#somefins may b confusing lolwoops

[nana2009]

Thank you all for the finterest! Since these questions are similar in a way, i decided to reply to them all in a single post ^u^ so buckle up! >:D

How did they meet? probs in college?????? but like, karkat's college. i think dave would be kind of indecisive on whether or not he should go to one, but a little before his obsession began he would enroll on the same one as karkat to stay closer. Dave firstly "befriended" some of karkat's friends(terezi or sollux likely?), which introduced them to each other and where the first contact was made.

Was it first-sight? I don't see dave as a "love at first-sight" kind of guy. He keeps emotional distance from others while simultaneously trying to garner their attention, and of course that mask pisses karkat off, which is what attracts his attention! dave can just say or do some outlandish shit and while others might ignore or put off as just another Strider Moment™️ karkat will actually engage with it and always, aaaaaalwaays fall for the interaction bait (＾་།＾)

Why did he obssess? because karkat pays so much attention to him! he is the one to always engage with whatever dave does until he kind of tries to sea how far he can take this douchebag-ragebait schtick. and dave is ecstatic of course, because he realizes 'oh my god someone is actually for real paying attention to me' i think thats the point in which an actual romantic attraction begins and thats how he descends eventually! searching for more and more attention because he craves it. being neglected his whole damn life, lost his only friends and now he has someone who gives him all the attention in the world. who wouldnt?????????

what did karkat think? he just thought dave was another annoying attention-seeker and didnt see any romantic implications (of course if he was a troll he would interpret it as blackflirting but since it's humanstuck here he just thinks dave likes pissing him off ) :P plus with a big friendgroup like his, it wasn't too out of common for him. that is, until dave got awfully clingy, of course....