Be John. is a flash in Nightfall where you click through a conversation between John, Jade, Rose, Dave, Roxy, and Jane. This marks the first appearance of Roxy and Jane.
CyanAmpersand coded Be John., and PonytailArtist did art for it.
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you know what
the good thing about missing three years of school
is i dont need to put effort into maintaining a c average
it just happens on its own
the perfect slacker score, and i can sit back and slack some more like a true coolkid who could give less of a damn
basically that image of give no fucks is what i was shooting for
how is that even a good thing?
your grades are important.
yeah if you listen to the man
a real genius knows what information is important and what is just taking up space
im going to become a mad film director and i wont need any kind of math shit
since when did i need to know the equation of a parabola to aim a camera
Actually Dave, most modern film and art uses a great deal of math, especially music which you are known to be quite fond of.
like anybody will care if sbahj the movie is shot at the wrong angle or something because the director flunked math
But then you see, following your own constant rants about the subject of ironic art making, you actually have to know a great deal about the medium you are attempting to ironically parodize in the first place before you can make intentional shitty works of art from it. Therefore you would need to know all the math, just so you can fail at basic complex numbered systems on purpose.
what
think of it this way,
the reason we go to school is to learn everything previous generations have discovered so it isn’t forgotten!
I suppose, if you want the mature and reasonable answer you can follow Jade’s explanation as well.
look i dont need a lecture on irony or intergenerational inheritance i got that shit especially after i inherited my old bros brand of irony
im happy with my grades
and look here
i have two D’s right next to each other on my report card
turn that sideways
aw yeah
seriously dave? immature.
what are you talking about
its a pair of sunglasses
what were you thinking
oh right! that was obviously sunglasses.
what about your grades john
is your future shit secured tighter than hot puppet ass
i think the only one who is actually doing good in the grades department is rose.
One might assume such a thing of me.
Given my enhanced vocabulary, and solitary nature, with devotion to long hours of reading as a priority.
Honestly though I spend much more time on my own projects to bother with needless and repetitive schoolwork.
One cannot simply save the world and then go back to doing trigonometry problems as if nothing has changed.
so basically you are too busy writing wizard fanfics to care about school
Yes, sorry to disappoint you,
I am not the straight A student I once was.
pfff come on you sissies
school is easy! and i’ve never even been to school before!
school is basically a five hour time sink to keep parents from having to talk to their kids
are you kidding
you get hang out with a whole bunch of people and discover all the interesting shit the world has to teach you
I didn’t expect you to be so enthusiastic about school, Roxy.
school is the shit!
hey guys!
i have an announcement to make!
i was thinking...
since we’ve all been kind of separated since we’ve had to resume our normal lives,
i am inviting you all to my house tonight for a sleepover! :D
woo hoo
party time
you scheduled a party like 4 hours before it actually happens?
of course!
so you don’t have to spend days worrying about it.
isn’t how that works?
um, no?
I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
It’s not like any of us have any previous responsibilities, besides sitting around on chat clients.
We might as well talk to each other in person.
aw yeah!
just make sure to lock up your booze cabinet
i don’t have any booze
good
shit’s poison
Agreed.
jake is going to be visiting too!
he should be here tonight!
Oh really?
I still can’t believe that guy wanted to fly all the way to Australia by himself.
of course he wanted to go to australia
everyone lives in a jungles and rides around in kangaroo pouches
and every night they all gather in packs and hunt crocodiles
what could be better
Well, none of that is true, first of all. Second of all, there are a lot of things better than that.
By the way, I’ve been doing some research about the current situation of our planet.
And by situation, I mean the changes that have occurred in this version of our world that are different from the original.
you mean like all that history stuff you and that spy girl were ranting about?
Yes.
And I discovered something that I feel would be particularly interesting to you.
?
I’m sure you remember Con Air, the rather cheesy movie you loved to death when you were younger.
oh yeah
that movie was great.
i mean it used to be great.
In this world, that movie is an award winning film, with several academy awards.
Apparently, the movie was such a success it got it’s own TV series.
SERIOUSLY?
wow
so its like, i can watch that movie all over again and enjoy it like i did when i was little?
this is...
this is great!
oh my god i can’t wait to see it!
maybe vriska will want to watch it with me.
or
nevermind thats probably not a good idea right now.
ugh.
What?
nothing
What happened? Perhaps I can help.
i don't know if you can.
it's vriska.
she just gets really moody sometimes.
like one minute shes fine and the next she is freaking out.
What did she do?
nothing.
Did she hurt you?
no!
thats not it.
i think i’d rather just let the issue settle itself though.
You mean you would rather hide until the problem goes away?
jeez, way to smack me with my words.
Anytime, John.
ok, tell me more about earth 2.0.
what else is new about this place?
Many things.
Most of my notes are at home, however.
I could grab them after school and come over to your house and show you if you would like.
(that would probably piss vriska off pretty badly...)
What was that?
sure! you can come over if you want.
Then it is settled.
you guys are still coming to my party, right?
Of course.
vriska can come if she wants too, john!
yeah. i’ll ask her.
(maybe.)
oh, and dave?
could you tell dirk he is invited too?
sure thing, j-dog
this is gonna be so awesome! >w<