I love that the intermissions are longer than the segments of the "actual" video. Very homestuck of you. I love this video

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

They’re so much longer that it’s almost embarrassing. I even increased the number of reaction images from 30 to 50 (and again, it is just 50, you can count them) to better accommodate them.

@insertnamehere1398

4 ай бұрын

omg just like the ACTUAL intermissions

"You are going to make Homestuck fans mad by just making stuff up!" No you won't. Homestuck is like 112% making stuff up.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

It’s true, haha. Hasn’t stopped people from correcting my pronunciations in the comments >:]

@iantaakalla8180

2 жыл бұрын

It also helps that Problem Sleuth was driven by others’ input and that bled into the beginning of Homestuck, so Homestuck was more made up than many other literature or webcomics.

@InkSans_FandomSoda

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah no one is mad about inconsistency, our whole thing is chill creativity.

@McBehrer

Жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth we're not actually mad though, it's all in good fun

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

>:]

High quality? Too long? Overcomplicated? Funny? A little self-indulgent? A bit cringe? ...It's perfect.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I did my best/let my unhinged mind roam free!

@willd1790

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, if that's not Homestuck in a nutshell, I don't know what is.

@EQuivalentTube2

11 ай бұрын

Not to mention, unexpectedly serious, sincere and emotional in places.

@GenericClient

29 күн бұрын

@@EQuivalentTube2 that awkward moment when you can take the characters seriously lol

i love homestuck videos because sometimes they're insane just like this one and i love it

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I really let my brain off its hinges here!

@armageddongirl612

2 жыл бұрын

I love karkalicious videos because sometimes their definition makes terezi loco

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t help it if there are secrets you can’t taste in my photo.

@theharvinator

2 жыл бұрын

dyin just to know the flavors I ain’t doin HER no favors, I’m karkalicious

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

See, the thing is, I don’t do kismesis. If you read any fanfics, all that stuff is fictitious!

As someone who has read Homestuk many years ago when it was updating and remembering how it was like: I don't know if I should say "I'm sorry" or "It was good wasn't it?".

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I think both are equally applicable here, haha.

@IrvingIV

2 жыл бұрын

"I'm sorry, wasn't I?"

@arbyswehavethemeats5683

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrvingIV LMAO

i love how this video also encapsulates exactly how homestuck ruins a sense of humor we are all broken

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Homestuck: We are broken here

I mean, honestly? "It begins to dawn on you that everything you just did may have been a colossal waste of time." is one of the best lines of the entire thing, so yeah, everything related to it is gold.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

When that panel showed up again later in the comic after my obsession with Dismayed Slimer had already begun, I almost died. It was a transcendent experience.

this was EXACTLY the kind of Homestuck anniversary content I needed, since I was feeling nostalgic and a little bummed out for not having any way to celebrate the bits I enjoy, and you nailed a lot of 'em here getting way too invested in a self-argumentative time travel bit to the point of questioning your own sanity really resonates

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

there's no way to discuss homestuck in 2022 without having a nervous breakdown. Thats just the way it is.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Valid. Homestuck hath wrought havoc on us all.

Yeah this seems... about par for the course for what happens when you spend nine days reading Homestuck.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I was not hyperbolic when I said this is pretty much the most honest reaction I could make to having read Homestuck in nine days.

"I learn so much more from creating one bad piece of art than I do from dreaming of a hundred good ones." Absolutely beautiful. Honestly this video was so good in terms of both the meta-humour of the intermissions to the actual content of the video itself. You clearly put so much time and work into it and it was absolutely worth it. Also I forgot to mention but the Karkat bouncing around the screen like a DVD screen has such a vibe to it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yes, I love Karkat bouncing around the screen as well haha. Decided I needed something going on on the screen while I was talking about nonsense, and that’s what my brain settled on.

The emotions evoked in this video are the same I had reading homestuck at 13-14 and having no one to talk to about it. (And your number 1 was perfect no explanation needed.)

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad that other people in the comments are showing love for Dismayed Slimer because I think all my friends have found me crazy for obsessing over him.

@ccorvid

2 жыл бұрын

it’s a good image and made only better due to your love for him. i had never really given him much of a second thought, mostly always being focused on john in that pic. but i think that’s one of the best parts about homestuck. no matter how many times i go back and read it, there’s always something new to love, or something that resonated with someone else that i never noticed before. now i love dismayed slimer, purely because you love him, and he’s deserving of that love. if someone makes that shirt, now i’d want one too.

@SorchaSublime

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this wasn't just my experience as a homestuck kid

I am sad that my personal favorite didn't make the list. John shaking his fist at the imps messing with his piano is literally the only image I have saved as a reaction image from Homestuck. Also your worry that the fans will murder you for messing up canon is funny to me, since Homestuck as a story breaks canon as a central theme. To me Homestuck is a ride with ups and down and mostly just a sandbox to play in, because it gives you "canon" ways anything is possible, even if they aren't "canon", y'know?

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a good image! I believe I have that one saved in my Homestuck folder on my computer. And yes, Homestuck canon is absolutely malleable, so it should be totally fine for me to believe in Troll Jurassic Park!

Leaving another comment because I just finished watching and this video Deserves to be boosted in the algorithm. The intermissions are Hilarious, dismayed slime deserves all the love and if that wasn't a joke I am interested in the alternate unionverse!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that somebody else understands the joy of Dismayed Slimer!

@missing_traveler1495

2 жыл бұрын

It worked

11:38 Well, uhm, _actually,_ you're… correct? They're actually a different species than carapacians even though they look similar in some ways. They're called Underlings (Imps, for those pictures specifically) and are created by the planet's Denizens on the behest of Derse. So yeah, you're not wrong at all!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so amused that of all of the things I said about Homestuck, it's the imps that have provoked a discussion in the comments and not, say, the terrible troll OC I invented haha. Thanks for the clarification.

@misirtere9836

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth Oh, terrible troll OCs are just the expectation at this point. I mean, you didn't even give her a Cool New Blood Color (TM). That's like step 1 of shitty troll OCs. I mean, it's not even Handia tier. That's like the baseline for terrible troll OCs that provoke discussion.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I looked up Handia and uh … sure, okay. I definitely could have gone more cursed with my troll OC.

@misirtere9836

2 жыл бұрын

@@somefella6989 Handia is a fantroll who has obscenely large wrinkly hands, as well as horns that are themselves shaped like obscenely large wrinkly hands. Doesn't really help matters that the original artist's style is ugly as sin.

ive been a homestuck fan since 2012 and this was a great watch. also yes, maniacal laughter followed by "yeah im not answering that" was about the best answer to the final q&a question you could have given. that way lies madness. hearing you talk about a trollsona genuinely made me think about my old fantroll for the first time in YEARS

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I have thots about Vriska, but I’m not sure I’m brave enough to talk about them where people can find me.

@ccorvid

2 жыл бұрын

not to start vriscourse in the comments section or anything but i absolutely need to hear your thots on vriska. i’m of the opinion that she did nothing wrong and i wont apologize for this belief

hiveswap has actually provided canon precedent for goldbloods without the psionic eye thing in the form of zebede. zebede is still psychic, but not in the way most goldbloods are

@bills-beard

2 жыл бұрын

wow

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I saw something about that when I was looking into psionic eyes, but I felt it was probably safer to just lean into giving Norota a tragic backstory, haha. Thanks for the clarification though.

I need you to know that when I say this I mean it honestly and from the bottom of my heart: this is probably the most correct format, and indeed may be the ONLY correct format, for a video reviewing or reacting to Homestuck. Your work on this was excellent, I was both amused and inspired, and I will absolutely read that AU in a heartbeat.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!

Karkat's paradox argument (you know the one) is probably one of my favorite moments for him, so it's pretty fitting to find some of that bleeding through here On an unrelated note I've had that first sad imp(gremlin) as my phone lock screen for years now, his sad acceptance of fate greeting me multiple times a day

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, sad gremlin is such a mood. I feel for that 'lil guy. And even setting aside the fact that he's my patron crab troll, I love Karkat so much. His arguing with himself is so iconic that I just had to replicate it here.

@unblorbosyourshows9635

2 жыл бұрын

That Karkat argument might be my favorite HS moment (i haven't finished it yet). I don't remember who, but another character says "He is tormented by his past and future self" and like, yeah man... that hits

OH MY GOODNESS the emotion you portrayed in intermission 2 was so believable that I was concerned for you

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Part of the reason I had to make sure I kept playing the Elevatorstuck track throughout is that I realized I legitimately sounded upset, haha.

@ccorvid

2 жыл бұрын

mood sporquill. same.

@pinkajou656

Жыл бұрын

Gosh this comment helped I was mildly worried

this is genuinely one of the greatest videos ive seen on this app, the humor is great, it feels like a real work of art made with (gold)blood sweat and tears and really feels like the 413 video we deserved thank you for creating this video, i cant express how much i love it

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Aww, thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much! And Norota would love the shoutout!

If you liked Homestuck I would strongly recommend friendsim and then pesterquest. They have a lot of character, interesting characters, good writing (not Hussie save for a few exceptions) and real good music from Toby fox and James Roach. It’s on steam but there are good also really good online playthroughs of them (I watched the Ryan Phantom videos) and I honestly enjoyed the experience of them almost more than Homestuck itself. This was a very enjoyable and enjoyably self indulgent and unhinged video, very Homestuck :)

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I have a friend who’s been trying to get me to play friendsim for ages, and it’s on my to play list!

@SimonClarkstone

2 жыл бұрын

And Hiveswap, which is gradually coming out in episodes.

@LostSwiftpaw

2 жыл бұрын

I second playing Hiveswap, I'd play it after Friendsim though

idk why "this is called john having a complete meltdown" got me so bad but dear lord it sure did.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, it’s such a great image, and I love Jade’s reaction in those panels.

i have not read homestuck and i never plan to but im here and i watched the whole thing. not sure why. keep up the good work, i guess. im.. im proud of you. felt like thats smth u needed to hear.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You went and Weeping Angel'd yourself Edit: You very accurately captured the feel of Homestuck condensed into an hour and a half experience, that's pretty cool

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Homestuck will permanently occupy a good third of my entire being until the day I die, and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

We are all cursed here

okay seriously how the fuck did you rewrite homestuck in a homestuck reaction video?? its amazing?? you have every element of homestuck: the funny, the extra long intermissions, the weird confusing lore, the absolutely ridiculous characters that still feel so *real* somehow, and then the really genuinely beautiful deep segments. you said you wish you could make something as beautifully flawed as homestuck but.. i think you just did? at least, in part. at the very least you proved that you absolutely could.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Awww, thank you so much! I truly thought about editing it down, but even the weird rambling sections felt too much like Homestuck that I decided I couldn’t change them.

@terribleTerrestrial

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth its definitely perfect as is!!

@sasentaiko

Жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth Agree completely with @terribleTerrestrial. When you were talking about describing the plot to someone, I tried to imagine doing it, and then realized I'm not sure I even remember what others might consider main plot points, even though I've read HS multiple times and I love it... I barely even remember the ending. I feel weird saying this, but HS kinda transcended its own plot. Normally I care a lot about plot, but for HS, it's the culture, the rituals and specificity, it's *waves hands* it's THIS. It's what @terribleTerrestrial is pointing at. That's what I remember fondly from HS (plus reading forums and trying to solve a puzzle/ARG that probably didn't even exist, oops? It was very 2013, ok?). You expressed that beautifully here, which is why I totally agree that you effectively rewrote homestuck ("but make it a youtube video essay"). Commenting on [AH's slice of] internet culture in a twisted, comedic, personal, and bizarrely uplifting way is exactly what AH was doing back then, and I think it's neat to see that whole journey recreated in a new medium for this decade. Haha, medium.

The amount of forethought clever editing and layout that you did for this essay is impressive! Ive been meaning to try to read it as I bounced off of it when I first tried years ago; I think this was the reminder that I needed. Also as an artist I have found the ethos you discussed of get new art done then move on even if its bad because you will learn things that will help with the next piece has been helpful to me for a while glad to see others repeating it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I literally have to keep reminding myself that finished bad art is way better than unfinished good art and I need to just make the thing instead of dreaming about it. I wish I was better at internalizing my own advice.

@Aranock

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth Oh same I spend a lot of time getting feedback on scripts trying to make it perfect, I had over a dozen people who gave feedback on my matrix is intrinsicaly trans video and I was iterating on that script for 6 months. Some things that helped me was doing challenges like game jams or drawing a day for a month because you dont have the time to fixate on it.

this has been in my Watch Later queue for 2 months and i’m so glad i finally got around to watching it. i even almost gave up 5 mins in, when i disappointedly realized it was “just” gonna be 50 reaction images. buuuut then the 1st intermission came on and i was hooked. so glad i watched the whole thing. (even at 1.75x speed, like a madman.) i DIED laughing (with you, not at you!) at your perfect trollsona reveal, (and the pure silence that followed), i had to go back and watch it like 3 times. and i Lived, crying at the metamission. i know many others have already said this, but it’s such a perfect video encapsulating the homestuck obsession/ experience. this video made me retroactively hate myself so much less for making a (copperblood) trollsona (with a giant golden jackal lusus that he rides on) all those years ago, and also made me retroactively love all my “shitty” self insert fansession art, & my unintelligible archive of fansession writing prompts/ short stories ive made for myself and friends. because even if they’re not all that great, and no one will likely ever read them, i still put a bit of my heart and soul into them, in a pure act of creative energy that i couldn’t contain within myself, and they’ll always be perfect for that reason alone. so thank you again for making this masterpiece, and sharing it with the world, and especially our community of weirdos who love this “webcomic”, flaws and all. PS: Union Jack is a great idea PLEASE let Baking Dad run a bake sale to drum up interest. i will not sue you if you use this idea. i’m begging you to “steal” this idea. PPS: i DONT believe that alternia “canonically” had dinosaurs, but the fact that you’re entitled to your silly little creation is part of the whole fun. and i love your writing quirk explanation so, “who cares”. lol. PPPS: curator of memes and losam are incredible, but more than anything, i NEED to know what you like most as your classpect/ Land/ strifekind/ (and fetch modus?). i’ve seen ppl recommend Prince of Time, and you liking hero of Mind, but have you considered being a Light ☀️ player?? 🤔🧐 (also this is irrelevant to you, but since i’m already rambling/ “sharing”, i’m a Mage 🧙🏼of Time ⏳ on the Land of Script 📜 and Gears ⚙️ 😊 (Bo) Staffkind. Tome 📖 fetchmodus. 🙃) final PPPPS (sorry) to Everyone here: i’m so so so sorry for my Comment Liking spree i just went on on here. i don’t do that often, but when i do, i just can’t bring myself to stop lol. whoops. 🙃

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked the video! Life is too short not to be cringe, and I'm trying to be better about not worrying about whether my creations are cringeworthy, haha. Enjoy your trollsona all you like. I am working on the Alternate Unionverse, but it has sort of spun out and will probably end up being book length. Fingers crossed that I'll get it done by the end of the year. I did take the extended zodiac quiz. I did get the light aspect. I'm still not 100% sure if it fits, but I'm rolling with it. And I decided that I was a bard. That part, sadly, the more I think about it, absolutely fits.

@sasentaiko

Жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you for explaining that "Curator of Memes" is meant to be a classpect. I had missed that it's in the form of a classpect, and thus was confused what "made-up classpect" was being discussed. That just makes it even funnier.

Beautifully written, and as a long-time Homestuck fan who’s been there since the days of 2012, I think you really have captured that particular “essence” of Homestuck’s storytelling that makes it so evocative and fun, while also being just mind-bending enough to make you question your sanity a little. I think you’ve done justice to the experience, and for what it’s worth, the heart you’ve put into it really shows. I’m glad you popped up in my recommended feed! Keep up the great work. Fairest winds and following seas-but mind the power of the Breeze.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I gave this video my all … a little too literally, haha.

Very fun video with an appropriate level of Homestuck shenanigans. I like the way you went about this; it felt very fitting and also unique. Great job!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad you liked the video!

I actually laughed out loud at the #1 reaction image, I totally get what you were saying about it! I've never read homestuck but I love hearing what people who have read it have to say about it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

It's such a wild ride, and finding myself a part of this fan community has been equally wild.

this video is absolutely brilliant, my homestuck journey was watching the lets read homestuck playlist at 2x speed whilst doing other things and would let it play in the background so i didn't get much of the visuals until later on in the series when the playlist stopped so this video was truly inspiring, ive shed a tear

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Gosh, I’m touched that it sounds like it made you feel the feels.

I just saw this video in my subs and HAD to tell my wife about it; she absolutely refuses to believe it is physically possible to read homestuck in nine days.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I have rambling discord message timestamps to prove that I did indeed accomplish the speedrun of Homestuck. It shouldn't be possible to read Homestuck in nine days, but it is :)

@DeadlyFateSk

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth thats terrifying im proud of u

@TimBagels

2 жыл бұрын

When I was in high school, I shotgunned Homestuck in 3 days. I think the page count was 6.5k at the time. I became deathly ill afterwords. I remember fading in an out of consciousness for the two days after I finished and feeling weak and unresponsive. I think Homestuck just does this.

coming from a person who read homestuck over 10 times: why would you do this to yourself?

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Unclear/I am my own worst kismesis

This is your brain after only 9 days of Homestuck. There may be irreparable damage to cognition and sense of humor. Homestuck: Not Even Once Neat video :)

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Dang, someone needed to orchestrate a just say no campaign for Homestuck.

@iantaakalla8180

2 жыл бұрын

The sequel when Tifa’s actor destroys a kitchen to make a metaphor over how Homestuck ruins your life

This video sets a new stander for Homestuck content. Making time loop is now mandatory.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Time loops: Bad for sanity, great for entertainment

I just finished the video on our car ride to Florida and what a way to spend an hour and a half!! I don't think I've ever seen a Homestuck video like this before and it was genuinely so enjoyable, couldn't wipe the smile off my face when I realized what was going to happen in the intermissions !! I only read Homestuck back in November 2020, but I still really enjoy hearing from people who are new to it lol. Anyways vid was a 10/10. Your trollsona is wonderful and I would totally read that fanfic if it's not a bit lmao (also if anyone is actually reading this I second the point about Homestuck Made This World, I've been listening for a few months and it's very good) (Also also, the Homestuck AU project also follows the idea of Hs being a rough draft, and they've been rewriting and voicing the entire thing!! It's on funkmclovin's channel if anyone's curious, I personally think it's really good) ANYWAYS SORRY FOR THE WALL OF TEXT HAVE A NICE DAY

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'll have to look into the AU project. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

Oh! I should recommend to you the fan adventure "Vast Error." The post-story Homestuck canons are a clusterfuck, but the spirit of the comic is alive and well in some of its fan content. Vast Error has a lot of a stuff that made Homestuck great (worldbuilding, humor and dialogue, music, genuinely great characters and art) while avoiding some of the originals downsides (I'm mainly thinking about the pacing issues and digressions here. It doesn't have the same commentary on internet culture either.) Frankly I'm often tempted to recommend Vast Error over the original. Anyway, give it a shot if you've got some spare time, here's a link to a thingy from them kzread.info/dash/bejne/gGp4qq2JfLiumNI.html

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’ll have to check it out!

@aberrantquerist6016

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth AAAAH I'm so happy someone else mentioned VE here. Definitely worth a check-out. And yes, the art, while retaining some of the Homestuck stylization, is genuinely beautiful.

this is the most homestuck-esque homestuck video ever edit: ur #1 is amazing, it gives off the same vibe as ._. and i love it

i loved this! like truly and sincerely it was a joy to see someone inspired by The Wonder of Homestuck and also just kinda entertaining in a homestuck way ^_^ i may have a few pedantic points and critiques (because i am a huge homestuck nerd and know way too much about the lore) but i truly and genuinely loved the video and totally know the exact feeling of wanting to make something like homestuck. also the alternate Unionverse? i would definitely read that jsyk

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m sure I made numerous lore mistakes haha, but I appreciate you being kind about it.

The god tier title "Curator of Memes" is clearly a cover-up. We all know you're a Prince of Time. You broke time in front of us.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Whaaaaa, noooo, no no no, not a Prince of Time here! This was all just a funny bit! It’s all fine, everything is fine here! Edited: Sure it “was,” bestie! >:]

This is so amazing and so dear to my heart already on first viewing. I'll be watching this every year for sure. Thank you so much for making this ❤❤

@PlayheadNorth

3 ай бұрын

Awww thank you!

This was fantastic ahahahaha, also totally write your fanfiction. The internet can always use more unhinged fanfiction.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And I'll see what I can do on the fanfiction front. I have a backlog of things I need to write, but also, unions + Baking Dad sounds like such a freaking delight.

OH MY GOD I THINK I HAVE BEEN LAUGHING FOR THE WHOLE VIDEO - I don’t think I’ve ever enjoyed myself watching a hour and half video SO much. Props to you for reading Homestuck in 9 DAYS to make it, the dedication truly showed, ESPECIALLY in the intermissions that I enjoyed so much 👌🏻 You just gained yourself a new subscriber. You deserve it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm happy that you enjoyed the video!

I clicked on this expecting full on mental breakdown and I was NOT disappointed ♡

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

Horrible. I love it.

never read Homestuck but may eventually try it, but boy was this a fun introduction to your channel. i really like your style and writing voice, and the amount of planning and creativity to execute the time loop intermissions is seriously impressive. Keep it up!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Knowing that this was someone's introduction to my channel makes this perhaps the most terrifying comment of all!

@lt7smith

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth don’t be scared! 😂 Currently enjoying your Pathologic videos, I really like your perspectives!

Oh my god this is amazing 😂 I’m glad you like the Dave crying ironically

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Dave is my boy!

I see people from so many vastly different walks of life, at so many different levels of scholarly knowledge and lived experience, from doctorate candidates doing dissertations on the work down to people making shitpost videos on youtube... and when they open up and talk about Homestuck in a serious way, there's this common thread. It's a consistent feeling, this discussion of the profundity of the act of creation, no matter how "serious" or whatever the piece in question might be. There's something real there, something genuinely universal, i think. I don't know how the hell it manages to get received so broadly by whoever experiences it, but it does, and that's fucking incredible. Also I think #25 "John Concerned Face" is vastly underrated.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

It’s such a good pic. The ranking was really hard tbh because I think all these images are great. And yes, I came out of Homestuck feeling like yes, it’s imperfect but I definitely get why so many people were/continue to be obsessed with it.

this video and its sequel are genuinely one of my favorite things on KZread, i rewatch them every few months.

Wow. Didn’t think I’d actually watch through all of this. Really glad I did though, great video!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s definitely too long for its own good, but I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Expected a regular reaction to Homestuck, ended up getting a reaction images ranking, all sorts of time shenanigans, and intermissions longer than the main video. This video perfectly encapsulates the hot mess (affectionate) that is Homestuck and I love it. Thank you for this wonderful video. ♥♥♥

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

I made a Homestuck while reacting to Homestuck. That happens!

This video is beautiful, hilarious, and poetic. Didn’t expect this to be so insanely fun, silly, and poetically written. Thanks for carving this part of you out, we love to see it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad that you enjoyed it!

oh god im going to have to try and keep this comment brief. okay first of all, i need you to know that if it were not for all the ways that it was apparent that your knowledge of fundamental homestuck was/is still growing, i would have assumed you were a long time fan of it. just. based on how well you encapsulate the feeling of homestuck and the VERY well made homestuck fanworks from when it was ongoing. i dont know if this is because of like, your friends' influence, or pop culture osmosis, or... you uniquely being well suited to things that Are particularly Homestuck so long as you pass a certain threshold and GET there or... if homestuck really just naturally transforms into this energy. I strongly suspect its a little bit of it ALL there. But it all combined into was was sincerely an extremely appropriate anniversary video. once that was also extremely vindicating for my thoughts on it too. see, i have been a homestuck since i think 2011-2012? later than many but certainly long enough, especially at this point, to wonder if certain things hold up about it to the kinda-sorta uninitiated. well would you look at that, they DO. and then the effects of the work you experienced ALSO follow relatably despite it being goddam 2022. especially when you talk about all that time dreaming. i dreamt, am dreaming, and will certainly still dream in the future somewhat, of the things i want to create. and as someone also with probable, longtime untreated ADHD, i think its natural to read homestuck and think "...how do i just MAKE like this? how can i not admire the audacity of homestuck to just EXIST when it is and was never going to be perfect, when it lives and breathes the limitations of the moment by some core conceits... and then to be that mind blowing?" in my case it helped that many of its central ideas were tailor made to be compelling to me, on top of being so proud of its idiosyncrasies. but its not just me. it would be foolish to think it was. ah fuck this isnt brief at all and got shit im putting off. okay lightning round: all that said try to have better working habits than hussie did while making hs shit sounds crazy and doesnt Need to be replicated over ones health and thats a reminder for me, u and everyone. your trollsona is a genuinely good fantroll, especially with the lusus-quirk connection. you call this video a mess but- and maybe its the hs brainrot- i don't think it is a mess i think its actually very coherent and instead YOURE just mess after the speedrun. homestuck is heavily defined by its readership, their reaction, and how they influence the comic so its pretty holistic that this video about REACTING to homestuck would also feel like homestuck. for me that also feels like home, so thank u for that. there were and/or are people who really like exploring the carapacians in particular and i think your AUnion fic is a good idea for that. for a not-hs related compliment, the start of your act2 came out to feel very similar to the opener of a super promising episode of the magnus archives. and finally, i WILL be adding several of these into my regular reactions, including the previously unsung utility of your number1 pick. thanks again and you Keep on making those things you dream about. they could be an amazingly imperfect reality no matter which moon you wake up on >;]

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Awwwww, thank you for all of your kind words! I love this!

I have still not finished Homestuck for similar reasons to your previous attempts and I am extremely tempted to copy your feat except I know it would lead to exactly the kind of breakdown documented in your video so. Thank you, this was delightful and perfect, and exactly the tribute Homestuck deserves.

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

You would 100% also suffer a mental breakdown. It would be inevitable. Thank you for your comment!

THIS VIDEO GIVES ME JOY THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

You’re welcome! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Nah bro I'm actually crying how dare you make the ending sad. Great video :D.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And sorry, but I had to bring the feels!

I've read Homestuck countless times, again and again, from start to finish, always in different stages of my life. I've loved it, hated it, REALLY hated it, and then loved it again, multiple times. And to think that someone accomplished what originally took me well over 3 months, in nine days, only to make a "top 53 Homestuck reaction images" video? Sigh, well, yeah. That's being a Homestuck fan alright. In any case, thank you for sharing everything with us, I'm really loving the experience so far. Amazing job, just don't do it again, or you'll go insane.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think I am already insane. I’m working on other Homestuck content at the moment. I might die. If so, please prosecute Andrew Hussie.

I'm only in the middle of intermission 2 and it's already such a good homestuck hommage It fits perfectly into it

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I gave it the ‘ole Hussie try.

this is amazing truly! and the metamission was inspiring and so true.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It’s nice to know it’s not just me that has the art struggles.

thank you for your courage. i did not like most of this video, but the emotions that drive it are extremely relatable and inspirational. thank you for expressing thoughts about homestuck that i very much agree with, but didnt quite know how to put into words. thank you for this work of art. also, i totally get the final picture, 10/10 reaction pic. alternate unionverse sounds interesting as well, looking forward to it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words! But if you don’t like the video, you can stop watching it? No need to torture yourself like I have haha.

@cyanlastride

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth lol rereading my comment it sounds a lot like a backhanded compliment, which i didnt intend! i meant more that you captured karkat's mental breakdown in video form so perfectly, but karkat's breakdown is also super cringey so hearing it acted out kinda hurts? which means you did a good job! i just got into homestuck last year and read the entire thing in 2 weeks and couldnt emotionally let go until i wrote a fanfiction story for it, so i completely understood where you were coming from with this video. sorry for coming off as i did the first time, i hope ive expressed myself better here.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, no worries! I’m glad you weren’t forcing yourself to sit through the video, haha. I appreciate your further explanation!

if it'll help, almost all the trolls have latin words for names, latin words that hussie never bothered to google to learn how they're pronounced, so you're both about 50/50 on the name pronounciations

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

That’s really interesting! I didn’t realize that. That being said, with every person who tells me that I’m pronouncing Terezi’s name wrong, I feel the need to double down on it.

@morrowzoranov

2 жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth very valid

This video was great! I'm so glad you put page 3690 in, as it was my personal favorite during my original read-through aside from Karkat's 3rd reaction to John recreating Con-Air (although #1 easily deserved its spot and is a close second for me). Your bgm choices were great and your intermissions were on point. They definitely delivered on the Karkat-adjacent "self-auspisticism" vibes. For some reason, it was reminiscent of what I've always though a Witch of Time could do; breaking the rules of time without any super major consequences as opposed to destroying the aspect entirely like a Prince. As far as the trollsona goes, I think it's nice, and I'm all for the Alternian Jurassic Park idea, although I have no idea how certain dinosaurs would work as lususes/lusi lol. Again, great job on the video!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was a lot of fun recording these very unhinged conversations with myself.

This was a phenomenal video. I understand your perspective on the story and adored your trollsona. She's adorable. Also, dismayed slimer+the music was absolutely brilliant! Also also, just for the lols... (clears throat) VRISKA WAS ABSOLUTELY - (tackled by whole community)

I love this so much. I started rereading it on the 13th, about ten years after first starting. I’m only 2000 pages in currently. It is surreally entertaining and madness-inducing.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

It really really is.

Theres still people watching a year later, I havent read Homestuck. But you have a fun, genuine, indulgent personality- and the video had me smiling so much. The segment at the end, about art had every right to be in this amazing mess. I hope youre still having as much fun with your life as you did making this video

@PlayheadNorth

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’ve been working on some music that will hopefully be released soon, so yes, I’m still trying to struggle through creative endeavors.

As someone who was randomly recommended this long after the last video related to Homestuck I thought I'd ever watch, all I can say is that I rather thoroughly enjoyed and empathized with this video.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Now you can retire from watching Homestuck videos in peace.

this video literally perfectly encapsulates the Homestuck Experience ty so much for bringing it to existance

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you liked it so much!

This is so well made and honestly hilarious your channel is so awesome Also the songs you chose are awesome too, oh my god

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And the Homestuck soundtrack goes so hard that it makes it easy to choose music honestly.

If you want the experience of living through while homestuck was updating theres a fan spinoff called vast error thats currently in the middle of production and its really good so far

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I’ll have to look into it!

Probably a lot of other people said that but thank you for making this video, it encapsulates a lot of cool stuff homestuck has while just being funny and entertaining on its on right. Excited to see more of your content! :D

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed the video!

I really enjoyed this. Thank you

@PlayheadNorth

Ай бұрын

You’re welcome!

Okay, that is like top 5 typing quirks, period. Great job to you and your bestie

Ah, this was just great lmbo every moment was just a perfect representation of how it feels to read and experience this long weird thing a bunch of us love. Thanks.

The metamission was incredible. The part about dreaming about art instead of creating it really got to me as someone who wants to be a great musician one day. Thanks for this video. Im a new homestuck, and only finished it about a year and a half ago, but I loved every bit of it, and it's music inspires me more than most things I listen to. I'm gonna go MAKE some art now : )

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

DO IT! MAKE THE ART!!

i love this so much, you did such a good job and it feels very homestuck congrats

I read half of Homestuck, I was consumed by it, I created art for it, dreamt of it, I lived and breathed Homestuck, but I never finished it. I spent hours watching amvs and cmvs, yearned to experience Homestuck when it was active. And in the end, after months of watching cosplayers, loving it with all my heart, I left it behind because school got in the way, now that I've graduated Highschool maybe it's time I finish Homestuck, but then what would I become after, karkat's my patron troll, would I go back and end up being eaten away by the angst he always seems to experience. Anyway you may have awoken something I had buried long ago Also this is some Prince Of Time behavior, I would know I'm one myself and the chaos that comes with breaking time is forever welcoming

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know if this will make things better or worse, but Karkat is also my patron troll.

the metamission was such a beautiful, well-put encapsulation of feelings i cant even put a name to, really. it resonated with me so much more deeply than I expected it to and by the end of it, I was left feeling touched on a very personal, intimate level. and then the #1 reaction image absolutely killed me with laughter 413/10 would stuck again

This is the perfect homestuck 4/13 video!!! I absolutely loved every minute of it.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it!

this is the peak of homestuck content and video content thanks

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, you’re welcome!

This is a great video, really adore it. Welcome to being Homestuck Trash! Tiduidu sends his regards.

@TheNerdSmash

2 жыл бұрын

Also yes, alternate unionverse write that fan fic. I need it

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you! I appreciate being welcomed into the Homestuck Trash family. This video has done the best of any video I've made so far, so I guess by KZread rules, I'm a Homestuck KZreadr now.

your discussion about what it means to make art in an ephemeral environment really hit me and connected with, basically, how I feel about homestuck too also, I laughed uncontrollably at number one, solid pick XD

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! And yes, another fan for my boy, Dismayed Slimer!

Bookmarked to finish later, but I skipped around a little to listen to your "metamission." Very well put. I'm excited to watch some of your older work too!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope my other videos don’t disappoint. Most of them are much less weird than this one!

not me crying during the metamission segment only to experience intense whiplash laughing from the number one reaction meme xXD it was great. i really enjoyed this video? thank you for making it. please get some sleep

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, I've been working on catching up on sleep. It's amazing how much better I feel when I go to bed before midnight instead of 5am. Crazy, someone should be spreading this sleep knowledge around.

I'm not even halfway through and I'm already in love with this. This seemingly normal review has already been emulating the crazy shifts in tone and complicated plot of the original coming. You my good person, receive The Mayor's Seal of Approval.

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

Yes! The Mayor!

That final image is absolutely glorious- I agree wholeheartedly.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

ALL HAIL DISMAYED SLIMER

Oh, that's where that tote came from! Thank you! I would sendificate it back but I already gave it to my denizen as a condition of *_The Choice_* and I think they sent it to the Exiles cause now future Droog has it according to a terminal??? IDK I assume time shenanigans are in play with it, not really my area as the sessions Light Player. Thanks for the help! I don't have to fight Hemera now to get skaia loaded up with grist! Gonna give this video a like and subscribe and a rebubble it!

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Oh great! Thanks for helping me clear that up! I’m glad I could be of service!

I probably should have gone to bed, but this popped into my recommends and I decide, 'ey, why not? Amazing. Well done. You broke Homestuck down to it's bare essentials while masterfully showing them off, while being hilarious and well-made, all at once. Bravo! For real, you earned a sub. Further, Dad Egbert unionizing the carapacians does sound like a great prompt that would most certainly be worthy of reading.

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video! And alternate unionverse is in the works.

I was nervous going into this video because a lot of homestuck videos made by people who weren't there are usually mean and not great. This was super good though! Absolutely agree that your weird presentation captures something real about homestuck, beautiful representation of homestuck

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'm glad that the video didn't disappoint. I definitely came out of the experience understanding why so many people were obsessed with Homestuck.

This is one of my favorite videos ever about homestuck, well done

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

Awww thank you!

Oh intermission 4 was glorious Also your #1 pick is BEAUTIFUL

this video has... fortunately? unfortunately? inspired me, as yet another person with undiagnosed adhd, to attempt to read homestuck for the third time. the first two times were in high school and were frankly vaguely miserable to get through, which is why i gave up, but this time has been very fun! it's been a much needed hyperfixation in a void of (bluh) actual responsibilities, so thank you for that! (also, my #1 reaction image has got to be just. any image of the mayor. what you feel for that little slimer dude is what i feel for the mayor. i have genuinely teared up multiple times looking at that little fool) (also thank you for. the it's me boy i'm the ps5 meme i had not seen it before and it's going to be in my brain forever now, and i think i am glad about that)

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I'm mildly obsessed with the "it's me boy, I'm the PS5" meme, so I am happy to spread that child around. And I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

this *is* very amusing and funny love the timetravel conversations and the moments where's less sanity

@PlayheadNorth

Жыл бұрын

“the moments where there’s less sanity” …….. so the whole video????

@Sendinho

Жыл бұрын

@@PlayheadNorth thank u & YEEEES

"beautifully flawed" is a nice way to describe homestuck. thank you for making this video i'm a big fan of slimer and norota

I’ve been sent on a homestuck content binge due to a friend re-activating my hyperfixation by asking what the classpects of the PCs in our Sunday Rippers ttrpg game would be. That proceeded to send me on a four day character analysis binge of both the PCs from our game and homestuck characters to figure out who would be what, and by the end of it I had a full list of classpects for every pc and the benign homestuck mold colony in my brain revived and began converting braincells. So I’ve been reading fan fiction, listening to music, and genuinely considering going back and re-reading the behemoth, and now I’m here. This video is great, the vibes are perfectly home-stucky, and the Alternate-UnionVerse [or, if you wanna go classic- Unionstuck] is a great idea.

OMG. I loved this, especially the intermissions. They were gold.

@phoenixwolf3493

2 жыл бұрын

And yea... I'd read that fanfic.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m so glad you liked the video!

Thank you for making this vid. For me, this truly captured the essence of the webcomic. Love your metamission part! I felt the same kind of inspiration while I was still reading the comic, creating something big or making something to participate in the community. Your video is very nostalgic, reminds me of how it felt like when I was experiencing the comic. This makes me want to read it again (though it may not feel the same because of all the retcons). It's really well made, I hope you make more amazing content in the future (homestuck related or not). PS. You did mention them but not sure if you read them, the epilogues and homestuck 2. I think the epilogues give more closure for some plots that weren't explored, though they felt very fanfic-ish at times and really depressing. Homestuck 2 feels very much like fanfiction. I kind of liked it, but it got too woke and angsty for me. I kind of share the same sentiments regarding how you view relationships in the comic lol.

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

I plan on reading the Epilogues and maybe Homestuck 2 at some point, but I wanted to give my brain some time away from Homestuck first. This video is proof of how well that’s been going. And thank you for your kind words! I’m glad you liked the video!

This is so so so good. PLEASE make the alternate unionverse

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

It’s on the list of things to write!

I love how you make your videos

@PlayheadNorth

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I haven't commented on a youtube video in an INCREDIBLY long time, but this particular reaction has been in my recommended for about two days now? The title hilariously enough brought me all the way back to my initial experience with Homestuck - started reading in August 2011 after one of my best friends had mentioned it in passing to me after she caught up, and like yourself I binged the whole thing with only a handful of hours of sleep between those read-throughs to make up for it LOL It was about five days in total before I managed to catch up? And back then, this was at the time when Homestuck was being updated DAILY, so reaching what was quite literally 'the end of the comic' at that time felt like such an incredible accomplishment, but boy the psychic damage that did to me was something else entirely. Didn't help that the comic was at the point of introducing the proper lore of the Ancestors and Gamzee was in the midst of his You Know What (I am not ashamed to admit that he plagued my dreams for those last two days reading), but all of these reminiscent rambles aside... this was a fantastic video that invoked such feelings of familiarity from that time in my life when Homestuck was all I ever talked about with my friends who were equally obsessed at the time. I knew I was in for it when I recalled almost every reaction images' context just by the vague spoiler-free explanations you gave for some of them! It really doesn't matter how long it's been since Act 7 concluded and the curtains closed for a final time, Homestuck is always going to be much more than just a webcomic, or a groundbreaking fandom of the 2010s, or even a multimedia project... it's an Experience and out of the few videos I watched on 4/13, yours was one that tickled me pink in the way [S] John: Reunite with your loving wife and daughter does every time I rewatch it! While there's no way I could begin to explain my exact feelings for that particular flash, but please know that they're good in such a nostalgic kind of way! All that aside, I applaud you for this such a valiant effort. I wish you all the luck with future videos and further honing your work (the Alternate Unionverse too!). I give you all the standing ovations for the-lengthier-than-the-content intermissions and the Past Karkat vs. Present Karkat vs. Future Karkat vibes that were OOZING off of those exchanges. And I want to give all my thanks for creating something that put such a smile on my face this evening :) AND OF COURSE, DISMAYED SLIMER IS THE END ALL BE ALL. EXCELLENT JOB WITH NUMBER 1! P.S. Never apologize for the logistics of a trollsona. I created a handful of limebloods (and their ancestors) knowing darn well they'd all been deliberately wiped out. Did I care? NOPE. P.P.S. Sorry not sorry for the long comment. You especially deserve it

@PlayheadNorth

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Reunite with your loving wife and daughter is one of my favorites as well. I don’t think I’ve watched it without laughing.