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Dave Strider
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Dave Strider |
| Occupation: | |
| Relationships: | Rose Lalonde (sister), Dirk Strider (genetic parent), Bro Strider (genetic parent, brother), Roxy Lalonde (genetic parent), Karkat Vantas (boyfriend), Terezi Pyrope (patron troll) |
| Fandom: | Homestuck |
| Other: | Pesterchum handle: turntechGodhead |
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Dave Strider is one of the main characters of the webcomic Homestuck and the third character the reader meets.
Canon
Dave was raised by his older brother who is only ever referred to in the comic as "Bro". His main interests include sick beats, his online friends, and being as cool as his bro. When Rose Lalonde cajoles him into playing Sburb as her server player. In his mythological capacity in the game he maintained a large number of stable time loops and made a killing on the crocodile stock market. Later he formed a bond with Terezi Pyrope and Karkat Vantas.
Fandom
Some common tropes in fanworks include:
- Black headcanons for all the Strilonde characters are common, but especially for Dave, due to his interests, use of AAVE, and a roleplay blog Andrew Hussie ran concurrently with the comic where Dave uses the N-word.[1] [2]
- transgender Dave - this character interpretation first appeared on the SFW meme captchalogue (cf. "menstrual ninja") and spread from there.[citation needed]
- Dave and Bro: child abuse?
- dead Daves and Davesprite (so many sad stories about Dave...)
Some popular pairings include Dave/Karkat, Dave/John, Dave/Terezi, Dave/Rose, Dave/Bro, Dave/Tavros, Dave/Sollux and others.
Fanworks
Fic
- Cities in Dust (shit let's be hardboiled) by Cephied_Variable
- You are Dave Strider and sequels by missazrael
Art
- convo that takes place when going god tier allows trans people to fully transition, Archived version by raddical, a conversation between trans Vriska and Dave
- *is sad* by nctr1