Wow, this is close to what I was asking for in the Furthest Ring thread. Thanks to Vibri, I suppose. The way Margot brought her up a while back I assumed Cindy had been gone from the brand. I'm looking at the rest of the conversation now, and it does paint more of a picture as to how some of Homestuck's history happened (to be clear, it still looks like Hiveswap's money was mismanaged by Andrew alone). Hearing that ViZ basically went no-contact due to laying off everyone who gave a shit about Homestuck definitely sounds plausible. I hope that means Hussie buying them out of their deal didn't come at that crazy a price then, since Vibri seems to imply he's no longer a millionaire anymore. If Furthest Ring/HICU were acting in-place of a vacant official Homestuck team, that would explain why stuff like the UHC fork and Gio's shit happened, without Hussie necessarily being an owner and/or beneficiary of that company...though I'd still like to hear whether they do own any part of Furthest Ring.

I've still got questions, but if this is part of the "greater transparency" they've promised, it is a good start.