Michael Bowman News

@Robincvgr will think the pilot is good

A poll of Manifold users will think the pilot is good (tie = NO)

All beta trolls appear

Toby Fox voices John in the pilot

Any troll other than Karkat appears in the pilot

Any troll appears in the pilot

We see a troll "in person" before or simultaneously with a troll contacting a human

Toby Fox is still voicing John in his last appearance

The series has a second episode

The series has a second episode AND there is a new "first episode" substantially different from the pilot

Anyone says "Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff"

Megalovania plays

The phrase, "We're doing it, man. We're making this happen," or any misspelling or minor variant thereof, appears.

Cascade is adapted

Megalovania plays before Megalovania plays in Deltarune (Resolves NO if Megalovania never appears in HS, even if it never appears in Deltarune either)

Vriska does something wrong (as judged by Robin)

The show will generally cover most of the events of the first five acts

Eddie Morton recording of I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew is sampled or played

The first time a troll contacts a kid, the troll can see the kid but the kid cannot see the troll

Dave's strifes with Bro are more intense or violent than John's strifes with Dad, as judged by @Robincvgr (N/A if either has no strifes depicted)

"Betty Crocker" or the names of any General Mills products (e.g. Gushers) are directly spoken

@Robincvgr will think the series overall is good

Any VA changes between the pilot releasing and the last episode releasing

The total runtime of the series is at least 413 minutes

The show will generally cover most of the events of the entire webcomic

Dante Basco voices Rufioh (N/A if Rufioh never appears)

All alpha trolls appear

A substantial portion of any Michael Guy Bowman music appears

Any part of the plot from HS:BC is covered

Anyone says "retard(ed)" in the pilot

The beginning of the series does not take place on April 13, 2009 (and the date is specified)

Alterniabound is interactable (includes reimplementations)

The music tracks "Sburban Jungle" on page 137, "Harlequin (Rock Version)" on page 476, and "Explore" on page 757 are all fully included

Page 1 is released on or before September 15 (CT)

Page 1 is released before the SpindleRoo Homestuck pilot is released

At least one multi-hour outage affects the site within the first month

Oil retcon present immediately when "John: Attempt to leave the house." is published

Comic takes longer than 120 days to fully release (all 8129 pages)

Most of the commentary included in the Viz books is included in the "new/exclusive content"

Toby Fox, Michael Guy Bowman, or Plazmataz publicly express dissatisfaction with the re-release before February 2026 (CT)

At least one Flash animation is replaced with a non-interactive video or animated image