hello here is davekat

SO I HAD NO IDEA the post I originally wrote this on had become embroiled in drama while I’d been at work, lmao. And I liked my post I put work into it so I’m reposting. This is generally a response to the idea that karkat is abusive or that Dave isn’t equipped to deal with his anger due to his history of abuse:



This is just something that’s been kicking around in my head but like… the way that Karkat wears his heart on his sleeve for better or worse is actually something that’s AMAZING for Dave, I think. SO much of his abuse came in the form of being shown an emotionally blank cipher that he was forced to interpret in all sorts of way to get any sort of emotional feedback in his life.

I think the thing that makes Dave really upset and nervous is when he thinks someone is holding back. When he feels ignored. When he feels neglected. When he stares at an empty chat room, a blinking cursor, and has no idea whether the person is really AFK or just ignoring him because he fucked up somehow.

He’ll never have to worry about that with Karkat. Karkat will NEVER show Dave that impassive, stern, unreadable face. He’ll never have to worry about what Karkat is REALLY thinking.

(And, once again, for the record, Dave canonically is unphased by Karkat’s rants and thinks they’re all just hilarious overwrought bluster, which… they are. This is canon from literally moment one. “later windbag” - dave’s first line to Karkat after a particularly long rant)