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** Seriously, what other webcomic... or indeed, what other ''comic''... can make a slew of meta/D&[[D/Fourth Wall|Fourth Wall]] jokes and then ''successfully'' pull off a genuinely heart-wrenching death scene... ''on the same page?''
** Even better (if possible) is [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0496.html "Wanna play blocks with me?"] That scene is a [[Tear Jerker]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] at the same time.
** No other 'verse has gotten me so involved with the characters. Not [[Harry Potter]], not [[The Lord of the Rings]], nothing. If you can make me cry like a baby over the fate of a STICK FIGURE, quake in fear when another major character seems on the verge of death, and then punch the air in exultation at her ally's massive awesomeness two strips later, you know you're a fantastic storyteller.
** Agreed. No other webcomic manages to pull off such a mix of comedy and drama with such success... and in spite of a thoroughly ridiculous art style too!
** I actually think the art style is adorable. OOTS combines a gripping plot, lovable characters, some serious moral questions, geeky gamer humor, and endlessly quotable dialogue full of a boatload of wordplay and double entendre. And the way it constantly lampshades, subverts, parodies, deconstructs, and otherwise plays with tropes is delightfully clever. I also enjoy that it has strong female characters without falling prey to [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]], and that it averts [[Humans Are White]]. (Heck, it's the only webcomic I know of with a black protagonist other than a long-defunct one written by two friends of mine.)
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*** For all of its animation and music, perhaps the single most impressive achievement of Homestuck is making walls of text both enjoyable and central to character development.
** This troper is firmly convinced that the strip [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Owq7SFehU Descend] is the most perfect video ever. The combination of humor, epic, and sadness is absolutely absurd, and the fact that the music is so awesome certainly helps. This troper has watched it at least fifty times, and is not going to stop anytime soon.
** And I am now convinced that even ''Descend'' has been surpassed, with the truly fantastic [https://web.archive.org/web/20131101082400/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/cascade.php?s=6&p=6009 Cascade.] Thirteen minutes of pure, amazing, awesome, with even ''better'' music than before. Andrew just keeps topping himself.
*** All the flashes are awesome, really. [[Running Gag|All of them.]]
* [[Dinosaur Comics]] is both ridiculously clever and [[So Bad It's Good]].
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