>Be the stressed director.

Your name is DAVID P STRIDER, and you can’t sleep.

Once again you were PLAGUED by visions of GREY-SKINNED PEOPLE and FLYING MUTTS. Every night plays out the same story, but each one is a different scene. You DON’T KNOW WHO THESE PEOPLE ARE, yet they seem all too FAMILIAR. Especially the girl with the LOVECRAFTED SQUIDDLE SHIRT. Seems like something ROSE would wear.

Rose. Your love, MURDERED by the BARONESS. All because her BOOKS HINTED of a REBELLION. The only thing you have left to remember her by is a SCARF, one which you RARELY USED TO TAKE OFF, until a certain HISPANIC RAPPER came into your life and took the pain away. But you’ll still never FORGET. She wouldn’t want you to. She’d want you to UNDERMINE the BATTERWITCH’S plans to INVADE. Every one of your MOVIES has been filled with SYMBOLISM (hidden under a cloak of IRONY, of course, which causes most everyone NOT TO CATCH IT)

((Those who do usually think you’re BATSHIT INSANE or DRUNK)).

Of course, on rare occasions you actually are. DRINKING and SMOKING are your usually ways of coping with the STRESS that’s been building up over the years, ever since you RAN AWAY from that damned ORPHANAGE and FOUND DIRK there a YEAR LATER. The two of you LIVED OFF ALMOST NOTHING until you got a PHONE CALL from someone thinking of TURNING YOUR OLD COMIC INTO A MOVIE. Nowadays, the stress comes from SCREAMING and SNAPPING at the CAST and CREW on SET.

All your time is normally spent FILMING and at APPOINTMENTS your AGENT, DAMIEN, sets up for you. During those times when there’s no filming going on, you go on a WRITING SPREE, jotting down notes and typing for HOURS ON END, only STOPPING when SAWTOOTH or DIRK forces you to. You HATE– DESPISE– ABHOR not having enough time for them, but you guess it comes with the job.

Of course, that’s just your nice way of putting that you’re a SHITTY BIG BRO that NEGLECTS his YOUNGER SIBLING. The others are doing a MUCH BETTER JOB at raising Dirk than you ever could. Despite what most think two RAPPERS would be like, they do everything normal dads/brothers would do.

…At least, you hope so.

The times you actually do spend at home are usually TENSE. Dirk has DESPISED you ever since you started DATING STEPHEN, the man behind the mask of SAWTOOTH, even though he and his “brother” had been living with you two for years before that. LEWIS, or SQUAREWAVE as he prefers to be called, thinks of you as his BEST FRIEND, even though you DESPISE him and his OVERLY CHILDISH WAYS. Stephen… Well, you’d rather not go into detail about that relationship.

Sometimes you wonder what it would’ve been like if you and Rose hadn’t decided to lead a rebellion, decided just to live together with your ADOPTED DAUGHTER and SON. Sometimes you wonder what it would be like in a world where everything was actually NORMAL.

But it’s a bit too late for that type of thinking.

All you can do is slowly move forward, like the hands of a clock.

((This account was based off an AU, created by myself and Sawtooth’s admin, called Hopywoodoostuck/ In Which Sawtooth, Rose and Dave Lead a Rebellion Against an Evil Queen’s Reign of Terror That Hasn’t Actually Started Yet (I pulled that name out of my ass just then). It’s all Humanstuck, and every character plays a part in helping or harming the movement at one point or another. It’s still in the midst of a design/planning stage, but if you’d like to know more about what we’re doing or want to get in your two cents about what we could add to a character, just tell us.

OOC SHIT AND ROLEPLAY INFO AND ALL THAT JAZZ
-I’m Courtney, although I’ll go by Lights, LCA, Rampu, Dave or whatever you want to call me. I’ve been floating around on quite a few accounts, although this is the only one that’s always active.
-If you didn’t know already, I’m Lights/LCA on fuckyeahrole-players. Throwing that out there before someone else decides to do that stupid “I KNOW WHO LIGHTS IS” shit again. It’s obvious.
-I’ll roleplay most anything. Since I can’t think of any ‘nots’ at the moment, just clear it with me before shit goes down during the roleplay itself. Or, if you have it in mind for the future, just ask. Try not to get too out-of-hand, though.
-Most every ship is okay with me, although my favourites are SawDave, DaveRose and Stridercest. I don’t really like DaveJohn or DaveJade in the Alpha universe, although I will roleplay any pairing if I really start getting pulled into the roleplays. Like, if I fall in love with your character and anticipate every reply to the roleplay. Does that make sense? I hope so. If not, just understand that I accept any pairing, as long as you’re in character
-I don’t take rape or anything of the sort as a joke, but it’s something that happens. There are some sick people in this world, and not roleplaying it won’t change much. As long as you don’t take it as some huge joke because of yaoi/manly man sex and understand how much it can change someone’s life, then alright. Rant done.

HEADCANONS (or maybe just ADDITIONAL INFO because this is an AU)
-He takes quite a bit of pride in his appearance, knowing that the public will judge him on whatever flaws they can find. If his hair gets messed up, if his shirt gets a bit wrinkled, if he gets something on his shoe, anything, he fixes it immediately.
-He may not show it much anymore now that she’s dead and gone, but he truly loves Rose. After she died he clung to the scarf she made like it meant the world to him, since it practically did. After Sawtooth pranced into his love life and swept him off his feet, he slowly began to forget until it got to the point where he didn’t even remember where he got it from and threw it aside like it was nothing.
-The first time you talk to him, he’ll probably complain about being busy or how horridly-matched your outfit is or something like that. Picking at the smallest flaws. Even misspelled words if you’re messaging him. Asking a million questions about you and what you do. Talk to him enough, however, and he’ll eventually wind down.
-Depending on his mood and the situation, he can ramble on forever and a day or be short and to the point.
-He’s a play/musical fanatic and will occasionally quote lines from Hamlet, Phantom of the Opera, The Producers, Wicked, etc. There are even some moments when he’ll even burst out into song. Fair warning.
-He says absolutely nothing from the time he wakes up to after he has his coffee. It’s the only time you ever really catch him quiet.
-He flirts. A lot. With everyone. Most of the time you can’t take what he says seriously, and if you do, the majority of the time he’ll push you away and say you’re not his type. To the people he actually does like, he sets up the perfect compliment then ruins it right at the end with an accidental insult or racist remark or something of that nature.
-The reason Dave started wearing his shades was to cover up how dead his eyes look. If he hasn’t had a good night of sleep for a few days, there’s pretty much no glimmer in them, not to mention heavy bags underneath. However, he claims he wears them because of the brightness of camera flashes and because “eyes show weakness”.

PREFERENCES
-I prefer lit roleplay, although script is fine as well.
-I’ll roleplay with anyone and everyone. Just please, try not to be a sue and establish relationships before a roleplay. There are barely any relationships with my Dave to start with. It’s alright if the relationship’s basic, but anything like best friends or boyfriend is off-limits unless you ask me about it first.
-Like I said, all pairings and plots are okay, as long as you check with me.
-Keep any sort of smut to messaging or comments on a wall post. I don’t think people want to be spammed with wall-to-wall sexiitimes.
-I’m not a huge fan of first person, in both script and lit. In truth, I find it a bit… creepy. Second person is /sometimes/ okay, but not always. Third is really, truly, preferred.
-If you get the quirk wrong a couple times, I won’t say anything. A few more times after that, I may correct you. But if you get it wrong every single reply, I may just stop replying.
-Send me a message or something if I don’t reply after a few days. Normally it’s either because I can’t think of a reply, I’m busy, I dropped it because it was getting extremely out-of-character, or I forgot. Most likely I forgot.

I have no idea how to finish off this little ramble.
Uh… Come at me, bros. I promise I don’t bite.))