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can I have a hug from your scarlet king?

of course!!!

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A month or so ago you showed an image of your A.U.(?)’s protagonist’s mother as part of a response to something I sent over; call me stupid but who’s the dad? The image itself implies Slenderman, but written and image posts of (who I believe to be) the protagonist and Maw implies the opposite, and tbh I’m just a bit confused.

op i am so sorry for not seeing this sooner. you are not stupid at all i'm just bad at explaining myself and my silly little au. long answer will be under the cut because i do be ranting incomprehensibly.

WARNING: pregnancy mention, warlord-ism, situationship, general non-canon out-of-touch blubbery. also kinda badly written tbh

The short answer is that Wendy is May and Slendy's kid, and Maw is May and Zalgo's kid. As to why that happen... that goes back a long way in blackbirch AU.

Zalgo/Shormash Urdal is a primordial Lovecraft-esque elder god in the au, and this guy eats worlds, literally. He seeks out civilisations, devours their guardian deity/ies, and then drains the life out of their habitat until the whole realm or planet crumbles into dust. Sometimes he takes a few of their people, generals, warriors, concubines for his 'court', bound to him by arcane silver chains. They are called the right and left hand court, respectively.

When his court inevitably rioted, they took out his right hand and the surviving members scatter to different worlds. Some came to ours, assimilating into human host bodies selected among Zalgo cults, headed by former generals and sycophants who remained loyal to the elder god. But some pick their own hosts randomly as they come across it, which is the case of one of his wives.

Back to the human world. May Rosewood is an orphan whose single mother wasted away, and she lived in foster care til her grandmother contacted, wanting to adopt the kid back into the family. The day she was supposed to leave, eight-year-old May ventured out in the woods and saw a ghostly woman whose shape shifts and ripples painfully with each move she took. The woman turned into a child to lure May out, then took over her body as she blacked out.

May woke up, shaken but otherwise unharmed, and was immediately took to meet her grandmother. The shock became a forgotten memory and she lived the rest of her childhood with relative inconsequence.

Moving back home at age 34, an adult May confronted the truth about her origins. She also discovered that she was carrying Zalgo's offspring, a plan orchestrated by Zalgo's cult and her fiancé. Betrayed, she furiously delved into elder mythos to find a way out, and that was when Slender came into the act.

She stole a summoning sigil, gathered what she needed and managed to call upon Slender, who took her under his protection as they look for a way to eliminate/mitigate Zalgo's influence on the fetus. Slender has been trying to create Slenderkin children/spawns of his own for a while; he does this by uhhh [GORE WARNING] vivisecting infants and injects his own blood into their spine [END GORE WARNING] Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.

But waiting until May gave birth was risky, as some Zalgoid can be extremely powerful even as newborns. So he fed her his blood directly and kept her on close watch, intending to kill her if anything went remotely wrong. But it never happened, and they instead developed a sort of wacky relationship, unlikely friends slash romantic partners, right up until the baby was born.

this is their relationship dynamic. no i don't take constructive criticism.

And then you have Wendy, who apparently has no Zalgoid influence except for Maw who lives inside her head (for now). In other words, Maw was the original Zalgoid spawn that their mother carried, but eaten by her chimera twin Wendy at birth. Her Zalgoid powers are subdued but it's still there, hidden inside their shared body, waiting for a chance to come out.

As for if Slender knew this... I'd say he is aware there might be a chance his daughter could fall back under Zalgoid influence, but he couldn't have predicted they'd be two different people.

anyway Thank you OP for asking the vital question that made me actually sit down and realign my silly little plot points!!!!! this is me the entire time i wrote this:

also enjoy some good ass art from my amazing insta mutual Sandie!!would die maim kill for them

i just love them so much ok. thank you OP and sandie for sponsoring my disgusteeng little brain vomit.

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“The Slenderman” (whom I like to call Charlie) canonically has a daughter “The Slenderwoman” Elizabeth Anastasia Mathewson, meaning he had a fertile spouse, however he is lonely, meaning they died or got a divorce somewhere along the lines and he misses the comfort of having someone, so canonically, this guy is a struggling single father, holding refuge for creeps, monsters and killers, looking for a lover. So speaking with this information, a majority of Slenderman x Person HCs are more than likely to be canonically correct. Have fun with this information because I don’t know what to do with it.

no no op you came to the right place

Regardless of canonality I think it’s very sweet to HC that Slenderman has (a) human s/o. Like yeah he might be a faceless monster who ensnares victims with mind games and psychological manipulation but he’s also a romantic partner and a dad 😳 it just makes me happy to think about

i leave you with a doodle of the oc i ship with him in the au. she’s 34 and is the mother or the story’s protagonist.

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I just saw you in my notifications and I'm so happy! I didn't think I have a fan that enjoys my works for such a long time ;; <3 And it really touches me when you've pinned my art, thank you so much!! Btw your art is gorgeous, I love your style a lot! Have a nice day!

ahhhhh you have no idea how happy i am to receive this message 🥰thank you for being a continuous inspiration, and i hope you have a wonderful day too!

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Just dropping in to say your art is incredible!! Also Slender be looking fine in those recent drawings 👀

thank you 😳 and i’m glad you like the slender art, i feel like it’s my duty to make everyone simp for him haha

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I just have to say your drawings of the slenderman are so good I am in love with your art style

thank u!! he's my favorite so you can expect more soon