#I know I’m late to the game but

[psychyourit]

Scott McCall<3

[bloobydabloob]

Holy shit I love your Dirk interpretations, it's so true and I could talk about this shit forever. I feel like another part of his character that people seem to forget (along with Roxy for some reason) is that he's from the future in solitude in an apocalyptic wasteland. I just see that part of his character always removed which is disappointing because I feel like that's a pretty big part, especially regarding his themes around technology, his brother's theme of Time, his own isolation, and how he plays in the vastness of the universe and spacetime.

Art I drew related to the subject because I like to respond to asks with art.

But absolutely. I certainly understand where the lack of discussion over his isolation + upbringing comes from, considering a majority of the fanbase that I have seen builds their ideas based on their own version of postcanon. I’m not entirely sure how that would be fixed, but certainly even in the somewhat recent past I would see a lot more content regarding his upbringing both literally and symbolically. I don’t have much to add regarding the things you’ve mentioned, because they just are what they are. Dirk being confined to a singular room left to him by a father figure he never met, in a future where the only other person left on the planet is someone he cannot pursue a relationship of because of himself, with purely 3 robots to keep him companion, one being an exact replica of his own brain who is *also* trapped inside a pair of glasses, is about as literal as it gets to me.

The contrast to me involving the flooded, organic world in comparison to the little speckle of Dirk’s apartment packed with the dude and his technics is not only a representation of his isolation and entrapment within himself, but also of his lack of control. I think his obsession with & themes of control are a direct product in the case of Dirk specifically *of* this kind of upbringing. His themes of technology are also related to his themes around control. So much of his character is actually revolved around this to me like so much. Dirk is so deeply disconnected from humanity in every way and so much of his character + symbolism is based around that.

It doesn’t even have to be about the symbolism or anything though. It’s just pretty *interesting* in the literal sense that he lives in the middle of the ocean in the future. There’s not only a lot to theorise on to do with his young life there, but on how it might affect him in the way he acts for the rest of his life. The latter part is probably what I see mentioned the most by people talking about Dirk regarding this, I’m surprised I don’t see more discussion on the former too though. I really ought to actually talk more about Homestuck stuff on here. I will do it myself.

Roxy & Dirk’s relationship is largely ignored though because there is a narrative a certain demographic spreads that Dirk resented and blamed Roxy for her interest in him, and thus too many people believe that their relationship was or would continue to be an abusive one. Realistically, I believe it’s important to acknowledge that the way Roxy treated Dirk regarding his homosexuality wasn’t right while still acknowledging the obvious amount of respect and admiration Dirk had for Roxy. I mean we have a huge piece of dialogue from their post trickster mode conversations on the quest beds from Dirk purely stating how he feels about Roxy that people completely ignore somehow. I think this usually happens to characters that are women though. I know everyone says it, but it is true. Jane gets the exact same treatment of boiling her down to solely her negative aspects. The things I see completely mischaracterising both of them are horrific.

I mean how much more explicit can it get that their relationship is obviously very important to Dirk? But I digress. I think the best or I should say “most interesting” interpretations of their relationship usually come from DirkRoxy shippers actually.

I would be interested to hear about Dirk’s relation to his brother’s theme of time though. I don’t have any thoughts on this and I don’t recall ever hearing anyone talk about it before. If you or anyone else would be willing to enlighten me I’d be thrilled.

[nightlilly0110]

No spoilers please. I know this probably won’t happen but it would be funny if something like it did.

[kevinsdsy]

can we have some jeaneil. as a treat

omgg i’m hoping when i post the summer olympics edition of the socmed au i will get to work more with their dynamic but for now i have these saved in the drafts :))

the tweet is inspired by a post @problemduetest4life happened to send me today so thank u hehe <333 can’t wait to use it for the socmed au 🙂‍↕️

[aramarama-the-magnificent]

am I crazy or is this just Ballister Boldheart

????? that’s the same person

[ren-054]

Guess who found a new babygorl

Addair from Still Wakes the Deep!!! but specifically my take on his monster form

I was enamored with his voice during his monster section and I love the spider look he gets hehe

(Spoiler talk under the cut)

Also me fixating and joking about him a bit helps with recovering from seeing the ending to this game ouhgghhhhhh

It’s been so long since I’ve seen a good horror game, let alone one that made me feel as much as I did GAHHHHH just the everything about it enthralled me start to finish

I came for the cool monsters and horror of the ocean and I stayed for the humanity of the characters because hhhghhhh I almost cried akdn

I did sort of keep the tone light (for the first half) when my friend was streaming the game since I just enjoy horror games and seeing monsters and stuff so there were a few good running jokes here and there and MAN it was fun (before it got really heart wrenching akjdkskd)

My favorite post-mutation monsters probably had to be Muir and Addair and idk if it’s in good taste to explain why since it’s mostly based on their attitudes post-mutation which amused me a bit as a viewer

[mattodore]

i can't get enough of them

[shepscapades]

Saw you playing dynaball tonight :D! Super cool to see one of my fav mcyt artists out in the wild lol

WEEE no that makes me super happy :D i love general mcci shenanigans and it always makes me really happy when people pm me saying they like my art or anything else, you guys are super sweet :( <3

Feel free to come punch me if you see me :D

[titsthedamnseason]

HAPPY LONDON N1 YALL!!! i can just feel this run of shows is going to be CRAZY. also if you haven’t realized hi it’s me juli titsthedamnseason and yes even under yet another new url i am hosting the surprise song game! the rules are simple: leave your guesses in the tags or replies and if you’re right i will give you a shoutout <3

i’m personally about to give the worst guesses ever but i already submitted them to mastermind so i feel like i have to stick with it. so im going imgonnagetyouback / better than revenge and robin / never grow up i definitely should be going with a london song or the black dog but hey. whatever

[hello-eeveev]

Essek and Caleb both learn the Maze spell and cast it on each other as Wizard Enrichment™. They get sent into a labyrinth with the goal of ‘escape’, and if they can’t get out in 10 minutes, they just get popped back out. No harm, no foul.

It starts out as a fun little activity, but then they start getting competitive about it. First, it’s basic races—who can get the fastest time getting out of a maze. But then, they get into a discussion about how the mazes are generated. Is it random? Is there some pattern to the various layouts? And if so, is there a style of maze that is more advantageous? Does the maze creator have any influence over the design of the maze?

The thing is, Maze only requires a DC 20 Intelligence check to escape. That’s nothing to these guys, and they crack it open pretty quick. So then they ask themselves, can we make it harder?

Their previous toyings with Maze RNG become full on experiments and deep dives to see if they can add increased difficulty. They start adding multiple levels, doors that require you to solve a puzzle to unlock, fetch quests, etc. They come up with the most difficult maps and challenge each other to get their times lower and lower and lower.

They become Maze spell speedrunners and modders is what I’m saying.

[sleipliir]

April Fools I’m late 🐰🦇

[washmouthing]

SWANSEA AND WIFE GOING ON DINNER DATES. SWANSEA CAN COOK. SWANSEA FIXING THINGS FOR HIS KIDS. BRO IM GOING TO CRYYYYYYYY,,,

[shima-draws]

Finished season 2…

[cq-studios]

You know what’s wild? One day Missing Link will be real

Isn’t that crazy? Isn’t that insane?

One day you’ll be able to grab your phone and play Kingdom Hearts Missing Link

For real. Like a real game that exists

That day isn’t today… or tomorrow… or, like, soon… but you know, one day

[coolbattlegirl]

Happy (late) Birthday Venti!!! 🍃🍎💚 🎂

Alt ver of him smiling ⬇️

[deputyrook]

Okay I’m playing Greedfall and the too-close-to-be-proper-for-cousins codependency of De Sardet and Constantin in Greedfall has me losing my mind.

Like. We’re the only person who ever cared for him. We’re his knight in shining armour. We save him every time. The only time we sound panicked is when Constantin is in danger. We’re touching each other in every cutscene we’re kneeling at his throne he’s asking us over and over not to leave him. We tell each other “you’re very dear to me…” while the companions watch awkwardly.

They’re not lovers they’re WORSE