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## I'm not sure if this interests the church, but do you have any pointers on playing AR? i want to put up a prompt for him on cherubplay soon and i just u.u

ceruleanbloods:

> Your interest in the Church interests the Church, anon. Come into the holy light and have your brow anointed with consecrated oil. I’ll let you decide if that’s a money shot euphemism.

> The thing to remember about AR is that his human half is significantly younger than everyone else. He’s an imprint of Dirk’s thirteen year old mind. Think about what dickslits everyone is at thirteen. Think about that long and hard, and then give that little shithead the power of unbridled computative and integrative capacity.

> We’re talking dick jokes for miles, a superiority complex that doesn’t quit, and a rebellious streak powered by the sun itself. Good job convincing that dude he isn’t right about anything. You might as well try to explain to the preteen idiot you’re talking to on your Xbox headset why go back to the kitchen jokes aren’t funny.

> However, like all thirteen year old shithead dickslits, you can get through to AR. You can do this by not dismissing him and just talking to him like he’s a normal dude.

> I think the biggest mistake people make when playing AR is they go too far with making him impassive, although tbh this is a problem with all Striders. AR might be the most impassive of them all, but there are things he cares about, and there are things he gets upset over. He has real fears, and he shows them.

> AR is Dirk’s sophomoric, unrestrained id, trapped in a pair of shades. He does what he thinks is necessary to get what he wants, and he enjoys fucking with people but he isn’t without morals or a heart, so to speak. He just has a hard time finding where the line is that shouldn’t be crossed, because his idea of morality has diverged from human Dirk’s.

> Don’t play AR as evil. I really hate it when people make him evil, have him sell out humanity, have him be nothing but a sadistic douche, etc. I think that’s way too simplistic of a take on him.