Meat is a more gritty, plot-filled story that you can sink your teeth into. Its narrative is controlled by Dirk, after his 'ultimate self' is realised. We follow Dirk's journey, helpless to stop him as he mentally tortures his friends and affiliates through bending their circumstances to his will. He also occasionally has direct control over their actions, twisting their words and moving their bodies with his power. The story is basically if an abusive pretentious manchild suddenly could hit back at everyone he's ever seen as an inconvience. Even the actions he sees as benevolent are boundary-breaking and strange. If you wanted to see Dirk grow and change as a person, the epilogues are not for you. All of his worst traits are tripled. The meat epilogues are also stressful, ruthless, bizarre and intense. They aren't for everyone.
content warnings: the meat epilogues contain mind control, dubious consent, psychological torture, implied emotional incest, transphobia, abuse, major character death in typical homestuck fashion and much more.