2020-03-04 0:26:00 ¶ ●

## hey!! i just read act 8 and i just wanted to say that it’s like one of my fave homestuck works now!!! it’s so well written and the story is so interesting and it’s making me feel excited about homestuck in a way that i haven’t felt since i was actually reading homestuck for the first time!!! everything about it is just really nice and i’m so glad you’re doing it!! so like thank you so much for that!! and good luck with continuing writing it!!!

> hi also previous anon again i just wanted to say that the rosemary in act 8 is SO on point like you understand them better than hussie ever could and some of their convos actually made me cry of happiness a little just because they’re so good so thank you for that also

Thank you, genuinely. This is high praise, and so I’ll do my very best to deserve it. (Writing Rosemary in particular is a source of joy to me so your comment touches my heart!)

2020-03-04 20:56:40 ¶ ●

## hi!! ive been very dissatisfied with hs2 lately so when i saw this blog it was like the light at the end of the tunnel dksjfjsjdj anyways im really excited to read act 8!! and also im glad the hiatus is over and there are more updates coming >:]

Glad to hear you’re excited! And thank you much.

As a MSPA reader since 2008, I will say most people had a hard time getting into homestuck when it first started, too. Potentially (almost certainly) for different reasons than HS^2, I’ll admit. But despite how badly homestuck canon went for me, I still believe the best way to get good art out of the world is to support imperfect art while it grows. The best stories are the ones you find in the telling. I hope HS^2 comes into itself and makes a lot of people happy, genuinely.

Thaaat being said, there are legitimate grievances to be had… many of ‘em. Some people, like me, just can’t get on board for one reason or another. So I ALSO hope what you find here serves as a reprieve, or a good alternative.

Enjoy!

2020-03-05 3:14:28 ¶ ●

I got some more asks but they’re pretty antagonistic so don’t click through unless you want the Spice.

> I have a question. Why did you make solfef a moirallegiance? It was canonically a matespritship? Why do you allow solara to be both matespritship and moirallegiance?

I (gently!) ask if that is really a reasonable interpretation of the one scene they were all in.

> What is the point of Fefnep?

Uh, good question….

> And you hand out Gamzee a redemption ‘arc’ by means of making him cry a bunch in front of Calliope? Why does he get to have this but not others?

Whoof. Part of what makes that scene so hard for me to revisit (yes I Do hate it as it currently stands) is that those ugly, honest feelings I was so indulgent towards back then are all still here inside me. And I feel even less welcome to talk about them now, I feel brain ghost hussie himself bearing down over my shoulder. I’m not saying this is a great scenario for anybody– the opposite really– but I have been trying to pick at it for a while and just can’t. So I don’t know. Don’t expect me to defend it, I don’t want to fight.

> What makes you any different from let’s say… Alternate Mewniverse? Can you honestly say that any part of this is somehow not a self-indulgent wish-fullfilment fantasy?

Nothing, no, and gotta say I don’t really worry about that. I don’t mean to sound snotty, I’m sorry that we don’t have much in common. But this may just be a case where I’m an utterly strange person by your assessment. (That’s fine, keeps me humble.)

2020-03-05 18:57:42 ¶ ●

## Are any of the artists working on Act 8 working on anything else?

All of the artists and writers (right now) are me and she’s pretty busy. I do have original stuff, but I haven’t had time in a while and I don’t really want to cross the streams.

2020-03-23 8:31:58 ¶ ●

## You don't have any plans to continue ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT ACT: NEW, do you?

I think Austin & I would absolutely love to do more stuff with caliborn. I don’t have the bandwidth right now but let’s just say I’m like, planning to plan on it. So maybe later this year.

2020-03-23 8:33:07 ¶ ●

All the art is done for the next update (18 pages) and logs are in the editing stage, but i’ve injured my arm and can’t finish the formatting as quickly as i’d hoped…. ty for your patience!

2020-03-27 19:58:44 ¶ ●

## So when's the next update? TELL ME I NEED TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!!!!!

Saturday I hope! I’m waiting on a music contributor to make the bg track for a minigame. If they need more time we may have a little intermediate update to tide us over.

2020-03-30 4:28:24 ¶ ●

Short update with the next coming tomorrow. (I hope!) It’ll be the last in this style of updates and the second to last that branches from the latest “hub,” after which we’ll just be doing straightforward updates from then on. (outside of some flash/html5 projects.)

2020-03-31 4:10:48 ¶ ●

Double update starting on pages 379 and 386!

> Act 8 is one girl’s mission to intentionally destroy all connective tissue in her forearms. It is also a project by a fan, for humans, to produce a canon discompliant fanwork that takes place directly after Act 7. The current vibe is: BOOTS AND CATS.

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2020-03-31 7:11:39 ¶ ●

that5thace replied to your photo “Double update starting on pages 379 and 386! Act 8 is one girl’s…”

> Did I really spot references to not only The Neverending Story, but Momo as well?

Yes!! Good eye.

2020-03-31 18:27:38 ¶ ● ⬈

act8official:

> Double update starting on pages 379 and 386!

> > Act 8 is one girl’s mission to intentionally destroy all connective tissue in her forearms. It is also a project by a fan, for humans, to produce a canon discompliant fanwork that takes place directly after Act 7. The current vibe is: BOOTS AND CATS.

> About | Start from the beginning.