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More revisions. Added proper citations to Kierkegaard and Foster Wallace that I’d somehow forgotten to include first go-around.  \nI suspect this will be the final revision of this document for some time, likely until Andrew Hussie finishes the comic. As of right now, I’m partway through annotations on Act 6, as well as some additional reading on critics and thinkers whose work seems relevant to MSPA . When Homestuck is finished, I hope to release v0 .9 of the annotations asan eBook, with complete commentary on Acts 1-7 of the story.  \nThank you all for your suggestions and support through this project!  \n6.28.13, v0.81. Did some cleanup, correcting spelling and grammar errors. Added sources by Jenkins and Kennedy about the protagonist as audience cipher in modern media, and how John relates to this trend. Noted a telling moment in Jade’s Alchemization binge as suggested by Silthead on Tumblr .  \n4.14.13 , v0 .8 . Posted annotations through Act 5 Act 2 .  \nINTRODUCTION:  \nIt’s a webcomic. It’s a serial illustrated novel. It’s a record label for indie electronica. It’s the worst RPG sourcebook ever. It’s Infinite Jest meets Scott Pilgrim meets 4Chan . It’s Suda 51’s game adaptation of David Lynch’s remake of Spy Kids 3D: Game Over. It’s one of those Scholastic Book Club videogame  \nnovelizations/”strategy guides” they made in the 80s for stuff like Castlevania, about the greatest videogame of all time, except the videogame doesn’t exist. It is a memetic parasite that drags its host into isolation and obsession like something from Lovecraft .  \nHomestuck, brainchild of MS Paint Adventures mastermind Andrew Hussie, is the story of John Egbert: a kid playing a videogame that can alter the fabric of his universe. With the help of a co-player, who interferes with John’s environment using a giant green cursor, John builds a portal and enters a videogame world - complete with vicious monsters, hapless villagers, and a heroic destiny.  \nTogether, John and his friends set out to conquer an evil kingdom and take their rightful places as rulers of a new realm.  \nAnd that’s when things go wrong. Catastrophically wrong.  \nThe circumstances of the adventure, the “rules” of the game, are complex and frequently obscure. Time-travel, parallel worlds, alternate selves and extradimensional travel eventually come into play – and Hussie trusts his audience to read between the lines and parse out his world’s dizzying mythology. At the same time, the complexity of Homestuck’s universe is matched by the ceaseless innovation of Hussie’s storytelling. Homestuck does things with words and pictures I have never seen before, in comics or any other medium, ever. The formal experimentation here allows Hussie to play with perspective, continuity, and metatextuality – in ways that deepen the story’s exploration of adolescence, creativity, solipsism, irony, and the conflict between free will and determinism.  \nFor these reasons, Homestuck is very difficult to get into, and even veteran readers may miss critical information. I’ve written these annotations with a new reader in mind, and I hope you’ll find them helpful in orienting yourself in Homestuck’s dizzying world.  \nWhat this guide is not:  \nUp ‘til now, despite it’s massive, loyal and financially lucrative base of readers, no one’s attempted serious criticism of Homestuck . This is a vast and intricate work, and one worthy of serious consideration by diverse intellects.  \nI am not diverse intellects. I’m working off of a threeyear-old undergraduate degree in English Literature and a couple of Wikipedia pages. 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