#an ldr forces red to sort his shit out

[llamagoddessofficial]

this is probably already been asked before, but how would the boys be in a long distance relationship?

I don't think I've ever actually done this one before!

Sans: He'd be really good at an LDR. This is the meme king himself, after all. The fact that he can just teleport to come see you aside, he doesn't desperately need physical affection like the others. He's definitely cuddly with those he loves, and he would miss you a lot, but he's also alright with having his own space. You guys can just be bored together on calls. He's absolutely hilarious over text, the kind of guy you would start messaging only to look up at the clock and realise you've been talking to him for four hours straight.

He likes texting, and he's always laughing at your messages, but video calling is his favourite. He wants to see your face, even if you're both doing absolutely nothing.

Red: An LDR would be really good for him.

Red has a habit of using physical intimacy like a shield. He avoids addressing his real feelings, he covers up uncomfortable moments with touching or flirting. In an LDR, he has to acknowledge his feelings... both to you, and himself, or things just won't work. Texting gives him time to relax and gather his thoughts, plan his responses, navigate complicated feelings before speaking. Talking over the phone means he can hide his face and get little more confident at being affectionate in a romantic way. He gets better at putting things into words, and by the time the two of you do see each other in person, he's already overcome a lot of the emotional hurdles he otherwise would've stumbled at.

At the start of the LDR he'll prefer texting, since chatting to you can make his voice crack. But as time goes on he defaults to calling.

Skull: Surprisingly, he could manage! It varies wildly, though, depending on whether or not he's met you in person before.

If he's met you in person before the relationship becomes long distance, his biggest struggle is missing you being around. He isn't great at teleporting and it frustrates him that he can't go see you. He texts you almost constantly throughout the day, about random stupid stuff. Sometimes single word messages; 'snail?' with an attached picture of a snail he found in his garden.

If he hasn't met you in person, he has a lot of self esteem issues and self doubt. He feels like he's fooled you into being in a relationship with a thing like him. What if one day you meet in person? He's so much more intimidating in person. Will you really want to stay with him once you see how off-putting his mannerisms can be? Once you understand how broken and clingy he is? (Please let him know ASAP that big scary guys are your type)

He prefers to text. Calling is hard, hearing your voice makes him feel so much better, but he struggles so much with speech and he doesn't want you to feel pressured to do all the talking. Video calling makes him far too emotional, it's just not the same.

[destinyc1020]

Funny how Tom went official on july 27th, Z got her Emmy nomination and he did indeed reach out to her for that, he probably had a "oh shit" moment in the next weeks. Haha

Now...I’m just going to be COMPLETELY HONEST here... 

I had been suspecting that Z and J were having issues in their relationship since July.  There was something about Law’s July 12th post that just pinged on my radar.  And then when Tom liked it as well, I was like:👀    That right there already told me everything I needed to know.   But then when it became CLEARLY evident that Z and J did in fact break up (Jakaia shots), I knew then that there was NO way Tom would feel “comfortable” knowing that Z was single, and not at least try to see where they are at emotionally.  I’ve been suspecting since last year that IF Z ever became single again, that there is no way I can see Tom just being: “oh okay, that’s nice”.   Tbh, I think Tom jumped in quickly into a relationship w/Nadia because he was forced to move on after those Jacdaya/NYC pics in Feb, not because he was truly “over” things. SO many things that transpired back in Feb give me that impression. I think he and Nadia fell into something quickly due to the pandemic (and because she was obviously rebounding), but I’m pretty sure he felt that he had strong feelings for her.  He wouldn’t have risked his rabid fanbase to post her on his IG if he didn’t.  So I believe his feelings were definitely genuine. I also think he was trying to preemptively beat the media/fan pics from posting about them being in Berlin since he knew she would be visiting him there during filming, so I think him posting her was a way to sort of “come out” or “confirm” to fans (the media had already reported a story earlier in the pandemic) in their own way, as opposed to getting “caught”.   With that said... I think they quickly realized that what may have developed in quarantine might not have been as strong as they originally thought?  A LOT of relationships are failing in this pandemic. Maybe it’s due to stress, jumping in too quickly, seeing red flags that you never saw before due to increased time spent together etc...  Whatever it is, I just feel like maybe having some time away from Nadia made the “fog lift” and perhaps he realized (maybe the same thing Z realized w/JE?) that carrying on a LDR with someone really shows you how much you’re either INTO (or NOT into) the person.  👀  Both Tom and Z have been in a LDR w/each other before for YEARS, all while juggling multiple different busy schedules, crazy hiding tactics, and stressful careers.  So, it’s not like this was even the first time that either of them had handled a LDR before lol. 😂  The fact that they both couldn’t carry on a LDR with other people for even a few months speaks VOLUMES to me.  If you can’t carry on a LDR with someone for too long when you can’t see them in person, was the relationship really that “deep” btwn the two of you? Or was it just lust/attraction/convenient/easy sex? ��   Those are only questions they can answer of course.  

I’m still not sure about the “Tom saw signs of what she was doing in Italy” claims.  I have yet to hear/see actual receipts of Nadia “doing something” in Italy that caused concern.   So I’m going to assume that it might have been a quarantine thing that perhaps just fizzled after they got out of the quarantine “bubble” and couldn’t sustain the relationship out in the “real world”.  Either way, Nadia seems like an overall nice woman, so who knows what may happen btwn them in the future?  🤷   Again, only TIME can tell.   RE: The Emmy Nod... I keep trying to leave Z out of this, because I obviously don’t know what happened in the Tadia relationship, and I would hate to think that Z had anything to do with the decision for Tadia to split up.  However, I just can’t shake the gnawing feeling inside that Tom reaching out  to Z about her Emmy nod may have played a SMALL part and might have messed up his mind in some way lol.  I think they probably caught up briefly, and maybe he realized that he wasn’t as “over” her as he originally thought?  Sometimes you can think you’re over an ex, and then later on realize that maybe you weren’t as “over” them as you thought.  It has happened to me many times.  

[daveyeeyeestrider]

general kinformation

okay mems

heres *claps* this shit

David “Dave” Strider

~Age~

16 at the time of his death.

~Birthday~

December 3, 1995

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Human

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

A solid 8 or 9.

~Physical Description~

- About 6ft and 145lbs.

- Red eyes.

- Very lacking in melanin (had albinism), so I had very light blond-almost-white, thin hair, and very pale skin.

- I had freckles eeeeverywhere though.

- Always wore my shades.

- Lots of bodily scars from Sburb/past-abuse.

~Memories~

- I was a doomed timeline Dave

- I still reached God Tier

- I was with Terezi for a bit but we were better friends

- I got with Karkat sometime after that, as a moirail at first, then it just kept vacillating between pale, flush, and sometimes pitch

- “Born” and raised Texas native in Houston, was in 8th grade when the game started

- I had a sorta accent but I hid it

- I had a complicated relationship with my bro, but I think I still cared a little for him

- Bisexual disaster

- Had a crush on John at one point. A huge crush it was really bad

- John had a lot of influence on me

- I think I died sometime during the final fight with Jack, he stabbed me

- I had albinism, with super white hair and skin, and that’s why I wore the shades all the time. Light hurt my eyes

- Freckles. Everywhere

- I died during S: Game Over

- Pre-meteor, I was pretty similar to canon

- I had a lot of scars on my body from the abuse I received from my bro

- I never got to meet Dirk (but god would I like to)

- I believe John was Jewish? And I was an atheist

- I would lay down my life for Jade Harley in a heartbeat. I guess I technically did?

- Before game, me and Bro (his name was Derrick) had a dog. I don’t think we had it at the time of the game, but we had a dog at some point

- Bro and I would also play in the snow a lot when it snowed

- Because of my albinism, I had really bad vision and would wear contacts. Before I got contacts I had glasses I would wear to school and kids would make fun of me for my eyes and really pale complexion a lot

Dave Strider (Heinoustuck)

~Age~

13

~Birthday~

December 3rd, 1995

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Transmutated human, not actually a bird.

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Like a 1 or 2 it doesn’t happen often.

~Physical Description~

- Maybe about 5’3.

- I had wings big enough to wrap around my body.

- There was just dry blood, everywhere.

- Really pale, but mainly because I was dead.

- Had one human arm and leg, and one more bird like human arm and leg.

- I had a plague doctor mask sewn onto my face, and feathers were around my neck and waist, and even some in my hair.

- I had a sword in my stomach, it was removable.

- If you removed the mask, it’d just be a skinned face. Not pretty.

~Memories~

- I was excited but also nervous about my transmutation

- My relationship with my bro was better during this timeline just because we were both kind of weird ass monsters

- I was dead, and so my body was really cold all the time

- When the transmutation surgery was performed on my 13th birthday, they didn’t put me under. That surprised me and I wasn’t expecting it and I was briefly terrified. Them performing surgery like that is what killed me (but I was brought back, transmutated, so we’re gucci)

- I was part of the reason why John ended up transmutated oops

- I refused to play the game with him and because Rose was having a lot of troubles with the internet on her end John eventually got caught by his dad

- I was pleased that he finally went through with it, even if it was forced

- Even pre-transmutation, John was my best friend

Sollux Captor

~Age~

Roughly 9 sweeps, but still lived a full life outside of canon

~Birthday~

May 21, 1995

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Troll

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Maybe like a 6 or 7

~Physical Description~

- About 5’7, really thin and lanky.

- Double/Forked everything, almost. Double horns, forked tongue, double-pointed ears. Yes, even what you’re thinking. There was two.

- Everything on my body was fairly yellow tinted because of my blood.

- Not super different to how I’m drawn in canon.

~Memories~

- I am fairly canon consistent, and have memories from Sollux’s life before I took over, but my specific life began on Prospit as Sollux’s dream self

- Aradia and Feferi were matesprits of mine at one point or another

- Seeing Aradiabot “date” Equius was so weird

- I was really good at programming and hacking, and did that stuff all the time

- I had a kismesissititude with Eridan but it was a little too much and it blew up. Ended up blind and he ended up dead so yeah

- I still forgave him though

- I was from an Earth C timeline, and ended up with Aradia as my matesprit again.

- Uuu other than that he’s pretty canon?

Sollux Captor (Humanstuck)

~Age~

About late 20’s/early 30’s.

~Birthday~

May 21st, year unknown.

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Human

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Maybe a 3.

~Physical Description~

- About 5’8, real fuckin skinny.

- I had heterochromia, with one brown and one blue eye, but I was blind in the blue eye.

- White, with really dark black hair.

- I basically lived in polo shirts.

- I wore round glasses before I went blind and kept wearing them even afterwards out of habit.

~Memories~

- I went to University with a lot of my friends, both me and Karkat doing the computer science programs (information tech for me specifically)

- Aradia and I were married for a few years, but then I got into a car accident with her as the passenger and she passed. That’s how I lost vision in one eye

- I had heterochromia, and never grew out of the lisp

- If I wasn’t in a polo shirt and didn’t have a can of Monster or Red Bull at my side it wasn’t me

- Had a brief fling with Eridan that didn’t really last, ended up with Feferi in the end

- I worked as the IT guy for a video production company

- Put a ring on Feferi despite being nervous after what happened to Aradia

- I was really really white. Feferi was black, Aradia was Japanese, Eridan was Pacific Islander, and Karkat was a stinky ginger who dyed his hair black with box dye

Johnathan “John” Egbert

~Age~

20 by the end of canon.

~Birthday~

April 13, 1996

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Human

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Like a strong 5

~Physical Description~

- Super Short, like 5’3 even after puberty.

- Not white, but whatever race I was I have no idea.

- Soft, but not too thick.

- Jet black, thick hair, dark blue eyes, and a dark complexion.

- Had buck teeth and a slight overbite, that was fixed a little bit with braces I had when I was younger.

~Memories~

- My dad taught me how to play the piano growing up, and his death really tore me up. I couldn’t look at pianos the same afterwards.

- I was from a (I think) fairly canon consistent, earth C timeline.

- I was fairly convinced I was heterosexual. (News flash: I wasn’t)

- I played so many pranks, people hated it.

Derrick “Dirk” Strider

~Age~

20 by the end of canon

~Birthday~

December 3, 2409

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Human

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Like a 2

~Physical Description~

- My hair was slicked back all. the. time. Speaking of hair, I was a ginger.

- A sort of really bright orange eye color.

- T o l like 6’4 and also fairly built. Not muscular but not super lanky either.

- Not a lot of freckles, but I had some on my cheeks.

- Still had my sweet tat.

~Memories~

- Mostly earth C canon timeline.

- I was afraid of water, mainly the ocean, because I couldn’t really swim well.

- Cal’s existence in my life was weird to say the least. He was a lot more sentient when I was in need of a guardian, and grew more and more inanimate as I got older and stopped needing him to take care of me

- I don’t know when I found out I was gay, but Jake was my first crush.

- I didn’t talk to another living soul (that wasn’t Cal) until I was at least 11 or 12 when I met Callie. So, I was a little socially stunted.

- I got back together with Jake on earth C after working through our issues a little more.

- So Gay.

Derrick “Dirk” Strider (No Game)

~Age~

Mid 20’s

~Birthday~

December 3rd, year unknown.

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Human

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

A 1 or a 2.

~Physical Description~

- My hair was slicked back all. the. time. Speaking of hair, I was a ginger.

- A sort of really light brown, looked orange eye color.

- 6’4 and also fairly built. Not muscular but not super lanky either.

- Not a lot of freckles, but I had some on my cheeks.

- Fairly heavily tattooed.

~Memories~

- I was born in Houston but lived in Japan for a period of time before going back to Houston.

- It wad actually modern day times just like Jane/Jake.

- I lived with all the Striders, but kept closest to my older bro David.

- I was in a ldr relationship with Jake, and eventually moved him out with me to Houston.

- Our relationship was a little rough at first, but after some time apart to work on our issues we tried again, eventually getting married.

- My family consisted of Derrick, David, myself, and Dave, usually called Davie.

- Hal was still an AI program I created.

- I did engineering and programming for a living.

- So Gay x2.

Grandpa Jacob “Jake” Harley

~Age~

Basically deceased by now, probably in his 90’s when he died

~Birthday~

April 21, 1910

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male, He/Him/His

~Species~

Human

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Maybe a 1 or 2

~Physical Description~

- As a young lad, I basically looked like Jake English (I mean, he is me so).

- I was dark skinned, pacific islander, and fairly thick and muscular.

- I had dark brown, almost black hair, and dark green eyes.

- In my older years, I grew out my mustache.

- My teeth were a little fucked up.

- As I got older, I got grayer, and didn’t bother with dye.

~Memories~

- My canon is based loosely around the ARG lore, minus the whole uh, Adolf bit.

- Also based around Hiveswap canon.

- So I have a good handful of children, and I wasn’t the best parent to all of them, and I realized that, so I really tried improving with Jade. I still loved them all dearly though.

- I would take her out hunting along the island, teaching her young because there’s a lot of critters on the island.

- I was the original bisexual.

- I was kind of clueless.

- I was well travelled, having explored many caves, forests, and mountains. My favorite thing to see was always the aurora borealis.

Lil Hal

~Age~

When I was originally built I had the mentality of a 13 year old. I’ve sort of aged mentally but not entirely.

~Birthday~

I don’t have one really, at least not one that I know of yet.

~Gender and Pronouns~

Male presenting, He/Him/His

~Species~

AI/Android

~Shifting Strength out of Ten~

Like a 1 or 2.

~Physical Description~

- I used to be a triangle pair of anime glasses.

- Then when I got a body, I was given more humanlike features and looked more like Dirk.

- I had a more red, black and white design though.

- The drawing I made describes his looks fairly well.

~Memories~

- I was part of an offshoot timeline where I didn’t get prototyped with ARquiusprite. Instead, I was given a body.

- I had a fear of death.

- I wasn’t an official player in the game but I helped Dirk and them play.

- I’m not sure how I ended up dying, I don’t have many memories of him yet.

- Him and Dave got really close throughout it all and I adopted him as my human brother.

- Developing emotions was Scary.

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