@sethblaidd

I'm reading over your idea of events, and it looks fairly plausible. But even then it makes Hussie and Miles look kinda shitty. If Bambosh wants Gio in the negotiations, even if technically not necessary for whatever reason, they still have to. I'm not a legal expert by any means but Gio and Bambosh ARE under a co-ownership agreement, even if there isn't a formal legal document. If lets say it was agreed over discord and thus there's a paper trail. It's still binding even without a legal contract since there would be an agreement between that the two of them knowingly operated under and affirmed for years, Legal Contracts and EULA's mainly exist to state these things explicitly and in full detail but aren't technically necessary. Those mainly exist to prevent confusion of the exact terms. It's still weird they apparently keep insisting on operating without Gio, like if Gio being in the conversations is one of Bambosh's demands due to their agreement, Homestuck Inc. would have to comply even if their lawyers say Gio doesn't have to be in them. That's because it's the terms Bambosh has no interest in moving away from, it's non-negotiable.

Also it's generally rude to keep reminding Gio and Bambosh that you can take legal action, it's true but it makes negotiations more tense and a constant insistence you can do it sours relations and gives the feeling of being strong armed into agreeing to a legal contract.

Another thing is why would Hussie's lawyer say Gio being a part of this is a non-starter? The only thing that comes to mind is the Hiveswap Articles might be saying some things that could possibly get WhatPumpkin sued? Agreeing to let Gio on might come off as an endorsement of the articles in a courtroom? Again I'm not a lawyer, but it's just my best guess as to why a lawyer would recommend against having Gio on. It's a plausible reason, especially if they listen too much to their lawyers when at the end of the day the lawyers work for them to advise the best legal course of action for what they (Homestuck Inc.) want to do and not to make the legal decisions for them. an issue if have with this though is that it's not what it comes off as later when they ask Gio to speak out against the Sarah Z Homestuck video which has nothing to do with him beyond it using his work. Could be them overcompensating for whatever reason but still, it's all very weird and i hope the official response gives a better idea of what happened.

Either way, thanks for the write up, i admittedly hadn't considered both side could've been incompetent here but it could explain some things (Like why Miles was here when the HICU is supposed to be independent from Hussie, having one of them directly work for Hussie is weird but it could be explained by Miles and Hussie just not realizing how that could look bad.)