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Player Name: horse E-mail: grimsley.aymeric@aol.com Preferred Contact: PM for discord, ok to get it from others Timezone: PST Current Characters in Victory Road: Hythlodaeus
Character Name: Dave Strider Series: Homestuck Epilogues Timeline: End of Candy Canon Resource Links:MSPA wiki link
Personality: Dave Strider has some issues. Between the loss of hope, the stress of his home life, and the trauma of losing his world, he has had difficulty growing and connecting. He has difficulty admitting his feelings to himself and others.
Like everyone, his personality was formed by the people, or in this case, person he grew up with. His Bro, who was actually more his father, had intended to make him stronger through extreme trials. And while it did do that, it also left him with some pretty bad emotional wounds. Dave does care about others' opinion of him, which is why he goes to such lengths to posture as he does.. Although he's clever and witty, he also has enormous emotional blind spots.
He isn't over any of his trauma in any real way. He can verbalize that he shouldn't have certain hang ups, and understands the difference between people, but he can't help but still react in that way. He cares so much about what other people think of him because he is self-centered, though he probably doesn't realize it.
He flops between self-denial and self-acceptance, but he's really good at ignoring his own feelings. He fears change and death, but locks all of that up tight.
Dave Strider's main means of communication is endless rambling about his own thoughts and sarcastic or obtuse jokes about whatever is at hand both online and in person. When he talks to himself, he speaks in a quiet mumble and remarks that it brings him comfort .When he's online he will just leaves message after message into an empty window. His manner of speaking is pretty crude and he can’t seem to actually influence the course of anything he’s actually saying. He tries to keep a flat affect and too-cool posturing that is blown the absolute moment he opens his mouth.
He is interested in self-expression through art, politics, and as much as he acts like heroism has been ruined for him, he does not actually shy away from it. In spite of this, he's also clearly pretty depressed with his lifestyle. He doesn't really go outside, he compares himself with an alternate timeline version of himself that has arguably accomplished much more, and he spends all of his time around someone that he's determined that he's not allowed to have or people that have made his choices for him plus he's fine locking himself into difficult relationships.
He married a longtime girlfriend only because it seemed like he should. He didn't even choose to be with her, she just decided it and he didn't reject it loudly enough. What's worse is that he respects people's choices to the point that it infringes on his own happiness. He's swayed by others and cares what they think. He allows people to push him around. He's really cagey about his sexuality even though no one cares but him. He distanced himself from his closest friend while remaining in close quarters. He lost what was likely the love of his life in the process to the ongoing war and political strife.
He's a sensitive guy, which feeds into all of it. He can handle a lot, up until the moment he can't and loses his shit. This does show that the cool front is simply just that, with everything above directly below the surface.
Pokémon Information Affiliation: Trainer Starter: Type:Null. This Pokémon was created in a lab and is controlled by others in a way that is very poetic for Dave himself. I also look forward to the idea of him having to take on a burden that is out of his mreans of control and kind of an outsider the way he is. I want him to grow close to it though, and reconcile its imperfections along with his own.
Also it looks like a poorly designed chimera so that's totally on brand. If I can choose, as a Sivally, it would be a Ghost Type.
Victory Road Sample: After the weird weekend that Dave was not entirely clear that was both very temporary and had the serious potential to strand him like an idiot, he realizes that he has to swallow his pride and concede both of these things. Worse, he has to ask someone to rescue him.
He's got very little money, a fresh starter that cannot even hope to stand up to even the most casual of encounters with whatever roided out zubat lay in wait for him. In fact, he's mostly just trying not to repeat that exact humiliating beating he took not twenty minutes ago. He sucks up his pride as he attempts to plan what he wants to say to everyone, but fails.
good morning everyone with a lick of sense or at least maybe a couple people who actually played this game as a kid seems ive woken up to a big bowl of cinnamon toast consequences it seems i can no longer fly and also i am broke but worst of all im on an island just waiting to get my ass kicked by the sort of pokemon you wouldnt even want the card of i already got so many bites on me im just waiting to turn into the stupidest vampire ever so anyway im apparently on the sevii islands so if someone could help a bro out so i can get on with my mission id be really super grateful
Dave sends that all into the ether with a cringe hidden behind his sunglasses. He looks up at the sky, out towards the sand, and sits his ass down on a rock to wait. He looks at the band-aids all up and down his arms from the zubat run-in. He shudders to think what could have happened if it was that big rock snake one or that other snake one that was more snake looking. Maybe he should start boning up on his sorely lacking pokemon knowledge.
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APPLICATIONS!
Dave Strider | Homestuck
Name: horse
E-mail: grimsley.aymeric@aol.com
Preferred Contact: PM for discord, ok to get it from others
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Hythlodaeus
Character
Name: Dave Strider
Series: Homestuck Epilogues
Timeline: End of Candy
Canon Resource Links: MSPA wiki link
Personality:
Dave Strider has some issues. Between the loss of hope, the stress of his home life, and the trauma of losing his world, he has had difficulty growing and connecting. He has difficulty admitting his feelings to himself and others.
Like everyone, his personality was formed by the people, or in this case, person he grew up with. His Bro, who was actually more his father, had intended to make him stronger through extreme trials. And while it did do that, it also left him with some pretty bad emotional wounds. Dave does care about others' opinion of him, which is why he goes to such lengths to posture as he does.. Although he's clever and witty, he also has enormous emotional blind spots.
He isn't over any of his trauma in any real way. He can verbalize that he shouldn't have certain hang ups, and understands the difference between people, but he can't help but still react in that way. He cares so much about what other people think of him because he is self-centered, though he probably doesn't realize it.
He flops between self-denial and self-acceptance, but he's really good at ignoring his own feelings. He fears change and death, but locks all of that up tight.
Dave Strider's main means of communication is endless rambling about his own thoughts and sarcastic or obtuse jokes about whatever is at hand both online and in person. When he talks to himself, he speaks in a quiet mumble and remarks that it brings him comfort .When he's online he will just leaves message after message into an empty window. His manner of speaking is pretty crude and he can’t seem to actually influence the course of anything he’s actually saying. He tries to keep a flat affect and too-cool posturing that is blown the absolute moment he opens his mouth.
He is interested in self-expression through art, politics, and as much as he acts like heroism has been ruined for him, he does not actually shy away from it. In spite of this, he's also clearly pretty depressed with his lifestyle. He doesn't really go outside, he compares himself with an alternate timeline version of himself that has arguably accomplished much more, and he spends all of his time around someone that he's determined that he's not allowed to have or people that have made his choices for him plus he's fine locking himself into difficult relationships.
He married a longtime girlfriend only because it seemed like he should. He didn't even choose to be with her, she just decided it and he didn't reject it loudly enough. What's worse is that he respects people's choices to the point that it infringes on his own happiness. He's swayed by others and cares what they think. He allows people to push him around. He's really cagey about his sexuality even though no one cares but him. He distanced himself from his closest friend while remaining in close quarters. He lost what was likely the love of his life in the process to the ongoing war and political strife.
He's a sensitive guy, which feeds into all of it. He can handle a lot, up until the moment he can't and loses his shit. This does show that the cool front is simply just that, with everything above directly below the surface.
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Type:Null. This Pokémon was created in a lab and is controlled by others in a way that is very poetic for Dave himself. I also look forward to the idea of him having to take on a burden that is out of his mreans of control and kind of an outsider the way he is. I want him to grow close to it though, and reconcile its imperfections along with his own.
Also it looks like a poorly designed chimera so that's totally on brand. If I can choose, as a Sivally, it would be a Ghost Type.
Password: Atomic Fireball
Samples
RP Sample: https://victory-road.dreamwidth.org/436670.html?thread=40463038#cmt40463038
Victory Road Sample: After the weird weekend that Dave was not entirely clear that was both very temporary and had the serious potential to strand him like an idiot, he realizes that he has to swallow his pride and concede both of these things. Worse, he has to ask someone to rescue him.
He's got very little money, a fresh starter that cannot even hope to stand up to even the most casual of encounters with whatever roided out zubat lay in wait for him. In fact, he's mostly just trying not to repeat that exact humiliating beating he took not twenty minutes ago. He sucks up his pride as he attempts to plan what he wants to say to everyone, but fails.
good morning everyone with a lick of sense
or at least maybe a couple people who actually played this game as a kid
seems ive woken up to a big bowl of cinnamon toast consequences
it seems i can no longer fly
and also i am broke
but worst of all im on an island just waiting to get my ass kicked by the sort of pokemon you wouldnt even want the card of
i already got so many bites on me im just waiting to turn into the stupidest vampire ever
so anyway
im apparently on the sevii islands so if someone could help a bro out so i can get on with my mission id be really super grateful
Dave sends that all into the ether with a cringe hidden behind his sunglasses. He looks up at the sky, out towards the sand, and sits his ass down on a rock to wait. He looks at the band-aids all up and down his arms from the zubat run-in. He shudders to think what could have happened if it was that big rock snake one or that other snake one that was more snake looking. Maybe he should start boning up on his sorely lacking pokemon knowledge.
ACCEPTED!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.
Now that you've been accepted...
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[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms!
[○] You can also find our mod plurk at
We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!
Thank you! See you in the Pokémon world!
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