#dalepreg

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Dale is the type of father to say this kind of stuff to Dev. He'd make Dev feel indebted to him for his (Dale's) choice to have him, for taking up so much of his energy and time while in utero. "I spent so much time being sick because you were such a hassle as a fetus," or "it was hell being pregnant with you; be grateful I didn't get that abortion." Stuff like that.

Dale's exaggerating about the labor thing by the way. He had the world's easiest labor and delivery. He was in labor for 12 hours maximum and he barely felt anything. Bro just wants to complain.

[perisprinkles]

I'm sorry you lost to Dale on the twitter polls Per, I voted for you 😔

At least I came in second!

.....wait- this was about the most pathetic person?? WHY WAS I EVEN ON THE POLL!??

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THE FAIRY DALE POST

(Credit to @zennyzach / @perisprinkles for this certified banger)

Hi what’s up hello, decided to do this separately from the previous question so it would be easier for those who want to avoid it to do so dndbdhdhdjdjbh

to all the Dale fans out there, I’m sorry to admit that I am not among you- as much as I appriciate what an accurate depiction of an emotionally abusive parent he is, I am NOT manifesting a redemption arc for his ugly ass, and hope that Dev gets to stand up to him in a BIG way in the shows future 🥰

Anyway: Is Dale Still a shoddy father in the Fairly normal Parents AU?-

YES. He’s WORSE, actually!! ☠️

Trust me when I say the read-more is necessary here- PLEASE read the content warnings before deciding to proceed- covering fairy Dale and Fairy Devs relationship requires me breaking away from the wholesomeness of the rest of the AU to cover some darker topics-

CONTENT WARNINGS: dalepreg, mild NSFW text, unwanted pregnancy, references to pregnancy termination, emotional abuse, parental neglect, manipulation, unhealthy parental relationships, Dale Dimmadome in general

Okay, with that out of the way-

One important thing to note about my swap au is that, in the time period the ask blog takes place, ALL the faires are adults! Which I point out only to explain why, at this point in the story, Dev has ALREADY had his gigantic falling out with his father (that’s, tbh, pretty similar to the one I like to think HUMAN Dev eventually has in my personal hc timeline for him) SO YEAH, Dev and his father are currently NOT on speaking terms, and he really dislikes talking about him (Perry has never so much as learned Dale’s NAME. He’s that secretive about it after storming out and getting cut off, but I’m getting ahead of myself snsbdbdbd)

SO, TO START AT THE BEGINNING- Something I have yet to discuss in the ask blog bc we aren’t far enough in the plot yet for Dev to openly speak about magic (yes, plot ☠️) is the fact that Poof’s role as the “first fairy baby in a thousand years” actually belongs to FOUR faries in the swap AU- Dev, Hazel, Winn and Jasmyn!

(Aaand maybe some other kids from ANW too, it’s not carved in stone yet how many characters this includes 🤷)

The reason that so many fariy babies were born at ONCE- (inciting PURE CHAOS in fairyworld, I’m sure) is due to an anti-magical comet passing over fairyworld (which I have not yet worked out the name and specifics of, yall will have to give me til Hazel arrives to get THERE sbdbxjshdjdjjdd 😂)

BASICALLY the anti-comet, unbeknownst to anyone, weakened and warped the magic spell in place that prevented fairy babies from being possible-

-go ahead and assume this middle part for yourself lmao-

Once the pregnancies start making themselves know. FOR THE MOST PART fairy couples are ECSTATIC to learn that they’re expecting- and because the comet violated nothing in Da Rules, they were ALL allowed to keep thier miracle babies (don’t ask abt Antony wheeze, I’m still thinking abt it tbh 😂)

So all of fairyworld is abuzz with excitement about all the expecting miracle parents… with the exception of one. Dale ‘Day-breaker’ Dimmadome, owner of the corporation that runs most of fairyworld, and the LAST FAIRY ALIVE that should have been entrusted with caring for a child, has also found himself expecting (don’t ask me how it happened lmfao, let’s just say “partied too hard in fairly Las Vegas” and leave it at that ☠️☠️☠️)

Needless to say, Dale was NOT on board with the idea of being pregnant, giving birth, OR raising a baby, so he has the AU pairs research every possible solution to the ‘problem’ right away, and keeps his pregnancy a secret for as long as possible.

However, all of that changed when the future visions started. They were mild, at first- just strangely frequent moments of Deja vu in Dales day to day life running his company, and strangely accurate dreams every now and then. BUUT as Dev continued to develop and grow, the visions got clearer and clearer, until Dale finally got fed up and went to see a fairy fortune teller, who informed him that his unborn baby must be the source of the prophetic dreams, and they would only get more powerful with time. Even in his fetal state, other clairvoyants Dale went to see could tell- DEV was going to be a VERY powerful one.

Okay so here’s where the “eugh” REALLY starts for me- (if it hasn’t started for u already screams)

Once Dale realized how USEFUL the future visions were, he decided to halt his research, and carry the baby to term, so that he could continue to have the visions, as he considered them an advantage while expanding his corporation.

Much to Dales dismay however, the SECOND the baby is BORN, Dale loses the clairvoyance ENTIRELY, buuuut now that Dale knows he has something to GAIN from doing so, he decides he DOES want to raise this child, so that it can be of use to him in the future (tho by “raise” I of course mean “make the AU pairs raise ☠️☠️)

I don’t have a drawing of them yet, but fun fact, fairy Dev was raised by two au pairs (the AU’s pixie equivalent) that are based on his drones from ANW- their ‘names’ are technically just strings of numbers, but Dev nicknamed his two servants/gaurdians/weird robotic gay dads “silver” and “Gold” 🥈🥇

I’ll infodump on them too if anyone asks abt em, but this is the Dale post wheeze, back to the horrors-

Dev grows up barley knowing his father, but slowly gets more and more demanding of his fathers attention with time, desperately wanting to form a relationship with him. Eventually, Dale relents, allowing Dev to spend much of his time by his father’s side, almost like a teeny tiny advisor or smthn? Baby Dev couldn’t be happier, but Unfortunately, it’s Dale, so ofc he had ulterior motives. basically as SOON as Dev was able to talk, Dale began to constantly ask if he had had any new visions, even getting dev private magic/ fortune telling/ clairvoyance lessons, to try and hone his child’s skills as much as possible as quickly as possible.

At first Dev thinks nothing of how hyper-focused Dale is on his future-seeing powers, and is just happy to be included and close to his dad for once. He’s more than happy to have visions for him, recounting them with excitement, and delighting in the praise whenever his insight was considered “legitimately helpful”

However, as time went on, and Dev gained the context of meeting the OTHER fairy kids and thier families, he couldn’t help but slowly start to question his fathers “parenting methods” - if you could even call them that ☠️☠️

(Hazel Wishingwell heard a rumor about a secret fairy child being spotted on a balcony of the Dimmadome building, so she, Winn and Jasmyn went to investigate! WIP of a comic I’ll finish eventually. maybe. probably.

poor dev lived a very Elsa-esque, isolated life before he made three gremlin friends who started routinely “kidnapping” him from his damn repunzel tower to have fun and hang out 🥺💕)

This ever-growing sense of unease continues to eat at kid Divination, and part of him starts to wonder if his dad really DOES only care about his powers like his friends say he does…

they are all. horrified. To learn how little attention and affection Devs father gives him. ESPECIALLY because the three of them have incredibly loving parents that have been calling them “miracles” and “gifts” thier whole lives, while Dale has basically done nothing but COMPLAIN to dev about how HARD it was to carry him for all those months, especially when he wants Dev to stop questioning him. ☠️

So one day, as an experiment, Dev LIES about his future vision. Since Dev realized there was no way for anyone else to witness and vouch for the accuracy of his vision-retelling, he decides to advise his father AGAINST the deal he was prodding Dev to see a prediction for, despite his vision clearly telling him that the partnership would be extremely profitable. Dev does this for a few reasons, but it’s a decision owed in no small part to the fact that, the more successful partnerships his dad is involved with at any given time, the less time he has to spend with his son (not that his “spending time with” involves much outside of Dev telling his dad his visions and Dale ignoring any non-biussness conversation his literal child tries to start with him 🙃)

This works for a while, with dev estatic to be getting to spend more time with his dad, even IF his mood is consistently terrible from having to back out of so many potential partnerships that he thought for SURE would work and be profitable, but it didn’t occur to him that his son may be LYING until one day, a partnership HE turned down BLOWS UP after pairing with a DIFFERENT company. When confronted, Dev immediately breaks down and comes clean, trying to defend himself by claiming he “just wanted to spend more time with him”.

Dale is BEYOND un-moved by the sentiment, and swiftly bans dev from his office and advisor council, seeing very little of him for most of devs teen years (tho of course they pass by and interact now and then, Dale goes out of his way to steer clear of Dev is his “emotionally volatile state” or whatever)

Once Dev is a young adult however, Dale makes him an offer for how Dev can once again be useful to thier family business: since dev has been continuing to hone his magical abilities even in his fathers absence, by 17/18 he’s quite the skilled clairvoyant, so Dale offers to instate him as an offical employee of the Dimmadome corporation, and have him offer fortune telling services for a Hefty price.

Dev agrees, and it’s fine at first, but dev quickly realizes he HATES his job, and in addition, seeing into the future MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY was really starting to take a toll on both devs mental AND physical health (he started to struggle with migraines -hence the glasses- and near-constant dissociation episodes, to the point where dev often found himself disoriented and unsure if what he was seeing was real or a vision, if that makes sense?)

Dev eventually has enough, and works up the nerve to, at first politely, tell his father that he needs to quit his job. It takes dale and dev quite a bit of back and forth before Dale realizes the EXTENT to which dev is intending to quit (cold turkey) emotions rise steadily, until the attempted professional resignation has dissolved into a SHOUTING MATCH between a father and son

After dev SCREAMS every single thing he’s been holding back for YEARS into his fathers face, he storms off, and hasn’t been back since. Dev also indirectly trashed his office, because Devs magic reacts on its own when extreme emotions are at play (he gets the flaming hair thing from his dad tho dbdbdbendnd)

Current day dev actually isn’t SURE where he and his father stand, but he assumed it wasn’t good after all his credit cards stopped working, forcing him to take a job as a godparent to earn a living himself (Hazel was MORE than happy to drag him to godparenting school tho lmaoo)

SO YEAH THATS PRETTY MUCH IT

I miiiight make it canon that Dev and his dad reconcile and reconnect after Dev saves fairywolrd, but that’s getting into spoiler territory wheeze

TYSM for the question! Apologizes if this made anyone uncomfortable to read, but thanks for getting all the way down to the bottom of this ungoldly long ramble too lmaooo 🥺❤️

[winniefrez]

sorry yall, fairy AU means it’s canon ☠️☠️

Cursed Fun fact: The reason Dale knew his baby would have clairvoyant powers is that he had similar visions of the future while pregnant with Dev!

Slightly less cursed fun fact: the Au pairs in this au are a pixie equivalent! A tiny, slightly robotic race of fairy that all work under the Dimmadome corporation. It’s unknown wether Dale created them, robotically modified them, orrrr if he simply hired them and the AU pairs already looked like that lol- (will draw a better reference pic of them and Dale later)

Anyway WOE, DALEPREG BE UPON YE

[dimmadomeglobal]

Receptionist: "Sorry, I'm afraid you're too late."

Dale: "How about I pay a little extra? I'm sure the doctor won't say no to-"

Receptionist: "SIR, THAT IS A 10 YEAR OLD!"

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Theory: Dale gave birth to triplets, of which are Dev and his lucky boots. His boots are just his preferred children. How do I know this? Whale...

Dale received his boots the same day he received Dev.

Dale calls his boots his "bundle of joy" and the most important thing in his life, much like a father would to his child.

That's it. That's all of the evidence.

Coincidence? I think not!

[dimmadomeglobal]

Lmao get a load of this guy.

This is so OOC. Dale 100% wouldn't want to stain his boots with lipstick. He probably goes to great lengths to keep it clean. I just didn't know how to show that he was kissing the boots without getting too spicy, so here's Dale with lipstick. Also, Lent doesn't give a damn about Dale's love for his boots, so no dimmavorce.

[dimmadomeglobal]

What if Peri ever got pregnant and expected Dev to be confused about it, but he's just like "Why would I be confused when my Dad gave birth to me?" and Peri is like "Is you a fairy or somethin'..?"

Trans people exist, Peri.

[dimmadomeglobal]

Is Dale... gregnant?

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What did Dale do when he went into labor? Did he just keep grinding until he absolutely HAD to go to the hospital? 😭

Lmao he didn't even go to the hospital, that's how much he was grinding. He refused to take paternity leave and he refused to stop working, even though he really should've. He unknowingly labored for twelve hours and just kept going on that sigma grindset.

Dale is terribly out of touch with his body. He barely notices his bodily sensations, he's just like that. Compounded with the fact that he wasn't in much pain. He had the worst pregnancy ever but easiest birth ever. He didn't even know he was in labor until he was already pushing.

Dev was born in his home office while he was attending a DimmaZoom meeting with potential investors. Dale was only able to get halfway through the meeting because his nervous wreck of a husband forcibly turned off his laptop when Dale began to lose his composure.

Sigh, what a waste of time. Dev was inconveniencing his dad even before he was born.

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[dimmadomeglobal]

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.

[dimmadomeglobal]

New AU: Dale is married to Lent, who is a congressman. Dev is their kid. Through this union, Lent acquired the funds he needed for his political campaigns and Dale got the permits, tax breaks, and legal immunity to (unethically) maximize his profits and become a billionaire.

I don't know what to call this AU. Just... Sigh. It's not the clone Dev AU. I don't even know if I can call it an AU, simply because it works with the canon of the show. I'm just shoving my OC into the canon and making up lore in places that are lacking.

Anyways, onto the lore. Here's a quick and messy timeline of events.

Lent and Dale went to the same college. Lent had moved from his home in the Philippines to the US because his mother wanted him to follow in his late father's footsteps as an American politician, much to Lent's dismay. Thus, he was forced to go into political science when he would much rather go into literature or history. Dale wanted to go into tech but Doug insisted he take business management instead. They shared a class sad that's how they met.

Lent found Dale fascinating. He could tell right away that there was something off about him, and he wanted to know why. Not only that but Dale was a Dimmadome. He was from one of the most powerful families in the US. Lent saw this as an opportunity to network and decided to try to get on Dale's good side. Try to butter him up. Basically, the gold digger political science major attempted to seduce the autistic tech bro.

Dale was unimpressed. He could tell almost straight away that Lent only wanted him for his money. He found him to be incredibly weird, constantly trying to spend time with him and asking him about himself. But at the same time, he didn't push him away, mainly because Lent's cooking was much better than buying takeout all the time. And Dale actually enjoyed that someone wanted to know about him personally, that someone was so earnest to get to know him.

They came to like each other more than either of them had expected. They found that their ambitions aligned well with one another. Lent, who wanted to become president and make America his to own, and Dale who wanted all the world's money and resources at his disposal. They saw an opportunity to achieve their goals through one another, and they agreed to help each other out.

It's during this time that they "fell in love" so to speak. Their relationship, although still hinged on its convenience and mutual practical benefits, developed a more romantic tone to it. They never labeled it but they were partners.

After they graduated, Doug gifted Dale his home, the tower hat building that you see in the show. Dale invited Lent to live with him, and he agreed. Shortly afterwards, Dale created Dimmadome Global and Lent started off by working for Dale, helping out by persuading investors and building partnerships. This eventually helped get Dimmadome Global off the ground and into success.

A few years later, Lent ran for mayor of Dimmadelphia. He lost first time around, then the second, he was elected.

He and Dale agreed that it would benefit both of their reputations if they got married. Thus, Dale proposed publicly to Lent and the two were engaged. They were married a year later. It was the worst wedding to attend. It was half advertisement for Dale's new online shopping site, Dimmazon, half Lent telling people to vote for him for Congress during the next election. Most people in attendance left early, lmao.

Dale funded Lent's campaigns, seeing them as an investment. And it paid off. Thanks to the funding, Lent was able to get a massive head start, going from random college graduate to mayor of Dimmadelphia to district representative in a short amount of time. Thanks to Lent's status, connections, and ability to persuade, he was able to pull some strings in the background, allowing Dale to get away with numerous money laundering schemes, legal immunity, and tax exemptions. All this allowed him to not only increase his profits but is ultimately what allowed Dale to become a billionaire. It also didn't hurt that Lent had hired a hitman to get rid of the competition once or twice.

Two years after their marriage, Dev was born. He was simply a necessity heir for Dale, and a job Lent had to fulfill as Dale's husband. They agreed that if they were to have children, it would be through surrogacy. Unfortunately, the birth control didn't work and Dale got pregnant. Oh well, they got what they wanted.

Unlike Dale, Lent is a fairly attentive father. During Dev's infancy, he lessened his workload to take care of him. However, Dale began to resent Lent for no longer spending time with him nor putting as much focus into his work as he used to. Lent resented Dale for his lack of participation in Dev's care, and this drove a wedge in their marriage.

As of the time of the show, Lent is running for Senate. Dale's business has never been more successful. He's planning on building an indoor amusement park and a burger chain restaurant. They're still married, they still support each other's careers and they still trust one another, but the resentment they hold towards each other has made them distant. They should probably get divorced, but they won't. Dev has never been more alone.

Here, Lent's full name is Lent Dimmadome since he took Dale's surname. Note that I'll tag anything involving this AU as Lent Dimmadome. Anything else would be Lent Lanius, which is his maiden name.

Ah, this is so messy! But I know what direction I'm going with this and I'm really happy with how it's turning out. I'll make a neater post with a more solid timeline of events sometime. Anyways, that's all!

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Lmao I finished the drawing.

Anyways, I've decided to change the lore of this post, the one about Dale in labor. I did some research about childbirth and figured having Dale just push through and give birth on his office chair was unrealistic. It was an office chair by the way, I forgot to mention. I also realized that it's much too similar to dvd-wren's canon (the anon from this post, their au is great btw so check it out if you wanna) and I only realized this after posting. So I'll be changing it.

Onto the lore!

Initially, Dale had wanted to get a cesarean section. He just wanted to get it over with quickly and with little effort on his end. He also didn't want anyone looking between his legs for dysphoria reasons. However, upon being informed that he would need a much longer recovery time and more care, which means more time out of work, he decided against it.

Dale went into labor exactly on his due date. He didn't have to wait around. However, he didn't know he was in labor for several hours, not only because he barely feels his bodily sensations, but also because of his terrible back pain. He had back pain before getting pregnant and it got much worse when he did. When he started to experience contractions, he thought it was his back acting up.

After a few hours of the supposed back pain coming and going and getting worse, he figured something was off. It was also pretty obvious to Lent that Dale was in labor, considering he was shifting in his seat, wincing and groaning. Lent suggested they go to the hospital, but Dale insisted on staying, saying he’s in a DimmaZoom meeting with potential investors, the baby can wait. Unfortunately for him, Lent wasn't willing to wait and said, “Dale, you sound like a dying animal. We're going to the hospital.” And then he shut down his computer and dragged him to the hospital.

At the hospital, Dale was given an epidural (thing to stop pain during labor) and Dev was born shortly after. It was a very quick and boring affair with no complications, which is just how Dale wanted it to be.

Expanding on Dev's birth, his full name is Development Dimmadome. Devin is his nickname. Instead of being normal about his pregnancy, Dale treated it as another one of his projects, named Project Development. Dale liked the name enough and thus, named him Development. Lent wanted to name him Dimmadelphia to show the public how much he loves his city in hopes of upping his approval rating, and if not, then Dale jr. But Dale had the final say.

When Dev was given to Dale to hold, he recoiled. Instead of seeing his newborn son, all he saw was a slimy and screaming animal. He quickly passed Dev to Lent and didn't hold him again.

Lent had the opposite reaction. When Dev calmed down, opened his eyes, and looked at him for the first time, Lent ugly cried. He loved him immediately.

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Imagine Dale Dimmadome, pregnant (of course), with swollen feet, devastated that his boots don't fit.

Bro would be inconsolable! How could he possibly function without his beloved boots?

He could probably have an identical set of boots custom made specifically for that issue. But would he? I hesitate to say yes. I think he likes those boots in particular. Similar to how people usually prefer the stuffed toy they sleep with every night over a new and identical one.

Here's an unrelated doodle of Dale hiding in his boot.

[dimmadomeglobal]

I headcanon that Dale is intersex and Hazel's parents are t4t, so both of them lowkey thought that men giving birth totally normal and usual. They also kind of 'bonded' over being basically mpreg-spawn. I also headcanon that, after the whole "At least that's what it felt like when I had him" thing, Marcus and Angela came up to them like "As fellow trans parents, we respect you and respect your secret" and Cosmo and Wanda were wondering what the heck a tee four tee was while nodding along hopelessly and smiling.

Marcus and Angela never really told Hazel about them being t4t because they didn't think it really mattered, so Hazel was left with only her very big imagination when she saw a picture of her father when he was pregnant.

YAAAAAY MARCUS AND ANGELA WELLS T4T!!!! INTERSEX DALE!!!! YIPPPEEEEEE!!!!

Since Angela and Marcus never told Hazel about them being T4T, I wonder if they didn't tell Anthony as well. Does he know? Anthony should've be around eight years old when Marcus was pregnant with Hazel. Did he not think much of it as well? Did he not realize it's uncommon? Does he still not know?

That also makes me wonder if Hazel and Dev think that all men could get pregnant, like their dads can. "If my dad can do it, surely all other men can too." - Hazel and Dev, possibly.

The mpreg spawn: