hi theo. pleasw explain dirkjune to me in however much detail you want if you feel so inclined ๐ i vaguely know both of these characters individually but idk what their dynamic is and i am curious
so a bunch of people have already written about their dynamic (both hypothetical and post-canon since thats where they interact most). it focuses on dirkjohn but i think theres a bunch of additional appeal in seeing them as t4t (tfem4tfem my preference)
i can sum it up as like, opposites attract, complimentary colors (dark blue though), similar goals and attachment to the grand adventures and the narrative, dissatisfaction with regular life which they attempt to fix with different methods but the same goal.
june usually follows the lead of other cooler awesomer girls like vriska (and i note that imo dirk is like male vriska if she was raised in total and complete isolation) BUT. junes not really shown to take happily to dirk's guidance/narration and, as the heir of breath shes the embodiment of freedom which goes perfectly against dirk's control issues, and in the same vein dirks preoccupations and ponderings on identity and philosophy and inability to stop pushing people would do well to break down junes masks and force her to introspect instead of repressing everything. The Narrative Foils
that does also lead into my part about how i specifically love transfem dirkjune so much because they both have hangups with masculinity and being a manโ june being canonically a trans woman (though the eggbert has yet to crack) with inexplicable discomfort with her dad and his repeated affirmations of "youre becoming a Young Man" and hatred of clowns (extremely masculine in homestuck) the ONLY person whos made her furious is the comics main villain aka caliborn aka Misogyny Personified and the only "man" caliborn disliked was june.
dirk can be read as transmasc or transfem but the way he acts is like masculinity is more like a Role he has to fill, hes so weird and uncomfortable about labels so he forces himself into the role of Manly Male Man Dude Guy Man and while i feel she would do the same to herself for any other label (trying to be the most fem woman ever when thats not it, doing his best to conform to Thin White Androgyny because thats what it means to be nonbinary obv) and ultimately would end up being unlabeled
BUT BASICALLY i think with dash weaponised introspection and junes weird deflection they would both crack each others eggs like pvp and break out of the chains of cismasculinity together and then. not make out they wouldnt do that. are they lovers? worse
