if they dont redeem devs dad in season 2 they should do this to him instead
(this was my last rendering practise before i get to work on doing all my fop art requests! if you wanna have something fop or fopanw related drawn by me, be sure to send your request into my askbox by tuesday, which is when i will be turning off asks again :] )
i think dale just in general has the potential to be scary just due to the kind of character and person he is (child abuser, billionaire, MAN, etc) i mean he's already a bit scary as is (to me at least) but i think his distinct smile presents the opportunity for a lot of auraful moments
i like to think Dale was actually a fairly happy kid, especially when he got discovered by Doug, but as he matured and thought back on his situation he grew more hateful and resentful because no one cared to find or look for him for SEVEN YEARS, so why should he care about anyone else? I'm sure doug gave him a good home, and Dale, (much like dev) really admires his father but dale cares more so about how people perceive him rather than actually being cared for, because he doesn't know the difference.
Dale also grew really materialistic to make sure he never had to fear going back to that lemonade sweat shop ever again, which is why he's so attached to his boots rather than his son, because people have failed him before but money and goods have never left him. also I know...basic, sorry, but out of any of the characters, he. HE! He has autism. Dale is not very good at masking and he doesn't make an effort to hide it, but it's kind of hard to notice since he's always alone, and everyone just chalks it up as "capitalist guy who has no sense of the common man" , which is true but let me have fun. Like he never wants to see people despite being a millionaire and like public figure? He says random weird phrases that are just kind of out of touch, and he most likely has an aversion to physical touch as well because I KNOW dev has never gotten a hug. also he's very blunt and doesn't sugar coat anything he says, and while that may be because "he's a millionaire he doesn't have to care about what he says" I like to think it's because he genuinely has no social awareness. At all. He just does whatever the fuck he wants and good for him, kind of. ( Not really) ... Also the statue and the boots thing is simply because he does love his boots more than dev, like it's just a fact. He doesn't hate his son or he didn't do that just to rub it in , it's just a genuine fact for him that he values his boots, material things, things that never hurt him, over his son. I could talk about different examples all day but this is getting too long lol.
Also random head canon, But Dale has asthma and valley fever from all of the untouched dust and dirt filling his lungs from the lemonade stuff, but he's also been able to hold a resistance from needing an inhaler or breathing machine because of it, so he rarely needs it maybe once in a blue moon. Dev also has asthma, but he's literally like. A baby. While his dad is more immune to needing it, dev is just always cooped inside so he's never built any resistance so he needs it frequently.
hehe sorry ok I'm done... probably.... probably not...
Incorrect Quotes/Scenarios Based on Au's I might or might not write in the future #1
Dev: "When you're seventy and on your death bed-"
Dale: "Hey! I'll be at my peak health in my 70s!"
Dev: *scoff* "You'll be one rolled ankle away from having to use a walker."
(Dev and Dale)
Dale: "What's going on in that head of yours?"
Dev: "Nothing much, just thinking of how I plan to cover your casket in a shit ton of glitter just to get back at you for this."
Dale: *Snort* "Okay sure, make sure the glitter is gold then." *smirk*
Dev: *Narrows eyes* "Noted, I'll make sure it's silver just to spite you."
(Dev and Dale)
Dev: *Eyes go wide* "oh! Ummm, was that intentional?" *Gestures to the several wet clumps of blonde hair on the floor that look a startling amount like wet spaghetti*
Remy: *screams*
(Dev and Remy)
Dev: *Shocked eyes* "Spaghetti hair guy?!?"
Dale: *snaps* "What did you just say?"
Dev: "Um...his hair reminds me of spaghetti?"
Dale: "Do NOT call him!" *Grumbles under his breath* "We are trying to impress him not scare him away"
Dev: "I - yeah, okay dad..." *Tries to avoid eye contact*
(Dev and Dale regarding Remy)
DeV: "What DO you do for work? Or are you just unemployed since getting released from prison?"
Shnozmo: "I have a job!! It um, involves working in an office" *looks around frantically for inspiration* "in a suit," *looks around more* "doing paperwork..?"
Dev: *Snort* "yeah okay I believe you..."
Shnozmo: *relieved sigh*
Dev: "Btw if your nose worked like pinocho's does it would have grown like several inches in the span of time it took to us to have that conversation"
(Dev and Snozmo)
Author's Note Down below!
Author's Note: These are not all part of the same Au's . For example, Dev and Dale and Remy's lines take place together in a story not yet written. But the Shnozmo one is highly likely to be canon to Golden Wings Au and story. Also I did get inspiration from a fic on AO3 regarding this scenario! Pinocchio lies better by NotevenIknowanymorelol . As soon as I read the title and summary their first meeting popped into my mind lol.
Also heads up the good relationship between Dev and Dale in the first au is NOT canon to the Golden Wings Au (sorry).
Also if you've noticed I've been gone for months (no you didn't) It is because the Ao3 curse finally got me 😔. Hospital visit, failing academics and depression (triple whammy) are 0/10 do not recommend ☹️.
I just want to say....Timadome. (Timmy x Dale) can be a funny ship with a lot of character development for Dale. Hear me out:
Dale remembers his savior and angel, the one who helped him out of Vicky's haunting lemon stand and helped in getting his father back (though it didn't seem like Timmy did anything, Dale had a strong hunch it was all thanks to Timmy he found his father)
Timmy is a lawyer (since he's amazing at finding loopholes and what not) and easily becomes a great business partner and asset for Dale's business.
Dale immediately recognizes his sweet angel and is immediately SMITTEN and tries to flirt with Timmy
Timmy is not interested at all, and ignores Dale because he doesn't want to bother with a rejection that could mess up the business from the get go
Timmy starts to hate Dale instead of love because he found out about how Dale neglects his son (and that hits too close to home, and Timmy tries to get closer to Dev to fill the void left by Dale)
And you can imagine how it goes, this being a one sided ship and a slow burn, along with trauma dumping, obsession (optional, but it's a personal favorite gener of mine), and just Dale getting humiliated and not caring because it's Timmy, and the subtle rejection, though hurtful, makes him even more determined