#dawklings

[fellow-traveller]

“Sorry, I’m late...”

please survive nile bby ;;w;;

[julystorms]

because I am selfish and needy and want "dawklings" used more, when you have a chance, Nile and fam headcanons?

I actually don’t have any! I’ve been kind of low-key thinking about this ask every time I see it in my inbox and nothing has come to mind. I just really like the idea that Nile is an actual family man and not only adores his children but still genuinely loves his wife.

IIRC it was mentioned at one point that Nile isn’t always with his family (he probably does have to travel a lot), so I think it would be neat if it had an impact on his relationship to Marie and to the kids. I think Marie would be understanding about it most of the time, but it still hurts & is difficult to be alone with the kids for long stretches of time.

I also like to imagine that maybe one or several of Nile and Marie’s parents live with them or super close by.

[fellow-traveller]

Imagine in a modern AU, Nile Dawk is a single father with two kids and no stable job. Everyday he pretended that he was a well-off dad in a suit with a briefcase as he sent his kids to school, then he would change his clothes elsewhere and work odd jobs until school time is over, then he would clean himself up and wear the suit again to pick his kids up. He would borrow money from his neighbours and friends to get presents for his kids' birthday, or spend extra money on his kids' meals but not on his. He would pretend to be strong and healthy, even though in reality his body is utterly tired and aching.

All these so his kids wouldn't feel ashamed of having a dad like him.

[fellow-traveller]

I wished to draw something for Nile Dawk and his Dawklings to commemorate Father's Day, but I probably couldn't make it. So I'll just type in the things I want to draw, and hopefully I can...soon ;w;

Nile Dawk and his kids having breakfast, with one still sleeping and the other drowsy while Nile is trying to feed him/her

Nile Dawk and his kids going out shopping for toys, and Nile goofing off with them at the toy store

Nile Dawk bathing his kids and helping them with the shampoo

Nile Dawk's kids waking him up in the morning by excitedly jumping on him

Nile Dawk's kids stealing the towel wrapped around his waist, and Nile chased after them around in the house, naked

Nile Dawk and his kids sleeping on the floor on a hot summer's day

Nile Dawk helping his kids dress up for a formal dinner

Nile Dawk and his kids having a picnic with Uncle Erwin/Mike/Dennis

Nile Dawk tucking his kids to bed, then accidentally falling asleep with them

Nile Dawk baking pies and his kids sort of helping him with it

Nile Dawk and his kids welcoming the newborn into the house, being somewhat protective over the infant

Nile Dawk's kids trying to make him smile/laugh/cry

Nile Dawk rushing to send his kids to school

Nile Dawk having to care for the baby at work

Nile Dawk praising his kids all the time and boasting about how great and precious his kids are to his friends and colleagues 

Yeah...Happy Father's Day, Commander Hot Dad~♥ uvu

[fellow-traveller]

Imagine a zombie apocalypse of some sort, where people were divided into the infected and uninfected. But there's a grey area where the infected still own slight mental functions, and are rather dormant compared to the flesh-craving zombies.

And Nile Dawk was one of those in that grey area.

Prior to the outbreak, Nile was pretty much a normal man with a lovely wife and three bubbly kids. Nile's wife was infected first, and in a commotion, she bit Nile but whatever that was causing people to be turned into zombies didn't infect Nile immediately, and it bought him time to run away with his children in tow.

However, in a span of days, the infection affected Nile; in a way that it slowed his capability to think and do essential tasks like eating and sleeping, but he remained rather passive and has no intention to kill or consume the unaffected. 

Nile's kids realized this and decided that their father can be saved somehow. So they embarked on a lonely journey to find a cure, while having Nile on a leash in case their father become violent. And they treated Nile like normal. They would feed him with what food they could find, clean him up at some stranger's garden and cuddle close to him at night to keep him warm.

There would probably be a time when Nile still have his fatherly instincts and would involuntarily protect his kids when there's a zombie or two in their vicinity. He would probably hide them and fight the zombie, then they would run away again.

My ending to this au is that, Nile was, in the end, shot down, when they reached a survivor's camp. And Nile's kids had to part forever with their protective zombie father.

But to make it less sad, I'd say they found the survivor's camp that used the dormant Nile as a mean to find the cure, the cure was made and mankind was pretty much saved. But Nile, and a few more others like him, were the only ones who couldn't be cured. 

[fellow-traveller]

I have a modern au where Nile Dawk's wife died from childbirth and she left Nile with one active preschool kid, one shy toddler and one very young infant.

And since her death, he had to manage his time with his kids and work - waking them up in the morning, cook and feed them breakfast, pack everyone's lunch, send them to school, get to work, pick them up from school, do grocery shopping, cook dinner, clean up the house, tuck them to bed - and the routine continues on almost every day.

Despite being exhausted by the boring repetitive days and not having anyone else to help him (maybe except stay-at-home-dad Watson and unemployed Dennis who happened to be Nile's neighbours), Nile was very proud of his kids and always made sure they are brought up well.

Maybe Nile would meet Erwin some time later, starting as strangers then slowly they became friends, and while Erwin sympathized with Nile having to raise kids on his own, Nile never asked for Erwin's help and in some way, he thought that Erwin's presence was a nuisance. But Nile's kids loved it when 'Uncle Erwin' visits them, so Nile had no choice but to allow Erwin in his life.

Eventually, that friendship became love, and while Erwin was ready to live the rest of his life with Nile, Nile wasn't so sure about it. He had his doubts that Erwin would leave him for good one day, just like his late wife did, and he felt it would be too troublesome to start everything over with his kids (after Erwin inevitably screwed up his properly arranged daily schedule with his kids that he had been doing for years).

Of course, after a little push from his work colleagues and neighbours, Nile accepted Erwin. And since then, they lived like a normal functioning family, with Nile working, and Erwin staying at home and do all the chores for him. In the evening, they would have dinner together, spend time with the kids and tucked them to bed, and finally retreating to bedroom they shared for the night.

And Nile's kids never addressed Erwin as 'Uncle Erwin' again.

[leviskinnyjeans]

Petition to call Nile Dawk's children dawklings.