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Dale's jacket lowkey makes him look pregnant-

Lmao I know, right? Maybe he is pregnant. Gestating another bundle of joy underneath that ugly aaa jacket...

Though for real, I just headcanon him as kinda fat. He got a dad bod after becoming a dad. He never fully got rid of that pregnancy weight gain.

Left shows Dale when he was 25 (before pregnant). Right shows him during the present day.

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Why does his jacket have a popcorn wall texture? Look at how thick his sleeve is! He has to be sweltering under there! Have you seen how stiff his jacket it and how it barely creases? Dimmadamn!

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Has Hazel ever met Lent in your AU?

Yeah, a few times, when Hazel visits Dev's house. They like each other. Hazel is more fond of Lent than she is of Dale and refers to him as "Dev's dad" because calling both of them "Mr. Dimmadome" would be confusing. Lent thinks she's adorable and he's glad Dev has a friend who's good influence on him.

Fun fact: Lent was perfectly fine with Project H (other than the legal risk it poses and the frivolousness of it), until he learned that it was about Hazel. He has no qualms with stalking and possibly even kidnapping a 10 year old as long as it's done safely (and by safely, I mean he doesn't get in trouble), but that Dev's friend, possibly his only genuine friend. Hurting a friend of Dev's would almost certainly hurt Dev as well.

Anyways. Unrelated WIP below.

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Probably not. I assumed the producers of FOPANW chose it based off of the online shopping site, Amazon, as a means of building Dale's character. As in it's a way of showing a parallel between him and evil billionaires like Jeff Bezos.

Now that the pope is dead, our CEO- the rich and handsome Dale Dimmadome- will be buying the Catholic church and appointing himself as the new pope. No more praying before the crucifix; Catholics will now be praying to the Holy Boots. No more tithing 10% of their income; they'll tithe 100% to Dale and will eat dirt.

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You're correct! I doubt the Catholic Church could be bought out. I just based that post off of a rumor from a few years back that Jeff Bezos attempted to buy the Catholic Church. And yes, 100% means giving up one's entire income. That's why they'll be eating dirt. Not that billionaire nonphilatropist and American oligarch Dale Dimmadome would care.

Now that the pope is dead, our CEO- the rich and handsome Dale Dimmadome- will be buying the Catholic church and appointing himself as the new pope. No more praying before the crucifix; Catholics will now be praying to the Holy Boots. No more tithing 10% of their income; they'll tithe 100% to Dale and will eat dirt.

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In your AU, does Dev feel guilty for like idk being born (?) or something? Since Dale always puts emphasis that he could have just gotten rid of Dev before he was born and how hard having him was, I imagine that would leave any kid with a bit of guilt.

Good question! He kinda does? But he kinda doesn't? For clarification, Dale only started going all, "being pregnant with you was so hard; be grateful you were born at all," when Dev was ten and older. Why? Because Dev only learned that it was Dale who had given birth to him when he was ten years old. By that point, he was old enough to see the bullshit in Dale's complaints (most of the time), thus it didn't affect him as much as it would've if Dale complained to him from the beginning.

However, Dev does feel guilty over his perceived inadequacy. He never feels like he has or is enough, like he's constantly lacking, and this is due to being raised by Dale. Why does his dad ignore him so much? He must not be important enough; he must be a failure of a son and a Dimmadome, Dev thinks.

He is also under the impression that he is at least partially responsible for his parents' marital issues. He knows that at some point, before he was born, they loved each other more than they do now. Although his parents never argue in front of him, Dev isn't dense. He can tell something's off when Lent storms out of their bedroom at night, when Dale's temper is quicker the next morning. Sometimes, Dev thinks that if he were different, they'd be happier. (That's not true btw; those are just his intrusive thoughts.)

Anyways, unrelated doodle below.

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Will Dimmazon be shipping out free pride flags this June? I see a lot of other companies do that, you see. Wouldn't want to fall behind in revenue, though 😇🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️✨️

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I'm loving all this Dalepreg stuff, especially when we all go with how he complains to Dev about him being such a nuisance from when he was in the womb. Poor baby. Anyway, have any funny Dalepreg stuff with Lent? Like Dale being demanding during his pregnancy and getting on Lent's nerves? Such as if he wants a particular food he's craving or a foot rub or something? Keep up the awesome art and laughs. It's always such a joy to see this content :D

Ermagerd hi hello again! :D I'm glad you enjoy this stuff! I don't have much funny stuff with dalepreg in it that I haven't posted already, so here's something new. I don't know if it's funny or not tbh. I cannot be funny when I'm trying, I fear. ToT

Some old doodles.

Anyways, lore drop below.

Dale wasn't very demanding while pregnant. He is someone who absolutely hates being looked after, not unless he hired them to do so. He can't be comfortable in non-transactional relationships. Lent, on the other hand, sticks his nose into other people's businesses, even when he's not needed or wanted, and he has very little boundaries, especially when it comes to Dale.

You can imagine how that went down. Dale, who was terribly ill for much of his pregnancy, kept trying to deal with it himself. Lent, who pays attention to Dale, can tell something's off and basically tries to keep Dale from overexerting himself or doing something he really shouldn't be doing, eg. drinking too much coffee or not eating enough or working when he should be sleeping.

Sometimes it's like this. Dale keeps trying to work, Lent drags his ass to bed, Dale says "noooo I need to make MONEYYYYYY" and Lent is like, "Dale, stop. It's 1 am. You're going to stress da babey." and then Dale starts crying because he's stressed and hormonal and Lent is really tired and frustrated but he has to comfort him and try to convince him that sleeping is a good investment so he doesn't pull another all nighter again, trying to watch the stock market.

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HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO ALMOST ALL QUEERS!!! 🏳️‍🌈🌈🎉🏳️‍⚧️💸🤑

Almost all. One of you is Dale Dimmadome.

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Hello! I'd like to share a part of my AU with you! I've really enjoyed following your posts, your art is great and you're a very funny person!

It's interesting, considering how most AUs depict Dale as always having been a cold father. However, I have a different take! (Though, of course, none are wrong and or invalid.)

In my AU, titled the All-Things-Odd AU, Dale was quite excited to have a child. He was a business man, he still loved earning money and was still into his work more than people, but he was less of the heartless non-philanthropist we know and hate.

Akin to @dvd-wren's AU, Dale is intersex and therefore, yes, was in fact pregnant with his son. This is important, keep that in mind.

Dale was rather happy to have a child, an heir to teach about business, another generation to carry on his family name. As a matter-of-fact, it was he himself that sought out a sperm donor.

His pregnancy was relatively good, he didn't have any horrible, traumatic events occur. Until he went into labor.

He went into labor during a speech to the town, a humiliating start to his life as a father. He waited for about an hour before taking himself to the hospital. In the maternity ward, this very clearly pregnant man got many stares from people, judging stares, trying to make him feel ashamed.

Even though Dale was not technically transgender, just intersex and male presenting, he was given transphobic treatment. Most of the staff insisted on referring to him as a "mother" and more often than not use female pronouns to describe him. How belittling to someone who had never before been questioned as a man. One nurse even made him feel as though he was to blame for the rude treatment saying he "Shouldn't have gotten pregnant" if he didn't "Want to be seen as a female."

After several hours, his blood pressure was rising and his blood sugars were dropping. However, this was ignored by the doctors and nurses for an inappropriately long time. He just wanted to give birth to his son and leave, that was all he wanted.

He was called in for an emergency C-section after the staff eventually realized that he may not be able to hang on through natural birth. Several things were running through Dale's mind at that point and he couldn't focus. He wanted to check his phone or laptop for important emails, he wanted to contact possible investors, but little by little he wanted to meet his son less and less.

Once Dev was finally placed in his arms, Dale felt numb. He looked at Dev as though wondering "Was this really worth it?" He had been so degraded, so humiliated, in so much pain, for a little creature that could only cry for what it wanted. He described the feeling to a nurse, who said he may have Post-Partum-Depression, or PPD.

Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but he never touched on it further. He didn't want to seek help for these feelings, to feel weak like that ever again. So, that's why Dale acts the way he does towards his son - unresolved trauma.

OMG YESSSS THANK YOU FOR SHARING WHAT AN HONOR!!!!!!!!!! YIPPEEEEEEE!!!!! YOUR TAKE IS AWESOME!!!!! And thanks for the compliments, that's very sweet of you! ^^

Anyways! Goddamn, that's awful. Poor Dale. Yapping below.

I love the idea that Dale actually wanted to be a father. That maybe, at some point, he loved his son, but due to unresolved trauma, he just stopped loving him. It paints him in a more sympathetic light and opens up the possibility that maybe he could come to love Dev again.

Pregnancy and childbirth would be particularly scary for Dale, I think. He's a very public figure, and there's a really big stigma against guys who get pregnant. And for his labor to start in somewhere so public... jeez. He can't catch a break. And then he waited a whole hour, in labor while giving a speech??? My brother in capitalism, please!!! ToT

I imagine that Dale, who has always been seen as male, suddenly being treated like that during such a vulnerable moment of his life, probably fucked with his self image, tbh.

Do you think that when he looked at his son for the first time, desperate to find anything to blame his suffering on, subconsciously blamed Dev for it? What if he looked at his freshly born son and thought, "you hurt me," and couldn't separate the pain and shame he felt from his child? Logically, he knows it's not Dev's fault, but he can't stop himself from resenting him. When he holds Dev, when he hears him cry, he is in that hospital room again, being humiliated and shamed for no real reason, and he just can't bring himself to be near him for long. It hurts Dale to parent Dev.

So he doesn't; he has the au pairs do it. He tells himself he'll only have the au pairs do it just this once, then twice, then at some point, he doesn't even check on him anymore. The pain Dale felt from the birth wasn't on the front of his mind anymore but it still haunts him in times of quiet. To cope, he throws himself into his work, drowning out the noise in his mind, avoiding everything that reminds him of it, including his own son.

Dev grows older, not knowing why his dad avoids him. Dev starts to wonder if there's something wrong with himself, something that makes him not worth paying attention to.

Ahem. Sorry, my brain is just chewing on your AU like a deep sea shark chewing on the bones of a whale carcass.

I think our AUs are opposites, in a way? Your Dale had an easy pregnancy and the worst birth ever, while mine had the worst pregnancy and an easy birth. Your Dale actively chose to become a father while mine was thrown into it by circumstances beyond his control. Regardless, they both explain why Dale is like that and humanize him.

Here's a doodle!

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Whenever Dale says some shit like "9 months of pain and this is how you treat me?", Dev comebacks with something like "That was the most time you've ever spent with me..." when Dale walks off.

LMAOOOOOO!!! That made me laugh! That's canon; Dev definitely did that at some point. As he should.

Unrelated sketch below.

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FOP is THE mpreg fandom.

Mpreg is canon to the fairies, but people, such as yourself, decided to extend that to the humans and I love it.

HELLYEAH!!!! I'm pretty sure Butch Hartman made the 'male fairies get pregnant' thing as a joke, but joke's on him, he turned FOP into the mpreg fandom, lmao.

To be honest, I prefer human mpreg over fairy mpreg, mainly because yay trans people! Something something about transgender men's bodies and the expectations placed upon them and their perception by the rest of society. Both are great though!

Anyways, here's an old dalepreg doodle.

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This was supposed to be vent art but days have passed and either way, it still fits to the canon of the au with this song.

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What if Peri's full first name isn't Periwinkle but Perineum. What if.

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I hate him.

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Don’t cry, little one! Comic of Jasmine getting Goldie as her fairy godparent💕

(Bànôi = paternal grandmother in Vietnamese)