Yeah, I keep waiting for him to lash out on instinct and then go all "...urk. 8< " Wanting to curl up in a little ball and beg for his life, but too proud to actually do it. Just standing there all tense and waiting for the axe to fall.
It'd be weird for Karkat to see gameface!John. Might be more fuel for the romance-fantasy fires, seeing the contrast between the doofy friendly guy who occasionally turns bossy, and the serious hardcore fighter. Gives perspective on exactly how kind and pitying he's being.
The alternate was Karkat getting drugged in a kidnapping attempt and Dadbert busting him out in a calm, professional way, which gets ruined a little when Karkat looks at him all fuzzy and half-conscious and goes "Dad?" I like the idea of Karkat interacting with the adults without the kids there for some reason. Interesting dynamics.
From Karkat's POV, they promised him they wouldn't be hovering so much, and then the minute he gets to do something fun and stress-relieving by himself Jake busts in and starts dragging him out into a public area while yelling for a girl to come see. XD Not the least bit funny for him, but at least he doesn't get in trouble for clawing Jake up?
It's not a joke if there's serious implications behind it, even if he gets blown off. But the closet sounds funny, wonder how he'd see that.
And they'll eventually get into anatomy too. I keep thinking that after a few more showers John's gonna break down and ask to see the pictures they took when Karkat was being examined, just so he knows what the heck's going on down there without having to ask Karkat for a peep show.
Also: "Um, we might need to rearrange the living arrangements. Because...well, you know that scene from Alien, when the baby grub comes bursting out of the guy's chest? It turns out, that's a lot closer to human reproduction than it is to alien's! And, uh, I don't know how to say this, but...I explained human breeding to him, and now Karkat refuses to be in the same room as any girls. Ever. ...in case they spontaneously give birth! Snnnrkpffffttthahahahahahaha, I know, I'm sorry, I could have explained it better, but he's really worried! Ahahaha, he's curled up under the bed making whimpering noises and he won't come out to the common room because Jane's here!"
Nowhere near funny, but I keep thinking that they'll get so used to wearing the headbands that they'll fall asleep with them on. My theory based off what you've said so far is that the troll's horns give everyone, if not actual psychic gifts, at least an "open channel." Unfortunately this is what causes their horrific nightmares, because they pick up the static the horrorterrors broadcast to the universe at large by their mere presence. Psychics can subconsciously shield themselves, and every troll can at least block it out a tiny bit, but wearing the headbands leaves another open channel to John's mind, and he has no experience or shields, which leads to dreams like this. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004748) Basically by the end John winds up sitting upright screaming for a solid minute before he even wakes up. Freaks out everyone including Karkat, who isn't used to such terrified psychic feedback to what are pretty standard nightmares.
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It'd be weird for Karkat to see gameface!John. Might be more fuel for the romance-fantasy fires, seeing the contrast between the doofy friendly guy who occasionally turns bossy, and the serious hardcore fighter. Gives perspective on exactly how kind and pitying he's being.
The alternate was Karkat getting drugged in a kidnapping attempt and Dadbert busting him out in a calm, professional way, which gets ruined a little when Karkat looks at him all fuzzy and half-conscious and goes "Dad?" I like the idea of Karkat interacting with the adults without the kids there for some reason. Interesting dynamics.
From Karkat's POV, they promised him they wouldn't be hovering so much, and then the minute he gets to do something fun and stress-relieving by himself Jake busts in and starts dragging him out into a public area while yelling for a girl to come see. XD Not the least bit funny for him, but at least he doesn't get in trouble for clawing Jake up?
It's not a joke if there's serious implications behind it, even if he gets blown off. But the closet sounds funny, wonder how he'd see that.
And they'll eventually get into anatomy too. I keep thinking that after a few more showers John's gonna break down and ask to see the pictures they took when Karkat was being examined, just so he knows what the heck's going on down there without having to ask Karkat for a peep show.
Also: "Um, we might need to rearrange the living arrangements. Because...well, you know that scene from Alien, when the baby grub comes bursting out of the guy's chest? It turns out, that's a lot closer to human reproduction than it is to alien's! And, uh, I don't know how to say this, but...I explained human breeding to him, and now Karkat refuses to be in the same room as any girls. Ever. ...in case they spontaneously give birth! Snnnrkpffffttthahahahahahaha, I know, I'm sorry, I could have explained it better, but he's really worried! Ahahaha, he's curled up under the bed making whimpering noises and he won't come out to the common room because Jane's here!"
Nowhere near funny, but I keep thinking that they'll get so used to wearing the headbands that they'll fall asleep with them on. My theory based off what you've said so far is that the troll's horns give everyone, if not actual psychic gifts, at least an "open channel." Unfortunately this is what causes their horrific nightmares, because they pick up the static the horrorterrors broadcast to the universe at large by their mere presence. Psychics can subconsciously shield themselves, and every troll can at least block it out a tiny bit, but wearing the headbands leaves another open channel to John's mind, and he has no experience or shields, which leads to dreams like this. (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004748) Basically by the end John winds up sitting upright screaming for a solid minute before he even wakes up. Freaks out everyone including Karkat, who isn't used to such terrified psychic feedback to what are pretty standard nightmares.