King's... or really all Dave's worth of their existence is tied to how well they can be something for other people. While this could feasibly manifest in forms other than PROTECTIVE KNIGHT, it's what he's most inclined toward because it reinforces the idea that like, his body has no value beyond his ability to use it physically for others, and his thoughts period aren't really important because knights aren't thinkers! And just IS A GOOD FIGHTER AND IS NOT THAT SMART. And his bro raised him to be a ninja, not a leader or a follower or anything else really, so it works with what he already understands about the world.
Right now Canary is like, constantly nearly going to war with Celeste, mostly because March is PROFOUNDLY HORRIFICALLY PARANOID, and Canary is full of dumbshits who don't know how to deal with a psychopath. In this case specifically Rabbit, though Duchess is a problem as well, and at this point he really has no reason to believe that others won't become a problem too. King has been trying REALLY HARD to avoid this, because March isn't someone he can settle with with violence! Mostly because resurrections make March effectively immortal, and when it comes to WHO CAN HURT WHO MORE, March is just way more terrifying because he comes from a terrifying world. In the game of MURDERING EVERYONE YOU LOVE, March will win every time and King knows it. BUT March doesn't really want to go to war, so ok yay! Except Rabbit threatened March and told him they would go to war and he would make him regret things and 8') Yes. IT WAS BAD FOR A MINUTE THERE. And since half of Canary does not get how bad it is, he's pretty resigned to the fact that at some point March is going to flip his shit and kill one of their more helpless members, and as THE KNIGHT/MEAT SHIELD, IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO RETALIATE. If he cannot protect Canary from March he literally does not see what he is good for.
So far on Canary he's kind of had like... all of his other points of validation pulled away from him. He failed as a leader, and so not only is not the leader but now Rabbit constantly tells him how much he sucks for even trying to keep people from dying via their own stupidity. He can basically never say anything without someone on his team flipping out and apparently hating him for it. He's managed to significantly piss off or hurt Hatter, Rabbit, and Duchess, and every convo with Rabbit pretty much sucks. Basically he just feels like he's a drain on the teams resources in that they have to deal with his stupid failing feathery ass and the only thing he has going for them as a contributing team member is that he can talk to March, and has multiple occasions prevented March from flipping his shit and killing everyone!
But the thing is, through learning to Deal With March, he actually came to genuinely like him and want to help him, as a fr...iend...? And he feels like shit about it because as much a March is technically a person, I guess, he's not a person who is more important than Canary. But King can't... kill someone he cares for. He just can't. So what seems likely to happen is AT SOME POINT MARCH FLIPS OUT AND KILLS SOMEONE ON CANARY WHO ISN'T HATTER >> KING MUST RETALIATE BECAUSE THAT IS HIS ONLY FUCKING PURPOSE. But he can't. He can't kill March in cold blood,fuck he can't kill March period because King can kick March's ass, so even if they were actively fighting it would still be basically a choice to murder him. And he can't.
So at that point he has no use to his team whatsoever \=D/ He isn't a leader, he isn't even a follower, he regularly pisses off his teammates, he is not particularly good at games or anything else, if he can't protect them from a murderous psycho then why the fuck does he even exist?
So I think what he would do is just run away for a while, but he can't actually go anywhere. He would probably eventually come to the conclusion of the issue is just that he like, started over wrong. He came here with no memories and because of how things worked out, and because of the name King, he got the idea that he should be all this shit he isn't really suited to being. Maybe if he just wipes and starts over again, with a few notes on things to not mess up, he'll be a better teammate.
I SHOULD ADD HERE THAT DECO IS ALL KING HAS. Like, there is no. I JUST NEED TO ENDURE THIS BULLSHIT TO GET BACK TO MY WORLD AND HELP THE PEOPLE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. He's Fake Dave, a doomed Dave, his existence is even more valueless in Homestuck canon because lol, he gave it all up \=D/ So... Deco HAS to work for him, or he shouldn't exist at all, because he has no where else to go, no where to return to, no other people to hold out for. Which is also kind of why if he feels like he has no purpose in Deco, his last bastion to justify his life, he will absolutely straight up just start over again and hope he fucks up less the second time.
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King's... or really all Dave's worth of their existence is tied to how well they can be something for other people. While this could feasibly manifest in forms other than PROTECTIVE KNIGHT, it's what he's most inclined toward because it reinforces the idea that like, his body has no value beyond his ability to use it physically for others, and his thoughts period aren't really important because knights aren't thinkers! And just IS A GOOD FIGHTER AND IS NOT THAT SMART. And his bro raised him to be a ninja, not a leader or a follower or anything else really, so it works with what he already understands about the world.
Right now Canary is like, constantly nearly going to war with Celeste, mostly because March is PROFOUNDLY HORRIFICALLY PARANOID, and Canary is full of dumbshits who don't know how to deal with a psychopath. In this case specifically Rabbit, though Duchess is a problem as well, and at this point he really has no reason to believe that others won't become a problem too. King has been trying REALLY HARD to avoid this, because March isn't someone he can settle with with violence! Mostly because resurrections make March effectively immortal, and when it comes to WHO CAN HURT WHO MORE, March is just way more terrifying because he comes from a terrifying world. In the game of MURDERING EVERYONE YOU LOVE, March will win every time and King knows it. BUT March doesn't really want to go to war, so ok yay! Except Rabbit threatened March and told him they would go to war and he would make him regret things and 8') Yes. IT WAS BAD FOR A MINUTE THERE. And since half of Canary does not get how bad it is, he's pretty resigned to the fact that at some point March is going to flip his shit and kill one of their more helpless members, and as THE KNIGHT/MEAT SHIELD, IT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO RETALIATE. If he cannot protect Canary from March he literally does not see what he is good for.
So far on Canary he's kind of had like... all of his other points of validation pulled away from him. He failed as a leader, and so not only is not the leader but now Rabbit constantly tells him how much he sucks for even trying to keep people from dying via their own stupidity. He can basically never say anything without someone on his team flipping out and apparently hating him for it. He's managed to significantly piss off or hurt Hatter, Rabbit, and Duchess, and every convo with Rabbit pretty much sucks. Basically he just feels like he's a drain on the teams resources in that they have to deal with his stupid failing feathery ass and the only thing he has going for them as a contributing team member is that he can talk to March, and has multiple occasions prevented March from flipping his shit and killing everyone!
But the thing is, through learning to Deal With March, he actually came to genuinely like him and want to help him, as a fr...iend...? And he feels like shit about it because as much a March is technically a person, I guess, he's not a person who is more important than Canary. But King can't... kill someone he cares for. He just can't. So what seems likely to happen is AT SOME POINT MARCH FLIPS OUT AND KILLS SOMEONE ON CANARY WHO ISN'T HATTER >> KING MUST RETALIATE BECAUSE THAT IS HIS ONLY FUCKING PURPOSE. But he can't. He can't kill March in cold blood,fuck he can't kill March period because King can kick March's ass, so even if they were actively fighting it would still be basically a choice to murder him. And he can't.
So at that point he has no use to his team whatsoever \=D/ He isn't a leader, he isn't even a follower, he regularly pisses off his teammates, he is not particularly good at games or anything else, if he can't protect them from a murderous psycho then why the fuck does he even exist?
So I think what he would do is just run away for a while, but he can't actually go anywhere. He would probably eventually come to the conclusion of the issue is just that he like, started over wrong. He came here with no memories and because of how things worked out, and because of the name King, he got the idea that he should be all this shit he isn't really suited to being. Maybe if he just wipes and starts over again, with a few notes on things to not mess up, he'll be a better teammate.
I SHOULD ADD HERE THAT DECO IS ALL KING HAS. Like, there is no. I JUST NEED TO ENDURE THIS BULLSHIT TO GET BACK TO MY WORLD AND HELP THE PEOPLE REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. He's Fake Dave, a doomed Dave, his existence is even more valueless in Homestuck canon because lol, he gave it all up \=D/ So... Deco HAS to work for him, or he shouldn't exist at all, because he has no where else to go, no where to return to, no other people to hold out for. Which is also kind of why if he feels like he has no purpose in Deco, his last bastion to justify his life, he will absolutely straight up just start over again and hope he fucks up less the second time.
how upset would Hellion be if King did this...