2, 12, and 21 for dennis :)
DENNIS MY BELOVED!!! thank you for giving me this opportunity to talk about my special little freak
2. favorite canon thing about him— there’s a LOT about him that i find really interesting and compelling, but i think probably my favorite canon thing about him is his bisexuality. it’s such a clear and present throughline of his character literally since episode ONE, and i HATE when people try to write off his interest in men as either vanity (i have never met a straight man in my life who’s so vain that they’d sleep with a man just for the ego boost) or as evidence that he’s actually gay (just because he’s got trauma and Issues with women doesn’t negate his attraction to them!!). a second answer would be his nebulous gender issues, but those also kind of tie into the bisexuality for me, at least in the case of this specific character.
12. a headcanon you have for this character— there’s a billion different ways to interpret Dennis’ Gender Troubles, but for me, i like to read him as agender!! i think that dennis just sort of does what he wants to do in regards to his gender presentation, and it’s only through the socially-imposed norms that the gang pushes on him that those traits then become masculine or feminine. which is pretty much how i view MY agender…ness… and how i navigate my gender presentation. it’s the classic “giving the character the highest honor you can bestow by giving them your same gender/sexuality” situation
21. if you’re a fic writer and have written for this character, what’s your favorite thing to do when writing for them? what’s something you don’t like? — so it’s actually been several years since i’ve last written for dennis; i HAVE another dennis fic planned, but haven’t started writing it yet!! that said, i remember really enjoying his ego and confidence and belief that he’s a master manipulator— it’s fun to write a character who THINKS they’re unflappable and pulling all the strings, especially when the reality of the situation doesn’t quite match up to that. i had a harder time writing about (or around, to be more accurate) his views on and treatment towards the women he sleeps with; it’s a really unpleasant aspect of his character, by design, and i remember really struggling with how to write it so that it wasn’t too dark or difficult to deal with but NOT totally erasing or brushing over it. i’ve learned a lot about writing since i last wrote for dennis, and i’ve also grown and recovered from a lot of my own past trauma, so i’m eager to come back and write him again now!!
