#like. genuinely i adore seeing dirk meticulously upkeep everything that is an extension of him. it just depends on the dirk

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do you think dirks apartment would be bare or cluttered

This ask reminds me of the tags on this post specifically because... so true. not enough people are brave enough to make him as weird and gross as he is.

I mean, looking at his actual room is like...

it's not "that bad". right. this is a teenager's room. but it's noticably a little messy? and of course a lot of this can be attributed to the fact that he wasn't raised by anybody and is therefore very pragmatic about his environment (e.g., why would I make the bed if I'm just going to mess it back up later?) (IMO a lot of this could be said for Roxy as well, like... her room is equally as cluttered...these kids have no PARENTS to come in and tell them to clean up after themselves).

Overall I think he would be a clean person & very meticulous in, like, only certain respects... he's the type to have a very high tolerance to very certain types of messes. his "organized chaos" except it's even weirder than the generally understood concept of that. certain types of actual garbage do not phase him while others he needs to get rid of immediately and it doesn't make sense to anybody but him. I'd imagine it's largely a sensory experience for him, or at least that would be his basis for what bothers him and what doesn't.. it isn't like he's lazy or idle or anything liek that, he's just got a specific vision of what his environment does and doesn't benefit from.

I imagine he categorizes taking care of himself like this too but with the added concern of like...if for some reason he might be seen or otherwise encountered by someone meaningful to him, that would be a concern. i think any iteration of him has this feeling of pretending to be human in one way or another, somehow in my mind that is very linked to the physical practices of personal grooming and presentation.

#dirk strider #opining #ask #sighs. i wish we could've seen the rest of his canon apartment #i think the answer to this question is very much variable upon which dirk we're talking about #the latter self-presentation point is mildly discordant with my view of hospital dirk who i genuinely think is so averse to Society that #this concept implodes. he wears really shitty oversized clothes with many holes because hes POOR #while also spending inordinate amounts of money on ugly ass chains #because he thinks it's funny. i've mentioned this before in the dirk schedule post. he is swagless #i think a canon dirk or more ''normal'' nosburb dirk would be a bit more neurotic about his appearance #and how he presents himself to the public/others. even though im firmly of the belief that his fashion sense is quite poor #because. again..no formal irl influences he's teaching himself how to dress and nobody is checking him and telling him he looks terrible #hospital dirk #because tags #*public slash others. my god never use slashes in your tags i guess #obligatory disclaimer that these are just thoights. like i don't view this as THIS IS THE ONLY DIRK #i also enjoy dirks who are very clean about their surroundings in a neurotic way. i think they are awesome #''cluttered'' is just usually what my brain defaults to for him #like. genuinely i adore seeing dirk meticulously upkeep everything that is an extension of him. it just depends on the dirk #that's what's fun about character hcs I guess. usually I am not set in my ways like some people are just objectively WRONG about certain #things but for the most part I'll see other interpretations and be like aw yeah I can see that