John's conversation with his Nanna ends on a sour note, as she reveals that there's no hope for saving the earth. What a bummer! Luke and Ashley trudge on undeterred, as John stubbornly refuses to eat cookies, the Wayward Vagabond discovers a textbook on human etiquette, Rose does some more walkthrough writing, and Dave, um, starts to realize some things about his brother.
Episode 6: Let Me Tell You About Skaia
Luke and Ashley venture deeper into Act 2, as John experiences his first real battle and at last meets his clownma, and Rose makes the dangerous trek through the storm to her dead cat's mausoleum. Along the way, they discuss some of Homestuck's more problematic language, and also the Knife Show for some reason??
Episode 5: Let Me Tell You About Rose Lalonde
Luke and Ashley sit down to get a little bit more acquainted with the first prominent female character in Homestuck. We learn about her intense psychological war with her mother, her mom's ironic and infuriating love of wizards, and Rose's creativity in the world of refrigerator magnet insults. Along the way, we talk about some of Ashley's film school misadventures, the uncomfortable "racestuck" controversy, Ashley's deep and abiding love of The Mountain Goats, and a bunch of other silly nonsense that is only tangentially related to Homestuck.
Episode 4: Let Me Tell You About Dave Strider
There's this really cool dude, okay? He's named Dave, and this episode's almost exclusively about getting to know him. Me and Ashley learn all about his complex post-ironic irony, his hit webcomic Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff, and also... talk about the long-forgotten webtoon series Bonus Stage for some reason? Basically this episode is super chill and super cool, so just sit back, crack into a bottle of AJ, and try not to accidentally murder any crows with your unbelievably cool replica katana.
Episode 3: Let Me Tell You About the End of the World
Ashley and Luke dive headlong into Act 2, and struggle horribly to make interesting radio out of the act's opening flash game. John has escaped the incoming meteor by transporting himself to a mysterious void, but meteors are now coming down all across the globe. John and Rose get to work figuring out the deeper secrets of SBURB in order to learn how to save the earth, though their progress is impeded by a mysterious voice from the future. Also, Ashley tricks me into letting her talk about wrestling for like 15 minutes.
Episode 2: Let Me Tell You About SBURB
Ashley and Luke reconvene, and after battling the temptation to leave a "surprise" for the mailman, they get down to business recovering the SBURB beta from John's dad, appreciating John's horrible taste in movies, and learning that this video game might be a bit more than anyone bargained for. Did John survive that meteor impact? Why is Rose's mom so spooky? What the heck's this deal with this sprite thing? And more importantly, why am I pretending like I don't already know the answers to all of these seven year old mysteries?!
Episode 1: Let Me Tell You About Podcast Reboots
WE'RE BACK. After a series of increasingly escalating dares, Luke and Ashley have revived Luke's old podcast, Let Me Tell You About Homestuck, and set off to begin reading through the monster that is the webcomic Homestuck. In this maiden voyage, they discuss Ashley's former history with the webcomic, esoteric computer programming jokes, and the weird legal grey area around using copyrighted imagery for the purpose of parody. Also, we meet our hero, John Egbert, and are briefly introduced to the trials and trevails he's about to get into surrounding the hit new video game SBURB. We have a feeling it's going to be a long day.