Hi! I know you are probuably already informed about the upcoming omegapause. I joined this fandom a bit later than most. I caught up about half-way through the second pause. I was wondering if you could tell me about the first and second pauses? Were they both called gigapauses? How long did they last, and when were they?

Hello! The Omega Pause is actually Homestuck’s 9th hiatus. There’s a section dedicated to the other Hiatuses on the Homestuck page on the wiki but it seems to be lacking the most recent pause.