A discussion about Team Alphachronism

[thatreevesgirl]

I love the really great conversation we have going in the intro post. There are so many other things I want to know about everyone, so I got the okay to start another discussion post.

Let's start with our lovely OT4. Here are some questions that might spark some good discussion about our favorite alpha kids.

1. Do you have any particular headcanon for Dirk, Jake, Jane, or Roxy? Like having to do with their personality, sexuality, past, etc.
2. playerprophet shared her headcanon for how she ships the OT4 in the welcome post (with a diagram and everything). How do you ship it?
3. Do you ship anything inside of the OT4? (Like Jake<3Jane, Roxy<3Jane, or Dirk<3Jake)

Random Bonus Question:  Everyone kind of eluded to what mediums they do in the intro post, but I'm curious to know where you think your strengths are going to be when we get going with the HSO.  Art, fiction, other media, cosplay, both art and fic, etc.

Comments

[playerprophet]

Good questions, thank you, miss Reeves!

I have a headcanon that Dirk actually believed he was a sociopath for a while. I'm tired and I talked about it recently so I've got some more details here and here. Dirk is my favourite Alpha kid. Actually he's my favourite character in all of Homestuck. I am madly in love with the alpha kids.

And yeah my shipping chart has already been revealed so I'll skip that part - hahhaha!

My OTP is actually Dirk/Jake. (And Vriska/Kanaya but that's not so relevant here.) I didn't join team Dirk/Jake though because I wasn't really comfortable with excluding the girls. I'm also really fascinated in the dynamics between Jake and Jane, and Dirk and Roxy, and I felt like if I joined Dirk/Jake I would miss them. So why not ship them all at once?!

I'm not sure if you guys noticed but one of the teams (I believe they're still unconfirmed) is Jane<3Jake<3Dirk. Originally I thought "Nooo! Why exclude Roxy!" But now I wonder if they're going to play them specifically as a messy love triangle. That could be fun.

Roxy, though. :(

[playerprophet]

ADDITIONALLY I'm not sure how I'll contribute. I may be busy, spread between managing this team, being an HSO mod, and working on original stuff. At the very least I hope to contribute art. And when the right prompt strikes, some writing as well.

I can't wait to get my hands dirty in the bonus rounds. Those are the most fun, I think.

[thatreevesgirl]

Bonus rounds sound amazing. Especially the ones that force you to do things for other ships (because I love all the ships).

I didn't know you were a mod. Good luck. I can't believe you have the time to do anything right now.

[playerprophet]

YEAH Oh man the bonus rounds were so good. And most of them forced you to do other teams! I think that was a really good strategy to help eliminate a lot of rivalry and wank - by forcing you to pick up another team's ship for a bit. And every other ship you play with is sort of like a gift to that team.

Haha, thanks! Just forgive me later if I'm being more of a manager than a teammate. That's my worst fear. umu

[thatreevesgirl]

I love your headcanon for Dirk. The whole sociopath thing (that was thwarted or at least lessened by falling for Jake and realizing that he can empathize with another human being). I also love how you describe how he shows love. It is so perfect. So. Perfect.

"I'm also really fascinated in the dynamics between Jake and Jane, and Dirk and Roxy, and I felt like if I joined Dirk/Jake I would miss them. So why not ship them all at once?!"

Yep. Yep times a million.

[veira]

I love this headcanon because it gives an entirely new light to his "conflicted, incipient preteen episodes" concerning Jake, and all his friends really. AND I LOVE DIRK SUFFERING. So I will embrace anything that gives that suffering an interesting new flavour.