I think you guys only like dirk....

(dudes, this is my least favorite character in the homestuk)

Okay, after some further reflection, I would say Dirk is the type of person who would likely have OSDD while Dave is the one to develop DID. SO here's my thoughts on Dave Strider having Dissociative Identity Disorder. I'm a lil hung over, but enjoy my ramblings.

Dave would struggle to connect with other alters I think. As the present host through teen years and young adulthood (before gaining a diagnosis or revelation of his issues), Dave would probably just view his alters' names as a list of nicknames. Hell, that's what I went through until I was 21 and a half or something. He brushes off the severity of how his childhood effected him. He thinks his list of nicknames is just some odd way he switches things up once in a while. But then he starts to realize... there's memory gaps? And things are kind of blurry sometimes. He can connect the dots, but he has no idea he's asking to go by a different name more often but only for extended periods. Once he finally lays everything out for Rose, she's the one that finally catches on, letting him know he probably has Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Dave has other alters than his main 5, but they're fragments and struggle to be identified for a long time.

Dave- He/It. General host, the typical Dave most know. Very ironic and makes a joke out of a lot of things. Dave jokes it's a nonbinary-cisgender person- "for the irony" he says Davie- He/Him. Repressed child core alter, somewhere between 6-8 years old mentally. He's dormant for a long time until Dave starts working through his childhood trauma and when Davie first fronts, it's a mess for everyone involved because he has no idea where he is. Rose has to walk June or Karkat through calming him over the phone. Davie knows who Dirk and Roxy are, but only ever calls Roxy mom or dad. She makes him feel safe. Sprite- They/Them. They have this peculiar love for crows, makes a few bird puns here and there. They seem to be more depressed than the other alters. Or at least more regularly depressed. They get along rather well with Dirk's AR system and have been caught a few times purposely having conversations with Lil Hal for personal comfort. They like Jade a lot, takes interest in her furry stuff. However, his semi-negative attribute is that he's similar to a self-destructive persecutor alter because he's rather defensive sometimes and will stop things or break things off before they can get too bad. He's purposefully started fights with June and Karkat before to try pushing them away. Lizzy- She/Her. She picks her name from Dave's own middle name (Elizabeth). I say she becomes the main host later in life, but she's also terrified of being rejected by the world. The idea of openly transitioning is scary and when the system is reaching success in the film industry in their late 20s/early 30s, she thinks it's too late and struggles with that. Out of all the alters, she masks herself fronting the most once the system is aware of itself. She shares some of Davie's memories and the offensive way in which she was raised makes her feel bad about herself sometimes. Alpha- He/Him. Mentally older than Dave the host. Works somewhat as a caretaker and protector in the system. He's beyond monotone and doesn't react much to things. However, if someone does the system wrong, Alpha is the one who loses his cool and calls the person out. He focuses on taking care of and regulating Davie, though also feels nurturing emotions for Lizzy.

I arrive home from my long day at the office and walk through the lovingly decorated interior into our room only to see the light from my beautiful wife’s side of the bed braked bathing her room in total darkness. I walk to her side turning on the light as her face stirs to look at me and her features fade into visibility once again. She is procreate animation assist and we make out sloppy style

homestuck au where Dave actually gets saw trapped

Playing Ratchet & Clank

More Dirk heads and Prince redesigns. (another 2023 compilaiton)

Dave goes to the store

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i like to imagine they both are Extremely Gesticulating whenever theyre talking. vaguely inspired by some floralmarsupial davekat art i love

it was mlm day on twitter and ive had the roughs for the comic up on my patreon forever. thanks for getting me into homestuck boys

something something dave is always in multiple places at the same time. during the 3 years he was simultaneously on both boats. he watched himself die. he saw many versions on himself.

and. dirk also constantly in multiple places. going between his dream self and waking self constantly; holding both places at once. sick of himself from an ai replica of his personality. that ai becoming its own self so dirk is surrounded by another version of himself.

save me strider cinematic parallels

im so normal about homestuck I swear

Giiiirl you need a shot of b12

I miss them every day i love you alpha kids ive been non stop wtching old homestuck cosplay videos and pmvs I LOVE THEM we dont get art and videos like that anymore u_u ive got things planned to pay homage to some older stuff.

b2 stan 4 lyfe theyre the best band... jake is my bias. and also dirkjakes 🙄

The DirkJohn community keeps sleeping on Dirk being obsessed with philosophy and John being a jerk. I just want to see Dirk start to ramble about the concept of retrocausality and John stopping him to say, “Don’t you like my little pony? Why are you trying to sound smart?”

long time no dirk (style heavily inspired by @ottiliere . smiles)

i did the thing