#im not including anything post canon in this btw bc they made him weirdly misogynistic for some reason

[tibli]

it's bizarre to me how homestuck fans always talk about how like. you've got to go a little deeper than surface level to fully understand the characters and how they are. and then these same people will go on and on about how dirk is some uniquely terrible master manipulator and abuser. like. cmon man

#homestuck #dirk strider #dont misunderstand me he did do some questionable stuff #but a lot of his more troublesome behaviors are EXPLICITLY the result of miscommunication rather than just his actions alone #also his 'manipulation' is usually just uncomfortable at most. even including brobot bc jake wanted someone to spar w #sorry i just get annoyed bc people just like. have their minds clouded by bro's behavior #and seem to forget that the narrative makes it explicitly clear that dirk is very much not like that at all #outside of. again. a surface level interpretation based on his deeply negative perception of himself #im not including anything post canon in this btw bc they made him weirdly misogynistic for some reason