#like... enjoying something that is obstensibly harmless

[starblaster]

so it was brought to my attention that the post calling the locked tomb series “homestuck fanfiction” was misrepresenting some things about the books, and that the point of view transitions between books and now that i’ve been given a better synopsis (than the marketing-brained “lesbian necromancers in space” i see people parroting nonstop as if that is at all a good way to recommend a book), i can certainly understand that the style of the narrative voice is written like that (presumably) to ‘cut tension’ but, like, if the books contain heavy subjectmatter, why is that the way the author has decided to cut tension or add comedy? like, i do want to know why. what is the utility of that language, that tone, that style? marketability...?

i'm not sure which characters, if it's even first-person pov at all, the example excerpts from that post are the narration of but, as far as i’ve been made aware, gideon and harrowhawk are eighteen year olds (since both example excerpts came from gideon the ninth, i assume that's gideon's point of view) and, if that’s the case, and their immaturity (and potential inability to take heavy issues seriously in their own minds) is the point of that style, isn’t there some better way to write that than what is ostensibly dated meme-speak? is there a contextual reason why this character know what "resting bitch face” is? if not, how isn't that an anachronism? genuine question. if there are fans following me who want to explain that, i would encourage it.