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[ironicusername]

To reward myself on finals well done I think I am gonna write some more essays.

Question meme for Yuri Lowell and Dirk Strider

I also play Dave Strider at Decollage and Thusia if anyone wants to ask about him!

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[ironicusername]

Oh Apollo this is why Dirk is so dere for you .///.

Right now Dirk is in a really self-reflective place. Hiccup's comment about him being toxic following so close on the heels of him nearly fucking up everything ever with Jake really hit him hard, and are making him question the validity of is own machinations. This is not... a totally world-shattering thing; it mostly means that Dirk will be THAT much more careful and thoughtful about his actions. But he is looking at his memories and questioning whether maybe he wasn't too manipulative and bull-headed. He is taking Apollo's advice about being straight-forward to heart! As much as he can, anyway. The puppet master gig is kind of second nature to him; it's how he sees the world. And Dirk is perfectly capable of being straight-froward and manipulative at the same time.

AT THE SAME TIME he has all this introspection going on he is also trying to be really focused on Jake and Jason, 'cause he is aware these first couple weeks of his relationship with both of them are going to be critical in establishing the rest of it. And he wants to make them both happy so badly. This is also a pretty natural mode for him to be in; this is a dude he spent basically his whole life protecting and caring for his friends. CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP.

All this leads to Dirk being... okay. He still has a lot of anxiety over Jake and Jason, but that is mostly because he really doesn't know how to act in a relationship--or, more importantly, how to keep Jake interested and Jason happy. HE IS IN THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH JAKE knowing Jake doesn't feel quite as strongly as him, and that hurts, but in a negligible sort of way, because Jake is still his best bro and would never intentionally hurt him, and Dirk knows that. He is also hella anxious over events back home, and frankly, none of his memories are going to make him feel better about it. But as he becomes more aware of how isolated he was back home he becomes more eager to cultivate good relationships with people like Apollo and Cass and Naha, etc, and he does really enjoy getting to put his mind to work figuring out how to make them happy. Dirk has a lot of things to occupy his mind and time, and not all of them are good things, but Dirk is pretty happy as long as he has shit to do.

tl;dr 6/10 can't complain.

Your favorite changes in Apollo's heart!

[andcounting]

I am terribly entertained by the fact that the agent of resisting change got a repair mechanism while the agent of change is still in a coma. Being resistant to change is not really something Ned ever needs help with. I am also pretty glad the Helio Kitchen got all fixed up, because it is just going to make him so much more functional, which makes the game more fun for me. I'm ALSO pretty pleased/entertained by all the people he now has basically no inhibitions around, so. THAT'S FUN.

Any specific plans in the works for either of your characters?