have i ever responded to a homestuck question by calling it stupid or making fun of someone?

Serious question. If I make someone feel stupid wrt Homestuck, I’m inclined to believe I’ve done something wrong, because that’s not what I’m here to do. This comic is overwrought and complicated and intricately woven, I’m just trying to make it easier for people like you (and I! I’m always learning more about the comic as I talk about it w/ other people) to parse.

it took me like seven years to feel like i even halfway understand this particular relationship and i still feel like i’m missing stuff wrt most of the comic, so I guess all I’m trying to say is…don’t worry bro? you’re good.

Anyway, the proof is brain ghost dirk.

Dirk isn’t actually present for the Game Over timeline’s events. We see him before Brain Ghost Dirk becomes real, talking to Arquis and trying to find out what’s going on.

And then we see him talking to John, when he’s witnessing the failure of the Alpha Session–and taking it as his personal failure.

The key point here is Dirk never shows any indication of being aware of Brain Ghost Dirk, even though in his last pesterlog before BGD’s appearance  he’s trying to understand whats happening in the session and clearly wants to help however he can. It doesn’t make any sense to link Dirk’s agency to Brain Ghost Dirk’s here.

Which is important, since it means Brain Ghost Dirk is a product of Jake’s agency, including this line about Jake being his boyfriend. And this is after Dirk breaks up with him, implying Jake still thinks of Dirk that way, or still hopes they can get together.

It helps that “I am [Name], you [Verbed] my [Loved one], Prepare to die” is a pretty clear reference to The Princess Bride, a movie all about the pure power of love overcoming all obstacles so long as you believe in it. I’ve written about its relevance to reading Dirkjake before, though I wanna do better by the link someday:

This line is a movie reference to The Princess Bride, a romantic fantasy adventure comedy with a very curious dynamic between the romantic leads.

No shortage of people have pointed out how Jake seems to see himself as or end up in the positions of sexualized and marginalized female protagonists, but I think there’s a cause to be made Jake’s “arc” draws from this specific one–Buttercup–above all others. Buttercup’s romantic dynamic with Westley is simple: She issues requests to him, and he responds “As you Wish.”

This As you Wish is an explicit I love you, and the power of love is put forth as the source of Westley’s power and endless competence and ability throughout the entire story. It doesn’t matter what needs to happen, Westley finds a way to do it. And he does it because he believes in their love.

Buttercup, however, struggles to hold on to her faith that love can overcome all things possible and wavers in her commitment to living for it, ending up nearly trapped in an unwanted marriage. Buttercups’ arc is resolved when she chooses to believe in love even at risk of dying, promising never again to hide what she truly desires–Westley.

Jake perceives Dirk as his Prince Charming, an idea that could also be described as a Knight in Shining Armor.