Vatheon Application
[ Player Name ] : Kim
[ Personal LJ ] : _rakugosha_
[ Age ] :20
[ Timezone ] : PST/GMT-8
[ Other Characters ] : N/A
[ Character's Name ] : Dave Strider
[ Character's Age ] : 13
[ Series ] : Name Homestuck
[ Canon Point ] : Act 6; Right after Karkat gets hit by the bucket.(Update 12/21/11(?), 12/22/11(?) I don't know what day this counts on D8)
[ History ] :
MSPA Wikia
[ Personality ] :
The first thing you need to know is that Dave is your stereotypical cool kid. He's the type of kid you would see at school and who would be considered popular. No seriously, this kid is so damn cool that he makes the hottest Summers feel like a cool Fall with his coolness. Ok, we're getting off track.
But Dave's coolness seems to make it so he's calm and collected in any given situation. He stays level-headed even in the strangest of situations. Such examples would be SBURB or the apparent destruction of their world. He didn't seem at all bothered, but took to getting into action as soon as he could. Even the thought of time travel and having multiple versions of himself running about didn't seem to bother him so much. He was more invested in actually getting things done. This makes Dave a reliable guy. He was able to help Jade understand everything when she entered the realm. But just because Dave is usually level-headed doesn't mean he doesn't lose his cool. Although it seems that he has a high tolerance before freaking out, Dave has showed himself losing his cool. It's just, it isn't until he's lost his cool that he flies completely off the proverbial handle. Such an example was when a pile of puppets fall on Dave and he completely freaks out over it or starts to be extremely melodramatic about things. It's most likely due to looking stupid, as Dave strives so hard to be cool, looking dumb would probably bother him a lot. Usually, he keeps his nonchalant attitude in check most of the time.
Despite being really cool, or at least trying to be really cool, Dave seems to be easily influenced. Or at least, John seems to easily influence him. An example is when John mentions how creepy Bro's puppets are. Dave had never had a problem with Bro's puppets up until John mentioned they were creepy. After that, Dave suddenly found Bro's obsession with puppets to be unsettling and found them creepy himself. It could be that because Dave wants to be so cool, that he is easily influenced by other things and people around him. It could also be that despite being cool or despite thinking he's cool, he's only as cool as people think he is. Because of this, he probably gets easily swayed by the opinions of others. His want to be really fucking cool means that what people think should be heavily considered, and as his friends are important to him, what they think about things are probably important to him. He wants to be perceived as someone admirable while still someone you can relate to. His age might also be something to consider. As someone who's thirteen, you might not realize certain things until it's pointed out, and at his age, younger people are susceptible to different influences.
Dave is also rather brilliant. Of course some may be annoyed with how he thinks, but Dave seems to understand the mechanics of things rather swiftly. He has shown this since the beginning, having his modus already set and having one of the most advanced sylladices at that time. He also uses a higher Pesterchum version then John was using. His ability to learn the mechanics of things quickly really helps Jade out for example. John, who was Jade's original server player, could not continue that role at some point. Dave had Jade deply the INTELLIBEAM LASERSTATION and copy the server discs so that he could become her new server player. From that point on, he deployed the equipment she needed. Equipment that were highly upgraded, since he was farther ahead in the game then she was. Dave is one of the only kids who seemed to invest himself fully in the mechanics, being the one responsible for actually connecting their session to the troll session. Although the trolls had contacted them before they actually started the session, Dave had sent a hefty amount of Boondollars to the trolls, making them aware of their existence. His fetch modi is also based off a data structure type and he seems to be fairly knowledgeable of captchaloguing in general.
A big part of Dave is that Dave likes to be ironic. Maybe he has to be ironic. Either way, he's constantly doing and saying things for the sake of being ironic. Such cases is wearing the shades he received and drawing ironic comics, although a lot of this is also influenced by Bro, who he respects and highly regards. The gifts he's sent his friends before are supposed to be ironic, although there's a more sincere feeling to them then he lets off.
Oddly enough though, Dave can be rather forgetful. It's quite strange. Such a cool guy and being as intelligent as he is, he often forgets a multitude of things ranging from unimportant to important. He'll forget things like his place in MS Paint Adventures to even the fact that he has his timetables and can therefore travel through time. He'll even set Sylladex traps, forget them, and spring them on himself.
Dave can act like a bit of an arrogant ass, knowing that he's as cool as he makes himself out to be (he tells John to take notes on how to be cool from him) or saying and doing things that annoy others. Despite that, he's a good kid and he obviously cares for those he cares for. He obviously regards them well or he wouldn't take the time or day to contact them personally, and he's shown to care. He obviously shows that he regards John highly, as the other easily influences his own thoughts and he sometimes goes to Rose about some of the anxieties he has sometimes. He also seems to speak to Rose quite often, even if he finds her annoying sometimes. He even seems to find Jade fine, even if the way she types is usually a target for cool people to pick on. Examples would be the Doomed timeline where John gets himself killed. His alternate self had threatened Terezi to back off from John, since it was her fault it happened. Another moment is when Rose and Dave are deciding who was to go on the suicide mission and Dave volunteered to.
He also has trouble facing his own mortality. Even though he probably knew that his alternate self that was sleeping on his quest bed was doomed anyways, he couldn't bring himself to kill the alternate Dave. He also spends a good amount of time staring at another dead version of himself, who he eventually throws out his window to avoid freaking out Jade. He does freak out, himself, as he figures out how he was to dispose of the body.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths: Dave is pretty street smart and is quick to think on his feet, as he can easily think against certain decisions once he has a guess of the scenario that may result in that decision. He has the ability to travel through time, and potentially freeze time (although this might be a God Tier power since Aradia was able to use it but Dave hasn't). He's skilled in fighting and martial arts (due to his upbringing with Bro Strider), and can also fight with swords. He's probably pretty fit and moves faster then average, as seen when training with Bro, although Bro still beats the shit out of him. He also owns a collection of swords, although they seem to not be as durable as he hopes they would be.
Dave is surprisingly the artistic one. He likes to make beats and jams and owns turntables to do so. He seems to be very interested in music, knowing bands that most people have never heard before. He owns an amateur dark room that he's set up himself and is an ameteur photographer.
Because of how he is, Dave is pretty much up-to-date with anything ranging from technology, to video games, to any pop culture symbol imaginable.
Weaknesses: His inability to come face his mortality may also get in the way in extremely dire moments, although he's also shown to be clear-headed when facing death or seeing it, so it may just be that seeing his own body dead or having to end himself is something he isn't comfortable with.
Anything that may dampen on his cool factor might cause him to get dramatic or hard to deal with, as Dave dislikes looking stupid.
His aloof attitude might give off the notion that he might not care or that he's above someone, and might annoy people because of it.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
N/A
[ Sample ] :
[Sample 1-First Person/Text]
alright
i think i can dig this
suddenly in atlantis
before you correct me i already know it isnt atlantis
so i dont need your condescending uppity comments telling me otherwise
besides
theres a reason why atlantis is the lost city
it wouldnt be fucking lost if we could find it
defeats the whole purpose of being a lost city
unless this is atlantis and its trying to be ironic
then i give it major fucking props
i guess im taking a raincheck on that shit to do bogus i had
no biggie
its not like i had shit to do
Sample 2-Third Person]
Honestly, he was getting terribly used to being knocked completely off course of what he had to do. It's why he wasn't flipping the fuck out when he suddenly found himself in...okay where the fuck is he. Why the fuck is he in the Land of Fish and Water? "You have got to be fucking kidding me..."
He glanced around him. Awesome. He went from a party of crazy trolls plus his kind of but isn't sister to being some lone warrior in the middle of Sea World. Good thing for him, he has yet to completely lose his shit. Nope. He's just going to...
Time powers do not actually help with drying yourself off.
"This is the shittiest prank if I ever saw one. This rivals John in his shitty pranks," Dave said to himself. It's not like he was talking to anyone else. There was no one else but him now. Fucking fantastic. Seriously. Did anything they do actually get done without jumping every hoop imaginable? The upside was that he was pretty sure he wasn't in danger of being stabbed by some dumb, fucking, teleporting poodle. That's right. Poodle. Jack Noir is a stupid teleporting poodle and nothing will ever change his mind on that. Of course he might say husky or golden retriever if he ever told the story of how he survived said poodle. Poodles just aren't as terrifying sounding as, oh I don't know, a fucking monster with a sword in his chest.
But why is he even thinking about that? He glanced at the star-shaped (read: starfish) communicator. "I've always wanted to be Aquaman. It's so fucking ironic I could cry. Taking a kid from goddamn Texas who goes into the heat and toss him into Little Mermaid. How can you get more ironic then that?" Too bad the irony would go on deaf ears. He had more important things to do anyways. Like figure out who's on the Network.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :
[ Personal LJ ] : _rakugosha_
[ Age ] :20
[ Timezone ] : PST/GMT-8
[ Other Characters ] : N/A
[ Character's Name ] : Dave Strider
[ Character's Age ] : 13
[ Series ] : Name Homestuck
[ Canon Point ] : Act 6; Right after Karkat gets hit by the bucket.(Update 12/21/11(?), 12/22/11(?) I don't know what day this counts on D8)
[ History ] :
MSPA Wikia
[ Personality ] :
The first thing you need to know is that Dave is your stereotypical cool kid. He's the type of kid you would see at school and who would be considered popular. No seriously, this kid is so damn cool that he makes the hottest Summers feel like a cool Fall with his coolness. Ok, we're getting off track.
But Dave's coolness seems to make it so he's calm and collected in any given situation. He stays level-headed even in the strangest of situations. Such examples would be SBURB or the apparent destruction of their world. He didn't seem at all bothered, but took to getting into action as soon as he could. Even the thought of time travel and having multiple versions of himself running about didn't seem to bother him so much. He was more invested in actually getting things done. This makes Dave a reliable guy. He was able to help Jade understand everything when she entered the realm. But just because Dave is usually level-headed doesn't mean he doesn't lose his cool. Although it seems that he has a high tolerance before freaking out, Dave has showed himself losing his cool. It's just, it isn't until he's lost his cool that he flies completely off the proverbial handle. Such an example was when a pile of puppets fall on Dave and he completely freaks out over it or starts to be extremely melodramatic about things. It's most likely due to looking stupid, as Dave strives so hard to be cool, looking dumb would probably bother him a lot. Usually, he keeps his nonchalant attitude in check most of the time.
Despite being really cool, or at least trying to be really cool, Dave seems to be easily influenced. Or at least, John seems to easily influence him. An example is when John mentions how creepy Bro's puppets are. Dave had never had a problem with Bro's puppets up until John mentioned they were creepy. After that, Dave suddenly found Bro's obsession with puppets to be unsettling and found them creepy himself. It could be that because Dave wants to be so cool, that he is easily influenced by other things and people around him. It could also be that despite being cool or despite thinking he's cool, he's only as cool as people think he is. Because of this, he probably gets easily swayed by the opinions of others. His want to be really fucking cool means that what people think should be heavily considered, and as his friends are important to him, what they think about things are probably important to him. He wants to be perceived as someone admirable while still someone you can relate to. His age might also be something to consider. As someone who's thirteen, you might not realize certain things until it's pointed out, and at his age, younger people are susceptible to different influences.
Dave is also rather brilliant. Of course some may be annoyed with how he thinks, but Dave seems to understand the mechanics of things rather swiftly. He has shown this since the beginning, having his modus already set and having one of the most advanced sylladices at that time. He also uses a higher Pesterchum version then John was using. His ability to learn the mechanics of things quickly really helps Jade out for example. John, who was Jade's original server player, could not continue that role at some point. Dave had Jade deply the INTELLIBEAM LASERSTATION and copy the server discs so that he could become her new server player. From that point on, he deployed the equipment she needed. Equipment that were highly upgraded, since he was farther ahead in the game then she was. Dave is one of the only kids who seemed to invest himself fully in the mechanics, being the one responsible for actually connecting their session to the troll session. Although the trolls had contacted them before they actually started the session, Dave had sent a hefty amount of Boondollars to the trolls, making them aware of their existence. His fetch modi is also based off a data structure type and he seems to be fairly knowledgeable of captchaloguing in general.
A big part of Dave is that Dave likes to be ironic. Maybe he has to be ironic. Either way, he's constantly doing and saying things for the sake of being ironic. Such cases is wearing the shades he received and drawing ironic comics, although a lot of this is also influenced by Bro, who he respects and highly regards. The gifts he's sent his friends before are supposed to be ironic, although there's a more sincere feeling to them then he lets off.
Oddly enough though, Dave can be rather forgetful. It's quite strange. Such a cool guy and being as intelligent as he is, he often forgets a multitude of things ranging from unimportant to important. He'll forget things like his place in MS Paint Adventures to even the fact that he has his timetables and can therefore travel through time. He'll even set Sylladex traps, forget them, and spring them on himself.
Dave can act like a bit of an arrogant ass, knowing that he's as cool as he makes himself out to be (he tells John to take notes on how to be cool from him) or saying and doing things that annoy others. Despite that, he's a good kid and he obviously cares for those he cares for. He obviously regards them well or he wouldn't take the time or day to contact them personally, and he's shown to care. He obviously shows that he regards John highly, as the other easily influences his own thoughts and he sometimes goes to Rose about some of the anxieties he has sometimes. He also seems to speak to Rose quite often, even if he finds her annoying sometimes. He even seems to find Jade fine, even if the way she types is usually a target for cool people to pick on. Examples would be the Doomed timeline where John gets himself killed. His alternate self had threatened Terezi to back off from John, since it was her fault it happened. Another moment is when Rose and Dave are deciding who was to go on the suicide mission and Dave volunteered to.
He also has trouble facing his own mortality. Even though he probably knew that his alternate self that was sleeping on his quest bed was doomed anyways, he couldn't bring himself to kill the alternate Dave. He also spends a good amount of time staring at another dead version of himself, who he eventually throws out his window to avoid freaking out Jade. He does freak out, himself, as he figures out how he was to dispose of the body.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths: Dave is pretty street smart and is quick to think on his feet, as he can easily think against certain decisions once he has a guess of the scenario that may result in that decision. He has the ability to travel through time, and potentially freeze time (although this might be a God Tier power since Aradia was able to use it but Dave hasn't). He's skilled in fighting and martial arts (due to his upbringing with Bro Strider), and can also fight with swords. He's probably pretty fit and moves faster then average, as seen when training with Bro, although Bro still beats the shit out of him. He also owns a collection of swords, although they seem to not be as durable as he hopes they would be.
Dave is surprisingly the artistic one. He likes to make beats and jams and owns turntables to do so. He seems to be very interested in music, knowing bands that most people have never heard before. He owns an amateur dark room that he's set up himself and is an ameteur photographer.
Because of how he is, Dave is pretty much up-to-date with anything ranging from technology, to video games, to any pop culture symbol imaginable.
Weaknesses: His inability to come face his mortality may also get in the way in extremely dire moments, although he's also shown to be clear-headed when facing death or seeing it, so it may just be that seeing his own body dead or having to end himself is something he isn't comfortable with.
Anything that may dampen on his cool factor might cause him to get dramatic or hard to deal with, as Dave dislikes looking stupid.
His aloof attitude might give off the notion that he might not care or that he's above someone, and might annoy people because of it.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
N/A
[ Sample ] :
[Sample 1-First Person/Text]
alright
i think i can dig this
suddenly in atlantis
before you correct me i already know it isnt atlantis
so i dont need your condescending uppity comments telling me otherwise
besides
theres a reason why atlantis is the lost city
it wouldnt be fucking lost if we could find it
defeats the whole purpose of being a lost city
unless this is atlantis and its trying to be ironic
then i give it major fucking props
i guess im taking a raincheck on that shit to do bogus i had
no biggie
its not like i had shit to do
Sample 2-Third Person]
Honestly, he was getting terribly used to being knocked completely off course of what he had to do. It's why he wasn't flipping the fuck out when he suddenly found himself in...okay where the fuck is he. Why the fuck is he in the Land of Fish and Water? "You have got to be fucking kidding me..."
He glanced around him. Awesome. He went from a party of crazy trolls plus his kind of but isn't sister to being some lone warrior in the middle of Sea World. Good thing for him, he has yet to completely lose his shit. Nope. He's just going to...
Time powers do not actually help with drying yourself off.
"This is the shittiest prank if I ever saw one. This rivals John in his shitty pranks," Dave said to himself. It's not like he was talking to anyone else. There was no one else but him now. Fucking fantastic. Seriously. Did anything they do actually get done without jumping every hoop imaginable? The upside was that he was pretty sure he wasn't in danger of being stabbed by some dumb, fucking, teleporting poodle. That's right. Poodle. Jack Noir is a stupid teleporting poodle and nothing will ever change his mind on that. Of course he might say husky or golden retriever if he ever told the story of how he survived said poodle. Poodles just aren't as terrifying sounding as, oh I don't know, a fucking monster with a sword in his chest.
But why is he even thinking about that? He glanced at the star-shaped (read: starfish) communicator. "I've always wanted to be Aquaman. It's so fucking ironic I could cry. Taking a kid from goddamn Texas who goes into the heat and toss him into Little Mermaid. How can you get more ironic then that?" Too bad the irony would go on deaf ears. He had more important things to do anyways. Like figure out who's on the Network.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :