Dave Strider

Likes:

rhythms, fantastic rhymes, strange dead things preserved, irony.

Hate

His brother's puppets

History:

Dave was raised by his adoptive brother, Dirk Strider, in a high-rise apartment in Houston, Texas, which was full of things like katanas and strange puppets of his brother. His room contains swords and music equipment. At some point, Dave became friends with John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, and Jade Harley through the Internet, being friends with them on Pesterchum.

Personality-1:

Dave is fucking great. Dave sometimes appears indifferent to his friends, but despite that, he cares a lot about them. His incredible genius allows him to remain level-headed when it comes to dealing with supernatural things, unbelievable things, or perplexing things in general. Dave seems to be easily influenced by his friend John. He has never taken back John's gift, citing irony as the reason, and the talk he had with John about the monster Howie Mandel prevented him from enjoying his Apple Juice. Also, it's important to note that Dave never feared his brother's puppets until John pointed out how disconcerting they were. John occasionally makes fun of his "nerd raps", indicating that while Dave wants to be cool (or think he's cool), John doesn't consider him as cool as he would like. It could, perhaps, be the other way around. Or it could be that Dave is just an easily influenced person based on his internal desire to be super cool. Dave is a little forgetful. He always loses his place in the latest MS Paint comic, sets up various traps, only to fall into them moments later, and even manages to forget his own intentions to forget something (although he might be being ironic again). Dave maintains a calm facade until the exact moment he loses his temper. This has happened when something makes him look stupid, like being buried under a mountain of dick puppets or having his personal space invaded by crows. Apparently beneath his cool facade he cares about animals, as he was visibly upset when he accidentally hurt a rambunctious crow, and may share Jade's interest in anthropomorphologically persuaded wildlife. However, this could be one of his many ironic gestures. In any case, the gift he gave Jade (a photo of Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff as furries), seems pretty sincere.

Personality-2:

His interests are described as having a penchant for disrupting incredibly beastly improvisations with his turntable and mixing equipment. He has a passion for talking about bands that no one has heard of except him. He also has the strange hobby of collecting rare cold cuts preserved in various ways. He is also a photography enthusiast, and has his own makeshift darkroom, and operates a series of wryly humorous blogs, websites and social media profiles, including a webcomic called 'Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff'. When Dave is away from his desktop computer, he often communicates using his iPhone. He has an older brother named Dirk (who owns a totally macabre collection of puppets) who he doesn't seem to want to bother due to some kind of friendly sibling rivalry. Likewise, he feels respect for his brother, even emulating him by taking up his interests by wearing his sunglasses. At first, he did not seem fazed by his brother's habit of collecting puppets and, in fact, seemed to admire his brother's ventriloquist rapping acts. However, he has mentioned to Rose that the puppets are starting to scare him and that he has dreams where Lil Cal talks to him, causing him to wake up in a cold sweat. He apparently does not follow any religion, describing his belief that "All religions are wrong."

Relationships:

His relationship with his brother Dirk is a bit complicated. Although he seemed to admire his brother a lot and aspired to become like him in many ways, Dirk's obsession with puppets drove Dave crazy, especially with Lil Cal (although he denies it at first). In addition, Dave's upbringing, filled with Dirk's unique mind games, traumatized him a bit, although this was probably not Dirk's intention. Also, Dirk and Dave fight on the roof of their building, showing that they are very competitive with each other. (Extra fact: Dirk has a porn page of his macabre puppets with reproductive organ shapes, but he does it ironically). Dave has been friends with John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, and Jade Harley for some time. Despite their very different personalities, he is probably John's best friend, as evidenced by the birthday cards they sent to each other. He is kinder to Jade, but can become exasperated with her stupidity. Dave is friends with Rose Lalonde, but he also finds her exasperating and demanding. Any conversation between him and Rose is completely saturated with sarcasm and irony, but they seem to enjoy it. On other occasions, he told her about his growing anxiety about puppets, and of course he lost it when Rose gave him the impression that his elaborate dream suicide would be more traditional. Rose has suggested that Dave's desire to be the coolest is due to an inferiority complex, but despite constantly teasing him, she seems to believe that he is really cool, although not in the same way he thinks he is.

Aspect:

Short white hair, sunglasses.

Outfit:

A white t-shirt with the drawing of a split disc, black pants, and black shoes.