The short version is: Homestuck: Alternate Universe is over. For more information, check the Patreon link. I would have posted the audio version on YouTube, but I don't feel like it.
SHORT VERSION:
1. Lack of interest
Homestuck projects broadly don't interest me as much as they used to, and the idea of spending another four to five years on it doesn't sound fun any more. This isn't out of any spite for Homestuck, I just feel as though I'm moving past it.
2. Lack of resources
This is related to point number 1, but I've been unable to commit my time to the many supplemental things that need to be done for HSAU from updating the AO3 to updating the Bandcamp to making promo of the project for YouTube. I have thought about getting manpower for help but I don't feel like the viewership is large enough to actually support this. Basically, this is a vanity project and I can't keep putting money into it.
3. Personal changes
Over the past three or four years that I've had any level of success, the most rewarding material I've made is nonfiction video essays. I'm passionate about discussing media and analysis as well as philosophy and theology, an itch that Homestuck is no longer able to scratch. For a long time, I've felt like a big fish in a small pond and that making content for Homestuck, a niche fandom that isn't getting any less niche, is a game that I've dominated by virtue of essentially being the only person discussing anything analytical. I want to move on.
Funk McLovin
HOMESTUCK: ALTERNATE UNIVERSE ANNOUNCEMENT.
LINK: www.patreon.com/posts/125796280
The short version is: Homestuck: Alternate Universe is over. For more information, check the Patreon link. I would have posted the audio version on YouTube, but I don't feel like it.
SHORT VERSION:
1. Lack of interest
Homestuck projects broadly don't interest me as much as they used to, and the idea of spending another four to five years on it doesn't sound fun any more. This isn't out of any spite for Homestuck, I just feel as though I'm moving past it.
2. Lack of resources
This is related to point number 1, but I've been unable to commit my time to the many supplemental things that need to be done for HSAU from updating the AO3 to updating the Bandcamp to making promo of the project for YouTube. I have thought about getting manpower for help but I don't feel like the viewership is large enough to actually support this. Basically, this is a vanity project and I can't keep putting money into it.
3. Personal changes
Over the past three or four years that I've had any level of success, the most rewarding material I've made is nonfiction video essays. I'm passionate about discussing media and analysis as well as philosophy and theology, an itch that Homestuck is no longer able to scratch. For a long time, I've felt like a big fish in a small pond and that making content for Homestuck, a niche fandom that isn't getting any less niche, is a game that I've dominated by virtue of essentially being the only person discussing anything analytical. I want to move on.
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