Was sure I'd hate 2000-page webcomics... now I'm three days deep in one

I saw someone recommend "Homestuck" on a forum last month and laughed because I thought no way would I read something that long for fun. Figured it was just old internet nonsense. But I clicked a random page Tuesday night around 10pm and suddenly it was 3am. Something about the way it slowly builds its weird world and characters just clicked for me. The pacing is ridiculous but it actually works if you let it breathe. Has anyone else fallen into a story they were dead set against?

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cameron77012d ago

Clicked through to see what all the fuss was about and now I'm hooked on a webcomic about a kid with psychic powers that I swore I'd never touch. The art style threw me off at first, but the story just keeps pulling you along with these weird cliffhangers and character reveals. It's like the creator knew exactly when to drop a twist to keep you reading another 50 pages. For me it was a martial arts one that starts slow but once the tournament arc kicks in you're lost for days.

johnson.adam12d ago

You ever have that moment where you realize you were wrong about something and it's actually kind of humbling? Same thing happened to me with a webcomic called "Kill Six Billion Demons." I saw the title and thought it was edgy nonsense, then I actually read the first page and couldn't stop. The art looked scribbly at first but after a few chapters I saw how much detail and thought goes into every panel. The story just keeps expanding with this weird mythology and characters that feel real even when they're doing crazy stuff. I ended up reading for like 8 hours straight on a Saturday and felt kind of dumb for judging it so fast. What was the thing about the pacing that hooked you?