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  1. Public Bookmark 11

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    Being invited to some academy for lonely kids with superpowers? For someone like Dave Strider, yeah, that's normal. Trying to prevent the end of the world as they know it? Sure, that's normal too. Falling in love with your best friend? What, no. That's not normal.

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    04 Nov 2025

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    The first time you see him is Day 1 of Sburbian Mythology 101.

    The lecture starts in two minutes and the flow of students into the hall has slowed to a trickle, which is how you notice out of the corner of your eye a pale human in all red sauntering into the room, wearing a set of douchey shades in perplexing defiance of the torrential rainstorm that's been plaguing the city all week. In fact, you register, he seems to be the only one in the hall to not be drenched or at least somewhat wet, as if he's somehow managed to convince his clothes to ignore the godawful downpour outside.

    You're about to turn back away when he stops and seizes up mid-stride, the abrupt tension in the human's posture visible even from a distance. He's looking in your direction, you realize, and though the sunglasses are in the way, you have an unshakable feeling that his eyes are staring straight at you.

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    24 Aug 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 40

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    Karkat Vantas is about to end it all, he hates his life and he's sure there's no one who cares for him.

    But all of that changes once Dave Strider pulls him from the edge.

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    24 Aug 2025

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    Karkat Vantas was a mutant. Rejected by the universe for his cherry blood, he searched for a way, any way, to show everyone that he was worth noticing. He thought the invasion would be the perfect opportunity. He would kill some humans, get some glory, and prove himself to be more than a freak. What could go wrong?

    Dave Strider was just a teenager. With an abusive brother and not much else, he kept himself moving, leaping from one distraction to the next. He just wanted something to change.

    They would both get what they wanted, but in a way neither of them would have ever seen coming.

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    24 Aug 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 30

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    Dave Strider and Rose Lalonde own the village’s most popular apothecary. They’re supposed to be inconspicuous and ordinary. But there are whispers that their little healing tricks might be more than they seem, and the witchcraft accusations that have been swirling around Dave’s family for years are starting to spiral out of control. Things come to a head when Dave finds a demon in the alley behind a local tavern with a handful of demon slayers on his tail and finds he hasn’t got the heart to get rid of him, leaving them with no choice but to run for the hills. There’s a safe house out in the countryside, but two witches and a demon aren’t the most subtle of travellers, and there’s more than one person who’s put out a heavy reward on their heads. This could be the beginning of the end.

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    24 Aug 2025