Height: 5'5" Eyes: Orange (covered by triangular, polarised shades) Hair: Near-White Ethnicity: Asian Speech: (Affected) Texan drawl paired with very precise enunciation. Sucks at volume control and errs towards too quiet. Notable Marks: He has one tattoo above his right bicep, which is totally awesome and personally meaningful. He also has a motley collection of scars, including one oriented vertically over his mouth.
[Actual FAQ]
What's this about Psychic types? Due to the absolute nightmare that is Dirk's Ultimate Self (or as much of that as can be stuffed into a regular-ass human brain/body/soul), Psychic types fucking hate him. Most of them want to be nowhere near him, but Pokemon with Trainers (and occasionally wild Pokemon) can turn aggressive instead. He's gotten used to it.
Neck Scars? Nope! It's a popular fanon, but he was healed magically every time he was decapitated (or just moved into his Dream Self's body full-time), so he never scarred. No magical healing for intercepting a battlebot with your face on live TV, though.
He's SHORT? Three words: early childhood malnutrition. Bro Strider grew taller than Alpha Dirk, who stopped growing in his early to mid teens.
Is that facial hair? Scruffily, yes. Sometimes when you are Asian and even vaguely short, you make decisions about your personal appearance that are motivated entirely by the desire to stop people from offering you a children's menu at restaurants.
Wait. Are those piercings new? They're not in your icons. Dirk got the snakebites done after defeating the Elite Four (which is also after Connie Maheswaran and Emet-Selch both canon updated.) Part ironic gesture, part physical experiment regarding the boundaries of this reality should he ever experience a canon update himself.
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First Impressions
Date: 2019-10-06 12:34 am (UTC)FAQ or Whatever
Height: 5'5"
Eyes: Orange (covered by triangular, polarised shades)
Hair: Near-White
Ethnicity: Asian
Speech: (Affected) Texan drawl paired with very precise enunciation. Sucks at volume control and errs towards too quiet.
Notable Marks: He has one tattoo above his right bicep, which is totally awesome and personally meaningful. He also has a motley collection of scars, including one oriented vertically over his mouth.
What's this about Psychic types?
Due to the absolute nightmare that is Dirk's Ultimate Self (or as much of that as can be stuffed into a regular-ass human brain/body/soul), Psychic types fucking hate him. Most of them want to be nowhere near him, but Pokemon with Trainers (and occasionally wild Pokemon) can turn aggressive instead. He's gotten used to it.
Neck Scars?
Nope! It's a popular fanon, but he was healed magically every time he was decapitated (or just moved into his Dream Self's body full-time), so he never scarred. No magical healing for intercepting a battlebot with your face on live TV, though.
He's SHORT?
Three words: early childhood malnutrition. Bro Strider grew taller than Alpha Dirk, who stopped growing in his early to mid teens.
Is that facial hair?
Scruffily, yes. Sometimes when you are Asian and even vaguely short, you make decisions about your personal appearance that are motivated entirely by the desire to stop people from offering you a children's menu at restaurants.
Wait. Are those piercings new? They're not in your icons.
Dirk got the snakebites done after defeating the Elite Four (which is also after Connie Maheswaran and Emet-Selch both canon updated.) Part ironic gesture, part physical experiment regarding the boundaries of this reality should he ever experience a canon update himself.