Perfectly Generic Podcast

Kate and Trace talk the sprite companions. Topics: Writing for Friendsim. Vrisrose Day. Epilogue Jane and Nannasprite’s mutual clownery. Rambunctious Crow. Bec and Jadesprite. Self-prototyping. Vriska’s motivations for prototyping Spidermom. Gamzee making things worse. Arquius, the national treasure. Tavris (oh no). Sprites in the epilogues. Mandy Hampton, a West Wing deep cut. What we’d prototype.

Kate and Xtine battle for control of the Perfectly Generic Podcast. Topics: Vriska Cookie. Eridan mpreg. Vikare, again. The b-slur (b*mboification). Cars 2. Murrit. Classpecting ourselves. Chaos, chaos.

Aysha U. Farah talks about her new novelette, Puss In Heels, available now. Topics: Catboys. Sex robots. Worldbuilding. Gay devils. Dirkjake. Old Town Road. Killing publishers.

Kate and Pip talk Snowbound Blood: A Vast Error Story, the visual novel prequel to one of the most enduring Homestuck fan works. Topics: Secily's origins, how easy it is to just make stuff, the incredible team behind Snowbound Blood, ludonarrative faking, the cornfields, inspiration in online communities, and writing other people's characters.

Kate and Goomy’s panel from Stuck At Home Con 2019, the online Homestuck convention. They discuss trans John, transformative queer experiences, and breaking the rules of Homestuck. Art by Hexy, music by Goomy.

Kate and Dia host a special lesbian pride episode. Topics: Kate age discourse. Mindfang’s feet. Lesbian headcanons. Clown strangulation. Vikare??? Blackrom tsundere. Spiritual milves. Rose’s mom issues. Chernobyl. Jaderosemary. March Eridan. Is Brooklyn real? Bi erasure. Hozier. Albion.

Kate returns to the show, welcoming Michael Lutz to discuss his piece for Waypoint, “How ‘Homestuck’ Defined What It Means to Be a Fan Online.” Topics: Conversational fandom. How to talk about Homestuck to normal people. Is Homestuck a video game? Hamlet on the Holodeck. Jane Crocker and real actual fascists. Striders and masculinity. Vriskas. Other people’s computers. Vast Error.

Dani invites Becca & Xtine to talk Homestuck’s long legacy of fanfiction.

Topics: Johndave. Naruto. F. Drarry. An important rant directed at AO3

authors. Typing quirks. Wattpad. Hetalia. Eridan. Roxy’s trans narrative.

Underrepresentation of F/F in fanfiction. Controversial fanfic. Callouts.

Race in fic. NUANCE.

Dani invites artists Hexa, Ciro, Alexis, and KC to talk fanart. Topics: Divorce fever. Aracial characters. Strilonde NieR AU. Retweet ethics. Daniel Ricciardo. AOC. Race in fanart. Ciro gets academic. Headcanons. Yeehaw.

Dani commandeers the show with Goomy to talk growing up Homestuck. Topics: Going outside. Absurdly talented kids. Vast Error. Internalized Homestuckphobia. V*ltron. The internet’s scarier past. Furries. Differing reactions to the epilogue. How our impressions changed over time. Gender and transness. Discrimination in cosplay. What we’d tell our younger selves. The Star Wars European Union.