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Let's talk: Dave Strider

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Dave: Bleat like a goat and piss on your turntable.

Dave is a creative, relaxed, sarcastic young teen that prides himself in his various forms of art and the ability to maintain a "cool" exterior attitude towards everything in life.

Dave was raised in an apartment in Texas by Bro, a cool and youthful young man with many quirks that prefers the more casual title as an older brother to the more serious title of a full time parent. He taught Dave the importance of being independent and strong, both physically and mentally. Bro made sure the little dude knew how to care for himself, while protecting him when he absolutely needed to be protected. Bro's preferred method of "teaching" seems to have been frequent physical and almost video game like spars, often with some shitty swords on the roof of their complex. Although Bro seems to have always won these battles, Dave continues to accept these challenges.

Dave views bro as an insane yet impressive older brother and role model. He never really takes the lessons to heart, seeing them only as acts of violence and challenges of manhood. Although much of Dave's existence revolves around trying to one-up him, Dave sees Bro as the coolest of the cool, the chillest of ice cubes and appears to respect him more than anyone else in his life. His opinion of Bro is so high that he tries to imitate Bro in hopes of becoming more like him, dressing like him, adopting his "cool" attitude and trying to one up him in fights. One thing that he does not share with him is the extreme and mildly creepy fondness for puppets.

The majority of Dave's talents lie with his art. He puts his art into his work, mainly his musical/rapping abilities and a shitty web comic that may have deeper meaning that only he can possibly understand, possibly being a cryptic way to pour out his feelings.

His rapping has a huge impact on his speaking style, coming so naturally to him that he often raps in the middle of conversations.

He takes up a level, sarcastic, free-flowing and often vulgar sense of humor that he incorperrates into both his sick rhymes and casual conversations. He uses more detail when he is trying to make a point or is seriously affected by a particular situation. He points out what is wrong with others and does not seem to mind if they are offended.

When Dave is upset over something, he can think of nothing but that, his mind wraps around it and he does not know how to unwind.

Dave prefers to roll with the flow rather than get upset over every single thing, if it happens it happens. He mostly has a laid back view on life and tries to make everything amusing to him along the way.

He enjoys his phone and other relatively advanced technological equipment, a majority of his time is spent in front of screens or mixing boards creating things. He takes any opportunity to put his talents to work and is constantly trying to improve.

In a classrom, Dave would likely be the one in the back of the class texting under his desk or doing completely unrelated work. He would probably get in trouble for standing up to the teacher and or offending his classmates in his "cool" style.

To someone who has just met him, Dave may come off as cold, uncaring, apathetic and possibly somewhat intimidating due to his willingness to call others out and say things how they are. He keeps it real.

In short, somewhat of a douchebag.

His friends occasionally see him somewhat similarly, although they think higher of him and are not base enough to think that he is anywhere near as two dimensional as that. They know that he is talented, kind, and caring when he feels like it.

Dave is hesitant to warm up to other at first, but once they impress him or gain his trust he gradually opens up and allows them to know more about himself and how he is feeling, although only to a certain degree. The more he like someone and is comfortable with them, the more he is willing to share his work and the more he shows off to them.