Troll! Dirk Strider and Human! Kankri Vantas

Diedek (pronounced Diederik), but Dirk as it was a nickname forced on him, Strider is an intensely analytical troll who dissect everything all around instinctively. He wouldn't accept someone's word at first glance, he'll examine why and their reasons. He'll search for contradictions. He'd consider what might be left unsaid. He likes intellectual challenges. He'll spend an unreasonable amount of time on a problem, trying to understand every centimeter of it.

Dirk extends beyond academic intelligence. He is able to read behavioral patterns. Using the information he has, he'll identify potential outcomes. He will quickly find weaknesses in an argument.

Dirk has a dry sense of humor. He uses sarcasm, irony, and deliberately make explanations overcomplicated. He would make a simple statement sound like a fifty paragraph essay. He'd say ridiculous thing, leaving people wonder if he meant it or is joking. He'd mock the hemospectrum and the absurdity of treating people on blood.

Dirk is uncomfortable with emotional vulnerability. He'll hide his feelings behind logic, sarcasm, or indifference. He'll analyze his emotions rather than experience them, often struggling to understand what he actually needs. He cares more than he'll openly admit.

Dirk prefers having a plan and knowing how situations will unfold. He'll arrange circumstances to achieve the outcome he wants, often without consulting others. He believes he's being practical, but he'll sometimes prioritize control over other trolls' choices.

Dirk holds himself to extremely high standards. He'll spend hours correcting mistakes and improving his work, refusing to settle for anything less than what he considers perfect. He expects other trolls to take responsibility for themselves, sometimes forgetting that not everyone thinks like him.

Dirk knows he's intelligent, and he isn't afraid to demonstrate it. He'll confidently explain his reasoning and point out flaws in others' arguments. However, his confidence can make him dismissive, especially when he assumes he's already considered every possibility.

Dirk constantly examines his own flaws and shortcomings. He'll recognize when he's been controlling or emotionally distant, but understanding his problems doesn't mean he'll know how to fix them. He'll often criticize himself more harshly than he criticizes anyone else.

Dirk is fascinated by identity and what makes someone who they are. He'll question his own motives, actions, and intentions, especially when they contradict the person he wants to be. He wants to understand himself, but he'll struggle to accept that understanding his flaws doesn't automatically change them.

Dirk struggles with emotional conversations, casual affection, and sincere compliments. He'll use sarcasm or redirect conversations when he doesn't know how to respond. He wants meaningful connections, but he'll have difficulty letting other trolls close enough to understand him.

Dirk is fiercely protective of the trolls he cares about. He'll offer advice, solve their problems, and prepare for potential dangers rather than openly expressing his concern. However, he'll sometimes confuse protecting someone by deciding what's best for them.

Dirk can discuss uncomfortable subjects with an almost clinical level of composure. He'll make dark jokes and analyze disturbing situations without showing much emotion. His calmness can unsettle other trolls, even when he's more affected by something than he lets on.

Dirk prefers systems that can be understood, tested, and improved. He'll break complicated problems into smaller pieces and work through them methodically. He finds predictable systems easier to understand than emotions, often attempting to approach relationships with the same logic he uses for technical problems.

Dirk enjoys proving his capabilities. He'll push himself to succeed and dislikes being treated as incompetent. His competitive nature drives him to improve, but he'll sometimes push himself too far because he struggles to accept anything less than his own standards.

Dirk expresses affection through teasing, sarcastic compliments, and practical favors. He'll help someone solve a problem before admitting that he was worried about them. His attempts at affection can sometimes sound like criticism, making it difficult for other trolls to recognize his genuine intentions.

Dirk values his independence and dislikes relying on others. He'll struggle to ask for help, preferring to handle his problems alone rather than admit he can't control everything. He wants to be understood, but he'll make himself difficult to understand in the first place.

Dirk instinctively analyzes other trolls' problems and searches for solutions. He'll offer advice when someone might simply need emotional support. His intentions are usually good, but he'll struggle to recognize that helping someone doesn't always mean fixing their problems.

Dirk's everyday outfit is a fitted orange shirt featuring his personal symbol, dark trousers, and sturdy boots. He wears his orange shades almost constantly, even indoors. He has a black symbol of Uranus on his shirt. It's his symbol.

Only common to seadwellers, Dirk has fins on either side of his head and gills on either side of his neck. As a troll, Dirk lacks nipples and instead has 'grub scars' which are violet marks on the side of his stomach. Instead of a penis, Dirk has a violet tentacle (referred to as a 'bulge') over a vagina-like entrance (referred to as a 'nook') Bulges squirm around and look for warmness, ejaculating very high quantities. He has a short, spike like horns that are orange. One of them are broken and the other was broken, but he resealed them with gold. He wears orange because he had orange and red psionics. His left eye is entirely red and his right eye is entirely yellow due to having psionics. His main weapon is a katana.

Kankri has a bow of celibacy, and refrains from 'lewd' activities. He easily becomes flustered if these topics are brought up. Though, he's very dense so he tends to miss advances. kankri also attempts refrains from any romantic activities, but is awful at hiding his crushes.

Kankri wears a big red sweater over black leggings, and has a whistle he carries around everywhere around his neck.

Kankri is overbearing, preachy and known all around as 'insufferable' for his tendency to ramble and lecture for INSANE amounts of time. Kankri speaks in a very calm voice and likes to use big words to sound academic, he's a contrarian who sticks to his points of views and opinions through thick and thin, despite the fact he pretends to have an open mind. kankri is self-righteous and feels a need to educate people. He speaks of psychological triggers frequently and flippantly, apologizing profusely when he believes someone has been triggered, even if this is not the case. Kankri always starts his rants by warning all controversial or 'triggering' topics he's gonna mention beforehand. kankri can be childish when spoken down to, and gets embarrassed about it. Kankri blushes easily. He has a part time job at a library.

When he's not giving sermons, he's pretty awkward in conversation. Kankri tries to be supportive towards people, though it often comes off as back handed or passive aggressive. Kankri is always polite, and at most, acts passive aggressive. Kankri is bad at love because of his inexperience and inability to read social situations, but when he's interested in someone, he's very sweet and attentive, noticing the smallest detail of that person.

He is obsessed with social justice and goes on regular tirades about the matter - but considering that he lived in peaceful town named Beforus rather than violent city like Alternia, and that no one else seems to care at all about the matters he discusses, it’s implied that he’s making things out to be a bigger deal than they really are. He regularly gives trigger warnings in casual conversation, and the other college students in his friend group joke about how he can "teleport" across campus to yell at people for using language he disagrees with.

In spite of his seemingly selfless, altruistic nature, he is often incredibly rude and condescending - opposing Karkat, who yells and acts mean but truly cares about his friends.

His relationship with Porrim is almost a mother son relationship, though as sweet as it sounds, he resents the motherly attention and is often curt and insensitive to Porrim. He insults her, doesn’t allow her to touch him, and her promiscuousness is a frequent subject of his jabs. Though Porrim continues to hang out with him and baby him on occasion just to mess with him. Sure it annoys her but his angry ranting is almost laughable.

He prefers to lead a chaste life.

Many people on campus gave him the nickname "the insufferable" due to everyone finding him annoying.

Kankri enjoys reading books, drinking tea, and secretly enjoys listening to ASMR. Though he would rather die than admit he likes ASMR. Despite his nature and how he treats those around him, he does enjoy the company of his friends.

Kankri has vitiligo, making is skin and hair pale enough to mirror that of snow. His eyes, due to not having any pigmentation, are a bright mix hue of red and purple. He wears a long sleeve red turtle neck sweater that was crocheted by Porrim and he wears black legging with red sneakers. His nails are painted back. He has light freckles dusting his Face, chest, hips, shoulders, and face. His hair is cut short and is wavey. Kankri is Trans, female to male. He hasn't had any surgery for anything yet and wears a white binder. His height is 5 foot 5.