The Heir of Darkness

1. Popular tropes lol. Enemies/Rivals to Lovers it can genuinely be that simple.

2. More character arc centric vibes, this is very subjective also. Karkat is a character that has never been chill in his life. Like he over cares about everything, wether it be movies, friends, etc. Dave is a character that is ironic about everything, he’s never honest about his feelings, but being around Karkat could help that.

Dave and Karkat are both characters that put on a façade (i.e.: Dave’s cool kid act, and Karkat’s ‘I don’t care’ mean act), and because of this they both set false narratives about each other. Both of them also have a heavy association with red, and both have sexuality crisis (Dave’s bisexuality, and Karkat blurring quadrants). They both don’t live up to their own societies standards; and knowing each other, who both lived in different societies, could help.

I think people just really like silly guys with a funny dynamic. :)

But DaveRezi, and DaveJade are also quality ships! And DaveKat does not take away from that fact. Homestuck is such a big media, and there’s so many good characters, and dynamics to choose from!

i have a question, why does this ship exist, it just popped out of nowhere and became the favorite ship instantly, because plot-wise it has no sense, like no offense to Davekat fans, but like dave seemed like he was going to end with jade or terezi, and outside tumblr its not popular at all, in my eyes the ship is just, two baby teenagers having cringy dialogue of how much they are gay (which in both cases does not make sense thanks that, like most of the cast of homestuck, they're bisexual), well thats all i am gonna say, throw me rocks and sticks i will not change my opinion, because i am not gonna argue against the site which considers cristianity as a fandom, to me Davekat is a senseless ship, but not a bad one, just Mid, but Low-High Mid.