i was similarly excited during the hiveswap friendsim days, although it was building up to hiveswap act 2 that was subpar and cut a lot of content. the ride itself was the peak of my engagement with the fandom at the time, especially when the epilogues dropped and i started really making art.

the epilogues were poorly received and I felt alone in the community as a result, so now that time has passed and people are willing to engage again, it's been fun getting back into this officially mandated re-read. this is as close to the original experience than we can ever get, so I'm taking time to enjoy it as much as possible with my irl friends.

It all makes me wanna make some homestuck art again !