character through a series of puzzles or challenges; the audience of active readers gave suggestions readily, hoping to influence the progression of the story. The initial results for his early audience directed webcomics were, as could be expected, humorous and often nonsensical, rife with silly tangents and non-sequiturs. However, suggestions were selectively chosen by Hussie, and the plotlines were more or less created as Hussie received reader direction, after establishing a simple initial narrative structure, i.e. a man locked in a jail cell. These early comics were moved from the online forum he originally posted them on to his new domain at where he developed further mspaintadventures.com, stories. At the official website, suggestions for the story and where it should proceed from the situations presented in the current panel could be submitted by any reader to a suggestion box, and Hussie would pick suggestions he liked. The suggestion box is currently defunct, and almost entirely absent in (MSPA ?viewpage=new). Homestuck Suggestions were anonymous, and reflect a blurring boundary between one reader, the collective audience, and the author collaborating to continue production of an in-progress story. The suggestion box was an early contract for shared control of the direction story’s between author and reader; the author allows the reader to direct the final product of the story by actively suggesting the progress of the player who is the game. When “playing” done during the production, a reader could both experience and influence story’s “live” the story in real time. A particular level of control was established by Hussie in directing the suggestions, picking the most entertaining ones or the suggestions most favorable to the progression of the story he envisioned. The author mediates between the narrative and the reader, and thus maintains the structure and has final control of the story, but allows
character through a series of puzzles or challenges; the audience of active readers gave suggestions readily, hoping to influence the progression of the story. The initial results for his early audience directed webcomics were, as could be expected, humorous and often nonsensical, rife with silly tangents and non-sequiturs. However, suggestions were selectively chosen by Hussie, and the plotlines were more or less created as Hussie received reader direction, after establishing a simple initial narrative structure, i.e. a man locked in a jail cell. These early comics were moved from the online forum he originally posted them on to his new domain at mspaintadventures.com, where he developed further stories. At the official website, suggestions for the story and where it should proceed from the situations presented in the current panel could be submitted by any reader to a suggestion box, and Hussie would pick suggestions he liked. The suggestion box is currently defunct, and almost entirely absent in Homestuck (MSPA ?viewpage=new). Suggestions were anonymous, and reflect a blurring boundary between one reader, the collective audience, and the author collaborating to continue production of an in-progress story. The suggestion box was an early contract for shared control of the story’s direction between author and reader; the author allows the reader to direct the final product of the story by actively suggesting the progress of the player who is “playing” the game. When done during the story’s “live” production, a reader could both experience and influence the story in real time. A particular level of control was established by Hussie in directing the suggestions, picking the most entertaining ones or the suggestions most favorable to the progression of the story he envisioned. The author mediates between the narrative and the reader, and thus maintains the structure and has final control of the story, but allows