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Homestuck Webcomic #7
Homestuck, Act 5 Act 2: He is already here.
1483 pages, ebook
First published October 25, 2011
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Andrew Hussie
94 books433 followersAndrew Hussie is the creator of MS Paint Adventures, a collection of webcomics that includes Homestuck, as well as of several other webcomics, books, and videos.
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July 10, 2023ok im technically on act 6 act who the fuck knows now, i dont actually know when i finished act 5 act 2 but anyways, let it be known that this (wherever the fuck i am) is officially where i started to have No Fucking Idea what's going on
edit 17 minutes later: ok i got confused, i was still in act 5, i just NOW finished it.
i am still so so so so so confused
edit 17 minutes later: ok i got confused, i was still in act 5, i just NOW finished it.
i am still so so so so so confused
April 14, 2025
Now this is the kind of length I remembered HS acts being. THERE we go.
Whew. What a dense block of reading. This is one of the parts of the comic I was most interested in revisiting, since I feel like this is when its popularity was beginning to skyrocket and the part people tend to think of as "the good bit". Surprisingly, I was a bit underwhelmed.
Act 5 Act 2 suffers from a lot of the same problems as Act 3, imo, where there are just so many things going on that it's impossible to keep track of them all, and scenes are jumping back and forth in time so much that trying to keep everything straight is exhausting. And I know where it's all going! And I'm reading through an archive, instead of trying to remember events over weeks and months! I wasn't a regular reader yet at this time in the comic's original release, and I can't imagine trying to keep track of everything in the moment.
This act also HEAVILY features characters & relationships I either actively dislike or just don't find engaging, while sidelining some of the dynamics that built the comic's foundation. The kids will go AGES without talking to each other because they're all wrapped up in their various trolls, and it makes them all feel sort of isolated and cut off from the friendship that was the core of the story's beginning. Like, the trolls are fun, but man I just found myself wanting more of the kids this whole act.
And I won't even get into how much the focus on One Particular Troll pisses me off because we'll be here all day and I don't really wanna dig up internet fights of the past
All that said, HS is such a behemoth of a story, it's a wonder it got told at all. There are so many elements worked into the plot, in ways that feel shockingly cohesive. I genuinely have no idea how you pull off something like this. It's a masterwork of the highest degree.
Also, [s] Cascade still ABSOLUTELY FUCKS HARD AS HELL.
Whew. What a dense block of reading. This is one of the parts of the comic I was most interested in revisiting, since I feel like this is when its popularity was beginning to skyrocket and the part people tend to think of as "the good bit". Surprisingly, I was a bit underwhelmed.
Act 5 Act 2 suffers from a lot of the same problems as Act 3, imo, where there are just so many things going on that it's impossible to keep track of them all, and scenes are jumping back and forth in time so much that trying to keep everything straight is exhausting. And I know where it's all going! And I'm reading through an archive, instead of trying to remember events over weeks and months! I wasn't a regular reader yet at this time in the comic's original release, and I can't imagine trying to keep track of everything in the moment.
This act also HEAVILY features characters & relationships I either actively dislike or just don't find engaging, while sidelining some of the dynamics that built the comic's foundation. The kids will go AGES without talking to each other because they're all wrapped up in their various trolls, and it makes them all feel sort of isolated and cut off from the friendship that was the core of the story's beginning. Like, the trolls are fun, but man I just found myself wanting more of the kids this whole act.
All that said, HS is such a behemoth of a story, it's a wonder it got told at all. There are so many elements worked into the plot, in ways that feel shockingly cohesive. I genuinely have no idea how you pull off something like this. It's a masterwork of the highest degree.
Also, [s] Cascade still ABSOLUTELY FUCKS HARD AS HELL.
February 7, 2024
um. i don't even know what to say.
my brain is running on empty atm.
^^ this is what i looked like throughout this whole act
i honestly don't remember what happened because it was so long and excruciatingly difficult to follow but i have to write something.
SPOILERS???
-i don't know if i could spoil this if i tried
-so many people died i don't know how many are still dead but jesus
-i really really love the amount of troll-human interaction, a lot of this act is dialogue which is fun and cool
- doc scratch is just a groomer and i really don't like that about him or really anything about him
- also how is he 4'11? and why did he never become a tumblr sexyman
- [s] cascade is sincerly the coolest thing i have ever seen in my entire life. it would suck to read this on viz media website
honestly, i just want to keep reading. i gotta start taking better notes.
my brain is running on empty atm.
^^ this is what i looked like throughout this whole act
i honestly don't remember what happened because it was so long and excruciatingly difficult to follow but i have to write something.
SPOILERS???
-i don't know if i could spoil this if i tried
-so many people died i don't know how many are still dead but jesus
-i really really love the amount of troll-human interaction, a lot of this act is dialogue which is fun and cool
- doc scratch is just a groomer and i really don't like that about him or really anything about him
- also how is he 4'11? and why did he never become a tumblr sexyman
- [s] cascade is sincerly the coolest thing i have ever seen in my entire life. it would suck to read this on viz media website
honestly, i just want to keep reading. i gotta start taking better notes.
September 25, 2025
Best version of Megalovania
A cumulation of shenanigans in a really fun but long act, the interactive stuff in this act is really fun sometimes I forgot I was reading a comic and not playing a RPG but my favorite part is the end where Doc Scratch becomes the narrator and the website goes all green and parts of the comic are split between the top of the page, these short photographs tying some loose ends together, and the main panels itself, it’s a really interesting way to present the story and something that can only be done via website, I’m very curious how they did this in the physical version of Homestuck.
Music this act is fantastic too, featuring Toby Fox’s “Megalovania” from his Mother 2 rom hack and awesome battle themes, the animation is really great too just a really fun and entertaining chapter, really my only complaint is it gets kinda long and boring at times but it more than makes up for it in its presentation and world building.
A cumulation of shenanigans in a really fun but long act, the interactive stuff in this act is really fun sometimes I forgot I was reading a comic and not playing a RPG but my favorite part is the end where Doc Scratch becomes the narrator and the website goes all green and parts of the comic are split between the top of the page, these short photographs tying some loose ends together, and the main panels itself, it’s a really interesting way to present the story and something that can only be done via website, I’m very curious how they did this in the physical version of Homestuck.
Music this act is fantastic too, featuring Toby Fox’s “Megalovania” from his Mother 2 rom hack and awesome battle themes, the animation is really great too just a really fun and entertaining chapter, really my only complaint is it gets kinda long and boring at times but it more than makes up for it in its presentation and world building.
March 4, 2024
literally ASTOUNDING.
THIS. IS THE CORE OF HOMESTUCK. THIS IS WHAT MAKES HOMESTUCK GOOD.
there is not a bad moment in this entire act. the characters are charming, the plot picks up astoundingly!!
the multimedia affectations are insane in this act. the video games are spectacular, the flash pages are amazing, the postcard section!
AND OH MY GOD CASCADE!!
i think that this is my favorite act so far. i remember why i love this story! i have a lot to say about the philosophy of homestuck also; the fatalist underpinning is fascinating!
MIDDLE SCHOOL ME WAS RIGHT. PERISH THE THOUGHT!
THIS. IS THE CORE OF HOMESTUCK. THIS IS WHAT MAKES HOMESTUCK GOOD.
there is not a bad moment in this entire act. the characters are charming, the plot picks up astoundingly!!
the multimedia affectations are insane in this act. the video games are spectacular, the flash pages are amazing, the postcard section!
AND OH MY GOD CASCADE!!
i think that this is my favorite act so far. i remember why i love this story! i have a lot to say about the philosophy of homestuck also; the fatalist underpinning is fascinating!
MIDDLE SCHOOL ME WAS RIGHT. PERISH THE THOUGHT!
May 23, 2020
Somehow got weirder and even more Multiversal as we learn Bec/Jack Noir is not the main villain, but rather this strange Lord English.
May 28, 2022
That last stretch is jaw dropping
July 4, 2023
Fucking wild ride and such a banger even with the pacing issues.
September 13, 2023
he is already here
June 2, 2017
Looking back from the current stopping point of the series (as of 1-19-2015 I mean), 5/2 has been, by far, my favorite Act. And I'm not just saying that because I think Karkat's hate-crush on John is cute.
...
Okay, so that's one of the bigger reasons. But it's not the entire basis of my opinion.
Karkat's a well written character, and he plays very well off of the others. Act 5/2 is just filled with amazing conversations.
Hrrrrm. Trying to find not very spoil-filled examples.
Again though, I'm glad I started taking notes on these things. Because not only is 5/2 long, but it's all over the place in the timeline.
Where 5/1 followed the trolls' adventure leading up to the first few Acts of the story, 5/2 was a combination of the current trolls talking to John and co, as well as following the various troll conversations from the Alternian point of view. It also builds up to the two groups working together to find a solution to all of their problems.
What else happens...what else...we finally find out what it was that went wrong with the Earth session that caused the trolls to take notice in the first place. The humans all become god tiers. The fourth wall pretty much ceases to exist. Ms. Paint. A good chunk of the cast gets wiped out. There are several bucket jokes.
I think that about covers it, aside from one last spoiler-filled line of question.
...
Okay, so that's one of the bigger reasons. But it's not the entire basis of my opinion.
Karkat's a well written character, and he plays very well off of the others. Act 5/2 is just filled with amazing conversations.
CEB: what is so different about your romance?
CEB: what's a quadrant? how many do you have?
CTG: john god dammit stop embarrassing us
CTG: first of all weve got to be on record here as not giving a shit about that
CTG: second obviously theres gonna be 4 quadrants come on
?CG: JOHN, I TAKE BACK EVERYTHING I SAID ABOUT YOU BEING THE SMART ONE.
?CG: DAVE IS NOW THE LEADER, EVEN THOUGH HE'S A SMUG SHITSTAIN WITH SHADES AND A POKER FACE.
?CG: IF THERE WERE FIVE, THEY'D BE CALLED QUINTDRANTS, GET IT???
Hrrrrm. Trying to find not very spoil-filled examples.
CG: LOOK, I'M JUST SAYING
CG: WE'VE ALL GOT FLAWS, EVEN HER
CG: AND FOR ALL THE SHIT SHE'S GIVEN ME ON THIS VERY SUBJECT, SHE KEEPS HERSELF DANGLING FROM A VERY HIGH HOOK.
CG: SHE'D BE DOING ME A MAJOR PERSONAL SOLID BY MAKING AT LEAST SOME ATTEMPT TO GET HERSELF OFF.
CG: WAIT
CG: FUCK
CG: WHAT DID I JUST SAY
EB: wow.
CG: I MEANT LET HERSELF OFF.
CG: THE HOOK. THE FUCKING HOOK, IT'S A FIGURE OF GODDAMN SPEECH.
EB: /raises eyebrows
CG: PUT THOSE THE BACK DOWN, BEFORE MY HOT ACID RAGEBREATH BURNS THEM OFF YOUR IDIOTIC FACE.
EB: ok, i am putting them back down as not suggestively as possible.
CG: WHAT WERE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT, IT WASN'T THIS, WHATEVER THIS IS.
EB: what is what this is?
CG: IT'S NOTHING, YOU SHIT. IT HAS BEEN THE CONVERSATIONAL EQUIVALENT OF US WHISTLING THROUGH OUR SNORT BARRELS WHILE TOUCHING EACH OTHER INAPPROPRIATELY.
EB: was...
EB: was that another weird erotic slip of the tongue?
CG: NO, THAT WAS ME BEING WORKED UP INTO THIS RIDICULOUS FUCKING CONNIPTION AND SAYING SOMETHING INFLAMMATORY, GOD. HOW DOES THAT NOT BE CLEAR BY NOW???
Again though, I'm glad I started taking notes on these things. Because not only is 5/2 long, but it's all over the place in the timeline.
Where 5/1 followed the trolls' adventure leading up to the first few Acts of the story, 5/2 was a combination of the current trolls talking to John and co, as well as following the various troll conversations from the Alternian point of view. It also builds up to the two groups working together to find a solution to all of their problems.
What else happens...what else...we finally find out what it was that went wrong with the Earth session that caused the trolls to take notice in the first place. The humans all become god tiers. The fourth wall pretty much ceases to exist. Ms. Paint. A good chunk of the cast gets wiped out. There are several bucket jokes.
I think that about covers it, aside from one last spoiler-filled line of question.
November 27, 2015
i dont know what's going on but i love it 0_0
i'm using my phone so i cant see the flashes and finding it on youtube is great but not much ppl present it properly... i mean the walkthroughs
i'm gonna reread this whole crap from the start. cuz until tht point ppl were screaming and crying and feeeeeeeeling while i was just karkat after the genocide 0_0
EDIT after rereading from act 1 to cascade:
OMG I FINALLY KNOW SHIT
*proceeds to act 6* WHAT
okay, i definately missed alot of points for reading with smartphones tht doesnt support flashes. now i finally know all the feels and re-feeling all the feels and feeling new feels i never feel before. colab did an amazing job presenting hussie's psyched story.
the troll ancestor thing was... gasp spoilers removed it was amazing and i understand little of it and i doubt anyone will understand fully of it unless it's ppl who read from bottom to top and vice versa.
all's tht
i am
completely
speechless
for this whole shenanigans
and i'm in the middle of my
finals exam...
D:
there's gonna need a big mindmap
but halfway will stop caring and just move along and get trolled shit by hussie
and rereading the whole thing again
AGAIN
i'm using my phone so i cant see the flashes and finding it on youtube is great but not much ppl present it properly... i mean the walkthroughs
i'm gonna reread this whole crap from the start. cuz until tht point ppl were screaming and crying and feeeeeeeeling while i was just karkat after the genocide 0_0
EDIT after rereading from act 1 to cascade:
OMG I FINALLY KNOW SHIT
*proceeds to act 6* WHAT
okay, i definately missed alot of points for reading with smartphones tht doesnt support flashes. now i finally know all the feels and re-feeling all the feels and feeling new feels i never feel before. colab did an amazing job presenting hussie's psyched story.
the troll ancestor thing was... gasp spoilers removed it was amazing and i understand little of it and i doubt anyone will understand fully of it unless it's ppl who read from bottom to top and vice versa.
all's tht
i am
completely
speechless
for this whole shenanigans
and i'm in the middle of my
finals exam...
D:
there's gonna need a big mindmap
but halfway will stop caring and just move along and get trolled shit by hussie
and rereading the whole thing again
AGAIN
October 23, 2015
Okay...okay. I just finished this five minutes ago. OH MY GOSH. THIS WAS HUGE. WOW.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY!! IT IS TOO MUCH FOR ME!! I LOVED IT (Even if there was not as much JohnDave as I like) WOW. WOW. WOW. That fucking end, that fucking finale, that fucking ships, THAT FUCKING DEATHS. TOO MANY TEARS. I really do not know what to write here. All I know is...I love Homestuck so much. I am feeling so part of it right now. Wow. This was a MESS. I SOLD MY SOUL TO ANDREW HUSSIE BUDDY. But I stiiilll miss my JohnDave BRING IT BACK! Wwhatevver, was AMAZING. EPIC. BEAUTIFUL.
God Tiers. The Universe is a Frog. Ancestors. WOW. I dunno wut I am writing dude. Asdffgjhgfkkdd. I WANNA KEEP READING!! But I can't. Nevermind...all I have to say is READ THIS. READ THIS FUCKING SHIT. OMAIGAH. ASDFGHHJGJFJD. WAAAAAH THIS WAS AMAZING. You do not have any idea how many times I laughed and cried during Act 5 Act 2 guys. ANY IDEA 413/5 stars :33
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT TO SAY!! IT IS TOO MUCH FOR ME!! I LOVED IT (Even if there was not as much JohnDave as I like) WOW. WOW. WOW. That fucking end, that fucking finale, that fucking ships, THAT FUCKING DEATHS. TOO MANY TEARS. I really do not know what to write here. All I know is...I love Homestuck so much. I am feeling so part of it right now. Wow. This was a MESS. I SOLD MY SOUL TO ANDREW HUSSIE BUDDY. But I stiiilll miss my JohnDave BRING IT BACK! Wwhatevver, was AMAZING. EPIC. BEAUTIFUL.
God Tiers. The Universe is a Frog. Ancestors. WOW. I dunno wut I am writing dude. Asdffgjhgfkkdd. I WANNA KEEP READING!! But I can't. Nevermind...all I have to say is READ THIS. READ THIS FUCKING SHIT. OMAIGAH. ASDFGHHJGJFJD. WAAAAAH THIS WAS AMAZING. You do not have any idea how many times I laughed and cried during Act 5 Act 2 guys. ANY IDEA 413/5 stars :33
February 8, 2021
Woah. Too many thoughts. So, much happened. Probable cause it was so long.
I have too many thoughts that I cant get on paper. Too many thoughts I've probably had during this act, that I've probably forgotten cause I had them a while ago. Cause, once again this act was so long!
I have too many thoughts that I cant get on paper. Too many thoughts I've probably had during this act, that I've probably forgotten cause I had them a while ago. Cause, once again this act was so long!
November 19, 2023
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June 23, 2015
That was kind of crazy. And sad. And very involved. And I loved it. But still very sad.
January 25, 2016
I would honestly rate this six stars if I could. The best act of Homestuck so far, hands down.
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