What do you dislike with HS^2/Beyond Canon?
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What do you dislike with HS^2/Beyond Canon?
Ok. A little background context here, I've been writing a retrospective video essay on Homestuck Beyond Canon for a couple months now, and ever since the hiatus has been announced between december and the [S] 8r8k I decided to hold onto my thoughts and stop from doing so until now. But, with the recent flash coming out, what do you think? Mainly, what do you dislike or feel like Beyond Canon can work on or lack
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Re: What do you dislike with HS^2/Beyond Canon?
I have two main points where I think it could improve.
1. The Upd8 schedule. I wish HSBC updated more frequently! It would be really cool... That being said, I know it completely depends on how much the team can afford to do. I'm pretty hopeful that more merchandising like the plushes will allow them to update at a faster pace or do more special upd8s like [S] 8r8k. I don't know how much of the team works full-time on Beyond Canon, but I hope they use the funding from merchandise well. I think the team is already doing a pretty good job at producing cool content on a budget. Like, the Vrisual novel was AWESOME! It didn't disrupt the regular upd8 schedule either, which was really nice! The long hiatus for [S] 8r8k surprised me, but I'm hoping that future flashes will take less time or be worked on in the background to disrupt the upd8 schedule less. It was the team's first full length flash, so I think the timing of it made sense.
2. More original music/music from the Beyond Canon album. This one is a lot more of just a pet peeve... I think it would be cool to get some new motifs into the mix. I'd also love official themes for the Omega Kids! (And Deltas whenever they show up...) I think that it would be really fun to have new motifs to play with, and I'm hopeful that we'll at least get an album with kid themes some day. If those ended up in flash content, that would just be a cool plus. :)
Overall I think the team is doing a really good job with their current budget, experience and abilities.
1. The Upd8 schedule. I wish HSBC updated more frequently! It would be really cool... That being said, I know it completely depends on how much the team can afford to do. I'm pretty hopeful that more merchandising like the plushes will allow them to update at a faster pace or do more special upd8s like [S] 8r8k. I don't know how much of the team works full-time on Beyond Canon, but I hope they use the funding from merchandise well. I think the team is already doing a pretty good job at producing cool content on a budget. Like, the Vrisual novel was AWESOME! It didn't disrupt the regular upd8 schedule either, which was really nice! The long hiatus for [S] 8r8k surprised me, but I'm hoping that future flashes will take less time or be worked on in the background to disrupt the upd8 schedule less. It was the team's first full length flash, so I think the timing of it made sense.
2. More original music/music from the Beyond Canon album. This one is a lot more of just a pet peeve... I think it would be cool to get some new motifs into the mix. I'd also love official themes for the Omega Kids! (And Deltas whenever they show up...) I think that it would be really fun to have new motifs to play with, and I'm hopeful that we'll at least get an album with kid themes some day. If those ended up in flash content, that would just be a cool plus. :)
Overall I think the team is doing a really good job with their current budget, experience and abilities.