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[fernikart57]

Underrated Men From The Simpsons #1

I'm going to share some of my favorite characters from the show and give some reasons why I love them!

Wayne Slater

I love him! Really! I simply love him! He's an ex-agent with PTSD and I love him so much! I still don't know with which one of my OC's I want him to be friends! I ship him with Dan Gillick.

Dwight Diddlehopper

Oh God! He's one of my favorite characters as well! He's a thief and is very incompetent at it! I'm still planning that he appears in my AU! I ship him with Dexter Colt.

Rowan Priddis

This guy is a singer and I love his voice! Do I need more? I want him to appear in my AU!

Zane Furlong

This man is a programmer and is genuinely one of the nicest characters in the show! I have headcannons of him being friends with Roman, but I don't know in which way... yes! He and Alfonso can have a friendly rivality! I ship with with Daws Witthemore!

Robert Marlowe

I mean! He's an accountant and he's handsome! He's really one of the best designed characters in the show. I really would had loved to see more of him in the show! I'm still debating in his role in my AU.

Marshall Goldman

I really love this deranged man! I mean, he acts like a friendly reporter and then he turns out to be a beast! He's also one of the most resistant characters in the show, since Homer did pretty much damage on him and still moved! I ship him with Michael DeGraaf! I don't know how to use him in my AU.

Dawson "Daws" Whittemore

He's unnamed in cannon, so I decided to name him like that! This colonel is very awesome! I really love him as an antagonist and is brash by the way! I really love military men! I ship him with Zane Furlong!

Michael DeGraaf

I really loved this villain! He's devilish and has an amazing design! I really wished the writers had used him better in the show! I ship him with Marshall Goldman.

Dr. Zander

Oh boy! This man is voiced by Paul Rudd himself! And he's a disgraced therapist and I feel very bad for the situation he was put on! He's one of Alfonso's best friends in my AU!

Devon Bradley

This man is an actor and a master of disguise and is also a handsome man! Did I mentioned he's voiced by Edward Norton? Still thinking how he can appear in my AU.

Slava

Oh god! A heavy competitor! I mean, he's bassically a russian father who drinks vodka and is very loud and tough! AND very sleazy! I have headcannons in making him friends with Roman, but I need to see how they work! Also! Just look at him!

Dr. Lund

Another sleazy man! He's a programmer and is a criminal! Who wants to help people by being a therapist! Did I mentioned he's voiced by Werner Herzog? In my AU, he's frenemies with Alfonso at first and then he becomes best friends with him and ends redeeming him in the process.

Stephen Jones

Another sleazy man! He's unnamed in cannon, so I'll name him Stephen Jones! He's a sleazy salesman, like Nick Callahan for example! But he has a good voice and I love his design! Just look at him! In my AU, Alfonso and him are frenemies as well, but as time goes on, they become good friends, it comes to the point that Stephen starts to feel bad for scamming Alfonso.

Dexter Colt

A private eye! I love how hardass this man is! And the fact he believes in supernatural! I love everything of him and his design! Oh man! His design! One of the best designs in the show! I also like how he's one of the few characters of the show who has his own theme! I ship him with Dwight Diddlehopper and I'm still planning how to use him in my AU

As you can see many of these characters are meant to appear in my AU!

Those would be all of them! I'll be showing more!

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Some ideas I have for Mr. Black and Devon Bradley under the cut. Warnings for discussion of a toxic relationship. Also themes of general crime related violence, prison drama. spoilers for "The Great Money Caper" and "Kamp Krusty"

thanks to @fernikart57 for help with these ideas

Mr. Buford Black is a conniving, cruel, opportunistic employee of Krusty the Clown, working as a camp director for at least some time. Buford likely has a college degree and jumped around from job to job till finding Krusty. They both have certain talents, including the ability to ignore certain details of their operation, so that would have helped Buford rise in the ranks.

He is deeply bored in his job, though. He's got good pay and the promise for more promotion if he does more dirty jobs for Krusty. He really doesn't have anything outside his job. The pursuit of money and influence is profound in him, but it seems that's the only thing he cares about.

Devon Bradley is a multi-talented celebrity (probably C or D list) who was hired to take part in a scheme. After this he struggled to keep his career afloat. He is a gifted character actor, able to lose himself in the role, often with lingering feelings of still being in character after the role is done.

After helping the Simpson family and their friends stage that intervention (I guess you could call it?) for Homer, Devon was riding the high of a successful job for a while, though the money wasn't matching the energy.

Acting roles were getting harder to come by via official means, so he started working for anyone who wanted a performer of any kind, which eventually led to him meeting some con artists in search of a patsy.

Fast forward to when both Devon and Buford are sharing the same cell in Springfield Pen. Devon is more innocent than Buford, who got arrested during some scheme for Krusty, where he used more violence than necessary. However Devon knew, in the back of his mind, that this latest role was part of a scam. He knew there'd been red flags, but he needed the money and the exposure.

While Devon wallows in despair and regret, Buford carefully builds a crew from other inmates with various skills; it's their unwavering loyalty to Buford that holds them together. Having learned from his failure at Kamp Krusty, Buford is careful and calculating in how he handles his crew to keep them obedient, using cruelty, calculated generosity and fake kindness at times.

Buford works on Devon carefully from the start. Devon had been in a cell with a very disturbed guy. He'd finally been moved and Buford moved in. Buford meets a rattled, anxious guy as his cell mate and immediately formulates a strategy.

This will be explored in more detail later, hopefully, probably as a comic or something, but suffice to say Buford uses a lot of deception and control to help mold Devon's already deeply stressed mind.

Buford has not had friends or lovers in his life, and is used to burying or discouraging any such desire. His closest relationships are with subordinates, for him he feels an inherent contempt.

He feels something for Devon; like a tiny but intense itch in a place he can't reach. It can be said he experienced some cuteness aggression when he first met and listened to Devon spill his guts out. Buford keeps his mind furiously focused on his legal case and his ever expanding crew, so he rarely considers his feelings for Devon.

He does know he needs to protect him, though, and keep him close as much as possible.

Devon had an affair with another actor some years ago, and his boyfriend was a big inspiration for Devon taking so many roles, and to take chances on risky ones. However, this encouragement had toxic elements, like pressure to work through exhaustion or mental strain, brutal concrit of his performance, unasked, constant suggestions for what kind of work he should do next, etc.

But he was affectionate, confident, and had everything under control. This situation worked pretty well for Devon and fit a lot of his needs, though he didn't realize or want to accept how unequal things were.

He hasn't heard from his boyfriend since he got arrested. He won't answer letters or calls, so Devon is convinced he's been abandoned.

His first cell mate was creepy and made threats till he was moved. Devon was already rattled from that, and in walks in a slender, sharply handsome man who gives him a soft glare as the cell door closes behind him.

At first, Devon thought Buford was ignoring him, and tried to give him some space. Over time, he cloyingly accepted any scrap of attention he got from his new cell mate and opened up to him about his crime, or anything else, when asked. He kept the cell clean, and did anything else asked (as the requests were within reason), and was protected from inmates and guards in return.

The relationship turns sexually charged once Devon cautiously, but rather intensely, invites physical touch from Buford. He starts being more comfortable being underdressed in the cell with Buford around, who also wears as much or as little as he desires.

Buford begins to reward Devon with acts of affection, and once in a while his eyes might even soften when they lock onto Devon's.

Devon just falls madly in love, once again ignoring red flags and berating himself for any perceived failures.

He becomes Buford's right hand man as his tasks develop from cleaning the cell to things like espionage, manipulating guards, and even supervising the crew. He would use his acting skills to put on a fake character to deal with these otherwise stressful situations.

Buford successfully busts himself, Devon, and some of his crew from prison and they go on the run. Over time the crew is whittled down till only Devon and Buford remain.

Buford has considered leaving Devon behind, and even feels he could actually be a liability, but he just can't do it. And Devon not only doesn't want to be abandoned again, but he believes Buford can get them both back in a life of success.