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251: back in my day wank meant something

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I keep seeing people declaring hh/hb as the new Homestuck but like... homestuck in its time was almost fucking impossible to avoid and so obnoxious in its specific homestuck-isms that it was almost impossible to tag one without running into something truly obnoxious, like text quirks. I remember it was kind of a running joke to be the first one in a game to make an infodumping network post about the troll romance shit. Casts with 10 different people were common and there were casts in pretty much every single game. It hooked a huge variety of people, everyone from otherwise LA-only rpers to players who previously only shiny-hopped the latest seasonal anime hunks. It was everywhere. EVERYWHERE. And I know we're smaller in general now, but I've seen like 3 games with no more than 2-3 characters between the casts then the same like 5 accounts on memes. The characters are a little weird and edgy but you can tag one without immediately being slammed with canon specific bullshit the way you always were with troll characters.

As a veteran of this mediocre corner of the internet I urge everyone to be real and honest. It is not comparable to homestuck AT ALL besides being VERY ugly as well.

p sure it's only being called "the new homestuck" because it's ugly, edgy, and has a similar obnoxious sense of humor while simultaneously taking itself too seriously shtick that homestuck had

exactly. it's not an issue of unavoidable, it's just obnoxious to the point of second-hand embarrassment to see a fandom steer so hard into how their canon is ~not like other canons~ without a hint of irony, because in both cases the canon itself takes that approach.

like, if hazbin fans just owned that the show tries way too hard, it wouldn't be annoying. there's nothing wrong with liking and being entertained by something like that, even if the canon tries to pretend it isn't that way. the fans being self-aware makes a difference imo

its like when people who play characters from disney stuff insist their canon isn't for kids because it deals with dark themes. kids movies/shows can do that, it's still for kids. doesn't make liking it bad, but be real

i do think hazbin is particularly funny because you can really see how so many rpers are still in their "it's not just a phase!" phase

it's also a flawed comparison bc some of Homestucks jokes are funny

i can't speak to homestuck jokes but omg i'm glad someone else thinks hazbin is painfully unfunny. helluva boss too. the jokes basically amount to
"cock"
"daddy"
"kinky"

that's it, those are the punchlines

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