I don't know, folks, if the primary criticism for Gio's blogpost is just "the author took a needlessly-inflammatory tone," that is some real "praising with faint damnation." If something in the article were an outright lie, I would want to see a counterclaim describing what the truth is. But the closest thing to "lying" he's done is apparently just an aside, phrased as unconfirmed speculation, being refuted by the person involved in it. Wondering if something is true and it turning out not to be is not lying.

This is a continuation of the pattern in how Homestuck reacted to the Sarah Z videos, where she repeatedly asked them what specific thing in them was wrong and what the truth actually was, so she could report their side, and they just kinda bloviated for paragraphs without really saying anything, then sheepishly retracted their bizarre and inappropriate legal threats against her.

The core sticking point for me, throughout this, is that it would be trivial for Homestuck to correct these supposed lies, and they keep failing to do so. It would be lovely to learn there's something I'm missing or not understanding. But the criticism leveled at Homestuck is thoroughly consistent and straightforward. My understanding is:

- Bambosh and Gio were co-owners on the UHC.

- Bambosh was told to sign documents he wasn't able to without Gio.

- Gio was told he couldn't join Bambosh in reviewing them until he signed an NDA.

- Gio was not given one to sign. They continued to demand Bambosh sign the thing he can't legally sign.

- Things just went nowhere for 10 months until Bambosh quit the project out of frustration.

"Neither of us can make any major decisions about the project without consulting with each other. Bambosh doesn’t want to and doesn’t have the authority to, and we designed it that way on purpose. Bambosh cannot legally sign anything without showing the paperwork to me, which Andrew insists the NDA prevents him from doing. There is no play here; neither of us could consent to any policy changes without the consent of the other[...].

So for an extended period of time Andrew and Miles don’t allow me to review the mysterious new documents Andrew is demanding Bambosh sign, and Bambosh can’t sign them until I can review them. All progress is stonewalled by Hussie. By breaking procedure and trying to bully their way into power, Andrew has deadlocked the project."

- Gio eventually finally gets and signs an NDA, and is then told he can't be brought on unless he retracts his criticism of Hussie from an unrelated project.

- They then threaten to take down the UHC if he refuses, despite claiming to be fine with it existing at the start.

- He refuses, they take down... just the website Gio set up to host the reader? For some reason? While leaving the just-as-infringing UCH github files up??

Like, this is a bonkers-exasperating chain of events that has been presented here, and although I'd love if Homestuck could present its own account of events that disproves everything here, going by past behavior I can only asssume they never will