@PanicMyFallinFandoms requested: DaveJohnKat

DAVE: jfc
DAVE: you admit ONE TIME that you used to have a huge gay crush on your best bro and suddenly this happens
DAVE: sigh
DAVE: at least karkats being included.

KARKAT: YEAH, YAY FOR BEING INCLUDED IN SOMETHING I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND!

KARKAT: I HONESTLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THOUGH. IS THIS MEANT TO BE A SORT OF ASHEN RELATIONSHIP? IS DAVE SUPPOSED TO KEEP JOHN AND I FROM KILLING EACH OTHER? OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?
KARKAT: IF SO, THAT'S A LOAD OF SHIT. JOHN HAS ALREADY MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE HAS NO HATEFUL SORT OF INTEREST IN ME, OR ANY INTEREST IN MALES. SO I'M ALREADY DECLARING THIS SHIP: STUPID AS FUCK.

DAVE: lmao nah dude.
DAVE: this is supposed to be a poly sort of thing.

KARKAT: WHAT'S THAT?

DAVE: to say it in words that youll understand, its basically like...the flushed quadrant. but with three people.
DAVE: or more.
DAVE: in this case...itd be a sort of flush/ashen sort of thing.
DAVE: it used to be a major taboo back on earth, dating more than one person.
DAVE: but yeah, basically its a flushed and ashen relationship mixed. theyre all in a flushed relationship with one another.
DAVE: its flashen. alshed maybe?
DAVE: nah, flashen sounds better.

KARKAT: THAT SOUNDS COMPLICATED AS SHIT.

DAVE: says the dude with four different romances.
DAVE: anywho, yall know how i feel about seeing karkat date other people that arent me.
DAVE: but i guess this doesnt really count as that? i mean, hed still be *technically* dating me. just john too. and if were going by that logic, id be dating john.
DAVE: ...
DAVE: ehhhhhhh
DAVE: idk it just doesnt seem right to me.
DAVE: now i aint shitting on poly people or poly relationships, its just that im a very...uh...complicated person i guess? emotionally. i need someone or several someones that can basically...connect to me on an emotional level.
DAVE: like...about actual feelings and shit.
DAVE: and not to shit on john, but he really isnt the one for that. for me that is. he saw me grow up as the fake cool kid and i know hell forever see me as that kid subconsciously. if i do ever try to emotionally connect to him with things that seriously bug me, i dont think hell be able to properly understand or respond. itd be awkward for both of us.
DAVE: so yeah...

KARKAT: I HAVE TO AGREE WITH DAVE ON THIS, I'M THE SAME IN A WAY.
KARKAT: NOW I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO AS MUCH DETAIL AS DAVE DID SINCE HE BASICALLY SUMMED IT ALL UP BUT JOHN JUST WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
KARKAT: HE WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE HE DOESN'T KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH. HE DIDN'T LIVE WITH ME FOR THREE YEARS THROUGH COUNTLESS NIGHTMARES AND SHIT. IF ALL THREE OF US DATED, IT'D BE KIND OF A DISASTER. WE'D BE GOING TO JOHN FOR EMOTIONAL SUPPORT BUT HE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO OR SAY BECAUSE HE "CAN'T RELATE." TO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH.
KARKAT: YES JOHN HAS GONE THROUGH HIS OWN SHIT AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT HIS DOESN'T MATTER, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT JOHN'S SHIT IS DIFFERENT THAN LIVING YOUR ENTIRE LIFE IN FEAR BECAUSE YOU'RE SCARED THAT YOU COULD DIE AT ANY SECOND.

DAVE: dont get us wrong, we both love john to death and then three of us together make up the goddamn three musketeers, but dating wise? nah. i dont think itd really work out.

KARKAT: WE'RE MORE WHAT THE CALL, THE "BROT3"

DAVE: nailed it.