hi, umm I know you've gotten messages like this before but I just wanted to say! thank you for being you!! and also for being open about your brain issues on here. because I guess it is weirdly comforting to think that someone who is really cool can also have problems just like me? I finally had my first counseling appointment today and I was really nervous and almost didn't go, but then I thought "shelby would just go and do it!! so I should too!!" and I did. :)
Anonymous
awww, thanks! it means a lot that i can be helpful to anyone else :)
speaking of dumb ship names: rosemary
Anonymous
i actually like rosemary it is a cute name, i still call it rose/kanaya tho
so what are all your ships tags? like john/karkat is boy style and dave/terezi is suck it nerds and aranea/meenah is like married, but do you have any others?
Anonymous
dirk/jake is “you stop that” and i really need to settle on one for gamzee/terezi sdhfhhhh
I'm confused. Was the last update supposed to happen at christmas time?
Anonymous
trickster christmas is SUPPOSED to be a month late
this may be a weird question, but how do you tell if you're depressed and not just sad/worried?
Anonymous
is it reoccuring? do you have trouble getting out of bed? are simple tasks hard for you? do you feel like you are running on about 15% of the energy that everyone else has? for me, being depressed doesnt really feel the same as being sad. it is like this rot inside of you that doesnt ever really go away. id research other symptoms online if you are worried about it, and talk to a doctor if you can
Anonymous
this photo of me has over a thousand notes
but thank u
Thank you for sharing your life, and art with us! Sometimes I see you talking about stuff on my dash, or you're sharing photos, and art with us and you just really inspire me in not only the arts but just in being a good person uwu so thank you again! i hope you have a lovely day and those nails are fab
Anonymous
the secret is that you were a hipster all along
Anonymous
yeah ive been at art school for like three years it happens to the best of us
me in high school
me today
i'm sorry if this is a rude/insensitive question, but as someone who doesn't have depression, i was wondering what in canon shows dirk having depression? there's no discussion on my dash about it just people talking about said discussion, and i'm a bit confused but curious.
Anonymous
ive been sitting on this question all day but i dont really feel like getting into it, if anyone else wants to answer it for me or has made a good post about it let me know! it is kind of one of those things where if you have experienced it, it is pretty easy to pick up on.
Yeah, Dirk's had some symptoms of depression since early on, but like you said it just wasn't until more recently that we really started thinking about it in that context. Remember his "legendary infinite showers"? Well studies have shown that taking long showers is very commonly a sign of chronic loneliness/social isolation, and the longer they are is usually an indication of the severity. He also had sleeping problems which is common in people with depression.
Anonymous
Awwwh you are soooo fucking ugly! c:
Anonymous
THIS IS THE BEST ASK IVE GOTTEN ALL DAY
Has anyone noticed how it's implied that Dirk apparently suffers from severe depression? He is immune from the extacy emotional effect of being a trickster and also what AR said: "We both know you're never going to be happy under ordinary circumstances. You just do not have the right kind of think pan to sustain that emotion"
Anonymous
yeah also from… basically everything else especially the christmas updates its pretty clear the kid has some real brain problems.
whY is dirks symbol the only one thats different tho
Anonymous
jake’s is different too! his cherub turned into a lil cal and dirk’s cool hat turned into a silly hat. andrew changed those from my original designs i think it is clever haha. (also glad he brought the red+green into dirk’s design too i was kicking myself over that ahhaha)
you are a hotty hot hot hotty
Anonymous
i know that post was a joke but does that mean act 3 is not actually from karkat's perspective or
Anonymous
okay, spoiler alert. yes it is from karkat’s perspective. its TRINITYstuck after all what would we do without three POV characters ahhaha.
