Devil’s Minion has been around for almost forty years. That is how long they’ve been canon.
In all that time in the book’s fanbase, they’ve existed in one single chapter and yet they’ve been one of the most popular pairings for that entire time. Rolin mentioned incessant questioning from fans back before they’d even made the show. Daniel and Armand’s relationship, after they come back together in later books, are mentioned in a few throwaway lines and yet still the popularity of this pairing persists all these years later.
They have a few hundred less fics on ao3 than Loustat and they only officially started existing in the show last week (officially.) That is how popular they are.
I don’t say this to stir up competition because frankly, I’m an adult and none of these people are real. I can’t imagine something I’d care about doing less. Shipping wars are embarrassing but particularly when there’s no overlap between the two ships.
I say it because there is someone in this fandom who claims to be a screener who has effectively said that after episode 6, DMers would no longer feel welcome in the fanbase because of something that happens. That is almost a threat. It is, at best, blatant and shameless fearmongering.
I need you all to think rationally. There is absolutely no world where that happens. Forty years and it stops now? After they’re canon? After all the books where Armand’s actions are much worse? This is where the line gets crossed?















