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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

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Why wouldn't it? I dunno, I guess...mostly I take issue with some mainstream shit, and other things I just find borin', and certain tragic shit I just don't want to see. I'd make a terrible film critic, though. I almost never base whether or not I like things on like the inherent artistic merit, even if I can bullshit that part.

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[You know what just pretend that while this is going on they're walking through this haunted house filled with creepy bullshit, various jumpscares, aesthetic lighting and more. Jumpscares will come intermittently.]

I think that is maybe why you might not be a bad critic, actually. Movies are meant for normal consumers, not necessarily artists. Liking things for the sake of liking them is important. But maybe that's just me.

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[ dave probably gets better about not jolting as he learns to just watch john and his surroundings more carefully, although he still sticks pretty close. he also takes a bunch of dumb pictures.

he's going to scrapbook later, probably, ]

Thirteen year old me might disagree, but seventeen year old me kind of definitely doesn't. It's so much fuckin' effort to "like" a thing you don't like, or to "not like" somethin' you do.

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[John, for as jumpy and fidgety as he was in Dave's nightmares seems almost at ease in the haunted house because he's genuinely amused, even going as far as trying to see how the set's built and such. Dave will probably have a lot of photos of random shit and also John being a tool.]

Exactly! What is so hard about just liking a thing because you like it? So what if other people think it's stupid or whatever? That is where most of my arguments go on my blog.

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It’s one thing to say that and another thing to live it, I think. I couldn’t.

[ at least dave feels more secure nothing foggy is happening and loosens up a little ok ]

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[Please assume John also took some selfies with some of the actors in the haunted house, but eventually even he jumps despite the fact his reaction is still finding it funny.]

Did you ever want to?

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Did you? I don’t know if anyone is that genuine, Egbert. Even you. Everyone lies to themselves at least a little, and to other people.

[ cynicism 101 with Dave Strider ]

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[He doesn't address the question directly.]

What do you think I could be lying to myself about? I can sort of see lying to other people a little but not really much.

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A lot of things. I don’t always bother to call you out on ‘em, but be real: how many times have you smiled at me and changed the subject away from something you don’t like, or do? I don’t think people who are always willing to cop to their shit are easily found. I also don’t think that’s a bad thing.

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[He doesn't say anything at first because haha called the fuck out. But there's a light hum as he highfives a werewolf on their walk.]

So what does that actually make it? Just...a thing?

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It’s a human being thing, John. Congrats, you’re not a robot.

[ Why is John high fiving werewolves? ]

I don’t expect you to be some weird genuine ideal? Like I said, no one is.

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[Because he appreciates their jumpscare efforts ok.]

What a shock. My entire life has been a lie, the walls are closing in, the sky is falling--maybe I should not be joking about that kind of stuff when that is a distinct possibility here. [But they're still going along.]

I think being someone's ideal is a lot of pressure honestly. Which sounds kind of dumb, but...just a thought I had.

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You’re not a genuine ideal, but that doesn’t mean you ain’t a benchmark for other shit. Tough break? Also, drama club, dude.

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Being a hero and a leader and whatever else? I heard. [He makes a face.] What about drama club?

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You missed the most important one. [ mildly. ] Also, have you given thought to joining one?

[ because of the joking dramatics a second ago ]

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Which, best friend? [And he rolls his eyes, elbowing Dave lightly as they walk through a curtain of spiderwebs.] I am not being dramatic enough for a drama club, but nice try.

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Yeah.

[ like, maybe john was joking, but yes? that's the most important one? although: ]

And...good person.

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...what even defines a good person at this point? Like besides me, supposedly, I mean in general. [And through a house of mirrors they go.]

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It's not "supposedly". You're... [ he doesn't want to say you were because he doesn't think it's past tense. ] Like...you're not a perfect person, but you are a genuinely good guy, Egbert. It's comforting.

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[...given what he can infer from Dave's nightmares and his own memories, it makes sense.]

...thanks. [What else do you say?] I mean. You know I think you are a good person too, don't you? You skipped school to come with me to a dumb haunted house just because I wanted to. That's awesome.

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Yes, Egbert, I know you think that. [ doesn't mean dave does. he knows the opposite is true. but it's always been easy to smile and be flippant and never admit to the things he knows to be true about himself.

it's the reason he recognizes when people pull the same shit on him. ]

I'm pretty sure that more falls along the lines of bein' a kickass best friend?

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[He's busy staring at himself in one of those stupid mirrors that makes a person bendy and like 10 feet tall, and he's also busy trying not to laugh. Their mirror-house is a confusing maze.]

What makes you think the two are not mutually exclusive?

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And did I say they were?

[ dave seems more at ease around the mirrors, oddly. he doesn't quite look at himself but he's good with mazes and it's less jumpscares.

(he does think they're not connected.) ]

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[He'll follow Dave's lead through the mirrors then.]

I might be using that phrasing completely wrong, so maybe?

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New topic, [ dave says which is all the warning before he segues into ] Opinions on walkie talkies?