11/11/2022 0 Comments Dirk robot brosAndrew Hussie seems to have a habit of working out many plot details a great deal in advance (see the Alpha Kids being hinted at as early as Act 4 with Jake’s letter to John, Doc Scratch probably being intended to have been/contained at least an iteration of Dirk from the beginning ), so the idea didn’t seem all that farfetched. Regardless, upon making these sorts of connections, I began to think about whether Dirk was intended to become a villain from the moment he was introduced, and/or relatively early on. Of course, that is somewhat speculative, and hard to prove, one way or the other. Meanwhile, Caliborn/Lord English obviously served as the main villain of Homestuck, but were also the protagonists of their little side adventure and was trying to develop himself and expand his horizons despite his severe disadvantages, much the way the Kids and Trolls did.ĭirk’s fulfillment of that role may have actually been why he downplayed the importance of Complacency of the Learned in his conversation with Rose just before he began to subsume her will in earnest. Dirk presumably sees himself as working towards the perpetuation of reality by forcing more conflict into an otherwise ended story or alternatively, sees himself striving for freedom in opposition to causality and enslavement to cosmic will (which would jive well with his Kamina-esque aesthetic). This relates to another way in which Dirk Strider and Caliborn/Lord English: Both of them represent iterations/avatars/fulfillments of the idea of Calmasis- both tricked a Calliope into losing a major confrontation by making her confuse an attack on one piece with that of another (a major short term/immediate objective- an attack on a queen -with an attack on the king ) furthermore, and more importantly, both act as protagonists and antagonists to the story at the same time (villain and anti-hero). Though Dirk’s purposes have not yet been revealed to the fullest extent, Jane Crocker had a narrower perspective that failed to grasp the true nature of the battles going on and underestimated her “supporter” ‘s power and intentions. Both individuals were playing broader and longer games than the women they were manipulating to suit their purposes. Lord English remained the most important force in the Alpha Kids’ world and session in much the same manner, despite )(er Imperious Condescension’s attempted Rebellion. More importantly, it helps establish an important further parallel:ĭirk acted as the puppetmaster in the shadows, essentially controlling the election and determining its outcome from the beginning. Intriguingly enough, this might imply that Rose likely would have sided against Crocker (Jane) if her ascension had not incapacitated her and Dirk hadn’t been puppeteer-distracting her at the time (for reasons beyond her connection to Kanaya). I am sure that Dirk realized this, both considering the fact that this was an echo of Dave’s soul across the multiple instances of himself, and because he partially engineered this eventuality. The role that Dave Strider played in the Meat Epilogue was nearly identical to that that Dirk’s Bro (Alpha Dave Strider) played in the story- DOOMed rebel fighting against the rise of another dictatorial Crocker. After the initial thoughts I had this morning, following some light (re-)reading, I have come to various conclusions:
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