do I keep reading homestuck

[slippy]

If I do keep reading beyond this point, it will probably be out of some bizarre determination not to let the racist asshole control what I do, even if what I'm doing is reading said racist's work.

I did always believe Hussie about wanting the human characters to be 'aracial', since he gave skintones to the characters that were of known race, like the celebrities, and even to the Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff characters. It's much more obvious that he was thinking of them as white while writing them, but at least fandom could play around with interpretations and Hussie's occasional obnoxiousness about the whole thing was mostly easy to ignore. But now!

Why am I even surprised, though, it was obvious he was this kind of edgy white dude since forever. I'm just not used to him being so egregious about the racism. He couldn't just let go of the fact that people want representation, and keep writing the kids as white as he liked? It's not the ideal answer but at least it's one that I was already used to.

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[tyger]

...wtf is that page even I. D:

I mean, he's constantly failed at race (even if like you say it might be not intentional, though uh Damara) but at least it was an easily ignorable bit of the thing?

I guess you could take it as implying that she's normally not-caucasian but. Why is that even a mentionable thing in this situation I just. What even. D:

I'll keep reading, because if I was going to stop reading out of personal disgust with Hussie I would have stopped ages ago, but seriously what the fuck. D:

[slippy]

Oh boy, Damara. There was so much nonsense going on with the Beforans, actually. With them being present mostly for those three flashes I also kind of ignored all the awful stuff going on there, but now I'm both really frustrated and annoyed and disappointed and it's going to be right there in the main storyline for some time. BLARGH.

I'll keep reading, because if I was going to stop reading out of personal disgust with Hussie I would have stopped ages ago
Ain't that the truth. *BITTER LAUGH* I probably will keep reading too, though after giving it some time so at least the majority of the fuckery will be over. I hope!

[slippy]

I think what is pissing me off extra is that it's no longer just being racist, which is sadly common enough that it's relatively easy to deal with, it's that he's now going 'ahahaha I don't give a shit about being racist, all y'all are just overreacting'. He's owning it now like it's a badge of pride.

OK OK now I'm going to wash the dishes and calm down.

[tyger]

...yeah. That's. Probably exactly what it is. *facepalm* Particularly given the whole fuss he made about the kids not being any race at all!!! way back.

*nods* <3<3<3<3<3

[tyger]

Yeah, no, there's a LOT of bullshit, but when you think about racism in Homestuck Damara's totally the #1 Oh Fuck No example. *sighs* I liked Meenah enough I could deal, but yeah, fucking. Blegh. Hussie just needs to not touch shit he clearly can't handle well; by this stage he's so obviously had enough contact with people who do actually know better that ignorance isn't an excuse, and yet he keeps fucking up. :| :| :|

Yeah, that's probably not a bad idea at all! Being able to skip through it > the slow ugh of realtime, even given how fast Hussie updates.