Homestuck

Homestuck was a multimedia webcomic authored by Andrew Hussie and published on MS Paint Adventures from 2009 to 2016. It is arguably one of the biggest parts of LMTYA, due to being it one of the pieces of media most brought up and it formerly being Tad's main obsession. Even the name of the podcast being a reference to a meme in the HS community.
== Relationship to the Podcast ==
Homestuck has been invoked throughout the podcast, from "Getting Arrested Outside of a Comic Shop" to Noyz Boyz #28. It is usually referenced when the subjects of fandom and terribly-produced media are brought up, but it has been featured as a main subject in various episodes:
* Hiveswap, the videogame adaption of Homestuck, has been the subject of "Let Me Tell You About... Hiveswap" and "LMTYA... Hiveswap News Update," as well as two let's plays Tad did of the first two acts of the game when they released. 
* In Guest Boyz #2, Tad interviewed RJ!Lake, a HS musician and developer.
* Homestuck musician Toby Fox and his game Undertale have been the subject of episodes "Let Me Tell You About... Undertale" and "Toby 'No More Nicknames' Fox and the Importance of Leitmotifs."
* The boys take the classpect quiz in a bonus episode, titled "Aleks and Tad take the "True Zodiac Quiz."
However, Homestuck itself has an entire series of podcasts dedicated to it alone, titled "Homestuck Ruined My Life."
== Homestuck Ruined My Life ==
"Homestuck Ruined My Life" was a series of podcasts made for Homestuck Month in October 2017. The series spans 6 episodes across nearly 2 years, but was originally set to cover each act within one month. Instead, each episode covers a different dimension of the comic and why it did/didn't/sometimes work, such as the mechanics, characters, fandom, author, and dynamic emotional aura.
=== HSRML Episodes: ===
# A HS Primer: This episode focused around explaining the beginning few acts, how the comic functioned, and it's game-like mechanics that affected plot-progression.
# Act 5: This episode mainly focused on Act 5, the trolls, and more reasons why the comic worked so well.
# The Fandom Menace: This episode completely diverged from the comic itself and more discussed the fandom and how even with it's reputation, there are some really cool projects, art, etc.
# The Huss: This episode focused on the creator of Homestuck, Andrew Hussie, some of his history in comic-writing, the creative process he undertook when writing the comic, and the response he had to people responding to the comic.
# Why Did We Care?: This episode focused on the impact Homestuck had on people's lives and how media can have a residual effect on people.
# Epilogues and Homestuck^2: This episode wraps up the remaining talking points Tad had about Act 7, but mainly focuses on his thoughts on the recently released epilogues and the future of the comic under VIZ Media and What Pumpkin, as well the yet to be released Homestuck^2. This episode is also a solo episode with Tad due to Aleks either being "dead and gone forever" or getting kidnapped by the Chinese Communist Party.
== Outside The Podcast ==
Tad and Aleks have appeared on a few other places to discuss Homestuck, either primarily or as just a part of another Noyz Boyz-esque podcast
=== The Worst Podcast In The Universe Episode 7 ===
A podcast hosted by Khan (from the Second Shitter and Assigned Male episodes) this episode is one of a few on Homestuck, but with this one featuring Tad and Aleks.
This episode focused on a variety of topics, but with the main one being a story on how Khan ran an ERP memo on Pesterchum (a chat client based on one of the ones featured in Homestuck)
=== Sounds Of Skaia ===
Sounds Of Skaia was a podcast dedicated to discussing the music of Homestuck, hosted by LukeTheNerd. Due to some issues with losing an episode, it was canceled, with the last upload being We Lost An Episode (not my fault) and the description reading "screw the cops heck drugs the podcast is OVER."
Tad appeared in 3 episodes (9, 10 and 13).
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