post about the upd8 that is not gonna make sense -> thinking about john and dave coming to the same conclusion through vastly different routes (a common theme!!!). they need to leave the narrative and attend to their greater purpose, even if it means leaving everything behind.
likeeee dave left everything behind to escape the feeling that john has been pointing out for ages now. i think they're both stupid about it in their own ways (obviously!) but it's crazy how mirrored they end up being with this feeling. they're offered the choice for freedom of their "normal" narrative at the cost of everything, and they both aren't hesitating to answer.
just look at both of them witnessing the changes that happened in this busted ass adult timeline! they are both at their lowest here- dave's discarded dead body left with his abandoned wife (that his ex-bf didn't even know about!) and john with his realization that his friends and family all have drastically different ideas of what the game Meant. the choice to Literally reflect the conflict in their eyes is nuts. i'm goign crazy omfmg
anyway there's no real thesis here but here's some random and tangentially related thoughts. i've been pondering the truth that jegbert and dave NEED to be in the same timeline + in service to the narrative for the story to be stabilized for eons now, and this sort of gets into that a little. davesprite established this when he came back to keep john alive and stop terezi's games, or when john goes on the scarfquest and has to keep vriska alive. i wonder if this is a subversive callback to that of sorts......... something something dave is a tool again (like terezi) and egbert once again the catalyst for major narrative change (like VRISKA). WHATEVER!
