My take on the page is that the page is akin to the summoner. Early in any games, summoners don't have access to their summons and are near useless at best they are a shitty white mage, at worst they are an active liability. However, once they obtain their summons, they are an absolutely unstoppable force, and by that I mean theirs summon is. It's easier to understand in collide. If you are paying attention, jake doesn't take out a single member of the felt homself, rather a convenient ally comes and removes them from the story. It is as if the narrative itself is protecting jake. It is just as contrived as gamzee's plot armor but as hope is the aspect of cohesion, it's much more subtle about it's protection of jake.
my god. this series fits so well with HS2, specifically that Jake has the power to potentially steer the entire narrative. Think back to Homestuck^2's first chapter, not the prologue with Dirk, but the first page of the story proper. Who's the first character to be reintroduced? Jake, in the seemingly irrelevant Candy timeline. Jake's prescence as the Page of Hope is the sole reason why Candy is allowed to rise back into relevance. And you recorded this audio years ago!!! Amazing. EDIT: EVEN FUCKING HIVESWAP!!! Jake Harley is the one who bought the Cherub Portal slash neglected Joey Claire! He put that plot into motion as well!
10:26 an accurate comparison for Tavros both at the troll session, and at the endgame lord english battle where his leadership capabilities has amassed a sizable army to keep hold of Lord English
Your videos are far and away the best analysis of homestuck I've ever heard. I have watched tons of homestuck video essays but not until I binged your videos have I gained such supremely deeper understanding of my favorite piece of media. Your videos really are something special, especially after the blueball for part 3 in this video :(. I'm happy that you found a passion for making math videos instead of letting this channel die. Just please know that if you ever reawaken your passion to talk about homestuck on here again, there will always be those eager to listen :^)
The concept of a Carry is literally referenced by Aradia and Tavros while talking about his favored Flarp class, one that starts weaker than average but levels up to be above average
definitely worth the wait ! ive never found another channel with a better comprehension of homestuck - especially when it comes to metanarrative 'lore' i suppose
1:34 Rogues and Thieves were too. Also, the destroyer classes are actually harder to analyze, because you never know - their actions represent the aspect, or it’s destruction? 2:44 It isn’t. It’s just a bullshit story he made up to feel cool and Hope that things have meaning. 4:37 I think it is closer to Rage 7:10 I partially disagree. Rage is conviction and limitation of perception. So being sure you know what should happen and being disappointed is Rage. And Gamzee doing weird surprising things that don’t make sense is destruction of Rage, AKA our ability to understand what is happening. 13:38 Like the meteors, that literally appeared in the story because John and Dave talked about them.
thank you a lot, these videos are incredibly insightful and -- even without the video -- endlessly entertaining. you've taught me a lot about story writing and basic platonic philosophy very efficiently. keep doing what you do, this is insane and a lot of people love it. honestly you should be a lecturer or something (if you aren't), a lot would love to learn about this.
Jake's power is literally believing in something sooo much that something becomes real. I'm also going to very quickly argue that Jake's ability to control the direction the story takes isn't unique. John's recon powers gives him a terrifying amount of influence *if* he ever learned to utilise them properly. And then there's Aranea who can supposedly heal doomed timelines.
Hey idk if you're at all still interested in homestuck these days, but Im curious, how do you feel about OD/Wakraya's interpretation of the classes, their pairings, and active/passiveness?
everyone is complaining that the video is a dark screen, but that's not true. if they'd just look more closely, they would see that there's a clown face on the screen
it's like it says this is just the audio. for years i meant to clean it up and put something over it but i felt bad about waiting so long so here it is
"this stupid phrase that is flashing obnoctiously on screen" is kind of funny to hear when the screen is literally blank
These videos are consistently the most interesting and comprehensive analyses of Homestuck's narrative in the community, keep up the good work
My take on the page is that the page is akin to the summoner. Early in any games, summoners don't have access to their summons and are near useless at best they are a shitty white mage, at worst they are an active liability. However, once they obtain their summons, they are an absolutely unstoppable force, and by that I mean theirs summon is. It's easier to understand in collide. If you are paying attention, jake doesn't take out a single member of the felt homself, rather a convenient ally comes and removes them from the story. It is as if the narrative itself is protecting jake. It is just as contrived as gamzee's plot armor but as hope is the aspect of cohesion, it's much more subtle about it's protection of jake.
Your channel has given me an infinitely deeper appreciation of Homestuck. Thank you for all of your hard work.
Most exciting thing to come out from the Homestuck fandom this year!
my god. this series fits so well with HS2, specifically that Jake has the power to potentially steer the entire narrative. Think back to Homestuck^2's first chapter, not the prologue with Dirk, but the first page of the story proper. Who's the first character to be reintroduced? Jake, in the seemingly irrelevant Candy timeline. Jake's prescence as the Page of Hope is the sole reason why Candy is allowed to rise back into relevance. And you recorded this audio years ago!!! Amazing.
EDIT: EVEN FUCKING HIVESWAP!!! Jake Harley is the one who bought the Cherub Portal slash neglected Joey Claire! He put that plot into motion as well!
Holy shit shut the fuck up
10:26 an accurate comparison for Tavros both at the troll session, and at the endgame lord english battle where his leadership capabilities has amassed a sizable army to keep hold of Lord English
Your videos are far and away the best analysis of homestuck I've ever heard. I have watched tons of homestuck video essays but not until I binged your videos have I gained such supremely deeper understanding of my favorite piece of media. Your videos really are something special, especially after the blueball for part 3 in this video :(. I'm happy that you found a passion for making math videos instead of letting this channel die. Just please know that if you ever reawaken your passion to talk about homestuck on here again, there will always be those eager to listen :^)
I definitely still love Homestuck and want to write more about it. I'm so glad you liked the videos!
The concept of a Carry is literally referenced by Aradia and Tavros while talking about his favored Flarp class, one that starts weaker than average but levels up to be above average
definitely worth the wait !
ive never found another channel with a better comprehension of homestuck -
especially when it comes to metanarrative 'lore' i suppose
1:34 Rogues and Thieves were too. Also, the destroyer classes are
actually harder to analyze, because you never know - their actions
represent the aspect, or it’s destruction?
2:44 It isn’t. It’s just a bullshit story he made up to feel cool and Hope that things have meaning.
4:37 I think it is closer to Rage
7:10 I partially disagree. Rage is conviction and limitation of perception.
So being sure you know what should happen and being disappointed is
Rage. And Gamzee doing weird surprising things that don’t make sense is destruction of Rage, AKA our ability to understand what is happening.
13:38 Like the meteors, that literally appeared in the story because John and Dave talked about them.
Good takes galore, even without full presentation this has been a fun listen. Thanks for sharing
I think about the Homestuck videos on this channel all the damn time, are they the best ones??
thank you a lot, these videos are incredibly insightful and -- even without the video -- endlessly entertaining. you've taught me a lot about story writing and basic platonic philosophy very efficiently. keep doing what you do, this is insane and a lot of people love it.
honestly you should be a lecturer or something (if you aren't), a lot would love to learn about this.
9:00
"Disclaimer" is for when you don't own something; the opposite of claiming is disclaiming.
This is actually a disclosure.
just watched all of these, and they're the best analysis of Homestuck out there! thanks for making them.
4:24 Holy fuck is that accurate
Good video. Many thoughts I hadn't thunk, but will now.
It’s been 10,000 years!
Jake's power is literally believing in something sooo much that something becomes real.
I'm also going to very quickly argue that Jake's ability to control the direction the story takes isn't unique. John's recon powers gives him a terrifying amount of influence *if* he ever learned to utilise them properly. And then there's Aranea who can supposedly heal doomed timelines.
14:42 i love this. Also great video. gonna binge watch the old videos now
Bro i MISSED this shit
This was SO good and interesting to listen to (+ some of that line delivery was Hilarious), I am so glad you posted this!! :D
This is incredibly good! If I may ask, are you planning on doing any other aspects, or is this where you'll be leaving the series off?
Oh my god, I didn't even realize that you made this! I'm so sorry I did watch this earlier!!
man I'll have to sleep and watch this in the morning
lmao
yesss thank you SO much, i'm so excited to listen to this.
2:45 Could the other vessels Aranea is referring to be the sarcophagus and doc scratch?
Vessels can also be Union Jack and Doc Scratch
Yey!~ I really loved the original videos, I'm happy to see more. ovo
Finally, some good fucking food
I love your videos man, hope youre doing well
FINALLY I'VE BEEN WAITING 👍👍👍
Do you plan on continuing the series or will it be completely replaced by your fascinating computer and code videos?
This is good
Hey idk if you're at all still interested in homestuck these days, but Im curious, how do you feel about OD/Wakraya's interpretation of the classes, their pairings, and active/passiveness?
YEEEESSSSS
everyone is complaining that the video is a dark screen, but that's not true. if they'd just look more closely, they would see that there's a clown face on the screen
uhh, I dont think so much of this video is supposed to be a black screen, is it?
it's like it says this is just the audio. for years i meant to clean it up and put something over it but i felt bad about waiting so long so here it is
The title says "audio", so...
YES TYSM
*OBAMA*