dirk strider: spent the first 16 years of his life living in the middle of the ocean with no human contact besides a chat client
dirk strider: raised himself with the only thing to go by being stories of a dead brother he never met
dirk strider: only companions were two robots and a puppet
HS fandom: he clearly has enough social ability and experience to maintain a relationship in a perfectly healthy fashion and if he doesn't he's a manipulative abuser
jake english: agrees to a relationship with dirk
jake english: tells jane a relationship with dirk is what he wants
both jake and dirk: did shitty things
both jake and dirk: blame themselves for the relationship ending
HS fandom: dirk OBVIOUSLY forced jake into the relationship and pressured him into continuing it and jake gave no consent whatsoever jake english is a sweet angel who has never done anything wrong ever and dirk is fucking satan