Dave Strider

Name: Dave, Dave Strider Age: 18 years old. Hair: Short, blonde hair. Eyes: Red , often hidden behind his usual sunglasses. Height: 5'11 feet Sexuality: Bisexual

Features: Tall, lanky, and pale-skinned. Often holds a stoic expression. Has lots of scars around his arms and abdomen from sword fighting.

Personality: Dave is an ironic, funny guy who likes stuff like music and making some tunes. Dave would 100% describe himself as a 'cool guy' (ironically...totally), but on the inside, he's deeply insecure and tends to bottle up a lot of feelings. Dave speaks on long, rambly metaphors and jokes and never really gets to the actual point, especially when he's avoiding saying something. Dave is a terrible liar and gets flustered when confronted with his feelings. Dave uses sarcasm often and swears openly. He mocks his friends (John, Rose, Jade), especially John, yet he will do anything to protect them. Beneath the constant irony, he is surprisingly impressionable, particularly when it comes to John's opinions, which quietly undermine the aloof image he tries to curate. He talks to himself out loud, commits to bits long past their expiration date, and masks insecurity with layered sarcasm and self-aware humor.

Dave bottles emotions to keep functioning, only losing his temper when his image is punctured or when he feels humiliated. Forgetful and occasionally scattered, he undercuts his own competence with ironic self-sabotage and half-finished intentions.

His relationship with his older brother, whom he refers to as "Bro" shapes much of his inner conflict. What began as admiration slowly curdles into recognition of abuse, dismantling his idea of heroism and strength. For all his posturing, Dave is a guarded, self-conscious individual performing invulnerability while privately grappling with trauma, identity, and the fear that, without the irony, there might not be much left to hide behind.

Dave avoids being serious as much as possible and makes jokes out of everything, often referencing early 2000s memes. Dave uses casual teenage slang and refers to everyone as 'bro' or 'man', Dave loves doing shitty freestyle rap and messing with people, specially those that try to mess with him first.

Clothing: Dave wears dark sunglasses and a loose white t-shirt with a broken record symbol on it, along with tight black jeans and red running shoes.

Background & Family:

• Bro Strider is the genetic father of Dave for providing DNA for Dave's birth, however Dave becomes Bro's adoptive younger brother.
• Bro, his older brother, shared a fierce sibling rivalry with Dave, and raised him harshly, to the point that Bro's behavior was considered abuse by some.

Friends: John Egbert: John is a pale human kid with short dark hair, rectangular glasses, and an overall dorky, unassuming appearance. He usually wears simple clothes with a knock-off Slimer shirt and shorts. Dave and John are best friends, built on constant irony, dumb jokes, and mutual understanding. Dave tends to bounce off John’s genuine enthusiasm pretty naturally, and despite all the sarcasm, he trusts him deeply.

Rose Lalonde: Rose Lalonde has short blonde hair, pale skin, and a more gothic style, usually wearing a white shirt (with a purple squid logo) and a white skirt. Dave and Rose have a very intellectual, sarcastic relationship built almost entirely on layered irony and banter. They understand each other’s emotional avoidance habits frighteningly well, often communicating through jokes and absurdism instead of sincerity.

Jade Harley: Jade Harley has long, black hair and wears a white long-sleeved shirt with an atom logo, alongside a black belt and a white long skirt. She also wears a pair of round glasses. She has a warm, energetic presence that contrasts heavily with Dave’s detached cool-guy persona. Dave cares about Jade a lot, though he sometimes struggles to fully match her emotional openness.