Show Me Your Body!

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What is your character like face-to-face?

♢ describe all the things that icons don't show. ♢ like height, weight, posture, eye color, voice, etc. ♢ do they look different from canon now? ♢ do they have scars or unusual clothing? ♢ show and tell! enrich the game experience!

[stolen from dramaticshitinlatin]

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CANON

- Okay, so this isn't entirely confirmed canon, but Karkat has been described as a "tactical midget." So, yeah, he is SHORT, current reckoning being 5'2" because it amuses me to make him 62 inches tall. Fight me.
- Weight-wise, on a similar theme, he's 126 lbs. (To, uh, anyone who doesn't know, belated clarification: Homestuck likes to abuse significant numbers, one of which is Karkat's wriggling day [birthday] of 6/12. General configurations of those three numbers and 413 tend to turn up a lot.)
- Posture: Pretty much exclusively defensive or confrontational. Karkat tends to think the world is out to get him and acts like it. Because of his height and overall demeanor, this may or may not mean that he tries to make himself bigger while simultaneously attempting to slouch and act like he doesn't give a shit. He's awful at both.
- Eye color: Trolls his age have... okay, well, TECHNICALLY their irises are gray and the "whites" of their eyes are orange, but it looks more like black and yellow because. Well, it does. Karkat is still pretty damn young, so he adheres to this rule and will likely do so for as long as Snowblind is around.
- Body language?: Like I said, defensive/confrontational. He stomps around a lot and generally tries to make his presence known, but this is really just a big show. (He Tries Very Hard, please acknowledge him.) He also gestures a lot and is generally a pretty big drama queen. ALSO ALSO prone to draping himself across various objects in really weird positions while he throws tantrums about stupid shit? I don't know, I don't make the rules.
- I should mention here before going into Norfinbury stuff that he has some pretty big issues with insomnia (and anxiety), so yeah, there will definitely be bags under his eyes.

IN NORFINBURY

- SO ABOUT THAT INSOMNIA, it's kicking up in a horribly bad way following the most recent event. Enjoy those ridiculous bags.
- Clothes-wise, he's actually mostly wearing what he came with? Except he has the black peacoat, a bright red jersey underneath because I'm terrible, and a pair of boots he has only recently gotten his prongs on. Yay.
- Baggage-wise, he just has the backpack + a bowling ball bag that may or may not contain a Cat. He is a sucker and the Cat is small and he feels bad when tiny paws have to deal with snow a lot, fuck off.
- He's generally looking more ragged and worn and probably thinner. He'd actually been doing pretty okay but the last event really fucked with him? So yes, exhaustion and generally being upset and twitchy because paranoia MN poisoning type is also a thing. He's sort of a wreck, but he's trucking on regardless.

I DON'T KNOW, ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU LIKE????