes me as a little obtuse.<br/>\n<br/>\nI believe the reader is well prepared for every shift in the nature of the story's unfolding. There are primers on what to expect along the way. Very early, when we first met Dave, we began a humble exercise in non-linear pacing. Conversations he had with John and Rose, then revisited from an earlier timeframe from his perspective. Some nonlinear revisitations with Jade's story as well. It wasn't just messing around. It established that time was something to be tinkered with in this story, more intensively as we progress. The MC intermission was a primer on complicated time travel dynamics taking center stage in the story. It was a tangent, quite silly and convoluted, but very good preparation for the concepts to follow, which have dominated the story since. The troll arc was a very aggressive primer on completely off the rails nonlinear story progression, which has somewhat extended beyond it into the main story, and will continue to do so. All of these primer concepts are now firing on all cylinders at once. And the word primer is the title of a very complicated time travel movie, which I have not seen yet. I imagine watching it would serve as a decent primer for reading Homestuck.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is what the story is. There is no \"real story\" I need to \"get back to\" as you imply.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336335601\">\nANDREW, GET THE SHIRTS BACK UP AGAIN. SOME OF US HAVE A HALLOWEEN DEADLINE TO MAKE. I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO END UP GOING AS A PLAINCLOTHES POLICE OFFICER AGAIN. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk sorry about that. I'll get them back up soon, but we ran out of most of them. So it was sort of impossible to sell them. Patience.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1336339977",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336339977\">\nWhat is it with Terezi's burnt red eyes? Why are they, well, red? I mean, it can't be her blood since she is teal.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are red because I selected the bucket tool, and then selected #ff0000, and then clicked her eyes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336352373",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336352373\">\nDo you have a massive web chart thingy on your wall to keep track of all the superfluous throwaway gags that need to become major plot points down the line? Or do you just have some kind of futuristic computer-brain?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ncomputer brain<br/>\n<br/>\nMy wall is reserved for majestic horse posters exclusively.<br/>\n<br/>\n(yeah right, you fuckers wish! i don't actually care about horses ok, they're stupid)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336359846",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336359846\">\nHow many times have you seen Con Air since you started Homestuck?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMost likely, in total, less than once.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336360737",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336360737\">\nHow was NYCC?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was fun!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336379904",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336379904\">\nSo where did this newfound interest in varying outfits come from?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't think it's that newfound. I gave John the Wise Guy suit, what... almost a year ago?<br/>\n<br/>\nPlaying dressup with your characters will always be one of the guilty pleasures of being a creator. But also, it's pretty in keeping with RPG games this thing draws from. Characters are always getting new sweet gear as they advance.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336387106",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336387106\">\nWhat is your creative Process when coming up with ideas for your comics?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is no process. Ideas are constant. Execution is what takes time and concentration. The two things happen simultaneously.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336407780",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336407780\">\nWhy did you get rid of the blinking >_ ?!?!?!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPrimarily because it was confusing to new readers. Many people we genuinely duped into believing this thing was playable somehow, and confused for a while before finally figuring it out. Kind of unnecessary.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336410401",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336410401\">\nAre you going to attend the New England Webcomics Weekend?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336418873",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336418873\">\n((what are your favorite ships?))\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh god I have too many to name.<br/>\n<br/>\nships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships ships<br/>\n<br/>\nI even ship formspring questioners.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336439810",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336439810\">\nThis probably doesn't really matter, but fan curiosity is getting the best of me. What were Gamzee's and Eridan's in-game titles and what was the second part of Kanaya's land name? And in Kanaya's case, was there any reason for withholding it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. At this point I'm probably just withholding those details to bug people.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336440546",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336440546\">\nWhat were Matchsticks and Quarters' (11 and 14 of The Felt) time powers?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. At this point I'm probably just withholding those details to bug people.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336456163",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336456163\">\nIs there any particular reason why Rose plays violin left-handedly?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIs there any particular reason why sometimes their shirt designs are backwards?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1336463446",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336463446\">\ndude, your stories are amazing. would you mind if i was a candy corn vampire for halloween? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDONT YOU DARE<br/>\n<br/>\nJust kidding yeah that would be cool.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd thanks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1336481882",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336481882\">\nI love your work. I really enjoyed the flash game of Dave Strider in the land of heat and clockwork. I haven't been able to find it despite several hours of looking. I want to show it to my friends. Could you make an easier to find link ? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSearch Dave: Accelerate<br/>\n<br/>\nThe community is always a good resource for helping out with nagging little things like that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1336542352",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336542352\">\nhey! let's time travel back to page 3763. dave just had his important wordy shit stolen.he notices that he did, in fact, try to stop the thief, and got mauled for it.WHY DIDN'T HE JUST TRAVEL BACK IN TIME TO BEFORE IT WAS STOLEN AND STEAL IT FIRST????????\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe he wanted to see who the thief was? And after he got killed, he decided to cool it on the time travel. Like he said.<br/>\n<br/>\nzzzzzzzzzzzz<br/>\n<br/>\nEvery \"gotcha\" is always wrong. Why do people even bother??\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1336546308",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336546308\">\nCould you very much please consider an addition to the Topatoco store in Daves latest shirt, seen in http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004642 ? It is, as i believe kids say today, so boss.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMight happen. Stay tuned.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336549494",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336549494\">\nYou don't seem to be listed on wikipedia's list of of self supported webcomics. Were you just too lazy to put yourself on there or do you actually manage to get out of the cage where you keep your writers/artists and work?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy would I care about listing myself there?<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yeah I make enough money off this not to have a job.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut for whatever it's worth, I've never actually had a job.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336576962",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336576962\">\nBeyond Homestuck, I don't know of any other works that resolve so serendipitously are so meticulously crafted. I admit that I skipped some of the troll arc, but even there I cannot but admire your embellishment of the characters. Thanks for HS and MSPA!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks!<br/>\n<br/>\nPersonally, I think you should go back and read the troll arc. Every last word. This story thrives on details, and virtually no detail is irrelevant. Skipping some will only erode your full comprehension and appreciation for what is happening.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336592600",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336592600\">\nYo, Hussmaster A. I was wondering if you could clarify the black Pesterchum bubbles. Is it simply because the trolls wear black shirts, or is it meant to be more sinister?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt just looked cool, and it kind of mixes it up. Also I happened to have more detailed zodiac icons from making the shirts, so I stuck em in there.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes things are just that simple.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336607944",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336607944\">\nHussie, is that your real name? it is quite strange. If you decide to marry, your wife will be Mrs. Hussie. (funny no?) >> OH SHIT, just realized your mum is probably named that, MRS HUSSIE< WEIRD?ehh\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMy mom got divorced from my dad 20 years ago.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336611004",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336611004\">\nHello Mr. Andrew. My friend and I have been having an argument. How do you pronounce Sollux's name? Is it SAHL-lux or SOLE-ux? Sorry if those pronunciations look awkward, but you get the picture.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTholluxth.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336632461",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336632461\">\nWhy doesn't Derse assassinate the Derse dreamselves before they awaken?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat would be so uncivilized of them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336641433",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336641433\">\nWhy didn't John use his extra life/dream self to continue his adventure in the alternate time-line like Sollux and Vriska did? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe didn't have a princess on hand to kiss his corpse and wake him up.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336651172",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336651172\">\nWere the future/past trails in the Midnight Crew Intermission inspired by Donnie Darko?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336672839",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336672839\">\nWhat are the easiest and hardest trolls to write for?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNobody is harder or easier to write than anybody.<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept Dave, who is the easiest. His logs are the closest to stream of consciousness writing for me. It often takes me as long to write his lines as it takes for my fingers to hit the keys.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1336689382",
"timestamp":1287187200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1336689382\">\nHow much sugar is there in a can of TAB?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question is BULLSHIT there IS NO SUGAR IN TAB, that's the whole POINT, you STUPID IDIOT.<br/>\n<br/>\nHaha, just messing with you. Here let's read all about TAB.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(drink)\" target=\"_blank\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab_(soft_drink)</a><br/>\n<br/>\nOk I'm out. Later.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 15, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1419932323",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1419932323\">\nWho created Homestuck? Somehow I get the feeling we'll find out that the players did it...but no, that would be too predictable, because it's such a horrendous twist that it would be too obvious.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI did.<br/>\n<br/>\nHomestuck is the name of a story hosted on a website called MS Paint Adventures. It is written and drawn by me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1419935459",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1419935459\">\nBut..but...direct interaction... Stop breaking your own arbitrary rules! \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat are you talking about?<br/>\n<br/>\nThese characters are talking directly to each other in a radically different story format.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is a new rule, not a broken one.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1419936883\">\nReally? Really? For real? (in reference to 004692)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYup.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1419976215",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1419976215\">\nSo now that you've got that game engine made you're going to get your team of free labo--wonderful volunteers to make more pseudo-game like that right? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPossibly, verging on probably.<br/>\n<br/>\nBelieve it or not, this was supposed to be an \"easy one\". It got a little out of hand with feature sprawl, as should be painfully predictable to me by now.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe primary purpose of this idea initially was to create a simple, fun format emulating RPG gameplay, particularly the sort of moments where you explore a village, talk to as many people as you can, and start piecing together clues for the game's story bit by bit. I thought it would be a good way to load up on a lot of cross-interaction between many different characters without resorting to a huge linear dump of extensive pesterlogs. And it was successful in this sense. I just thought it would be easier, involving a few character sprites, a few room tiles, a simple adaptation of Alexis's existing Flash engine, and a whole lot of writing by me (that part still turned out to be true).<br/>\n<br/>\nBut in the end I think it was worth it to go a little extra further with it and come closer to capturing a more immersive feel to playing an RPG like this. Learning about story details in this manner is something so many people are very familiar with. Anyone who's ever even casually played RPGs has spent many hours doing it. And yet it feels strikingly novel to me in this context, encountering a page like this and switching your mindset on how you're being fed information necessary to advance the story. Suddenly the burden is on you to take action and piece the full picture together yourself. It's a little like doing detective work. Which is exactly what it's like exploring a village in an RPG. The various NPCs lurking around town are always alluding to things, rarely being all that explicit. Alluding to some peril in another town which might ring a bell if you've already visited that town, or will ring a bell later when you eventually do. Or talking to a person on one side of town whose story connects with a person on the other side. It's a pretty interesting angle on storytelling, that is to say, having to account for the reader's free will over data intake, which is a complete non-issue outside of interactive media, and one we probably take for granted as a story building method because we're not really thinking of it that way when playing a game. The purpose is to explore and advance, not to be led through narrative as we're accustomed to in other formats. And yet, after fully exploring a town, the end result is similar to having read a coherent story. You proceed armed with details and references which will prepare you for later story events.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd it does seem to be a pretty effective way to paint a portrait of a situation. Even more so when you aren't mining information from flat, monologuing NPCs, but established characters having back and forth conversations. It's probably hard for me to be objective about this since I'm up to my neck in it, but after playing all the way through, I get the feeling that even someone who knew nothing about the story or the characters would have a pretty good sense for what was going on after running through it all. They're aliens, stranded on a meteor, hiding from a demon, discovering another race called humans with their computers, conversing with their past/future selves, each with allusions to a distinct backstory, many characters with clear types of preexisting relationships with each other, and so on. There's really a ton of information conveyed through this, directly and through inference, without any exposition, and all absorbed very rapidly through a universally friendly, accessible format.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1419977595",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1419977595\">\nYou used a lot of interesting head shapes in the most recent flash. Was your main intent just to flex your artistic muscle? Or perhaps you had these head shapes planned since the start?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI drew almost nothing for this. The character portraits which you're probably referring to were all independent interpretations by the contributing artists.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1419983476",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1419983476\">\nWhat was the original reason for the disappearing pumpkin in Jailbreak?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTo mess with people, to do something that made no sense whatsoever, and to be funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1420009780",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1420009780\">\nThis story thrives on details, and virtually no detail is irrelevant. Skipping some will only erode your full comprehension and appreciation for what is happening I don't know. At this point I'm probably just withholding those details to bug people FFF-\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly the details I want to provide, which is to say, include in the story, are relevant.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1420012602",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1420012602\">\nDo you ever start working on a page for the comic and just totally scrap it and start over? If so, how often do you tend to do that?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis has never happened once.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1420015389",
"timestamp":1288224000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1420015389\">\nAlright I need an opinion on this. Most famous authors have some kind of adjective that can be used to describe any work of a similar style (i.e. Lovecraftian, Shakespearean, etc.). So what do you prefer? Hussnacious? Hussoteric? Hussonian?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHussnasty.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1438432364",
"timestamp":1288396800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1438432364\">\nI just noticed Rose has rather light purple eyes. This combined with her pale skin (and possibly white hair?) makes me think she might be an albino. Is this correct?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah, it's just stylization.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe purple eyes maaay be literal? The white hair isn't.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1439193329",
"timestamp":1288396800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1439193329\">\nThe style of drawing that Rose's pixel sprite fades into makes me feel really, really uncomfortable. Is this the feeling that the drawings are supposed to evoke? It must be, especially with 004709's Powerpuff girl eyes! Ahhh I don't get it. :/\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's not what it's supposed to evoke. You've made the classic blunder of mistaking your point of view for objective reality.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's fair to say the style just doesn't sit well with you, and that's true of some other people as well. But entangled with this issue is that it's something new and unexpected projected against something much simpler, as well as against everything we're used to seeing.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere will always be those who are squeamish about sudden changes, and those people will absolutely never cop to it. They will always suggest their dissatisfaction is not because a thing is different, but because a thing is BAAAAAAAAD, and they'll have their laundry list of points to prove it, and they'll come packing hyperbole just to make sure you're TOTALLY convinced.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe bias of anti-change corrupts the critical faculty. This story is built on perpetual change and evolution. This is a drill I'm very familiar with. So I have a hard time taking detractors seriously, and as usual, put a lot more stock in my own judgment.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt gets particularly ridiculous when fielding issues about the merits of an art style from people who obviously know nothing about art. The truth behind the situation is some folks got \"squicked\" by the contextual delivery of a different style, and then rationalize the reaction by identifying all these problems with the art completely independent of the context in which their reaction occurred, through the lens of someone who's never given two shits about serious artistic analysis.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo maybe there are some iffy things going on with anatomy? Stylistic misfires in the features? Alright, maybe this is fair to discuss. Even though really breaking down one of these images is sort of missing the bigger point here, this is what I had to say about one drawing for the record.<br/>\n<br/>\n-----<br/>\n\"Is it a clinic on human anatomy? Of course not. Sort of an absurd standard to hold it to. It is, like many drawings, a balance between accuracy and stylization. It's a slightly exaggerated \"gawking pose\", because of course the laptop is on the ground, and she's presumably now sitting on the ground and stooping lower to see it. It furthermore conveys body language I thought was appropriate for A) a gangly awkward teenager, and B) someone nonplussed by a ridiculous internet conversation.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere's a bit of wonkiness to the stylization mixed in with the amped realism. The edges are chewed up a little more than usual. Stray pixels and 1-pixel lines dart in and out of forms. This is not an immaculate presentation, and by design. But the anatomy is roughly accurate regardless, for what it is. The virtual spine does indeed connect with the base of the virtual skull where it should, given the posture. The face, from a semi-realistic comic stylization standpoint is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary. The mouth is conveyed as slightly open through minimalism.\"<br/>\n-----<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is getting down to the artistic issues in an intelligent way, and you may agree or disagree, but like I said, this is sort of missing the bigger point. For one thing, in what has been an obvious exercise in visual/stylistic volatility all along, to hold yet another emergent style to such scrutiny or as something that doesn't belong strikes me as a little petty in the grand scheme of things, as a willful misapprehension of the nature of the work, and as just another instance of \"change allergy\"rearingitshead.Justanothermissedopportunityforthatomnipresentgroupofpeoplewhocannevermanagetojustrollwithsomethingwhenit'sintroducedratherthangnashingt
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1440411789\">\nNot really a fan of the new art style, but that's unimportant. What I want to know is how you developed the confidence to answer your critics so assertively. Is it simple experience? Did a carnival gypsy curse you to never know uncertainty? Goat milk?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess I just believe in sticking to your guns as a creator. It doesn't mean you completely ignore what people have to say or fail to take it under advisement, but pandering and caving into critics for fear of diminished appreciation is the wrong way to go. Staying the course with your vision doesn't mean you'll do everything right, but if included in that vision is serious, concerted exploration, you can only benefit as an artist. Adversaries to this cause should be regarded as villains.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are two ways to do the \"obstinate douche bag\" thing as an artist.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne is in vehement defense of stagnation. Some artists I've encountered do this, and it's completely indefensible. It's as low as you can get, creatively speaking.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe other is in vehement defense of exploration. This is just the opposite. This is a posture everyone should strive for, and these artists are the ones people should be most inclined to offer their attention and support.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's just how I feel about it, and I come from a zero-BS standpoint on it all. This isn't a job for me, and I'll never modify my approach to protect a bottom line. If it was just a job, I guarantee I wouldn't spend every waking hour doing it. It's kind of a strange personal mission I'm on, which I happen to make money from, and that's cool. People are welcome to come along for the ride.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1440459264",
"timestamp":1288396800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1440459264\">\nInstead of trolling those who complain, why not put more time into amusing your \"true fans\"? Granted, your true fans would appreciate even the trolling.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLike you suggest, the two things are one and the same.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe \"trolling the fans\" thing is deceptive though. Because I disagree with them that the things they're complaining about are bad. So I am only putting more attention into elaborating on something which I thought was a cool idea in the first place, and in a way, simultaneously challenging them to change their minds on the subject. It's like a trial by fire. You have to come around and learn to appreciate the thing you took issue with before you earn your right to enjoy the rest of the story, and similarly, a challenge to me to perhaps make it work for them through the elaboration process.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1442175837",
"timestamp":1288396800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1442175837\">\nWill we end up seeing anyone else drawn in this new style, or is it something more specific to Rose right now? Like, she's being shown in this jarringly new style to mirror how she's changing as she delves into these things that no sane person would?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think it's better not to over-complicate the symbolism behind when a drawing style is used.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's not that swapping styles has no meaning at all, but attributing a more serious rendering style to a sudden examination of SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL ISSUES or whatever seems really heavy handed to me, and doesn't interest me that much.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you look at older pages, the more dynamic style was implemented during more dramatic moments, sure. But it was also used for some pretty casual moments. The criteria here just isn't that rigid or clear cut, and I wouldn't want it to be. There's kind of a subtle ebb and flow to when the styles get switched up having to do with my whim, which can also be viewed as the pulse of the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nRight now, the introduction of these styles doesn't mean a whole lot, other than making the simple statement that they are now in the fold. I'd rather they come in under the radar like this than ushered in with a serious event. Like WHOA SHIT ROSE JUST DIED or something CHECK OUT HOW SERIOUS THAT IS, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THIS MORE SERIOUS DRAWING STYLE. That would brand the style too heavily as a utility meant to carry out serious business, and that's not what I want.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1442189631",
"timestamp":1288396800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1442189631\">\nIs there any reason you're using these pixely sprites now (especially with Rose)? Personally I prefer the other art styles you've been using.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWorking the pixel sprites into the fold obviously came on the heels of the interactive RPG page. That page served all the obvious purposes is was meant to, but as a bonus, introduced another style I can resort to now and then, even in static pages. It's in the story, the precedent is set, so there's no reason not to go with it sometimes. There will probably be a rationale any time I go with it. As an iconic style it can communicate different things than the other styles. For now, I've just resorted to it as a fresh look.<br/>\n<br/>\nI also used it as sort of a springboard to launch the more detailed style exploration. The main thought process was, if one hyper-simplified style was just introduced, why not another one on the opposite side of the spectrum? Hence the transition from one to the other, and now back and forth and dancing in between through subsequent pages. It's sort of a study of two extremes now in the arsenal as I move forward. The older styles between them will surely be more common moving forward, but this juxtaposition is a statement meant to get you conscious of the style decisions, and the overall stylistic nature of this story.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd that nature is, slowly but surely, revealing to us that it can be anything, at any time. Its nature is to accumulate visual complexity/diversity to eventually match conceptual complexity/diversity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1448528805",
"timestamp":1288483200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1448528805\">\nDon't you think that judging ones art solely with ones own perspective can be a dangerous trap? I admire your strength of view but I can't help but think that disregarding all external critique could be somewhat toxic to your artistic development. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\naaaaaa formspring is one big feedback loop<br/>\n<br/>\nConsult this answer buried in the archives.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1093935286\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1093935286</a><br/>\n<br/>\ntldr; I accept criticism, even enjoy it. All I ask is the critic demonstrate he knows what the fuck he's talking about first.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso excavate from that response my views on the \"emotional critic\". I've actually come to regard this type as a pretty loathsome creature.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yeah I get that a lot of this probably sounds pretty bombastic. But I imagine if I were the one reading such answers I'd find it all pretty entertaining. Wouldn't you? And/or: don't you???<br/>\n<br/>\nPEACE OUT ON THIS ANSWER\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1448530817",
"timestamp":1288483200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1448530817\">\nPixel Sprite Dave looks like a priest\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nheheheh. yeah, kinda.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nOct 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1488663404",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488663404\">\nI think that the new art style is pretty good, it just may look strange because we are used to the old one. Anyways, to a question, what color is Dave's hair supposed to be?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYup, thanks. This is my diagnosis too.<br/>\n<br/>\nBlonde.<br/>\n<br/>\nSUCK IT GINGERS\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1488666299",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488666299\">\nIf you're Dave, are any of the characters based off of or inspired by people you know? Is there a real Equius somewhere in your life, for example?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nMe.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1488668314",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488668314\">\nAny particular reason (plot, or otherwise) that Vriska is now seemingly in love with Nicolas Cage..? Or why John is seemingly in love with BEING Nicolas Cage..? Is this going to lead to some weird, confusing string of events?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCause it was funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1488678033",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488678033\">\nHow often do you use Wikipedia for research?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot that often. But when I do, it is practically the only research tool I use.<br/>\n<br/>\nAre there even any alternatives???<br/>\n<br/>\nOh yeah, tvtropes, urban dictionary and encyclopedia dramatica, I forgot.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1488685540",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488685540\">\nDo you ever get hungry?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis awful person spammed me with like a million questions about food.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1488696006",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488696006\">\nDave got the inspiration from Terezi, but where did you get the inspiration for Hella Jeff's incredibly strange mouth\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt should be considered that Dave was subconsciously drawing SBaHJ on his walls for years, and Terezi presumably observed these drawings beforehand which may have influenced her own drawing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1488720589",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488720589\">\nCould you walk us through the process of coordinating a major animation, like \"make her pay\"? There's just so much to put together and so many different creativities working at it, I'd love to hear how you manage it all.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI keep the art asset demands pretty vague. Basic descriptions of backdrops, characters doing things etc, without being explicit about what's going on. Contributing artists can infer things, but don't understand the full picture until everyone else does.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen I assess what I've got, fill in a lot of the holes with my own drawing, particularly story-critical stuff, and assemble it all quite organically.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is no storyboard. I piece it together 100% linearly, on the fly, with decisions surrounding events and timing informed mostly by the music.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1488816677",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488816677\">\nHave you been asked by anyone if they could make a Homestuck movie? Also, would you allow a Homestuck movie to be made? Hell, a cartoon would be fuckin' sweet.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNever been asked. A movie would be cool though I think.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt would have to be so different though as to be almost unrecognizable, other than what exists at the heart of the story. Which is about the four main characters, their relationships as internet friends, the themes involving coming of age and discovery through this fantastical game setting, and that's about it.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo much would have to be slashed, unless the thing sprawled into a monstrous trilogy, or N_logy. Most likely the casualties would include: everything about the trolls, everything about the post apocalypse exiles, vast amounts of fucking around with game mechanics, and probably even the kid/guardian relationships. It would require a complete redelivery of the concept of the game as a mechanism of creation myth.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis comes with the peril of being regarded as heresy, but I wouldn't view it that way, because like I said, it is an utter impossibility to capture what this is precisely through cinema, just as it would be through a book. But reformatting the work to fit different kinds of media I think is a challenge I'd embrace. I don't regard the exact details of the story as it is now as something all that precious. I think there are fundamentals beneath all that which are more important. I always saw HS as an exploration of young people developing relationships over the internet, which is something a lot of people reading it can relate to, and a concept sort of under-represented in fiction of all kinds. I've explored that from a lot of angles so far, at first with the kids amongst each other, delving into existing relationships, and then with the trolls, which has been an exploration of forging new ones, and in particular one of making friends out of adversaries. There's a lot more to HS than just that obviously, but if there's anything which it's been about through and through, it's modern kids relating to each other from afar, developing as people and growing up.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1488829609",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488829609\">\nWhich do you prefer to hear as a webcomic artist: that a person wants to work on your comic, or that your comic makes a person want to create their own story?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBoth are flattering and symptomatic of the same thing - inspiration to create. When it comes to striving for a particular reaction to your work, that's about as good as you can hope to achieve.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1488839605",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488839605\">\nYou never answer any of my questions! :{\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSorry!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1488870439",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488870439\">\nHow do you pronounce Caledfwlch? Is that even a thing you can say?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI really have no idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's Welsh.<br/>\n<br/>\nI could have gone with Caledbolg, another name for the Aurthurian sword, but there were a couple things -fwlch had going for it.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne, it translates as \"hard break\", which I thought was thematically appropriate.<br/>\n<br/>\nTwo, it's a shorter phonetic hop to Caledscratch, a name which is thematically on the money for THAT sword. In fact, that was named in advance knowing the sword that produced it would be called Caledfwlch.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd in fact, the whole legendary piece of shit gag was something I planned to do down the road, the moment Dave originally broke his cheap piece of shit sword.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1488945571",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1488945571\">\nWhat do you think about the theory of time being the 4th dimension? If it were true it sounds quite a lot like the outer gods and several other powers that be are actually 4th dimensional residents manipulating our group for reasons unknown\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know if this really qualifies as a theory though.<br/>\n<br/>\nPractically speaking, we use three dimensions to plot coordinates and make measurements in space.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe use a fourth dimension as well if we want to include time in those measurements. This is done all the time in even very simple physics, as well as 3D modeling. It's practical, not theoretical.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhether time TRULY, ACTUALLY IS the 4th dimension seems to me like more of a metaphysical consideration.<br/>\n<br/>\nActually I just remembered I did a science fair thing on this subject in middle school.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1489016201",
"timestamp":1288915200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1489016201\">\nAre you drawing some parallel between Dave and Lancelot, and John and King Arthur? Lancelot strives to be a good knight, but he bangs too many bitches and kills to many dudes to be as virtuous as the King, missing how cool he is because he's not that guy.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat's going on here is a bit of a mythology melange.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere's Arthurian legend, but it's also getting mixed in with the blatant lord of the Rings stuff, with the broken sword slashing magic rings off the hands of evil overlords, magic volcanoes, quests to protect the ring, the great big blazing sun reminiscent of the Eye of Sauron which has become a symbolic refrain itself, and even Dave's name: Strider. But of course, I'm sure Tolkien's stuff had its share of Arthurian influence in there as well. It's hard to escape those archetypes when you're dealing with that material. Hell, maybe it was even part of the whole point for him. I don't actually know that much about LotR.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow, does all this MEAN something?<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't have very lofty purposes for it. It's fun to connect an elaborate fantasy tale, especially one as whimsical as this, with points of mythology entrenched in modern culture and universally recognized. These are symbols we all recognize, and in this case sort of stand in for the grandeur of a multi-threaded quest which will not necessarily ever be at the forefront of what we're shown, or what the story treats as most important.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou might notice as you read that quest details are never all that important. There's a lot of stuff that's glossed over, conversed about casually, or even flippantly. Sometimes the characters even mock the quest details, making fun of the silly and useless puzzles they're meant to solve. That's because the quests are a backdrop to the more relevant focus of the story, which is the characters and their relationships, and the much heavier plot events that transcend the quest details. Like Noir's insurgence or Rose's commitment to game breaking. All the most important plot points have to to with the subversion of more conventional quest elements.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 04, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1540477437",
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540477437\">\nAaargh! That update! My eyes! My ears! My brain! My soul! Seriously, though, why Squiddles of all things? And did you have LtSS comissioned just so you'd have a creepy-ass Squiddles song for that purpose?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy Squiddles? I don't really understand the question, but I'll state the obvious. Squiddles I guess are a sort of candy coated representation of the outer gods. Not literally. They are a brand in a fictional universe. A cartoon show. They were not necessarily conjured into existence by the gods, via dark conspiracy either. It's more likely that humans created them as an echo of their subconscious awareness that these gods exist, and present them through this cute, approachable facade.<br/>\n<br/>\nAs for the song, it it's the other way around. This animation likely would not have ever been made if the song hadn't existed for some time already.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1540483072",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540483072\">\nFirst of all, a comment on your most recent flash. That, sir, was the creepiest flash I've ever seen in my entire life, and although I had no clue what was going on, it was still awesome! Now for a question, what exactly WAS going on in said flash? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat isn't there to understand? Unless you're not following the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nJade was asleep. Her dream self is dead, so she can no longer dream on Prospit. This is what she dreams instead. She dreams of the gods in the furthest ring, and meets Feferi there, who is simultaneously napping on the horn pile. She did so deliberately to encounter the gods and prove to everyone they were harmless, after her dream self was killed with the destruction of Derse in the troll session.<br/>\n<br/>\nDave was also asleep. But his dream self is still alive, on the moon of Derse. He earlier had told Rose he'd take off his shades and look into the sky to observe the gods. He presumably caught a glimpse of Jade's dream, or at least the gods in general.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen Jade woke up.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1540483313",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540483313\">\nSo um do the kid's eye colours match their text colours then?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSure looks like it!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540484975",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540484975\">\nIs that Feferi's lusus whispering to Jade?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo. Feferi's lusus was killed, and subsequently prototyped. It also doesn't look much like the final god, other than having tentacles and a beak. Many gods have these features.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1540487656",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540487656\">\nWhat merchandise is going to be available for purchase soon? Is Jade's shirt complete?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPS book 2 and a SBaHJ shirt out very soon, perhaps this weekend.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen two more shirts at Topatoco to follow: Jade's shirt, and Dave's long red sleeve broken record shirt.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere'll also be some more non-Topatoco designs in a little while, a la the troll shirts, including a restocking of the troll shirts themselves.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere will be SO MUCH STUFF.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540488626",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540488626\">\nWait are Dave's eyes really red, or was that just stylization or whatever? This will probably be answered eventually but I am asking you anyway hello\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are red.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540491881",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540491881\">\nIn Jade's recent dream sequence, how is she seeing Feferi? People can only dream about faces they have already seen. Even if they don't remember it, they have to have seen the face in order to dream about it. Or are you just going to call Weird Time Shit?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are having the same dream. Much like two people asleep on Derse can wake up and meet each other.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere isn't much weird time shit to this concept. The furthest ring is outside the boundaries of either session's chronology.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540496716",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540496716\">\nWith regard to the longer animations: would it be possible to add a pause feature? It's not a big problem, but I often get interrupted in the middle and have to start all over. Other than that, I'm in love with everything about MSPA. Keep up the awesome.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've thought about some kind of nav system, but all things considered I'm fine with the simplicity of \"open and watch til it ends\".<br/>\n<br/>\nFor one thing, a lot of the animations involve Flash \"movie clips\" all bundled together which makes implementing pausing a huge pain in the ass. I wouldn't stop using these either. It helps speed of production.<br/>\n<br/>\nThink of it like going to a movie. You go into it knowing you have no control over the flow of entertainment. In fact, it never even occurs to you. And everyone has always been fine with this.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm also cool with the fact that Flash doesn't play on a lot of portable devices. Seems to me it's preferable that people park themselves in front of a proper display before watching these things.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540503427",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540503427\">\n\"Actually I just remembered I did a science fair thing on this subject in middle school.\" Indulge us, I ask you.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was really terrible. Also I didn't staple or bind the pages together. I just handed in like 30 pages all in a big loose pile.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540513989",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540513989\">\nDo you still smoke? If so, does it have any effect on the production of Homestuck? It's worth noting that I'm not trying to make a \"how high do you even have to BE\" subtext in the question. I'm just curious.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy do you believe I ever did? I don't, and didn't.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's hard to underscore enough how ridiculous I and most creators I've talked to find this notion that being high is the wellspring from which all bizarre, absurd, or otherwise creative material must necessarily come from. For the most part, there's a very significant difference between quality work and pot addled horseshit.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's not that I think all drugs are JUST SO TERRIBLE on principle. But including them as a staple to the creative process is usually a serious detriment to the work in my view.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut in looking at your question again, maybe you didn't hold this view anyway. Nonetheless, it's a topic that rears its head now and then.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540516711",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540516711\">\nRe: pausing animations. Just right-click on the Flash file and uncheck \"Play\", then re-check it when you want to cotinue. Works perfectly for me. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFor the most part this is true. But movie clips are very touchy organisms, and I'm not completely convinced pause/playing some animations at certain frames won't mess up the timing. I'm standing by my \"watch til it ends\" recommendation.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540516886",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540516886\">\nWhat is the proper plural of sylladex?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSylladices.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540523953",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540523953\">\nWhat are some of your favourite words? You seem to be a pretty big word nerd (or i could say you dabble in the art of lingeekstics) so are there any words that you love especially?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm probably not nearly as big a word geek as it seems. I know plenty, but at the same time a really tough crossword puzzle would probably eat me alive.<br/>\n<br/>\nI find it more interesting to make words most people know work in interesting or novel ways through combination and context than indulging in a lot of lexicographical obscurity.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo put it another way. Whenever I read a really peculiar word I've never seen before, my eyes don't light up. I'm more inclined to just say \"Who cares.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1540524662",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1540524662\">\nWhy do the trolls in the interactive page die when they go to sleep, when Feferi seems to be unaffected, and Jade merely traumatized?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe \"GAME OVER\" isn't that literal. It's just a silly thing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1556960424",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1556960424\">\nHow come you say Dave is blond yet on this page http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002422 Rose says his hair is Orange?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe's talking about puppet hair.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1557015348",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557015348\">\nIs the Problem Sleuth crew ever going to appear (from what i saw. I don't know if I missed any cameos or anything) the way the midnight crew does?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe Midnight Crew was not a canonical element of Problem Sleuth. It started in a series of donation commands, and I thought it would be fun to elaborate on them in this story. This began with their appearance on the MSPA website in the HS universe, which John and co. could read on their computers. The original rationale was that this is what MSPA looked like in an alternate universe, because I considered doing a Midnight Crew story for MSPA after PS ended, instead of HS.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen this idea was further elaborated on when the MC was revealed to literally exist in a different universe, the one which the trolls lived in, and was the predecessor to our universe. In the HS universe, MSPA is a window to the story of the Midnight Crew taking place in the troll universe. In the troll universe, MSPA is the window to the Homestuck story taking place in the human universe. (though technically, they are windows to somewhat bastardized versions of those stories)<br/>\n<br/>\nThis idea was developed in tandem with casting Jack and the agents as key villains, and constants between sessions, in the same sense that Bowser is the same villain throughout the various Mario games, though he experiences a different fate depending on which game you play or how you play it.<br/>\n<br/>\nI never liked the idea of including canonical Problem Sleuth characters (aside from Snoop Dogg) in Homestuck. And the more popular appeal the idea seemed to have and the more people asked me about it or theorized about it, the less I liked it for some reason. At this point it's safe to say it just isn't going to happen.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1557049577",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557049577\">\nit seems* like you have amazing symmetry between stream-of-consciousness creativity AND intricate analytical observation. BUT, many people say an overly-analytical mind can kill a creative process. what are your thoughts? *chances are i'm wrong, though.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's probably true, but I don't think I'm that analytical when I create, i.e. write or draw. When I start working, I dive right in without thinking much, and don't stop til I'm done. I work pretty fast because of this.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe end result is something complex through gradual accumulation, in a way that I try to make maniacally self consistent. But it's all built upon ideas that I spent a good deal of time thinking about and connecting before executing. Not moments before drawing, but in the days, weeks or months preceding, while I'm doing other things like walking around and running errands. Since all the key ideas already exist on sort of a road map in my head, executing becomes a pretty simple exercise, and allows for a lot of whimsy and snap decisions, as long as those decisions aren't in violation of the big picture.<br/>\n<br/>\nSuffice to say, there isn't a lot of analysis that goes into the process. But the result is something that can be analyzed quite extensively.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1557114668",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557114668\">\nDo \"red feelings\" refer to just flushed feelings, or pale as well?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn the context it was used, most likely flushed.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere's a lot of evidence that while all the quadrants are regarded as important, there's more emphasis and emotion surrounding the concupiscent one (those related to reproduction, as our concept of romance is), whereas the pale quadrants seem to be regarded as \"the boring ones\". Which is obviously a relatable set of circumstances for humans, even if the vernacular and cultural implications are different. So if they're talking about this stuff in a heated way, it's most likely about hearts/spades rather than clubs/diamonds.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd on a side note, while we can certainly examine this stuff in a serious way as if engaging in a fictional sociological study, I feel it's important not to lose sight of the fact that this material is always meant to be rooted in humor. That's one of the big reason it exists in the first place, to set the stage for these ridiculous situations and absurd relationship dynamics and conflicts, with silly terms being thrown around leading to confusion. Much like a romantic comedy uses romantic tension we all understand to create ridiculous scenarios. This uses scifi romance principles to do the same. It's essentially a scifi romcom, but unlike a romcom which will usually at some point, if not frequently, place the romance ahead of the comedy for a sappy payoff, that's not what's going on here. I'd rather that humor always be in the forefront for HS. The details of troll romance, and all romance issues really, aren't meant to be taken all that seriously. It's all supposed to be pretty silly stuff. Romance is a foil for humor, to some extent character development, and little else.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1557126491",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557126491\">\nHey do you have like a big folder of every GIF you ever used in a page, so that if you want to re-use them (like the Karkat BLUH-slap gif on the current page that originated in the How Do I Live flash) or do you have to go back to edit the original usage?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have probably several thousand photoshop files with stuff on separate layers for the most part.<br/>\n<br/>\nUsually I know exactly where to find something. Sometimes it's tough to track down something I'm looking for. On occasion, impossible.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1557199956",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557199956\">\nThe alchemy system in Sburb is great, but it seems like a very odd concept to think up. How did you come up with the idea for it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHS is getting old enough by now that the exact genesis of particular ideas is becoming hard to remember.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut here it was likely a progression by asking a series of logical questions, surrounding a key initial idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe idea being \"punch card alchemy.\" Then I say, ok go, make that work.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf each item is represented by a uniquely punched card, then combining them means combining the cards in some way. Overlapping and double punching is a simple enough conclusion.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut then, what do you do with the cards?<br/>\n<br/>\nPut them in a machine.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat machine? What does that machine do?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt... makes something.<br/>\n<br/>\nMakes what?<br/>\n<br/>\nHow about a totem? Also uniquely representing an item.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat do you do with the totem?<br/>\n<br/>\nPut it on another machine that reads it somehow, and creates the item.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll of this is both arrived at, and united by the themes I wanted to use to tie it together, which was various types of wood shop devices like lathes and miters, and other types of technology like old IBM card punchers, more modern laser scanners, and internet security gateways like captcha systems. And to have it all function as this sort of itemsmithing equivalent to something vaguely reminiscent of Platonic idealism. It was always meant to convey a truly esoteric forge, something a little otherworldly and in a way kind of sterile in aesthetic, like they were these odd modules of creative potential dropped from heaven. Or something.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut the story's focus on that seems like a long time ago now, and since exploring that in depth and playing with it, we've moved on to a lot of other fun ideas and plot points, while those themes fell in the background, to be revisited very occasionally. Mostly now the whole system serves as something the reader understands already, and items are manufactured without illustration or mention of the process. And sometimes, without mention of even the manufacturing. Increasingly, items just show up in the story without fanfare. That type of granularity is no longer sensible at this stage. We have bigger fish to fry.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1557207904",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557207904\">\nSo far in Homestuck, has there been anything that you didn't think was going to be that important storywise, play a much larger role that you expected?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLot's of stuff, depending on when the \"not expecting\" was taking place.<br/>\n<br/>\nExiles, trolls... cartoon squids?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1557211245",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557211245\">\nHey Im a massive fan of your stories/comics Its not that i don't understand the ending of Homestuck its more I would like to know the reason why you ended it with jade on the computer. like what was the \"lesson\" you wanted to show the readers\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI really...<br/>\n<br/>\ncan't...<br/>\n<br/>\ntell...<br/>\n<br/>\nIf this is a joke. I'm trying, but I can't.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am sorry.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1557216865",
"timestamp":1289606400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1557216865\">\nWhatever happened to the Chicken Sandwich Question?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt went missing for a while.<br/>\n<br/>\nAND THEN I JUST FUCKING FOUND IT ALL OF A SUDDEN.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1565982892",
"timestamp":1289692800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1565982892\">\nJust to be clear, what is the leitmotif for Dave Strider? Upward Movement or Beatdown?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not sure that either qualifies. The whole leitmotif thing got pretty blurry after a while, the more songs I piled on. At this point I just go for cool music that I happen to develop a particular idea for without thinking about cementing any leitmotifs, like I once may have intended. But often you'll hear familiar themes in these pieces anyway.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566016098",
"timestamp":1289692800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566016098\">\nWhy do you like portmanteaus so much? Or should I say, why do you feel such rapportmanteau?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDo I? I guess it seems that way.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe thing is, if you make up a whole lot of nonsense, you have to make up names for everything. Portmanteaus are one route I take, like echeladder, sylladex, kernelsprite, kismesis, incipisphere, etc. Some are a really obvious slamming together of two recognizable words, some are a little more obscure, jumbling together simpler morphemes, or more basic roots of language. And when you think about it, there aren't really many other ways to come up with names for stuff than combining the atomic elements of language.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnother route to take which is more straightforward is just using a simple existing word to name a concept, and I do that pretty often too. Grist, denizens, underlings, consorts, the veil, the furthest ring, and the names of all the planets, which are about as simple as it gets.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlternatively, you can just make up your own nonsense words, which is an idea that's a little unpalatable to me for this project. I think that's a bit of a slippery slope to full blown fictional language building, which to me seems anchored to a much more severe kind of universe building endeavor than I wish to engage in.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe closest things to nonsense words might be names like Skaia, Derse, and Prospit, but even those are more like veiled portmanteaus. Skaia pretty obviously is sky+gaia, Derse you could view as an amalgam of dearth (scarcity) and terse (curt, abrupt, a word that could characterize someone like Jack), and Prospit is obviously prosperity and whatever myriad of words the suffix \"it\" might invoke. Perhaps esprit, which is a word in the mix of the matesprit portmanteau. So really this is just another way of saying that things in fiction that sound like nonsense are often portmanteaus in disguise.<br/>\n<br/>\nTroll names also sound like nonsense, but A) they were reader suggested and B) most of them have roots in other languages, usually pertaining to astrology. Of course since I was the one who selected the suggestions, my aversion to pure nonsense for this project had something to do with this outcome.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1566018225",
"timestamp":1289692800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566018225\">\n*gives you a noggie*\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat is a noggie?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt sounds like a regional word for a particular type of sandwich.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1566041679",
"timestamp":1289692800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566041679\">\nIs Fefferi chubby? Also, what happens if you cut your own mismatched holes into a captcha card (like the pumpkin from Jailbreak) or turn a card over and put it up against another one, or maybe flip a card over when combining?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou can see her in several existing panels. You tell me.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe fat Feferi question negated your second question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566043562",
"timestamp":1289692800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566043562\">\nA noggie is a derogatory word for Norwegian.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI just found my new favorite word because I can't STAND those fjord humping sons of bitches.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566063912",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566063912\">\nWhy don't Nepeta and Eridan hook up? They could make animal puns all day!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf 10 pages of smoldering romfic about this isn't sitting on my desk by tomorrow I am going to have a nervous breakdown.<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n(a serious note: if some joker actually sends me this I won't even open it)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566075782",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566075782\">\nEridan had had a hard day. A thousand lusii, dead, and for naught but a moirail. Nepeta cupped his cleft chin in her hand \":33 < Eridan, how's your day going?\" \"fuckin anything but swwimmingly thats howw\" \":33 < Thats just pawful! :((\" THEN THEY PORKED\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSOMEONE IMMEDIATELY SENT ME SOME FAN FICTION ABOUT THIS. THIS IS SO SURPRISING.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566079647",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566079647\">\nHi Andrew! First of all, I gotta say I love your work. I was actually inspired to do some writing because of you. My question is: Do you like anime? You should read Bleach. I think you'd like it consider that author loves to \"troll\" as much as you do. :D\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHi, and thanks.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't watch anime of any sort.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's not that I have anything against it on principle. It's just that I'm not from Japan.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566080242",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566080242\">\nIt's what you get for spending time on Formspring rather than updating :P\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't feel like updating right now, and frankly, I will probably go to sleep soon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566080992",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566080992\">\nThere's a rumor going around that you might marry vriska. How does that even work?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe will be my bride.<br/>\n<br/>\nDo not try to come between us.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566093526",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566093526\">\nDo you like CON AIR?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot really. It's actually quite awful to be honest.<br/>\n<br/>\nI always thought one of the stupidest scenes in that was when John Malkovich made the little model of the junkyard to describe his plans to the other felons. Why was that necessary? It was stupid, and the plan was stupid.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso why was Chief O'Brien from Star Trek such an asshole? What was even his problem? What was up with that.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso sometimes I forget that A) Steve Buscemi and B) Dave Chappelle were in that, and it makes the movie worse whenever I remember.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it's one of those movies that I always watch hypnotically whenever it comes on tv. There are a bunch of really terrible movies that are like that, defying explanation. Twister was always like that, and this could easily have been a film on John's wall. Also, and this is a source of deep personal shame, Jerry Maguire is like that too. I really can't explain this, because it is literally one of the worst films of all time. I think it might be that Tom Cruise is weirdly hypnotizing through his aggressive intensity.<br/>\n<br/>\nNote these are all movies from the 90s because I completely checked out of popular culture in the early 2000's.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566095008",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566095008\">\nare any of the characters fat/chubby? i keep reading shit like that\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is a visual story.<br/>\n<br/>\nYOU CAN SEE THE FUCKING CHARACTERS.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1566107121",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1566107121\">\nHey Andrew, why do you keep drawing the characters as noodle people when they're so chubby?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFat people take longer to draw because there is more of them to draw.<br/>\n<br/>\nI do disservice to their true carriage in order to save time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 14, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585028014",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585028014\">\nGoing from your formspring questions it seems your fanbase hates you. Do you think this is because of your constant teases and fake outs and psyches during cliffhangers, or is that just something you are doing to get back at your fans?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNobody hates me. Literally no one, I am universally adored.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are a lot of nice if not obsequious questions I get which you don't see that often because it's usually just me going THHHAAAAAAAAAAAANKS repeatedly, which isn't all that interesting for you to read.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585029976",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585029976\">\nWhen getting the signed books, do \"Book 1:\" and \"Book 2\" Count towards the 18 words?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey count as ten words each.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585035658",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585035658\">\nWhen using air hand driers in public restrooms, do you rub your hands like shown in the instructions or hold your hands still?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI stand there generally contemplating what sort of fucking idiot actually thought these things were a good idea.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585038434",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585038434\">\nHey Andrew! First off, I'm really loving your latest updates. Great work! Second, I went to buy a troll shirt, but man they sell out fast! How long does it normally take to restock? I'd love to buy one!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMight be another couple weeks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585040665",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585040665\">\nam I getting this right? Jack gave Bro back his sword/whatever the proper name is, because he wants to duel, right? not because they're in alliance? if you don't answer this I'm going to assume it's an alliance.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, Jack had unfinished business with bro.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585041324",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585041324\">\nIs there any possibility of some sort of slipcased box set of all of Problem Sleuth when all the books are released? I'd pay a bunch of money for one. Also how many books will there be? 5? 6?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPossibly. We'll see when we get there. I think 6 is a good guess at this point.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585045405",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585045405\">\nWhat was the deal with SHITHIVE MAGGOTS? (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004467)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's a variation on an expression which I think is funny, \"crazier than a shithouse rat\". Or alternatively just \"shithouse rats\".\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585047558",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585047558\">\nSo Andrew, if some crazy executive threw a great big pile of money at you, gave you a crew of hundreds of writers and animators and voice actors, and a complete artistic freedom, what could you give us with it? Seriously, it's bugging me.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt would probably mean I would have to throw the breaks on MSPA completely to focus on whatever that was, which to be honest, would kind of bug me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585049496",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585049496\">\nWhat the fuck is with all these chubby questions? Did you start this shit?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPipe down fatty.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585051371",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585051371\">\nDo you plan to continue writing in your blogspot?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't like blogspot that much and it deters me from updating it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585056806",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585056806\">\nThis is a question of curiosity, not an attempt at conversion, but if you don't watch anime does that mean that the elements such as Bro's shades are just sorta cobbled from secondhand reference?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nKinda.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the same way that the generic dad aspects were cobbled from various fatherly archetypes and mom was cobbled together similarly.<br/>\n<br/>\nSeriously the guy is a cool dude with a hat and a sword and pointy shades and a t shirt and a skate board sort of thing. And a puppet.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe was not RIPPED STRAIGHT FROM THE ANIMES.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585059286",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585059286\">\nHave you ever been romantically attracted to one of your characters?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly the fat ones.<br/>\n<br/>\ni.e. all of them\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585060769",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585060769\">\nthe sprites look p. fat, are they fat?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe denizens are actually fat camp drill sergeants.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585062019",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585062019\">\nAndrew I just wanted to sincerely thank you for providing positive overweight role models for my 13 year old son, who is a little \"big boned\" himself!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYour son fucking disgusts me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585066023",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585066023\">\nsince the trolls aren't really mammals, is it safe to assume that the troll girls will be flat chested forever? or do they have breasts anyway because why not?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRationalizing a biological reason for the trolls to have breasts is the single most critical literary endeavor humanity has ever faced.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585068283",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585068283\">\nIs Nannasprite fattening John up because she plans to eat him later?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not answering any more fat questions.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585070596",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585070596\">\nYou've made it clear in tyour Formspring answers that Grandfather Harley created Sburb, but will it be made more clear in the comic? I don't think it's quite clear enough, albeit inferenceable through the creation of Sgrub through the Frog Ruins.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know if I ever explicitly said he created it.<br/>\n<br/>\n\"Had something to do with it,\" sure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585071599",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585071599\">\nYou've said that Homestuck is a creation myth. Is it fair to say that it's also explores the concept of consciousness after death, considering how the kernelsprites were prototyped with dead beings, and Vriska resurrecting herself via Dreamself.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's fair to say it explores a lot of things.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585073602",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585073602\">\nEvery day I feel a little part of me wither and die, as I realize another day has passed without our promised Olive Garden investigative reports. How long must we wait to know what calamari tastes like to a skinny orange man who draws webcomics?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMy vague reluctance to attend the Olive Garden has slowly but surely transmuted to full blown terror.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1585105087",
"timestamp":1289952000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1585105087\">\nSo is Homestuck an exploration about post-death consciousness as well as a creation myth? What with kernelsprites being prototyped with dead biological matter, as well as Vriska's resurrection via Dream Self, well... The death motif... IT KEEPS HAPPENING.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh hey you rephrased the question you just asked.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is an exploration of those things, like post death consciousness (or more commonly, the afterlife), but a lesser exploration. Elements serving as more of a backdrop for characterization, things the kids have to think about and deal with.<br/>\n<br/>\nDream selves in Homestuck are sort of a lot of things at once. It embodies some degree of awakening myth. A \"truer\" self to get in touch with and realize by overcoming something. It is also in a way the afterlife, if the correct measures are taken. It also provides a deeper and more mystical mechanism for the classic extra life in a video game. It is a means for a player to glimpse greater purpose and destiny, as well as the future. And it is even more things than this, which have not yet been developed or revealed.<br/>\n<br/>\nOther post-death themes are explored but mean different things in different cases. The sprites have more to do with resurrection than a study of afterlife issues. It's application here centers around providing players with guides, elders before them who are wiser, or in various ways more knowledgeable. In a classic sense, a grandmother has such wisdom. Less conventionally, a battle hardened future self does as well. A loyal, long dead cat may as well, in the tradition of an animal totem. Death is what separates an elder from an ancestor. Extrapolating, the game provides a means for its players to tap ancestral wisdom for guidance. And though this may be the intent, obviously it can be exploited in a wide variety of ways.<br/>\n<br/>\nResurrection as a theme on the microscopic level is in play with the sprites. Macroscopically, it's invoked through the reseeding a dead civilization from the dust, as the exiles are charged with. And in a sense, with the creation of a new universe as well, wherein the players are able to resurrect their extinct race.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 16, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603085971",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603085971\">\nDo you have a Boston accent?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not from Boston.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603096135",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603096135\">\nUgh, it annoys me to no end to have to shorten, abbreviate, or find less lengthy synonyms of words just to fit the word count. How do you feel about receiving these oddly typed out questions?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSome people manage to make good use of the space allotted to ask me intelligent things.<br/>\n<br/>\nOthers, not so much.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603102479",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603102479\">\nhttp://www.formspring.me/andrewhussie/q/1585047558 What bugs ME is you misspelled brakes/\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm usually distracted when I answer these questions. I often answer questions here to kill some time, while I do a variety of other things to achieve the same purpose.<br/>\n<br/>\nTheir are times when I don't notice misspellings which happen to allude the browser's spell check feature.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603109153",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603109153\">\nYou often say you'd sooner get rid of all flash videos than of the long pesterlogs. If you were forced to choose between working with an entirely textual medium or with an entirely visual medium for the rest of your life, which would you choose?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nText, because it's easier.<br/>\n<br/>\nHere are the facts everybody.<br/>\n<br/>\nWriting is easy.<br/>\n<br/>\nDrawing is hard.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think if two people collaborate on making a comic, one writing, the other drawing, the writer should be forced to serve as the artist's butler to even the score.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603116011",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603116011\">\nSuppose Homestuck becomes your magnus opus - no matter what else you do in the rest of your life, you're always know as the guy who did Homestuck. Would you be 0kay with that?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHomestuck's really just a warm-up for something else. Kind of like how Problem Sleuth was a warmup for Homestuck.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere's not much of a chance of it becoming cemented as an opus, or casting a shadow from which I cannot escape. That outcome is up to me, and the degree of focus which I put into the next project.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603121481",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603121481\">\nIs your frequent use of parallelism in Homestuck meant as a reflection on its minor theme of Internet subculture, and how it loves to repeat and reinvent its memes, or is it just something you think is funny?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell...<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's definitely not the first thing you said.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603130728",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603130728\">\nReading back through the comic I got to wondering about the troll movies. Are those descriptions given by Karkat real films? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603131186",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603131186\">\nDo you like candy corn?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603135376",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603135376\">\nWhat sorts of sketch requests did you get for the Problem Sleuth book?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSome pretty basic stuff, but also a lot of elaborate, off the wall stuff.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnfortunately, the more elaborate the request, the cruder the sketch by necessity.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603139613",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603139613\">\nWhen Equius had both his horns, was the other an arrow shape too or was it something else all together?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was a mighty yellow horse dick.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603146170",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603146170\">\nHow come the characters are thinner while in \"hero mode\"? Are you trying to imply fat people can't be heroes?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have never once seen a fat person attempt anything heroic that did not involve a well stocked buffet table.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603150492",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603150492\">\nI showed that defaced wizard book thing to a friend and she didn't think it was funny. She described it as \"some prick scribbling all over a book\". On a scale of 1-10 how many tears does this make you cry.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDid you show her the Dutton page?<br/>\n<br/>\nI think you need to show her the Dutton page.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603165072",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603165072\">\nWith the obvious exception of Con Air, what is your favorite film? Apologies If this has already been asked.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy do people apologize if a question has already been asked? Like I am going to be SO PISSED OFF.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't have a favorite film.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo be honest, I think \"favorite things\" are kind of dumb. They're sort of for little kids when you think about it, like a favorite color, or flavor of ice cream. Grown ups don't give a shit about that nonsense.<br/>\n<br/>\nExceptions can be made for when the thing is so much vastly superior to everything else, comparisons are laughable. Like MSPA > all websites on the internet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603172236",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603172236\">\nDoes it bother you when people ask questions without using query hooks?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, but your question is ok because at the end there is a surprise noodle.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603173173",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603173173\">\nI killed the guy who asked you to read Bleach. honestly, killed him dead. Your welcome.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't care about your opinion on the animes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603177390",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603177390\">\nSo do you think the FAT16 filesystem is even a thing that should be used anymore?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIs that the one where you couldn't save a file bigger than a gigabyte or something?<br/>\n<br/>\nHow ironic.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603188379",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603188379\">\nHow's it that Feferi and Jade were asleep at \"the same time\" when within the last 3 or so hours, the trolls were looking over the last 13 or so years of Earth time? Theres probably a logical word-of-god reason here which I'll gladly accept, but it bugs me\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is no time in the furthest ring. What two events can be said to be occurring \"at the same time\" when the time is \"nothing o'clock\"?<br/>\n<br/>\nIf they met each other in a dream, it is because a god blew a dream bubble and decided that they would both share it during those particular naps.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1603191467",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1603191467\">\nDo you enjoy your own work? I mean if Homestuck was made by someone else and not you, is it the kind of thing you would like reading, complete with overt cuteness and silly romance shenanigans? Or would it be more \"yes this is good\" but not really caring.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am making the kind of thing I would want to read. I am making the kind of thing I wish existed, but doesn't. Yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611397437",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611397437\">\nWhere did Vriska resurrect herself with her Dream Self? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's a mystery.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe'll get back to this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611398695",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611398695\">\nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvHn7D6Ek-Y I just found this on the internet. Skittles quoted SB&HJ. What are your thoughts on this subject?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know what this is or what to think about it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611399116",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611399116\">\nI'm the guy that asked you to draw \"something really awesome\", and I just wanted to say you did not disappoint. You fucking rule.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks, I hope what I drew was really awesome.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611400134",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611400134\">\nCould Equius build the giant steampunk spider robot from Wild Wild West?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe could break it though.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd by break it I mean beat the shit out of Will Smith and Kevin Kline.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611400974",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611400974\">\nHave you ever thought about how tall any of your characters are? We can see how tall they are in comparison to each other, but it would be interesting to get quantifiable heights.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question is not nearly as interesting as how wide they are.<br/>\n<br/>\nDiagrams forthcoming.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611401677",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611401677\">\nWhat sort of indication did the trolls use for their denizens? the kids have their browsers, but the trolls are only seen using the (bi)universal trollian system. Or was it really just not that important to see their denizens in the first place?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. It's one of the many things about the troll story that just isn't all that important to zoom in on.<br/>\n<br/>\nFor now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611402595",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611402595\">\nIs the correct sound effect \"pap shoosh\" or \"shoosh pap\"? This is important. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPap and shoosh are extremely versatile.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611403170",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611403170\">\nIs \"The Vast Glub\" based on \"The Bloop?\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRetroactively, sure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611409822",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611409822\">\nIf writing is easier than drawing, then I dare you to convert the entirety of Homestuck into a novel. Bonus points if you rub it in the faces of those people that thought MSPA was becoming \"too wordy\". Refuse this dare and I shall insult your moist lips.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't think HS would work well as a novel. All the dialogue occurs through chatlogs, and something about printing chatlogs amidst novel prose doesn't sit that well with me. Maybe it could work, but offhand it sounds a little gimmicky. In its present form, I think it can get away without being regarded as gimmicky, and more of a media exploration, simply because its format is so hard to pin down. The exploration itself is inseparable from the format.<br/>\n<br/>\nAs I've said, I do think it could make a pretty good movie though, if heavily revised. But the ideal format for translation would obviously be a game. Obvious to me, that is. And maybe now you as well.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611411219",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611411219\">\nWhy the hell do you never answer my questions? Its so freakin' annoying!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause you never answer mine.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm waiting.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611413916",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611413916\">\nAs a kid, what did you think you wanted to do when you grew up? Is it anywhere close to this absurdity you have landed yourself in?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA bunch of different things I'm sure. I do remember being on a kick where I wanted to make games, and thought it would be SO COOL to make like THE RADDEST RPG EVER, and by raddest ever I probably envisioned something slightly more advanced than Final Fantasy III.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat I do now is obviously so much better than that dumb dream.<br/>\n<br/>\nPast me was so dumb. The only guy dumber than past me was even paster me. What a collossal idiot THAT guy was.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611418140",
"timestamp":1290124800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611418140\">\nDoes the fact that Lil Cal seems to be clinging to Jack mean that he is alive?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt means bro stealthily arranged him that way, and then continued with the sword duel.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 18, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611444770",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611444770\">\nAre you bothered by how slowly you can progress HS? You can advance stories FAR faster than those with a set schedule, but you still probably wish you could go more swiftly. (Or should I say '.swf-ly'?!?!? No I should not say that...)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSometimes I'd prefer the story move along faster.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt may seem like it updates a lot, and it does. But there's a difference between high content output and rapid story progression. Content output can consist of fleshing out details, silly gags, and characters shooting the breeze, which while advancing them as characters, doesn't always do a whole lot to advance the plot.<br/>\n<br/>\nStory progression tends to involve the most dirty work. It involves various conceptual upheavals, lots of new drawing, and care put into selling those developments dramatically, or in whatever other ways are important. Practically speaking, stuff can get bottlenecked behind those developments while we wait for the creator (me) to be ready to present them. The most obvious manifestation of this is with Flash animations. I can't do them at the drop of a hat (well, not always). Things get a little spread out while I prepare for such events, and some of that preparation is just psychological. There are stretches where I'd rather just relax and draw \"normal\" pages, and I use those periods to set the stage for more major impending developments, arranging the pieces and often accumulating new details as a side effect. There is a very practical ebb and flow to all this, and the consequence is a story that probably seems more drawn out than it needs to be at times.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that's fine, because part of the point is to make something that is fun to read, given any local slice of it you sample. The meandering journey was part of its makeup from the start, by design. As a vehicle of compelling story delivery, by no means was this ever supposed to be an efficient, well oiled machine.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611446567",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611446567\">\nAre you really an asshole about fat people, or do you just not care and troll the people who ask? I am prepared for this potential trolling.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt takes every ounce of willpower I have to suppress my furious sexual attraction to the morbidly obese. Please do not rattle my cage.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611448239",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611448239\">\nWill we ever find out who Jade's penpal is? How long until we do?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes; I don't know.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611450357",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611450357\">\nWhen the kids contact the trolls, what determines the exact point on the trolls' timeline they reach them at? For example, why did Jade get hold of Karkat at the exact moment she did rather than five minutes earlier or later (from his perspective)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTrollian determines it. It is like an operator, directing the transmission to the appropriate time. It \"knows\" when the conversation was supposed to take place. Neither the kids nor the trolls have control over this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611476075",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611476075\">\nIn that case, could you name some films you particularly enjoy? Or are there just too many?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think all the best movies I've seen too many times. Like Back to the Future. It's like watching wallpaper now. Nothing registers. So they don't really spring to mind as BEST MOVIE EVERSSSS.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe last two movies I saw in a theater were Scott Pilgrim, and before that, Inception. Both were good. I wish I could say great, because I really wanted them to be great. But weirdly, they both suffered from the same problem. I thought they both tried to jam too much stuff into too little time. Especially Inception. Like, times a thousand.<br/>\n<br/>\nInception was perpetually educating you on the premise. It was literally doing this until it ended. It's too bad, because it was full of fantastic concepts. Would have made a good TV show, to spread all that out and give it the exploration it needed. Only if done well though. Like the new show Walking Dead, which is taking a very cinematic concept, and spreading it into a series so it can take its time with everything, and I think it's great so far.<br/>\n<br/>\nI love convoluted ideas, but they need the space to be sold properly. This is why HS is almost 3000 pages right now. But especially for movies I think, that breathing room is essential. You need to spend time with the characters and feel who they are. I remember NOTHING about the characters from Inception, except that I guess Leo Dicaprio was soldiering around in another film with a big cross on his back, and bags under his eyes. The dude sure is sportin' some anguish these days! His plight was mostly invisible to me, because I was focused on solving The Premise Riddle, and also maybe it just wasn't all that strong when it came down to it. The whole haunted by the dead wife thing. There was Ellen Page who played the role of some sort of prodigy who could make buildings fold over on themselves, and then became someone you didn't give a shit about for the rest of the movie. Because there was NO TIME to. We needed the investment time. You can't pull giving a shit out of thin air.<br/>\n<br/>\nActually the best part of that movie was probably her whole building warping scene, with the suspenseful moment that followed where the dream crowd began catching wise to her presence, and then killed her. That's what the movie should have been, I think. Focusing more on the mind thriller aspect, playing up the Hitchcockian moments, instead of the dreadfully generic, watered down Matrix-style action scenes. When they started up with the James Bond style skis and snow mobile chase, I literally said out loud \"are you serious?\"Thezero-threatNPCshoot-em-upactionscenesweretheworstpartofthemoviebyfar.<br/>\n<br/>\nAndweirdly,IthoughttheactionscenesinPilgrimwerethebestpartsbyfar!!!Thatreallysurprisedme.Thefightsceneswereincrediblycool,andfeltverycinematicallyoriginal.Therest,asIsaid,feltliketoomuchallatonce.Feltrushed,crammed,ataaadgimmicky,andsomehowsqueezedthecharmoutofthestorythatwaspresentinthebooks.Inthebooksyougottospendtimewiththecharacters,andthepacewasyourreadingleisure.Itwasfun.InthemovieyoublisteredthroughtheplotpointswhilesillyZeldanoisescreptoutofthewoodworktoremindusallhowmuchwealllikeoldvideogames.Iknowitprobablysoundsinsaneforastoryaboutbattling7evilX's,butIwouldhaveaxedatleastacoupleX'stospreaditout.Yeah,it'sheresy,butScottPilgrimisn'tareligion,it'sastory,andastoryhastobedeliveredeffectivelyinthemediumgiven.<br/>\n<br/>\nIguess,thoughyouwouldn'texpectit,Ihavepuristsensibilitieswhenitcomestofilm.ThisiswhyIsayIwouldsoheavilyslashHS,tothepointofvandalization,inadaptingittofilm.FilmneedsSPACEandTIMINGtobeaneffectiveexperience.SoIwouldadaptthestor
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"id":"andrewhussie1611477881",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611477881\">\nWe've established that an eccentric executive producer with millions to spend and nothing to lose could impel you to at least put Homestuck on hiatus. What is the absolute minimum opportunity (or bribe) that would persuade you to abandon it altogether?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you making me an offer?<br/>\n<br/>\nDon't fuck with me kid.<br/>\n<br/>\nI said scram!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611481218",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611481218\">\nandrew i think im fat-gay for you. it is like normal gay but heavier. which makes it MORE PASSIONATE\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGet some fucking exercise, shitlard.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611482145",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611482145\">\nWriting a story based on nothing but chatlogs (which I did for an Interactive Fiction assignment in college) is a lot easier to read than you'd think. Then again, I did it with actual chatroom conversations. Why not try it and see how it goes?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not saying it would be terrible or anything. I guess it just doesn't interest me at the moment.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611482269",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611482269\">\nWhy did you stop answering questions when I started asking them? :(\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1611484327",
"timestamp":1290211200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1611484327\">\nYou probably hear this a lot, but you've inspired me to work on a (very small) project. How risky/exhausting was the series of leaps for you as a creator from the relatively layperson-doable Jailbreak (as innovative and awesome as it was) thru PS and HS?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo risk. I don't know what's risky about making something cool.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnless you're quitting a day job and you got kids to put through college, which I didn't/don't.<br/>\n<br/>\nI never noticed an escalation in effort over that time span, until the first time I spent all night on a Flash animation. Now of course that sort of expenditure is a matter of routine.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 19, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690515332",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690515332\">\nSo, does Jackspers Noirlecrow get any new additions to his name now that he's merged with Becquerel? Like, Jacksperel Becoirlecrow or something?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, that would be stupid. Less is more in this case.<br/>\n<br/>\nBec Noir.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1690531520",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690531520\">\nWhy does Jack no longer show any signs of Rose's prototyping? (E.G. tentacles?) \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe ditched the fancy hat and cat cheek tufts for practicality reasons. He wouldn't look much like Bec with his pointy ears shoved under the hat, and the much bigger dog cheeks just replaced the cat cheeks. The mutation is a bit of an overhaul, arguably due to the prototyping subject factoring in as an overwhelming influence.<br/>\n<br/>\nSince it was a design overhaul anyway, I ditched the tentacles, probably mainly because they're a pain to draw all the time. He's a little sleeker this way. And regardless, he could probably \"conjure\" them again if he wanted, being omnipotent and all. This spectacle likely involves green pyrotechnics, and heavy masking effects.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690535765",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690535765\">\nSo how's the weeping in the horn pile going? Are your tears salty? Your eyes leaking like a Chinese dam? Your face as red as the Christmas decorations already out in stores? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI specifically finished before sunday so that I would not have to weep in the horn pile.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat phrase was always code for \"the day I will be working on it if it's taking too long.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690612468",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690612468\">\nso many most shocking twists yet, my mind is receiving a barrage of blows right now. how do you do it, mr. hussie???\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis animation (Jade:Enter.) certainly had some twists, but at the same time had some reasonably predicable outcomes.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn the Bec prototyping: people have been theorizing about this for months. It was a popular theory for a long time, and one that picked up steam as evidence gathered for it. From a certain perspective, it was \"obvious\", and will especially seem so in retrospect, through rereading.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut sometimes the most obvious thing is also going to be the most awesome thing, and there's just no way around that. And sometimes, ironically, the obvious thing happening can seem a bit shocking because of its obviousness.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis outcome was planned for a good while, maybe for about a year actually. And since then, I've laid the groundwork of clues and story logic that points to it. But after a while, it became clear that it would be a very guessable scenario in terms of what could happen purely from the standpoint of stakes-raising. So as I got closer to the reveal, I dropped a lot of goofy red herrings and engaged in silly forms of misdirection, to the point where it became sort of a gag unto itself. So while many may have theorized this outcome, by the time we were on its precipice, we were up to our necks in so much bullshit, I don't think anyone could be 100% confident about it, even if they still maintained the hunch.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe fact that Jack was the demon in the troll session was another \"managed guessable\". Lord English served as the red herring villain in that session to deter speculation to this effect. English was described as an indestructible demon. The trolls also described their adversary this way (though note, this is a perfectly understandable way to describe Jack in this form, especially since they didn't yet realize it was Jack). The obvious conclusion was that the trolls were dealing with English, and this is what most people guessed. In fact, this appears to have been sold so well, that some people have taken Bec Noir's entry into the troll session as proof positive that Jack = English!<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich is not to say that he definitely isn't. But there is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in this flash which constitutes proof that Jack is English. Lord English is an indestructible demon (who also wears a very large coat many sizes too big for Jack). Jack is also an indestructible demon. Nothing yet confirms they are the same demon.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are clues that point to Bec Noir as the trolls' adversary as well. In Alterniabound (Karkat: Wake up.) Karkat has a hunch he knows who the demon is, but doesn't want to jump to conclusions yet. He'd just seen the demon in a dream, which we just saw in the Flash. There he notices the resemblance to Jack Noir, which he hadn't noticed in the first encounter. Karkat tells Terezi that if he's right, they both get to tell each other \"I told you so.\"Whathemeansbythatis,TerezigetstosayshewasrightallalongaboutJackbeingbadnews.KarkatgetstosayhewasrightaboutitbeingabadideatoexileJack(becauseatthetime,it'squiteunderstandableforKarkattopresumeitwasthesameJackhemet,ratherthanonefromadifferentsession.)<br/>\n<br/>\nTherewereafewpeopleouttherewhotheorizedboththesethingsintandem(Becprototyping,Jack=demon).Butthat'swhathappenswhenyouleaveclueslyingaround.Someoneouttherewillguessright.Butifyoudon'tleavetheclues,developmentshavenoplotfoundation.Thesolutionistomisdirectaswellasyoucan,inawaythat'sentertaining.Redherringsabound.<br/>\n<br/>\nIfyougobackandrereadeverything,especiallypartsofthetrollarc,andthetroll/kidlogs,youseetonsofcluespointingtoallthis,andverycarefullanguageaboutthedemon,whatthekidsdidwrong,etc,
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"id":"andrewhussie1690617240",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690617240\">\nSo is Jack actually Lord English?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRead question below.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe formal answer is \"inconclusive\".<br/>\n<br/>\nThat said, you can speculate anything you want, as long as you realize that Lord English probably should be able to fit into this coat without looking like an idiot.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/003153\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003153</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690631791",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690631791\">\nAre we gonna find out more about Jack/Bec Noir's motivations in destroying all this? Because I mean destruction is cool and all but the question that keeps echoing through my head is WHY?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think we have enough context for you to be able to answer the question yourself.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe know the black kingdom opposes the game objective, which is to create a universe. They are the opposing force to creation, and perhaps more generally speaking, existence. As features of a game, they are \"programmed\" to be that way. This should tell you a lot about Jack's basic nature, or any Derse agent. He was born to be a psychopath.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlthough Jack appears to be a special case, seeming to be the most foul tempered agent, probably more so than either the king or queen. He also has problems with authority in every session. This appears to be part of his programming, causing him to be the agitating influence in a session. If something goes wrong in any given session, there's a good chance he's what went wrong, and maybe this is by design.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690636919",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690636919\">\nIs that a callback I see with the green wings???\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly half a callback.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe first half was during Jack: Ascend when he grew the wings in the first place. His transformation was always supposed to be a little reminiscent of the Anti-Sepulchritude.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690659280",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690659280\">\nAradia describes the instances we are now shown is Bec Noir as being the work of the Demon, Lord English. This seems to pretty clearly indicate Bec Noir is Lord English, and Spades Slick is beginning to look like him, is this just a parallel, or a sign?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe did no such thing. Read again, starting from here.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/004503\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004503</a><br/>\n<br/>\nShe describes a demon, but never says anything directly connecting him to Lord English. Only offhand references to make you think that's who she's talking about. Such as calling the rift a \"scratch\", which brought the demon into the session, where Scratch is the name of the guy who's job it is to pave the way for LE. Sure seemed like she was talking about LE, didn't it? That was intended.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe truth is, there's no evidence at all to suggest the trolls have ever even heard of LE. Aside from Scratch making reference to his \"employer\" when talking to Vriska. Didn't sound like she cared though.<br/>\n<br/>\nAdditional trivia:<br/>\n<br/>\nNote that Aradia appears to be talking to Scratch on this page. <a href=\"/mspa/004505\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004505</a><br/>\n<br/>\nShe asks why he (we now know, Jack) is here. Scratch indicates it's none of his business.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat do you make of this?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690679251",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690679251\">\nSo, from what I can gather, Jade: Enter confirms two things. 1. The Scratch can transport things. 2. The Scratch was caused by Bec's prototyping or, rather, Jack created the Scratch. Am I incorrect in any respect here?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNeither of these things were verified to be true.<br/>\n<br/>\n1. We still don't know what the scratch does, other than being characterized generically as a rift in space-time, and the thing that causes the demon (Jack) to enter the troll session.<br/>\n<br/>\n2. The scratch was not caused by the prototyping. There are many facts which make this clear. In the future, John is wearing his blue outfit while talking to Karkat for the first time. This is just before the scratch, as indicated on the Trollian timeline.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe know that the kids have around 24 hours between this future moment, and the start of the reckoning. Jade's entry was not too long after the start of the reckoning, perhaps several hours. It could be in the neighborhood of 20 hours after Jade's entry when the scratch happens. Until then, it appears Bec Noir will be skulking around the kids' session, until the scratch happens, which somehow unleashes him into the troll session.<br/>\n<br/>\nNo word of God here. This is all in the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat we saw in the animation was Jack fighting with bro and co, getting prototyped, and then a flash-forward to him entering the troll session. It was not a literal sequence of events.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690691922",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690691922\">\nWhy not Jacquerel?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI declare that this is officially his name in your fan fiction.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1690694934",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690694934\">\nI may be wrong in assuming this, but I was under the conclusion that Bec was omnipotent, and by prototyping, Jack has gained said omnipotence. My question, assuming I'm not already wrong, is why Bec would prototype, knowing the consequences?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n1) He is a dog. Omnipotent, not omniscient. He did what was necessary to save his master, the frog temple, and to a lesser extent, Earth.<br/>\n<br/>\n2) He is also a dog who happens to have been genetically engineered by an agent of Derse.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1690698166",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690698166\">\nHas Bec Noir's bloody hand been explained, or should I just be patient and sit still until we find out in the future?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt has not been explained.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1690698778",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1690698778\">\nWhat's the name of the song in the flash? I noticed the credits page hasn't been updated.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nUmbral Ultimatum by Toby Fox.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 27, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1697244265\">\nDid you forget that sprites don't have a ghost-like tail until after they enter the medium? Why Isn't Bec a floating head at first?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't forget. He's sort of a special case, being the first guardian and all. When Aradia prototyped with the frog head, it also had a tail. I guess frogs are a special case too.<br/>\n<br/>\nUsually I'm pretty religious with rules I set up. But occasionally judgments are made to bend the rules slightly in not especially plot significant ways, for stylistic considerations or whatever else. The only real problem with doing this is I'm left open to the [WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ANDREW?!] GOTCHA TRAP.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1697381013\">\nIs there a reason Bec couldn't have destroyed the meteor without being a kernelsprite?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEven though we saw the result, I think there's still some element of mystery left as to why he prototyped himself.<br/>\n<br/>\nCould he have diverted/destroyed the meteor without doing so? Probably.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe word \"omnipotent\" has been thrown around, but we don't know how literal this is or what the extent of his powers was. He could do some crazy things pre-prototyping, sure. But could he fire a huge green laser? We have no idea. It looked like his powers were passive, for the most part. Teleporting anywhere, and being able to teleport anything anywhere. It's reasonable to think he could have redirected it into the sun or such. Maybe he had a good reason for not doing this, and blowing it up instead?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1697821268",
"timestamp":1290988800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1697821268\">\nSo is something like this how the trolls had to deal with their cruxite lususes? That's adding insult to injury.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe entry items for the trolls is one of those topics that was left to the imagination, and it's likely this will always remain the case.<br/>\n<br/>\nEntry items as a whole were never supposed to be THAT significant as a game detail, but in looking back on the four items we've seen, there's a lot to talk about.<br/>\n<br/>\nEach one is symbolic in some sense of a departure. And each has things in common with some of the others.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn's is the simplest, and rooted in the most obvious myth, which is taking a bite of an apple from the tree of knowledge. It makes sense for a number of reasons. It represents the most significant departure since it kicks off the whole game. It's also very easy to \"solve\".There'snopuzzleelementtoit.Theygetprogressivelymorecomplicated.<br/>\n<br/>\nRosehadtobreakawinebottleonherhouse,justasshipsarechristened.Andthoughnotseeminglyapartofthechallengeatfirst,thetrialinvolvedlosingthebottleandhavingtotakealeapoffaithtoretrieveit,andwellasrelyonafriend(Jaspersprite)tohelphercompletethetrial.ThiswasrequiredofJadeaswell.<br/>\n<br/>\nDavehadtowaitforaneggtohatch.Thesymbolismoftheegg,liketheapple,isprettyobvious.Thechallengeherewastodonothing,tohavepatienceforseveralhoursandwaitforittohatch.Andthoughitseemslikeasimplechallenge,itproveddifficultforDave,andwouldbeasignificanttrialforonewhowastobecometheKnightofTime.<br/>\n<br/>\nJadehadtodestroyaBecpiñata.There'splentythatcouldbesaidaboutpiñatas.Youcouldevenbeassuperficialasnotingthey'reusedduringbirthdayparties,andopenedtocelebratebirth.ButIthinkit'smoreinterestingtostudyitfromthevantageofthesymbolismsurroundingthedestructionofeffigies,andtheimplicationsthishasfortheBecprototypingandJackassuminghispowers.Herchallengewastodestroyitwhileblindfolded,andonlybyshootingitinthehead.Severalpreviouschatreferenceshadbeenmadetothisoutcome,whichwassimilarlyforeshadowedbytheirstrifedancetogether.Thesymbolismofkillingherdangerousdogtoenter(i.e.asteptowardgrowingup)borrowsnotesfromtheOldYellerstory,butinthiscase,it'sadogthatcan'tdie(thoughneverthelesswouldassumeadeath-likestatethroughprototyping).Alsoincludedinherchallengewastakingashotinthedark(muchlikeRose'sleapoffaith)andrelyingonherfriendwhoredirectedthebulletthroughhisownhead,theveryfriendshewasattemptingtoslayineffigy.<br/>\n<br/>\nThisiseasilythemostcomplicatedoftheentrypuzzles,verythickwithsymbolicmeaning,andisprobablymyfavoritepartofthisanimation.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlsonotealloftheitemsare,inaway,edible.Theboyshavedirectlyedibleobjects,appleandegg.Thegirlshaveobjectswhichcontainediblegoods;thebottleandpiñatacontainwineandcandy,andbothneededtobebroken.Dave'swasactuallyalittleofboth,afoodproduct,andacontainerforthatproductwhichneededtobebroken(i.e.hatched).JohnandJade'sitemsbothcamesuspendedfromatree.Eachitemhadsignificancetotheplayer,ifloosely.Jade'swasobviouslyquitepersonal.Rose'srelatedtohermother'sdrinking.Davehadbeenplaguedbycrows.John'sistheonlyonewhichseemedgeneric,althoughtherewasatreeoutsidehiswindowwhichseemedtobeafixtureofhislife.Hiswasn'tespeciallypersonalsinceitwasthesimplesttrial,andsomethingmostgenericallybefittingofentryandmythologicaldeparture.<br/>\n<br/>\nEachtrialcanbesummarizedmoresimply:<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn:Lossofinnocence.<br/>\nRose:Leapoffaith,trustinafriend.<br/>\nDave:Alessoninpatience.<br/>\nJade:Shoti
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"id":"andrewhussie1709555034",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709555034\">\nSettle a disagreement with a friend: He says the narrative states that all First Guardians work for Lord English (except maybe Bec, who is not smart enough), but I say that this has been deliberately left ambiguous.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt only states that Scratch works for him. Which is to say, Scratch stated this himself.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt does not say all first guardians work for him.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1709559575",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709559575\">\n\"He ditched the fancy hat and cat cheek tufts for practicality reasons.\" So for practicality purposes he removed those parts but he didn't think it'd be more practical to, y'know, gain back his other arm? I DON'T BUY IT HUSSIE. I'm an ass.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe didn't do anything. The transformation was automatic, as it was the first time it happened.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I said \"He ditched [them],\" I wasn't being literal about a decision he was making. Spoken more technically, I meant \"his body ditched them in a natural response to the mutation he was undergoing.\"<br/>\n<br/>\nWe've all seen powerful dudes evolve into different forms a thousand times. They aren't making choices about their transformations. Come on, we all know how this works.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1709561490",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709561490\">\nDid dave's older brother actually die by jack's hands? If he did why did he take cal with him?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLooks pretty dead to me.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy not take Cal? Makes a good trophy. It's a totally sweet puppet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709561875",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709561875\">\nWill there ever be a flash dramatization of Bro's death? He was the first human to die to death (no extra lives), and the first aside from the lusii (who we didn't really care about). It seems like a pretty dramatic moment, like the death of Qui-Gon Jinn.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut...<br/>\n<br/>\nNobody gave a shit about Qui-Gon Jinn.<br/>\n<br/>\nNor should they have.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709564369",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709564369\">\nDid you just use 'penultimate' to mean 'final'? Uh oh!!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is 100% guaranteed that when someone uses \"penultimate\" correctly, he will be falsely accused by someone of using it incorrectly.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was used to mean \"second to last.\" As is its definition.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1709566913",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709566913\">\nI just noticed that in the 6th ever Homestuck page the 'reader' uses the hand icon to move a cake in John's room, before anyone has installed a player client for his house. Would this be incompatible with the current continuity, or is it explainable?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat cursor was revisited later when Jade was introduced.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe current continuity is always compatible with the older continuities. But sometimes certain systems and patterns are suppressed or ignored for long stretches of time, for whatever reason. Usually to place the focus on other things. It stays that way until those old patterns are revisited. Like when it turned out that some of the trolls seemed to be responsible for the very early failed name entries for the kids.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709567559",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709567559\">\nWas the coloring, or, rather, lack of coloring, of the guardians of the children meant to connect them more strongly with the trolls' lusii? Further, will the guardians of the children all die, similar to how the lusii did?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe guardians and kids were drawn more than a year before I came up with the concept of a lusus.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat sort of delirium would cause you to think I would answer your second question?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe amount of unanswerable questions I get is truly ridiculous.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709570910",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709570910\">\nDo you regret limiting yourself to a humanoid form for Lord English, given the coat?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI defy you to picture a centaur wearing that coat and not be struck pleasantly by what you imagine.<br/>\n<br/>\n(aurthour = english canon canon canon go nuts everyone)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709574599",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709574599\">\nSo Lord English is still a mystery man yet to be revealed i suppose? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe was already revealed. You probably weren't paying attention.<br/>\n<br/>\nRemember the mushroom farming salamander?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709576069",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709576069\">\nAre you actually a fatalist, or do you just like writing about that sort of thing because it's fun?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat does it actually mean to \"be a fatalist?\"<br/>\n<br/>\nProbably just means being some sort of douche bag.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709577651",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709577651\">\nIs it possible that Davesprite lives, because there was no sign of a body, only feathers?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, Jack Noir plucked him naked shooed him away.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709583013",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709583013\">\nAlso, Will you ever post on PA again? You were the first person on the internet to critique my work. I was 13. You were very snarky. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI probably shouldn't have been so rude to a child. Children (people under 25) are very naive and often take things too seriously. You would think I'd have learned my lesson, but here I am sassing up youngsters all over again.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709585838",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709585838\">\nS_O Homestuck is awesome. You know from experience that artists flake on projects all the time, especially ones that require this sort of commitment. Did you ever have problems completing things, and what so you do to keep yourself organised?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThank you; I never have problems committing to work on this site. But it helps that I don't tend to divide my time between other projects.<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept for SBaHJ.<br/>\n<br/>\nFrom my observation, there are two things which cause artists to become deterred from completing their projects.<br/>\n<br/>\n1) Self doubt.<br/>\n2) Video games.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709590812",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709590812\">\nWait, if the scratch happens a month later, then where did Bro's glasses go? Does Dave get them back and wear them later?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's about a day later, not a month.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe shades OBVIOUSLY shattered when Maplehoof's corpse released the Vast Neigh, put on the Cairo Overcoat, and became none other than Lord English himself.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709595951",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709595951\">\nSo, if you are going to marry vriska, does that mean she is the fattest of all?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMost monitors don't have the horizontal resolution to properly convey the grim reality of her astonishing girth.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe will be married at Sea World.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709606180",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709606180\">\nIf Sburb was properly reviewed by Gamebro, what land would Dennis's bro be in right now?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLand of Lawns and Thumb Fractures<br/>\n<br/>\nHe is the Douche of Tears\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709607195",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709607195\">\nIs your romance with Vriska black or red?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't read the trollmance section, it was too long.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709628528",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709628528\">\nHere is an answerable question: how many formpspring questions do you get on average per [unit time]?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat it lacks in unanswerability it more than makes up for in boringness.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709637273",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709637273\">\nWas WV always meant to hate Kings, or did you just come up with it with the 'WV: Become the Mayor of Can Town' suggestion?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe was always meant to be a \"chess guy\", and that probably had more to do with his king hating than being a mayor. His interest in democracy was similarly rooted in this character trait, so it's probably more correct to say the mayor command was adapted to those circumstances, and then elaborated on. Included in this elaboration was the civic roles for all the exiles, leading to the nature of their back stories in the medium.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709639586",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709639586\">\nDraw more, formspring less please?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nToday I posted 14 pages. Seems like enough to me. If I do anything other than this right now, it would be going to sleep.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1709646818",
"timestamp":1291161600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1709646818\">\nBec was created way before the concept of a Lusus, but did Bec influence the idea of a Lusus? At all? In fact, when you drew that weird crab thing for Karkat's sprite, did you think it was his parent in a way?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't recall to what extent Bec influenced the concept of a lusus. I'm pretty sure there wasn't the direct line of inspiration you might expect. But I am sure that as it was conceptualized, the similarity between the way trolls are raised and the way Jade was raised definitely occurred to me. This is something that has been touched upon a number of times. One of the many culture clashes in dialogue that have been made possible by learning about the trolls' world in detail.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nNov 30, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738875195",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738875195\">\nSo a song from the Squiddles album snuck its way into a flash, is any chance the same thing will happen to a Felt one?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProbably.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738905458",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738905458\">\nAndrew are you an atheist\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDeclaring myself an atheist would make me sort of a douche bag, because it would mean I was under the impression that anyone gives a shit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738907347",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738907347\">\nAre we ever going to see Doc Scratch again? He was too cool to just pass over.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738910561",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738910561\">\nFedorafreak is the best character Y/Y?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nY\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738916804",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738916804\">\nCan trolls and humans mate?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere will be a long expository treatise on this subject.<br/>\n<br/>\nStay tuned!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738921976",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738921976\">\nAre you as smug a prick as Papa John?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnobody's as smug a prick as that smug prick mother fucker<br/>\n<br/>\nbetter ingredients. better pizza. kiss my ass.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738968399",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738968399\">\nSo the last line here: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004387 is a reference to The Neverending Story. But was it also foreshadowing Becsprite or is that just a coincidence? Or is it retroactive and you made Becsprite longer in order to evoke TNS?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was sorta both. The whole paragraph references TNS. Which was a book published on the year of my birth. I have just now decided this is really relevant for some reason.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlease note that when the Cosbytop sinks in the oil, it is a direct and OBVIOUS reference to this scene.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/Artax_dies_in_the_Swamp_of_Sadness.mp4\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y688upqmRXo</a><br/>\n<br/>\nCosby succumbs to the sadness, leaving John heartbroken and alone.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1738991773",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1738991773\">\nI've heard tell that Bec Noir is meant to be the \"anti-sepulchritude\" Does that mean at one point, Problem Sleuth was of equal power? Kinda scary. It also makes me wonder just how powerful DMK was in comparison to, say, the troll's final Black King.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLet's not get carried away with the Anti-Sepulchritude thing. That is not literally what it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nOften, ideas are drawn from other ideas without requiring an explicit, canonical link drawn between them.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe has a sword, wings, is driven by a dreadful green energy, and is evil. The character transforming in question is Jack Noir, whose alter ego is Spades Slick, who was the non-canonical evil counterpart to Problem Sleuth. That's all there is to this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1739013694",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739013694\">\nSo the iris of a troll's eye is gray? :3\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe only other obvious color choice would be their blood color.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that's not possible, because it would have given away Karkat's blood color.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo trolls all have boring gray eyes. While we have our boring red blood. Trolls get fancy variable blood colors. We get fancy variable eye colors. Each appears to be inclined to type with their fancy eye/blood color.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1739064478",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739064478\">\nIn Davesprite's home timeline, Terezi killed John (and presumably Jade), successfully preventing Bec's prototyping. So how was there a Bec Noir available to ransack the trolls' session, so that Terezi could be in a position to make those manipulations?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nExactly. That's why the timeline in which she killed John was not the alpha timeline. Because it resulted in such a paradox. As such, everyone from that timeline was doomed. (Davesprite, future-dream Rose)<br/>\n<br/>\nHowever, paradoxically, those same doomed people from that timeline were critical to the events of the alpha timeline. The alpha timeline, and Bec Noir, could not have existed without that doomed timeline. In fact, the kids wouldn't have even been \"born\" without it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1739070690",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739070690\">\nwhy didnt you just use gray and white for the act 5 map colors?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFor the same reason that Act5_2 opens with blue and red curtains, and why blue and red correspond to the troll and human universes respectively. It's a bifurcated act.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739191127",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739191127\">\nSo, if the blue curtain represents the troll universe, why did a red curtain open for the Intermission which we later find out to take place on Alternia?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause it would have been meaningless and confusing at that stage without all the setup.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, Sollux didn't exist yet, whose vision twofold was the basis for this red/blue bifurcation.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739194233",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739194233\">\nWhat would you do if vriska was on your bed right now?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCut a hole in the side of my house and have her lifted out via crane.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739197546",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739197546\">\nAndrew, do you have any clear idea on what instruments the Felt play? Besides that violin-looking one with Snowman on the the cover, I mean. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSnowman has an electric violin, and Lord English conducts with a little pool cue baton. Other than that, no.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739202138",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739202138\">\nI've never seen The Neverending Story but I always thought the long magic dog thing was a reference to Adventure Time. Unless that question and answer were both facetious.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf you watched TNS you would know it wasn't facetious.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe Adventure Time was influenced by TNS? (Probably not.)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739433343",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739433343\">\nI feel like the latest updates (DO THE WINDY THING) should be a flash. Even just a small one. Was there just not a song available for it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot having a song available is never the reason for not doing a flash. There are always many on hand.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'd prefer to be careful about pushing the drama pedal too hard. The dramatics are still ebbing somewhat after Jade: Enter. Not every major development needs to be delivered that way. Static panels have often portrayed significant developments. Sometimes they do so more effectively in some ways. For one thing, they allow the written narrative to come along, jokes and all, whereas flashes are necessarily mute presentations.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, I didn't feel like it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739435542",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739435542\">\nIt occurs to me that you may have begun using Formspring much like your suggestion box. That is, are you asking yourself fake leading questions in order to then talk about the things you want to talk about?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's not how I used the suggestion box.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's not how I'm using formspring either.<br/>\n<br/>\nI see questions.<br/>\n<br/>\nI answer them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1739438320",
"timestamp":1291334400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1739438320\">\nI am an obese centaur with a sack of chicken sandwiches...that is all\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI maraud the hapless centaur for his wealth of poultry.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe centaur frowns.<br/>\n<br/>\n/CSQ\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 02, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757949371",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757949371\">\nIs kanayas land land of lasers and frogs?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757953225",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757953225\">\nSo can we assume that Kanaya's world was the Land of Rays and Frogs?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt looks like I just got asked this question about 50,000 times.<br/>\n<br/>\nFor some reason, the more times I am asked a question, the less inclined I feel to give a forthright answer!<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm going to file this one under draw your own conclusion.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757955001",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757955001\">\nWhat font do you use when introducing the planets?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCarima\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757956892",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757956892\">\nWhy frogs?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy not?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe story has been filthy with frogs so far.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey mean something.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe don't know what yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757967270",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757967270\">\ni don't remember the perry bible fellowship site having closeable curtains until \"Internet Maintenance by Andrew Hussie\" appeared at the bottom. you red curtain fetishists disgust me.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe whole curtain motif was Nick's design, and I'm pretty sure I stole it from him to use as act dividers.<br/>\n<br/>\nI MIGHT have been the one to propose the curtains=closed php feature though. I don't really remember.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757981041",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757981041\">\nWhere I hang out, there is a signifigant overlap between MS Paint Adventures fans and Touhou fans. This means that making Jade's world a planet full of frozen frogs has probably given a good chunk of people Tinfoil hat anyeurisms. Was this deliberate?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnce again, we have reached an impasse. A crossroads, if you will, where YOUR ANIMES collide with MY STORY.<br/>\n<br/>\nHere is the thing.<br/>\n<br/>\nMSPA is a body of work encompassing thousands of ideas.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are many thousands of animes, also encompassing thousands of ideas.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is bound to be some overlap.<br/>\n<br/>\nI also have supernatural powers when it comes to coincidences involving the animes. This should not be overlooked. I have a sort of anime communion. It is my gift.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am the Anime Whisperer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1757986186",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757986186\">\nDo you have a fondness for any particular characters in one of your own works (not necessarily sexually)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI was all set to provide a very thorough and enthusiastic answer, but then I read your parenthetical caveat, and deflated.<br/>\n<br/>\nSorry.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1757998485\">\nis act five ever going to end?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot for a while.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt will be<br/>\n<br/>\nTHE LONGEST ACT\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758005679",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758005679\">\nSo Dave's the easiest character for you to write, but who's the hardest?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDavesprite\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758009259",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758009259\">\nWhere is the quote in the Dream Bubble book actually from?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHamlet\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758013161",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758013161\">\nIs Jade ever going to get one of these? http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001982 http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002207 http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002344\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSure looks like it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758027624",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758027624\">\n\"Also, Sollux didn't exist yet, whose vision twofold was the basis for this red/blue bifurcation.\" Yes he did:http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003615\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat was after the intermission you doofus!<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's what the issue was. Why the red curtain at the beginning of the intermission was red, rather than blue. Sollux showed up 600 pages later.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758035489",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758035489\">\nHow was Tavros able to walk again when his spine was damaged, meaning nervous signals couldn't get through? Do trolls just not work like that, or is Equius that good?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh man.<br/>\n<br/>\nOH MAN.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis comic just got BUUUUUUUUUUSTED.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758042876",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758042876\">\nIf I'm in love with Vriska, and since she's ~13 years-old, does that make me a pervert?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, merely my sworn rival.<br/>\n<br/>\nShe is not big enough for the two of wait what the fuck am I saying.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758046104",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758046104\">\nHow do the trolls talk to the humans if they speak different languages? Does trollian translate english to alternian?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLadies and gentlemen...<br/>\n<br/>\nTHE PLOT HOLE BUSTER.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere he goes. Will we ever see him again???\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758053127",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758053127\">\nThe Dream Bubbles entry was published/written/whatever on the exact day, but one year before Jade's birthday. Assuming she is turning 13 in 2009. Unless John is the youngest of the quartet? Which means it IS her birthday. COINCIDENCE OR INTENTION?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is her birthday (crashday), and John is the youngest. This was established in the ectobiology arc.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758055751",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758055751\">\nConsidering it's been %100 confirmed that the consorts are the awesomest characters ever, are you going to give them a 1000 page intermission or something?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot before the 10,000 page squiddle intermission and then the 100,000 page fedorafreak intermission.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758058928",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758058928\">\nHow does seeing 'adult fanart' of your work make you feel (I assume you've seen some)? I just discovered mspachan tonight; been reading Homestuck from the start and I am... a little weirded out.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy don't you just embrace all the boners they are giving you, and stop bothering me about it?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758064933",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758064933\">\nfor about how many hours a day do you stare at the image of Viriska you have in your bedroom, yurning for the day she finally turns nine solar sweeps old?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's nine solar sweeps or nine hundred pounds.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhichever comes first.<br/>\n<br/>\nPS --- yurning???????????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758071952",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758071952\">\nDo you intentionally use black characters as jokes or is that just an accident caused by your inherent racism manifesting itself by accident?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow could the celebration of these fine, upstanding African Americans conceivably be construed as racist?<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy do you implicitly advocate keeping the black man down?<br/>\n<br/>\nSeems a little racist to me, frankly.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758091214",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758091214\">\nAre you a part of the White Power movement?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI subscribe to the movement which gives white power to black people.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhite people have spent so long being great, I think it is finally time to spread that greatness around to the other races so they can have their turn.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758093658",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758093658\">\nSo, was Charles Dutton a Prospit dreamer or a Derse dreamer?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCharles Dutton was the first Son of Skaia.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe is my father.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758098633",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758098633\">\nDo you wear a fedora? Do you have a thing for fedoras? and do you wear winklepickers?(or howeever they are spelled \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhen examined objectively, a fedora just seems like such an elaborate object to keep on your head. It doesn't make any sense.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is the chicken sandwich question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758241173",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758241173\">\nI asked: Is Jade ever going to get one of these? You answered: Sure looks like it. so, umm... when? not trying to nag (ok just a little).\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a href=\"/mspa/004888\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004888</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758244183",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758244183\">\nA beautiful man of magic and wonder appears in your bedroom at night. You feel like you should be scared, but his presence is somehow calming. You begin to lose yourself in his eyes. What do you do next?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is stupid.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758248686",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758248686\">\nHow exactly did you come up with the idea of \"The Wrinklefucker\" hammer? My friends and I would be highly if you would share this information. :D\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know.<br/>\n<br/>\nI thought about irons and hammers like, really really hard for a while.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't know how ideas happen. They are magic, without the fakeness.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758253119",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758253119\">\nYou realize that your answer to the Touhou question will result in a lot of people going, as per the meme, \"TOUHOU IS NOT AN ANIME\"? Because...it's not. It's a computer game series. And not crappy romance stuff eithier, oh no. We're talking hard shmups. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh I beg to differ.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlease look at this.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=TOUHOU&tbm=isch\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q=TOUHOU&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1920&bih=833</a><br/>\n<br/>\nYou are presently gazing into none other than THE ANIMES THEMSELVES. Behold my prism; Japan stares back manyfold.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf those aren't the animes then I don't even know what the fuck the animes are.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758261439",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758261439\">\ni am watching little monsters right now and it is actually a good movie. have you ever considered that you are the one that likes horrible movies?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo just stop, it is so so bad.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is only one rung below Little Monsters, and that is the rung where the Garbage Pail Kids movie from the 80's resides.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe very existence of that movie is sincerely corrosive to my will to live.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758263164",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758263164\">\n\"If those aren't the animes then I don't even know what the fuck the animes are.\" Mangas?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat sounds like a word that gets used a lot by people who don't have a strong grasp over the animes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1758267761",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1758267761\">\nWhy do Trolls have males and females if they are essentially Bisexual both literally, and reproductively?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTHE JIG IS UP.<br/>\n<br/>\nHOMESTUCK<br/>\n<br/>\nJUST<br/>\n<br/>\nGOT<br/>\n<br/>\nB<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nU<br/>\nS<br/>\nT<br/>\nE<br/>\nD.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778118385",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778118385\">\nI just wanted bec to talk I'm really sad now, like this made me really sad. I feel like you owe me a spritelog with bec with real text later. Pleeeease?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe doesn't talk. He is a mysterious dog.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778122686",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778122686\">\nJust what your comic needed SOME MORE INSCRUTABLE BULLSHIT\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat made it more inscrutable just now?<br/>\n<br/>\nIf anything, Becsprite blowing up the mail lady's computer 2000 pages ago and 413 years in the future actually made things more scrutable.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778123760",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778123760\">\nMan how are YOU feeling after having to make Becspeak? Although I suppose you might have avoided having to see it in motion\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIntense flashing images do not bother me, because I am not a pansy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778125020",
"timestamp":1291680000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778125020\">\nI just spent several minutes trying to determine whether you had hidden a random dot stereogram in Becsprite's spritelog.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat a waste of time!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 06, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778140921",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778140921\">\nwhy did Jade level up if she didn't kill the imp?? it was Bec\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHave you ever played an RPG?<br/>\n<br/>\nMany (most??) split XP among party members for contributing to a battle, even fruitlessly.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, one time John leveled up for just making some babies.<br/>\n<br/>\nThese rules aren't all that rigid.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778145721",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778145721\">\nSo Sburb was a giantly advertized video game that tons of people played in our world. What about the trolls? Did anyone besides those twelve know about Sgrub? Or is it just them?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLooks like it was just them. Aradia dug it up, and Sollux hacked it together with his codes. Doesn't seem like they shared it with anyone outside the group.<br/>\n<br/>\nProbably better that way. Trolls are a nasty race. If there were thousands or millions of players, probably most of them would have been successful. That is a lot of universes created and run by evil aliens.<br/>\n<br/>\nHumans by and large are wimps, so the vast majority of the other players failed, if not all. (This was hinted at by lack of solid documentation on gamefaqs, other than Rose's. ) In that sense, the global proliferation of the game was logical, to improve odds of some group being successful. This is how procreation works most of the time. Safety in numbers.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778146757",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778146757\">\nWhy are the only black people in homestuck carapaced chess men?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think we both know the racisms are in play here, as usual.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778151922",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778151922\">\nWhy does Dave have normal eyes as a toddler, but red eyes as a strapping young adult? Whatever the reason, I like the parallel it plays with Terezi. (I never went through a red eyes phase in puberty oh god what is wrong with me)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou can't see his eyes up close as a baby.<br/>\n<br/>\nRose's eyes are purple, but they have remained uncolored in all panels but one, for stylistic reasons. Much the way they don't have noses most of the time. Or arms.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis should be so obvious.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778152152",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778152152\">\nDo you take suggestions for your ridiculous echeladder names or are those strictly Hussie-generated?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are all mine.<br/>\n<br/>\nUser input is extremely sparse these days. Troll names were the last instance. And they were the first instance in a long stretch of time before that.<br/>\n<br/>\nAt one point, probably well over a year ago, I thought about using polls to determine some major plot developments. Like what Dave or Jade would prototype with. That vague idea was one reason I littered a lot of weird things around their houses (remember Dave's collection of dead shit???), not only as red herring material, but to leave it open to this democratic solution if I felt like going that way.<br/>\n<br/>\nI didn't though. It seemed like too much trouble, and such plot developments have a way of pushing themselves off into the distance. By the time they come around, it's just more natural to have already planned what should happen and act accordingly. The reward for that sort of gimmick is very limited.<br/>\n<br/>\nAt one point I even considered making a fake poll for Jade's prototyping. It would have looked real, but I would have ignored the result and done what I did. But even that would have been too much trouble for little reward. It might have been kinda funny, but ultimately.......................................<br/>\n<br/>\nNah.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778153428",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778153428\">\nIs it coincidence that the words FROG and FORGE are very similar?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey are in fact both typos of each other.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778154442",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778154442\">\nCompared to the previous acts, 5.1 was relatively devoid of flash pages. As 5.2 is now underway, the torrent of animation has resumed. Was it a conscious decision that the troll act should be mostly flash-free?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's a really simple reason.<br/>\n<br/>\nI wanted to get through the troll arc as quickly as possible.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778158040",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778158040\">\nWhile we're on the subject of plot holes, why couldn't Equius have made Tavros some sort of powered armour instead of having to put up with all the mess the chainsaw caused?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI like to think Kanaya just sawed his legs off while he was sleeping, and then asked Equius about it after the fact.<br/>\n<br/>\nOops you thought I was BUUUUUSTED but then it turned out YOU were the one who was that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778161367",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778161367\">\nANDREW HUSSIE DO YOU HAVE AN INTENSE RIVALRY WITH DAVID MALKI ! BECAUSE I AM STARTING TO ASSUME YOU DO\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think by David Malki ! you probably meant Ryan North.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd I think by Andrew Hussie you probably meant David Malki !.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd by \"have an intense rivalry\", you probably meant \"made a cool book together\".<br/>\n<br/>\nOne of my hobbies is turning people's sentences into other sentences, which are different.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778164158",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778164158\">\nWhy don't the players get cancer from the radioactive imps? I'm asking for someone too wussy to ask himself for fear of you snarkily dodging the question. Please prove him right.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRadiation is harmless. Kind of like lava. Why doesn't Dave melt when he's hopping around on gears?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe answer is because these dangerous things are actually harmless in cartoon stories. They are also green and red respectively, just in time for the holidays.<br/>\n<br/>\nI THINK OF EVERYTHING\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778167160",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778167160\">\nIf Jade is John's paradox sister, then why does she wear glasses like Dave does?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you saying Dave wears prescription shades?<br/>\n<br/>\nOr even more troubling...<br/>\n<br/>\nAre you saying Ben Stiller wears prescription shades??????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778172113",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778172113\">\nSo, I've been reading Homestuck at the urge from a friend and am really digging it. My only question is how exactly do you keep up with all this work? Also, good job so far, brosolitis.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. I should point out though, if you weren't a new reader, it wouldn't occur to you to ask this. It is just a fact of the universe. I invite you to begin taking it for granted. It's a wonderful feeling. Maybe the best feeling you will ever have.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778176407",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778176407\">\nI know that ashen relationships are black and primarily hate-based; the two...auspitice-ees feel hate towards each other, and presumably towards their auspitice. But are the auspitice's feelings towards the others hate- or pity- based?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI would characterize the feeling as INTENSE LUST.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow go.<br/>\n<br/>\nBack to your shipping boards.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778183950",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778183950\">\nYou would think that Karkat would be the most willing to ally with the humans due to sharing their blood colour, rather than trolling them, since that was his basis for making a pact with Jack Noir. Is there a reason for his being so difficult?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSharing his blood is not by itself a way to win his favor, because of course he hates himself.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe bonded over it with Jack because he liked Jack better than the kids, who he saw as the source of all his misfortune. He thinks Jack is a cool badass who goes around stabbing people (i.e. Karkat mostly). He became like a father figure to him, and mistreats him just as a true Alternian father figure should.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778186160",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778186160\">\n*ahem* In the new [S] page, we saw current Dave awake from his sleep in the Croc temple (I'm calling it that now) with a pair of shades on like always, but we could see that one of the crocs still had them. DOES THIS MEAN DAVE WEARS TWO PAIRS AT A TIME?!?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe croc had his iShades.<br/>\n<br/>\nDave put on his regular shades.<br/>\n<br/>\nDave is so fast, he can wake up, instantly recognize he's not wearing shades, and put them on in between animation frames.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778195373",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778195373\">\nYou don't seem like you particularly like most of your fans. And, well, looking at most of these questions it's not hard to see why! So... why do the formspring thing at all? I mean, why bother answering?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy would you attribute a lot of joking around and sarcastic remarks to genuine negative emotion? That's awfully literal of you.<br/>\n<br/>\nI treat many questions humorously and assume many people will be smart enough to solve my joke riddles. But some aren't that smart obviously, and this only presents more opportunities for humor.<br/>\n<br/>\nLook at me giving you a hard time here. Does this mean I don't like you?<br/>\n<br/>\ncome<br/>\n<br/>\nOOOOOOOOOON\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778197168",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778197168\">\nHey Andrew, would it be possible for you to put on the site a collection of the terezi drawings of Dave via URLs? please!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA quick and clever way to find them would be to go to the search page and search for every instance of tinyurl.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1778200318",
"timestamp":1291766400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1778200318\">\nWill you be the pap to my shoosh?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou just shooshed the chicken papwich question.<br/>\n<br/>\n.....................................................<br/>\n<br/>\nCONGRATULATIONS!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 07, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818484180",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818484180\">\nSo is Eridan's official title the Prince of Hope? Or is that just Kanaya's insincerity-based humor?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe is the Prince of Hope.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818487475",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818487475\">\nWhy do people care so much about mostly irrelevant plot holes that you can cover up in any way you see fit?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey aren't even plot holes though.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are no plot holes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818492115",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818492115\">\nThere is an error on http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004942 (<black>The Tumor</black>).\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's not an error. That is Rose's sense of humor at work.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoes html even support a <black> tag? Does any language, other than various slapdash custom scripts out there?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818494631",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818494631\">\nWait you're the Humanimals guy? Really? That was you? My worldview has been altered significantly. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is no Humanimals guy.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is only me.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd my children.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818496139",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818496139\">\nBut seriously how do you keep track of the the fucking concurrent crap you have going on? you must have at least 30 different people who are really important to keep track of and over 100 somewhat important people. And clones, time travel, + dreamselves.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have a good memory for ridiculous bullshit and I use these powers to make a silly cartoon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818497563",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818497563\">\nWhat is Gamzee like when sober? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI find this question offensive.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818498508",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818498508\">\nWait, eriden is the prince of light? Bag of douche was better.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n1) No he isn't.<br/>\n<br/>\n2) No it wasn't.<br/>\n<br/>\nF\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818502013",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818502013\">\nYou should try to stretch Homestuck so it's 413 years long.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you implying that it has been running long?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt has been running for a year and a half.<br/>\n<br/>\nPeanuts ran for 50 years.<br/>\n<br/>\nCharles Schultz was a fucking idiot.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818506339",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818506339\">\noliveGarden [OG] began pestering andrewHussie [AH] OG: Why do you never visit our fine establishment? OG: It's almost like your trying to avoid us.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI would rather consume Italian food in the stall of a smelly men's room.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818508840",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818508840\">\nWhere did the totem lathes, punch designixes, cruxtruders andd alchemiters in the veil come from?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat shit is lying around everywhere in the veil. Why wouldn't it be? The technology is pedestrian compared to the other equipment there.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818510140",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818510140\">\nwho cares about all this PLOT isn't it time for someone to start ALCHEMIZING soon i mean SERIOUSLY\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n12/25/10<br/>\n<br/>\nHO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO HO<br/>\n<br/>\no<|:o)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818511101",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818511101\">\nWhat is your thought on these \"NSFW\" ads? They are almost as bad as half the movies John likes..\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOH MAN DON'T GET ME *STARTED* ON THactually I don't give a shit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818514563",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818514563\">\nHey Andrew, if the Squiddles represent the Horrorterrors, then who does Skipper Plumbthroat represent?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA guy who likes to kill cute cartoon squids.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818518421",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818518421\">\nWhy are those four trolls that meddle with the kids called patron trolls? Since all four of them are girls shouldn't they be called matron trolls?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow do you know Jade's is a girl?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818519375",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818519375\">\nAlright, so Dave is blond. But Bro's still a ginger, right?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe correct answer is who really cares.<br/>\n<br/>\nFrankly, his hair looks white in the comic to me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818521920",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818521920\">\nRegarding this recent update... have we wronged you in some way?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't even know which update you're talking about, silly.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818522905",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818522905\">\nA bit late, but why can't the black king start the reckoning before defeating Prospit's army?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe needs the white king's scepter. Defeating the white king is equivalent to defeating his army. Like chess.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818530214",
"timestamp":1292025600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818530214\">\nHey Andrew, how did Dave know about Jack, The Green Sun, and the Tumor? Did he hear it from the Horrorterrors? Was he informed previously in a log we never saw? Does he know about Bro and Davesprite's fate?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's implied he and Rose have discussed some of these topics before. Both of these characters have sort of \"gotten away from us\", as far as their visible narrative goes. Whereas with John and Jade, we have kept a pretty close eye on everything they have been up to since they were introduced.<br/>\n<br/>\nBetween Dave entering his gate and when he went to sleep in the gold ruins, there is much unaccounted for. Same with Rose after destroying her gate. It only gets more out of hand for Dave when he time travels more, i.e. becomes future Dave with the red sleeves. He's obviously been through a lot, and there's no way we'll ever grasp the totality of his experience. It's safe to say he knows a lot more than black suit Dave, but unless something's explicitly stated in the story, we can only guess.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 10, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818531769\">\nHow do you take your coffee?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOften.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818546830",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818546830\">\nThe Green Sun may be twice the mass of our universe, but what kind of density are we talking about? I assume that your use of \"mass\" as opposed to \"size\" was deliberate.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is actually the size of this juice cap.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/002239\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002239</a><br/>\n<br/>\nIn fact, it is that juice cap.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818547276\">\nIf you see a question you don't like, why do you bother answering it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nstfu!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818549029",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818549029\">\nDo you foresee Doof Nak being as big a thing as shoosh pap? Do you try to make such addictive and simple combinations that are easy to stick in people's heads, or are you just that good without even trying?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI foresee BIG THINGS for doof nak.<br/>\n<br/>\nI have just financed a new yacht with the projected doof nak dividends for this fiscal quarter.<br/>\n<br/>\n8)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818557651\">\nSo is Lord English's coat just a red herring? Because I can't really see how the GREEN MOTHERFUCKING SUN could fit into that thing. Also, is it safe to assume that the Green Sun has magical anti-gravity powers that keep it from being a black hole?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you calling the green sun fat? Kind of rude.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso it is safe to say who cares about black holes and physics, since time and space work differently out there. What is gravitation other than the influence it has on time and space? From an Einsteinian perspective (aka the right one) NOT MUCH AT ALL.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso it's a cartoon in which a shitty wizard figurine turned a knitting needle into a superpowered wand.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818577373",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818577373\">\nDo you think that maybe the more content you provide the more we expect, leading to a vicious cycle where you overexert yourself horribly, despite that your comic pretty much updates more frequently than anything of comparable complexity on the whole net?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut satisfying demand has nothing to do with how much I update.<br/>\n<br/>\nI updated the same amount when I started Problem Sleuth, when like 100 people were reading and wondering why the key would turn into a gun.<br/>\n<br/>\nMore actually, because the drawings were lousier.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818577995",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818577995\">\npap pap pap pap pap pap pap pap pap\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....................................................<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\noosh\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818579459",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818579459\">\nWhy have you started referring to Homestuck as a \"cartoon\"? The pictures don't move, most of them anyway.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou do not understand what a cartoon is.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818581363",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818581363\">\nSettle an argument for me, my friend thinks that doof and nak have a romantic relationship, but I considered it to be more platonic. WHAT IS IT?!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ndoofxnak OTPAP\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1818585714",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818585714\">\nNot a \"ooh busted\" thing, just an honest question. End-State Dave has been running around for three or four days in the Medium. What's he been eating? None of the planets look like they have much in the way of food or drink laying around.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat is ridiculous, at one point Dave himself was up to his neck in a pot of water being pelted with vegetables.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818589743",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818589743\">\nWhy was Snoops glorious visage not present in Dave: Snoop?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDutton had the spotlight. Snoop was just showing the big man a little respect.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818591407",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818591407\">\nWhy does the clothing pattern for carapace people change between sessions? In the human session it's colorful, while in the troll session it's dark. Is it randomized?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHumans prototyped a harlequin. Trolls didn't.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818593505",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818593505\">\nSo legendary titles don't always suit their inheritors; case in point, Prince of Hope. Could you talk a little about how Knight of Blood was a challenge for Karkat? Or Seer of Mind for Terezi? Also any others you find interesting.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy doesn't it suit him?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's a lame title that complements him as a grade-A douche.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818596996",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818596996\">\nCan you send me some of your DNA so I can forcibly impregnate my sister with your children?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am calling the police.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1818599043",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1818599043\">\nIn this page (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002241) Dave puts the lid back on the juice and captchalogues it. BUT THE LID IS STILL ON THE FLOOR. SO BUSTED.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat is clearly the green sun on the floor.<br/>\n<br/>\nBusted, I think not.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 11, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836068087",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836068087\">\nCause you're almost certainly getting a heapload of \"I hate all this Vriska stuff\" I would just like to say I'm really enjoying these developments. The fact that I think Vriska is great has absolutely NO bearing on this.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's cool, thanks. I probably am getting a lot of \"WHAT'S UP WITH VRISKA????\" questions. I haven't even scrolled down to look, so I'll just answer this one in a general way.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen examining The Case of Vriska Serket, it helps to zoom way out on the story for a moment. Rewind all the way back to act 4, when just a few trolls were lurking around, and behaving as little more than a nuisance.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I was about to launch into the Hivebent arc, I thought one cool opportunity that presented was to introduce a very major character out of nowhere, who we had literally no foreknowledge of other than one shot of a strange looking horn cropped off panel. The entire profile of this character was always meant to be \"someone who is in some way involved with practically everything\", and the scorpio sign seemed suited to this. This aspect of her profile was conveyed up front in her introduction, and hammered repeatedly with almost every scene she's been in. Hivebent was a good introduction to the ways in which she entangles herself nefariously with everything, and slowly but surely, this has been revealed to be the case in the main plotline. It was unclear before, and indeed unclear that this was even a question that needed to be answered, because she had not been introduced yet. And personally, I think there's something kind of exciting which that proposition injects into a story.<br/>\n<br/>\nBefore Hivebent, most of the trolls were portrayed as incompetent at trolling. And when the roster was expanded, the question was begged: are any of these trolls any good at trolling? So part of her profile was also to serve as the ultimate troll. Karkat was an effective troll insofar as he was loud and angry and obnoxious, but that's about as far as it went. Vriska was designed to be a good troll in the purest sense of the word. She gets people legitimately riled up. Both in the story, and even more importantly, outside it. There is no other troll, or really even any other aspect of Homestuck, which generates more debate. This was intentional, and continues to be.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow if over time it begins to seem she's behind more and more of the negative plot developments, she could certainly start to be regarded by some as a one trick pony, from a plot-impact standpoint. But there's a lot to consider here. First of all, very simply, sometimes a story is going to have that \"evil mastermind\"character,whobydefinitionisresponsibleforthingstoanextentfarbeyondwhatfirstappeared.ThisIthinkisageneralizedenoughconcepttoqualifyasabasicstorybuildingblocktoadaptincreativeways,andisnotsospecificastoencroachonclicheterritory.Themastermindisasortofarchetype,andshe'srevealedtobeonesuchinstantiation,withherownstyleandsetofmotives.<br/>\n<br/>\nAdditionally,everythingshe'sdoneisjustlogicalwithrespecttoeverythingweknowabouther.Sheispresentedwitharoomfullofcomputerstappedintothesessionwhichunleashedtheirnemesisonthem.Shehas6hourstodowhatevershewants.Giveneverythingshe'sdonebefore,thethoughtthatshewouldn'tusehertimetomaximizeherinfluenceonthatsessionineverywayshecanimagine,andeverywaywhichsuitshermegalomaniacalpointofview,isprettyimplausible.Ofcourseshe'sgoingtosecretivelywreakhavoc.Wearejustsystematicallydiscoveringhowshewentaboutit.ThiswasanENORMOUSquestionbeggedbytheHivebentarc,consideringherrelevancethere.Whichwas,nowthatweknowabouther,whatwasVriska'sroleinthekids'session?Thisisareallystrikingpointofcuriosity,especiallysincewehadneverheardapeep
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"id":"andrewhussie1836111097",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836111097\">\nDid you always intend for Vriska to become the main villain of the story? How long did you have this up your sleeve for?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe isn't the main villain, nor do I really see her as much of a villain at all, conventionally speaking.<br/>\n<br/>\nShe is a major character, with a series of striking strengths and weaknesses, whose every action appears to have antagonistic consequences.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoing things which oppose the goals of the protagonists I don't think automatically makes a character a villain. It makes them part of the ensemble, which in totality creates challenges for the heroes. The other trolls also made a point of antagonizing our heroes. Could they be regarded as villains? Where do you draw the line in a story between troublemakers and real villains?<br/>\n<br/>\nJack Noir is a villain. That's pretty clear cut. Maybe one good way to define a main villain is whether stopping him will allow the heroes to overcome all their major obstacles. I don't think Vriska qualifies, by that definition.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1836318576",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836318576\">\nIs Vriska intended to be a parody of Mary Sue characters?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot really. If anyone's a \"Parody Sue\", which is already an entry in TV tropes, it would have been Jade in the early going. But even then, I don't think I'd really call her that. I think it's a little lame to be aware of tropes while writing a story and almost use them as a palette, or a checklist. Like, ok, I'm gonna do that and that and that! I just saw her as cute, silly character with lots of answers at that point in the story with SOME traces of satire directed at \"Sue types\", who eventually had the rug of all her advantages pulled out from under her and now has to go through a process of discovery like the others. Not every peg needs to be crammed into some trope hole, even if it seems vaguely apropos.<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska, if anything, would be a further distortion of a Parody Sue, like an \"Evil Parody Sue\", and even then, in a kind of meta way. She lives her life as her own self-aggrandizing, wildly powerful self-insert character, always comes out on top, and never suffers consequences. She even sort of mocks her own intent on this on a meta level by \"self-inserting\" into the kids' story and influencing their events, as she said. And when I say \"she mocks\" I guess I mean \"I mock\". I'm usually pretty aware of a lot of tropes even though I've made nothing close to an exhaustive study of tvtropes.com, and I'm much more inclined to include tropes by warping them rather than deliberately decorating the story with a lot of straightup instances. Though obviously using them is often inevitable, since these are atomic storytelling building blocks we're talking about here.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1836320774",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836320774\">\nJegus, you write a fucking essay for one question, but you haven't answered a single on that I so nicely typed for you! It's because I'm not horribly obese, isn't it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah but that one answer was really the answer to like ten questions all in one. One of them hypothetically might have been yours!!!!!!!!!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836334226",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836334226\">\nRe: reading archivally vs. serially, most of the time I get the impression that you cater mostly to the serial readers. Like, when I was reading Problem Sleuth I got to a certain page and was like \"Why's he going on about Halloween?\" for a moment.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are some injections meant for serial readers. That doesn't mean I'm catering to serial readers primarily. I'm not. That would not be good.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836340402",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836340402\">\nMr. Hussie, I would like to congratulate and thank you for creating the greatest thing I have ever read. Fuck the classics, sure, Shakespeare and Herman Melville may write well, but can they make shit like this? FUCK NO. YOU ARE THE GOD OF FUCKING STORIES\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I'm not as good as them.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I do like to entertain a fantasy where one of those guys tries to make a Flash animation. They would have sucked SO BAD at that.<br/>\n<br/>\nHahaha, suckers.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is Shakespear......<br/>\n<br/>\nWHATS A COMPUTER<br/>\n<br/>\n@___________________@<br/>\nduuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuur\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836342938",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836342938\">\nWhy are you such a huge racist? Do you think that Bill Cosby worked this hard and got where he is today, just so people can LAUGH at him? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni have no answer i'm just bumping this up top\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836349002",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836349002\">\nHey Andrew. Big fan. Who isn't. Anyway, I was wondering:what model tablet do you use to draw homestuck? Also, I know you don't do commissions anymore, but if I donated a ridiculous amount of money would you consider it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have used a quirky, broken Wacom Intuous 3, 9x12, since the beginning of Homestuck, and an even quirkier, brokenner Intuous 2 for the entirety of Problem Sleuth.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne of these days I will buy a new tablet that is not broken.<br/>\n<br/>\nMy minimum commission rate is five thousand dollars.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836353278",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836353278\">\nIf someone were to donate a new tablet, would you use it to draw them a commission?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly if it cost $5K.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836363947",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836363947\">\nI am pooping my pants in rage at these updates. There is literally shit in my trousers. Vriska has made me that mad. What are you going to do about this, sir?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBack on the serial vs archival perception issue, here's something kinda funny to put it in perspective.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the grand scheme of things, Vriska did some stuff to the plot that got people hot and bothered, and filled hundreds of pages of forum threads with discussion about it. There was a time that happened, and many things were said and grievances were aired.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was called \"Sunday\".<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then there was a lot of other shit that happened.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836470699",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836470699\">\nWhy do you think some people think certain developments are bad for the story, despite there being foreshadowing clues and without waiting to see what happens next?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSometimes the direction of the plot clashes with people's fan fiction, and that hurts their self esteem.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836472540",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836472540\">\nWhy are all the ads on your site for porn?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHella bux in bonerz, pass it on.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836473857",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836473857\">\nHey, I get the story purpose behind having all these depressing conversations about the trolls issues, but have you ever thought that it might be kind of unfun, or at least boring, to read pages and pages of batshit insane Vriska and pathetic Tavros?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's actually hilarious though. Every bit of it is hilarious.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is not a single moment in which I was not personally chuckling when writing Tavros's sad sack conversation with Jade.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836476162",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836476162\">\nMy school is going to do this [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ed mural thing, made by students. You're skinny enough to pass for a teenager, so you wanna give us a hand? I don't have the cash, but I could probably gank five thousand one dollar McDonald's coupons.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI appreciate your suggestion that I appear youthful, but the truth is I would likely be arrested as a child predator the moment I set foot on to your campus, sorry.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836477919",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836477919\">\nHold on... How come Vriska could read Jade's \"Holo-screen\" (?) Did she somehow learn how to read in English?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh fuck, Homestuck's leaking like a sieve, EVERYONE ABANDON SHIP!!!!!!!!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836480812",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836480812\">\nIt really doesn't seem like she's mastermind behind all this, more like you're just filling plot holes with her.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut none of those things were plot holes.<br/>\n<br/>\nJade's narcolepsy wasn't a plot hole.<br/>\n<br/>\nDave getting killed by DD wasn't a plot hole.<br/>\n<br/>\nDang.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen stupid people get in front of keyboards, THAT'S WHEN THE MAGIC HAPPENS\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836481423",
"timestamp":1292198400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836481423\">\nYou should definitely consider getting more sleep! Why would you stifle your poor poor brain cells by answering formspring questions at 1am?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you serious? 1am is like noon for me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 12, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836514556",
"timestamp":1292284800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836514556\">\nBecause guess what dumbass? You crossed the line where people stopped hating her as a character and started hating her as a plot device. You let the praise Vriska's fans had for you go to your head.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWait, that's what I did???? See look at this. More fan fiction.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlease, for the love of god, try to graduate from junior high school soon. The world cannot handle the tremors of your pubescent thunder.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the meantime, please discard your keyboard. It will serve as nothing but a gateway to limitless public humiliation and sorrow.<br/>\n<br/>\nB)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836517769",
"timestamp":1292284800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836517769\">\nIf you were planning on introducing a masterful manipulator by Act 4, why didn't you start foreshadowing it then? The end of the troll arc was not soon enough to make Vriska being responsible for everything not look like a major retcon.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRetcon? You're getting carried away.<br/>\n<br/>\nRecent events have revealed her to be responsible for exactly two more things than we were previously aware of.<br/>\n<br/>\nJade sleeping a lot.<br/>\n<br/>\nDD killing Dave.<br/>\n<br/>\nLet's look at the first one. We had a girl who fell asleep a lot, inexplicably. We had an evil troll who liked to put kids to sleep as her primary means of influence. HMMMMM.<br/>\n<br/>\nWith Dave's death, her involvement was actually reasonably foreshadowed. We knew Vriska was responsible for killing Dave at least once, according to Karkat, per her feud with Terezi. Now we know how. Could it have been foreshadowed MORE SO before Hivebent? Maybe... but how, and why? All we knew was DD went to Dave's place to get the journal, in the exact window of time it was on the toilet. How did he know it was there? Some mysterious \"anonymous tip\" I guess. Now we know the nature of that tip. I'm struggling to think of a way in which additional foreshadowing would have actually improved this event.<br/>\n<br/>\nOther than that, her being \"behind everything\" was a statement made by her, an exhibit of bravado. We have no evidence regarding what else she's influenced.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut yeah, looking at those examples you're totally right. I'm just WAVING MY RETCON WAND AROUND, WEEEEEEE.<br/>\n<br/>\nRecasting in the light of new understandings is not always the equivalent of retconning.<br/>\n<br/>\nI should point out there isn't much dissatisfaction about this really. I've just been cherry picking a few questions which strike me as stupid.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836521772",
"timestamp":1292284800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836521772\">\nWow, you're becoming kind of a jerk. People may not be wording these in the politest of ways, but other people who are stable minded may share some of these opinions and you're pretty much insulting in whole. Shouldn't they be allowed to have views?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am not a jerk, I like to joke around.<br/>\n<br/>\nDo my jokes disallow varied views?<br/>\n<br/>\nMy jokes would be pretty dangerous if they did that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836522084",
"timestamp":1292284800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836522084\">\nokay, did Dave's decision to NOT go back in time and stop DD create an alternate timeline that the kids now inhabit? I am just confused as to the temporal mechanics of this current scene. Or was it the other Dave going back in time and getting killed?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDave went back in time to catch DD in the act.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat was a MISTAKE!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nThat Dave became doomed. He died. The timeline he left behind also became doomed. It was the timeline he disappeared from, never to return.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe three other kids in that timeline then proceeded with their adventure without Dave. They were also doomed.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1836533443",
"timestamp":1292284800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836533443\">\nDude, quit deflecting questions with insults. It's pretty unbecoming when I know you could shoot them down much more eloquently. It makes you seem desperate to defend you choices.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are plenty of answers below which reek of eloquence. Should I repeat myself every single time? Occasionally I select a question for the sole purpose of talking smack with a doofus. Because it's funny!<br/>\n<br/>\nkinda like<br/>\n<br/>\nright<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nnow<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nB)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1836534527",
"timestamp":1292284800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1836534527\">\nSir, as a reader who had to catch up on a year and a half of homestuck, and have been reading the last few moments serial, I think I am the most appreciative of this Vriska development. There are no filled plot holes, merely well planned explanations.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYES, THIS GUY KNOWS WHAT'S UP!!!!!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nJust kidding, y'all. His is just one of many varying legitimate points of view.<br/>\n<br/>\nThank you, though.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 13, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1887999199",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1887999199\">\nHow do you keep the sound so perfectly synced on the animations? I've always experienced desynchronization when I try long files with sound.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe desynchronization of sound streaming on the timeline is one of the most terrible things about Flash and the programmers should feel ashamed of themselves. I always remedy this problem by making stuff late in the timeline happen just a little later than it's supposed to, by progressively wider margins. But hey maybe there's some better answer to this than I'm aware of.<br/>\n<br/>\nLol at everybody coming here to read answers about the story only to find me talking about lame Flash technical stuff.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888001708",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888001708\">\nWhen GPI first ascended to godhood, we were not longer able to give him commands (save one and its variants). Is the same thing happening to WV with John's ascension?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe.<br/>\n<br/>\nOr...<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn just died. From WV's perspective: game over.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888006123",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888006123\">\nWhat WOULD happen if a seizure kernel wasn't prototyped before entry? Will we ever know?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRose talked about this. The battlefield would not undergo its next transformation. The final form of the battlefield is necessary to create a universe. Without it, you can't win.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888006555",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888006555\">\nYour latest flash gave me chills. Great work, dude.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888020658",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888020658\">\nAre the terms \"the Medium\", \"the Incipisphere\", and \"paradox space\" interchangeable? If not, could you explain their relationship to each other, and other parts of Homestuck's cosmology?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo. The Medium is the generous ring of space surrounding Skaia, and bound by the Veil. It's where the planets orbit. As it is in between these two things, it is literally the medium, as in the space in the middle.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe Incipisphere is all of these, Skaia, Prospit, the Medium, the Veil, and Derse, stopping short of the Furthest Ring. It is in fact a bubble in the Furthest Ring.<br/>\n<br/>\nParadox space is even broader. It encompasses everything, including the Furthest Ring, all Incipispheres ever, and all universes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888035285",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888035285\">\nSo, was that just like what happened with Sollux, where John died and used his dreamself as an extra life, or was that something new that we haven't seen before that Vriska will be insufferably smug and Fred Savagely face-punchable about now? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's both.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn is using his dream self as an extra life, like Sollux did.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it's also something we haven't seen. He was not resurrected in the same manner. Sollux was kissed by a princess, and his dream self woke up and took over as the \"real\" him, with no additional benefits. John died on his quest bed, which clearly leads to a much more elaborate resurrection. His dream self is taking over, but now as the fully realized Heir of Breath.<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska knew this would happen, and it's heavily implied she went through the same process. In fact, she practically stated it outright. We don't know the details yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1888049006",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888049006\">\nso what exactly happened to john's real body? the fireflies took it, and he glowed and then... something. did he combine with his dream self, so now their the same body, but in skaia? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe saw what happened to John's real body at the end. It's still lying there on the quest bed, bloody and dead. It is now a corpse forever. It did not combine with the dream self. The dream self is an independent entity which wakes up and walks around when the player goes to sleep, or in this case, dies on his quest bed.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen that happens, you may notice the dream self also wakes up on a corresponding quest bed on the battlefield. With a little inference, we can gather that since players have duplicate quest beds on the battlefield, that this is likely how players are normally supposed to get to the battlefield, rather than crashing into it via moon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1888112877",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888112877\">\nGiven the nature of Homestuck, do you have any regrets regarding the characters, plot, etc? Maybe looked back at something you did a year ago and gone \"ah, crap, I wish I'd done that differently\"? Not that I'm saying you should -- everything's real cool\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhile simultaneously realizing that everything I do can always be better in every single way, regrets and rear view gazing are excluded from the process deliberately. This is storytelling in hyperspace. Everything is done with the intent to make something as good as it can be, as loose as can be, and as FAST. FAST. FAST. as possible. Lamenting decisions is at odds with this approach, and would be irrational. If I allowed room for second guessing, then I'd be doing something completely different.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou can isolate any single thing from this, written or drawn, and conclude that with a little more time, some more drafting, editing and revision, it would improve. Such are the benefits that more conventional productions enjoy. They are how works of entertainment become polished. But that's not the mission here. There is virtually no editing going on here at all, at any stage, from conception, to typing, to drawing, to animating, to posting. The most written editing I'll do is tweaking a phrase or two after copy-pasting the text from the doc into the browser while updating. Drawings are never drafted or revised. It's always done in one shot. I don't storyboard the animations, and often don't really have the full scene sequence in mind until I'm nearly done. It's very fluid. It's all part of the challenge this represents to me in totality, and an aspect of its experimental nature.<br/>\n<br/>\nCould it reach another level with a more intensive editing process (or one at all)? Of course. With enough concentrated reexamination, I'm sure the thing could be smoothed to such a seamless literary state, it could enter Earth's atmosphere without catching fire. It could certainly be more illustratively maniacal too. But editing is a time sink. Even a little is too much, because the top priority by far is speed. To bring as many ideas to coherent realization as quickly as possible. I get the most out of visuals with the least effort, and even though it doesn't look like I'm using all my artistic ability to make this, I do use my full experience as an artist to understand how best to optimize. Strong, simple shapes and silhouettes, dynamic composition, attention to color choice, minimal splashes of animation, all those things go a really long way for making striking visuals without requiring much effort.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt just occurred to me recently that I haven't even reread the whole story in more than a year. (It's too long! Who has time for that.) There was a time in the early going, when it was a couple hundred pages, I'd reread it now and then to develop a feel for how it read, and help solidify my thoughts on the new project and develop ideas for where I wanted to push it in its fledgling state. But after rolling for a while, rereads became unnecessary. I maintain all relevant story data in a part of my mind which I'm sure has adapted itself to be completely useless for any other task besides keeping track of Homestuck. (Though I will say, mingling amidst community discussion does help keep some details fresh in the mind.) The only time I go back to an earlier page is to verify a particular phrasing or such, or to check out a panel as a drawing reference. Other than that, I'm not sure if I've reread more than 10 consecutive pages in a year. That would be rear view gazing.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut having said that...<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe I'll give it a full reread in the near future, just for the hell of it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1888116874",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888116874\">\nWill we ever see Andrew Hussie in-story again? Will he be able to save Fantasia from the Emptiness? Can he defeat Xayide, I must know.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe'll be around.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen he's least expected, and most unwelcome.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1888119310",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888119310\">\nis karkat like based off of u as a kid like u were emo??\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI never talked as a kid, so there is pretty much zero overlap.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888127051",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888127051\">\nThis isn't a question, but... I have to thank you. I had writers block, saw the update, and the sheer amount of concentrated awesome protruding from it obliterated my writer's block. Great work man, and thanks for helping me out incidentally!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCool! You should never allow the lack of content to get in the way of production, much like you should never let the truth defile a perfectly good anecdote<br/>\n<br/>\nI wonder what it's like to have writer's block?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe day I get it will be the day a billion horses die in deafening unison. Don't go outside that day.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888130410",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888130410\">\nHey Andrew Hussie. I'm still waiting on your answer on the rate of formspring questions per flash update.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk, I just clicked \"More questions\" like 6 or 7 times, and all the questions on the page were still asked within the last hour.<br/>\n<br/>\nHonestly, I don't even read 1/20th of the questions submitted.<br/>\n<br/>\nSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYY\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888132803",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888132803\">\nHow did the Breeze succeed in putting out the fire if, and I quote the 17th century French nobleman Walt Whitman, \"wind extinguishes candles and fans a fire\"?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause it wasn't wind.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was THE BREEZE.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso Walt Whitman was an ignorant sack of shit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888134677",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888134677\">\nblind girl has nice ass?!!?!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI vaguely remember reading this exact question posted several days ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat the hell is wrong with you?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888148392",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888148392\">\nIf Dave is you, and his psychological problem thing is his comics, then is Homestuck a personal analysis of your insecurity with your comics (or something like that?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDave isn't me, that's stupid.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe says funny things, the sort of things which I myself tend to say on occasion, because get this - I'm writing his lines!<br/>\n<br/>\nBut even on those finite grounds, I guess that makes him arguably some class of author-insert avatar, doesn't it? Or it would, if there weren't literally already one of those somewhere else in the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nHere's the thing on that. Ordinarily author inserts are embarrassing glorifications of themselves. But with Dave, I had to take a little something off. Because in reality, aside from the fact that I don't wear shades, I am considerably cooler than Dave. This is a fact of the truest proportions. Consider that all of his remarkable achievements (SBaHJ) are in actuality my own, while the scope of my real life credentials eclipse his considerably (time travel notwithstanding).<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes it is actually physically painful being this cool. I preemptively welcome your compassion, and monetary patronage.<br/>\n<br/>\n<HUGE> 8) </HUGE>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888149912",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888149912\">\nNEVERMIND I LIKE YOU AGAIN i doubt you'll read this but i felt very guilty for being such a meanie so i wanted to say it anyway!!!!!!!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWho are you?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's kinda funny when people ask me \"follow up\" questions as if I'm keeping the slightest track of who's saying what.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnyway s'cool.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888150163",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888150163\">\nNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAKNAKANAKANAKANAKNAK\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh will you SHUT UP.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888157233",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888157233\">\nDuring the latest animation, Dream!John begins bleeding from the same wound inflicted on Real!John. Since it looks like the fireflies are reviving John (like the kiss to Sollux and whatnot), does the wound represent the two Johns switching places?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSpeculation abounds.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll we know are the facts of what we saw.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn was stabbed; killed.<br/>\n<br/>\nShortly after, his dream self began bleeding from the same wound.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then, this became irrelevant, as his resurrection completed itself.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe don't actually know why. Often we have a reasonable amount of information to make inferences regarding things that go by silently in animations. But other times, new mysteries are presented in animations. This is not a case where we \"should\" know why this is happening, if only we could identify the pieces which explain it. It is unexplained phenomena.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe'll have to wait and see.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1888161636",
"timestamp":1292630400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1888161636\">\nHomestuck started out pretty lighthearted! I suppose it would be dumb to ask if you intended for it to get darker later on, but is the level of darkness about what you envisioned? Was Cal originally the only intended survivor at this point in the story?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's still lighthearted.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is in fact relentlessly lighthearted, even in the midst of serious drama.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe villain is a FUCKING DOG WEARING SUNGLASSES.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 17, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1935264514",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935264514\">\nIt doesnt seem very light hearted with this constant tormenting of poor Tavros. Your being pretty frigging sadistic for you to be drawing out his suffering for so many updates. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah but a story doesn't have to be just one thing. What's so hard to understand about that?<br/>\n<br/>\nThere have been other heavy moments. Bro died, dream Jade died, etc. Neither those moments, nor this one, nullifies the thousands of absurd jokes already littering this story, and those still to come.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis little segment was a bit of a Hivebent throwback. (If you can really \"throw back\" to something that happened over the summer.) Hivebent was still pretty silly, but it was darker and a bit more psychologically charged than typical HS action. This sequence taps into the Hivebent melodrama again, and steps it up a bit, since of course the story is moving forward and raising the stakes, as it should be.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd all that aside, there's still some humor present here if you take a step back. Understanding the full context, we see that some pretty silly cartoon mobsters from the future are simultaneously urging a confused boy to kiss/kill a girl. Believe it or not, that's actually a pretty humorous scenario!<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that said, I'm not going to pretend this whole thing isn't completely fucked up. Of course it is. That's the point.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie1935301133",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935301133\">\nI've noticed the ludicrous amount of money your adverts pay to get their games/businesses/pornsites on your site. How much money do you get off of these guys? I mean, $152.80 for ONE advert??? DAYUM!!!!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI WISH<br/>\n<br/>\nThose are brief spikes in price that only tend to last an hour or so. Typical rates are way lower.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935311996",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935311996\">\npap shoosh nak doof shoosh:doop nak:pap hoo hoo hoo hoo haa haa haa haa hee hee hee hee\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, that's right.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou all asked me really insightful, pertinent questions.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd this is the one I chose to answer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935372047",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935372047\">\nhow much money do you make on merchandise?? the new shirts sold out pretty fast but for all we know you could have only made five of them.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe've only been printing around 100 of each design when stocking shirts. More than that would require a significant setup and staff to ship out in a timely fashion, beyond what I have now which is just my friend Cindy shipping them out herself.<br/>\n<br/>\nNext year hopefully I will be able to put things in place to satisfy demand. Having to dealing with significant demand for this stuff caught me a bit off guard, because until quite recently, it wasn't really like that. Also, what modest sales there were, Topatoco handled for me, and I never had to think about it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935451929",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935451929\">\nIf a player is killed, does the dreamself always replace them, or does the dreamself die as well if they are not quickly resurrected through some special method? Like how Dream John started bleeding from a stab wound and Dream Vriska started bleeding out?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are only two ways we know of that the dream self can serve as an extra life.<br/>\n<br/>\n1) The corpse must be kissed by a prince or princess. (Please note, they are technically all princes/princesses of their respective moons.)<br/>\n<br/>\n2) The player must die on their quest bed/cocoon, in which case their dream self takes over while upgrading to god tier on the battlefield.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe dream self also takes on the critical wounds sustained by the real self, but in a delayed fashion. Note how dream John began bleeding a little while after he was stabbed. These wounds are healed upon resurrection.<br/>\n<br/>\nPresumably the dream self will eventually die from the same wounds inflicted on the real self, but after a time delay. This would suggest the player has a pretty brief time limit to complete their resurrection.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe've only seen three examples of this. John and Vriska, who both died on the quest bed/cocoon, so the time limit didn't matter.<br/>\n<br/>\nSollux was also resurrected after being kissed by Feferi. This means after he died, she made the trip between her world and his in QUITE A HURRY.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935493605",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935493605\">\nIf the \"light\" in Vriska's title refers to luck does that mean that Rose also has an improbably high amount of luck? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere's more than one word to the title though.<br/>\n<br/>\nThief of Light means she can take luck from others. This makes her lucky.<br/>\n<br/>\nSeer of Light would better translate to \"understander of fortune\". Whatever that means!<br/>\n<br/>\nBut we should note that it's pretty questionable how well Rose has been keeping up with her personal quest duties.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1935575110",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935575110\">\nWhile back you answered a question about tropes, and I loved it. tvtropes.com is a joke of site, where people who spend all day watching TV and playing games go to feel academic. Reading that doesn't make you a great writer; you just sound Dennis Miller.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't intend to completely rip on it. It's a pretty entertaining site in some ways, and definitely in moderation.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne of the worst things about it is not necessarily the site, but the influence it has on the way so many people discuss entertainment. Dropping trope names starts to become a substitute for original ideas and critical thinking. This also leads to flagrant misdiagnoses of what's going on in a story as some pretty bland minds struggle to shoehorn everything they see into a defined trope.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's like religion. Silly people forfeit original thought and substitute it for reference to excerpts in scripture. TvTropes is the holy scripture for anime nerds, and less caustically, just a bunch of young people who don't really know any better yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1935644220",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935644220\">\nIn the Image Manip thread, it was noticed that the scenes with gratuitous amounts of troll blood weren't all that disturbing until you turned the blood red, which is a normal response I suppose. Was this one of the reasons you gave them unrealistic blood?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.<br/>\n<br/>\nReally, imagine me sitting around thinking, I gotta come up with some means of taking the edge off all these future bloodbaths I'm planning. I know... rainbow blood!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nThe hemospectrum was just an idea that grew quite organically, something that wasn't part of the picture at all until after Hivebent was underway . It turned out to be a pretty good detail to fuel some of the dilemmas and intrigue surrounding the trolls' story, as well as just something kind of fun and unique about their race. Hivebent was in part about fleshing out the details of the race and setting them apart from humans, in a fairly traditional sci-fi world building sense. All grounded in humor of course.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1935654977",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935654977\">\nSo Tarvos was being controlled by Aradia to write what she was \"saying\"? Damn.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhoops no!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1935708588",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935708588\">\nDid you make the Black lance that Tavros has look like Sn0wmans? Or did you just use Sn0wmans lance/cigarette holder to save time?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat would be PRETTY LAZY of me wouldn't it.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe trolls had a long and eventful adventure. Karkat took Jack's regisword and used it to make a regisickle. We can infer that at some point they managed to duplicate and/or steal the queen's lance. The queen either kept her original copy of the lance, or stole it back, or it got sent to Alternia via the exiling process, just like the Queen did to become Snowman. At which point Snowman recovered it.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are so many possible ways to explain this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935720317",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935720317\">\nOh man, is Vriska wearing socks underneath strap sandals? So cool 8888)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935785516",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935785516\">\nWas \"I 8n't dead\" a reference to Discworld (which is a book, not an anime)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAnd once again, my Formspring account has been befouled by references to your favorite animes.<br/>\n<br/>\nDiscworld?<br/>\n<br/>\nYou just KNOW that's got to be made by somebody Japanese.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935810243",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935810243\">\nDear Dr. Hussie, Are you watching the Lunar Eclipse? It is the first one since 1638!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was cloudy and I couldn't see it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935830348",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935830348\">\nhttp://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6 is the URL of page one of Homestuck. But when you replace the 6 with a number 1-5 you get the different MSPAs that youve done before, including HS Beta. However 3 is a single bloody spade titled ??????. Explain please?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's the Midnight Crew adventure I didn't do.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the Homestuck universe, MSPA is currently running that MC adventure.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd in the troll universe, that adventure is actually taking place, on post apocalyptic Alternia.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935850888",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935850888\">\nSo if past experiences are anything to go by, since you've yet to get to the Final Boss Homestuck is less the half over right? Chapter 7 will be a doosie. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMy plan at the moment is to make Act 7 serve as pure wrap up. Perhaps consisting only of several significant animations.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf that is that case, then Act 6 would function as the last \"normal\" act.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut you know how these things go. Plans can change.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1935882564",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935882564\">\nTerry Pratchett made Discworld. Terry Pratchett is not Japanese. (people are pissed off...)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHahahaha and the dumb guy to correct me turned out to be you!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nCan I get a no shit up ins.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935898145",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935898145\">\nOK, so you don't like references to the animes. Is there anything else we should steer clear from in asking questions, lest we invoke the wrath of AH?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPlease submit a list of your top ten favorite animes, and a brief essay on what makes each one so amazing.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen we'll talk.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1935906671",
"timestamp":1293062400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1935906671\">\nI'm going to join in the inevitable howling chorus of \"ITS BRITISH\" here. Written by Terry Pratchett, its actually a series you'd probably like for its persistent snark and devotion to toying with the shape of how stories go. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh god it's another dude taking me serious.<br/>\n<br/>\nI have read several Discworld novels.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 22, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936949694",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936949694\">\nHivebent? With all that blood everywhere maybe you should be calling it HIVebent!?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis joke makes no sense.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1936962937",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936962937\">\nNow go read a shit load of novels by Westerners because you hate any kind of mention of \"the animes\", which many of your fan base is interested in.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't actually hate the animes, I just sort of shrug at them theatrically for hilarious purposes.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe animes represent a wide body of entertainment which includes some good stuff, as well as an absolutely incomprehensible amount of shit. Like anything.<br/>\n<br/>\nAny smart guy could have concluded that's how I felt about it though, without me saying so. Drawing rigid conclusions from a pool of ambiguous, tongue in cheek remarks is foolish. Rigidity in perception is the hobgoblin of a shallow mind. This hobgoblin's visage is the portrait of inadequacy, and he casts his mischievous leer at you from the other side of the looking glass!<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd thus it was the animes taught you how to be a better person. Thank them kindly.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936966625",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936966625\">\nVriska's new outfit is AMAZING! The buttons on her hood are so cute and her red boots and her twintails cape <3 <3 <3 <3 WHY WOULD SHE EVER CHANGE OUT OF IT\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks, I like it do.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoesn't it sort of make you wish you had horns, so you could put a hood like that to practical use?<br/>\n<br/>\nI mean, it doesn't really make ME wish that, because I am a 31 year old man.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I could understand if it made some other people wish that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936968992",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936968992\">\nWill vriska be wearing her god tier outfit for your wedding?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe'll have to bring it to the tailor to have it let out.<br/>\n<br/>\nWAY out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936970365",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936970365\">\nWell In defense of the last guy I saw answered. Pretending to be offended(or actually being) by your comments, referencing the Animes, saying something stupid(Naknaknaknak), or admiring your characters chubby folds seem to be the only ways to get answered\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot really. Those are the only types of questions I ever receive.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936972340",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936972340\">\nMay we assume that all adult trolls have wings, or are trolls granted wings upon being reborn in the quest recuperacoon?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know, do you see any wings on Karkat's movie posters?<br/>\n<br/>\nI guess maybe it's possible troll actors get their wings clipped...\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936975000",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936975000\">\nCan a troll and a human mate? And I don't just mean have sex I mean could they have kids? Do trolls even have sex organs similar to humans?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis entire line of thought could be so much more PG than people seem to want it to be.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll that's required to reproduce is an ectobiology lab.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936976881",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936976881\">\nI would buy a windsock hoodie with SUCH vigor. Please make them a thing.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe'll see, these things take time.<br/>\n<br/>\nDunno about the \"windsock\" part though.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936982772",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936982772\">\nI just got into Discworld recently--is there anything you would suggest for me?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah, stop reading anime.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936984057",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936984057\">\nso if an exclamation point is known as a shout pole on alternia, what does that make a question mark?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe've been over this, it's a surprise noodle.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe I just dreamed we've been over this...\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936993978",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936993978\">\nAndrew Hussie why do you reply to the few people with absolutely no sense of humor that are taking all your tongue in cheek/trolling seriously? Well I know the answer. I just hope that it isn't actually a large majority of questions you get.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. Ok pretend you're me, and you read this submitted question:<br/>\n<br/>\n\"HA HA, good joke man! I completely GET your jokes. Keep it up!\"<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then I'm like,<br/>\n<br/>\n\"Yeah!\"<br/>\n<br/>\nEveryone is bored. Naps ensure.<br/>\n<br/>\nOh wait, you said you knew the answer already. See, even this answer was a waste of everybody's time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1936997224",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1936997224\">\nCan we asume from the (bee)Hive in Vriska's land that her consorts were bees?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHer consorts were Pooh Bears.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey were reaching up their fat fuckin pooh paws for some mother fuckin honey.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1937008696",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1937008696\">\nbut there are plenty of people who ask you interesting questions about the comic that are neither ignorant slams nor boring praise\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut I don't want to answer them all.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen this would be Homestuckipedia Live Jam New Millennium Edition, a trough slopped to overflowing with noncanon minutia.<br/>\n<br/>\nSNORE!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1937027982",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1937027982\">\nWait, I thought these were called query hooks? Or are '?' and '?' synonyms.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's hard to communicate how inferior the term query hook is to surprise noodle. They are in completely different universes.<br/>\n<br/>\nQuery hook is not a term I would ever come up with, nor would I ever endorse it.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf the entire realm of interrogative remarks were World War II, surprise noodles would be the mighty Nazis, while query hooks would be the lowly Jews.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1937045545",
"timestamp":1293148800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1937045545\">\nApparently they're remaking The NeverEnding Story. Gonna see Falkor fucking up some bullies in HD, sadly Atreyu will probably be played by Shia LaBeouf or something. Is this good? y/n\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDon't you mean<br/>\n<br/>\ny/nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/Shia_LeBeouf_in_No_No_No_NOo.mp4\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IXCK1EyP4s</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 23, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985779003",
"timestamp":1293580800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985779003\">\nHow is it that Sollux is mackin on all the troll ladies, and yet manages to have so little screentime?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSollux macks twofold. We do not see his activity very often because it is TOO HOT FOR THE WEB.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe doesn't do much in the story because he is a supporting character. He is the guy who stuff happens to, rather than a guy who does stuff. Until further notice.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis again raises the issue of supporting characters vs. major characters. Sure he would be a stronger and more interesting character if he had the screen time to allow it. But we must imagine this SHADOW PLOT wherein he occupies this time and does interesting things, and all the existing pages and action which that must necessarily be crowded out in favor of developing him that way. Is it worth it? Maybe, if you are a huge Sollux fan. But in this dimension, that is not the role he plays in an otherwise very busy story, and that's just how it is.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985790170",
"timestamp":1293580800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985790170\">\nAndrew Andrew you are confusing the hell out of everyone with your Aradia explosion timeline! Why do you do this to us, Andrew? Why?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt isn't really that confusing. All you really need to know is there are three events which happen NEARLY simultaneously.<br/>\n<br/>\n1) Eridan's computer blows up (because of Rose).<br/>\n2) Aradia blows up for reasons unknown.<br/>\n3) Derse is destroyed by Jack, causing Feferi's bubble to go black, and Nepeta to wake up.<br/>\n<br/>\nTechnically, 1) happens first. Shortly after, a bit less than a minute, 2) happens. 3) happens in a nebulous stretch of time over that duration. He destroys Derse presumably in a similar manner to how he destroyed Prospit. There is some degree of time lapse involved.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut these are details. All you need to know is they all happened right around the same time.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll of these key events were mentioned/shown in [S] Past Karkat: Wake up.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985799660",
"timestamp":1293580800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985799660\">\nDo you find writing Eridan and/or Jade pesterlogs harder than writing the rest? They always seem to come out later and be shorter than pesterlogs from the other characters.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAlways?? I didn't realize one could be so tapped into the update schedule surrounding these particular characters.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn this case though, I had actually written the whole log, and had a file saving mishap. I then had to rewrite it all from memory, which took twice as long, because it was pretty tedious, and I was somehow convinced the original log was better.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 28, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985831864",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985831864\">\nSeeing as how Nepeta and Feferi are dreaming at Derse at the point of Aradia's explosion, doesn't that mean that Aradia's convo with Rose takes place AFTER this explosion? Feferi was dreaming of the Furthest Ring then + Eridan's compy wasn't intact.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSee notes a couple questions down.<br/>\n<br/>\nPinning some of these key events to a concrete timestamped schedule has sort of opened a can of worms, which I deliberately springloaded into the can and fired into my own face. I guess I am inviting the challenge for myself to make all this hazy troll timetable stuff more definite?<br/>\n<br/>\nBefore I could always decide that a troll could do something or talk to someone, and there would always be a built in fudge factor dictating when it actually happened. And that worked pretty well. I built up quite a lot of events and conversational itineraries that way. But now that it's all out there, I guess it's kind of a personal challenge to see if I can make a little more sense of it (without being excruciatingly rigorous that is).<br/>\n<br/>\nSo now we have some key times on a countdown to zero, which we can place some critical events on.<br/>\n<br/>\n10:25:00 - Jack arrives in troll session. Trolls escape to veil, spend about 4 hours messing around doing who knows what.<br/>\n<br/>\nMinutes before time below: Tavros gets legs sawed off, Karkat faints.<br/>\n<br/>\n06:12:00 - Prospit is destroyed. Dream Karkat etc are killed.<br/>\n<br/>\nShortly after that, Terezi smells explosion, goes downstairs, discovers money transfer from Dave. Thus learns about humans. She and other trolls (notably Vriska) get a head start on messing with kids while Karkat sleeps,<br/>\n<br/>\n05:12:30 - One hour later, exactly halfway through countdown, Karkat wakes up, learns about humans, begins campaign of trolling.<br/>\n<br/>\n04:13:00 - Jack destroys Derse. Eridan's computer and Aradia blow up. Feferi stays asleep while dream-dead, shares dream bubble with Jade. Later wakes up, talks to Jade about it.<br/>\n<br/>\nKnowing this basic structure, we can fill in a lot of events around this loosely, between and after the key points. For instance, at 4:13, it seems Vriska and Tavros have not left the room yet for their confrontation. Eridan has yet to get his wand. And so on.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe also know that shortly after the expiration of the countdown, Terezi has the conversation with Dave in which she told him to wire the money back to her, 6 hours and 12 minutes ago from her vantage. This suggests she has not stayed completely linear in her interaction with Dave. (Which would make sense, considering how much time traveling he's been doing.)<br/>\n<br/>\nWe also know that Karkat is around after the countdown from one of the memo timestamps.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's a big puzzle!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1985833140",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985833140\">\nSo i herd you said Homestuck was too long to reread practically? Well ive reread it 8 times! what do you have to say about that? hmmmmm? but yah Homestuck is great. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah but you aren't busy makin' it, so it sounds like you got some time on your hands!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1985840074",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985840074\">\nwhy have you not sent me that genetic sample so i can impregnate my sister with your children yet?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDon't even try to pretend you're the guy who originally said that. You just aren't, come on.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985844004",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985844004\">\nIf ? is a surprise noodle and ! is a shout pole, then what are periods \".\" ?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nfinish crumbs\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1985848293",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985848293\">\nI cannot help but notice that through the course of this comic all non-Caucasian characters (on earth) have been killed (with the possible exception of FedoraFreak). Is Homestuck secretly just a way for you to live out your dreams of ethnic cleansing? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo you are wrong. All non-fat characters are being cleansed. This is my dream.<br/>\n<br/>\nI weep tears of lard into a bucket of chicken.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985851822",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985851822\">\nWhat is your favorite of the animés?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDisuku Worodu by Pratchett San\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1985854272",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985854272\">\nSo wait a second, in Jade: Enter there are definitely 7 towers on the trolls' Prospit's moon. Is there a reason for this? I always assumed it would be 6 and 6.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSollux had two dream selves.<br/>\n<br/>\nAradia had none.<br/>\n<br/>\nProspit: 7 towers.<br/>\n<br/>\nDerse: 5.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie1985856156",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985856156\">\nWhat about colons and semi-colons?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is where the game stops being fun.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1985861168",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1985861168\">\nWhen Jade said that her penpal is her grandson, does this mean that the grandfather is Dave? Since he is the last human male left hat is not of her relation. (Can Trolls and humans mate?)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSURE IS A FUN THING TO SPECULATE ABOUT<br/>\n<br/>\ni wonder if such was the authorial intent<br/>\n<br/>\nWAIT THATS ANOTHER THING TO SPECULATE ABOUT<br/>\n<br/>\n:0??????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1994562401",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994562401\">\nSorry, you probably get this question all the time, but do you know when the trollshirts will restock again?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSoon! You can preorder them, plus anything else.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/info.html#preorders</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994582715",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994582715\">\nWAIT. Trolls cry blood?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you have brown hair and brown eyes, dose that mean there is a lot of hair in your iris???<br/>\n<br/>\nNope. It is because the eyes and hair are saturated with a common ingredient called melanin.<br/>\n<br/>\nTrolls' physiology is saturated with a similar ingredient, specific to their position on the hemospectrum. It heavily colors their blood, and tints their tears.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994597816",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994597816\">\nwhy can't i enjoy homestuck anymore\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe it has jumped the shark?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is also possible it has jumped your personal shark, while many other people's sharks remain happily unjumped.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes people mistake their personal sharks for the global shark. It doesn't sound like you're doing this though, which is pretty cool.<br/>\n<br/>\nOtherwise you would have said \"Why isn't Homestuck any good anymore?\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1994603706",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994603706\">\nWould I be right in assuming that some of your music artists are influenced by Touhou?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have no idea how many of them are hard core anime fans.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994625802",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994625802\">\nHussie stop trolling everyone you are not from Alternia you don't even have horns for gog's sake\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat am I even doing to troll people anyway.<br/>\n<br/>\nI guess I'm losing track of what trolling actually means.<br/>\n<br/>\nDoes it mean being hilarious?<br/>\n<br/>\nGUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br/>\n<br/>\n8^D\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1994645281",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994645281\">\nIf in the timeline that Davesprite originated from, John died before he reached the ectobiology lab to create himself and the other kids/guardians, how are they all alive in the first place?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nExactly. It wasn't supposed to go down that way.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich is why it was a doomed timeline.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1994694485",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994694485\">\nAre the Denizens ever going to show up or were they forgotten in the rise of Beckspers Noirlecrowel?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are in the cache of concepts yet to materialize in the story. They will materialize when it is appropriate.<br/>\n<br/>\nHS has been riddled with concepts introduced, and then buried in hibernation for extremely long periods of time. Then when they finally resurface, they seem like they've been around forever!<br/>\n<br/>\nLike John's green package from Jade. The story played keepaway with the reader, dangling that box out there for a very long time. And now, it and its contents, the bunny, have functioned as an indispensable aspect of the plot for quite some time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994799183",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994799183\">\nI am getting tired of the foreshadowed deaths. They don't make me sad. With them you get no Reader's Tears from me. If you want sadness do something sudden, although the forums may disagree with me. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf you believe the moments are designed to wring every drop from your emotional rag, you are mistaken, and are engaging with events on a pretty shallow level.<br/>\n<br/>\nThese are not even foreshadowed events, per se. They have been explicitly forecast. Doomed Dave WAS going to die. Aradia WAS going to explode. We knew these things, and their patent inevitability should tip you off that these deaths were not meant to trigger what you seem to be looking for.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are many things we know in advance, and the intrigue surrounds discovering how, rather than if or what. And mixed in with this, there are many revelations not foretold as well. This seems to me to be the best way to assemble a story dealing heavily with not only time travel, but nonlinear construction.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd if you care to adjust your dials to the actual emotional frequency of what is going on in a story, maybe you should consider this. Sometimes emotion is not conducted directly to the reader by a death, through a first hand sense of shock and loss, but peripherally through the other characters' reactions to that loss! Consider a biographical film of a famous person's story who is known to die tragically. Is there no room for emotion surrounding the inevitable?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994826964",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994826964\">\nThis story is so complicated! Gah! hahahaha :D ok can you make an in-story cheat-sheet timeline or something? Or do I just gotta reread the last 400 panels to make sense of this shit.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSometimes I make recaps, but I haven't in a while.<br/>\n<br/>\nRereading helps.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't know! Maybe engage with the community discussion? Details oft forgotten crop up routinely.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's hard to know exactly what to prescribe. I'm not in your [READERS] position.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll I can say is, if there was only one thing to be said about how one should go about absorbing this thing, it's this.<br/>\n<br/>\nHomestuck is something to be not merely read, but studied.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994846980",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994846980\">\nAs long as you're setting yourself up for the challenge of assigning events to a timeline, what about the kids? How many hours has their session been running for?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe kids already enjoyed some very maniacal timeline plotting in the early going. In a way, it was a form of orientation to the type of insanity that would follow. We had timestamps on their computers, pinning down exactly when certain conversations took place, even though at that point all these events were relatively mundane. But then it all loosened up significantly as each began entering their session.<br/>\n<br/>\nTimelining the troll events more strictly presents a more novel challenge. Doing so for the more recent kid events would be fairly trivial, and I doubt I'll bother.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie1994850939",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994850939\">\nHow is having two of one person in the same timeline a paradox? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n??????????????????????????<br/>\n<br/>\nI just busted open a can of chef boyardee surprise noodles.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie1994902027",
"timestamp":1293667200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1994902027\">\nI feel like Jack has lost his character and just become a boss that teleports around randomly killing things. Has Karkat taken his old role?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nKarkat has not taken his old role. That part of the question honestly makes no sense to me.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut to answer the first part,<br/>\n<br/>\nOf course.<br/>\n<br/>\nJack is now essentially omnipotent, still angry, and has very little to do anymore but fly around challenging worthy opponents to duels, and when he's out of those, simply kill people and destroy things.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat defined him as a character, and really any character, was his interactions with others, mixed in with some devices of limitation. Like what was expressed through his rivalry with the black queen before killing her.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat he has become is more of a force of nature villain. Like a terrible dragon that must be slain by the heroes. In such a story, you don't particularly expect much striking characterization from the dragon. And yet it remains a legitimate adversary to continue challenging the heroes and drive the story. His rise to omnipotence can be nothing other than corrosive to his former portrait as a character. And yet, he's still presumably the same guy, so those character qualities could resurface any time, if the circumstances permit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nDec 29, 2010\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2016019616",
"timestamp":1293926400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2016019616\">\ngoogle \"Formspring\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a href=\"http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=formspring\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=formspring</a><br/>\n<br/>\nIt's happened before that googling formspring brought up my account at the top of the list, but then that stopped being the case for a while. Now it's up there again? I don't get it.<br/>\n<br/>\nDon't any other notable people use formspring?<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe it's because I say \"formspring\" a lot when I answer questions, and that gives google's botmatrix a huge boner.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 1, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie2024875884",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2024875884\">\nWhy do you find the recaps necessary? Though they are marginally helpful, making them seems to contradict the idea that you don't want/care about readers who aren't fully invested in reading the comic comprehensively.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI agree that they could be dispensed with, and yeah I'm not SUPER interested in catering to the uninvested.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut the bottom line is, no matter what, a lot of people are just going to not get some shit in a story like this. Even the invested, and at times, even the astute! They are there primarily as a courtesy, entirely skippable to the uninterested.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2025059682",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025059682\">\nApparently some people don't like the Hussie meta updates. Have you ever considered that they may have been better off as asides instead of being directly in the adventure log (like the way SBAHJ just gets linked rather than getting updates to itself)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah, it's fine the way it is. You say I could take a different approach because *some* people don't like something? Oh no! Who would have thought a certain quantity of people wouldn't like something! I've got to make sure that never happens, ever, I don't know what I was thinking.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo ok, 4th wall stuff.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes I catch people wrinkling their noses at the goofy 4th wall stuff. Now, I'll roll my eyes as much as the next guy at some really inappropriate 4th wall bending in places it doesn't belong. Probably the benchmark for where it feels appropriate and complements the story is something like Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Who doesn't find it charming and hilarious whenever he lowers his shades and sasses us through the silver screen, while Cameron kicks his dads car into a forest to the score of \"BOW BOW..... chicka-chickaaaaaaaa\"?Nobodyiswho.Buttakenbeyondthat,inworksofmoreseriousdramaticmagnitude,orjustreallymishandledinsometypesofcomedy,peoplestartgroaning.<br/>\n<br/>\nSomepeopleareinclinedtogivethesethingsmorelatitude.Othersaremorestrict.<br/>\n<br/>\nButregardlessofwhereyouareonthisspectrum,Ikindahavetowonderhowcementheadedaguyhastobenottoseethatifevertherewasatimesuchanticswerepermissible,itwouldbethroughthisparticularformat,andthisparticularstory.Rememberwhatsortofthingyou'rereading?SeemslikeI'vegottoremindpeoplesometimes.<br/>\n<br/>\nFirstofall,let'sacknowledgethatregardlessofhowimmersedyouareinwhatever'sgoingon,thisisastorybuiltalmostentirelyoutofridiculousgags.Theprecedingstoriesweretoo.PSwarpedthe4thwallinsimilarways,andthisisthetraditionthroughwhichHSwasconceivedanddelivered.It'slight,it'sloose,andabovemostotherconsiderations,humorprevails.<br/>\n<br/>\nButthereareevenmoreimportantreasonsthanthis.Theentirenatureofthestory/formatisoneofblurrinessbetweenreader,player,authorandcharacter.Itbeganwithreadersissuingcommandstocharacters,andmetheauthorparsingthem,andthecharacterrespondingwithactiontobothparties.Itisatalltimesafluiddialoguetakingplacebetweenthesestoryentities.Andatalltimestheauthor'spresenceisquitepalpable,evenwithouttheactualAHavatarpresent.Thenarrator'svoiceisprettyunapologeticallymyown,andIthinkthat'scleartothealertreader.Hequipswiththeplayerandthecharacteralike.Butitgoesevenfurtherthanthis.Asthestoryprogresses,theseplayer/characterrolesbecomeevenmoremalleable.CharactersinthestoryactuallycontrolOTHERcharacters,throughtheexactsametextcommandvehiclewhichdrivesthewholenarrative!Thewholethingisutterlysaturatedwithsuchmetaqualities,andpickingoutthesinglegenericallyunpalatableauthoravatarasthedealbreakerinallthisisprettypetty,andreekingoflessthancomprehensiveappreciationforthethemes.Thestoryisaboutplayersandcharacterswatchingandcontrollingplayersandcharacterswatchingandcontrollingplayersandcharacters,inscreensinscreensinscreens.Serverplayermonitorsclientplayer.Exilecommandssessionplayer.Trollsfromonesessionmesswiththosefromanother.Peoplearecommandedpsychically,throughreaderinput,throughthereader'skeyboardarrowsattimes,throughthenarrativevolitionof==>,andthroughauthormandate.Peoplearespiedonthroughcrystalballs,fenestratedwalls,Sburbwindows,chatclients,futurecommandstationterminals,dreams,clouds,andfinally,yes,a4thwallthroughwhichwehaveacces
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"id":"andrewhussie2025129964",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025129964\">\nIs there an appropriate accompanying sound to \"hup\" from http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005110 ?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat is poooke? Chopped liver?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2025133654",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025133654\">\nWhen you do recaps you sometimes spoil things that have not been said in the comic. We did not know that Lord English time traveled to a specific point and directly controlled the Felt. It is not a big deal but you should not do that.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope, all I do occasionally is connect a dot or two which are irrefutably logical to connect.<br/>\n<br/>\nLE enters at the death of a universe. Logically, he has to travel back in time if he wishes to inhabit that universe. There are hardly any alternatives.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"andrewhussie2025147817",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025147817\">\nThe Hussie updates upset some people simply because they don't think that the humor of the joke is great and seems to cross that self-indulgence line. That's the only reasoning I've seen, not anybody saying that meta-elements themselves are unwelcome.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot really, there are people who don't like it on principle. I know this because I have read their reservations. Not a HUGE amount, but they're out there.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe objections you mention OTOH are trivial. It is 1) unfunny and 2) self indulgent? Ok! Again I marvel at my inability to craft jokes which are universally pleasing to the global population.<br/>\n<br/>\nIs it self indulgent? Well, here is what it is on its face. It is another vehicle through which I deliver jokes, in a body of work largely comprised of me delivering jokes. That delivery is happening, IMO, in a way that is immaculately in keeping with the original spirit of the work, though you may hold a different view. Please read further down for details.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut... IS it self indulgent?<br/>\n<br/>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nSuch was confessed up front in the series of 4th wall interludes. Humorously.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen laughing happened.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2025161732",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025161732\">\nHow ashamed would you feel if you ever misused the word \"dichotomy?\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAuAuAuAuAuAGH, how BUSTED can i even GET??????noodlesnoodlesnoodles<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes I'm a little loose with language and give certain words a wide berth, like a really slack lariat I'm fixin' to rope some skittering rhetorical calf I got my eye on. It makes sayin' things more fun, ok Mr. Gotcha Buckaroo?<br/>\n<br/>\ndi·chot·o·my<br/>\n<br/>\n2. division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups: a dichotomy between thought and action.<br/>\n<br/>\nI was sort of implying being safe and being wrong were creeping up on mutually exclusive territory. Understanding this should accurately calibrate the amount of despair you should feel if you ever find yourself being both those things at once.<br/>\n<br/>\n;-)<br/>\n<br/>\n(i just made the little clicking noise with that wink, you know the one that makes winking cooler)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2025163457",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025163457\">\nARE YOU CHEATING ON VRISKA WITH MS. PAINT!?!?!?!?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nVriska went on a diet and I immediately demanded a divorce.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2025166432",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025166432\">\nPlease, self-indulge more! You are the MOST attractive character in Homestuck. 8D Any chance the next indulgence could involve swimtrunks?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nyes yes yes yes yes more questions like this plz<br/>\n<br/>\njust kidding don't flood my FSbox you goons<br/>\n<br/>\noh who am i kidding you will anyway\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2025202268",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025202268\">\nYour style of storytelling is by your own admission full of misdirection and false clues. It is part of the charm of your writing, but given that, how can you then say things like, \"[...] connect a dot or two which are irrefutably logical to connect.\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe just need to slather a layer of common sense on the issue here.<br/>\n<br/>\nReasonable topic for applying misdirection:<br/>\n<br/>\nWho is LE? Is he someone we already know? Has he yet to be introduced? Was he the demon the trolls were hiding from? And so on.<br/>\n<br/>\nThese are all topics worthy of red herrings and storyteller's artifice to mislead from the truth.<br/>\n<br/>\nA silly topic:<br/>\n<br/>\nIf LE, a time traveling demon, appears at the end of the universe, how does he get to the earlier parts of the universe where he was running a mob?<br/>\n<br/>\nIf with the same beguiling smirk and flourish of the hand I say \"AHH, WOULDN'T YOUUUUU LIKE TO KNOW???\"<br/>\n<br/>\nThen I'm frankly kind of a tool.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe time traveling demon did, IN FACT, travel through time. Cat's out of the bag!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2025207504",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025207504\">\nDoes it ever feel weird to have created 12 interesting characters and only fully utilize 4 to 6 of 'em? I realize it would be difficult and unnecessary to fully flesh out each one, and that they all still have their roles, I'm just curious how you feel.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know if I agree they're all interesting though, because in order to be interesting, perhaps by definition (maybe my personal one), those characters need to be used often enough to draw out the interesting qualities.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I do think that any character introduced, even very marginal ones, should always hold the potential to become interesting. And ideally, that potential should be evident.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2025217517",
"timestamp":1294012800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2025217517\">\nDo you ever catch yourself almost mentioning something that hasn't been revealed yet? Like, someone asks a question and you know the answer because it's your story but the time has not yet come. Or does that fall under the purview of your crazy memory.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo I pretty much always keep an ultra tight lid on top secret facts like fedorafreak turning out to be bilious slickOOOOOOOOPS abort abort abort\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 2, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2034566859",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034566859\">\nDo you hate happiness? Do you feast on the sorrow of mortals? Please explain.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI like to think that the exchange between Jades is equal parts sad, cute, and funny.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you read it and thought so too, you win the prize!<br/>\n<br/>\nThe prize is the satisfaction that comes with possessing the singularly correct way to interpret a thing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034569351",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034569351\">\nshoosh:pap || doof:nak || woof:sob\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey all visited the abode of hup and poooke for dinner.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was a noisy and silly dinner.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034573692",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034573692\">\nIf you had the chance, would you come to our school's high school graduation party and speak about whatever the hell you wanted to? There'd be booze.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis sounds like one of those great ways for me to turn out to be in jail.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034576718",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034576718\">\nIf you didnt know of this song you should, because it eerily relates to Rose and the Green Sun\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMiracles? Yeah I know it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034588140",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034588140\">\ncare to share your opinion on roleplayers? how silly do you find us? (also, because i am terribly opinionated: i find the meta updates charming! it's nice to step out of the story every once in a while. the fact that you are also charming is a bonus!)\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThank you for saying I'm charming, and saying it is a bonus.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't know. Aren't all RPers silly? Show me an RPer who isn't silly and I'll show you a dude who just doesn't have his heart in it.<br/>\n<br/>\nI can't say I've ever actually \"read\" much of the RPing. It's more that I've glimpsed it, sampled its colorful aroma, and moved on to something else.<br/>\n<br/>\nProbably much the way some people absorb the dialogue in Homestuck.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034592703",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034592703\">\nDoes that fact that you're answering questions here mean you're done making updates for the night?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNothing is ever much of an indication of anything with any certainty.<br/>\n<br/>\nLook at that, you just got socked in the face by profound wisdom.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034593757",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034593757\">\nWhat is your preferred method to fattening Vriska up?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGross, what a weird question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034651999",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034651999\">\nYour writing in Homestuck never really came across to me as self-indulgent. Some of the questions people asked you on formspring about the very process you use to answer questions seem pretty tedious and indulgent tho. Why do you dignify those questions?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI actually seek them out. But not the fake ones. I usually know when some spotlight glutton is faking a gripe to steal an answer out of me.<br/>\n<br/>\nA gripe of any degree of legitimacy represents a challenge. The challenge is to crystallize the truth behind the defense, which is the same as the truth behind my original actions themselves, even if no defense is really needed. When someone is virtually flawless, like myself, leagues of the curmudgeonly and the inadequate do him a great service by presenting their straw men. It is through the methodical and public evisceration of these proud ersatz fellows and the humbling of their puppeteers that his infallibility shines through.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe devil is really just a straw man presented to God through which He makes a show of His true supremacy. A foil of His own clever and surreptitious invention, because He is a Smug Piece of Shit.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd now having said that, I will put my ear to the ground and listen for the pounding hooves of the [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ed cavalry.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2034655794",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034655794\">\nanimating screenshots of animating in photoshop. how meta can you possibly get?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA screencap of this formspring question in the next update?<br/>\n<br/>\nIs not the answer.<br/>\n<br/>\nBecause you can always get more meta.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034660705",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034660705\">\nWhat are your favourite hobbies outside of MSPA? Do you even like anything in an unironic way?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe only thing I enjoy ironically is irony.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd Con Air.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034674317",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034674317\">\nHonestly have you ever heard someone cry that actually sounded like them saying \"boo hoo\"? I'm having a hard time taking her seriously. Jade's eheheheh actually sounds more realistic, in a weird almost cruel way.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTRY HARDER TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. I want to see GAME FACES, people.<br/>\n<br/>\nNo but really, we got kind of a <thing> going on here.<br/>\n<br/>\nNannasprite: HOO HOO HOO<br/>\nJadesprite: BOO HOO HOO<br/>\nCalsprite: HAA HEE HOO<br/>\nDaveprite: sup<br/>\n<br/>\nEH??????????????? oh forget it.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut for real it actually made some people cry.<br/>\n<br/>\nYes, that is right. Several excerpts of dialogue, wherein one character quite frequently literally said \"boo hoo hoo\", actually caused people to weep.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat is the true punchline of the moment. That tear rolling down your cheek. Cherish it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034677999",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034677999\">\nHow much is the 'AH: Do Something' stuff canon? We see one or two times where what you do has a very minor impact, like the coat hanging on the fourth wall.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll I know is everything I do in my real life is canonical.<br/>\n<br/>\nLike when I bought those groceries the other day?<br/>\n<br/>\nThat TOTALLY happened.<br/>\n<br/>\nSeriously, they're in my fridge and everything.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034680397",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034680397\">\nGA: Im Going To Type This Face Now GA: :? GA: Even Though No One Knows How To Make A Mouth Do A Question Shape Like That \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey don't have noodles on Alternia. Earth wins forever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034682642",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034682642\">\nCanonize something silly RIGHT NOW\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe trunk of dad's car contains 10 crates of shaving cream, but nobody ever found them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034684470",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034684470\">\nWhen answering questions regarding your self-indulgence, do you think that might be self-indulgent in itself?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think the combination you're looking for is auto-erotic.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034686621",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034686621\">\nHow do I get through one night without you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDon't even fucking try.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034754769\">\nIn your recap post, you wrote \"Scratch had a similar but yet unknown origin.\" I'm not trying to be all, \"OMG YOU SUCK\", but the \"but yet\" seems somewhat unprofessional compared to your usual mastery of the English language.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOOPS ohhhhhhhh damn, yeah there is a sloppy little pair of conjunctions taking a shit in my sentence in that long thing I banged out at warp speed. *BEET RED* Ok you can blow the smoke off your red pen and twirl that thing back into its holster. And then the Gotcha Buckaroo climbed onto his horse with its raging case of Horse [REDACTED] and galloped away.<br/>\n<br/>\nIsn't it funny how I did something dumb and yet you're the one getting owned?<br/>\n<br/>\nHahahahaha.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso I don't really think I'm a master of the language. I just sort of use it. It's just that other people tend to wipe their asses with it. And they don't even do a very good job with that. Like they shuffle out of the bathroom with their pants around their ankles and the assisted living professional just shakes her head.<br/>\n<br/>\nWait you're one of these fakers aren't you. You didn't REALLY have a problem with this, right?<br/>\n<br/>\nGOD DAMMIT\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034758106\">\nHave you decided whether you're going to say Twenty-Eleven, or Two-Thousand-and-Eleven?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI honestly forgot that years were even something you had to say.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034763120",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034763120\">\nWhy does Dad have a restraining order against Cirque de Soleil?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou got it backwards. CdS has a restraining order against him.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is - and I'm being perfectly honest - the most fascinating unseen subplot Homestuck will ever have to offer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034798619",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034798619\">\nA lot of Internet guys use internet names. How come you use your real name? Did you ever used to have an internet name?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf I am using a false name, then I am either a teenage hacker, or a professional wrestler. But alas, I am neither. My days as THE BEEF APOCALYPSE were left in a sweaty ring long ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't know where these other dipshits get off calling themselves things they aren't.<br/>\n<br/>\nOk that is the last question, I am DONE with this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 3, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2034913720",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2034913720\">\nDo you regret not signing a prenup with Vriska now? Or has being with Ms. Paint made you forget alllll your troubles?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI did sign a prenup but she ate it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044206368",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044206368\">\nThere seems to be a disturbing amount of people that are exciting over the idea of Jade and Jadesprite kissing in the next panel. You have a great and terrible power. Take care in it's use.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is the power of the visual callback.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome people scratch their heads over them and wonder what's the deal. This is not actually THE deal with them, but it demonstrates something they can accomplish.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat has happened here is a secondary, hidden joke has been told in parallel with the events taking place. Because these frames are direct mods of earlier panels conveying a similar scene but a totally different situation, the reader, if alert, remembers exactly what should come next. Hence we have an \"extra\" joke in addition to all the obvious points of humor. You are caused to imagine these two are about to kiss, and that is funny and absurd.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis cannot be accomplished nearly as directly without the visual callbacks. But this does not mean every time we see such a callback, there is a similar joke being cracked. It's not quite that simple or literal.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut using them frequently is important for setting them up for use in situations like this. You can't really just pull one out of a hat without establishing the tendency to do so. The callbacks have been woven into the fabric of normalcy first, to the point where they hardly raise an eyebrow anymore, while still demanding your recognition when they happen.<br/>\n<br/>\nHaving established them this way, there are other more subtle purposes they can serve as well. Not just jokes. Sometimes they illustrate contrast in situation. Like when Davesprite defended sleeping Dave, that panel was reused when future Dave stood over sleeping doomed Dave, contemplating whether to kill him. Pretty contrasting moments, and the callback invites such reflection.<br/>\n<br/>\nSame with the Jadesprite callback. It wasn't just the joke being communicated. It also echoed the first time it was used, when Dream Jade slapped Dream John trying to wake him. Now situation is somewhat reversed. Dream Jade (Jadesprite) is being slapped by Real Jade. That character's role in the scenario has transmuted from heroic to pathetic.<br/>\n<br/>\nNone of this reads at all, or is put in the spotlight for consideration, without the callbacks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044264681",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044264681\">\nALBUM SOON PLEASE? I WISH TO THROW MY MONEY AT THESE PEOPLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTonight.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044266465",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044266465\">\nWhat kind of drawing pad do you use?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIntuos 4. Just got it. And amazingly, it isn't broken.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnlike every tablet I have used to draw MSPA before it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044279884",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044279884\">\nJegus, Jadesprite is annoying. At first it was sad and I wanted to hug her and make her feel better, but now I just want to scream at her. Which pretty well mirrors Awake Jade's feelings on the matter. So, good job there! But DAMN she is obnoxious now.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProlonged excessive emotion is the difference between someone who is sympathetically distraught and someone who is grating to the nerves, possibly due to genuine mental illness.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2044281941",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044281941\">\nYou should make your comic more multicultural. It's basically solely the white man's affair right now. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProblem Sleuth was already way too multicultural.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/000259\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=4&p=000259</a><br/>\n<br/>\nI had to scale it back.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044284054",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044284054\">\nBack in the end of the third act (in [S] Enter), what was the deal with all those red tornadoes?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nZazzerpan did the windy thing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044285734",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044285734\">\nWhy is it so immensely satisfying to B-B-B-BUST you?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf anyone ever pulls it off, I'll ask them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044293166",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044293166\">\nahahha im a teenager and just finished homestuck and i must say it was downright one of my favorite ever. I believe that it is truly hilarious that ur stupidity stoops so low that anybody laughs at this book. I greatly reccomend this book to any body\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThank y...<br/>\n<br/>\nwait<br/>\n<br/>\nwhat?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044300114",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044300114\">\nWhere did this whole \"I love fat Vriska\" thing come from?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSomeone asked me a dumb fat Feferi question and it ballooned out of control from there.<br/>\n<br/>\nLike Vriska's grandiose waistline.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044305732",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044305732\">\nA while ago, you said that your art hadn't improved much during Homestuck because of the way the comic was made. Now that actual drawings are more common, has this changed? I notice that you've been doing more stylistic experimentation as time goes on.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHONSESTLY,<br/>\n<br/>\nI have gotten worse, from a pure illustration standpoint.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe cover to Volume 6 is an example of my more conventional illustrative style. Which is not to say the quality diminished. But that graphic took me significantly longer than it would have several years ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's just not the saddle I'm used to anymore.<br/>\n<br/>\nOTOH, I can knock out a Flash animation faster than I ever thought I'd bother being able to.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2044311393",
"timestamp":1294185600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2044311393\">\nIs Karkat Mexican?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI just wanted to use this dumb question to laugh at my typo \"HONSESTLY\" below.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 4, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2054319670",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2054319670\">\nHomestuck is a hugely complicated work, temporally and, I believe, thematically. How do you remember and keep track of it all? Do you use a tool of some kind, like a journal or a series of post-its, or do you somehow do it all mentally? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI get this question a lot.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2054320228",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2054320228\">\nIt seems that whenever someone complains on Formspring about something you did in MSPA you always defend your decision and tell them they're being silly. This is understandable, but statistically you should have admitted to making a mistake at least ONCE!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI copped to HONSESTLY didn't I?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2054327007",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2054327007\">\nokay hussie your TOTALLY messing with us now. first, you give vriska the spootlight, then you make jade totally angery, and now KARKAT ISNT BEING AND INSUFFERABLE FUCKASS? you are a master of the trolling arts, hussie. how do you do it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'll try to spread the angery spootlight around more next time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2054330527",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2054330527\">\nY R U NOT UPDATING omg\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI was kinda tired today so I didn't do much.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065350212",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065350212\">\nMr hussy, reading your webcomic has made me realize just how boring real life is. I dream about alchemising pointless junk just for entertainment. I wish to store my jacket in a card when not in use... how can i help make homestuck real life?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll you have to do is stop taking your medication.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen, when you wind up on the news, everything can be traced back to this formspring question.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe beautiful cycle of culpability will be complete.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065354196",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065354196\">\nDon't be an ass. If you're gonna produce less you should charge less. and please dont start bitching about how your story is free, you make bank off of ads and no one forced you to use the medium you chose\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThese are the words of an insincere troll, and I will not take them seriously.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065396458",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065396458\">\nSo I understand that you had to limit your sketch requests bc it took so long last time, but you are charging your fans $10 for a sketch of a sprite and your signature...did it even occur to you that if you're producing less you should charge less? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHonestly I never even set the price, not now, or then.<br/>\n<br/>\nJeffrey at topatoco did, as he does for the shirts and really all the products. I just sort of shrug and go along with his decisions, and he shrugs back. This is how things go between the creators and topatoco often. It's quite an elegant ballet of mutual shrugging.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut really, I think we should be clear on what a \"personalization\" is. It is a sketch, not a commission. A sketch is something I can do quickly, whereas a commission is not. I would love to be able to do every outlandish idea people have, and would certainly do so in smaller quantity. But when I get requests of an extremely diverse nature, often involving many characters at once, and have to do hundreds of those, that is actually somewhat mind destroying after a while. The consequence is a radical reduction in quality of the sketches.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat is better I think is to do what I am doing. Which is to draw a single character, do a better job with each sketch, in a way that allows me to satisfy many people without requiring the mental gymnastics of processing hundreds of endlessly specific ideas involving 2-20 characters at once. So it's not that the price didn't drop for a lesser service... it's that the original service was underpriced!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065398272",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065398272\">\nIs Gamzee the Christ analog of your story? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nChrist is actually the Gamzee analog of real life.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065407497",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065407497\">\n\"I was kinda tired today so I didn't do much.\" It takes you 268 days without sleep to get tired?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMy \"down\" days literally do occur less than once every year.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am not even joking about this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065427522",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065427522\">\nSo it seems like Act 5 is coming to a conclusion soon. How much will it shatter our perception of the universe you have crafted? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not so sure that it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is an exact way that A5 is going to wrap up, and there's a lot of dangling stuff that needs to be wrapped up before it wraps up.<br/>\n<br/>\nA5 is just a huge, huge thing and there's no escaping that. It could be bigger than the entire Problem Sleuth adventure when all is said and done. It is the result of cracking open the ridiculous amount of potential accumulated through the first 4 acts, and cashing all those plot checks.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I'm feeling quite sure A6 won't be nearly as big.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd A7 ideally will be shorter than A1.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065436860",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065436860\">\nDo you answer all of these or you just pick the one you think you can make a witty comment on / the ones that are actually understandable to a certain degree also I did just notice that there is a character limit for answers so I guess I fully waste it :D\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFor every single question submitted, there is a witty response that can be crafted for it.<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept this one.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065461708",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065461708\">\nHow in the FUCK do you know words like parthenogenesis? (It's used in the Jade shirt advertisement on topatoco for those confused.) Do you read a dictionary for fun or something? This is crazy!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe funny thing is I didn't even write that blurb.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065468622",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065468622\">\nWhy are you pandering to pedos? WHYYYY\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDo you feel you are being pandered to?<br/>\n<br/>\nStop that. You must suppress these feelings.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065485967",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065485967\">\nHow \"Deep\" do you plan out your stories? How much is intentional and unintentional?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe whole thing is just a big fucking accident.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065501786",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065501786\">\nblind girl has nice ass?!??!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am going to begin pandering to this pedo immediately.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065511545",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065511545\">\nIs Dave's chin masculine? Is it about as large and double spherical as Vriska's fat ass?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShut up.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065515716",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065515716\">\nWhat's with the trolls' horns going from having candy corn like banding to being solid red-orange in many of the recent updates?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis happens ALL THE TIME.<br/>\n<br/>\nDude what's up with the characters not having arms sometimes?<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's me asking a dumb question.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065526725",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065526725\">\nWasn't that kind of a creepy thing for Karkat to imagine, especially since he didn't see the exchange between aradia & equuis when they kissed? =(\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSo he needed a visual reference first?<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't think you're giving credit to the way a typical 13 year old kid's mind works.<br/>\n<br/>\nCreepy is a dumb word to apply to this gag anyway.<br/>\n<br/>\nI know some people out there are probably \"creeped out\" though.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey're called fucking idiots.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065528688",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065528688\">\nwhen you started homestuck did you ever think you would one day be drawing a little girl passionately kissing her dead dream dog self on the lips???\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI actually drew the latest sequence of panels before I drew page one of HS. Everything since has been elaborately funneling the story toward this moment.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065531725",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065531725\">\nDude... no more characters making out with themselves, please. Leave that to the fanfics posted in the dark corners of the internet. I like the way you've drawn calm Karkat being illuminated by the 4th-wall-screen though, good work!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks!<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/homesmut.png\" target=\"_blank\">http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v332/kysds13/homesmut.png</a><br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/baaaw.png\" target=\"_blank\">http://i370.photobucket.com/albums/oo149/NewRetro/Arrrrt/baaaw.png</a><br/>\n<s>http://i54.tinypic.com/2yysivc.jpg</s><br/>\n<s>http://mspachan.net/art/src/129434837838.jpg</s><br/>\n<s>http://i51.tinypic.com/izw6bm.png</s><br/>\n<s>http://mspachan.net/art/src/129430035543.jpg</s><br/>\n<s>http://mspachan.net/aart/src/129420057199.png</s><br/>\n<s>http://mspachan.net/art/src/129156154134.png</s><br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/robokiss.png\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/doodle/robokiss.png</a><br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/kissyfacewithjohnandkarkatcopy.png\" target=\"_blank\">http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff167/Paradise-Raver/kissyfacewithjohnandkarkatcopy.jpg</a><br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/christmascolours.png\" target=\"_blank\">http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w219/luzerna/christmascolours.png</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065535201",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065535201\">\nHow flat can Homestuck fool the elderly into thinking it is?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe elderly are easily deceived. Try stealing grandma's pills, she won't even fucking notice.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065550661",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065550661\">\nwhy do you save these romarts\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's giving me way too much credit.<br/>\n<br/>\nI had a secret agent round them up for me real quick.<br/>\n<br/>\nI do think they're all great and hilarious tho.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2065552813",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2065552813\">\nI as a fellow 13 year old can sympathize with Karkat. He also says fuck an acceptable number of times. When I grow up however, will I find this all offensive somehow?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly if you fail to stifle the usual metamorphosis which transforms reasonable youngsters into stupid fucking pieces of shit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2069763635",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2069763635\">\nWait, the drawing of the worlds on WV's walls shows LOHAC as being split in two... Did WV go and redraw it to keep things up to date (in which case, if he's in the future, would he not already be aware of it from the start)?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLook at it closely. It's a sticker on the wall. It ripped when he removed the panel.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe sticker is actually the label from the container of motor oil he found in the room some time ago.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2069897849",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2069897849\">\nchess woman has nice ass?!??!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat was the point of posting this question fifty times?<br/>\n<br/>\nOk guy. Here it is. The absolute BEST CASE SCENARIO unfolding before your very eyes.<br/>\n<br/>\nI answered it. My answer isn't even all that funny.<br/>\n<br/>\nAre you satisfied?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2069981332",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2069981332\">\nAndy darling. Do you know where you'll be going with this whole self-insertation into the story thingo? It begins with innocent riding of magical dogs, and only ends when someone gets hurt. We worry for you, sweetie.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question started out stupid and went down a big loud rollercoaster of dumb.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat are you like my pompous wealthy aunt.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2070014042",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2070014042\">\nI've noticed that, unlike almost every thirteen-year-old, your characters know how to properly use profanity. How did they get so good at this?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt helps that I myself am not 13.<br/>\n<br/>\nReal 13 year olds aren't very good at anything.<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept video games maybe?<br/>\n<br/>\nI remember thinking I was pretty hot shit at Mega Man when I was 13.<br/>\n<br/>\nI might have been delusional though.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2070104963",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2070104963\">\nHey! 13 year olds are good at stuff…\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPeeing in your pants is not a talent!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075410123",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075410123\">\nSeriously, they're right. Some 13 year olds are smarter than you think they are.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni was JKing around, 13 yo's rool the skools\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075445260",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075445260\">\nMega Man 1? Man, that game was hard.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was a pretty formidable challenge with rather obstinate gameplay compared to its more fluid successors.<br/>\n<br/>\nConsider the first challenge to overcome was the cover art.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/megaman1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://saint-michael.trap17.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/megaman1.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\nYou have to be a pretty legit gamer to soldier through shit like that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075481179",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075481179\">\nIs Tavros Mexican?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI can't think of a better reason why he would have a Spanish trolltag.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075510454",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075510454\">\nYou've multiple times made a joke that every page in HS was made for the sole purpose of leading to a particular page. This is true isn't it? Every page exists for the sole purpose of leading to every other page, right?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEvery page exists for the sole purpose of that dumb joke I keep making.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075536653",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075536653\">\nWhat exactly is the connection between the Trolls Blood Colours and their Zodiac signs?, If any at all. \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey progress in rainbow order, following the order of the zodiac.<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept Karkat's.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075551297",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075551297\">\nHey Andrew, just wanted to know if PM is now called the Prospitian Monarch? She's been called that twice now, and it definitely fits her new role.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe is primarily PM.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis stands for three things. Peregrine Mendicant, Parcel Mistress, and Prospitian Monarch.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075640716",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075640716\">\nIs Alternia the Mexico of the universe? If so, was the rift a failed attempt at a border fence?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJust so everyone is up to speed, this is the aggregation of all the formspring memes we need to be pounding repeatedly.<br/>\n<br/>\nFat Mexican Vriska has nice ass, and I am presently married to this woman. I feed her a steady diet of surprise noodles, finish crumbs, and every day I must pry her monstrous carriage out of bed with a shout pole. From time to time, we seem to endure various forms of marital strife.<br/>\n<br/>\nPlease adjust your useless questions accordingly.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2075822161",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075822161\">\nDo you ever regret not adding another letter to Egbert and Harley to make their full names 4/13 compliant?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEGBERT = 6<br/>\nHARLEY = 6<br/>\nSTRIDER = 7<br/>\nLALONDE = 7<br/>\n<br/>\n6 + 7 = 13<br/>\n<br/>\nbuuuuuuuuuusted\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075955751\">\nI've been thoroughly enjoying the new album, and I love the album cover. But since it's been thoroughly bugging me, I wish to pull out the fact that JOHN'S ARM IS QUITE FUCKING LONG THERE. What is his arm, a giraffe? \n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNotice how the hand is also about twice as big as the other hand. Quite the mutant hand!<br/>\n<br/>\nOr, it could just be that the arm is proceeding into the foreground, causing perspective to alter the relative dimensions. Add in a slight stylistic forcing of the perspective for a dash of dynamism, and there you go.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnderstanding some things about art goes a long way in having certain questions not occur to you in the first place. Like why horns are solid orange sometimes, or why sometimes characters don't have arms.<br/>\n<br/>\nKind of like when I learned stuff about science, I finally stopped asking why I couldn't see atoms, even if I squinted real hard.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2075981994",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2075981994\">\nThis will sound terrible, but I kind of forgot you were essentially an artist, until seeing the album cover anyway (which I really liked!) Do you have any other pieces like it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks.<br/>\n<br/>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nKind of.<br/>\n<br/>\nI came THIS CLOSE to just linking Humanimals just now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2076015276",
"timestamp":1294444800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2076015276\">\nHi Andrew! I was wondering, are all the carapace people made in tubes, or only the chess piece soldiers on Skaia? Like would citizens such as PM and AR and Jack be tube-babies or not? Gracias!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEveryone who has a bar code was cloned that way.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn sci-fi symbolism, bar codes = cloned. Or otherwise manufactured or processed.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 7, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2087456918",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087456918\">\nIs Serenity's language real or just a random sequence of punctuation bullshit?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ngoogle morse code<br/>\n<br/>\ngoogle morse code translator\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2087732930",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087732930\">\nNo really, his arm seems huge there, even if you take perspective into account.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh wait a couple people are still puzzling over this? Ok.<br/>\n<br/>\nAuthenticating your drawing isn't a simple matter of taking a photo of someone posing like your character, and if the photo matches up with the drawing perfectly, then everything checks out.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are other things in play, such as<br/>\n<br/>\n1) Stylization<br/>\n2) Dramatization of perspective, through devices such as lensing effects<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd the two are related. Dramatizing perspective contributes significantly to the parameters for stylization. And not understanding this leads to some dubious observations.<br/>\n<br/>\nFor instance, let's look at this cat in a fish eye lens.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/archive/social/formspring/11-Super-Wide-Angle-Digital-Camera.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.instructables.com/image/FMW0YNUX9OEP2819DD/11-Super-Wide-Angle-Digital-Camera.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\nIf you converted that to a line drawing without knowledge of the lens, suddenly hopy shit that paw is huuuuuge, and way stockier and more exaggerated than could be accounted for by foreshortening. You could explain this, and there would always be someone out there who wouldn't care. They'd say, no it's huge dude. Look at it, it's huge. That paw is huge, don't even start with me.<br/>\n<br/>\nMy drawing isn't being fisheyed, but there's a similar principle in play. Perspective is accelerating in the space through which the arm extends. It's not super dramatic lensing, but its enough to offset expected foreshortening.<br/>\n<br/>\nCombine that with the anatomical stylization of the figure, which is on the lanky-limbed side to start with, and you get what's there. Don't think it looks cool? Whatever! Looks good to me, but then, I know the vantage from which it's meant to be parsed.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt would be a shame if all art had to forfeit things like dynamism in perspective, anatomical stylization and things like that because people not familiar with these principles regard their yields as defective.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnyway now that all that's been explained to death I guess it kind of ruins the drawing? Kind of like an overexplained joke. But maybe we learned some stuff?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe funny thing is, I think people with more knowledge on art ironically tend to be MORE permissive of certain deviations in approach, like off template anatomy or perspective, if pursued with otherwise keen fundamentals and an intelligent eye toward aesthetics. It's the people with less knowledge who pick and fuss over stuff that just isn't really the \"big problem\" they think it is, even though they think they're packing hella standards. They don't have the knowledge to fully contextualize what they're observing, and they can't properly articulate their reservations, so they often resort to exaggeration, and QUITE often carry a pretty sour demeanor about it!<br/>\n<br/>\nI call this Picky Little Bitch Syndrome.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's not just art. Every field has its PLBs. Movies, books webcomics...<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd calling a PLB on being a PLB only makes them grumpier, which only further cements the diagnosis. For instance, any grumpy response to what I've said here will serve as a convenient admission to PLBhood! TIA.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2087738138",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087738138\">\nRegardless of points missed, I am confused by the notion a previous inquirer had of adding a letter to Egbert or Harley. What would that accomplish? Wouldn't it just make 11? Even if you added a letter, what letter could it possibly be? Egbeert? Harleyo?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh you know.<br/>\n<br/>\nPeople be confused yo.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2087740532",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087740532\">\nIs there anything that dog does that's not traipsing up those stairs?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSTAY TUNED TO FIND OUT!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087758804\">\nCouldn't you have just translated it yourself and put it under a log or something? Cheap jokes like this are not worth getting worked up on, and I don't want to waste any time translating them myself.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n^^^<br/>\n<br/>\nPLB\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2087761362",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087761362\">\nIs Sburb pronounced with one syllable or two?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n1 + a mouthful of ugly consonants\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2087818488",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087818488\">\nI do not like what you are doing with your comic, Hussie sir. Please bend to my wishes. Bitch. By the way, how those personalizations coming along? I'm excited.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n^^^<br/>\n<br/>\nPLB<br/>\n<br/>\n^^^<br/>\n<br/>\nJK<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nI haven't started on them yet. Likely will tomorrow.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2087820454",
"timestamp":1294617600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2087820454\">\n...I thought the album cover looked great...\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n^^^<br/>\n<br/>\nPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLBPLB(TY)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 9, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2107662848\">\nHOPY SHIT! Jegus, Vriska can do THAT??? She can't do that! Is she even ALLOWED to do that? Pff, whatever. WHATEVER, I say! So, since Vriska never wears her God outfit, does this mean that God outfit = God powers? I guess it makes sense, in a Videogame way\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe don't really know what she is or isn't doing. All we know is she and WV are sharing a dream.<br/>\n<br/>\nDream rules have never been that easy to pin down. We only know what we know about dreams and dream selves after facts have accumulated over a long period of time. WV's dream sequence doesn't seem to fit into the existing model, and we can't expect to figure out how it fits into everything right away, if it does at all.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt does seem the sequence was more like a \"normal\" dream, full of symbols and foreshadowed peril. Vriska, for whatever reason, deliberately or otherwise, shared this normal dream, and was able to understand some things about its context, and the role WV is supposed to play. Perhaps her psychic acuity was a factor. Perhaps her godhood status was as well. All you can do is speculate.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe do know that she is dreaming without a dream self, and without her dream self having been killed. She is her dream self, having resurrected to reach the god tier. We didn't know anything about how such a character would dream, but here's a glimpse at some evidence.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2107852990",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2107852990\">\nThis morse code is getting old\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah, not really. There is no getting or gotten cause it's already done.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt complemented a pretty brief, mysterious dream sequence in a way that matched the scene's symbolically cryptic nature. Dreams in works of fiction often communicate their messages in such ways. Like the strange backwards-speak in the Twin Peaks dreams.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe had ten short passages, presumably narrated by dream Serenity, calling back to this excerpt.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"/mspa/002697\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002697</a><br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then four short lines by fairybug Vriska, hijacking the blinkspeak to have her say.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd that's it!<br/>\n<br/>\nBeing genuinely aggravated by this is a nice way to discover how boring you are. Kind of like being aggravated by the trollspeak was.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2107860924",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2107860924\">\nHow much longer will you be doing customized PS books? You said this latest round was for a \"limited time only\"\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not sure. Depends on how many are piling up. Maybe a couple more days?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108059801",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108059801\">\nJust wanna say I love how you illustrated the dream. The page with the prototype-shadow thing in the sky is amazing. What was the deal with \"Red Miles\" though? Some forumites are speculating it's the name of the red.. attack, in a Final Fantasyesque style\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is the name of Jack's planet wrecking attack.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt has always been the name of the attack, but not mentioned as such. Though it was mentioned somewhere in Hivebent, without being tied to the attack specifically.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108117915",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108117915\">\nOkay hopefully this reaches you THIS TIME. A while ago you said something about how you realized you were really dedicated to homestuck when you pulled your first all-nighter on a flash. What specific flash was that. just outta curiosity.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe Sburb loading screen.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I was pretty inefficient with Flash back then. Now something like that wouldn't take nearly as long.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108589631",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108589631\">\nIt's a bit disappointing to gradually understand that you aren't just pretending to be a huge tool anymore. I can only hope that your arguments for the whole album cover mistake are intentionally this piss-poor for whatever odd reason.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^<br/>\nWorst kind of PLB.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo ok my snarky stuff is all fun and games until I say something you disagree with?<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not \"pretending to be a huge tool.\" A lot of my responses include an edge because it is funny and entertaining and probably most people agree. I have stated this, hence there is no pretense. Would I behave that way in real life? No, because that would be sociopathic and deranged.<br/>\n<br/>\nHow dumb do you have to be to not get that? Oh I see you actually believe you are HOT ON THE TRAIL on blowing the lid off a REAL LIFE DOUCHE BAG. Quick, take a blurry photo of me before I scurry off into the woods!<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it was already clear you are not the king of perspicacity because you are in full PLB lockdown mode. When given a series of reasonable and logical remarks at odds with your perception, you become stubborn and hostile. This is because it is painful when you discover you're on the wrong side of the truth, and the response is only natural.<br/>\n<br/>\nI imagine it is an even worse feeling to discover you're on the wrong side of not stupid.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2108603543",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108603543\">\n\"It is the name of Jack's planet wrecking attack.\" Okay this clears things up for me. I'd assumed it was in some way related to \"black inches,\" which made that whole part of the sequence kind of weird.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nBlack Inches is Snowman's weapon. Red Miles is Jack's.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108626222",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108626222\">\nWhoa! Hold up! I'm not trying to be a PLB, but shouldn't WV? or Jack Noir(if WV is Jack in the scene) be in the crowd of people in http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005187 Furthermore Prospit was not falling yet and red miles didn't kill the crowd. JSYk\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut it is a dream. It is not literal. It is a loose collection of symbols and memories.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I guess maybe you're being a joker? Oh hell I don't even know anymore.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108642150",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108642150\">\nWhat is your take on this incredibly filthy website? http://www.bucketfillers101.com/\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm going to be sick.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108750425",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108750425\">\nTell Vriska to stop being so Damn Cool all the time!!\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI can't, she is obviously in charge of the story now.<br/>\n<br/>\nHer ascension to Fairy Vriska strikes me as a pretty decent distillation of who she's always been as a character. Impish, ubiquitously meddlesome, and kind of annoying.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou could say that a character's ascension to godhood is meant to be the full realization of who they are, and prepares them to function as a demigod in the universe they create. Vriska's true form is that of a pesky, murderous luck fairy, and has been the only one so far to exhibit the god-like influence made possible through realizing this potential.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108786017",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108786017\">\nFurthering my previous \"question\", if he's in full PLB lockdown, I expect him to take everything you say more seriously, thus be more offended at being called stupid.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEXACTLY<br/>\n<br/>\nDude's gonna be in a BIGTIME huff over that. Book it.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that's the point. He's gotta check himself and chill the F out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108873160",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108873160\">\nHow can you even take any of these \"John's arm is too long blah blah blah\" things seriously? Just the simple answer of \"It's art, I'll do what I want\" should be enough. These people are obviously wrong and can't be fixed, you're just feeding the trolls.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah but I similarly address a wide variety of topics, not just that one.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf the question is essentially, why dignify a troll with a response?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe answer is that they are impervious to dignification of any sort. So I am just having some fun here.<br/>\n<br/>\nBig deal!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2108875465",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108875465\">\nWould you ever consider making Homestuck into a fully fledged video game?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nsure\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108888127",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108888127\">\n\"You could say that a character's ascension to godhood is meant to be the full realization of who they are, and prepares them to function as a demigod in the universe they create.\" So wait.... If that's why Vriska's a fairy... What's John? I don't get it.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJohn's a kid in a blue hoodie with sweet wind powers.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2108905361",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108905361\">\nWhen fans ask you to customize their Vriska drawing with \"8nthony is gr8,\" does it annoy you to have such a predictable, fan-ish thing to write, or is it enjoyable to see?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo of course not. Fans are great and if they wanna fanboy/girl all over the place then I think that's cool and flattering.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"andrewhussie2108941425",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2108941425\">\ndo you suspect the people who ask formspring questions to be.... TROLLS?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAt this point 90% of all FS questioners are some variety of troll or another. With no exaggeration.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf someone's trolling me insincerely with some irritable sounding nonsense, I *think* I usually know when that's going on. But sometimes I'll answer as if they were being totally serious to add a fresh new layer of bullshit to this stupid dance we're all doing together here.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2109229865",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2109229865\">\nThis whole thing is a swarm of anonymous criticism/bitching. I worry for what this does to your impression of the fanbase, and possibly your mental health. Don't overdo it on Formspring, man.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt doesn't impact my impression of the fanbase.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut my responses probably influence their impression of me.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is a lot of adoration that gets slung my way, so maybe it's for the best that it's somewhat counterbalanced by some people out there thinking I'm a HUGE JERK.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is probably the best way to maintain stability in the universe.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2109457444",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2109457444\">\nI didn't really have anyone I looked up to until I started reading Homestuck. I don't care if you answer this because it's not a question. I just wanted it to be out there.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTHANK YOU.<br/>\n<br/>\nI mean that sincerely.<br/>\n<br/>\nRegarding the question below this one...<br/>\n<br/>\nvvvvvvvvvvv<br/>\n<br/>\nYOU SEE WHAT I MEAN??????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2109593442",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2109593442\">\nSee, this sort of thing is why you need counterbalancing: http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?34048-Merry-Christmas-Andrew-Hussie!&p=4439553&viewfull=1#post4439553 I mean just look at all that adoration. It's sickening I tell you, just sickening.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI saw the end result of that, but never saw the thread.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou're right, it is sickening.<br/>\n<br/>\n( <3 )\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"andrewhussie2109640131",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2109640131\">\nYou sure take a lot of refuge in humor. A reason for stupid plot developments, a reason for acting like an asshole. What else do excuse with it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat can I say, I have a very expansive sense of humor.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso those things don't need excusing, cause they were all pretty good, whatever they were, and the humor behind them didn't justify them, but drove them in the first place.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut quite frankly, you sound like a bit of a dick to me!<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd I doubt you are as funny as I am. So what is your excuse?<br/>\n<br/>\nHahahaha, oh man, that last thing I said was so great.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2109885013",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2109885013\">\nY'know, sometimes you could just say \"yep, what i do isn't perfect\". 'cause it's true. HS is GREAT, I love it. But not perfect. Your storytelling isn't immaculate, everyone isn't dumber than you, and you are not always funny. Especially not on this page.\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell come on now I obviously agree. Unless this particular page is your first ever exposure to stuff I've said, you oughta know that.<br/>\n<br/>\nI've copped so many times in so many different ways to the imperfection of HS and its function as something basically exploratory. Trying things out, seeing what works and what doesn't and learning from it. And also sticking up for the decisions and process that created it, imperfect though they are.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe problem is all that shit gets buried deep in Formspring and people forget, and it's not archived like a blog so it's hard to find again.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think your point is one of improved diplomacy more than anything else. As an ambassador for my work, especially in the FS format for whatever reason, I'm pretty off the rails.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhenever you're dealing with a serious artist, there is a decent chance you are dealing with someone who doesn't always care to be polished in diplomacy. I've heard that Picasso was kind of a dickhead. He probably didn't cut a whole lot of slack to someone who said, hey Pablo you stuck the eye in the wrong place, fuckass. He was a very important artist and had all these BIG IDEAS and the net result of it all was something great. Maybe his personal volatility was part of that package?<br/>\n<br/>\nAt the same time, someone would be perfectly justified, then and now, to say, hey Pablo, that painting looks like shit. I mean, some of his paintings really seriously did look like shit. And he would be equally justified in calling them PLBs for not \"getting\" it, and he probably did. He probably had his own term for those sons of bitches. He would be justified in doing so because he knew that everything he did, even the shitty stuff, was part of something bigger, even if only in his warped mind.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that said, and everything said below, maybe this is all getting a bit distracting. That is, talking about myself and my views on my work and my views on the views of others. It is possibly getting JUST A LITTLE tedious, and maybe it's time to reel in the purpose of my Formspring exploits.<br/>\n<br/>\nI mentioned a lot of stuff was getting buried. Maybe answering 1000+ poorly archived questions is getting into ridiculous territory. Maybe it's time to delete all the questions, clean the slate, and start new with a modified focus.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhatever imperceptible benefit typing this is having, I'm sure as hell not DRAWING right now, that's for sure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 10, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2117230064",
"timestamp":1294790400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2117230064\">\nHey, you know that Homestuck thing you do? Your side project to the Formspring? I love it, and I love you, and thank you. Just, thank you for creating something that I love, that I can truly enjoy, that is constantly expanding, and that isn't porn. <3\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks for saying that, and also about the formsprings too. And also for being grateful I don't do porn? You're welcome.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is still by and large the type of question I get, and even most of the \"troll questions\" tend to be playful and harmless.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe picture I paint with some of my question selections is probably pretty different though. Why is that? A strange form of theater I guess. Probably some people think it is unsettling, but that's because it does too good a job at rendering a great pit of hostility beneath the surface. Such is the power of having complete control over the flow of information. This is the advantage the media enjoys, and which is why they can keep a lid on important and completely true conspiracies from being known.<br/>\n<br/>\nI was kind of wondering if I went too far in any of my recent answers. Feeling mildly concerned about this, I reread everything I wrote, and I am pleased to report in the light of a new day that I have been 1000% exonerated. My FS answers remain as lucid as ever - coherent, informative, humble, and at worst, transcendentally hilarious.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd if anybody was wondering, the comparison of myself with Picasso below was in fact a strikingly successful attempt to place myself on the same level as one of the greatest and most acclaimed artists who ever lived, if not significantly higher. In no way was the comparison made simply because everyone has heard of him, to make a separate point. If that were the case, ideally I would have selected a very bad and unfamous artist to maintain a pleasing veneer of humility. This is the most important thing an artist should ever concern himself with, we all agree about that.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 11, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2119675960",
"timestamp":1294790400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2119675960\">\nWhoof want to know when the next flash is coming?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn a few days or so. You might not see much til then.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 11, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"andrewhussie2121900583",
"timestamp":1294790400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie2121900583\">\nIn the Homestuck Beta, you eschewed the anti-aliased art style you had used for the rest of the adventures, but when you started the Homestuck Stable Release, anti-aliasing was back. Was there any particular reason for either of these decisions?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause I didn't actually know what I was doing.<br/>\n<br/>\nI was either not aware of the low quality setting which displayed vectors as aliased, or I didn't think it looked that great. I don't remember. I was also not even remotely aware of how much easier it would be, as well as aesthetically preferable, to just import loads of GIF graphics and animate those in Flash.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis speaks volumes about how all of HS has been approached. There I was, preparing to embark on something I knew would last at least a year, planning to do every page in an application I knew practically nothing about. Adjustments were made, as they have been the whole way through.<br/>\n<br/>\nLaunching into HS has been like partaking in an extreme wilderness survival challenge. I parachuted into the middle of the jungle with no equipment except for Picasso's stupid blank-loaded pistol. The beta was me unloading all the useless rounds into an angry tiger on the first night.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">andrewhussie</span>\nresponded\n\n\nJan 11, 2011\n\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question2123465717",
"timestamp":1295136000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2123465717\">What's up?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is the Formspring account for MS Paint Adventures, dot com, the website.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThe old FS account, andrewhussie, has been discontinued, having\ncollapsed under the weight of 1200+ unnavigable, unsearchable questions,\nmost of which were silly and wildly \"off topic\". (re: there was no\ntopic.)<br/>\n<br/>\nI have saved all of those questions and will comb through them at some\npoint to select the most interesting ones and display them elsewhere, in\na manner that is easy to browse, an arrangement they did not enjoy in\nFormspring's ponderous and entirely nonexistent archival system.<br/>\n<br/>\nI will also try to keep things more OT with this account, and address\nstuff that people presumably give a shit about, and try to keep the\nnonsensical haggling to a minimum, as well as avoid bringing to light\nquestions of no substance. All of that was done with a spirit of\namusement, though some people surely disagreed with its humorous merit.\nThey were probably right! What do I know.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou may now ask me a question. This account is like a new Chia Pet fresh\nout of the box, and you have the privilege of applying the disgusting\ncoat of mud to the orange ceramic surface, getting grossed out, and\nregarding your purchase with a deep sense of remorse. <br/>\n<br/>\nYou may also liken the account to a new kit of Sea Monkeys you just purchased for\nsome baffling reason. That's fine too.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>,\n\nJan 11, 2011 - Jan 15, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question2123506783",
"timestamp":1295136000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2123506783\">where is today's\nupdate hussie?!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am presently working on a Flash animation, as should be\npainfully obvious from the answer to a question which no longer exists.<br/>\n<br/>\nI will probably be finished in several days.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 11, 2011 - Jan 15, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question2171676693",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2171676693\">How could Aradia have\nascended to god-tier status because she had no \"extra life\", which would have\nbeen her dream-self?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe did have an extra life. She had a dream self all along. It\njust wasn't in a tower. It was sleeping in a crypt in the center of\nDerse, which essentially functioned as her Quest Cocoon.<br/>\n<br/>\nShe is a special case with respect to having a dream self (like Sollux\nwas, who had two), and also with respect to the god tier resurrection.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe same rules couldn't apply to her, since she's the only character\nwho's been dead since long before beginning the game. She couldn't\nresurrect the usual way because she was already dead.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo she has a different set of rules to suit her unique circumstances. We\nwere lead to believe she didn't have a dream self, because she was\ndead, and because she didn't have a tower. But she was in the crypt the\nwhole time, on her sacrificial platform, looking pretty corpse-like. Was\nher dream self dead too? There's no need for a definitive answer. But\nit would be reasonable to view her slumber as a state of undead-like\nstasis, like a vampire in a crypt.<br/>\n<br/>\nHer resurrection demanded that her dream self be killed on the platform.\nAnd so it waited there for the entire session until Jack destroyed\nDerse, and was consumed by fire. This woke her up, and restored her to\nlife for the first time in years. Her robot exploded as her soul\nun-disembodied itself. She then attained the god tier as the Maid of\nTime.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question2172625978",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172625978\">So\nif this memo: p=004654\n\ntook place 6:12 before the critical moment, how did Tavros speak 3:14\nlater, 2:58 before the moment if he was busy FALLING TO HIS DEATH?\n\nHMM?\n\nlooks like you've been\n\nBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSTED</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAt countdown mark 3:14, Vriska woke up from her nap. It is not when she impaled him.<br/>\n<br/>\nAt mark 2:41, he landed, DEAD. Impaled shortly before. <br/>\n<br/>\nIn the half hour between, there was apparently some unseen messing\naround. Tavros perhaps squirmed at the bottom of the stairs some more.\nHe and Vriska took a moment to make a couple of useless replies to a\nmemo, on the page you cited.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/004654\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004654</a><br/>\n<br/>\nShortly after that, Tavros had his unfortunate encounter with Vriska.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2172631685",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172631685\">Holy shit, did tavros\njust fall for over 30 minutes? Also where the hell is the back&white cow\nabomination?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope, see below.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe monster Vriska defeated earlier fell through the same break in the\nfloor, but clearly wound up missing the platform Terezi's sitting on.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2172637564",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172637564\">How does someone\nbecome a ghost in Homestuck, like Aradia?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBy getting killed by a guy who just ate some mind honey I guess?<br/>\n<br/>\nLet this be noncanon answer number ???.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2172642410",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172642410\">Unless I miswatched\nthe flash, Vriska never did give Tavros his free shot, did she?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSure she did. She let him charge at her with a sharp object fair\nand square. However he was not martially adept enough to avoid her slap\nand counterattack.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2172660818",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172660818\">Any\nparticular reason that Vriska's God Tier clothes don't match her normal\ndark blue color scheme, when John's is light blue and Aradia's is dark\nred?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe colors are not character dependent. The ___ of Breath suit\nis always blue. The ___ of light suit is always orange. ___ of Time is\nred. ___ of Space is ???.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn, Dave and Aradia's colors corresponding with their titles are\ncoincidences. Vriska's color is nonmatching, as would be Rose's. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe first part of the title, Heir, Thief, Maid, etc affects the design of the\noutfit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2172664121",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172664121\">Are God-tier forms\ngenerally flying-insect-like, because John seems to be the only exception of\nthis trend thus far.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nJohn is a human. The other two examples were trolls.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">GutmanFG</span>,\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2172705210",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2172705210\">Jan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey look similar because all the outfits look similar. They\nlook similar to John's as well, though his is a bit simpler. The\ndifferences in the designs are small details. Like shape of hood,\nfootwear, etc. <br/>\n<br/>\nMetamorphosis is clearly a significant part of troll biology, and\ntherefore ingrained in their mythology. They've got cocoons everywhere,\nand are often likened to insects through biological terms. The wings\nhave nothing (we know of) to do with troll adulthood. But have a lot to\ndo with their perception of what ascension should be, which is the\nculmination of a pupation process. Which is why some may look to fairies\nas an ideal, or rule them out as fiction on account of the ideal they\nrepresent. Ascended trolls in this game are essentially magical fairies.<br/>\n<br/>\nHumans do not have a good analog for this though, and enjoy no biological upgrades.\nOnly powers and fashion.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 15, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question2213630970",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2213630970\">Are you going to post\nup that hilarious .txt Dave conversation?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA joke can be many things.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes a joke can even be an allusion to a whole bunch of jokes you will never\nget to read.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat joke is made even funnier by the fact that all of those\nhypothetical jokes are practically guaranteed to be really, really funny\nif they existed.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 18, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2213637552",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2213637552\">May\nI ask why exactly Vriska would straight out murder Tavros? She just\ndoesn't seem the type to psychotically and lightly murder in cold brown\nblood at least in person anyway and when not pressured by events like\nAradia's ghosts, in regard to her murder.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe attacked her. It was self defense. <br/>\n<br/>\nAnd even if it wasn't, how much stupid bullshit are you supposed to put\nup with from a guy before you're ready to run a lance through his chest?\nSeriously.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 18, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2213642358",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2213642358\">So,\ndo Jade's cloning duties definitively answer the question that Kanaya's\nplanet was in fact the Land of Rays and Frogs? Assuming that because\nshe knew what Jade has to do, she had to do the same thing. And knowing\nthat frogs are important somehow. :P</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nSorry I Thought That Was Obvious\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 18, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2213658548",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2213658548\">Do you ever feel that\nthings get a little too \"cutesy\" in your comic?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005200\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005200</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 18, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2213678834",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2213678834\">How\ndid you come up with the idea of building up the house to reach Skaia? I\nreally like the idea! It's like a reference to the Tower of Babel and\nit kind of makes sense given the context of Skaia as the place where\ngodhood is reached</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe Tower of Babel did come to mind. There are many symbolic\naspects you could find in it, many relating to ascension. It also put to\nuse the basic idea of house building, inspired by Sim games, by tying\nit to a more obvious goal, to reach the gates, and then reach Skaia.<br/>\n<br/>\nObviously it's pretty easy for players to \"cheat\" and invent means of\nflying to skip the arduous climb, but as with many things, there are\nstill hidden reasons for why the building is necessary which haven't\nbeen revealed. And if nothing else, it does convey the way the game is\n\"supposed\" to be played under ordinary circumstances, with kids making\nthese insane vertical journeys through their houses, followed by\nfantastical horizontal journeys through their lands. <br/>\n<br/>\nAlso note that there are many, many ways in which the concepts if\nHomestuck were influenced by Problem Sleuth. The Cathedral of Syndetic\nAscension was two huge towers meeting in the middle of the universe.\nClimbing the towers was a significant quest for the four heroes in PS.\nThe consorts were always meant to parallel the silly members of the four\nkingdoms. <br/>\n<br/>\nAnother detail of interest: note that there was a volcano next to the cathedral\nwhich played a significant role in the story.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 18, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225370473",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225370473\">Why frogs?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question would exist plentifully regardless of what animal\nwas selected. Knowing this, I don't think it's a very interesting avenue\nof discussion right now. Are we to weigh the universe containment\nmerits of frogs, vs. say, bears?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe definitive answer, as of now, is that any definitive answer would be pretty\nboring.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut there are nevertheless some reasons. And more important than the\nreasons for the decision is to notice how thematically entrenched frogs\nhave been in the story for a very long time. All the mechanics of this,\nthe genesis frog and the frog breeding stuff, was conceptualized well\nbefore the end of act 2. EOA2 was when we first saw the frog ruins,\nremember? An idol of the embodiment of a universe to be created,\npositioned where Skaia would be, surrounded by four towers representing\nthe planets. There was no basis for speculation on why a frog stood in\nSkaia's place until now. This has probably been the slowest boiling\nmystery in the entire story. After a while, I think prolonged,\nrelentless exposure to certain symbols and aspects of a myth start to\nwear down the need to justify why they exist. They exist simply because\nthey exist, like the features of fables we've all heard a thousand\ntimes. <br/>\n<br/>\nAnd finally, in processing the \"why frogs\" matter, it does help to\nunderstand the mentality I have in coming up with all ideas for HS. The\nidea from the start was to come up with a very elaborate, fantastical\nand ridiculous creation myth. Some ideas are quite esoteric, some are\nquite passable for more conventional works of science fiction, and some\nare very silly. Most are a combination of these. Most of the time, the\nsilly stuff is not so outrageously silly that it can't be workable in a\nserious way too when needed. That adequately describes the concept of a\nuniverse existing inside of a large frog bred and genetically engineered\nby children, I think.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225384455",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225384455\">I'm getting chocobo\nbreeding vibes from the recent updates, was that an inspiration for the frog\nbreeding?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't think it was a direct inspiration, but I'm sure it crossed my mind at the\ntime.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is probably how most kinds of inspiration work. I hardly ever come\nup with an idea directly inspired something else (unless it's something I\ndid, in which case I do it almost constantly.) But then after I have\nthe idea, I may immediately think of something that's kind of similar\nfrom another work. I may then modify the idea to make it more\nreminiscent of that thing, if I feel like solidifying that particular\nreference. The Donnie Darko style past/future trails in the intermission\nmight be a good example of that. Or, I may attempt to stifle\nsimilarities if the reference doesn't interest me.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe chocobo breeding thing always struck me as a really solid example of\na side quest in a game. Pretty tedious, definitely optional, yet\nleading to major boons far beyond the normal scope of the game.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo in that sense, frog breeding was always supposed to be reminiscent of\na fun side quest. And yet, it's still absolutely essential to\ncompleting the game's objective. So it's not technically a side quest at\nall. Only in spirit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225390224",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225390224\">If\nBilious Slick was a derisive nickname, does that mean that the Trollian\nJack Noir's later name--Spades Slick--was originally used as an insult\nagainst him that he decided to take up as his name? Or did he don it as\nan insult to the Dersians?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSS embraced the nickname as a big fuck you to the black queen, aka Snowman.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225397415",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225397415\">Couldn't\nJade simply look at the same frozen frog in the past, and attempt to\nappearify it? This would create a paradox, as the frog would never be\nthere when she appearified it in the past (the frog's future)? This\neasier method seems to work...</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe monitor can only look at the present. You can only try to\nappearify a frog and hope for the best. If the frog appears (bad), then\nthat frog was free for the taking. If slime appears (good), then destiny\nhad future plans for that frog, one way or another. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe other appearifiers had certain limitations too. Like being locked on particular\ntimes and targets.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225419319",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225419319\">If\nplayers of Sburb are fighting against the Black Kingdom, then why don't\nthe Dersites kill the Derse dreamers in their sleep? One of my friends\nkeeps asking me this and I can't come up with a decent answer.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe conflict between the kingdoms is regimented. There are\nrules, like in chess, though much more complex. It isn't necessarily all\nout war, except for what takes place on advanced stages of the\nbattlefield. If the queen is in power, she leaves them alone. Killing\nthem would be improper. If Jack is in power, he clearly has no problem\nwith it. <br/>\n<br/>\nAnd there's potentially more to it than some kind of etiquette. Though\nthe Derse dreamers are heroes, they still serve as emissaries to the\ndark gods, who presumably tend to be opposed to the goal of creation,\nlike Derse. There always remains the possibility that the Derse dreamers\nwill carry out the agenda of the gods without understanding what\nthey're doing. To kill those kids before that would lack strategic\nforesight, something a queen has.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225432397",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225432397\">Is the Vast Croak the\nsame thing as the Big Bang?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe two pairs of words are verging on being synonyms for each other, aren't\nthey?<br/>\n<br/>\nThat said, I don' t think I'll answer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225457479",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225457479\">It\nappears Doc Scratch was directly responsible for Kanaya's awakening on\nProspit. Was Jade's early awakening similar, perhaps involving Bec, or\nwere there different circumstances, perhaps due to her (grand)father or\npure accident?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are actually clues about Jade's awakening in her\nconversation with Tavros, in retrospect. If you read between the lines,\nand draw from what we now know about Kanaya, you can make a decent guess\nabout what happened.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/004955\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004955</a><br/>\n<br/>\nShe said:<br/>\n<br/>\nGG: when i was REALLY young, i was sure the doll sitting across from him did it<br/>\nGG: and for a long time i was terrified of the evil blue girl!!!<br/>\nGG: she sort of haunted my childhood and i had trouble sleeping for a long time <br/>\n<br/>\nShe complains about insomnia while young, just like Kanaya did. When\nKanaya was put to sleep by Scratch, her insomnia ended, and she woke up.\nWe also know Jade did not have trouble sleeping for very long. Vriska\nstarted putting her to sleep to test out her powers.<br/>\n<br/>\nMatch this up with some remarks by Kanaya:<br/>\n<br/>\nGA: It Was Saddening To Learn My Fortuitous Awakening Had Been The Product Of A\nNefarious Ploy<br/>\nGA: Youre Lucky That Your Awakening Probably Had No Such Entanglements<br/>\nGG: jeez, i hope not... <br/>\n<br/>\nSo it would seem Jade and Kanaya have another thing in common.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2225493226",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2225493226\">It\nappears Doc Scratch was directly responsible for Kanaya's awakening on\nProspit. Was Jade's early awakening similar, perhaps involving Bec, or\nwere there different circumstances, perhaps due to her (grand)father or\npure accident?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are actually clues about Jade's awakening in her\nconversation with Tavros, in retrospect. If you read between the lines,\nand draw from what we now know about Kanaya, you can make a decent guess\nabout what happened.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/004955\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004955</a><br/>\n<br/>\nShe said:<br/>\n<br/>\nGG: when i was REALLY young, i was sure the doll sitting across from him did it<br/>\nGG: and for a long time i was terrified of the evil blue girl!!!<br/>\nGG: she sort of haunted my childhood and i had trouble sleeping for a long time <br/>\n<br/>\nShe complains about insomnia while young, just like Kanaya did. When\nKanaya was put to sleep by Scratch, her insomnia ended, and she woke up.\nWe also know Jade did not have trouble sleeping for very long. Vriska\nstarted putting her to sleep to test out her powers.<br/>\n<br/>\nMatch this up with some remarks by Kanaya:<br/>\n<br/>\nGA: It Was Saddening To Learn My Fortuitous Awakening Had Been The Product Of A\nNefarious Ploy<br/>\nGA: Youre Lucky That Your Awakening Probably Had No Such Entanglements<br/>\nGG: jeez, i hope not... <br/>\n<br/>\nSo it would seem Jade and Kanaya have another thing in common.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 19, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2257848819",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2257848819\">Is the latest flash\nactually this disappointingly small or am I missing something big?\n\nRead: Does initiating a fight between Eridan and Sollux always end the game?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, you are missing something very big, which is perspective.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis Flash page is an appropriate length for the purpose it served. The\nfirst Flash game involving the trolls was inordinately long, taking\nsomething like 30 minutes for a player to feel sure all possibilities\nhave been exhausted. But its length provided a good way to demonstrate\nthe format's capabilities.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt set a precedent for a game of that length, but not a trend. There's\nno reason to expect they should all be. These are just individual pages\nin a story after all, and my intent for the format was always to make\nthe games about this length.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe battle at the end did mark the end of the game. There was nothing\nmore to it, and I don't think it needed to be especially explicit about\nthat. You could try mashing the spacebar during the battle or whatever,\nand observe it did nothing. The prompt at the end to restart tells you\nit's over. What else is there to suggest there's more? Aside from an\nexpectation that since it feels like a fully functional game, it should\nbehave like one rather than what is essentially a shallow simulation to\nhit a few story points.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that's one of the pitfalls of mixing these types of media. While\nflipping through pages, you switch from your \"story reader's mind\" to\nyour \"game player's mind\", which expects different things. Having played\nmany games, we grow to expect fully fleshed out, complete gaming\nexperiences from whatever we play, even if not consciously. These little\nin-story fragments can leave us a little puzzled, because they are\nincomplete, and the instinctive game player in us finds that a little\nfrustrating. But I view this as a good thing, and wouldn't seek to\nimprove it. The clash between those two mindsets of media consumption\ndemonstrates we're engaging with something unique. It's not an\nexperience you have with other forms of entertainment.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 22, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2257853801",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2257853801\">A bit of a simple\nquestion but in the latest flash Bec Noir wasnt wearing bros glasses. Where did\nthey go?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe does not have them at any time in the troll session. He did\nnot have them in Jade: Enter. We do not know what happened to them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 22, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2257906283",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2257906283\">Is Sollux dead or just\nknocked out?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell let's see, it said KO'D when he hit the wall, so\nhmmmmmmmm..........................\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 22, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2257923176",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2257923176\">So what are your\nthoughts on killing off characters? Killing off feferi, was that a big decision\nor a whim? </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI wouldn't call it a big decision, but it wasn't a whim. Nothing going on right now\nis spontaneous at all.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 22, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2257943429",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2257943429\">So\nit appears we have a couple of deaths on our hands, possibly with more\ncoming, but why is is that the screen tracking the timelines of the\ntrolls heading into the rift still has all the ttimelines as alive when\nwe've seen trollian tracks death?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt would have been completely ridiculous to black out all the\ntimelines for the trolls who were going to die. Readers would have a\nchecklist in advance, and that would be boring. This reason itself is\nmore than enough to excuse that minor technical oddity with the Trollian\ninterface.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut if we really need an explanation, who's to say that feature is\npermanently enabled? Maybe there's some obscure checkbox somewhere in\nthe application that says \"Show who's dead.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 23, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2258060776",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2258060776\">Is\nthe troll killing off a method of maximizing on the more 'central'\ntrolls (Fairy God Trolls) or is it something more toward a contribution\nto the central plot (Ascend to god tier or become a spooky ghost lady or\nwhatever?) </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy don't we keep this simple.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is not about pruning the expansive character roster.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is not about challenging myself to find new elaborate ways to make death\nimpermanent either.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's about making something entertaining.<br/>\n<br/>\nEvery decision I make is with the intent to produce something\nentertaining, whether due to humor, an elevated sense of suspense,\npromoting investment in characters, advancing intrigue, or what have\nyou.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Kingrussel</span>,\n\nJan 23, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2258082361",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2258082361\">On\npage 004529, Terezi talks about Karkat's plan to troll the humans,\nwhich Karkat doesn't form until after he wakes up at 5:12. She and\nKarkat then respond to that memo from 6:12 hours in the future. So they\nare sure to survive whatever is at 0:00 right?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes...<br/>\n<br/>\nUnless...<br/>\n<br/>\nI fucked up the timestamps and have to go back and retcon them at some point.<br/>\n<br/>\nUH----------<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH :C\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 23, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2268346037",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2268346037\">What effect do you\nexpect this stream of images to have on a person reading through the archive as\nopposed to waiting?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe longer I do this the more I'm struck by how radical the\ndifference is between the experiences of reading something archivally\nvs. serially, both for the reader, and the author if he's prone to\nsampling reactions frequently as I do. For the reader especially, I\nthink the experience of day to day reading is so dramatically different,\nthey might as well be reading a different story altogether. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe main difference is the amount of space between events the reader\nhas, which can be filled with massive amounts of speculation, analysis,\npredictions, and something I guess you could call \"opinion building\",\nwhichcanhavebothpositiveandnegativeeffects.Onthepositiveside,\nthesereadersbecomemorecloselyengagedwiththematerialthan\narchivalreaderscanbe,zeroinginondetailsandinsightswhichmight\nbeoverlookedotherwise.Onthenegativeside,Ithinkthatexcess\nmentalnoisethespacebetweenpagesallowscanpotentiallybeabit\nsuffocating,andputastrainontheexperiencethematerialwas\nintendedtodeliver.<br/>\n<br/>\nThearchivalreaderalwayshastheluxuryofmovingontothenextpage,\nregardlessofhowhereactstocertainevents,andthuscanbemore\nimpassiveaboutit.Thatinternalcacophonyisn'tgiventimetobuild,\nandiftherearereservationsaboutastringofevents,whetherdueto\nshockingrevelations,orquestionsoverthenarrativemeritof\nsomething,orreallyanyformofdissatisfaction,allhehastodois\nkeepclickingtoseehowitallfitstogether,andcanmakeamore\ncompletejudgmentwithhindsight.<br/>\n<br/>\nTherecentpageshadmeparticularlyconsciousofthenatureofserial\ndelivery.Thewholescenewasrolledoutoverthecourseofaweekend,\nfirstwithFeferi,thenKanaya.WhenFereridies,thisregistersasone\nextremelydramaticevent.Cuethewaiting,speculating,worryingandall\nthat.WhenKanayadiesadayorsolater,itregistersasasecond\ndramaticevent!Againthescrutinybeginswhichthespaceallows.Is\nthisalltoomuch?HowdoIfeelaboutthisnarrativeturn?Isthis\nsettingatrendforabloodbath?Doesthatserveanypurpose?Thereader\nprojectsintothefuture,doesalittleunwittingfanfictionwritingin\nhishead,andmaynotlikewhathesees!Allthisactivitybecomesthe\nbasisforopinionbuilding,whichissortoftheemergenceofan\nofficialpositiononmatters,goodorbad,whichisonlyableto\nflourishintheslow-motionintakeofthestory.Thatofficialposition\ncanbeaverystubbornthing,especiallywhenit'snegative,and\nseriouslytexturesthewayadditionaldevelopmentsareregarded.It's\nreallyhardtoshakeareaderoffanentrenchedpositiononamatter,\nevenwhenitwasformedwithanincompletepicture.<br/>\n<br/>\nReadingthesameeventsinthearchiveisquitedifferent.Verylittle\nofthatinnermonologuetakesshape.Andwhiletheeventsarestill\nshocking,andthereadermayraisehiseyebrowsamilehigh,hethen\nsimplylowersthemandkeepsreading.Infact,becauseofthereading\npace,IwouldsuggestthesetwodeathsactuallyregisterasonlyONE\nDRAMATICEVENT!Oneguysnapsandkillstwocharacters.Intheflowof\nstraight-throughreadingespecially,itisquitestartling,\ntension-building,andcanonlyservetopropelthereaderintofurther\npages,atapacewhichsuspendstheexperience-compromising\n(augmenting??)play-by-play.<br/>\n<br/>\nButlikeI'vesaid,Idon'tthinkonewayofreadingisnecessarily\nbetterthantheother.Bothhaveplusses,andobviouslyIchoosetomake\nthisserially,andIplayoffplentyofinthemomentreactions.ButI\ntendconsiderthearchivalexperiencemore,becausewhenallissaidand\ndone,thisthinghastositonaserverforyearstocome,
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"id":"question2268348158",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2268348158\">why are you trolling\nus?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 23, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2268381727",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2268381727\">Not\nstrictly related to MSPA but I'm reading reactions to the latest pages\n(trying to- the forum is overloaded) and I wondered, what's it like\ncreating something that affects people so deeply? These people are\nfreaking out! Sign of a good story, for sure.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPeople tend to be pretty emotional creatures and I know that\nsome people shed tears over much lesser turns in a story than this.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo knowing that, I guess there is something a little weird about pulling\nthe trigger on an event which I know perfectly well will cause plenty\nof people to cry ACTUAL TEARS, most of which are probably perfectly nice\nteenage girls who I have no business affecting in this way at all. To\nthose people I guess I'll have to offer a real apology, because I'm not\nactually out to ruin anyone's day.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut when you're making a story with any sort of dramatic clout, even a\nlargely humorous one, I don't think it pays to be gutless. Both in terms\nof reader reaction, fear of sparking sadness, anger, or bad reviews,\nand in terms of being overly precious with your characters and ideas, to\nthe point where it becomes obvious you're unwilling to mess with\nanything or put anyone important in real danger, which does a lot to\nkill suspense. <br/>\n<br/>\nBut that's actually a pretty common way to construct a story, to the\npoint where we are all extremely used to watching stuff where heroes\nare in no real peril, and because it's so common we can accept and enjoy\nit. This also makes it more shocking and emotional when a story steps\noutside of that comfort zone.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it's only emotional if people are invested in those threatened. This\nis one reason why a lot of horror movies can be so ineffective, grisly\nmoments notwithstanding. Rosters are knowingly introduced for the\nslaughter, with only lip service given to investment in characters. And\neven if approached skillfully, there isn't even much time to win the\nhearts and minds of the audience for the full cast.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut this is a little different. We've spent a lot of time with these\ncharacters. And if the threat to their lives seems like a sudden\ndirection, I'd suggest that doing it earlier or more gradually wouldn't\nhave allowed it to mean the same thing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 23, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question2268455672",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question2268455672\">why kanaya ;_;</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not going to pretend I didn't think it was a very sad event.\nFeferi was one thing, as a pretty tangential character. But Kanaya was\nthe one that hurt.<br/>\n<br/>\nSad things happen in stories. Even funny ones!<br/>\n<br/>\nProbably the most memorable episode of Futurama for me was the one where\nhis dog waits for him on the street corner for years, until it dies.\nAnd then? THE END.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat was awful! I don't know anyone who ever watched that episode who\nwasn't emotionally crushed by that ending. Almost to the point where it\nwas unbelievable they made such a thing happen. I was not alone in\nspeaking to the TV: \"Futurama, what are you doing to me? FUTURAMA???\nYou're not supposed to do this, you're FUNNY!!!\"<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yet, that episode was great! Even the ending was great, all things\nconsidered. In retrospect its very gesture was sort of darkly hilarious.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not exactly comparing this character death with that moment, but\njust pointing it out as an example of a piece of entertainment which I\nbelieve successfully blended emotional tones. That's what's been going\non with HS for quite some time.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn fact, Futurama always struck me as a really good example of something\nthat did that, and I can think of very few other examples. Futurama was\nperpetually hilarious, while doing a pretty great job of making you\ncare about the characters and what happened to them. It actually\nsuccessfully pulled off a lot of poignant moments, not just dog\nkillings. I'm trying to think of of other comparably humorous pieces of\nentertainment that worked a serious side well and not thinking of much.\nThe Simpsons, not quite. Certainly nothing of Family Guy's ilk. (ok I'm\nreally just thinking of TV shows now) Arrested Development could be a\ngood example. Certainly off the charts in hilarity and characterization,\nthough in hindsight I don't think it ever laid the drama on all that\nthick. It usually played its serious notes to set up gags, and often\nshortchanged drama by making continuity itself a gag (NEXT TIME ON\nARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: jokes jokes jokes)<br/>\n<br/>\nIf I had to grope for another example, I might reach back years and\nyears to something called Red Dwarf. Which was a British scifi comedy tv\nshow. But not the show, the book! The novelization of it was my first\nexposure to it, and when I was a teenager I remember thinking it was the\nfunniest, greatest shit ever. It might have been my teen goggles\ntinting it though, I really don't know how it would hold up for me now. I\ndidn't even know it was based on a show, and later when I saw it, I\nthought it was good, but not as great unsurprisingly. Oddly, the concept\nwas essentially the same as Futurama. A guy is frozen in stasis for a\nlong time, wakes up in the future. But he's the last guy alive, a la\nHitchhiker's Guide. I always liked this way better than Hitchhiker's\nthough for some reason, which I was never as gaga over as so many seem\nto be. This story struck me as not only funnier, but more heartfelt, and\nreally captured the essence of the lonely journey of the last human\nalive, alone in a giant space ship with his idiot hologram friend.<br/>\n<br/>\nThinking back on it, I'm probably weirdly influenced by that series in ways I'm\nprobably not even aware of.<br/>\n<br/>\nEND RAMBLE\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 23, 2011 - Jan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154118581221625926",
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"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154118581221625926\">why gamzee\n;_;</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLet's all be completely honest here.<br/>\n<br/>\nEvil Gamzee is the best thing that has ever happened, and will ever happen, to\nHomestuck.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154119484028782322",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154119484028782322\">How\ndoes it feel, knowing that a lot of fans are expecting you to turn\naround and say \"SURPRISE, IT WAS ALL A DREAM/DOOMED REALITY/JOKE!\"?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAnybody who would feel confident in expecting this would be kind of dumb.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154119975840287379",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154119975840287379\">Have...\nhave we upset you in some way? Are you feeling dissatisfied with the\ncomic? Because, while I won't deny that these updates have been\nsuspenseful and dramatic without losing the important humorous\nelements... God damn are things getting dark.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ncertain changes in story direction = author is upset or going crazy in some way =\nzzzzzzzzzzzzz\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154128263025812338\">Did you have\nevil [REDACTED] Gamzee planned out from the beginning? You know, since his\nchumhandle IS terminallyCapricious.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI gave them all troll handles well before they ever came close\nto being real characters, but those names always set up the parameters\nfor where I could drive the characters thematically when continuing to\ndevelop them, if inclined. So yeah, this was always a strong\npossibility, without necessarily being 100% committed to it the whole\ntime. Regardless, there was some groundwork set up for that possibility\nshould I decide to run with it, which I did, and the decision was made\nquite some time ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nSame with others we've seen recently. Kanaya had the theme of virginity\ndue to her sign, which when you think about it, is a pretty TOUGH\nCONCEPT to shape into coherence for a character in an ensemble like\nthis, but I worked it by bonding her to matriarchal themes with her\nvirgin mother grub lusus, and the role she inherited as progenitor and\ncaretaker of the matriorb, and more specifically, recently showing the\nfutility of that role, as the concept of chastity is not particularly\ncompatible with successful breeding. When she found the key to release\nit, it was a sign that all along it was not meant to be used, but\ndestroyed.<br/>\n<br/>\nEridan was originally cast as someone dangerous and genocidal, but those\nqualities were never illustrated and became easily dismissed as a joke\nas his whole character seemed to revolve around failed romantic\naspirations for so long. But they came back, reminding us they were\ndriving forces behind his profile. (His name, caligulasAquarium, was\nalso tied to his various romantic obsessions, particularly the need for a\nrival, which is bound to the caliginous quadrant, another word for\ndark.) Ultimately his dreams of genocide were realized by being the one\nto destroy the orb, which appeared to always be his intent for \"helping\nher\" with it, making his preceding conversation with Kanaya much more\ndetestably villainous than it seemed. In doing so, he destroyed hope for\nthe species. This is his final interpretation of his role as the Prince\nof Hope. Not as one who fights for hope, but destroys it. He's\ncertainly the worst kind of bastard this story has to offer.<br/>\n<br/>\nBoth Eridan's and Gamzee's dangerous sides were heavily masked by the\nlong adherence to their roles as one note gag characters, and made it\nvery difficult to predict these outcomes seriously. A few days ago,\nnobody at all is guessing Eridan walks into a room and kills two\ncharacters. And before this page:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005119\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005119</a><br/>\n<br/>\nEven fewer people would ever make a serious guess Gamzee would become a threat.\nCommitment to the gag was too air tight.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut that's was makes the development equal parts disturbing and funny in my view.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154131915421542798\">About\nthe Futurama example with the dog dieing, yes, that was a sad thing in a\nfunny show, but it wasn't a joke itself. The dog was't wearing a silly\nhat or anything.\nWhy do you directly put jokes in a scary/sad events? Why the honks in\nFef's death scene?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYeah, so it wasn't a PRECISION STRIKE ANALOGY I guess? I was\njust pointing out a sad thing in a funny show. In any case I kind of\ndisagree. I believe there was humor in that moment. You just need fine\ntuned instruments to detect it, like some of the things happening here\nnow and then.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy the death scene honks? Because this story has always dealt in That\nKind Of Thing. Sometimes a sad moment is played totally straight (like\nJade's letter to John). Sometimes, or often, a sad or violent moment\nwill be accented with humor, if not played humorously straightup. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe bottom line is, if you have to ask, I honestly can't imagine that you understand\nmuch about MSPA.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd if nothing else at all, I guess you could just read this article.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_comedy</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154134863748823801",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154134863748823801\">I've\nbeen one of the people frustrated with the direction for a while now\n(though still reading, too damn addictive). It feels nice to say I'm on\nthe 'loving it' side again. </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe spectrum of opinions about everything has gotten so wide and\nso volatile, I can do nothing but exist in a perpetual full body shrug.<br/>\n<br/>\nConsider that<br/>\n<br/>\n1) This story now deals with a more diverse body of concepts than most you'll ever\nread.<br/>\n<br/>\n2) The readership has grown immense.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe net result is opinions opinions opinions opinions opinions. At this\npoint I just go bleary eyed at even the whiff of someone's problem or\nhow I'm doing shit wrong or how suddenly YES he's back on track!!! In a\nway the raging diversity of opinions helps me block it all out and focus\non the only thing that really matters, which is my own opinion on\nwhat's funny and interesting.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm glad you're liking it though, and thanks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154136648941073699",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154136648941073699\">Please tell me\nyou're just messing with us about the retcon thing.\nPart of me thinks it's a joke, but I have learned to never dismiss anything you\nsay at this point.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGood!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154138511031696959",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154138511031696959\">Does\nit irk you that there are newcomers---or maybe old-timers who just\nnever realized what the hell they were reading---that take MSPA So\nSeriously? It seems that so much of the surprise twists/twisted humor is\nresponded to with disbelief lately.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt doesn't bother me, but it's definitely a real phenomenon, and\none I anticipated a long time ago when considering the possibility of a\ngrowing readership.<br/>\n<br/>\nI believe there are a lot of people who hopped aboard during Hivebent or\nlater, and didn't really cut their teeth on the \"MSPA culture\" from\nwhich all that emerged.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn the other hand, I know many of those people have been savvy enough to\npick up on it, read earlier stories, do a little homework, and start to\nfigure out why everything is the way it is.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154142160394947369",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154142160394947369\">\"This\nstory now deals with a more diverse body of concepts than most you'll\never read.\" I love Homestuck, but I think you're underestimating the\nworld's literary traditions here.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nReally? So you're saying Homestuck is not more complex than the average story?<br/>\n<br/>\nWow.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154143387665071881",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154143387665071881\">So,\nyou're basically a jerk because it's the only thing keeping you sane at\nthis point? (because earlier you kind of took a verbal dump on me for\nno particular reason)</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo I didn't. I don't even know who you are or what question you asked, but no I\ndidn't.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat was the old Formspring account. I have yet to do that with this one.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou are too sensitive, and also annoying. Please get over yourself.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question154144877951617363",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154144877951617363\">how the hell\ndid you manage to turn an ICP parody character into a fucking terrifying clown\nwith a bifurcated personality</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n.................... I can't think of a much better description\nfor a single character who is the embodiment of ICP though.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154145400729672673",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154145400729672673\">\"Not strictly\nrelated to MSPA but...\" You started 5 paragraphs in a row with \"But\". :D</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDid I? When?<br/>\n<br/>\nThat was kind of dumb of me if true.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">iamgreaser</span>,\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154147870025488514",
"timestamp":1295913600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154147870025488514\">Just\nwanted to say that today's \"Don't turn you back on the body\" was the\nfirst time an online, graphic-oriented story (comic) has creeped me out.\nI am scared! Seriously! I didn't know this medium had that potential!\nGreat work.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think it can be pretty interesting how a single line in a\nstory, even one that's seven words, can dramatically alter the the\nperception of everything that just happened.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn this case, I think presented on the heels of the deaths, it created a\nweird blend of sudden fear, as well as a contradictory emotion of hope,\nthat MAYBE we haven't seen the last of one of these characters, even if\nthe implications are ominous.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere have been a couple others sprinkled about HS. I think tvtropes\ncalls them WHAM LINES or KAPOW STATEMENTS or whatever. (i am not even\nbusting on the tropes here, that's a pretty legit thing to diagnose)<br/>\n<br/>\nBut really, I mainly like that page because of the text highlighting\nslow-roll. It was a fun preexisting mechanism to employ for suspense.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">HoratioA</span>,\n\nJan 24, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154148647611698275",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154148647611698275\">The song\n'Miracles' was released in September of 2009. The music video for it was made in\nApril of 2010.\n\nThe current date in homestuck is April 13th 2009. Where did gave get the music\nvideo from?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSounds like someone needs to learn how miracles work.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154153875773887822",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154153875773887822\">Do\nyou ever think maybe you lump too much under the term \"humor\"? I prefer\nto think of Gamzee's new development as equal parts disturbing and\nscary.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nnonononononNONONONONONONOnononononono.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is extremely hilarious to me, especially when put in the light of his\narc as an utterly useless, whimsical stoner character, and all the\ngoofy fan stuff made about him, and knowing about the turn months ago\nwhile people had no clue, and the reasons go on.<br/>\n<br/>\nI just think a wide range of stuff is funny. If you say I lump too much\nunder humor, it really only means we don't share the same sense of\nhumor.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">SmoothPorcupine</span>,\n\nJan 24, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154160486852618431",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154160486852618431\">You\nalways get tons of backlash from everyone; on the forums, the chans,\nhere, everywhere! And well, I just wanted to say that regardless of who\nis right/wrong/an idiot, I sincerely hope your feelings never get hurt\ntoo bad. Sounds dumb, but I mean it. :(</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not even sure I do compared to a lot of other well known internet creators, but\nit doesn't matter. <br/>\n<br/>\nFeelings-wise, I'm pretty much unflappable. You might as well register\nyour grievance with a brick wall. And in some cases, negative opinions\nonly fuel in-story \"rebukes\", but that has more to do with mischief on\nmy part than actual retaliation. And I am prone to finding that funny,\nwhereas OBVIOUSLY the critic will not, and will be inclined to register\nadditional meaningless grievances. It's all good.<br/>\n<br/>\nA statement that I think encapsulates my attitude is, all things being\nequal, which they aren't, why is this guy's opinion better than mine? <br/>\n<br/>\nFirst of all, the situation is very, very far from being equal. I don't\nthink much hubris is required to believe that ME vs. RANDOM INTERNET GUY\nis not close to a fair fight.<br/>\n<br/>\nSecond, even if the metrics tracking quality thought broke even between\nus, it is merely opinion vs. opinion. I'll side with mine, thanks.<br/>\n<br/>\nOpinions aren't even real things. They are ghosts made of thought. But\nlots of people on the internet, especially grumpy ones, treat theirs as\nabsolute reality. Which can be pretty funny to watch. Or terrible. Re:\nyoutube comments.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you're a creative type who struggles with how others receive your\nwork, I might suggest embracing the attitude above. But before you go\ntoo far with it, you also might want to try real hard to be good at\nsomething first.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 24, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question154500790164154537",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154500790164154537\">Was the 380\nhours thing intended to be reminiscent of a Feferi emoticon?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYup.<br/>\n<br/>\n311 hours for Eridan was too, but it's more of a stretch.<br/>\n<br/>\n11 = XI in roman numerals.<br/>\n<br/>\n3XI -> DEAD.<br/>\n<br/>\nEh, maybe that was kind of lame.<br/>\n<br/>\nOh and by the way! 420 for Gamzee because of MARIJUANA.<br/>\n<br/>\nget it????????????<br/>\n<br/>\nHonk.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question154501124106259307",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154501124106259307\">You're an\naloof prick, but I enjoy your work. Carry on.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess I am sometimes but then sometimes also not?<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes people have multiple dimensions and are capable of more than one kind of\nthing.<br/>\n<br/>\nI like that you like my stuff though, so thanks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question154501911809126617",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154501911809126617\">I swear, if\nyou cut a hair out of Nepeta's head...</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf you look up Expendable Character in the dictionary you would\nsee a picture of Nepeta batting around a ball of yarn while looking as\nadorable as possible.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut having said that I bet you wouldn't feel that confident guessing what her fate\nwill be, would you? Probably not.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf I have not portrayed myself as perfectly capable of making Nepeta the\nsole survivor of this comic, then I probably fucked up somewhere along\nthe way.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154502231717090653",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154502231717090653\">Will you be\nupdating more tonight? Or this morning? Fucking timezones man.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know...\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question154505032090288475",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154505032090288475\">Also did the\nplane engine in Donnie Darko get you thinking about paradoxes (the backbone of\neverything in Homestuck)?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo way. That movie didn't invent time travel complexity nor is\nit really close to being the most compelling implementation of those\nconcepts. It was a pretty decent movie, but the only thing it actually\ninfluenced were those time trails in the Felt arc.<br/>\n<br/>\nComplex time travel stuff is something I've always thought about.\nActually, about ten years ago around the time when that movie came out,\nmy friend Jan and I (who I did the Star Trek edits with) worked for a\nwhile on a screenplay for what we were slating to be the most maniacal\nand complicated time travel movie ever. It was called Copy/Paste. We\nwere essentially working on Primer I guess, a few years before Primer\ncame out. It was pretty close to being done, but I guess we lost\ninterest. Then later Primer came out, and we didn't need to bother with\nthat anymore. Then 5 years after that I started Homestuck, thus\nrendering Primer obsolete, in a flourish of silly jokes. (????) (YOU\nDECIDE.)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question154505294347527209",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154505294347527209\">Bard of Rage?\nNot death?\nThat's a shame.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nToo obvious, and the existence of this question is proof.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154506064589515256",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154506064589515256\">dude stop\nanswering formspring questions they only worsen my gigantic crush on you</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI can try to be less rad for a while if it'll get your boner to chillax but no\npromises.<br/>\n<br/>\nHere I go: whoops, fail.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154506301076958199",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154506301076958199\">Are you going\nto make more troll shirts so I can throw my money at you and get one?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe preordered stuff just came in along with a bunch of extras so there'll be some\nback in the store soon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154507979637426394",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154507979637426394\">Be conkest,\nyou don't understand this fish pun, either.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI guess I meant it to be conchnest... <br/>\n<br/>\nBut I had typed so many honks recently.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd let's not forget the allure of the versatile qualifier \"conksuck\".<br/>\n<br/>\nBasically this was a battle of spelling I could not win.<br/>\n<br/>\nI....... GUESS I'll change it?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question154508952376213544",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154508952376213544\">I\nknow that the Alternia arc was dragging on as it was, but do you think\nthere could have been more tension and suspense in the most recent\nupdates if there had been a few more clear-cut power levels among the\ntrolls foreshadowed earlier?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh my fucking god.<br/>\n<br/>\nI just face palmed so hard I broke my DBZ scouter.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154509442623243384",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154509442623243384\">I'm\nsuddenly starting to think that you legitimately told us the end of\nthis story the whole time. Everyone dies and they all fail in the end,\nas has been what all predictions of the future have pretty much been.\nPlease oh please tell me I'm wrong.... >.></a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou are forgetting. <br/>\n<br/>\nAt the end, there can only be ONE.<br/>\n<br/>\n:33\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154510199112104193",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154510199112104193\">\"But I had\ntyped so many honks recently.\" You know, you are allowed to ctrl+c ctrl+v</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nConknestly, I'm actually pretty fond of the spelling, even though it's wrong, so I\nthink I'll leave it.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'll just call it Fef's mistake, not mine.<br/>\n<br/>\nShe lives under water, like she even GOES to fucking school.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154512554096356191",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154512554096356191\">Actually,\nthat's a good point. Do trolls even go to school?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI was being glib (glub) about that.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey are \"schoolfed\".<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich at this point, means exactly nothing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154512944955162276",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154512944955162276\">This slowly\nseems to be degrading into what the last formspring page was.\n\nJust an observation.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'll probably just nuke it after another 1000 questions go by, let's get real here.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154513444375130709",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154513444375130709\">D:\nYour DB references, they sting. But if I tried again in a less [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ed\nway, would you say that Gamzee's latest combat proficiency could be\nintroduced more smoothly? People are talking about this, Hussie. They\nare using words like \"rude\" and \"abrupt\"</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe abrupt nature of revealing his singular outburst of unparalleled strength was,\nget this...<br/>\n<br/>\nANOTHER GAG.<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nhonk ;o)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154513773686715625",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154513773686715625\">Hussie\nscreenplay? Sounds interesting enough that I hope you still have the\nfile somewhere to share with fans of your works in general.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt wasn't very good. Dig something up you made 10 years ago. Bet you'll say the\nsame!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154515136239927178",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154515136239927178\">Andrew,\nit's often almost startling that you can simultaneously be so sage and\nmature while also being so very silly at the same time. Have you always\nhad that aspect of your personality, or did you actively develop it?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni don't even motherfuckin know where at that kind of motherfuckin duality comes all\nfrom.<br/>\n<br/>\nI DON'T EVEN MOTHERFUCKING KNOW WHERE AT THAT KIND OF MOTHERFUCKING DUALITY COMES\nALL FROM.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat seems like a pretty nice compliment though, so thank you.<br/>\n<br/>\nWait, I think I just wrote some Gamzee fanfiction there. What the hell.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question154518231401405336",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question154518231401405336\">On\npage 003910, was Gamzee trying to talk without his AlTeRnAtE cApS quirk\nand saying it \"feels motherfuckin unnatural\" foreshadowing for his\ncurrent ALL CAPS / no caps insanity?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLots of things foreshadow things. <br/>\n<br/>\nRemember the very first time we heard from Eridan? It was a conversation with\nKanaya.<br/>\n<br/>\nGA: Can You Just For A Moment Entertain The Thoughts Of One Untouched By\nMegalomaniacal Derangement And Tell Me Why Id Want To Assist You With\n[Genocide]<br/>\nCA: im not goin to vvery wwell kill you am i that wwould be fuckin\nunconscionable<br/>\nCA: wwhat kind of friend wwould i be<br/>\n<br/>\nWWHAT KIND OF FRIEND INDEED.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155265057448559702",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155265057448559702\">My\ndearest Andrew: when you say \"barely adequate,\" do you mean that you\nhave been getting too much repeat business and not enough first time\ncustomers? I was fairly certain that your comic was more popular than it\nhad ever been! Sincerely, that one kid.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI meant that the server which site is hosted on is frequently\nnot sufficient for the high volume of traffic the site is receiving.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155266856528145424",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155266856528145424\">How many\npeople are there actually behind MS Paint Adventures, including yourself? Or is\nthat kind of it?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll of the music was created by other people specifically for the comic.<br/>\n<br/>\nA number of artists have contributed work to many of the later Flash pages.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/credits\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/credits.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nA guy called Gankro programs any Flash page that behaves like a game.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd my friend Cindy helps by shipping shirts and stuff like that.<br/>\n<br/>\nOther than that, it is a day to day solo grind on my part.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155267263786680772",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155267263786680772\">If\nyou need to save bandwidth, you could ask people to F5 Spam / get the\nfeed from http://www.mspaintadventures.com/rss/rss.xml. That must use\nless then F5ing the front page. I mean it's a temporary solution, but\nstill. Don't slow down! Ride the high! </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'd rather not tell people how to view the site. It's better\njust to keep upgrading the technology to suit the demand as it\nincreases, and let people do as they may.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155267551113274616",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155267551113274616\">Do you ever\nmake yourself laugh when you draw things? If so, when?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAlmost perpetually.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155268046003403642",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155268046003403642\">I\nthink it was an earlier formspring question where you mentioned one way\nof having a dreamself awaken was the kiss of a princess. Is the\nprincess part not necessary, or is it just a \"princess\" in the way Dave\nis Prince of Derse's moon, or something else?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEvery player is a prince or princess of a moon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155270473519766872",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155270473519766872\">Are you\ndisturbed by the fandom's fascination with your lips?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, but I have to wonder about it simply because some\nnon-caucasian races have pretty big lips too, like black people, and\nit's considered kind of inappropriate to talk about.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo whenever anyone brings it up, in addition to presuming jealousy on their part,\nI'm inclined to think, \"you fucking racist.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155272013705933859",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155272013705933859\">I'm\nliking how things are going, Mr. Hussie, but then, I'm one of the fans\nwho's been with you since Problem Sleuth. Do you believe the recent\nviolent backlash given recent updates may cause you to lose a number of\nfans?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've been trying to shake off all of my fans so hard for so long\nwith my every story decision, but they are all such tenacious sons of\nbitches. I am the mailman. You are the yappy little dog. This site is my\npant cuff.<br/>\n<br/>\nAs for recent stuff, if it will cause people to leave, then they haven't\nleft yet. More people visited the site yesterday than ever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155273717197344554",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155273717197344554\">Do you know\nabout the rumor that the Adventure Time animators read Homestuck and like to\nmake references to it?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've heard something to that effect. Someone can go ahead and\nspread the rumor that I like Adventure Time too. I'm not sure how such a\nrumor would start without me deliberately prompting it, because it\ncenters around the act of me watching TV by myself, and no one is the\nwiser.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155276543843671070",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155276543843671070\">Why does\nTerezi have big black inches of Husslips while Tavros' face just has a\nteethhole?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn cartoon world, girls have lips and boys don't.<br/>\n<br/>\n#facefacts\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155278305405213410",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155278305405213410\">You\nbetter hope you resurrect Fedora Freak before you resurrect a dumb\none-dimensional troll or you're in for a pap shoosh doof NAKKING!!!!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhen Fedora Freak dies in his Quest Hat, he will ascend to the god tier and become\nthe Gent of Piss.<br/>\n<br/>\nSTAY TUNED.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155282187044819798",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155282187044819798\">I would read a\nFedoraFreak comic, erry day. Pretty sure I'm not alone. </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA twitter account wouldn't be out of the question, since that is\nbasically the entire essence of the character's existence.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut it looks like some absolute bastard has already taken the name, only\nto neglect it direly. One month and four days before Homestuck began.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://twitter.com/fedorafreak\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://twitter.com/fedorafreak</a><br/>\n<br/>\nLUDLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUM.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">BrightShadows39</span>,\n\nJan 25, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155544276451751323",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155544276451751323\">The meta- self\ninsertion stuff is kind of getting old and annoying. Is it possible for you to\ntune it down a bit?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am probably conveying the impression that I am planning on\nresorting to it much more frequently in the future than I really am.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome people love it, and some people hate it. I wonder what conclusion I should draw\nfrom this schism in reception?<br/>\n<br/>\nHow about:<br/>\n<br/>\npf?f?f?f?f?f?f?f<br/>\n<br/>\nI view them as little opportunities to do funny things, sometimes\nserving as transitions both in mood and story direction, and yet another\ndevice with which to keep things light and ridiculous in a story which I\nrefuse to drag all the way on to serious turf, even if I threaten to at\ntimes.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou could view me as a sort of \"host\" of the story, touching on recent\nthemes in silly ways. Sometimes story's have such players - in the\nstory, but not actually a part of it. If I were to influence the story\nevents directly, that would be a different type of self insert approach,\nand one I have no interest in. If I have any impact on the story at\nall, it will be through an explicitly unobtrusive mechanism. <br/>\n<br/>\nI have no problem saying so, because that's not actually a point of suspense I care\nabout.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155546080396735871",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155546080396735871\">Author\nwritten, Peter Pan inspired slashfic, starring the author(with\ncorpses). How does your mind even comprehend these horrors?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis scene was essential. It brought closure to Rufio's arc, who\nwas clearly the third most important character in Homestuck. He died a\ntragic figure, and the final embrace between us pushed all the right\nliterary buttons. I hope you aspiring storytellers are taking notes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155547919225755222",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155547919225755222\">Andrew,\nare you going to mention anything in HS about Ophiucus, the new Zodiac\nsign they randomly created? Do you have a thirteenth troll in the\nworks?!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSome people regard the zodiac realignment as having stunning implications for the HS\nuniverse. It does not.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe 13th sign has always existed in more obscure interpretations of\nastrology, and I have always known about it. The diehard HS theorists\nhave been wise to its existence since the trolls were first connected to\nthe zodiac.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis means the 13th sign has always had the potential to emerge in the\nstory in some way. It either will or it won't. That hasn't changed at\nall with recent news.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155550227972004716",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155550227972004716\">Is the Twitter\naccount \"fedorafreak\" now going to recieve huge amounts of hate-mail now that\nit's not the true Fedora Freak?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's an abandoned account. Also, I suspect it was created by a robot.<br/>\n<br/>\n\"I'm hoping there will be a snow day today\"???<br/>\n<br/>\nYeah.<br/>\n<br/>\nBULLSHIT, \"Gabe Ludlum.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155551344390872114",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155551344390872114\">I\nhave to commend you on sticking to your guns and mythology with Tavros'\nand Kanaya's deaths. A lot of people were outraged and you kept death\nan actual part of Homestuck.\n\nAs much as I wanted them to be alive, at least the tension of death is\npresent.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSomething to note is the four trolls featured on this page:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005284\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005284</a><br/>\n<br/>\nAre the first four we were introduced to in the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat does that MEAN, you ask?<br/>\n<br/>\n~_^\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155553020782867792",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155553020782867792\">OK, that was\nfunny, but the author interruptions seem to happen a lot more often now.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI counted three in the last 320 pages. And then a 4th 600 pages behind that.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo I guess it's a spurt? <br/>\n<br/>\nI dunno.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe we should wait for a fourth before we set our watches to them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155553154144962122",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155553154144962122\">I\nbelieve that you added Feferi to the \"Wake\" flash primarily as it\nshowed she could not be revived when this happened. Does that mean\nNepeta is next?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nare YOU next?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">KGibby</span>,\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155560133416492787",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155560133416492787\">Would you mind\naddressing the concerns of some that the death of Kanaya is some sort of\ncommentary on homosexuality?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll I can recommend is you let the whole story run its course\nbefore you find it guilty of making any sort of anti-gay statement.<br/>\n<br/>\nI mean I'm not the tiniest bit anti-gay personally but I won't expect\nthat assurance to pass for outright dismissal of those concerns. So\nreally, just wait it out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155561304579402119",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155561304579402119\">You\nonly included Nepeta in the Wake flash because earlier (later) Nepeta\nremarked (will remark) that she saw Jack Noir. LONG LIVE NEPETA</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nONLY<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nONE<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n:33\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">AchillesAndT</span>,\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155564741106896584",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155564741106896584\">How\ndo you manage to time real world dates with things that happen in the\nstory? The lab ball dropping on NYE comes to mind. Total coincidence?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't even really plan the ball dropping thing until shortly\nbefore New Year's. I just make anything fit with anything. They are\noften crimes of convenience which suggest premeditation. It is the way\nmany aspects of the story are put together.<br/>\n<br/>\nDropping the ball New Year's-style wasn't really enough. I also wrung a callback to\nJailbreak out of it, <br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/000107\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=1&p=000107</a><br/>\n<br/>\nWherein the huge pumpkin rolled off the tower and settled nearby a\nstump, which through MSPA lore has always been affiliated with suicide.\nThis subject was pertinent to Jade and Jadesprite's conversation.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/004391\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004391</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThe fellows in Jailbreak even had a goddang harpoon gun, just like Jade.\nBut... I didn't get to work that in. Not every idea I have gets worked\nin, if you can believe it.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd one final note, this whole thing neatly solved the problem of\nbuilding up Jade's house. I had long wondered how I might handle that,\nwith it's unusual design. I concluded the best way was to knock off the\ntower/ball part, and build up the blockier structure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155567882804173632",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155567882804173632\">Oh\nmy God. The new self-insert is seriously so awesome that it made the\nothers even better. Which brings me to a question: you sometimes use\nreal-world links in the story. What would you do if a link were moved or\ntaken off the web?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI would probably just ragequit Homestuck.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155568345817587588",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155568345817587588\">Why\ndid you feel it necessary to tease everyone like you did with the 2x\nCorpsesmooch Combo? Did you feel it needed to troll the people who still\nhad hope? Explain yourself, Hussie.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt wasn't about teasing though. It was just about answering a question.<br/>\n<br/>\nWere their dream selves still alive? Could they be revived by a kiss?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe answer was no.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question155568466139582632",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question155568466139582632\">How the fuck\ndoes ~_^ represent winking anyway both of the damn eyes are closed. I never got\nthis.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n^_~\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question156228026261071238",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question156228026261071238\">Are\nyou ever planning on the guardians of the kids (John's Dad, Rose's Mom,\nDave's Bro, Becquerel) becoming more developed? It's almost\ndisappointing how little characterization they've gotten, compared to\neveryone else.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey don't even have faces.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'd posit that for faceless parental automatons who receive very little\nscreen time, they've actually been given a considerable amount of\ncharacterization.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 28, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question156229408607213957",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question156229408607213957\">What should I\nask you about?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy don't you ask me about the one ton of shaving cream?<br/>\n<br/>\nWas it really one ton?<br/>\n<br/>\nThe answer is, yes it was.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe weight of a can of Barbasol is 11 ounces. I calculated you'd need\napproximately a 14 x 14 x 14 cube of them to weigh a ton. Which is\nexactly what's there.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 30, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question156230153997941143",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question156230153997941143\">How the fuck\nwas the Harlequin doll too big for the Cards, yet one ton of shaving cream\nisn't?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDid he try to captchalogue the doll with a wallet modus?<br/>\n<br/>\nTry thinking scientifically next time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 30, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question156233127486856575",
"timestamp":1296691200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question156233127486856575\">Who needs that\nmuch shaving cream? I haven't shaved in over a year (for a contest) and haven't\ntrimmed since August.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou would be a horrible father.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd if you already are, I hope someone calls Social Services and reports you.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJan 30, 2011 - Feb 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158480742924446176",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158480742924446176\">Not\nthat I thought you were necessarily serious/unserious about the matter,\nbut the Twitter name fedorafreak is now free. Of course, I just now\nstarted reading this FS, so maybe it was like that all along, and Ludlum\njust another figment you conjured up.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt actually isn't free. If you try to sign up for it, the\naccount is still unavailable, even though it suddenly appears inactive\nfor some reason.<br/>\n<br/>\nI felt like this was the most important question to address by far after my week\nlong FS hiatus.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158507320903496742",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158507320903496742\">Do\nyou ever have to make the conscious decision of foreshadowing something\nyou plan on doing based on whether or not you think it is worth the\nchance people will figure it out ahead of time?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf I want an outcome to be less guessable then I distribute the\nforeshadowed data more carefully and cryptically. Practically nobody\never guesses stuff I seriously don't want them to guess. <br/>\n<br/>\nOther times I leave more obvious bread crumbs to let certain outcomes be\nmore guessable to the public. With the whole Kanpire thing I think I\nwas pretty much beating people over the head with foreshadowed elements,\nincluding a brazen link to a SBaHJ comic in which Jeff appeared as a\nvampire directly below the scene of her demise. Hence her resurrection\ncould safely be conducted to a chorus of NO SHIT!s with a few smug\nCALLED IT!s chiming in for backup, oh and also some HELL YEAH VAMPNAYA\nTIME!s working their way in there. This is not to say the outcome was a\nlock, because there is always the possibility for red herrings, and\nenough of those have been established so that you can never feel\ncompletely safe with a prediction. That is their primary value.\nSeriously, it isn't just messing with people. Making a story\nunpredictable has a lot to do with showing you are capable of doing\npractically anything at any time. Sometimes you bluff, and sometimes you\nplay it straight. It's a little like a poker game. If you do too much\nof one or the other, people can read you easily. Even the silly self\ninsert stuff has benefits in this regard. Predicting what's to come in\nthe story is no different from putting yourself in the head of the\nauthor. If the author paints a portrait of himself as kind of a loose\ncanon, either through a volatile narrative, or in an absurdly literal\nway as I do with the AH nonsense, that will be the consequence. <br/>\n<br/>\nPart of the fun of a story is its unpredictability, and this one has had\nplenty of it so far I think. Unpredictability is a significant basis\nfor suspense, and I'm sure has other benefits we could examine. But I\nthink there is also enjoyment value in occasional predictability, or\nrather, guessability. Setting up some obvious clues, and running with\nthem to their logical conclusion. It's like throwing the reader a bone,\nparticularly those who may be prone to feeling a little overwhelmed by\ngetting perpetually outfoxed by the narrative. Another example of that\nwas Jade's penpal letter. I designed it so that the clues would scream\nGRANDPA GRANDPA GRANDPA, and of course that's what most people were\nguessing. And the guess was very much on the right track. But that\ndoesn't mean it was safe from another twist. It was her grandson, which\nis an outcome still compatible with the original clues, in a way. And\nwhile managing to be surprising, and not particularly guessable. So in\nthat sense I guess that development had the best of both worlds. Letting\npeople pick up on some more obvious clues for a change, and still\ndelivering a surprise.<br/>\n<br/>\nHow guessable something is also relates to how close to the event you\nget. Prior to Eridan's entrance into the room, and even during, the\ndeaths were completely unguessable. After Feferi's death, Kanaya's\nbecomes considerably more so, but still quite uncertain. After her\ndeath, all bets are off. Not only do all deaths thereafter become\nguessable, but in some cases, \"predictable\".That'sbecauseitwasthe\nlinebetweenaseriesofshockingevents,andtheestablishmentofan\nactualstorypattern.Thenewpatternservesapurpose,asasortof\nannouncementthatthestoryisshiftinggears,thatwe'redriftinginto\nthesemock-survivalhorror,mock-crimedramasegments,drivenby\nsuspensemorethanusual.Thesuspensehasmoreauthoritybecauseofall\nthecollateralofunpredictabilitybuiltupovertime,aswellasall\nthetypicalstuffthathelpslikelongt
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"id":"question158518103754439526",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158518103754439526\">Normally,\nthe arrows are \"==>\" because the two dashes on two letters means 4\nkids, right? And same with the trolls having \"======>\", too. Does the\n\"-->\" arrow here mean anything?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt means \"arrow.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158526393485916444",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158526393485916444\">Are\nyou at all afraid that people then might be \"expecting\" more character\ndeaths? Won't that make it lose the emotional impact, and thus be kind\nof boring when they could happen unexpectedly a lot further down the\ntrack?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAfraid? No, because then I would be a fucking chicken. <br/>\n<br/>\nEverything I'm doing is awesome and is unequivocally the right thing to\ndo. Fear is for cowardly stupid babies who take massive dumps in their\nbaby ass diapers, thus filling them with huge piles of gross, baby ass\nshit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158527465797486257",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158527465797486257\">Do\nyou think the command link under [S] Wake might perhaps be spoiling the\nending a little bit? It takes awhile for these things to load and one's\neye can't help but wander onto it, and it, well, gives away that Tavros\ntakes a fall of some sort?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI thought about that, but decided it was suitably ambiguous.\n\"Tavros: Land already.\" could simply be referring to him tumbling down\nyet another flight of stairs.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe command \"-->\" you could argue is similarly spoilerish.<br/>\n<br/>\nI bet you saw that and said uh-oh, Equius is about to get the old arrow through the\nleg.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158528419347333972",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158528419347333972\">While\nplaying the most as Nepeta in the vents, the music suddenly started to\nspeed up (as did the honking), and Nepeta started to move so fast she\nclipped through walls, when restarting it, the effect remained. Was this\nintended?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, there are some bugs. They will be fixed later.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158529465440309375",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158529465440309375\">Couldn't the\ntransportalisers in the room of 'grub sause' connect to each other? (One\ncouldn't work cause the other was slashed)</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat wouldn't make whole a lot of sense in a room with no other exit.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnless the point of the room is to sneak into it through a vent, and\nthen transport back and forth across a span of 20 feet or so until you\nget bored.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158530985678366048",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158530985678366048\">I\nalways appreciate when you add at least one page after a flash, that\nmeans I can sit on that page and F5 without having to re-load the latest\nflash OVER and OVER and OVER again. So uh, thanks!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis seems like a preposterous thing to do. When the latest page\nis a big Flash, why not just go camp on the index, and observe the list\nof links to the side when you refresh?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158532855037725667",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158532855037725667\">?s=6&p=004000\n<-- Tavaro's introduction page\n?s=6&p=005000 <-- Tavaro's prepares to kiss Vriska and revive her\nCoincidence?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158533575904368050",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158533575904368050\">How did you\nmanage to make the word \"honk\" so scary and hilarious at the same time</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI merely yanked the sheep's clothing off the intrinsically dreadful word.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158534148242316739",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158534148242316739\">Does this mean\nwe haven't seen the last of Tavros, either? Unless you genuinely killed off your\nfavorite punching bag.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYES<br/>\n<br/>\nEVERYBODY LISTEN UP. TAVROS IS COMING BACK TO LIFE. YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST.<br/>\n<br/>\nThank god you asked that question! It was going to eat me alive keeping a lid on\nthat bombshell.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158534481815306816",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158534481815306816\">What's all\nthis Fedora Freak stuff?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAnyone who would ask such a question is not a true Homestuck fan, and must vacate\nthe premises immediately.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158535322513215203",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158535322513215203\">Because\nI like to have what just happened in the story fresh in my mind before\nlaunching into new content. Simply seeing a new blue arrow in the place\nof all those depressing purple ones, as opposed to a new arrow on the\nlatest page, is like christmas.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI was talking about specifically when the latest page is a heavy\nFlash file. Why would you subject yourself to the abuse of refreshing\nthat every time you're checking for an update? <br/>\n<br/>\nIt's just common se...<br/>\n<br/>\nthpppppbpbpbpbpbthpphhphphpbbbpthhthphth i give up\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158536794458064289",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158536794458064289\">No seriously\nwhat is it? Is it some inside joke that was in a Homestuck page long ago? I\ncan't remember that far back.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI just googled fedora freak. Google's auto-complete feature provided:<br/>\n<br/>\nfedora freak<br/>\nfedora freak mspa<br/>\nfedora freak homestuck<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's pretty cool that google gives props to ff in this way. <br/>\n<br/>\nIt's also worth noting that none of those searches lead to any clear answers about\nff or who he is.<br/>\n<br/>\nI guess I forgot the point I was making.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158538638374762123",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158538638374762123\">a room only\ncontaining 2 transportalisers and 2 vents doesn't make much sense either.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's like saying a room with two doors doesn't make sense.<br/>\n<br/>\nLike, wait, I don't get it! You go in the room... and then you can also go out???\nWTF IS THE POINT<br/>\n<br/>\nThat is practically the definition of every room that has ever existed.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158538920743704722",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158538920743704722\">Equius has the\nsecond highest land-dweller blood. How is he a \"peasantblood\" in any way?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHave you ever heard of a SICK BURN???<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't even get what's up with a lot of these questions.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158541295109833052",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158541295109833052\">Do you think\nyou're gonna be at Comic Con this year? Or are you sitting it out?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED to waffling about the engagement up until its very\nprecipice.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158544518025604640",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158544518025604640\">Except\nthat a transportalizer can take you anywhere. This is more like having\na door lead to a hallway that runs some circuitous path to a\nneighboring room and one door would suffice.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI like that through formspring there appears to be emerging\nfanon-assertion that a room with two distinct points of exit is\nsomething that is necessarily less than logical.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt proves beyond question that there is absolutely nothing people will not take the\nopportunity to argue with me about.<br/>\n<br/>\nI will call it the Two Doors Theory of idiotic argumentation.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">markuspeloquin</span>,\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158545729483211158",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158545729483211158\">Why haven't\nyou smiled at anything? Why won't you smile anymore? :(</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis question carries the bizarre implication that I make a\nhabit of reading any other Formspring accounts. I find my own tedious\nenough to peruse as it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso I think you'll find smiling at my answers more often will go a long\nway. In fact I am dismayed to scroll down and find all of my answers\ndirely under-smiled upon.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am going to say that if all of the answers on this page have not\ngathered at least 1000 smiles each within 24 hours, I am going a\nRAGEQUIT HOMESTUCK.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe clock is ticking. :o)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158879977301894344",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158879977301894344\">Alright,\nI'll admit it. I'm surprised by how Equius dies, so you did what you\nset out to do there. But funny as it was, I was also disappointed. Did\nyou always want for him to have such a lame death?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOf course it was lame.<br/>\n<br/>\nDisappointing? I don't think so. More like suitable for everything we knew about the\ncharacter. Which wasn't all that much. <br/>\n<br/>\nThis was a character who was introduced with horse porn on his walls.\nHis entire presence in the story was a gag. I think literally every\nconversation he had was centered around his obsession with the\nhierarchy, his perverse enjoyment in being bossed around by those under\nhim, and his desire to be subjug(gl)ated by his only land dwelling\nsuperior. He mentioned he didn't think he could raise a hand to the\nhighblood. When it came down to it, he couldn't, not even to save his\nlife. Such was the extent of ridiculous submission fetish. He was\ndevoted to the caste system to a fault, and he died for it.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo be disappointed is to crave a more challenging or heroic death. Which\nI guess is fine. But to crave a scenario in which a more dynamic duel\noccurs and he rises as some sort of hero would be overestimating the\nrelevance of an utterly marginal character, someone designed to be not\nmuch more than a really strange piece of an ensemble cast. What he\ncontributed to that ensemble was, as I said, completely centered around a\ngag, and I stayed true to the gag to the bitter end. His death was as\nmuch a sight gag as his introduction. This effectively concludes his arc\nas a minor character. (OR DOES IT????)<br/>\n<br/>\nI think of the big picture, and like I say all the time, I consider how\nit reads straight through as opposed to dripped out tortuously for day\nto day analysis and second guessing. In the slow motion of present\nmoment, the readers deal in countless WOULDN'T IT BE COOL IFs, but each\nof those is lacking broader vision. I'm the one keeping track of the big\npicture here, and if I happen to mention that Equius going out with a\nbigger bang would have been kind of dumb, like so many other things on\npeople's wish lists, I guess you just gotta trust me!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158880747355143258",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158880747355143258\">Why is Equius\nsmiling, even though he was being murdered in murder mode?\n</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCan you think of a better way to go than being subjugglated to death by a rampaging\nhighblood? I can't.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158881785575405344",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158881785575405344\">How did the\nbowstring not snap in two when it met Equius's STRONG neck-muscles?\n\nJust his luck, huh? The one time a bowstring doesn't break around him, it's\nkilling him.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's safe to say that if he twitched his neck muscles at all it probably would have\nbroken the string.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe was just that passive.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158882421612254487",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158882421612254487\">What\nwould have been interesting is Feferi joining Eridan, even just to talk\nhim out of his plan, and having the highbloods as an antagonistic force\nvs those lower on the hemospectrum. How often do you lock yourself out\nof interesting ideas?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt does not sound like I locked myself out of an interesting idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt sounds like I locked myself out of your fan fiction.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question158895578732862954",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158895578732862954\">why\nbother giving Equius and Nepeta a flash to characterize them and then\njust kill him off? You've basically admitted yourself that, unlike\nEridan, he will forever be a joke, so I dont understand the point of\ntaking all this time for him.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk, imagine I didn't do the Flash.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow replace your question with this.<br/>\n<br/>\n\"Dear Andrew! How could you kill off Equius without any more parting\ndialogue between him and Nepeta? Or more funny horse pun antics or\nwhatever?? It just seemed so RANDOM! That was so cruel of you, and also\nhorrible, horrible, HORRIBLE storywriting!\"<br/>\n<br/>\nThese question-grievances are always no win situations. There are so\nmany conflicting objections, it's hard to take any seriously.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd this isn't even addressing the substance of the objection. So you're\nsaying there is no purpose in characterizing someone who is slated to\ndie? Pardon me, but that's idiotic. You say you don't understand the\npoint in taking \"all this time for him\"? Where \"all this time\" is a\nsingle Flash page, with several conversations? Seems like overstatement.\nAs for the point of the Flash, how about fun? Entertainment value?\nHumor? Is any of this registering?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question158899822194104537",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question158899822194104537\">So\nI think Equius was way more of an interesting and complex character\nthan you realise. Yes, more than you, the author, realise. I find his\ndeath disappointing because I read heaps more into him then you\ndeliberately put there.\nDEATH OF THE AUTHOR, BITCH</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOh ok I accidentally made him a complex character?<br/>\n<br/>\nWHOOPS!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nEvery aspect of him was deliberate. I try to make even marginal\ncharacters as interesting as they can be with limited exposure given.\nBut they're still marginal, and he was still fundamentally a gag\ncharacter in spite of those complexities.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm just sort of shaking my head here at anyone crestfallen TO THE MAX\nabout Equius's failure to stake a heroic claim on Homestuck's already\nIMMENSE plot footprint. Like, seriously? With as big a thing as this\nstory is, people are gonna hold a candle light vigil on my lawn for the\nGREAT SWAN SONG of the dude whose overwhelming gimmick was fetishistic\nsubmission? THERE ARE BIGGER FUCKING FISH TO FRY, PEOPLE.<br/>\n<br/>\nTime to get a grip.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question161398964569013320",
"timestamp":1297296000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161398964569013320\">sup.\ni would like to introduce myself as one of the creeps who set up that\nfuckyeahandrewhussie tumblr thing.\nalthough formspring is a huge dick by telling me to cut my questions\nshort, i'm just wondering whether you're okay with a blog dedicated to\nyou.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI thought it was funny.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 6, 2011 - Feb 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159232067769501484",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159232067769501484\">So, how's that\nnew hardware coming along? Your site is taking a beating and it's 1 AM on a\nTuesday. </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nRehosting this thing is a pretty huge pain and I get pretty\neasily deterred from just about any chore that doesn't have to do with\nupdating the site.<br/>\n<br/>\nBy I'll get around to it soon hopefully.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159232563347483640",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159232563347483640\">For\na character with an almost perpetual expression of dismay, it's nice to\nsee Equius go out with a smile. So were we being shown how powerful\nGamzee really is comparison to horseboy or did he not resist because he\nwas too busy pulling a Dave Carradine?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFYI David Carradine was a Sagittarius. <br/>\n<br/>\nI dunno how strong he was though.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe kinda strong.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">incarnadine28</span>,\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159233750713001026",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159233750713001026\">If\npeople are upset about a character's death, it's a sign that the story\nis working. Better that they care and feel upset for a while than not\ncare at all, right?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI should clarify I was not actually reprimanding anyone for feeling bad about a\ncertain character dying.<br/>\n<br/>\nI was just providing some broader perspective. Often what you want the\nmost will not actually serve a story that well, in the way it has been\ndesigned to come together.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159234502688799042",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159234502688799042\">Ok.\nEnough about the \"WHY'D YOU KILL HIM?\" Questions. Let's go back to the\nslightly more generic \"Did you plan that?\" questions. Any reason you put\nso many pictures of Gamzee getting his face cut up on the 666th day of\nthe comic?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell it IS a pretty evil number.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is scientific reality of the most empirically measurable magnitude.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159234701805001342",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159234701805001342\">I'm excited to\nsee how you manage to write nepetaquest in a believable manner now</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhere do you think she spends the rest of her 8 lives??????\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159238163624137561",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159238163624137561\">What is it\nexactly that makes Gamzee so powerful?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPrimarily evil clown power I guess.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's the same phenomenon that makes the Joker the most dangerous Batman\nvillain. He's just a stupid guy in a purple suit who thinks murder is\nfunny and stuff. We can't people just shoot him??? He gets away with\nANYTHING.<br/>\n<br/>\nEvil clown powers might be the most dangerous powers a villain can have for this\nreason.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome (probably everyone) may have noticed that many of the trolls are\nloosely or not so loosely related to various super heroes and villains.<br/>\n<br/>\nSollux - Cyclops<br/>\nAradia - Jean Grey (including parallels with her death/resurrection to Phoenix,\nwhich augmented her powers)<br/>\nTavros - Professor X<br/>\nNepeta - Wolverine <br/>\nKarkat - :( .......... he has red blood at least!<br/>\nTerezi - Daredevil and Two Face<br/>\nVriska - hell, take your pick from her powers buffet<br/>\nEquius - insert strong dude here<br/>\nGamzee - Joker, with a bit of the Two Face thing going on<br/>\nEridan - somebody from Harry Potter <br/>\nKanaya - somebody from Twilight<br/>\nFeferi - insert under water hero here\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159238468692633036",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159238468692633036\">man I really\nlike the plot arc right now its fucking great! I love crazy gamzee haha.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCool thanks! I hope everybody likes it a whole lot, forever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">flintheart</span>,\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159238760121272293",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159238760121272293\">Supplementing\nthe previous question, from what I have seen a lot of the \"value\" of\nthe comic is derived from its characters. I realise we haven't yet seen\neverything, but what has really been \"gained\" by their deaths vs keeping\nthem. Excluding Kanaya.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGuess we'll just have to wait and see.<br/>\n<br/>\nFor now, I'll keep the answer mathematical.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe have gained negative several characters.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159268867502284664",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159268867502284664\">So...\nIs Nepeta actually scratching him or is Gamzee slashing his face on purpose just\nto be fucked up? </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe is slashing his face on purpose. Because I didn't think the\nerotic submissive asphyxiation fetish death was fucked up enough, I\nthought a little bit of self mutilation was in order.<br/>\n<br/>\nI hope at this point people realize that when you punched your Homestuck\nticket, or really anything I've worked on, you were signing up for\nsomething that runs the risk of getting pretty fucked up. Practically\neverything I've done outside the confines of MSPA has been considerably\nmore bizarre.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm capable of containing the impulse to do bizarre shit when I want to.\nIf you look at some big stretches of Homestuck, you will observe\nsomething that is quite tame, often cutesy, and even at times bordering\non accessible. But then, to create a well manicured and widely palatable\nproduct was never the mission here. It was about exploration, high\ndiversity of concepts and execution and all that, and I guess above all,\nfun for me personally. (and YOU!) So there are vehicles built into it\nto support my more usual fare. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe primary vehicle for that was Hivebent, and the entire troll presence\nin the story in general. It began with a pretty messed up premise. The\nestablishment of a colorful cast of kids from a violent race of\npsychopaths whose entire civilization centers around brutality and\nmurder, and watching how kids from such a culture relate to each other\nand come of age. Hivebent began with dark notes relative to Homestuck,\nand only got darker. The scene with Vriska and Tavros in her quest\ncocoon was an example of the escalation in fucked up shit. Present\nevents are even further escalation. It was always going to get much\nworse before it got better. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf you got into this story more recently without knowing anything about\nme or what I've done before, and feel the story would be better suited\nwithout the inclusion of the more bizarre elements, or the downright\nNASTYTIMES, all I can say is that's not who I am or what you signed up\nfor.<br/>\n<br/>\nDo you know about Humanimals? Probably most of you do. It's a comic I\ndid years ago. I still think it's hilarious, personally. If you do too,\nthen I would bet there aren't many ways in which our senses of humor\ndiffer. But to many it was disturbing, hideous rubbish. In truth, these\ncomics are probably about as unsettling as you can possibly get without\nresorting to violent or sexual content. (if it appears sexual in nature,\nthat is only your imagination at work, trust me)<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/archive/comics/tso/blurbs/00085-h.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.teamspecialolympics.com/comic.php?sec=archive&auth=Blurbs&cid=blurbs/00085-h.gif&blurb=h</a><br/>\n(Edward was on Equius's wall in the latest Flash)<br/>\n<br/>\n[here's where this answer probably gets a bit too long]<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm constantly mining content from my older work to incorporate into\nHomestuck. The instances of this are hard to quantify. Let's talk about\nEquius again. Lot's of people thought he had depth beyond his gags, and\nthat's definitely true. But that wasn't what was relevant about him, to\nme personally. He was always the troll personification of everything\nlike Humanimals I ever did and put on the internet. (Hence is lusus is\nbasically a Humanimal.) I used to do all sorts of weird stuff, reviewing\nobscene furry pornography, making weird collages involving horses, and\njust a whole lot of bizarre shit that didn't make much sense, but I\nthought was funny. The whole span of these endeavors was quite trollish\nin nature, and you will agree if you peruse Humanimals. The fact that it\nputs some people off is part of what makes it funny. So Equius was that\nentire arena of trollish content, rolled into a character. That's why I\nwa
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"id":"question159444244933665031",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159444244933665031\">You\nonce said that having Gamzee flip out and start murdering people was\n\"extremely hilarious.\" are the latest developments also \"extremely\nhilarious\" or is the time for such shenanigans over and you're trying to\nmake him legitimately frightening?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nboth??<br/>\n<br/>\nobserve;<br/>\n<br/>\nhilarious<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005351\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005351</a><br/>\n<br/>\nfrightening<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005356\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005356</a><br/>\n<br/>\n(but imo, both of those instances are simultaneously funny and scary in varying\ndegrees)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question159444563465896362",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159444563465896362\">Now,\nI understand. I've been reading your work all wrong. All this time, I\nthought it to be a source of entertainment; something to discuss and\nenjoy. But it isn't. Your work, like David Firth's, is meant to make an\nartistic statement. To inspire shock.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah.<br/>\n<br/>\nI just think bizarre and dark stuff is entertaining.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut not exclusively.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159444821772115814",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159444821772115814\">But\nHumanimals wasn't bad because of the bizarre characters, it was bad\nbecause it didn't have any jokes beyond \"boy this sure is WACKY WEIRD\nisn't it!?\"</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWelp, I guess that closes the book on THAT comic! Thank god I am surrounded by\nexperts.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159453570935068717",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159453570935068717\">Why\nare you prioritizing the story becoming as GRIMDARK as possible over\nbeing entertaining or funny? Problem Sleuth managed to incorporate\n\"dark\" elements and make them funny, but Homestuck is devolving into one\nof those \"edgy = art\" comics from the 90's</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am prioritizing that the story continue to be entertaining and\nfunny. That is what it still is, in my view, which appears to differ\nwith the reality inside your own personal factsphere. So be it.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut using Problem Sleuth as a comparison is silly. Problem Sleuth had\nvery little in the way of a plot, and the characters were mute foils for\noutrageous shenanigans. The dark events, which were rare, happened in a\nframework in which investment was limited. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe Midnight Crew intermission would serve as a better comparison\nanyway, since it was essentially a bloodbath. But it's still the same\nkind of thing. Stick figure characters with no actual personality\ngetting knocked off left and right for laughs. If you ask I apply the\nexact same standards of \"dark lite\" to HS, I say this is not possible.\nKilling a character beyond stick figure depth will necessarily carry\nmore weight, and will be read by some as a turn for the GRIMDARK. So in\ntruth your advice is to kill no one, and proceed gutlessly, or risk\nbeing likened to a comic book from the 1990's. I suggest viewing this as\nan attempt to be edgy and therefore artistic is a pretty shallow way to\ninterpret what is happening.<br/>\n<br/>\nLooking back on the MC intermission again, it was a pretty prescient\nsegment. It foretold of a great deal of time travel complexity yet to\ncome in the story. It turns out there was a bloodbath in the cards as\nwell. There are many ways to examine past events and not be surprised by\nwhat is taking place now. Not the least of which is that these children\nwere introduced as members of a race of psychopathic murderers. Some of\nyour jaws still seem to be on the floor, and I guess I wonder what\nthey're still doing there.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159454191272618990",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159454191272618990\">Andrew\nHussie, your introducing of Whistles has piqued my interest, and I\nbelieve I've found a download link. However, it being marked as free, I\nwas wondering if this is actually a legitimate sale.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, Whistles is offered by SLG for free now. (plus shipping, most likely)<br/>\n<br/>\nWhich I actually think is pretty cool.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/tso/whistles\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.slgcomic.com/Whistles-Vol-1-The-Starlight-Calliope_p_486.html</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159456307298999530",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159456307298999530\">Homestuck\ndidn't really do the Fucked Up Shit, as you said. But you act like\neveryone should've expected it anyways. Is the author's disposition or\nhistory more important than the direction the -story- has taken? I\nthought you CONJURED this, not wrote it!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut it did in fact do the F.U.S.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was practically all contained to Hivebent though. Hivebent, as I\nsuggested further down, is a microcosm for all of that sort of material,\nwhich as I also said, was all vaguely trollish in nature.<br/>\n<br/>\nRemember how all of these characters were internet trolls in the first place?<br/>\n<br/>\nInside the anguished bosom of every reader still left puzzled, there is a\neureka moment yearning to happen. I swear this to be true.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question159456815506022799",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question159456815506022799\">I\nam flabbergasted by your ability to alternate between insightful\ncomments that show you genuinely understand your audience (even if you\ndon't agree with them) and trollish remarks that further incite those\nsame readers. What determines how you respond?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt takes a lot of dexterity and showmanship to keep the better part of a million\nplates spinning on sticks.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe plates are YOU CHUMPS.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd the sticks?<br/>\n<br/>\nYeah I don't even know what the sticks are.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 9, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160190277804392608",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160190277804392608\">TROLLS HAVE\nBOOBS TROLLS HAVE BOOBS.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere was never any question about this.<br/>\n<br/>\nObserve troll Drew Barrymore.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/003898\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003898</a><br/>\n<br/>\nCase closed!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 10, 2011 - ~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160190965737360070",
"timestamp":1297641600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160190965737360070\">Looking\nback, it is pretty obvious that reader suggestions have been appearing\nless and less while the arrows are becoming more frequent. Have you\nalready worked out the entire outcome of HS, using suggestions only when\nthey fit in with your plans?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI stopped using reader suggestions about a year into HS, which was 10 months ago.\nNothing new.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011?\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160191278854727082",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160191278854727082\">If\nyou never have a cause to draw them all in the course of the story,\nwill you at least at some point draw all twelve Troll ancestors? That\nwould be so awesome.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe will:<br/>\n<br/>\n1) See no more ancestors.<br/>\n<br/>\n2) See some more ancestors.<br/>\n<br/>\n3) See all of the ancestors.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne of those things will prove to be true! I do not know which yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160191439261699347",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160191439261699347\">So what's with\nthat weird protrusion in Mindfang's hair? Is it a horn? Part of her hair? A\ngoofy pirate hat?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is a pirate hat.<br/>\n<br/>\nPirates love silly hats.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">johnlindrosbluh</span>,\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160192355226381622",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160192355226381622\">How\nfar in advance do you generally draw panels? For example, do you have\nthe next panels for some of the offscreen characters [say Rose or the\nexiles] drawn already, or will you not draw them until the day you\ndecide to shift focus back onto them?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNothing is ever drawn in advance. I draw a panel, and then post\nit. Or I draw a group of panels in succession, and then post them all.<br/>\n<br/>\nif a chat log is involved, I write it first, then draw, then post immediately.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf there is a shorter more casual narration below the image, I often\ndraw the panel first, then come up with the text on the fly as I post\nit. But not always.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">kfos66</span>,\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160198028509081794",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160198028509081794\">Dear\nAndrew do you take some sort of perverse pleasure in alternating\nbetween making Vriska do immensely unlikeable things and then say things\nthat betray a reasonably human personality underneath?\n\nBecause some of my friends are getting whiplash.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe whiplash phenomenon is not limited to your perception of\nVriska. It is a defining feature of the reading experience, especially\nlately. It's not a bad thing, in my view. One of the reasons you get on a\nroller coaster is because the experience is not exactly a gentle one.\nThey build them in amusement parks, because that is where people go to\nbe amused.<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska is not designed to be either definitively likable or hateable.\nSometimes when you read a story, a character does something which you\nwill take as a message from the author about how you are supposed to\nfeel about that character. When they later do something at odds with\nthat message, it can either be regarded as out of character, or\ncharacter development, depending on both the reader's perception, and\nthe author's execution.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn this case, everything she does, good or bad, is meant to provide a\nmore complete picture of her as a character, and more thorough context\nfor her actions. Once upon a time, a lot of it seemed purely despicable.\nBut I don't believe either extreme, despicable or sympathetic, is 100%\nsuitable anymore. What exists is a portrait that has complexities, as\nany character given a lot of time in the limelight should have. That\nhaving been provided, which side she falls on is up to the reader.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question160198191709452013",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160198191709452013\">Since Karkat\nis not a member of an established troll blood class, where did he get his\nsymbol?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe we'll find out<br/>\n<br/>\n?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160198504390615657",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160198504390615657\">Do you ever\nlisten to any criticisms some people have about your webcomics, and then try to\nimprove upon it?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160198797157231917",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160198797157231917\">In your\nopinion, which character has received the most unwarranted fan attention?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nfedorafreak .......... wait<br/>\n<br/>\nI thought you said LEAST attention.<br/>\n<br/>\nCome on people, time to hop on the FF bandwagon, let's go.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160199543110006854",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160199543110006854\">I\nguess you could assume that Lusii aren't biologically part of the troll\ngrowth cycle, and it's a developed symbiosis that occured over time?\nThat at one point troll women breastfed their young? Wait why am I\ntrying to justify troll boobs, this is stupid</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI once said it was maybe the most important intellectual\nactivity we could possibly engage in, to justify the existence of troll\nboobs, and I stand by that statement.<br/>\n<br/>\nWho says they serve the same purpose? Maybe they are glands for some\nother more alien substance. Maybe a substance useful in battle???????<br/>\n<br/>\n/END FANFICTION\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160199616690692057",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160199616690692057\">Do you know,\nsay, exactly what the update 10 updates from now will be, you just haven't\nwritten/drawn it yet?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160199858257434799",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160199858257434799\">I'm still\nwaiting for that height chart. Don't shoosh pap my dreams.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey are all precisely the same height. Check out the sprites dogg.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160201404495990969",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160201404495990969\">I\nfind it hilarious that people think they have authority to tell you\nwhat's wrong with the direction you're taking. But that's not a\nquestion.\n\nAs a story-teller, how do you feel about updating a story constantly ala\nMSPA vs. tradition methods?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's not about authority though, people are gonna have opinions\nand stuff, which is all good. Sometimes I say what I think in response.\nThose are MY opinions, and occasionally, my facts.<br/>\n<br/>\nHow I feel.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes I feel like I have ruined comics for myself forever. Sometimes\nI will look at a normal comic, and think to myself, what the fuck are\nall these fucking panels doing on the same fucking page? SPREAD EM OUT\nDUDE! True story.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is my fond hope that I have ruined, or will ruin, comics for everyone\nelse too. Scott McCloud wrote what I am sure is a pretty good book\ncalled \"Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art\". One day I hope to\nwrite a book called \"Ruining Comics: Forever\". It will be a 1000 page\nbook, and every page will simply be a photograph of my face.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160202374181317556",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160202374181317556\">Seeing\nas this act is nearly half the length of the adventure so far and shows\nfew signs of ending soon, how long are you expecting acts 6 and 7 be?\nHow much longer will THIS act even be, for that matter?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI've said this before, but act 6 will be considerably shorter, and act 7 will be\nminuscule.<br/>\n<br/>\nAct 5 is what I will call THE GREAT MOTHERFUCKER OF HOMESTUCK. It is\nwhat you observe when the perfect storm of plot density and character\noverload finally materializes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160202549985567226",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160202549985567226\">But Aradia's\nintroduction had her be crazy tall before the symbolic manner appeared! Are all\nof them the size of Dad or Spades?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFinal answer: all of them are all heights.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question160205295367259158",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question160205295367259158\">1000\nPages of Husslips - the perfect accompaniment to any coffee table. But\nseriously, the one panel a page approach looks like it allows for more\ncohesive storytelling. Do you feel that other authors, forced to add a\npunchline, weaken their work/drama?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWell, if you have to force a punchline, then the punchline\nshouldn't even exist, should it? The whole comic shouldn't exist. By\nextension, there are entire webcomics out there that should not exist.\n(Won't say which ones tho! hehehehehehehehehehe.)<br/>\n<br/>\nBut really, one problem with normal comics I think is when you have\npages chock full of panels, sometimes a lot of those panels just get\nglazed over by the reader as background wallpaper, even though they may\nbe very attractive if examined, and a great deal of care was put into it\nby the artist. It's sort of a shame.<br/>\n<br/>\nWith each panel given focus, they demand attention and can have more\npower individually, and create more surprising statements as navigated\nthrough. This is true even if one of my panels is literally just me\nscribbling bullshit all over it.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd the real HAYMAKER of this format is being able to deliver any\nquantity of text below the image I want. Anywhere from 0 to 100,000\ncharacters. I can fit entire conversations in one panel which would\nrequire HUNDREDS of normal comic panels to convey gracefully. I always\nfound dialogue-dense comics a bit offputting, wherein all the dialogue\nis stuffed into a lot of ponderous bubbles crowding out the art. With\nthis format, this is not an issue at all. Large volumes of text may\ncoexist with the art innocuously, as if you are reading a true\ncomic/novel hybrid.<br/>\n<br/>\nOh yeah, + animation's cool too I guess.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\n~Feb 13, 2011? - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question161373594494993361",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161373594494993361\">That Mindfang\njournal page was the greatest thing I never even knew I always wanted. </a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI like to think that describes half of what's in Homestuck.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe thing is, I know what you all want, deep down. I know what you all NEED.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd what you need is author endorsed/written/canonized erotic lesbian troll pirate\nfanfic.<br/>\n<br/>\nI mean fangfic.<br/>\n<br/>\nHappy V-tine's.<br/>\n<br/>\n<3 / <}<\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 14, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question161378232900282810",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161378232900282810\"><3< is a\nmuch better spade, don't you think?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<}< <3<<br/>\n<br/>\nHmmmmmmmmmmm yeah. I'm not even sure what I was doing with that curvy bracket shit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Unguided</span>,\n\nFeb 14, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question161378595699194931",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161378595699194931\">And here I\nthought the valentines day udate would be Gamzee beating Nepeta to death. This\nis good too though.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA lot of people made a lot of guesses for what the 2/14 thing might be.<br/>\n<br/>\nNobody guessed ancestral pirate porn.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">ApeHasKilledApe</span>,\n\nFeb 14, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question161390975535574713",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161390975535574713\">How much of\nthe journal was real and how much was MM's self-insert fiction?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll of it was an accurate historical account of events from her\nperspective. She does not need to embellish on anything because she is\nthe real deal. A very successful and nefarious troll pirate who exploits\nher powers in battle and romance.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is one of those things that is equal parts serious and silly (well\nok maybe not totally equal). It is in part serious in the sense that you\ncan view it totally straight and read it as a series of events that\nliterally happened, and has implications for the story. It is also in\npart COMPLETELY FUCKING RIDICULOUS because you are truly, literally\nreading an excerpt of trashy romance, involving pirates like some Fabio\nnovel, all parsed through a grim troll culture and the strange\nmulti-dimensionality of troll romance.<br/>\n<br/>\nOnce all the dust WTF settles, you can look at it from a variety of angles.<br/>\n<br/>\nSince this is the ancestor Vriska idolizes, this is probably the exact\ntype of character she'd grow up to be, if left unfettered in troll\nsociety. If there is any departure in her inclinations, this is the\ntemplate she is departing from. We've already seen her try to do her\nMindfang impression a few times with mixed results. She tried to get\nTavros to kiss her with mind control, but couldn't go through with it.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen put into the perspective of more severe adult troll attitudes, I\nthink it helps make everything the trolls have done so far seem more\nchildish in retrospect. It was hard to gauge, because adult troll life\nwas completely abstract. Hearing a little from one adult's perspective\nthrough this romfic shows how big the gap was between their youthful\nantics and what they were really trying to become.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt also puts a little perspective on why certain relationships are the\nway they are, seeing how their ancestral counterparts interacted (in\nthis case, Vriska and Eridan, whose ancestor was Dualscar, which was the\nname of his RP character as well). But we still only have the one\nexample to go on so far.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd on the topic of Vriska reading this thing for inspiration, to me\nit's kind of got the feel of a cross between a kid learning about a\nrelative she looks up to, delighting in reading some unapologetically\ntrashy romance novel, AND the troll equivalent of stumbling on her\nparent's porn stash. Which is not to say the entire journal is full of\nsmut. But hey, there it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd lastly, you can look at the log as further insight into the nature\nof troll romance, their near-universal bisexuality, their apparently\ncasual attitudes toward the multiple partners the quadrants demand, the\ntension surrounding the potential of hopping quadrants and the meaning\nof envy in this regard, an element of mysterious affection that still\nseems to surround the hate-based black relationships, and a certain\ndegree of open promiscuity implied by the actions here. IF YOU CARE!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 14, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question161396976141768905",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161396976141768905\">Was that the\nplan? Was that what is was there for? To give us a boner? cause we got one</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/archive/social/formspring/niccagesong.mp4\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeXIoBnu2MU</a></p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 14, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question161400261816912810",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question161400261816912810\">Is this the\nafterlife for everyone, or only Sburb players?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe're not talking about the afterlife anymore, we're talking about pirate porn.<br/>\n<br/>\nNobody even remembers there is an afterlife in Homestuck anymore, get with the\nprogram.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 14, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162298773249236766",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162298773249236766\">You\nreally tricked me with that [S] 3x Showdown Combo, I was expecting a\nhuge all out fight or something. Anything like that maybe coming in the\nnear (or distant) future?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI did?<br/>\n<br/>\nI made the flash in like 3 hours. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf I hadn't posted anything in several days, your anticipation of something more\neventful would be warranted.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 16, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162302078809575901",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162302078809575901\">I\nhate to sound ungrateful, but what was the purpose of the latest flash?\nCouldn't the message here have been relayed through regular panels? I\nappreciate the work you've done, I'm just curious.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm really baffled by the source of your confusion here, but the\nquestion seems to share a sentiment with some other weird questions I'm\nreading which demand this [S] page should have gratified them all\ninstantly in the exact way they desired, so I'll answer them\nblanketedly.<br/>\n<br/>\nHave you ever watched a movie? Sometimes the setup is as important as\nthe payoff. Ambiance? Tone? Suspense? Bringing to a more clear cinematic\nfocus of prior events? Any of these things familiar?<br/>\n<br/>\nIf we chopped up an old western into pieces and distributed it daily,\nall those cowboy actors have to put up with Formspring questions yelling\nGET FUCKING ON WITH IT CLINT EASTWOOD. WE GET IT, YOU ARE STARING THE\nDUDE DOWN. Things take time to execute and deliver properly.<br/>\n<br/>\nI think sometimes people think this site is this magic box that all this\nmiraculous shit comes out of with no explanation or process behind it,\nbut I do in fact have to spend time MAKING that shit. The more complex\nit is, and the more points of interest it resolves, the more time it\ntakes. You wanted a fucking battle royale? Ok, get ready for a week\nwithout updates!<br/>\n<br/>\nThe golden goose is a great thing for everybody until down the road you\ndiscover you are that guy wringing the bird's neck screaming at it to\nlay you some more goddamn eggs you honking piece of shit.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Stonefame</span>,\n\nFeb 16, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162303929936283879",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162303929936283879\">Does this mean\nyou wont be posting anything for several days?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI probably won't post anything until tomorrow, but that's only cause I'm kinda busy\ntoday!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 16, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162858344015500081",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162858344015500081\">Did vampire\nKanaya just successfully pull off a 3x Satisfaction Combo?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFirst she auspisticized between Gamzee and Vriska.<br/>\n<br/>\nThen she auspisticized between Eridan's upper torso and lower torso.<br/>\n<br/>\nthere were<br/>\n<br/>\ndeuce clubs<br/>\n<br/>\nB|\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162860637045691364",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162860637045691364\">With science\ndebunked is this some jab at Atheists and their religion?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll religion is real. Time to deal with it.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you still find doubt in your bosom over this and many other spiritual\nfacts, I recommend you pray harder, and then go weep in a church until\nyou pass out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162864049904717596",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162864049904717596\">The glow is\npartly a dig at twilight, correct?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA dig??? Try a CELEBRATION!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nOf its terribleness!!!!!! <laughs happen><br/>\n<br/>\nBut then, I haven't read it, so what do I know? Maybe it's great! Sparkly vampires,\ndamn what a cool idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut for the record she doesn't sparkle, she just glows like a goddamn\nlight bulb, which is WAY more awesome than Edward turning into a walking\nblingee when he gets some sun. It also makes more sense because she is a\nreverse vampire on account of being a member of a nocturnal race. And\nit makes even MORE sense because it is a dig at Twilight.<br/>\n<br/>\nStephenie Meyer can't even fall back on the Twilight parody excuse to\njustify her glittering vampires, because the thing she is writing is\nTwilight in the first place. I am going to email her my condolences.\nShe'll probably think I'm [EMOTIONAL SUPPORT SLUR]ed though, sort of like how I feel about\npeople who complain about my dumb shit on formspring. The only\nsignificant difference is that I'm right, and she's boring.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162865027324352284",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162865027324352284\">I just\nrealized \"DOOF\" backwise is \"FOOD\"\nHOOOOOLEEEESHIIIIIIIIIIT</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf you were not high when you submitted this question, I will\nliterally use my own physical strength to submerge a pony in a wading\npool full of bong water until it drowns.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am that sure.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">CarsenFox</span>,\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162867664346182402",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162867664346182402\">Seriously?\nKanaya goes after Vriska next? Wouldn't she want to kill Eridan for 'killing'\nher?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't even know why I should possibly have to explain this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162869139612931894",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162869139612931894\">Andrew\nI don't know how anyone can ever say that Homestuck is too serious, a\nguy just got kicked in the crotch so hard that his shoes flew off.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAny time anyone's shoes fly off for any reason I am channeling\nthe recurring scene from Calvin and Hobbes when Hobbes pounces on Calvin\nat the front door, knocking him out of his shoes and sometimes his\nsocks as well. There was another moment in HS when dad pied John in the\nface right out of his shoes. Same deal.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162871975239251777",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162871975239251777\">Alright\nso, you're trolling us again. You bait us out with epic showdowns. We\nget Kanaya coming in and KOing them all in the lamest ways imaginable.\nI must confess, most times when I read the whining from fans it\nirritates me. But this is just stupid.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I HAVE JUST BEEN SUCCESSFULLY HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR CRIMES\nAGAINST MY READERS AND MY STORY.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question162876356407891383",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162876356407891383\">Is Nepeta's\nfate as a Schrodinger's Cat joke intentional?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was intentional insofar as I was aware of the possibility of\ndrawing attention to it for humorous effect, but did not.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere was already a Schrodinger's Dave joke earlier, and how much lousy\nSchrodinger do we even need? That one was funnier anyway, because it was\nRicky Schroedinger's Dave, which is not actually funny to anyone who\ndoesn't know what Silver Spoons was, which is probably most of you. And\neven then, it is only funny in conjunction with Terezi's breakdancing\nSchroeder gifs.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo what I'm saying is the cat joke both exists and doesn't exist. It is in fact\nSchrodinger's Joke.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question162876539325676441",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162876539325676441\">I\nimagine you're getting a mix of \"WTF how could you\" and \"you rock\"\ncomments, so I just wanted to add in to the chorus of \"This was awesome\nand I love you, shine on you crazy diamond.\"</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's more like 99% you rocks just to be clear.<br/>\n<br/>\nwait...<br/>\n<br/>\nyour question just officially made it...<br/>\n<br/>\n100%! <br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n:0\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question162876883430574896",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162876883430574896\">So, do you\nintentionally pick out the dumbest questions to answer? Ah, crap...</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have this really strong hunch that people who think I pick out\ndumb questions have a really dumb idea for what constitutes a good\nquestion.<br/>\n<br/>\nLike guys who are frustrated that I'm talking about Twilight while\nletting their perfectly good questions about troll boners go ignored.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question162879016804587231",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162879016804587231\">Can't\nwe change the terminology to auspicing, being an auspice and being in\nan auspicetice? I'm tripping over all these goddamn morphemes.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am secretly trolling you by coming up with words like\nauspisticization. This is the one and only time I will admit to trolling\nyou about anything.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question162885261322124710",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question162885261322124710\">Tell us all\nabout troll boners.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTrolls pop boners like stunt guys pop wheelies. <br/>\n<br/>\nI'm completely sure that's all that's got to be said.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question163254286547968850",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163254286547968850\">Did you know\nthat there was a Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff Cameo in The Cleveland Show?\nhttp://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgt3723bWm1qgcsjxo1_500.jpg</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/archive/social/formspring/tumblr_lgt3723bWm1qgcsjxo1_500.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lgt3723bWm1qgcsjxo1_500.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\nI do now.<br/>\n<br/>\nThey don't seem very happy about it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFeb 18, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question163260820405383694",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163260820405383694\">In\nthe space of four days we jumped from Vriska pirate porn to \"Climatic\nshowdown with donated art and ominous music\" to Crotchrocketing and\nVriska lovin'.\n\nNo question here. Just pointing out how wonderful it is to watch your\nmind work.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMSPAspace is a pretty fast and loose kind of space. <br/>\n<br/>\nI like to think the events you described would have taken a month to convey through\na more typical webcomic.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd by that I mean what I just said is definitely true.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso a typical comic would not involve things that are as great as those things.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nBasically I am saying there is a good reason why this is the only comic that you\nbother with.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow let's all delete all of our non-mspa bookmarks, right now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question163272621666887208",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163272621666887208\">Is Kanaya a\nLesbian?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think this was pretty obvious a long time ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut then, homosexuality in a society where bisexuality is the norm is\nkind of a different thing. Rather than being a swapped preference, it is\na more exacting preference. Somewhat like a fetish for a particular\ngender. When Karkat was talking to John about it, he indicated trolls\ndon't even have a word for the orientation. It's not something that\nappears to have any cultural significance to them. Which might seem odd,\nbut then, they're aliens. Maybe a way to view it is how we view people\nwith more exacting preferences, like certain fetishists. We don't\nactually have common words to describe most people like that, and their\npresence doesn't have nearly the same social ramifications which\nhomosexuality does. Humans seem to make a very big deal out of\nhomosexuality, while treating other forms of preference as barely worth\nnoting. When Karkat was <3< hitting on John, the reasonable human\nresponse was to say \"I am not a homosexual.\" But the troll response\nwould be more like \"Sorry, not interested,\" without invoking\norientation. Very much like a guy with a fat fetish isn't too likely to\nreject a thin girl by saying \"Sorry, I am just this HUGE chubby chaser,\nso I must decline.\" (CUE FAT VRISKA JOKES AGAIN)<br/>\n<br/>\nNot that any of this changes how we view Kanaya. From a human perspective, she's an\nunmistakably gay character.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163274003597782187",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163274003597782187\">>Now let's\nall delete all of our non-mspa bookmarks, right now.\nEVEN DINOSAUR COMICS? :O :O :O :O :O</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nESPECIALLY DINOSAUR COMICS<br/>\n<br/>\nTHE PANELS NEVER CHANGE, HOW DOES ANYBODY EVEN TAKE THIS GUY SERIOUSLY\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163275355442935017",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163275355442935017\">Kanaya\nkicking ass and taking names is basically the best birthday present.\nYou won my birthday. As such I give it over to you. Happy birthday!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nKanaya was obviously always going to be the most asskickingest\nasskicker who ever kicked an enormous butt right in its big fat ass,\nbecause I am a virgo and I obviously can't be affiliated with a lame\nuseless troll.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, it's especially fitting, because in reality I am like this huge lesbian.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163572619059164398",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163572619059164398\">Mom and Dad\ndidn't even put up a fight?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHow do we know they didn't?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163572896982147058",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163572896982147058\">okay. were we\nreally supposed to *laugh* at mom and dad's death? are you serious?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou are actually supposed to simultaneously laugh and cry as hard as you can out of\nevery orifice in your body.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163574660741504347",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163574660741504347\">Do\nyou think Noir remembered Dad before he killed him? Or does the\nprototyping also affect the psychology of the ringbearer so much that\npast respects and gratitudes may be forgotten?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDad did Jack a favor once by burning his silly hat, and Jack rewarded him by letting\nhim escape.<br/>\n<br/>\nEven if he did remember him, I think it's safe to say he considered that debt\nrepaid.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163576198780197295",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163576198780197295\">\"You\nare actually supposed to simultaneously laugh and cry as hard as you\ncan out of every orifice in your body.\" <-- So is that what happened\nto Sollux when he was hit by the VAST GLUB?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat was what happened when he was reading MS Paint Adventures and found out his\nfavorite troll died.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was the VAST SOB.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question163578006705575948",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163578006705575948\">I'm\na little confused; why Mom and Dad? There doesn't seem to be a lot of\npurpose to it, other than watching Jack flip the fuck out on his\nill-gotten loots.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy do you expect the purpose of something that happens in a story to be instantly\nevident?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question163578779598350534",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question163578779598350534\">Oh\nmy god why are you doing so many awesome things at once. It's hard to\nbitch about you not showing more Kanpire shit when you're stopping to\nhave us be Jack Noir. I mean COME ON does it GET MORE AWESOME THAN THIS?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n\nNO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\nwait yes\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question167571187008830907",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167571187008830907\">Wait a sec, I\nthought all the first guardians share the same genetic code, Why does scratch's\ncode not include \"MEOW\"?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk, here is what I said about this in the forum.<br/>\n<br/>\nvvv<br/>\n<br/>\nHere comes the magic of logic.<br/>\n<br/>\nFour codes does not necessarily mean a more complicated genetic code, or some kind\nof weird alien DNA.<br/>\n<br/>\nSymbols are just symbols. With the MEOW code, the DNA letters were not\nliterally MEOW. They represented GCAT. M=G, E=C, O=A, W=T.<br/>\n<br/>\nSame with these codes, but more symbols can be mapped to GCAT at the\nsame time. Like t1CK=GCAT, t0ck=GCAT, 8rk=GCA, H34DS=TGCAT. This will\nwork as long as the total number of symbols is divisible by 4*.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe means of creating the code is more complex, but the code itself is not\nnecessarily.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot that I am expecting this to occur to most people though. <br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n*Addendum:<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I wrote that, the honk codes had not been revealed yet. So\nadditionally, honk =GCAT, HONK=GCAT. An additional 8 symbols, also\ndivisible by 4 to ensure balanced GCAT distribution. Each part is needed\nto combine to form what is presumably the equivalent of the MEOW code,\nonce translated to GCAT.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis makes for a total of 24 symbols to complete Scratch's code. Is this\nrelevant? Why don't I point this out. It's actually 2 sets of 12, one\nfor each troll, and one for each ancestor, who were created all together\nin their session by Karkat. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf you want to keep your theorist's cap on, you could then note that the\nMEOW code only consists of 4 symbols, one for each kid, but not for\neach guardian as well. It might suggest there are missing symbols, and\nwe don't know the full story about Bec's origin. <br/>\n<br/>\nIt MIGHT.<br/>\n<br/>\nOr might not.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is MSPA obscurica at its finest.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question167573753461502159",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167573753461502159\">I don't mean\nto nitpick, but i couldn't help but notice this...\n\nthe t1CK and t0ck sequences have 7 characters together, not 8 (t, 1, 0, C, c, K,\nk, and the T is missing)</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat's only if you combine the symbols first before converting them to GCAT. <br/>\n<br/>\nAll of the code fragments are maintained separately in different books.\nThe books are deposited in the slot below, to the right. The machine\nknows what to do with them.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005512\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005512</a><br/>\n<br/>\nAlso note how much bigger the book slot is than the kid session slot.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/003828\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003828</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThat's because the troll slot needs to be able to fit the huge ~ATH book in it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Kavukamari</span>,\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question167574402446157321",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167574402446157321\">What?! Doc\nScratch was created through ectobiology? And one of the components was Cal?!\nThat's ... that's ... !</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere has actually been a clue pointing to this for a very long time, \"hidden\" in\nthe name of Dave's sword.<br/>\n<br/>\nCaledscratch.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">bobbaganoosh000</span>,\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question167575343882866693",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167575343882866693\">were\nyou planning from the start to have Bro's creepy rapping puppet\neventually become a god? actually don't answer that, I don't think I\ncould handle the devastation if you weren't.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, not at Cal's conception. But at the beginning, that's not\nreally how I worked. I littered the story with hundreds of details,\nknowing that some of them would rise to extreme significance later. The\nbunny was one such detail designed explicitly to rise to significance,\nthough in a way left open ended. Cal was exactly the same. But for those\nwho really understood my M.O., the moment you saw Cal, you probably\nexpected nothing less from him.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">jcaserta</span>,\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question167576958085926296",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167576958085926296\">Isn't Dr.\nScratch surprisingly erudite for someone who is part Lil Cal?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe is also part all-knowing magic cue ball. <br/>\n<br/>\nBut the fact that we now know he is part Cal may open up some\nrevelations about his character that we wouldn't have thought likely\nbefore.<br/>\n<br/>\nFor instance, we may now be able to parse his \"Don't turn your back on\nthe body.\" line with the understanding that he MAY in fact be a bit of a\nprankster. <br/>\n<br/>\nWhat is a sense of humor like for someone who is omniscient? Possibly\nsomething not easy for us to understand or recognize right away.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question167578030582030733",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167578030582030733\">I don't\nunderstand what's going on about the genetic codes or whatever.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis probably means you don't have a very solid grasp on the\nalready established facts of the story, and the way first guardians are\nknown to originate as already conveyed through example.<br/>\n<br/>\nThings like this can have the look and feel of something that is\nconfusing. But I don't think it is actually confusing. Not\nintrinsically. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe only thing that is deficient it your alertness to the facts. Which is fine. It's\na big story.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question167585470568502441",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167585470568502441\">Why did Tavros\nwrite \"t1ck\" when all of the other trolls wrote according to their quirk?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nA small exception to the pattern. But we can examine a few reasons why it makes\nsense.<br/>\n<br/>\nAradia's quirk is to replace 'o' with '0', making t0ck. Using a '1' for\nt1ck not only balances the numerology, but adds a binary element to the\nphrase. Duality/bifurcation has always been a strong theme in the\ntrolls' session. Two teams, two sets of ruins, two universes.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is also a pretty solid case to be made for why Tavros should\nrepresent 1. Aradia has always used zeroes because she had been the\n\"null character\", before her resurrection. Sollux on the other hand had\nalways been the character of duality, with his twofold curse. When\nAradia came back to life, she lost her null quality, and thus lost her\nquirk. Sollux lost his twofold curse when he went blind, and lost his\nquirk too. But he, in a way, assumed Aradia's position as the null\ncharacter, insofar as 2-2=0. He assumed her quirk. This is aside from\nthe point about Tavros though. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf you list the trolls according to the order of the zodiac, it starts with:<br/>\n<br/>\n0: Aradia<br/>\n1: Tavros<br/>\n2: Sollux<br/>\n<br/>\nThat is, if beginning with 0, which is suitable for Aradia's theme, then\nSollux is also numbered suitably as well. That makes Tavros the 1 troll\nby default. Does the number 1 have significance for his character\nbeyond this? Bet you can think of your own reasons if I left you to it.\nHere's a pretty good one for me: Tavros is so lame, he's always\nforgotten to type with the number ruling his existence, and it is only\nthrough writing this code that the quirk has been awakened.<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska's number is obviously 8. Scorpio is in fact the eighth sign on\nthe list too, assuming we switch to begin counting at 1 from the start\nin this case. Which we should, because we aren't actually being that\nliteral about assigning a number to each troll. It only makes sense for a\nfew of them. Some of their numbers don't even register on a 1-12 scale.\nEquius likes 100, while Nepeta is all about 33.<br/>\n<br/>\n8 has always been kind of a special number in HS, in the same way 413\nhas, though not hit as hard as those digits have been. In fact, 4+1+3=8!\n<br/>\n<br/>\n413 are Terezi's numbers. She uses them as her quirk, as the numerals of\nthe blind prophets. If we are to say Vriska is 8, then Terezi is right\nbehind her on the zodiac list, and she would be 7.<br/>\n<br/>\nHer code \"H34DS\" conveniently includes no 1. 3+4=7!!! There's her number, rearing\nits head.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhere did the 1 go? Tavros has it! It seems writing these codes while\nsleepwalking has cajoled the true numbers assigned to Tavros and Terezi,\n1 and 7, out of their subconscious. <br/>\n<br/>\nOk, so some of this sounds a bit like hand waving I'm sure. No single\nreason here is ESPECIALLY compelling for giving Tavros a 1 on its own,\nbut I submit that we have overwhelmed the jury with circumstantial\nevidence, and I expect a conviction.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question167589402455863918",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167589402455863918\">When will the\nshirts restock?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey just did. <br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nuh...<br/>\n<br/>\nFor now.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso those hoodies I threatened you with are looming. Give em another 2 or 3 weeks.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question167589913309515031",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167589913309515031\">So if Tavros\nisn't the best troll, at least he's number one, no matter how derpy he is.\n\nHonestly Tavros is one of my favorites.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMaybe he's the number one troll, but never had the true self esteem to express\nit?<br/>\n<br/>\nSee how easy it is? To make things make sense out of thin air? Easy.<br/>\n<br/>\n(regarding troll numerology, 2 questions down)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Kavukamari</span>,\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question167593473187281605",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167593473187281605\">What is the\nsignificance of the wording of Tick Tock Break Heads?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou forgot honk honk.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll the words have significance. Some are obvious already. Some are not yet.<br/>\n<br/>\nAll of the words have personal significance to their authors. H34DS,\nbecause of Terezi's double headed coin she uses to decide the fate of\nothers (which, hey! has a SCRATCH in it. ehhh?) 8r8k is a word commonly\nused by Vriska, as a word meaning fortune (8ad 8r8k) and also something\nshe literally does to 8 balls. t1CK t0ck has significance to Aradia as\nthe Maid of Time, clearly. It has significance to Tavros and his\ninterest in the Peter (Pupa) Pan mythology, and the phrase is\nunambiguously tied to the ticking clock in the belly of the crocodile\nwho hunts Captain Hook. And Captain Hook has been unambiguously likened\nto Jack Noir and/or Vriska, who have both gone without an arm and an\neye.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe words all have significance to Scratch as well. Tick tock because\nthe guy is associated with a mob of time travelers, duh. Honk honk\nbecause the guy is essentially made out of a clown doll. Break heads?\nWell, this could mean many things...<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd let's file this under KIND OF A STRETCH.<br/>\n<br/>\nSince the thickest book by far is the ~ATH book, it stands to reason\nmost of Scratch's DNA comes from the honk code. Bec's DNA comes from the\nmeow code.<br/>\n<br/>\nhonk honk meow<br/>\n<br/>\nIs essentially John's silly translation of Karkat's (car cat's) name.\nJohn and Karkat, as the two leaders, are the ectobiologists of the team.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question167594031059066970",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167594031059066970\">Is the reason\nwhy Doc Scratch does everything Lord English does (unlike Bec possibly) is\nbecause he is a puppet.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe is figuratively Lord English's puppet, yes.<br/>\n<br/>\nI don't even know if this answers your question.<br/>\n<br/>\nLet us also bear in mind what Cal was primarily used for. <br/>\n<br/>\nA weapon.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question167594575316158777",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question167594575316158777\">Why\nwere two entities needed to produce Doc Scratch when only one was\nneeded for Bec? Is that just how it worked out, or is it to do with\ntheir session being bigger or something?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDogs are pretty simple creatures.<br/>\n<br/>\nTake a look at what Jack tends to think about now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 2, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169694179457276472",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169694179457276472\">Why would Doc\nScratch, in his omniscience, make as drastic a typo of biolgical? Was it a\njoke?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\noh look the 50th question about this typo who giiiiiiiiives a\nshiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 8, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question169701266631458587",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169701266631458587\">I've\ncome to really like Doc Scratch in a very short amount of time, and\nlooking back I realize this is roughly what happens with the whole cast.\nIs there a specific way your formulate your characters that allows all\nof them to be so intensely enjoyable?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't have a formula for making likable characters. But I guess character\ndevelopment tends to help.<br/>\n<br/>\nWith Scratch, I think one of the fun things about his recent\ndevelopments is that they came on the heels of learning that he is part\nCal. His identity as a creepy pervert wasn't exactly \"set up\" before\nthis revelation. Not overtly. But if it was I think it would be less\nentertaining. We get to watch certain traits of his personality reveal\nthemselves exactly when we now have reason to expect those traits. If he\nhad them before it might have weakened the humor value of it now, even\nthough it would have been more air tight from a characterization and\nplot construction standpoint. We didn't get to say \"DIABOLICAL! So\nTHAT'S why he's a perv!\" But HS has enough of those eureka moments\nalready for us to be worrying about that.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot that his developments are completely off the wall either. He was\nalways a pretty self satisfied guy, with the demeanor of someone who\ncould easily be a coy prankster, who just hadn't revealed those\ntendencies yet. Much of what he said had the feel of a knowitall who's\njust messing with someone. Also, he did only talk to the girls. With the\nexception of the one short line to Karkat. He manipulated them and\nmentored them in weird ways, and eventually one might ask, why all the\nattention on the ladies dude??? So turns out that's why, sort of. Of\ncourse the original reason was more pragmatic. It was just that of all\nthe trolls, the ones most relevant and dynamic in the story tended to be\ngirls, so that's who he talked to. But later, it struck me as a pretty\namusing angle on an omniscient character to be a bit of a creeper, and\nthis is in keeping with his origin. <br/>\n<br/>\nRemember where Cal came from in the first place? And why he was thrown out of Dave's\ndream tower?<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/003621\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003621</a><br/>\n<br/>\nBut all that said I still don't think it's quite right to regard him as\nan actual pedophile, just because of what sort of entity he is. It's\nprobably more apt to think of him as an all knowing supercomputer that\nhappens to have a gravitation toward young ladies in his programming.\nImagine walking up to the computer and if you are a boy it says, hey.\nBut if you are a girl it says WELL HELLO, DON'T YOU LOOK NICE. Thinking\nof it in these terms helps make it funny rather than outright\ndisturbing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 8, 2011 - Mar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question169702372476479790",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169702372476479790\">Just\nwhen I think you can't make the situation any more fucked up beyond all\ncomprehension, you reward us with an explanation of the Scratch that\nwipes out everything they did and renders everything they have done up\nuntil now a waste of time. Bravo.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/002731\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002731</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question169703199018606773",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169703199018606773\">What's with\nthe slow-ass updates recently? Not taking you for granted, just curious.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhat is up with them is that I am posting them not as frequently as usual.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169703344074416644",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169703344074416644\">...Please\ntell me that Jack Noir destroyed whatever Aradia's equivalent to the\nScratch was. I don't think I could bear a 2x-reset combo.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was mentioned that Jack destroyed all 12 planets in the troll session.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169704457183992484",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169704457183992484\">It\noccurs to many people here that the only way you could have had the\nending completely planned out from the very beginning is if you always\nintended to do a reset. ...Especially considering that the trolls were\nsupposed to be minor characters.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know about having the ending planned from the beginning,\nbut I can say that every time the scratch as been mentioned, and even\nearlier when it was referred to as the rift, I knew exactly what it was\ngoing to be.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe concept of the reset, though heavily disguised until now, is a very\nold one, and is completely entangled with every aspect of the way the\nstory has been constructed to this point.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question169706576167333615",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169706576167333615\">So is the\nwhole The Scratch=The Rift thing meant to be a red herring like Bec Noir=Lord\nEnglish was?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNot exactly. The Rift was just what the trolls called the\nphenomenon that brought Jack to their session. It then became known by\nits formal name, the Scratch, as we learned a little more about what was\ngoing on. We learned the rift was actually called the scratch at the\nend of Hivebent.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe only aspect of this that was a red herring at all was the\nimplication that the rift/scratch was some generic opening in spacetime\nthat let Jack hop from one session to another. This is what the trolls\npresumed due to ignorance. Aradia knew what the scratch was (since she\nwas the one who first mentioned it in her private memo), but she was not\nall that talkative as a mopey robot, and clearly didn't think it was\nimportant enough to let anyone know.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe now know the scratch isn't what transported Jack between sessions. We don't know\nwhat did yet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question169707394257945467",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169707394257945467\">Did you know\nthat 6/12/2011 will be the one solar sweep anniversary of Homestuck?\n(2.166666... earth years)</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTHAT'S PRETTY SWEET<br/>\n<br/>\nIt will also be the 1 Earth year anniversary of Act 5.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question169708717028176280",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169708717028176280\">you're\ngoing to just have the scratch happen and then the next ==> link\nback to the first page of homestuck, aren't you? just have this endless\nloop of a recurring retcon, right? i mean, it WOULD be the ultimate\nway to troll the fanbase once and for all</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think the easiest way to address questions like this is to\nsay, picture every possibility that is dumb and terrible. Those things\nare exactly what I am not going to do.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, it's pretty amazing how often people misuse the term retcon. Almost as often\nas they misuse the word troll.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169709402293568434",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169709402293568434\">So\nwhy did you animate Jack pocketing the candy so well? The fluidity of\nit is somewhat jarring. (Which is a weird thing to say when you think\nabout it but whatever)</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI thought it would be funnier to make such a mundane action more elaborately\nanimated than more important things.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169709763616085714",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169709763616085714\">How do you\nrespond to the criticism that you don't have the balls to kill off /real/\ncharacters?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is a straw man. Nobody gives a shit about this.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">SmoothPorcupine</span>,\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169710222602963397",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169710222602963397\">Mr.\nHussie, I'm a huge fan of your work. You strike as somebody who's both\nvery artistically talented any knowledgeable in literature and writing.\nDo you have any formal education in these subjects?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI have neither.<br/>\n<br/>\nI paid money to learn about computers approximately ten years ago.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">thebanov</span>,\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169710593295555762",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169710593295555762\">have you ever\ngone so far as ever to need more to do look more like?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYES\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">joltthecoat</span>,\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169711555091393185",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169711555091393185\">Rose says that\nDerse dreamers can hear the horrorterrors during \"the eclipse\"... but what is\nDerse's moon eclipsing?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is a lunar eclipse. When the moon is furthest from Skaia, and\neclipsed by Derse's shadow. This is when the moon is closest to the\nFurthest Ring.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">webbedspace</span>,\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question169712451875543732",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169712451875543732\">I\njust read the entirety of Homestuck to date. I was at no point shocked,\ndisturbed, or dismayed at the dark turn Homestuck has taken. I was,\nthough, always entertained. Does this mean I'm almost as demented as\nyou, or am I missing some vast cosmic point?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt just means you read a fictional story like a rational human being.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169713542805617263",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169713542805617263\">'There has\nactually been a clue pointing to this for a very long time, \"hidden\" in the name\nof Dave's sword.\n\nCaledscratch.'\nOk. so, who's Ed?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYour creepy uncle.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169722589604773853",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169722589604773853\">you best be\nworkin on a flash hussie</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLet's try to come to our senses here. The labor involved in\nmaking a Flash animation is pretty goddamn ridiculous. I'm approaching\nthe 2 year mark on Homestuck, and in addition to the thousands of static\npages and many tens of thousands of words, I am standing on several\nhours of animated footage. This is, frankly, ludicrous. <br/>\n<br/>\nNot that there is any regret in this accumulation. But after a point, an\nassessment has to be made whether such sustained high intensity is\nworthwhile, and whether it continues serving the purpose it originally\nhad. It's purposes being media exploration, pushing the envelope on\nstory delivery, and so on. The envelope can't always be pushed farther\nwhile still justifying the effort. If the effort required increases,\nwhile reader reaction inevitably flattens and adjusts to the\nexpectation, then that particular purpose is not really being satisfied\nanymore. As far as media exploration goes, I think there's probably more\nthan enough dynamism in the animated portion of this work to cover my\ninitial agenda for it (which is to say, it far surpasses it). And as\nreader reaction catalysts, they probably stopped having the eye-widening\nimpact they once had, where they were very often transforming your\nunderstanding of what this story was, and what it could be, and catching\npeople off guard by humbling what preceded it. Without that\nexperiential payload, they become a part of a pretty homogeneous loaf\nthat represents MSPA as a product, something that demands a consistent\nmouth feel when chewed, and Flash must be tasted before swallowed. This\nis a situation I am not HUUUGELY interested in committing all of my time\nto keeping propped up, and Flash animations were not actually meant to\nbe part of MSPA's Pledge To The Consumer.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo all that's really left, and this has been true for a while I guess,\nis whether I feel like doing a Flash and whether I'll enjoy it. I can\nsay that the end to every act will definitely involve a Flash animation.\nBut beyond that, I don't know. It's possible I might not do a Flash\nbetween now and the end of A5. <br/>\n<br/>\nOr I might! We'll see.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut what might not be fruitful is trying to read the gaps in my schedule\nlike tea leaves, and divine the nature of upcoming output. Often, in\nthe Flash frenzied history of HS's reckless climb, interpreting such\ngaps in this way has been reliable. Maybe not so much here on out!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question169732769587427046",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169732769587427046\">You\ndon't need to answer this, but I have yet to be not awed by a piece of\nFlash you have released. They are all amazing treasures that I\nappreciate. Don't do them any more than you want to, of course, but know\nthat, for me, the wonder hasn't faded yet.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI understand what you mean, and thanks, but I guess there are different types of\n\"wow factors\".<br/>\n<br/>\nAt this point I believe the kind you are talking about is a typical\nreaction to something with strong cinematics conveying interesting\ndevelopments. That's cool and all, don't get me wrong.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe kind I was talking about was more palpable during ones like WV:\nAscend, where the reaction is based on lack of precedent, and the\nreaction is something like \"I didn't know this could be that.\" Some\nsuccessive ones had that feel too, like Descend probably, and the first\nAlterniabound probably did too somewhat, in that the format was such a\ncurve ball. Innovation is still possible, but like I said, there is some\nelement of diminishing returns to this kind of thing. <br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not saying this quality is essential to preserve in continuing that\nkind of output, but its evaporation in a project like this does steal a\nliiiittle motivation for going to the bother. Like I said, I'll do them\nif I get an idea that sounds like a fun and a worthwhile way to apply\ntime. Which actually isn't much different from how I've been doing it\nlately anyway.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd somewhere in this equation is the fact that at some point this thing\ndoes have to GET MOVING, and Flash projects have notoriously\nbottlenecked story progress behind them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question169735857803127592",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169735857803127592\">Are\nyou really going to push a reset button, sir? Because as much as I love\nthis series, and have not even once felt you made a wrong move or\n\"trolled your fanbase\" as so many accuse, I have to say, a reset would\nkind of be the biggest cop-out imaginable.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt COULD be, but the problem is, you don't know anything about\nanything about anything. All you have is the banality of a story's\nfuture ghost projected by a fairly dull and overanxious imagination.<br/>\n<br/>\nPretty much anything can sound like SUCH TERRIBLE BULLSHIT, until you actually see\nwhat I do.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">TomMontblanc</span>,\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question169736022601526355",
"timestamp":1299715200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question169736022601526355\">we need a\nreplacement chicken sandwich question tradition that lets everyone know when its\nok to stop refreshing formspring</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20110410214529/http://www.kfc.com/doubledown/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.kfc.com/doubledown</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question172260633130074430",
"timestamp":1300320000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172260633130074430\">Why do you\nhave silent flashes, when you could easily pin on a somewhat fitting song to\ngive a small boost to album sales?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere's plenty of merchandising going on, but I honestly never\nmake story decisions with the idea that it'll make me tons of extra bux,\neven though it seems like it with all the rad marketable clothes these\ndang kids are wearing all the time. I just do what I think is cool and\nfeels right at the time. I have never once done something and said YES\nTHIS WILL SELL SO MUCH MUSIC, or said FUCK I GOTTA DESIGN A SHIRT LOGO\nTHAT'LL SELL LIKE HOTCAKES.<br/>\n<br/>\nSilent flashes aren't actually new. Just haven't had many in a while. Remember pages\nlike this one?<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/002401\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002401</a><br/>\n<br/>\nWith these little Rose flashes, I just thought the idea would be a\nlittle easier to get across with a short flash than a series of gifs.\nThey were not really long enough in my mind before execution to warrant\nfinding a clip, or asking someone to make something beforehand.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe one where she looks in the cue ball wound up being a little longer\nthan I thought it would, just to pace it right, and I certainly COULD\nhave given it some track with suitable ambiance, but I sort of\ndeliberately checked that impulse.<br/>\n<br/>\nI just don't think that necessarily EVERYTHING is going to benefit from\nsound, even though it sure looks like that's the pattern I've\nestablished. If every time that preloader pops up, even if only to serve\na 15 second clip meant for sequential utility, and we're hearing a tiny\nmood setting score or little sound effects each time just cause that's\nwhat a flash Has To Be, then it feels like it's getting into hokey\nterritory to me. For the larger cinematic pieces, yes those absolutely\nneed sound. The mini ones? Ehhhh, not so much. In any case, the\nexpectation that sound must be delivered with flash or I risk violating\nmy rules is something I find a little bothersome.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe line has been pushed very far into some vague mediaspace frontier.\nBut now and then, I like to remind you that the story still includes\nevery possibility up to that line, including the more primitive things\nfar short of it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question172263532061025223",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172263532061025223\">In\nthe latest updates, it looks like Skaia is above the beat mesa rather\nthan Dave's house. I thought all the houses were supposed to build up to\nSkaia. What's going on here, sir?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere was a small liberty taken with perspective.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you look at the beam of light coming out of the record, that beam is\npointing straight up. If skaia were directly above that record, the beam\nof light would lead to it. It doesn't.<br/>\n<br/>\nSkaia is directly over Dave's house. She is looking at it from a vantage\nsimilar to how we'd view the north star. But again, with some\nperspective liberties taken.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is because it just reads better this way. Our understanding is, skaia is \"up\".\nTo go to it, you fly up. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe problem with topics like this is that it takes way too long to\naccurately address a thing that just isn't all that interesting.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">The0rangeMan</span>,\n\nMar 16, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172266698240465342",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172266698240465342\">What\nis up with the very-short, soundless flashes? Why not have condensed\nRose going grimdark into a slightly longer flash with music similar to\nthe showdown between Eridan/Vriska/Gamzee?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause I didn't feel like it???<br/>\n<br/>\nKanaya's transformation/asskicking didn't involve any elaborate flash\neither. The showdown flash technically was more about the other 3 trolls\nthan her. She just rushed in and beat them all down in a big gif\nparade. Nothin too special.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere is always a way that a thing can be cooler. Determining what it is\nand informing the author will never be a spectacular feat!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 16, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172272892212445757",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172272892212445757\">Is it safe to\nsay that \"going grimdark\" would be the opposite of becoming a rainbow\ndrinker?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know if it's the opposite, but it's obviously intended\nas an absurd transformation to specifically complement Kanaya's.<br/>\n<br/>\n\"Going grimdark\" is a phrase which itself is silly enough to qualify as a\njoke. The ramifications of such a transformation are surely on par with\nbecoming a glowing Twilight-esque vampire called a rainbow drinker. And\nyet, silly though these developments are, no one can argue they are not\nawesome as well. The result is the magic which takes place when stupid\nmeets badass.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe whole \"going grimdark\" thing was something discussed by readers when\nRose first started stirring things up with her dark magic. The whole\nissue was later lampooned somewhat in a conversation with John. In fact,\npractically every line of the recent updates have been callbacks to\nthis conversation. <br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/004823\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004823</a><br/>\n<br/>\nI found the point of controversy kind of funny. It makes one wonder,\nwhat does \"going grimdark\" even mean? Is that even a thing? I guess it\nis, as long as we understand that it probably refers to the\nmetamorphosis of a vanilla character into a brooding gothic cliche, and\nthis is something played absolutely straight in things which are\ngenerally terrible. Please note it is not being played straight in this\ncase. [AND YET IT IS. WINK.]<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, who here is keeping tabs on super hero references??<br/>\n<br/>\nRose's shirt has somewhat resembled the Punisher's logo for some time\nnow, without any reason to link her to the vigilante. Let us now note\nthe origin of the Punisher, a guy spurred to vengeance after watching\nhis family get brutally murdered.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 16, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172277639996805720",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172277639996805720\">Is it Terry\nPratchett's success that inspired you to pander to anime nerds?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPratchett san and his family will be in my prayers during this troubling time for\nall the fine people of Japan.<br/>\n<br/>\n~CSQ~\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 16, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question172590574426156034",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172590574426156034\">You sure do\nlike your Interludes of Silliness, don't you?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, the interlude is called MS Paint Adventures and has been running steadily for\nseveral years.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question172608966856048035",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172608966856048035\">these updates\nlook suspiciously like you're stalling for time.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt is hilarious how people think this is just messing around\nwhen in actuality it will all prove to be ridiculously significant\nlater, as usual.<br/>\n<br/>\nOh well, I'll just keep being over here playing Vulcan mind chess or whatever while\nall y'all play your games of tic tac dumb.<br/>\n<br/>\n8^y\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172634892767624061",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172634892767624061\">I've got three\nwords for you, Hussie.\n\nBEST. UPDATE. EVER.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI agree, and I don't even know which updates you're talking about.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question172636277718411101",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172636277718411101\">what do you do\nto the SBaHJ pages to make them look so unbelievably shitty?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere is a lot to it. I don't have any trade secrets at all, but\nif I did, it would probably be the process I apply to those images.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne major tactic: save as jpg, reduce quality to zero, but DON'T SAVE IT\nYET. Instead, screen capture the preview. Then paste that into the same\ndocument, and repeat this process for a while, until you have grown the\ndesired amount of \"loss scum\".<br/>\n<br/>\nBut this just keeps making the image foggier, which isn't good enough by\nitself. After that, I usually apply other effects, like strategic\nsharpenings and other misc. filters. I also use a lot of masking through\ncolor range selections, and perform meticulous alterations at the\npixel-cluster level.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172639914125465628",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172639914125465628\">From\ntime to time, you make such strange plots twists that it seems like\nyou're just making it up as you go along, but then you show\nforeshadowing from thousands of pages back. How far back do some of\nthese crazy twists go back, plan wise?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't think I ever drop a major development which is\nspontaneous, though points of execution almost always are, which\nprobably makes it seem more off the cuff than it is.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome go back before day 1. Most originated between then and now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172651142658945909",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172651142658945909\">oh god what is\nthis with sweet bro and hella jeff do you do ANYTHING without tying it into the\nmain plot anymore?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSBaHJ is absolutely inseparable from HS, and has been almost\nfrom the start. If you don't understand this, then you don't understand\nHS very well. SBaHJ is like the mentally handicapped step brother of\nMSPA, requiring special attention, but no less cherished as a part of\nthe family. It was originally intended as the chief source of in-house\nmemes for dialogue, but this is ultimately a superficial purpose. Though\nit only has 20+ strips, it contains a pretty dense and internally\nconsistent language of recurring symbols and typo-driven grammars,\napplicable as a rich sub-cognitive lexicon for highlighting elusive\nelements woven into the mythology of the story which tend to be shrouded\nin the unconscious. <br/>\n<br/>\nMany times events in SBaHJ \"foreshadow\" what happens in HS, but this is\npractically never intentional. It is always retroactive on my part, and\nquite convenient. Like the vampire strip I drew shortly before Kanaya's\ndeath and resurrection. The correlation was convenient, and was\nemphasized in the comic as a gag. Same with the one with Bro achieving\nLIFDOFF, passing a cloud labeled \"cloun\". Soon after, John flew his car\nby a cloud that showed Gamzee in it. This was unintentional while\ndrawing the SBaHJ, but the connection was soon made in the comic\nserendipitously. <br/>\n<br/>\nSBaHJ as a creative process is probably a pretty accurate reflection of\nmy subconscious at work. This may be why it often ties into HS themes\nyet to develop. It is like I am a prophet of my own story, and these\nshitty comics are my cryptic messages. I submit to the trance of the\nJPEGothics, while quaking in the losseldritch throes of the artifact\ntongues. The resulting imagery is troubling, and AGGRESSIVELY PREGNANT\nwith meaning.<br/>\n<br/>\nThough most aspects of HS's story construction is exceedingly\nmeticulous, with multi-threaded plot connections established months or\nyears in advance, intuition plays a powerful role too, and may be even\nmore important than the maniacal, overly cerebral stuff. There are\noccasions where something will just FIT, in a weirdly perfect way, even\nthough I didn't quite intend it. I always seems to be working favorably\nwith the grain of positive coincidence. Strange things with numbers\nhappen all the time, for example, and this is certainly not because I'm a\nskilled numerologist. The troll's number is 612 because I started\nHivebent on 6/12, a tale of 12 6 sweep-olds (13 year-olds). Their names\nare 6 and 6 letters, like mine. Why is one sweep = 2.16 years? Weird.\nWhy is 6/12/11 exactly one sweep from 4/13/09, the start date of HS???\nAlso weird. These occurrences are everywhere, and I can only assume they\nhave their root in the turbulent void from which all this comes. The\nstory is in part driven furiously by high level cerebral machinations,\nand in part at the mercy of the whims of my waking coma. And I,\npersonally, am at the mercy of it all.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnyway, if for no other reason, this is why you should like SBaHJ, or at\nleast find it intriguing. Frankly, I am quite suspicious of anyone who\ndoesn't find it funny. I am suspicious of their judgment and quality of\nperception. This is probably because it means their minds are\nincompatible with mine on a such a profound level. They are at odds with\nmy subconscious.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">thekslice</span>,\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172819951839637870\">What\ndo you say to the few people who read SBaHJ but not Homestuck? I know\nfor a fact that they exist. A friend of mine made his facebook profile\npic Sweet Bro, but had no idea what Homestuck was when I questioned him\nabout it.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI find it much more understandable for someone to read SBaHJ and\nnot be into HS. Reading and appreciating HS is a very intensive process\nwhich requires a lot of time and concentration.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhereas reading HS while not studying (yes studying) SBaHJ is less\nforgivable. SBaHJ is requisite supplementary reading. If HS was a class,\nI would automatically fail anybody who didn't get an A on their SBaHJ\nexam.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Drillgorg</span>,\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172820221130736935",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172820221130736935\">Would\nyou mind if I used \"Aggressively Pregnant\" as the name of a rock band,\nprovided I do a song or two about how awesome and HS you are?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly if you are the weird guy who wanted to get his sister pregnant with my genes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172822879258315563",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172822879258315563\">I\nthink a lot of people find it hard to believe that majority of this\ncomic is built up on coincidence/ make-up-as-you-go. I'm quite baffled,\nbut somehow I am okay with it.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is not actually what I said though. There is an element of coincidence.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question172823505480486640",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172823505480486640\">The fact that\nyour'e admitting a self insert kind of defeats the statement that it won't\naffect anything</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf you take a closer look at your remark you'll find it doesn't make any sense.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172828018882943258",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172828018882943258\">Wow,\nthank you for insulting anyone who doesn't like what you're doing in\nthe comic. Nice to see you're a world class douchebag on top of being a\nshitty writer. Is there no level your ability to be an asshole won't\nsteep?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAt no point did I do what you accused me off.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut now that your question has been selected for a response, practically\neveryone who reads it will regard you as a frothing asshole, unfairly\nor otherwise. Good thing you're anonymous! I wonder how you would handle\na significant volume of negativity directed at you? Given how easily\nrattled you seem to be, probably not very well.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, why is my ability to be an asshole steeping? Is it making tea?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question172829514269752139",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172829514269752139\">Refraining\nusing music is crazy. You'll never use all the songs in an album anyway, so it\nwouldn't be a waste.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut the silent Flashes in question are very short. There are no\nsuitable songs on hand for things like that. Shortening songs often\nfeels like butchering them to me.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis issue is a little more complex than just saying \"hey slap a song in there, why\nnot!\"<br/>\n<br/>\nPractically every song available already is a pretty long composition,\nwhich requires an intensive animation project. I prefer to be sparing\nwith those, because they are difficult. If I make a very short Flash in\nlieu of a GIF, there will not be a song ready that is suitable. I can\nget someone to make something for it in advance, but that takes time,\nand defeats the spontaneous, rapid fire nature of such updates.\nMusicians can make suitable tracks after it is finished and posted, and I\ncan go back and \"retcon\" it in. And I HAVE done this before!!! But I\ndon't know if I want to make it a policy. It doesn't feel right slapping\nsound on everything retroactively simply because I can.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172829720151366084",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172829720151366084\">How\nlarge percentage of your long wall-of-text responses to us is simply\npulling stuff out of your ass to mess up with your readers? Was that\nSBaHJ answer one of these?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEverything I say here is true.<br/>\n<br/>\nUnless I'm joking.<br/>\n<br/>\nBo)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question172830040159980309",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172830040159980309\">will you ever\nmake a flash for Rex Duodecim Angelus? since the album release, we have all been\nwanting to see one.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt would make a very good song for an animation, but it is\nlooooooong.....................<br/>\n<br/>\nSo like a bunch of songs I like, it's either butcher it, or leave the visuals to the\nimagination.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Kizzycocoa</span>,\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question172836307309989782",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172836307309989782\">Do\nsome people genuinely believe you are a great author on the level of\nVonnegut, Shakespeare, Elliot, Joyce, Woolfe etc? I mean, you are\nsupremely talented and Homestuck certainly is an outstanding achievement\nbut... perspective guys c'mon.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI think there is definitely hyperbole that gets thrown around\nwhen discussing my ability, and I think people tend to drastically\nunderestimate how ridiculously good the various masters were at their\ncrafts.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn fact, I really don't even view myself as a writer. I view myself as\nmore of an illustrator who tells stories, and uses as many tools at my\ndisposal to do so. Writing is one. Drawing and animating are others. The\nact of telling a story is in essence writing, so that's clearly what\nI'm doing, but it's still hard to feel like this describes my primary\ndiscipline. I've always identified myself as an artist foremost, who's\nhad to push into the territory of a writer and develop those skills out\nof the necessity that follows unchecked creative ambitions.<br/>\n<br/>\nI also think there's the risk of media-chafing when selecting such names\nfor comparison. Those writers were established in very formal literary\ntraditions. I wonder what it would look like if you took one of the\nnames you mentioned, dropped him in this period in his prime, and\nassigned him with a project similar to this? Some satirical, slapdash,\nmedia-blurring THING, heavily illustrated and published as fast as it\nwas made with little revision? What if Vonnegut wanted to do that,\nbought a Wacom and boned up on Flash, and was TURNED LOOSE? Would he\nknock your socks off? Maybe!!! Kind of interesting to think about.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question172836920957625518",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172836920957625518\">Why would you\neven respond to somebody calling you a douchebag? It doesn't help your case.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI just thought the question was funny.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy did you ask this question? Did it help your case?<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes people lecture me through FS for some reason.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172838272148466310",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172838272148466310\">If\nyou know the dangers of a self insert and are confident you can do it\nresponsibly, why bother assuring the reader about it at all?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's a form of theater, not a literal public announcement to get people to COOL\nTHEIR JETS over the issue. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe main purpose of it was not the assurance, but to establish the\npeculiar metric of author intervention. This means nothing right now,\nbut obviously will later.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172842978602151927",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172842978602151927\">Your\ndirect, real-time engagement with your audience, through forums,\nFormspring, breaking the fourth wall, etc., is, as far as I know,\nunprecedented in scope. Has this happened naturally, or do you have some\nkind of strategy? Or would that be telling?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCalling it a strategy would probably be making too much of it. <br/>\n<br/>\nI'm working on a project, and I'm compelled to drop every cool idea I\nhave into it. I horse around with format, and break or bend many rules\non story construction purposefully. This includes infusing it with meta\nelements. The meta-saturation of the story continues to fuel my\ninteraction with the readers, and listening/responding to them probably\nkeeps the relationship between the narrative and the reader still\nfeeling like it is an open channel, even though suggestions have been\nclosed for a while.<br/>\n<br/>\nEverything going on here is experimental and vigorously informal, and this is the\nconsequence.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172850772134886453",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172850772134886453\">\"the peculiar\nmetric of author intervention\" But I thought it was being measured in yards.\n:0</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT that a yard could be described as THE VERY THING THAT IT\nISN'T?<br/>\n<br/>\nHOW IROthis is silly\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172857733219910324",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172857733219910324\">Do you think\nmaking this story has made you a better storyteller?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSure. And I think this is because of the diversity in the story.\nI think if I wanted to do something more formal, that stays in more\nclearly defined lanes like strictly humorous or dramatic or such, that\nwork would be stronger because I've already tried so much with this. I'd\njust have to reel it in. There are many things going on here that you\nwould never see in such a work. <br/>\n<br/>\nI'm sure some look at the diversity of what's here, perceive various\nviolations in literary protocol, and regard this as evidence of\nstorytelling deficiency on my part. Which is fair, because you can only\ngo on what you see. But at the same time I do have a grasp over what\nI've made, and have the awareness to apply more focus to a work than\nwhat's projected through this wide aperture. When tightened, most of\nthose violations would vanish.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not trying to make the best thing ever here. Only something which is\nvery fun, extremely flexible, and serving to accelerate my abilities,\nmy understanding of what a story can be, and my grasp on how people\nreact to things. That is actually a valuable part of the exercise,\nwatching mass reactions in real time, on every aspect of each update.\nFrom the minutia, to the big plot turns. There is a very real component\nof this that resembles a huge social experiment. I'm not just putting\npressure on the limits of a story's format. I appear to be doing this\nwith the psyche of the readership as well. I have discovered many\nobscure buttons which can be pushed. I am taking extensive notes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question172861364304385677",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question172861364304385677\">You\nmade a comment saying that SBaHJ was very closely connected to\nhomestuck. Does this mean that when homestuck ends, SBaHJ will also\nstop? Please tell me this isn't true.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSBaHJ will go on forever, simply because jumping the shark is a non-issue for\nit.<br/>\n<br/>\nSBaHJ will or has already jumped the shark in the same sense that the\ngrapes used in a very fine wine jumped the shark during the fermentation\nprocess. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf you think SBaHJ is shitty now, just IMAGINE how shitty it will be\nwhen everyone is sick of it! Future connoisseurs of irony will be in\necstasy sampling the aging strip's bouquet.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">EliasGoliath</span>,\n\nMar 17, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question177661826434099133",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question177661826434099133\">Andrew,\nI just wanted to say thank you for delivering us a fantastic flash\npage, especially in the midst of your crowded schedule. Seer: Descend is\ndefinately one of my favorite flashes in Homestuck. You've done an\namazing job so far. Keep it up, Huss. :3</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThank you, this is nice of you to say.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">LazrTyler</span>,\n\nMar 29, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question177663301323355576",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question177663301323355576\">\"It's possible\nI might not do a Flash between now and the end of A5.\" LIES.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, I sure did paint myself into a corner by using the words \"possible\" and\n\"might\"!<br/>\n<br/>\nI should remember to avoid those words in the future so as not to trap myself in\nsuch ironclad verbal contracts with my readers.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 29, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question177668940674139264",
"timestamp":1301792400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question177668940674139264\">that was a\nsweet [s] update, but why the abrupt ending?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was originally going to have another scene following the\nstair climb, but that turned out to be too much to cram into one page,\nand I thought it would have delayed the the release of the page too\nmuch. It had already been delayed enough, not only by the labor involved\nin making such a thing, but by the fact that I've been pretty busy\notherwise. This was not blasted out at the usual rate, neither by me nor\nGankro (the programmer). We both had stuff to do.<br/>\n<br/>\nI decided to separate the following segment onto another page to follow\nit shortly. It only seems abrupt because you cannot yet turn the page. I\nthink this should be obvious.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you're reading a novel, you would never say \"man, I sure did enjoy\npage 386. Page 386 was just so awesome until it ended abruptly! What\ngives??\" What gives is that page 386 ran out of paper for words, and the\nstory continued to glide seamlessly onto page 387, for those bold\nenough to turn and continue reading. Even for those who bookmarked and\ncontinued a couple days later! Single pages do not give you all the\nanswers you want, nor do atomic story units in formats less\nconventional.<br/>\n<br/>\nCritical thinking is really important for navigating this website.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 29, 2011 - Apr 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question177670256498604552",
"timestamp":1302048000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question177670256498604552\">You already\nanswered that question in the previous batch</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI know, my answer this time was better, so I went back and deleted the old one!<br/>\n<br/>\nNobody even has any idea what we're talking about.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">snowmanne</span>,\n\nMar 30, 2011 - Apr 5, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question177688655232538268",
"timestamp":1302048000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question177688655232538268\">It\nseems like the act is finally starting to wrap up, and it also seems\nthat 4/13 is rapidly approaching us. Would it be safe to expect an\nact-closing Flash on Homestuck's second anniversary?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNope.<br/>\n<br/>\nThese key dates have actually become EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to nail as the\ncomplexity of the projects increases. Problem Sleuth was very easy to\nkey into exactly one year, because the increments were so much simpler.\nThat year-run was the precedent that began most of this milestone\nmadness, and I've kept up with the milestones for the most part, but\nthey start slipping over time. I've already blown a few and had to\nreadjust.<br/>\n<br/>\nRemember that [S] Descend (end act 4) was originally targeted for\n4/13/10, but I ran out of time (EXACTLY like I am now) and I put [S]\nJack: Ascend on that date instead. Descend got pushed way back because\nthere was no reason to push it so hard anymore. It dropped around June,\nthen Hivebent started on 6/12, which is now ANOTHER key date!<br/>\n<br/>\nThings tend to take longer than I think, whether it's a single animation\ntask, or the execution of a string of story events, which are necessary\nto complete to set up other major events like an end of act, and so on.\nMeanwhile, time just rages on. I remember thinking at the beginning of\n'11 that there seemed like plenty of time to set everything up to end it\non 4/13. Lo and behold it's already fucking april! We've made plenty of\nprogress, but it's still not there.<br/>\n<br/>\nTry to remember that as a key date approaches, I actually have much less\ntime to make that work than it seems. To make 4/13 work for EOA5, I'd\nneed AT LEAST a solid week to work on it, probably more. Which means I'd\nhave to get the story up to that exact precipice in less than a week\nfrom now, and frankly, I've got other shit to do. As it is, I'll be\nlucky to pull off anything of significance on the strike of 4/13, let\nalone the monstrosity that the EOA would inevitably be. <br/>\n<br/>\nIt'll be just like EOA4 (Descend). It'll only happen when it can feasibly, logically\nhappen.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Armanky</span>,\n\nMar 30, 2011 - Apr 5, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question177692160777293647",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question177692160777293647\">It\ncan be difficult to discern what view on time travel you take, but the\nmost recent seems to be the branching tree timeline theory which I\nmyself do not like. Especially when it is so schrodingerian in it's\nexecution and explanation.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI do not have a view on time travel.<br/>\n<br/>\nI also do not have a religion.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you look closely, you will see these two facts are actually the same fact.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMar 30, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question180560478706098389",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question180560478706098389\">Did\nyou mean this?\nTrollAH: thats what im doing here im making a point of makin every\nlittle thing take place what was once mentioned in passing no matter how\nseemingly trivial or pointless\nTAH: thats how all the best adventures get strung together.\nಠ_ಠ</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDave has always been a \"genre savvy\" character. Remember his\nwhole thing on skepticism in movies and how the dad should believe the\nkid about the vampire in the closet and tell everyone to get in the van?\n<br/>\n<br/>\nHe is even genre savvy about the genre which is essentially unique to\nthis story and format, and about the practices of the author.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso there is no trolling involved, as usual. Trolling is practically\nnever what I'm doing when people say I'm doing it. I would like everyone\nto replace the term \"trolling\" with the phrase \"doing jokes\", such that\npeople will start sounding less ridiculous and less totally wrong when\nthey say their things.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question180560881296372828",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question180560881296372828\">How are you\nenjoying your new digs?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm digging the digs, they are pretty sweet, as digs go.<br/>\n<br/>\nDig sounds weird when you say it a lot.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question180561023487483324",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question180561023487483324\">We should get\nmarried. :3</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am afraid this is impossible, as you appear to be some sort of cat.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question180772495119380957",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question180772495119380957\">What\nif, instead of people replacing 'trolling' with 'doing jokes', you\nrealised the definition to most people is nearly synonymous? While\ntrolling is antagonistic it is often done in a way that is supposed to\nbe funny, after all.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe terms are not synonymous.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhere is trolling involved when Dave makes self-aware references to the\ncallback heavy style of the story's construction? Where is the intent to\nagitate? There is no editorial subtext. There is nothing to read\nbetween the lines. There is no veiled repudiation, and I am not saying\n\"suck it bitches!\" to those who disagree with the callback saturation\n(those people don't even exist). It is merely a couple of lines of\ndialogue which are silly and self referential. It is a joke.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is also not trolling when I leave something on a cliffhanger. It is\nstandard dramatic practice. It is also fairly unavoidable when there are\nmany story threads running at once. You have to switch to others at\nsome point. You also cannot answer every question at once or distribute\nevery payoff when they are demanded, or a very nonlinear story would\nbecome very linear very quickly. It is additionally unavoidable because\nthere are few occasions when you don't want to know what happens next.\nHence every switch of focus begins to resemble a cliffhanger. This\npattern has also been brought to attention through self aware humor, a\nla 5x cliffhanger combo gags and such. This does not count as trolling\neither. These are yet more gags of self reference. <br/>\n<br/>\nThere are some moments when trolling comes into play. When tension\nmounts in a scene and we are being lead to expect something significant,\nand then you read the word \"psyche\", that is clearly a form of\ntrolling. When I am dressed up as a troll, and copying large volumes of\ntext into the narrative specifically to spite you, the reader, and I am\nsaying \"I am trolling you right now by doing this\" it is safe to say you\nare being trolled. And even this flagrant gesture is one step removed\nfrom the act of genuine trolling, through the partition of satire. The\nentire concept of trolling has been folded into the story as another\nsource of raw material for absurd kinds of exploitation, like computer\nscience, alchemy, sprawling chess metaphors, and suit-based alien\nromance. This does not mean every joke is an act of trolling, or\nmeta-trolling. In fact, very few are. When you read a simple\nself-referential joke or have your expectations subverted in in some way\nand say HUSSIE'S TROLLING US AGAIN, you sound silly. You sound like you\ndon't understand what trolling is, or what I'm actually doing here.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question180784293633619205",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question180784293633619205\">Any word on\nthose God Tier Hoddies?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe hoddies are in progress. They are being produced right now.\nIt has taken a long time to get them going, because everyone is busy all\nthe time. (everyone = 2 people) But they will be cool.<br/>\n<br/>\nOnly the Breath and Light ones first (John's and Vriska's). Other(s) will be\navailable soon after.<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso there will be some t-shirts with those designs too, because...... why not??<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso, there will be some other stuff.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question180785520173946190",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question180785520173946190\">Doesn't\nEVERYTHING sound weird when you say it a lot?\nEspecially the word weird. It's spelled really weird, isn't it? It's\nreally weird how weird the weird spelling of the weird word weird is.\nWeird, huh?\nWeird weird weird weird weird.\nSee?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe word weird sounds totally normal and fine when you say it a lot, nice try.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question182759788180965881",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question182759788180965881\">Gotta\nsay, I'm surprised you made 2 more SBaHJ shirts. I figured we'd see\nsomething Exile/MC related instead, since there's nothing for them yet\nand they're more important. Was the demand for new SBaHJ material\nreally that high to warrant 2 more shirts?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPrimarily it is that Jeffrey Rowland of Topatoco and I think\nthat making these terrible shirts is hilarious, and we are both willing\nto hinge our entire business models on the production of gag merch.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut this does not mean I made these shirts INSTEAD of other cool HS\nshirts. You will note that there is a separate store called What\nPumpkin. This is the store I use for the rather extensive collection of\npotential HS merch when we get the time to make/restock it.\nRealistically, there are just too many possible HS products to bug\nJeffrey with all the time, since he is servicing about 30 other webcomis\ntoo, so generally I reserve WP for these ideas, while keeping Topatoco\nmostly about PS stuff, and now it seems SBaHJ stuff as well.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere'll be more HS stuff in the WP store pretty soon, plus a restocking of what's\nthere.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 7, 2011 - Apr 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question182810348053629836",
"timestamp":1302393600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question182810348053629836\">How many\nquestions have you got from people complaining about there not being a flash\nupdate (up until this point, at least)?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know. I hardly ever read more than half way down the first page of\nquestions. Too many, too repetitive, etc.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut through various channels, I detect certain flavors of reaction,\nranging from disappointment to frustration to something faintly\nresembling outrage, not just at the lack of an incendiary production to\nmark year 2, but also the flagging rate of output in recent weeks.<br/>\n<br/>\nThese reactions are far from universal, but they exist, and to address\nthem I think an education on why MSPA exists at all is in order. If you\nsee a creator who begins to languish in production of what presumably\naccounts for his day job, the impression may be that he is falling down\non the job and failing to live up to his professional commitment. So\nmaybe this is the source of indignation, re: entitlement, that some may\nfeel when my output falters. The problem is, MSPA is not a day job for\nme. It is an all consuming lifestyle. Hence, the mirage that is the\napparent ease of output for what is at times ludicrous volumes of\nmaterial is highly sensitive to even slight perturbations in my life\nsituation. <br/>\n<br/>\nLet me put it this way. You may work a full time job. It may be that\nsomething happens in your life that makes your job more difficult,\nbecause you are preoccupied. Your work may suffer to some extent, but\nyou can still approximately match what's expected of you, because there\nis a partition between your job and your home life. You may nevertheless\nfeel your full time job seems to dominate your existence, saps your\nenergy, and leaves your weekend respites feeling all too short. This is\nnot an experience I share, because MSPA is not a full time job. If you\nhave such a job, then I would have to RADICALLY REDUCE my workload to\nmatch your level of day to day preoccupation.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe actual quantities involved have always been nebulous and I never\nmade a point of keeping track, but 12 hours per day seems like a pretty\nreasonable average, since that is just shy of all waking hours. Time\nspent writing, drawing, animating, or just spacing out at my monitor\nwhile contemplating all the moving parts. This is what I did every day,\nincluding weekends and holidays, for two years, and to some extent\nanother year prior to that with Problem Sleuth. Only a few weekends were\nmissed due to conventions, and there was a single week off immediately\nfollowing the infamous \"robo smooch\",andthat'sit.(Mostofthatweek\nwasspentwonderingwhythehellIwasn'tupdating...)Thereareother\ngapsinthearchive,spanningdaysoraweek,whenIwasanimating.\nThosespansinvolvedtheusualworkschedule,whilesimplyomitting\nsleep!<br/>\n<br/>\nNotonlyisthisanunreasonableworkloadtoexpectofanyone,it's\npracticallyimpossibletopullitoff.Maybeyoucanexpectsome\ncommittedguyouttheretoreallybuckledownandduplicatethateffort\nforamonthortwo.Butyears?Toomuchcancropupinthewhitenoise\nofnormallifetodestabilizeit.Momentumisabsolutelycrucialfor\nmaintainingthatkindofpace.IfindthatifIonlydoanhourofwork\ninaday,Igettenminutesofworkdone.IfIdo12hoursofwork,I\nseemtoget24hoursofworkdone.Thisisespeciallytrueofanimation.\nSuchprojectsnotoriouslytakeaverylongtime.Ifeellikebecauseof\nthecrazyheadofsteamI'vebuiltupfromyearsofnonstopeffort,I\ncanknockoutindayssomethingthatmighttakeanotheranimatoraweek.\nOrinaweekwhatmighttakeamonth.Withoutthatmomentum,it'snot\npossible.StartingupFlashcoldisexcruciating.Gettingyourheadback\nintothestrideofastorywastesenergyyouwouldn'tuseifyounever\nbrokestride.Withoutthemomentum,thepacerevertstoordinary.\nGettingdi
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"id":"question183779191219592910",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183779191219592910\">What do you\nmake of Nicholas Cage's arrest?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm presently acting as his legal counsel.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183779672696327417",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183779672696327417\">If you saw any\nof your Formspring connections in person what would you do?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't know what a formspring connection is or why I have them.<br/>\n<br/>\nWait you are a spambot I think.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">FormspamBFFs</span>,\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183780021029078697",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183780021029078697\">Hey\nAndrew, I was wondering if any of the other dead trolls will get to got\ntiger besides Viriska and Aradia , I'm not asking witch one will make\nit I don't want to you to reveal any surprises like that.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNone of them will. The tiger is simply too fast.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183780576845661580",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183780576845661580\">What was the\npoint of attaching music to the very end of the latest flash?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's the secret room music.<br/>\n<br/>\nShe fell in the secret room.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe song is from Secret of Mana.<br/>\n<br/>\nToby Radiation totally ripped it off thiefways, please send him many unflattering\nemails.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183783514565543067",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183783514565543067\">Why\nare so many of the antagonists in Homestuck nigh-invincible? It seems\nthey can't be fought or escaped, just avoided or delayed.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSome of them die.<br/>\n<br/>\nLike Eridan. HB. Black Queen. Troll Black King.<br/>\n<br/>\nVillains always seem invincible until they die. It's the magic that keeps them\naround til the end of the movie.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I guess by so many you mean 2? Jack and Gamzee?<br/>\n<br/>\nOne is billed as omnipotent. The other is a rascally clown, which by definition is\nthe most dangerous type of villain.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">MemeticMutant</span>,\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183783832044987389",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183783832044987389\">How did Terezi\nget her sunglasses back? >:?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGamzee took them off before he killed Equius.<br/>\n<br/>\nTerezi recovered them at the scene of the crime.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183787144228144809",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183787144228144809\">Are\nyou ever going to put out anything on the \"correct\" ways to pronounce\nthe names for the trolls and the various other difficult-to-pronounce\nthings?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhen in doubt, be sure to pronounce everything in the least affected manner\npossible, from an American perspective.<br/>\n<br/>\nCAR-cat<br/>\ntuh-REH-zee<br/>\nGAM-zee<br/>\nTA-vros (rhymes with HAVE and GROSS)<br/>\nneh-PEH-tuh<br/>\neh-QUEE-us<br/>\neh-RI-dan (combine names Erin - n + Dan)<br/>\nuh-RAD-ia<br/>\nfuh-FERRY<br/>\nSAW-lux<br/>\nVRISS-kuh<br/>\nkuh-NIGH-uh<br/>\n<br/>\nThat's just how I say them. I don't actually care how you say them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183787579370400478",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183787579370400478\">Will the God\nHoods have those long hoods?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo!<br/>\n<br/>\nThat would involve sewing a ton of custom garments and would cost me and you a\nfortune, together.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183787776011961904",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183787776011961904\">When do you\nthink the third Problem Sleuth book will come out?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nProbably this summer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183788596606564042",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183788596606564042\">If you're\nfeeling burnt out, you can take a break you know. We wouldn't mind.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am not actually burnt out though. I have been careful not to say this, because it\nis untrue. <br/>\n<br/>\nI have simply allowed schedule clashes to disrupt critical momentum, which\nheretofore has not been the case.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183789621992255833",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183789621992255833\">How\nmuch should we expect to pay for the God tier hoodies? I'm assuming 39\nlike the Problem Sleuth one, but I suppose asking doesn't hurt. We are\neager to forcefully shove our money down your wallet.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey'll likely be cheaper.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183790379500336067",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183790379500336067\">Act 5.2\nsucked.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt isn't over, there's so much more suckitude left to suck a big sucky dick.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183790506969425677",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183790506969425677\">Hussie,\nwhat you have built, seemingly out of nothing, is a truly incredible\nwork of fiction. A literal multiverse of possibility, wrapped in\nmystery, and slathered in childlike wonderment (in a good way). I hope\nyour third year is amazing. Keep it up! :D</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n!!!!!!!!!!<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nOk.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183791040698807230",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183791040698807230\">Does Gamzee\nhave eyebrows? Does he pluck them or just plain not have any, or are they hiding\nunder his hair and makeup?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPeople will wonder why I chose to answer this question instead\nof the more interesting ones they submitted. They will be upset with\nboth of us, just watch.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183793899507049988",
"timestamp":1302998400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183793899507049988\">So what's the\nofficial two-year word/page/etc count now?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n733 days<br/>\n3718 pages<br/>\n300,000 words <br/>\n5 pages per day<br/>\nhours and hours of animated footage + gameplay\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183794418027894679",
"timestamp":1303344000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183794418027894679\">Nepeta...!?\nNEPETA?! RAGE TIME!!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe had to go. I can only have so many cats in my life.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011 - Apr 20, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183796410800438864",
"timestamp":1303344000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183796410800438864\">What\nwas the deal with the disks? Was it just an attempt to panic some of\nyour more fanatical readers (it worked), or is there some deeper\nmeaning?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was a joke that made you laugh contained within a work of comedy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011 - Apr 20, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question183797448693544067",
"timestamp":1303344000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question183797448693544067\">You have cats\nnow? Are they cute?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is Harley \"Cherry Hog\" Davidson. Her name doubles as a\nHomestuck reference, as well as a reference to a sweet fucking\nmotorcycle.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/scraps2/harleycat.jpg\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/harleycat.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThis is Samantha, who brought her name with her from the shelter. The\nname may be sticking through my fits of indecision on the matter.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/scraps2/samcat.jpg\" >http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/samcat.jpg</a><br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/scraps2/harleycatYAAAAAWN.jpg\" >http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/harleycatYAAAAAWN.jpg</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011 - Apr 20, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question184910377140643143",
"timestamp":1303344000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question184910377140643143\">Did you name\nthe Midnight Crew after the Eddie Morton song or was it coincidence?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI didn't even name the Midnight Crew. The name was submitted\nthrough a donation command before Homestuck. I named and designed the\nmembers of the group to complete the request. It began here, and there\nare several others.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/unlock/ps000013\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/extras/ps000013.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nLike many things in donation commands (zillyhoo, doomsday dice\ncascader...) the MC was adapted into Homestuck through the elaborate\nplot devices you may recall, driven by the usual MSPA meta-humor which\nyou have grown to [feel some way about], which at this very moment\ncontinues unabated. (Remember the MC was introduced in HS as the MSPA\nadventure the kids could read if they visited MSPA.com. Then it turned\nout that MSPA was, in a way, a viewport into the troll universe, where\nthe MC was real, and consisted of Jack & co. as exiles on Alternia.)<br/>\n<br/>\nBut I didn't know about the Morton song until Radiation adapted samples from it into\nBlack, which accompanied [S] Jack: Ascend.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/003568\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003568</a><br/>\n<br/>\nThe song was recorded 100 years before HS began. There's not much info\nout there on the guy or the song. Would anyone be all that surprised if\nit was released on 4/13/1909?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Cornbread617</span>,\n\nApr 16, 2011 - Apr 20, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question184921221467503139",
"timestamp":1303344000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question184921221467503139\">I don't care\nwhat anyone says, I loved your record updates. They made me so very very happy.\nBUT GET ON WITH IT, LAD</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTo be fair, if I were working at \"normal speed\", updates over\nthe last 5 days could easily have been compressed into one day. I kinda\ndoubt anybody would be urging me to get on with it if that were the\ncase.<br/>\n<br/>\nRegardless, here is some additional perspective on the matter of the pressing need\nfor plot advancement.<br/>\n<br/>\nDo you recall that at one point, WV spent about three weeks fucking\naround with cans in a bunker before he finally blasted off? In Act 1, we\nwatched John launch cakes out of his sylladex for two months before we\neven discovered the story had a plot.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is how this works. At times it advances through stretches of\nunremarkable events wherein characters are given space to fool around.\nThe story then continues to build on the details that accumulate. That\nis how every story on this website has been created, and the practice\nhas been adhered to religiously. <br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes, even in the heat of my most productive periods, these\n\"goofing around phases\" still represent a kind of decompression. When I\nam just not quite ready to ATTACK major plot advancement in the manner\nthat it would require, and it's simpler and more sustainable to mess\naround, do silly things, and keep production relatively light weight.<br/>\n<br/>\nI remember when WV was horsing around with Can Town, there were similar\nmurmurs of impatience, and many believed firmly it couldn't possibly be\ngoing anywhere that served the story. Nobody could know his big can in\nthe desert would blast off soon, let alone that a year later, for\nreasons they couldn't yet fathom, thousands of teenagers to smear gray\nmakeup all over their faces because of stuff that happened in this\nstory. What could possibly happen later that would cause this??? Pretty\nhard to imagine, when you're the guy in December of '09, impatiently\nwaiting for WV to eat parts of a pumpkin, drink Tab, and play chess with\nhimself.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo find out, you had to be in it for the long haul, as you must now be. I\nwill do what I am going to do, and one way or another, it will get\nwhere it's headed. It always does.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 16, 2011 - Apr 20, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question184923408318897908",
"timestamp":1303344000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question184923408318897908\">Just\nwanna say it was awesome for you to put a link to that video in the\nlatest update. In case you haven't seen it, the person who posted it\nsays thank you.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat guy is pretty cool. It's nice reading his responses to the\ncomments, which are delightfully gracious. He seems so genuinely\nenthusiastic about spreading the word about old victrola recordings. <br/>\n<br/>\n\"That is Wonderful. Do thank Mr. Hussie for me, and also all of you\nwonderful homestuck fans who appreciate and support my continuing\nefforts to bring my Historic and eclectic collection of early\nrecordings to a new generation of listeners.<br/>\n<br/>\nVictrolaman\"<br/>\n<br/>\nYou are welcome, Victrolaman. Keep cranking out the classics!!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 19, 2011 - Apr 20, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question184926039602922324",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question184926039602922324\">Ed in\nCaledscratch = Eddie Morton, right?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nCal and Ed and Scratch are certainly the names of three characters who have appeared\nin Homestuck, that is for sure.<br/>\n<br/>\nMore importantly, Morton has resurrected in Homestuck the love affair\nProblem Sleuth had with old jazz legends, and now this legendary\nmusician haunts us all with his spooky dead ghost.<br/>\n<br/>\nI forgot the point I was making?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 19, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188195165695930425",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188195165695930425\">In\n[S] Seer: Ascend, was the green moon blocked by Pyralspite as\nMindfang's journal would indicate, or did it disappear/teleport away the\nway it looks in the flash?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was blocked, per the journal description. Just a bit of abstraction in the\ndepiction.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188196461240949634",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188196461240949634\">So older\ntrolls keep their lusii, instead of abandoning them?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes. Unless the lusus is killed, or any number of things that could happen to\nseparate them.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut ideally, the lusus stays for life, and as was implied may even play a role in\nthe troll's profession, as a mount or such.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188198045748332820",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188198045748332820\">Since we have\nnow entered Disc 2, are we still in Act 5.2, or have we moved on to Act 5.3 or\nAct 6?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDisc 2 begins between act 5.2 and the end of act 5. It signals no change of act.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nEach dot on that green Homestuck card that contains the discs represents\nthe beginning of an act. The \"2\" is before the green dot, which is act\n6. Act 6 has not begun, nor has act 5 ended.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188198491690929378",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188198491690929378\">For those of\nus who donated for Japan last month, when can we expect our sketches in the\nmail?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am beginning to draw them now. So pretty soon hopefully.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188199401561290002",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188199401561290002\">Will I ever\nget a story arc?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou are the name of the wifi connection in my house.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">fedorafreak</span>,\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188200351046864237",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188200351046864237\">I\nknow you made a point to avoid going into too much detail about the\ntroll mating ritual, but do you at least have some idea of what goes on\nin those buckets even if you never plan on telling us?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes I know exactly what they are for.<br/>\n<br/>\n[description below nsfw]<br/>\n<br/>\nThe buckets are used to contain some volume of liquid which has some relevance to\nthe troll reproductive process.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188200546543378207",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188200546543378207\">Dear Andrew,\nI must say that the new flash update in Homestuck is decidely the best one yet.\nYou now own my soul.\nSincerely,\narbitraryMelody</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThanks, I'm glad you like it. People made some nice artwork for it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188201897331555216",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188201897331555216\">In\nyour recent news post, you said there will never be a hyperlink below\n\"Insert Disc 2\", but does that mean that \"Seer: Ascend\" will never be on\nthe \"Recent Pages\" area? Furthermore, will the hyperlink to future\npages be on the bottom of the seer page?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah, Seer: Ascend will be in the log list like all the others\nwhen all is said and done. Links will proceed as usual from that page.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 29, 2011 - Apr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188219540683913355",
"timestamp":1304208000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188219540683913355\">You've been up\nto something lately, right? Your updates are less frequent now...</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAll I've really been up to is not working on it 24/7. Not\nworking on a thing 24/7 shouldn't really need an explanation. Like\nnobody goes up to you and asks you why you aren't working on a thing\n24/7, because that's a nutty thing to ask someone. Unless you have\ntrained a very large population to expect this behavior from you over an\nuninterrupted period spanning three years. In which case my strong\nadvice to such a person who has done that is: ???????????????<br/>\n<br/>\nThe animation took 4 days or so, but really it wasn't especially long\nand something like that should have taken me about 2 days or maybe less\nif I were working in Hell Mode. But I had a lot of other important\nthings to do which stretched out the time. For instance, watching some\nepisodes of 30 Rock. I also ran some unsuccessful errands, like I went\nto the UPS Store to mail my stupid broken iPhone back to Apple, because\nit's dumb and broken and I kind of hate it. But the UPS Store's computer\nwasn't working or something, so I left. I went back again another day,\nbut it was the same story. I muddled around with some tweens and and\ncajoled a billion little image files, saved in photoshop one by one and\nimported into Flash which is technology on par with a broken iphone in\nterms of raw aggravation factor. I went to Starbucks a bunch of times\nand bought some coffee, and at one point I netflixed Robocop on the PS3,\nand wound up fast forwarding through all the scenes where he was\nsitting around without his helmet on looking weird and talking about his\nrobofeelings, because the movie wasn't really as good as I wanted to\nremember it being. I horsed around with some cats, by which I guess I\nmean coexisted with them which is mostly all you do with a pet\nultimately. The younger one has taken to nursing on the slightly not as\nyoung one, which is weird because she is like her adopted older sister\nwho is barely even much bigger than her. But the older one seems fine\nwith it and actually starts purring, because pretty much every cat in\nthe world is as least partially insane. At some point I realized I\nshould stop shitting around and get down to fucking business. I dug deep\ndown to tap into my inner reserves of determination and strength, and\nwith all of my mettle brought to bear on the task I buckled down and was\nfinally able to watch another 10 or 15 episodes of 30 Rock.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then I finished the animation.<br/>\n<br/>\nAs for what I did today, i.e. the day after posting it, I don't know.\nMostly sitting around thinking about how I want to execute some stuff\ncoming up next, and revising some overly ambitious plans which were\ncertainly made in the heat of labor-addled delirium. Also I did some\nother stuff. I made some pasta, and drove some cardboard boxes\nsomewhere. <br/>\n<br/>\nWhat did you do today? :)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 30, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188220812011014452",
"timestamp":1304985600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188220812011014452\">That was 8some\n!!!!!!!! ::::)</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n8some?<br/>\n<br/>\nI know trolls can get pretty polygamous what with their quadrants and all, but wow.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 30, 2011 - May 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188223286302245852",
"timestamp":1304985600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188223286302245852\">I've\nnoticed that even if a browser is capable of going to the next page via\nthe flash, the gray message box pops up. If that's going to happen\nevery single time you do this, maybe it isn't worth it.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe behavior you have observed is far from universal.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd how often do you really think I'm going to do this? There is only one disc\nchange.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 30, 2011 - May 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188232252113579435",
"timestamp":1304985600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188232252113579435\">\"mspadventures\nresponded 41 seconds ago\" WHY ARE YOU NOT UPDATING???? :(((((((((((((((</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIf you catch me answering formspring questions it means I am\ndefinitely making a point of not updating at the moment. FS is one of\nthe things I do to space out. It is where I go to ramble and decompress\nthrough various musings, and occasionally humor histrionics from\nanonymous teenagers.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 30, 2011 - May 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question188232987786123800",
"timestamp":1304985600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question188232987786123800\">Is the tiger\ntoo fast for anybody to catch!? I gotta know!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly I am fast enough. I get to got tiger all the time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nApr 30, 2011 - May 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question192553069316180507",
"timestamp":1305331200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question192553069316180507\">ARE YOU\nTRAPPED IN CANADA?? ? ? ? ?? ?\n\nPLEASE COME HOME</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am not trapped in Canada. I got back on monday night. The\ngrumpy customs guy looked at me suspiciously and considered the threat I\nposed to this nation for a little while, and then I guess finally\ndecided to do me this rad solid by letting me back into my own country.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe Toronto Comic Arts festival was fun and I met lots of cool people. I\nlost track of how many buckets I was asked to sign I think after the\nfourth bucket or so. One time a guy asked me to fill his bucket with a\nclear fluid he supplied, so I did, and the undertaking was filmed,\nprobably for distribution on the amateur pornography market. Some people\nkind of tried to sing to me once, and I rewarded their ring leader with\na bottle of Faygo (a crate of which was given to me as a gift. I can at\nthis point count on gifts of Faygo, Gushers, and candy corn at any\nconvention with total certainty.) The fellow opened the Faygo with\nshowman's aplomb, and the bottle snorted an angry, umbrella shaped jet\nof atrocious cola on to himself, his belongings, and all who surrounded\nhim. I showed my contrition by looking suitably horrified. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe convention only occupied the weekend, but in truth its footprint\nspanned 5 solid days when you account for travel time on thursday and\nmonday, horsing around in Toronto on friday, and may even span 7 days\nwhen you consider how useless a person can be on the days before and\nafter traveling extensively. So that is an entire week existing as a\nblack hole in my creative schedule on account of two pretty decent days\nin Canada. This is probably why I don't do a lot of cons.<br/>\n<br/>\nOn the subject of momentum killers, the preceding weekend my computer\nbroke, so I bought a new one and spent time setting it up. I don't ever\ntry to fix computers anymore. I just buy new ones, and copy my files\nover. I've learned not to fight with computers over the years. Expending\nthe energy to win these little skirmishes is not worth the years it\nshaves off the end of your life. It steals a lot of time just to\ndiagnose problems, let alone agonize through solutions. Paying for\nservice and new parts and such also takes time, not to mention money\nwhich could be applied toward a brand new computer which doesn't hate\nyou yet. You should take my advice. The next time some device gives you\nproblems, don't fight with it. Just acknowledge to the device, \"You win.\nYou are broken. You will be replaced immediately.\"Thisisaliberating\npolicy.<br/>\n<br/>\nThethingis,acomputerisn'tevenveryexpensive.Youcangetapretty\nalrightoneforlike$300or$400.Mydiscdrivefailed.Yes,a\nscratcheddisc.We'llforgomentionofHSthemescroppingupinmylife\ncauseIdon'tevenknowwhattosayaboutthat.I'vehaddrivesfail\nbefore,whichbasicallyhappensfornoreason.It'ssomethingtheydo.\nIt'sagoodthingnothingimportantdependsonharddrivesbeing\nreliable.ExceptIguesspracticallyallofmoderncivilization,but\nwhatever.SoI'dhavetobuyanewharddrivefor$100orso,afuckin\ncopyofgoddamnWindows(whichIdon'tevenhave,Ialwaysjustinherit\nOS'sfromnewmachines)forlike$200,andjumpthroughallthesehoops,\norjustspendapproximatelythesameamountofmoneyonsomedumb\npre-assembledmachineoffastorerackthatishotandreadytogo,and\nremainblissfullyuninvolvedwithapieceoftechnology'sstaggering,\nintractableneurosis.Ijustcopymyfilesover.Whenadrivedies,it\nneveractuallyspoilsyourdatamuch.Itonlyeverseemstobreakjust\nenoughtomaketheOSgofunky,anddifficult/impossibletobootup.And\nthemoreyourunit,themoreitcorrupts,whichiswhyyoustop\nimmediately,forfeitallhopeofsalvagingit,andbuyanewcomputer.<br/>\n<br/>\nEventhoughthatwasaboutaspainlessasolutionaspossible,itwas\
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"id":"question195850403307361249",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question195850403307361249\">The\nstylized battle sprites for Rose and Jack's STRIFE are incredibly\nawesome! Did one of the art team members create them, or is this a\nvariation on your usual style?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI drew an initial template, and the art folks were invited to\ncontinue in that style, adding new animation frames, characters, etc.\nAll very loosely, without a lot of parameters beyond that. Eyes5 did the\nJack, myluckyseven did a Rose frame. There should be more to come.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis was originally going to be a Flash project, but I cancelled it.<br/>\n<br/>\nEverything happening now, and over the next bunch of pages, would have\ntaken place in a pretty energetic, and much more sophisticated than\nusual strife animation. Kind of like \"strife version 2\",forthesecond\ndisc.Iplannedthisideamonthsago,notreallythinkingmuchofthe\neffortandtimeitwouldeventuallyrequiretocomplete.ThisiswhatI\nusuallydo,blithelymakesuchambitiousplans,paythepricelater,but\nfightthroughitwithamajorgrindandhonortheoriginalvision.<br/>\n<br/>\nThiswasalittledifferentthough.Notonlywasthismeanttobeamuch\nmoreelaboratetypeofanimationbymyownstakes-raisingdeclaration,\nwithmoreframes-intensivevisualslikeatypical2Dfighter,butontop\nofthat,therateofoutputhadbeenslowing,andthestoryflowwas\nalreadykindoflogjamming.<br/>\n<br/>\nSoIhadtomakeadecision.IcouldeitherapplywhatInowestimate\nwouldhavebeentwoorthreesolidweeksofseriousefforttomakethis\noneprettycoolanimation,andwatchseveral100Kpeoplesinkintoa\nstateofdespairovertheprolongedsuspensionincontentonlytohave\nthestoryadvancenotparticularlyfarthroughatotallyradicalbattle\nscene,orIcouldscrapthewholeplanandfiguresomethingelseout.\nThelatteriswhatyou'reseeing.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimestheseadjustmentshavetobemade.I'verevisedplansbefore,\nandhadsomecoolideasI'vescrapped.Iwasgoingtoincludeanother\nroundintheDavevs.BrobattlewheretheyusedtheirSylladexesto\nwageahashrapbattle(whichiswhyIwenttothetroubleofmakingDave\ncollectallthatdangerousshitinhiskitchenbeforeclimbingtothe\nroof).ButIaxedthatbecausethebattlewasalreadytakingtoomuch\ntimetoproduceandbottleneckingplotadvancement.Thatideawaspretty\neasilyphasedout.Thisisdifferentnow,becauserevisingtheseplans\nmeantIhadtochangethewayalargechunkofthestorywouldbe\ndelivered,becausealotofstorycomponentswerealltangledupinmy\nplansforthatanimation.SoIhadtodoalotofrethinking,andmuch\nofthesolutioniswhatyou'reseeingnow,whichishavingthescratched\ndiscinterferewiththeflowofthestory,andScratchtakingover\nnarrationdutiesatanacceleratedpacewhilehefixesthediscintime\nfortheendofact.Thisisinpartmywayofcommittingnottodoing\nanymoreflashstuffuntiltheEOA,whichitselfisgoingtobeavery\nlaboriousthingandwilltakealongtimetofinish.<br/>\n<br/>\nThisisallfine.Idon'tmindturningmyplansupsidedownsometimes,\nsinceitcanleadtocreativeopportunitiesforhandlingthisstuff.The\ndiscerrors,Scratchhijackingthesitedesignwhilenarrating,all\nthisstrikesmeasinkeepingwiththespiritofthestoryandthe\nflexibleformat.Keepingthestorymovingisimportant,butit'snotthe\nsoleconsideration.MSPAformeisaboutworkingwithloadsoffun\nideas,bothforthestoryitselfandthewayit'stold.Veryoftenthat\nconsiderationisatoddswithpacing.IdowhatIcantobalanceboth.<br/>\n<br/>\nThebiggestchallengeinthisrespectbyfarhasbeenFlash.I'mquite\nambivalentonitsroleinHomestuck.Ononehand,itcompletelychanges\nthewaythestoryisreadandperceived,forthebetterIthink.It\nbringsalotofthemostimportantpartsofthestorytolife,mak
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"id":"question197489823865410924",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question197489823865410924\">Hey Andrew,\ndid you get raptured? You've been quiet for a few days now.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMore technical problems.<br/>\n<br/>\nTOO BORING; DON'T READ.<br/>\n<br/>\nSeriously, don't read this. It's so boring.<br/>\n<br/>\nA couple weeks ago my computer broke so rather than go through the\nrigmarole of getting it back up and running I just bought another cheap\ncomputer and copied all my shit over to it to solve the problem as\nquickly and painlessly as possible so I could just keep working. That\nwent ok.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis as I said tends to be what I do when I run into technical problems\nrather than bang my head against the wall for days with diagnostics and\npart-swappings and repairs, and so I can just keep working and doing\nstuff that's actually important instead of dicking around with\nelectronics.<br/>\n<br/>\nMaybe it sounds wasteful but it isn't. I just use the old machine as a\nspare computer, after fixing it up GRADUALLY, at a leisurely pace, where\ndoing so will not present an obstacle to continuous work. So that's\nwhat I did. But in this case, I liked my old machine better than the new\none, so once it was fixed up and ready to go, I prepared to make a\nquick hop back over to old machine and keep the new one as a spare. <br/>\n<br/>\nExcept the hop wasn't quick, for one reason. Photoshop and Flash didn't\nwork after installation. (the whole CS3 suite, actually) Still not sure\nwhy. At this point I'm guessing the installation file got corrupted\nsomehow in all the shuffle. Of course the road to understanding you're\ndealing with a very serious problem is paved with all these excruciating\ndiagnostic measures, like uninstalling/reinstalling CS3 a dozen times\nand even reinstalling Windows a few times in 32 and 64 bit mode to make\nsure something like that isn't fucking up the works. Particularly\nmaddening since I JUST INSTALLED it on my new machine a couple weeks ago\nand it worked fine. <br/>\n<br/>\nAnd this kind of shit is exactly why I don't fight with computers\nanymore, I just replace them. Except that policy is really difficult to\nput into play in a situation like this, where the software is at issue\nregardless of what machine you use. But actually, I did investigate this\napproach anyway. It's just a more bitter pill to swallow because Adobe\nCS5 (their latest, solely offered version) costs literally five times\nwhat my computer cost. So I thought, maybe that's ok, maybe this is a\ngood time to upgrade even if it's ridiculously expensive. So a good\nchunk of time I spent looking into CS5, downloading the trial and all.\nPhotoshop CS5 is a very nice program, pretty elegantly designed, but I\ndiscovered it has one hideous flaw that makes it practically unusable to\nme. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf you use Photoshop, maybe you know about it. I'm getting the sense it bugs a lot\nof people. It's summarized here.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20110529123832/http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-899953.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/t-899953.html</a><br/>\n<br/>\nWhen I use Photoshop, generally I have 5 or 10 or even 20 documents open\nat all times. Actually, they're always open, even when I'm not using\nPS. This is how I work on Homestuck, I just have a ton of pertinent\nfiles open all the time so I don't have to spend as much time rooting\naround for stuff. Having all those files clog up the taskbar is moronic.\nThe \"tabbed documents\"systemisjustasmoronic,formyprocess.\nTabbedwebbrowsingisabrilliantinnovation.TabbedPSdocument\nnavigation,notsomuch,sincemanyPSusersliketobeabletolookat\nmorethanonedocumentatonce,sidebyside.Notsurewhythe\ndevelopersthoughttheystruckgoldwiththisfeature.<br/>\n<br/>\nIwouldn'tgiveashitaboutanyofthisiftheyjustmadethese\nfeaturesoptional,andallowedCS3-likebehaviortoexist
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"id":"question198249305826426649",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198249305826426649\">If\nyou ever do upgrade to CS5 down the line, you'll be happy to know that\ntabbed documents are completely optional. You can uncheck \"Open\nDocuments as Tabs\" in the interface preferences and it reverts to the\nusual behaviour.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat was only half the problem. When untabbed, the documents clutter the taskbar.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nYou can set windows to group like items in the taskbar, but I don't like doing that,\nfor reasons.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 19, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question198249591798271178",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198249591798271178\">Hussie, just\nswitch to apple.\n\nJoin the master race</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut then I would have a whole computer I don't like, instead of just one\napplication!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 19, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198255939592161163",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198255939592161163\">I think it\nwould have been worth waiting several weeks to see this as a flash.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't. Bear in mind, the time required was only part of the equation. There's also\nthe effort.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe planned animation would have been a major escalation in production\nvalue. The sophistication of the animations has increased over time, and\npart of the point of this for me is to keep pushing the envelope, but\nthere are limits to how far you can go. It's good to keep pushing and\nfind your limits and test them, but realistically you'll have to pull\nback at some point. Because that is what a limit is. A line between\nsomething you can do, and something that is literally impossible.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm not saying the animation I had in mind was impossible, but it was\napproaching scary territory. I just made a judgment and decided it\nwasn't worth the energy, all things considered.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 19, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question198259440477038903",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198259440477038903\">You\ndo know the CS5 taskbar issue is a small bug, not a feature, (which\nalso exists with MSN) easily fixed by running in Vista or XP\ncompatibility mode?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEverything I read about it indicated it was a feature, and\nconsidered desirable functionality by Adobe (which is WHACK yo).<br/>\n<br/>\nBut maybe this tip would have been the workaround? <br/>\n<br/>\nI don't know. If I'd unearthed that info while messing with it I might have run with\nCS5. <br/>\n<br/>\nBut really all that stuff wasn't just about how dumb I thought CS5 was.\nLong story short, I spent way too long trying to get CS3 to work, tried\nout CS5 for a bit, bailed on it, then fixed CS3. Now it's pretty much\nok.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 19, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198259804530041265",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198259804530041265\">Is the new\nalbum going to be released soon? I am positively excited for it.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYep.<br/>\n<br/>\nThere are 2 actually.<br/>\n<br/>\nOne HS volume. One solo album.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 19, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198260285985815760",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198260285985815760\">Dear\nAndrew, my favourite character has not appeared in Homestuck for so\nlong now; when will Andrew Hussie be making another appearance?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm always here though. That's the best thing about me. I am\nreal, and you can talk to me any time you feel like it. See?<br/>\n<br/>\nExcept when I don't answer your Formspring question cause I thought it was dumb or\nwhatever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question198262207878830367",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198262207878830367\">Sometimes\nstuff you say just makes me so mad I want to punch you in the mouth and\ntake away your teeth as a trophy. Stop pretending to be so smart, you\narrogant cumlicker! You don't have to buy a new copy of windows, the key\nis RIGHT THERE on your box! :\\</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYou are a strange and terrible person for saying these things!!!<br/>\n<br/>\nI didn't own Windows, or a box, or a key. It came installed on my\nprevious computer. I used to own Windows XP, but lost that CD a while\nago. I have since bought Windows 7, in order to refurbish my spare\ncomputer.<br/>\n<br/>\nWait, why I am telling you this?!?!<br/>\n<br/>\nI guess I'm holding out an olive branch to you, anonymous formspring\nguy. The ball is now in your court. Let's be best friends together.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question198263569937098004",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198263569937098004\">i\ncannot believe cs is up to cs5. i will not believe it.\nsorry about your computer(s).\nhow do you afford all the computers? do you have savings/another\n\"job\"/does mspa really afford you a comfortable laptop-buying lifestyle?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI don't actually buy that many computers.<br/>\n<br/>\nI did the same drill about a year ago when my computer broke, which is\nwhen I made the \"replace don't fix\" resolution I currently try to swear\nby. I then fixed up that old computer, and gave it to a friend.<br/>\n<br/>\nI also got a new machine several years prior to that, and did something similar with\nthe old one.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the last five to ten years, I have spent less money on new machines\nthan someone who has recently purchased a single Apple product.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198264063526994143",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198264063526994143\">Why DID it\nhave to be lions?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe lions had to be released in order to track down the elusive got tiger.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198266375561584519",
"timestamp":1306540800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198266375561584519\">in the last\nupdate, you referred to Vriska as the other \"Hero of Light\" but she isn't the\nHero, shes the Thief...right???</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHero of ____ is the generic term for any player. <br/>\n<br/>\nFor instance, John is a Hero of Breath. Tavros is also a Hero of Breath.<br/>\n<br/>\nVriska is a Hero of Light. So is Rose.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut their full titles also include specific classes.<br/>\n<br/>\nJohn is an Heir. Tavros is a Page. <br/>\n<br/>\nVriska is a Thief. Rose is a Seer.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - May 27, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198350271309447120",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198350271309447120\">How will you\ncatch the lions after catching the got tiger?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is a trick question, and also a stupid question. The lions will never catch the\ngot tiger.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe got tiger is simply the fastest there is, and no one can ever get to him.\nPeriod.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198350710767641224",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198350710767641224\">But if the\nLions get Got Tiger, then who will be left alive?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPray that this never happens, because if it does, got help us all.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198352219748199331",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198352219748199331\">At\nthe beginning of the story, characters would often call one-another by\ntheir chumhandle abbreviations (TT, GG, etc). While I understand this is\nbecause they hadn't been given names yet, wouldn't it make sense for\nthem to still do it now and then?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo, because it is governed by Homestuck logic.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is the same logic which makes it reasonable for a kid to be named\nat age 13, and then go duel his cake wielding father in the kitchen.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198353019241275344",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198353019241275344\">So what\nexactly is in that hammer? Current running theory is Zillyhoo+Octet+Mindfangs\nJournal.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMe not telling you, in story or otherwise, is part of the fun.<br/>\n<br/>\nSometimes things like this are dropped into panels to invite you to ask\nsuch questions, speculate about it, and connect the dots yourself.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 26, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198360074257722749",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198360074257722749\">So the hoodies\nare halfassed forever? Or will you actually have God hoods eventually?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am of the opinion that the garments are ideal as they are.<br/>\n<br/>\nA truly authentic god hood, with a long, darker blue hood, and short\nsleeves, would be a costume. It would not be a garment most people would\nactually be interested in wearing on a day to day basis. Some would,\nabsolutely. The majority of interested buyers? Nope, especially\nconsidering what it would cost.<br/>\n<br/>\nTo manufacture such an item in a significant volume would be so complex,\nit would take a very long time, and would cost a fortune. It's hard to\nexpress how absurd this undertaking would be from my standpoint, and the\nstandpoint of good business practice.<br/>\n<br/>\nI am sorry the reality does not match your expectations. They would be\nreasonable expectations if Homestuck was a property of, say, Disney. And\nthe top Disney honcho could make a call to the guy in the Chinese\nfactory which Disney undoubtedly owns and say \"Hey, let's make a million\nof these.\" and have that operational agility, and ability to make it\ncost effective through outrageous volume. Unfortunately, Disney doesn't\nown Homestuck yet.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo what you see is the best possible shirt in the real world, but also\nby any standard I think. It is pretty close to the shirt in the comic,\nwhile still being a very normal, wearable garment that doesn't make\npeople feel like they are trucking down to the local anime convention\nwhenever they leave the house in it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Tabletstar</span>,\n\nMay 26, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198360347348856667",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198360347348856667\">Why is Scratch\nin the banner now?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe's taking a little break.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 27, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198360583622385857",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198360583622385857\">Why does\neveryone smile everything you answer?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe much, much better question is:<br/>\n<br/>\nWhy don't you?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMay 27, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198361958741735735",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198361958741735735\">Speaking of\nTavros, did Gamzee set his head on the floor as an insult?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nMainly his horns were too big to fit on the jury table.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's kind of like when you're shopping, and you have to buy a huge thing\nlike a giant bag of kitty litter or whatever, so you have to slide it\nin the space under the cart.<br/>\n<br/>\nBasically what I'm saying is, if Gamzee carried all the dead troll heads\nin a shopping cart, he would put Tavros' head in the bottom thing.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">BIGGSPONFAN</span>,\n\nMay 27, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198362361680133069",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198362361680133069\">Will\ncolourful site reskins be just for this Scratch segment, or will they\nperhaps become a permanent storytelling fixture from now on until the\nend?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEvery innovation is up for future consideration until I get tired of it.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">webbedspace</span>,\n\nMay 27, 2011 - June 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question198745121674525554",
"timestamp":1307664000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question198745121674525554\">What have you\nwanted to do for years but haven't gotten around to yet?</a></h2><h3 class=\"qotd\"><span> Formspring question of the\nday</span></h3></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am using the Formspring \"Question of the Day\" to field the\nissue that has come up about other people selling Homestuck stuff.<br/>\n<br/>\nWord about this was kindly spread by Lexxy, here: <a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/archive/social/formspring/no-selling-mspa-stuff-without-andrews-permission.png\">http://lexxercise.tumblr.com/post/5923809387/no-selling-mspa-stuff-without-andrews-permission</a><br/>\n<br/>\nHere is a thing to understand first. If you accept a commission to draw a\nHomestuck character without my permission, does that mean I will file a\ncease and desist order? Or if you sell an HS sketch at a convention,\nwill I hunt you down, kick over your table, and then muss up your hair\nand stomp on your glasses?<br/>\n<br/>\nNo, that would be silly.<br/>\n<br/>\nI just clarified what the official position is, which is that you\nshouldn't attempt to profit from my work, or anyone else's for that\nmatter, unless you have permission. It's not that I'm suddenly outraged\npeople are doing HS commissions and stuff. I've previously taken an\nultra passive attitude to all this. But the result of that, as well as\nthe result in HS's growing popularity, has been a surging culture of\ncasual copyright violation, which though seemingly harmless case by\ncase, in totality is starting to look problematic. In particular, it\nseems to be leading to increasingly flagrant violations here and there,\nthings which are more serious than a simple commission, and which I\nwould be inclined to take measures to stop. It's easy to see how this\ntrend develops. Someone notices wave after wave of HS artwork being sold\nby others, and presumes it's ok to take it a little further. And then\nfurther...<br/>\n<br/>\nI think it's better to address this before it turns into a bigger\nproblem. Honestly, the theoretical money I am losing is not what is\nmotivating me here. When you do an HS commission, I can't really imagine\nhow that translates to dollars leaving my pocket, other than projecting\nlosses in the very big picture if stuff like that goes unchecked. It's\nmainly a little unsettling to watch so many people at once act so\ncasually about profiting off another's IP without asking, and even more\nunsettling to imagine it spiraling out of control. <br/>\n<br/>\nIt may be the case that a sketch of a Pokemon sold to your friend is an\nunenforceable violation, and Nintendo will never get involved, but it is\nstill technically a violation. Please understand the fact that it is\nunenforceable does not make it less of a violation. You have profited\nfrom Nintendo's property, without permission. Which is not to say there\nare not degrees of violation beyond this which are more flagrant, but we\nshould be clear about it. Knowing that, you might decide to do it\nanyway. Or you might decide to ask Nintendo permission. (They would say\nno. I might not, though.)<br/>\n<br/>\nRequiring you to ask permission isn't much of an imposition. But I\nhesitate to guarantee satisfaction even if you do, because for one\nthing, your email might slip through the cracks and I might not get back\nto you. It's happened before. I've had requests like this, and some\nI've responded to favorably, while others I didn't get around to\nreplying to. Which I feel bad about, as I generally feel bad I can't\nanswer all my mail, but that's how it goes. All I can say is, if you're\nwondering, ask. I may say yes. I may say no. I may not respond. If I\ndon't, then you may use your discretion, while understanding the\nposition I have taken. If you cross a line, there's a good chance you'll\nhear from me eventually. <br/>\n<br/>\nI'd rather this not be about finding out exactly what I do or don't\nallow, and then just getting down to furiously attacking that wiggle\nroom I give. I'd rat
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"id":"question207034985666869166",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207034985666869166\">Why is Jack\nsuddenly creepy? And why does this make him adorable?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe is not creepy, he is just a sad, bad dog. Which is the answer to your second\nquestion.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question207037583761383395",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207037583761383395\">Huss, you know\nthe whole 2x smoochout combo thing?\nI CALLED THAT.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLots of people did. And I knew people would. Which is one reason\nwhy I presented it through the mechanism of the scattered photo album\nwhich mocks the entire visual callback phenomenon which everyone has\ncome to anticipate now. <br/>\n<br/>\nI try to anticipate if certain outcomes are guessable. If it is, I don't\nnecessarily dismiss the idea, but I do try to do something unexpected\nwith it, if not in substance, at least delivery.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question207037776368003617",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207037776368003617\">What exactly\ndid the Adagio Redshift do?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFail to kill Jack.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question207038246205556924",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207038246205556924\">Hussie, you're\nthe Hero of Light aren't you? It's the only way all of this stuff could work out\nthe way it does.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI am the Huss of Lips.<br/>\n<br/>\nHahaha, just kidding, that sounds like some stupid thing one of my readers would\nsay.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question207039077613075048",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207039077613075048\">Has a dying\nfan ever asked you how Homestuck will end?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm suddenly wondering if there were some devoted Homestuck readers out there who\ndied between now and when it started.<br/>\n<br/>\nNow I'm sad.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou motherfuckers better not \"smile\" at this...<br/>\n<br/>\nOh god here come the smiles anyway. You people are awful.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question207039904486559050",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207039904486559050\">Did Dave use\nJade as a human shield, or did she jump in front of him or her own volition?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe Auto-Harleyed with her.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's safe to assume he understood Jack wouldn't hurt her. It's safe to assume she\ndoes too. Now, at least.<br/>\n<br/>\nDave also tricked her into slapping herself in the face with her robot.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe's kind of a jerk.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut a really cool jerk, and all the ladies want to kiss his corpse.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question207040822644873306",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207040822644873306\">I\nthought Vriska decided she liked Kanaya after the trollian showdown -\nor was that just fleeting crush during her moment of vampire badassery?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are lots of silly things that happen in the story which don't become huge plot\npoints.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question207041135862914131",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207041135862914131\">Were those\npictures added by Doc Scratch or did Gamzee have them all along?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nScratch added them, because he's omniscient and knows the whole story, whereas\nGamzee doesn't. He just honks and stuff.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question207056568313746460",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207056568313746460\">Are\nyou at all hesitant about killing off character after character of the\nmain cast? I mean, we went from 16 trolls and kids to about... What, 8? 7\nif Gamzee's dead, which I'm still hoping that he isn't. You're running\nout of cast members, man!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not hesitant about following through with long term plans I made.<br/>\n<br/>\nMost of these characters didn't exist a year ago. Vriska was introduced\nin July last year. I opened these arcs understanding most of them would\nlikely be closed, and every gesture has paved the way for what you see\nnow. Act five has been a great swelling of cast complexity followed by a\ngreat contraction. I knew it was going to have this overall structure. <br/>\n<br/>\nAnother approach would have been to treat this cast like that of a\nsyndicated cartoon, with amusing but basically static lives. Antics\nhappen, hijinks are afoot, everyone is pals and things are ok forever.\nTune in next week! I don't deny there's entertainment value in that,\nwith the content leaning on characters and relationships above anything\nelse. This is actually the reality of this work echoed by the collective\nconsciousness of fan artists, who cast all these characters in a\nperma-living state playing out amusing scenarios with each other. It's\nfun. Doesn't serve the bigger story much! Not one with a complex\narchitecture headed in a very specific direction, but fun nonetheless.\nIt would be prioritizing character far beyond the overarching story. I'm\nnot doing that. Certainly not with characters always designed to play a\ntransient role.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe bottom line is, I had plans, and I stuck to them. I wouldn't change\nthem midstream because I got the sense that some people would rather\nHomestuck be \"Trolls! The Sitcom.\"\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question207059894279380742",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207059894279380742\">your\nanswer to the significance of the clock sure smacks of post-modern\nmoralistic relativism. there is a right answer as to whether the clock\naffects vriska directly. explain yourself, sir.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSo because there is a right answer, I am obligated to share it?\nInstead of letting the work stand as presented, while offering a couple\nthings for people to think about?<br/>\n<br/>\nOh no I just caught another glimpse of the phrase post-modern moralistic\nrelativism and felt gross suddenly. Like I am hearing is the sound of a\ndumb guy yelling through the gross megaphone of a college education.\nGross! :[\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question207060294294344795",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207060294294344795\">Would you make\nTrolls! The Sitcom if a big network funded it?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes. There's a good chance it would be pretty bad though. But that's ok because\n$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question207060997486185866",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207060997486185866\">What's the\nstory behind the number 420?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\ni just went to look for ascii art of a huge blunt to answer your question but forgot\nwhat i was doing half way through<br/>\n<br/>\nthen i started lmF'INGa off at this.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/archive/social/formspring/Goat-Paper(UsherRemix).mp4\">http://www.youtubedoubler.com/?video1=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FHsF_2CNV9v4&start1=3&video2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2F06CvUjLgK5g&start2=0</a><br/>\n<br/>\nthe goat sounds just fucking like him.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question207062603032196636",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207062603032196636\">DEAR\nANDREW HUSSIE\nYOUR TREATMENT OF CHARACTERS IS AWFUL AND YOU SHOULD FEEL ASHAMED FOR\nPUTTING YOUR COMIC ON THE INTERNET WHEN IT DOES NOT ADHERE TO MY\nFANFICTION.\n\nFURTHERMORE,</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n..... yes? <br/>\n<br/>\ngo on...\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question207067705008752445",
"timestamp":1309046400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question207067705008752445\">Do\nyou feel any hesitation at all in killing the trolls/kids? I mean, you\noriginally had 16 of them and you're down to 9 or even 8 depending on if\nGamzee's dead, which I'm still hoping he isn't. I mean, they're\ndropping like flies, man!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWait, it's this question again! The exact same question, what are the odds. It's\nlike the question's ghost or something.<br/>\n<br/>\nI agree that dropping from 16 to 8 characters leaves the story direly\nunder-staffed. I mean when it was down to 14 that was already pretty\nsketchy territory. People were asking \"can hussie REALLY finish a story\nwith only 14 main characters? i know he's good, but is that even\nPOSSIBLE?\" 8 is practically a skeleton crew!<br/>\n<br/>\nBut don't worry, help is on the way. Soon I will launch the lengthy\nsquiddle intermission, documenting the tale of the 48 heroic squiddles\nwho played in the session which created the troll universe. <br/>\n<br/>\nAt first, people will bemoan this drastic departure from the \"real\nstory\" and wonder when we can get back to Homestuck proper. But over\ntime, you will grow to love each squiddle dearly. Each will be more\nexquisitely characterized than the last, and it is only then, when you\nhave welcomed them into your hearts, will the ruthless culling begin. <br/>\n<br/>\nThen we'll get back to the trolls and you'll be like fuck these guys.<br/>\n<br/>\nUntil the fedorafreak intermission comes along and bails us out. For 10,000 pages of\nhat pissing bliss.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 19, 2011 - June 25, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question210925866807495725",
"timestamp":1309651200,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question210925866807495725\">What's up?\nEverything ok in Hussland?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGot back from being away a couple days ago.<br/>\n<br/>\nCurrently working on something for MSPA.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is not a flash animation. It is not the EOA.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 27, 2011 - July 2, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question211715478131873414",
"timestamp":1310169600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211715478131873414\">This\nmost recent update was incredible. It brought back a lot of the crazy\ninnovation and ingenuity that makes MSPA so mind-blowing. Was it\ninfluenced by Bard Quest at all? Is there any sort inspiration you look\nto when doing these unusual updates?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNotBardQuestnecessarily,justtakingadvantageofthefact\nthatIbuiltthesitefromthebeginningtoallowbranchingpaths,even\niftheyallwindupbackatthesameplace.Everyotherstorydoesthis.\nBQobviously,Jailbreakhasoneforkthatconvergesagain,andProblem\nsleuthusesacouplereallyquickoffshootstohandledeathsandother\nfuck-ups.<br/>\n<br/>\nAsidefromthat,oneofthemainpointsoftheScratchsegmentwasnot\nonlytoslipintoadifferentgearwithrespecttostorypacing,butto\nintroduceavehicletoexplorenewmethodsforengagingwitheventsina\nstorywhichhasaccruedavastamountofdetailandcomplexity.The\nconsequencehasbeenalittlemoredetachmentfromtheeventsdirectly\nasweexperiencesomemediationbetweenusandthecharactersthrough\nthishost.Butwhatcomeswiththatbitofextradistancefromthe\nstory,andbringingtoforeitsfeaturesasaworkofmetafiction,are\nthesedevicesforaccessingthiscomplexstorywhichwouldn'tmakesense\ntointroducewithoutlettingthissegmentbuildsomemomentum.<br/>\n<br/>\nTellingthestoryinparallelthroughtheheaderimageswasanexample\nofthatpotential,andtyingtogetherthethemesintheheaderwiththe\nmaincontentwasoneoftheinterestingchallenges.Andofcoursethe\nnarratorhimselfisacharacterwitharoleinthestory,soashetells\nthestoryheisadvancinghisownroleinitaswell.Alotmoreis\nbeingadvancedatthesametime,inawaythatIthinkisfunandinthe\nspiritofeverythingonthesite.Thescrapbookthingisanother\nexample,awayofutilizingsomeofthesesillymeta-storydeviceswhich\natfirstappeartobemockingtheformatitself,butbecomeanother\nusefulgatewayintoabunchofdifferentthreadsofthestoryatonce.\nOfcourseyoureadthosethreadsoneatatime,butthefeelingisthat\nthey'rebeingaccessedinparallel.Usingparallelstorytellingdevices\nseemedlikeaninterestingwaytoaddresswhathasbecomeaformidable\nnumberofthreadstokeeptrackof,andalsoafunwaytogivesome\nforgottendetailsalittlemoreattentionwhichwouldseemlikeapretty\nfrivolousdiversionotherwise(likeNepetatalkingtoJaspers),while\nstillfindingawaytogivethemalittlerelevancetothecurrent\nstorylines.<br/>\n<br/>\nInawaytheScratchsegmenthasbeenlikebustingopenapinataof\ndifferentstorytellingdevicesandseeingwhat'stheretoworkwith.And\nhesortofdidthatliterallywhenhebrokethescrapbookoverSlick's\nhead,releasingalltheclippingsfromthestory,botholdandnew.\nHavingthemstrewnabouttheplaceisanothersemi-mocking\nacknowledgementofthenatureofthestory,athingwhichhasdissolved\nintoabsolutenonlinearity,wherelookingintoapanelatanypointin\ntime,pastpresentorfuture,realitymemorydreamorafterlife,is\nsomethingwhichcanadvancetheplot.Becauseitadvancesnotjust\nthroughunfoldingaction,butbywhatpreviouslyconcealedinformation\nisexposed,andhowit'spresented.<br/>\n<br/>\nThiswasactuallyoneofthereasonsfordevisingthedreambubble\nsystem.Itservesapurposeintheplot,yes,butitalsohasflexible\nnarrativeutility.Thedreambubblesallowmomentsofthepasttobe\nexplored,ormomentsofanalternatetimeline,throughmemoriesof\ncharactersinsuchawaythatitdoesn'thavetobeastrictflashback,\ncanbeinvestedwithmoreimmediaterelevancetowhat'sgoingon,and\nallowsawayforcharacterstotalkaboutit.(Remember,rulesforwhen\ndialogueisallowedareprettystrict!Dreambubblesamendedtherules\nsuchthatcharacterscanconv
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"id":"question211732212809235195",
"timestamp":1310169600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211732212809235195\">got to agree\nwith the last question, the recent update was awesome, were you working on this\nduring your road trip?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNah, I was mostly useless on the road. I eked out those two pages preceding this\nwhile away, and that's it.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe couple days after returning were useless too. Took the last few days to make\nthese. <br/>\n<br/>\nI guess the bottom line is 30 panels still take a pretty good while to make??<br/>\n<br/>\nThe same was true for all those header images. If you look at the\narchive for the past month or so, it doesn't look like a hot and heavy\nupdate pace. But take into consideration that there are now 80 separate\nheader images stacked up.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 8, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question211733081449591230",
"timestamp":1310169600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211733081449591230\">I\nguess the deadline for the June edition of the monthly music album has\ncome and gone. Does this mean that you've given up on it, that you\ncouldn't find an artist to finish in time, or is it just late?\nNot raging, just curious.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe last one was on the last day of the month, so we're a bit\nout of sync with the monthly album idea regardless. We'll have something\nout in a week or so.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 8, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question211733964736465769",
"timestamp":1310169600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211733964736465769\">You've\ndone it again. This click a pic thing is...hell, better than a flash.\nAt least I think so. Was it more difficult to construct?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe flash page itself took about 10 minutes to make.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe panels themselves took a good bit longer.<br/>\n<br/>\nPosting it all on the site took about an hour. There was a lot of double\nchecking to do to make sure everything linked up right. It's easy to\nfuck up the posting process even under normal circumstances.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 8, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question211734140402301331",
"timestamp":1310169600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211734140402301331\">Vriska's\ndream bubble is interesting to me. Is that a fake john or is it the\njohn that died from alternate Dave's timeline back in part 4? Does that\nmean the Vriska that survived is somewhere out in paradox space\nfighting Jack Noir still?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe don't know yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">jackelbeaver</span>,\n\nJuly 2 - July 8, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question203816765505956791",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question203816765505956791\">What would the\nhypothetical flash have covered?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt would have spanned the events from a little after here:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005677\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005677</a><br/>\n<br/>\nTo right around here:<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005740\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005740</a><br/>\n<br/>\nWhat took place over those pages is almost a direct transcription of\nwhat would have happened in the flash. The events were conveyed visually\nand verbally to suit the Scratch narration, instead of shown through\nhigh-intensity animated visuals alone. The Scratch segment was not\nintroduced as a substitute for the animation. An \"abridged\" stretch like\nthis was going to come anyway as a device for setting a few things up\nbefore starting on the EOA animation. Axing the Rose v. Jack / Vriska v.\nJack animation (aka Heroes of Light: Strife) just meant moving Scratch\nthe segment up sooner, to use as a vehicle for delivering the full flash\nconcept without having to scrap it as a story direction, which would\nhave been a pretty significant architectural upheaval. <br/>\n<br/>\nNow that it's out there, we can examine the pros and cons of delivering\nit that way as opposed to flash. (But note, no matter what, there was no\nchance of that flash getting made whatsoever. This is really not about\n\"what could have been\")<br/>\n<br/>\nPros of flash:<br/>\n<br/>\n- Would have been WAY MORE RADICAL (frankly I don't care much about\nthis. the rad quotient of preceding flash material is already pretty\nhigh, and there's plenty more combustible shit to come)<br/>\n<br/>\n- The idea as a whole would have been delivered in minutes, rather than\nweeks, giving people the full sense of the story development all at\nonce, and limiting the drag on the serial readers' experience, and\ncorresponding vocalization of those frustrations (would have been BY FAR\nthe biggest advantage of flash)<br/>\n<br/>\nCons:<br/>\n<br/>\n- Concept as a whole may have been a bit challenging to parse with\nvisuals alone. The two parallel battles are easy enough to understand,\nbut I can easily imagine confusion over the alternate timeline concept\nas conveyed only visually. People have been confused by less. Much, much\nless.<br/>\n<br/>\n- Difficulty factor. Even with art contributors. There's a limit to not\nonly what I can do personally, but what a largely unstructured volunteer\neffort can accomplish as well. <br/>\n<br/>\n- Hiatus-induced suicide pact among readership.<br/>\n<br/>\nPros of narration:<br/>\n<br/>\n- Get to experiment with a little parallel storytelling, via the top banner. (pretty\nbig plus, IMO!)<br/>\n<br/>\n- Having it narrated removes ambiguity about a fairly cerebral chain of\nevents, while allowing the chance to indirectly develop Scratch's\ninvolvement in the story a bit.<br/>\n<br/>\n- I get to take my time with it and pretend to function like a normal human being\nfor a little while.<br/>\n<br/>\nCons: <br/>\n<br/>\n- Slow rolling the segment page by page has serial readers agonizing\nevery step of the way over every conceivable issue, on points of\nexecution, unwelcome \"story developments\", and so on. Once again,\nHomestuck is RUINED FOREVER! Until it isn't, of course.<br/>\n<br/>\n- If you're not into Scratch as a character or don't like his tone or\nthe whole omniscient smartass thing, then you probably aren't digging\nthe arc much. Not much to say about this. It's just a \"you like it or\nyou don't\"kindofthing.<br/>\n<br/>\n-Alteringtheflowofthestoryalwayscarriestheriskofagitating\nsomereaders.Notonlybecausemixingshitup=automaticcomplaints\n(whichisdefinitelytrue),butbecausebyacceleratingthepacetomake\nbroadernarrativestrokes,youareinvitingtheusualobjections\
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"id":"question203822124295549189",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question203822124295549189\">What's your\nastrological sign? Do you think it's representative of who you are?</a></h2><h3 class=\"wiki\"><span> The Signs of the Zodiac\n</span></h3></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nGuys it is the FORMSPRING QUESTION OF THE DAY! Maybe I will only\nanswer these vapid questions for a while, leaving you all to wonder how\nmany penises trolls have. *<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm a virgo, which is why when I was dressed as a troll in the story, I\nhad a virgo shirt on. As a cool bonus, that symbol looks a little like\nit says \"Me\", which is really quite ironic, since I myself happen to be\nme.<br/>\n<br/>\nTwo answer the second part of the question, yes it is very\nrepresentative of who I am, because as I have mentioned before, I am a\njust this HUGE lesbian. Big time.<br/>\n<br/>\nI was wearing a Karkat shirt today though, because I've got all these HS\nshirts lying around that I wear sometimes. A cashier saw it and said,\n\"Hey I'm a cancer too!\" And I didn't know what to say, so I said, \"Oh!\n........................................... Haha! Yeah.\" And completed\nthe transaction.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm starting to be a little more reluctant to wear the HS shirts though,\nbecause they're starting to get me recognized in public more\nfrequently. Not just as an HS reader, but as actually me, which will\nnever not be a vaguely disorienting, Truman Showesque experience.<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n* (the answer is two. one hate dick and one love dick. you're welcome,\ninternet, for all the terrible art that joke answer will be responsible\nfor.)\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 10, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question204487714161070093",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204487714161070093\">There are only\nseven \"x8\"s in the second line of page 5750!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThere are eight dots: ........<br/>\n<br/>\nThen seven \"x8\". <br/>\n<br/>\n8^y dots total.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhere y = 1 + 7.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question204488133960557564",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204488133960557564\">Are all female\ntrolls futas? It seems to have been implied so far.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOnly animes can be the thing you said.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">AnnetteSoleil</span>,\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question204488692755101592",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204488692755101592\">Does the\nchoice of colors for the heroic/just clock have any meaning?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's pretty simple. They are the colors of Derse and Prospit.<br/>\n<br/>\nDerse = BAD GUY<br/>\n<br/>\nProspit = GOOD GUY<br/>\n<br/>\nThe modes of the clock correspond to the type of death such guys would have.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question204489030706952678",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204489030706952678\">just/heroic?\nwhat?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAre you even reading the comic?<br/>\n<br/>\nI think half the people just open the website and look at the pictures.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then ask me formspring questions for some reason.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question204489357443242923",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204489357443242923\">I was just\nhypnotized by that clock. You have a way of making incredibly beautiful things\nin your limited style. No question.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNo question, and yet, here is an answer. It is as follows.<br/>\n<br/>\nvvv<br/>\n<br/>\nThanks!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question204489647743602218",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204489647743602218\">If Trolls have\ntwo dicks, does Sollux have double that?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy are you inquiring as to whether a fictional child has four penises? Pretty weird\ndude.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question204491614855400350",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204491614855400350\">Hey\nAndrew, if you could possibly, would you post perhaps the full sprites\nof Quarters and Matchsticks? It'd be really cool if you could, because\nat that size they're so small!;</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOk. Here is the file I maintain for all members of the Felt.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/scraps2/feltsprites.gif\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/feltsprites.gif</a>\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question204497763801532067",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204497763801532067\">So what are\nQuarters and Matchsticks' powers exactly?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis will realistically never come up again, so here is how they work.<br/>\n<br/>\nMatchsticks (11) travels through time using fire at any point in time as\na gateway. He then likes to put out the fire when he arrives, so that\nmore copies of him from other points in time don't show up and make\nthings complicated. Unless he wants to exploit that for battle purposes,\nwhich he clearly didn't. Scratch keeps a fire alarm in his apartment to\nsummon him, in case it catches fire, which it clearly did.<br/>\n<br/>\nQuarters (14) has a collection of coins like the one Clover flipped.\nEach has numbers on either side, corresponding to a member of the Felt,\nmost separated by 10, with a few exceptions. i.e.<br/>\n<br/>\n1, 11<br/>\n2, 12<br/>\n3, 13<br/>\n4, 14<br/>\n5, 15<br/>\n6, 9<br/>\n7, 10<br/>\n8, 8<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen you flip the coin, it summons the member whose number is face up,\nfrom some place in space and time. If the opposite member is present\nduring the flip, he trades places with that member, which is why Clover\nswapped for Quarters when he flipped 14.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you flip your own coin, and the result is your own number, you die.\nAs such, Quarters entrusts his own coin with Clover, who is so lucky, he\nwill never flip a 4. He uses it to summon Quarters when things get too\nhot to handle. It's not advisable to let Snowman flip her own coin.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe coins link pairs of Felt members. Some are relevant pairings, others\ndon't make much sense. Die and Stitch have a similar power, with their\ndestructive/healing voodoo doll and effigies. Doze and Eggs make a pair\nof morons with a funny duo name (dozen eggs!) Itchy runs around so fast\nhe probably starts fires sometimes, while Matchsticks puts them out.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question204499226527298032",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204499226527298032\">So do you like\nKatamari Damacy or do you just know of it and found it an apt metaphor?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI played it for a while but all the spinning and rolling around made me kinda\nqueasy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question204499901353068010",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204499901353068010\">I know this\nisn't a question, but I just have to say.\nHussie.\nYou troll.\nYou made us think the trolls were dead for days and then you were just like\n\"Nah, that didn't happen! Nevermind!\"\nProps, man. That was a master prank you pulled.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOops, once again, the act of having story ideas and methodically\nseeing them through to their end is not an act of trolling.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question204503950190219964",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204503950190219964\">A clock? A\nclock is the big 6/12 update? Really?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nSince 4/13, I never imagined there would be a very significant\n6/12 \"celebratory update\". It would require planning the right moment in\nthe story for it to coincide exactly with that date, while allotting\nwell beforehand the time to implement it when it comes, with no\nunforeseen delays at all. So I ruled it out well in advance to avoid the\ninevitable unpleasant conflict. The anticipation of such an update was a\nproduct of your inflated sense of expectation, and standards which you\nreserve for no comic artist other than me.<br/>\n<br/>\nThat said, I still gave you a pretty long flash animation.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was 1612 pixels long.<br/>\n<br/>\nTallways.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question204535752573346583",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question204535752573346583\">I\nreally liked the clock, but I think that it would have been cooler if\nyou did a Troll update for 6/12, even if it was not a flash. Oh well,\nstill good.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBut I did do a troll update. This page was posted on 6/12 along with the others.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/mspa/005748\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005748</a><br/>\n<br/>\nSee? There are no less than 6 trolls plainly visible to the naked eye, including the\nmost impressive of them all.<br/>\n<br/>\nPantskat.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJune 12, 2011 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question205977743303664796",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question205977743303664796\">So,\nis the clock what official determines whether or not a God Tier\nplayer's death is just or heroic, or is it simply something that shows\nthe outcome, much like a regular clock simply tells time, and does not\nhold any actually bearing on time?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe story provides no conclusive answer to this, and I\npersonally cannot provide the scoop either. Not that I am withholding it\nto be coy, but to take my word for it one way or another would be\nmissing the point. The destruction of the clock is another element among\nmany for you to weigh when considering these events.<br/>\n<br/>\nFirst, there's the consideration of whether her death was just, heroic,\nor neither. The clock appeared to be leaning toward \"just\", when it was\ninterrupted by the crowbar. Maybe it would have landed there. Or if\ngiven the chance, maybe it would have swung back and settled somewhere\nelse. We don't have a definitive ruling. All we know for sure is she's\ndead.<br/>\n<br/>\nSo we can conclude that either: <br/>\n<br/>\n1) The clock itself has no bearing on her life directly, much as clocks\nmerely measure time without influencing it. Which would mean if given\nthe chance it definitely would have landed on either just or heroic, but\nnot in the middle. The proof is her death.<br/>\n<br/>\nor <br/>\n<br/>\n2) The result of the clock does have direct bearing on her life, and by\nknocking the clock over so that it stuck on \"just\", Slick inadvertently\nkilled her for good, regardless of where it may have landed. But to be\nfair, if he knew it was going to kill her, he might be hitting it\nharder. You could consider it delayed revenge for his exile, which\nVriska and Snowman coordinated. It's safe to assume Slick would have\nfound her death to be quite just, and may have been weighing in on the\nmatter through circumstantial serendipity.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf 2) is true, there is another wrinkle to consider. Recall that the\ncrowbar he is using (from the intermission) has the property of being\nable to nullify the effect of whatever \"enchanted\" object it destroys.\nIf the clock's power is to decide whether she resurrects, then by\ndestroying it, he eliminates that power. Since there's no longer a force\nenabling her to resurrect, she remains dead. This is another way to\nlook at it, but again, only if the clock itself has that power over her\nlife.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf not, then the destruction of the clock becomes more a violent gesture\nof punctuation to accompany this \"divine ruling\", like nails being\ndriven into a coffin. Or, like a tolling bell. It's jarring, sudden, and\ncarries finality.<br/>\n<br/>\nIf you are convinced her actions are what decided her death, and not the\ndestruction of the clock, then you are left to consider what outcome is\nmost suitable, without having an absolute ruling on it. The clock did\nappear to lean \"just\" an instant before, and there are plenty of ways to\nargue in favor of a just death. There are many mitigating factors as\nwell to supply a counter argument. It would not be that interesting if\nit were absolutely unambiguous, where everyone could all easily agree\nthat her death was just. Or if everyone agreed there was no justice in\nit at all. There are enough factors in play where you have reason to\nthink about it a bit, and such that it leaves plenty to discuss. You may\nconsider the evidence and draw a conclusion. You may even feel very\nstrongly about your conclusion! But for either the story, or me, to\nprovide a categorically \"right answer\", immediately following the\nestablishment of all the things that made it interesting to consider,\nshortchanges all that, I believe. For the clock to settle\nunceremoniously on \"just\"Ifeelwouldcomeacrossasanonconstructive,\ncompactethicallecture,quicklynullifyingalltherewastoevaluate\nandtalkabout.<br/>\n<br/>\nWasthiscomeuppanceforallherpastkilling?Forkillingfriendslike\nAradi
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"id":"question211734168609004733",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211734168609004733\">How did\nDavesprite acquire an unbroken Deringer? The one that Liv had was only 1/2.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWe don't know yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question211736642195590952",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211736642195590952\">I just wanted\nto say, I love that you fact checked how far the nearest Burger King was from\nRoses's house.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nPeople tend to catch on to this minutia almost instantly.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"/archive/social/formspring/tumblr_lnqcxcJ2sN1qgc0rpo1_1280.png\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://maritova.tumblr.com/post/7172400520/yep-less-than-40-minutes</a><br/>\n<br/>\nFor those that don't know, Rose's house as well as a few other locations have\nconcrete GPS coordinates in the real world.<br/>\n<br/>\nHer house is located here, over a real waterfall called Rainbow Falls in the\nAdirondack preserve.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.517677,-74.821422\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=44.517677,-74.821422</a><br/>\n<br/>\nKind of an odd place for a house. But then, it's an unusual house.\nSticking a secret lab in some remote place in a huge nature preserve\nmight make some sense.<br/>\n<br/>\nJade's location is even more remote.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-0.955766,-174.759521&z=7\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=-0.955766,-174.759521&z=7</a><br/>\n<br/>\nJohn's house is an actual house. It was for sale at one point. Don't know if it\nstill is. It's just below Pipe Lake.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=47.362101,-122.054144\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=47.362101,-122.054144</a><br/>\n<br/>\nAll of these GPS coords were visible in WV: Ascend, as the station flew over them.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question211737709104886535",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211737709104886535\">So\nI noticed Nepeta called her old lusus beaut'yiff'ull, does this tie her\nin with furry culture? It wouldn't be especially shocking, also\nconsidering other, more disturbing obsessors, like Equius.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI thought it was pretty obvious she exemplified furry culture from her first\nappearance.<br/>\n<br/>\nIn the same way that Equius exemplified the culture surrounding the admiration of\nmuscular horse men.<br/>\n<br/>\nOh wait, that culture only has one guy in it. Me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question211740610116225832",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question211740610116225832\">Why didn't\nDead Vriska just show up at Nick Cage's House instead?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nNick Cage went god tier before the apocalypse, he will never die.<br/>\n<br/>\nNot even heroically, because he will kick too much ass. <br/>\n<br/>\nOr he will do something cowardly at the last minute to save himself, in the nick of\ntime (this is also his title). <br/>\n<br/>\nHe is that good.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">jackelbeaver</span>,\n\nJuly 2 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question213936288275917693",
"timestamp":1310256000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question213936288275917693\">Has\nthe big chunk of content format been better for you, or do prefer the\ndaily updates that we have become so accustomed to? A lot of people seem\nto like this new format more!</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm not really thinking about which style is better. Mainly what\nmatters here is the idea doesn't work unless I post a large amount of\ncontent at once. So that's what I do.<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm sure there are differences in the reading experience. Some may find\nit more gratifying to read a lot at once. It certainly consolidates\nimpact, which is something that is often lost through the slow, steady\nserial drip. But they may also find it frustrating to wait longer for\nthe pages to stack up. It may provoke the feeling that output is slowing\ndown, or grinding to a halt.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is not actually true though. After the 6 day pause, 41 pages were\nposted. That's about 7 pages per day, which is higher than the site's\nlifetime average of 5 pages per day. It's actually a hot streak!\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 2 - July 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question217252871568130030",
"timestamp":1311033600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question217252871568130030\">Are\nthese latest comics slower to get done because of the text-heavy nature\nof them, or is it just real life needing tending to? Not complaining\nabout the pacing, just curious.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe page rate is deceptively slow when you zoom in on a select\nfew days. There was a 6 day pause, then 13 pages went up. So that's\nabout 2 pages per day, which is \"slow\", right? But then you wait a few\nmore days, and 23 pages have stacked up, and suddenly that rate jumps to\n4 pages per day, which is close to the site average. And if you examine\nthe period between now and 10 days ago, the rate is almost 8 pages per\nday, which is way above average. It's better to think of the output in\nlonger term averages. This is harder for those who demand regularity and\npredictability, which is something you get from some comics which\nupdate once every weekday, or m/w/f, without fail as part of their\nproduct delivery pledge. In these cases, the regularity of the output\nstrikes me as being almost as important, and sometimes more important,\nthan the quality of the content itself. This is because people are\ncreatures of habit, and have a strong craving for reliability. Many will\nquite happily absorb work they consider to be fairly mediocre as long\nas it is cranked out like clockwork. The sunday funnies is probably a\ngood long term example of this. Millions of people gobbled up decades of\nMarmaduke without ever laughing once, but editors wouldn't dare fuck\nwith Marmaduke because people needed that shit with their coffee for\nsome reason. You could put a gun to their head and they couldn't tell\nyou why. There is comfort in even bland routine. If you mess with\npeople's comfort and destabilize certain regularities in their universe,\nthey become agitated, even angry. <br/>\n<br/>\nNow, if people actually have any sort of passion for the entertainment\ncomprising their routine, then they become even more agitated if the\noutput is disturbed. Passionate interest severely exacerbates the\nsituation, and can make a creator envy someone like Marmaduke Guy who\nspent his career crouching safely in mediocrity, grinding out awful dog\ncomics everyone became totally comfortable with disliking. (I bet he\nnever got an angry letter from an anime fan.) But if you mess with the\nschedule of material that people zealously crave, they are not merely\nirked, but can receive it as a personal affront from the author. This is\ntrue in varying degrees for probably most enthusiastic readers, but is\nmore pronounced by the degree to which a person is mentally ill. <br/>\n<br/>\nThere are some particularly unpleasant entities out there who pose\nquestions similar to yours, but much less politely. These are seemingly\nself appointed watchdogs for my page rate, and I think I'm safe in\nassuming most are severely under-medicated teens with a bigtime beef\nabout You Fucking Name It. As torrid a pace as Homestuck has been\nunloaded on the public, I think it must have been pretty easy for some\nspoiled children to factor that rate of output into the entitlement\ncomplex which presides over their central nervous systems. Deviation\nfrom that production schedule in the minds of the entitled means nothing\nother than offense committed by the author, or more generously, just a\nstaggering display of laziness. Never mind that the alleged deviation\nmay not even QUITE exist (see numbers in first paragraph). But if it\ndid, I wonder whose rate of production they would compare it to, aside\nfrom some foggy recollection of my own? <br/>\n<br/>\nFor such people, what would probably be useful would be a dose of\nperspective. Not that they're likely to read this, but let's consider\nthe following data anyway, kindly provided by tvtropes.com.<br/>\n<br/>\n<a class=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WebcomicsLongRunners\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Web
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"id":"question217253694712871258",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question217253694712871258\">Hussie,\ndid you know that several people believe fedorafreak is Dad?\nI wonder if their brains rain away with the got tiger, yet common\nknowledge blocks that thought. The tiger is too fast for the brains to\ncatch up to.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTheir brains cannot rain away with the got tiger.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe tiger is so fast, it can outrun the rain.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question217254960138582086",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question217254960138582086\">So\nyou didn't lie? You're actually going through with the 10,000-page long\nintermission of urine ingesting and headwear crafting?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLike the Scratch segment, the fedorafreak intermission will be\ngiven a custom website skin. It will be nested within a men's fashion\ncatalog. <br/>\n<br/>\nEach time you wish to turn the page, you must add an exquisite new hat\nto your shopping cart. To view the EOA flash, you must complete the\npurchase.<br/>\n<br/>\n$.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question217258123163889477",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question217258123163889477\">ANDREW\nYOU TALKED ABOUT IT BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY THAT\nFEDORAFREAK ASCENDED THE GENT OF PISS SHALL SAVE THE DAY PANTSFREAK IS\nTHE BEST CHARACTER EVER\n\nBUT THE QUESTION REMAINS WHO DID HE CONNECT TO OK?????</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe connected to 2busy4this.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt was such a dramatic reveal that he wasn't dead, you should have seen it.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut after establishing the connection, he immediately returned to his paperwork.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nHe is quite busy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question217260487354647823",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question217260487354647823\">How long does\nit take you to make the average page of Homestuck?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\n(826 days - total sleep time) / 3971 pages ... i guess?\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question217262263386545186",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question217262263386545186\">I'm\nannoyed that you're trying to create a good story and haven't been\nmaking Homestuck into a self-indulgent adventure all about your author\navatar. When will the Hussatar return? When will Vriska come back to\nlife to have an obese sex scene with him?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI will wait for Vriska's ghost to be fattened up by the\nhorrorterrors. It is then and only then that I will make my move.<br/>\n<br/>\nAw fuck this is the exact sort of question I start answering when I\nshould have closed the stupid tab and gone to sleep hours ago.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220475096224001228",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220475096224001228\">Are you going\nto be at otakon?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI will happen to be in the area over the weekend for unrelated\nreasons, but I don't think I'm going to pony up the 80 bucks or whatever\nto get a load of the animes. <br/>\n<br/>\nWhat I might do is briefly lurk outside the convention, and sneak up\nbehind HS cosplayers while they take photos of each other, and then\nquickly vanish into the scenery. <br/>\n<br/>\nI'm suddenly not sure which idea is more amusing. Actually doing that,\nor the fact that by saying so here, I have guaranteed that all HS\ncosplayers will be nervously looking over their shoulders all weekend.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220478469660774293",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220478469660774293\">It's\npretty clear that a lot of Gamzee's lyrics were lifted from the\nMiracles song. I don't think I ever understood why that music video was\nblasphemy to Gamzee.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt helps to imagine a devout muslim being shown a youtube video of a rapping\nMuhammad.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 18, 2011 - Aug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224662213783231277",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224662213783231277\">So have you,\nin fact, got the last tiger?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nI'm cosplaying.<br/>\n<br/>\nMy self inserts are usually cosplaying as something in the story. My\npatron troll (virgo), Dave's shirt and shades, Felt suit, patron troll's\ngod tier outfit, i.e. hero of space hoodie.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nAug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224664134703150826",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224664134703150826\">Explain to me\nwhat the heck just happened.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nScratch keeps Aradia (???) locked up in a room with a 5th wall.\nShe turned it on and tried to break it, presumably to attempt to escape.<br/>\n<br/>\nThrough the 5th wall, you can see me positioning two 4th walls facing\neach other, exactly one yard apart. English's coat is still draped over\none. I put that there a while ago to obscure Jade's view of me.\nRemember?<br/>\n<br/>\nA 4th wall is an object that when broken or compromised, allows an\nauthor to interact directly with the audience or characters in the\nstory.<br/>\n<br/>\nA 5th wall is a partition separating two omniscient narrators, which when broken,\nallows them to mess with each other.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is all so, so simple.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nAug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224734851624894457",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224734851624894457\">hussie,\naradia's horns momentarily disappeared. you should really get her to keep an eye\non them.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nShe lost her horn privileges.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nAug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224735801764768665",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224735801764768665\">Did you\nspecifically make the Space hoodie BLAPCK just to mess with people?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt was always going to be black. Then some people fanonized it\nas green and it just kept being fanoned that way. But that was always so\nwrong.<br/>\n<br/>\nHoly shit fanon is a stupid word.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nAug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224735876507274305",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224735876507274305\">What's the\nchance of us being able to by the Hero of Space Hoodie?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes I think so.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nAug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224736335754195482",
"timestamp":1312761600,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224736335754195482\">If\nthe 6th wall was broken would the tiger eat obese Vriska just before\nshe gives us a detailed description of the troll reproductive process?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe 6th wall is actually a huge retaining wall holding back all the dumb memes so\nyes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nAug 7, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224740326072422786",
"timestamp":1312847820,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224740326072422786\">The fifth wall\nis actually the barrier between the characters of a story and the critics. Not\nbetween two narrators.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIn Homestuck, this statement is false.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nSunday, August 07, 2011 11:57 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224740948314188330",
"timestamp":1312848000,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224740948314188330\">That is the\nshortest yard I have ever seen.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's pretty close to being to scale with respect to me. I am 6' tall.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMonday, August 08, 2011 12:00 AM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224741338346724643",
"timestamp":1312848060,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224741338346724643\">Why are you so\ninsistent on making Scratch the creepiest uncle to ever have a cueball head?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe is a wonderful uncle. A firm but fair disciplinarian, and generous with candy.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMonday, August 08, 2011 12:01 AM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224748966091191082",
"timestamp":1312849920,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224748966091191082\">What does\nbeing a Bard of Rage have to do with making shtty dolls appear in people's\ndreams?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt's not clear that he is getting in touch with his in-game\npowers, like John did with the windy thing, or whether withdrawing from\nhis sopor slime haze is bringing out psychic powers he would have had\nanyway.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe latter would make sense for his bloodline though. If this were a\ncommon ability among subjugglators, it would help explain why they're\nable to hold power over all lower classes.<br/>\n<br/>\nIt's implied that they're very strong and dangerous, in addition to\nbeing insane and unpredictable. But this by itself doesn't necessarily\nexplain why they'd be able to keep power over such a huge population of\nsimilarly dangerous trolls, which also have many deadly powers.\nEspecially since, also implied, the higher the blood, the longer they\nlive. This means lower classes must be much more copious than higher\nclasses. The lowbloods die off much more quickly, and so must be spawned\nin greater numbers. Those with high longevity can't afford to be\nspawned in such numbers, or the population would be out of control. At\nthe top of the hierarchy is the Empress, who lives for thousands of\nyears. There is only one of her class, discounting her successor.<br/>\n<br/>\nFor the subjugglators in their small numbers to keep such a large\npopulation under their control, it would be very useful to have the\nability to psychically amplify fears through dreams. They may have\ndirected their chucklevoodoos on every susceptible mind in the\npopulation. Each lowblood may have a little highblood voodoo doll\nlurking in their subconscious, making them too terrified to organize any\nsort of rebellion. <br/>\n<br/>\nAdditional notes:<br/>\n<br/>\nNow knowing he had this ability, we can wonder whether he used it during\nhis rampage, in addition to using it on John/Dave. Did he use the\nability to befuddle Terezi into pinning the crime on Vriska in spite of\nlaughably overwhelming evidence to the contrary? Turning Terezi against\nVriska was likely the only way he could kill Vriska, due to her cerebral\n\"luck neutralizing\" ability. Did he exaggerate Karkat's fears to\ndestabilize the team? What about Equius? Maybe he exaggerated his fear\nof failing to show a superior deference, to the point of incapacitation.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">johnlindrosbluh</span>,\n\nMonday, August 08, 2011 12:32 AM\n\n</div>"
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{
"id":"question224751358878713738",
"timestamp":1312850460,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224751358878713738\">Did Aradia\nlose her horn privileges because she effed up the connection between page 5935\nand 5936?\n\nIs horn privilege an important plot point worth scrutinizing in detail?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe link between those pages is not messed up. It goes back the\nthe Flash page with the panels. And then continues in the link below the\n==> bowl.<br/>\n<br/>\nYou have to imagine proceeding through the archive. You get to the Flash page, and\nhave three panels to pick from. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe frog<br/>\nDave/Gamzee<br/>\nScratch<br/>\n<br/>\nYou can pick in any order, including Scratch first. If it just kept\ngoing through the Scratch segment and it didn't loop back, you wouldn't\nget to see the other two panels.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMonday, August 08, 2011 12:41 AM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224752048803967489",
"timestamp":1312850640,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224752048803967489\">So the Terezi\nSwoon picture is just that? It is, was, and always will be a picture, and not\nanything else?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThat coolkid was never going to lead to anything.<br/>\n<br/>\nBut if I didn't make it clickable, it would have been an agonizing tease\nnot being able to see it up close. Not even I am that cruel.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded to <span class=\"user\">Mullarkey</span>,\n\nMonday, August 08, 2011 12:44 AM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224762224403577955",
"timestamp":1312853040,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224762224403577955\">It\nlooks like Gamzee was able to fabricate a Jack doll out of his\nanger/insanity and mess up the kid's session. How did Gamzee get that\nability? What is the significance of 'adding' Jack since his character\nseems to be a default for all player sessions?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nHe didn't add Jack.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe amplified John's fears in his dream to take the form of a voodoo doll\nthat looked somewhat like Jack and was dressed like a clown.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis made him subconsciously scribble clowns all over his wall, which\nmade his dad think he was into clowns. So his dad began collecting\nharlequins believing he was sharing in John's interests.<br/>\n<br/>\nHe then got him the big harlequin doll for his birthday. The doll was maimed, lost\nan arm and an eye, and was prototyped.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe clown prototyping caused Jack to become especially angry at the\nqueen over the new dress code. All of this lead to big problems.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nMonday, August 08, 2011 1:24 AM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220478814893937346",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220478814893937346\">So\nis Sollux currently dying? Half-dead? Half-Doomed? Half-more doomed?\nAm I missing something obvious? Should I ask more questions?\n???</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes to everything.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220479454508508116",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220479454508508116\">hey here's\nsomething: if derse only cares about destruction why would jack build a\ncity?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe desert was boring.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220480646445825714",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220480646445825714\">I'm\nsorry to say this, but I can't \"focus\" on the story with it's actual\nformat. I believe more people would be happy if you'd go back to the\nlinear updates for a while...</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLots of people would be more happy if I did lots of things.<br/>\n<br/>\nSome people would pay me good money to convey Gamzee and Tavros having sexual\nintercourse.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220481854006923699",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220481854006923699\">Do\ntrolls have boobs/nipples? Since they don't reproduce with their own\nbodies, is there really a need? Mindfang is shown to have boobs, but the\nothers aren't. Is this an evolutionary thing, or did she just stuff\nsomething up her shirt?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTrolls also have a Will Smith.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhat's weirder? Bug aliens having boobs or bug aliens having their own Will\nSmith?<br/>\n<br/>\nThis is the kind of question serious writers of science fiction ask themselves all\nthe time.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220483457573229190",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220483457573229190\">You\nhave ruined my moment of geeky happiness at the introduction of Tavros\nand Gamzees hashrap with this Tavzee/Gamvos stuff.....WHY HUSSIE WHY</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nFor others, a tedious, bareutubey readable purple and brown rap-off\nwas SALVAGED by a beautiful moment shared between friends.<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd yet others were wondering why the fuck that page even existed at all.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question220484618011319778",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220484618011319778\">Are\nyou aware that HS fans are creating porn of you with Bro? Just google\nHussie x Bro and some pretty interesting stuff shows up. How do you feel\nabout the fact that people are jerking off to pics of you making out\nwith your own made up character?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nAnybody who thinks this information could possibly be surprising\nto me is so far out of the loop I don't even know what to tell you.<br/>\n<br/>\nDid you know that right now, someone, somewhere, is jerking off to your formspring\nquestion?<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd somewhere else entirely, someone is shipping your question with nepeta's corpse.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question220485346784210158\">The\n\"panel not done yet\" animations are fantastic. Any plans on preserving\nthem in the Secrets section for posterity and for future readers?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThey're still there. Right-click the flash panel, click play.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question224661430262077383",
"timestamp":1312934400,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question224661430262077383\">What. What is\nhappening. I. I don't understand.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nEverything makes perfect sense.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nJuly 25, 2011 - Aug 9, 2011\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226513058460106938",
"timestamp":1313270520,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226513058460106938\">...........How\nlong is a yard again?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nIt should be noted that by breaking the 5th wall, I am not interfering with the\nstory. <br/>\n<br/>\nI am interfering with the way the story is currently being told. <br/>\n<br/>\nIf a 4th wall is broken, then I am officially influencing events in the story.<br/>\n<br/>\nI have set up two 4th walls to face each other, exactly one yard apart. That is all\nyou need to know for now.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:22 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226514245108399609",
"timestamp":1313270760,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226514245108399609\">Does The\nSufferer have finely chiseled abs, or are those pants?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWhy can't it be both???<br/>\n<br/>\nAnd then the ladies started lining up around the block.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:26 PM\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question226514721979794728",
"timestamp":1313270880,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226514721979794728\">As\nlong as you don't go nuts with the alt text and add ASCII shapes and\nweb links, this should prove to be an interesting development with you\nin your world.</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nDon't worry, soon the alt text popups will contain entirely\ndistinct, navigable web pages, delving into lavish backstory on the 48\nsquiddle session and the big trollfrog they made.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:28 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226516804296544471",
"timestamp":1313271360,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226516804296544471\">righteous\nleggings?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThe pantskat gag has been reiterated a few times now. The first\ntime (I think was the fedorafreak log?) was just a dumb little shoutout.\nSubsequent times was essentially for the benefit of archive readers who\nwouldn't understand or even notice the reference. Repetition ossifies\nit as a running gag, so instead of it going over their heads the first\ntime, a few gags later they start to ask, hey what's with these\nreferences to guys wearing tall pants?<br/>\n<br/>\nIt is to their benefit, by which I mean, does not improve their understanding of the\ngag by any measure whatsoever.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:36 PM\n\n</div>"
},
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"id":"question226517458981264884",
"timestamp":1313271540,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226517458981264884\">Did\nyou factor the supposed connection between astrological sign and\nerogenous zones into each sign's patron troll? Like, Virgos are supposed\nto have a belly fetish, and Kanaya gets shot through the stomach, so\ndid she get off while Eridan murdered her?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nWait, Virgos have a belly fetish??<br/>\n<br/>\nI guess that explains all my stupid fat Vriska jokes.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:39 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226518259740991783",
"timestamp":1313271720,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226518259740991783\">Why is \"His\nhonorable tyranny\" bloods black?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nBecause he's a huge gross monster? I don't what sort of answer would be\nmeaningful.<br/>\n<br/>\nWhen the highbloods were setting up the judicial system, they said ok\nwe're going to need some judges for this thing. Then they said ok how\nabout these massive brainless monsters, that would be so perfect.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:42 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226518535386457848",
"timestamp":1313271780,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226518535386457848\">Was Redglare\nsecretly a follower/admirer of the Signless?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nLooks that way.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 9:43 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226538232941150929",
"timestamp":1313276520,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226538232941150929\">Is the\nSufferer actually Troll Jegus?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTerezi mentioned Troll Jegus in a joking exchange with John a\nwhile ago. Whether the Sufferer's name is actually Jegus, and whether or\nnot she actually knew anything about this story when she said that, is\nleft to your speculation.<br/>\n<br/>\nThis ancestor interlude is a little religious tale. Over the course of\nthe story sometimes we wander into these silly mini-genres, like\n\"horrorstuck\", or erotic historical fiction through Mindfang's journal\nentries. <br/>\n<br/>\nThe Jesus parallel is pretty blatant, down to the use of the torture\ndevice as the symbol for the religious movement (cross, irons). I\npersonally think the explanation of the relevance of Karkat's sign is\none of the more interesting aspects about it, just from the perspective\nof taking existing symbols and adapting them to an evolving mythological\nframework. Segments like this aren't really just about \"Gee, the\nancestors sure are cool, let's hear more about them.\" (Though there's no\nquestion there's a certain amount of fan service in play when I do\nstuff like this.) We learn more about the story and characters and\nanswer questions beyond the limited scope of their biographies, like why\nKarkat had a sign at all if he had no caste.<br/>\n<br/>\nWe learn more about the troll race, as a once peaceful species and such\nbefore kid-ancestors as players scratched their session, though the\nshort term relevance of this is mainly as a preamble to Scratch's\nreligious story. Establishing an Eden-like paradise from which there is\nsome departure through sin is sort of the boilerplate basis for\nreligious lore. <br/>\n<br/>\nScratch is a devil figure about as blatant as the Sufferer is a Christ\nfigure. The failed players from peaceful Alternia made a classic \"deal\nwith the devil\" move by causing the scratch after being given a choice\nby the mother of all monsters. (Echidna. Hey, she's a big snake!) By\ndoing so they brought Scratch into their universe, and therefore all the\nthings you'd expect that comes with summoning the devil. This resulted\nnot only turning Alternia into a planet full of violent murderers, but\nit only technically granted them what they wanted with a huge caveat, as\nis the case with such ill-advised bargains. The players were strong\nenough to win, but made a terminal universe, were barred from entry,\nhunted by a demon, and then started killing each other. <br/>\n<br/>\n\"Old Scratch\" is actually an old timey nickname for the devil. It's used\nin some Twain books. The manipulative devil figure pulling the strings\nwas always the basis for his character, and this was probably pretty\nobvious right away. He's part devil/puppet/cueball, with a dash of the\nold gambler/gunslinger Doc Holliday in his profile. Doc Holliday is\nactually my ancestor. He is related to me on my mother's side, who's\nlast name is also Holliday.<br/>\n<br/>\nHopefully I won't die at age 36 of tuberculosis though. If there's\nanything to the karmic fortune-swapping of the trolls and their\nancestors, ideally tuberculosis will die of me.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 11:02 PM\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question226539470529267659",
"timestamp":1313276760,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226539470529267659\">We've\nnow seen the colors and symbols for Breath, Time, Light, Space, and\nMind. Since it seems unlikely to come up again, what do the other seven\nlook like?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nOne way or another we will eventually find out - in story or not.<br/>\n<br/>\n/fanservice\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 11:06 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226547824458764105",
"timestamp":1313278800,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226547824458764105\">there\nis a line in which you say that the war spread thoughout the galaxy?\ndidnt the trolls only reach spaceflight sometime after themindfang\njournals?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis is not what she said. She only said the Summoner's\nrebellion caused the Empress to banish adults from the home world to\nfight the wars in space. This doesn't mean that's when they invented\nspace travel. <br/>\n<br/>\nThey had a presence in space for much longer, including during the\nSufferer's time apparently. But after Alternia turned \"kids only\" there\nwas much more emphasis on interstellar conquest, to keep all the adults\ntoo busy to organize any more rebellions.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 11:40 PM\n\n</div>"
},
{
"id":"question226548399090997070",
"timestamp":1313278920,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question226548399090997070\">Kinda\ncrazy how popular your internet site is nowadays. What do you think was\nthe catalyst? Can you pin it down to a specific moment in the story/big\ncelebrity endorsement?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nTroll romance.<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nPages and pages and pages<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nof troll romance.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nFriday, August 12, 2011 11:42 PM\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question232043762749015549",
"timestamp":1314589140,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question232043762749015549\">Have you\nconsidered making the Homestuck books partially flipbooks?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nThis suggestion has come up a million times, even before I did\nthe PS books and people were wondering how those were going to work with\nall the animation, or if they even COULD work. (Fast forward to now,\nthose books went off without a hitch and they're totally sweet!)<br/>\n<br/>\nEmbedding a flipbook in an HS book couldn't be anything more than a\nnovelty. Some little thing you stick in the corner, turn the whole book\nto the side, and flip through the pages. It would allow for very little\nmeaningful animation to be presented.<br/>\n<br/>\nBasically, if this suggestion is serious, my response is: man, that is\nsooo literal. It's not a reasonable way to show animation in a book that\nalso tells a mostly unanimated story, and it doesn't solve a problem\nwhich isn't even really a problem.\n</p></div><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"user\">mspadventures</span>\nresponded\n\nSunday, August 28, 2011 3:39 AM\n\n</div>"
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"id":"question232061478872551861",
"timestamp":1314593340,
"html":"<div class=\"question-container\"><h2><a href=\"/formspring/question232061478872551861\">Are you\nworking on a Homestuck book? If you are, 1) that is amazing and 2) how do you\nplan to handle flash animations?</a></h2></div><div class=\"response-container\"><p>\nYes, I'm working on it now, among other things. It's nice to hear you like the idea.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe flash stuff will be handled in a way that graphic novels have been\neffectively conveying dramatic action for a long time. Through\nsequential art.<br/>\n<br/>\nA number of people seem to have trouble with the concept of a book\nadaptation, almost to the point where the idea of the object existing\nsomewhere in reality offends them. It seems some would prefer it not\nexist at all, even if it means denying it from those who really want a\nbook adaptation despite the obvious cross-media challenges. If we were\nall supremely literal people by equal measure, we would all demand a DVD\ntreatment or something similar, with all the music and animation intact\nas it is on the web. However, some people like books. They like a\nphysical, tactile object that you can take off a shelf, flip through and\nread, without turning something on or glaring at a screen for hours.\nThis is why books still exist, and why we haven't decided to burn down\nour libraries quite yet.<br/>\n<br/>\nTaking such strong issue with adaptation from one form of media to\nanother is puzzling to me. It happens all the time. Books are adapted to\nmovies, and back. Musicals become films, films become games, games\nbecome comics. Stories have many ways they can be told. If someone were\ngoing to make a graphic novel out of a movie, imagine how absurd it\nwould be to ask the artist, \"Oh yeah? How are you going to handle all\nthe moving around bits? Like, all that motion that happens in movies?\nOh, what about the MUSIC??\" The objection is actually profoundly\nidiotic, but we don't actually hear people raise such qualms with these\nsorts of adaptations, probably because they are known quantities. We\nknow what a book-to-film adaptation is like. It's a Thing. Bringing\nHomestuck into static media is not a Thing, because I essentially\ninvented the original format. This probably messes with people's heads\non the issue somewhat. <br/>\n<br/>\nI guess part of it is that craving absolute purity and fidelity from an\nadaptation is a hallmark of the zealously devoted. That's fine, but\nisn't really a point of view I cotton to. It's very rigid, very linear,\nand those demands are ironically antithetical to the spirit behind HS's\ncreation, and all those crazy things that allegedly won't cross over to\nprint. So you say HS \"absolutely cannot exist in a book?\" If I had much\nconcern for what a story absolutely could or couldn't be, I wouldn't\nhave even made it in the first place. Imagine again a movie with all its\nmotion and sound becoming a graphic novel, and how reasonable this\nendeavor is. What if the hyper-zealous nerd has concerns that the novel\nwon't be able to capture all of this FEELING and EMOTION from the scenes\nthat the pacing and sound evoked through perfect, literal duplication\nin print? Well, it won't. It's not supposed to, and it's a completely\nunreasonable expectation to have for the adaptation. It will be a\ndifferent angle on the work, and that's fine. It's great, in fact. It\nshould be what you want from an adaptation. If you want to re-experience\nexactly what you felt in its original form, then you may go enjoy it in\nits original form again. That's why it's there.<br/>\n<br/>\nThe funny thing is, all the types of adaptations I mentioned, like\nbook-to-film, are very major departures in format. A Homestuck book\nactually comes quite close to representing the original work by\ncomparison, because after all, HS is at least 95% mostly-static panels,\nwith text underneath. Anyone who says that's outrageously unfit for\nprint is being quite extreme. As a whole, the thing is basically a great\nbig comic. A comic with a few perks the web affords.\n</p></div><div class=\"met
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"id":"going-to-try-out-tumblr-for-a-while",
"timestamp":1319155200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Going to try out tumblr for a while.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Because formspring is terrible. I discontinued my account. (Again.)</p>\n<p>Not only was it poorly organized and difficult to use, I think it lent the false appearance that it\n was a viable way to get in touch with me. And a lot of people treated it that way. But it really\n wasn’t. Many thousands of submitted questions went unread. It was not possible to keep up with\n them.\n </p>\n<p>So I guess tumblr it is, because it seems to be the blogging software du jour? Basically I type stuff\n and it appears on the internet. Sounds good to me. Then you can “like” it a million\n times and chuck my posts into the furious echo chamber of reblogged material. Kind of like putting\n my words out to stud with the memes, where they will be mounted inappropriately in front of\n youngsters. Is that how this works? Yes.\n </p>\n<p>Let’s tumbl.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/going-to-try-out-tumblr-for-a-while\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 20th-24th, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"verification",
"timestamp":1319155200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Verification</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblrverification.jpg\">mspaintadventures.com/scraps2/tumblrverification.jpg</a>\n</p>\n<p>Also I really should have shut off email notifications before I made that first post. Sorry gmail\n inbox, my bad.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/verification\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 20th-24th, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Some people seem to think this is a bad idea. Because I guess of some general anathema\n surrounding tumblr culture, and its concomitant memetic hyperventilation. Whatever. I’m just\n posting stuff here when it seems relevant. I’m not following anybody. I’m not getting\n suckered into the latest tumbling fads, if those are even a thing, and I ain’t reblogging\n shit.\n </p>\n<p>And then tumblr breathed a paradoxical sigh of relief and disappointment all at once.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/some-people-seem-to-think-this-is-a-bad-idea\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 24th, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"the-lowdown-on-10-25",
"timestamp":1319500800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">The lowdown on 10/25</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Some want to know if I’ll post it at midnight, or later in the day. First thing\n you should know, as of right now the hosting solution isn’t even a sure thing.\n </p>\n<p>I have something lined up, but haven’t heard from the guy helping me out in a few days. So I’m\n not sure about the timing on this. I can’t go into more details on the solution than that\n yet.\n </p>\n<p>I’ve heard many alternative suggestions and will probably continue to. To field a few of\n them:\n </p>\n<p>1) I’m not going to host it on youtube. Or render it in video format at all. I don’t want\n it to be a video. I want it to be Flash. If I thought I was going to end up rendering a video, I\n would have planned the project for video output accordingly. Perhaps used After Effects. It’s\n a completely different kind of media. This option is not going to happen.\n </p>\n<p>2) You may “know a guy” with hosting to spare, or such. While it’s a nice thought,\n there’s a 99.99% chance his server can’t handle it. It’s a big file, and there’ll\n be upwards of 2 million people looking at it at once. This will use more bandwidth in one day than\n most high traffic comics use in a year. Sorry, but thanks for the offer.\n </p>\n<p>3) Amazon S3, etc? I’ve looked into a bunch of things like this. It’s expensive. Under\n usual circumstances, it costs several thousand dollars every month to host MSPA. And I’m fine\n with floating that cost myself, from ad revenue and sales, and making the business side of things\n work to sustain it. This is a little different. A conservative estimate has the cost at $10K for one\n day. This is not considering excessive page reloads, the aftershocks of hosting it for the following\n weeks, or an unanticipated viral explosion beyond the already high expected traffic. Could be\n anywhere from $10K to $100K to host this one stupid file, which is bankruptcy territory. It’s\n not worth that to put out a little free entertainment, frankly. If I posted that kind of content for\n such an audience every month, I’d find some business strategy to make that work. But I’m\n not there yet. Also, I’m not gonna do some sort of fund drive to finance this either. I’m\n sure that would produce some results, but it just doesn’t sit well with me as the answer.\n </p>\n<p>So I’m working on more creative alternatives for handling this. I’ll let you know.</p>\n<p>edit: Torrenting, megadownloading, etc are in reserve as last resort plans. It would be more ideal to\n find a way to run on site though. We’ll see.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/the-lowdown-on-10-25\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 24th, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"newgrounds",
"timestamp":1319587200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Newgrounds</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I had actually planned in advance to try hosting it on NG for a little while, til\n things cooled down. This is the solution I was referring to below. It has worked well before. This is\n different though, due to the magnitudes, so I ran it by Tom Fulp first, who owns the site, and he was\n agreeable to this idea.\n </p>\n<p>He suggested we put it in a section reserved for higher volume transfers, which sounded cool. But I\n hadn’t heard from him in a few days. So I just tried putting it on the dump site, as I did\n before, figuring it might be able to sustain it for a while, during some off peak hours until the\n better solution was available. This was not the case, so I took it down. I’m not out to break\n anyone’s site.\n </p>\n<p>I’ll try something else tomorrow. In the meantime, please have patience.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/newgrounds\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 25th, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"megaupload",
"timestamp":1319587200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Megaupload</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Didn’t really want it to come to this but here we are.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://wheals.github.io/tumblr/megaupload.html\">http://t.co/kvWEbOye</a></p>\n<p>The cat was kind of out of the bag on this animation anyway. Lots of people seeing on video feeds\n and such, blabbing spoilers, etc. Download, run it off your computer, or upload it to your site,\n view there, link to friends.\n </p>\n<p>Lets try to cool it on all the video feeds though. We don’t all need to be huddled around\n shitty bootlegs of this thing. Really it just looks like such trash.\n </p>\n<p>Later I’ll see if I can get a more stable thing hosted, through NG or otherwise. Apologies\n again to Newgrounds.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/megaupload\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 25, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"music-apparel",
"timestamp":1319587200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Music + Apparel</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>If you missed the announcements, there are</p>\n<p><a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-8\" target=\"_blank\">1) New\n songs!</a>\n</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/vol8coverthumb.jpg\"><img height=\"350\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/vol8coverthumb.jpg\" width=\"350\"/></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/index.html\">2) New shirts!</a></p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/mind-hoodie-large.jpg\"><img height=\"254\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/mind-hoodie-large.jpg\" width=\"458\"/></a>\n</p>\n<p>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/heart-hoodie-large.jpg\"><img height=\"258\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/heart-hoodie-large.jpg\" width=\"458\"/></a>\n</p>\n<p>From news:</p>\n<p>Hero of Mind, Hero of Heart. In case it’s not obvious by now, we’re going to put out\n all twelve god tier designs, two at a time, to complete the set. Preemptively canonical!\n Guaranteed. Will they show up in the comic? Will they show up on your body?? I will answer the\n former. You, the latter. Also note some designs are “reprinting”, but you may still\n preorder them, if you do not mind waiting a little longer for them to be produced.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/music-apparel\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 25-26, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"about-eoa5-part-1",
"timestamp":1319673600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">About EOA5, part 1</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>First,I’llgointotheprocess,andallthetechnicalstuffaboutmakingit.Itendedupbeing\naround13andahalfminutes,about50MB,wassplitupinto5separateFlashfilesstrung\ntogetherbyaloader,andusedaroundathousandartassets,notcountingthoseimportedfromold\nanimations.Followingabouta2weekbreakstarting8/22totakecareofotherthings,Istarted\nmoreseriousworkonit,andtookabout6weekstofinishit.\n</p>\n<p>\n<!--more-->Itwasmorethan3timesaslongasDescend(theendofact4)whichwaspreviouslythe\nlongestanimation.Butittookaboutsixtimesaslongtomake!So,whysolong?Let’slookat\nsomereasons.\n</p>\n<p>1)COLLABORATIONOVERLOAD!-Firstofall,Ithinkallthecontributedartisamazing,andI’m\necstaticwiththeoveralllookoftheintegratedresults.Butasstrangeandunintuitiveasit\nsounds,gettingsomanypeopletopitchintosuchabigprojectactuallydelayedtheprocess\nnon-trivially.Ididn’treallyanticipatethechallengesofmanagingaprojectofthissize.I\nspentalotoftimeupfrontplanning,organizing,dividingthingsupintotasks,andcommunicating\nwithmanyartistsindividually.Thisisoverheadthatisnormallynegligibleforsmallerprojects,\nwhereIusuallyjustchargerightinandbeginanimating.Then,afterdistributingthework,there’s\ntheinevitablewaitinggame,whileassetsstartedcomingbacktomeinprettymuchrandomorder,\nwhichmakesforaschedulingconundrum.Thereisalsotheneedtoprocessthegraphicstobe\nsuitableforanimation,makelittlefixesandtouches,orsometimesredographicscompletelyifI\ndidn’tquiteconveytherequirementsproperly.NoneofthisisinplaywhenIworksolo.I\ngenerallydrawfast,knowexactlywhat’snecessaryfortheFlash,takejusttheright\nshortcutsongraphics,formatthemrightfromthegetgo,anddropthemonthetimeline.Butonthe\nflipside,thecontributorsgenerallycantakethetimetorenderlovelybackdropsandcharacter\nportraitsthatIwouldn’tbotherwithonmyown,forthesakeofspeed.ThisisabigplusI\nthink.\n</p>\n<p>Sothebottomlineis,distributingworkforaprojectofthissizewillcausetheprojecttoa)look\nbetter,butb)takelonger.Thatsaid,lookingback,Idon’tthinkIwouldchangeanything\nabouttheapproach.Itlooksgreat,andthetimeittookoverallwasworthit.I’donlyrevise\nmyschedulingestimates.\n</p>\n<p>2)FLASHSUCKS!-Flashisnotgoodathandlingbiganimations.Atall.ItrieddoingwhatIusually\ndo,puttingeverythinginonefile,andhopingforthebest.Afterabout7minutesofcompleted\nanimation,itstartedlockingupconstantly.Itriedalotofthings,splittingitupintodifferent\nsceneswithinthesamefile.Didn’twork.TheFlashfileultimatelycavedinonitself,and\nbecamecorrupted.LuckilyIsavedbackups,andtriedadifferentapproach.\n</p>\n<p>IjustsplititupintofivedifferentFlashfiles,publishedthemseparately,andstrungthemall\ntogetherthroughaloaderfile,whichworked,butinviteditsownseriesofdebuggingheadaches.\nAfterhalfwaythroughtheanimation,IwasCONSTANTLYputtingouttechnicalfireswithrespectto\n
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"id":"about-eoa5-part-2",
"timestamp":1319673600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">About EOA5, part 2</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Now to address the substance of the animation.</p>\n<p>It is not only long, it is dense. As dense as most other animations, while subjecting you to many\n more raw minutes of this rapid fire data. The events are portrayed nonlinearly. They shift focus\n between different sessions, planets, and universes, zooming into and out of them, showing them\n shrink, teleport, or explode spectacularly. We jump to points in a character’s chronology in\n the future, in the past, and examine frames of reference where chronology has no meaning. This\n animation is cerebrally challenging to follow. But your understanding of it will be in direct\n proportion to how well you understood the whole story up to this point. If you followed everything,\n and remember the key facts, there’s a very good chance you understood everything in the\n animation easily.\n </p>\n<p>So, let’s take a closer look at what there is to understand.</p>\n<!-- more -->\n<p>Might as well start with the biggest development.</p>\n<p><strong>The tumor was a bomb that physically contained both our universe (red side) and the troll\n universe (blue side). It was counting down to the “simultaneous” destruction of both\n universes. On detonation, it did not destroy the green sun as intended. It created it.</strong>\n</p>\n<p>I believe some people thought they were witnessing the destruction of the sun when the bomb went off.\n Though if you examine the scene objectively, there’s no reason to think this, other than that\n it was the stated mission for so long. There was no sun in sight. They were drifting through empty\n space. Then, boom. The sun was growing from ground zero. The fact that this misapprehension was\n somewhat common probably speaks to how cemented the mission to destroy the sun had become as a\n critical plot point. And maybe also, to how well Scratch deceived everyone on the subject.\n </p>\n<p>All of act 5, and to some extent all of Homestuck, has been the result of a very, very long con by\n Doc Scratch. His power source, and the source that fueled all this calamity in many other ways, was\n always going to be created in this way, by combined efforts of the kids and the trolls to save\n reality. Part of his job was to make sure that happened. That was the secret part of his job. The\n other part, openly stated, was to pave the way for the entrance of his master, which is triggered on\n the destruction of the troll universe, as illustrated by <a href=\"/mspa/003991\" target=\"_blank\">this virus</a>.\n It turns out that doing these two things is one and the same. No green sun without the death of a\n universe. No Lord English either.\n </p>\n<p>You may retrace his conversations in light of this new fact. He says he never lies, and while he’s\n certainly deceptive, I think you are hard pressed to find him saying something that is absolutely\n untrue. He misdirects, and lies by omission (which is something he makes clear he doesn’t\n believe in). But just about everything he says can be validated in some way. There are clues to this\n outcome everywhere, hiding in plain sight.\n </p>\n<p>Consider his conversation <a href=\"/mspa/005531\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.He\nspeaksprimarilyinhypotheticals,aboutwhatwouldhappeniftheydestroyedthesun.Hesaysthings\noftenarrangedlikethis:“AnditiscertainlytruethatTheTum
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"id":"about-eoa5-part-3",
"timestamp":1319673600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">About EOA5, part 3</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>More about what happened. There’s still plenty to cover. I won’t be totally exhaustive,\n but I’ll mention what I think is worth noting. At this point, I believe most people have\n understood most of this stuff. Still, there may be a few things mentioned here that didn’t\n quite occur to you, or some connections you haven’t made yet.\n </p>\n<p>\n<!-- more -->The Flash answers most major questions still dangling in the story up to this point.\n What happens at the critical moment. (Two universes are destroyed, creating the green sun, while the\n kids complete the scratch and escape through the 4th wall. This has also been referred to at points\n as “The Great Undoing.” From early in Hivebent: “<span>AA: and we twelve will behave simultane0usly as the pawns and the 0rchestrat0rs of the great und0ing</span>”)\n We know who reaches god tier and how. (All the kids!) Which trolls survive, the fate of the exiles,\n who wears the white queen’s ring, and how the blood got on Jack’s hand. That last\n question was probably the most maddening of the bunch for a long time. The bloody hand was first\n shown in Jade: Enter, and as Jack’s list of victims grew, his hand continued to be clean. The\n list of possibilities kept narrowing, until we finally found out here, along with an answer to\n another major question, how he actually got into the troll session.\n </p>\n<p><strong>The circuitous journey of Bec Noir</strong></p>\n<p>A summary: after he put Jade on her quest bed, he looked up and realized he didn’t have much\n time. The scratch was about to wipe out the session. So, he fled the session through one of the only\n ways available, by riding a meteor through a portal back to Earth. The meteor was the one host to\n the frog ruins, and he tucked himself in the same time capsule the White King did not too long ago.\n The meteor crashed on prehistoric Earth, formed the ruins, and waited about 413 million years. Then\n the king came out of the capsule to greet the queen. Jack followed about ten seconds later to their\n surprise, and killed them immediately. He exited the ruins, and AR began detonating the four\n stations. These were rigged presumably as part of the exiles’ unspoken plan, as a failsafe to\n prevent Jack from doing just this, in case he found his way there. AR hesitated to blow up WV’s\n station, because he knew WV was still trapped inside. At this pause, Jack killed AR, and quickly\n entered the final remaining station to investigate, while (foolishly, it turns out) dismissing PM as\n irrelevant.\n </p>\n<p>In the station, he found <a href=\"/mspa/003311\" target=\"_blank\">this device</a>,\n which had been switched to the left side of the frog with the <a href=\"/mspa/005166\" target=\"_blank\">queen’s\n key</a>, most likely by the queen at an earlier point. Thus it would transport the user to the\n session outside this universe, i.e. the troll session, as opposed to the one inside it, the kid\n session. But it was out of power, and had been ever since <a href=\"/mspa/002657\" target=\"_blank\">WVflewthe\nstationhalfwayaroundtheworldtofindtheruins</a>.SoJack,lookingforapowersource,\nlocatedtheuraniuminWV’sbelly,probablyviahiskeensenseofsmellasanomnipotentdog.\nHerippedtheuraniumoutofahaplessWV’sgut,thusbloody
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"id":"about-eoa5-part-4",
"timestamp":1319673600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">About EOA5, part 4</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Ehhh I’ve got to get back to work soon so let’s see how fast I can knock out the rest of\n this.\n </p>\n<p>\n<!-- more -->Let’s continue from the point of all the stuff about Jack’s massacre through\n Exile Town, and address issues surrounding\n </p>\n<p><strong>The big chess game</strong></p>\n<p>After all this, events involving the carapace people still resemble an extremely complicated\n interdimensional game of chess. Everything the royalty does is strategic in the bigger picture. The\n black queen was exiled, but found another way to fulfill her role through a complex maneuver of self\n sacrifice. The white queen’s retreat from the session, after Jack stole the black queen’s\n ring and wrecked Prospit and the Battlefield, was a defensive regrouping strategy on post-apocalypse\n Earth. She formed an elaborate plan, most of which went unwritten but could be understood mostly by\n deduction. Basically, she mobilized remaining exiles there, planned to leave this universe via one\n of the stations, destroying them all behind them to burn the bridge, but not before reuniting with\n the king from the time capsule. She also bestowed her title as queen to PM as her successor to rule\n the new kingdom they would build, and privately bestowed the responsibility on WV to some day wear\n the ring and hunt down Jack, wherever he might be. The problem is, Jack short-circuited her strategy\n by appearing immediately after the king arrived, killed WK and WQ right away, thus finally winning\n the chess game for his kingdom, or more particularly, himself.\n </p>\n<p>Almost.</p>\n<p>The final gambit belonged to PM though, when she found the ring, put it on, and inherited the true\n powers of a queen, more than just in name. Neither PM, nor any carapace creature, can literally be\n considered a pawn. But she is pawn-like in rank, as many are in this exotic and diverse race of\n chess people, and being the only piece left standing, she put the ring on and became the most\n powerful type of piece possible. Much like a pawn reaching the end of a chess board, and becoming a\n queen. For now, with her and Jack’s powers being about equal, the chess game sits in\n stalemate.\n </p>\n<p><strong>God Tiers</strong></p>\n<p>First let’s look at what happened to Rose and Dave.</p>\n<p>When Rose asks Scratch whether she will reach god tier, <a href=\"/mspa/005530\" target=\"_blank\">heresponds</a>,\n</p>\n<p>Youhaveexactlyafiftypercentchanceofascendingtothegodtier.<br/>TT:That’sastrange\nanswer.<br/>Iknow.<br/>TT:Whysuchapreciseprobability?<br/>Because,muchlikethedecisionsyou\nmustfacetocompleteyourdualsuicidemissions,youhavetwowaysofachievinggodhoodtochoose\nfrom.<br/><br/>WhichwasbeforeJackkilledher,andJohnrevivedherwithakiss,leavingonlyher\ndreamself.Whenshedied,thiseliminatedoneofthewaysshecouldreachgodtier,theonlywaywe\nknewofexplicitlyatthetime.Thisisbyhavingawakingselfandadreamself,bothalive.When\nthewakingselfdiesonthequestbedlocatedsomewhereontheplanet,theplayer’sdreamself\ntakesoverpermanently,assumesgodtierstatus,andwakesuponthebattlefield,whilethewaking\nself’scorpseliesdeadonthequestbedthereafter.ThisishowJohnreachedgodtier,and\n
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"id":"act-6-the-plan",
"timestamp":1319673600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Act 6: THE PLAN</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>You are now probably wondering when I’m going to start updating regularly\n again. Here is my projected date for the first page of Act 6.\n </p>\n<p><strong>11/11/11</strong></p>\n<p>I know, you are probably tired of waiting around for content by now, and probably aren’t\n too psyched for another two weeks of downtime. But, there is seriously no way I can dive right\n back into production at the moment. I have to prepare some stuff. The rapid pace of updates in\n the past has always only been possible due to a continuously mounting stream of preparation and\n forethought, and I have had time for neither over the past two months while dealing with this\n animation.\n </p>\n<p>I WILL however plan to post a short intermission between now and then. I will let you know when\n this date approaches.\n </p>\n<p>Then, when the 11th hits, we will be ready to rock again without looking back.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/act-6-the-plan\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 26th 2011, 11pm\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"hey-cool",
"timestamp":1319673600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Hey cool</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Cascade is in the Newgrounds portal, on the front page:</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/582345\">http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/582345</a>\n</p>\n<p>Again, thanks to Tom Fulp. If he didn’t help me out, this thing wouldn’t be hosted\n anywhere on the web, outside of torrents and spammy download sites. Hope I can return the favor by\n getting more people to check out <a href=\"http://www.newgrounds.com/\">Newgrounds</a>.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/hey-cool\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 26-31, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>All of western Mass. lost power the other night because of some sort of absurd spooky\n pre-Halloween snowstorm. Yesterday morning I figured it’d probably take a week or so to fix the\n grid so I immediately got the hell out of dodge. Staying with people in Boston for a while.\n </p>\n<p>I was planning on posting something today, but I guess that’ll be delayed somewhat. Maybe. I’ll\n see what I can do.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/all-of-western-mass-lost-power-the-other-night\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted October 31, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">oh no, 10 minutes is going to be way too long to leave it open</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>oh no</p>\n<p>oh no…………….</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/oh-no-10-minutes-is-going-to-be-way-too-long-to-leave\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Posted November 12th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">ok i think 50 billion questions will probably suffice</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Sorry if you wanted to make it 50 billion and one. I’m sure it was a totally\n sweet question! Maybe next time.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/ok-i-think-50-billion-questions-will-probably-suffice\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Posted November 12, 2011\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\"\n display:none;\n \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Answers</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>\n<!-- more --><br/><br/><em><a class=\"paulscoolplace\" href=\"/tumblr/paulscoolplace\">paulscoolplace</a>\n asked you: </em>\n</p>\n<p><em> What was the inspiration behind the source new names? Why not just open the suggestion boxes to\n the floodgates and start anew with names? </em>\n</p>\n<p>There are only so many names that fit the format (4 letters), and people would just suggest them all.\n I already have access to the field of all names to choose from. In this case I just went with some\n super simple vanilla names starting with J and similar to the names of their counterparts. Besides,\n their placronyms were already engraved years ago. My hands were tied.\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p><em><a class=\"cruxtrudeir\" href=\"/tumblr/cruxtrudeir\">cruxtrudeir</a>\n asked you: </em>\n</p>\n<p><em> Does Jake English’s last name make him affiliated with LE in any way? Or is his name, shirt, and\n poster just a result of how LE has influenced Earth? </em>\n</p>\n<p>That is so totally the sorta question it makes no sense for me to answer!!!</p>\n<p>Without commenting on why he has that name or any of the other stuff, I will say that I think, HS\n story ramifications notwithstanding, Jake English actually is a pretty badass name for a dude. Also,\n it means he has the same initials as John.\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p><em><a class=\"katrka\" href=\"/tumblr/katrka\">katrka</a> asked\n you: </em>\n</p>\n<p><em> How excited were you to get to this act and reveal these new characters? </em></p>\n<p>It’s hard to say, because most of the excitement over the idea was generated when the idea itself was\n formed, which was around two years ago. The whole kid-guardian swap thing grew out of the\n development of their ectobiological origin story, and I thought it was a fun idea to build toward.\n In fact, a huge amount of the way I structured the plot was centered around this idea. A big part of\n the inspiration for the hard reset concept was to facilitate this idea I thought had a lot of\n exciting potential.\n </p>\n<p>But then after the excitement of the initial conceptualization, there’s the long trek to get there,\n accompanied by grueling labors of execution. There were pockets of time when excitement was\n reinvigorated, like during weeks of tedious animation, it’s hard not to think “man it sure would be\n way more fun to make some new kids go on cool adventures instead of this bullshit.” But for the most\n part, once it was time to put the idea in play, it had been around in my head so long, the reaction\n is more like “welp, here we are.”\n </p>\n<p>Additionally, because this idea was around for so long, there is a huge amount of foreshadowing\n groundwork laid for it, much of which is barely veiled. By the time we got into the little backstory\n arc about the scratched ancestor session and their swapped roles, it was pretty loud and clear. That\n was like me sitting in a lifeguard tower yelling in a bullhorn “GET READY FOR THE KID GUARDIAN\n SESSION, THIS IS WHAT’S HAPPENING.” There are lots of major curveballs thrown at you in HS. I\n personally don’t think this was one.\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p><em> <a class=\"meddlingfashionista\" href=\"/tumblr/meddlingfashionista\">meddlingfashionista</a>\naskedyou:</em>\n</p>\n<p><em>WhenwillyougiveusYoungerBroAndMom?</em></p>\n<p>Inalittlewhile.Guaranteed:nota
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"id":"font-size",
"timestamp":1321228800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Font size</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>You might have noticed a slight up-shift in font size on the site. The current size is\n actually the size it should be, and has been for most of the site’s existence.\n </p>\n<p>I have no idea when or why or how, but at some point the text got smaller. It may have been during\n the last site redesign, and I didn’t notice. Or actually, I did, but in that timeframe I was\n so up to my neck in computer problems, OS reinstalls and browser version upgrades, I think I\n attributed it to something to do with my system rather than something in the code. I didn’t\n really have time or care enough to investigate until now.\n </p>\n<p>Aliased, 14 point, bolded Courier New has always been “the look”, and that’s\n reinforced a lot of times when you see text embedded in GIF images. Like you see <a href=\"/mspa/001925\">here</a>, and\n lots of other places.\n </p>\n<p>If you’re looking at the text and it doesn’t look exactly <a href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/mspafont.gif\">like this</a>, you’re\n not seeing the text presented in “the right way.” Which isn’t a big deal. I’m\n just letting you know how it is, and how it was always supposed to be. I’m not that rigid\n about this issue, since I always knew this format’s presentation is invariably going to be\n device-dependent for the reader.\n </p>\n<p>The official text look includes the hard pixel edges. I never wanted the text to be anti-aliased at\n all. I think smooth-edged courier looks hella gross. If you have Windows, go to display settings and\n turn off ClearType, if you care to. If you use a Mac, you might be stuck with smooth text no matter\n what. I’m not sure. But then, if you use a Mac, you’re probably in love with\n super-smooth text regardless, so that’s cool.\n </p>\n<p>I actually like aliased text on the web a lot better in general. Maybe I’m just old school. It’s\n sharper and easier to read. ClearType with a lot of fonts, especially small ones, is just bleary\n mush. I’m not really down with the idea of screens trying to be paper. It’s a false\n ideal, and it’s never been pulled off effectively, outside of e-ink on Kindles and stuff.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/font-size\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Posted November 13th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Jake’s poster</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>On the subject of shoutouts. Here’s one that kind of slipped my mind to mention\n because Jake’s room obviously turned out to be such a ridiculous clusterfuck of posters.\n </p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://pleg.tumblr.com/post/12340234439/someone-said-that-my-lord-english-speed-paint\">http://pleg.tumblr.com/post/12340234439/someone-said-that-my-lord-english-speed-paint</a>\n</p>\n<p>Some were curious about it. I saw it shortly after the LE animation and thought it would be funny on\n his wall as a fake old movie.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/jakes-poster\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Posted November 14th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Land of Souls and Olives, a Conclusion: Pasta La Vista Motherfuckers. Part 1.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>\n<a href=\"/blogspot/soul-money\" target=\"_blank\">More than a year ago</a>, some people on the internet wanted to buy\n me a soul portrait, and gave me $150 to commission a mentally ill person to photoshop god lasers and\n dumb tigers on to my high school yearbook photo, or my driver’s license mugshot, or something. I\n of course refused, but graciously accepted the money anyway, and proceeded to labor over the spiritually\n meretricious document myself. I additionally made a somber vow to spend all one hundred and fifty\n dollars on a humorously mediocre Italian meal served at the Olive Garden, a chain to which American\n families compliantly fork over their dinner plans each year by the tens of billions, probably. I also\n pledged that I would record the endeavor carefully, in a drawn out faux-journalistic spiel that had\n loads of jokes in it. But since I’m currently weighed down with an olympiadic bronze statue’s\n fist worth of shitty pasta in my belly, and feeling a bit off, I give you this essay instead.<br/><br/>\n<!-- more --><br/>I should say in my defense that after pocketing the choice soulbux, I did manage to\n dog the everloving balls out of this expedition for well over a year. When I first sealed the pledge, I\n did so with a spirit of adventure, but this quickly gave way to an understandable sense of all-consuming\n dread. If I even suspected I caught a whiff of the unique melange of garlic and body odor which\n persistently howls from any Olive Garden’s exterior ventshafts, I would begin to shake\n uncontrollably. But these articles have always been mostly about conveying how brave I am, so it shouldn’t\n surprise you to learn that I eventually triumphed over this adversity to become way more admirable than\n the guy who climbed Mount Everest without a spinal cord.<br/><br/>In dogging the trip so bad, to be\n honest, I had some help. From God. Any time I reluctantly made plans to go to the nearest OG, which\n always seemed to be at least fifty fucking minutes away from wherever I was, those plans would get\n sabotaged by an angry wrathful God who hates me, and yet still took time to derail my Olive Garden plans\n because even He wouldn’t wish that on His worst enemy (which I probably am). One time last winter,\n <a href=\"http://qwantz.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">RyanNorth</a>wasintown\nlookingtobeshownagoodtime,soIwaslike,hey,there’sthisOliveGardenthingI’ve\nbeendraggingmyshitonforever,wemightaswelljoinforcesandputabulletthroughtheheadofthat\nlongsufferingobligation.Becausewhenhesaid“tobeshowngoodtime,”Imisheardhimand\nthoughthesaid“toexperiencemajorgastrointestinalsurgery.”Sadly,neitherthing\nhappened,becausethat’swhentheWeatherchristdumpedfivefeetofsnowonNewEnglandandwe\ncouldn’tevengooutside.Ineversawhimagain.<br/><br/>Flashforwardtonow,whenIsawhim\nagain.Hewasheadingintotowntosignbooks,andwewerebothlike,doweDAREtemptfateagainby\nresurrectingthenastyreekingspectreofmyOliveGardenpledge?Obviouslywedid(brave)andRyanwas\nrichlyrewardedfromthemalevolentBeepbeepjesusbyhavinghiscarbreakdownbetweenTorontoandhere,\nandhewasforcedtospendthenightinaweirdli
"html":"\n<div class=\"media\"><a href=\"http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/petitions/remove-homestuck-related-items/t.76030935_1/\"><img alt=\"lexxercise:For whatever good it will do, I have created a petition on the Gaia Online forums to get the Homestuck-related items removed. Though the likelihood of this happening is slim to none, my primary objective is to spread awareness and hopefully attract the attention of a staffmember who is in the position to open a dialogue between Andrew and Gaia.If you have a Gaia Online account, and you’re a fan of Homestuck, please show Andrew your respect and appreciation by contributing to the petition thread.Thanks &lt;3(edit: Please read the first two posts in the thread for further instructions!)Hey, thanks for the initiative, Lexxy.On the Gaia thing, I&#8217;ve been aware of it for a while. Much of it seems sketchy, though perhaps not illegal by the letter of the law.As far as I know, no one from there has tried to talk to me about it. I&#8217;ve held off on initiating any sort of dialogue with them about it yet, or about a couple other things like this out there, until I get some more comprehensive legal advice on this whole topic. Hopefully I&#8217;ll be looking into that soon.Until then, trying to nudge companies like this in the right direction with grass roots efforts sounds like a good idea to me.\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_luw9uuSRtb1qd80v3o1_500.jpg\"/></a>\n</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://lexxercise.tumblr.com/post/13002099857/for-whatever-good-it-will-do-i-have-created-a\">lexxercise</a>:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For whatever good it will do, <a href=\"http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/petitions/remove-homestuck-related-items/t.76030935_1/\">I\n have created a petition on the Gaia Online forums to get the Homestuck-related items removed</a>.\n Though the likelihood of this happening is slim to none, my primary objective is to spread awareness\n and hopefully attract the attention of a staffmember who is in the position to open a dialogue\n between Andrew and Gaia.\n </p>\n<p>If you have a Gaia Online account, and you’re a fan of Homestuck, please show Andrew your respect\n and appreciation by <a href=\"http://www.gaiaonline.com/forum/petitions/remove-homestuck-related-items/t.76030935_1/\">contributing\n to the petition thread</a>.\n </p>\n<p>Thanks <3</p>\n<p><em>(edit: Please read the first two posts in the thread for further instructions!)</em></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Hey, thanks for the initiative, Lexxy.</p>\n<p>On the Gaia thing, I’ve been aware of it for a while. Much of it seems sketchy, though perhaps\n not illegal by the letter of the law.\n </p>\n<p>As far as I know, no one from there has tried to talk to me about it. I’ve held off on\n initiating any sort of dialogue with them about it yet, or about a couple other things like this out\n there, until I get some more comprehensive legal advice on this whole topic. Hopefully I’ll be\n looking into that soon.\n </p>\n<p>Until then, trying to nudge companies like this in the right direction with grass roots efforts\n sounds like a good idea to me.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/lexxercise-for-whatever-good-it-will-do-i-have\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged November 19th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://lexxercise.tumblr.com/post/13002099857/for-whatever-good-it-will-do-i-have-created-a\">Source:lexxercise</a>\n<divclass=
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"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Q’s</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Opening qbox again for a couple minutes.</p>\n<p><a href=\"/tumblr/\">http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/ask</a></p>\n<p>This time I will answer the last X questions submitted, no matter how good or bad or dumb or\n ridiculous they are. It could be the last 5 or the last 50.\n </p>\n<p>Now is your chance to unburden yourself of your curiosity on obscure points of troll sexuality. There\n is a greater than zero statistical probability that I will respond with some sort of joke.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/opening-qbox\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Posted November 29th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"timestamp":1322611200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">box is closed</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Because I am not going to answer more than 600 questions.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/box-is-closed\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Posted November 29th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"ansrews-ansrews",
"timestamp":1322611200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Ansrews (*ansrews)</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<div class=\"post_info\">Below, I answer the last ___ questions submitted (I didn’t count how many)\n before the box was closed, in order, excluding none.\n </div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\">\n<!-- more -->\n</div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\">Here is the last question that squeaked in before I closed it.</div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"></div>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"luckyenigma\" href=\"/tumblr/luckyenigma\">luckyenigma</a>\n asked: </em>\n</div>\n<p><em> What drugs are you on ,and where can I get some? </em></p>\n<p>I’m not on drugs and I don’t do drugs and you couldn’t have any of my drugs even if\n I did and this question\n </p>\n<p>sucks!</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"skidrow-rainbow\" href=\"/tumblr/skidrow-rainbow\">skidrow-rainbow</a>\n asked: </em>\n</div>\n<p><em> Can your legs actually move like they do in your fancy little scampering ways like in Homestuck?\n Because I would be highly impressed if they could. Yes, very highly impressed indeed. </em>\n</p>\n<p>I do not have cartoon legs in real life. You would be really unimpressed with them.</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"tychu\" href=\"/tumblr/tychu\">tychu</a> asked: </em>\n</div>\n<p><em> When do we get to see Bro? </em></p>\n<p>In a while.</p>\n<p>Remember how the progression of character intros went in the first act? John on page 1, then Rose 214\n pages later, Dave about 100 pages after that, then Jade about 450 pages after that.\n </p>\n<p>Act 6 is a little over 100 pages long.</p>\n<p>We got introduced to TWO characters within the first few pages of the act. Things are already pretty\n accelerated. We are spending time following them, while learning things about the other two\n tangentially, through chat logs, just like we did with unintroduced characters in act 1. I know\n people want to know all these details super fast, but just checking things off a big list, like\n whose name is what and what all the circumstances are up front like we’re reading crib notes\n on THE SCRATCHED SESSION would be lame and boring and remove all sense of intrigue.\n </p>\n<p>It could be in 50 pages but it could also justifiably be in 500 pages too. Who knows?</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"gomzeemakorfasobjogglyator\" href=\"/tumblr/gomzeemakorfasobjogglyator\">gomzeemakorfasobjogglyator</a>\n asked: </em>\n</div>\n<p><em> have you read 4chords yet?? </em></p>\n<p>No. But if it’s any consolation I just googled it.</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"powderedgravy\" href=\"/tumblr/powderedgravy\">powderedgravy</a> asked: </em></div>\n<p><em> Do you identify with any of the trolls personally? </em></p>\n<p>Gamzee but only cause he killed a bunch of them.</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"paulscoolplace2\" href=\"/tumblr/paulscoolplace2\">paulscoolplace</a>\n asked: </em>\n</div>\n<p><em> How does it feel to hold so many people in the grasp of your fiction? </em></p>\n<p>Is it grasping people? Are they hapless and being carried away like as would a mighty gryyphone of\n “ye lore”? This seems like a hostile for my fiction to do.\n </p>\n<p>A lot of people like it and that’s neat.</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-</p>\n<div class=\"post_info\"><em><a class=\"thewonderboo\" href=\"/tumblr/thewonde
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Land of Souls and Olives, a Conclusion: PLMF’ers. Part 2.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/tumblr/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-pasta-la-vista\">Here’s part\n 1. </a><br/><br/><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/OGphotos2.jpg\"><img height=\"307\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/OGphotos2.jpg\" width=\"475\"/></a><br/><br/>Has it already been two weeks since I went to the Olive\n Garden? Hard to believe. But the good news is that the team of gastrointestinologists monitoring my\n condition ‘round the clock has informed me that the meal is well on its way to being digested. So\n that’s cool. Hold on while I try to remember what happened that night.\n </p>\n<p>\n<!-- more --><br/>What happened that night was a bunch of internet weirdos walked into a Springfield\n Olive Garden. The aroma of irony surrounding them nearly overpowered the garlic fumes, which are\n typically strong enough to make the wood veneer bubble and sproing off its plane like the table was\n popping a boner. Those internet guys may have strolled into that Olive Garden with recklessness in\n their hearts. They may have been packing a titanic thirst for self abuse. They may have been fucking\n idiots. But I will tell you right now, what they were NOT, was fucking POOR. I was prepared. I went\n to the ATM and everything. I had fifteen sawbucks burning a whole in my pocket, and there were <a href=\"http://overcompensating.com/oc/index.php?comic=1402\" target=\"_blank\">authentic Italian slaves</a> in that building who would see to it my money\n was converted into fifteen pounds of pasta burning a whole in my stomach.<br/><br/>We probably\n flashed this cash around more than would be construed as decent, if we were in a place where decency\n wasn’t Italian for “physically assault me in the restroom, please.” (“Decencissimo,\n per favore. Sì grazie!”) The wad of hard collateral weighed down the table the whole time we\n were there, and I made good and sure the waitress could see it up front so she knew we meant\n business. The waitress was trained in a dialect I think OG Corporate calls Family-CasuAffable, which\n primarily involves pretending that strange internet people actually belong in public, and every\n inscrutable in-joke they blurt out is totally hilarious. She would be rewarded heavily for her role\n in this charade, oh yes. Primarily through self-administered alcohol and pain medication after\n hours, one can only hope.<br/><br/><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/OGphotos3.gif\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/OGphotos3.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>While\ninmywallet,theonehundredandfiftydollarshadnaturallysoppedupmuchofmysoul’s\nheadypuissance,andhotrainbowlaserswereriotingfromtheeyeballsofsevenandahalf\npsychedelicAndrewJacksonsallnightlong.ThisfiercelittlemilitiaoftechnicolorA-Jaxsitting\nthereonthetableservedarealpurpose,andnotjusttoremindeverybodyotherthanmehowshabby\nandunremarkabletheirsoulswere.Itremindedusofthesteephillwehadtoclimbthatevening,to\nsomehowburnthroughabuckfiftyatanOliveGarden,anestablishmentnotoriousforitsbargains.\nThisisacorporationwhichmanagestoturnaPROFITbyhemorrhagingtornadoesoffreebreadand\nsaladbysomedarkfiscalentropyyetunchartedbyeconomists.Theirshitispricedtomother\nfucking<em>move</em>,youknow?Andhe
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"id":"i-do-not-have-a-deviant-art-account",
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"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">I do not have a Deviant Art account</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>It’s really simple. I have three internet things I currently maintain.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://twitter.com/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">A twitter.</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"/tumblr\" target=\"_blank\">A tumblr.</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"/\" target=\"_blank\">A website.</a></p>\n<p>That’s it. Everything else is fake.</p>\n<p>Frankly I’m less offended by the efforts of impostors than I am by those so willing to believe\n I’m actually responsible for such unfunny bullshit.\n </p>\n<p>Come on.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-do-not-have-a-deviant-art-account\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 2nd, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Homestuck Book 1 & Problem Sleuth Book 3 “Soft Announcement”</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>These books are now available in the Topatoco store.</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/PSHSbookphotos.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/PSHSbookphotos.jpg\"/></a></p>\n<p>I’ve held off on mentioning them until now, so as not to crash their store. Regardless, people\n have already bought a bunch since the word got out anyway. I’m not linking to the store\n directly, for now, to stave off a little extra traffic. If you are very motivated to buy these\n books, you may go to the topatoco site and seek them out.\n </p>\n<p>It’s not even a bandwidth issue really. The store runs on a database, and if too many people\n put stuff in their shopping carts once, there are too many connections and the whole thing shuts\n down. So I’m being delicate about how I get the word out. Tumblr for now, then the main site a\n little later.\n </p>\n<p>I also offered signed + doodled copies, but those immediately sold out before I could make any\n announcement. I’d like to get the offer back up as soon as possible, but if I take on any\n more, I would have to take like two weeks off from updating just to get them done. And even then,\n they’d take too long to get to people, presumably many of which want them before Christmas. So\n I’ll probably have to wait for the holidays to blow over before putting the offer back up.\n Sorry to disappoint you if you had your heart set on one soon. I can’t really make exceptions\n either, even for higher offers, because that’s a huge can of worms to open.\n </p>\n<p>On the bright side, the books came out very nice! HS actually translates to paper better than I was\n expecting, so I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. Book 1 contains the whole first act.\n (But it will surely be the only book that contains a single act. Other acts will be distributed over\n two or more.) Thanks to Chris Kallini for the nice work paginating the book, and Cindy Whatpumpkin\n for her usual nice job on PS.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/homestuck-book-1-problem-sleuth-book-3-soft\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 5th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"life-and-void",
"timestamp":1323129600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Life and Void</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>God tier <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120204130203/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\">hoodies</a> and <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120210054540/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\">tees</a>.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120204130203/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"279\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/lifevoidhoodiethumbs.gif\" width=\"475\"/></a></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120210054540/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"600\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/lifevoidteethumbs.gif\" width=\"475\"/></a></p>\n<p>The final four god tier designs will be released, again two at a time, later this week.</p>\n<p>That’s really soon!</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/life-and-void\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 5th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"a-bit-slow-right-now",
"timestamp":1323302400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">A bit slow right now</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Lots of books to sign this week, so rapid fire update schedule is taking a hit.</p>\n<p>I\n might give the “hard announcement” for the books a go later tonight, \n see how the store holds up. (Signed books still will not be available \n til after holidays.)\n </p>\n<p>The first batch of books is also likely to sell out soon, so if you’re intending to get one for the holidays, now’s the time.</p>\n<p>—————</p>\n<p>Some notes on the god tier designs…</p>\n<p>There\n are a lot of considerations here, ranging from practical to aesthetic. \n On the practical side, color choice has a lot to do with what’s \n available for hoodies. The selection isn’t as extensive as you might \n think, so that creates a bit of a puzzle as to which icon gets slotted \n to which color. The tee is often a different color from the hoodie, and \n the basic governing logic is the tee represents color of the hood in the\n outfit, while the hoodie is the main color, for a little diversity. \n There are a few exceptions, like the space tee is also black instead of \n very dark gray. Exceptions like that are also usually due to color \n selection limitations.\n </p>\n<p>I designed the symbols themselves with an \n eye toward simplicity, verging on minimalism, and visual consistency \n within a developing iconic vocabulary. That’s why you see these latest \n two echo aspects of others. Life is a simple transform of a tilted \n breath symbol, while void is kind of a “hollowed out” space symbol.\n </p>\n<p>In\n my mind there are some subtle aesthetic principles guiding their \n construction. Ways in which curves behave, adherence to radial symmetry \n at times, certain ways the forms are sliced and aligned, etc. I’ve seen \n quite a few fan made projections of the unreleased icons. While there \n are a bunch of nice icons out there, not many strike me as that suitable\n for the god tier icon vocabulary, at least as I’ve pictured it.\n </p>\n<p>I\n think it’s another one of those situations where “headcanons” clash \n with the reality as unveiled. Probably some are interested in more \n diversity in form than what you see, where void ends up being largely a \n transformation of space? Think of it this way. It’s hard to get worked \n up at the dude who invented the alphabet because the “p” is just a \n backwards “q”. That’s part of the point of a vocabulary of shapes, to \n introduce some standardization and logical repetition of form. \n Simplicity is also key, from precedents already set. Time was just a \n gear. Nothing too inherently exciting about that. The idea is to use \n very simple, usually abstract shapes to convey these broad concepts, \n while also building a little self-consistent pictographic language.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/a-bit-slow-right-now\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 7th, 2011 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"hope-doom",
"timestamp":1323648000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">HOPE DOOM</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120301013409/http://whatpumpkin.com/finery.html\" target=\"_blank\">In\n case you didn’t see already…</a>\n</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120301013409/http://whatpumpkin.com/finery.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/hopedoomhoodiethumbs.gif\"/></a>\n</p>\n<p>Blood and rage in a couple days.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/hope-doom\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 11th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<video controls=\"controls\" loop=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lw44e7EAgC1qa8apa_r1.mov\" style=\"width: 100%\"></video>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://halftruth.tumblr.com/post/14134935826/hey-look-what-i-got-working-okay-now-imagine\">halftruth</a>:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hey look what I got working!</p>\n<p>Okay now imagine doing this 200 times a day six days a week.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Pretty sure these are all done. Most (if not all) signed books to be mailed tomorrow.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/halftruth-hey-look-what-i-got-working-okay\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged December 13th, 2011 from softowl</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://softowl.tumblr.com/post/14134935826/hey-look-what-i-got-working-okay-now-imagine\"> Source: softowl </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"heres-everything",
"timestamp":1323907200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Here’s everything</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><let’s see if i can just copy/paste the site news html into here></p>\n<p>On the subject of Homestuck books, I took down the link since they sold out, and the Topatoco site\n was getting strained again. They’ll go back up when new books come in, probably around the\n 20th. <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">Problem Sleuth Volume 3</a> is still available though. <br/><br/> All god\n tier symbols are now available in <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120204130203/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\">hoodies</a>\n and <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120210054540/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\">tees</a>.\n <br/><br/><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120301013409/http://whatpumpkin.com/finery.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/godtiershirtsymbols_all.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/> We also have really nice looking key chains and pendants. Both the Sign of the Signless,\n and the Spirograph medallion. <br/><br/><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20121104060346/http://whatpumpkin.com/trinkets.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/pendantskeychainsthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/> And finally, a 2012 Homestuck calendar! Featuring illustrations from a variety of great\n artists. Additionally cool: the calendar is all done in Homestuck fonts, and labels many dates that\n are relevant to the story, like the birthdays of the kids, release dates of movies like Con Air,\n when Barbasol was invented. Critical stuff like that. (It still has all the boring normal holidays\n on there too.) <br/><br/><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120114080510/http://whatpumpkin.com/calendar2012.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/hscalendarthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/> There you go. Ain’t no one can say I never gave you nothin’ to buy!\n </p>\n<p><hooray it worked></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/heres-everything\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 14th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"ripe-for-the-askins",
"timestamp":1323907200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Ripe for the askins</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Ask box is open for a small number of minutes.</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/ask\">http://mspandrew.tumblr.com/ask</a></p>\n<p>This time, I will randomly select a letter of the alphabet, and answer only questions submitted by\n users beginning with that letter, in reverse order received.\n </p>\n<p>I will only disregard things that don’t really count as questions like “homestuck is so\n cool!” and such. (As in, I will not answer them. I will still <em>regard </em>such statements,\n quietly, in my heart.)\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/ripe-for-the-askins\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 14th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"4-minutes-1000-questions-submitted",
"timestamp":1323907200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">4 minutes, 1000 questions submitted.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Here is the random letter I rolled.</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/randomletterh.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/randomletterh.jpg\"/></a></p>\n<p>If your tumblr name begins with H, it is either time to get REALLY EXCITED, or to prepare yourself to\n be even more disappointed than usual when I STILL don’t pick your question.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/4-minutes-1000-questions-submitted\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 14th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I don’t know if this was the best way to do this.</p>\n<p>And I’m not <em>completely</em> sure that people aren’t just changing their profile names as I scroll through these.</p>\n<p>Maybe I’ll randomly change the parameters without saying how.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-dont-know-if-this-was-the-best-way-to-do-this\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 14th, 2011 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"mad-answerins",
"timestamp":1323907200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Mad answerin’s</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I <a href=\"/tumblr/4-minutes-1000-questions-submitted\" target=\"_blank\">rolled an H</a>, so I’m\n going to answer only questions submitted by users whose name contain an H, but do not begin with an H.\n Here we go.\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<!-- more -->\n<p>-</p>\n<p><em><a class=\"scratchbutt\" href=\"/tumblr/scratchbutt\">scratchbutt asked:</a></em><br/><em>Are you dead in-comic? </em><br/><br/>No.<br/>-</p>\n<p>-<br/><em><a class=\"makindharma\" href=\"/tumblr/makindharma\">makindharma asked:</a></em><br/><em>Are you really going to publish 16+ Homestuck books? I\n think it’d be too expensive to buy them all… </em><br/><br/>It might not be that many.\n Act 2 looks like it’s going to fit cleanly into book 2, and act 3 + intermission look like\n they’ll all fit into book 3. They’ll be a bit thicker, but likely will cost the\n same.<br/><br/>And even if not, I don’t actually think it’s that much to spend when you\n take into consideration the amount of time between releases. Might take 2-3 years to get it all in\n print. Spending a couple hundred bucks over that time isn’t much. If you add up all of the\n money we spend on totally ridiculous shit over the span of years, the figures are always mind\n boggling. <br/>-\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p><em><a class=\"kayhohohotics\" href=\"/tumblr/kayhohohotics\">kayhohohotics asked:</a></em><br/><em>For the trolls, are there different blood colors besides the\n ones that the trolls in the comic have, or are those all/most of the blood colors? </em><br/><br/>All\n of the troll race’s blood colors are accounted for by characters in the comic, except for one.\n <br/><br/>The place on the spectrum where Karkat’s slot would be is a shade of green between\n Nepeta’s and Sollux’s. Lime bloods. We know nothing about them, and the only indication\n they exist in the story at all, aside from the indirect evidence I just mentioned, is that shade is\n on the walls of the highblood’s throne room.<br/><br/>But that’s it. Any time there’s\n a fan troll with like pink sparkly blood or whatever, that is just some prime bullshit right\n there.<br/><br/>Wait didn’t I make them all canon?? FUCK…………..<br/>-\n </p>\n<p>-<br/><em><a class=\"shimiza\" href=\"/tumblr/shimiza\">shimiza asked:</a></em><br/><em>Did you know Homestuck was going to have the popularity it has\n today? </em><br/><br/>Yes.\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p>-<br/><em><a class=\"indigostohelit\" href=\"/tumblr/indigostohelit\">indigostohelit asked:</a></em><br/><em>what are all the kid’s favorite baseball\n teams? </em><br/><br/>They don’t know shit about the sports.<br/>-\n </p>\n<p>-</p>\n<p><em><a class=\"suchirolle\" href=\"/tumblr/suchirolle\">suchirolle asked:</a></em><br/><em>I know lots of other fans are wondering about this, they’re\n turning 3 years older now right? So does that mean there’s gunna be more romance stuff in\n there for the shippers? </em><br/><br/>If so, it wouldn’t be for the shippers. The shippers\n are already up to their necks in romantic nonsense. It would be for the non-shippers, who try to\n avoid that stuff as best they can. If I did as you say, there would be no escaping it\n anymore.<br/><br/>-\n </p>\n<p>-<br/><em><a class=\"shoshaumbay\" href=\"/tumblr/shoshaumbay\">shoshaumbayasked:</a></em><br/><em>Intheintermissionofact6,itsaysthattheygetto\ntalk.Doest
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{
"id":"gift-certificates",
"timestamp":1323907200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Gift certificates</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Apparently you can buy gift certificates for What Pumpkin. Like if you want to get\n somebody a present from WP but don’t know what they want, or don’t know if it’ll ship\n on time for the holidays. (overseas people, I am ogling you.)\n </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\">http://whatpumpkin.com/</a> (scroll to bottom)\n </p>\n<p>I didn’t even know we were offering these until I checked the site.</p>\n<p>/captain of industry gets into ruby encrusted limousine, teleports to fucking space mansion</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/gift-certificates\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 14th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"sbahj-behind-the-scenes",
"timestamp":1324252800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">SBAHJ: Behind the scenes</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I tend to scratch out little comic doodles, and then carry them around in my pocket\n wherever I go for months before I bother drawing the “finished product.”\n </p>\n<p>The end result usually shows a startling amount of fidelity to the original concept.</p>\n<p>Observe the final comics here: <a href=\"/sbahj/40\" target=\"_blank\">one</a>, <a href=\"/sbahj/37\" target=\"_blank\">two</a>, <a href=\"/sbahj/38\" target=\"_blank\">three</a>.</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/sbahjsketches.jpg\"><img height=\"2071\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/sbahjsketches.jpg\" width=\"400\"/></a></p>\n<p>Quite a while ago, while this comic sketch was considerably fresher, I was depositing a check in an\n ATM. I thought I would try to deposit what to me was a valuable document, and see what happened.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/sbahjsketch_atm.jpg\"><img height=\"814\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/sbahjsketch_atm.jpg\" width=\"400\"/></a></p>\n<p>Sadly, it spit it right back out. Fuckin banks.</p>\n<p>I have an idea. Why don’t we all mob Wall Street and protest the shit out of this. Who is with\n me?\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/sbahj-behind-the-scenes\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 18th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"boner",
"timestamp":1324684800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">boner</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>(at the end of the flash, did you click the upper right corner?)</p>\n<p>I asked <a href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Toby</a> to\n make the song (Frustracean), mimicking the <a href=\"/mspa/002879\" target=\"_blank\">John breakdown song</a>. And he did that.\n </p>\n<p>But for some reason he put 5 minutes of silence at the end, followed by this bizarre Cage boner clip.\n So I’m like, ok what the fuck am I supposed to do with this thing.\n </p>\n<p>So that’s what I did with this thing.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/boner\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 23rd, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"dark-cage-wallpaper-saved-at-low-quality",
"timestamp":1324684800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Dark Cage wallpaper, saved at low quality.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Please bear in mind that not a single living soul requested this.</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/darkcage.jpg\"><img height=\"280\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/darkcage.jpg\" width=\"421\"/></a></p>\n<p>Y/W.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/dark-cage-wallpaper-saved-at-low-quality\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 23rd, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"news-update-on-mspa-homepage",
"timestamp":1324771200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">News update on MSPA homepage.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\"></div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/news-update-on-mspa-homepage\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 24th, 2011 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">I have discovered the perfect xmas song, one day too late.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/Savior of the Slamming Jam - by youraftermyrobotbee.mp4\" target=\"_blank\">www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKrO8kS8D6g</a>\n</p>\n<p>In other news, I don’t see any updates rolling out for another few days.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-have-discovered-the-perfect-xmas-song-one-day-too\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 26th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"s-eoa6i1",
"timestamp":1325203200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">[S] EOA6I1</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/mspa/006290\" target=\"_blank\">www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006290</a>\n</p>\n<p>And now that I left you hanging for a few days while working on that, here is a SERIOUS head’s\n up.\n </p>\n<p>I’ll be traveling from 1/3 to 1/10. I’ll try to get some stuff done on the road, but you\n never know how things are gonna pan out when you’re traveling. Expect updates to range from\n sporadic to nonexistent within this span of time!\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/s-eoa6i1\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 29th, 2011</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"it-loads-just-fine",
"timestamp":1325203200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">it loads just fine</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>if it doesn’t load</p>\n<p>step 1: don’t panic</p>\n<p>step 2: refresh (ctrl+shift R)</p>\n<p>step 3: if that doesn’t work, try again a little later, but not 100 times per minute. that’s counterproductive.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/it-loads-just-fine\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on December 29th, 2011 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"i-am-bowman-eidolonorpheus-is-awesome",
"timestamp":1325289600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20120120175025/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/14996382817/eidolonorpheus-is-awesome\">I\n Am Bowman: EidolonOrpheus is Awesome »</a>\n</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Bowman with a few words on Eidolon, the guy who made the [S] EOA6I1 <a href=\"/music/track/infinity-mechanism\" target=\"_blank\">song</a>.\n </p>\n<p>EO is a prolific fellow, and it occurred to me a major flash hadn’t featured his work yet. Now\n and then I take such things into consideration when selecting songs to work with.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20120120175025/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/14996382817/eidolonorpheus-is-awesome\">iambowman</a>:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I’d like to take a moment from my regularly scheduled self-indulgence to commend an\n awesome chum from the Homestuck music team, Thomas Ferkol, better known as <a href=\"https://twitter.com/EidolonOrpheus\" target=\"_blank\">EidolonOrpheus</a>.\n For those unfamiliar with his work, he’s responsible for such tracks as “Infinity Mechanism” from\n the most recent…\n </p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-am-bowman-eidolonorpheus-is-awesome\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged December 30th, 2011 from iambowman</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20120120175025/http://iambowman.tumblr.com/post/14996382817/eidolonorpheus-is-awesome\"> Source: iambowman </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"y2k12-song-of-skaia",
"timestamp":1325548800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Y2K12 + Song of Skaia</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Another <a href=\"/mspa/005120\" target=\"_blank\">New\n Year’s Eve</a> gone by, another <a href=\"/mspa/006313\" target=\"_blank\">ball\n dropped</a>. <br/><br/> Here is Mark Hadley’s single, <a href=\"/music/album/song-of-skaia\" target=\"_blank\">Song of\n Skaia</a>. It’s good! Hadley is responsible for such HS songs as <a href=\"/music/track/harlequin\" target=\"_blank\">Harlequin</a> and <a href=\"/music/track/blackest-heart\" target=\"_blank\">Blackest\n heart</a>. <br/><br/><a href=\"/music/album/song-of-skaia\" target=\"_blank\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/SoSthumb2.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/> You might have noticed I’ve scaled back the frequency of music releases somewhat. It\n was becoming sort of intense getting one or more albums ready for release every month. It also did start\n to feel like <em>maybe</em> just a little bit too much music coming at you all the time. I’d like\n to make sure the novelty of these doesn’t deteriorate too quickly. Hence a single release seemed\n like a nice way to mix it up for now. I would expect albums to come out closer to every two months from\n now on. <br/><br/> On that note, I’ll make an announcement about plans for the next album shortly.\n Preemptive tl;dr - it will be a contest. Details soon. <br/><br/><em>More misc. notes:</em> Still\n working hard on restocking WP stuff. Calendars soon. All garments, somewhat later (2+ weeks). Working on\n zip-up hoodie variants on god tier stuff too. HS books back in stock 1/3.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/y2k12-song-of-skaia\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 2nd, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">HS books will be in store tomorrow, later in day.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\"></div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/hs-books-will-be-in-store-tomorrow-later-in-day\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 3rd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"the-next-album-a-contest",
"timestamp":1325635200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">The Next Album: A Contest</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>The\n MSPA music team has made exactly 20 great albums since the beginning of\n Homestuck. For the next album, I thought it would be fun to open the \n music submissions up to everybody.\n </p>\n<p>There seems to be a large \n number of musicians in the readership outside the music team, who often \n work on their own HS fan music or remixes. I’ve had quite a number of \n people express interest in submitting music to HS over the years, but to\n keep the team from ballooning out of control, I’ve had to draw the \n recruitment line somewhere. This strikes me as a nice opportunity to \n give a lot of other creative people a chance to contribute music. The \n music team was originally assembled just before HS began with the idea \n that I wanted MSPA stories to largely build and develop through \n contribution from the readership, and I think this album idea is very \n much in the spirit of that original premise.\n </p>\n<p><strong>The challenge</strong></p>\n<p>If\n you want to submit music, the idea is simple. Pick a character from \n Homestuck, and make a song for that character. It can be any character, \n particularly those in identifiable categories, like the eight human \n kids, the trolls, ancestors, agents, exiles, Midnight Crew, Felt. If you\n want to pick a character not in one of those groups, that’s fine too. \n Keep in mind there’s a decent chance that if your song is picked, it \n could be reallocated to a different character, since it’s expected we’ll\n get a lot of submission overlap, and it’s not going to be “The Album of\n 50 Karkat Songs!” So picking a character for your song is just a \n starting point for you, and we’ll sort it all out during the selection \n process.\n </p>\n<p>You can submit up to three songs. No more than that, or \n they will not be considered! They can be for three different characters,\n or the same character, whatever you want. You can do remixes, etc. of \n other HS songs, but we’ll have to run it by the original artist, and \n they’ll have some stake in the song’s sales. Attach MP3 files in an \n email to the address provided below before the deadline. Do not send WAV\n files! Too big. If your song is picked, we will contact you and ask for\n the high quality file.\n </p>\n<p><strong>Those details again</strong></p>\n<p>- Pick a Homestuck character<br/>- Make a song for that character<br/>- Submit up to 3 songs (for different characters if you like)<br/>- Attach MP3 files to email (no WAVs!)<br/>- We’ll get back to you asking for a high quality file if your song is picked</p>\n<p>I\n am hoping to include as much artist diversity as possible in the final \n list. Ideally, one artist per song. So while you may submit up to 3, if \n one of your songs is picked, it’ll likely be only one. If you have a lot\n of music you’re dying to send, hopefully the 3 song max will mitigate \n any agonizing decisions over which to send.\n </p>\n<p><strong>Submission</strong></p>\n<p>Send submission emails to:</p>\n<p><span class=\"go\">homestuckmusic@gmail.com</span></p>\n<p><span class=\"go\">Thedeadlineis6weeksfromnow,on<strong>2/13/12</strong>.Thealbumwillbereleas
"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/scraps2/january2012updates.gif\"><img alt=\"I am traveling from 1/3 to 1/10. Please consult the diagram for travel update schedule.Pchoo.\" src=\"/scraps2/january2012updates.gif\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I am traveling from 1/3 to 1/10. Please consult the diagram for travel update\n schedule.\n </p>\n<p>Pchoo.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-am-traveling-from-1-3-to-1-10-please-consult\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 3rd, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">HS books in stock, but signed copies gone already. Will try to have more signed copies\n available in a couple weeks.\n </div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\">http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=TO&Category_Code=MSPA-BOOKS</a>\n</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/hs-books-in-stock-but-signed-copies-gone-already-will\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 4th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">one of the no days turned into a maybe day</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>and then the maybe turned into a yes</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/one-of-the-no-days-turned-into-a-maybe-day\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 10th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"it-s-time-to-get",
"timestamp":1326412800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">IT.S TIME TO GET:</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/sbahj/41\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=041.jpg</a>\n</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/it-s-time-to-get\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 12th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"moe-did-you-know",
"timestamp":1326412800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">MOE: Did you know…………………….</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>that arguably the best web comic of all time is purportedly updating regularly again?\n This is reality.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/advimgs/ps/ps1114.gif\"><img height=\"218\" src=\"/advimgs/ps/ps1114.gif\" width=\"316\"/></a></p>\n<p>(that is Moe coming out of his long hibernation there)</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">CHECK IT OUT.</a></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/moe-did-you-know\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 12th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"real-quick-re-dick-v-dirk",
"timestamp":1326758400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">real quick, re: dick v. dirk</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Dick was sort of the only other viable solution to the Di__ puzzle. There seemed to be\n this whole big camp rooting for Dick.\n </p>\n<p>Dick is a totally inferior choice tho. Too on the nose. Hehe! It literally means penis! Why don’t\n we just name him Penis Strider? Here come the laughs!\n </p>\n<p>Dirk is essentially equivalent, though less direct. <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20121123050306/www.imdb.com/character/ch0026857\" target=\"_blank\">Porn star\n pseudonyms</a> tend to employ a bit of lingual misdirection to convey naughtiness. You don’t\n tend to hear about porn stars with names like Cockballs Vaginamouth.\n </p>\n<p>Dirk Strider is a 100% legit sounding porn star name. Which is why it’s the best name for him\n indisputably.\n </p>\n<p>Dick…………… nope. Pass.</p>\n<p>Roxy is less controversial it seems. Not a whole lot else it could be… Romy, Rosa… and a\n whole slew of way less viable things than those. Though some wonder why it breaks the one syllable\n kid name pattern. Answer: there was no deliberate pattern. The troll names varied in syllables quite\n a bit, which was your clue that the rule didn’t exist. The one syllable kid names were a\n result of smaller sample size + coincidence. One syllable was never a rule, only a superficial\n trend. Letter quantity was the only hard rule.\n </p>\n<p>While I’ve gone to the bother of making a super trivial post about all this, I guess I’ll\n open the question thingy for a few minutes <strong>a little later</strong>. So you can put yourself\n in prime position to overwhelm me with questions and cause me to regret the promise slightly. At\n least this should deflect the hot surge of “WHY NOT DICK???” Q’s.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/real-quick-re-dick-v-dirk\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 16th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"questchins",
"timestamp":1326758400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">QUESTCHINS.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>A.k.a. questions. You may ask them.</p>\n<p>I\n will answer them randomly and I will disregard anything submitted \n through tumblr’s preposterous fan mail feature. I will also disregard \n things that aren’t questions, like “you’re great!” Though I will \n momentarily bask in the glow of any such statements I encounter. I will \n also bask in statements such as “you suck!” but again, these will elicit\n no response.\n </p>\n<p>Prepare to be sassed heavily. Because frankly, the shit you are about to ask me is ridiculous, and we both know it.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/questchins\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 16th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"eueuueuuuuueeuuugh",
"timestamp":1326758400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">eueuueuuuuueeuuugh</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Cleared all messages before opening box.</p>\n<p>Minutes later</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblrqs.gif\"><img height=\"54\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblrqs.gif\" width=\"409\"/></a></p>\n<p>eueuueuuuuueeuuugh</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/eueuueuuuuueeuuugh\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 16th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"windswept-questions",
"timestamp":1326758400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Windswept Questions</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>WQ?: Answer.</p>\n<p>\n<!-- more -->-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"kidror\" href=\"/tumblr/kidror\">kidror asked:</a></em><br/><em>You\n do realise that we’ve figured out the new kids titles and aspects \n already from their intros? Oh wait you hide in the forums and watch us \n talk don’t you?</em><br/><br/>I expect people to figure out stuff like \n this. The key words are in plain sight. That is why I put stuff like \n that there, so people can figure some things out and feel cool.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"cookieemonnster\" href=\"/tumblr/cookieemonnster\">cookieemonnster asked:</a></em><br/><em>What is your take on Owen Wilson?</em><br/><br/>My take is…<br/><br/>Hm. This question is like a zen koan. In attempting to answer, my head has been purged of all thought.<br/><br/>I just don’t know what to say.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"friendlyneighborhoodspidertits2\" href=\"/tumblr/friendlyneighborhoodspidertits2\">friendlyneighborhoodspidertits asked:</a></em><br/><em>Why don’t all the God Tiers on the meteor fight Jack now? They could probably win, right?</em><br/><br/>Could they? Maaaybe??<br/><br/>Isn’t it a better strategy to do what Rose said? To regroup and confront him from a stronger strategic position.<br/><br/>Sure,\n they may be able to put up a good fight. But if you have the chance to \n get reinforcements, and potentially use overwhelming force, why not?<br/><br/>They know John and Jade are going to meet them there. Jade especially sure did look like she could do some fancy stuff.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"whichtobehold\" href=\"/tumblr/whichtobehold\">whichtobehold asked:</a></em><br/><em>Do the names of the members of the Midnight Crew have any relevance to the Trolls’ romance quadrants?</em><br/><br/>Not\n really. But the characters have been associated with their \n corresponding quadrants a few times. Like Hearts Boxcars urging Tavros \n to kiss the girl, or Spades Slick getting all black romantic with \n Snowman. That’s as far as the correlation goes.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"newdstuck\" href=\"/tumblr/newdstuck\">newdstuck asked:</a></em><br/><em>Is\n there anything as a fanbase we could do to disturb you? because we’ve \n been trying our best and so far nothing has seemed to phase you.</em><br/><br/>There\n are a few times I’ve said “Ok, if the fandom does THIS, that will be \n the last straw. Gonna pack up my bags and close up shop. Nice knowing \n you internet!” But mostly as a joke and only muttered to myself, because\n if I said it out loud that’s exactly what people would do. They’d say, \n SHIT! WHY DIDN’T WEEEE THINK OF THAT.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"rmsails\" href=\"/tumblr/rmsails\">rmsails asked:</a></em><br/><em>Why don’t you rename Dirk to Dion?</em><br/><br/>I guess Dion was another option, but there’s no fancy explanation why I didn’t use it. It’s just filed under not so great.<br/><br/>Really, I picked all four of these post-scratch names way way way a long time ago. More than a year I’m sure.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"metalnate\" href=\"/tumblr/metalnate\">metalnate asked:</a></em><br/><em>Is that Ben Stiller poster in Dirk’s room there ironically? Or did they just not have enough Kamina posters at the store?</em><br/><br/>The\n small square Stiller, Wilson and Snoop posters are in Dave’s room too, \n in the exact same spots. When I made his room, I just used the Dave room\n file as a base, and left those ones exactly where they were for the \n hell of it.<br/>-<br/>-<br/><em><a class=\"simpl
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"id":"predictably",
"timestamp":1326758400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">predictably</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>The primary source of consternation plucked from that Q&A was the “revelation” that Gamzee is short.</p>\n<p>Which was obviously a 4 THE LAFFS answer.</p>\n<p>The real answer is</p>\n<p>drumroll</p>\n<p>I don’t give a shit about how tall anybody is.</p>\n<p>How tall do you want them to be?</p>\n<p>That’s the right answer!</p>\n<p>This\n is generally true of physical traits. The basic element of abstraction \n in HS disallows clear cut answers on a number of things.\n </p>\n<p>They can \n vary in height if your imagination demands it. And they can vary in \n weight. Want them to be a bunch of chubby kids? You got it!\n </p>\n<p>They \n could be any race too. Note that I am caucasian, and I draw myself \n orange. I don’t see no orange kids there! Can’t really pin them down as \n definitively white, though this is likely the widespread presumption. \n They are canonically a-racial, and elude concrete bodily proportions \n through diversity of stylistic representation. You decide what they are!\n The thing you decide is right.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/predictably\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 16th 2012, 2:23am </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">SOPA blackout</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I’m sure by now you must know something about this, since protests are\n everywhere, including on google and wikipedia. If not, feel free to <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20120118054315/https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/\" target=\"_blank\">read up</a>.\n </p>\n<p>Since it’s all pervasive at this point, I won’t say much. Do some research, if you don’t\n like it, <a href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/blackout.png\" target=\"_blank\">speak out</a>. The\n bottom line is the bill would allow sites to be blacked out to US citizens if claims of infringement\n are made against that site, or even against some of its difficult to police users, like on tumblr or\n reddit. This would likely mean instant censorship of massive parts of the internet for US users.\n Kind of like throwing tons of innocent people in prison just to be sure a few criminals wind up in\n there too.\n </p>\n<p>If you’re like me, you probably get kind of ticked when these ridiculous ancient men in\n congress, who have no clue at all how the internet works, get together and decide how the internet\n should be for everybody. So feel free to let them know.\n </p>\n<p>I’m blacking out all pages on the site, except those posted today and yesterday, for 24 hours.\n I’m only leaving the recent ones up to provide context for the little blackout gag.\n </p>\n<p>See you after the nap!</p>\n<p>edit:</p>\n<p>If you don’t know what I mean by the gag, wait for the <a href=\"/mspa/006385\" target=\"_blank\">full fadeout at the\n end of this page</a>. It’ll redirect to the strike page. The redirect will be taken down after\n the blackout.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/sopa-blackout\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 18th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"sleepwalk-notes",
"timestamp":1327190400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Sleepwalk notes</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/mspa/006386\" target=\"_blank\">[S]</a></p>\n<p>Song: <a href=\"/music/track/even-in-death\" target=\"_blank\">Even in Death</a> by Plazmataz, from Volume 7.</p>\n<p>Two word answer to FAQ “I don’t get it”: <a href=\"/mspa/004886\" target=\"_blank\">dream bubble</a>.</p>\n<p>I\n probably wouldn’t have even bothered with the animation if I didn’t \n make the little SOPA blackout animation that preceded it. Once that was \n there it just seemed like a good springboard for a bigger animation. \n Otherwise I probably would have just made a few static panels, and \n likely not conveyed nearly as much.\n </p>\n<p>And I only came up with the idea for the SOPA blackout flash-redirect on the same day it was posted.</p>\n<p>The\n seat of my pants is like a magic carpet, and I am singing to you while \n we swoop over Arabia. You are Jasmine, and you’re smitten as hell.\n </p>\n<p>Jaffar is all the congressmen who got owned yesterday.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/sleepwalk-notes\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 21st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"thar-ze-blows",
"timestamp":1327449600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Thar ze blows</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/mspa/006390\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"261\" src=\"/storyfiles/hs2/04487.gif\" width=\"378\"/></a></p>\n<p>Desktop background by <a href=\"http://alfheimr.tumblr.com/post/16053449891/if-you-didnt-see-this-coming-then-im-afraid-you\" target=\"_blank\">this tumblrist</a>.</p>\n<p>Many updates tend to spark crazy outbursts of fanart, particularly those that introduce new\n characters. It doesn’t even matter if the character is <a href=\"/mspa/006375\" target=\"_self\">someone in a\n fictional book</a> within the story. Actually, that probably only encourages it, since the vague\n allusions to a much bigger story tend to capture people’s imaginations and get people drawin’.\n And so there was this whole rash of cool Calmasis interpretations after that update. Not sure how to\n point you to the preponderance of this work, other than vaguely suggest you look up the #calmasis\n tag??\n </p>\n<p>Pronouns</p>\n<p>Probably most people regard s/he as a highly utilitarian concatenation for use when gender is\n unknown, if somewhat awkward. It does carry the advantage that everyone understands what you’re\n getting at. In this case we have no idea at all what Calmasis’ situation is. The narrative\n obviously leaves details of the book wide open. “Androgynous” is a broad term. Calmasis\n could identify as a specific gender, without having it revealed by him/her, or by the story for\n whatever reason. Or the character could be of an actual non-binary gender. We have no idea. We haven’t\n peeked inside the book to get a sense of this. Maybe at some point we will.\n </p>\n<p>For those of non-binary gender, “s/he” can come off as dismissive, since it implies one\n or the other. Probably not all that many people are even aware of the array of neutral pronouns that\n are available, like ze or ne or <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=2079\" target=\"_blank\">THON</a>. I’d bet the number of people\n unfamiliar with them is quite staggering, which makes it all the more difficult to assimilate any\n into language, or just drop them into a sentence casually. Pronouns are really fundamental units of\n communication too, so if you swap one for a strange word people don’t know, it really throws\n them for a loop. But hey, I’m down with the idea. English has been lumbering along without\n neutral pronouns for too many centuries already. They have loads more applications than just\n referencing people of certain gender identities.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/thar-ze-blows\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 24th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"wp-restocked",
"timestamp":1327708800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">WP restocked</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/index.html\">http://whatpumpkin.com/index.html</a></p>\n<p>I.e. all shirts and hoodies.</p>\n<p>The few remaining things marked as sold out will be restocked soon. There will be some new items as well!</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/wp-restocked\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 27th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"way-late-donation-sketches",
"timestamp":1327881600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Way late donation sketches</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Finally finishing up the rest of these sketches sold for Japan relief last year. There\n were a lot to do, and I probably would have had to take a couple solid weeks off to finish them all at\n once, which never quite happened. Instead I chipped away at them for way, way too long. I’ll\n probably pause updates for the next couple days so I can finish the rest and actually get these sent out\n to people.\n </p>\n<p>Here are a few. Click for bigness.</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"80\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch1.jpg\" width=\"76\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"73\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch2.jpg\" width=\"58\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"86\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch3.jpg\" width=\"71\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"79\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch4.jpg\" width=\"85\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"73\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch5.jpg\" width=\"96\"/></a>\n</p>\n<p>Here is a Lord English. Bear in mind these were requested almost a year ago. I am sure this generous\n donor thought they had found a clever loophole and could find out what he looked like long before\n anyone else did. Little did they know I had an ace up my sleeve: massive procrastination.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"97\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/japansketch6.jpg\" width=\"80\"/></a>\n</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/way-late-donation-sketches\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 29th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"media\"><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl04joh6C1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\"><img alt=\"&#8220;I would like a picture of Vriska kissing John on the cheek with John blushing :)&#8221;I&#8217;ll post a few more later.#donationsketches\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl04joh6C1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\"/></a>\n</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>“I would like a picture of Vriska kissing John on the cheek with John blushing :)”</p>\n<p>I’ll post a few more later.</p>\n<p>#donationsketches</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-would-like-a-picture-of-vriska-kissing-john-on\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 29th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<a class=\"photoset_photo noIcon photoset_link_16723322171_1\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo1_1280.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo1_1280.jpg\" style=\"width:245px;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"photoset_photo noIcon photoset_link_16723322171_2\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo2_1280.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo2_1280.jpg\" style=\"width:245px;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"photoset_photo noIcon photoset_link_16723322171_3\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo3_1280.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo3_1280.jpg\" style=\"width:245px;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"photoset_photo noIcon photoset_link_16723322171_4\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo4_500.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl0tmiCgb1r5ubkfo4_500.jpg\" style=\"margin-top:-11px;width:245px;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>kidz vanilla style + god tier</p>\n<p>the sassiest rose</p>\n<p>cowboy karkat + dave for some reason</p>\n<p>#donationsketches</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/kidz-vanilla-style-god-tier-the-sassiest-rose\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 29th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
},
{
"id":"omg-more-john-x-vriska-x-cage-pokedads",
"timestamp":1327881600,
"html":"\n<a class=\"photoset_photo noIcon photoset_link_16724019082_1\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl1cb4PRn1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl1cb4PRn1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\" style=\"width:245px;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"photoset_photo noIcon photoset_link_16724019082_2\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl1cb4PRn1r5ubkfo2_1280.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl1cb4PRn1r5ubkfo2_1280.jpg\" style=\"width:245px;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>omg more john x vriska (x cage)</p>\n<p>pokedads</p>\n<p>#sketchstuck</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/omg-more-john-x-vriska-x-cage-pokedads\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 29th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"by-far-the-nerdiest-request-i-got-please",
"timestamp":1327881600,
"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/starwars.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/starwars.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/starstuck.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/starstuck.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>By far the nerdiest request I got.</p>\n<p>“Please recreate the poster for Star Wars IV Special Edition with John as Luke, Terezi as\n Obi-Wan, Karkat as Leia, and Vriska as Han. Keep the trolls as their regular gender, but change\n everyone’s costumes. Replace Star Wars title with the title Home Stuck (same font).”\n </p>\n<p>I tried to match their expressions as closely as possible, especially with respect to the full,\n luscious, oddly shaped lips.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/by-far-the-nerdiest-request-i-got-please\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 29th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/bardquest.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/bardquest.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>when someone peeking over your shoulder asks you what the fuck that thing is you’re\n lookin at you just cock your head back and say what it is\n </p>\n<p>is motherfuckin canon</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/when-someone-peeking-over-your-shoulder-asks-you\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 29th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl57pvQeZ1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl57pvQeZ1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl57pvQeZ1r5ubkfo2_500.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyl57pvQeZ1r5ubkfo2_500.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>a jade</p>\n<p>then quickie colored in photoshop</p>\n<p>(the scan not the actual paper, you can’t color paper in photoshop)</p>\n<p>this is the last one</p>\n<p>i will now stop bombarding tumblr with ridiculous shit</p>\n<p>#late #japan #donation #sketches #not actual tags</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/a-jade-then-quickie-colored-in-photoshop-the\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 30th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"raising-boner-awareness",
"timestamp":1327968000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Raising boner awareness</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I kind of feel compelled to point out to some people that in the sketch of <a href=\"/tumblr/when-someone-peeking-over-your-shoulder-asks-you\" target=\"_blank\">god tier Gamzee</a>, he isn’t\n popping a boner. He is wearing a cod piece.\n </p>\n<p><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiece\" target=\"_blank\">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiece</a></p>\n<p>Which is like the whole point of a cod piece I guess. To give a guy some solid boner poppin’\n space, thus maximizing his comfort while leaving a great deal to the imagination. We are invited to\n wonder, what <em>exactly</em> is the state of that man’s erection? We may wonder all we like,\n but his coy lips are sealed.\n </p>\n<p>Did I mention that sketch was canon?</p>\n<p>It is SO canon. You don’t even know.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/raising-boner-awareness\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 30th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"sbahj-42-shearching-4-bobby-shitfuck-edit",
"timestamp":1328227200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"media\"><a href=\"/sbahj/42\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"SBAHJ #42: shearching 4 bobby shitfuckedit - tumblr made it too small go here insteadhttp://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=042.jpgit matters SO MUCH guys.\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lyr5z8YMLl1r5ubkfo1_500.jpg\"/></a>\n</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>SBAHJ #42: shearching 4 bobby shitfuck</p>\n<p>edit - tumblr made it too small go here instead</p>\n<p><a href=\"/sbahj/42\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=042.jpg</a>\n</p>\n<p>it matters SO MUCH guys.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/sbahj-42-shearching-4-bobby-shitfuck-edit\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 2nd, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"media\"><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lz4fo7lpsZ1qefzjvo1_1280.png\"><img alt=\"duedlyfirearms:guys i have a confession to makei’m UUU_UReblogging source of UU&#8217;s sketch.I asked Shelby to fill in as a &#8220;designated fan artist&#8221; for UU&#8217;s drawings and requested a god tier Dirk. This is what she came up with. Let us stand together in admiration of this masterpiece.\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lz4fo7lpsZ1qefzjvo1_1280.png\"/></a>\n</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://duedlyfirearms.tumblr.com/post/17313772317/guys-i-have-a-confession-to-make-im-uu-u-u\">duedlyfirearms</a>:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>guys i have a confession to make</p>\n<p>i’m UU</p>\n<p>U_U</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Reblogging source of UU’s sketch.</p>\n<p>I asked Shelby to fill in as a “designated fan artist” for UU’s drawings and\n requested a god tier Dirk. This is what she came up with. Let us stand together in admiration of\n this masterpiece.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/duedlyfirearms-guys-i-have-a-confession-to\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged February 9th, 2012 from duedlyfirearms</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"pause",
"timestamp":1329004800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">pause … … … … . […]</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Suspending\n updates for the next several days. Maybe for 3 or 4 or 5 or maybe 6 or 7\n days, so that I have some time to work on the following things.\n </p>\n<p>1) Homestuck Book 2</p>\n<p>2) Homestuck music contest</p>\n<p>3) Homestuck</p>\n<p>And\n now we play this role playing game where we all pretend that it \n actually takes time to make stuff, instead of the reality we all know to\n be scientific fact, which is that it all appears magically from the <span class=\"st\">æ</span>th<span class=\"st\">æ</span>r of wizardspa<span class=\"st\"></span>ce.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/pause\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 11th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Not unpaused yet.</p>\n<p>Still a lot to do.</p>\n<p>Dropping a couple pages here to mark VT day.</p>\n<p>Just a little teencrush romdram for your careful evaluation.</p>\n<p>You know.</p>\n<p>AS A CHANGE OF PACE</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/not-unpaused-yet-still-a-lot-to-do-dropping-a\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 14th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo1_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo1_1280.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo2_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo2_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo3_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo3_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n</div>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo4_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_lzebtzoXZb1r5ubkfo4_1280.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120319184256/http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-zip-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\">HOODIES\n ARE NOW ZIPPIES TOO.</a>\n</p>\n<p>Are zippies a thing? I’m not sure the word zippies is actually a thing. But they are things you\n can buy now. No Life or Hope zippies, because zippies in those colors don’t exist. I have got\n to stop saying zippies.\n </p>\n<p><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20120804130148/http://whatpumpkin.com/parchments.html\">Also added a bunch of new prints</a>, including one\n for each illustration in the calendar.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/hoodies-are-now-zippies-too-are-zippies-a-thing\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 14th, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"s-prince-of-heart-rise-up-song-time-on-my",
"timestamp":1329523200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/mspa/006472\" target=\"_blank\">[S] Prince of Heart: Rise up.</a></p>\n<p>Song: “Time on my Side” by Tensei, from the <a href=\"/music/album/strife\" target=\"_blank\">Strife Album</a>, released exactly one year ago.</p>\n<p>Was gonna post this on v-tines but it wasn’t done yet and then it turned into a thing that didn’t matter.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/s-prince-of-heart-rise-up-song-time-on-my\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 17th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"qs",
"timestamp":1329955200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">qs</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>In several minutes I’ll open the question box for 30 seconds.</p>\n<p>I\n will wait EXACTLY five minutes for you to think of something meaningful\n to ask and at EXACTLY 3:05 AM EST I will open it for EXACTLY 30 seconds\n at which point it will be EXACTLY closed for probably a long time.\n </p>\n<p>These days I am never really sure if this is a good idea but I just keep on doing it.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/qs\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 22nd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>i was watching the clock tick down and realized how hilariously little time 30 seconds is to type a question</p>\n<p>about 300 people managed though</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-was-watching-the-clock-tick-down-and-realized\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 22nd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"ok-i-answered-some-more-questions",
"timestamp":1329955200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Ok I answered some more questions.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><em class=\"post18106704483q1\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post18106704483q1\">“How do you feel about Homestuck in general, and the characters in particular?”</a></em><br/><br/>\n I like it, and I like all the characters.<br/><br/>\n It’s successful in every way that is important to me\n and has met all of my goals or surpassed them dramatically. It has been\n executed perfectly when taking into consideration all self supplied \n constraints and personal artistic criteria.<br/><br/>\n Homestuck. Yes.<br/><br/>\n It’s so great.<br/><br/>\n Wow.\n </p>\n<p>.</p>\n<p>.</p>\n<p><em class=\"post18106704483q2\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post18106704483q2\">“do you keep your notes on homestuck down on any kind of paper? what does your desk look like? “</a></em><br/><br/>\n I have a few really frivolous things documented in a\n text file. Most of the time it’s nothing more than a funny phrase. I \n actually maintain more rigorous advance documentation for SBaHJ comics.<br/><br/>\n What’s on my desk right now is a little container \n full of ridiculously tiny dice. There’s also a fushigi contact juggling \n ball which I kind of suck at, and one time I may have hairline fractured\n my knee bone with it. There’s an opened bag of Reese’s peanut butter \n cups. Some more dice. Some super-magnetic Buckyballs clinging to the \n metal leg of my desk. A lamp. A tablet. Some crumpled sbahj sketches. \n Some other trash. Me hunching over it like some nefarious fucking \n fleshgargoyle plotting some shit.<br/>.\n </p>\n<p>.</p>\n<p><em class=\"post18106704483q3\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post18106704483q3\">“Tell us about post-scratch Maplehoof.”</a></em><br/><br/>\n It’s kind of a small horse.<br/>.\n </p>\n<p>.</p>\n<p><em class=\"post18106704483q4\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post18106704483q4\">“We\n know that Dirk has a genuine fondness towards Rainbow Dash. What are \n your thoughts on Friendship is Magic? Do you enjoy the show, or did you \n only include the cyan pegasus for the sake of humor?”</a></em><br/><br/>\n I’ve seen like one episode. It’s nicely done, but \n it’s a damn show for kids. I do some silly shit with my spare time but I\n am not a child. Some people think this makes Dirk a “brony.” I think \n it’s more that he really does watch it and evaluate it for whatever \n studious purposes he has, but just happens to like that one pony \n unironically. A brony does not this a dude make.<br/>.\n </p>\n<p>.</p>\n<p><em class=\"post18106704483q5\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post18106704483q5\">“What’s up with the pink moon of Alternia”</a></em><br/><br/>\n It’s small and it’s pink and it’s a moon and it has another little moon.<br/>.\n </p>\n<p>.</p>\n<p><em class=\"post18106704483q6\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post18106704483q6\">“Wowthisquestionissilly,BUTDOADULTFEMALETROLLSWEARBRAS?Ordotheynothavemeatsacsontheirchests?”</a></em><br/><br/>\nWhateveritistheywear,theyprobablydon’tcall\nthembras.Theyprobablycallthemsomethingridiculouslikeheft\nsatchelsorprotrusionhammocks.Bulbhuggers?<br/><br/>\nJutduffels.<br/><br/>\nGlandhoisters?<br/><br/>\nOkonemore…<br/><br/>\n
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Spoilers on tumblr</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>It’s\n not like this is a big deal, or that I really care much about it at \n all, but it can be kind of ridiculous the extent to which people posting\n panels of latest updates can spoil the outcome for those who haven’t \n QUITE gotten around to checking the updates themselves yet.\n </p>\n<p>Like \n an update that consists of 5 pages, with something surprising happening \n on the 5th page. Guess which panel invariably shows up on everyone’s \n dash, blowing the surprise without context or build-up!\n </p>\n<p>Again I \n don’t really care and this is the kind of thing that nobody could ever \n really prevent from happening and it would be stupid to try. This is \n just something I’ve observed.\n </p>\n<p>Maybe there is an unspoken etiquette\n that some people follow, holding off on posting the surprising images \n for a little while, until most people have seen it? I’m not sure. It’s \n something to consider, but I ain’t gonna be super mad if you don’t.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/spoilers-on-tumblr\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 27th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"followup-on-that",
"timestamp":1330387200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Followup on that</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>There are two kinds of spoilers, short term and long term.</p>\n<p>Long\n term apply to those catching up to the story, where this data is all \n pervasive, like stuff about trolls and crazy plot points deep in the \n story. There’s nothing anyone can or should do about limiting any of \n this obviously. It’s up to the readers to limit their exposure to all \n that material while reading, assuming they care about that.\n </p>\n<p>The \n kind I was talking about pertains more to the day-to-day reading \n experience, if you happen to be hooked in tight to the tumblr community.\n If you log into tumblr one day before checking MSPA, and happen to see \n one panel splashed everywhere in a frenzy, of say, a character who \n people say might be kid Mindfang or something, then… well, that’s how \n they learn about that story development. Then checking updates become \n more about finding out how or why something happened, rather than \n discovering that it happened in the first place.\n </p>\n<p>Some say tagging \n stuff with “update” or “spoilers” and then blacklisting those tags will \n let you avoid this better. But then, blacklisting those may cause you to\n miss out on posts discussing stuff you may actually want to read. \n Probably the use of the “read more” break is a better convention overall\n for handling spoilers. I’ve seen a lot of people do this.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/followup-on-that\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on February 27th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"im-rad-homestuck-album-track-art",
"timestamp":1330560000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/18443098989/homestuck-album-track-art\">I'M RAD.: HOMESTUCK ALBUM TRACK ART »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Music contest picks are finally locked in. Reblogging Radiation’s request for track art here.</p>\n<p>We\n ended up including quite a few songs in the album. For this one, I \n wanted to err on the side of more music rather than less, to get more \n people involved. Still a lot of tough decisions though, and we had to \n draw the line somewhere. Thanks to everyone who participated. We \n received a ton of great entries, and I think people will be pretty \n excited about the results.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/18443098989/homestuck-album-track-art\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>The winners of the contest have been notified! Thank you to all who participated in the music-making process!</strong><br/><br/>Now…\n onto the second part of this shindig. There’s a lot of artistic talent \n out there in the fandom!!! So we’ve decided to open our options and <em>allow people to submit track art this…</em>\n</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/im-rad-homestuck-album-track-art\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged February 29th, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"courtesy-of-bam-thank-you-emily",
"timestamp":1330732800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/storyfiles/hs2/04645.gif\"><img height=\"274\" src=\"/storyfiles/hs2/04645.gif\" width=\"397\"/></a></p>\n<p>Courtesy of………………….</p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http://averyniceprince.tumblr.com/post/17416456209/help-she-whispered-as-she-began-reading-fic-at\" target=\"_blank\">BAM!</a>\n</p>\n<p>Thank you, Emily.</p>\n<p>Probably a lot of people who follow me already recognized the drawing, because they also follow\n her?\n </p>\n<p>I think this is because she is one of these great artists out there who some people refer to as\n “Homestuck Famous”?\n </p>\n<p>It’s kind of amazing to me that that’s a thing. I’m not even sure what that makes\n me and I’m not sure I want to know. At this point I think it’s safe to say <a href=\"http://rufiozuko.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">my man Dante</a> has achieved Homestuck\n Fame as well, in addition to ACTUAL fame, making him all but unstoppable.\n </p>\n<p>Anyway Emily’s real good and I like her stuff.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/courtesy-of-bam-thank-you-emily\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on March 2nd, 2012</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">IC</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>A follow-up on the prior reblog** about this.<br/><br/>You’ve\n probably seen the video all over the place by now. It addressed some \n important topics, so I helped nudge it along the viral pipeline. My \n follow-up advice on this is very simple: educate yourself.<br/><br/>Invisible\n Children has done a good job in getting your attention, and inspiring \n people. But like any call to activism or charitable action, it should be\n your invitation to research the topic more carefully, and decide what \n to do from a fully informed standpoint.<br/><br/>There are <a href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/invisible-childrens-stop-kony-campaign/2012/03/07/gIQA7B31wR_blog.html\" target=\"_blank\">counterpoints</a> to the message of the video. (Some <a href=\"http://visiblechildren.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">serious critiques</a>, and <a href=\"http://s3.amazonaws.com/www.invisiblechildren.com/critiques.html\" target=\"_blank\">IC’s response</a>.)\n The issues surrounding aid to Africa, especially those tangled up with \n its political landscape, are very complicated. They should be examined \n carefully before making charitable gestures indiscriminately. There are \n indications that Invisible Children, while well intended, may not be the\n most effective vehicle for your donations. If this is true, I don’t \n think it should be used as a basis to smear the group, or to be cynical \n about their motives necessarily. They did something good. They got your \n attention, and got people talking about something important. But then \n the rest is up to you, to pursue this intelligently and examine the \n facts. <br/><br/>I’m not gonna turn this blog into any sort of hub for \n education on this issue, or point you to a ton of reading material. All \n that stuff is out there for you to find, through news articles, tumblr \n exchanges and whatnot. I’m just offering a very simple reminder. Do your\n homework before getting too swept up in something you don’t fully \n understand.\n </p>\n<p>** edit: deleted original post. After a lot more \n research, my conclusion is this doesn’t warrant the attention it’s \n received. Feel free to make up your own mind.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/ic\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on March 8th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"timestamp":1331337600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">[S] Jane: Enter.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/mspa/006565\" target=\"_blank\">/mspa/006565</a></p>\n<p>Songs:</p>\n<p>“Another Jungle” by Bowman, and “A Taste for Adventure” by Beatfox.</p>\n<p>Both\n songs will be on the album coming out after the contest album (i.e. in a\n couple months) and both have extended versions that you will think are \n pretty sick.\n </p>\n<p>On the animation…</p>\n<p>Kind of a cross between end of acts 1, 2 and 3? Let’s say yes.</p>\n<p>The\n future thing. Some people out there had already followed the trail of \n crumbs leading to this outcome. Some clues were fairly subtle, like use \n of term antediluvian, the seagulls, the technology… They got less subtle\n over time, such as when we met the exile mob. Now the verdict is in. If\n you suspected as much all along, you were not smoking the bargain \n crack. I’m pleased to report the crack you were smoking was the choicest\n of crack that money can buy.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/s-jane-enter\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on March 9th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"halftruth-check-it-out-store-update-new",
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"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo1_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo1_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo2_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo2_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo3_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo3_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo4_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m0uqnol1ZO1r8r1mqo4_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://halftruth.tumblr.com/post/19268854390/check-it-out-store-update\">halftruth</a>:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Check it out! <strong><a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\">Store update</a></strong>!</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>New shirts @ <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">WP</a>, & some restocks. Some\n different shirt types this time, like the girly cap sleeves up there, which I think look pretty dang\n stylish.\n </p>\n<p>We should be seeing the contest album hit bandcamp fairly soon too. I’m gonna say maybe within\n a week?\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/halftruth-check-it-out-store-update-new\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged March 14th, 2012 from halftruth</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\"> Source: whatpumpkin.com </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>So it seems there’s been this <a href=\"http://www.comicmix.com/news/2012/03/26/sweet-16-of-mix-march-madness-2012-webcomics-tournament-vote-now/#more-52589\" target=\"_blank\">March Madness webcomics voting thing</a>\n going on for a while. MSPA has made it through the first few rounds and\n now things are really “heating up.” I think there is a cash prize \n involved. $100 for winning, unless I just imagined reading that \n somewhere. I think If MSPA wins, I’ll just buy a $100 gift certificate \n to the Olive Garden and give it away to a random reader. Wait, does that\n count as a bribe? Some may argue it actually serves as a <a href=\"/tumblr/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-pasta-la-vista\" target=\"_blank\">strong deterrent</a>. Hold the phone, it looks like I was the one who argued that??\n </p>\n<p>Looks like some other good comics are still in the running too. Consider giving <a href=\"http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Gunnerkrigg Court</a>\n a vote, or at least a read. It’s in a close race with Penny Arcade. I \n like PA, but 50 million people read it already. GKC is a good story \n which could use some more attention.\n </p>\n<p>All the other races are either runaways or ones I could go either way on. Too bad <a href=\"http://qwantz.com/index.php\">Qwantz</a>\n got knocked out already. It looked like North and I were on a collision\n course for a while there. We could have had our own personal Hunger \n Games moment. Just the two of us with our poison berries, standing in \n defiance of the cruel fuckers who would pit us against each other. I.e. \n you people.\n </p>\n<p>Oh yeah…</p>\n<p>The album. Remember that?</p>\n<p>Honestly\n I’m not even sure what’s going on with it right now. It’s hung up on \n some legal minutia for the time being. There are more than twice as many\n people involved as the previous biggest album, and all of them are new,\n so there’s a lot to sort out. It’s like 99.999% done, but you know how \n it goes. That last 0.001% can drag on for weeks. Or maybe you don’t know\n how it goes? FYI, that’s how it goes.\n </p>\n<p>It’s still around the corner though. Don’t worry, you’ll get to hear it soon.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/so-it-seems-theres-been-this-march-madness\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on March 27th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Whoops I think I\n broke that webcomics thing. That was probably a bad idea. I should \n really learn to recognize when I am in the middle of perpetrating a bad \n idea. One of the major tipoffs is when I start mentioning the Olive \n Garden.\n </p>\n<p>Ok change of plans dudes stop clicking that goddamn link.</p>\n<p>edit:\n I think it’s working again? Oh man, some random guy can just TASTE that\n Olive Garden already. He is not wearing a pleasant expression.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/whoops-i-think-i-broke-that-webcomics-thing-that\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on March 27th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"http://www.comicmix.com/news/2012/03/29/elite-eight-of-mix-march-madness-2012-webcomics-tournament-vote-now/\" target=\"_blank\">The next round.</a> The competition is ALMOST TOO HOT TO HANDLE. Have at it, if you care.</p>\n<p>I’m\n thinking of modifying the “prize”. I will allow the randomly selected \n winner to choose between a $100 gift certificate to the Olive Garden, OR\n to the Red Lobster. Whichever restaurant they feel would supply the \n more viscerally upsetting experience. OTOH, I may just carve it up into \n two $50 gift certificates to both places, and give them to two winners. \n OR - no wait hear me out - proliferate ten distinct $10 certificates, \n each to an Applebee’s near you. I don’t know yet. Let’s play this by \n ear. It largely depends if I can come up with any ideas that are even \n stupider than those.\n </p>\n<p>I think maybe the album will be out monday? I\n don’t really know if the “things” will be done by then, but we were \n talking about it as sort of a come hell or high water date.\n </p>\n<p>Man, \n if this turns out to be another lie, people are going to be so pissed at\n me and Radiation. Probably mostly Radiation though. He is like my \n secret service agent of fan rage. Pretty much the main reason I hired \n him.\n </p>\n<p>edit: linking to the thing broke the thing again etc etc w/e</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/the-next-round-the-competition-is-almost-too-hot\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on March 31st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\">ALBUM RELEASED: coloUrs and mayhem - Universe A »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20392132932/album-released-colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m1vs4p55rn1qi8115.png\"/></a><br/><br/><a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\">After a long wait, it’s finally out!!</a><br/><br/>The <strong>first of</strong> <em>TWO </em>albums featuring the winners of the Homestuck Music Contest. Darn, what a tour de force of talent!<br/><br/>Known issues:<br/><br/>- Iron Infidel makes a weird crackling sound at 1:53 when played on Bandcamp. As far as I can tell this is not…</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Like Toby said, first of two. Universe B slated for 4/13. Same number of tracks. Different characters. Are you excited?</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/album-released-colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged April 3rd, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/20392132932/album-released-colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\">\n Source: \n fwugradiation </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"extensive-pause",
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"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Extensive Pause</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>A6A3 will also begin on 4/13, coinciding with the second installment of <a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\">coloUrs and mayhem</a>,\n and the end of Homestuck’s third year. Please use the next ten days \n wisely, mostly by making an effort not to go insane. I recommend \n distractions.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/extensive-pause\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on April 3rd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"colours-and-mayhem-universe-b-released",
"timestamp":1334361600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b\" target=\"_blank\">coloUrs and mayhem - Universe B released! »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/21013821668/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b-released\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/4188147761-1.jpg\"><img height=\"350\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/4188147761-1.jpg\" width=\"350\"/></a><br/><br/>THE SEQUEL IS HERE…</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b-released\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged April 13th, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/21013821668/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b-released\">\n Source: \n fwugradiation </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"media\"><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m2fj02rGCv1r5ubkfo1_1280.jpg\"><img alt=\"I have no idea why the Homestuck day ribbons are supposed to be orange, but whatever. When has the fandom ever been wrong??\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m2fj02rGCv1r5ubkfo1_1280.jpg\"/></a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I have no idea why the Homestuck day ribbons are supposed to be orange, but whatever. When has the fandom ever been wrong??</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-have-no-idea-why-the-homestuck-day-ribbons-are\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on April 13th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>There are way \n way way too many people trying to load the site all at once. Refreshing a\n million times per minute will not help, because that is what everyone \n else is doing.\n </p>\n<p>If you want to see it, I recommend leaving the computer for an hour or two, coming back, and trying again.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/there-are-way-way-way-too-many-people-trying-to\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on April 14th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"myststuck",
"timestamp":1334448000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Myststuck</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"/mspa/006720\" target=\"_blank\">[S] A6A3</a></p>\n<p>Song is “Rain” by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/barkbarkclark\" target=\"_blank\">Clark</a> from the album <a href=\"/music/album/medium\" target=\"_blank\">Medium</a>,\n released exactly one year ago today. Much like the song from “Prince of\n Heart: Rise up.” was released one year prior to that. I prefer that \n none of these old albums become lame ducks. I’d rather that there always\n exist the possibility that any song could be used almost any time.\n </p>\n<p>The\n game itself was sort of an homage to the Myst games, and other similar \n point and click puzzle games. This one was another solo effort. (haven’t\n done any collab work since Cascade actually.) This was a little extra, \n since I had to do a lot of programming too. Kind of underestimated that,\n thinking “hell, it’s just a bunch of buttons and conditionals, how bad \n could it be?” Uhhh, no. Even a few puzzles here and there requires a \n much bigger footprint of internal logic and variables than you expect \n going into it. Mix in a bunch of different KINDS of work like all the \n art, writing, conceptualizing, and all the standard endless flash \n tweening bullshit, and that’s a pretty serious gauntlet to fit in a \n week. I actually had just a little more planned for it beyond the final \n door, but had to cut it off there for now. (For one thing the file was \n getting too big.)\n </p>\n<p>There were a few bugs which I just fixed too. Like text clipping issues and stuff. Maybe try replaying if it was buggy for you.</p>\n<p>Or if you prefer to severely relax your brain cells rather than give them another workout, feel free to <a href=\"/sbahj/43\" target=\"_blank\">read this</a>. Drawing it served the same approximate purpose for me.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/myststuck\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on April 14th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"reblog-fraud",
"timestamp":1334534400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Reblog fraud</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>So I was wondering why this really minor boring post was getting so many reblogs:</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblrnotes.gif\"><img height=\"141\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblrnotes.gif\" width=\"505\"/></a></p>\n<p>And\n apparently it’s because after a while some jokers started reblogging it\n while changing the original message? So the appearance to the casual \n tumblr user scrolling through their feed is that I made a dumb post \n about dicks or memes or whatever.\n </p>\n<p>And of course because they see \n it on their dash people BELIEVE I made that inane original post without \n question and think, omg look at this weird outrageous thing Hussie said,\n and then THEY reblog it, and so on.\n </p>\n<p>You can verify whether the \n original author actually said what was reblogged by clicking on their \n name, but really, who on tumblr is ACTUALLY going to do that? This is \n not the most deeply inquiring, skeptical crowd we’re talking about. \n Tumblr users are essentially scrolling junkies. Next post next post next\n post ha ha “like” next next “ooh gonna reblog that” nextnextnextnext.\n </p>\n<p>I\n can’t change people’s behavior and I’m not telling people to stop this.\n Talk about a losing battle. I guess this is mostly addressed to the \n people who run tumblr, assuming they actually give a shit. Why even \n allow this nonsense through the design of your system? How hard would it\n be to code a stipulation that if the original content was changed by a \n reblogger, huge red text appeared over their post saying something like \n “THE CONTENT OF THE ORIGINAL POST HAS BEEN EDITED. YOU MAY WANT TO CHECK\n THE AUTHOR’S SITE TO VERIFY.” Hey I know the answer: not hard at all.\n </p>\n<p>Or\n maybe they don’t care about whether their social media site has the \n potential to be taken seriously as a means of distributing information \n by people or groups who give half a fuck about the authenticity of their\n widely proliferated messages. Maybe they’re fine with the whole thing \n deteriorating into incoherent memetic entropy that people can only \n tolerate if they’re really jonesing to banter about Doctor Who. Or is \n that what tumblr already is? Hey, maybe this is one reason why!!!\n </p>\n<p>Seriously\n tempted to stop using tumblr because of this. If counterfeit reblogging\n is going to turn into a “thing” why should I bother blogging anything \n at all?\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/reblog-fraud\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on April 15th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"i-reiterate",
"timestamp":1334534400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">I reiterate</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I’m\n not chewing out the fandom or any stray jackass who counterfeits a \n reblog. Random people out there are always gonna troll us and go to \n great lengths 4 the lulz. There’s nothing you can do about that. I \n really don’t care about the people who do it. It’s stupid, but whatever.\n </p>\n<p>I’m much more irritated by the system that allows it.</p>\n<p>Seriously,\n if I designed this site and didn’t take this issue into consideration \n after all this time, I would feel like such a fucking moron. There are \n certain standards for internet community software, many of which were \n established 15 fucking years ago. Like on a forum, if you edit a post, \n it says “this post was edited by…”\n </p>\n<p>And yeah, you can say “well people should take responsibility and check their sources before believing stuff.” Ok, yes, <em>you and I</em> will do our due diligence on stuff, but <em>the rest of humanity</em>\n will not. Not understanding this is just not understanding people. You \n have to take this into account when designing your social media software\n that <em>revolves almost exclusively around the act of reblogging other people’s shit</em>.\n </p>\n<p>So yeah, if I leave tumblr, it’s because of tumblr, not people.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/i-reiterate\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on April 15th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"softowl-ipgd-softowl-derples-a-little",
"timestamp":1335916800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://softowl.tumblr.com/post/22204519004/ipgd-softowl-derples-a-little-sad-but\">softowl</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://ipgd.tumblr.com/post/22204269333/softowl-derples-a-little-sad-but-unsurprised\">ipgd</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://softowl.tumblr.com/post/22203680924/derples-a-little-sad-but-unsurprised-that-it\">softowl</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://derples.tumblr.com/post/22193209104/a-little-sad-but-unsurprised-that-it-wasnt-slicks\">derples</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>a little sad but unsurprised that it wasn’t slicks gross pornography</p>\n<p>but its okay because of this</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3clywb65l1qdxm04.png\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3clywb65l1qdxm04.png\"/></a></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3cwuwxO4Z1qa3gpp.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3cwuwxO4Z1qa3gpp.jpg\"/></a></p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>is this</p>\n<p>did he really get a customer embosser of his face made is that how this picture came to be</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3cxm3Tk1T1qa3gpp.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3cxm3Tk1T1qa3gpp.jpg\"/></a></p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/softowl-ipgd-softowl-derples-a-little\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged May 1st, 2012 from softowl (<span style=\"text-transform:lowercase;\">Originally from derples</span>)\n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://derples.tumblr.com/post/22193209104/a-little-sad-but-unsurprised-that-it-wasnt-slicks\">\n Source: \n derples </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"media\"><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3oc4k2lSB1rsrynko1_1280.jpg\"><img alt=\"michaelfirman:Had a great time at TCAF hanging out with the ol’ Gangbunch! Tauhid, you at least made some digital appearances (Nic propped up a portrait of you on her ipad during one of our meals).We ate an adorable rabbit. It died probably from being killed. And then we put it into our mouths.Look at all these friends.One of the friends is me.\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_m3oc4k2lSB1rsrynko1_1280.jpg\"/></a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://michaelfirman.tumblr.com/post/22612200700/had-a-great-time-at-tcaf-hanging-out-with-the-ol\">michaelfirman</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Had\n a great time at TCAF hanging out with the ol’ Gangbunch! Tauhid, \n you at least made some digital appearances (Nic propped up a portrait of\n you on her ipad during one of our meals).\n </p>\n<p>We ate an adorable rabbit. It died probably from being killed. And then we put it into our mouths.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Look at all these friends.</p>\n<p>One of the friends is me.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/michaelfirman-had-a-great-time-at-tcaf-hanging\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged May 8th, 2012 from michaelfirman \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://michaelfirman.tumblr.com/post/22612200700/had-a-great-time-at-tcaf-hanging-out-with-the-ol\">\n Source: \n michaelfirman </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/23492875691/hey-were-on-tumblr-now-this-is-the-official-what\">What Pumpkin Studios: Hey we’re on tumblr now! This is the official What Pumpkin tumblr... »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/23492875691/hey-were-on-tumblr-now-this-is-the-official-what\">whatpumpkin</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hey\n we’re on tumblr now! This is the official What Pumpkin tumblr account, \n where we’ll be posting about site updates and sharing news. Maybe even \n doing a little reblogging, since it seems that’s basically what tumblr \n is for. We’ll see!\n </p>\n<p>So let’s dive right in and announce that we just restocked…</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/what-pumpkin-studios-hey-were-on-tumblr-now-this-is\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged May 21st, 2012 from whatpumpkin \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/23492875691/hey-were-on-tumblr-now-this-is-the-official-what\">\n Source: \n whatpumpkin </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"questions",
"timestamp":1338076800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Questions</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>I\n was thinking about answering questions again, but doing so through \n things like tumblr and formspring has proven problematic with so many \n people involved.\n </p>\n<p>I had the idea to use a system like reddit, where\n submissions can be up-voted and down-voted. That way, I can get a \n better sense of the questions most people want answered, rather \n than grabbing them randomly from an endless list.\n </p>\n<p>It turns out that reddit is a system like reddit, so one or two people were nice enough to set up such a page for me.</p>\n<p>If you want to ask a question, or vote on existing ones, you’ll have to make a reddit account and <a href=\"http://www.reddit.com/r/askhussie/comments/u0nov/first_seed_post_ask_questions_here_explanation_of/\" target=\"_blank\">go to this page</a>. Submit the question as a comment. It’s already been gathering questions for a few days as I post this.</p>\n<p>I’ll\n wait a few more days to see what DEMOCRACY has to say, then I’ll round \n up whatever has risen to the top and post the answers on tumblr.\n </p>\n<p>edit:</p>\n<p>re: “but reddit sucks!!! boooo”</p>\n<p>Let’s not get carried away and look at this as some kind of “endorsement for reddit” whatever the hell that even means.</p>\n<p>I’m\n not even creating an account myself. Literally the only thing I care \n about here is its up/down-voting feature, to harvest the questions \n people are most curious about. Feel free to either not create an \n account, or create an account for only this specific purpose, and \n continue going about treating reddit with whatever amount of disdain you\n think is appropriate.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/questions\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on May 26th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"homestuck-volume-9-is-now-out",
"timestamp":1339545600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-9\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck Volume 9 is now out! »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/24961153870/homestuck-volume-9-is-now-out\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/45059208-1.jpg\"><img height=\"350\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/45059208-1.jpg\" width=\"350\"/></a><br/><br/><strong>50 new tracks by your favorite Homestuck musicians!!!</strong><br/><br/>Featuring FULL versions of the following tracks from the comic:<br/><br/>- Anbroids by Malcolm Brown<br/>- Another Jungle by Michael Guy Bowman<br/>- A Taste for Adventure by Seth “Beatfox” Peelle<br/><br/>And even <em>more</em> tracks about the new session and the wacky adventures the four new kids have gotten into since the end of Act 5!</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/homestuck-volume-9-is-now-out\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged June 12, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/24961153870/homestuck-volume-9-is-now-out\">\n Source: \n fwugradiation </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"reddit-or-not-here-we-dumb",
"timestamp":1339804800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">REDDIT OR NOT, HERE WE DUMB.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Ha ha, that is a funny subject line that kind of doesn’t even mean anything?</p>\n<p>Anyway, questions were submitted through the <a href=\"http://www.reddit.com/r/askhussie/comments/u0nov/first_seed_post_ask_questions_here_explanation_of/\" target=\"_blank\">reddit page</a> and all the troll penis questions were aggressively down-voted to the bottom by a bunch of stuffy prudes.<br/><br/>\n Answered all questions that got more than 60 REDDIT POINTS. WOW, nobody is sure what that means. Here we go…\n </p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"post25156009290q1\"><a href=\"/tumblr/post25156009290q1\">WhatexactlydetermineswhetherapersonisaDerseorProspitdreamer?Orisitjustrandom?</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p><br/>Iwouldn’tsayrandom,butit’scertainlyvague.I\nguessit’salittlelikesortinghatlogicinHarryPotter(whichI\nhaveareallyhalfassedunderstandingofbecauseIhaven’treadit),but\nevenmorevague,andmorebinary.<br/><br/>\nYougetsomesensethereisrhymeandreasontoit\nwhenyoulookatthepersonalitytypesofthetwogroups.John,Jade,\nJake,JanevsRose,Dave,Dirk,Roxy.Andthetrollgroupsweredivided\nbytheirteams,redvsblue.Blueteam(Derse)wasgenerallystocked\nwithmoreschemingmembers.Redteam(Prospit)hadsomemore\nstraightforwardheroictypes,atleastasfarastrollsgo.Butthen\ntherecanbeoddballdesignationsthatdon’tseemtomakesensebysuch\nsimplisticparameters,likeVriskabeingonProspit.IfsheandNepeta\nwereswappedthecriteriamightseemmoreclearcut.Seeagain,sorting\nhatlogic.LikeIthinkHarrywassupposedtobeinSlytherinbecausehe\ncouldtalksnakesandwaskindofmoodyandshitbuthewasjustSO\nBRAVEandlovedfriendshipSOMUCHhegotputintheotherone.Butfor\nreal,myfanficwherehewasaSlytherinallalongissomuchbetter.\n(heisnakedinmostofit)<br/><br/>\nYoucouldalsolooktothepassive/activenatureof\ntheclassesinmakingsomeretroactivesenseoftheDerse/Prospit\ndreamerduality.Passive/activeclassesarealsoaprettyvaguething,\nanddon’tresolvesoeasilyintosimpledualitieslike\ndefensive/offensiveandsuch.Thosearetheguidelinesforunderstanding\nthem,butthereisclearlyalotofflexibilitywithinthatsystem.\nTheyseemtosuggesttendenciesratherthanabsolutecapabilities.Like\nthereisn’tarulethatsaysapassiveclasscouldneverusean\noffensivetechnique.Thesystemismeanttobeveryflexible,andinthe\nstory,classessuggestalittlemoreaboutahero’spathandrolein\nthegreaterquestthanwhattheirbattlecapabilitiesare.<br/><br/>\nButifwe’resayingactive/passiveliterally\ntranslatestooffensive/defensiveforthesakeofthistopic,thenDerse\nwouldbeveryactiveandProspitwouldbeverypassive.Derse’sjobis\ntoattack.Prospit’sistodefend.Thisseemstocarryovertotheroles\nofthedreamerstoo.DaveandRoseturnedouttobeveryactive\nplayers.Davetimetravelingallovertheplace,makingafortuneon\nstocksandsuch.Rosewentonhercrazysolomissiontobreakthegame\nandfightJack.JadeandJohnhadmorepassive
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Most of you probably know this already but</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>It bears repeating. All of Calliope’s art came from the barrel of Shelby’s <a href=\"http://duedlyfirearms.tumblr.com/\">duedly firearms</a>.</p>\n<p>THANKS SHELB</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/most-of-you-probably-know-this-already-but\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on June 19th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">What the hell just happened?!?!?! Hussie…\n are you reviving me or kissing me? And where did this all come from in \n the middle of all this killing?!?!?!\n </div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://rufiozuko.tumblr.com/post/26132011680/what-the-hell-just-happened-hussie-are-you\">rufiozuko</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/storyfiles/hs2/03387.gif\"><img src=\"/storyfiles/hs2/03387.gif\"/></a></p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/what-the-hell-just-happened-hussie-are-you\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged June 29th, 2012 from rufiozuko \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://rufiozuko.tumblr.com/post/26132011680/what-the-hell-just-happened-hussie-are-you\">\n Source: \n rufiozuko </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"hiatustuck",
"timestamp":1341187200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Hiatustuck</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>There\n will be some major pauses in updates coming up, mostly due to Flash \n animation chores. There will be exactly three pauses. Two of them will \n be related to animation. The third will not. <br/><br/> PAUSE ONE: This starts RIGHT NOW! (July 1st) I will use this time to work on the first animation. I have to travel to <a href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/cci/\" target=\"_blank\">SDCC</a> on July 11th. It’s very likely I will finish the animation before that. Once I post it, pause two will begin. <br/><br/>\n PAUSE TWO: I will use this time to work on another animation, to end \n A6A3. It will definitely be longer than pause 1, because it will include\n my trip to SDCC. That trip will kill an entire week of animation time. \n I’ll likely have to start work on it when I get back. Cross country \n travel is preposterously disruptive, and it’s going to slow everything \n down. <br/><br/> PAUSE THREE: This will begin immediately after pause two.\n It will not involve working on animation. I’m reserving this time to \n catch up on the huge amount of chores I’ve been badly neglecting, and \n will continue to badly neglect during pauses 1 and 2. The irony of \n animation pauses: you see nothing for many days, but I’m working at \n least twice as hard, doing nothing else. It’s a break for you, but an \n anti-break for me. So I need to schedule an ACTUAL break to do stuff \n that needs doing. Book work, plus tons of other things. I don’t know how\n long this pause will be yet. Probably longer than either of the first \n two. Let’s look at it sort of like the end of a “season”, where the \n season was all of act 6 so far. <br/><br/> The bottom line is, this is all\n going to add up to a whole lot of “me not updating Homestuck” for a \n while. It’s not really what I want, but there’s just no way around it. <br/><br/> I guess that’s all there is to say for now. See you after pause one! <br/><br/> Edit: wait, something else I wanted to mention. Recently some music team guys helped me update the <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">sound credits page</a>,\n so that each entry links to the song in an album. That way, for any \n Flash page, it’s easy to find out exactly where that song is on <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">bandcamp</a>. For those newer to the site, I suspect this may be helpful.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/hiatustuck\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on July 1st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"end-of-pause-one-and-stuff-about-sdcc",
"timestamp":1341878400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">END OF PAUSE ONE (and stuff about SDCC)</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>[X-posted from news section on the site which I guess is what I mostly use tumblr for now?]</p>\n<p>I\n was counting “[S] Dirk: Synchronize.” and “[S] Dirk: Unite.” as one \n animation, that just happened to be chopped into two parts. Next one is \n EOA6.3, at the end of Pause 2. Song: <a href=\"/music/track/unite-synchronization\" target=\"_blank\">Unite Synchronization</a> (Sometimes I name animations after songs. Descend, Cascade…) By <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dragonxvi\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm Brown</a>. We have entered the Brown Zone. You have been warned. <br/><br/>\n Beginning PAUSE TWO now. I’m off to SDCC. Maybe you are too? Are you \n wearing a costume?? What am I even talking about. You’re probably \n wearing one RIGHT NOW. <br/><br/> SIGNING TIMES: 12:00-3:00 each day. (7/12 through 7/15) <br/><br/>\n I’ll be with the Topatoco booth, but it’s possible I could be relocated\n to a different signing area for crowd management reasons. If this \n happens, I’ll do what I can to alert you, through the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">twitters</a> or such.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/end-of-pause-one-and-stuff-about-sdcc\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on July 9th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">PAUSE 2: UNPAUSE AND THEN REPAUSE IMMEDIATELY.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Briefly unpausing PAUSE 2 to bring you <a href=\"/scraps2/pause2hiatusupdates.gif\" target=\"_blank\">these updates</a>, and then pausing again. There will be no more updates until the EOA6_3 animation. <br/><br/>\n As of right now, I have not spent a single second working on that \n animation. I just got back from SDCC, produced the above updates today, \n and now the REAL PAUSE TWO begins. The part of it that involves me \n actually working on it. It is just layers upon layers with these pauses.\n They are like onions, especially insofar as they result in your tears. <br/><br/>\n I wish the last week could have been dedicated to animation labors to \n shorten this wait, but I was in California fraternizing with radical \n fans of my popular web cartoon. It was pretty cool. But now it’ll be \n loads more days before you see anything here. That’s how it goes \n sometimes. <br/><br/> August will be SOLO ALBUM MONTH. There will be some \n good solo albums released throughout that month. Mark that on your \n calendar. Just write “YEAH!” across the entire August grid, that should \n do it. <br/><br/>\n</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/pause-2-unpause-and-then-repause-immediately\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on July 18th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"problem-sleuth-volume-4",
"timestamp":1343692800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Problem Sleuth Volume 4</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"310\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/PS4book.jpg\" width=\"420\"/></a></p>\n<p>Oh also…</p>\n<p>Look there is suddenly another shirt in this section…</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"757\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/uushirtsymbol.jpg\" width=\"420\"/></a></p>\n<p>That nice grid of 3x4 is totally messed up now. 13 is an awkward number! No wonder they banished it from the zodiac.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/problem-sleuth-volume-4\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on July 30th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/symphony-impossible-to-play\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck Solo Album Month - Symphony Impossible to Play »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/28492359611/homestuck-solo-album-month-symphony-impossible-to\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/fdfdfdfdfd.png\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/fdfdfdfdfd.png\"/></a><br/><br/>Homestuck Solo Album Month starts with Clark “Plazmataz” Powell’s <a href=\"/music/album/symphony-impossible-to-play\" target=\"_blank\">Symphony Impossible to Play</a> - a four-movement digital symphony created from arrangements of existing Homestuck tracks.<br/><br/>Swing on over to <a href=\"/music/album/symphony-impossible-to-play\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a> and give it a good old-fashioned ear-gander.</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/homestuck-solo-album-month-symphony-impossible-to\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged August 1st, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/28492359611/homestuck-solo-album-month-symphony-impossible-to\">\n Source: \n fwugradiation </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"homestuck-solo-album-month-one-year-older",
"timestamp":1345161600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/one-year-older\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck Solo Album Month - One Year Older »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/29518608577/homestuck-solo-album-month-one-year-older\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/dfdfdfdf.png\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/dfdfdfdf.png\"/></a><br/><br/>Homestuck Solo Album Month continues with Erik “Jit” Scheele’s <a href=\"/music/album/one-year-older\" target=\"_blank\">One Year Older</a>, a full-length record using piano to convey John’s journey through SBURB.<br/><br/>Head on over to the <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a> page to check it out. Consider it an early birthday present. (Or, if it <em>is</em> your birthday today… Congratulations! I am so proud of you.)</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/homestuck-solo-album-month-one-year-older\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged August 16th, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer with_source_url\" style=\" display:none; display:block; \">\n<a class=\"source_url\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/29518608577/homestuck-solo-album-month-one-year-older\">\n Source: \n fwugradiation </a>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"one-more-week",
"timestamp":1345507200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">one more week</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>see news plz</p>\n<p>In\n the meantime feel free to alleviate/amplify your boredom by perusing me\n and North’s fun adventures with money, if you haven’t already.\n </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://thingshussiebought.tumblr.com/\">http://thingshussiebought.tumblr.com/</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"http://thingsnorthbought.tumblr.com/\">http://thingsnorthbought.tumblr.com/</a></p>\n<p>(no\n that’s not what I’ve been wasting all my time on lately don’t worry, \n I’m working extra doublehard on MSPA junk right now. whew! \n pretend-accusation deflected.)\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/one-more-week\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on August 20th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>extremely brief announcement.</p>\n<p>update best viewed in chrome.</p>\n<p>firefox is ok but not ideal.</p>\n<p>IE is terrible. will not show intro, plus probably a bunch of other bugs.</p>\n<p>opera/safari: completely untested.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/extremely-brief-announcement-update-best-viewed\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on August 31st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>additional brief announcements.</p>\n<p>server under massive strain after large update as usual. if it gets stuck loading, that’s way. try not to refresh excessively.</p>\n<p>different rooms stream from the server, and also require load time. if it takes a while, again: due to server strain.</p>\n<p>traffic will likely die down in several hours.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/additional-brief-announcements-server-under\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on August 31st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"im-copying-a-message-here-from-alexis-who",
"timestamp":1346457600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p></p>\n<div>I’m copying a message here from Alexis, who programmed the game. I’ll make another more general post about the game soon.</div>\n<div></div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>Oh\n snap! Native HTML5 content? Hells yes! HTML5 still sucks by and large \n as the browser vendors bicker over standards, so I would advise you to \n use:\n </div>\n<div>-Chrome if at all possible. Best functionality support and performance. Official platform.</div>\n<div>-Firefox\n if that’s not possible. Good functionality, slower than chrome, \n bad audio performance. Officially supported nonetheless.\n </div>\n<div>-Internet\n Explorer (minimum 9) if you’re desperate. It’s not officially \n supported, but other than the fact that ***the flash intro does not work\n in IE*** it seems to be working fine. (There is also a small bug where \n if you’re using IE, and your computer does not have an audio device, the\n entire app will fail to load, as sound files will not be downloaded, so\n plug in some headphones or even just a headphone jack attached to a \n wire).<br/> -Opera and Safari quite simply have not been tested. I \n wouldn’t be surprised if it worked in them though, I used nothing \n browser specific.<br/>-Lynx is supported, but only if you have an Oculus Rift.\n </div>\n<div></div>\n<div>Regardless\n of what you use, try to minimize the amount of stuff your \n browser/computer is also doing for optimal performance. Also \n update to the latest version of your browser and stop holding back HTML5\n you asshole!\n </div>\n<div></div>\n<div>Best of all, it’s open source! (tentatively Apache licensed, so basically a free-for-all)</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>We’ve got a thread developing this project over here: <a href=\"https://wheals.github.io/blogspot/mspaforums.html\">http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?46219-Jterniabound</a> <br/>It’s\n dead right now, but that’s because I went into super ninja development \n mode for this project. I’ll be pushing the latest source to Github when I\n get home from work today (~5 EST). There’s been a TON of changes to the\n API/codebase since I went into ninja mode, we’re working to the update \n the wiki as quick as possible. I’m also \n considering developing tutorials for developing a Sburb \n project. But the whole thing has been designed from the ground up so \n that, in theory, you don’t have to touch a drop of code. The entire game\n is described by a bunch of modular XML files (SburbML). Of course \n Andrew always has some crackpot feature that exceeds the scope of the \n project, but usually that just means I make the API bigger and more \n robust. Hooray!\n </div>\n<div></div>\n<div>Baked in features include:</div>\n<div>Describing complex events and environments purely in XML</div>\n<div>HTML5 audio (with fall back files for supporting mp3 and ogg)</div>\n<div>Canvas and sprite-sheet based rendering </div>\n<div>Flash cutscenes (which are skipped if flash is not supported)</div>\n<div>Ability\n to define custom fonts (allowing the specification of local fonts, with\n the ability to fall back to your own personally supplied fonts)<br/> The ability to serialize almost any game state into a SburbML file, and
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"id":"s-a6i3",
"timestamp":1346457600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">[S] A6I3</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Some notes about the interactive beginning to <a href=\"/mspa/007163\" target=\"_blank\">A6 Intermission 3</a>. (A <a href=\"/scraps2/A6I3walkthrough.gif\" target=\"_blank\">walkthrough</a> by Radiation.) <br/><br/>\n First, I’d originally planned to put more in the game than this, but it\n was running a bit long, so I decided to chop it up. I’m planning two \n more installments of this game, probably to be released over the next \n couple weeks. All the art assets and stuff is there, I just need to work\n with Alexis to crunch it all into a couple more new games. <br/><br/> \n Speaking of which, thanks to Alexis, MSPA’s tenured CODER OF GAMES, for \n working on this. It’s a little different. It’s the first time we’re not \n using Flash. Only the intro is Flash, but the game is coded in HTML5, \n which makes it a little more robust in some ways, but will have some \n issues with less common browsers. I’ve copied <a href=\"/tumblr/im-copying-a-message-here-from-alexis-who\" target=\"_blank\">a note</a>\n from him about it all here. Take note especially of browser info: best \n viewed in Chrome, Firefox is ok but not ideal, IE is very buggy and \n won’t show the Flash intro, and Opera/Safari aren’t tested at all. <br/><br/> Thanks to <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">the artists</a>\n (scroll to bottom) who worked on assets for this too. They’ve made a \n good deal more than you see here, which will appear in other \n installments. Thanks Stephen, Tanney, Peter, Amanda for making \n environment assets, and Chaz, Lexxy, Vivus, Xamag for the talking \n portraits. Special thanks to <a href=\"http://merrigo.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda</a>\n for making all the little walking sprites, as well as a whole lot of \n environment stuff and items. Everything looks really great. <br/><br/> And of course, thanks to contributing <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">musicians</a> (again scroll to bottom), and Toby for editing everything. Some things from the contest album Universe A, notably <a href=\"/music/track/fuchsia-ruler\" target=\"_blank\">Fuscia Ruler</a> by Sinister Psyche as the main song. See <a href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/30563557673/update-music-credits\" target=\"_blank\">Toby’s post</a> for more details.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/s-a6i3\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on August 31st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"survey",
"timestamp":1346544000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Survey</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>If\n you played the recent update, it would be a big help if you could fill \n out this survey on the game’s performance. This will help us fix \n remaining issues for the next couple games.\n </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DJP5Y8C\">http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DJP5Y8C</a></p>\n<p>Thanks!</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/survey\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 1st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>If you were \n having problems with the game, you might want to try it again and see \n what happens. The patch probably won’t fix everything for everyone, but \n it should address some problems.\n </p>\n<p>If you had issues with it, it \n would also be helpful if you reported what your problem was, and what \n the result is now, in this forum thread.\n </p>\n<p><a href=\"https://wheals.github.io/blogspot/mspaforums.html\">http://mspaforums.com/showthread.php?50126-Problems-with-the-latest-update</a></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/if-you-were-having-problems-with-the-game-you\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 1st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>If you were one\n of those people who could load the game, but Meenah was stuck in the \n first frame, give it another try. Patch might have helped.\n </p>\n<p>(if it still doesn’t work, might help to clear your cache of old files to be extra sure you’re running the fresh version)</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/if-you-were-one-of-those-people-who-could-load-the\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 2nd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"one-more-patch",
"timestamp":1346630400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">One more patch</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Wait! Before you try it: PLEASE CLEAR YOUR BROWSER CACHE!</p>\n<p>What’s\n been happening I think is some people reporting issues with new \n versions have had some older program files in their cache, so the thing \n runs like a weird frankenstein version, and it’s hard to tell what are \n new problems and what are old.\n </p>\n<p>We haven’t really started on the \n next update yet, since we’ve been spending all our time debugging. This \n is like a beta testing phase, but the test group is the entire \n readership. Normally software doesn’t get released til it clears this \n phase, but it wasn’t really worth holding back for any longer than it \n was already. It worked for probably 90-95% of browsers/systems out \n there. \n </p>\n<p>If you had issues with it previously, feel free to report \n your results to the forum thread again, or reblogging this and typing \n your result below is ok too. We’ll be able to see it in the notes.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/one-more-patch\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 2nd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"homestuck-kickstarter",
"timestamp":1346803200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Homestuck Kickstarter</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\"><img height=\"400\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/HSKS_tumblr.jpg\" width=\"400\"/></a><br/><br/><a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">Hey, let’s spread this around!!!</a> I am very pleased and proud to annou… <br/><br/>wait<br/><br/>what…<br/><br/>what is this<br/><br/>omg</p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/lemonsnout_photo.jpg\"><img height=\"328\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/lemonsnout_photo.jpg\" width=\"400\"/></a><br/><br/>Train of thought destroyed.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/homestuck-kickstarter\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 4th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Dang, $30K in a\n half hour. That’s quite a jump! I think over a thirty day span that \n projects to something like… a trillion dollars?\n </p>\n<p>Thank you to the 398 backers who have pledged, as of typing this.</p>\n<p>You\n probably have lots of questions. First, if you’re unfamiliar with \n Kickstarter, you should probably check this page out to understand how \n making a pledge works. \n </p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/backer+questions\">http://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/backer+questions</a></p>\n<p>Second,\n if you scroll to the bottom of our KS page, you’ll see an FAQ section. \n We’ll be adding questions to that as much as we can.\n </p>\n<p>Thanks again to everyone for checking this out! </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/dang-30k-in-a-half-hour-thats-quite-a-jump-i\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 4th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"50-funded-in-9-hours-completely-amazing",
"timestamp":1346889600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>50% funded! In 9 hours. Completely amazing response so far. Keep it up guys!</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://kotaku.com/homestuck-kickstarter-raises-over-275-000-in-hours-to-5940466\" target=\"_blank\">Looks like there’s already a good article about this on Kotaku.</a></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/50-funded-in-9-hours-completely-amazing\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 5th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"funded",
"timestamp":1346976000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">FUNDED</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/KSfunded.gif\"><img height=\"382\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/KSfunded.gif\" width=\"305\"/></a></p>\n<p>In 32 hours!!!!!!!<br/><br/>7699 backers, $700,009, and still counting.<br/><br/>I\n will make a follow-up post soon, to announce some stretch goals and say\n a few other things. Everyone has done an amazing thing here today. \n Thank you all for your support.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/funded\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 6th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">You find a fatherly note taped to your tumblr dash. It reeks of cologne.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/dadnoteKS.gif\"><img height=\"309\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/dadnoteKS.gif\" width=\"400\"/></a><br/><br/>The <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter</a>\n reached its funding goal in what seems like the blink of an eye. I must\n first say thank you to all who backed the project, and helped us reach \n our goal so quickly. I’m still utterly amazed by the response. I think a\n lot of people checking out this project are. There still seem to be so \n many people out there who’ve never heard of this story, or its \n phenomenally dedicated following. Maybe that will start to change soon. \n If that turns out to be the case, again, it’s thanks to you.<br/><br/>The \n project may have been funded already, but there’s still plenty of time \n left for pledges to be made. The Kickstarter will stay open for another \n 28 days. <strong>Every dollar raised beyond the goal will go toward improving the game.</strong>\n More platforms will be supported if certain stretch goals are reached. \n And beyond a certain point, all money will be dedicated to higher \n production values. $700K sounds like a lot of money, but it’s actually a\n very small budget for a game. Multi-platform games usually cost many \n millions of dollars. Increasing the budget for this is only going to \n make a better product.<br/><br/>This is the bottom line: because the \n project was funded, there WILL be a game. I’ll make sure it’s the best \n game the money available can possibly buy. The only question then is, \n how much is that? This is up to you. <strong>Over the next 28 days, the fans will decide how great they want this game to be!</strong><br/><br/>So,\n here are the stretch goals we’re starting with, which represent both \n enhancements to the game the extra money gets us, as well as extra \n reward perks certain milestones unlock. As I type this, we’re already \n getting pretty close to Mac support. Soon we’ll add a better graphic of \n all the goals to the Kickstarter page.<br/><br/>$700,000.00 FUNDED!<br/>$800,000.00 Mac Support<br/>$850,000.00 New reward tier perk unlocked<br/>$900,000.00 Linux Support<br/>$950,000.00 ???<br/>$1,000,000.00 ???<br/>$1,100,000.00 ???<br/>$1,250,000.00 ???<br/>(??? revealed later. More stretch goals to be added if necessary.)<br/><br/>Also,\n later in the Kickstarter we’ll begin revealing some hidden reward \n tiers. I notice the Snoutpaks sold out pretty fast. We should be \n revealing new reward bundles later on that contain more scalemate \n plushes. Keep an eye out for them. <strong>Also remember that at any \n time you can increase your pledge if you ever feel like claiming a \n higher reward tier. Just remember to select the reward tier you want \n when adjusting your dollar amount pledged.</strong><br/><br/>If you backed\n the project, thanks again for the support. And if you haven’t yet, I \n hope you’ll consider it, and help us make this the best game it can be!\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/you-find-a-fatherly-note-taped-to-your-tumblr-dash-it\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">PostedonSeptember6th,
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{
"id":"a-non-kickstarter-update",
"timestamp":1347062400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">A non-Kickstarter update.</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>My plan was to post the <a href=\"/mspa/007163\" target=\"_blank\">A6I3 mini-game</a>\n in three parts consecutively. I’m still going to post all three parts, \n but I’ve decided to break them up with some regular updates between each\n instead.<br/><br/>Between setting up and launching the Kickstarter, and \n then keeping up with the crazy whirlwind it’s become, I’ve had \n absolutely no time to work on the second mini-game yet. So rather than \n just keep delaying the update, I’ll post a reasonably regular stream of \n updates while I work on it. I’ll probably do the same thing between \n parts 2 and 3. <br/><br/>To some extent I’m doing it this way because I’m \n getting a little tired of MSPA being in “infinite hiatus mode\" which has\n characterized most of the summer. There have been a lot of long waits, \n due to traveling, big animation projects, working on the mini-game, and \n of course planning the Kickstarter. For the entire month of August, my \n time was split pretty evenly between working on the A6I3 update, and \n planning the Kickstarter. There was a massive amount of unseen work that\n went into that, not just to plan the Kickstarter itself, getting the \n rewards ready and all that, but to make sure we had a solid development \n plan in place down the road if it got funded.<br/><br/>This has really \n seemed like one of the busiest summers for me ever, but unfortunately \n all that labor isn’t reflected too well by the archive spanning those \n dates. I’m more than ready to get back to business as usual* for MSPA.<br/><br/>*note it still won’t be QUITE up to usual speed, because I’ll still be working on part 2 of the mini-game behind the scenes.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/a-non-kickstarter-update\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 7th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/306859\" target=\"_blank\">Another update to the stretcheladder!</a></p>\n<p>One\n thing worth highlighting here: for all people in tiers $50 and higher, \n I’ll send out a beta version of the next Homestuck mini game update, \n several days before it shows up on the site. You can help us test it! \n Aiming to have that done in about a week.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/stretcheladder2.gif\"><img height=\"446\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/stretcheladder2.gif\" width=\"620\"/></a></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/another-update-to-the-stretcheladder-one-thing\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 12th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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{
"id":"seerpak",
"timestamp":1347926400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">SEERPAK</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/309977\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the new Kickstarter reward tiers here.</a></p>\n<p>This\n is the final batch of reward tiers we’re releasing for the Kickstarter.\n Hopefully this is now a sufficiently tantalizing buffet of options to \n get you thinkin about making a pledge if you haven’t already! \n </p>\n<p>The\n extra-cool thing in this bundle is that tarot deck. Get a better look \n at all the art for the cards by clicking on the preview links on that \n update page. Quite a few great artists chipped in some really fantastic \n stuff for this. There was a lot of emphasis put on matching Homestuck \n imagery up with the Major and Minor Arcana of the cards in ways that are\n meaningful with respect to tarot symbolism. So if you’re wondering why \n certain characters and scenes appear on certain cards, do a little \n research into tarot lore and you’ll find your answer.\n </p>\n<p>A little \n more than two weeks to go on the Kickstarter! Next stretch goal is \n $1.5M, which will unlock some more perks for backers. We’ll also reveal \n something higher up on the ladder.\n </p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tarot-photo-1.jpg\"><img height=\"481\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tarot-photo-1.jpg\" width=\"620\"/></a></p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tarot-photo-2.jpg\"><img height=\"481\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tarot-photo-2.jpg\" width=\"620\"/></a></p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tarot-photo-3.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tarot-photo-3.jpg\"/></a></p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-tote.jpg\"><img height=\"507\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-tote.jpg\" width=\"620\"/></a></p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-shirts.jpg\"><img height=\"447\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-shirts.jpg\" width=\"620\"/></a></p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-pins.jpg\"><img height=\"224\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-pins.jpg\" width=\"640\"/></a></p>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-stickers.jpg\"><img height=\"348\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/seer-stickers.jpg\" width=\"620\"/></a></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/seerpak\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 17th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"http://villainsgoleft.tumblr.com/post/31718501392\">Heroes Go Right: List of the Homestuck Tarot Artists! (and what cards they did!) »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://villainsgoleft.tumblr.com/post/31718501392\">villainsgoleft</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hey everyone thank you all so much for being excited about the Homestuck Tarot Deck (<a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/309977\" target=\"_blank\">Available now through the Homestuck Kickstarter Project!</a>)\n A lot of work went into making this dream a reality so if you guys have\n a chance to help support the artists and the kickstarter as a whole, \n please do…\n </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Ah! Some good info on the tarot project. Click the post to see full list of art credits. Thanks Left!</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/heroes-go-right-list-of-the-homestuck-tarot-artists\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged September 17th, 2012 from villainsgoleft \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"about-a-week-to-go",
"timestamp":1348617600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">About a week to go</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>As of typing this, only nine days remaining in the <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter</a>. The response to it continues to be fantastic, and my gratitude to the backers is equally continuous. <br/><br/> Thanks to everyone who beta tested the <a href=\"/mspa/007208\" target=\"_blank\">recent update</a>\n in advance of its release. Anyone who pledged $50 or more was sent an \n early beta version and a feedback form to help us sort out the bugs. The\n same offer will apply for the next and final minigame installment. If \n you have pledged $50 or more by the end of the Kickstarter, you’ll get \n an advance copy to test sent through the Kickstarter message system. If \n you pledge, just be sure you select a reward tier at $55 or more, so \n that we know to send you a copy. (Note this is unrelated to the $1.5MM \n stretch goal, which states that ALL BACKERS will be allowed to beta test\n the adventure game itself, before it is released in 2014.) <br/><br/> \n Also, once the Kickstarter is over, we’re going to put up a Paypal \n pledging option for the project. A lot of people seem to only be able to\n use Paypal to pledge, which Kickstarter doesn’t allow. So for a brief \n window after, one or two weeks, you’ll be able to pledge via Paypal for \n the same reward tiers at the same prices. The window will be fairly \n short so that we can compile all the orders and ship the rewards out in a\n timely fashion. We’re expecting a good number of people may want things\n to ship in time for the holiday season. If you’re in the U.S. or \n Canada, it’s very likely this will be the case. <br/><br/> For those who \n haven’t pledged yet, this might be something to consider. The timing of \n the shipping here means that buying rewards could actually double as \n holiday shopping. If you see yourself doing holiday shopping for people a\n couple months down the road anyway, this might be a good advance \n opportunity. A lot of those pricier bundles start to pile up so much \n extra cool stuff, seems to me this makes for a good chance to divvy them\n up as holiday gifts for friends, maybe some of whom didn’t have enough \n money for the bigger bundles. <br/><br/> Whatever the final total winds up\n being, you have already helped make this Kickstarter an overwhelming \n success. Thank you again for your support! <br/><br/>\n</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/about-a-week-to-go\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 25th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Some additional\n notes on the recent game update from Alexis, who I’d like to thank \n again for all the hard work he’s put into this, as well as those who’ve \n been helping him:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<div></div>\n<div>In addition to the more\n obvious introduction of save/load functionality, there’s a error \n reporting tool built in now! If ever you see an issue you want to \n report, just press the “~” key (under ESCAPE), and press space to dump a\n screenshot and the game state to us. This may or may not destroy our \n error reporting server in the process.\n </div>\n<div></div>\n<div></div>\n<div>This\n debugger, and the much more robust file loading that you now enjoy, is \n courtesy of Fugiman, who has been my right hand man on this development.\n He seriously deserves a medal for the hoops he’s jumped through for me \n (and you!). Furthermore, big thanks to LtSquigs for the awesome \n Save/Load functionality we’ve been able to include, as well as fixing up\n my mistakes with SburbML manipulation. Finally, thanks to \n illuminatedwax for his work on making sounds more reliable and helping \n with a lot of the core engine. \n </div>\n<div></div>\n<div></div>\n<div>This\n is your MSPA coding team, and they’re friggin’ champs. If you want to \n be a champ too, the entire code base is hosted and developed here: <a href=\"https://github.com/WhatPumpkin/Sburb\">https://github.com/WhatPumpkin/Sburb</a>\n</div>\n<div>If you see an issue you think you can help with, we’d love to get your contributions.</div>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/some-additional-notes-on-the-recent-game-update\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on September 25th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"two-quick-hyperlinks",
"timestamp":1349222400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"title\">Two quick hyperlinks:</div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>An interview I did with Bryan Lee O’Malley:</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://wheals.github.io/interviews/comicsalliance.htm\">http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/10/02/homestuck-interview-andrew-hussie-bryan-lee-omalley-ms-paint-adventures/?a_dgi=aolshare_twitter</a></p>\n<p>And in case you missed it, a Kickstarter update with 2 days to go:</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/320187\">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/320187</a></p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/two-quick-hyperlinks\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on October 2nd, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>Beta version of\n minigame was just sent out to all KS backers of $50 and over. (But not \n for those who went through paypal because beta version only works when \n clicking through the Kickstarter message system.)\n </p>\n<p>This will be a \n brief test because the system is pretty well ironed out by now. Final \n version will go up on site in a few hours or so. Til then if you don’t \n want spoilers you might want to avoid tumblr because people like to post\n screenshots and stuff.\n </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/beta-version-of-minigame-was-just-sent-out-to-all\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on October 21st, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"final-hs-solo-album-genesis-frog",
"timestamp":1351036800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/genesis-frog\" target=\"_blank\">Final HS Solo Album - Genesis Frog! »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/34153951011/final-hs-solo-album-genesis-frog\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/genesisfrogcover.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/genesisfrogcover.jpg\"/></a><br/><br/><a href=\"/music/album/genesis-frog\" target=\"_blank\">It’s finally here!</a> Join the consorts on an amphibious adventure through the world of the Genesis Frog.<br/><br/>NOTE:\n Here the noun “amphibious adventure” means “goofy orchestral music by \n Alexander Rosetti” and “join the consorts on” means “listen to.” Also \n “through the world of the Genesis frog” means “at your computer.” Throw \n money at your screen now.\n </p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/final-hs-solo-album-genesis-frog\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged October 23rd, 2012 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"http://extrastellar.com/post/34617066931\">Actual Tumblr User NotASenator: Update regarding Hurricane Sandy and MSPA: Part 2 »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://extrastellar.com/post/34617066931\">notasenator</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>There\n is significant flooding at the building that hosts the MSPA server. The\n generators that are currently providing power to the customer equipment\n can only provide a few more hours of life, and it looks like the \n servers may be shut down as early as 12:30am Eastern. It is not \n currently known…\n </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>MSPA site down due to hurricane. No telling how long it will be down. Hope all the server people are safe. </p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/actual-tumblr-user-notasenator-update-regarding\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged October 30th, 2012 from notasenator \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p>The site was \n down for a few days there, but we are back. The server is located in New\n York City, which lost power due to a hurricane. The server people at \n Internap did a nice job getting everything back on line quickly with \n generator power, despite the major problems the city is having. If you \n live in the affected areas, I hope life will return to normal for you \n very soon. When things like this happen, I think our first impulse \n should be to <a href=\"http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations\" target=\"_blank\">help out</a>. Let’s consider doing that! <br/><br/> The <a href=\"/mspa/007327\" target=\"_blank\">MINISTRIFE</a> (which was going to drop on 10/31 but oh well) is chock full of sprite characters made by <a href=\"http://feastings.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Feastings</a>.\n Most of them were done a while ago and started floating around the \n tumblrverse as a little fandom craze, so I asked her to make a few more \n and now POOF they’re all magically canon. Thank you Feastings. Also UU \n art as always supplied kindly by <a href=\"http://duedlyfirearms.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby</a>. Song = <a href=\"/music/track/killed-by-br8k-spider\" target=\"_blank\">Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!</a> by <a href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Radiation</a>. “Who???” I hear you ask. Yes I know, that guy’s music NEVER gets used Homestuck. <br/><br/>\n Act 6 Act 4 next. Are you ready for it? Are you ready to do some more \n AWESOME WAITING for it?? I hope so. I’ll try to have something ready by \n 11/11, which is exactly one year from the start of Act 6 (hey calendar: \n wtf???) The main issue of uncertainty here is I have to fly down to \n Florida and sign more than 11,000 prints. I actually have no idea how \n long that will take. I have no basis of estimation for signing that many\n things, because I have never signed that many things before. But the \n sooner I do it, the sooner we can ship out all your sweet Kickstarter \n loot. It must be done. I’ll try to get whatever work done I can around \n this crazy mission. An 11K heap of large prints is actually so much \n paper, we’re not sure if we can keep it all in the same room, because it\n might actually cause the floor to collapse. True safety facts. <br/><br/>\n</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/the-site-was-down-for-a-few-days-there-but-we-are\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on November 4th, 2012 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/calendar.jpg\"><img height=\"597\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/calendar.jpg\" width=\"800\"/></a></p>\n<p>You may now preorder the <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130412063107/http://whatpumpkin.com/calendar2013.html\" target=\"_blank\">2013 calendar!</a></p>\n<p>Oh hey also there are a couple <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130312222947/http://whatpumpkin.com/cherub-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\">new hoodies</a>.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/you-may-now-preorder-the-2013-calendar-oh-hey\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">Posted on January 17th, 2013 </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"new-homestuck-album-cherubim",
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"html":"\n<div class=\"link\"><a href=\"/music/album/cherubim\">NEW HOMESTUCK ALBUM - CHERUBIM »</a></div>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/45394849408/new-homestuck-album-cherubim\" target=\"_blank\">fwugradiation</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/uutiny.png\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/uutiny.png\"/></a><br/><br/>Go to the <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a> page to check it out!</p>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/new-homestuck-album-cherubim\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\">\n Reblogged March 15th, 2013 from fwugradiation \n </div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
"html":"\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_mkasauehGk1qd80v3o1_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_mkasauehGk1qd80v3o1_1280.jpg\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_mkasauehGk1qd80v3o2_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_mkasauehGk1qd80v3o2_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<a class=\"noIcon\" href=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_mkasauehGk1qd80v3o3_1280.jpg\"><img src=\"/archive/social/tumblr/tumblr_mkasauehGk1qd80v3o3_1280.jpg\" style=\"width: 49%;\"/></a>\n<div class=\"copy\">\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://lexxercise.tumblr.com/post/46389990856/remember-that-one-time-i-made-a-bunch-of-homestuck\">lexxercise</a>:\n </p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Remember that one time I made a bunch of Homestuck shirts? Sad that you missed out on\n nabbing one?? Through the combined powers of What Pumpkin and TopatoCo, NOW YOU CAN!\n </p>\n<p>My classic DANCE design is now available on both <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-dance-black\">black</a>\n and\n <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-dance-white\">white</a>\n shirts. Some sizes are already starting to run low, so get em while they’re hot!\n </p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Thank you for this lovely shirt design, Lexxy.</p>\n</div>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/lexxercise-remember-that-one-time-i-made-a\">\n<div class=\"footer for_permalink\">\n<div class=\"date\"> Reblogged March 27th, 2013 from lexxercise</div>\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n</a>\n<div class=\"footer\" style=\" display:none; \">\n<div class=\"clear\"></div>\n</div>\n"
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"id":"1-08-10",
"timestamp":1262908800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-08-10\" href=\"/news/1-08-10\">8 January 2010</a></div>\n<h3>That's my cue to disappear. </h3>\nTime for me to vanish into the animation abyss for a while. Let's give it a week, tops.<br/><br/>If you're one of those people who has trouble keeping up with all the updates I bury you with, maybe now's a good time to catch up. And if you're one of those people who's finding everything going on in the story to be somewhat confusing and overwhelming, then maybe now is a good time to go back and reread it all.<br/><br/>I'm pretty sure about 95% of all MSPA readers huddle somewhere beneath this umbrella.\n"
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{
"id":"1-14-10",
"timestamp":1263427200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-14-10\" href=\"/news/1-14-10\">14 January 2010</a></div>\n<h3>EOA3</h3>\n<a href=\"http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/140110/20525_endact3.php\" target=\"_blank\">[S] Enter. (mirror)</a><br/><br/>I'm not even going to pretend the server can handle this file. I'll keep it hosted on spam the web for a couple days, then upload it to the archives once things simmer down.<br/><br/>I was all set to work on this thing longer, but I just decided to draw the line somewhere and put it up. Sometimes I've got to remind myself the goal here isn't to make the best thing I possibly can. It's to make the BEST FASTEST thing I can. Optimizing the vector* combining these quantities, the quantities of bestness and fastestness, should be my primary concern. Of course it didn't help that in the latter stages of the document's completion it would take Flash five minutes to save it.<br/><br/><span style=\"font-size:10px\">* using this phrase tells me I've been working with Flash too much.</span><br/><br/>Anyway, here we are again. I should feel like taking a break after that, but somehow I don't. Which isn't surprising since I never do. I don't even know why I bothered mentioning it. So more to come soon I guess.<br/><br/>But let's agree to do without Flash for a little while. Oh wait we don't have to agree cause I'm in charge here!<br/><br/>P.S. - <a href=\"/sbahj/11\" target=\"_blank\">In case you're wondering whether he finished that comic...</a><br/><br/>Double P.S. - Also let's hear it for Bowman and his completely sick tune. Would you believe he produced this embellishment on Sburban Jungle in July? I've been sitting on it ever since, waiting for the right moment before unleashing it. Waiting. Brooding. Conniving. <br/><br/>Our day has come, Michael Guy Bowman. It has come.\n"
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{
"id":"1-15-10",
"timestamp":1263513600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-15-10\" href=\"/news/1-15-10\">15 January 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Intermission</h3>\nWe're going in <a href=\"/mspa/003054\" target=\"_blank\">this direction</a> before I start the next act. I felt like doing something a little different for a while, and perhaps this is my way of unwinding after the recent animation binge. Besides, I've got some stuff to organize before I dive back into the HS storyline, so we all might as well tune into this adventure rather than waiting around staring at a lot of nothing.<br/><br/>I'm thinking the MC intermission will go on for two weeks, max. It'll be a fun change of pace. Plus try not to be <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">altogether </span>floored if it turns out what's going on here isn't completely unrelated to the events in the HS universe. Though maybe you were suspecting that already.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-22-10",
"timestamp":1264118400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-22-10\" href=\"/news/1-22-10\">22 January 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Have you...</h3>\n<a href=\"https://www.hopeforhaitinow.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Donated to the Haiti relief effort yet?</a> Everybody wants you to. Celebrities. Media outlets. Me. If you haven't already, please look into it. I think it is the right thing to do, even if you only give a few bucks.<br/><br/>~~ MSPA BIZ ~~<br/><br/><a href=\"/map/6\" target=\"_blank\">I updated the map to include act 3.</a><br/><br/>And on the subject of act 3, <a href=\"http://dramaticshapes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Lecravian</a> has prepared some <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBubuH4H30E\" target=\"_blank\">striking video tributes</a> for us all to enjoy. (Click video responses to see episodes in order.) In addition to serving as a quick and fun way to refresh your memory on the story, I think it's interesting to hear the various musical reinterpretations on top of the action.<br/><br/>Looks like we got another week to go with the intermission. Keep massaging that temporal lobe. (Which according to wikipedia, has nothing to do with the processing of time travel complexities. Why are brain scientists so dumb.)\n"
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"id":"1-24-10",
"timestamp":1264291200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-24-09\" href=\"/news/1-24-09\">24 January 2009</a></div>\n<h3>Week to go</h3>\nOr maybe more. Or less. Not on a hard timetable here.<br/><br/>This reason for this whole intermission thing isn't necessarily just \"cause I <span style=\"color: #2ed73a\">Felt</span> like it\". I'm also taking the time to prepare some material for the new act in advance, rather uncharacteristically, before diving right in. Also there may be a few server chores to deal with too.<br/><br/>All this is happening in a timeline parallel to the one where I'm working on the intermission. Hope you're enjoying it. Let's think of it as a throwback to Problem Sleuth, but with like 99% more green in each panel.\n"
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{
"id":"1-28-10",
"timestamp":1264636800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-28-10\" href=\"/news/1-28-10\">28 January 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Oh come on...</h3>\nYes, a mere <a href=\"/mspa/003167\" target=\"_self\">800 KB Flash page</a> managed to grind the server to a halt the moment I posted it. I'm definitely not opening Act 4 until I get this server tightened up. This may delay the new act. Or it may not! If it does, I'm sure I'll just find a way to stretch the intermission out a little longer. Yes I can hear all of you already, bemoaning the fate of having to endure more unbelievably rad MC adventures.<br/><br/>Speaking of my server (this is a really dumb topic transition) I hope you will take a moment to <a href=\"http://byrobot.net/?cid=302.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">bone up</a> on the <a href=\"http://byrobot.net/?cid=303.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood</a> <a href=\"http://byrobot.net/?cid=305.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">celebrity</a> scene over at <a href=\"http://byrobot.net/?cid=306.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">byrobot.net</a>.<br/><br/>I say speaking of my server because that comic is actually hosted on the same server as MSPA. So technically viewing those comics taxes this site too, and vice versa. But please do not believe that refraining from viewing those comics either ennobles yourself through martyrdom or curries my favor anonymously. All that really happens is you lose out on reading some funny stuff. The bandwidth scene, though at times spartan, <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">is on me</span>.<br/><br/>ALSO SPEAKING OF MY SERVER. Here is another way to put it to use. I very much recommend you stay abreast of <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5233&start=0\" target=\"_blank\">RoomLand</a>. It is easily the funnest thing going on in ForumWorld. If you're not much of a forum-goer, maybe you should bookmark it.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-02-10",
"timestamp":1265068800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-02-10\" href=\"/news/2-02-10\">2 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>I SUDDENLY UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING</h3>\nSome guys made some diagrams plotting the events of the MC story. Here are <a href=\"http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/Agrajag42/mspa/MC-timeline-page1.png\" target=\"_blank\">two</a> <a href=\"http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y25/Agrajag42/mspa/MC-timeline-page2.png\" target=\"_blank\">pages</a> showing the complete timeline so far, by Agrajag. If those are not relatively clean and straightforward enough for you, you could take a look at Grnr's <a href=\"http://sites.google.com/site/kainsirusque/homepage/vmap_p.PNG\" target=\"_blank\">visual relationship timeline</a>.<br/><br/>These seem pretty much accurate... probably. I thought I had a pretty good grasp on the whole timeline, but after looking at these I'm not so sure anymore.<br/><br/>So, thank you, guys whose names are peculiar strings of letters.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-03-10",
"timestamp":1265155200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-03-10\" href=\"/news/2-03-10\">3 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>S&F</h3>\nI just did a <a href=\"http://samandfuzzy.com/1210\" target=\"_blank\">guest strip</a> for the great comic <a href=\"http://samandfuzzy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam and Fuzzy</a>. Ok well it wasn't really a comic I did, but it was definitely a guest THING. You know the drill with these things I do. They are aliased. They are jostling. They are moderately puzzling to look at. Speaking of looking at things, you should give S&F a read if you haven't already. It's loads of fun.<br/><br/>And continuing on this subject of looking at things, I have detected an <a href=\"http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b392/Eyes5/?action=view&current=Imp2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">abundance</a> of truly smashing <a href=\"http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b392/Eyes5/?action=view&current=SawbuckClover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">plushiwork</a> by a cool lady named <a href=\"http://www.metroidhat.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Eyes5</a>. She must be congratulated for this work. <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">VIGOROUSLY</span>.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-04-10",
"timestamp":1265241600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-04-10\" href=\"/news/2-04-10\">4 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>FAKE BANDS (they are not real)</h3>\nI am here today to blindside you with a completely unanticipated, unforeshadowed <a href=\"/music/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead\" target=\"_blank\">album by the Midnight Crew</a>.<br/><br/><span style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"/music/album/midnight-crew-drawing-dead\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Midnight Crew: Drawing Dead\" src=\"/archive/social/news/musiclogo_MC.gif\"/></a><br/></span><br/>Only two songs in this album have appeared in Homestuck pages: Three in the Morning, and Nightlife (both are extended versions in the album). The rest are new, never before heard, and all of them (including the first two I mentioned) were made specifically for this album. <br/><br/>I had this idea to start making \"fake bands\" based on various characters from MSPA some time ago, back when the music project was starting up and I soon realized I'd have way more music on my hands than I could possibly use in the story. MC was the first such band, which guys in the music community started working on stuff for last summer. The whole thing got sidetracked for a while, but we decided to finish it over the course of the intermission for obvious reasons. It turned into a 19 song monster album, and I think all the songs came out fantastic, and really match the group's motif quite well.<br/><br/>The idea behind the fake bands was to put a spin on a certain genre, in a way that seemed in keeping with the characters and what sort of music they'd make. In MC's case the genre is something we've been referring to as \"dark jazz\". <br/><br/>I'd like to keep putting out more albums by more bands, with more interesting spins on musical styles to help develop characters and their universe. There certainly seems to be enough talent to keep it coming. I really wouldn't mind flooding you guys with awesome original music, even if I can't manage to work most of it into animated pages. Which obviously I can't. But projects like these albums are the next best thing.<br/><br/>In addition to some familiar names like Hadley and Bowman, there are a lot of great new artists represented in this album, who haven't yet authored something appearing in HS. But the newer folks made some of my favorite stuff there. I recommend you give the whole thing a thorough listen. Thanks to everyone for working on this, and as always, thanks to Cindy for configuring all the tedious Bandcamp stuff.<br/><br/>And just to remind you, the artists make most of the money you pay for it. At $5.25 for 19 songs, we're talking a pretty serious bargain.<br/><br/>A final note: when I said it was unforshadowed, I guess that <a href=\"/mspa/002253\" target=\"_self\">wasn't entirely true</a>. <br/><br/>P.S. Homestuck Volume 4 album isn't far off either. Just need to collect a few more songs for it first.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-08-10",
"timestamp":1265587200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-08-10\" href=\"/news/2-08-10\">8 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Winding down. And then up again.</h3>\nShould be bringing this intermission to a close finally. I delayed it longer than originally planned for a number of reasons. First, that's just what these things do. They <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">sprawl</span>. Second I was sort of timing the opening of the next act with some server work being done, and it looks like it shaped up nicely. Third, I was working on stuff for act 4 at the same time I was working on the intermission, somewhat paradoxically delaying <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">both </span>things. It is sort of like I was working on two MSPAs at once. I think I have concluded that one is more than enough.<br/><br/>Big thanks to <a href=\"http://iheartryan.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan</a> for his help with the server. It is purring like a kitten that has several hundred thousand people patting it per day, demanding large media files from it. Now it may be able to playfully deliver these files to you. And then fall asleep in its food dish or something adorable like that.<br/><br/>Act 4 will probably start on wednesday at the latest. See you then. (And every waking moment before then, and thereafter, forever.)\n"
},
{
"id":"2-10-10",
"timestamp":1265760000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-10-10\" href=\"/news/2-10-10\">10 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Act 4</h3>\nAnd so ends the <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">brisk</span> 200 page, 3 week intermission.<br/><br/>Act 4 animation <a href=\"http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/100210/4518_Gate1.php\" target=\"_blank\">mirrored</a> again temporarily. While the server is very much improved, it's still not quite good enough to handle a file like that. I'm fully resigned to playing constant catchup with the machine that serves this site, between the steady drumbeat of new readers, and my increasingly bloated files. As always, the thought of actually promoting the site remains laughable. Sometimes at night I whisper into my pillow with beads of sorrow in my eyes: dear wish fairy, please no more readers. Please.<br/><br/>Just kidding. Tell all your friends about MSPA I guess. I'll figure it all out some day.<br/><br/><a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3240\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis</a> is a Flash programmer and he's many insane kinds of \"mad good\". I wouldn't even think to try to pull off something like the Act 4 page without his computer codes. Basically I say to him something I want the thing to do, and then the next day that is what the thing does. I'm not really sure how he does it. Sometimes though I hear that phrase directed at me and my work, and I just laugh it off as an expression grounded in the utterly ridiculous. So I'll laugh it off for him on his behalf. He he he he he.<br/><br/>(<a href=\"http://www.timelesschaos.com/teambffcomics/\" target=\"_blank\">Here is some sort of funny comic</a> that he is, at least tangentially, involved with. Though primarily authored by his pal and mine, Mr. Rinehart-Taylor.)<br/><br/>Also this update marks the first time a page in MSPA has featured art not drawn by me, or not plundered hamfistedly through google's vast image agglomeratrix. <a href=\"http://mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cindy</a> drew some nice assets for this, and for this I thank her. (Yeah she never updates her site. Believe me, I share your frown.) Maybe I will consider more distributed art projects in the future. I may have to, if I want to finish this goddamn thing some time this epoch.<br/><br/>Another note: if the \"game\" performance is slow (not to load, but to play) then it is not the internet's fault, but your computer's fault. Which is to say it's actually my fault for putting too much crap in the gigantic room. I will possibly look into optimizing this further, and will <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">certainly</span> not repeat the mistake in future pages. I remind you that there isn't really a \"dev team\" or a \"testing group\" or \"quality control\" as would be present for most commercial software enterprises. As always, it's just a dude, and some other hacker dude, and an experimental webcomic that shelters some goofy stuff now and then.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-11-10",
"timestamp":1265846400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-11-10\" href=\"/news/2-11-10\">11 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Optimizations</h3>\nWe trimmed the file down a bit (where we = Alexis), and now the Gate 1 page is much speedier. John walks a little faster too so you can cover the absurd amount of terrain without devoting a whole afternoon to the task.<br/><br/><a href=\"http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/120210/4005_Gate1.php\" target=\"_self\">If you experienced lag problems before, you might want to give it another try.</a> Still no promises it'll work perfectly for all machines, but it's an improvement.<br/><br/><a href=\"/storyfiles/hs2/scraps/gate1map.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Here's a map too for your wandering convenience.</a><br/><br/>Maybe I should have had all this ready when I first released the file. HOW UNPROFESSIONAL OF ME\n"
},
{
"id":"2-17-10",
"timestamp":1266364800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-17-10\" href=\"/news/2-17-10\">17 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>PCHOOOOOOOOO</h3>\nI just made some serious improvements to the server. Things should be much faster around here. Maybe this will get me to shut my stupid trap about server problems for a while.<br/><br/><a href=\"http://dstrider.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">You may be interested in following one of Dave's many world famous blogs on the internet.</a> I can't say for sure how often he'll update it. Probably not especially frequently.<br/><br/>Also you remember all those Star Trek edits me and Jan did a while ago? We did another one recently. But I'm not gonna link it here. You just got to go hunt it down yourself!\n"
},
{
"id":"2-23-10",
"timestamp":1266883200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-23-10\" href=\"/news/2-23-10\">23 February 2010</a></div>\n<h3>ECCC</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hey, look at where I am going.</a> Will I see you there? I am afraid that is a question you are more qualified to answer than I. Fingers crossed though.<br/><br/>I found this <a href=\"http://www.mit.edu/%7Epuzzle/10/puzzles/1983/edits/\" target=\"_blank\">Problem Sleuth based puzzle</a> from MIT to be pretty amusing. Can you figure it out???<br/><br/>Probably not. <a href=\"http://www.mit.edu/%7Epuzzle/10/puzzles/1983/edits/solution.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here's the answer.</a><br/><br/><a href=\"/sbahj/12\" target=\"_blank\">And while on the subject of intellectual stimulation.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"3-03-10",
"timestamp":1267574400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-03-10\" href=\"/news/3-03-10\">3 March 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Do you wonder things?</h3>\nDo interrogative thoughts haunt your mind like spooky poltergeists? Does the essence of inquiry press up against your soft membranes and secrete from your porous carriage as a curios black fluid? Do you harvest this fluid in the inkwell reserved solely for the quill you reach for when finishing a sentence with a question mark?<br/><br/>If so, you sound like sort of a lunatic. There's nothing I can do to help you.<br/><br/>Let's change the subject. I've been <a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">answering a few questions on formspring</a>, if you want to steal a gander.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-07-10",
"timestamp":1267920000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-07-10\" href=\"/news/3-07-10\">7 March 2010</a></div>\n<h3>I got technolo-problems.</h3>\nMy computer seems to have its heart set on pitching a fit. I tried to talk some reason into it but it has made its intentions clear to me through a spectacular display of histrionics. <br/><br/>I think it's another hard drive failing. I've probably had like ten of these things fail on me over the years. Apparently that's just what they do, without provocation. But I mean it's fine that they do that. Really. It's not like the whole world runs on these things or anything. Let's all be cool with them sharing a rung on the technological ladder with disposable cameras.<br/><br/>So I might not post anything for a few days while I get this sorted out.<br/><br/>OH. And because I am going to ECCC this weekend, that will be another pretty solid 3 or 4 days I won't post anything. [HEY HOW ABOUT THIS DOUBLES AS A REMINDER THAT I AM GOING TO <a href=\"http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">ECCC</a>, JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO GO TOO.]<br/><br/>Wow so it turns out if I was like most folks I would never update this site. You will note that I am characterizing most folks as simply those who tend to have plans and problems.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-11-10",
"timestamp":1268265600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-11-10\" href=\"/news/3-11-10\">11 March 2010</a></div>\n<h3>I guess it goes without saying...</h3>\nThat I fixed my computer. Now let us never speak of this matter again.<br/><br/>I'm out for the weekend! No updates here until next week. (Probably Tuesday.)<br/><br/><a href=\"/sbahj/14\" target=\"_blank\">But it would please me if you would accept this parting gift.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"3-16-10",
"timestamp":1268697600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-16-10\" href=\"/news/3-16-10\">16 March 2010</a></div>\n<h3>PLANS AND PROBLEMS CONTINUED</h3>\nApparently it poured in Massachusetts while I was away, holed up in our <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20100315.html\" target=\"_blank\">cardboard castle</a> completely oblivious to cross-continental weather conditions. I came back to a flooded apartment. The irony is it didn't rain a drop in Seattle. The weather was exquisite.<br/><br/>Lots of stuff got soaked, but the good news is my computer stayed dry. If I lost my computer, well... GOODBYE MSPA. <br/><br/>Anyway I rescued it and scurried off to somewhere dry. I'll try to wring some updates out of this soggy dungeon nightmare soon. <br/><br/>So hey thanks to everyone who stopped by to say hi to me over the weekend! Let's say hi again some time ok?\n"
},
{
"id":"3-18-10",
"timestamp":1268870400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-18-10\" href=\"/news/3-18-10\">18 March 2010</a></div>\n<h3>It turns out that sometimes problems beget more plans.</h3>\nMy apartment smells like an old aquarium and I'll probably have to move now. On top of this I have fallen ill. These items will appear on a memo you will receive on your desk, and this memo will read at the top REASONS WHY ANDREW AIN'T GETTIN' MUCH SHIT DONE LATELY.<br/><br/>For the last week or so I have been enjoying a series of adventures which are not especially remarkable but of the sort one's friends and/or webcomic audience will happily entertain if sufficiently inebriated. I was sleeping in a strange room the other day and I woke up in the middle of the night and didn't recognize where I was. I saw this huge poster of Bob Marley gazing at me and I screamed aloud.<br/><br/>That reminds me of another story but it happened less recently. I was once singing the Harry Potter music in my sleep and woke myself up with my own performance.<br/><br/>These are just a couple of many such wake-up stories. With material like this clearly I should discard this preposterous MSPA endeavor and take up a journal comic.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-20-10",
"timestamp":1269043200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-20-10\" href=\"/news/3-20-10\">20 March 2010</a></div>\n<h3>aw yeah bitches</h3>\n<a href=\"/archive/external/mspa-record.gif\" target=\"_blank\">New shirt in your grill like a hot god that rolled down there.</a><br/><br/><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/products/mspa-record\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Dave's Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/recordshirt_banner.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Dave was so excited about it <a href=\"/sbahj/15\" target=\"_blank\">he made this</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-01-10",
"timestamp":1270080000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-01-10\" href=\"/news/4-01-10\">1 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>???? 4/1 ????</h3>\nTrust nothing you see or read on this date!<br/><br/>Except stuff hosted on this website. I'm not all that partial to the compulsory global prank-off.<br/><br/><img alt=\"Clown\" src=\"/archive/social/news/icon_clown.gif\"/> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">OR AM I?</span> <img alt=\"Clown\" src=\"/archive/social/news/icon_clown.gif\"/><br/><br/>The answer to this question is no. <br/><br/>But sometimes I play April Fool's pranks on accident. Remember last April when I <a href=\"/mspa/5\" target=\"_self\">started Homestuck in Flash</a>, then decided not to and just called all those pages the HS beta? That was sort of like a retroactive 4/1 prank. The joke is there was no joke, which in a world made of jokes, can be the best joke of all.<br/><br/>So is there anything pseudoprankish about this year's 4/1 <a href=\"/mspa/003541\" target=\"_self\">offering</a>? I can see why the jape-jaundiced eye may regard it with caution, if not actual disdain. (You see why this holiday is nothing but trouble?? It befouls the lighthearted with the curmudgeonly taint of skepticism!) All I can say is, give it a day or two. 4/2 should be anointed a special day in its own right. A day for those drunk on gullibility to nurse their hangovers. Like the day after St. Patrick's, but instead of green beer you drank lots of lame bogus press releases.<br/><br/>I've been really busy lately. That I've been able to squeeze out a few simple pages here and there has been a little beaded string of glittering miracles. I finally had some time to grind out a really cool animation though with a guy doing flips and stuff, so I thought that was pretty sweet.<br/><br/>Jan found some time to <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ5fLeLujI\" target=\"_blank\">do some editing</a> too, which is always promising. We'll kick out some more of these soon I hope. He will edit. I will shout funny ideas at him, and wave around this stick I found. I will not edit though. No, because:<br/><br/>I will be doing a lot of animating soon.<br/><br/>Let's address another date in April. Not the one marking a shitty holiday no one cares about, forcing big corporations to feel obliged to foist weaksauce stunts on everybody, revealing their PR departments to be stocked with wannabe writers for The Onion. No this shit is SERIOUS. We are talking about April 13th, exactly one year since Homestuck began. The original plan was to end the story on this date. (A plan which predated the first page of this monsterpiece. A plan thus rooted in peril and ignorance!) My plan has managed to deescalate in its sweeping architecture and now reads as \"do a really kickass animation, if you have time.\" The plan also includes shoehorning a couple other kickass animations into the archives between now and then. <br/><br/>Will I have time? Only I can answer that question. The likelihood for an affirmative is gravely influenced by the measure of abuse I will cause myself to endure. This measure is forecast to be: <span style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\">CONSIDERABLE</span><br/><br/>At the very least this announcement will chronicle with some precision the standard I have set myself up to fail to live up to, so hey, we're accomplishing stuff here.<br/><br/>Humor is dying a slow death cause everyone's trying to be so funny so hard at me all the time. Everybody pipe down and sell me shit. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-02-10",
"timestamp":1270166400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-02-10\" href=\"/news/4-02-10\">2 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Update on all things foolish</h3>\nRyan North of course has my permission to <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=&butiwouldratherbereading=nedroid\" target=\"_blank\">continue practicing foolish behavior</a>. As far as I am concerned, he can <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/index.php?comic=542&butiwouldratherbereading=problemsleuth\" target=\"_blank\">keep hornswoggling us SO HARD</a>.<br/><br/>I must however continue to forbid publicly traded companies from indulging in foolishness of any sort. Just put on a tie and go to work you assholes.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-04-10",
"timestamp":1270339200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-04-10\" href=\"/news/4-04-10\">4 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Secret Flash Ninja</h3>\nI went back and upgraded <a href=\"/mspa/003556\" target=\"_self\">this page</a> to add a miniflash animation, and included a little sleeping tune Mark made a while ago called Bed of Roses.<br/><br/>OH ALSO. I am going to be at <a href=\"http://www.moccany.com/\" target=\"_blank\">MOCCA</a> this weekend (SAT+SUN) if you feel like dropping by and standing somewhere idly within my INTERACTION RADIUS. If you're into that then see you there.<br/><br/>edit: look for me there with <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-07-10",
"timestamp":1270598400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-07-10\" href=\"/news/4-07-10\">7 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Homestuck: Year One</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">4/13/2009 - 4/13/2010</span><br/><br/>tldr; no updates until April 13th!<br/><br/>Change of plans again. I was going to do a couple animations before 4/13, and then a BIG ONE on the day of 4/13, the one year anniversary of Homestuck's starting date. My schedule is not going to permit this though. <a href=\"http://www.moccany.com/\" target=\"_blank\">I'm going away this weekend</a>, and as anyone who travels knows, that will consume a block of time greater than the span of the travel dates themselves. It will screw me up way too much to be in super-crazy production mode. I can pull off regular-crazy production mode, but note super-crazy. In summary, this week is toast. And in any case, there's really no reason to rush this thing just to squeeze something critical into a meaningless date.<br/><br/>So instead I will do ONE animation, take my time with it, and post it on 4/13. That will be the next update you will see.<br/><br/>Then after that I will move it along to the end of the act. I will still post the animation I was originally planning to post on 4/13, but at a somewhat later date. There won't be much ambiguity here. When I do post it, you will know exactly which date this animation was originally slated for.<br/><br/>But the good news is I think we can get the Volume 4 album out on 4/13. Keep an ear out for it.<br/><br/>So as long as we're here with almost a year's worth of HS under our belts, why don't we hit pause and check our game status.<br/><br/>Homestuck:<br/><br/>4 kids <br/>365 days (and counting)<br/>1667 pages (+1 on day 365)<br/>2024 images<br/>85,000 words<br/>62 Flash animations (+1 on day 365)<br/>5.5 images per day, every day<br/>1 Flash animation every 6 days<br/><br/>Some Flash data:<br/>1 hour total of animated footage <br/>3000 imported graphic files<br/>53 songs<br/>3 albums (+1 on day 365)<br/><br/>1 <a href=\"/mspa/001953\" target=\"_blank\">sacred urns toppled</a><br/>1 <a href=\"/mspa/003259\" target=\"_blank\">mystic ruins desecrated</a><br/>1 <a href=\"/mspa/002314\" target=\"_blank\">hallowed tombs defiled</a><br/><br/>15 Sweet Bro and Hella Jeffs<br/><br/>---------------<br/><br/><a href=\"/blogspot/end-of-problem-sleuth\" target=\"_blank\">TheProblemSleuthdata</a>,foryourconvenience:<br/><br/>3detectives<br/>365days<br/>1621pages<br/>1915images<br/>45,000words<br/>0sacredurnstoppled<br/>0mysticruinsdesecrated<br/>0hallowedtombsdefiled<br/><br/>IrememberwritingafterfinishingPSthatIdidn'treallynoticetheeffortinvolvedoverthecourseoftheyear.Thatisveryfarfromthetruththistime.Believeme,thisfeltlikeaseriousundertaking.ClearlyInotonlysurpassedmypreviouspagecountsinlesstime,butaddedmajoranimationchoresontopofallthat,whichprovedtobethemostlaborintensivepartofit!Evendisregardingtheanimation,theextradetailinthethestaticpages,thelargerenvironments,theheavieruseofcolor,themorerigorouscharacterdesignandgamemechanics,thedoubledwordcount,italladdeduptosomethingmuchbiggerthanPS.ThenpilehugeFlashprojectsontopofallthatandyouhavesomethingthat'scertifiablyinsane.ThegoodnewsisthatIgotfasterthemoreIchallengedmyself.<br/><br/>I'veeasilyworkedtwiceasmuchonHSasIdidonPS.Probablymore.Therehavebeenmoreall-day-all-nightaffairsthanIcouldcount.Weekendbreaksmostlynonexistent.Ijustdon'trecallthatsortofrelentlessexertionduringProblemSleuth,exceptmaybeduringthefinalmomentsofthebattle.EventhewholeSepulchritudethingstrikesmeasaprettyquaintendeavornow.Thatwouldreallyjustbearunofthemillbattleanimationthesedays.<br/><br/>WhyamIjumpingthegunandreviewingthisallnowratherthanon4/13?ProbablybecauseIknowIwon'tfeellikeitbythen,justafterIpostananimation,andwithmoretodorightaway.Thisisn't
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{
"id":"4-13-10a",
"timestamp":1271116800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-10a\" href=\"/news/4-13-10a\">13 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>A short news item preceding something more elaborate later on.</h3>\nThanks to all the well wishers and congratulators out there who've had something to say about Homestuck's first year run. Your patronage has harvested my vehement gratitude. It is a thankfulness so intensely focused, it could be employed as a hot cutting device to free people from wreckage.<br/><br/>A new album will be added to <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">the collection</a> <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">later today</span>. Volume 4 will contain 13 songs. It will be dirt cheap, costing you four dollars and thirteen pennies. That's like two cups of coffee, but coffee doesn't really sound as awesome.<br/><br/>And thanks again to <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">the whole music</a> team for riding out a year with me on this thing. But especially pointed thanks right now to Toby Fox for making this cool remix (\"Black\") of his own song from the MC album (\"Liquid Negrocity\"), and also the song used in the previous animation (\"Atomyk Ebonpyre\"). There will be more to hear from this guy soon. His work is colorful, energetic, and generated with absurd prolificity. I have come to regard the LIVELY SPECTACLE that is MSPA to be quite well matched by his compositions, and you will too.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-10b",
"timestamp":1271116800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-10b\" href=\"/news/4-13-10b\">13 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Volume 4!</h3>\nOk a whole mess of announcements here so let's see if I can keep it short and sweet!<br/><br/><a href=\"/music\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck Volume 4 is here.</a> 13 songs. $4.13. Comes with a cool wallpaper! Check it:<br/><br/><img alt=\"Sburb Wallpaper\" src=\"/archive/social/news/sburbwallpaper_sm.jpg\"/><br/><br/>There are a few very nice remixes in this album, done on pretty short notice. Everybody pulled this one together really fast! Nice job guys. And nice job as always to <a href=\"http://mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Miss McMittens</a> for rallying the troops and piecing it all together.<br/><br/>Additional trivia: if you're wondering where the old-timey clip at the beginning of \"Black\" comes from, <a href=\"/archive/external/midnightcrew.mp4\" target=\"_blank\">check it out</a>. (1:29) It's from a song recorded exactly 100 years prior to Homestuck. Toby slapped it on the beginning of his remix and I thought \"cool\" and rolled with it, but it wasn't until now I found out where it was from. Maybe he mentioned it to me once and I was like pfffff, not remembering THAT fact, nice try. This is a good example of how the music strongly influences how I put together the animations. <br/><br/>Next topic: <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20100417155738/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/MSPACP/\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">The MSPA Community Portal.</a><br/><br/>This is something some members of the community have been working on for a little while, and it's really cool! It's a very convenient gateway to access anything to do with MSPA, chat with people about it, and to GET GENERALLY INVOLVED. <br/><br/>I haven't written anything for this. It's a totally fan sponsored and maintained initiative, so that odor presently filling your nostrils is PASSION. I know you will enjoy mingling with these people. We all must strive to associate with those who are eager to facilitate and celebrate our obsessions.<br/><br/>There's probably more to say about stuff. I'm sure there is. But I think I'll can it for now and start pondering how to kick off year two. If anything important to say pops into my head, I'll be down here below all the cool images waving and kicking up a fuss.\n"
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{
"id":"4-13-10c",
"timestamp":1271116800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-10c\" href=\"/news/4-13-10c\">13 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>BAILIN'</h3>\nSorry to report to anyone aiming to see me at <a href=\"http://www.c2e2.com/\" target=\"_blank\">C2E2</a> that I won't actually be going. I feel like sort of a douche backing out of it, but it turns out I just can't pull off so much traveling! I'm sure I'll make it to that neck of the woods not too long from now though.<br/><br/>Also here's <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=7522\" target=\"_blank\">a really cool Dave game</a> a guy made which you might enjoy if you have a PC. If you have a Mac you will not. You will go sulk in the corner is what you'll do.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-20-10",
"timestamp":1271721600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-20-10\" href=\"/news/4-20-10\">20 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Project Recapitulation: Capitulated.</h3>\nA bunch of communitymembers banded together and <a href=\"/mspa/003574\" target=\"_blank\">annotated the recap page</a> with many, many hyperlinks to relevant pages throughout the story. This page now serves as a pretty nice index of the whole story, and functions as a convenient gateway to just about anything you might be looking for. Thanks guys! (I originally tried doing this myself and got a few paragraphs in before I started reaching for the gun I keep under my desk-side tree stump.)<br/><br/>Speaking of gateways and communities, I should link to the <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20100417155738/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/MSPACP/\" target=\"_blank\">MSPA community portal</a> again, another community-driven initiative. I'm planning on putting a permanent link to it somewhere. Making site changes is always something I procrastinate. Even little things.<br/><br/>Something else I've been meaning to mention is this outstanding <a href=\"http://www.metroidhat.com/gallery/lilcal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lil' Cal plush</a> given to me by the outstanding <a href=\"http://www.metroidhat.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Eyes5</a>. Not only is he rigorously crafted to the exacting standards of an elite puppet fetishist, but when you hug him he actually says my name. That isn't a joke, it's a serious thing it really does. I was going to take a video of this, but I was afraid it might freak you out a little. (It would have.)<br/><br/>While I'm dishing out crazycool things, here are <a href=\"http://darrencalvert.com/felt_fanart.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">some pieces</a> of <a href=\"http://sugar-stars.com/doodle/roseandjade.png\" target=\"_blank\">very sweet</a> HS art by my best friends <a href=\"http://darrencalvert.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Darren</a> and <a href=\"http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy</a>, respectively, in that respective order. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-22-10",
"timestamp":1271894400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-22-10\" href=\"/news/4-22-10\">22 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Additional notes.</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">EDIT.</span> I keep saying all this stuff, which is pushing the album announcement way down. Just to remind/inform you, <a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-4\" target=\"_blank\">the Homestuck album 4 is out</a>.<br/><br/>I also meant to serve up props to <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3240\" target=\"_blank\">Alexis</a> for coding the <a href=\"/mspa/003585\" target=\"_blank\">Google LOWAS</a> page I put up a few days ago. We hustled that together pretty fast and it slipped my wicket to mention it. I gave him this giant 5 megabyte map and some other doodads and I said make it do this, and he did in like an hour or so. Pretty cool huh? Yeah.<br/><br/>Also hope you dug the huge <a href=\"/mspa/003620\" target=\"_blank\">Bolin music dump on this page</a>. He made all those songs at least 6 months ago, and now here they are. I basically dragged my personal Bolin folder into the Flash file. And then Dave and Rose started dancing of their own accord. TRUTHFACTS.<br/><br/><a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkley,_Shut_Up_and_Jam:_Gaiden\" target=\"_blank\">Here's some reading material.</a> It will help you understand more about... well, it will cause you to look at your screen for a while.<br/><br/>Later.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-26-10",
"timestamp":1272240000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-26-10\" href=\"/news/4-26-10\">26 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>CCV + TRF + GWZ = WPP</h3>\nIf you enjoyed the artwork I posted not long ago by <a href=\"http://darrencalvert.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Viceroy Darren Von Calvert</a>, you may also enjoy <a href=\"http://darrencalvert.com/ps_desktop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this wallpaper</a> he made. I know I do.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-29-10",
"timestamp":1272499200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-29-10\" href=\"/news/4-29-10\">29 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Rolling on the floor laughing convention.</h3>\nOk, that's it for the updates for a while! I'm going to strap myself down for an animation binge. Whatever I can squeeze into the weekend schedule around <a href=\"http://roflcon.org/\" target=\"_blank\">ROFLCon</a>. Next update probably early next week.<br/><br/>Speaking of, perhaps you would like to come and roll and laugh on the floor with me? The floor is a pretty filthy place to engage in such behavior, but I hear there are \"lulz\" to be had down there. We will discover them together.<br/><br/>P.S. <a href=\"/unlock/ps000039\" target=\"_blank\">R.I.P. Cooper.</a><br/><br/>P.P.S. <a href=\"http://www.cracked.com/video_18178_the-second-most-embarrassing-thing-to-die-doing.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bunny. Box. Etc.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"4-30-10",
"timestamp":1272585600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-30-10\" href=\"/news/4-30-10\">30 April 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Problem Sleuth Book One: Compensation, Adequate</h3>\nIt is here!<img alt=\"PS\" src=\"/archive/social/news/v2_a_ps.gif\"/><br/><br/><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"PS Book\" src=\"/archive/social/news/PSbookphoto.gif\"/></a><br/><br/><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">In the Topatoco store.</a> <br/><br/>Book one covers chapters 1 through 5. Dividing it up this way was essential, since obviously PS is so massive. Hopefully more volumes to come not too far off, to finish off the set!<br/><br/>This looks like it turned out amazingly. Full color, 192 pages. Plenty of new illustrations sprinkled around. And notes under each page, written specifically for the book. Basically if PS pages had \"alt text\" on the site, this is what it would be like.<br/><br/>Oh yeah and a great foreword written by <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">some cool guy I know</a>! <br/><br/>As is practically always the case kudos must go to <a href=\"http://mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cindy</a> for helping me put it together, and additional kudos to book making savant <a href=\"http://wondermark.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Malki !</a> for additional helpin's, and of course to <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey</a> for saying hey how about we spend a ton of dough and make this fucker exist! What an awesome cadre it was I just mentioned. <br/><br/>edit: I will be milling around <a href=\"http://roflcon.org/\" target=\"_blank\">roflcon</a> tomorrow with copies tucked under my arm. Also at <a href=\"http://torontocomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TCAF</a> next week!\n"
},
{
"id":"5-05-10a",
"timestamp":1273017600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-05-10a\" href=\"/news/5-05-10a\">5 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>'tributions</h3>\nTip of the cap to <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">Team Huo-Fox</a> for the sonic wellspring that is \"Skaian Skirmish\". I must continue to pester the brim of my hat in the direction of pals <a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael</a> and <a href=\"http://smokinghippo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nic</a>, who contributed some additional artwork to the animation (such as <a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/latrine/uglybish.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> & <a href=\"http://firmanproductions.com/latrine/swordsmen.png\" target=\"_blank\">this</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.smokinghippo.com/random_art/HStuff/wv_castle_d3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> & <a href=\"http://www.smokinghippo.com/random_art/HStuff/bfield_d2_small.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this</a>).<br/><br/>Piecing together animations with art contributions is something I'd like to look into doing more of. Not only does it help move these things along faster, but it adds some nice visual depth to the productions.<br/><br/>If you're wondering whether this animation (WV?: Rise up.) was going to be the original 4/13 one, the answer's still no. That'll be the next one. I was originally going to squeeze this series of animations into like a week and a half period before 4/13, with more compressed action than has occurred since that date.<br/><br/>Of course once I bailed on that plan, I just decided to stretch things way out, because it was just easier that way. I think this is one of the secrets to the vast size of these stories. Making big plot advancing strides in shorter periods of time, through animation etc, is actually more difficult than spreading it out. So as long as it's spread out, I fill that space with massive amounts of simpler pages, and it all just piles up.<br/><br/>tl;dr: MORE STORY. LESS WORK. Weird.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-05-10b",
"timestamp":1273017600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-05-10b\" href=\"/news/5-05-10b\">5 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>TCAF</h3>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ed: ok that's all there is to see here until tuesday or so!</span><br/><br/>I am going to <a href=\"http://torontocomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TCAF</a> this weekend. You should come too! <br/><br/>Cool times with fans and friends: THUMBS UP.<br/><br/>Not updating MSPA for another 4 or 5 day stretch: THUMBS DOWN, DIPPED IN A WARM PUDDLE OF BARF.<br/><br/>But hey if you come along you can get a copy of <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">PROBLEM SLEUTH: BOOK 1</a>, and I will scribble something sort of baffling inside of it.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-15-10",
"timestamp":1273881600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-15-10\" href=\"/news/5-15-10\">15 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Back</h3>\nI'm back from <a href=\"/scraps2/tcafchillin.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">chillin</a> in Toronto with my <a href=\"http://mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">buddy</a> and my <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/\" target=\"_blank\">other buddies</a> and my sweet Cuddle Fluthlu that someone gave me. Everyone who came to say hi to me was really cool, especially the ones armed with presents.<br/><br/>I mean... <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">obviously </span>I am back and have been for a while if you've been paying attention to that huge pile of updates accruing over there to the right. Man sometimes I am so slow on the news draw. <br/><br/>Not sure what else to update you on here. I guess maybe you're wondering about the next big animation I kept dropping hints about for a while? I'll start working on that soon. I'm stretching out and taking my time on stuff. All the while posting like a million pages which sort of makes no sense. But it makes sense to me and that's all that counts. <br/><br/>Another thing: there'll likely be some more cool music for you to obtain when the next animation comes out.<br/><br/>Also here, <a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">I answered a few more questions</a>. That should hold you over. Whatever that means.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-19-10",
"timestamp":1274227200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-19-10\" href=\"/news/5-19-10\">19 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>WHERE do you even get updates that's that many</h3>\nPosted, uh... I think 26 pages today, <a href=\"/mspa/003765\" target=\"_blank\">starting here</a>. Was the kind of thing I felt like I had to post all at once, so it kept me busy drawing. Rather than the usual thing I do; draw a little, post a little, draw a little more, post a little more, all day. Just toying with you guys all day long like that, like a bastard. This website is my laser pointer and you are my brainless felines.<br/><br/>I wound up doing as much drawing for that static deluge as I tend to for an animation, but without all the animation stuff (EASIER!) Also I think I ruined a solid year's worth of perfectly good shipping with recent revelations. WHOOPSEE DAISEE<br/><br/>Anyway that's enough non-updating suspense. Next time I duck out it'll be on account of the real deal. Might go animation-dark early next week. Keep ya posted.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-21-10",
"timestamp":1274400000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-21-10\" href=\"/news/5-21-10\">21 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>?????????</h3>\n<a href=\"/sweetbroandhellajeff/movies/SBAHJthemovie1.swf\" target=\"_blank\">UHHHHHHHH</a><br/><br/>edit: who made the sog? <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=4632\" target=\"_blank\">MM</a><a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2626\" target=\"_blank\"></a> and , <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2626\" target=\"_blank\">Xfac</a> dumpass...\n"
},
{
"id":"5-24-10",
"timestamp":1274659200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-24-10\" href=\"/news/5-24-10\">24 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Continuing trivia</h3>\nGuys, let's read about Mark Twain.<br/><br/><a href=\"http://twainquotes.com/19100423b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Born 1835, Died 1910.</a> Same years Halley's comet flew by.<br/><a href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/after-keeping-us-waiting-for-a-century-mark-twain-will-finally-reveal-all-1980695.html\" target=\"_blank\">His autobiography will finally be released just now.</a><br/><br/>In case it's not completely clear, please <a href=\"/mspa/003814\" target=\"_blank\">examine the date</a>. Also, <a href=\"/mspa/001969\" target=\"_blank\">exhibit A</a>, and <a href=\"/scraps2/sassacre_original.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">exhibit B</a>. (I never can be sure what people will or won't pick up on! Pardon me as I bludgeon you.)<br/><br/>Twain's a pretty fascinating guy. The fact that he was born and died on the years of Halley's comet is startling! Kind of like how Jefferson died on the 4th of July (But he was born on 4/13!!!) But where Jefferson merely belongs to America, Twain apparently belongs to... the universe???<br/><br/>Also as long as I'm yapping here are some more <a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">quanswers estioned</a>.<br/><br/>edit: lest we forget, <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/gazorra#p/u/4/lxCW9xmamzQ\" target=\"_blank\">I threw the man under the bus</a> on YouTube. Just so he didn't get too cocky.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-25-10",
"timestamp":1274745600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-25-10\" href=\"/news/5-25-10\">25 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>How do I Live</h3>\nLet's all throw roses at Bowman's feet for his <a href=\"/mspa/003831\" target=\"_blank\">stirring cover</a> of Trisha Yearwood's \"<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AW3aCuxY1DY\" target=\"_blank\">How Do I live</a>\", and for his poignant vocals as well. Let us also cast floral arrangements at the good Mr. Smalley for shredding up his guitar something deliriously rudebrazen. NICE GUYS.<br/><br/>I got a new computer and was haggling with it over the last couple of days, getting annoyed by little things I'm not used to. But this animation was a good warmup for this machine before I take on the real EOA.<br/><br/>Going to shoot to have that done by 5/31. Which is cutting it pretty tight! We'll see if I can pull it off. But instead of going completely dark per usual I might sprinkle in an update here and there.That should keep you refreshing pretty hard. And here you were thinking you could relax. pfffff\n"
},
{
"id":"5-31-10",
"timestamp":1275264000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-31-10\" href=\"/news/5-31-10\">31 May 2010</a></div>\n<h3>EOA more like EO-LATE</h3>\nIt's going to be \"late\", but I felt like it was important to <a href=\"/archive/social/news/01940mail.png\" target=\"_blank\">freeze this date in the archives</a>, and then swap it out later. Some know the significance of that date. Probably most don't. I'll explain later.<br/><br/>Its tardiness is not even on account of the size of the thing (and it is pretty big!), but due to yet more computer problems. Actually it has been a bothersome slurry of computer problems, AND completely unrelated internet problems, which has been dragging at my progress and sapping my resolve. All I ask from my work environment is technically immaculate conditions. Without that I'm pretty much just another dude who never gets a damn thing done.<br/><br/>One day, the quality of my life will not predicate itself upon the optimal performance of an array of finicky machines. On this day I will have achieved PERFECTION.<br/><br/>edit:<br/><br/>I just wanted to provide you with a completely pointless update on the capabilities of Comcast's crack support staff. A Comcast support rep is empowered to do precisely these three things, and only these things:<br/><br/>1) Tell you to unplug your modem.<br/>2) Tell you to plug your modem back in.<br/>3) Dispatch a technician to your house, scheduled to arrive in one week.<br/><br/>I thought I'd offer just a tiny,<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> succulent bite</span> of the type of extremely productive behaviors which have supplanted my artistic endeavors as of late.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-02-10",
"timestamp":1275436800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-02-10\" href=\"/news/6-02-10\">2 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Exactly how late?</h3>\nLooks like a few days later than my projected date. Which is to say, as late as the beta was in getting to John's house! It is also as late as the beginning of the story itself, which if you recall, started with a misfire 3 days prior to 4/13/09. I try to make it so there is a reason for everything, even stupid things. In this case, even the simple tardiness of an animation project has become tangled up in Homestuck's lore! Let's all take a moment to ponder what this \"means\".<br/><br/>The good news is I'm no longer getting handcuffed by technical issues. I am now delayed <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">merely </span>because this thing is just really, really goddamn big.<br/><br/>I don't know if the RSS feed is going to pick up the update since I'm just swapping it out with that one. If you are an avid twitterist, you can <a href=\"http://twitter.com/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">follow me</a> to know EXACTLY when the thing is up, at the EXACT moment I leisurely get around to tweeting about it.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-04-10a",
"timestamp":1275609600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-04-10a\" href=\"/news/6-04-10a\">4 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>w h e w</h3>\n<a href=\"/mspa/003840\" target=\"_parent\">[S] Descend</a>. Thanks to the great artists who contributed work to it. Made it go way smoother and look way better. Proper and thorough attribution to follow shortly. Thanks to Toby Radiation for Toby Radiation's enormously cool neverending song. Why won't it end?? Oh god.<br/><br/>Gonna type up a more proper news thing after I go to sleep.<br/><br/>As I slumber, I have no idea how hard this site is going to get hit. So <a href=\"http://spamtheweb.com/ul/s452010786_01940.html\" target=\"_blank\">HERE'S A MIRROR</a> in case you need it.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-04-10b",
"timestamp":1275609600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-04-10b\" href=\"/news/6-04-10b\">4 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>A better news post. See? So much better.</h3>\nEarlier I mentioned I used artwork from contributors in the latest animation. <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">These guys right here.</a> A real fine bunch of artists. I recommend you check out the stuff they've got on their respective web catalogues.<br/><br/>Working with a bigger pool of people for a change was a lot of fun, and I am quite sure improved the final product. I'm still not sure exactly how much time the collaboration saved. Between orchestrating it all, prepping a million graphics and finagling with Flash for days straight, it's still a ton of work. I think the primary benefit here is it adds a lot of visual richness. Where before I would cut a lot of corners and recycle a lot more graphics, or just never even bother implementing certain scenes, this time I had quite a diversity of nice art assets to grab, and build the action around, and I think it paid off nicely. So thanks guys! Looking forward to next time.<br/><br/>Also, more about the song. Toby made this months ago in anticipation of some epic pandemonium going down on 4/13. Obviously that whole thing got delayed, and plans changed. But I always held on to it for EOA purposes and now here it is. What may be interesting for people to realize is how especially formative the song was to the action and story events in this page. It wasn't like I said \"Hey Toby make this ridiculously awesome long ass song that switches up themes every 30 seconds or so, and also put a silly Squiddles interlude in there ok?\" Nope, he just made it out of the blue, and I had months to think about how I'd adapt something to it. He didn't have the slightest idea what I'd do with it of course. But the result is this kind of odd musical storyboarding process. By composing the song he was sort of storyboarding the thing for me, or at least forcing my hand to address the musical themes at each step of the piece. The challenge was to pull everything together into a narrative that made sense, match the music switches, and cap off the act logically and compellingly within that prearranged structure. Constraints are a good thing. They invite creativity. I wouldn't want to be an absolute dictator on every facet of this project. I've never said, \"Listen up guys I need a song and I need it to go EXACTLY like this.\" I tried to keep it pretty loose with the artists too. I just gave them some broad concepts to work with, and let them get creative with it. Some environments, some characters, etc. Practically no descriptions of specific events. They were as surprised as anyone else to see the outcome of the animation. They were probably surprised to see exactly to what extent I scribbled all over their nice drawings, setting them on fire and blasting holes in things.<br/><br/>Ok speaking of music, there's going to be a new album out soon. \"But haven't there only been like three songs since the last one?\" you say? Let me worry about that. There'll be plenty to listen to.<br/><br/>When? I'll probably spring it right around the launch of the next act.<br/><br/>When's the next act start? I was thinking of starting Act 5 on 6/12 to make some time to prepare some stuff, and take care of a few other things I guess. I'll probably slip some twixt-act updates in too. Not any sort of intermission though.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-05-10",
"timestamp":1275696000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-05-10\" href=\"/news/6-05-10\">5 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>If below was TL;DR...</h3>\nTo summarize: <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">got help with art</a>. New album at/near start of new act. New act on 6/12. Some interim updates before that.<br/><br/>New stuff:<br/><br/><a href=\"/map/6\" target=\"_blank\">Updated the map.</a><br/><br/>Looks like <a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Moe</a> has been lurching to life with new comics lately. Let's all go read it and develop a favorable opinion of Michael's work.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-11-10",
"timestamp":1276214400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-11-10\" href=\"/news/6-11-10\">11 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Old pages, new songs.</h3>\nFor a variety of reasons that aren't especially interesting, I won't be able to use work from one of the music team members. As such, I have disentangled some songs from a few existing animations, and have rescored those pages. I wish this artist the best of luck in whatever he chooses to take on next.<br/><br/>The silver lining is that in picking new music for the pages, I had the opportunity to match them up with pieces I've come to view as a better thematic fit for them. It's also pretty cool to see how new music affects the feel of the animations.<br/><br/>Here are a handful of the altered pages: <a href=\"/mspa/002722\" target=\"_blank\">2722</a>, <a href=\"/mspa/002733\" target=\"_blank\">2733</a>, <a href=\"/mspa/002880\" target=\"_blank\">2880</a>, <a href=\"/mspa/002926\" target=\"_blank\">2926</a>, <a href=\"/mspa/002970\" target=\"_blank\">2970</a>, <a href=\"/mspa/003620\" target=\"_blank\">3620</a><br/><br/>These songs will be available in HS Volume 5, plus lots else. Which will be ready very soon!\n"
},
{
"id":"6-12-10",
"timestamp":1276300800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-12-10\" href=\"/news/6-12-10\">12 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Act 5</h3>\nConsider it in the spirit of the previous intermission, without it being an official one. I'd rather the arc not take too long, but I'm under no illusion it'll be that quick either. The Felt intermission lasted three weeks, and I thought I was still relatively economical with the pacing there. This one will probably be more involved, and require PLENTY of new drawing. Oh well, guess I'll take my time and make it fun.<br/><br/>(edit: whoops, yeah yeah it was a sickle not a scythe. I was kind of distracted when I made all these pages.)<br/><br/>I tried doing the suggestion box thing again for this, but at this point there are so many people trying to hit the forums all at once, it may just be impractical. It slowed the site down to the point where I couldn't even upload new pages! I'll probably make little surgical strikes, unlocking the box for ten minutes at a time at sneaky off peak hours, just to get suggestions for names and stuff like that. (In case you didn't know, the names of the planet and CG were reader suggestions, just as all the character names have been.)s\n"
},
{
"id":"6-13-10",
"timestamp":1276387200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-13-10\" href=\"/news/6-13-10\">13 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>HS Volume 5 + What Pumpkin</h3>\n<a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-5\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck Vol. 5 is here.</a> To call it a mega-album is an understatement. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">IT HAS 71 SONGS.<br/></span><br/><a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-5\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Volume 5\" src=\"/archive/social/news/vol5_album_banner.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>(Sweet album cover art by <a href=\"http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy</a>! Man it's nice.)<br/><br/>And before I get carried away talking about it, we're releasing this under a new VERY SERIOUS AND LEGIT RECORD LABEL, which is called <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin</a>. I thought this would be a much tidier container for all these crazy music projects we're cranking out. Oh and there will be more.<br/><br/>The idea I had for volume five was to gather up a lot of music that had been accumulating, and stuff it all into this monster album. Like, WAY more songs than would ever be sensible to put in an album and still call it an album. The result is something so audacious, it just might be COMPLETELY MINDBLOWINGLY INCREDIBLE. You be the judge. I already know your verdict though.<br/><br/>Additionally the concept was to make a huge soundtrack that touches on the magnitude of the story that has been swelling steadily for more than a year. The soundtrack is meant to evoke all the things taking place that we perhaps aren't seeing in this universe, or that could happen, but that the linear focus of the narrative simply can't contain. You're invited to imagine the bigger story the album is telling.<br/><br/>Bear in mind this album is not merely a giant song dump. I feel like I arranged this mix pretty carefully. And on top of that, <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">it is a seamless album</span>. There are transitions between songs built into the songs, so it all runs together as a cohesive whole. It's all equalized and mastered very well. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">There is nearly three solid hours of music to listen to</span>. And it is less than fifteen dollars.<br/><br/>Now it seems like I can never release one of these things without thanking my knuckles to a bloody pulp as I rain blows of merciless gratitude on everyone around me, and for good reason. Lots of people worked their asses off on this thing. It always seems like such a simple idea. Hey lets make an album! All this music is right here it'll take like two seconds to ram it out. Wrong stupid! So here I am assuming the flying crane position of indebtedness while I meditate on the fact that I'm about to snap the spines of fifty helpless thank ninjas in cold blooded succession. <br/><br/>Thanks to Cindy who worked forever on the new website and uploaded a million giant high quality songs which take forever to upload as it turns out and also hounding everyone for their files and stuff. Thanks to Clark Powell for doing great mastering/equalizing work on all the songs, and thanks to Toby Fox for doing <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">additionally great</span> work of a similar nature. Thanks to all the musicians for lighting a fire under their bone bulges to get high quality files to us and of course not being able to help themselves from making all these killer upgrades to the music itself in the process. And thanks to Lexxy for the ultraslick cover art!<br/><br/>I am never going to stop listening to this thing. Never. They'll have to send the cadaver dogs into my fucking unibomber shack cause I ain't coming out, and the fire ants will be wondering how they're gonna eat the rotting pulp in my skull with these headphones blocking my earholes like that.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-30-10",
"timestamp":1277856000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-30-10\" href=\"/news/6-30-10\">30 June 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Some vids (videos)</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Dh1kKv9zPs\" target=\"_blank\">Hey look it's one of these.</a> Will Picard and Data's jealousy feud never cease? (No.)<br/><br/><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PZ5fLeLujI\" target=\"_blank\">I can't remember if I linked this one from a couple months ago</a>. (So there you go.)<br/><br/>P.S.<a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37910015/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/\" target=\"_blank\">Let's discover the mystery of the horse boy together</a>. (Walk down the street a bit. The mystery deepens.)\n"
},
{
"id":"7-02-10",
"timestamp":1278028800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-02-10\" href=\"/news/7-02-10\">2 July 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Formspring</h3>\n<a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">How about you read some answers to questions I just answered?</a><br/><br/>Questions are never in short supply. In fact, they are infinite.<br/><br/>Why, did you know that right now, as we speak, at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico there is a hole in the ground, and questions are gushing out of this hole at an alarming rate? <br/><br/>Did you notice how the above sentence was a question? That one too. They both came from the catastrophic question spill in question.<br/><br/><span style=\"font-size: 70px\">?</span>\n"
},
{
"id":"7-06-10",
"timestamp":1278374400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-06-10\" href=\"/news/7-06-10\">6 July 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Soul Money</h3>\nWhen you see images like the one below, you can be sure that shenanigans are surely afoot. Everyone likes shenanigans. <a href=\"/blogspot/soul-money\" target=\"_blank\">Let's read about them</a>.<br/><br/><a href=\"/blogspot/soul-money\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"SOUL PORTRAIT\" src=\"/archive/social/news/soulportrait_after_th.jpg\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"7-13-10",
"timestamp":1278979200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-13-10\" href=\"/news/7-13-10\">13 July 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Gone for a week</h3>\nI'll be skipping town from 7/20 to 7/27 just so you know. No updates for that week! Maybe you can spend that week catching up on the chores you've been neglecting on account of hammering the refresh button all the time.<br/><br/>I was originally thinking I'd try to have the troll thing finished up before this hiatus, but who am I kidding. Oh well. Steady as she goes.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-18-10",
"timestamp":1279411200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-18-10\" href=\"/news/7-18-10\">18 July 2010</a></div>\n<h3>What have we here?</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">MORE MUSIC!</a><br/><br/>An album titled <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Alternia</span> by the prolific and electric (prolifilectric) Toby \"Radiation\" Fox. <br/><br/><a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Alternia\" src=\"/archive/social/news/alternia_cover.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Yes, this is a solo album, meant to put music to the troll universe which has been taking shape recently. I believe you will find this album shall only further crystallize the atmosphere of this arc. It will do this because we say it will. <br/><br/>But there is some trivia here! Before I started act 5, Toby talked to me about working on an album like this, couched in the assumption that the troll story would never be examined in the detail it is presently, and that this album would only serve as a tonal exploration of a purely hypothetical adventure supplied by the imagination. Turns out he assumed incorrectly! Which only made the project that much more timely and apropos. In fact, the planet Alternia was named after the album, and not the other way around!<br/><br/>This is really good stuff. It should go without saying that Radiation's work is always among my personal TOP PIX. This is obvious, since I have leaned heavily on him for HS scoring. Leaned hard. Like he is a diner jukebox, and I am the coolest fucking dude you ever saw. I am seriously making the Fonz look like the Star Wars kid from that old meme. Thrashing around like a spaz with a mop handle in the garage of whatever the fuck family he lived with.<br/><br/>I don't know a goddamn thing about Happy Days, honestly.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-19-10",
"timestamp":1279497600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-19-10\" href=\"/news/7-19-10\">19 July 2010</a></div>\n<h3>And now that you have all been sufficiently nonplussed...</h3>\nSee you in a week! I'll be back on the 27th. \n"
},
{
"id":"7-26-10",
"timestamp":1280102400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-26-10\" href=\"/news/7-26-10\">26 July 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Site tweaks</h3>\nSince I've momentarily stepped off the endless update carousel I figured I would refresh the layout a bit. My only objective here is to reduce the clutter somewhat. Some of the content I wiped out, particularly to the side, I'm sure I'll reintroduce in some more rational way a little later. I'll chip away at it. Site design is something I never get around to on account of its tedium and the fact that I'd rather use my energy drawing. And since I can't at the moment, well... I still almost didn't bother. But then I did bother.<br/><br/>This week long drought wasn't so much about taking a break from drawing as it was an extension of two simple facts - I was away from my computer, and being away from my computer makes updating impossible. That SPECIFIC machine, and not this one on which I type or any other, is essentially the physical embodiment of this website. Really if I could be updating while away I would be. This trip isn't about rest. That's for losers. The hiatus was and is a referendum on corporeality, and its usurious demands on the virtual. It appears, as I am learning, that I, the author of this website, am a corporeal thing, and it turns out my computer is corporeal as well. We can be separated into compartments completely isolated from one another, compartments often referred to by the natives as \"locations\". This blew my mind. The hiatus is also a referendum on culture shock.<br/><br/>Hey! How about some more updates soon? Ok. How about tomorrow evening? That will be after I get into this huge metal thing. After the metal thing makes LOTS AND LOTS of noise, I will step out, and when I do, my computer will be not as... hang on while I flip through my Glossary of the Corporeal. Man this thing is handy. Ah yes... \"Far away.\"\n"
},
{
"id":"8-03-10",
"timestamp":1280793600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-03-10\" href=\"/news/8-03-10\">3 August 2010</a></div>\n<h3>By the way,</h3>\n All those <a href=\"/mspa/004229\" target=\"_blank\">fancy dresses</a> were designed and drawn by a <a href=\"http://mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">swell dame</a> I know. I asked her to draw them and she did. Girls are so much better at thinking up fancy clothes than boys. Ask anybody! It is a fact.<br/><br/>In case you didn't know, recently the <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/\" target=\"_blank\">forums</a> were ported to a different machine to reduce the gluttonous demands on this server. It was also nicely refurbished in the process. This was quite an undertaking, and a bunch of cool people pitched in and made it happen. Especially major thanks to Brian for doing if not 90% of the work, then well over 100% of it. He wrestled it to the ground like a frisky steer that had no concept of its own strength and now we are all sitting around enjoying hamburgers. Yes, that taste in your mouth WAS fresh beef.<br/><br/>Even so, this server still has some problems. If you're really glued to this site, you probably notice the Fedora test page appear just before an update comes up. That is because I have to shut the WHOLE SITE DOWN just to get my update php script to run. But really this is mostly because the script I wrote years ago is SO SHITTY, so it's my own fault. It wasn't built to run smoothly on a well trafficked machine, nor to publish such a long story. I'd rewrite it, but I really can't stand coding anymore. She is a bitter divorcee and has nothing but scorn for me. Every time I look at my code I sink into a deep depression and then draw like 50 pages to drown my sorrows while I try not to think of dollar signs and semicolons and SQL statements. <br/><br/>What else is there to talk about. Oh yeah. New album soon? Seems like only yesterday we put out <a href=\"/music/album/alternia\" target=\"_blank\">Alternia</a>. But you bet there's one in the pipeline. This one involves more fun times than are sensible to contemplate sober. Also there will be bonus animation to go along with it. You'll see.<br/><br/>Speaking of Alternia, the troll arc is predictably lasting longer than predicted. But that's ok. It's kind of like Inception, and we started having a dream of trolls inside a dream of kids, but then forgot we were dreaming, and now it's just all about trolls. But don't worry, we'll get back there. I like to think the kids are on summer break, and these alien kids are who we get to hang out with in the mean time. That's a fun way to look at it.<br/><br/>Have you ever thought about <a href=\"/sbahj/4\" target=\"_blank\">Barack Obana</a> and thought it would be totally cool to follow him on <a href=\"http://twitter.com/BarackObana\" target=\"_blank\">twitter</a>? I wouldn't even believe you if you didn't say you did. So just please just shut up and try to don't say it ok.<br/><br/>Oh yeah take a look at the <a href=\"http://s839.photobucket.com/albums/zz317/ellesterotakon2010/mspa%20peeps/\" target=\"_blank\">mischief some people</a> get up to. Who is supervising these rogues?? They are out of control. I think everybody should dress up as Homestuck characters, ALL THE TIME. This is the world I pine to inhabit, and these hooligans and their patio masquerade are the vanguard of my dreamscape.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-13-10",
"timestamp":1281657600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-13-10\" href=\"/news/8-13-10\">13 August 2010</a></div>\n<h3>COMIC BROS</h3>\nThere is a guy whose work I have followed for a long time and his name is Tauhid. He has a new project called <a href=\"http://www.epicsplosion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Epicsplosion</a> which looks rather exciting, and if you enjoy the content on this site you will likely agree. It uses a similar format to MSPA, though with considerably more polish applied to the panels and overall presentation. And most interestingly (IMO!) he's going for a true \"choose your own adventure\" format, with branching story paths. This is something I tried with MSPA in the early going with <a href=\"/mspa/2\" target=\"_blank\">Bard Quest</a>, and in fact it was originally going to be one of the defining features of this site. But it proved to be pretty challenging to keep up with multiple story paths in any non-trivial way, so I just proceeded linearly with PS and HS thereafter.<br/><br/>While he was preparing to work on this, he and I talked a bit about the various challenges and pitfalls of the medium. I think he's chiseled the approach down to something pretty effective and manageable, and certainly the result is attractive. Personally I hope he keeps up with this, because it could turn into something pretty fantastic. The best way to keep him motivated I suspect is for us all to show support with our keen and frequent attention!<br/><br/>Hey, speaking of bros who I've been bros with forever, I also noticed <a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Michael</a> is selling custom comics at a bargain price. Seize on this opportunity or know the meaning of lifelong regret. In case it wasn't clear, Moe is the best webcomic on the internet. Period.<br/><br/>ALSO speaking of bros, thanks a ton to Matthew for helping me out with the update script I was having problems with. Now posting an update <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">DOESN'T</span> require me shutting down the whole site for 15 minutes. This is a major advancement!\n"
},
{
"id":"8-18-10",
"timestamp":1282089600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-18-10\" href=\"/news/8-18-10\">18 August 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Trollflash</h3>\nI guess I should warn you that the closer we get to wrapping this segment up, the closer I will get to making another animation. This will likely mean a good plenty of days with no updates at all once I start. I have not started yet but I probably will soon. I will let you know. \n"
},
{
"id":"8-21-10",
"timestamp":1282348800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-21-10\" href=\"/news/8-21-10\">21 August 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Troll Shirts!</h3>\n<a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Troll Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/trollshirts_palette.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Hey! Check it out. <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">You can buy troll shirts</a> and dress like your favorite troll, and/or don your colorful zodiac sign of choice. Pretty neat!<br/><br/>There'll be a <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">pre-order phase of two weeks</span>. Considering this is a TON of unique shirt designs and presents a stocking challenge, I'd like to get a sense of how many of each type people want before making them. <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Important: pre-ordering is the only way to get certain sizes!</span> Like the smaller or bigger sizes. After pre-order's closed, all you can get will be more standard sizes. So if one of those sizes is your cup of tea, better hop on this soon!<br/><br/>Now that this whole ensemble of silly characters and their escapades are out in the open, I felt like a decent number of people would enjoy the opportunity to grab an OFFICIAL shirt bearing one of these simple, striking designs which are also recognizable to those with the lowdown on astrology. Who knew that tying the zodiac to a bunch of angry alien kids was the only way to make it cool? I sure didn't. Also, if you are planning to do some cosplaying, I don't know how the HELL you think you are going to pull it off without one of these shirts. I really don't.<br/><br/>This is something I'm handling outside of the elegant <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco framework</a>, for a number of tactical reasons. One, flooding my storefront suddenly with 12 unique designs sounds kinda clumsy. Two, I'm really not sure how many each of these would sell since there are so many different designs to pick from. They stay so busy making shirts for tons of artists that I like to try to be sure designs I send them will have a ghost of a chance of being worth their hassle sales-wise. So I'm riding herd on this myself along with my Chief Corporate Officer of Strategic Corporate Actualization Strategies and Paradigm Corporatizations, and together we will do it guerrilla style with paypallery and homespun mailing shenanigans. <br/><br/>Sellin' stuff is fun!<br/><br/>Not as fun as buyin' it though. ;-)\n"
},
{
"id":"8-26-10",
"timestamp":1282780800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-26-10\" href=\"/news/8-26-10\">26 August 2010</a></div>\n<h3>THIS IS INCREDIBLY SILLY</h3>\nHey guys, guess what the next album is all about! No, your guess is wrong. It is a <a href=\"/music/album/squiddles\" target=\"_blank\">Squiddles album</a>. Surprise!<br/><br/> <a href=\"/music/album/squiddles\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Squiddles!\" src=\"/archive/social/news/squiddles_cover.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Here is an important thing to note before all else. <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/videos/squiddletrailer.html\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">This album comes with a full-length animation!</a> That is a link to the trailer. The full version comes with the download.<br/><br/>A lot of the same <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/squiddles.html\" target=\"_blank\">people</a> who have contributed to MSPA animations lately worked on that animation. In fact, they did 100% of it! Conceptualized it and storyboarded it and drew all the assets, all under the supervision of a very skilled Flash animator named Peter Turner. <br/><br/>This album began percolating many months ago, and as with much of what this music fellowship works on, it snowballed in quantity and silliness and awesomeness over an extended period of time. It began with <span class=\"style7\">Alexander Rosetti's great single track (1st in playlist), a snippet of which found its way into the big [S] Descend mashup</span>. <br/><br/>The idea we formed around that song was to make an album that would serve as the soundtrack for a fictional cartoon show for kids, full of ridiculous happy tunes with strong themes of friendship and chock full of squeaky noises and aquatic gurglings. Seems to me like they pulled it off. It's very easy to picture this as a real show now!<br/><br/>Most of what you hear and see is musician/artist-conceptualized. I didn't have much of a hand in it other than the original idea. The guiding principle for working on Squiddles stuff is, any idea someone has for it automatically becomes Squiddles canon. So really anything going on here, candy corn shrimp, skipper Plumbthroat's connivings, underwater unicorns, all that came together through the collaboration of these artists while I sat quietly and boggled vacantly at their shenanigans. These guys are a bunch of nuts. But they are <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">your </span>nuts, and now their work is yours as well.<br/><br/>Go buy this (<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">cheap!</span>) album and have yourself a friendship aneurysm. \n"
},
{
"id":"9-02-10",
"timestamp":1283385600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-02-10\" href=\"/news/9-02-10\">2 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Next stop: Rainbow Rumpus Flashtown</h3>\n<a href=\"/mspa/004477\" target=\"_self\">That</a> will be the last update while I do a bit of animation. It ought to take... maybe a week? Let's call it a week.<br/><br/>I'm sure I could do it faster. In fact, I can't really promise I won't! (<- horrible thing for me to say, ensuring rampant F5ing several days from now until time of next update.)<br/><br/>But I will err on granting the task a wider berth. I keep making this pact with myself, sort of like a recurring New Year's resolution that has no particular affiliation with any calendar event, that I will try and take it easier on this thing now and then. I repeatedly fail to honor this resolution, and like that pledge to lose those stubborn holiday pounds which so easily falls by the wayside, I cannot seem to shed the drawing hours. And so I keep drawing and wallowing and eating ice cream. <br/><br/>What am I even talking about anymore.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-06-10",
"timestamp":1283731200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-06-10\" href=\"/news/9-06-10\">6 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>SPX</h3>\nBy the way, I will be going to <a href=\"http://www.spxpo.com/about\" target=\"_blank\">SPX</a> this weekend in Maryland. I hope to see you there, even though statistically speaking, this is quite unlikely!\n"
},
{
"id":"9-08-10",
"timestamp":1283904000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-08-10\" href=\"/news/9-08-10\">8 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>More fine contributions</h3>\nI will direct your attention to the <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">talented individuals</a> who are responsible for much of the lovely artwork drifting and panning and flickering throughout the <a href=\"/mspa/004478\" target=\"_blank\">latest page</a>. A few new faces there! Also the song, \"<a href=\"/music/track/crystamanthequins\" target=\"_blank\">Crystamanthequins</a>\", you may have heard already. It appears in<a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-5\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 5</a>, and was written by Erik Scheele, a remix of two other great songs by Alexander Rosetti and Perry Sullivan.<br/><br/>I will leave for <a href=\"http://www.spxpo.com/about\" target=\"_blank\">SPX</a> on Friday, and I will not be making my way back until midweek! There will be a scarcity of activity on this website in the meantime, a predicament all too familiar lately. This will give you plenty of time to digest the gaudy pyrotechnics on display in the recent update, and by the time I get back, you may have settled down. It is then and only then will we attempt to have a reasonable dialogue. <br/><br/>At that point I will begin lowering us responsibly from the present lofty altitude of this story arc, and we may proceed with business as (and please note the disdainful use of quotes and capitalization) \"USUAL\".\n"
},
{
"id":"9-09-10",
"timestamp":1283990400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-09-10\" href=\"/news/9-09-10\">9 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>And...........</h3>\nThat's all I got for you til next week! (9/15)<br/><br/>Also FYI the preorder thing for the <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">troll shirts</a> is over, which means... well, it means you can still order 'em! But only the sizes you see there now. Seems like people liked this idea. We'll try to keep them stocked best we can.<br/><br/>Later!\n"
},
{
"id":"9-19-10",
"timestamp":1284854400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-19-10\" href=\"/news/9-19-10\">19 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>NYCC</h3>\nHELLO. I will be attending the <a href=\"http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Comic Con</a>, and you are invited. I will be situated at a table with <a href=\"http://drmcninja.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor Chris McNinja</a> and <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Anthony Nedroid</a>. One of these fellows draws Dr. McNinja, and the other one colors it. I will be the third wheel at the table, having nothing to do with McNinja at all. Oh wait, that is not true. I am an avid enjoyer of the series, making me the most important contributor of all.<br/><br/>Have you acquired Anthony's new <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/nedroid\" target=\"_blank\">Beartato book</a>? I did, and you should too. It manages to be so many different kinds of funny when you read it.<br/><br/>I did another <a href=\"/scraps2/jessfink_soulportrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">soul portrait</a> the other day. It depicts the soul of <a href=\"http://jessfink.com/kwe/\" target=\"_blank\">Jess Fink</a>, a very skilled comic lady. Soon I will corner the soul portrait industry. (i.e. I have already.)<br/><br/>Hey <a href=\"http://iasos.com/artists/erial/celestial-soul-portraits/\" target=\"_blank\">Erail</a>, what does it feel like to get FUCKING BURIED? (Just kidding, you are probably a pretty nice guy. I guess??)<br/><br/>I have not actually <a href=\"/blogspot/soul-money\" target=\"_blank\">been to the Olive Garden</a> yet. Mostly because I have come to sincerely dread the occasion for reasons I don't completely understand. Maybe I will go to a different shit ass restaurant instead. Or maybe I will allocate the monies in an entirely unexpected but equally asinine way!<br/><br/>Stay tuned for a really long time to find out.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-22-10",
"timestamp":1285113600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-22-10\" href=\"/news/9-22-10\">22 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>QnAs</h3>\nA couple days ago I <a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">answered</a> some questions. <a href=\"/formspring/andrewhussie1158290610\" target=\"_blank\">This one in particular</a> you may find helpful in illuminating the thought process behind Homestuck.<br/><br/>Also hey if you ordered any <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">troll shirts</a> they should be in transit quite soon!<br/><br/>Updatewise I might be slowing down a bit soon, because I have a lot of stuff to do. Working on putting out PS book volume 2, among other things. I give you permission to hit F5 with only one finger for a while, instead of drum rolling it with both.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-30-10",
"timestamp":1285804800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-30-10\" href=\"/news/9-30-10\">30 September 2010</a></div>\n<h3>SO BUSY</h3>\nRemember when I said \"I might be slowing down a bit soon, because I have a lot of stuff to do.\"?<br/><br/><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: center;\">LIES.</span><br/><br/>80 pages posted in 7 days since that coy remark. I am not a trustworthy character.<br/><br/>But seriously, I really am very busy!!! Believe me about that! I have to move over this weekend, and then I have to go to <a href=\"http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NYCC</a> the next. And I've been workin' on new stuff to sell to you for the holidays. Really really busy guys!!!!! I'm not even sure why I'm updating so much. It doesn't actually make sense, and I should stop. What is even the point of this news update here? I don't even know. At this point I'm just trying to talk some sense into myself I guess. <br/><br/><a href=\"mailto:whatpumpkin@gmail.com\" target=\"_self\">Cindy</a> is also very busy, furiously mailing out shirts as we speak. Let's all email her and thank her for the concerted effort. Oops but your email of gratitude will get drowned out by all of mine, because I just sent her like a thousand emails just now.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-01-10",
"timestamp":1285891200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-01-10\" href=\"/news/10-01-10\">1 October 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Ryanquest</h3>\n<a href=\"http://qwantz.com/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan North</a> is a world famous paleontologist; friend. He has found it in his heart to take issue with <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20101001.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey</a>'s courageous plot to rescue me from the Boston area and into the <a href=\"http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/413\" target=\"_blank\">413</a> area code of Easthampton, Massachusetts. Or more specifically, his issue appears to be with my brutal dishonesty on the matter. I have clearly behaved like a true scoundrel, the type of subhuman rubbish fit to be hanged and then pelted with mushy produce.<br/><br/>I can never truly mend this atrocious breach in trust, but I will submit <a href=\"/ryanquest\" target=\"_blank\">this humble gesture</a> to at least begin to reveal the harrowing, limitless expanse of my soul crushing remorse.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-04-10",
"timestamp":1286150400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-04-10\" href=\"/news/10-04-10\">4 October 2010</a></div>\n<h3>KNOCK KNOCK, WHO'S THERE? COMICS!!!</h3>\nDudes, if you are coming to <a href=\"http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">New York Comic Con</a> to see <a href=\"http://drmcninja.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Chris</a> and <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony</a> and me,<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"></span> <a href=\"/scraps2/knockknock.jpg\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_blank\">HERE'S THE DEAL WIT THAT! </a><br/><br/>Also, if you have been keeping up with the dramatic developments in <a href=\"/ryanquest\" target=\"_blank\">Ryanquest</a>, here is the <a href=\"/ryanquest/9\" target=\"_blank\">continuation and conclusion</a>, all in one!\n"
},
{
"id":"10-06-10",
"timestamp":1286323200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-06-10\" href=\"/news/10-06-10\">6 October 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Off I go................</h3>\nTo <a href=\"http://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NEW YORK</a>! I will be there Fri/Sat/Sun. Come see me! Updates resume probably Monday.<br/><br/>If you're waiting on a <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">troll shirt</a>, I have it on good authority that just about all outstanding orders will be in the mail within a week!<br/><br/>Speaking of coolkids clothes, there should be some neat stuff hitting the <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">topatoco store</a> in not too long. So don't spend any of your money. You will need it to buy that stuff, ok??? Cool.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-20-10",
"timestamp":1287532800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-20-10\" href=\"/news/10-20-10\">20 October 2010</a></div>\n<h3>STAND BY</h3>\nMight be a couple days before I can get more pages up. I offer neither excuse nor explanation!<br/><br/>Also, <a href=\"http://webcomicsweekend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">look what is coming up really soon.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"10-25-10a",
"timestamp":1287964800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-25-10a\" href=\"/news/10-25-10a\">25 October 2010</a></div>\n<h3>???????????????</h3>\nYeah there's a temporary page there cause the real page is running later than I thought, so I'm just kinda steamrolling ahead anyway. Who says you can't do that?? Pansies is who. If you want to know EXACTLY when the real page is up, you could always <a href=\"http://twitter.com/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">follow me</a>. Should be real soon.<br/><br/>Here maybe <a href=\"/sbahj/19\" target=\"_blank\">this will help sate your hunger</a> for... something.<br/><br/>Oh also between now and Halloween <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a> is marking down all their \"Last Chance\" shirts. Any shirt you see there labeled as such, it is your last chance EVER to buy that design!!! What a spooky thought. It is the perfect Halloween promotion.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-25-10b",
"timestamp":1287964800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-25-10b\" href=\"/news/10-25-10b\">25 October 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Alterniabound</h3>\nFor now, <a href=\"http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/f8ababf5e077e0fc05bacb3acad2a4b7\" target=\"_blank\">available through the mirror</a>, because files which could recently be distributed by this server with ease cannot be anymore, because y'all just keep <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">showing up</span>.<br/><br/>Plenty to say about this I suppose, but for now I'll just thank <a href=\"/credits\" target=\"_blank\">the sizable group of people who helped make it happen</a>.<br/><br/>First, Alexis who programmed this and everything else you can \"play\" on MSPA. I'm fairly sure he is one of the fastest Flash programmers in the world. To put this in perspective, he programmed this whole thing over the weekend, while<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> still allowing time for Con Air breaks</span>.<br/><br/>The <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">folks pitching in artwork</a> were pivotal in forming the look that was achieved. I was responsible for very little artwork here. I built levels out of tiles and other assets, wrote it and guided its production, but the visuals were primarily supplied and conceived by them. Specifically I should make mention of <a href=\"http://www.iwantyoutofeelthepressure.com/\" target=\"_blank\">M Thomas Harding</a>, who helped drive the production of assets pretty hard and played a big part in developing a style for the sprites meant to be reminiscent of <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EarthBound\" target=\"_blank\">Earthbound</a>, a game which has always been a major influence behind Homestuck. And <a href=\"http://proffate.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Turner</a>, who designed a ton of tile sets for level building, as well as a lot of the more detailed graphics, like the monsters and lab equipment.<br/><br/><a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">Musically</a>, Toby Fox has got it mostly covered. I originally asked him to just dust off a few tracks from his <a href=\"/music/album/alternia\" target=\"_blank\">Alternia album</a>, make them loopable for gameplay, to get those into the mix of the story. But predictably he did one better than that and refined them into new compositions, and added some more swell silly stuff on top of it (e.g. the Cage Theatrics). There's also some really great stuff by a few other guys to be found in <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">the secret room</span>.<br/><br/>What? There's a secret room?? Well, there are a few, but there's one <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">secret </span>secret room. I won't tell you how to find it, because then it would be a dumb secret. Just ask around. See what the word is on \"the street\". You'll figure it out.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-02-10",
"timestamp":1288656000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-02-10\" href=\"/news/11-02-10\">2 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>NEWW is upon us.</h3>\n<a href=\"http://webcomicsweekend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The New England Web Comics Week End</a> (NEWCWE, as per the official acronym) is this weekend. Will you be there?? It is the only convention I know of whose primary purpose is to facilitate large groups of people wandering from bar to bar in the evenings. How can you beat that?<br/><br/>Me (right) and <a href=\"http://gunshowcomic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">KC Green</a> (left) dressed as <a href=\"http://twitpic.com/32tfv0\" target=\"_blank\">these guys</a> for Halloween.<a href=\"http://overcompensating.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tallahassee Econolodge</a> (middle) was Cher, an obvious complement to this posse. We went to a party, and no one knew who we were. This was probably for the best.<br/><br/>I think we are nearly ready to sell some more troll shirts. Whew did we get kind of overwhelmed in the first round. Let's do it again. Hey wouldn't it have been AWESOME if we had them available for your Halloween costumes?? Oh well, instead they will be ready to buy for your annual traditional Christmas Cosplay.<br/><br/>PS Book 2 soon as well!\n"
},
{
"id":"11-11-10",
"timestamp":1289433600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-11-10\" href=\"/news/11-11-10\">11 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>ZODIACTION</h3>\n<a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hey look, these are back in stock!</a> If I had to guess though, probably not for too long. But then they will be <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">re</span>back in stock. It all depends on how soon you want to wear something great.<br/><br/>Some other rad stuff to buy coming soon!<br/><br/><a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\"><img alt=\"Troll Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/trollshirts_palette.gif\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-14-10",
"timestamp":1289692800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-14-10\" href=\"/news/11-14-10\">14 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>THIS IS COMPLETE BULLSHIT</h3>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">Problem Sleuth Volume Two is here.</a><br/><br/><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"PS Book 2\" src=\"/archive/social/news/PScover2_thumb.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Please note that if you act quickly enough, I will sign and customize the book(s) for you before they hop into the mail.<br/><br/>And if you were looking for something to keep yourself warm, and/or incredible looking, and would like such an object to accompany the transit of this book, well, look no further than these thumbnails. (Ok, do look further than them. Click them.)<br/><br/><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-sbahj-sunshine\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"sbahj short 1ne\" src=\"/archive/social/news/SBAHJ_shirtthumb1.gif\"/></a><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-sbahj-black\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"sbjh shert too\" src=\"/archive/social/news/SBAHJ_shirtthumb2.gif\"/></a><br/><br/><a href=\"/sbahj/20\" target=\"_blank\">This highly elegant merchandise</a> can only serve to <a href=\"/sbahj/21\" target=\"_blank\">pique the curiosity and imagination</a> while making <a href=\"/sbahj/22\" target=\"_blank\">all the sense in the world to your beleaguered pocket book in these troubled economic times</a>.<br/><br/>In the coming weeks, there will be a couple of neat Homestuck shirts in the <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a> store as well, so keep an eye out for those.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-15-10",
"timestamp":1289779200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-15-10\" href=\"/news/11-15-10\">15 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Note on book personalizations</h3>\nThe <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">new PS book</a> got so many requests for fairly elaborate sketches all at once, I decided to take down that option for a little while so I can catch up. I'm happy to do sketches of any sort, but I have to limit the influx so as not to get swamped. In a couple days when I'm a little more caught up, I'll put the option back up with a simpler set of sketch options, so it'll be a bit more manageable to keep up with. Sorry if you didn't catch it in time! I'll let you know when it's available again. Be ready, since that won't last long either.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-18-10",
"timestamp":1290038400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-18-10\" href=\"/news/11-18-10\">18 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Update on sketches</h3>\nStill working through the batch I've got. At this point, I will likely reopen them when the new HS shirts are in the store, in a week or two. You may be inclined to get a personalized book along with one of those. But please bear in mind that like last time, personalizations will only be open for a day or two! Also bear in mind, waiting to buy it may have ramifications for whatever your holiday shopping plans may be. The longer you wait, the closer the holiday shipping deadlines loom, whatever they are.<br/><br/>EDIT:<br/><br/><a href=\"http://alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy</a> who has contributed a lot of great art to recent Homestuck animations has made some very nice HS prints and such <a href=\"http://alexandra-douglass.com/shop.html\" target=\"_blank\">which are available in her store</a>. There are some other really cool things there too, which you should totally check out!\n"
},
{
"id":"11-22-10",
"timestamp":1290384000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-22-10\" href=\"/news/11-22-10\">22 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>BREAK TIME</h3>\nYou won't see anything here for a while, because I will be busy with animation chores, ETCETERA. Here is a look at my personal 7 day forecast, and what my primary activity will be each day.<br/><br/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">TUE: ANIMATION</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">WED: SOME ANIMATION, I GUESS</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">THU: NO ANIMATION AT ALL</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">FRI: ANIMATION</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">SAT: ANIMATION</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">SUN: WEEPING IN THE HORN PILE</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">MON: ..................</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">TUE: ????????????</span><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">WED: WAIT, THIS IS 9 DAYS. WHAT THE HELL?</span><br/><br/>I don't think an itinerary can get any easier to decipher than that. Hope everyone has a cool holiday! People who aren't American don't even know what I'm talking about.<br/><br/>edit: I do not actually mean this will take nine days, try not to be so literal.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-28-10",
"timestamp":1290902400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-28-10\" href=\"/news/11-28-10\">28 November 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Albums forthcoming</h3>\nHey look, I finished before Weeping on the Horn Pile Day. Thank goodness for that, I was not looking forward to getting my honk sob on.<br/><br/>The song in \"Jade: Enter.\" was called \"Umbral Ultimatum\", by Toby Fox, and it will be included in Homestuck Volume 6 in several weeks. <br/><br/>But even sooner than that, there will be another unrelated album! Something that's been in the works for quite a while. Keep an eye out for it this week.<br/><br/>PS - An update such as this is sure to invite many questions. <a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">And it surely did.</a><br/><br/>edit: I have updated the <a href=\"/map/6\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck map</a>. This is starting to become a pretty gaudy document. \n"
},
{
"id":"12-02-10",
"timestamp":1291248000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-02-10\" href=\"/news/12-02-10\">2 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>The Felt</h3>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">A new album, self-titled, The Felt.</a><br/><br/>In the same vein as the Midnight Crew fake band album, but where MC was a dark jazz band, the Felt is an orchestral group. The idea I proposed earlier in the year was an orchestral sound with \"temporal effects.\" Notes, melodies, rhythms played backwards, forwards, rewinding and such, as if the music itself was subject to their powers of time distortion. The sound also took on some electronic, sort of ambient qualities as it developed. You could refer to the genre as \"temporelechestral.\" If you wanted to say a mouthful.<br/><br/><br/><a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"The Felt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/felt_cover.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Nice job to Clark Powell for mastering this whole thing, as well as including a few of his own great songs in the list too. The whole thing strikes me as a very tight bit of production.<br/><br/>Sick cover art by hypertalented and prolific HS fan artist, <a href=\"http://www.skepsisfox.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SkepticArcher</a>.<br/><br/>Volume 6 to come in a few weeks!\n"
},
{
"id":"12-06-10",
"timestamp":1291593600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-06-10\" href=\"/news/12-06-10\">6 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Shirts</h3>\nLooks like we got <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20101215012041/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">more troll shirts</a> in the store. Plus more neat stuff coming out very soon!<br/><br/>I'm sure I will also be dispensing info on holiday shipping deadlines soon as well. For now, let's just say the sooner you get what you want, the better. Yes, I can hear you saying OH REALLY?? That's quite an attitude you're sporting there!<br/><br/><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">---EDIT---</span><br/><br/>The <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">band of fine artists</a> who've been contributing to Flash animations have produced a very cool <a href=\"http://www.cafepress.com/mspaartists2011.488790768\" target=\"_blank\">HS calendar</a>! They organized the project themselves and put together a bunch of great illustrations for it. Buying it is a nice way to offer them some support.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-12-10",
"timestamp":1292112000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-12-10\" href=\"/news/12-12-10\">12 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>AW YEAH -- NEW SHIRTS</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hey look at these!</a> Some cool new shirt designs, to match more recent Homestuck fashions. How cool is that? A: <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Insanely</span>.<br/><br/><a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/shirts12-13.jpg\"/></a><br/><br/>These came out so great. I'm especially stoked about that long sleeve one, cause I've never sold anything without lopped off sleeves. They're all super comfy. Are you excited about them as I am? (Please say yes please say yes please say yes.)<br/><br/>Also, make sure you pay attention to those holiday shipping deadlines. Time is REALLY running out to ensure the mailman gets to you in time.<br/><br/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">------------ TOPATOCO RELATED NEWS ------------</span> </span><br/><br/>There's going to be another shirt coming out through <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a> some time too. (It is Jade's shirt in fact!) Also I had promised to reopen the custom book sketches before the holidays too, but it's likely I'll have to delay that til probably after the holidays, and I am sorry to disappoint. Volume at Topatoco is so high, they can't really handle the extra load that would create.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-15-10",
"timestamp":1292371200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-15-10\" href=\"/news/12-15-10\">15 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Shirt re-ups</h3>\nA lot of those shirt sizes sold out very fast (i.e. < 1 day), especially the record one. If you missed out, please be patient! Should have everything restocked in a couple weeks.<br/><br/>Hard to keep up with demand this time of year. I could have had more made, but then it would have been impossible to ship all the orders on time! Business be challenging, yo.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-17-10",
"timestamp":1292544000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-17-10\" href=\"/news/12-17-10\">17 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Songs</h3>\nIn case you didn't realize, the last couple Flash pages aren't using new music. They were both plucked from the towering <a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-5\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 5</a> playlist. The one from Enter Village was \"Planet Healer\", and the one from Jade's imp strife was \"Sunslammer\", both by Beatfox. The one from Rise up was \"Savior of the Waking World\" by Radiation. Thanks to those guys for making those tunes many months ago. There is plenty of new music in Volume 6 looming on the horizon. Don't worry, I didn't forget about it.<br/><br/>Also thanks to <a href=\"http://alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy</a>, the lone art contribution ninja here for supplying the <a href=\"http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/special/612_wallpaper.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Jade/Dave/Rose</a> shots. \n"
},
{
"id":"12-25-10",
"timestamp":1293235200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-25-10\" href=\"/news/12-25-10\">25 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Merry perpetual 4/13/09</h3>\nI am pretty sure I am the only guy who gives his comic characters huge windfalls of actual presents every Christmas, who is not also stupid and clinically insane. The good news is that this doubles as a present for YOU, the reader, as a small gesture to compensate for the fact that Jade's presents are all so, so much better than what you got.<br/><br/>I might be out of action for a few days! We'll see. Everybody have a great day today, as well as all days that follow it. Oh yes, you heard me right, my well wishes for you span THE LIMITLESS FRONTIER CALLED THE FUTURE. My yuletide benevolence is utterly inexhaustible. <br/><br style=\"font-weight: bold;\"/><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">U</span><span style=\"color: rgb(0, 153, 0);\">P<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">D</span>A<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">T</span>E</span><span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\">:</span></span> WHOA HEY. <a href=\"http://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out. A bunch of guys from the music team put together a sweet Christmas album at breakneck speed!</a> It's quite great, and <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">virtually </span>free. They're giving all the proceeds to charity. NICE JOB DUDES.<br/><br/>On the subject of tunes, vol. 6 should be hitting the streets right around new year's, I'm gonna say.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-29-10",
"timestamp":1293580800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-29-10\" href=\"/news/12-29-10\">29 December 2010</a></div>\n<h3>Shirt preorders</h3>\nWe are restocking some shirts very soon, so <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">there will be a week-long preorder phase</a>. this presents a very good opportunity to buy them for several reasons!<br/><br/>1) You are reserving a shirt, so there is no need to try to pounce on a particular item and worry about it selling out right away.<br/>2) You can pick from a much wider variety of sizes than are usually offered. Since we're printing up a whole bunch, slipping in some orders for odd sizes becomes no big deal!<br/><br/>All shirt designs are preorderable, including the <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/trollshirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">troll shirts</a> as well as the three designs below. (Note this doesn't apply to Topatoco stuff. That's a whole different thing!) After the week of preorders, stuff will start shipping about two weeks after that. Thanks for the patience!<br/><br/><a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/shirts12-13.jpg\"/></a><br/>\n"
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{
"id":"1-04-11",
"timestamp":1294099200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-04-11\" href=\"/news/1-04-11\">4 January 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Volume 6: Heir Transparent</h3>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">New album!</a><br/><br/><a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Volume 6\" src=\"/archive/social/news/vol6_coverthumb.jpg\"/></a><br/><br/>This is pretty easily my favorite album so far. It's such a great mix of silly songs and kickass songs and all the wonderful moments where those two types of songs intersect. Sometimes those moments even span <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">entire songs</span>. Please enjoy this.<br/><br/>Awesome job by the guys as usual. Nice mastering work by Jeremy, author of the first and last songs. <br/><br/>I drew the cover in case you couldn't tell. I have a feeling SOMEBODY out there might ask for a desktop version so before you get all flustered about that, <a href=\"/scraps2/vol6_wpp.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here it is</a> to be adapted to your viewing device however you choose.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-06-11",
"timestamp":1294272000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-06-11\" href=\"/news/1-06-11\">6 January 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Book personalizations, prints, and Jadeshirts.</h3>\nAs promised, <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">PS book personalizations</a> are open again for a brief period. This time, you can select a character from a dropdown, and supply a phrase for me to write. A little less open ended than last time, but this way, it will not take me weeks to do them.<br/><br/>Also, <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/art\" target=\"_blank\">there are some nice new prints in the store</a>! Mostly some album covers, which I know some people have had their eyes on.<br/><br/>And finally, <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\">the Jade shirt</a>, so you and your friends can finally complete your lofty cosplaying ambitions. OR, simply exist in the world fashionably, if you prefer. <br/><br/><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Devilbeast Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/devilbeast_shirtgraphic.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>Also, you may recall there was some mystery surrounding whether the SBaHJ shirt <a href=\"/sbahj/21\" target=\"_blank\">GLOWNS IN THE DARK, or not</a>.<br/><br/>Well here is the thing with that. Originally, it did not, on account of manufacturing limitations at the time. But now, in its second run, <span style=\"font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 255, 0); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\">IT DOES IN FACT GLOWN IN THE DARK</span>. So if the lights go out at the party, people will see nothing but Hella Jeff's eyes looming in midair. If you wish to make this scenario a terrifying reality, and only bought one the first time, then I can think of no better reason to buy the alternate color and beef up that wardrobe.<br/><br/>And once again, my marketing genius strikes like a coiled serpent, entirely on accident, as usual.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-11-11",
"timestamp":1294704000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-11-11\" href=\"/news/1-11-11\">11 January 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Sketch deadline</h3>\nLast chance to get a <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">personalized book</a> is 6:00 PM tomorrow!\n"
},
{
"id":"1-16-11",
"timestamp":1295136000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-16-11\" href=\"/news/1-16-11\">16 January 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Megalovania was</h3>\nbrought to you by HS soundsmithing zealot Radiation and soon to be rockstar Tensei. It is found on <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 6</a>.<br/><br/>Let it also be known there is a new <a href=\"/formspring\" target=\"_blank\">FS account</a>, now burdened by one thousand two hundred less questions.<br/><br/><a href=\"/scraps2/woiposter-small.png\" target=\"_blank\">Would anyone like to come to this?</a> There will be video games, and comic guys, and unsurprisingly, no ice skating at all.<br/><br/>EDIT ABOUT SBAHJ SHIRTS:<br/><br/>I mentioned that the second run of them <span style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(255, 255, 0); font-weight: bold;\">GLOWN IN THE DARK</span>. And that is true! However, the thing is, some of those new shirts got mixed in the the old ones. So I guess if you order one there is still a CHANCE you will get one that doesn't glow in the dark? So really the offer stands as the wild card <a href=\"/sbahj/21\" target=\"_blank\">originally advertised</a>.<br/><br/>I guess if you make a big point of asking topatoco for a glowing one they MAY be able to give you one? It all depends on how much you feel like making guys like <a href=\"http://gunshowcomic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">KC Green</a> and <a href=\"http://lucid-tv.com/\" target=\"_blank\">John Keogh</a> take a shirt into a dark room to verify this. I don't know what else to tell you really.<br/><br/>This is just the kind of thing we all have to deal with when a guy is allowed to produce merchandise for the shittiest comic ever made.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-26-11",
"timestamp":1296000000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-26-11\" href=\"/news/1-26-11\">26 January 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Preorders</h3>\nAll preordered shirts will ship very soon, if they have not been \nalready! (troll shirts, broken record) Store should also be restocked \nwith stuff in a few days.<br/><br/>All personalized books have been deployed in the mail as well! \n"
},
{
"id":"2-02-11",
"timestamp":1296604800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-02-11\" href=\"/news/2-02-11\">2 February 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Store Restocked + Wallpaper</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">A lot of stuff in the store has been restocked!</a> As usual, it's anyone's guess how long it stays there. \n<br/><br/>\nAlso, you can <a href=\"http://tipjar.alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">make donations to the folks from the art team</a> and get some great wallpaper in return! It looks to be a recurring thing with a new wallpaper each month, and it's a nice way to show them some support. \n"
},
{
"id":"2-16-11",
"timestamp":1297814400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-16-11\" href=\"/news/2-16-11\">16 February 2011</a></div>\n<h3>STRIFE!</h3>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">New album!</a><br/><br/><a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Strife!\" src=\"/archive/social/news/strifealbumcover.gif\"/></a><br/><br/>\n\nThis is a solo album by Tensei (Joren de Bruin). I was really impressed with his stuff, so a while ago asked him to put together an album. We talked about it and thought it would be cool to make a bunch of battle music for hypothetical STRIFE pages. I think two words that adequately describe how it came out are holy shit. His rock sound is sick, incredibly polished and well produced. You'll hear more from him for sure. (And in fact, you just did! He made the Mexican Standoff tune in the new Flash page.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpeaking of sick, check the <a href=\"/scraps2/strifealbumcover.gif\" target=\"_blank\">cover art</a> by <a href=\"http://www.epicsplosion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tauhid.</a> The dude can draw. If I ever stopped doing Homestuck, the whole enterprise could be kept aloft by the prepsterous amount of talent which appears to orbit me.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn that note, <a href=\"/mspa/005420\" target=\"_blank\">latest Flash page's</a> art assets provided almost exclusively by <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">people who are not me</a>. Particular props there to Vivus, Lexxy, SkepticArcher, Tynic and Eyes, though other people made stuff I couldn't fit in cause I was dumb and also kinda firehosed the thing out in a few hours with them all on the fly.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn albums: I'd like to put out more solo albums. The sound guys have a lot of good stuff to share. I'm thinking of doing an \"Artist of the Month\" thing, in addition to continue to release the more general story albums. I guess what I'm saying is - MORE MUSIC FOR YOU. I'm trying to keep these pretty cheap. $4.13's a good number. Get used to seeing it! (as if you aren't already)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn PURCHASABLE PRODUCTS: Aaargh, I should have said earlier that last time I announced the restock, we sold out of shit again pretty much on that same day. Oops. There will be more VERY soon, plus we're trying to put in motion getting some COOL GOD TIER HOODIES off the ground, cause I know a bunch of people have been asking about that. One thing you can do is <a href=\"http://twitter.com/whatpumpkin\" target=\"_blank\">follow What Pumpkin on twitter</a> and get more up to the minute news about product stuff. \n"
},
{
"id":"2-26-11",
"timestamp":1298678400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-26-11\" href=\"/news/2-26-11\">26 February 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Rehosting for real this time</h3>\nWe'll be rehosting the site over the weekend to upgrade the server and hopefully improve site performance. Not totally sure how long this will take, but we might see a few days without updates. You have already worn your F5 key down to a useless nub, so please take advantage of this time to go easy on it. Maybe try some other F keys for a while? They're nice too. \n"
},
{
"id":"3-02-11",
"timestamp":1299024000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-02-11\" href=\"/news/3-02-11\">2 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Store restocks soon</h3>\nFirst, big thanks to Brian for helping out with the rehosting process. Everything is moved over and the new server is crazy fast. Now looking foward to posting something which would make the old server shit itself and tumble down a long flight of stairs while screaming.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd a notice of warning: the <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">WP store</a> will restock very soon. Let's say within 24 hours. I'll let you know when it's official. But the <a href=\"http://twitter.com/whatpumpkin\" target=\"_blank\">twitter account</a> will let you know at the PRECISE moment.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-03-11",
"timestamp":1299110400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-03-11\" href=\"/news/3-03-11\">3 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Aaaaaaaaaaand</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">Store is restocked!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"3-11-11",
"timestamp":1299801600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-11-11\" href=\"/news/3-11-11\">11 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>oh noo japan :'(</h3>\nGuys, today Japan got clobbered by most of the ocean. This is terrible. Japan has given us so much. It is time we gave something back. <a href=\"http://www.redcross.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Here's one such way.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nSorry for the sparse updates lately. Been kinda busy. Hopefully I'll get into a rhythm again soon. You'll have trouble keeping up with it in no time at all. Then you'll be frustrated for that reason instead of this one.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso a while ago I mentioned I would be trying to release an album every month. I did not forget! Keep your ears perked. So much music will fill them soon, I'm telling you.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-14-11",
"timestamp":1300060800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-14-11\" href=\"/news/3-14-11\">14 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Alterniabound</h3>\nAs promised, another album this month.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Alterniabound\" src=\"/archive/social/news/alterniabound_album.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI think I'll let the music speak for itself! It is a collaboration among numerous artists, but Radiation did most of the legwork in organizing this effort. Super cover art by <a href=\"http://saffronscarf.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SaffronScarf</a>!\n"
},
{
"id":"3-20-11a",
"timestamp":1300579200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-20-11a\" href=\"/news/3-20-11a\">20 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Squiddles for Japan</h3>\n<span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\">SORRY, SOLD OUT ALREADY.</span>\n<br/><br/>\n\nFor a while I have been meaning to think of ways to channel the enthusiasm of the MSPA readership towards charitable purposes. I believe the ongoing calamity in Japan presents such an opportunity for us all to help. So here is my idea for how we can raise money to donate to relief efforts. SQUIDDLES FOR JAPAN!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Squiddles!\" src=\"/archive/social/news/charitysquiddles.jpg\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\nFor a <b>minimum donation of $100</b>, you can buy <b>one pair of plush squiddles</b>, and we will ship them to you. $100 is the minimum, but you may donate more, and are certainly encouraged to since every dollar donated will go to charity. There are only 20 pairs available. They come in a variety of colors, more than those shown in the photo. We will choose the colors you get. It will be a surprise!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.metroidhat.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Eyes5</a> made this batch for me a while ago, and they're quite nice. I considered selling them, but held off, since I figured people might find the very limited supply a bit frustrating. I think this is a better way to apply this friendly tangled mass. The high price reflecting limited supply is much more justifiable to me when it is for charity.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf these sell out quickly, I may think of another way to reward those who wish to donate for something. We'll see how this goes. But if that's a bit much for you to afford, or they sell out or whatever, I'd urge you to think about <a href=\"http://www.google.co.jp/intl/en/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">contributing what you can</a> regardless. The consequences of the disaster aren't going away! Even though it was more than a week ago, it keeps being terrible.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-20-11b",
"timestamp":1300579200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-20-11b\" href=\"/news/3-20-11b\">20 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Another offer</h3>\n<b>DONATION DRIVE HAS ENDED! I'm no longer accepting sketch requests! Thanks for all the donations, which total $5,000. Even though sketch donations are closed, please still consider donating directly to relief efforts, <a href=\"http://www.google.co.jp/intl/en/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html\" target=\"_blank\">such as this one</a>.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe squiddles ran out fast (see post below). More than $2000 in about an hour isn't too bad! Thanks to those who donated.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI think I will leave the option to donate open, but I'll revise the offer. If you donate $100 or more, I'll mail you a sketch. Just tell me what you'd like in the message box. I'll leave this open for a day or so and see what rolls in.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut if you request a sketch, please be a bit patient! It may take me a little while to get to them all. I will be pretty busy soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn the subject of me being busy, I probably won't be able to update for a couple days! Busy being busy.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-23-11",
"timestamp":1300838400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-23-11\" href=\"/news/3-23-11\">23 March 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Zillyhoo</h3>\nBelieve it or not, <a href=\"http://www.iambowman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">MG Bowman</a> had the Zillyhoo song lying around for quite a long time. I'd forgotten about it, and was reminded of it last night, so the obvious thing to do was to make something ridiculous.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, let's not forget <a href=\"/unlock/ps000025\" target=\"_blank\">where the legendary hammer came from in the first place</a> (thanks Nik + Ryan). Quite a few of those old donation commands have been canonized through HS, including its main villain (sorta).\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nedit: re: those squiddle plushes: a lot of people have expressed fondness for them and wondered about whether similar products may be available to purchase in the future. I am definitely looking into it. Some things are very easy to make, like shirts. Others are a lot trickier, like toys, especially in significant volume. I promise this is being explored. It may take months before we see anything though. Patience!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-04-11",
"timestamp":1301875200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-04-11\" href=\"/news/4-04-11\">4 April 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Moving</h3>\nRate of output has been pretty sluggish lately, not only due to Flash exertions, but because I've been running around preparing to move to a new place. You will see nothing here for a couple more days because that is when I will ACTUALLY move. Moving for me is a multi-annual tradition, much like killing John has become. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nLet's pause to enjoy the 2x <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm Brown</a> combo featured in the two recent animations. Both songs were provided by him, in addition to such HS classics as Showtime and Harleboss. I bet you are wondering if the complete versions of the songs will be available in a future album. Please consult your magic cue balls for a reliable forecast. I am winking right now.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nLet's also pause to notice a few of <a href=\"http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy's</a> drawings which snuck into the [S]==> page. Can you find them? You probably already did without me even saying anything. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-14-11",
"timestamp":1302739200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-14-11\" href=\"/news/4-14-11\">14 April 2011</a></div>\n<h3>4/13</h3>\nTwo years of Homestuck!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut before we talk about that, let's carefully examine <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">this fine new album</a> by Clark Powell, who is responsible for such HS scores as <a href=\"/mspa/003167\" target=\"_blank\">Three in the Morning</a>, and the Gate 1 <a href=\"/mspa/003258\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor</a> remix, as well as a plethora of other album songs.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Medium\" src=\"/archive/social/news/mediumcover.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThis one's very cool. Clark has a great ambient sound, and his idea for the album was to musically express the Medium's planets, through both their elements and themes. I think he nailed it. Cover art was tag-teamed by me and Cindy (the lady who touches all your WP shirts).\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso: <span style=\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\">New Topatoco items!</span>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Hoodies\" src=\"/archive/social/news/sbahj_and_hoodie.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nFirst of all, you will notice there are two new <a href=\"/sbahj\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff</a> shirts. People are always coming up to me and saying \"we NEED more insanely shitty looking shirts to wear to places like <a href=\"/sbahj/27\" target=\"_blank\">church</a> and stuff.\" What choice to I have but to serve these rowdy individuals with dollars in their hands and outstanding taste in their opinions???\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn truth, <a href=\"http://wigucomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey</a> and I cannot help ourselves from attempting to capitalize on this nonsense, because we both need aggressive psychiatric examination. But if you don't buy these shirts, we will both feel ashamed and foolish. Please buy these shirts. I'm begging you. If you don't, we will probably weep in each others arms, swaddled in an orange heap of 3000 dunking Big Men. As an incentive, I will make this solemn pledge. If I sell out of all of these SBaHJ shirts within a week, you are guaranteed to discover that I have permanently emblazoned SBaHJ iconography on my body somewhere, with real, honest to gog foreverink. You'll wonder how high I even will have had to have been. Fact. 8^y\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso note the classy <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-sepulch-hood\" target=\"_blank\">Sepulchritude hoodie</a>, perfect complement to your <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-sepulch\" target=\"_blank\">Sepulchritude tee</a>. I will be coming out with HS god tier hoodies soon through What Pumpkin, and I thought that as long as such garments were being offered, it would be nice to have a Problem Sleuth one in the mix too. Plus, the godhoods won't have zipper fronts, and this one does. So if you like to zip up, like if that's your thing, then this is for you.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>4/13/11</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe two year anniversary of HS has come and gone. Not as much fanfare in-story about it as I'd hoped, but at least it got a nod. Remember when games came on multiple disks? You always were asked to swap during a kind of peculiar and underwhelming moment, like walking through a thing, or talking to a guy. Sometimes it was shortly after you got an <a href=\"/mspa/005589\" target=\"_blank\">airship</a>, or something. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI had plans to do something a little more mesmerizing, like <a href=\"/mspa/003568\" target=\"_blank\">lastyear</a>,butstartedrunningoutoftime.SoIrevisedtheplans,thenranoutoftimeforTHOSEtoo.Andsoon,tilIsaidscrewit.Disc1probablywouldn'thavebeenabletofitanotherheftyanimationinitanyway.Thosediscsareonlylikewhat,700MB??\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIttakesalottomeetadeadlinecomingupfast,whenthethingyouareplanningismeanttobeaBIGDEAL,bydefinition.Firstyoumustcomeupwithananimationid
},
{
"id":"4-28-11a",
"timestamp":1303948800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-28-11a\" href=\"/news/4-28-11a\">28 April 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Insert disc 2</h3>\nFACT: You will navigate the latest pages in different ways depending on your browser conditions. \n\nAt the end of <a href=\"/mspa/005643\" target=\"_blank\">Insert disc 2</a>, on many browsers (e.g. mine), you will automatically be redirected to the next page when it finishes \"loading\", or you may get there by clicking the link to \"[S] Seer: Ascend\" inside the Flash panel. These features will not work for some browsers, and instead you will see <a href=\"/scraps2/disc2message.gif\" target=\"_blank\">this message</a>. Accessing <a href=\"/disc2\" target=\"_blank\">that url</a> will redirect you to the next page, <a href=\"/mspa/005644\" target=\"_blank\">[S] Seer: Ascend.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nNote that there is no hyperlink to the next page below the disc 2 panel, and never will be. You must venture into disc 2 through one of the ways described above! I probably wouldn't have even bothered mentioning this if not for the browser compatibility hiccup. \n\n<br/><br/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;\">The SbaHJ shirts.....</span>: it is turning into a proud tradition that several weeks after releasing any SBaHJ product I must inform you that they all do in fact <a href=\"/sbahj/29\" target=\"_blank\">glow</a> in the <a href=\"/sbahj/30\" target=\"_blank\">dark</a>, in case you didn't realize. Please suspend this alarming reality in your thoughts as you urgently scramble to use your dollars to make them become your property. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpeaking of scrambling, dollars, and your ludicrous zeal for all the insanely rad things I advise you to drape over your body, there will be lots of cool new things in the WP store, very, very soon.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-28-11b",
"timestamp":1303948800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-28-11b\" href=\"/news/4-28-11b\">28 April 2011</a></div>\n<h3>TCAF</h3>\nI should also mention that soon I will be attending <a href=\"http://torontocomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TCAF</a>! If you can make it to Canada, you should come. If you happen to already be in Canada, then you really have no excuse not to go.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-04-11",
"timestamp":1304467200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-04-11\" href=\"/news/5-04-11\">4 May 2011</a></div>\n<h3>God Tier Hoodies</h3>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">New god tier hoodies in the What Pumpkin store!</a> Plus a bunch of other new items, and a restocking of existing ones.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"God Tier Hoodies\" src=\"/archive/social/news/godtierhoodiesphoto.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nOnly John's and Vriska's are available for now. There are more planned for the near future. (i.e. Aradia's) Note that there are <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/godtier_tees.html\" target=\"_blank\">t-shirt versions</a> of the hoodies too, at different shades for a little variety (the tee colors actually correspond to the darker color of the hoods in the comic). Also take a look at the new long sleeve <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/jade_shirt.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jade shirt</a>, with her vintage atom symbol. I think it's a nice complement to Dave's broken record shirt, which has the same raglan sleeve style. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso: <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/prints.html\" target=\"_blank\">PRINTS!</a> There are many great HS fan artists out there, in the <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">art team</a> and otherwise. For a while I have have the idea to offer prints of selected works here and there. For now there are some by art team members Lexxy and SA. I hope to add more to this page gradually.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd one last point on the store. Please take notice of the <a href=\"http://mspwps.kayako.com/\" target=\"_blank\">new support system</a>. If you have a question or a problem with an order, please go through that! The old What Pumpkin email address has gotten swamped with so many different types of correspondence, it's become very difficult to field support cases through it. If you use the new system, rapid satisfaction is considerably more likely!\n"
},
{
"id":"5-05-11",
"timestamp":1304553600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-05-11\" href=\"/news/5-05-11\">5 May 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Off I go</h3>\nOk, I am heading to <a href=\"http://torontocomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">TorontoCAF</a>. <i>I will see you there.</i>\n<br/><br/>\n\nBe back next week. That is where all the updates will be hiding. The future.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-15-11",
"timestamp":1305417600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-15-11\" href=\"/news/5-15-11\">15 May 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Dry spell</h3>\nNine days without a new page is a pretty long time! What was even UP with me? 5 days in Toronto + 4 days animating I guess is what was up. Ok that sounds reasonable. Everyone agrees with that and holds the creator exempt from charges of gross dereliction. We all smile pretty hard and our faces begin to hurt a little.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe song is M. Brown's <a href=\"/music/track/bl1nd-just1c3-1nv3st1g4t1on\" target=\"_blank\">BL1ND JUST1C3 : 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!</a> and can be found in an <a href=\"/music/album/alterniabound\" target=\"_blank\">existing album</a>, unmolested by disc errors.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpeaking of which, there will be more music on Bandcamp some time this month, won't there? Yes. Let me go talk it over with the music guys and see what we can put together for you over the next week or two. Hold on, let me go do that now, don't go anywhere.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-26-11",
"timestamp":1306368000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-26-11\" href=\"/news/5-26-11\">26 May 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Things</h3>\nIf you ordered something from <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/main.html\" target=\"_blank\">the WP store</a> earlier in the month, those items have either been shipped already or will be very soon. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, all of the charity squiddles have shipped too. If you ordered one, and it doesn't arrive in the next week or two, let me know and I will look into it. As for the charity sketches, those I will be completing and mailing shortly as well. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nMusic: Albums incoming. Hang in there. I estimate they will drop within a week. They will contain songs you have heard, and many you haven't. They are great.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-31-11",
"timestamp":1306800000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-31-11\" href=\"/news/5-31-11\">31 May 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Two Albums</h3>\n<a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-7\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck Volume 7: At the Price of Oblivion</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-7\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Volume 7\" src=\"/archive/social/news/vol7coverthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nand...\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA solo album by Michael Guy Bowman called <a href=\"/music/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido\" target=\"_blank\">Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Mobius Trip and Hadron Kaleido\" src=\"/archive/social/news/mt_hk_coverthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nVolume 7 is pretty self explanatory. Contains many songs from the story, plus a bunch of other great new ones. I say this every time, but this is now the best HS volume. AND IT KEEPS BEING TRUE EVERY TIME I SAY IT.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn the solo album: <a href=\"http://www.iambowman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">M.G. Bowman</a> has done a lot to shape the sound of Homestuck. Among his contributions were Explore and Sburban Jungle (end of acts 2 and 3 music). He is also a mastermind behind the ambitious <a href=\"http://www.iambowman.com/hareforceone/\" target=\"_blank\">Hare Force One</a> project (people ship Con Air bunnies to each other all over the globe). For his album, he has created two characters whose names are featured in the title. They exist somewhere in the Homestuck universe, playing their own session, and each song captures something about their adventure. See his <a href=\"http://www.iambowman.com/\" target=\"_blank\">website</a> for what he has to say about it personally. I think it's a really fun and creative album with a fantastic sound.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://taviamorra.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tavia Morra</a> and <a href=\"http://notenoughink.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Gung</a>, both art team contributors, worked on the art for this album together. Tavia and Michael themselves actually <a href=\"/music/track/chain-of-prospit\" target=\"_blank\">dress up as the characters</a> and <a href=\"/music/track/beta-version\" target=\"_blank\">pose in the album graphics</a>. These are serious entertainers, folks.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-20-11",
"timestamp":1308528000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-20-11\" href=\"/news/6-20-11\">20 June 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Traveling</h3>\nI'll be out of town for a week, from 6/21 to 6/27. I will try to get some work done while I'm on the road, but updates will most likely be sparse til then. I am just doing you the service of liberating you from this extremely engaging web comic for a short period of time, so that you are free to go do other things, like play volleyball on the beach, and give high fives to your coolest friends. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI also feel that it is important to make an annual tradition of announcing a week long hiatus after <a href=\"/mspa/004193\" target=\"_blank\">sequences culminating</a> in <a href=\"/mspa/005770\" target=\"_blank\">sloppy makeouts</a>. What makeouts will be happening next year? How sloppy will they be? This is how I keep people hooked.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-07-11",
"timestamp":1309996800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-07-11\" href=\"/news/7-07-11\">7 July 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Oh Hey.</h3>\nTwo points of business to trouble you with. ONE: The <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/store/shirts.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin store</a> has, mostly, been restocked. TWO: There's a good chance that the <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a> page will have new content some time next week.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat's all for now!\n"
},
{
"id":"7-14-11",
"timestamp":1310601600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-14-11\" href=\"/news/7-14-11\">14 July 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Wanderers + Sburb</h3>\n<a href=\"/music/album/the-wanderers\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"The Wanderers\" src=\"/archive/social/news/wanderers_albumcover.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/sburb\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Sburb\" src=\"/archive/social/news/sburb_albumcover.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe first, an Exile-centric album brought to you by a collection of artists. The second, a solo album composed by Tyler Dever and performed by Erik Scheele. Both are great!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAre you running out of room on your ipod yet? You might have to start deleting some of that crappy non-HS music soon. \n"
},
{
"id":"7-29-11",
"timestamp":1311897600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-29-11\" href=\"/news/7-29-11\">29 July 2011</a></div>\n<h3>WHOOPS, PAUSE</h3>\nI'm heading out for the weekend. I had planned on putting something up before I left, but guess I'm running late with it. Wasn't planning on a break of such length, but looks like there'll be nothing to see until next week, due to *mishaps*.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-19-11",
"timestamp":1313712000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-19-11\" href=\"/news/8-19-11\">19 August 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Oh snop.</h3>\nMost sincere apologies I will not be launching into the three month <a href=\"/mspa/005982\" target=\"_blank\">SBaHJ-skinned</a> interlude I may have tempted you with like so much forbidden fruit. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nNew look for the site! A few style changes and some stuff jumped way over <- there to the left, instead of to the right. It is frightening and different. Site facelift nicely handled by <a href=\"http://www.epicsplosion.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tauhid</a>. The <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin</a> site also has a new look, thanks to Cindy's tireless HTMachinations.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn that note, some store announcements! First of all, there is a bit of a clearance sale going on. $3 off most of the shirts, to make space for more stuff. Soon, those designs will be available through <a href=\"http://www.topatoco.com/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a>, so don't worry, you'll still be able to get your hands on those shirts later if they run out.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI mentioned before I'd be offering more cool prints from a variety of great HS fan artists. Some from the stable of Flash contributors with whom we're familiar, and some from people who are just <i>out there</i>, whipping up awesome things by dint of self-propelled moxie alone. Buying these is an even more tangible, fiscally measurable way to show them support beyond reblogging their tumblrs. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, check out these really cool pins! They're shiny and enamel and when gathered together they become indistinguishable from the sort of shimmering riches over which blood has been spilt. We should have a wider variety of these in stock later too.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/kids-pins.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Pins 1\" src=\"/archive/social/news/pins-sm-1.gif\"/></a> <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/kids-pins.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Pins 2\" src=\"/archive/social/news/pins-sm-2.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/prints.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Prints 1\" src=\"/archive/social/news/prints-sm-1.gif\"/></a> <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/prints.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Prints 2\" src=\"/archive/social/news/prints-sm-2.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd one more thing. New album dropping in a few days. It is by <a href=\"/music/track/frost-vol6\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Solatrus</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-22-11a",
"timestamp":1313971200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-22-11a\" href=\"/news/8-22-11a\">22 August 2011</a></div>\n<h3>shoooooooshoooshooshoshshshshhhh</h3>\nThe most recent animation was papped tenderly by the skilled hands of <a href=\"http://doodle-master.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Vivus</a> and <a href=\"http://lazylaz.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Laz</a>, and now their lovely artwork has shooshed into all of our hearts forever. Also the music is <a href=\"/music/track/the-carnival\" target=\"_blank\">The Carnival</a> by Jit and it is found in Volume 7.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nmore announcements sooooooooooon\n"
},
{
"id":"8-22-11b",
"timestamp":1313971200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-22-11b\" href=\"/news/8-22-11b\">22 August 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Prospit & Derse</h3>\n<a href=\"/music/album/prospit-and-derse\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Prospit & Dersre\" src=\"/archive/social/news/prospitdersealbum.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nA solo album by <a href=\"http://blog.solatrus.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Iamurri</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nCover art by <a href=\"http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy</a> & <a href=\"http://skepsisfox.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">SkepticArcher</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-22-11c",
"timestamp":1313971200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-22-11c\" href=\"/news/8-22-11c\">22 August 2011</a></div>\n<h3>THAT'S IT!</h3>\nThose are the last updates you'll see until the end of act 5 animation.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThis means there will be a major content freeze. I will probably not even begin serious work on the animation for a couple weeks. There's still a lot of prep work and organization to do. That, and I have to catch up on some other stuff, like work on books, sketches and such. All the stuff I've been neglecting for many months while working on the comic. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOnce I start on the animation, I can't say for sure how long it'll take, and I hesitate to give an estimate now. It's probably best to be prepared for another wait on the order of weeks. If you check back in a couple weeks, I may have a better forecast.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn the meantime, it'll pay to stop by now and then. There should be more new stuff appearing in the Topatoco and What Pumpkin stores pretty soon. I might also toy with ideas for some content to put up here and there to cut the boredom of the wait, if I can think of something that won't take much of my time. We'll see.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-26-11",
"timestamp":1314316800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-26-11\" href=\"/news/8-26-11\">26 August 2011</a></div>\n<h3>IMPORTANT REITERATIONS</h3>\nIf you missed the announcement, any shirt that is currently sold out in the What Pumpkin store is going to be available again soon in the <a href=\"http://www.topatoco.com/mspa/\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco store</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd again, there will be a better estimate on when the animation will be finished in a couple weeks. Look out for this estimate on September 5th. In the interim, look out for other announcements regarding the store.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI am very busy right now. Busier than usual, in spite of the fact that I am neither working on updates, nor on the animation yet. This is not a break.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-04-11",
"timestamp":1315094400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-04-11\" href=\"/news/9-04-11\">4 September 2011</a></div>\n<h3>New Topatoco Shirts</h3>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Troll Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/trollshirt_graphic.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere are now troll shirts plus a few other designs moved over from the What Pumpkin store to the <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco store</a>. One of the major new perks here is now these all come in girl sizes too!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThese designs came out bigger on the shirt than a lot of people were expecting. It seems some people see this as an improvement, while others prefer the old icon dimensions, which were a little closer to how it looked in the comic. I really don't know what the concensus is on this, so I thought I'd run a poll. Your input is appreciated! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: Thank you for supplying your important consumer data. Seems like quite a lot of people still want the smaller designs. We're going to reprint them closer to how they used to be. The new batch should be ready in a couple weeks. Til then, hang in there!\n"
},
{
"id":"9-06-11",
"timestamp":1315267200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-06-11\" href=\"/news/9-06-11\">6 September 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Next time on Homestuck</h3>\nI said I'd give a forecast on when to expect the next animation to be finished. So here you go.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI can't imagine there'll be anything to see here until at least three weeks from now. I'd like to give a more optimistic outlook. In the past, such optimism has been misleading. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOne problem is, I don't have the running start I usually do. The song isn't finished, for one thing. Not quite sure when it will be, but it's a process I'm staying more closely involved with than usual. I also have almost no art assets to work with yet. Can't do much until more pieces fall into place. This is a very different type of project than in the past. By which I mainly mean, there's a lot more preplanning than my typical shotgun approach involves. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSome of this planning took place over the last couple weeks. In that time, I also worked on some books which I hope will be real objects soon. And if all this wasn't enough, I somehow squeezed another moving job into the schedule. Nice!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut please to continue to stop by. More things will definitely appear in the news. Perhaps you'd like to refamiliarize yourself with <a href=\"/mspa/006000\">all 6000</a> pages of MSPA? As a special bonus, for the next 3+ weeks, the 6000th page will loop right back to the <a href=\"/mspa/1\">very first page</a>! Like a fearsome ouroboros, greedy for its own tail.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI didn't say this was a GREAT bonus. Only that it was SPECIAL.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-21-11",
"timestamp":1316563200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-21-11\" href=\"/news/9-21-11\">21 September 2011</a></div>\n<img alt=\"Progress Bar\" src=\"/archive/social/news/EOAprogress.gif\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\n^^^ There is a crude progress bar indicating the animation's state of completion, which I may or may not forget to update as I continue to trudge across the Flash timeline. Check back routinely to see if I remembered! It may very well have advanced to the right by several pixels.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOnly now, a month into this dreadful content drought, have I begun to achieve what vaguely resembles a stride with this thing. This achievement coincides impeccably with a variety of flu-like symptoms. The invading organisms believe they can slow me down, but they're wrong. I am smarter than all of them combined, and literally a trillion times bigger. There is no contest, really.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWe have new products to sell in the WP store. Oh god, you are going to want them. You will want them, and they will disappear from the store faster than anyone can believe. But I will not sell them just yet.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWe're fixing some things first. We are getting a few more people on board to ship things, such that they may arrive faster. And getting a better customer support system. We used to have a very shitty support system in place, so naturally we decided to upgrade to an even shittier system. To my understanding, it is currently the software equivalent of writing your query down on a slip of paper, and tucking it under your pillow. So please stay tuned for a new system that hopefully will not hinge on the reliability of nocturnal fairies.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-30-11",
"timestamp":1317340800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-30-11\" href=\"/news/9-30-11\">30 September 2011</a></div>\nThere is a new support system in place for the store. If you have questions about an order, you may submit here: <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.assistly.com/\" target=\"_blank\">whatpumpkin.assistly.com/</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"10-05-11",
"timestamp":1317772800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-05-11\" href=\"/news/10-05-11\">5 October 2011</a></div>\nTime and Space hoodies! Also: tee shirts. Let's additionally pay attention to those eight empty slots beneath the four god tier designs, and wonder about those.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/finery.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Time and Space Hoodies\" src=\"/archive/social/news/timespacehoods.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/> (Light hoodie + tee restock coming soon. Ehh, probably most of this stuff will sell out before the dust settles on this news item. Expect prompt restocks for everything.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPLUS -- Pins! Kid icons are back in stock. Troll pins are new!!! \n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/trinkets.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Troll Pins\" src=\"/archive/social/news/trollpins.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nBuy them all!!!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlternate, somewhat less business savvy sales pitch: please maybe don't buy them all so fast this time? Thanks.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWOAH EDIT: Also I should mention, <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">topatoco</a> reprinted a bunch of shirts to have smaller designs, i.e. <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\">trolls</a> and <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/products/mspa-broken\" target=\"_blank\">record</a>. But it looks like a lot of those are running low too, because I was kind of late in mentioning it and people snuck into the store and nabbed them right under my nose. But don't worry, all that stuff enjoys a pretty brisk reshelving rate.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-10-11",
"timestamp":1318204800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-10-11\" href=\"/news/10-10-11\">10 October 2011</a></div>\n<h3>1 0 2 5</h3>\nWhile I'm still doggedly updating that progress bar, and will continue to, I'm now shooting for a concrete date to post the animation. I should have it up on 10/25.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt's dragged on longer than I wanted it to for a variety of reasons. I'll talk about the process a little after I'm done. There's a good chance I'll finish before 10/25, but if so, I'll hold off posting it until that date. Considering the significance of the number, and the time already spent waiting, at this point it would be kind of lame if I ended up posting it on 10/22 or something. I've planned to hit key dates before, like 4/13, and fell too far behind with the project and missed the date. But this is the first time I've run so late with a project that it actually LANDED on a key date I wasn't shooting for in the first place. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBonus news: there will be an album released on that date as well.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-25-11a",
"timestamp":1319500800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-25-11a\" href=\"/news/10-25-11a\">25 October 2011</a></div>\n<h3>EOA5</h3>\nIt was quite an adventure getting that file hosted, but I believe it should be stable now. Thanks very much to Tom of <a href=\"http://www.newgrounds.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Newgrounds</a> for helping out with this! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso thanks to all the contributing <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">artists</a> and <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">musicians</a> for doing a great job. Particular thanks to Radiation for working with me on piecing together this monster score, and Tensei who composed the original Cascade song on which I decided to base the score, and after which the page itself was named.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd speaking of the music, you may now possess it if you wish. Along with many other musics.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-8\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Volume 8\" src=\"/archive/social/news/vol8coverthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nSoon I would like to get together some wallpapers comprised of many or the art assets contributed for this, and offer those as well.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat's it for now. More announcements soon.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-25-11b",
"timestamp":1319500800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-25-11b\" href=\"/news/10-25-11b\">25 October 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Pumpkin stuff</h3>\nNew designs!<br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Mind Hoodie\" src=\"/archive/social/news/mind-hoodie-thumb.png\"/></a> <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Heart Hoodie\" src=\"/archive/social/news/heart-hoodie-thumb.png\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nHero of Mind, Hero of Heart. In case it's not obvious by now, we're going to put out all twelve god tier designs, two at a time, to complete the set. Preemptively canonical! Guaranteed. Will they show up in the comic? Will they show up on your body?? I will answer the former. You, the latter. Also note some designs are \"reprinting\", but you may still preorder them, if you do not mind waiting a little longer for them to be produced. Also note: now in girly tee sizes!\n"
},
{
"id":"10-25-11c",
"timestamp":1319500800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-25-11c\" href=\"/news/10-25-11c\">25 October 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Act 6</h3>\nWill begin on 11/11/11. <a href=\"/tumblr/act-6-the-plan\" target=\"_blank\">Read more.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso to found on recently christned tumblr account, some notes about the end of act animation, in four parts, if you are interested.\n(<a href=\"/tumblr/about-eoa5-part-1\" target=\"_blank\">one</a>,\n<a href=\"/tumblr/about-eoa5-part-2\" target=\"_blank\">two</a>,\n<a href=\"/tumblr/about-eoa5-part-3\" target=\"_blank\">three</a>, \n<a href=\"/tumblr/about-eoa5-part-4\" target=\"_blank\">four</a>)\n"
},
{
"id":"12-01-11",
"timestamp":1322697600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-01-11\" href=\"/news/12-01-11\">1 December 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Olive Garden</h3>\nDoes anybody remember that stupid thing a while ago where I did a soul portrait and said I'd go to the Olive Garden?\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt finally happened. I went to the Olive Garden. The nightmare is over.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nRead about it here. <a href=\"/tumblr/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-pasta-la-vista\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1</a>, <a href=\"/tumblr/land-of-souls-and-olives-a-conclusion-plmfers-part\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-13-11",
"timestamp":1323734400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-13-11\" href=\"/news/12-13-11\">13 December 2011</a></div>\n<h3>The motherload</h3>\nOn the subject of Homestuck books, I took down the link since they sold out, and the Topatoco site was getting strained again. They'll go back up when new books come in, probably around the 20th. <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">Problem Sleuth Volume 3</a> is still available though.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAll god tier symbols are now available in <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\">hoodies</a> and <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/godtier-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\">tees</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/finery.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"God Tiers\" src=\"/archive/social/news/godtiershirtsymbols_all.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nWe also have really nice looking key chains and pendants. Both the Sign of the Signless, and the Spirograph medallion.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/trinkets.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Key Chains and Pendants\" src=\"/archive/social/news/pendantskeychainsthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd finally, a 2012 Homestuck calendar! Featuring illustrations from a variety of great artists. Additionally cool: the calendar is all done in Homestuck fonts, and labels many dates that are relevant to the story, like the birthdays of the kids, release dates of movies like Con Air, when Barbasol was invented. Critical stuff like that. (It still has all the boring normal holidays on there too.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/calendar2012.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"2012 Calendar\" src=\"/archive/social/news/hscalendarthumb.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere you go. Ain't no one can say I never gave you nothin' to buy!\n"
},
{
"id":"12-24-11",
"timestamp":1324684800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-24-11\" href=\"/news/12-24-11\">24 December 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Christstuck</h3>\nHomestuck has seen two of Christ's Masses* come and go, and in the vicinity of each, I posted alchemy splurges, one for <a href=\"/mspa/002969\" target=\"_blank\">John</a> and one for <a href=\"/mspa/005073\" target=\"_blank\">Jade</a>. Sadly, for its third celebration of our Dear, Sweet Lord, it would seem there is no such splurge in the cards. Not even I can so shamelessly manifacture such an event out of thin story air. I probably won't even update on the 25th! Plannin' on bah humbugging the shit outta this motherfucker.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA lot of the stuff I posted below sold out REAL fast, well before the date of this news entry, because it is the season of making crazy grabs at sweet loot I guess. People seemed particularly excited about those 2012 calendars. We'll be restocking everything as quickly as possible, and yes, will get more calendars in time for them to be reasonably exploitable as per their intended function. Also, the Homestuck books will be available again on 1/3/12, along with the signature + doodle offer. (Signed copies will be in <i>extremely</i> limited supply! Likely will vanish within first 12 hours. Just a warning.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd a reminder that while much of the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin</a> stuff is sold out for the time being, you can always nab a gift certificate (scroll to bottom) if you're in need of a last minute gift. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\n* edit: the kids these days call it Gristmas I guess?? \n"
},
{
"id":"12-29-11",
"timestamp":1325116800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-29-11\" href=\"/news/12-29-11\">29 December 2011</a></div>\n<h3>Music</h3>\nfor [S] EOA6I1 was <a href=\"/music/track/infinity-mechanism\" target=\"_blank\">Infinity Mechanism</a> by <a href=\"/tumblr/i-am-bowman-eidolonorpheus-is-awesome\" target=\"_blank\">Eidolon Orpheus</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nMusicways, the plan is to release a very short album (a single release in fact!) in a couple days. Plus a lil somethin' else.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAdditional warnings: I'll be traveling from 1/3 to 1/10. I'll try to get some stuff done on the road, but you never know how things are gonna pan out when you're traveling. Expect updates to range from sporadic to nonexistent within this span of time!\n"
}
],
"12":[
{
"id":"1-01-12",
"timestamp":1325376000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-01-12\" href=\"/news/1-01-12\">1 January 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Y2K12 + Song of Skaia</h3>\nAnother <a href=\"/mspa/005120\" target=\"_blank\">New Year's Eve</a> gone by, another <a href=\"/mspa/006313\" target=\"_blank\">ball dropped</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nHere is Mark Hadley's single, <a href=\"/music/album/song-of-skaia\" target=\"_blank\">Song of Skaia</a>. It's good! Hadley is responsible for such HS songs as <a href=\"/music/track/harlequin\" target=\"_blank\">Harlequin</a> and <a href=\"/music/track/blackest-heart\" target=\"_blank\">Blackest heart</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/song-of-skaia\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Song of Skaia\" src=\"/archive/social/news/SoSthumb2.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nYou might have noticed I've scaled back the frequency of music releases somewhat. It was becoming sort of intense getting one or more albums ready for release every month. It also did start to feel like <i>maybe</i> just a little bit too much music coming at you all the time. I'd like to make sure the novelty of these doesn't deteriorate too quickly. Hence a single release seemed like a nice way to mix it up for now. I would expect albums to come out closer to every two months from now on.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn that note, I'll make an announcement about plans for the next album shortly. Preemptive tl;dr - it will be a contest. Details soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<i>More misc. notes:</i> Still working hard on restocking WP stuff. Calendars soon. All garments, somewhat later (2+ weeks). Working on zip-up hoodie variants on god tier stuff too. HS books back in stock 1/3.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-02-12",
"timestamp":1325462400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-02-12\" href=\"/news/1-02-12\">2 January 2012</a></div>\n<h3>The Next Album: A Contest</h3>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/the-next-album-a-contest\" target=\"_blank\">Read more about it here!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\ne: Tomorrow, I leave for a week. Will I update while I am gone? <a href=\"/scraps2/january2012updates.gif\" target=\"_blank\">You be the judge.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"1-18-12",
"timestamp":1326844800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-18-12\" href=\"/news/1-18-12\">18 January 2012</a></div>\n<h3>SOPA blackout</h3>\n<a href=\"/tumblr/sopa-blackout\" target=\"_blank\">Please read about it here.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nBack in 24:00!\n"
},
{
"id":"1-19-12",
"timestamp":1326931200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-19-12\" href=\"/news/1-19-12\">19 January 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Calendars and books</h3>\nBeen meaning to mention: <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/calendar2012.html\" target=\"_blank\">The 2012 calendars have been restocked.</a> I signed a couple hundred of them, since I happened to be in their proximity for a little while. Signed versions will be randomly sent to those who order them! Keep an eye out for more restockings soon. And some new stuff too.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso it's probably about time I mentioned the books again here, since they're <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\">pretty well restocked</a> and the rush to grab them has mostly subsided. I'll open up the signed bookplate offer again in a while too. Maybe in a couple weeks.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-30-12",
"timestamp":1327881600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-30-12\" href=\"/news/1-30-12\">30 January 2012</a></div>\nTwo things!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n#1 - Many items have been restocked in the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin store</a>. Primarily hoodies and tees. Some new items will arrive soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n#2 - Only two weeks left to make a submission for the <a href=\"/tumblr/the-next-album-a-contest\" target=\"_blank\">music contest</a>! The deadline is 2/13/12. If you have considering creating and submitting some music, now is the time. I hope that you do!\n"
},
{
"id":"2-16-12",
"timestamp":1329350400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-16-12\" href=\"/news/2-16-12\">16 February 2012</a></div>\nIf you submitted music for the contest, first of all, thank you, and second, please bear with us while we come to a decision on the final song list. There are many songs to sort through. We should be contacting winners within a week.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nLook at this! We have zipper hoodies now. With zippers and everything.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/godtier-zip-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Space Hoodie\" src=\"/archive/social/news/zipperhoodie_space.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/parchments.html\" target=\"_blank\">There are also new prints</a>, including one for each image in the calendar.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-13-12",
"timestamp":1331596800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-13-12\" href=\"/news/3-13-12\">13 March 2012</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/alpha-kids-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Alpha Kids T-Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/alphakidshirts_thumnails.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/alpha-kids-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alpha shirts!!!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nContest album coming soon. I'm speculating within a week, but let's just wait and see...\n"
},
{
"id":"4-03-12a",
"timestamp":1333411200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-03-12a\" href=\"/news/4-03-12a\">3 April 2012</a></div>\n<h3>coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A</h3>\n<a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"coloUrs and mayhem: Universe A\" src=\"/archive/social/news/coloursandmayhemUAcover.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the first part of the album contest results.</a> We divided it into two albums because we ended up picking a large number of songs, and this seemed like the best way to present so much music, while also giving it all a clear theme related to the story.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n\"coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B\" will be next, scheduled for release on 4/13. It will have the same number of tracks (32). \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThanks to all who submitted music and track art! \n"
},
{
"id":"4-03-12b",
"timestamp":1333411200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-03-12b\" href=\"/news/4-03-12b\">3 April 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Extensive Pause</h3>\nA6A3 will also begin on 4/13, coinciding with the second installment of <a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-a\" target=\"_blank\">coloUrs and mayhem</a>, and the end of Homestuck's third year. Please use the next ten days wisely, mostly by making an effort not to go insane. I recommend distractions.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-12",
"timestamp":1334275200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-12\" href=\"/news/4-13-12\">13 April 2012</a></div>\n<h3>coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B</h3>\n<a href=\"/music/album/colours-and-mayhem-universe-b\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"coloUrs and mayhem: Universe B\" src=\"/archive/social/news/coloursandmayhemUBcover.jpg\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"4-23-12",
"timestamp":1335139200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-23-12\" href=\"/news/4-23-12\">23 April 2012</a></div>\n<h3>About conventions</h3>\nI will go to some this year. You should come too. First two on the list, and only ones set in stone for now are:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://torontocomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto Comic Arts Festival</a> - May 5th - 6th <br/>\n\nA note: they request that you please do not cosplay at this event! It is held in a very crowded library and is not the right venue for that. You can still wear Homestuck shirts though. Basically if it doesn't look much like a costume, you're fine.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/cci/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Comic Con</a> - July 12th - 15th <br/>\n\nHowever at SDCC, cosplay is not only welcome, it is encouraged. Feel free to completely swamp this thing with Homestuck characters. Let's outnumber all the storm troopers, animes and Spider Men combined. We will show up on the news under the headline, \"COMIC CON RUINED FOREVER: HOMESTUCK OFFICIALLY REPLACES STAR WARS.\" I give you my blessing to make this happen, and reserve the right to renounce all personal responsibility.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'll have specific signing times for both events, but I don't know exactly when those times will be yet! I will let you know when I do. \n"
},
{
"id":"5-03-12",
"timestamp":1336003200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-03-12\" href=\"/news/5-03-12\">3 May 2012</a></div>\nThat's all there is to see on this website for now! Nothing til next Tuesday at the earliest.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf you are coming to TCAF this weekend, here are the times I am scheduled to appear in the signing area: 10:30-12:30 on Saturday, 3:00-5:00 on Sunday.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-07-12",
"timestamp":1336348800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-07-12\" href=\"/news/5-07-12\">7 May 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Homestuck Book 2</h3>\n\nBack from a busy weekend in Toronto where I met JUST SO MANY cool Homestuck readers. Look at what happened while I was away:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Homestuck Books\" src=\"/archive/social/news/HSbook2banners.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nYou can either get book 2 on its own, or in a nice funpak full of numerous books. There was briefly an offer for signed + <a href=\"/tumblr/softowl-ipgd-softowl-derples-a-little\" target=\"_blank\">stamped</a> books, but those ran out pretty quickly. Sorry if you missed the chance, but I have to cap the number of cutomized books so I don't get impossibly inundated. There will surely be opportunities for signed + stamped and/or sketched books in the future.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThese books are turning out to be a nice way to access the story, in my view. Probably better than I expected. Even though they sacrifice some elements like animation, to me there will always be something more inviting about flipping through a book than staring for hours at a screen, no matter what sort of magic a screen is capable of. So far the tradeoffs have been worthwhile to make this collection. This one is a little more refined in its layout (as well as 100 pages thicker) than the first one. <a href=\"http://www.kallini.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Chris</a> has been doing a good job putting these together. I expect them to keep getting better as we go. Also, don't forget each book includes hundreds of author notes. Some of these notes are even informative. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSome brief points in the FAQ department before I go: Book 2 contains all of act 2. So yes, book 3 will contain all of act 3 plus the intermission. Book 4 will contain act 4. Then we'll see what happens. I'll try to get book 3 out with Topatoco's batch of fall releases.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-12-12",
"timestamp":1339459200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-12-12\" href=\"/news/6-12-12\">12 June 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Volume 9</h3>\nThe music bros kicked out another album. It is the <a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-9\" target=\"_blank\">9th volume</a> of official Homestuck music. Wow look at all these songs!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-9\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Volume 9\" src=\"/archive/social/news/volume9cover.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere are plans for more albums later this summer. You may begin anticipating them starting exactly now.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-01-12",
"timestamp":1341100800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-01-12\" href=\"/news/7-01-12\">1 July 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Hiatustuck</h3>\nThere will be some major pauses in updates coming up, mostly due to Flash animation chores. There will be exactly three pauses. Two of them will be related to animation. The third will not.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPAUSE ONE: This starts RIGHT NOW! (July 1st) I will use this time to work on the first animation. I have to travel to <a href=\"http://www.comic-con.org/cci/\" target=\"_blank\">SDCC</a> on July 11th. It's very likely I will finish the animation before that. Once I post it, pause two will begin.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPAUSE TWO: I will use this time to work on another animation, to end A6A3. It will definitely be longer than pause 1, because it will include my trip to SDCC. That trip will kill an entire week of animation time. I'll likely have to start work on it when I get back. Cross country travel is preposterously disruptive, and it's going to slow everything down.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPAUSE THREE: This will begin immediately after pause two. It will not involve working on animation. I'm reserving this time to catch up on the huge amount of chores I've been badly neglecting, and will continue to badly neglect during pauses 1 and 2. The irony of animation pauses: you see nothing for many days, but I'm working at least twice as hard, doing nothing else. It's a break for you, but an anti-break for me. So I need to schedule an ACTUAL break to do stuff that needs doing. Book work, plus tons of other things. I don't know how long this pause will be yet. Probably longer than either of the first two. Let's look at it sort of like the end of a \"season\", where the season was all of act 6 so far.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe bottom line is, this is all going to add up to a whole lot of \"me not updating Homestuck\" for a while. It's not really what I want, but there's just no way around it.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI guess that's all there is to say for now. See you after pause one!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: wait, something else I wanted to mention. Recently some music team guys helped me update the <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">sound credits page</a>, so that each entry links to the song in an album. That way, for any Flash page, it's easy to find out exactly where that song is on <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">bandcamp</a>. For those newer to the site, I suspect this may be helpful.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-09-12",
"timestamp":1341792000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-09-12\" href=\"/news/7-09-12\">9 July 2012</a></div>\n<h3>END OF PAUSE ONE.</h3>\nI was counting \"[S] Dirk: Synchronize.\" and \"[S] Dirk: Unite.\" as one animation, that just happened to be chopped into two parts. Next one is EOA6.3, at the end of Pause 2. Song: <a href=\"/music/track/unite-synchronization\" target=\"_blank\">Unite Synchronization</a> (Sometimes I name animations after songs. Descend, Cascade...) By <a href=\"http://dragonxvi.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Malcolm Brown</a>. We have entered the Brown Zone. You have been warned.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBeginning PAUSE TWO now. I'm off to SDCC. Maybe you are too? Are you wearing a costume?? What am I even talking about. You're probably wearing one RIGHT NOW.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSIGNING TIMES: 12:00-3:00 each day. (7/12 through 7/15)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'll be with the Topatoco booth, but it's possible I could be relocated to a different signing area for crowd management reasons. If this happens, I'll do what I can to alert you, through the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">twitters</a> or such.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-17-12",
"timestamp":1342483200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-17-12\" href=\"/news/7-17-12\">17 July 2012</a></div>\n<h3>PAUSE 2: UNPAUSE AND THEN REPAUSE IMMEDIATELY.</h3>\nBriefly unpausing PAUSE 2 to bring you <a href=\"/scraps2/pause2hiatusupdates.gif\" target=\"_blank\">these updates</a>, and then pausing again. There will be no more updates until the EOA6_3 animation.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAs of right now, I have not spent a single second working on that animation. I just got back from SDCC, produced the above updates today, and now the REAL PAUSE TWO begins. The part of it that involves me actually working on it. It is just layers upon layers with these pauses. They are like onions, especially insofar as they result in your tears.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI wish the last week could have been dedicated to animation labors to shorten this wait, but I was in California fraternizing with radical fans of my popular web cartoon. It was pretty cool. But now it'll be loads more days before you see anything here. That's how it goes sometimes.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAugust will be SOLO ALBUM MONTH. There will be some good solo albums released throughout that month. Mark that on your calendar. Just write \"YEAH!\" across the entire August grid, that should do it. \n"
},
{
"id":"7-28-12",
"timestamp":1343433600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-28-12\" href=\"/news/7-28-12\">28 July 2012</a></div>\n<h3>END OF PAUSE 2</h3>\nWith EOP2 comes <a href=\"/mspa/007161\" target=\"_blank\">EOA6A3</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnother <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">piece</a> by M. Brown. I told you we had entered the Brown Zone, but you didn't listen. It's not in an album yet, and won't be for a little while. Not until some time after Solo Album Month, which according to my calendar is happening REALLY SOON.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOnly one more pause to get through before we start cruising again. Unfortunately this will be the longest one. PAUSE ONE was 8 days. PAUSE TWO, including the trip to SDCC, was 19 days. I'm thinking PAUSE THREE will be slightly longer than that. I'll guess about 3 weeks. I have a lot to catch up on that does not involve working on Homestuck. Stuff I have neglected due to a <i>solid month of non stop animation and travel</i>. Some book work to do. Some secret projects. And, yes, some of this pause will involve working on HS a bit as well, as I get the next Thing ready for you to see.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThank you for your patience. Hang in there for EOP3:A6I3.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-01-12",
"timestamp":1343779200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-01-12\" href=\"/news/8-01-12\">1 August 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Solo Month + Problem Sleuth Volume 4</h3>\nFirst album of the month: <a href=\"/music/album/symphony-impossible-to-play\" target=\"_blank\">Symphony Impossible to Play</a> by Clark Powell, who was also responsible for the album \"Medium\", \"Homestuck Anthem\" and quite a few other HS tracks. Next solo album coming in a couple weeks.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/symphony-impossible-to-play\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Symphony Impossible to Play\" src=\"/archive/social/news/impossibletoplay.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nDo you like Problem Sleuth? Do you like PROBLEM SLEUTH BOOKS? Here is Volume 4: Black Liquid Sorrow. Holy crap, what a classy cover.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Problem Sleuth: Book 4\" height=\"310\" src=\"/archive/social/news/PS4book.jpg\" width=\"420\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt would also appear there is a new shirt in this section. Maybe you would like to wear it?\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Caliborn Shirt\" height=\"757\" src=\"/archive/social/news/uushirtsymbol.jpg\" width=\"420\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"8-16-12",
"timestamp":1345075200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-16-12\" href=\"/news/8-16-12\">16 August 2012</a></div>\nAlbum two of solo month: <a href=\"/music/album/one-year-older\" target=\"_blank\">One Year Older</a> by Erik Scheele. Take a look <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> to see what else Erik has done for Homestuck. \n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/one-year-older\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"One Year Older\" src=\"/archive/social/news/oneyearolder_cover.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nOne more album to go!\n"
},
{
"id":"8-30-12",
"timestamp":1346284800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-30-12\" href=\"/news/8-30-12\">30 August 2012</a></div>\n<h3>[S] A6I3</h3>\nSome notes about the interactive beginning to <a href=\"/mspa/007163\" target=\"_blank\">A6 Intermission 3</a>. (A <a href=\"/scraps2/A6I3walkthrough.gif\" target=\"_blank\">walkthrough</a> by Radiation.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nFirst, I'd originally planned to put more in the game than this, but it was running a bit long, so I decided to chop it up. I'm planning two more installments of this game, probably to be released over the next couple weeks. All the art assets and stuff is there, I just need to work with Alexis to crunch it all into a couple more new games.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpeaking of which, thanks to Alexis, MSPA's tenured CODER OF GAMES, for working on this. It's a little different. It's the first time we're not using Flash. Only the intro is Flash, but the game is coded in HTML5, which makes it a little more robust in some ways, but will have some issues with less common browsers. I've copied <a href=\"/tumblr/im-copying-a-message-here-from-alexis-who\" target=\"_blank\">a note</a> from him about it all here. Take note especially of browser info: best viewed in Chrome, Firefox is ok but not ideal, IE is very buggy and won't show the Flash intro, and Opera/Safari aren't tested at all.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThanks to <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">the artists</a> (scroll to bottom) who worked on assets for this too. They've made a good deal more than you see here, which will appear in other installments. Thanks Stephen, Tanney, Peter, Amanda for making environment assets, and Chaz, Lexxy, Vivus, Xamag for the talking portraits. Special thanks to <a href=\"http://merrigo.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Amanda</a> for making all the little walking sprites, as well as a whole lot of environment stuff and items. Everything looks really great.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd of course, thanks to contributing <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">musicians</a> (again scroll to bottom), and Toby for editing everything. Some things from the contest album Universe A, notably <a href=\"/music/track/fuchsia-ruler\" target=\"_blank\">Fuscia Ruler</a> by Sinister Psyche as the main song. See <a href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/post/30563557673/update-music-credits\" target=\"_blank\">Toby's post</a> for more details.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-04-12",
"timestamp":1346716800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-04-12\" href=\"/news/9-04-12\">4 September 2012</a></div>\n<h3>Homestuck Kickstarter</h3>\nI recently launched a Kickstarter for a <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck adventure game project</a>. I would highly appreciate it if you would take a look and consider making a pledge!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nUPDATES:\n<br/>\n9/4/12: <a href=\"/tumblr/homestuck-kickstarter\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter Launched</a>\n<br/>\n9/6/12: <a href=\"/tumblr/you-find-a-fatherly-note-taped-to-your-tumblr-dash-it\" target=\"_blank\">Funded! And still climbing.</a>\n<br/>\n9/11/12: <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/306017\" target=\"_blank\">Slickpak released, and more stretch goals unlocked.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Slickpak\" src=\"/archive/social/news/slickpakbanner.gif\"/></a>\n<br/>\n\n9/17/12: <b>UPDATE</b> - <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/309977\" target=\"_blank\">Seerpak released.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Seerpak\" src=\"/archive/social/news/seerpakbanner.gif\"/></a>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Homestuck Kickstarter\" src=\"/archive/social/news/HSKS_tumblr.jpg\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"9-06-12",
"timestamp":1346889600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-06-12\" href=\"/news/9-06-12\">6 September 2012</a></div>\n9/6/12: <a href=\"/tumblr/a-non-kickstarter-update\" target=\"_blank\">A non-kickstarter update.</a>\n<br/>\n9/12/12: <a href=\"/tumblr/another-update-to-the-stretcheladder-one-thing\" target=\"_blank\">Would you like to beta test the next Homestuck mini game update before it's posted on the site?</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"9-24-12",
"timestamp":1348444800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-24-12\" href=\"/news/9-24-12\">24 September 2012</a></div>\n<h3>About a week to go</h3>\nAs of typing this, only nine days remaining in the <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter</a>. The response to it continues to be fantastic, and my gratitude to the backers is equally continuous. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThanks to everyone who beta tested the <a href=\"/mspa/007208\" target=\"_blank\">recent update</a> in advance of its release. Anyone who pledged $50 or more was sent an early beta version and a feedback form to help us sort out the bugs. The same offer will apply for the next and final minigame installment. If you have pledged $50 or more by the end of the Kickstarter, you'll get an advance copy to test sent through the Kickstarter message system. If you pledge, just be sure you select a reward tier at $55 or more, so that we know to send you a copy. (Note this is unrelated to the $1.5MM stretch goal, which states that ALL BACKERS will be allowed to beta test the adventure game itself, before it is released in 2014.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, once the Kickstarter is over, we're going to put up a Paypal pledging option for the project. A lot of people seem to only be able to use Paypal to pledge, which Kickstarter doesn't allow. So for a brief window after, one or two weeks, you'll be able to pledge via Paypal for the same reward tiers at the same prices. The window will be fairly short so that we can compile all the orders and ship the rewards out in a timely fashion. We're expecting a good number of people may want things to ship in time for the holiday season. If you're in the U.S. or Canada, it's very likely this will be the case. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nFor those who haven't pledged yet, this might be something to consider. The timing of the shipping here means that buying rewards could actually double as holiday shopping. If you see yourself doing holiday shopping for people a couple months down the road anyway, this might be a good advance opportunity. A lot of those pricier bundles start to pile up so much extra cool stuff, seems to me this makes for a good chance to divvy them up as holiday gifts for friends, maybe some of whom didn't have enough money for the bigger bundles. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhatever the final total winds up being, you have already helped make this Kickstarter an overwhelming success. Thank you again for your support!\n"
},
{
"id":"10-05-12",
"timestamp":1349395200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-05-12\" href=\"/news/10-05-12\">5 October 2012</a></div>\nThe <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter</a> finished with a total just shy of $2.5 million, ranking <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickstarter#Top_projects_by_funds_raised\" target=\"_blank\">6th all time</a>. I think we can all agree that is quite a haul, and is a testament to the devotion of Homestuck's amazing fans. I truly believe this funding will result in a fantastic game, and I can't wait to get started on it. Thanks again to those who pledged, as well as those who continue to pledge through the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/kickstarter.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paypal option</a> which is now available. It offers all the same reward tiers, and should stay up for a couple weeks. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThanks also to those who helped me organize and run this Kickstarter, which was a significant undertaking. In particular, George for supplying the Kickstarter knowhow, Rachel for fielding the many thousands of questions we received, and Cindy for getting the huge amount of rewards in shape and ready to ship. Delivering on all the rewards is going to be an enormous job. As it stands now there are about 11,000 people we need to ship stuff to before the end of the year. (And my signature required just as many times!) The good news is, over the last couple years Cindy at What Pumpkin HQ down in Florida has worked on building quite an efficient and reliable shipping operation. The response to the Kickstarter was overwhelming, but we're in excellent shape to handle all the shipments before the holiday season. We just need to wait a couple more weeks for a few products to be finished, for Paypal orders to come in (and for me to sign 11,000 prints..........) and then we'll start pushing it all out.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn the subject of the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/kickstarter.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paypaloption</a>,allthetiersareexactlythesame,tostayconsistentandbefairtoeveryonewhoalreadypledged.ThoughIguessonedifferencehereisbyPaypal'snature,youcanputmorethanoneofthepacksinyourcart,asopposedtoonlyonewithKickstarter'stieredsystem.AlsoyoumaynoticethatsomeofthemorecovetedSNOUTPAKSarethere,composedofsomeremainingunsoldscalemates.Thosesuppliesarestillverylimited,soagainthere'snotellinghowquicklythey'llsellout.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAndifyou'rewondering,eventhoughthefinalcountwas$2.485MM,the$2.5MMstretchgoalhasbeenunlockedregardless.ThatmeansanyonewhopledgesforaphysicalcopyofthegamewillalsogetacopyofHomestuckwithit(asin,thestoryitself.)OnceHSisdone,we'llfigureoutagoodwaytocreateanofflineversion,insomeconvenientselfcontainedformattobedistributedwiththephysicalgame,andprobablyonitsownaswell.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIfeellikethere'salotmoretosay,aboutthesuccessoftheKickstarterandwhatit'smeant,andwhatwillfollowincomingmonths.Butthere'splentyoftimetoaddressmorelater.Overthenextfewmonths,I'llfillyouinondevelopmentswiththegamehereandthere,aswestarttomakemorespecificplansforhowtoallocatethebudget.Thereareexcitingthingsahead.Fornowthough,Ithinkthisisthemomenttoreflectonwhatyou'vemadepossible.Thisreallystrikesmeasasignificantachievementbythereadership.Nogreatforcesofmarketingwereinvolvedtoraisethesefunds,nopromotion,nosponsorship,oranyinvestmentswithweirdstringsattached.Justtheenergyofapassionatecommunityofpeoplewhowereexcitedenoughaboutaprojecttomakeithappen.Ithinkyouhaveservedasinspirationtoanycreativepersonwho'swonderingiftheyshouldbotherpursuingtheirideas.You'veshownwhatispossibleiftheydo.Therearenogatekeepersanymore.There'sonlyyoursupporttobeearned.Andwhenitis,Idon'tthinkthere'samorepowerfulforce
},
{
"id":"10-19-12",
"timestamp":1350604800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-19-12\" href=\"/news/10-19-12\">19 October 2012</a></div>\nThe Paypal pledge option for the Kickstarter is now closed. We have to draw the line there, so that we may begin compiling all the order information and ship this huge number of products in a timely fashion.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAll Kickstarter surveys have been sent out as well. If you pledged through the Kickstarter site, <b>you must complete this survey so that we have all of your information!</b> Such as shipping address, shirt sizes, all that. If you log in to <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter</a> with the account you used to pledge, you'll find the survey in your message box. Fill it out (<b>please double-check that all your information is correct before you submit!</b>) and send it. Orders will start being processed soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf you pledged through Paypal, you don't need to fill out a survey. We already have most of the info we need. For some of the higher tiers, we'll contact you to get additional order info. \n"
},
{
"id":"10-23-12",
"timestamp":1350950400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-23-12\" href=\"/news/10-23-12\">23 October 2012</a></div>\nRemember solo album month? There was one last album that was delayed, causing solo month to swell to the size of three months, like the mighty blowsack of an enormous frog. (That is a totally random comparison.) Anyway, without further delay, here it is.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/genesis-frog\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Genesis Frog\" src=\"/archive/social/news/genesisfrog_albumcover.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music/album/genesis-frog\" target=\"_blank\">Genesis Frog</a> contains of a series of orchestral pieces by Alexander Rosetti, who was responsible for such Homestuck tracks as the <a href=\"/music/track/squiddles\" target=\"_blank\">Squiddles Theme</a>, and the most important song in Homestuck, <a href=\"/music/track/horschestra\" target=\"_blank\">Horsechestra</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-03-12",
"timestamp":1351900800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-03-12\" href=\"/news/11-03-12\">3 November 2012</a></div>\nThe site was down for a few days there, but we are back. The server is located in New York City, which lost power due to a hurricane. The server people at Internap did a nice job getting everything back on line quickly with generator power, despite the major problems the city is having. If you live in the affected areas, I hope life will return to normal for you very soon. When things like this happen, I think our first impulse should be to <a href=\"http://www.redcross.org/charitable-donations\" target=\"_blank\">help out</a>. Let's consider doing that!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe <a href=\"/mspa/007327\" target=\"_blank\">MINISTRIFE</a> (which was going to drop on 10/31 but oh well) is chock full of sprite characters made by <a href=\"http://feastings.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Feastings</a>. Most of them were done a while ago and started floating around the tumblrverse as a little fandom craze, so I asked her to make a few more and now POOF they're all magically canon. Thank you Feastings. Also UU art as always supplied kindly by <a href=\"http://duedlyfirearms.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby</a>. Song = \n<a href=\"/music/track/killed-by-br8k-spider\" target=\"_blank\">Killed by BR8K Spider!!!!!!!!</a> by <a href=\"http://fwugradiation.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Radiation</a>. \"Who???\" I hear you ask. Yes I know, that guy's music NEVER gets used Homestuck.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAct 6 Act 4 next. Are you ready for it? Are you ready to do some more AWESOME WAITING for it?? I hope so. I'll try to have something ready by 11/11, which is exactly one year from the start of Act 6 (hey calendar: wtf???) The main issue of uncertainty here is I have to fly down to Florida and sign more than 11,000 prints. I actually have no idea how long that will take. I have no basis of estimation for signing that many things, because I have never signed that many things before. But the sooner I do it, the sooner we can ship out all your sweet Kickstarter loot. It must be done. I'll try to get whatever work done I can around this crazy mission. An 11K heap of large prints is actually so much paper, we're not sure if we can keep it all in the same room, because it might actually cause the floor to collapse. True safety facts.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-12-12",
"timestamp":1352678400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-12-12\" href=\"/news/11-12-12\">12 November 2012</a></div>\nOver the last week I flew down to Florida, signed 13,000 prints, and made a four minute Flash animation using someone else's weird computer and their ancient, tiny Wacom tablet. Best vacation, or sldkfjdklfj vacation? This is a question that is as meaningless as it is unanswerable. (BTW, the time crunch had nothing to do with the brevity of this act. The old \"one page sub-act trick\" was part of the A6 battle plan more than a year ago.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI will get on a plane and return tonight. More updates tomorrow probably. My hand is permanently stuck in a looping autograph motion, so they might look kinda funny.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-22-12",
"timestamp":1353542400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-22-12\" href=\"/news/11-22-12\">22 November 2012</a></div>\nYou know those magnetic poetry sets? And how you put them on your fridge, and spell a couple things with them the first day, and then never use it again? Well here is the solution to that problem. The <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-sb-stix-magnets2\" target=\"_blank\">Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff magnetic poetry set</a>. If this is on your fridge, you are guaranteed to use it every day for the rest of your life. This is only the first in a whole series of earth shattering SBaHJ products to be released soon. Stay tuned.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-28-12",
"timestamp":1354060800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-28-12\" href=\"/news/11-28-12\">28 November 2012</a></div>\nCheck it out! Some hot new things in the What Pumpkin Store. WE GOT:\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSome cool Sburb polos!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/polo-shirts.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Sburb Polo\" src=\"/archive/social/news/sburbpolo_graphic.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlpha kid pins!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/alpha-kids-pins.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Alpha Kids Pins\" src=\"/archive/social/news/alphapins_graphic.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlpha kid logos on white shirts! (Perhaps better suited for your cosplay dreams??)\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/alpha-kids-white-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Alpha Kids Shirts 1\" src=\"/archive/social/news/alphashirts1_graphic.jpg\"/></a>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/alpha-kids-white-tees.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Alpha Kids Shirts 2\" src=\"/archive/social/news/alphashirts2_graphic.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nYes!!!\n"
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{
"id":"1-09-13",
"timestamp":1357689600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-09-13\" href=\"/news/1-09-13\">9 January 2013</a></div>\nBy now, most Kickstarter rewards have either been delivered, or are in the mail on the way to your house. If you have questions regarding your pledge, I must remind you the best way to get answers is through the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.desk.com/\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin support system</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-21-13",
"timestamp":1358726400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-21-13\" href=\"/news/1-21-13\">21 January 2013</a></div>\nMore new things! 2013 calendars, and some cherub hoodies:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/calendar2013.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"2013 Calendar\" src=\"/archive/social/news/calendar2013photo.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.com/cherub-hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Cherub Hoodies\" src=\"/archive/social/news/uuUUhoodies_photo.jpg\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"1-22-13",
"timestamp":1358812800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-22-13\" href=\"/news/1-22-13\">22 January 2013</a></div>\n<a href=\"/sbahj\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"sbahj boke\" src=\"/archive/social/news/sbahj_book_photo.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nYes, this is a very high quality <a href=\"/sbahj\" target=\"_blank\">hard cover compilation</a> of all existing Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff comics. Exactly as you envisioned in your prayers. Read more about it in the <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20130125040620/https://topatoco.com/hey/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-hardcover-press-release/\" target=\"_blank\">official press release</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpecial thanks to <a href=\"http://wondermark.com/\" target=\"_blank\">David Malki !</a> for offering his bookmaking expertise to figure out how to pull off the most idiotic ideas we had for this, and to <a href=\"http://gunshowcomic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">KC Green</a> and <a href=\"http://lucid-tv.com/\" target=\"_blank\">John Keogh</a> for lending their special blend of insanity to the page layouts, and to <a href=\"http://ipgd.tumblr.com/tagged/sfw+art\" target=\"_blank\">ipgd</a> for this stunning cover art from the richest traditions of French Impressionism. Did she draw that, or steal it from a museum? I do not know. And of course thanks to <a href=\"https://www.topatoco.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a> for humoring the project. Proposing such an idea to literally any other publisher could get you shot.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt's not just a book, but somewhat like a fun pack of ridiculous stuff. It is also a unique collector's item. It is unlikely that anyone will voluntarily create an object like this ever again. You know what you must do.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-02-13",
"timestamp":1359763200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-02-13\" href=\"/news/2-02-13\">2 February 2013</a></div>\nHey! Here is an <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Yh-7R_z-auYjYpd2LDgAyDymtb5YRIFfPuu1B5lgMpI/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">MSPA Reader Survey</a>, to help us get a sense of what sort of things you'd like to see us make in the future, as well as learn a few things about the people who read the site. It would be highly appreciated if you took a moment to fill it out. It's optional and completely anonymous of course. Thank you very much!\n"
},
{
"id":"3-15-13",
"timestamp":1363305600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-15-13\" href=\"/news/3-15-13\">15 March 2013</a></div>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">New album!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Cherubim\" src=\"/archive/social/news/cherubim_album.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt is called Cherubim. Worth noting: this album contains the song used in <a href=\"/mspa/007161\" target=\"_blank\">Caliborn: Enter.</a> It's the last track, called Eternity Served Cold, by Malcolm Brown.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-27-13",
"timestamp":1364342400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-27-13\" href=\"/news/3-27-13\">27 March 2013</a></div>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-dance-black\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Dance Shirt 1\" src=\"/archive/social/news/dance_shirt1.gif\"/></a>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-dance-white\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Dance Shirt 2\" src=\"/archive/social/news/dance_shirt2.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn the Topatoco store there is a new shirt, featuring this highly attractive design by <a href=\"http://www.alexandra-douglass.com/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Lexxy!</a> The shirt is available in white and black. Lexxy as you may know has drawn a bunch of things that have appeared in Homestuck animations. She is also planning a great looking comic called <a href=\"http://cloudfactorycomics.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cloud Factory</a>. Also, she is basically the star of a reality TV show called <a href=\"http://www.penny-arcade.com/strip-search\" target=\"_blank\">Strip Search</a>. This is an up and coming artist for whom I see BIG THINGS. Yes, I know I am really going out on a limb with this prediction, but I am well known for making such bold and controversial claims. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-14-13",
"timestamp":1365897600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-14-13\" href=\"/news/4-14-13\">14 April 2013</a></div>\n<b>THE YEAR 4 MEGAPAUSE</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nTLDR; Act 6 Act 6 is next. This is Homestuck's final push. But before I start on it, I'll be taking a very significant hiatus to work on the <a href=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game\" target=\"_blank\">game</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n4/13/13 marked the 4th year of Homestuck, and a little more than the 5th year of MSPA's regular updates overall. Thanks to all those who've hung in there the whole time, as well as the very large number of you who piled on to this silly wagon at some point along the way. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe idea last year was to finish Homestuck and then begin working on the game. But as I've started to get into the early game dev process a bit, it's become obvious I have to start working on it much sooner. As in, right now. It takes many months of drawing and programming to make a game. But nobody can start on any of that until I've done a lot of writing and planning. So what it comes down to is, either I delay finishing Homestuck by a few months, or delay the release of the game by what would probably be a lot longer than that. Considering people threw 2.5 million bucks at me to make a game, I think that choice is obvious.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf I could do both at the same time, I would. But that's not realistic. Working on HS is an all consuming thing. Designing a whole game I believe will be too. It may sound obvious, but it can't be emphasized enough - entertainment takes a lot of time to create. More time than most people think. MSPA somewhat obscures that reality because I work on it as maniacally and efficiently as I can to keep the rate of output as high as possible. But the ease of production is an illusion. It is in fact a nonstop grind to generate this much material at a consistent rate. So I have to put all that on hold if I want to get anything else done.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI have noticed that some people believed HS would end on 4/13/13, though I never said that it would. Even if the story appeared to be on the precipice of resolution (which it wasn't), these rumors could be debunked for one simple reason. Animation takes A LOT of time. You've got to expect a story like this would end with some sort of big animation, right? I can't make those without suspending all updates completely for a good while. Trust me, the end to this won't sneak up on anyone. It will be really obvious when it's on the way.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nTo alleviate some of the suspense and wild speculation, I will give you a very loose estimate of my schedule, from now until the end of HS. Please observe these facts, as organized by this really awesome \"html table\" I have designed for this purpose.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<table style=\"background-color:#FFFFCC\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td><b>The thing I am going to be doing</b></td>\n<td><b>How long that thing is going to take me</b></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Work on the game, and probably some other stuff, like make more HS books. Oh, also go to a few conventions. No updates.</td>\n<td>Months</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Work on a whole bunch of regular updates for A6A6, leading up to the end of HS.</td>\n<td>Months</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Work on the final animation, plus zero or more other animations, just before or somewhat near the end of HS.</td>\n<td>Months</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody></table>\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo that's it for now. See you in a while. Unless you decide to reread Homestuck or something. In which case I guess I'll keep seeing you here. Well not me, but my website will see you. My website is always watching. \n"
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{
"id":"4-23-13",
"timestamp":1366675200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-23-13\" href=\"/news/4-23-13\">23 April 2013</a></div>\n<b>Convention Schedule</b>\n<br/><br/>\n<del>TCAF (Toronto) May, 11-12</del>\n<br/>\n<del>Phoenix Comicon, May 23-26</del>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.floridasupercon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Supercon</a>, July 4-7\n<br/>\nSan Diego, July (Plans not firm yet. More info on this later.)\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-30-13\" href=\"/news/6-30-13\">30 June 2013</a></div>\nI may have been jumping the gun to say the megapause was totally over. It is mostly over, but there are going to be scattered minipauses here and there. I still have a lot going on. Some more cons to go to in July. Expect a couple more blackout weeks. After that the pace will probably start to pick up again.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.floridasupercon.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Supercon</a>, July 4-7. Signings on the 5th, 6th, and 7th.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSan Diego, July 18-21. You won't need SDCC tickets to come see me. Signings will be at a venue nearby SDCC, hosted by <a href=\"http://www.shiftylook.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Shifty Look</a>. SDCC tickets can be pretty hard to come by, so this is good news if you can make it to the area but can't get your hands on tickets. I will post more information as the date approaches.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-16-13",
"timestamp":1373932800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-16-13\" href=\"/news/7-16-13\">16 July 2013</a></div>\nTime to hit the road for SDCC. See <a href=\"http://www.shiftylook.com/news/post/san-diego-comic-con\" target=\"_blank\">Shifty Look</a>'s site for event info.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThis means another pause for some number of weeks. When I get back I have to do a ton of boring stuff that has nothing to do with Homestuck, which will delay the pause beyond the convention. All the travel this year I am sure has resulted in hundreds of pages of lost progress. Yet this is how it must be. I must go see the people. I must draw thousands of <a href=\"/scraps2/johndoodle.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">5 second John doodles</a> for them. It is inescapable.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI expect to get back on a roll with updates some time in August. So mark that month on your calendar somehow. Maybe you can write \"August\" in big letters across the July page. Yes, wow, that's a good suggestion.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-07-13",
"timestamp":1378512000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-07-13\" href=\"/news/9-07-13\">7 September 2013</a></div>\nWe upgraded the whole <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin store</a>. There's a bunch of new stuff to buy as well! Including these lovely shirts:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Graphic-Tees/?show=all\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"John Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_john.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Graphic-Tees/?show=all\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Dave Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_dave.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Graphic-Tees/?show=all\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Jade Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_jade.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Graphic-Tees/?show=all\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Rose Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_rose.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAll these great designs were by <a href=\"http://rendigo.tumblr.com/post/60450019230/my-beta-kids-shirts-are-officially-up-for-sale-in\" target=\"_blank\">Rennie Kingsley</a>. Alpha kid designs by the same artist will be coming soon too.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere will be so many other cool things hitting WP this fall, I honestly couldn't list them all off the top of my head. Just keep refreshing the site constantly. Even in your sleep. Then you will be ok.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-28-13",
"timestamp":1380326400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-28-13\" href=\"/news/9-28-13\">28 September 2013</a></div>\nAs I have promised to you, the alpha kid shirts are now in <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">the store</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Jane Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_jane.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Roxy Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_roxy.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Jake Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_jake.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Dirk Shirt\" src=\"/archive/social/news/blackshirt_dirk.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere will be more stuff coming out in a week or two. And then more stuff after that. And then more stuff after that. And then, after that?\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nMore stuff.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-09-13",
"timestamp":1381276800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-09-13\" href=\"/news/10-09-13\">9 October 2013</a></div>\nBehold: more stuff!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nTroll hoodies. Like the troll shirts! But hoodies instead.<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Troll-Pullover-Hoodies/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Troll Hoodies\" src=\"/archive/social/news/trollhoodies.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso these guys. Embroidered patches. (FYI they are bigger than they look here.) <br/>\n<a href=\"/http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Embroidered-Patches/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Embroidered Patches\" src=\"/archive/social/news/embroideredpatches.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nMore stuff soon! October is the Month of Stuff.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-13-13",
"timestamp":1381622400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-13-13\" href=\"/news/10-13-13\">13 October 2013</a></div>\nHomestuck book 3 and Problem Sleuth book 5 are here! The Homestuck book contains Act 3. The Problem Sleuth book is the final volume of the series.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Homestuck Book 3\" src=\"/archive/social/news/HSbook3_photo.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/books\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Problem Sleuth Book 5\" src=\"/archive/social/news/PSbook5_photo.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/>\n(The cover of PS5 glows in the dark by the way.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd now that the Problem Sleuth series is wrapped up, you can get the full set. Dedicating this much paper to three cartoon detectives trying to leave an office should be illegal. But it isn't, and we are exploiting that fact to our advantage here.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-17-13",
"timestamp":1381968000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-17-13\" href=\"/news/10-17-13\">17 October 2013</a></div>\n<b>Gigapause: Commence.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI've been thinking this over for the last few weeks, and I've decided now is the best time to suspend all regular updates until I've finished the story, rather than pausing just before I start on the final animation. When I'm done, I'll post it all at once. There are a lot of reasons why I think this is the best strategy.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPrimarily, it's about efficiency, and being able to work on the remaining (and likely the most difficult parts) of the story without distractions, or the added challenge of having to crank out the next serial update as fast as possible, which means I always have to stay totally linear with the work. This way I can produce the rest of it more comprehensively, prepare animation assets in advance, do more stuff in parallel, etc. It will go faster. And ultimately, I think it'll read better as one thing, rather than as a sequence tortuously spread out over time, as has been the norm for years. I think it's close enough to the end now to safely retire Homestuck as a serial reading experience. There's nothing to be gained from that presentation anymore, in my view. It's just time to bear down and get it done.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI guess we're breaking for a long time on a big cliffhanger, but there's no way around that. Actually, pausing at any point later would probably be even worse, as it keeps pushing into endgame territory. That's why I'm stopping now instead of later. With such a big readership, the reactions will only get crazier, and the demand for new updates will get more intense. Over time, knowing so many people are slamming refresh many times per day starts to be more of an omnipresent distraction than anything. I think there is sort of a perception that I am creatively feeding off the hysteria surrounding the comic, but on a very practical level this is not true. Creating entertainment is not really a lifestyle of madcap shenanigans. It is a very sober, often dull process that requires a huge amount of time and concentration. It will be better to disarm the hype machine while I get the hard stuff done.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo what is the itinerary? Need to finish A663 through A666, and then A7. Keep in mind that these sub acts can be literally any length, even <a href=\"/mspa/006011\" target=\"_blank\">one</a> <a href=\"/mspa/007338\" target=\"_blank\">page</a>. There's a good bit of ground to cover, but most of the effort will be tied up in animation chores. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI don't really have a time estimate here, and am not sure there's any real advantage in coming up with one. It'll just be a while. I also have to allocate some time to work on the Kickstarter game. That didn't stop being a thing I have to do. It's coming along. I'll probably have a more substantive update on that before the end of the year. There hasn't been much to report yet since it's mostly been in a high level planning and writing phase. And firming up tons of legal minutiae. Stuff like that.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut I will say there is something new to watch out for next month. Kind of a secret project I'm involved with, unrelated to MSPA or the KS game. Well, it's technically not that secret. It's only secret if you don't know about it yet. Meditate on those profound words, and keep an eye out for news on this in coming weeks.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOh yeah. Almost forgot, I'll have to take some time to port the site to a new server. Obviously it hasn't been cutting it the last couple months. So we'll work on that soon. Hopefully the new service will be able to handle the massive heart attack the next batch up updates will represent.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nDuring the gigapause, there should still be plenty to see here in the news section. Whether it's about the aforementioned projects, or new product releases, there'll be a lot going on. Trust me, the coolest stuff at What Pumpkin this season has yet to be released.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-06-13",
"timestamp":1383696000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-06-13\" href=\"/news/11-06-13\">6 November 2013</a></div>\nThe gigapause has been nano-unpaused to bring you: more stuff! Such as,\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe 2014 calendar!<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/2014-Homestuck-Calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"2014 Calendar\" src=\"/archive/social/news/calendar2014_photo.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nand\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA hoodie with these guys running across it! Heh heh. Look at them go.<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Limited-Edition-Chase-Hoodies.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Bec-Gcat Hoodie\" src=\"/archive/social/news/becgcathoodie_photo.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\n*Emphatically reinitiates the mighty gigapause.*\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-22-13b\" href=\"/news/11-22-13b\">22 November 2013</a></div>\n<b><a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\">Here Is A Thing That Is Happening</a></b>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Namco High\" src=\"/archive/social/news/namcohigh_thumb.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 256px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThis is a dating sim I've been working on with Namco Bandai's ShiftyLook where you can guide the romantic fortunes of all your favorite classic video game charact... wait. What? You're confused? I can't imagine why. But ok, I'll start at the beginning.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA while ago, <a href=\"http://shiftylook.com/\" target=\"_blank\">ShiftyLook</a>, which is a Namco Bandai jam, asked me if I wanted to work on a project for them. It could be anything. I said that sounds cool. Except that I already had a lot to do, so maybe it wasn't realistic. But they said that's no problem. All I had to do was assemble an elite team of writers, artists, and programmers, and tell them what to do. If I pulled together a crack squad of loyal creatives, they would HAVE to do what I said, no matter how little sense it made. So I said that sounds good. I thought about it really hard, for three of the most intellectually excruciating seconds of my life. Then I said we should make a dating sim. I mean. <i>Obviously.</i>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThey said, are you sure that's a good idea? I said, hey who do you think is in charge here? They said they were. I said, oh, right. But it didn't matter. In the confusion, my pitch had somehow been approved due to a clerical error in Japan. Then I shouted suckers and fell backwards out of the airplane.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhile tumbling magnificently back to Earth, I pulled the vintage rolodex out of my horsehair fannypack, and began recruiting the best of the best. And so my team was convened. They were waiting for me below with the trampoline thing firefighters use. They watched as the Hussie stunt-mannequin gently descended, and then exploded with unexpected confetti. I then revealed that I had been waiting there with them for the last several hours, wearing a disguise, straddling my most famous horse. I introduced myself, and they graciously pretended they didn't know it was me all along. (I repeat. Best of the best.) I then clapped my hands and rubbed them together a lot and said, who's ready to make some NOISE in the dating sim genre? Who's ready to DO SOME DAMAGE? Nobody knew what to say to that, so I pressed on valiantly. I think I know what the people want, I said. What they WANT, is to be able to manipulate their favorite classic video game characters into a variety of lurid but safe-for-work romantic encounters. What they WANT, for instance, is to cajole a cute <a href=\"http://shiftylook.com/comics/katamari\" target=\"_blank\">Katamari</a> into some sort of kissing situation with the spaceship from <a href=\"http://shiftylook.com/comics/galaga\" target=\"_blank\">Galaga</a>. Are you ready to GIVE THEM WHAT THEY WANT? They erupted into applause and began chanting my name, and they haven't stopped since.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nNamco High comes out probably some time next month.\n"
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{
"id":"11-28-13",
"timestamp":1385596800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-28-13\" href=\"/news/11-28-13\">28 November 2013</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/68310835727/now-available-for-sale-consort-plush-dolls\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"MOTHERLOAD\" src=\"/archive/social/news/consortplushes_etc.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThis week I give you: <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/68310835727/now-available-for-sale-consort-plush-dolls\" target=\"_blank\">THE MOTHERLOAD</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nTune in next week for: THE FATHERDUMP\n"
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{
"id":"12-02-13",
"timestamp":1385942400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-02-13\" href=\"/news/12-02-13\">2 December 2013</a></div>\nA brief update on <a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\">Namco High</a>: Looks like we are targeting December 17th for release. Be sure to tune in on that day for the most incredible simulated dating experience of your entire life.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso if you click on that, and scroll down to the \"Students\" section, you will notice there are some Homestuck characters being revealed as secret additions to the cast. They are secret to everyone but you! And a lot of other people probably.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-11-13",
"timestamp":1386720000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-11-13\" href=\"/news/12-11-13\">11 December 2013</a></div>\nBehold, it is the festive dump of none other than Father Christmas himself! *Puts on Santa suit, dives head-first onto Slip N Slide full of eggnog.* \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut then I stagger to my feet, wring my beard into a glass, add a pinch of nutmeg, and apologize for ruining Christmas. These goods are now available for <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/69570794114/hi-all-our-december-9th-pre-order-launch-is\" target=\"_blank\">preorder</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/69570794114/hi-all-our-december-9th-pre-order-launch-is\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"FATHERDUMP\" src=\"/archive/social/news/fatherdump.jpg\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-20-13",
"timestamp":1387497600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-20-13\" href=\"/news/12-20-13\">20 December 2013</a></div>\n<a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\">Namco High</a> is here, and you can play it, <a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\">right here</a>, on the internet<a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\">!!!</a> The hypertext url for that is as follows: <a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.namcohigh.com</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/namcohigh\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Namco High Reveal\" src=\"/archive/social/news/namcohigh_reveal.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 236px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI've taken the game for a spin myself. It's funny! You should consider giving it a whirl too. Especially if it means spending money to unlock characters. Every time you do that, Namco feels slightly better about their decision to hire an internet horse-weirdo to make a game for them! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nLet's meet the team that brought the magic to life. \n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>Writers:</b> <a href=\"http://johnnywander.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ananth Panagariya</a>, <a href=\"http://www.atomic-robo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Clevinger</a>, <a href=\"http://www.monster-pulse.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Magnolia Porter</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf you thought the game was funny, track them down and let them know!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>Artists:</b> <a href=\"http://www.cloudfactorycomics.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Alexandra Douglass</a>, <a href=\"http://solstoria.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Charmwitch</a>, <a href=\"http://oddlookingbird.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ashley Davis</a>, <a href=\"http://www.nemu-nemu.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Audra Furuichi</a>, <a href=\"http://games.scarybunny.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Cat Sze</a>, <a href=\"http://d-gee.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dax Gordine</a>, <a href=\"http://www.meekcomic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Der-Shing Helmer</a>, E.N., <a href=\"http://cartoonfuntime.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Geneva Hodgson</a>, <a href=\"http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Gigi D.G.</a>, <a href=\"http://helvetica.jnwiedle.com/\" target=\"_blank\">J.N. Wiedle</a>, <a href=\"http://paraciteknights.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lindsay Woods</a>, <a href=\"http://www.hiptic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Long Vo</a>, <a href=\"http://gingerhaze.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Noelle Stevenson</a>, <a href=\"http://www.omo-cat.com/\" target=\"_blank\">OMOCAT</a>, <a href=\"http://dieselsweeties.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rich Stevens</a>, <a href=\"http://oni-press.myshopify.com/collections/frontpage/products/buzz\" target=\"_blank\">Tessa Stone</a>, <a href=\"http://www.boxerhockey.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tyson Hesse</a>, <a href=\"http://www.johnnywander.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Yuko Ota</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf you thought the game was pretty, track them down and let them know!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>Other guys:</b> <a href=\"http://www.datenighto.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Conrad Kreyling (Developer)</a>, <a href=\"http://www.ryananthonyfrancis.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Francis (Composer)</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/rpereyda\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Pereyda (Producer)</a>, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/GRohac\" target=\"_blank\">GeorgeRohac(Co-Producer)</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIfyouthoughttheotherguysdidagoodjobdoingotherguystuff,letthemknowaboutthattoo!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'mnotevenBS'ingaboutthis,orjustbeingpolitehere.Itwouldpleasemeifyouofferedthecontributorsyourpositivefeedback.Consideritapersonalfavortome.Butyoudon'tneedtosendmethanks.OntherareoccasionsIwasn'tnappingheavily,Imostlymadeanuisanceofmyself,andgotgrosssnackcrumbsonpeoplewhilelookingovertheirshoulders.ButifyoureallyMUSTdeliverfeedbacktomepersonally,thenIrecommendthefollowingritual.Arrangeabunchoflaptopsinacircle,allpointinginwardandrunningNamcoHighatthesametime.Sitinthemiddleofthecircle,andholdaflickeringcandleineachhand.Thenwhispermyname,pictureahorse,andwetyourselfgently.Ibelieveyou
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"id":"1-24-14",
"timestamp":1390521600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-24-14\" href=\"/news/1-24-14\">24 January 2014</a></div>\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS; font-size: 15pt\">introdoucing, 20104............ the NEWD YEAR</span></b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nGigapause status: <b>STILL GIGAPAUSED.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt's almost over, right? Um, no, sorry. I still have no time estimate, or specific date I am shooting for. 4/13 would be the COOLEST date to shoot for, right? I doubt that's realistic though. Because in spite of my most religious wishes every single day, magic keeps on being fake. THANKS, \"god\".\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhat is the status, then? The status is this. Since pausing, basically all I have been doing is writing. No drawing or animation yet. Writing, writing, writing. Writing for Homestuck, and writing for the adventure game. More time has been allocated to the latter. The game is a big, big project. Let's not kid ourselves here. It's like this whole new major story and everything, fueled by millions of dollars. That's a very different situation from Homestuck, which is usually fueled by approximately zero dollars. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nHomestuck probably needs another month of writing before I can start making panels. Not even to speak of Flash work. And of course, game development looms over everything as well. This feels totally different from the usual routine of write-draw-post, write-draw-post, write-draw-post, ad infinitum. Writing everything out beforehand is peculiar. And by peculiar I mean \"totally conventional\", in most other creative contexts. Let's see how that approach pans out. (You go out on a limb and guess it will result in the same silly bullshit as always.) \n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?</b>\n<br/><br/>\n<b>Kickstarter</b> - Speaking of the game, I sent out a backer update just before the new<b><span style=\"font-family: Comic Sans MS;\">d</span></b> year. The same update just went out to paypal backers too (it took a while to set up a system for that). If you backed the project but didn't notice an update, you might want to check your email. If you didn't back it, sorry these updates are <shhhh>secret</shhhh>. I mean, not really. The info gets \"leaked\" everywhere, if you know where to look. The point is, *I'M* technically not supposed to be the one tell you. Get it? Oh. You don't? Me neither.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOne question I feel like I should answer out in the open even though I kinda thought it was obvious (there is no such thing as obvious) since I see it come up so much: <u>yes, you will be able to purchase the game, even if you did not back the Kickstarter!</u>\n<br/><br/>\n<b>Contest</b> - In the near future, I'm going to be putting out some neat things through <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">We Love Fine</a>. WLF is a cool company that makes a lot of nice stuff, that you will find particularly interesting if you are into \"the fandoms\". Do you like fandoms? When I was a kid we didn't even have those. All we had were shitty Atari games, and spankings.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut before they formally launch any Homestuck stuff, they're running a <a href=\"http://contest.welovefine.com/contest/67-homestuck-design-contest#.UuS3aPQo6Q8\" target=\"_blank\">funshirtdesigncontest</a>.Therearesweetcashprizes.Hey,onlyparticipateifyouthinkissoundsfunthough.Mostpeoplewon'twin,becausethat'swhatacontestis,accordingtothewaythatcommonwordisclassicallydefined.Iain'touttowasteanyone'stime!Idohopeplentyofpeoplesubmitdesignsthough.There'ssomenuttystuffrollingin.PeoplewilllaughatmeifIpickthenakedGamzeeshirt.DON'TMAKEMEPICKTHENAKEDGAMZEESHIRT!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>AnotherSecretProject</b>-Rememberawhileago,Imysteriouslymumbledsomethingaboutasecretproject?Andthenitcamealong,anditturnedouttobeNamcoHigh?Thisislikethatagain.Exceptit'snotadatingsim.Oragame,oranythinglikethat.Also,itdoesn'tinvolvevideogamecharactersyou'veneverheardof.Itisa
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{
"id":"3-03-14",
"timestamp":1393804800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-03-14\" href=\"/news/3-03-14\">3 March 2014</a></div>\n<b>2014 What Pumpkin Convention Schedule</b> ... over there! ->\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin</a> crew will be quite active on the con circuit this year. 11 cons by my count (for now). Take a look at the schedule, and make your plans accordingly!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhat Pumpkin will be setting up a booth in all these cons where you can buy stuff and meet some friendly WP folk. I personally will only be attending two or three of these. I'm not sure which ones yet. I don't think I can lock myself into anything definite yet, since all that traveling is incredibly time consuming and tends to derail work. That's sort of what happened last year. I traveled way too much, and it really messed me up! So work schedule permitting, I'll probably pick a couple of these later and make some \"surprise appearances\". That way, if you happen to see me at a convention, you can be 100% certain that our encounter will be a result of PURE DESTINY.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-14a",
"timestamp":1397347200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-14a\" href=\"/news/4-13-14a\">13 April 2014</a></div>\nHappy 4/13, a.k.a. 5 years of Homestuck being a thing! Since I know how much you like things, to celebrate I thought I would show you another thing that's been in the works for a while.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/pxs\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Paradox Space\" src=\"/archive/social/news/paradoxspacelogo.gif\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 130px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt's a new webcomic based on Homestuck, called <a href=\"/pxs\" target=\"_blank\">Paradox Space</a>! Have a look. That is all I will say about it here. But if you would like to know what the heck this ACTUALLY IS, here is a <a href=\"/news/4-13-14b\" target=\"_blank\">permalink to the news post</a> where I talk about such matters.\n"
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{
"id":"4-13-14b",
"timestamp":1397347200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-14b\" href=\"/news/4-13-14b\">13 April 2014</a></div>\n<b>A young reader stands in a webcomic.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\tA brand new webcomic, to be exact. One that has launched on the 5th anniversary of Homestuck's first page. If the thirteenth of April holds a magical place in your heart, then chances are, you are on pins and needles waiting for me to post the end of the story. It will still be quite some time before that happens. I've had too much else going on to be able to attack the remaining content with the ferocity that has been characteristic of my update schedule over the years. It is nothing short of The Greatest Tragedy that a beloved story is held hostage to the ability of a single artist to continue creating it. Which brings us to the website called Paradox Space, and the chapter it will represent in Homestuck's extended life cycle.\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tAs I work on finishing the story, I tend to think a lot about where Homestuck as a creative property goes from here. It's hard to ignore the fact that it has turned into something much bigger than just a long, crazy story on the internet. It has a lot of fans, and there's a whole culture surrounding it. Friendships have been made, lives have been changed, or so people tell me. Those who like HS are extremely fond of the characters, yet those characters are trapped - \"stuck\" if you will - inside a very particular narrative, which itself has been at the mercy of my ability to produce it. So when I think about the future of Homestuck, I envision projects which liberate the things people love about it from the story itself, and most importantly, from my intensive personal effort.\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tSo this website is the first major step in that direction. Here is the idea:\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tParadox Space will feature many short comic stories involving literally any characters and settings from Homestuck. Any point in canon could be visited and elaborated on, whether it's backstory, some scenes that were skipped over or alluded to, funny hypothetical scenarios which have nothing to do with canon events, or exploring things that could have happened in canon through the \"doomed timeline\" mechanic that is a defining trait of Homestuck's multiverse-continuum known as \"paradox space\". There is a WHOLE LOT of fun stuff we can do here; and we will!\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tThe idea is also to get a lot of different artists and writers involved. It's going to be a major team effort. Occasionally I will write some comic scripts, particularly at the onset to help get this off the ground. But I'd like that to be the exception rather than the rule. I think it will be exciting to see how a talented pool of creators can work within the HS universe, and what they will bring to these characters. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see who's contributing so far. I guarantee that list of names will expand considerably in the months ahead.\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tAnd a quick shout-out to those I regard as the core contributors of Paradox Space. Rachel and Kory, who are the managing editors of the content. Tauhid, who designed this sick website. And Matt, who coded this sick website. These people worked very hard to get this site up and running. They did a great job.\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tParadox Space updates with a new page every weekday, starting this week. Next update is Tuesday, with the first page of another short story. What's it gonna be?? Believe me when I say these arcs can involve anything and anyone.\n\t<br/><br/>\n\tThe first story was drawn by Zack Morrison, who is a super solid comic maker. You should take a look at <a href=\"http://www.paranatural.net/\" target=\"_blank\">his webcomic</a> when you get the chance. It's really good! I'm not even \"just sayin\" that either. Why do ya think we asked him to make the first comic?? Dude's great. ;-]\n"
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{
"id":"9-27-14",
"timestamp":1411776000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-27-14\" href=\"/news/9-27-14\">27 September 2014</a></div>\n<b>Giga-Almost-Unpause, Probably.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nLet's see if I can \"tldr\" a few things up top, since this news item might begin to nose dive dramatically through the vertical space of this web layout. Am I finished HS yet? Um, nope. But I think enough is probably enough on the site's indefinite period of hibernation, so it's likely I will just start posting some stuff I have anyway, starting next month. Either mid or late October, let's say.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI said it would be a long pause, didn't I? Let's face it, a gigapause is just one big ass pause. It contains the smaller word \"giga\", which, in addition to literally meaning \"one billion\", you will find to be the root of the word \"gigantic\", which as we all know, means super huge. This intriguing fact reminds us that in our culture of words, we hold the number one billion as the indivisible quantum of general bigness, as a matter of principal. Food for thought! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWe're coming up on almost a year since I paused. So that means I got like, SO much done on the story, right? Wow, no. Innumerable unspecified problems happened which badly prevented this from being true. I'd estimate out of those 12 months, I maybe squeezed in a grand total of 3 months worth of work on HS in there. Kinda dribbled across the year in the most frustrating way possible. So, I'm just gonna cry uncle on this dogshit pause and start posting stuff, but probably in a regimented way so I don't blow through everything I have too fast, thus giving me some time to work on the rest.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBack at the onset of the pause, I said I'd just post everything at once. (I was oversimplifying. I had always intended to stagger the final content to whatever extent, so as not to destroy the server.) But also that \"post everything at once\" idea was predicated on actually sorta... having it all done. Which as I have already culpa'd, is not the case. So I'm improvising at this point. I'll (probably) relaunch the story next month, come up with some kind of update schedule, and we'll see how it goes.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhat have I been doing all year? Let's chalk it up to, in this order of relevance, a swirling multitude of Daunting Life Challenges, a flurry of accidental weird adventures causing me to thrash wildly across the nation, and the escalating complexities of running a business while tending to peripheral creative projects, not the least of which has been overseeing the development of an expensive video game. Actually, all things considered, I'm surprised at how much I actually HAVE gotten done this year. It just happens that \"making a ton of HS pages\"isn'toneofthosethings.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhatweretheproblems?Whatweretheadventures?Sorry,nothingtoseehere.MeandtheGeneralPublicjustaren'tthattight,andwildsobstoriesain'tmybag(unlesstheypertaintovisitstotheOliveGarden).Well,maybeI'llmentionsomethingssomeday.Butdefinitelynowhereintheproximityofavirtualstageadjacenttothesphereofrhetoricwhichcouldconceivablybeconstruedasaseriesofexcusesforwhyamammothloadoffreeentertainmenthasn'tbeenfinishedyet.Didyoufollowthat?Lookoverthere.(Whenyoulookbackatme,Iamslowlyrollingintoapileoftrash.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThegoodnewsis,I'mstillallabouthorses.Didyouknowthataboutme?It'strueasshit.Horses;wow.Prettygoodweirdbiganimals?OrprettyGREATweirdbiganimals??\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhatelseshouldIsayhere.Oh.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWe'vealsobeenchippingawayatupgradingtheserveroverthelastyear.It'sbeensurprisinglycomplicatedandslow-going.Actually,priortothepause,itwasoneofthemostdifficultthingsaboutupdating,havinganinsufficientserverthatwasGUARANTEEDtocrasheverytimeIpostedsomething.Thiswasevenaftermany,manyupgradesovertheyears.Itgetsalittledemoralizingtryingtomaketonsofcartoonseverydayfor
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{
"id":"10-16-14",
"timestamp":1413417600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-16-14\" href=\"/news/10-16-14\">16 October 2014</a></div>\n<b>The Itinerary.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nOr maybe, since Halloween is coming up, I should call it The Itinerscary. Especially because we may be in store for some spoooooky server crashes with these first few update dumps. Eep, I'm gettin the willies here! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOne page today to test the waters (or uh, yesterday). When that's done and the coast is clear (it won't be), I'll post a bunch of pages on the 17th and 18th (oops, now the 18th and 19th). Then there will be nothing until 10/25. And then nothing until 11/1, at which point regular updates will begin again, according to an update schedule which I will share with you on that day. Then you will know which precise pattern of dates you will need to handcuff yourself to a computer and plug in your custom keyboard that only has a single giant F5 key.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt would seem against my better judgment, or really my ability to control in any way whatsoever, a fair amount of hype has been brewing for the return of Homestuck. People are jacked up. They are doing little dances in places they cannot be seen. They are writhing in kiddie pools of pins and needles for the return of all their favorite fantasy children. \"John.\" \"Karkat.\" And more. So it's hard to avoid finding it just a LITTLE funny that after a year-long drought, hopping back in the saddle means we will have to wade through 50 pages of completely atrocious garbage before anything happens. It's funny how life works out sometimes. Funnier than a clown tickling a horse. Sometimes you pause your famous webcomic for a year, and then your grand reopening is a lot of bad anime. On such occasions, when life hands you those kooky lemons, there is really only one thing you can say.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nFuck lemonade. These lemons are incredible.\n"
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{
"id":"10-18-14",
"timestamp":1413590400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-18-14\" href=\"/news/10-18-14\">18 October 2014</a></div>\nMeant to put this here sooner along with the updates, but still been tweaking some server stuff. Caliborn's self insert guy is a nod to some <a href=\"http://nakkistiltz.deviantart.com/art/MSPA-AU-English-190066369\" target=\"_blank\">classic fan art from 4 years ago</a>, which to my memory was the first speculative drawing of LE before he was introduced. (Actually I guess two people made it? Didn't know, but thanks to both of them for the inspiration.) Also definitely wanna point out I'm not making fun of that art, which I think is a good drawing. I do remember once upon a time thinking it was pretty funny to imagine LE as a cool anime guy though. So maybe that idea stuck with me all these years and led to the inspiration for this ridiculous arc? Who knows how inspiration really works. Anyway it's all in good fun, and I still sometimes try to do the \"reader input influencing story outcomes\" in little ways like this to keep that part of MSPA alive, even long after the fanbase got too big to do it directly through commands.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-19-14",
"timestamp":1413676800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-19-14\" href=\"/news/10-19-14\">19 October 2014</a></div>\nNext update is 10/25. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nNot that it's particularly relevant, but remember I'm not actually working on the next update in the meantime. I wrote all this stuff almost a year ago. Just spacing out the content while I get more stuff done. Feels odd to be pulling content off a dusty shelf like this instead of making it all on the fly at breakneck speed, with my keen finger GLUED to the PULSE of the fandom and \"the cyber zeitgeist\". So if you read a joke and go, pff, that was SO last year, that's why. But really, the joke is on you, because cracking wise about DeviantArt weeaboo culture I believe was en vogue in 2007, so in summary, eat it nerds. Actually it's amazing how DA still seems to be running about as strong as ever on that front. It will be our cultural touchstone for crude anime while we are all being lowered into our sad lonely graves.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOk, I lost track of what I was actually talking about, so see you next week.\n"
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{
"id":"10-25-14",
"timestamp":1414195200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-25-14\" href=\"/news/10-25-14\">25 October 2014</a></div>\n<b>[S] GAME OVER.</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nSong is <a href=\"/music/track/carne-vale\" target=\"_blank\">Carne Vale</a> by Malcolm Brown. Always been a big fan of Malcolm's work, so it's cool to kick off the comic again with one of his songs. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThanks to contributing artists <a href=\"http://saffronscarf.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hanni</a>, <a href=\"http://www.eiffelart.ca/\" target=\"_blank\">Matt</a>, <a href=\"http://www.beyondthecanopy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon</a>, <a href=\"http://weavecomic.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rennie</a>, <a href=\"http://www.paranatural.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Zack</a>, and <a href=\"http://jnwiedle.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jones</a>. All of whom have contributed to <a href=\"/pxs\" target=\"_blank\">Paradox Space</a> as well. I haven't done a (non-game) Flash with a lot of contributing artists in a while. I think Cascade was the last one? Kind of a throwback to the old Art Team days. Remember that? Actually, the expanded network of PXS artists is almost like Homestuck Art Team 2.0. A number of the (now many) artists involved with that comic have sorta parlayed that work into other HS projects, including stuff for the game (more on that soon). It's been pretty awesome having so many great artists help build on the Homestuck universe.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAbout the Flash. Or really, A663 as a whole. Truly we are back in the saddle, with bad anime and mass murder - the quintessential Homestuck Experience. A year ago I knew I was going to have to pause for a long time. I made sure to cut it off just before this act, not after. Leaving you hanging on that note for a year... damn. Not even I am that cruel. Now you will only have to wait a week to see what happens next. I will say this much. It sure is a bunch of stuff that happens. The regular update engine lurches back to life on 11/1. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut as of typing this, by my watch, 10/25 isn't over yet, and technically neither is the update day. Hmm.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-30-14",
"timestamp":1414627200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-30-14\" href=\"/news/10-30-14\">30 October 2014</a></div>\n<b>Adventure Game Update</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI am letting <a href=\"https://wheals.github.io/newsposts/KSupdate.html\" target=\"_blank\">this one be viewable to the general public</a>. (It will also be posted to the backer page of the Kickstarter.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nHomestuck continues this Saturday, with A6A6A4 posted in its entirety, resuming with the true focus of Homestuck, Caliborn's incredible journey as an artist. Then A6A6I4 starts on Monday, and will continue in a semi-regular manner thereafter, until it is done. I will find some horse calendar pages and illustrate the schedule for your convenience. You are, as always, welcome.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-01-14",
"timestamp":1414800000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-01-14\" href=\"/news/11-01-14\">1 November 2014</a></div>\nA6A6A4 is under our belts, just like that. Cal's inspiring journey as an artist is nearly complete. His \"masterpiece\", A6A6A5, is really going to be... wow. Something else, let me tell you. I will also disclaim it will be uncharacteristically plot relevant for these goofy green-web-skinned bookends to the greater A6A6 arc. Oops I have said to much already. Sorry, his masterpiece is just really really exciting stuff, even by Homestuck standards. Hopefully the Felt pony up the calcoins BIG TIME.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI briefly considered making calcoins a real thing in tandem with this update. I asked somebody how bitcoins worked, and the absolute worst case scenario happened. Bitcoins were explained to me. So obviously I axed that idea. But maybe there's still hope? Maybe intrepid fans can make calcoins real. Who's in charge of making all the bitcoins out there? Is that Reddit? I think it might be Reddit. Somebody please get in touch with the head honchos of Reddit and get to work on the calcoins, stat. Bonus points if they can somehow have negative monetary value. That way, when the bubble bursts, we'll all make millions. Just be sure to funnel tons of coins into my Swiss cloud of fiduciary mainframes, invisible to the prying eyes of Uncle Fucking Sam.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOk, how about enough of this horseshit and I get down to some brass tacks here.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA6A6I4 is approximately 450 pages. It begins 11/3. Here is the update schedule for the whole thing.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Schedule for November\" src=\"/archive/social/news/cal_nov14.gif\"/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Schedule for December\" src=\"/archive/social/news/cal_dec14.gif\"/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Schedule for January\" src=\"/archive/social/news/cal_jan15.gif\"/><br/>\n<br/>\n\nA few horse positions may be subject to change as I go, but that is the gist of it. I am spreading it out this way so I have time to write A665 (+I), which I suspect I may be drawing \"live\" when time comes to start posting it. That will be the last batch of what you might call \"Homestuck as usual\". Everything after that is low page-count (albeit laborious to produce) endgame stuff. \n"
},
{
"id":"11-08-14",
"timestamp":1415404800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-08-14\" href=\"/news/11-08-14\">8 November 2014</a></div>\nThere comes a time in every young Homestuck's life when they must face the fact that a notable comic author has swindled them into getting on a bus labeled \"cool updates\", only to swerve said bus off the highway and into a precipitous gulch of unmitigated sadstuck. But the old wives tale says that sadstuck was just a thing that happened in our fanfics, the bus children wailed. That's what they said about the tricksters too, a veteran child in the back replied. They said the tricksters would never see the light of canon, but where are the doubters now? Where are they now. Propping up six feet of dirt is where. The veteran child is weirding everybody out, so they stop looking at him, and turn to the driver. But the driver is now a spooky skeleton and the kids lose their shit. The skeleton head does a creepy 180, and speaks his scary curse. Heed me bus youths, for I am the ghost of future sadstuck. I have traveled back in time and am on a bus for some reason I guess, to punish you for your maudlin fics. For every time you murmured sadstuck while having a feeling, for every fic you pastebinned by candlelight, my curse has grown stronger, and my legend, dumber. Then the skeleton ran out of stuff to say, and looking a little embarrassed, turned around again to keep driving. Then he screamed once he remembered the bus was falling.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThanks for listening to my short story. We like to have a good time here at MS Paint Adventures, The Website. The gigaplay is off to a rocky start of unhewn feels. If your kerchief has become too soggy with tears from emotion, skeleton terror, or just plain admiration for my skill as a short story writer (can't blame you there), and you wish to lighten the mood, I recommend moseying over to <a href=\"/pxs/the-inaugural-death-of-mister-seven\" target=\"_blank\">Paradox Space</a>, which is currently running a 24 page comic I have written about Crowbar. I am alert to the desires of readers every single day, and the one thing I hear them clamor for above all else, is more stories about CROWBAR. We want more content about Crowbar, RIGHT NOW, they say, and make that content consist of 24 beautifully illustrated comic pages, MINIMUM. I just give the people what they want.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nFortunately, Homestuck's Premier Felt Fan #1 <a href=\"http://helvetica.jnwiedle.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jones</a>wasavailabletodoaspectacularjobofillustratingthiscomic.Myramblingnoir-stylemonologueshaveneverbeforeoverlappedsuchlovelyartwork.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>GODTIERTALK!</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIdon'tanswerQ'saboutHomestuckmuchanymore.ItwasapracticewhichIthinkusedtobesomepeople'slifelinefordecodingtheenigmaticrunesofthisstory.Now,sincetheycannolongerdependonanswerswhichIsupplybetweenhorsejokesandsnappyretorts,theyarelostinthewoodstofendforthemselvesagainstthewolvesofdubiousfanalysis.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPullingtheripcordontheHomestuckmachineagain,combinedwithrecentstoryevents,makesmethinksomethingFAQQYmaybeinorder.Thethingis,whenyoumakeabigstory,andalludetorulesforacomplicatedsystemdictatingmortality,peopletendtoREALLY,REALLYwanttounderstandhowitworks.Speculationnaturallyfillsthevacuuminlieuofconcretedata.Theoriesarecrafted.Headcanons,congealed.Then,whenadditionaldataispresented(DEADKIDS),whichhappentochafewithfanonconstructs,feelingsrunragged,andBullshitiscalled.ThenBullshitshowsup,andsays,yourang?Andthefanonistassay,yesBullshit.Lookatthismess.LOOKatit.ThisinNOWAYjiveswithmyviewsonwhatconstitutesheroismandjustice.Bullshitnodssagelywhilelightingitspipe.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEarlierinHSwhengodtierfolkweremorescarce,thestorywasmorecageyabouttheseverdicts.TheVriskarulingwaspresentedasaclosecall,whichmaybecouldhavegoneeitherway.ThenSlicksmackedthecloc
},
{
"id":"11-09-14",
"timestamp":1415491200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-09-14\" href=\"/news/11-09-14\">9 November 2014</a></div>\nStop what you are doing. Close all your other lame browser tabs. That thing you're holding, just drop it on the floor. It's stupid and pointless compared to this Youtube video you need to watch. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nDo you remember Dante Basco? The guy who played Rufio from Hook, and Zuko from Avatar? He also costars in Homestuck, and is a fandom favorite. \n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUrqgEFDvM4\" target=\"_blank\">He made a music video about getting his Homestuck on.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat moment at 3:30 when shit settles down, and he returns to civilian life, his homies none the wiser. But then, he turns. And gives us <u>The Look</u>. Wow. Just wow. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nExcuse me while I go lie down in my <i>fucking grave</i>.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-11-14",
"timestamp":1415664000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-11-14\" href=\"/news/11-11-14\">11 November 2014</a></div>\nI posted the Wednesday update just a bit early to catch the tail end of 11/11, or as it is otherwise known, the Day of the Cherub. Celebrate this day retroactively by spending some time with Calliope. \"Oh yes, we love Calliope, and cherubs in general!\" the fans erupted. *AH retires to study to continue writing 10,000 word authorfic of fan reactions to his comic, whilst basking in the glow of make-believe adulation.*\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAre you used to the new schedule yet? Honestly the main reason I went with a simple MWF schedule is so that I wouldn't confuse MYSELF. If it were anything goofier I would probably forget to update, since A664 is all done and just sitting there. Even so, I have developed a helpful mnemonic device to remind me of the calendar days marked by horses, which you may find useful as well. Just remember MSPA updates on MonHAY, WedsNEIGH, and FriHORSE, and you're good to go. You seriously can't even believe you didn't think of that, but really, there's no need to thank me. I'm here to help.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-19-14",
"timestamp":1416355200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-19-14\" href=\"/news/11-19-14\">19 November 2014</a></div>\nAround this time of year, people just seem to be in the mood to buy things. I can't seem to put my finger on it. Could it be enthusiasm over <a href=\"http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/December/eataredappleday.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Eat A Red Apple Day</a>? (Cool fact: every day is this day if you are a horse.) Or maybe it's the notorious early shopping rush for <a href=\"http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/December/bathtubpartyday.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Bathtub Party Day</a>. Wait, no, it must be due to the usual hustle and bustle surrounding <a href=\"http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/December/oatmealmuffinday.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Oatmeal Muffin Day</a>. That's the ticket. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nActually no, those are all stupid holidays that make no sense to anybody. I will have to remain just plain stumped over this. Nevertheless, What Pumpkin is more than prepared to facilitate your inexplicable 4th quarter spending impulses. Please observe this desirable merchandise which you can computer-click on at any moment of your choosing.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Apple )\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_1.gif\" style=\"width: 62px; height: 36px;\"/> <b>A CALENDAR </b><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/2015-Homestuck-Calendar.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"2015 Calendar\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_calendar.gif\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 420px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Bathtub )\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_2.gif\"/> <b>SOME FESTIVE CARDS </b><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Holiday-Greeting-Cards.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Cards\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_cards.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Muffin )\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_3.gif\"/> <b>SCARF(S) </b><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Homestuck-Scarves.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Scarves\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_scarfs.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Plus way more stuff!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-21-14",
"timestamp":1416528000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-21-14\" href=\"/news/11-21-14\">21 November 2014</a></div>\nA friendly reminder that the designated artist for all Calliope art in Homestuck is <a href=\"http://shelbycragg.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby Cragg</a>. So please buckle up. We have entered the Shelby zone, and we may be here a little while. She and her pal Taz have also just completed <a href=\"http://apotheciacomic.tumblr.com/page/88\" target=\"_blank\">a webcomic</a> which you should also take a moment to check out. It looks good!\n"
},
{
"id":"11-26-14",
"timestamp":1416960000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-26-14\" href=\"/news/11-26-14\">26 November 2014</a></div>\nIf you scroll down a bit, you'll see some new stuff in the store. But there is some even NEWER new stuff, so I'm posting it up here. Higher up means new on the internet, whereas lower down is where yesterday's garbage belongs. (Except wait it's not garbage, it's all still great. Buy everything!!! Whew, nice save. I just saved Christmas.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nPlaying cards:<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/The-Felt-Playing-Cards.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Playing Cards\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_feltcards.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nDecals:<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Zodiac-Decals.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Decals\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_stickers.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nPrints:<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Art-Prints/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Prints\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_print.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 315px;\"/></a><br/>\n^^^ This one by Zack is extra dope, let's call it a \"Hussie Pick\". That means every single copy sold is GUARANTEED to have been breathed on by a horse.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-28-14",
"timestamp":1417132800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-28-14\" href=\"/news/11-28-14\">28 November 2014</a></div>\n<a href=\"/music/track/pipeorgankind\" target=\"_blank\">PIPEORGANKIND</a>. It is a song from a solid dude, by the name of <a href=\"http://soselfimportant.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">James Roach</a>. It capped off the old Colours and Mayhem B album a couple years ago. The song features some hella piping, a lot more than what you heard in the Flash. Animating five full minutes of pipe organ music maybe, just maybe, would have been a tall order. I guess there could always have been a few more slow panning shots across breezy landscapes. Keep an eye out for that version of the Flash in the director's cut of Homestuck, which of course will be ten times longer.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-09-14",
"timestamp":1418083200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-09-14\" href=\"/news/12-09-14\">9 December 2014</a></div>\nHere is one last drop of cool stuff for you to buy before your chimneys are plundered by a mythical oaf. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA new one of these guys, who is red:<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Scalemate-Plush-Dolls/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Scalemate\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_scalemate.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nCharms!:<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Pins-and-Charms/\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Charms\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_charms.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nCute stickers?? (yes):<br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Alpha-and-Beta-Kids-Sticker-Sheet-Set.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Stickers\" src=\"/archive/social/news/xmas2014_stickers2.jpg\"/></a><br/>\n^^^ Due to the adorable nature of these, I will call them another \"Hussie Pick\". That means 1 sticker sheet in every 100 is GUARANTEED to have been whisked gently by the tail of a playful horse.\n"
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"id":"1-07-15",
"timestamp":1420588800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-07-15\" href=\"/news/1-07-15\">7 January 2015</a></div>\n<b>CRITICAL HORSE ADJUSTMENT</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nOver the last couple months, I have been surreptitiously collapsing several update horses into single, bigger horses. This means A6A6I4 is going to end a little sooner than previously advertised. Same total page count, but finishing sooner. Please consult the important horse calendar below.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Updated Calendar\" src=\"/archive/social/news/cal_jan15_updated.gif\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo what happens when A6A6I4 is done? I'm not quite sure yet. I'm still working on everything that comes after that. I've written it mostly, but haven't drawn anything yet. There will almost certainly be another pause, but I'm not sure how long it will be yet. I will let you know after 1/19.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-19-15",
"timestamp":1421625600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-19-15\" href=\"/news/1-19-15\">19 January 2015</a></div>\nSo what do we call this pause? I've been batting ideas around all day. We could go with the obvious choice, the MINIGIGAPAUSE. Or maybe, MEGAPAUSE 2: BACK IN THE MEGASADDLE. Or if that makes too much sense, we could always settle on the MICROTERAPAUSE. As you can see, there are so many incredibly intelligent and meaningful things we could call this pause. Deciding how to refer to the pause is an exercise that I will leave to the reader. Feel free to discuss the matter with friends. Or strangers. Anyone who will listen really. If they start to run away, I strongly recommend you chase them.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhy don't we say that A665 begins on <b>4/13</b>. That's a fun number that we all can get excited about. I have a lot of catch-up work to do between now and then. Not the least of which is drawing the actual content to be posted. But also a lot of gamedev work. Game production is rolling pretty hot right now. Stuff is being churned out almost faster than I can keep track of. Did I mention? I accidentally started running a game studio a little while ago. Whoops, sorry about that. There are all these people being paid to make things happen, and I have to be like \"Yeah, keep doing that stuff, everybody.\" It's getting pretty easy to lose track of how many people work for What Pumpkin. My last estimate was somewhere between 30 and 1000. The true figure is a very frisky moving target.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA6A6A5, a.k.a. Caliborn's Masterpiece, is actually done. It's probably better to hold off posting it until 4/13, when more content will soon follow afterwords. I am sure pausing on that note for months would mess with your head a lot more than the note we're already pausing on. I sometimes feel I have at least a modest responsibility to manage your sanity. It'll be tough sitting on this content though. Tougher than sitting on all of A664 for the better part of a year. I don't think it is out of line to describe it as the best material this website will ever exhibit. It will be all down hill from there, in every direction. Even up.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpeaking of sanity management, way back when, I was pretty on the fence about posting A664 spaced out over months like I did, vs. all at once. Doing the latter in hindsight probably would have been a fucked up thing to do to the internet though. The GAME OVER fallout alone was a bit much as it was. Including it in tandem with the rest of it? Not sure what to make of that. Let's review the CONTENT CRUSH that would have entailed. Bad Anime -> Game Over -> Sadstuck -> Lowas Quest -> 100 retconned panels of oil -> A bunch of other shit -> Punky Serket -> Fantroll Storytime -> 8 password pages -> The Kiss On Horse Mountain -> and finally -> The Punchline. You know, that's an awful lot of baloney to publish. I think the fell-swoop reaction to all that would have been quite a thing to behold, but also, perhaps an irresponsible thing to do to a hapless fanbase after a year in hibernation. I'm told that in 2015, young people are heavily susceptible to \"the feels\", and trifling with those forces could be injurious to their future development. Wait, did that just sound like something your grandpa would say? Mother fuck, where did I put my cane. Oh right, I snapped it in half from shaking it at the sky. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI may have been in the process of making a point there, but we're going to have to pick this up another time. The comic isn't going to pause itself!!!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-10-15",
"timestamp":1428624000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-10-15\" href=\"/news/4-10-15\">10 April 2015</a></div>\n<img alt=\"Hiveswap key art\" src=\"/archive/social/news/hiveswap.jpg\" style=\"width:500px;\">\n<br/><br/>\n\n1) New <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptSacF8xb8k\" target=\"_blank\">trailer</a> for <a href=\"http://hiveswap.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hiveswap</a>! Creeping ever closer to the release of episode one. In case you weren't aware by now, <a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkinstudios.com/\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin Studios</a> is developing it. WP is now a gamedev studio which I happen to think is pretty cool. There have been a bunch of <a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/1178157\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter updates</a> recently showing progress too. Here are some more links which will help you keep up with game news: <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hiveswapgame\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter</a> | <a href=\"http://hiveswapgame.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr</a> | <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/hiveswap?fref=ts&ref=br_tf\" target=\"_blank\">FB</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\n2) Homestuck returns on April 13th! That's in just a few days. Are you ready? I doubt it, but when has that ever stopped us before. We start with Caliborn's much anticipated masterpiece, running from the 13th-15th. Then regular updates probably resuming a week after that. I haven't decided on the update schedule yet, but when I do it will almost certainly be communicated to you in the only manner which you will tolerate from me, which is more horse calendars. I am thinking of a fairly swift update schedule. A lot has piled up. Over the last month (not counting his 40 page masterpiece, which was done months ago) I have somehow drawn another 400 pages, which is possibly some sort of MSPA record. Be warned, due to that obscene page rate some of these panels are lookin pretty fast and loose! They nevertheless exist, which is usually what matters most for this website. There's still more to draw beyond that to finish off the rest of A6A6I5, which is the final \"normal act\". But really not too much. We're getting real close here. I will chip away at the remaining panels as I roll out this batch. Then, it's all animation work after that.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n3) <a href=\"/pxs\" target=\"_blank\">Paradox Space</a>! 4/13 is the exact one year anniversary of its launch. And as HS resumes, PXS will be pausing for a good while. We actually paused production back in January, and have just been posting from a comic buffer since. This has much to do with shifting priorities heavily to gamedev needs, but I'll explain more about it and the future of PXS in a little while, on that site. But also, there'll be a PXS book coming out soon! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/pxscomics/status/585199014221651970\" target=\"_blank\">It looks very good</a>. Also, if you haven't checked out PXS in a while, now would be a great time, because it's going into its pause on a very strong note. It's been running an incredibly great 51 page story by <a href=\"http://www.paranatural.net/\" target=\"_blank\">Zack</a>, <a href=\"http://www.beyondthecanopy.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jon</a>, and <a href=\"http://shelbycragg.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby</a>. Kudos to all of them. This has easily been one of my faves.\n</img>"
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{
"id":"4-13-15",
"timestamp":1428883200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-15\" href=\"/news/4-13-15\">13 April 2015</a></div>\nHappy 4/13! Here's one way to celebrate:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/home.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Gigasale\" src=\"/archive/social/news/gigasale.gif\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat isn't a typo or anything. 41.3% off everything in the store for a few days. Yes, that discount is probably WAY steeper than it needs to be. But I thought it would be a cool way to thank the readers who have been sticking with this nutty story all these years. So feel free to go bonkers and grab whatever cool swag you might have had your eye on. It is a great and likely rare opportunity to get stuff super cheap!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nMSPA updates again on the 14th and 15th, finishing off the \"masterpiece\". The sale runs through the 15th too!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-16-15",
"timestamp":1429142400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-16-15\" href=\"/news/4-16-15\">16 April 2015</a></div>\nNext update: 4/22. New horse calendars should be available as well.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-22-15",
"timestamp":1429660800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-22-15\" href=\"/news/4-22-15\">22 April 2015</a></div>\nThank you to <a href=\"http://xamag-homestuck.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Xamag</a>, <a href=\"http://paperseverywhere.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Adrienne</a>, <a href=\"http://ikimaru.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ikimaru</a>, <a href=\"http://weavecomic.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rennie</a>, and <a href=\"http://jnwiedle.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jones</a> for the great A6A6I5 art!!! And also to Toby several years ago for making <a href=\"/music/track/moonsetter\" target=\"_blank\">Moonsetter</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>BEHOLD, THE HORSE CALENDARS</b>\n<br/><br/>\n<img alt=\"Horse Calendars 2015\" src=\"/archive/social/news/horsecalendar_2015_2.gif\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAs you can see, it is a pretty swift horse schedule, with a couple of horseless weeks mixed in there. You may recall my mnemonic device for remembering the previous M/W/F schedule of Monhay, Wedsneigh, and Frihorse. Now we can add two more to help you remember, Tuesnort, and Thursclop. I understand this comic can get confusing sometimes, so you are definitely going to need those to help guide you on the rest of this journey.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAll pages for the above horses have already been drawn. I still have a batch of pages to draw to round out A6A6I5, but not as many as I have already done. I hope that you like it when characters in stories talk to one another, because there's an awful lot of that to come. Please stand by patiently and enthusiastically as my fake teens sit around bullshitting to the bitter end. Then a bunch of cool stuff will happen, and that will be that!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-26-15",
"timestamp":1430006400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-26-15\" href=\"/news/4-26-15\">26 April 2015</a></div>\nFor this stretch, I don't think I'll be doing the midnight updates anymore. At least not midnight EST. It always seems to keep the kids up too late! The kids of the Americas, I mean, which I'm sure represents the majority of the readership. It's always midnight SOMEWHERE, though. Instead I'll probably be updating around the strike of midnight in some European nation, most days. Which nation will it be? It is a fun surprise. \n"
},
{
"id":"5-22-15",
"timestamp":1432252800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-22-15\" href=\"/news/5-22-15\">22 May 2015</a></div>\nA slight horse modification to the calendar below. I won't be around the stable in time to let him trot about the paddock, so I'm afraid I must release him into the pasture to stud. Goodbye, 5/25 horse. We enjoyed your 50x50 thumbnail, while it was not crossed out.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-02-15",
"timestamp":1433203200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-02-15\" href=\"/news/6-02-15\">2 June 2015</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Paradox-Space-Book-One.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Paradox Space Book One\" src=\"/archive/social/news/pxsbook1.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.whatpumpkin.com/Paradox-Space-Book-One.html\" target=\"_blank\">Paradox Space, Book One!</a> This is an extremely attractive collection of comics. One of my main objectives for the <a href=\"/pxs\" target=\"_blank\">Paradox Space</a> project was to start piling up enough great comic content to put into books like these, because books full of comics are very cool. This book covers roughly half of the year's worth of comics. There'll be another one covering the other half eventually. At some point we'll unpause PXS and fire up the comic-making operation again. I've been leaning toward the idea of making the future of PXS more print-centric, and keeping a lot of content reserved for books only. That way, when you get books, it will be more fun to discover what stories are inside. In the meantime though, I hope that you enjoy this one!!!\n\n"
},
{
"id":"6-03-15",
"timestamp":1433289600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-03-15\" href=\"/news/6-03-15\">3 June 2015</a></div>\nUsually I do the panoramic denizen illustrations myself, but <a href=\"/mspa/009535\" target=\"_blank\">this time</a> I had some help. Someone who goes by the name <a href=\"http://rah-bop.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Rah-Bop</a> drew this lovely and extra-long Echidna shot. Whew that is some good art!!! I continue my unbroken streak of basically being the luckiest dude that so many incredible artists are attracted to the HS brand and willing to contribute. Thanks Rah! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nP.S. Toby Fox made those snake noises and as usual I'm not sure how he did that. Maybe he is actually physically capable of making those sounds??\n"
},
{
"id":"7-02-15",
"timestamp":1435795200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-02-15\" href=\"/news/7-02-15\">2 July 2015</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/homestuck-69.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"What Pumpkin/We Love Fine\" src=\"/archive/social/news/WP_WLF.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 55px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/122960569195/we-are-excited-to-announce-that-what-pumpkin-will\" target=\"_blank\">Here is an announcement!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nStarting now, <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/homestuck-69.html\" target=\"_blank\">We Love Fine</a> will become the primary seller of Homestuck products. Almost everything from the What Pumpkin store will be gradually moved over to the We Love Fine store over the next few weeks. We're also working on a lot of cool new things, which will show up in the WLF store over the following months.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWLF is also running another <a href=\"http://community.welovefine.com/m/contests/detail/Homestuck-Design-Contest-2\" target=\"_blank\">shirt design contest</a> this month. There were a whole lot of great entries last time, and many of them ended up getting printed. Maybe YOU have a cool idea for a shirt this time around?? I would like to see it!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn closing, I will say this. We Love Fine is a great company! I've worked with them for a couple years already. The people there are VERY enthusiastic about making great stuff for fandoms. Take a look around their <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/\" target=\"_blank\">site</a>. There's a good chance you will see stuff for other properties you like as well. I'm looking forward to seeing what else they're going to make for Homestuck!\n"
},
{
"id":"7-09-15",
"timestamp":1436400000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-09-15\" href=\"/news/7-09-15\">9 July 2015</a></div>\nI just scrolled down on this website to take another look at the horse calendar, and sure enough, it does appear we have run out of scheduled horses. I think that means we are due for another off-week. I will let you know what the new horse situation is going to be in approximately seven days! \n"
},
{
"id":"7-17-15",
"timestamp":1437091200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-17-15\" href=\"/news/7-17-15\">17 July 2015</a></div>\nI have not prepared a new horse calendar. This does not mean there will be no horses. Believe me, the horses will flow. These might be fully uncalendared, free range horses though. I estimate there are eight updates left before we initiate what can only be called the Omegapause. I'll start posting them on monday, and probably post a thing every day thereafter, but we'll see how it goes. After that will be a long wait for conclusive content. Probably quite a long wait. But I will be more specific about that once we have finished getting a load of these eight beautiful and majestic horses. I would also like to briefly and somewhat insincerely apologize if you are new to the site, and don't have the faintest fucking clue what I am talking about, with respect to all this horse stuff. I offer neither an excuse, nor an explanation.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-23-15",
"timestamp":1437609600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-23-15\" href=\"/news/7-23-15\">23 July 2015</a></div>\n<a href=\"/mspa/009828\" target=\"_blank\">9828</a> had a song and a drawing by James Roach and Ipgd respectively. Whoa, those are respectively very very good. The doomsday screed is by <a href=\"/scraps2/selfie9828.png\" target=\"_blank\">this son of a bozo</a>, and it does appear to have motivated quite a STRONG wave of selfie posting. Maybe enough to even save the website from old man Hussie? Guess we'll find out. Hmm, sure does seem like Homestuck has a lot of good lookin' readers. I must say I am impressed. I have taken quite an extensive tour through your offerings and I have yet to find an unattractive face in front of Arquiusprite's tremendous buttocks. Kudos to every single selfie-snapper for being so preposterously photogenic. Just, wow. People have got a couple <a href=\"http://homestuckselfiearchive.tumblr.com/archive\" target=\"_blank\">tumblr</a> <a href=\"http://9828selfies.tumblr.com/archive\" target=\"_blank\">archives</a> already if you want to take a look. I don't know which of those is \"better,\" or more exhaustive, but you know what, a little competition never killed anybody. I guess they can be like the Coke and Pepsi of this baloney ass stunt, for as long as people wanna keep pointing phones at their own faces. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn the update front, I said there'd be 8 more, but I collapsed a couple so it's down to 7. Meaning there are two left, one on monday and tuesday. This doesn't mean you're seeing all that will happen before the endstuff. After the pause there'll be another stetch of pages more in the vein of escalating material, which I think is better to post closer to the animation that follows it, rather than now and get everybody hype for a whole lot of waiting. Instead I picked an update to pause it on which I think is a good and nice place to leave off that doesn't feel too cliffhangery. Then there'll be a significant pause, but only because I still haven't quite figured out how to pull a very significant animation project out of thin air yet. So that'll take a good while. I guess I'll say more about the pause when it has officially begun. Until then please enjoy the weekend of the Great Hug Bump of 2015. \n"
},
{
"id":"7-27-15",
"timestamp":1437955200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-27-15\" href=\"/news/7-27-15\">27 July 2015</a></div>\nThat was the last update for a good while. I'll say more about the pause soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe flash: song was an old and good <a href=\"/music/track/do-you-remem8er-me\" target=\"_blank\">one by Malcolm Brown</a>, whose name I'd hope you would be familiar with by now. Art contributed by <a href=\"http://paperseverywhere.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Adrienne</a>, <a href=\"http://ikimaru.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ikimaru</a>, <a href=\"http://guzusuru.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Guzusuru</a>, <a href=\"http://shelbycragg.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelby</a>, and <a href=\"http://rah-bop.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rah</a>. Great to work with all these people again. As has always been the case, the enthusiasm for the story by all contributors really shows in the work they do, and makes the final animation result feel a lot more special than it otherwise would be. A big thanks to all these artists, along with anyone else who ever left their artistic mark on this story.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-12-15",
"timestamp":1439337600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-12-15\" href=\"/news/8-12-15\">12 August 2015</a></div>\nWhoops, I said I was going to make an update about the pause soon, but then I accidentally forgot this website existed for several weeks. Sorry about that! But then again, pause announcements aren't very exciting, and I already told you there would be a pause, so it PROBABLY doesn't matter much? Anyway, here it is. The Omegapause Announcement. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf you go by page count, Homestuck is about 99% done. The remaining 1% will involve another stretch of pages, and some heavy animation work, which I probably won't even start for another month or two, as I catch up with some <a href=\"http://hiveswap.com/\" target=\"_blank\">other work</a>. In case it hasn't seemed obvious by now, I'm not in much of a hurry anymore. The manic rates of production this site used to enjoy will not be revisited. I won't be making 13+ minute animations in six weeks anymore. (That is very fast, if you didn't know.) All remaining content will be created at a pace more in keeping with the spirit of sanity. It will be done when it's done.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAs for when that is, I don't have any concrete projections. Maybe it will all drop some time next year? Hmm, seven acts in seven years... sounds pretty good to me! Maybe it will work out that way. I guess we will have to wait and see. I think it will be good though. If it was going to be bad, you'd be watching it tomorrow.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn other news, the entries for the <a href=\"http://community.welovefine.com/m/contests/designs/Homestuck-Design-Contest-2\" target=\"_blank\">We Love Fine Shirt Design Contest</a> are in, and ready for votes. There are a bunch of good ones! Thanks to all who submitted a design.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-30-15",
"timestamp":1443571200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-30-15\" href=\"/news/9-30-15\">30 September 2015</a></div>\nOh, hello. I am just dropping by to show you a very nice thing you can suddenly buy in the <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/feature/mayor-plush.html\" target=\"_blank\">We Love Fine</a> store. Wow, look at this guy!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/feature/mayor-plush.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"WV Plush\" src=\"/archive/social/news/mayorplush.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 413px;\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-09-15",
"timestamp":1447027200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-09-15\" href=\"/news/11-09-15\">9 November 2015</a></div>\nIf you haven't seen yet, the winners for the <a href=\"http://community.welovefine.com/m/contests/winner/Homestuck-Design-Contest-2\" target=\"_blank\">WLF shirt design contest</a> were announced a little while ago. Lot of great designs this year! Thanks a bunch to everyone who participated. \n"
},
{
"id":"12-10-15",
"timestamp":1449705600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-10-15\" href=\"/news/12-10-15\">10 December 2015</a></div>\nHi again. Hasn't been much to see here in a while, so I figured it was time to stop by. Actually I was planning on giving a more substantive update on the progress with both Homestuck and Hiveswap around the end of the year. I'm working on both at the same time right now, so it's keeping me very busy. But progress is going well for both. I'll probably be in a better position to say when Homestuck will update by the end of the year. I'll also have a better collection of materials to show for a Hiveswap update by then too. Progress on the game has been looking great. I've just been very focused on getting work done, so I haven't really had much time to organize a meaningful update. Check back in a few weeks though, and there should be something to see. Thanks for the patience!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn the meantime, neat things keep popping up in the We Love Fine store. Take a look, there are: <a href=\"http://welovefinetees.tumblr.com/post/134745655645/stay-warm-this-winter-with-these-two-new-ultra\" target=\"_blank\">blankets</a>, <a href=\"http://welovefinetees.tumblr.com/post/134365018935/the-homestuck-calendar-is-available-for-pre-order\" target=\"_blank\">calendars</a>, and probably some more stuff you might have missed if you <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/fandom/detailView/homestuck-69.html\" target=\"_blank\">look around</a>!\n"
},
{
"id":"12-25-15",
"timestamp":1451001600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-25-15\" href=\"/news/12-25-15\">25 December 2015</a></div>\nAs promised, here is your end of year news update. On Christmas no less! Must be a miracle. My apologies for having wasted your Christmas miracle on something so pedestrian as new web content. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnyway, about that content. Got a couple STATUS UPDATES to report.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nFirst, <a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/14293468/homestuck-adventure-game/posts/1453119\" target=\"_blank\">here's an update on Hiveswap</a>. Long story short: there was a bit of a pause while we shifted gears on the production, but all the new stuff is looking fantastic. Take a look and see for yourself! You will not disagree.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSecond, Homestuck. Remember that? Me neither. Um, ha ha, just kidding, it's all I think about ever. Anyway, I've been juggling work between this and Hiveswap pretty furiously. But I've been making progress on the ending. I would like to shoot for 4/13 of next year to have it wrapped up. Given everything I have to do, this might actually be a tight squeeze! But I'll do my best. It will conclude with Act 7, and some preceding material including EOA6 will lead up to it. It's a lot of content. I'm getting uncomfortably close to reaching a half hour of projected new animation footage. (No, not all in one animation, don't worry. Spread out across several.) Will it all be ready in time for the 7 year anniversary of Homestuck? We'll just have to wait and see.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'll give you another update on the status before then though. Why don't we say... another month? Sounds good to me, see you then.\n"
}
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"16":[
{
"id":"2-02-16",
"timestamp":1454371200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-02-16\" href=\"/news/2-02-16\">2 February 2016</a></div>\nI believe I mentioned I would provide a status update in a month, and it's been about a month, so here is an update. If the question is whether I'm still on track for a 4/13 finish, the answer I think is \"probably\". The remaining content is a scattered array of regular panels and animated content, but I think I can boil it down to the two heaviest individual \"projects\" which comprise most of the effort needed to finish. Those are End of Act 6, and Act 7. So to give you a better sense of where I am, I will track the progress of those two things as a percentage of completion.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEOA6 - 30%\n<br/>\nA7 - 100%\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI will update these numbers in another month. Hopefully they will both be higher, instead of lower.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>SHOUT OUT ZONE BELOW</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nWelcome to the shout out zone, here are a couple of shout outs. The first shout out is,\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.neo-kosmos.com/\" target=\"_blank\">NEO-KOSMOS</a>: A comic by my friend Shelby (who did all Calliope art for HS), and her friends Amber (works on Steven Universe) and Adrienne (also does a lot for HS). They've been working really nicely with the MSPA format. It's a quick read to catch up, and it really feels like the story has been taking off lately. I'd recommend you at least read up to a very cool animation they just posted (which includes a song by Toby). If you're looking for a fun story to follow over the next few months while you wait for HS, I think this is a good pick!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe next shout out is <a href=\"http://undertale.com/\" target=\"_blank\">UNDERTALE</a>, by my friend Toby. I know I mentioned it on the KS update but it probably bears repeating here too. Also I guess it's not so much a \"signal boost\" since by now UT is PRETTY WELL KNOWN! Let's get real, Toby is probably the one who should be giving HS shout outs from now on. Though it's not about giving UT a boost in popularity so much as a reminder that I believe he has made a fun and special game, and if you haven't gotten around to playing it yet, I think you should! It's an experience that anyone who likes games should have.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOk, see you in another month. Bye.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-07-16",
"timestamp":1457308800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-07-16\" href=\"/news/3-07-16\">7 March 2016</a></div>\nHere is the update on two numbers I promised:\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEOA6 - 65%\n<br/>\nA7 - Still 100%\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAdditional news: the second Paradox Space book is <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/paradox-space-book-two-11039\" target=\"_blank\">available to order</a>. It contains all the stories not published in the first book (which you can find <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/paradox-space-book-one-10108\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>). It also contains a bonus story I wrote which is only available in the book. You can see a preview for that story here: <a href=\"/archive/social/pxs/53-vrisky-business/1.png\" target=\"_blank\">p1</a> <a href=\"/archive/social/pxs/53-vrisky-business/2.png\" target=\"_blank\">p2</a> <a href=\"/archive/social/pxs/53-vrisky-business/3.png\" target=\"_blank\">p3</a> <a href=\"/archive/social/pxs/53-vrisky-business/4.png\" target=\"_blank\">p4</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat is all for now! I still have a lot of work to do. Ok, see you later. \n"
},
{
"id":"3-28-16",
"timestamp":1459123200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-28-16\" href=\"/news/3-28-16\">28 March 2016</a></div>\nEOA6 - 99%\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nHere is the plan. Starting today, there will be 6 days of updates (about 125 total pages). Then a brief pause. Then on 4/6, I'll post the END OF ACT 6 animation. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat should immediately be followed by 7 days of updates (about 40 total pages), ending with an update on 4/13, the 7th anniversary of Homestuck. That update will contain ACT 7 in its entirety.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe current 125 page stretch was drawn by a few guest artists. Gina Chacon, Mallory Dyer, and Adrienne Garcia (all artists for WP). The panels they did are very good, and I think make for a nice runway leading up to the final animations. Of course there are a lot of other great contributing artists to all that content as well. Thanks for the patience during the Omegapause. I hope you enjoy the conclusion to Homestuck.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-07-16",
"timestamp":1459987200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-07-16\" href=\"/news/4-07-16\">7 April 2016</a></div>\nThanks to the <a href=\"/credits/artcredits\" target=\"_blank\">extensive group of artists</a> who contributed to the end of act animation. Clearly it was a significant undertaking, and it wouldn't have been possible without so many great artists enthusiastically collaborating on it for months. Also thanks to Seth, Toby, Malcolm and Joren for the awesome music. It's currently <a href=\"/music/album/s-collide\" target=\"_blank\">available on bandcamp</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe panels posted between now and 4/13 were made by WP artists Adrienne, Angela, Gina, and Rah. They're really good!!! We're almost there. Act 7 drops on 4/13.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-08-16",
"timestamp":1460073600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-08-16\" href=\"/news/4-08-16\">8 April 2016</a></div>\n<img alt=\"Collide Shirts\" src=\"/archive/social/news/collideshirts.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 593px;\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\nCouple things! First, <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/homestuck-69.html\" target=\"_blank\">We Love Fine</a> has released a series of cool shirts based on art from the Collide animation. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSecond, all those shirt designs plus a bunch of other illustrations from Collide are also available as prints. You can get then in the <a href=\"https://whatpumpkinstore.com/\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin Store</a>, which has just been relaunched primarily to offer prints, but also a few other items left over from the previous WP store. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: Also, in case you haven't noticed yet, if you buy the full Homestuck discography on <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">bandcamp</a> right now, it is very heavily discounted. Not a bad time to grab the whole set, if you've been meaning to.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-16",
"timestamp":1460505600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-16\" href=\"/news/4-13-16\">13 April 2016</a></div>\n<b>[S] ACT 7</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe song is by Clark Powell, and extended by Toby Fox. It's available here on <a href=\"/music/album/act-7\" target=\"_blank\">bandcamp</a>. It was originally featured in Clark's album, <a href=\"/music/album/symphony-impossible-to-play\" target=\"_blank\">Symphony Impossible to Play</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nToday marks exactly seven years from the day Homestuck began. And Act 7's single-page installment marks the end of the story. Seven acts in seven years, to finish a sprawling \"creation myth about kids in houses,\" as I would describe it for those who asked what my next project was about before I started it. What is there to say about this ending? The short and funny answer is, Homestuck has finally completed its long journey over the rainbow, and become the anime it was always meant to be. The longer and less funny answer will need some reflection. Maybe some day I will say some things about it. For now, I will leave you to draw your own conclusions. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe animation itself had a fairly complicated production history. I actually storyboarded it about four years ago. In fact, some of the shots I visualized before I even began Homestuck. I'd like to extend very special thanks to <a href=\"http://guzusuru.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Angela Sham</a>, who took the reins on the animation while it was in progress, and worked with me closely on it for about a year until it was done. She's a great animator, and I'm quite excited that she's continuing to work with us on the game. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt probably goes without saying, but ending this story is a personally significant moment as well. I could say more about this too, but I'd rather not fill the news section with too many words today. For now, all that's left to do is express some appreciation. Whether you've been here from the beginning, hopped on board somewhere along the way, or only heard of it last week and made an insane dash through the archive to catch up in time for the conclusion, I mean this sincerely:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<img src=\"/archive/social/news/thanksforplaying.jpg\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: one more thing. If you're curious about whether there will be anything resembling an epilogue to this ending, yes, I've been thinking about that for some time. It'll take a while to produce though, whatever specific form it ends up taking. Working on Collide took months, and came right down to the wire. I've got more time now though obviously. But that said, I'm not in a huge hurry at this point. Keep an eye out here for developments. There should be plenty of other news in coming months too. \n"
},
{
"id":"6-12-16",
"timestamp":1465689600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-12-16\" href=\"/news/6-12-16\">12 June 2016</a></div>\n<img alt=\"Volume 10\" src=\"/archive/social/news/volume10.jpg\"/>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe final Homestuck album <a href=\"/music/album/homestuck-vol-10\" target=\"_blank\">Volume 10</a> has been released. More fantastic music by many familiar names who have contributed to the comic over the years. Thanks to all who came together to make this. It's a great way to cap off an impressive <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">discography</a>, now standing at 27 albums.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSince 4/13 I have been preoccupied with a wide variety of projects. Some are related to Homestuck, some are not. And yet others are not so easy to categorize<a href=\"/images/probotional_teazer.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">.</a> I have kept busy, and do not feel there is much to report yet. But there probably will be over the next couple of months. Stay tuned, and please enjoy listening to some very good songs. \n"
},
{
"id":"10-06-16",
"timestamp":1475712000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-06-16\" href=\"/news/10-06-16\">6 October 2016</a></div>\nHere is a <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGk7CEA-O_s\" target=\"_blank\">quick look</a> at the way this project has been shaping up. Whew, that is a nice looking game! Not going to lie, I am on some big time tenterhooks in anticipation of this release. I've actually started doing stunts on the tenterhooks, flipping around on them wildly, like a gymnast. It's an astounding spectacle of physical endurance and might. Sorry you can't check this out, it's absolutely unreal. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhat else have I been up to? I sense that this has been being wondered about. Some I suspect wonder about the epilogue I mentioned, which I have been making some notes on here and there. But otherwise have been deferring in favor of attention to ~other projects~ which strike me as more pressing. It will be gotten around to. If you are wondering which of these projects may be related to Homestuck, I did have some \"post-canon content\" planned for later this month. That is as specific as I can be for now. Tune in here, let's say, a couple weeks from now.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe project that has occupied the lion's share of my professional time is one that you will understand completely why I have prioritized, when you eventually see it. Arguably it will prove to be the only relevant work of art in human history. I don't wish to give anything else away, or delay your experience of this unprecedented triumph of the human spirit. So instead I will <a href=\"/images/bluejeff.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">light a fire under my ass</a>, and attempt to deliver the <a href=\"/images/goodshit.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">content</a> I know you have all been craving.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhat else to report? Hmm. I know that usually the passage of time for creative individuals is tracked by the hours they spend which ultimately contribute to creative products which may be consumed. It is far from true that all of my hours this year have been applied that way. Suffice to say I've been on some strange adventures. I doubt I can do any of them justice here, in a newspost which is rapidly running out of words I'm willing to type. At one point I was thrown out of a stable. I've probably said too much already. Well, see you next time. \n"
},
{
"id":"10-22-16",
"timestamp":1477094400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-22-16\" href=\"/news/10-22-16\">22 October 2016</a></div>\nJust going to leave this <a href=\"/images/snapchat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">here</a> for now, and assume that the kids these days will know what to do with it. \n"
},
{
"id":"12-15-16",
"timestamp":1481760000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-15-16\" href=\"/news/12-15-16\">15 December 2016</a></div>\nIf you'd like to help greenlight Hiveswap on Steam, make sure to go vote for it <a href=\"http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=818780831\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd if by some chance voting for this game's right to be distributed in this manner isn't enough to satisfy your desire to become truly one with the Hiveswap brand, may I recommend you browse this enticing array of preemptively available <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/feature/hiveshop.html\" target=\"_blank\">merchandise</a>. (<a href=\"https://whatpumpkinstore.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Here</a> too.) I'm going to be perfectly candid with you here. If you haven't achieved absolute Brand Loyalty to this game before it comes out, you will probably suck at it. You've been warned.\n"
}
],
"17":[
{
"id":"1-26-17",
"timestamp":1485388800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-26-17\" href=\"/news/1-26-17\">26 January 2017</a></div>\nStatus of Hiveswap: the game is just about done. It could still use some more testing to be absolutely certain we are not releasing a buggy piece of shit! To that end it will be worth waiting another several weeks or so. Perhaps more intriguingly I should mention that I've been working with some people on another thing, which will need to be announced when it is ready. I think it would be best to coordinate the announcement of the thing in question with the release of the game. So I'm not sure which will be done first, the thing or the testing, but neither will be unveiled until both are good and ready. Thank you as always for your legendary patience. \n<br/><br/>\nP.S. here is an ongoing reminder that you can still get cool <a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/feature/hiveshop.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hiveswap</a> <a href=\"https://whatpumpkinstore.com/\" target=\"_blank\">stuff</a> in advance of playing it, to aid you in your tireless quest to achieve supreme brand loyalty. God speed. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-07-17",
"timestamp":1491523200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-07-17\" href=\"/news/4-07-17\">7 April 2017</a></div>\n<br/>\n\nWe Love Fine has begun its traditional 413 promotion. Have at it, folks:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.welovefine.com/feature/413-hsday.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/news/WLF41317.jpg\" style=\"width: 238px; height: 226px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere's also a sale going on at the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/159451668015/happy-early-413-weve-got-some-pretty-sweet\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin</a> store.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nNot much else set to drop on 4/13 this year. Should be an update on game status. See you then.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-17",
"timestamp":1492041600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-17\" href=\"/news/4-13-17\">13 April 2017</a></div>\nGot a new <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOtZJL2cwDY\" target=\"_blank\">trailer</a> for you to check out.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nFurthermore, there looks to be a <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/159538215525/act-1-update\" target=\"_blank\">post</a> from ya boy, and mine, (the world's boy, really), Cohen, providing some insight as to the status of the game's development.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt also seems that a famous meat sandwich shop, called Arby's, has tweeted about Homestuck today? Why don't we call that the huge news of the day. Hell, let's agree to regard it as the most significant event of the past eight years.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso a reminder of the <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/159451668015/happy-early-413-weve-got-some-pretty-sweet\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin</a> sale, including discounts on albums.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-14-17",
"timestamp":1505347200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-14-17\" href=\"/news/9-14-17\">14 September 2017</a></div>\n<b>ANNOUNCEMENT ONE</b>\n<br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.hiveswap.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Hiveswap</a> has been released. You should go play it!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.hiveswap.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/news/hiveswap_squarebanner.jpg\" style=\"width: 420px; height: 342px;\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nHuge thanks to the entire <a href=\"https://www.hiveswap.com/credits\" target=\"_blank\">What Pumpkin Games team</a> for all their hard work on this project. Everyone involved has much to be proud of. Personally, I think the game is VERY GOOD! Really, better than I imagined it would be when scribbling notes for it years ago. Credit is owed to the fans for their patience while the necessary time was taken to build a studio capable of making a game like this. And above all, credit is owed to the great team that brought it to life. If you happen to spot any contributors out in the wild, on social media or such, I hope you will extend your appreciation for what they have accomplished.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>ANNOUNCEMENT TWO</b>\n<br/>\n\nWhat Pumpkin and Homestuck are partnering with <a href=\"https://www.viz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Viz Media</a> to work on a lot of cool stuff together in the future. This will include projects based on both the Homestuck and Hiveswap worlds. The possibilities are wide open, but here are a couple examples of things we know we're going to work on already...\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nViz will begin releasing the Homestuck books again, starting next year. These will be nice new hardcover editions, and the plan is to just keep turning out volumes until the entire story is in print. Each volume will be full of my Secret Notes just like the previous ones were. Viz will also be involved in the release of the mysterious epilogue project I alluded to a while ago. Details on format, release date, etc, will remain undisclosed until further notice, but you can expect more information about that to surface next year too. I wanted to do something a little unusual for it, something existing outside the confines of the web story. Working with Viz struck me as good opportunity for this.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAside from that, anything can happen. Take a look at the sorts of things Viz has already published or produced. These are all examples of things on the table for future consideration for either Homestuck or Hiveswap. I've got plenty of ideas, and so do they. Maybe you do too?? \n"
},
{
"id":"11-11-17",
"timestamp":1510358400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-11-17\" href=\"/news/11-11-17\">11 November 2017</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://hs.hiveswap.com/trollcall/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/news/trollcall.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\nHey check it out. Every week we'll be revealing some new troll characters from Hiveswap until Act 2 is out. Follow the Troll Call <a href=\"http://hs.hiveswap.com/trollcall/\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>, and meet the first two <a href=\"http://whatpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/167382500745/happy-1111-todays-the-first-installment-of-the\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>. Expect a few more surprises like this to drop in coming weeks.\n<br/><br/>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-17-17",
"timestamp":1510876800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-17-17\" href=\"/news/11-17-17\">17 November 2017</a></div>\nHere's a very special new book made by me, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dril\" target=\"_blank\">dril</a>, and <a href=\"https://twitter.com/kcgreenn\" target=\"_blank\">KC Green</a>, which you can <a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1724736026/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-by-hussie-dril-and-kc-gre\" target=\"_blank\">preorder here</a>. This seemed like a good way to do it since we had no idea how many of these books to print. A hundred? A million? ZERO??? You guys will decide. Plus there's a lot of other cool stuff there. If you have any interest in this book at all, it's probably a good idea for you to jump on it now. There's no telling how easy it will be to get your hands on after the first run has shipped to backers.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1724736026/sweet-bro-and-hella-jeff-by-hussie-dril-and-kc-gre\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/news/sbahj_ks_graphic.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nAbout the friends who helped out: my guess is you are probably familiar with dril's twitter brand? A couple years ago we talked about working on this, one thing led to another, and now here we are asking you to buy a book with a spoon concealed inside of it. The way I see it is, you don't just get any clown off the street to write for characters with the complexity and emotional depth that these ones have. You bring out the big guns. This is a man who knows his way around a huge ass. A man who knows all too well the plight of the gamer. A man who won't hesitate to engage with some of your favorite brands, and will not flinch at a longform narrative about a pissed off guy searching the world for his spoon. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nKC Green has already done some good work with the SBaHJ franchise, you may remember. For the sake of authenticity I did a lot of coloring work over his pencils and put some serious attention on generally screwing everything up. Don't worry, we had some very important standards of quality that I took great care to ensure we catastrophically failed to meet. KC does a lot of other great stuff too. Did you know he did the dog who says this is fine even though the room is on fire? It's crazy how much people love that damn dog. Not everyone knows he did it though, and people should applaud him more for his stuff. Same with dril. Let's hear it for these boys and their priceless contributions to our society. I hope you like this book!\n\n<br/><br/>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-27-17",
"timestamp":1511740800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-27-17\" href=\"/news/11-27-17\">27 November 2017</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"/archive/social/news/extendedzodiac_graphic.jpg\"/></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nHere's another huge deal announcement. A \"bomb shell\", you could say. The zodiac has officially been extended to include 288 signs, instead of the meager assortment of 12 you are familiar with. The resulting system is known as the <a href=\"http://hs.hiveswap.com/ezodiac/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Extended Zodiac</a>. You may determine your True Sign by taking a test, if you wish.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI envisioned an expansion like this a couple years ago, when it became clear that due to the large volume of NPCs in Hiveswap, many new troll symbols would have to be created. So we made a large library of symbols to draw from when designing characters (A lot more symbols than characters. Don't worry, the game roster isn't THAT out of control.) But why stop at just a static library of new signs when you could take the opportunity to reinvent astrology itself?\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe test uses a couple other personal classifiers from Homestuck lore to triangulate your True Sign designation from this dizzying barrage of iconography. What do you do with this information? I don't know. Make some cool new OCs? Discuss your new sign with friends? Cause great agitation and bewilderment among astrological purists? The sky's the limit. Also, those invested in what qualifies as \"canon\" when it comes to Homestuck lore may take interest in this test, which formally evaluates whether you are a Prospit or Derse Dreamer (involving a new term of art for the sake of this system, called Lunar Sway), as well as your Aspect. I am sure some will wonder whether this means a God Tier Class test will be available as well. Some day, yes, probably. For now, only Aspect is applicable to this system. But the precedent now exists for the expectation to be CANONICALLY classified by literally any absurd profiling system I have ever concocted, and you have just obtained a full license to not let anyone forget this. \n\n<br/><br/>\n"
}
],
"18":[
{
"id":"4-02-18",
"timestamp":1522627200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date\"><a class=\"link 4-02-18\" href=\"/news/4-02-18\">2 April 2018</a></div>\n<p><em>by VIZ Media</em></p>\n<strong>Website update!</strong> MS Paint Adventures has been converted to <strong>Homestuck.com</strong>. This refreshed website is now mobile-friendly, with tons of stuff converted to reach a wider audience. We also added new Search features, along with an <a href=\"https://www.homestuck.com/info-story\">INFO</a> page to help orient readers in the Homestuck universe. There will be additional updates in the coming months, as we convert more flash files and games for mobile-enabled fun. So dig in and stay tuned, there's more to come...\n"
},
{
"id":"4-03-18",
"timestamp":1522713600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-03-18\" href=\"/news/4-03-18\">3 April 2018</a></div>\n<p class=\"line-caption\">\nThanks to the VIZ Media team for porting all MSPA content over to Homestuck.com, which now enables mobile viewing for all pages. This has been done by converting Flash files into either an HTML-based format, or converting to a video file. Many of the video files are only temporary, and will be replaced in coming months, either with HTML-converted files, or higher quality videos. This entire site is still a work in progress. Homestuck is a huge story, with many different presentations and uses of media. Adapting such a work to a new, more broadly compatible format is a very big job. The VIZ team has done great work in adjusting to all the challenges so far. Please be patient as the conversion process continues.\n </p><p class=\"line-caption\">\nOver the last several years, I've noticed many wondering if Homestuck would ever compensate for the obsolescence of Flash, and its gradual inability to be viewed by browsers and mobile devices in coming years. Yes, I had been thinking about that, but as I said above, making those adjustments was always going to be an enormous undertaking. So VIZ has been doing a major favor to the story, and fandom in general, by taking this on. \n </p><p class=\"line-caption\">\nMore broadly than just converting Flash pages, this adaptation serves another purpose. My intent for MSPA was never to have it last forever, or to concern myself with maintaining a labyrinthine, crudely-coded website for the rest of my life. At some point, the right thing to do was always going to be figuring out how the stories hosted on it could persist long into the future. VIZ Media is about as good as any organization I can think of when it comes to publishing long-running series, and preserving them for future readers. They print many classic manga series and get those books on shelves all over the world, thus keeping those series alive and widely read, well beyond their initial publication. So the VIZ team and I are working together to preserve the original content while updating its delivery, but Homestuck's unusual format makes this a unique challenge. (Incidentally, they'll also be releasing the full run of <a href=\"https://www.viz.com/read/graphic-novel/product/homestuck/13126?utm_medium=Banner&utm_source=Homestuck.com&utm_campaign=Homestuck_Home_Book_1\" target=\"_blank\">Homestuck in print</a> as well, to complement the work online.)\n </p><p class=\"line-caption\">\nMy hope is you will see these changes as a net-positive, and perhaps can enjoy the work again in ways that weren't possible before (such as on your phone). Again, this adaptation will continue to evolve and improve. Any feedback you may have when it comes to the performance or presentation, feel free to <a href=\"mailto:tech-support@homestuck.com\">contact</a> the site team at VIZ. They're taking everyone's remarks seriously. Thanks again to all who continue to care enough about Homestuck to stop by and read this. We all appreciate your support.\n </p>\n"
}
],
"07":[
{
"id":"6-21-07",
"timestamp":1182384000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-21-07\" href=\"/news/6-21-07\">21 June 2007</a></div>\nThanks to Kaddar for cool idea for the style of text under the images. \n<br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9px; line-height: normal\">Nutcracker: \"Try not to make multiple pathways too often..I clicked all the links in Jailbreak D:\"</span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nJailbreak only has a couple pathways. Otherwise it's totally linear. :/\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 9px; line-height: normal\">shelbycat: \"bardquest is cute. Jailbreak is sick.\"</span>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nGive Bard Quest time. ;)\n<br/>\n<br/>\n<br/>\nStill reworking the interface. Added a more extensive latest page list, just above this post. \n"
},
{
"id":"6-28-07",
"timestamp":1182988800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-28-07\" href=\"/news/6-28-07\">28 June 2007</a></div>\nHey dudes.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nThe suggestions are all cool. Keep 'em coming. Wish I had time to do more of them. \n<br/>\n<br/>\nI'm still sort of feeling out a schedule for this. I'm tentatively striving to add to the story at least once a week, but hopefully more often than that.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-05-07",
"timestamp":1183593600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-05-07\" href=\"/news/7-05-07\">5 July 2007</a></div>\nSo it looks like keeping up with this about once a week is about all I can handle now. I have a lot of other stuff going on right now, not the least of which is drawing the 2nd Whistles book. (<a href=\"/tso/whistles\" target=\"_blank\">book 1 is out real soon</a>)\n<br/>\n<br/>\nKeep an eye on the RSS feed (assuming it actually works properly...) is my recommendation. You never know when I might strike. I am like a crouching cougar with an angry rattlesnake up its ass. \n"
},
{
"id":"8-25-07",
"timestamp":1188000000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-25-07\" href=\"/news/8-25-07\">25 August 2007</a></div>\n<img alt=\"Pause\" height=\"450\" src=\"/archive/social/news/bqpause.gif\" width=\"425\"/>\n<br/>\n\nI'm putting MS Paint Adventures on indefinite hold. I have a lot of stuff to work on, \nand it's silly to pretend I can keep up with this regularly at the moment.<br/><br/>\n\nI will come back to it though. I'd like to iron out some of the features in the \n(still quite experimental) system. When I do, it will be when I'm able to commit to \na regular schedule, maybe even daily. <br/><br/>\n\nIn the meantime, you may read the adventures in their current state <a href=\"/\">here</a>. \n"
}
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"08":[
{
"id":"3-10-08",
"timestamp":1205107200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-10-08\" href=\"/news/3-10-08\">10 March 2008</a></div>\nSo I'm starting this up again. This time with a brand new adventure called \"Problem Sleuth\". \n<br/>\n<br/>\nI thought a bit too much dust had gathered on Bard Quest. I will either come back to it some other time, or allow it to languish indefinitely!\n<br/>\n<br/>\nThe comment box over there yearns for your brilliant ideas. -->\n"
},
{
"id":"3-18-08",
"timestamp":1205798400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-18-08\" href=\"/news/3-18-08\">18 March 2008</a></div>\n90 updates in one week! Now that's an update schedule.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nKeep submitting your cool suggestions. I continue to be inspired by them. Unless they're stupid. In which case I'm still sort of inspired by them. \n<br/>\n<br/>\nIn case you haven't noticed, I am keeping this story totally linear. No multiple options, no multiple images. I wanted to keep this one simple. We'll see how long that lasts. Hopefully to the end.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nI might mess around with CYOA stuff in the next adventure.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-14-08",
"timestamp":1208131200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-14-08\" href=\"/news/4-14-08\">14 April 2008</a></div>\nBack in a week. I expect the suggestion box to be overwhelmingly flooded when I get back. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-20-08",
"timestamp":1208649600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-20-08\" href=\"/news/4-20-08\">20 April 2008</a></div>\nI'm sorry, I don't think I quite know how to News right now.\n<br/>\n"
},
{
"id":"4-29-08",
"timestamp":1209427200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-29-08\" href=\"/news/4-29-08\">29 April 2008</a></div>\nOh no, I'm away again! Be back in a week. 5/8 or so. \n"
},
{
"id":"5-22-08",
"timestamp":1211414400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-22-08\" href=\"/news/5-22-08\">22 May 2008</a></div>\nBack next week.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-31-08",
"timestamp":1220140800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-31-08\" href=\"/news/8-31-08\">31 August 2008</a></div>\nSplendid <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"/archive/social/news/psfanart_dickie.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">artist's rendition</a> by Simon Dickie. \n"
},
{
"id":"9-12-08",
"timestamp":1221177600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-12-08\" href=\"/news/9-12-08\">12 September 2008</a></div>\nHoly cow, some new site features have arrived! You can save your spot in the game, search, and some other cool stuff. Feel free to ogle the various widgets at your leisure. \n"
},
{
"id":"9-27-08",
"timestamp":1222473600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-27-08\" href=\"/news/9-27-08\">27 September 2008</a></div>\nHey, guess what? We're finally on the home stretch for the Problem Sleuth campaign. This means I will probably be more liberal with my own commands just to keep this thing moving along at the right pace. But even so, please keep supplying the great suggestions! They're essential, and I'm still bound to use plenty of them.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-29-08",
"timestamp":1222646400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-29-08\" href=\"/news/9-29-08\">29 September 2008</a></div>\nCheck it out, some sweet <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20111211224841/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/icons/\" target=\"_blank\">PS icons</a> hot off the press!\n"
},
{
"id":"10-09-08",
"timestamp":1223510400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-09-08\" href=\"/news/10-09-08\">9 October 2008</a></div>\nThere was a pretty big strain on the site from extra traffic, mostly from <b><a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http://www.vgcats.com/\" target=\"_blank\">VGCats</a></b>. But I think I fixed it and it should be running ok now. Hi to everyone new. Looking forward to your user commands in the suggestion box over there, but remember, you have to get all the way to the end of the Problem Sleuth story first to make a command! It (possibly) will dictate what I draw next.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-15-08",
"timestamp":1224028800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-15-08\" href=\"/news/10-15-08\">15 October 2008</a></div>\nMan, I'm getting a lot of suggestions lately. I don't want to say post less, because I certainly enjoy reading through them. (And I do read them all.) I just wish I had the time to execute even 1% of them. \n<br/>\n<br/>\nAnyway, thanks to anyone to takes the time to type one in. The policy I'll use to govern their selection may approximate a \"popular demand\" model.\n<br/>\n<br/>\nAlso I noticed <a class=\"postlink\" href=\"http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=C5ioD3KcVSE\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> in there and thought it was kind of cool. \n"
},
{
"id":"10-19-08",
"timestamp":1224374400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-19-08\" href=\"/news/10-19-08\">19 October 2008</a></div>\nI have a pretty good idea about what I'm going to do now. Thanks for the feedback. \n"
},
{
"id":"10-31-08",
"timestamp":1225411200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-31-08\" href=\"/news/10-31-08\">31 October 2008</a></div>\nHey, happy Halloween! May your GAMBIT SCHEMAS envelop you in spooky GAMBIT AETHERS, and may they quickly dispatch all of your most loathsome foes in a terrifying manner. <br/><br/>\n\n[Edit: never mind on that...]<br/><br/>\n\nP.S. Please enjoy carving your SCHEMA PUMPKINS too, if you can ever actually find the damned things.<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: A <a href=\"/scraps/fanpumpkin.jpg\">fan pumpkin</a> carved by Adam.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-04-08",
"timestamp":1225756800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-04-08\" href=\"/news/11-04-08\">4 November 2008</a></div>\nSo this stuff (uh... <a href=\"/mspa/001300\">this</a>) is what I'd intended to post on Halloween but ran sort of late with it. Consider it a welcome extension of the holiday.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI've had some people ask about making donations to the site. So I'm thinking, hey, if people really want to be that awesome, who am I to refuse! I'll have to think of some sort of cool thing to give away with a donation though. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn a related note, people have also been asking about shirts. I do have something in the works, and it's pretty sweet. Keep an eye out for developments in the next two or three weeks.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-06-08",
"timestamp":1225929600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-06-08\" href=\"/news/11-06-08\">6 November 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/mspa/001326\">This</a> was a suggestion I saw in the box like 3 weeks ago. I liked it, but only got around to drawing it now. The lesson is that even though I get a lot of suggestions, you never know if/when I might pick yours. I just might yet!\n"
},
{
"id":"11-07-08",
"timestamp":1226016000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-07-08\" href=\"/news/11-07-08\">7 November 2008</a></div>\nI just put up a <a href=\"/unlock\">donations page</a>! Making a donation scores you a pretty cool prize. So why don't you go check it out?\n"
},
{
"id":"11-15-08",
"timestamp":1226707200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-15-08\" href=\"/news/11-15-08\">15 November 2008</a></div>\nI updated the <a href=\"/faqs/general\">FAQ page</a> with some new questions, marked *NEW*.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-18-08",
"timestamp":1226966400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-18-08\" href=\"/news/11-18-08\">18 November 2008</a></div>\nSome donation-sponsored fan commands:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/extras/ps000002.gif\">PI: Fall in a shockingly inappropriate manner.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/extras/ps000003.gif\">PI: Fall in a badass noir-antihero manner.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-19-08",
"timestamp":1227052800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-19-08\" href=\"/news/11-19-08\">19 November 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20200221220758/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/shop.html\">New T-shirts are available!</a> They are so cool. You should check them out.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAs if there wasn't enough cool news to report, I have also made a bunch of new <a href=\"/unlock\">animated icons</a>!\n"
},
{
"id":"11-29-08",
"timestamp":1227916800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-29-08\" href=\"/news/11-29-08\">29 November 2008</a></div>\nA new <a href=\"/unlock/ps000006\">fan-sponsored command</a>, plus I put them all up on the <a href=\"/unlock\">unlockables page</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-03-08a",
"timestamp":1228262400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-03-08a\" href=\"/news/12-03-08a\">3 December 2008</a></div>\nFAQ: \"Hey what's going on with all these Pickle Inspectors?? How many are there?\"<br/><br/>\n\nMaybe not as many as you think. There was FPI (the red one) who <a href=\"/mspa/001430\">split in two</a> to avoid a vexatious glower, and sent one to the past (the blue one) and one to the future (the yellow one). The blue one (PFPI) first appeared <a href=\"/mspa/001207\">here</a>, having just traveled back in time, and arrives to save the day! (By extinguishing the fire from the first glower.) But that left FPI (red) standing around with PFPI (blue). PFPI had to go kill some time until FPI disappeared, so he went and played Trouble with Death. FFPI (yellow) of course has yet to appear, since that future moment has not arrived yet! It's really not even that complicated when you think about it!<br/>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-03-08b",
"timestamp":1228262400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-03-08b\" href=\"/news/12-03-08b\">3 December 2008</a></div>\nHey, check this out. <a href=\"http://www.acharmofmagpies.com/\">My great coolpal Cindy has made a new website.</a> She makes some very nice things, and you ought to take a look!\n"
},
{
"id":"12-04-08",
"timestamp":1228348800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-04-08\" href=\"/news/12-04-08\">4 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000009\">FAD: GAMBIT SCHEMA -> HOT TAMALE CHUPACABRA! </a>\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000010\">FPI: Teleport to the theater with future copy of Die Hard.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-09-08",
"timestamp":1228780800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-09-08\" href=\"/news/12-09-08\">9 December 2008</a></div>\n The <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20200221220758/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/shop.html\">shirts</a> have almost sold out. They have gone a little faster than I expected. <del>There are still a few sizes left</del> There are only a couple smalls left. Will be working on some new designs/reprints soon.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-10-08",
"timestamp":1228867200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-10-08\" href=\"/news/12-10-08\">10 December 2008</a></div>\nDear nerds: <a href=\"http://www.apophysis.org/\">Apophysis</a> is a pretty sweet program. That is all.\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-14-08a\" href=\"/news/12-14-08a\">14 December 2008</a></div>\nI wonder if there is a shoutbox somewhere that doesn't break after a high volume of \"shouts\". As in, actually maintains archives more than a couple pages deep. I guess I could try out some others but satisfying that curiosity has always been sort of low on my totem of prioirites. \n"
},
{
"id":"12-14-08b",
"timestamp":1229212800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-14-08b\" href=\"/news/12-14-08b\">14 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000013\">PS: Summon the Midnight Crew.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-16-08",
"timestamp":1229385600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-16-08\" href=\"/news/12-16-08\">16 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000014\">MC: Insulted, join battle working for DMK instead.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-17-08a",
"timestamp":1229472000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-17-08a\" href=\"/news/12-17-08a\">17 December 2008</a></div>\n<b>VARIOUS CHANGES AFOOT</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nFirst. I ditched the old shoutbox in lieu of a simple <a href=\"/blogspot/ms-paint-adventures-suggestion-box\">comment feature following a blog post</a>. Shoutboxes are always breaking. This seems like a much more stable solution. Plus I <i>suppose</i> I can use that blog for various things if I need to. Such as blogging, for example, should my temperament reach such a critical spike in desperation.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSECOND. You may have noticed I have decided to align myself with <a href=\"http://www.projectwonderful.com/advertisehere.php?id=29996&type=2\">Project Wonderful</a>. It seems to me like an elegant way to handle the ad thing, which has appeared increasingly necessary cause hostin' sure is goddarn 'spensive. I was considering doing something a little more hands-on/creative with advertising and perhaps I still will, but I thought I'd give this a go for a while and see how she handles.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIf the thought of advertising strikes your fancy you should take a look. It works on a very fair and rational bidding system. Plus I think this site makes a good candidate for advertising since it gets a totally preposterous number of daily page views (like half a million or so), relative to number of visitors. That is an awful lot of fresh and discerning peepers ogling these pages. Perhaps they may ogle your enticing brands as well!\n"
},
{
"id":"12-17-08b",
"timestamp":1229472000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-17-08b\" href=\"/news/12-17-08b\">17 December 2008</a></div>\nAD: You can't believe you forgot to take <a href=\"/mspa/001484\">your dog on the walk</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-18-08a",
"timestamp":1229558400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-18-08a\" href=\"/news/12-18-08a\">18 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000015\">MC & SMK: Wage donation-funded warfare against the protagonists.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-18-08b",
"timestamp":1229558400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-18-08b\" href=\"/news/12-18-08b\">18 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000016\">Sunglass-Free Stiller Bust: Emerge from the tear in space-time, floating slowly and eerily towards the viewer. </a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-20-08",
"timestamp":1229731200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-20-08\" href=\"/news/12-20-08\">20 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000017\">FACE OFF!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-21-08",
"timestamp":1229817600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-21-08\" href=\"/news/12-21-08\">21 December 2008</a></div>\nI finally fixed the <a href=\"/map/4\">map feature</a>. And by fixed I mean I made it do something completely different from what it used to do. It now serves as a sort of illustrated table of contents, with the story divided into chapters. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhat did it used to do, you ask? Oh, never mind that. Suffice to say, something not as cool.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-22-08",
"timestamp":1229904000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-22-08\" href=\"/news/12-22-08\">22 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000018\">MC: HIVE RAGTIME: FILL'EM WITH MIDNIGHT.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-23-08",
"timestamp":1229990400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-23-08\" href=\"/news/12-23-08\">23 December 2008</a></div>\nOH DON'T MIND ME.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nJust messing around with the layout again. I'm still feeling out how I want to handle the ad space and I thought I'd give this arrangement a shot. I would like to think I will keep it this way for a little while.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-24-08",
"timestamp":1230076800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-24-08\" href=\"/news/12-24-08\">24 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000019\">Everyone: Pause for a 12 month calendar photoshoot.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-27-08",
"timestamp":1230336000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-27-08\" href=\"/news/12-27-08\">27 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000020\">Strike back at the midnight crew using awesome dice based technology.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-30-08",
"timestamp":1230595200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-30-08\" href=\"/news/12-30-08\">30 December 2008</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000021\">Begin Dating-Sim minigame.</a>\n"
}
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"09":[
{
"id":"1-05-09a",
"timestamp":1231113600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-05-09a\" href=\"/news/1-05-09a\">5 January 2009</a></div>\nIn a few days I'll be moving, so there'll be a brief interruption in the story. Perhaps for a week or so. Just giving you a heads-up so you don't completely flip the fuck out at the scarcity of Problem Sleuth updates. Ideally, you will only partially flip the fuck out.\n"
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-07-09a\" href=\"/news/1-07-09a\">7 January 2009</a></div>\nA while ago I switched to a <a href=\"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7040474486766110676&postID=5559431398582644095\" target=\"_blank\">blog comments</a> system for the suggestion box, and it seems to be working pretty well I think. It's always entertaining to peruse the suggestions, and I heartily recommend the activity.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe side-effect of this was of course an actual blog, which I wasn't sure if I was going to use or not. But I recently reprised a couple articles from my old, defunct blog there. One article on <a href=\"/blogspot/fancy-santas-are-stupid-imposters\" target=\"_blank\">Fancy Santas</a>, and another about how <a href=\"/blogspot/need-for-steed\" target=\"_blank\">I bought a painting of a horse</a> last year. I'm still not sure if I'm going to use it to do any \"actual\" blogging, but I suppose you can keep an eye on it if you like.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-07-09b",
"timestamp":1231286400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-07-09b\" href=\"/news/1-07-09b\">7 January 2009</a></div>\nThat will be the last update for a while. I'm moving, so the game's effectively on pause until my computer's back up and running. I'm guessing this will take about a week. Then it'll be time to finish this thing up. Problem Sleuth doesn't have long to go.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-13-09",
"timestamp":1231804800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-13-09\" href=\"/news/1-13-09\">13 January 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\"><b>NEW MSPA SHIRT DESIGNS AVAILABLE!</b></a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nBecause people seemed to like the last batch of shirts so much, I made a couple new designs for you. I also had the previous one (Sleuth Diplomacy) reprinted on a cool new color, in case you liked that one but missed your chance.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI've joined up with <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/\" target=\"_blank\">Topatoco</a> this time. <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeffrey</a> and his crew do some great work there and sell merch for a lot of other cool webcomics. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'm still a few days out from updating the site. Still waiting for my computer to show up. I don't really like letting the site gather dust like this, but hey what can you do. Maybe you will receive word of this STUNNING NEW MERCHANDISE as a token of consolation. Keep your eyes peeled for more PS later in the week.\n"
},
{
"id":"1-19-09a",
"timestamp":1232323200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-19-09a\" href=\"/news/1-19-09a\">19 January 2009</a></div>\n<b>ALL THINGS WIKI</b><br/><br/>\nA little while ago I saw <a href=\"http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MSPaintAdventures\" target=\"_blank\">this</a> and thought it was interesting. A partial account of Problem Sleuth, sort of wiki-like in its detail, and in the fact that it was not made by me.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThen this got me thinking about wikis, and how PS could probably really use wiki-documentation since it's rather complicated, and even I forget elements of the story sometimes. Then I encountered <a href=\"http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/MS_Paint_Adventures_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\">one that had already been started</a>, although it still appears to be in its nascent state. I encourage anyone who feels like it to go ahead and fill it up with whatever occurs to you. At some point I'll probably have to go proofread it and ferret out more obtuse interpretations of the story, like \"and then the guy turns into a girl for some reason...\" Ok well, now if you actually write that, I'll probably just leave it in for fun.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd regarding the <a href=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/\" target=\"_blank\">big wiki-enchilada itself</a>, doesn't look like there's anything on MSPA there yet either. Although I'm not officially encouraging anyone to mark it up with things about me or MSPA, since I'm kind of wondering how long I can go without having my identity molested by the spongy folds of its dubious parchment.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEDIT EDIT EDIT: Long story short, there is an <a href=\"http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/MS_Paint_Adventures_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\">MSPA Wiki</a> out there that perhaps you would like to contribute to. (?) (!!)\n"
},
{
"id":"1-19-09b",
"timestamp":1232323200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-19-09b\" href=\"/news/1-19-09b\">19 January 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000023\">Crank PROBABILITY THEORY WASP PROFESSOR's Meddling Level.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"1-20-09",
"timestamp":1232409600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-20-09\" href=\"/news/1-20-09\">20 January 2009</a></div>\nI did an <a href=\"http://culturehacker.workbookproject.com/2009/01/command-performance-how-problem-sleuth-turns-a-comic-into-a-game/\" target=\"_blank\">interview for a website called Culture Hacker</a>, and maybe you will read this interview!\n"
},
{
"id":"1-21-09",
"timestamp":1232496000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-21-09\" href=\"/news/1-21-09\">21 January 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000024\">Death: Accidentally tear a plot hole in your TOME OF WAYFARING SOULS.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"1-22-09a",
"timestamp":1232582400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-22-09a\" href=\"/news/1-22-09a\">22 January 2009</a></div>\n<b>UPDATE ON ALL THINGS WIKI</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt looks like some swell folks have been pretty vigilant about stocking the <a href=\"http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/MS_Paint_Adventures_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\">wiki</a>. I wouldn't say it's near exhaustive yet (amazingly, even at 535 pages), but it does now serve the basic function of any wiki, which is to allow you to lose a couple hours to its meandering catacombs. Nice work guys!\n"
},
{
"id":"1-22-09b",
"timestamp":1232582400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-22-09b\" href=\"/news/1-22-09b\">22 January 2009</a></div>\nOh, also I just updated the <a href=\"/map/4\">map</a> to include chapters 19 and 20. It's possible we're a lot closer to the end than you thought!\n"
},
{
"id":"1-23-09",
"timestamp":1232668800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"1-23-09\" href=\"/news/1-23-09\">23 January 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000025\">PS: Summon WARHAMMER OF ZILLYHOO!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"2-01-09",
"timestamp":1233446400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-01-09\" href=\"/news/2-01-09\">1 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20090203190527/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/piefpafpauw/\" target=\"_blank\">Edited episodes of Star Trek: TNG.</a> (I made a <a href=\"/blogspot/star-trek-edits\" target=\"_blank\">blog post</a> about this, because I guess I should be using my blog more often.)\n"
},
{
"id":"2-04-09a",
"timestamp":1233705600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-04-09a\" href=\"/news/2-04-09a\">4 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan</a>, I can see you sitting in your car outside my house. You are not fooling anyone, sort of ducking behind the dashboard like that. My dinner isn't even that interesting, it's just like a leftover turkey sandwich from earlier in the day or something!\n"
},
{
"id":"2-04-09b",
"timestamp":1233705600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-04-09b\" href=\"/news/2-04-09b\">4 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000028\">MIDNIGHT CREW: Continue your battle, oblivious to the various odd changes that resulted from Professor Wasp's meddling through time.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"2-05-09",
"timestamp":1233792000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-05-09\" href=\"/news/2-05-09\">5 February 2009</a></div>\nMy sources say there are <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">peeping toms</a> out there who will derive fascination from a man sitting in his home spoiling good trousers while reciting rap lyrics about women with enormous asses. Any party falling into this camp could hardly be faulted for the preoccupation, just as he couldn't be faulted for not being <i>completely</i> aware of his surrounding environment. An environment in which the pageant he witnesses quite possibly functions as a distraction while a servant is deployed from the side cellar door, creeps through the bushes, and forces an entire canister of cookie dough through the tailpipe of any would-be automotive voyeurs. \n"
},
{
"id":"2-07-09",
"timestamp":1233964800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-07-09\" href=\"/news/2-07-09\">7 February 2009</a></div>\nOk, well it seems <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. North</a> didn't totally appreciate the <a href=\"/scraps/urbandictionary.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Pop n Fresh emissions test</a> I had old Snootington slip into his muffler. Some people just don't know how to take a joke.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-09-09",
"timestamp":1234137600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-09-09\" href=\"/news/2-09-09\">9 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000029\">MC: Attempt to put an end to Probability Theory Wasp's meddling with superior shadow-based magic.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"2-10-09a",
"timestamp":1234224000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-10-09a\" href=\"/news/2-10-09a\">10 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan</a> I am going to admit I don't know what the next logical step is for this thing to take. I'm sort of groping here, and I am not using this word to literally refer to those top notch hugs you were dishing out the other night like a man possessed. So the only thing I can think to do is to take it in <a href=\"/blogspot/how-do-i-prank-thee-let-me-qwantz-ways\" target=\"_blank\">a direction</a> that defies logic in every obscure dimension of meaning and thin stratum of semantics in which the word is known to dwell.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-10-09b",
"timestamp":1234224000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-10-09b\" href=\"/news/2-10-09b\">10 February 2009</a></div>\nI changed the url to my/Jan's video edits page to <a href=\"http://www.jandrewedits.com/\" target=\"_blank\">something more autonomously distinct</a>, as well as actually enunciable. This isn't all that big of a deal since the old address points there just fine too. It just means you'll have to reset your RSS link if you saved one, and reset your bookmark to the site if you REALLY want your ducks to swim in a tidy row.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere should be some more of those videos up pretty soon! (Hint: some of them might even be non Star Trek related)\n"
},
{
"id":"2-11-09",
"timestamp":1234310400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-11-09\" href=\"/news/2-11-09\">11 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000030\">Show MAP of all locations seen by the player so far. </a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI've decided to discontinue the <a href=\"/unlock\">commands-for-donations</a> thing for a while. The commands have really piled up, and I have a lot of stuff to do, not the least of which is finish PS! I'll finish all the ones I have left to do, then probably reinstate it later, maybe after PS is done and the next story has settled in.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-15-09",
"timestamp":1234656000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-15-09\" href=\"/news/2-15-09\">15 February 2009</a></div>\nAccording to our trusty <a href=\"/map/4\">story map</a>, it seems all 22 chapters are now accounted for. Today's <a href=\"/mspa/001708\">turn of events</a> marks the beginning of the final chapter.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-21-09",
"timestamp":1235174400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-21-09\" href=\"/news/2-21-09\">21 February 2009</a></div>\nThe bottom line is this. <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/\" target=\"_blank\">JR</a> made a comic called Superfrog when he was 11. I made a comic called Super Frog when I was 11. <a href=\"/blogspot/if-you-drew-comic-called-super-frog-at\" target=\"_blank\">This subject is explored here in some detail.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"2-23-09a",
"timestamp":1235347200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-23-09a\" href=\"/news/2-23-09a\">23 February 2009</a></div>\nI'm aiming to have everything wrapped up by March 10th, exactly one year to the day since Problem Sleuth began.\n"
},
{
"id":"2-23-09b",
"timestamp":1235347200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-23-09b\" href=\"/news/2-23-09b\">23 February 2009</a></div>\nI've been meaning to mention there is <a href=\"http://www.webcomicsweekend.com/\" target=\"_blank\">this event</a>. I will be attending this event. But the question remains...\n\n<br/><br/> \n\nWILL YOU?\n"
},
{
"id":"2-28-09",
"timestamp":1235779200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"2-28-09\" href=\"/news/2-28-09\">28 February 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://hammerofsilver.deviantart.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Max</a> made this pretty cool <a href=\"http://hammerofsilver.deviantart.com/art/SEPULCHRITUDE-114155755\" target=\"_blank\">Sepulchritude wallpaper</a>. Desktop wallpapers are one of those things I've been meaning to do for many months, but just never seem to get around to. In the meantime, perhaps you may enjoy using this one!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: speaking of totally sweet Sepulchritude fan art, check out <a href=\"/scraps/sepulch_painting.jpg\">this painting</a> Devin did.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-04-09",
"timestamp":1236124800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-04-09\" href=\"/news/3-04-09\">4 March 2009</a></div>\nThere should be some new MSPA shirt designs coming soon to the <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/\" target=\"_blank\">Topato Company</a> website. So if you were pining for something awesome to wear then you shall not be pining for long.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-07-09",
"timestamp":1236384000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-07-09\" href=\"/news/3-07-09\">7 March 2009</a></div>\nI wrote a rather extensive <a href=\"/faqs/science\">science FAQs page</a>, now that so much of this crazy science stuff is behind us. I thought it might be particularly useful with the most recent events spurring a lot of confusion/agitation/excitement! Hopefully this helps clear some things up.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-10-09",
"timestamp":1236643200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-10-09\" href=\"/news/3-10-09\">10 March 2009</a></div>\n<b><a href=\"/blogspot/end-of-problem-sleuth\" target=\"_blank\">THE END OF PROBLEM SLEUTH.</a></b>\n<br/><br/>\n\n03/10/08 - 03/10/09.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n3 detectives<br/>\n365 days<br/>\n1621 pages<br/>\n1915 images<br/>\n142 megabytes<br/>\n45,000 words<br/>\n0 sacred urns toppled<br/>\n0 mystic ruins desecrated<br/>\n0 hallowed tombs defiled\n\n<br/><br/><br/>\n\nSome notes to file under \"now what?\":\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n- I am going to add some epilogue pages to the story in the coming week or two.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n- I'll finish up a bunch of donation commands still left on the queue.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n- I will probably reformat my hard drive due to a whole lot of crazy adware that got on there somehow!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOnce I'm clear of all that I will give you the scoop on what's up with the next story. Do stay abreast!\n\n<br/><br/><br/>\n\nSome sidebar stuff:\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n1) <a href=\"http://www.biggercheese.com/index.php?comic=793\" target=\"_blank\">Heh-heh</a>. 2) New shirts soon. 3) New <a href=\"http://www.jandrewedits.com/view.php?youtube=S7cXWrdHshE\" target=\"_blank\">TNG vid</a>!\n"
},
{
"id":"3-11-09",
"timestamp":1236729600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-11-09\" href=\"/news/3-11-09\">11 March 2009</a></div>\nThe response to ending the story has been pretty overwhelming! I honestly was not expecting it. Most sincere thanks to all who have emailed, or posted a comment in the blog or suggestion box! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAH: Fondly regard incredible fans.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nP.S. I'll start up this mysterious epilogue thing I mentioned in the next day or two!\n"
},
{
"id":"3-14-09",
"timestamp":1236988800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-14-09\" href=\"/news/3-14-09\">14 March 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/blogspot/pot-of-gold-at-end-of-cultural-rainbow\" target=\"_blank\">The pot of gold at the end of the cultural rainbow...</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"3-16-09",
"timestamp":1237161600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-16-09\" href=\"/news/3-16-09\">16 March 2009</a></div>\nNo, we are still not quite done! You will know we are finished when you read the words \"THE END.\"\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n\nSomeone in the <a href=\"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7040474486766110676&postID=7638934739176270662&pli=1\" target=\"_blank\">comments section</a> of the blog said something which struck me as particularly true!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n\"I'd just like to say that this is the most literate and well-spoken group of fans of a webcomic I have ever witnessed on the internet.\"\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt did amaze me how well put together and thoughtful everyone's remarks were. Especially when you line that column up along side the sort of verbal detritus that appears under, say, a youtube video. MSPA Fans: Pat yourselves on the back for having the wherewithal to crack a book now and then!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOh, <a href=\"http://www.jandrewedits.com/view.php?youtube=tRpcqr89f0E\" target=\"_blank\">speaking of youtube</a>...\n"
},
{
"id":"3-20-09",
"timestamp":1237507200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-20-09\" href=\"/news/3-20-09\">20 March 2009</a></div>\nHey, I'm skipping town for the weekend! How mysterious of me. I will finish up the epilogue next week! \n"
},
{
"id":"3-23-09",
"timestamp":1237766400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-23-09\" href=\"/news/3-23-09\">23 March 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/blogspot/webcomics-weekend-09\" target=\"_blank\">This weekend I made a lot of wonderful friends.</a> I am sorry you could not be there! Maybe next time. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOh! This guy sent me <a href=\"http://joey-poey.deviantart.com/art/You-Encounter-116789362\" target=\"_blank\">this thing he did</a> which is extremely cool. Behold its grace and marvel agog.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOh!!! Also I did <a href=\"http://comicscloset.blogspot.com/2009/03/andrew-hussie-of-ms-paint-adventures.html\" target=\"_blank\">another interview</a>. Man I talk a lot in these things. Oh well, it's all good I guess. If you're into things like... ME.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-24-09",
"timestamp":1237852800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-24-09\" href=\"/news/3-24-09\">24 March 2009</a></div>\nI wanted to sling a few more <a href=\"/blogspot/wcwe-addendum\" target=\"_blank\">shout outs</a> before we all forget about this webcomic weekend thing and get on with our dreary lives. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, <b>this is important</b>:\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere is a decent number of Problem Sleuth-themed youtube compilations set to music, and they are pretty much all very cool. If you search around youtube for them, you will see them crop up. <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArN_dERudNg\" target=\"_blank\">But this one I saw today</a> is easily the best I have seen! All the original artwork and consideration to narrative easily puts it over the top. Simon Dickie has done a marvelous thing and he should be applauded. I do not want to see on the floor near his feet a single square inch unconcealed by red petal or thorny stem.\n"
},
{
"id":"3-27-09",
"timestamp":1238112000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-27-09\" href=\"/news/3-27-09\">27 March 2009</a></div>\n<b>Projected start date for new MSPA story: 04-10-09</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI thought I'd keep a note above on the start date for the next adventure. Hopefully I'll get it rolling by the 10th, but if there's any change in this plan you will see it there!\n"
},
{
"id":"3-30-09",
"timestamp":1238371200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-30-09\" href=\"/news/3-30-09\">30 March 2009</a></div>\nI've been talking about webcomics lately, so I will mention another site or two before I pipe down. Michael Firman does a very funny comic called Moe. In fact, Moe even made a <a href=\"/mspa/001327\">brief cameo</a> in MSPA! I recommend you read the recent story arc <a href=\"http://www.firmanproductions.com/?p=524\" target=\"_blank\">starting here</a>, wherein Moe goes on a date and then some strange things happen.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut you don't need to take my word for it that it is funny. It is objectively measured as the 3rd funniest comic on the <a href=\"http://www.isitfunnytoday.com/\" target=\"_blank\">ENTIRE INTERNET</a>. Holy shit! :O\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso recently <a href=\"http://www.mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cindy revamped her site</a> and it looks really cool. She's quite a fine artist, and she has at times drawn comics which I have written. If you for some reason think I write funny things (I.E. if you are some sort of weirdo) then you might want to check out the comic series <a href=\"http://www.mcmittens.com/viewcomic.php?file=./comics_tent/was/00007.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">What a Scoop!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"3-31-09",
"timestamp":1238457600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"3-31-09\" href=\"/news/3-31-09\">31 March 2009</a></div>\nUpdates are coming a little slow at the moment, because I'm spending time fussing with some site code, and other such dull behind the scenes tasks. These are just some of the very many chores to be completed before I take on the next story! Don't worry, we'll be back to our typically absurd rate of content delivery in no time.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: <b>HOLD THE PHONE</b>\n<br/><br/>\n\nSomeone else has made some remarkable Youtube videos which I simply must share with you. Mr. Lecravian has taken the time to put together a series of quick-paced video compilations for the entire Problem Sleuth series. Here they are: Chapters \n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LT4Kd1ETM\" target=\"_blank\">1-4</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od2JzcnDPv8\" target=\"_blank\">5-7</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1BbCKpAmGo\" target=\"_blank\">8-10</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuvFs8v_opk\" target=\"_blank\">11-14</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRH2ZSJoDI\" target=\"_blank\">15-16</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzTD2oMsPIY\" target=\"_blank\">17-18</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhB0sdooO10\" target=\"_blank\">19-20</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6CbTt7-D8U\" target=\"_blank\">21</a>, and\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjX2GvJZicE\" target=\"_blank\">22</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt's quite an experience going through the story in this way, at such a fast pace. It's sort of like learning kung fu in the Matrix. Or being strapped to a chair and learning kung fu in A Clockwork Orange. Whichever experience is more intense. Anyway, kudos to Lecravian. This is really cool!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-01-09a",
"timestamp":1238544000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-01-09a\" href=\"/news/4-01-09a\">1 April 2009</a></div>\nI thought about doing something funny on my site for April Fools, but then I didn't because I don't really have time for that nonsense! Instead I decided to post <a href=\"/blogspot/corporate-pranksterism\" target=\"_blank\">something about funny commercials</a> for some reason.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-01-09b",
"timestamp":1238544000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-01-09b\" href=\"/news/4-01-09b\">1 April 2009</a></div>\nAs promised, there are a <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">couple new shirt designs</a> available! There will be a very cool C.C. Vampire design coming out in the next week or so as well. Also, I'm working on getting some prints in the store soon too!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-02-09",
"timestamp":1238630400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-02-09\" href=\"/news/4-02-09\">2 April 2009</a></div>\nI am FINALLY getting around to finishing the remaining donation commands left on the pile. Sorry to anyone who submitted one and has waited this long!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n- <a href=\"/unlock/ps000031\">PI: Summon squad of zombie astronauts to assist!</a><br/>\n- <a href=\"/unlock/ps000032\">PS: Pose with a little white cat because SHIT JUST GOT CUTE.</a><br/>\n- <a href=\"/unlock/ps000033\">Candy Mecha Pilot PI: Become PRESIDENT, use Candy Mecha to SAVE AMERICA.</a><br/>\n- <a href=\"/unlock/ps000034\">Wink suggestively at PLAYER whilst starting small MOUSTACHE FIRE.</a><br/>\n- <a href=\"/unlock/ps000035\">PS: Summon MICROWAVE TENTACLE MONSTER.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"4-06-09",
"timestamp":1238976000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-06-09\" href=\"/news/4-06-09\">6 April 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=2322\" target=\"_blank\">NEW SUGGESTION BOX.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nI decided to move the suggestion box to a forum thread for the next adventure. This seems like the best approach, since I've noticed the current suggestion box tends to fill up with not only commands, but series of interactions between people which you could describe as ACTUAL DISCUSSIONS. This way if people want to chat about things, those discussions may spill out into Forum Proper.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo if you think you would like to submit suggestions for the next adventure, maybe you should consider registering an account there now! I suppose you could then also CHAT with like-minded people if you are so inclined. I wouldn't object to this at all!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-07-09a",
"timestamp":1239062400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-07-09a\" href=\"/news/4-07-09a\">7 April 2009</a></div>\nThe end!!!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI made a <a href=\"/desktops\">desktop wallpaper</a> for that last illustration, plus one for another Problem Sleuth illustration as well! Now the question is, which one will you apply to your desktop? I bet you didn't expect you'd be faced with such a difficult decision when you woke up this morning.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, both of those illustrations will be available for sale as prints! This will happen shortly, as soon as I get it set up with Topatoco.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-07-09b",
"timestamp":1239062400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-07-09b\" href=\"/news/4-07-09b\">7 April 2009</a></div>\nI am dipping my toe into the perilous waters of Flash for the next adventure, so I started by making this <a href=\"/unlock/PS_titlescreen/\">title screen</a> for Problem Sleuth.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe song was created as a theme for Problem Sleuth by Mark Hadley, who is clearly a very talented musician! He made it a while ago and I was waiting until I finished PS to make something like this with it. <a href=\"/archive/social/news/ProblemSleuth.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Here is the song</a> if you'd like to download it. He also made a more <a href=\"/archive/social/news/Sepulchritude.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">polished composition</a>, a variation on same theme quite suitable for an epic final boss battle. This is really cool stuff!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSpeaking of Flash and awesome music, you may be able to gather that I'm thinking about incorporating sound into the next adventure. I will hopefully have an interesting announcement about this quite soon!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-08-09",
"timestamp":1239148800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-08-09\" href=\"/news/4-08-09\">8 April 2009</a></div>\nLecravian's <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmesXO7eAcg\" target=\"_blank\">video for the epilogue</a> is complete, the last in his <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LT4Kd1ETM\" target=\"_blank\">series of epic tributes</a>. He also started updating a <a href=\"http://mspatributes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">blog</a> specifically for this project, in which he plans to release downloads like the soundtrack files and cool stuff like that.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-09-09",
"timestamp":1239235200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-09-09\" href=\"/news/4-09-09\">9 April 2009</a></div>\nEdit: Thanks for he great response to that request! I think I've got enough help for now. This should be pretty cool. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-10-09",
"timestamp":1239321600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-10-09\" href=\"/news/4-10-09\">10 April 2009</a></div>\nHello. This is a new story called Homestuck.\n<br/><br/>\nEDIT: I updated the <a href=\"/unlock\">extras section</a> to include a lot of new stuff, most of which I took down from the news section just now. \n"
},
{
"id":"4-11-09a",
"timestamp":1239408000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-11-09a\" href=\"/news/4-11-09a\">11 April 2009</a></div>\nIn naming this fellow, I made a point of selecting the very first suggestion. Luckily, it was a good name!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-11-09b",
"timestamp":1239408000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-11-09b\" href=\"/news/4-11-09b\">11 April 2009</a></div>\nI just added small sound control and replay icons to the pages I posted. These are the sort of little chores I have to keep up with now that I'm using Flash. For this reason updates will probably be a little slow for a while, but I'm sure I will start speeding up soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: Also I'm going to implement a way to keep the sound settings persistent from page to page, so you don't have to readjust it on every page.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-12-09",
"timestamp":1239494400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-12-09\" href=\"/news/4-12-09\">12 April 2009</a></div>\nAnother late donation command coming in: <a href=\"/unlock/ps000036\">FMB: Fondly regard Sarah</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt was particularly unfortunate for that one to get lost in the shuffle for so long. I am so dumb sometimes. WHOOOOOPS! ... edit: and I just fixed the typo. He is no longer \"filping out\". WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-09a",
"timestamp":1239580800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-09a\" href=\"/news/4-13-09a\">13 April 2009</a></div>\nThank you for playing the <a href=\"/mspa/5\">Homestuck BETA</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nYou may now enjoy playing the <a href=\"/mspa/6\">Homestuck STABLE RELEASE</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/extras/aprilfools.gif\">WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- <br/>\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- <br/>\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- <br/>\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- <br/>\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- <br/>\nOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPS!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n<b>(Ok, it technically wasn't actually a prank. Sure looked like one though, didn't it! I really intended to do it exclusively in Flash, but long story short, it was turning out to be too labor intensive. Basically I wound up pranking myself! There will be occasional pockets of Flash though, mostly just so I can include music sometimes. I will discuss this in greater detail some time, perhaps in my blog, when I have a moment and am not tired.)</b>\n"
},
{
"id":"4-13-09b",
"timestamp":1239580800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-13-09b\" href=\"/news/4-13-09b\">13 April 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/art\" target=\"_blank\">PS prints for sale in the store!</a> These look really cool. I will earnestly envy anyone who purchases one.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-15-09a",
"timestamp":1239753600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-15-09a\" href=\"/news/4-15-09a\">15 April 2009</a></div>\nHey look, dialogue. How's that for a change of pace? \n"
},
{
"id":"4-15-09b",
"timestamp":1239753600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-15-09b\" href=\"/news/4-15-09b\">15 April 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/blogspot/flash-is-hard\" target=\"_blank\">Here I explain</a> my thinking in switching to Flash and then unswitching again very quickly.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-18-09",
"timestamp":1240012800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-18-09\" href=\"/news/4-18-09\">18 April 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=35\" target=\"_blank\">MSPA Forum Adventures!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nEver since I set up forums to receive suggestions, many users have flooded in, and by dint of their gumption alone they began making MSPA-style adventures in a sub-forum. That was almost two weeks ago, and there are now over 100 of them! \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nHere are a few notable storylines:\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2519\" target=\"_blank\">Mutewood</a>: A rather dark, small sprite-based story that appears to be the longest one in the forum. It is mysterious, BIZARRE, and very cool!\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2326\" target=\"_blank\">Flatland</a>: One of the first stories to appear. A tale involving clever use of negative space.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2320\" target=\"_blank\">Bird Wizard (scroll down a couple posts)</a>: Another one of the firsts, about a bird wizard trapped in his office, PS-style. By the same guy who made those excellent PS youtube tributes.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd a lot more! Honestly I couldn't even dream of keeping up with them all, there are so many, and I've been rather busy. But if you're inspired, do feel free to throw your hat into the ring. Looks like everyone's having a great time!\n"
},
{
"id":"4-20-09",
"timestamp":1240185600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-20-09\" href=\"/news/4-20-09\">20 April 2009</a></div>\nI added a page to document <a href=\"https://web.archive.org/web/20110811115522/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/forumadventures.html\">notable forum adventures</a>, including the ones I mentioned before plus a few others. This page is accessible through the <a href=\"/unlock.html\">extras page</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-21-09",
"timestamp":1240272000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-21-09\" href=\"/news/4-21-09\">21 April 2009</a></div>\nHere is a new <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcRg2RiLKzo\" target=\"_blank\">TNG video</a> which you may enjoy.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-22-09",
"timestamp":1240358400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-22-09\" href=\"/news/4-22-09\">22 April 2009</a></div>\n I'm sure you've noticed I'm starting to work with <a href=\"/mspa/001977\">music</a> in this story. Naturally I have received a lot of queries about that piano piece. I put up a <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">sound credits</a> page to answer all such questions, in the present and future!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: I'll be preceding commands with [S] if it leads to a page with sound, so I'm not boobytrapping anyone with sudden noise at inopportune moments.\n"
},
{
"id":"4-25-09",
"timestamp":1240617600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-25-09\" href=\"/news/4-25-09\">25 April 2009</a></div>\nI'm thinking the next update will be on Monday. So I guess we can all go easy on that Refresh button for the weekend! \n"
},
{
"id":"4-28-09",
"timestamp":1240876800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"4-28-09\" href=\"/news/4-28-09\">28 April 2009</a></div>\nUpdated the <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">sound credits</a> page. Many thanks to Malcolm Brown for making such an awesome boss battle tune to go with <a href=\"/mspa/001990\">this page</a>. That song, titled \"Showtime\", you might have noticed was the same song John <a href=\"/mspa/001977\">played on his piano</a> a few pages back. The piano reinterpretation of the theme was played by Kevin Regamey. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso thanks to Mark Hadley for the song you can hear briefly on <a href=\"/mspa/001988\">this page</a>. We will get to hear that song in its entirety at a later date.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nyou might be curious about downloading these songs and others that may come along in future pages. I will likely be setting up a myspace page (or something like that) for songs used in MSPA some time soon, probably once a little more content has accumulated. Also, when I actually get a little time to do it!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: I should also note the <a href=\"/mspa/001990\">latest page</a> is interactive. You can click those two buttons. Just reminding you since I know a few people missed that. Which is understandable since nothing else was interactive up to this point.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-01-09",
"timestamp":1241136000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-01-09\" href=\"/news/5-01-09\">1 May 2009</a></div>\nLooks like a <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\">new shirt design</a> has arrived. This one looks like it turned out great. Get this spooky shirt well in advance of Halloween and all your buddies will flip the fuck out in terror!\n"
},
{
"id":"5-03-09",
"timestamp":1241308800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-03-09\" href=\"/news/5-03-09\">3 May 2009</a></div>\nLET'S TALK ABOUT WEBCOMICS AGAIN.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.lucid-tv.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Lucid TV</a> is a very well drawn comic with a really off-beat sense of humor. It doesn't update all that much, but when it does (as it just did) it is very funny! I met the author John a couple times and he is classy folk. I have only one closing remark about the comic, but it can't quite be put into words. You will have to imagine <a href=\"http://www.lucid-tv.com/176.html\" target=\"_blank\">something else</a> in my speech bubble.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso I have been meaning to mention <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Nedroid</a> for some time now, because it is basically my favorite comic presently. You must allow Anthony a <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/2009/04/dare-to-keep-kids-off-drugs/\" target=\"_blank\">moment</a> to <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/2009/04/you-wouldnt-dare/\" target=\"_blank\">regale</a> you with tales of the <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/2009/04/how-dare-you/\" target=\"_blank\">DARE MASTER</a>. I DARE you not to enjoy it. (Prohint: you should not accept this dare.) And then if you are not too busy, pull up a chair to the great <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/2009/04/party-cat-episode-one/\" target=\"_blank\">roundtable</a> <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/2009/04/party-cat-episode-two/\" target=\"_blank\">legacy</a> of <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/2009/04/party-cat-episode-three/\" target=\"_blank\">PARTY CAT</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSeriously, bookmark that website and read it every day.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOh, oh. How about a mention of Jeff's <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/\" target=\"_blank\">OC</a> and <a href=\"http://wigu.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Wigu</a>? Jeff is a really funny guy, and I can't tell which of his comics I like better. They are both very funny in totally different ways... and yet somehow, exactly the same way. Jeff has a knack for flashing his <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/comics/20090501.png\" target=\"_blank\">extraordinary taste in apparel</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-06-09",
"timestamp":1241568000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-06-09\" href=\"/news/5-06-09\">6 May 2009</a></div>\nHey, looks like I have a <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel</a>! I dusted off the old account to put up some of my own video edits for the <a href=\"http://www.jandrewedits.com/\" target=\"_blank\">JandrewEdits site</a>, to complement Jan's already rather illustrious <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/gazorra\" target=\"_blank\">Gazorra channel</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe videos in Jan's channel were collaborations between us, but were edited directly by him. The idea here is videos in my channel will be mostly edited by me, to share the load somewhat and crank out more funny stuff. (Obviously I am not as technically skilled an editor as he but oh well. E.g. I will never be rotoscoping Geordi's visor on anyone.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere are a few new videos up. A great new Knight Rider video in Jan's channel, and a couple of ALF videos in mine. I'm pretty excited about doing more ALF episodes. It's really quite a bizarre show.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-14-09",
"timestamp":1242259200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-14-09\" href=\"/news/5-14-09\">14 May 2009</a></div>\nWe've been turning out a lot of videos lately. Here are three more. <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxCW9xmamzQ\" target=\"_blank\">Shame on you, mr. Clemens</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmbzJNPsaQ\" target=\"_blank\">Flauting Danger</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-17-09",
"timestamp":1242518400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-17-09\" href=\"/news/5-17-09\">17 May 2009</a></div>\nI just noticed a comic called <a href=\"http://goodshipchronicles.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Good Ship Chronicles</a> has started updating again. The author, Tauhid, has returned from a lengthy hiatus, rising like a mighty phoenix from a busy work schedule. You will almost certainly like this comic if you enjoy outer space and adventure and hilarious things. Also, if you enjoy <i>insane art skillz</i>.\n"
},
{
"id":"5-21-09",
"timestamp":1242864000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-21-09\" href=\"/news/5-21-09\">21 May 2009</a></div>\nAnother <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_blank\">top-notch tune</a> by Mark. You might recall a small portion of this song was played on <a href=\"/mspa/001988\" target=\"_blank\">this page too</a>. You may additionally recall Mark was the fellow who brought us <a href=\"/unlock/PS_titlescreen/\" target=\"_blank\">this composition</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSome rather enthusiastic MSPA fans have started a <a href=\"http://pesterchum.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Pesterchum-themed IRC channel</a>, for chatting about all the latest and hottest MSPA goings-ons. Pressing issues like how to sedate an exceptionally lively weasel, and locating huge orange vegetables which may or may not have been misplaced. Someone was also kind enough to prepare a <a href=\"http://www.fancysanta.com/irc/\" target=\"_blank\">tutorial on this subject</a>.\n\n(Uh, yeah, someone did in fact register <a href=\"http://www.fancysanta.com/\" target=\"_blank\">fancysanta.com</a>)\n"
},
{
"id":"5-28-09",
"timestamp":1243468800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-28-09\" href=\"/news/5-28-09\">28 May 2009</a></div>\nFor the first character's name, I picked the first suggestion I received. For the second, I picked the second suggestion to come in. (It was also the first four-letter name suggested.) \n"
},
{
"id":"5-29-09",
"timestamp":1243555200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"5-29-09\" href=\"/news/5-29-09\">29 May 2009</a></div>\nReally great violin work by Andrew Huo on <a href=\"/mspa/002122\">this page</a>. Plus some expert mastering by Gabe Nezovic to make it sound like a professional studio recording. If you peruse the <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">sound credit</a> page you will start to get a sense for scale of this musical collaboration and the diversity of talent I'm working with. Thanks again to everyone involved!\n"
},
{
"id":"6-07-09a",
"timestamp":1244332800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-07-09a\" href=\"/news/6-07-09a\">7 June 2009</a></div>\nHey, so looks like we're through \"ACT 1\". And I didn't even know there would be \"acts\" until a few days ago! How about that!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThough aside from that, this is the point I've been pushing to get to in the story since I started. It took longer than I thought it would. I thought it might take about one month, but it turned out to be more like two. And by \"this point in the story\", I guess I mean \"the beginning\". Really everything that's happened so far probably serves as more of a prologue than a first chapter.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo we are just getting started! There is surely some fun stuff to come. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nGlancing backwards, I can't help but monitor my progress. 55 days, 247 pages (with 295 images). That's a little more than 5 images per day, which is almost the exact pace I set with Problem Sleuth over the course of a year. I was very surprised to learn this! Mostly because many of these Homestuck pages are a lot more detailed and labor intensive, especially with the Flash animations mixed in there. I will decide this statistical analysis yields good news!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt also helps that I'm starting to get the hang of Flash. The most recent animation was much easier than any of its predecessors, and hardly felt like it took any time at all. I am THIS CLOSE to actually looking forward to doing the next one.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nEdit: Oh yeah, also it will probably be a few days before I start updating again, just to give me a little time to gather some thoughts and prepare some things. Let's say next update: <b>TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY</b>.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-07-09b",
"timestamp":1244332800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-07-09b\" href=\"/news/6-07-09b\">7 June 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/unlock/ps000037\">Here</a> and <a href=\"/unlock/ps000038\">here</a> are a couple of donation commands that I am way, waaaay late with, and just got around to doing them. But their tardiness has paid rich dividends because they provide a shot of now-rare PS action from totally out of the blue! Thanks for the patience, fellas.\n\n<br/><br/> \n\nanother edit: Thanks to Mr. Hadley for putting together another fantastic tune very quickly. He seems to be completely incapable of making music which is not totally awesome.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-08-09",
"timestamp":1244419200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-08-09\" href=\"/news/6-08-09\">8 June 2009</a></div>\nI took a moment to spruce up the site and add some new features. I also added a map for Homestuck. But rather than link to it here, I will allow you to go explore and find it for yourself!\n"
},
{
"id":"6-12-09a",
"timestamp":1244764800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-12-09a\" href=\"/news/6-12-09a\">12 June 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Look at this</a>, I did a Dinocomic! Here's some fun trivia about this. When I originally sent it to Ryan, he viewed it with some sort of weird browser incapable of animating GIFs, so I'm pretty sure he spent three solid hours puzzling over it, trying to decipher why it was supposed to be funny. <a href=\"/mspa/001992\">PRANKSTER'S GAMBIT = MINE.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn a totally unrelated note, I think it's about time for me to go turn my lawn sprinklers on. It would be a real shame if anyone happened to be lurking out there, inside a tent perhaps. Such an intrepid soul would surely get wet.\n"
},
{
"id":"6-12-09b",
"timestamp":1244764800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-12-09b\" href=\"/news/6-12-09b\">12 June 2009</a></div>\nI don't often make wallpaper because I rarely work in a resolution bigger than what you see in these pages. But a frame from the latest page is one of those exceptions, so here you go! <a href=\"/desktops/johnhouse_1280x1024.jpg\">1280x1024</a>, <a href=\"/desktops/johnhouse_1440x900.jpg\">1440x900</a>, <a href=\"/desktops/johnhouse_1920x1080.jpg\">1920x1080</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"6-16-09",
"timestamp":1245110400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-16-09\" href=\"/news/6-16-09\">16 June 2009</a></div>\nThere is no news at the moment! \n"
},
{
"id":"6-21-09",
"timestamp":1245542400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-21-09\" href=\"/news/6-21-09\">21 June 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/fathersday.gif\">FATHER'S DAY FILPOUT!!!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"6-26-09",
"timestamp":1245974400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-26-09\" href=\"/news/6-26-09\">26 June 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/scraps2/MJ_farrah.jpg\">R.I.P. MJ + FARRAH.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nedit: wait, dammit, I forgot about <a href=\"/scraps2/edmcmahon.jpg\">Ed</a>. Sorry Ed!\n"
},
{
"id":"6-27-09",
"timestamp":1246060800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"6-27-09\" href=\"/news/6-27-09\">27 June 2009</a></div>\nHere are two <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=falling+water&tbm=isch\" target=\"_blank\">architectural</a> <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=villa+savoye&tbm=isch\" target=\"_blank\">marvels</a> for your consideration.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-03-09",
"timestamp":1246579200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-03-09\" href=\"/news/7-03-09\">3 July 2009</a></div>\nIf you have been following the legend of <a href=\"http://www.jandrewedits.com/view.php?youtube=lxCW9xmamzQ\" target='_blank\"'>Mr. Clemens</a> then you will be happy to know that his <a href=\"http://www.jandrewedits.com/view.php?youtube=1Rd5DlT_m8I\" target='_blank\"'>quest continues</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-04-09",
"timestamp":1246665600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-04-09\" href=\"/news/7-04-09\">4 July 2009</a></div>\nPlease celebrate American independence this weekend by making as many <a href=\"/mspa/002238\">sick beats</a> as you can. Our forefathers fought and died for our right to make beats this fresh. Always remember that.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nHave a good weekend! More updates on Monday.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-09-09",
"timestamp":1247097600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-09-09\" href=\"/news/7-09-09\">9 July 2009</a></div>\n I feel like I should be posting more news updates than I do. I guess I have more stringent standards regarding what qualifies as news than most webfolk. Yes, that must be it. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nMaybe this new <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJessyuf8lA\" target=\"_blank\">silly video</a> can qualify. Also it was featured on G4's <a href=\"http://g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/aroundthenet/67605/Airbag-Pranks-Star-Trek--Sesame-Street-Metal.html\" target=\"_blank\">Attack of the Show</a> (second segment in that clip). These videos have been featured on that show before, maybe 5 or 6 other times. It is always pretty cool when it happens.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn the \"me saying stuff\" front, maybe I will dust off the old blog soon. The last time I updated it was to complain about Flash when I was just starting Homestuck. LAME.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nedit: wait, did I post this <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hO3npr6gL1E\" target=\"_blank\">ALF</a>? No, I don't think I did. Anyway, there you go.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-10-09",
"timestamp":1247184000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-10-09\" href=\"/news/7-10-09\">10 July 2009</a></div>\nI vaguely promised I would update my blog with something new, <a href=\"/blogspot/old-blog-redux-internet-adventures\" target=\"_blank\">so that's what I did</a>. Uh, sort of. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nKeep an eye out for more blogging from me in the near future. Which is to say, keep an eye out <i>here</i> for moments when I <i>courteously inform you</i> that I just did some blogging.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-11-09",
"timestamp":1247270400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-11-09\" href=\"/news/7-11-09\">11 July 2009</a></div>\nMaking these rooms <a href=\"/mspa/002261\">lousy</a> with all these wizards has reminded me that I did this illustration for <a href=\"http://www.penny-arcade.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Penny Arcade</a> that will appear in their latest book. Penny Arcade is a pretty great comic, I think we can all agree.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo why did wizards remind me to show you this nearly forgotten artifact? <a href=\"/blogspot/fan-art-penny-arcade\" target=\"_blank\">For obvious reasons, as you can see.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"7-18-09",
"timestamp":1247875200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-18-09\" href=\"/news/7-18-09\">18 July 2009</a></div>\nWhoa what's this? More Star Trek vids?? You bet. <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSoV91ofwHA\" target=\"_blank\">Here Data shows the captain a pretty good time</a>. There is also <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzD96MsrdUE\" target=\"_blank\">another one where the captain is shown a not so good time</a>. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThat latter one is hosted on my channel instead of the usual Gazorra platform because we can't update that channel for a little while. So this one will have to mingle with my other weird videos and stick out like a sore thumb. People will say: Geordi, what are you doing with all those ALF videos??? You do not belong with ALF. This isn't right.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut that's fine because ALF makes a cameo in the first video, which helps to cement this incestuous cross-ALFening of otherwise respectable pieces of entertainment.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn a side note, does anyone realize what a terrible show ALF was? If you are remembering it fondly from your childhood, you are remembering incorrectly. Muting that furry piece of shit has been my most noble endeavor to date.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-21-09",
"timestamp":1248134400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-21-09\" href=\"/news/7-21-09\">21 July 2009</a></div>\nI added some sound effects to <a href=\"/mspa/001990\">John</a> and <a href=\"/mspa/002288\">Rose's</a> STRIFE pages. It's one of the cool things about making some of the pages in Flash. I can always go back and add features to them if I feel like it. (Which is totally cheating. I shouldn't be allowed to do that!)\n"
},
{
"id":"7-23-09",
"timestamp":1248307200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-23-09\" href=\"/news/7-23-09\">23 July 2009</a></div>\nGankro's <a href=\"/mspa/002297\">wizardry</a> + Buzinkai's <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">virtuosity</a> sure do make for some fun times to be had. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nA familiar refrain with pages like this I have found is something like: \"Is that all? Can I do anything else? Can I kill the imp? Is there an objective I'm missing?\" The answer is, what you see is what you get! These are not really fully functional mini-games with the sort of objectives you would expect to see from such things. They are partially interactive pages in a story, leaning on certian traditional elements of gameplay to convey the story-purpose of the page. I can see why the format may invite these questions though. The soft membrane dividing game from comic in MSPA has certainly never been more permeable than it is right now!\n\n"
},
{
"id":"7-25-09",
"timestamp":1248480000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-25-09\" href=\"/news/7-25-09\">25 July 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">Thanks</a>, Norock. One of the coolest things about the behind the scenes HS music project is when these artists helping me out make remixes of remixes (of remixes) of each other's work.\n"
},
{
"id":"7-28-09",
"timestamp":1248739200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"7-28-09\" href=\"/news/7-28-09\">28 July 2009</a></div>\nGuys, I have not forgotten about making some cool Homestuck merch for sale. There will be some news on that in the coming weeks.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-01-09",
"timestamp":1249084800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-01-09\" href=\"/news/8-01-09\">1 August 2009</a></div>\nDave is a <a href=\"/sbahj/5\">busy guy</a>. Maybe even busier than me.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-02-09",
"timestamp":1249171200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-02-09\" href=\"/news/8-02-09\">2 August 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/mspa/002322\">WHOA CRAZY NINJA EDIT</a>. I went back to this page and added music because <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">Mr. Hadley</a> made one dang fine tune that was hard to resist sneaking in there. I'm sure you will agree!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOn the subject of music, I will inform you that we are <i>so close</i> to having a song download system up and running it's like not even funny. SO CLOSE. I am serious and not even joking here.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-09-09",
"timestamp":1249776000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-09-09\" href=\"/news/8-09-09\">9 August 2009</a></div>\nHey, how about some new wallpapers? <a href=\"/desktops\">Ok, sounds good to me.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"8-10-09",
"timestamp":1249862400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-10-09\" href=\"/news/8-10-09\">10 August 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"/music\">Homestuck songs are finally available for download!</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nYou can buy the songs through <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">Bandcamp</a>. I batted around a lot of ideas for downloading music, and ultimately decided selling them was the best way to go. This way we get to support the artists who did this excellent work, and generously volunteered their time to help me out with the story. As much as I like dispatching free entertainment for everybody, when it comes to stuff that I didn't make, I'd rather give artists the chance to profit from their work than casting it into the wind it for free!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut the songs are priced pretty reasonably, especially if you get the whole album. More songs will be added to it as the story goes. But really, the Homestuck music is the tip of the iceberg with respect to this larger, somewhat mysterious MSPA music project. There will be some more cool developments in the coming weeks and months, so keep an eye out!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nedit: also thanks a bunch to <a href=\"http://www.mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cindy</a> for helping me set all this up!\n"
},
{
"id":"8-12-09",
"timestamp":1250035200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-12-09\" href=\"/news/8-12-09\">12 August 2009</a></div>\nDear guys, \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nGuess what.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa\" target=\"_blank\">RAD NEW MERCHANDISE IN THE STORE.</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nOk, so this is all a little different from the usual stuff for sale. Instead of just slapping humorous or story-relevant stuff on a shirt (which is all well and fine, don't get me wrong!) I sort of wanted to take the opportunity to let this stuff tell a little story, and add some depth and detail to the Homestuck universe.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere are two character shirts available (for preorder!), <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-ghost-white\" target=\"_blank\">John's</a> and <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-squiddle-white\" target=\"_blank\">Rose's</a>. But the shirts have their own little backstories, which are conveyed in corresponding prints, also <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/art\" target=\"_blank\">for sale</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI think the stories sort of speak for themselves through those graphics, but I'll go ahead and overexplain anyway. John's shirt, which of course appears to be Slimer from Ghostbusters, is actually a depiction of an Asian knock-off of Slimer called the <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mspa-ghost-print.png\" target=\"_blank\">GREEN SLIME GHOST</a>. Rose's shirt was once a depiction of a character from a fake cute cartoon show which I totally made up called \"Squiddles!\". She then went about defacing this shirt to make it look mean! The shirt itself actually appears to be defaced, with ink missing around the eyes and mouth area (but it's a pretty subtle effect, because the ink color is very close to the shirt color).\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe cool thing about <a href=\"/archive/social/blogspot/mspa-squiddle-print.png\" target=\"_blank\">Rose's print</a> is you can get either the faux-Lovecraftian defaced version, or the undefaced version (so you can deface it yourself!) Just make sure you select the option you want underneath: \"LOVECRAFT MY SQUIDDLE!\" if you want the defaced version, or \"DON'T LOVECRAFT MY SQUIDDLE!\" if you want it unmolested!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nSo there you have it. The story of the shirts, and some sweet merch all rolled into one.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-15-09",
"timestamp":1250294400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-15-09\" href=\"/news/8-15-09\">15 August 2009</a></div>\nWhere do YOU rank on the teetering echeladder of the <a href=\"https://www.homestuck.com/story/boarddisplay\">POGO RIDE LEADER BOARD??</a> Keep <a href=\"/mspa/002376\">rocking those fingers back and forth</a> to strike a just the right harmonic resonance, and claw your way through the pack!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAlso, it looks like Jeffrey continues his strong tradition of <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/posts/20090813.html\" target=\"_blank\">exquisite taste</a> in <a href=\"http://www.overcompensating.com/comics/20090814.png\" target=\"_blank\">fine apparel</a>. Suddenly I find it hard to remember Weedmaster P ever wearing anything other than a green slime ghost shirt. It just WORKS.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-23-09",
"timestamp":1250985600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-23-09\" href=\"/news/8-23-09\">23 August 2009</a></div>\n We haven't turned out <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgspzYMdqdc\" target=\"_blank\">one of these</a> in a while! More on the horizon, methinks*.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n*edit: it looks like this did <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a03bjtiMAhE\" target=\"_blank\">indeed prove</a> to be <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxPKNX1oWyw\" target=\"_blank\">the case</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"8-28-09",
"timestamp":1251417600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"8-28-09\" href=\"/news/8-28-09\">28 August 2009</a></div>\nThis is <del>COMPLETE BULLSHIT</del>. (link is busted!)\n<br/><br/>\nedit: well, looks like we killed THAT server. Why you guys gots to be all clickin' the links what what I gives you?? Will repost when it's back up.\n\n"
},
{
"id":"9-06-09",
"timestamp":1252195200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-06-09\" href=\"/news/9-06-09\">6 September 2009</a></div>\nA while ago I posted a link to a working version of <a href=\"/mspa/002358\">COMPLETE BULLSHIT</a> someone made, but the server hosting it promptly crashed (no doubt from an overload of bullshit). <a href=\"http://complete.datafall.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Well here it is again.</a> Let's see if the server can handle THAT MUCH BULLSHIT this time.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd once you've had your fill of that (which is impossible), you can calculate your own <a href=\"http://sweetbroandhellajeff.com/dave.php\" target=\"_blank\">hashmap values</a>! Next time you are at a party, you can pull out your portable computer widget and entertain the crowd with these sites, instead of doing something lame like gathering around a video of a cat playing a keyboard. Shitty parties everywhere: SALVAGED.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n(I just noticed now that the fellow who made the hash calculator also happens to be the same guy who claimed the domain sweetbroandhellajeff.com, and fitted it with a <a href=\"http://sweetbroandhellajeff.com/\" target=\"_blank\">serviceable redirect</a>. This is a fellow I will describe as a <i>philanthropist</i>, and you will agree with me.)\n"
},
{
"id":"9-10-09",
"timestamp":1252540800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-10-09\" href=\"/news/9-10-09\">10 September 2009</a></div>\nHere's a new one of <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iTsLZFaYIw\" target=\"_blank\">these</a>. There may be a couple other new ones which I forgot to mention, and if this is the case, you are always welcome to help yourself to the channel's <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/andrewhussie\" target=\"_blank\">buffet table</a>!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nP.S.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWhy did I just spend the last hour watching <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Az1vSbP6es\" target=\"_blank\">puppet sales pitch videos</a>? WHY??\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe answer is because they are amazing. That is why.\n"
},
{
"id":"9-21-09",
"timestamp":1253491200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"9-21-09\" href=\"/news/9-21-09\">21 September 2009</a></div>\nNice tune, <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">Robert!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"10-06-09",
"timestamp":1254787200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-06-09\" href=\"/news/10-06-09\">6 October 2009</a></div>\nI probably won't be able to update for a few days. Just giving you a heads up so you're not all fidgeting and fussing over the refresh button! (But you will probably do that anyway and that is ok.)\n"
},
{
"id":"10-09-09",
"timestamp":1255046400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-09-09\" href=\"/news/10-09-09\">9 October 2009</a></div>\nIt's a few days later and I did in fact <a href=\"/mspa/002655\">update</a>. However! It is going to be yet ANOTHER few days before I update again, so you are going to need to keep holding those horses, perhaps pinning them to the ground playfully.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThis is sort of what it would feel like if this was a tri-weekly comic I guess. I.e. weird and not as great.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-11-09",
"timestamp":1255219200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-11-09\" href=\"/news/10-11-09\">11 October 2009</a></div>\nJust as I predicted, another few days have slipped by. I was true to my word that those days would pass. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nBut in addition to merely passing, those days have yielded not only the update I promised, but the <a href=\"/mspa/002657\">end of act 2</a> as well. Thanks to Buzinkai for spinning out a gem of a tune (\"Explore\", as it was aptly named far before I purposed it in this way), and to Bowman for amping it up with all sorts of percussive pyrotechnics. (Bowman is made of magic.)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI will probably take another day or two to regroup here before updating. But really only to organize some thoughts. Even though I spent the better part of the week toiling over Flash, I'm feelin' pretty <del>psyched</del> to keep drawing.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'll also have some more to say about HS/MSPA in a bigger-picture sort of way, once I find some time to compose something, and the wherewithal to commission rhetoric bold enough to lariat the brainless, nimble-hoofed calf that has come to represent my thoughts on the subject.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nOH!!!!!! Also, there are a couple new shirt designs around the corner. These ones are pretty cool I think!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nedit: good grief, it just occured to me that I made two metaphorical remarks about subduing farm animals in as many news updates. Different animals, different methods. Total coincidence, I swear.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-14-09",
"timestamp":1255478400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-14-09\" href=\"/news/10-14-09\">14 October 2009</a></div>\nIn casual conversation I suggested to <a href=\"http://www.qwantz.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan</a> that our websites enjoy an even more intimate proximity in the continuum of Sitcomspace than the classic \"Strangers/Matters Duality\" so often cited by physicists as a benchmark in field of extra-dimensional comic universes. I posited that it is his site's dinosaur universe that may be comparable to a Steve Urkel while my site may find something in a Laura Winslow more form-fitting. Alternatively I proposed that I may be rocking something in a Carl Winslow instead and went on to speculate about <a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?q=veljohnson&tbm=isch\" target=\"_blank\">Veljohnson's</a> <a href=\"/archive/social/news/00191.gif\" target=\"_blank\">proclivities</a>, which I suspect was an avenue of thought the Qwantz author was not about to cotton to for a New York minute.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n[note to self - never link to any of my old comics here ever again]\n"
},
{
"id":"10-15-09",
"timestamp":1255564800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-15-09\" href=\"/news/10-15-09\">15 October 2009</a></div>\nThanks to <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/gazorra\" target=\"_blank\">Jan</a> for his masterful flute performance. Though I suppose an even greater debt of gratitude must be paid to <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtmbzJNPsaQ\" target=\"_blank\">Captain Picard</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-16-09",
"timestamp":1255651200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-16-09\" href=\"/news/10-16-09\">16 October 2009</a></div>\nRemember all those rad <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9LT4Kd1ETM\" target=\"_blank\">Problem Sleuth tribute videos</a> that were made by some rad dude called Lecravian? (click the \"video responses\" underneath to follow the full chain of them)\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWell he just finished some similar tribute videos for the first two acts of Homestuck, and they are similarly radical. HS now seems to have enough content under its belt for these sorts of videos to capture that feeling of gradual escalation in a more compact format very nicely. <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0asVoKbb1Y\" target=\"_blank\">Here's the link to the first one</a>, and again follow the video responses underneath to see them all in succession.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nedit: actually, fyc(onvenience) I will link them all here. \n\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0asVoKbb1Y\" target=\"_blank\">Act 1.1</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Dydu3LZcg\" target=\"_blank\">Act 1.2</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZrrthngrnc\" target=\"_blank\">Act 1.3</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJgGfgCpvCw\" target=\"_blank\">Act 1.???</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jujGT4AcWHg\" target=\"_blank\">Act 2.1</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPbPsWq1BYE\" target=\"_blank\">Act 2.2</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDAYQwPRCI\" target=\"_blank\">Act 2.3</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyl2cLDjUDU\" target=\"_blank\">Act 2.4</a>,\n<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQDw86NjVcM\" target=\"_blank\">Act 2.5</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"10-17-09",
"timestamp":1255737600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-17-09\" href=\"/news/10-17-09\">17 October 2009</a></div>\nUpdated the <a href=\"/map/6\">story map</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-19-09",
"timestamp":1255910400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-19-09\" href=\"/news/10-19-09\">19 October 2009</a></div>\nA number of years ago my brother and I used to draw comics and put them on a website. But then later Byron went and started his own comic website called <a href=\"http://www.byrobot.net/\" target=\"_blank\">byrobot.net</a>. (Pronounced byro-bot. Please resist temptation to refer to it as by-robot.) But then after a few years that website just up and DISAPPEARED.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nWell guess what website just resurfaced just now?\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"http://www.byrobot.net/\" target=\"_blank\">A WEBSITE CALLED BYROBOT.NET</a>\n<br/><br/>\n\nByron's comics are pretty funny, and I'll just go ahead and say that if you don't like his stuff then you probably have no business liking my stuff either, and you should probably just leave. Looks like he's doing a thing where he's taking suggestions for comic titles, and you can even buy the comic you request if so inclined. Sorta like I used to do* once upon a time.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\n* I swore I wouldn't link to any of my old comics again so that's exactly what I ain't gonna do. \n"
},
{
"id":"10-22-09",
"timestamp":1256169600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-22-09\" href=\"/news/10-22-09\">22 October 2009</a></div>\nFor a long time I have considered the possibility of mixing some polls into the reader-driven arsenal of the site. <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5060&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a\" target=\"_blank\">Let's consider this a warm up</a>, with perhaps more relevant story decisions placed in your hands in the future. You do need a forum account to vote. Maybe this is a bit of a hassle? Whether you do or do not, don't worry. Democracy will prevail.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-23-09a",
"timestamp":1256256000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-23-09a\" href=\"/news/10-23-09a\">23 October 2009</a></div>\nHey, just because Dave isn't doing much in the story right now doesn't mean he can't find ways to <a href=\"/sbahj/7\">entertain us</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI also recommend you check out the <a href=\"http://sbhj.wikia.com/wiki/Sweet_Bro_and_Hella_Jeff_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\">SBaHJ Wiki</a>, which will no doubt prove to be the most valuable resource the internet has ever graced us with.\n\n\n<br/><br/>\n<b>edit: poll closed!</b>\n"
},
{
"id":"10-23-09b",
"timestamp":1256256000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-23-09b\" href=\"/news/10-23-09b\">23 October 2009</a></div>\nThere is a <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\">great new shirt</a> and a <a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/products/mspa-sepulch-print\" target=\"_blank\">great new print</a> in the store!\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe Pesterchum shirt is especially great because while you wear it, you can point to your chest and indicate your current mood to your various chums. Let's hope the occasions on which you find your finger drifting to the lower left of your chest remain relatively sparse. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThe Sepulchritude print was originally a <a href=\"/mspa/001710\">page from PS</a> which I spruced up (and deanimated) for a tattoo for a guy named Byron a while ago, and I thought it turned out cool enough to turn it into a print, and he thought that sounded cool too. So basically what's going to happen is people's respective skin and walls are going to get a lot cooler soon.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nAnd no not <a href=\"http://www.byrobot.net/\" target=\"_blank\">that Byron</a>, although I have it on good authority that he would be TOTALLY DOWN with getting HOOKED UP with some <a href=\"http://www.byrobot.net/?cid=223.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">SICK INK</a>.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nThere should be one more shirt on the horizon too! Keep those monocles defogged.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-27-09",
"timestamp":1256601600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-27-09\" href=\"/news/10-27-09\">27 October 2009</a></div>\nI made a bunch of <a href=\"/desktops\">new wallpapers</a>, tapping into the healthy stockpile of resources that have accumulated recently, with all the animatin' and whatnot. I still rarely work in a resolution higher than what you see on the screen, so I look for other ways to fill the space. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIn other news, it's official. The official unofficial The Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff wiki is <a href=\"http://sbhj.wikia.com/wiki/Sweet_Bro_and_Hella_Jeff_Wiki\" target=\"_blank\">officially the worst thing I have ever seen.</a> Officially.\n"
},
{
"id":"10-31-09",
"timestamp":1256947200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"10-31-09\" href=\"/news/10-31-09\">31 October 2009</a></div>\nHappy Halloween! It has never been more important for you to keep an eye on your pumpkin than it is today. I recommend buying one of those infant chest-slings so you can carry it around with you wherever you go. Not an especially spooky <a href=\"/mspa/002730\">update</a> today as <a href=\"/mspa/001295\">convention</a> might dictate, but hopefully you will enjoy the 9-song dump nonetheless. Would you believe me if I told you that even with this this deluge it's still only the tip of the musical iceberg? On the topic: definitely another album emerging soon.\n<br/>\n<img alt=\"\" src=\"/archive/social/news/halloween09.gif\"/>\n<br/>\nAnyway, maybe you notice things slow down to a pretty moderate pace when all I'm doing is Flash stuff. Something like a clip of one page per day. (!GASP!) This is probably what life would be like if I had stuck with the original plan for the <a href=\"/mspa/5\">Homestuck \"Beta\"</a>.\n<br/><br/>\nHa ha, look how lame that Flash work seems now.\n<br/><br/>\nha ha ha\n<br/><br/>\nha ha\n<br/><br/>\nha\n"
},
{
"id":"11-02-09a",
"timestamp":1257120000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-02-09a\" href=\"/news/11-02-09a\">2 November 2009</a></div>\nIt may be a little late, but we will all decide to agree that <a href=\"/mspa/002733\">Act 1031</a> is spooky enough to serve as MSPA's '09 spooktacular event. \n\n<br/><br/>\n\nI'm pretty sure \"spooktacular\" isn't a real word, and yet I would bet that every single English speaking person on Earth has said it or will say it at least once in their lives.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-02-09b",
"timestamp":1257120000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-02-09b\" href=\"/news/11-02-09b\">2 November 2009</a></div>\nII been meaning to mention I will be attending <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/?p=111\" target=\"_blank\">this exciting event</a> at the Topatocompany where you can come by and awkwardly stare at me all day, and I won't even mind.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nIt seems like I only go to places which are a stone's throw from where I live doesn't it. It seems this way because it is this way. I think next year I will try to get out to more proper conventions around the country (OR WORLD??), so if you were ever hell-bent on ogling me, but not like GETTING ON A PLANE hell-bent, you may find your chance in '10. We'll see.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nKC: The <a href=\"http://gunshowcomic.com/\" target=\"_blank\">father/son</a> duo is looking mighty familiar. How did you know this was how they spend their days? You have also correctly divined that the last boss in Homestuck will be a seal with a grenade.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-06-09",
"timestamp":1257465600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-06-09\" href=\"/news/11-06-09\">6 November 2009</a></div>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\">Yes, another new shirt is here.</a> This should settle that RUDE HUNGER for some downright ILL MANNERED APPAREL.\n\n<br/><br/>\n\nLook who agrees with me.\n\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"Cal\" src=\"/archive/social/news/cal_gamebro.gif\"/></a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-10-09",
"timestamp":1257811200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-10-09\" href=\"/news/11-10-09\">10 November 2009</a></div>\nReminder: <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/?p=111\" target=\"_blank\">GONNA BE HERE</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-11-09",
"timestamp":1257897600,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-11-09\" href=\"/news/11-11-09\">11 November 2009</a></div>\nIf you were planning on buying stuff for the holidays, <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/?p=129\" target=\"_blank\">here are some things to keep in mind.</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-14-09",
"timestamp":1258156800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-14-09\" href=\"/news/11-14-09\">14 November 2009</a></div>\nProbably won't be able to update until next week. Got lots of stuff to do. See ya later!\n"
},
{
"id":"11-25-09a",
"timestamp":1259107200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-25-09a\" href=\"/news/11-25-09a\">25 November 2009</a></div>\nHello everybody. Hope you have some good holiday times in store for you. To all you non-Americans, please refrain from feeling thankful for anything, or experiencing the emotion of gratefulness in any form. This weekend we've got that shit on lockdown.\n<br/><br/>\nI will now supply a number of things for you to click on and become absorbed in, ideally for hours.\n<br/><br/>\n<a href=\"/blogspot/interrogative-remarks-followed-by\" target=\"_blank\">I just did a little Q&A session with some folks from the MSPA community.</a> It is all about Homestuck. You may find it illuminating.\n<br/><br/>\nAlso in this vein, a little while ago I posted some <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5189\" target=\"_blank\">HS concept sketches</a>. I will perhaps post more in the future.\n<br/><br/>\nAnd yet another topic I have been meaning to mention is the <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewforum.php?f=35\" target=\"_blank\">MSPA Fan Adventure Forum</a>, and some awards that community handed out recently to the most notable adventures. All the winners and categories can be found <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=5297\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>(Image loading logjam in there, sorta. Be warned.) \n<br/><br/>\nBut to cut to the chase, the one that took the Best <b>Active</b> Adventure trophy was <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3476\" target=\"_blank\">The Deadly Dance of the Scarecrow King</a>. It's quite a fun read! I even did a bit of <a href=\"newspost_images/scarecrowking1.gif\" target=\"_blank\">fan art</a> <a href=\"newspost_images/scarecrowking2.gif\" target=\"_blank\">for it</a>.\n<br/><br/>\nAnd the votes for Best <b>Completed</b> Adventure went to a fine tale <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2997\" target=\"_blank\">Alanna</a>. This was apparently something of a landslide, and it took some other awards as well.\n<br/><br/>\nAnd the third among the top winners, Best <b>Inactive</b> Adventure went to <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2967\" target=\"_blank\">Take my life in a completely different direction.</a> This is by none other than Michael Bowman, the virtuoso behind a number of Homestuck scores. Apparently this tale has since become <b>Non-Inactive</b>. Looks like you can mess with Bowman pretty good in there, and I cannot imagine why one would pass up such an opportunity.\n<br/><br/>\nAnd a final award getter worth noting, in that it won three separate awards including Best <b>Writing</b>, is <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=2967\" target=\"_blank\">1984 Quest</a>, a fever-pitched thriller packed with booze-fueled Orwellian crypto-mindrape. \n<br/><br/>\nAnd a personal honorable mention must go to <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=5233\" target=\"_blank\">Roomland</a>. There's some really sweet stuff going on in there. I'd like to find some more time to groom this forum for more of these personal 'HOTPIXX!!!' but dang that place is so busy it's hard to keep up with it all. I will conclude this is a good thing.\n<br/><br/>\nSo bottom line is, if you're having trouble figuring out what to do with yourself over the holidays, you can make no claim whatsoever not to have enough reading material. Get crackin'.\n"
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{
"id":"11-25-09b",
"timestamp":1259107200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-25-09b\" href=\"/news/11-25-09b\">25 November 2009</a></div>\nWant to buy something? <a href=\"http://topatoco.com/hey/?p=129\" target=\"_blank\">HOLIDAY SHIPPING DEADLINES!</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"11-28-09",
"timestamp":1259366400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-28-09\" href=\"/news/11-28-09\">28 November 2009</a></div>\nIt may interest you to know that I drew a Guest Riker for the <a href=\"http://cmdrriker.tumblr.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Riker Blog</a>. There can be no doubt that this is the most fascinating and universally worthwhile blog that has ever existed. \n<br/><br/>\nThere will be some more comic guestin' by me in the near future! Don't go anywhere.\n<br/><br/>\nedit: and no <a href=\"/sbahj/8\" target=\"_blank\">this comic</a> does not count because it is not a guest comic, and furthermore it was drawn by Dave, not me.\n"
},
{
"id":"11-30-09",
"timestamp":1259539200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"11-30-09\" href=\"/news/11-30-09\">30 November 2009</a></div>\nAs promised, another guest comic. This one is for <a href=\"http://drmcninja.com/page.php?pageNum=5&issue=16\" target=\"_blank\">Doctor McNinja</a>. Do you read Doctor McNinja? If not, I think you and the internet need to have a little talk. It is pretty much probably the best thing that exists.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-02-09",
"timestamp":1259712000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-02-09\" href=\"/news/12-02-09\">2 December 2009</a></div>\nDid everyone find the easter egg hidden in the <a href=\"/mspa/002838\">Jaspers page</a> yet? Cheater's guide: it's at the very end. FILTHY CHEATER'S GUIDE: it's also listed on the <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\">sound credits page</a>.\n<br/>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-07-09",
"timestamp":1260144000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-07-09\" href=\"/news/12-07-09\">7 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>Byrobot guest comic</h3>\nI did a <a href=\"http://byrobot.net/?cid=265.gif\" target=\"_blank\">guest comic</a> for my bro Byrobot, filling in for him because he has the swine flu. Ok I actually did the comic before he got the swine flu but let's pretend that is the reason I did it. TRIVIA: did you know a number of things in MSPA are blatant ripoffs of Byrobot's earlier works? The weasels in Problem Sleuth for example were heavily influenced by <a href=\"http://www.byrobot.net/?cid=067.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Fufu</a> (or is it Chuchu?), seen in today's guest strip. There have been a few other <a href=\"http://www.byrobot.net/?cid=139.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">imports</a> as well.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-15-09a",
"timestamp":1260835200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-15-09a\" href=\"/news/12-15-09a\">15 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>WHOA NEW SITE DESIGN</h3>\nCheck out how sweet this is. I think this all makes a whole lot more sense. It might take some time for you to get used to it. In the interim you may feel a bit grumpy and mutter things about how it used to be so much better and how this basically sucks and is tantamount to me taking an exceptionally spirited and jovial dump into your grandmother'sopen casket. That is ok though, I respect that point of view. We will respectfully agree to agree that I am right and you are wrong.<br/><br/>So hey this thing's still on its wobbly baby deer legs so if you notice any bugs let me know! <br/><br/>Also guess what----new music albums up for sale real soon. Yes, albums plural. Volume 2 AND 3 at the same time. Guys this is a shitload of music we are talking about here, and these are NOT just carbon copies of all the Flash page songs you've already heard. This may even hit the <a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">bandcamp store</a> later tonight. It is exciting. Stay tuned.<br/><br/>Also the downloads will be cheaper.<br/><br/>Which is a nice transition to this topic. SPEAKING OF CHEAP. I noticed recently that a graphic novel I did a few years ago is being offered at the SLG website for <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">free</span>. It is called <a href=\"/tso/whistles\" target=\"_blank\">Whistles</a>, and it can be yours for only what the mailman asks to bring it to you. This is kind of a good deal. I used to have a whole preview thing for this but I took it down since a web preview for a free book is sort of stupid. OWNING IT IS THE PREVIEW. <a href=\"/scraps/whistlesprev.gif\" target=\"_blank\">But here's one of the pages if you're all curious-like.</a><br/><br/>And while we hover near the subject of bargains, I still have a number of <span style=\"color: rgb(51, 204, 255); font-weight: bold;\">blue</span><a href=\"https://topatoco.com/collections/mspa/apparel\" target=\"_blank\">Sleuth Diplomacy shirts</a>, from way back before I sold through Topatoco. If you want 'em, you can have 'em at a discount. Just <a href=\"mailto:mcmittens@gmail.com\" target=\"_self\">email Cindy</a> and ask about sizes and shipping and stuff. If you act fast enough, she JUST MIGHT be able to get it to you before x-mas if that's your aim. I think the Topatoco holiday deadline has come and gone, so we will call this deal the PROCRASTINATOR'S SPECIAL.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-15-09b",
"timestamp":1260835200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-15-09b\" href=\"/news/12-15-09b\">15 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>Annnnd volumes 2 and 3 are up.</h3>\n<a href=\"/music\" target=\"_blank\">That was fast.</a><br/><br/>Huge, ridiculous megaprops to <a href=\"http://mcmittens.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Cindy</a> for coordinating all this album stuff for me. It just wasn't happening otherwise. You might think we were dogging this release for a long time, but it really did take this long to get it all together, rounding up final mixes from <a href=\"/credits/soundcredits\" target=\"_self\">the crew</a>, reformatting chores and stuff.<br/><br/>And a reminder: when you buy these songs the artists get the monies, so you're saying THANKS DUDES with your dollars.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-22-09",
"timestamp":1261440000,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-22-09\" href=\"/news/12-22-09\">22 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>FYI</h3>\nJohn's recent alchemy binge was largely driven by a whopping <a href=\"http://www.mspaforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=5597\" target=\"_blank\">80-item poll</a>. After several thousand years of disappointment and failure, democracy is finally beginning to pay off.<br/><br/>Also the astute may have taken notice of an <a href=\"/blogspot/need-for-steed\" target=\"_blank\">old friend</a> dropping by for a <a href=\"/mspa/002964\" target=\"_self\">visit</a>.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-24-09a",
"timestamp":1261612800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-24-09a\" href=\"/news/12-24-09a\">24 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>Comic Mentionin's</h3>\nA good comic that strikes me as not receiving much attention around the cyberglobal megamatrix is <a href=\"http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/\" target=\"_blank\">toothpaste for dinner</a>. Why I do not see more people talkin' it up I do not know! The casual cartooning style and sense of humor are things that very much agree with me. In fact on further contemplation all of these \"Sharing Machine\" comics (<a href=\"http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/\" target=\"_blank\">tpfd</a>, <a href=\"http://www.nataliedee.com/\" target=\"_blank\">nataliedee</a>, <a href=\"http://www.marriedtothesea.com/\" target=\"_blank\">marriedtothesea</a>, <a href=\"http://www.superpoop.com/\" target=\"_blank\">superpoop</a>) are quite wonderful things! Please take some time to bone up on these sources of entertainment.<br/><br/>Here is another comic that is a fledgling enterprise pecking and poking its tiny bill through the interior of its eggshell. It is called <a href=\"http://dramaticshapes.blogspot.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Dramatic Shapes</a> and it is by Zeitlos <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/user/Lecravian\" target=\"_blank\">Lecravian</a> Eisen, which is an utterly ridiculous name for a human being to have. This comic is good. But seriously these shapes just need to cool their shit and calm right the hell down.<br/><br/>And no good comic mention-off would really be complete if I didn't throw <a href=\"http://nedroid.com/\" target=\"_blank\">nedroid</a> out there, so that's what I'm going do. Nedroid is probably the only comic for which I am liable to fall prey to embarrassing episodes of fanboyism, so I will stop talking now before I say something which causes me to appear foolish.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-24-09b",
"timestamp":1261612800,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-24-09b\" href=\"/news/12-24-09b\">24 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>BLAME THE LORD</h3>\nI probably won't be posting any new updates for a couple days on account of the glorious birthingof <a href=\"/archive/comics/tso/blurbs/00142-zs.gif\" target=\"_blank\">some guy near barn animals</a>. So now you know Whom to send the angry letters. But before you do take into account that He fixed it up so you aren't all totally screwed when you die.<br/><br/>edit: <a href=\"http://iseenothing.com/files/broblerone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">choice stocking stuffer</a> courtesy Mr. Bombrassier. Here <a href=\"http://iseenothing.com/files/broblerone_big.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">print your own out</a>. \n"
},
{
"id":"12-25-09",
"timestamp":1261699200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-25-09\" href=\"/news/12-25-09\">25 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>It is now Christmas, which can only mean one thing.</h3>\nDave Strider has shoved <a href=\"/sbahj/10\" target=\"_blank\">a new comic</a> into your stocking's greedy cavernous blowhole. He says you're welcome.\n"
},
{
"id":"12-28-09",
"timestamp":1261958400,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-28-09\" href=\"/news/12-28-09\">28 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>sloooow loooad</h3>\nIf <a href=\"/mspa/002973\" target=\"_self\">the latest page</a> is taking a while to load, just hang in there. It'll come through eventually. Don't click refresh since that could just restart your progress. Lot's of people are clicking on it at once and it's a pretty big file!<br/><br/>edit: ok or failing that you could just use a <a href=\"http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/4009/74636_01073.php\" target=\"_blank\">server that is way better than mine</a>\n"
},
{
"id":"12-30-09",
"timestamp":1262131200,
"html":"\n<div class=\"date link\"><a class=\"12-30-09\" href=\"/news/12-30-09\">30 December 2009</a></div>\n<h3>Server hissing and whistling like a shitty steampunk exoskeleton</h3>\nLooks like the hits on the latest Flash page have simmered down, but I guess I'll leave a <a href=\"http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/4009/74636_01073.php\" target=\"_blank\">link to the mirrored file</a> lying around just in case.<br/><br/>This was a pretty long one, clocking in at more than three minutes. That is actually a bit longer than the <a href=\"/mspa/002657\" target=\"_blank\">end of act 2</a> (though a smaller file), but I don't remember the strain on the site being nearly as bad when I put that page up. I guess there are that many more people dialed into this thing than there were in October.<br/><br/>In spite of the length of the latest animation, it wasn't quite end of act material. Trust me, when I'm working on the real EOA, I will disappear HARD into the ominous cloak of radio silence, and it might make you a little nervous. This will probably be soon. I'm not leaving a lot of mystery surrounding this fact. At this point, any misdirection on what I was really up to would be a transparent ruse indeed.<br/><br/>When it is finished, the file will likely be so big, and get tapped by so many people at once, no one will be able to see it for weeks. I can see this all unfolding like a chessmaster recognizing the demise of his opponent (my server) 20 moves ahead. This is what we website administrators call THE PERFECT PLAN.\n"
