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dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 8:02 am
by dirkaeus
henlo i love dirk. that is all

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:19 am
by Sylandrophol
epilogues did dirk dirty. if you think dirk's a transphobe you have a ticket to the shadow realm with your name on it

also dirk is a trans guy (and roxy is a trans girl too) and that's the facts

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:56 am
by Leddy
Pre Epilouges Dirk was going in a good direction so I'll appreciste thst Dirk

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:05 pm
by parasomniac
Ngl but Dirk is one of my favorite characters :rosecool:

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 6:12 pm
by seerofheart
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I used to think that Dirk was the least interesting character in homestuck, but after the epilogues he entered my brain and has yet to leave! I love the Fallen Hero trope and I just love his long ass philosophical and expository rants and how he's just up his own ass all of the time.

I have a weakness for shitty smart boys and I admit to it.

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 7:18 pm
by rookie1978
I loved his arc in the comic- about how a socially inept fugitive of his own mind has to work and overcome every single 'splinter' and version of himself, just so that he can accept who he is, and disregard what he's 'fated' to be. Every individual personality set aside just so Dirk could be his own.

And then the epilogues and by extension HS^2 ruin literally every part of that, because after all his time cementing himself as just being dirk and not being any of the other versions of himself, he apparently suddenly decided all the other dirks and versions were fine and accepted literally every awful Dirk into his own essence to become an 'ultimate self' and literally make himself the bad guy.

Don't get me wrong. The direction they're going with a self-imposed villain character simply playing the villain to extend his own existence with power over the narrative itself is really interesting- but making Dirk that villain literally trashed his entire character. This is not the Dirk we met in Homestuck. It never will be. :lime:

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:07 pm
by nonsenseMnemonic
Sylandrophol wrote:
Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:19 am
epilogues did dirk dirty. if you think dirk's a transphobe you have a ticket to the shadow realm with your name on it

also dirk is a trans guy (and roxy is a trans girl too) and that's the facts
hell yes. trans dirk trans dirk

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:22 pm
by Sylandrophol
nonsenseMnemonic wrote:
Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:07 pm
Sylandrophol wrote:
Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:19 am
epilogues did dirk dirty. if you think dirk's a transphobe you have a ticket to the shadow realm with your name on it

also dirk is a trans guy (and roxy is a trans girl too) and that's the facts
hell yes. trans dirk trans dirk
trans dirk! trans dirk! homestuck gay and homestuck trans, and that's also the facts!

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:42 pm
by furrylatula
i LOOOOOOVE ultdirk yall his psyche is interesting as SHIT

he loves his friends SO MUCH and its why he won't let them have free will, because they'll use it to hurt themselves and and others and ultimately drag the timeline into a pit of congealed sugary despair. he provides the exterior motivation the characters need to keep developing in a narratively satisfying way. hes become the anime villain of all of our dreams

everything about him is <3 <3 <3 im so glad he exists

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 12:25 pm
by sorbicCondition
Dirk is not a transphobe but having a hard time initially understanding how someone could be non-binary makes a lot of sense for his character as one who tends to put concepts in absolutes. Especially if we're to assume his ultimate self contains Caliborn in some way, Cherubs seem especially intent on putting literally everything into a binary.

Anyway, Dirk is probably my favorite character. My favorite qualities of Rose and Dave packaged together in one shitty orange boy.

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 5:59 am
by benni
dirk is amazing, and hs2 isnt dissuading me of that.
hes quickly become one of my top 3 characters, hes great.

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:08 am
by BrobyDDark
He'd look cooler if he went back to the black shades

Unironically fucking love those style of shades because Dirk redeemed them after (hot-take) Gurren Lagann

Re: dirk appreciation thread

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 11:55 am
by gutza1
Dirk is literally Xehanort from Kingdom Hearts. He's associated with Heart/souls, has lots of copies of himself, is a mastermind who struggles with his dark impulses, and becomes the main villain and the driver of plot in the Epilogues and HS^2.