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The Homestuck Epilogues: Volume Meat / Volume Candy

2020Andrew Hussie

3.1/5

Fantastic, bizarre, brutal, incredible. Brilliantly written, emotionally harrowing, makes you go "what the fuck" constantly. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what I think and how I feel about it, but I think it was a really fitting postscript to Homestuck - really delving into the metatextual aspects that Homestuck has flirted with for its entire existence - making you question what's canon, what's the point of the idea of "canon" really, who's telling what stories in the canon and the fanfiction and why. And telling two potential (out of many) stories exploring what happens to the kids after their adventure is done and they have to actually live in the world they made.Jennifer Giesbrecht should really be listed as a co-writer here, because, aside from the fact that she wrote the bulk of the actual prose, her work really sells this. Her first story I read for Homestuck was a ridiculous but unexpectedly emotional wild ride that made me care about an AU and a ship I didn't care about before; her work for Metal Gear was deeply compelling and emotionally ragged and got me invested in a character and a scenario I didn't care about before. This is both. She has that power. She's a great writer and makes the epilogues shine.

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