Isn’t everyone?

Dirk. Please don’t do this. Please, let him live, let him live as his own being in his own body. Please don’t do this.

“please. please I need to live”

They both use irony as a shield. Because of the shit they had to live through.

And the Hal voice comes through. I bet he was waiting for so long to use that line. I wonder if he regrets that his chance to use it was against Dirk.

Oh shit, he really is about to bust Hal. At least if he does look like Dirk as a sprite, the broken glasses is the difference.

Everything he has dealt with for the past 5 months (and his life before) is now reaching his point.

He is so split and fractured he doesn’t know what to do with himself.

Dave had to deal with a conga line of himself to follow.

Dirk has to deal with a shattered mirror.

He’s afraid that if he gives Hal a body, then he would see himself. And the monster that he might have become.

And the Truth comes Out! Oh, every group needs one self-hating party member. Karkat was one. Dirk is another.

Maybe, maybe not. I agree that Hal needs a body. But he isn’t an exact copy of Dirk because of different experiences. I mean, look at Aranea and Mindfang!

But it is enough to get under Dirk’s skin.

Ha, a TMNT joke. Never thought I would actually see one in this comic.

Damn. Dirk wanted to take his anger out on someone, only for that someone to say they are the same, meaning he is angry at himself? What a conundrum.

Ok. So he did write some desperate messages. That’s a yikes. And that also casts doubt on if Hal was pretending to be Dirk back at the beginning of Act 6.5. Which is a double yikes.

Then give him the fucking body! He is only passive aggressive because you aren’t giving him the ONE THING he wants. Hell, I don’t think you even built him a robot body out of consideration.

Is Hal going to bait Dirk to throwing him in the sprite to see whether or not he will look like Dirk?

Love how he puts “your romantic misfortunes” like he didn’t have a hand in it. But I am still on the “give Hal a body” camp.

Rose by any other name Hal.

And Look At THIS! The truth comes out.

Oh Shit. Damn son, Hal is Gooooooooood.

Dirk knew about the party, and expected to see Jake there. But “Dirk” Contacted him about going camping for the weekend. That was Hal. Hal was purposefully putting stress on the relationship since day one of Dirk realizing he wanted a relationship.

He didn’t choose the name “Hal” for nothing.

Yeah, I agree with that. He did set up the kissing volcano scene though.