#dave strider phs

[drachdreams]

Let's start this bitch with a few of edits because my ass spend a lot of time on this!

[milaza]

knightley dump from forever ago also i need to share my stupid headcanons here

some of these pictures are from 2020 jesus christ. spoilers for AAI2 below.

as seen in one of the images above, horace knightley was 15 years old in 2010. ‘act 5′ of homestuck began in 2010. this is the ‘part’ of homestuck which is most well known as it is the introduction of the ‘troll’ characters. i believe that knightley, as a teenager in 2010 was a fan of homestuck due to its emerging popularity on tumblr.com. there are two important points:

1. he was fictionkin of dave strider: there are multiple reasons. they’re both knight themed, they want to protect the people they like (this is me trying to believe knightley genuinely cares about keyes), “he trauma is there but they don’t cope with it or go to therapy, and they have a fucked up relationship with their ‘dads’

2. he cosplayed gamkar with keyes: i don’t ship gamkar but keyes is a clown and knightley has karkat vibes too. actually i drew fanart of them dressed as homestuck trolls but i would rather not have that stain my tumblr blog.

i think that manosouta’s relationship is best represented through homestuck troll quadrants. they were morails back when people called each other that. keyes always thought it was cringe and knightley only realized it was cringe later (but he still thinks of him that way). keyes clearly experiences kismesissitude towards knightley but he refuses to call it that.

(SIDE NOTE: “nahyuta represents antis guy” was an anonymous user on phoenix wright kink meme (?) who wrote like two paragraphs on how nahyuta’s righteous personality represented him being an anti in fandom. girl what are you on about)

anyway after knightley’s tumblr/homestuck era he started using 4chan and hating on fictionkinnies for fun also he’s an anti-sjw at this point despite being bisexual. i don’t really want to talk about this time you know how it is.

then he became normal and stopped using every social media except facebook (he harasses people with those ‘want to play a game with me?’ messages with facebook chess or something) and reddit i also don’t want to talk about this.

he started watching bojack horseman in 2015 and kept up with the series until his death in 2019. he doesn’t call himself a kinnie but he’s definitely one of those people who project way too strongly onto bojack. this time, my reasoning is that he’s horse themed, a really big shithead, gets jealous of others easily, and hates french people like bojack hates horses.

that last point is another headcanon; after receiving the PH ring, he believed his father was french (because he didn’t find out about pierre hoquet being isaac dover). knightley has very faint memories compared to keyes, but i think he’d still remember how badly his father treated him, leading to his hatred of the french.

also, he has a pet dobermann! that pic was from a tosaka trio fanart i never finished... atmey has a borzoi and wellington has a pomeranian heheh.

one of these days i’ll get around to making my knightley fangame which is about playing as blackquill convincing him to go to therapy. sorry half of my headcanons are homestuck related btw.

[hephaestustestified]

answer all Questions for the Mun!

I’ll get my revenge Dirky.

Under the readmore cause i might ramble tbh.

What made you decide to roleplay this muse?

Well I was friends with Dan back when he first made the au and I always wanted to join, but i never could get a strong feeling for who or how. I ended up just... picking and doing a lot of research to try to figure something out I think. It took me months to make him.

Do you roleplay other muses?

Yup! Angel Kar for Gracestuck, Angel Dirk for an au I made, witch Hal, vamp dirk for the vamp strilonde au, Leo for PH, hero dave and hero hal for @rise-from-ashes-au that me and my husband made, midnight crew boss dirk i made to go with jays felt boss jake, apollo! signless, and a few muses in the works. if you want links always feel free to hmu off anon or in IMs.

Are there other characters you’re interested in rping or wish to?

I want to try the older strider guardians or eridan or gamzee. 

What made you decide on your URL name?

his name is hephaestus and hes a dirk alt. it wasnt very creative tbh but oh well.

What made you decide on your blog title?

its just the url in bigger text i think >.>;;;;;

Other characters/muns you’re interested in roleplaying with?

anyone really. g0reme is an interesting muse and i would love to interact with them but.... my anxiety kills me..... TTATT;;;

Do you overthink your tag descriptions or keep it simple?

i keep it simple. i used to over tag the life out of my dave and jake blogs but i sort of stopped caring tbh.

Text format or nah? What’s your opinion on that?

i personally dont?? id like to but its pretty hard. as long as its readable i dont mind other people doing it! it looks really fancy sometimes. 

Favorite three icons of your muse.

I don’t get to use the first and third often, if at all.

How do you feel about the interpretation of your character vs the fandom?

some people make very good dirks and can make very good believable au dirks. i especially love my sons @technologictempest interpretation of dirk and consider him something of an expert. other people tend to hugely misinterpret him and like make him very VERY unnecessarily aggressive or just....focus on only one aspect of him and its just.... eeeeeeeeh. 

What’s a thread you’d like to do in the near future?

im still lowkey hoping dan and lavi will let me kill heph and bring him back with amnesia. he’d get his memories back eventually but itd be sooooo much fun!!! itd be hella fuckin sad tho. 

Do you have fun RPing?

most of the time. sometimes it gets stressful and annoying, like when people cause a LOT of drama ALL the time. like something always has to happen to make the attention be on the other persons muse ALL THE TIME. the muse is ALWAYS the victim and never does anything wrong. it gets old. take a break. or when people turn a fun plot meant to stay between a few people into a full blown multiverse war with outside interference and start shitting on the muns it makes it really uncomfortable to be around sometimes. thats why i try to find the people who DONT do things like that and stick to them. rational human beings who know when to stop are great to rp with. its why i throw my muses at embellishedbookworm john a lot. hes an easy to talk to person and very understanding and reasonable. i mention him cause he sticks out the most rn but my other friends are also in the same category. i feel very bad for clinging to my friends tho. 

Three of your favorite threads

;u; i dont get to thread with heph a lot. if at all. please hmu with threads.

What’s an M!A that would be fun to try out?

already answered! :D 

What’s the relationship status of your muse? Single? Taken?

taken. definitely. technically he could date more people, but hes barely comfortable with two. adding more than that and hed prob develop worse anxiety. its totally ok for other muses to crush on him but it makes him feel bad and guilty for not returning their feelings. his self image also tends to get in the way of his love life. (as posei and hermes have found out)

Are you selective?

sort of yes. some aus i avoid, some muns i avoid due to past experiences, and some people i just dont follow back immediately or follow at all despite wanting to interact because of who theyre friends with (even if the people i dont follow are friends of mine). especially with hephs account i dont always follow back because i do most of my blogging from the tablet or laptop, which means i dont really want to be scrolling for 20 minutes to find a thread or interaction. i tend to mostly follow close friends or muses that interact on a semi regular basis. but im usually up for interactions if you just hmu in asks or ims.

Your muse’s theme song.

Good question. I have no fucking idea and im always open to suggestions. 

What’s your opinion on blog themes? How do you feel about your own?

I love blog themes and hate them. I hate finding themes for blogs, but i love looking at other people’s pretty blog themes. i think hephs is pretty decent? i had to have dans help with it tbh.

What’s something that would make you unfollow a mutual?

interacting heavily with mun who make me uncomfy due to the shit stunts theyve pulled in the past (whether the person interacting knows about the muns who make me uncomfy or not. ill usually warn the mun interacting with said jerks before unfollowing tho) or breaking a big rule of mine without asking or warning. i can handle certain rps as long as i have time to prepare myself (usually a few hours or a few days) but if its brought up without any time to agree or turn it down, ill prob unfollow after the first warning.

Three big no-nos to do or say to your muse. (their ‘berserk button’)

giving him shit for being a god (he mentions this regularly. a LOT of people in the past have accused him of trying to force them into worshiping him after he says hello to the point he no longer talks to new people if he can help it), or bringing up his unfaithful wife or try to harass people he cares about.

Three interesting little tidbits or facts of your muse.

hes actually gotten to the point where he feels very isolated (and resentful) in his forge and wants so badly to leave, but hes also afraid of being unimportant or seen as worthless unless hes working.

 hes actually very clingy and physically affectionate (posei and hermes tend to see this a lot, but bubbles also sees it when heph gets particularly upset or in a good mood). 

posei and hermes have the most unintentional control over heph tbh?? they can get him to do just about anything if they asked. 

Where are you typing right now and where do you usually type?

on my bed, and usually on my bed tbh. my laptop is falling apart and cant stay open unless propped up, so i stay in bed laid out on my stomach to rp from my laptop.