Let's Read: Homestuck! - Thread #2 [Now on Act 5!]

[NickyTheRat]

Unfortunately, problems have gotten in our way and we will not be able to release Act 5 Part 2 until some time next week. To help ease the pain, our Tavros has whipped up something special for all of you.

Part 2 of the livestream should also hopefully be up soon.

[Dengar]

How high do you even have to BE to DO something like that?

I'm kidding, I'm just baffled by people actually making the EFFORT to do something like that. Wow.

[SuperBlueBadger]

Not going to lie, we're pretty high.

...High on life.




...And ratings.

[Dengar]

By the way, will the new narrator stay on for all the Troll segments later on, or is he here for Hivebent only? I like the contrast.

[SuperBlueBadger]

He's there for all the troll segments, I'm there for the all the kid segments. I agree it makes for nice contrast, even if it seems like Brad is stealing all the fangirls with his slow smooth narration.

[NickyTheRat]

Sweet Slam andHella Jam

Another one of these fucking things while we wait for Act 5 Part 2 (which I promise is soon).

[NickyTheRat]

Heyo! New episode! It's got that fun-ass courtblock scene

[makuta]

Where have I heard this Nepeta before?

[Tirgo]

He's there for all the troll segments, I'm there for the all the kid segments. I agree it makes for nice contrast, even if it seems like Brad is stealing all the fangirls with his slow smooth narration.

and fanboys too

...dude has a sexy voice

.......i'm still not gay

[Dengar]

...dude has a sexy voice

.......i'm still not gay

This. So much this. I cannot stress how much I agree with this.

[Tirgo]

please do not let him read the troll relationship explanation because i will have orgasms

[Dengar]

^Not going to happen. As in, that not happening is not going to happen.

[Tirgo]

^Not going to happen. As in, that not happening is not going to happen.

OH DANG THAT REALLY SUCKS

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have him read the troll relationship explanation

i demand it

[NickyTheRat]

Where have I heard this Nepeta before?

Many places, possibly! Nepeta is voiced by Bratwurst Trousers, who is pretty prolific on tumblr and tindeck.

And yes Tirgo, he will be reading the troll relationship bit. We don't skip anything. Brace yourself for a sexy info dump.

[looneylune]

This whole project....


Yes.


Just...

YES.

[TwinFish]

I'm really enjoying this a whole lot! ♥ You guys are all really talented and should be very very proud of what you're doing here!

And yes, I'm fangirling on Brad's narration as well.
(Ah, velvety tones, the secret weakness of most women!)

[obolisk0430]

Brad is actually a bit scary doing some of that narration. Also, I saw you were getting shit for sollux's lisp on youtube, so I'll tell you: That is exactly my headcannon for Sollux. I've never thought of him as having an enormous lisp.

[WackoMcGoose]

Brad is actually a bit scary doing some of that narration. Also, I saw you were getting shit for sollux's lisp on youtube, so I'll tell you: That is exactly my headcannon for Sollux. I've never thought of him as having an enormous lisp.

Yeah, I really like the Sollux voice too. Just a barely-noticeable lii2p, but not so much that it's overdone. On a related note, I do hope Octopimp actually does Eridan's doubled vvs and wws, because of all the trolls' quirks it seems like the most distinctive one to be in voice form (unlike Terezi's obviously-pointless-to-pronounce 413s or Vriska's only-slightly-more-emphasized 8s).

[Tirgo]

Yeah, I really like the Sollux voice too. Just a barely-noticeable lii2p, but not so much that it's overdone. On a related note, I do hope Octopimp actually does Eridan's doubled vvs and wws, because of all the trolls' quirks it seems like the most distinctive one to be in voice form (unlike Terezi's obviously-pointless-to-pronounce 413s or Vriska's only-slightly-more-emphasized 8s).

i don't see why octopimp wouldn't do the w's and v's, he does it right when he is regularily voicing the character in his videos and stuff

[Dengar]

Didn't the comic describe Sollux as having "a 2liight lii2p"?

[felicitousArtisan]

Regarding Sollux's voice, thank you for the support. The comic does describe him as having 'a biit of a lii2p', which gives us quite a bit of leeway really. We feel that Vex is a great Sollux because of the impressive emotional range he brings to the role.
To be honest, every time we bring in a new character, we expect some bitching from the peanut gallery. It is simply impossible to please everybody, particularly when people use 'headcanon' as if it actually counts for something as a value judgement and are given a mouthpiece to vent every little thought that crosses their minds as they are on Youtube. Unfortunately we're the only people doing a project like this, so people don't have an alternative if they don't like our casting choices, and so everybody thinks that this means we are somehow under obligation to represent or fulfil their personal desires, even though we get no money and have no obligation to please anybody other than ourselves since we do this primarily for fun. There is literally nothing stopping any other people from doing a similar project and casting whomever takes their fancy. If people think they can do better than us, they should definitely give it a go!
It'd be nice if they'd be a little more polite and tactful though. It's like they don't even realise that the VAs are people with feelings and we DO read the comments.

[NickyTheRat]

Here's part two of our second bantergauntlet. I'm looking forward to listening to it myself and hearing all those funny and interesting things I yelled.

[georgiel]

He's there for all the troll segments, I'm there for the all the kid segments. I agree it makes for nice contrast, even if it seems like Brad is stealing all the fangirls with his slow smooth narration.

What will happen in the sections where there are both trolls and human in the same scene?

Will it be like duelling banjos with voice actors?

[Dengar]

I would imagine the narrator would correspond to the character that's being controlled by the player.

Note that I'm unaware of any scenes where both humans, trolls, AND a narrator is present.

[SuperBlueBadger]

It's not official but the banjos are a good suggestion.

The general idea so far though is that I will probably narrate them as I am the primary narrator. It's not set in stone but it seems the most orderly way to do things in my opinion.