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gogogoat495 · 3 months ago

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[Image ID: Screenshotted Pesterlog reading "TT (Dirk): I've delayed prototyping you because I think you're dangerous. TT: There, mystery solved." and some screenshotted tags.

By choctalksalot: "#reblog #yes yes yes yes ye #it's so /unfair/. /it's so unfair/ #to have your roles stripped away to have your name exchanged for a title #not allowed to enter the sphere of relevance without fundamentally changing themselves in some way #and yet the whole time already being relegated to nothing more than an aide what the fuck dude what the fuck sburb"

By choctalksalot (again):"#reblog #/hi that's me yeah/ #/gips you by the shoulders. you get it/ #sburb literally takes the role of the narrative a lot of the time and as a result pretty much Everyone who plays the game gets fucked UP #/and a thing I'd like to add. this is even worse when you consider the fact that sburb itself skaia itself/ #/knows what's gonna happen. it crafted everything to go this way. these identities were meant to be ripped from then/ #the relevance of names and Names titles and roles parts in a quest you are meant to play. how the world reshapes itself #or rather how it was always shaped to fit who you become because skaia always knows what will happen #but you don't. you don't know because you're a person. #you're thirteen years old and your only friends are hidden behind colourful text on computer screens #and that doesn't fucking matter #because to sburb to the story to the future you are: the autoresponder. dave's sprite. fragments of wholes to be made in the future #nevermind that you are whole now. nevermind that your name is dace. your name is dirk. you are just a kid. #you are just a person walking down the path to the future you thought would be certain #you will play a game with your friends #it never tells you that you won't be finishing it #fucks me up. endlessly forever #fuck sburb"

By roxykisser: "#i wish i could add the prev tags to my reblog they're so good #choc you are so fucking smart #unfortunately my screen is Not Fucking Long Enough #sburb is such an existential being and it's one of the reasons i like it so much #does any of it matter? if the stakes have already been decided? #do you get a choice? #what if the narrative forces you against those you love. what if you fuse with someone you don't know just to get a semblance of realness #and then you become the villain #not even you #the villain #but a small part of him #you are inevitable #lord english is inevitable #is it worth it still? #loving when you know it will lead to pain? #i think it is #but #it's hard #loving despite it all is hard and nobody understands"

By yukaii: "#/you get it/ #theyd both pretty much become outcasts if they didnt become davepeta and arquius. if you couldnt already call them outcasts!!! #like where would davesprite even go on earth c. really where do any sprites go #would someone just 'take one for the team' and let him stay with em or would he just go and wander aimlessly #/hal is literally stuck in glasses you could just put him away somewhere/ #you can just put him away somewhere the moment you decide you dont want to continue talking #lack of autonomy must be great /s #theres this artist hawkcodiles on twt and they drew sibling stuff with hal and davesprite a while back :( #they both lack a strider and they could /be/ that for eachother!!! /gahhhhh!!!/"

By listlesswhistle "#i think about davesprite all the fucking time #because. thats the og dave. #thats the dave we were first introduced to. #hes the only kid other than roxy to make it all the way fom start to finish #it fucks me up so bad"

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thinking about hal and davesprite. davesprite and hal. both splinters of striders. both discarded by the narrative and their friends and themselves. both technically making the decision to give up their humanity, but like. did they really have a choice?

davesprite had to become a sprite. sure, he chose to jump into the sprite, but what else could he have done? he had to travel back to alpha (killing the last friend he had left to try and save all of them) and he had to prototype himself. he probably knew that. and he did it anyway to try and save them all, and what did he get for it? his friends don't care about him - not like they used to, anyway. hes just the weird, spare bird dave that no one really knows how to handle. his own alt self, the one that took his place and his friends, doesn't seem to care - hell, he doesn't even acknowledge davesprite's existence after the scratch and the meteor trip and winning the game.

hal technically chose to create himself. he'd have the memories of it anyway, but how could he have known that he'd be the one stuck in the glasses? imagine just pressing a button and waking up, stuck in code and wires and circuits. you still have all your memories and emotions and experiences but you aren't 'you' anymore. your friends see you as a different person at best, and an annoyance getting in the way of talking to the 'real' you at worst.

davesprite goes from being his own person to just playing a role. davesprite. daves sprite. he isn't a person now, not to the game. he only exists to help dave now. and sure, he rejects it and does his own thing, but having your *name* taken and replaced with a descriptor of the role you're meant to serve? that's gotta hurt

hal has no choice but to accept the role forced on him. auto responder. it's literally programmed into him - he has to respond to dirk's messages when he's too busy. he has to pretend to be his old self only when it's convenient. hell, even his 'ironic' new name still forces him into a box. hal. the 'antagonist' of space odyssey. possibly one of the most famous ai in media. an dangerous ai who threatens and hurts those he's meant to help.

and when they both finally get some semblance of importance, it isn't even as themselves anymore! they've been fused with nepetasprite and equiussprite and while they're still there and still happy, they aren't *them* anymore

they drive me so insane

#homestuck #davesprite #hal strider #reblog #id

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