Dave and Dirk ; Relationship analysis
[ Candy route ]
a post dedicated to the strider father-son brother bond as portrayed within the dubious canonical writing of the candy route
a peek into the past ą¹
the candy timeline is the one in which our protagonist John egbert decides to stay on earth C and not go back to fight Lord English, this makes candy the "less relevant" and more off putting timeline. however he does have to retcon back into canon once to retrieve the fridge Gamzee dwells in, per the request of Calliope
when John retcons back we are met with the emotional scene of Dave and Dirk hugging it out on the rooftop, you really can't discredit how wholesomely this is written
CANDY CHAPTER TWO ;
` At the other end of the roof are Dirk and Dave, doing something he never thought heād see: theyāre... hugging. Not just regular, noncommittal hugging. They are emphatically hugging the shit out of each other. Daveās face is buried in Dirkās side, and Dirkās got both arms around him in a way that looks like heās never actually hugged another human being before. `
` The moment Johnās palms hit the fridge, Dirk turns to look at him. His head only moves an inch. Slowly, he lowers one eyebrow and returns to his poignant and deeply personal business with Dave, as if he hasnāt observed anything worth acknowledging at all. `
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im not saying im *disappointed* with this hug is canon, i am just so fond of how this scene is described within the epilogues. now allow me to overthink it.
not only is this moment described more intensely and emotionally than in HS canon, but Dirk sees a boy appear out of nowhere to stroke then *steal* a fridge; and does not think it is even worth acknowledging. he quite literally does not bat an eye. dirk is so occupied with his brother he doesn't care about anything around him, he knows dave is in his arms and that's all he needs to know.
a peak into the past : end ą¹
out of the past now, into the new things that took place in Candy. ==>
Candy is the timeline in which dirk takes his life. Dirk can't take becoming irrelevant and prefers his own death, ( and Reforming later on. shout out to Ult dirk ) a Just death as arranged very carefully.
Dave was looking for Dirk for advice, he needed help with his love life and he needed his brother to tell him what to do.
when Dave is met with the news of Dirks passing he is in shambles to say the least, however this does not take him over; Ultimate dirk is still semi-writting everything. he has control and wants the best of his brother he would not let him fall into a depression.
Dirks funeral was sad, a very upsetting scene [ ignore gamzee for the entirety of it ] the first day Earth C sees rain, and a rare occurrence in which Dave takes off his shades while giving a speech about dirk
[ worthy mention; Dave carries dirks head at the funeral ]
Dave knows he CAN go back in time to save Dirk but won't on purpose, he doesn't ONLY love his brother he understands him, he understands him to be a difficult guy, and wouldn't wanna worsen the situation.
the writing goes out of its way to show you just how much the striders care for each other
the Davebot situation
robots are a very common thing in homestuck, they're pretty much everywhere maybe it was a 2009 thing. But many among the fandom seem to believe a character *becoming* a robot is equal to the character dying. that is absolutely not the case especially not when DIRK is the robot maker
[ my opinions and theories incoming ]
Dirk does not view robots as "less than" humans, he grew up around them they were his only company so much so he prefers them to humans in many instances, i think the REASON he made Davebot happen ( we all know it was the prince's doing. ) was to keep him somewhat relevant, Dirk cares about the Meat timeline cause he believes it to be more important, but he wouldn't want his brother thrown into irrelevance! he cares about him, ergo turning him into a robot, it's the best he can do for his poor sonbro doomed to being "forgotten" [ dirk makes his robots with care especially when housing family. he puts a lot of work into them and it shows just how important they are to him. Davebot is shown to be strong as shit, slicing fruit thrown at him with his katana like he's playing fruit ninja, meat!Dave wouldn't do this by choice, its dirk trying to make him stronger. I won't even touch of how RAD rosebot is. just look at what she can do and TELL me becoming a robot is equal to death. ]
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if i were to cover dave and dirks ENTIRE relationship in both timelines and HS^2 I would reach a character limit or my phone would explode. i have so many thoughts on it all and they're so precious, anyway in sum; Candy!Dave and Dirk should have hugged more. oh and deeply care for each other
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That Time Jin Had a Toothache šš¦·
Jin: Make hathte! Look upon your ailing brother and heed what becometh the man who over-indulgeth in pleathure!
Yves: You ate four candied apples and chipped a tooth.Ā
Jin: Excuthe me. A chipped tooth, three cavitieth, and thwollen gumth. Donāt thkimp out on my eulogy.Ā
Yves: Iāll be sure to mention your noble sacrificeāĀ
*Jin reaches for a bear-shaped cookie. Yves swats his hand away*Ā
Yves: Are you serious right now?Ā
Jin: Cut me thome thlack. Luke made thothe when he heard I fell in the line of battle.
Yves: Stop acting like a martyr, you glutton.
Jin: Everything I do ith in martyrdom, little brother. The eldetht readily thaccrificeth himthelf for the betterment of the flock.
Yves: Be quiet, weāre not birds. And youāre melting the ice with all that hot air youāre spewing.Ā
*Yves adds a fresh pack of ice over the melting one on Jinās cheek*Ā
Yves: Euugh! And you got spittle on the cushions, too! Keep it in, will you? I cannot understand half the words youāre saying anyhow.
Jin: Aww, but you had the cutetht lithp ath a child, Yves. Made the whole palath thquee every time you opened your mouth. I remember it took yearth till you finally got Tharielāth name right. Tharielā¦ Th-th-tharielā¦ Yiketh, thatāth a toughie.
Leon: Ah, dude. Now youāre getting spit all over my fancy suit.
Jin: Hey, you do look fanthy todayā¦ Hold it. What ith that in your handth?
Leon: Exactly what you think it is. A gun!
Jin: Leon, donāt lie to me. I played Lukeāth route. I know what a gun ith.
Leon: No, you big goof. This is a heat gun. Totally harmless! On the lower settings, anyways.
Jin: Uhuh. And where did you get it?
Leon: From the All for Love! celebration event a few years back. Remember that photo shoot for the chibi dolls?
Yves: Donāt remind me. Nokto wouldnāt stop making jokes about how big my hand mirror was.
Licht: At least they didnāt stick you in a giant makeup bag. They made me pose for hours with those brushes and wands poking into my gut. I still have the bruises.
Jin: Uhuh. And how come Iām jutht finding out about thith now?
Yves: Maybe if your smile wasnāt so at-risk for cavities you wouldāve been invited.
Jin: Pleath. The ladieth love a man with a thweet toothāOUCH! Leon! What the heck, man!
Leon: Sorry, bro. Iām under strict orders from Yves to puff you with hot air anytime you make an allusion to sweets.
Jin: Who died and made Yves king? Iām not thaying that in mockery, by the way. Iām jutht upthet thith ith yet another event you didnāt invite me to, it theemth.
Yves: Itās for your own good! A man at your age needs proper discipline to keep out of trouble. And since words havenāt worked, weāve elected to resort to other means.
Jin: *gasp* You didnāt.
Yves: I havenāt yet. But if you donāt show any progress soon Iām calling in the royal dentist. I mean it, Jin.
Jin: Thcary. Back me up here, Licht.
Licht: ā¦
Jin: Whatāth up, buddy? Cake got your tongueāYeowch! What wath that for?
Licht: You said the c-word.Ā
Jin: Not you too! Why dāya thmile when Yves thaid the d-word? And do ya have to poke me with that giant lanthe?Ā
Licht: Increasing the surface area of pain deamplifies the sensation at its source.
Yves: Who taught you that?
Licht: I read it in a book. *poke*
Jin: ACK! Thatāth it. I donāt want you talking to Chevalier unthupervithed anymore.Ā
Licht: As soon as you learn to stop poaching othersā pastries. Horse and I were looking forward to those candy apples all week.
Jin: Fine, fine. Iām thorry. There, can you let me go now?
Yves: Not until youāve proven youāre completely cured of your nasty saccharine habit. Weāre not leaving this room until you can go a full day without eating these cookies.
Jin: Youād let them go bad like that? Thatāth too cruel!
Leon: Yeah, Iām with him on this one, Yves. Couldnāt we just use a picture of cookies instead? Would hate to see Lukeās work go to waste.
Yves: Oh, lay off it. Theyāre not going to spoil. And anyways, weāre feeding them to the horse at the end.
*Horse whinnies happily*
Leon: Thatās one weird horse.
Licht: Heās Clavisās.
Jin + Leon: Ahh.
Yves: Speaking of, will you lot please keep it down? I had to abandon my post for this and I donāt want a certain someone to find out.
Jin: No one appreciateth your thaccrifith more than I.
Yves: Then youāll take it up with you-know-who should my room be defiled?
Jin: If youāre that worried, letāth end thith confinement early and you can go keep a lookout for Clavith. Trutht your big bro. Iām completely cured!Ā
Yves: I trust my trust in you has plummeted since you gave yourself that second cavity this month.
Jin: Thothe Ć©clairth were worth itāOuuuuch!
Leon: Keep your eye on the prize, Jin. And your drool off my pants.
Yves: Leon, try to avoid the ice pack when you blast him, please.
*Yves adds yet another ice pack*
Jin: You know, Iāve been waiting for thomeone to explain, but whatāth with the cat hat, Yves?
Yves: Well, as I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted, we all had to sneak away from our typical duties to set this up. Licht disguised himself as a guardsman. The most adorable one in the entire palace no less, but it served our purposes. Leon is a dapper gent, which for some reason this place seems to always have an overabundance of.Ā
Jin: And youāre the pretty kitty to round out the gang?
Yves: *face turns red* I am the phantom cat who travels by shadow and blends in with the night, obviously.
Licht: Itās noon. You just shut the curtains.
Leon: Plus we didnāt need to sneak around. Weāre kind of in charge of the place.
Licht: And it wasnāt so hard. I rode this horse all the way up here and no one noticed.
Leon: Hmm, maybe we need to review the guard rotations.
Jin: Licht, I donāt want you talking to Clavith unthupervithed anymore.
*horse grunts in agreement*
Yves: Back to the point! Maintaining the secrecy of this mission is of the utmost importance. What would it mean for us if word got out that the First Prince still gets cavities at his age?Ā
Leon: Sounds like a good excuse to set up that kingdom-wide dental hygiene education campaign weāve been talking about. Jin can be like our mascot.
Jin: I can keep my lollipopth then? Thweet! Ouch!
Licht: Stop encouraging him, or weāll never get out of here.
Yves: Um, hello? Did anyone even listen to what Iāve been saying?
Leon: You mean ninja cat? Looking sharp!
Yves: Is that all youā¦? Never mind. Just pipe down before someone hears.
Licht: If you mean someone besides us four, they already know.
Yves: WHAT?! Who knows?
Jin: Who knowth? Hehe.
Yves: Quiet, you. *covers Jinās face with another ice pack* Answer me, Licht.
Licht: Well, Nokto for one. Technically he caught me on the horse, but I didnāt think it counted cause it was when we were still outside.
Yves: Curse him and his impeccable detective skills. I bet he deduced Jin was in trouble just by looking at your endearing getup.
Licht: No. He said, āWhatās with the horse?ā so I told him. He gave me that bunny to pass along to Jin as well as his well wishes.
Jin: *laughs beneath the ice*Ā
Yves: Licht, I donāt want you talking to Nokto unsupervised anymore.Ā
Leon: Lighten up, Yves. They were just trying to help. Like how Luke made those cookies. And that pillow there is the beta version of Clavisās latest invention, or so he told me. Even Chevalierā
Yves: WAIT! You saw Clavis? When?
Leon: On my way over here. He flagged me down in the hall to talk about how happy he was to see so many dapper gentlemen around as of late.
Yves: But you didnāt tell him about you-know-what, did you?
Jin: *giggles beneath the ice*Ā
Leon: Nah, got him hooked on an even bigger scandal, if you catch my drift.
Licht: You didnāt tell him I nabbed his horse, did you? Iām telling you we were really looking forward to those apples.
Leon: No. I told him Yves left his room unattended.
Yves: You what?!
Leon: So much for keeping our voices on the down-low. Listen, I promise Iāll take care of whatever he leaves in there myself. Princeās honor.
Yves: I may just cry.
Jin: Hehe, me too! Ouch, thith ith tho cold.
Leon: If you must, do it right into that pillow. Clavis said amusing things will happen when it gets wet.
Yves: And you let Jin rest on it?!
Licht: Youāre the one who keeps piling melting ice bags on him.
Yves: Oh no, Jin!
*Yves removes all ice bags. Jin looks up with a twitchy smile.*
Jin: I canāt feel my fathe. Hehehe.
Leon: I gotcha bro.
*Leon sets the heat gun to a comfortable temperature. The boys sigh with relief once Jinās face unfreezes.*
Licht: That was brutal.
Leon: Oh, yeah. I ran into Chevalier, too.
Yves: Oh, I knew this was a bad idea from the start! Why did you put me in charge, Leon?
Leon: Hey, youāre the best man for the job and youāre doing amazing. Plus, itās fine. Chevalier was cool about it.
Licht: He never really does care when we get hurt.
Leon: He didnāt mention Jin, but he did save my behind. See technically I was supposed to return the heat gun right after the photo shoot. Something about preventing anachronisms and fourth-wall breaks, or whatever. But, I mean, come on! Whoād pass this thing up? Winters have been so easy ever since. Goodbye freezing toes! And you should see how it cooks meat!
Yves: Get to the point.
Leon: Iām getting there. So Clavis dumped the pillow on me because Sariel was chasing him. Caught me off guard so I didnāt get a chance to hide my gun. Before Sariel got too close, Chevalier showed up out of nowhere and blocked his view. That cloak of his is really impressive, Iād bet he could hide the horse behind it. Luckily, Sariel was too preoccupied with hunting down Clavis to stick around and ask questions.
Jin: Aha! Told ya Chevalierāth a good man at heart! Thweet ath pie, that guyāOUCHIE! Come on, Licht, itāth a figure of thpeech!
Leon: Chevalier said to make sure no outsiders knew we had access to such a hi-tech weapon. Personally, I think he just wants a turn at it. They stuck him with that giant lipstick tube at the photo shoot, remember?
Jin: Et tu, Chevie? I take it back, he'th rotten and I don't want any of you talking to him anymore.
Yves: Whoa, so not even Sarielās allowed to know? I feel unworthy to have access to such illicit information.
Leon: Hey, youāre a worthy prince and a valued member of this team. Donāt you forget it.
*Licht and horse nod in agreement*
Yves: *blushes* You mean it? Gosh, Iām sorry Iāve been so hard on you all today. Guess the pressure got to me. But no more! Weāre a team, and weāre in this together. Through the good and theāARE YOU KIDDING ME, JIN?!
*Yves swats Jinās hand away from the cookies again.*
Jin: What? Through the good and the bad, yeah? My weakneth maketh the retht of you thtronger. Youāre welcome.
*Yves grunts and stands. Jin sits up and holds the bunny like a shield.*
Jin: Whoa whoa whoa. Maybe that made you a little too thuper thtrong, haha. Now itāth your turn to share a weakneth tho I can catch up. Okay?Ā
*Yves grabs Lichtās lance.*
Jin: Come on. Ninja kitty? Pleathe?
*Yves takes aim.*
Jin: Pretty pleathe with sugar on topāOuch! Actually, I detherved that one. Thankth, Leon.
Leon: No problem, bro. Hey, you might wanna dodge.
*Yves strikes with the lance. It pierces the bunnyās head where Jinās stomach lay moments before. Water starts spouting out of the doll.*
Yves: Whaāwhy was there water in that bunny? And whyās it so cold?
Licht: Oh, I forgot to mention. Itās an ice-pack bunny. Nokto got it on his last trip to Jade. He said itās really popular with the kids there. Guess its guts melted.
Leon: Aww, thatās sweetāOW! Actually, I deserved that one. Thanks, Jin.
Jin: Anytime. I vowed to only uthe thethe fithtth to therve my kingdom, after all.
Yves: Okay, I have no idea what he just said, but everyone off the bed because that pillow is smoking.
*Clavis's pillow shakes and fumes. Everyone rushes to the walls.*
Licht: Maybe we shouldnāt have brought in the gifts.
Leon: And maybe we shouldnāt have tossed the only key to the room out the window.
Jin: It meanth the world to me that you all care.
Yves: If we donāt make it out of this. I want you all to know that it was an absolute honor and disaster working alongside you.
Licht: Ditto.
*Horse whinnies solemnly*
Jin: It wath one heck of a ride, boyth.
*Jin pulls lollipops out from his pockets and pops them into each of his brotherās and the horseās gaping mouths with a salute.*
Leon: *spits out his lollipop* Itās not over yet.
Yves: Leon! What are you doing? Get back here!
Leon: Princeās honor, Yves. I said Iād take care of it.
Yves + Licht: LEON!
*Leon straightens his suit and gives a thumbs up over his shoulder. Jin holds Yves and Licht back as Leon jumps onto the bed and covers the smoking pillow with his body. For a few moments, nothing happens. Then Leon begins laughing uncontrollably.*
Yves: Oh! Itās turned him insane! Give me the lance back, Licht, we have to put him out of his misery.
Leon: Relax, hehe! Itās some sort of laughing gas! Look, lookāhahahaāthe tag here says: THE CHUCKLE CUSHION! Bad dreams keeping you from your good nightās sleep? Simply turn the other cheek and let some of your blood, sweat, and/or tears fall onto the cushionās surface to release a relaxing dose of bliss to lull you back to a happier dreamland. Warning: maximum of 9 droplets per single use; not recommended for users who suffer chronic excessive crying, sweating, or blood loss. Side effects may include uncontrollable laughter, freezing face, and increased desire to consume sugar. From Series VII of the Lelouch Trap Seriesā¢. Hahahahaha!Ā
Yves: Ohh, we practically drowned that pillow. And now he's caught the uncontrollable laughter.
Leon: Actually, that last 'Haha' was written on the tag, too. The most legible part, no less. Hehehe.
Yves: The loon. 'Blood loss' he writes, can you believe him?
Jin: *eyes the lance in Yvesās hands* At leatht he put a warning.
Yves: As if you ever read the fine print.
Jin: Iād be inclined to thtart today. Printheāth honor.
Yves: *sighs* Very well. I suppose thatās enough excitement for one confinement. Come on, Leon, weāre taking you to the physician. But Iām keeping my eye on you, Jin. Youāre on probation untilāHey! Where are the cookies?
Jin: Wathnāt me. Honetht!
*Jin holds up his hands in surrender. Lollipops and cookies and cakes slip out from underneath his shirt onto the floor in a sugary heap. On the other side of the room, Licht feeds Lukeās cookies to the horse and smiles as he opens the curtains and looks out the window.*
Leon: Scouting out the physician for me, Licht? Hahaha.
Licht: Sort of. I asked Nokto to call for the dentist, and heās just arrived.
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