This week: We're finally starting Act 5! We get properly introduced to Karkat (CarcinoGeneticist) and Gamzee (TerminallyCapricious) and observe the antagonistic quality of the troll notion of friendship. Pages 3889 to 3928. There's also: Let's Read Homestuck, in which the Voxus group very impressively voice-acts and narrates the comic. Like, the whole thing. This YouTube playlists collects their work. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuyQrNfs3ac2Qgr0zBcFWnHoHq-U6r1T0 Insane Clown Posse's 2009 magnum opus, "Miracles." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs That song that sounds like English but isn't even words. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU4w12oDjn8 Hamometer reading: 24.77% complete. Exactly 49.00% of the way to [S] Cascade! Next week: We'll finally be a QUARTER of the way through Homestuck. We'll meet GallowsCalibrator and TwinArmageddons. We'll get a glimpse of three other trolls. Things will get sad, and then they'll get ominous. Pages 3929 to 3992. Questions? Give us a mention on Twitter (@hamsteakpodcast) or send an ask to hamsteakpodcast.tumblr.com! Listen from the iTunes store or at hamsteakpodcast.libsyn.com! Your hosts are portmanteau connoiseur Alex (leafcrunch.tumblr.com, @crunchleaf) and notorious cloud-gawker Lydia (brickchip on both). Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ Intro music: “Showtime (Original Mix)” by Malcolm Brown. Outro music: “Showtime (Piano Refrain)” by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on Bandcamp: https://homestuck.bandcamp.com/album/homestuck-vol-1-4