Talk:Episode 52: Semiotics, Bridges, and Off-Ramps/@comment-24.20.175.35-20190825194802/@comment-3120414-20190828062650

Kinda disappointing that the reaction to a multi-paragraph discussion about the Epilogues (something we're all invariably here to talk about, seeing as we're in a comments section about it) is just "begone redditor".

I could go on about how "Oh I don't use reddit!", but I don't think that really matters, because that's not what you're getting at. The quote you chose to mock was "Epilogues were meant to continue the challenge that Homestuck offers to its readers", which is interesting. It seems to imply that you find a flaw in the idea of the Epilogues challenging their readers, or in the concept of challenging your readers at all. This is fine, you don't have to enjoy works that seek to challenge you, but I think that dismissing the concept overall is unfair, and unnecessarily limits creative boundaries.

As for the pretentiousness, that I can absolutely own up to. Homestuck's a pretentious work at times, and I enjoyed the bits that were pretentious. Rose's wizard fic is still hysterical to read aloud.