i tell this story a lot, but when i was like 16 i discovered SBAHJ independently of homestuck and read it for 3 months before someone informed me that it was part of a larger webcomic. i was like "uh, yeah, i know it's a webcomic" and they had to explain to me that no, it's a webcomic WITHIN a webcomic. then my whole life got changed forever.
... as the ancient hawaiians used to say.