Media Wynn News S2 #18 New Cult? Wynncraft Survey!

ShadowMage1 · Jul 27, 2016

Nepeta Leijon said: ↑

SEE YOU SOON.
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I'll be waiting, sweetheart. ;)

Defunct Fighter · Jul 27, 2016

Nepeta Leijon said: ↑

SEE YOU SOON.
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COCK FIGHT COMING WOO!
I'm betting on the cat

ethanoot · Jul 27, 2016

IM 2 STUPID 2 READ 2 MUCH OF THIS !11 sry :c

Zelefant · Jul 27, 2016

ShadowMage1 said: ↑

I'll be waiting, sweetheart. ;)
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are you drunk bruh

Aradia Megido · Jul 27, 2016

Donald Trump 16 said: ↑

COCK FIGHT COMING WOO!
I'm betting on the cat
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The cat is the obvious winner.

ShadowMage1 · Jul 27, 2016

Terezi said: ↑

are you drunk bruh
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If I was drunk, I would be having my words slurred.

Plasma~ · Jul 27, 2016

PillowPet said: ↑

On July 20th, 2016, a thread which can be found here has addressed "a recent sweeping of Homestuck characters made by Ikimaru as profile pictures of members." The thread's purpose was to allow members to "claim" a character as their profile picture so they can join the bandwagon of Homestuck-themed profiles. The idea was a hit, reaching all 32/32 Homestuck characters claimed within three days of the thread being posted. With the amount of members involved with the idea, @Nepeta Leijon pitched the idea to make the group a "cult". They named the cult "Homestuck Ikimaru Cult". We have @B¡øn¡c_Mâg3 here to interview Nepeta Leijon (owner of the cult) over the subject.

Would you mind explaining to us this cult you created?

Of course!

The 'cult' is called the Homestuck Ikimaru Cult, and it's a gathering of 32 members of fans of the webcomic 'Homestuck'. The members all use icons created by an artist called Ikimaru, each of the icons related to one of the major characters in Homestuck (The Alpha and Beta kids, the Alternian Trolls and the Beforus Trolls). It's also a way for new members to see which character's icon is available for use and which character's icon is not. Currently, the cult is full, so there are no available icons that can be used; however members occasionally leave, opening up spaces for new members to join. It's really just a fun section of the community which I jokingly named a 'Cult'; as I used to tell people who used Homestuck pictures 'Welcome to the cul- club!'

What motivated you to create this cult?

The idea of the cult actually stemmed from a similar thread I made back around December of 2015, when the Undertale battle sprites where all the rage (remember that, people?). I made a thread with a list of all the characters in Undertale, showing which character's battle sprite was taken and whose was not. The thread, unlike the Homestuck one, withered and died in the grimy cellars of Nemract's bar.

Fast forward a few months, and I'm all the rage about Homestuck. Two of my friends, Kaiser Zahrghul and Ascended Kitten had decided to change their profile pictures to two canon pictures of two characters of Homestuck, Karkat Vantas and Vriska Serket respectively, at a computer. I decided to join in, and whilst chatting with Ascended Kitten in the shoutbox, she suggested we should all change our pictures to icons created by the artist Ikimaru (which I had previously been using). As more people had decided to join in at this point, such as Gamzee Makara using, well, Gamzee Makara's icon, I decided to create the spiritual successor to my Undertale battle sprites thread, with a lot more planning and style put into it. And there the Homestuck Ikimaru Cult was born.

Were you surprised by how many people joined?

I was incredibly surprised to see so many people joining my cult in such a short amount of time! Within about 3 days of the thread being posted, we'd managed to get all 32 people to join the cult, one for each icon. I was blown away by this, and I did not expect it to happen when I first created the thread. I even managed to get a few mods to join too (Tantibus, Pretzule and Cloudavia), which was astounding! Consider it a cherry on the cake, but we'd actually managed to fill the cult the day before my birthday, which was probably one of the best presents I could've gotten!

Do you plan on disbanding the cult in the near future?

Not while people are still in it! That'd be incredibly mean, especially with the amount of people in it! (I mean, really, who disbands a massive community of people like that without good reason?)

The life of the cult is determined by the members, and I'll probably only disband it when people eventually move on from Homestuck and pursue other trends. While there are still a ton of members using their icons, however, I'll keep the cult open. I don't expect the cult to live forever, but I'd think its going to stay a while!

Thank you Nepeta Leijon! Pleasure to have you on the show.
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How very well-written, Nepeta! Good work!

PillowPet · Jul 28, 2016

Plasma Dragonite said: ↑

How very well-written, Nepeta! Good work!
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I can imagine BioMage:
"I'm here too ya know!"

Zitrine · Jul 28, 2016

I can't be the only one who doesn't have the slightest idea of what this "Homestruck" thing is?

Plasma~ · Jul 28, 2016

Rujala said: ↑

I can't be the only one who doesn't have the slightest idea of what this "Homestruck" thing is?
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It's a popular webcomic that's popular with many folks on here. Myself included, even though I'm not obsessed over it.

Bio · Jul 28, 2016

PillowPet said: ↑

I can imagine BioMage:
"I'm here too ya know!"
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Naw m8, Ive got better things to do then to reply to him

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ShadowMage1 said: ↑

Looks like Pillow got an "exclusive" with you behind closed doors. Looks like we'll have to wait for the "Breaking News" about it in nine months. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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I think your forgetting who interviewed her
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Zitrine · Jul 28, 2016

Plasma Dragonite said: ↑

It's a popular webcomic that's popular with many folks on here. Myself included, even though I'm not obsessed over it.
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Interesting.

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