[sadstuck] it's hard, being the leader

[DiscoBear101]

oh my god.... 38 second face... tears start flowing ;_;

[TheWarnerSister]

Oh my God... the sequence where John finds Rose. My eyes.

[PhantomeBlack]

Dat Piano ;;

[kkwawa1311]

DADVE OMG KARKAT OMG GAMZEE OMG NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUS YOU DSAD AND GAMZEE IS (dead?) OMG NUUUUUUUUUUUUU

btw uv this vid

[HoNkHoNk9001]

this has always been one of my favs

[ChezaChan1364]

I feel so bad for Karkat, omg it's so sad ;_; And then John comes in and he's crying and I can't even...

[I4gotmyMANTRA]

For some reason this makes me imagine Homestuck ending with all the kids and trolls but John and Karkat dying, but LE finally being destroyed, and the two of them left alone to make a life for themselves in this new universe.

[BeachBabeMI]

so I was watching. this was my thought process:

start: Meh, its kinda sad i guess. Ive seen sadder

KK crying: wow fuck. Ok this is pretty sad

John finding rose: T-T

and then i lost it. kudos to you, sir

[KibaKazuki]

It's simply fantastic to read all of you people's lovely comments and then remembering that I'm part of this wonderful big family. You warm up my heart to a 100 + 1 degrees. <3

[smallzlolz55]

What song is this?

[Dapplefern1]

I'm on the verge of tears, one more sadstuck, and I'll lose it.

[beckhamfan1007]

damn it!! i didnt read the description till the end...by then i was already in tears cuz i had such a shitty day!! damn motherfucking emotions!

--GaMzEe MaKaRa

[TakenInStride]

Hey guys, I just wanted to stop by and say that I love you all.

[AsnRandomness]

John stepped eagerly over the castle battlements. Becnoir had gone, brutally wounded, blood trailing from his injuries.

He sprung over the checkered stones and slowed to a dead stop.

What was that shape over on the other side..?

Dark, with light hair, and a pink sash fastened around her waist..?

He cried out, screaming Rose's name over and over again, gripping her shoulders, tears streaming down his face.

Sobbing, he pulled her already cold body into an embrace.

She was gone.

Never to come back.

[TheNoobBandit]

I've only ever met one homestuck fan irl, but on the internet there are thousands. It's awesome. :o)

[VictoriaxVanityxXx]

The comments about homestuck being a family, not just a fandom, are making me smile.♥ if anyone wants to talk, my deviantart is XxTophycollandxX...♥

[TheBuizelGirl]

@VictoriaxVanityxXx Tophy!

There you are!

It's me, Fluffy :D

[UruReplay]

Well damn. This is a beautiful video, but it only brings up shitty memories and makes me a hot mess. ; ~ ; I applaud the impact of this video.

[annamaysaysrawr]

This is all amazing. Just purely amazing. I love you all.And yeah, feel free to talk to me. Add me on dA or Skype by the name of vipierarem. Just talk to me, if you want. These are the most amazing people ever.

[profskitty]

Sob, you suck! but beautiful.

[AsnRandomness]

Iwon'tcryIwon'tcryIwon'tcryIwo­n'tcry-

@0:59

BLUHBLUHBLUUUUUUUHHHHHHHH

[SolinariXi]

It is funny. I am the one who did the first "Homestuck isn't a fandom, it is a Family" comment and now it is catching like wildfire, 'cuz it is true.

[tachyonCartographer]

If anyone ever needs someone to talk to, this is my name on Skype and Trollian too.

[w1ls0on]

My Deviant ARt is L-coco. come talk to me if u need to

[w1ls0on]

You guys are my actual family. Because I know, no matter how shitty my family, or my day, or my week, or even my month has been. I can go to chat rooms, youtube, Deviant ART, even tumblr. And be welcomed with open arms, and warm embrace. I would be honored to buy each of you a Faygo, and slame them, all together.

[DoubleT609]

This is an amazing family.

[Danisaurist]

*hugs family*

[thedarkpath44]

Welcome to the family of Homestuck!

[TacoNinjaCat]

@MiniMe030411 Same here man :} Everyone who's ever appreciated the greatness of Homestuck is my family.

[MiniMe030411]

This fandom, isn't even a fandom anymore. This is family. If I had the chance to meet you guys, I would take the chance to slam a cold faygo with everyone of you guys.

[w1ls0on]

@MiniMe030411 I'd buy that Faygo, HELL, FAYGO FOR ALL OF MY FAMILY

[terminallyCapricous1]

Aurthour D'8

[SuperrWheat]

So many sadstucks my HEART

[nddogr]

This is why I love homestuck. Because even the fan base of this amazing web comic/experience is awesome, and are actually willing to reach out a hand and help other up. I don't care what any of you say, in my eyes, you're all awesome, and I would be honored to slam a faygo with every single one of you.

[w1ls0on]

@nddogr Same here bro.

[minnires23]

oh my god this song is so touching i was crying through the whole song

[Fangirl967]

I don't even like Linkin Park. I actually hate them. But this has given me a sliver of hope. Thank you. <3

[janine5261]

I finally found it! Waiting for the end by Linkin Park :D

[Snagaru]

I cant find a download to this song anywhere >.< damn it

[animelove125]

how can someone dislike this beautiful video DX

[SolinariXi]

@animelove125 the tears and pangs of sadness blurred their vision probably. This is beautiful. This is true. This Is Homestuck.

[SolinariXi]

@SolinariXi ......and Homestuck is a way to live your life. Through mutual friendship and care for those around you, even those you don't know, just because they Do need help. And You provide it. This is not a fandom. This is a Family.

[FreeToxicWaste]

I love this. But wats the name of the song?? :3

[TotesTotesTotes]

The first time I saw this, I literally cried.

It's really, really hard to make me literally cry over fiction.

Good job.

[Soralover2008]

This fits the friendleaders so well, John is faced with the pressure of being a good leader, ignoring the pain over his father and leading the others against jack, and karkat is guilty over the fact that his carelessness as a leader had ended up causing all the problems in their sessions and his friends are dying left and right. Poor boys, :(

[SebManifesto]

You just brought JR and MH and Homestuck together in a beautiful video

Marry me?

[therealevlchikn]

I always saw myself as a leader to my younger sister (who is a few years younger). When my dad left and my brother moved out I became the only guy in our house. I had to comfort her when she was sad when we left to be with our dad, I had to comfort her when we took a trip away from our mom. I felt that this was normal for me to just be there. But when the day my great grandfather died I couldn't comfort her she wouldn't let me, I felt useless and I didn't cry, but I really wish I did.. :'(

[SuperrWheat]

MY HEART

[jeffreyRAWKS12798]

oh my god i'm crying

[opiumkidx]

this reminds me i have no heart comapred to you's.

[ReiWolfeh]

0:37 lol john face

[HeirFilter]

It feel like someone took my heart from me.

This is beautiful.

[KagariAsuha]

I just wanted to say that this video has inspired me to do so much! With your permission, I'd LOVE to do a full-length video of this using all my own art.

It would take a while, but, when it's completed, I would definitely dedicate it to you.

Would that be alright?

[CaddlesCrayon]

@KagariAsuha w-wow. o-of course, that would be amazing!

[KagariAsuha]

@CaddlesCrayon Eee! Thank you so much! :D I'll start today!

[UnfaithfulSong]

This pulled all my heartstrings.

All of them. ;~;

[MissBiohazard]

crying brb

[xSnowpeltx]

That part with John and Rose. I was just crying. It... it just... D':

[hawaiianFencer]

All the tears...all of them

[hellomottosims3]

I'm not a leader...

But I'm expected to be...

Sorry but that's just impossible for me...

((Amazing video btw))

[MrTracyn]

ill never be the leader, but my best friend is. thanks for being for me man

[egegdibo]

the picture with dave and bro...saw that one on deviantart a while ago...makes me cry. dave's face...

[RainbowLuuver]

Being a kid and growing up. Its hard. And Nobody understands.

((Ps. I actually cried during this.))

[naturluvr15]

@RainbowLuuver me too bro. me too. manly tears all around.

[143tigershark]

i had a bad day and i watch this and i accually felt comfurt in it (;

[CaddlesCrayon]

gosh, you guys.

lately all i have been seeing is a flood of comments, leaving behind pesterchum, tumblr and DA usernames and people offering to chat with others and work through problems with them. it's really, really touching. you guys are why homestuck is so amazing, and i want to scoop you all up in one giant hug. you've made me so happy. thank you.

(also, for the record, i'm floralInvestigator on pesterchum - by all means, come and chat if you need somebody to talk to!)

[TheSimMan15]

@CaddlesCrayon That shows how much one thing can bring people together for the greater good

[kkwawa1311]

@CaddlesCrayon umm how do i get pesterchum? OnO

[TakenInStride]

I'm always open for talking, giving comfort and advice. I'm GenesisSymphony on pesterchum, and you can find me as Takeninstride everywhere else.

[swiftpath11]

@CaddlesCrayon Jeezus! youve got that too! where do people get pesterchum?

[Llyxomisacutie]

Where did you this beautiful photos from? Please I must know!

[KurehaPandaNii]

I'm Cancerian, just like Karkat.

I've been pressured to be a doctor, something worth 100K a year.

All I want to do is write, to sing, to draw.

Last night I bawled my eyes out because all I wanted was a long tight hug and a pat from the only person that mattered most and he was over 9 hours away.

[Allanauzumaki]

i am the leader of my friends my boyfriend was the hollow of what he is now im turning into him i am turning away from my friends my boyfriend everyone and no matter how much i try no one seems to like me and im always made fun of no one knows my feelings like when im being made fun of i hide my tears hoping they will stop. i can never find someone that will not make fun of me they dont like me for who i am they like me because im cute (ugly) smart (stupid) funny (the opposite) strong (weak) sry

[XxHenkaChanxX]

@CaddlesCrayon i dont have a pesterchum... but i do have a deviantart, and tumblr-

tumblr- derpaliciouszodiac

deviantart- henka-chan

[wedgiequeen123]

@XxHenkaChanxX I know Exactly how you feel, if fact, I go through that everyday, but im singly

[XxHenkaChanxX]

when i think back quickly glancing at my life...i have never been a good leader

im not strong enough...im always too weak, just a fragile girl with no backbone and no ability to stand up for herself...my girlfriend and me just broke up recently because i was to in shock and stressed from a stupid event... im not good with grades...i never got to lead in drumline...have not ever been "popular at school" and heck im not online either. i sometimes just wish people would even say "hello" to me.

[Kaitosamakun5]

@XxHenkaChanxX

Hello, my dearest stranger Henka-Chan.

I offer you all the support I can,

And though your life may seem rough for a while,

I hope this small poem will make you smile.

[XxHenkaChanxX]

@Kaitosamakun5 ohmygod your amazing

i have been better now.... :')

[Kaitosamakun5]

@XxHenkaChanxX I'm glad to hear that :)

[OMGilovegir]

@XxHenkaChanxX I'm randomRainbows On Pesterchum. Anytime you wanna talk...

[XxHenkaChanxX]

@OMGilovegir i dont have a pesterchum...but i do have tumblr and other things if i ever have the need to talk

[OMGilovegir]

@XxHenkaChanxX I'm Otaconu On DeviantART And Megustachicken On Tumblr. :)

[XxEmoMuttxX]

@XxHenkaChanxX I have the same problem.... People make fun of me, call me ugly, say i have no life, heck, even my teacher called me stupid. I became so insecure, I cut myself. sometimes i wish i could die, sometimes i wish i was never born. i go to my parents for help, and they yell and scream at me. I try to be myself, and thats no good for anyone. i try to be someone else. thats no good either. people call me weak and a baby because i cry over something that scared me for life. </3 Lets talk..

[XxHenkaChanxX]

@XxEmoMuttxX i am free to talk anytime- :) you can always contact me at kaytlinmarie@gmail.com

[swiftpath11]

@XxHenkaChanxX oh, and hi. ; D

[RibbonBBY]

@CaddlesCrayon oh sorry xD i didnt pay attention to the names, im sorry. that must have been annoying X.X

[DwessieMMD]

WHY AM I STILL WATCHING THESE!? *iscrying*

John, Karkat, and Sollux are my favorite characters, and this is 2/3 of them being as sad is fucking possible.

This is pretty much the epitome of sadness! D:

Why am I a sadness masochist!?

[BabbitPenguin]

The part that really gets me is the "This isn't what I had planned" with Terezi and Karkat...

; A ;

FUCK....

jegus...

[smallfry95]

ASDLKFJHAWSLDFJHSLAJDFLSKDJF Justin Robinett and Michael Henry. All of my love. All of it. Oh, and my tears. Those too. </3

[GeekGirll]

Great video I'm crying now

[ummmcookiesRAWR]

all the dead people and the end it made me want to cry.

[FrostFoxChick]

That picture at 0:40... It hit me like a brick to the face and I just couldn't stop crying.

[umbreon241]

This is so freaking sad! D:

I just want to give everyone there a hug...

[Sephylover14]

Oh my god. This made me tear up. All the other Sadstucks couldn't do that. This one did with just the image of John holding Rose. TT.TT

[TheAmyyChan]

@CaddlesCrayon Thanks! I have no mac though :(

[BloodStainedSoil]

Where did you get the picture of John at 0:09 ?

[RibbonBBY]

@CaddlesCrayon but this sounds like a remake D:

[danuisortiz]

It's hard, being the leader. It's hard, and nobody understands.

[kibateo]

"it's hard and nobody understands." made me think of Ask Nepata

[xanaokamiden]

all of my tears. all of them..

Q_Q

[Pyrotechnically]

I NEED TO NEVER WATCH SADSTUCK EVER

My soul.

It hurts.

[FullMetalFreak19]

.....MY HEARTSTRINGS. </3

IT'S OKAY, JOHN AND KARKAT, YOU HAVE EACH OTHER.

[clueless1redwolf]

HOLY F8CK MAN!! -totally not crying right now- WHERE DID U FIND THESE IMAGES! D,8

[wcwolfgirl13]

why do you make my feelings do this?!?!

[RibbonBBY]

SONG NAME PLEASE I WILL LOVE YOU FOREVER

[lilyrose2255]

this.. reminds me of how i felt to one of my friends. i was her leader in her eyes because i was a few months older... then i made bad choices and jaywalked and she followed without looking both ways... R.I.P. April. I'm Sorry I Wasn't A Better Leader/friend...

[Cadmar0129]

Aw jeez...

The music...

IT MAKE TEARS.

[oCreweCosplayGroupo0]

awww D: this is so pretty <3 i like that cover of waiting for the end too

[Juurien]

that was an epic vid

[Jdore96]

I've began reading Homestuck and I was wondering when will it get interesting? .3. I'm honestly asking that because it's soo boring right now and I really want it to be interesting. ;^;

[Lily124578]

@Jdore96 it will get interesting soon trust me. I felt the same way too

[bipolarOctopus69]

guys, if your asking what the song is, here. xD /watch?v=B5I-eQqg55A

[EDConman360]

I never did get to say how amazingly powerful this video is. The message it portrays has definitely hit home for a lot of the leaders out there and their stories only add to the power. Thanks for the upload Caddles, it, in a weird way, lifted my spirit a bit.

[KokoroMugen]

im here spilling this stupid personal thing but this video, and the comment by takeninstride

ive never delt with a break up, but i can tell it was horrible :(

but i guess i can relate.

having to put up a smile as if nothing were wrong and all was well just to be a good leader.

and i try my best to be the best. a good strong leader. who doesnt cry or break down, or cry for help.

[TakenInStride]

@KokoroMugen

And I've never had to deal with family struggles such as those. I feel for you, truly. I want to thank you and everyone else for your support. I've heard so many stories about how poisonous fandoms can get, and to know that a bunch of people you've never met before-- never even talked to, are there for you is very comforting. Please know that feelings are not stupid, and that everyone needs a shoulder to cry on. Thank you for letting us be your shoulder.

[KokoroMugen]

being a leader is hard.

being a leader to my group of friends, and to my family.

i have everything in control. i make everything better.

but the thing is, when im losing control of myself.

its hard because i cant run for comfort to anyone.

to me, being the leader means everyone else is more important.

leader of my family, i comfort my siblings when my parents fight.

i comfort my dad when he feels like a failure, and my mother when shes crying spilling out her heart onto my shoulder.

[EDConman360]

It's in the description but if you cant read that for some reason it's E.T./ Waiting for the End cover by Michael Henry and Justin Robinett

[TakenInStride]

I am a leader at my high school. In personality, in grades, in band, marching band and theatre. The day I saw this video was the same day my boyfriend of over a year broke up with me. The day after, I had to stand before my friends, my peers and my teachers with my head held high. The day after that, I had a day long competition. Being a leader is very hard, and sometimes it does feel like no one understands.

[CaddlesCrayon]

@TakenInStride oh dude, all my feelings. i'm so sorry.

[carcioGenecist]

i cried



[smeetel]

the entire video is sad and beautiful. Do you remember who made the picture at 0:14?

[DeaDEnD1505]

I forgot to read the infos.. and watched it.... now I hate you. Q__Q! Srsly.. I'm crying so hard right now.. Dx

[PaulaNeko69]

...... ;________; NO COMENTS

[FrickenLazerSharks]

con troooooooooool lol 0:16

no but this was great

[FifteenPens]

Oh my god the picture with Authour. ;____;

That is the only picture that makes me want to BAWWWW.

[JoshDPathfinder]

I love Gavin's voice.... This is beautiful. ;-; This is breaking my heart.

[JoshDPathfinder]

@JoshDPathfinder I miss heard the vocalist. ^^; But you should write who sings it in the details. >.>;

[dragonwolf1230]

I love this so much...sometimes I don't understand why I love homestuck the way I do because of things like this. I'm so attached to it that little things like this make me insanely emotional ;___; -3

[Homestuckk]

Omg ;___; This is amazing!

[Blimpcat]

Crying, and this gave me serious goosebumps. ;___; Ugh fml. </3

[Crystaldemondragon]

What's the songs name?

[theultimategeass]

I started crying, it was moving and beautiful

[Haloopay]

(God I feel annoying but I just have to ask.) Where did you find this song? I know it's Waiting for the End but this version's all slow and shit.

Also, FKSKNFISND I love this video. <333

[AriaAsacura]

Oh god oh god i started crying a tthe john/rose bit ;-;

[DeRagon3333]

@CaddlesCrayon Well, they are, technically. :P

[wingedhybrid16]

Okay, yeah. Now I understand. You made the right choice. ;D

[wingedhybrid16]

@CaddlesCrayon Oh hahahahaha.

I was thinking about this video last night and I thought of something. A brief segment or pic of Alpha Dave's death and Jade would have went so well with this video, too. :'(

[wingedhybrid16]

@CaddlesCrayon No prob, bro. ;D Thanks.

Uh-oh. Should I be scared?

[wingedhybrid16]

Awwwwww D'x The Bro / Dave part made me frown. The John / Rose part made me tear up. Loved the hug at the end too. SO MUCH EMOTION. LoL

Anyway, awesome video!! :'] Where can I find the full version of the Waiting for the End Cover?

[IFairlyOddComicsI]

@wingedhybrid16 Ah, hurr... I believe Waiting For The End was cover of this song. :/

[wingedhybrid16]

@IFairlyOddComicsI Obviously, but I wanted to be sure which version to look for.