#dhd cat

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I loves prim!!!

I'm imagening more Death Heads romances!

I crave cuddles with our bunny boy.

But I also think of scenarios for others, like: OH No! Death head fell in love with the mark!

Or head death head decides get a convinience marriage with another head death head of other area. Both doing it for their own Mission that the other doesn't know. A la SpyXFamily!

A death-head falling for the mark would be so deliciously tragic. Perhaps I draw something like that some day...

DH marriages overall is a theme I like to know more about, too :3

In Joon and Miranda case, both are more or less unorthodox people so for Miranda, having a Death-Head boyfriend is not an issue. She could easily marry Joon (but I think they're not going to get married as it doesn't suit them).

In Cat and Hagon case, they are high school sweethearts, so Cat went for the Death-Head work later in life (idk why she chose that career exactly, perhaps she tells me in the future :3). Hagon is a supportive husband and stuck with Cat.

In Grimm and Pearl case, both work for the Death-Head Organization, so in that sense, the relationship isn't off balance. If there's something off to the outsiders, then it's Pearl being married to a faction leader (who is close to Kahamet, too) and that being an issue for outsiders (still wondering how her family took this all).

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Aaaah, look how cute all these custom emojis turned out! The host of the Death-Head’s Deal Fanclub Discord did good job :3

Link to the Discord is in my profile’s pinned post.

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I really like your Death Head comic. There’s also such a funny irony in a mouse woman called Cat, even if it’s a nickname

Ah so LOVELY to get DHD messages! My inbox has been dead silent.

Cat goes by Cat 24/7, so I think majority of the people, including her colleagues, don't even know that her birth name is Catherine. Rena knows because she needs to know everything about her underlings.

There was a guy in the same hobby group as I part of who was called Gasoline. 24/7, just Gasoline, by everyone, and he always introduced himself with that name, too. I still don't know what his real name is lol.

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Are there any Death Heads that have a niche? Like a certain type of deal they commonly do, or group they help? Like someone who tends to take a lot of deal from abuse victims, either going after the abuser or just getting them away from the asshole?

I'd imagine that there would be as each Death-Head, if the deal request comes directly to the HQ or to the faction boss, is assigned to the job based on their skills and characteristics. Would make a sense that there are people who are specialized in certain things, as this occurs in common workplaces in our real life, too. I used to work as a journalist in a newspaper. The people around me had different educations and thus different knowledge of many things. I knew about art and underground cultures, and could write things dedicated for teens and young adults. A woman next to me had studied agriculture so she was able to help with news and articles relating the subject. Our editor-in-chief was a history major. I was told it was a beneficial for the newspaper that they had multiple people with different backgrounds and knowledge.

We already have in East faction Dio who handles the difficult Death-Heads and keeps the employees under control if needed. He does the dirty work of Rena and fulfills Rena's needs as her right-hand man.

Alrick has been helping women and girls so that's probably his thing. He's also seen to get the gigs were a reliable Death-Head who gets the shit done is needed. I'd imagine that because of his muteness, he'd be a good for deals which need to stay quiet and handle with discreet. We've seen he doesn't hesitate to kill either so you want things to be handles quietly, efficiently and silently, hire Alrick.

I'd imagine Cat could be the best at handling cases that need softness and easy-to-approach Death-Head, though she doesn't work much anymore after getting the Phantasma's deal.

Joon seems to be a menace adrenaline guy, who is more than happy to beat people up and pile some corpses if needed, so I imagine he'd be assigned for assassination deals and deals which need to send a message in a very clear way.

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Ahh, today's DHD was EXACTLY what I had hoped for! Development and explaination and complications of the job as a DH, and the surrounding cirumstances. I really like how Alrick went to Cat for help and co worker insight, and for just, support. I love that Lou Lou and Alrick have a chance to apologize and come to terms and still continue to be friends. This is great, thank you!

Wonderful, yes, I'm really happy to know! <3

I'm always trying to bring it out when I can that Death-Heads are no hobby group. Why people go for them as the last resort. Why Lou-Lou was so afraid of making a deal. Why it's not a job or a place just for anyone out there.

Alrick going to Cat was a surprise to me, too! It made sense afterwards though. He wanted to know if Cat was fine with him killing a man who was treating her badly. Cat also surprised me with her talk that how Alrick, as a man, probably hadn't thought about what women go through and how it might scare Lou-Lou.

I'm supporting positive, healthy relationships, so I wish to bring them to DHD, too. This story doesn't need prolonged angst or drama, it's not a place for those.

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I just read the answers to Alrick having an SO, and tbh, I (personally) think that maybe stuff like his job would also be a factor in him not having an SO?

Granted, he could genuinely not be interested in anyone at the moment, or in the future, which I respect; But events such as the Lou-Lou situation could also put him off from having a significant other.

If someone he considered a good friend became so upset with him over his work that they broke things off with him due to a misunderstanding regarding his work, how would he go about getting an SO in the first place? There's people who don't fear DH's, but a large majority clearly do (looking at the people who whisper about Alrick as he passes them).

If he were to try and date someone, imagine how difficult that would be. If the fact that he's a DH doesn't get to them, what about the peer pressure? Family, friends, strangers, powerful and dangerous people - imagine the feeling of eyes on you because of who you date.

There's so many factors involved with the DH's, so Alrick's dating life may probably take a hard hit right from the start.

That, or I'm dead wrong and I've been rambling about nothing, haha.

I will not be handling the issues of love relationships relating to Alrick in the comic but yes, you're spot on. Being a Death-Head does bring it's issues for a one finding love. People wish not to be associated with DHs.

My friend's friend used to work in a bar owned by yakuza in Japan. All the men working there were part of the mafia. One of the guys was always genuinely sad, pretty much at times crying at work how he's never going to find a wife because no Japanese sane woman wants to have a yakuza husband. Japanese people don't want to have anything to do with yakuza, if they personally can avoid it. There's a real danger that you will be, as a spouse, hurt and attacked if your husband has done something bad or angered the wrong people within the mafia or in other mafia.

So, Death-Heads are similar. With Cat and Hagon, they're teenager sweethearts and had already been married with kids for a long time when Hagon fell permanently ill and they saw no other option than Cat applying to become a Death-Head. Good for them, Cat was qualified.

I don't know how it affects her children. Are they bullied at school/kindergarten or are everyone just extra nice to be careful not to upset the DH mother in a fear a Death-Head might get them?

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I know you've had a lot of questions today (i love the comic, but the way! Thank you for touching on some big topics that don't often get covered), but i was curious about whether Death Heads get a salary, or whether their income is solely from their deals? Since Cat said 15% would be a huge boost to her, i wondered if that was more 'supporting my family on DH wages is tight' or 'this could be my only opportunity for money in a while'?

They get salary and then their deal payments are extra on top of that, depending what kind of a deal they get and what they can ask as a payment. Cat needed the bonus as Hagon is unable to work (he is ill) and bring food on the table (except some small social security money), they have 4 kids and the 5th one was on its way. I think that with the extra money they get now, Cat doesn't have to work so much, and she can be closer to her family.

And, who knows, maybe someday stop working as a Death-Head, as they get to keep their earnings even after the job ends. It seems she has joined the Death-Heads only for the financial gain she and Hagon need. Thus, I suspect she will quit at some point to be a home-stay parent with Hagon (and look after him on the bad days, too).

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Hiii!!!! Your latest comic was so interesting and I love how I could guess what was going to happen while reading about the CEO!! I have so much to say: 1) Cat is so nice and sweet I absolutely love her, and she even tried being nice to the CEO’s family even when he disrespected her and all, and 2) I was shocked to see Hagon omg he scared me at first cause like idk what animal he was with the hood on or if he was even an animal at all, but he’s such a great husband I love him!!

Thank you for your kind feedback!

Hagon is a mixture of multiple species (a severe mutation) and thus appears more or less creepy. But fear not, he's indeed a great husband and a wonderful father :3

I'm happy I was able to structure the comic so that you could see the hints and guess what's coming. Readers tend to like when they can pinpoint things out :3 I like it, too!