That's a heart-warming topic to see though! Thank you all for all of your kind words.

It's interesting you're talking about the specific "early Homestuck" atmosphere of the work, JakeMorph - because it's a common interrogation for me, I do like the early atmosphere of 2010 Alternia, back when I started working on the preparatory phases of the webcomic, and I want to preserve this aspect... yet there were so many interesting new things added to the lore in the last 15 years, and I don't want to make the new updates a kind of artificial "period piece". It's a balance to find.

I always weigh how interesting and appropriate some recent concepts are against the preservation of the early identity of the comic. In Alabaster's new era (2023-today, starting page 2571 https://mspfa.com/?s=236&p=2571 ), you'll occasionally see Hiveswap elements and perspectives for example, but I try to keep it sparse and specific.