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#alpha Dave is my special little princess (number 2)
simmonsized · 2 years
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Is it cool if I keep asking for your hcs? They’re pretty fun tbh. I got excited seeing the notification for the last one and they did not disappoint. Maybe I’ll ask for Alpha Dave this time because he’s pretty fun in your fic. I love his characterization a lot! Mom Lalonde would be nice too but hmm, maybe next ask? Or do both if you’d like to. It’s really up to you.
I just really like your guardians hehe.
Of course!!!! Honestly it is a lot of fun for me and it gives me an excuse to talk because, you know! Tbh it's the first time anyone has asked me in depth about any of the silly stuff I spend all my time thinking about, so I kind of love it! (also please always ask abt the guardians, i really like them, too!!)
WARNING THIS GOT AWAY FROM ME AFTER ALL IT’S VERY LONG I’M SORRY
SO: Alpha Dave (in context of rng)
A!Dave (and Bro) broke his nose when he was 13, for plot reasons, so his nose is slightly crooked (lists to the left)
He is Tall and hunches constantly because he hates being the tallest person in the room but no he doesn't but yes he does
Also it makes it easier to talk to people shorter than him
He can in fact fit into alpha Rose's clothes
He's a nail biter
This man has anxiety
He didn't get his glasses until he met Ben Stiller obviously so before that he would just wear very funny plastic sunglasses
Speaking of plastic this man own nothing but plastic cups EXCEPT
He owns one Whataburger mug that he has had since he was 10
He slept on John Crocker's floor for like, 4 years when he said he was going to college (he did not go to college)
This man did not even bother finishing high school
The Con Air Museum was a birthday present for John (he never got to see it in person)
Absolutely refuses to eat the crusts on his pizza and leaves them lying around the house for weeks until someone else picks them up
Only owns 7 pairs of socks god help him
Yes some of them have no heel
Also Left-handed for obvious reasons
collected Zoobooks until the fall of the humanity meant the publishing company went under
He keeps them in the back of his closet where no one but him will ever know
The secret to guardians is that they are duty-bound to their "kid", even if it means dying for them (example Mr bro bad man strider) but their separation over time and a whole life lived has caused Dave (and Rose) to lose most of that. Interpret any changes after meeting Dirk as you will
He is really bad with kids, mostly because
Dave Strider does not like kids
He does not like talking to kids, does not know how to talk to kids, because by the time he died at 65, there were no kids left for him to talk to, and he is just. Kind of a weird dude
My man has not had an apple juice in literally 16 years
Also to reference my last post, the alpha guardian formula [(2024+4n)-1995+t] means he and Rose were 65 when they died, according to RNG canon
He also broke his arm when he was 12 :)
He has never been to Disneyworld but used to take himself to Disneyland once a year for Christmas, sometimes Rose if she would fly out for him
He used to work in a record shop in Houston
This man can cook even less than Mom Lalonde
all his chapter titles have a theme
He does not like puppets but his proximity to Dirks (and Bro) are giving him pretty much unwanted exposure therapy lmfao
His favorite soda is Cherry Cola :)!
This man has never wanted anyone to like him as much as he desperately wants every iteration of Dirk Strider to like him
He is more interested in getting his own way than placating people, and this causes him to routinely mow over other people's thoughts and feelings
If he realizes he cannot get his way this way, he switches to Being Nice
He cannot (will not) stop following after Bro Strider like a lost dog after a bone no this will not change
It's fucked up but he is genuinely jealous that, at times, Dirk appears to get along better with Bro than he does with Dave
He uses strawberry scented shampoo
But still buys cvs brand detergent yes even now
He has scars across his knuckles in the exact same pattern as Bro Strider
He's also got the same scar across his palm as Bro :)
Only ties his shoes into bunny ears
There was a time when the alpha guardians did not know that their lil packages would never arrive
Can sleep literally everywhere on everything
Undisclosed back injury that causes bouts of sciatica from time to time
Is 120% more likely to accidentally kill a person than Bro Strider, but both of them have that kind of control you only get from a lifetime of not being particularly kind to yourself
Not afraid of blood
Has always wanted to go to a candy store
Actually likes driving BUT
Possibly the second most reckless driver out of all the guardians, after Mom Lalonde
Has some fucked up way of viewing both the Daves through the lens of his younger self, but unfortunately for all Daves, dead (or recently back to life) daves are the enemy
Did not learn how to swim until he was in his teens
Alpha Rose Lalonde was his only friend for like 20 years and my god, it shows
It is actually so fucking funny to me that bro spent so long trying to get Dave to stab him, on purpose, and yes this is also about Bro but mostly about Dave, and yes, he was in fact hoping Dave would stab him, and he was also a little disappointed that Dave had enough control to stop himself
Probably also impressed
Dave thought he was fucking insane (he is) and thus felt guilty every single fucking time because it's just a Dirk (bad)
But also at the same time has the same compulsion as Bro to like. Poke him until one of them gets stabbed by a sword, on purpose.
Wears a watch for the funnies
I really like the concept that Dave and Rose both maintained some kind of connection to their aspects but for Dave who never had a connection to the horrorterrors or Light (fortune), he mostly came across as what I am currently calling "a Failed Knight" (thus my joke about the old knight adage, "service without complaint")
Has a tendency to put things into his pockets instead of his sylladex without thinking about it
Started smoking younger than Bro
Pall malls, always, shitty on purpose, yes
Learned to sit still during [redacted] but has since pretty much lost that ability and is now completely fucking unlikely to stand still for longer than necessary unless it's like
Performative
I think he is more likely to yell than Dave, because that cold anger is a Learned Trait, and I think he has a lot to be angry about
He absolutely is going to need bifocals one day never before has a man squinted so much as a computer screen for so long
Coffee is half his diet
His favorite color is blue
stardust is an intentional parallel of neptunium
Remember that time Dave beheaded a juggalo president and no one talks about it what the fuck is up with that
He also has a fucked up death scar but I think I already said that
Thank you for asking I'm realizing I could go forever so I'm stopping here
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simmonsized · 2 years
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God, I need to say eventually because it’s always on my mind.
Whenever you tag something as “my special little princess” and “my special little princess number 2”, no joke, I can’t fucking breath because of how funny it is for you to use those tags for Bro and Alpha Dave. They’re also very accurate 110% of the time so it adds to my unending amount of cackling.
FIJSEO:FIJSE LISTEN,
okay it started, as a joke but now i cannot stop and since no one has TOLD me to stop it just gets worse as time goes on!!!! i am glad someone noticed that #2 is a!dave, though perhaps that was obvious from the beginning lol
thank u i am out here just saying the most insane shit that comes to my mind with no filter so i definitely appreciate it!
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