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I am assuming that every person who follows my blog does so because I regularly post about Homestuck. Unless you really liked that Jake hat I bought a few months ago and wanted updates on it. (its still awesome btw)

However, if you are not aware of Andrew’s previous comics, I highly suggest you check them out. But I’m here to talk about one comic series in particular. One I feel is the most important of Hussie’s pre-MSPA work. I am talking about Humanimals.

Before you all groan and give up reading this, I assure you this post is not a sarcastic “THERES SO MUCH SYMBOLISM EDWARD IS THE WAR ON TERROR” post. This is a legitimate post about why I feel Humanimals is important to anyone who reads Homestuck.

First, tell me this. Who do you think the target audience of Humanimals is? The answer is no one. Andrew did not draw Humanimals to please anyone. He made it because Andrew is fucking weird as hell, and wanted to horrify and disgust his audience. Nobody actually reads Humanimals because they enjoy the workplace antics of these lovable characters. Furries won’t get off on it because these characters are anti-anthropomorphic abominations instead of humans with fox ears or some shit. People read Humanimals because it’s disgusting and bizarre. Nobody asked for Humanimals. Nobody wanted Humanimals. Except Andrew Hussie. He wanted these to be made.

Now think about Homestuck. I’m sure at some point you’ve been disappointed by some kind of plot point. Maybe it was Tavros’s death, or John telling Karkat he isn’t gay. You might think that your fanfiction where Tavros kills Vriska and stops Gamzee from going crazy and then they make out is better than what Andrew made. I know I was disappointed with Karkat stopping Gamzee in such a lame, anticlimactic way. I’ve made several posts before about how much I hate sober Gamzee.

But Andrew doesn’t care. No matter how much I bitch about Gamzee, he’s not going to write him out of the comic. Because Andrew likes Gamzee. Andrew wants Gamzee in Homestuck. He once said on Formspring that he makes Homestuck because it’s a story he wanted to read, but nobody made it yet. So while I want to read “Homestuck Minus Sober Gamzee,” Andrew doesn’t want to make it.

Humanimals is actually very similar to Homestuck in this regard. Andrew wanted Humanimals to be made, but no one did. The only difference between Homestuck and Humanimals is that Hoimestuck has a much broader appeal than just Andrew Hussie and a real life Equius.

So basically, complaining about how Andrew writes Homestuck is pointless, because he is the kind of guy who draws disgusting comics about naked muscular animal men when no one else wants him to.

edit: holy shit i wrote a lot of words about humanimals.

Yeah I read this a while ago, but it was worth reblogging to keep around.

Anytime someone seems self-righteous or moans about the way Homestuck’s going/not going, I kind of just remember Humanimals and laugh at them.  (I already kinda did before I knew about it, but now I can articulate why.)

Odds are that whatever your opinion - such as “Gamzee is getting away with murder with nothing but a shoosh-pap, why didn’t you kill him” - Andrew has already predicted your reaction, and is laughing his ass off.

Andrew is the best troll.

2011-9-24