DIRK STRIDER

HOMESTUCK

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AGE: 16

SEX: MALE

SPECIES: HUMAN

BIRTHDAY: DECEMBER 3

CANON POINT: END OF ACT 6, AFTER JANE REVIVES HIM

WIKI LINK: HERE.

SKILLS: flashstepping, sword fighting, robotics, programming, puppetry, ~~getting decapitated~~

(VERY) BRIEF PERSONALITY: totally Cool and Aloof dude who is actually an awkward, lonely boy who grew up in complete isolation and is desperate for some company. a walking gay disaster with self-loathing issues. also a giant pretentious nerd.

NOTABLE FEATURES: always wears his dumb anime shades (that hide his orange eyes), has a scar around his neck usually hidden thanks to his god tier outfit, doesn't emote much

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SYLLADEX ✘ Like every Homestuck character, Dirk has a magical inventory system called a Sylladex that he can store items in and his Fetch Modus (what one uses to retrieve items from their Sylladex based on various data structures in computer science) is Tech-Hop meaning that the items he stores are categorized by thematic relevance to each other and their names have to rhyme in order to fit. It also means he has to rap to retrieve something.

STRIFE SPECIBUS ✘ Related to the Sylladex, every character has a special inventory for weapons that also denotes their specific fighting style. Dirk is able to use three: bladekind, puppetkind and fncysntakind. As a master ninja-esque swordsman, bladekind is his main. Puppetkind is mostly for ironic purposes, but he's able to use puppets as weapons and combined with his ability to flashstep, he can make it look as if puppets are moving on their own and independently of him. fncysntakind is his idea of a joke to weaponize fancy santa figurines which he hasn't figured out how to use effectively. Yet.

PRINCE OF HEART ✘ Every Sburb player in Homestuck is given a mythological role made up of a class and aspect. The aspect can be considered their element where the title determines how they will use said element. Heart in this instance pertains to the essence of being so basically the 'soul'. As the Prince is a destroyer class, this means Dirk is "one who destroys heart/soul, or causes destruction through heart/soul". For Dirk this has manifested in the ability to rip out people's souls and he can either destroy them or seal them in a suitable container (like say, a Juju). Ripping out someone's soul takes time though and the process can be easily interrupted.

As the aspect of Heart is all about one's essence of being and the title of Prince about destroying that, Dirk also has a tendency to "splinter" into various alternate selves himself. There's the AI he created of his own mind, the imaginary version his friend Jake created (Brain Ghost Dirk), and there were his dreaming and waking selves. All these splinters are him, but also ... not. It's Complicated. He can manifest himself through them though, as was shown in his ability to switch between his dreaming and waking selves at will and the one time he briefly became Brain Ghost Dirk.

GOD TIER ✘ Dirk has achieved god tier status in the Sburb game which comes with some perks. It grants him the ability to fly, mastery of his aspect, and it gives him conditional immortality: he can only truly die if his death is Just or Heroic.* Becoming god tier also gets the player a nice new set of self-laundering clothes they can change into at will. (*NERFED IN AWASH.)

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PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Go ahead, he's not used to it so it'll be awkward as hell, but he generally won't have a strong averse reaction.

ROMANCE/RELATIONSHIPS: After the disastrous relationship he had in canon, he's going to mistakenly believe he's just not fit for any sort of romantic relationship. So he might aesthetically appreciate some dudes from afar, but he won't be looking for romance. He can always use friends though.

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: Go for it! Dirk is a skilled combatant who can hold his own and is usually Down To Fight.

TELEPATHY: Sure, no problem.

OTHER NOTES: As a Prince of Heart, Dirk is compelled to stay true to himself and as such has resistance against anything mind-altering.

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PLAYER: Jai

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AVAILABILITY: GMT+1, mostly afternoon & evenings

BACKTAGGING: Game-wise I try to avoid getting too bogged down by backlog, so I prefer to finish/drop things that are over a month old unless it's an important thread. If I ever drop anything you would like to continue, just let me know! For memes, I'll backtag forever.

FOURTHWALLING: Fine with me.

ACTION VS PROSE: I tend to default to action, but I'm equally down for both.

OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: None in particular. If you're unsure about something, you're welcome to check with me.

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