Dani and Valerie talk Dirk and Roxy. Topics: Gender performance, trans co-dependence, wife mode to milf mode.
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Dani and Valerie talk Dirk and Roxy. Topics: Gender performance, trans co-dependence, wife mode to milf mode.
Sarah and Floral sit down to discuss the particulars of this mortal coil. Topics: Sad teens. Depictions of violence. Grieving abusers. The Monster at the End of this Book.
Dani is joined by five community panelists to discuss the earlier days of the Homestuck fandom. Topics: Sorry transcribers! Wrong fan theories. Dale Strider. The Gigapause. Dashcon. Being trans is kind of woke and racism is not. Hairy Dave and fun ship names.
Kate and Goomy catch up on the year that was. Topics: Gordon, I'm normal! The recent increase in hate. Discourse flattening. Deltastuck. Make your own website. June and transfemme narratives. Homestuck as furry-positive media. Dismantling "marketability." Email me birds.
Floral and Dani cry over Homestuck together. Topics: How to Sadstuck and Why. Harrassment: Don’t Do It. Fanwork Promotion. The N u a n c e. Abuse. Neglect. Addiction. Karkat crying. Take a sip, babes.
Geezy joins Kate to discuss Homestuck’s literary legacy and writing for Friendsim. Subjects include the merit of transformative fan works, Hussie as an internet Tolkien, writing as diamond-cutting, the online production of place, Fozzer says trans rights, working for your daughter, and why Feferi is the best character in Homestuck.
Cro joins Kate for a discussion on the dancestors (well, ten of them) and their impact on Homestuck. We roast Kankri a lot. Take however much you were expecting us to do that and understand this: It’s more than that. We also talk about disability issues in Homestuck, katabasis, the author insert as an unreliable narrator, and can’t bring ourselves to care about Horuss.
Dani joins Kate for a character study on Roxy Lalonde. Topics include a new contender for worst intro, alcohol, Void, Kate getting roasted for being old, depictions of motherhood, flawed teenagers and their big teen problems, Rose and Dave, the age-old question “is Homestuck good?", our one shared brain cell, transness through the lens of Homestuck and Roxy’s canon green gf.
Dia joins Kate to discuss troll biology, canon and headcanons. Topics include trolls just being bug furries, comprehensive theories of troll chromosomes and jadeblood roles, unexpected silk, forbidden Vast Error lore, rainbow drinkers, Bronwurd (THEY WERE PITCH, Y’ALL), and Mindfang’s armpit vortex.
Kate and Paige summarize the events and controversy surrounding the Skaianet Systems website launch. Discussion includes why the content was unacceptable, the posted apology, and laying out how to repair community trust moving forward.
Hiveswap Friendsim writer Aysha U. Farah joins Kate for a discussion on the visual novel that expanded the Homestuck universe. Topics include metatextuality, complex queer characters (yes, we talk about Lanque), outsourced thinking, and the morality of a murder planet.
optimisticDuelist joins Kate for a discussion of Trickster Mode’s purpose and symbolism. Topics include Gnosticism, race in Homestuck, and living in a society. A post-episode discussion about Vast Error and the inherent value of independent media follows the end credits.
Eromancery joins Kate for a discussion of clownery. Topics include just why clowns are sexy, AN ACTUAL IN-DEPTH EXPLORATION OF IRL JUGGALO LORE, and Dad Egbert.