On one hand, they directly conflict with trans headcanons that I had that I felt really elegantly fit in with canon, as well as conflicting with my own mental model of how the Homestuck universe worked in some particular ways.

On the other hand, I liked them a lot, they addressed some gripes I had with the original webcomic and they were thoroughly enjoyable. They also directly confirmed the theories I had for the ending of Homestuck.

They lead into Homestuck 2, which really disappointed compared to the epilogues...

TLDR: Yeah, go read the epilogues