Howdy all!
The forums seemed to coincidentally open up at the same time that I started running a Homestuck Book Club for my friends. (We call ourselves The Friends of PT, don't ask what PT is ;) )
We have about 8+ people participating with all varieties of inital Homestuck knowledge: some veterans who were in the trenches in the 2010s, and some people who have elegantly evaded all prior knowledge of our unanimously agreed favorite webcomic of all time.
We're reading 200-300 pages a week until EOA5 where we will take a break (around November, just in time for the anniversary of Cascade!)
I'll be using this thread to doccument our discussions and seek insight on our reading experience through community involvement and suggested supplemental media.
As of today, 8/3/25, we have already read and met for Act 1.
Some highlights of our conversations thus far include the importance of the forum-driven narrative in how Hussie chooses to convey information to the reader.
For example, when the mailbox dealy is flipped up to show Johns mail has been delivered, this is not how the postal system works! One could theorize that maybe Hussie has never received mail in his life. No birthday cards from grandparents, no junk mail, nothing. So he is wholly ignorant to the workings of the United States Postal Service, and this is why Homestuck is the way it is.
But in reality, the purpose of this was to allow John to look out his window and know the mail had been delivered without having to navigate down to his mailbox to find out this information.
Isn't literary analysis exciting?!
So far our members consist of...
Dickwad (me!)
Laserpulse
NightmareFluid
HyperTophat
Jay
PearlTiger
Ttam
wheresthefreakingabaghoul
SunBun
WarpsmithAdam
We will see with time who makes it to the end and who is lost to the twists and turns of the narrative.
We meet today to discuss from "Years in the future, but not many..." to "Years in the Future".
If you have any questions we should bring to the group, or suggestions for supplemental media for our reading experience, please feel free to share!
I look forward to documenting and sharing our insights with the broader Homestuck/MSPA community!
