Every time I see someone who isn’t familiar with The Locked Tomb or the circumstances of its authorship be informed of what a Locked Tomb meme is referring to and go “I am genuinely surprised that this isn’t a Homestuck reference” I’m like
hang on I have to look something up
…nope, still don’t get it
The author of The Locked Tomb series was previously a fairly prominent creator of Homestuck fan media, notably having co-authored Promstuck, a long running highschool AU spin-off comic that built a significant fandom of its own. Like, this isn’t “once wrote a Homestuck fanfic” territory – this is being responsible for arguably the single most widely read piece of Homestuck fan media ever published.
(Allegations that the first book of The Locked Tomb itself originated as unpublished Homestuck fanfic are, to the best of my knowledge, unfounded, but there are certain aspects where you can see how one might arrive at that conclusion!)
@agrimmbrothersgrimmestgoose replied:
Why does that explain so much of the fucked up relationship dynamics and how do i know enough about homestuck to recognize the influence?
I mean, The Locked Tomb definitely takes place in a universe where kismesis is a thing that exists.
wait Tamsyn Muir wrote Promstuck!?!?!?
I wonder what Rich “Yasuki Garou” Wulf is up to these days