Homestuck.XYZ 2.0

A thread for all your wizardy needs. Archive of WH included! Referring to Wizardy Herbert by Andrew Hussie (note: Wizardy Herbert is a pre-MSPA work of Hussie's and pretty darn vulgar- probably comparable to SBaHJ or Jailbreak in that regard)

oh jeez i didnt realize it was formatted like this? anyways wizardy herbert is REAL and not just something roxy wrote. heres the wizardy https://mrcheeze.github.io/andrewhussie/WH.txt nmspaf clowned on me somewhat hard just now cause i thought my first post was like. the description of the thread asdfg

fuck. third post in a row everybody!!!!!!!!! woohoo spam!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! anyways BONUS CONTENT if you take out the /WH.txt you get an archive of all of hussies pre-mspa stuff. (NOTE NOTE NOTE: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. HUSSIE WAS AND REMAINS A TOTAL MAD LAD AND HIS PRE-MSPA STUFF IS *NOT* FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. BAD WORDS AND DICKS APLENTY. )

I freaking love the wizardy herbert draft and I'm always disappointed when it isn't mentioned along AH's older works. I didn't know the whole thing was pre-mspa though, did we have a timestamp on that? I always pictured it as an abandoned side project, but I guess that makes sense.

Damn that's a long read, also wasn't aware that this Was Actually A Thing All Along.

What do you think are the best things about it?

honestly, i havent finished it yet asdfghj
but i unironically really like the magic system

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Mon Nov 11, 2019 5:42 pm

fuck. NOTE: READ AT YOUR OWN RISK. HUSSIE WAS AND REMAINS A TOTAL MAD LAD AND HIS PRE-MSPA STUFF IS *NOT* FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. BAD WORDS AND DICKS APLENTY. )

im still sad andrew got soft

I really need to reread this but I think about the Mobius Slipknot and how it works a lot

I have mixed feelings on Wizardy Herbert. The work is unfinished and never meant to see the light of day, and it shows. I like the idea of an absurdist Harry Potter parody with absolute freaks of children, but it's definitely unpolished and doesn't, in my opinion, live up to the rest of Hussie's works. And that isn't even getting into the ethical minefield of something that was released without the consent of the author.

It’s pretty fascinating how many of the key characters in Wizardy Herbert are prototypes of characters from Homestuck. Of particular note Russet eventually morphed into the striders and Herbert himself paralleling Caliborn. The latter especially says a lot about the story Hussie wanted to tell with Homestuck.