[S] Act 5 Act 2

Kinda sweet, really.

MS Paint Adventures: Homestuck by Andrew Hussie.

Music: "Homestuck", by Mark Hadley, original (Homestuck Anthem) by Clark "Plazmataz" Powell.

[gothdad]

when you think about it, john was the only homestuck kid who grew up in a loving, “normal” parenting situation

[cbear]

karkat getting so jealous he fell in love with him rewired my brain chemistry

[DistrictIvory]

I still think it's weird that John's dad was willing to adopt the baby that came from a giant meteor that killed his loving mother and probably everyone else in near by buildings.

[elainekincaid]

a big fuck you to hussie for throwing down a huge ship a page right after it was implied

[WealthyAardvark]

But before that happens, Karkat gets to see the kids grow up with a peaceful childhood. John's carefree attitude is something that Karkat could never have had on Alternia: he would be dead. And yet these weak and UNDESERVING aliens not only lead lives Karkat envies, but through their actions have cost him his chance to sample that life for himself.

[Strawberrycherryhue]

so this is what hate at first sight beautiful

[avatarbestfangirl]

Mostly its because of John's blood color. Karkat had to hide his mutant blood his entire life, almost didn't have a lusus because of it, and feels he has to work even harder to get where he wants. He has to watch John, who has the same blood color, be taken care of his entire life with no judgment, not to mention his guardian just found him and took him in. All that, combined with John's derpy attitude, probably pisses Karkat off fiercely

[tiffanyO]

its so weird reading these comments, like travelling back to 2010

[damnwtf]

When I got to this part I nearly cried & rewatched it like twice. It's such a beautiful scene! Sort of weird, but still beautiful :)))

[tired_dougaman]

EB: hey, i don't have a problem with your weird sort of alien hate-love thing!
EB: it is just that, uh...
CG: WHAT
EB: i am not a homosexual.
CG: WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

[jackdets]

OH MY GOD JOHN DO YOU HAVE TO BE SO CUTE

[WealthyAardvark]

The trolls did all of the work to make that life possible and now have to watch what they could have had from the outside. That's why Karkat hates John, and why this whole situation is tragic.

[muon]

goddamn this is one of my favourite flashes now

[i.Sapphired]

This is so tragic.
Karkat and his crew had thrir world completely destroyed, survived, and yet endured so many trials and troubles. And just as they reach the end... there goes their prize. Their universe doesn't belong to them, their lives are gone, any semblance of happiness they may have had was ripped away and there was Nothing. They. Could. Have. Done.
John and his friends live their own lives, ignorant of what their existence has done to Karkat. Their lives are so much happier than Karkat's was. Even now, they have it better off.
The music. The circumstances. And most of all, Karkat's absolutely broken stare at the end. It's just so utterly heartbreaking.

I wish I was more emotionally susceptible to moments like these. I want to be able to feel the sadness and the impact of a story more. I want to be able to cry, to feel the emotion of things like these.
But I can't.

Edit: I wrote this at the point in the story where I viewed this flash, so I didn't know other things, and Homestuck is confusing so there is like a 50% chance I'm wrong lol

[Xatutan]

Wait...WAIT ONE DIGGLY-DANG SECOND...how did John know his name....BEFORE his 13th birthday?

[jadethenidoran]

I can hate Hussie, I can hate everything post Canon, I can hate the trainwreck Homestuck has become, and I can hate the things in it that were in poor taste even when it came out.
But I just can't bring myself to discard and abandon my love for the comic itself or the fandom, or the memories and fun I had reading it and enjoying the content the fans created.

[doggerlander]

why do people think this is cute? it's tragic asf. karkat is just watching the images of the life he never got to live, pretty much broken by the revelation that the shitty alternian lifestyle is fucking awful. and on retrospect it gets even sadder once you consider that all the things you see here are things that john has completely lost by the end of the act

[monstruoguapa]

Poor karkat ;-; Sweet, sweet rejections...

[stratovolcano]

when i first read homestuck i wasnt that into johnkat, but im rereading it now and theres so much i missed the first time around? all the parrallels between them and such. this flash gave me chills and made me realize its not a bad ship

[lice]

Screw the people who disliked this, it's beautiful and they can't see it