some youngin' in the year 2029: what was it like reading Homestuck when it was new?

me: (a cropped pannel from the manga “Love is Hard for Otakus”)
“IT WAS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT FROM THEIR FIRST APPERANCE! THIS WEEKS’ CHAPER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL ABOUT THEM, SO I WAS ALL EXCITED AND WENT DOWN TO READ IT AT THE CONVIENCE STORE DURING LUNCH…”

(in even bigger text) “AND THEN THEY JUST DIED!! WITHOUT EVEN SO MUCH AS SOME FORE-SHADOWING!!”