I read ur dlu fic, and it was so gorgeous I don't even have words !!!!! I don't know how u feel abt ppl writing fics inspired by ur work, but ur fic made me feel things,, daroach and dmk have the most amazing dynamic! Okay just for clarification, and a little bit of building for a possible fic - what's the deal with dark ddd and dmk?
Aw, thank you! That’s so kind of you to say! And I do appreciate your kind words. I put a lot of work into that fic and still am, despite it taking forever to actually get an update out. And I’m totally fine with people writing fics in the DLU verse or based on it. I do like getting links to stuff people have done, so I can read them and share them with my followers. Getting credit in the author’s note or whatever is also appreciated. Really, my main hard-and-fast thing, though, is don’t write porn or fetish-y stuff based on my fics. I have a lot of minors who read and enjoy my work, and I wouldn’t want them to stumble upon a fic that was inspired by mine featuring adult content. For the Dark Dedede/DMK deal, see below the cut.
So DMK and Dedede were basically childhood friends, and Dedede chose not to join the rebellion specifically because he liked DMK and thought he was a good person, who was unable to really be good because of the situation he was born in. And Dedede felt like leaving DMK alone without any real friends (excluding Shadow) would eventually make DMK a monster like Dark Mind. In Dedede’s mind, of course, DMK would be awful if he didn’t have people around who loved him. So Dedede and DMK grew up pretty much doing everything together, and after DMK took the throne, they married for political reasons. Dedede’s mother was leading the rebellion against DMK, who basically reasoned, ‘hey, I like your son. He’s my best friend. I’ll marry him to prove that you and your followers will have a say under my reign. And we’ll adopt/choose an heir eventually.’
And their marriage...kind of did that. There were some outliers who weren’t thrilled, but generally, the rebellious factions of the Mirror World were willing to give DMK a chance. So it wasn’t that they really wanted to get married; it was politically convenient. But they’re still best friends. There’s some plot stuff going on with them, which is why Dedede is often absent. And Dedede actually really likes Daroach, based on what DMK has said about him. While Dedede doesn’t really need or even want friends, he knows that DMK really does, so Dedede generally tries to encourage DMK in his friendships. Also, DMK has a very broad interpretation of “friend” which is probably more like “most likely not going to stab me in my sleep.” So DMK would sincerely consider Meta to be his friend, even if that feeling isn’t entirely mutual. But Daroach is really the first friend to a.) mutually click with DMK and really like him back and b.) not also have this horrible past of trying to survive a terrible dictator in a war-torn kingdom.
But if you’re asking because you’re going for a polyamorous angle (which quite a few other people have actually asked me about), Dedede probably wouldn’t be that romantically interested in Daroach. I don’t think Dedede is even that romantically interested in DMK. I could see Dedede and Daroach easily becoming friends, though. And I don’t know if I’ll end up doing it myself, but I could also see DMK being in a polyamorous relationship with both Dedede and Daroach.
Mind you; it’s not as though you have to follow DLU super strictly. If you just really love the Daroach/DMK dynamic and want to do something with it, as the writer, you could always just take some artistic liberty and not write Dedede in. Unmarried Dark deciding that he needs a handsome prince and on a whim, choosing to pursue a handsome thief who’s a snazzy dresser does sound perfectly in-character for him.
