my favourite thing about homestuck is that everyone calls him alpha dave, but he's really beta dave, isn't he? could you elaborate a bit on this?

*sigh* This is where it gets confusing and the alpha crap start to overlap. No, he is not the Dave from the Alpha kids’ universe so yes technically he’s Beta Dave but he is the Dave that is from the Alpha timeline meaning he isn’t from a doomed timeline which is why he’s referred to as Alpha Dave. Davesprite on the other hand, from a doomed timeline, not an Alpha Dave.