Posted on 16 December 2023 by JamesHi, James here. Thanks for coming to the AMA, unless you didn’t. Then what the hell. I’m just kidding. Or am I? Ha ha, its these sort of fun author-to-audience interactions that Homestuck: Beyond Canon is built upon. We thought it would be fun to drop this one at the end of it. And you know what? It was.
I’ve been hinting at it in a few newposts, but we’ve managed to reach out to some fan-driven projects to try out some collaboration. By now, some of you have probably seen that the HICU is teaming up with the Stuck At Home Convention (SAHcon) people to bring the first officially licensed Homestuck Convention. That's kind of crazy. They have organized and run a successful online convention every year for the last few years. I go to the VRchat world every year and just take all the moveable objects and throw them in a pile, which I’ve been reassured is extremely normal behavior. It’s basically going to be the same, but this license allows them to operate and monetize themselves without worrying about some sort of larger corporate monolith hitting them with a cease and desist.
If it wasn’t also obvious we’ve been talking with some of the people who run the Homestuck subreddit, and this AMA is the first collaborative effort there. They regularly host events and watch parties, and have a really big discord server. I had been there in the past, and it is very overwhelming just how many active people are there at any given time. It's a bit too much for me, but maybe huge discord servers are your thing.
So, on to the update! This one was fun to write, and we’re getting some Interesting Lore about ASPECTS. What could it all mean? I don’t really know, actually.