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Post by cookiefonster on Jun 12, 2016 9:48:54 GMT
(happy 6/12!)
Rule: It has to be something you think could plausibly happen.
My worst epilogue would be a Vriskagram-esque montage of new life on Earth.
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Post by obsidalicious on Jun 12, 2016 10:04:08 GMT
I will be eternally disappointing if Can Town doesn't have a Bubbles Von Salamancer Academy of Dark Arts and Sorcery.
But more seriously, I'd hate it if not a single character brings up the fact that among their circle of peers, some of them are mortal, some of them immortal, and some of them are stuck in the afterlife. Act 7 made it look like the humans were doing their best to pretend that they weren't eternal deities. Obviously I'd be fine if they chose to live the normal life for a while, especially while their mortal friends are around, but if they look as if they're going to pretend to be normal teens for ever and just squander and neglect all that power they have, I will be disappoint.
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Post by alleywaycreeper on Jun 12, 2016 10:38:50 GMT
There being, for whatever reason, no epilogue.
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Post by spacedwarfindustries on Jun 12, 2016 11:00:25 GMT
If it turns out Jack Noir didn't get got by all the relatives and friends of the people he murdered, especially after SS got decapitated for like five minutes of fighting the strider co.
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Post by soeroah on Jun 12, 2016 11:15:08 GMT
One that raises more questions and answers none, or focuses entirely on things we already knew/were easy enough to get from implication.
Or one that reveals the entire comic to be a Dreamself's Propsit vision.
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Post by cookiefonster on Jun 12, 2016 11:19:45 GMT
Or one that reveals the entire comic to be a Dreamself's Propsit vision. What did I say about implausible epilogues? If you think it's plausible that's cool but I'd rather not have these "all just a dream" endings. The other thing you listed, however, is a good plausible bad epilogue.
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Post by alleywaycreeper on Jun 12, 2016 11:43:58 GMT
One that raises more questions and answers none, or focuses entirely on things we already knew/were easy enough to get from implication. Or one that reveals the entire comic to be a Dreamself's Propsit vision. Isn't that kind of the case already? At least for the last sub act, anyway.
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Post by The One Guy on Jun 13, 2016 14:42:42 GMT
Any epilogue that further glorifies Vriska without even acknowledging what a terrible person she is.
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Post by scarodactyl on Jun 13, 2016 21:38:48 GMT
Or one that reveals the entire comic to be a Dreamself's Propsit vision. What did I say about implausible epilogues? On the one hand, Hussie promised the ending wouldn't be something like this. On the other hand, I would have found the current ending completely implausible four years ago.
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Post by vaiyt on Jun 22, 2016 0:12:29 GMT
One that addresses all the nitpicky continuity gripes, irrelevant plot tangents and pet epileptic trees the fandom has accumulated along the way and seems to think are terribly important now.
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Post by alleywaycreeper on Jun 22, 2016 2:01:38 GMT
One that addresses all the nitpicky continuity gripes, irrelevant plot tangents and pet epileptic trees the fandom has accumulated along the way and seems to think are terribly important now. YMMV, but I don't consider finding out what the deal even was with the masterpiece to be a nitpick. Or if, you know, Lord English was actually defeated or he can still cause harm to our protagonists.
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Post by imglasses on Jun 22, 2016 3:06:35 GMT
An epilogue where each page is just a picture or GIF of "where are they now" with no plot resolution, and no accompanying dialog or narration.
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Post by cookiefonster on Jun 22, 2016 14:50:27 GMT
One that addresses all the nitpicky continuity gripes, irrelevant plot tangents and pet epileptic trees the fandom has accumulated along the way and seems to think are terribly important now. You mean like the frog switch? I don't really get how that epilogue would be bad.
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Post by Neptz on Jun 23, 2016 1:55:39 GMT
An epilogue where each page is just a picture or GIF of "where are they now" with no plot resolution, and no accompanying dialog or narration. You mean like in PS? It was fitting then, but this time if it happens again I'll be mad for sure.
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Post by GreatKaiserNui on Jun 23, 2016 4:20:22 GMT
Any epilogue that further glorifies Vriska without even acknowledging what a terrible person she is. Even better: A rap from Hussie that treats hating Vriska like drugs or Piracy. "It's not okay to go and hate Vriska 'cos Vriska's a really important character. Ends justify the means and you gotta be riska. It's not okay to go and hate Vriska."
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Post by obsidalicious on Jun 23, 2016 4:45:22 GMT
An epilogue in which the Universe C residents talk about the sacrifices of Vriska, the Ghost Army etc. would be kinda terrible. This is because Act 7 made it look like they just buggered off without even trying to check up on them, and the idea that they just presumed their deaths and headed of without offering help, and then later honouring those heroic sacrifices would really infuriate me. If it happened I would officially be sold on the 'The kids are psychopaths' theory.
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Post by heyitskane on Jun 26, 2016 4:51:43 GMT
A panel showing the "thanks for playing" next to the sun, zooming out to reveal John sitting at his computer. It was a video game the whole time.
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Post by drifloon on Jun 26, 2016 12:13:28 GMT
My bare minimum of expectations for the epilogue are that we get proper confirmation on what happened to: - Terezi - Vriska - Lord English - The kids that got trapped in the juju - The sprites
I would normally think it was completely obvious that the epilogue would confirm those things, but the ending itself managed to dive way below my most pessimistic expectations, so it's possible. I'll just say that any epilogue that fails to resolve any of those things would be the worst possible for me.
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Post by cookiefonster on Jun 26, 2016 13:18:42 GMT
My bare minimum of expectations for the epilogue are that we get proper confirmation on what happened to: - Terezi - Vriska - Lord English - The kids that got trapped in the juju - The sprites I would normally think it was completely obvious that the epilogue would confirm those things, but the ending itself managed to dive way below my most pessimistic expectations, so it's possible. I'll just say that any epilogue that fails to resolve any of those things would be the worst possible for me. I don't even know what my most pessimistic expectations were but the present ending is definitely below them. Regarding the victory door, I thought that at the very worst it would end right when John or whoever else (I thought it would be Karkat) opens it but it ends with him about to open the door which is even worse. I always hated the idea of ending right when the door is opened.
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Post by br8kspoder on Jun 27, 2016 23:21:29 GMT
The victory door opens. Brilliant light shines through, but as it clears, blackness, and green word-art letters that read: SBURB 2. The end.
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Post by scarodactyl on Jun 28, 2016 0:11:33 GMT
My personal worst would be something that leans really hard into the idea of 'Homestuck as Creation Myth.' Like, clipping to the future of the new earth's residents talking about how the earth came to be, the various members of their pajama pantheon, how the sun and moon are two flying spacedogs eternally chasing each other (ala STtNG's episode 'Masks') and so on. Some people might get a kick out of that (I haven't read the various writeups on the topic) but it wouldn't do much for me.
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Post by imglasses on Jun 28, 2016 0:23:46 GMT
My personal worst would be something that leans really hard into the idea of 'Homestuck as Creation Myth.' Like, clipping to the future of the new earth's residents talking about how the earth came to be, the various members of their pajama pantheon, how the sun and moon are two flying spacedogs eternally chasing each other (ala STtNG's episode 'Masks') and so on. Some people might get a kick out of that (I haven't read the various writeups on the topic) but it wouldn't do much for me. I don't think this would be bad in itself, but I would hate this if this were entirety of it. Basic plot and character resolution are the bare minimum requirements to possibly redeem the ending for me. Things like this would just be nice additions.
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Post by SpottedBlades on Jun 28, 2016 0:49:45 GMT
The "just a dream" thing would kind of ruin the whole thing, unless done in a creative manner. But yeah, if those loose ends don't get resolved, a lot of fans are gonna complain about it again.
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Post by Georgie on Jun 28, 2016 14:44:28 GMT
We jump several decades forward in the new universe, and it turns out that the entire comic was an anecdote being recounted by an elderly John to his sickeningly adorable troll/human hybrid grandchildren. As John concludes the story where we ended in Act 7, the eldest and most plucky of the youngsters, Tavska, demands to know what happened next, to which John responds by tapping his nose and saying, "now that is a story for another day."
At that moment, John's thirty-something daughter, Casey, enters the room and tells the group of children that story time with Poppop is over, to which they express dismay. However, she cheers them up by telling them that their Auntie Jane has baked some muffins for them, which promptly gets them up on their feet. Once they have left, John and Casey discuss Roxy—the late wife of John and mother to Casey—and how much they miss her. This leads them to talk at great length about where all of the other living kids and trolls are now.
Some time later, Tavska and three other children from Can Town—Araeri Lalonde, Equeta Strider and Solezi Harley—make their way home from school. As they discuss the release of the new Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff movie and the sequel to Complacency of the Learned, a meteorite suddenly passes by overhead and lands somewhere in the nearby woods. They decide to investigate and begin to run towards the impact site with reckless abandon. Although they do not know what lies ahead of them, one thing is for certain: the adventure has only just begun.
Goodness, that's all so cliché, it might actually be perfect.
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Post by cookiefonster on Jun 28, 2016 15:14:59 GMT
I don't know if I can process the idea of an epilogue where all the main characters are older than 30 years old or have children or even just marry. It just sounds too weird to me, not the kind of thing the story would do.
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