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★ ❝You heard him. The boy wants a trampoline! So you gonna hop to it? Or will I have to beat you down in front to the child?❞

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ STARDUST | mainverse #open #i love paintraseapea's dedede #he loves his children especially kirby and bandee but really all his waddle dees too

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A rat? Well usually he would turn his beak up at such a creature, especially after that whole ordeal with those rodents The Squeaks, but he was curious. What brought this rat to his domain? Then it clocked him. This critter was probably looking to get into his kitchen. Now he knows he should not be so standoffish with food. There was plenty in the castle and he was meant to be making positive changes here, but none the less. Food was food and well...Dedede made a point of not sharing it. Tell a lie he had managed to recently, today was just one of those relapse days. 

In his suspicion he approached the rodent. Looming over them. 

★ ❝ Hey you over there! I ain’t never seen you skulkin’ ‘round here before. What’s your business here, ぞい - (zoi!)! ❞

/ @scavenger-mat​​   ★

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ STARDUST | mainverse #scavenger-mat

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★ ❝ Argh no, ぞい - (zoi!)! ! ❞ Dedede did train despite what others tried to lay on him. He was not the fastest for the most part but he really did propel into action on this occasion. He was strong, his arms baring most of his muscle so holding back the human and aether half-breed was not too much trouble, though her rage did make it more difficult.  ❝ C’mon, Dreamer, don’t do this. He ain’t worth it.  Now c’mon, c’mon now, kid. C’mon, ぞい - (zoi!)! !   ❞ He was really trying to redirect her anger. Even though he agreed that this snivelling pustule of a man deserved it. 

His baby blues scowled towards the one who started this.  ❝ Ya got lucky this time don’tcha know, ぞい - (zoi!)! ! ? If I wasn’t bein’ so good for the kid I’d a clobbered ya back to the stoneage, as for her? Oh you could bet she can do some damage too and between the both of us? Well lets just say you’d better keep yer big yap shut next time y’see her, y’got that, ぞい - (zoi!)! ! ? ❞ His tick got worse in the stress of the situation, fortunately, there was nothing more he could say or do, not when he needed to get Hope away from the prying eyes of their piers. She needed solitude, he threw her over his shoulder, and placed her onto the couch of the empty greenroom as soon as they entered. He returned to the door to shut it so they couldn’t be disturbed, sighing. He would understand if she felt wronged by his intervening. 

★ ❝ I’m sorry I stopped ya, ぞい - (zoi!)! ! .  ❞ He finally turns, Dedede was not sure what his drive was here, it was new and yet it felt right to just guide this girl from making that mistake. Maybe because more than anything  ❝ it’s a mistake I made. Once, twice. A number of times I probably can’t even count to.” He did chuckle to himself at his own absence of numeracy.  ❝ Pain and anger. They make ya do things ya never knew you could do. But when it’s over...all you’re left with is is what ya did. And you can never take back the guilt and regret even if ya think ya won’t have any guilt or regret. Some, as hard as it is to believe, deserve this rage more than him,.... ❞ He drops down to her height, gloved flipper taking her hand in an attempt to console her.  ❝ I think we both know who that is. And it’s not some snivelling, spineless chump like that other guy. ❞

He joined Hope, sitting next to her, the couch somewhat dipping from his weight.  ❝ I was once a tyrant. Some would even say that I still am. See I can’t outrun my past, no matter what I do. I can’t say I blame ‘em,...my kingdom saw a monster ‘cus I gave ‘em one. I was so lost in provin’ my old man wrong, so lost in tryn’a make myself feel untouchable. I lost myself. But not anymore. I know ya think a big, dumb guy like me don’t get ya, but trust me, girly, I do. More than you’ll ever know. My old man hurt me and I let it hurt others too. ❞

/ @hopeful-hugz​

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ SUBSPACE SAVED | SMASH v. #❥ DAYDREAMER | Hope {Hopeful-hugz} #let me know if things need to be changed but god

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★ @purple-paw-muses​​ WISHED ON THE STARS: “So this is the fabled Tilted Towers.” - Sonic @ Dedede

Snapcube’s Sonic Fandubs Sentence Starters

★ ❝ No, son. This here is my royal crib. ❞ He could not help but laugh, of course he had seen Sonic around before here and there during mutual tournaments and so forth but he had never anticipated he would see the blue, quilled hedgehog here.  

Likely if Sonic was just being comedic Dedede did not pick up on it, that sort of thing does tend to go over his head. ❝ I wasn’t expectin’ no guests,ぞい - (zoi!) t’the castle. ❞ Not that anything was far from immaculate the Waddle Dees always did a good job of taking care of everything. ❝ What brings ya here, ya came to visit old King Dedede? Came to see if my kingdom was as great as I said it was? ❞

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED #★ STARDUST | mainverse #purple-paw-muses

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★ @superbioweapon​ WISHED ON THE STARS:  WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING?! A GIANT T A L K I N G PENGUIN?!

UNPROMPTED // ALWAYS ACCEPTING (You guys love to give him a penguin complex don’t you? ;) )

★ ❝ Actually I'm a king. ❞ He informed. ❝ Anyhow, ain’t you s’pose to be the one quackin’ in your boots, ぞい - (zoi!)! Y’could at least kowtow ‘cus you’re in the presence of the king. ❞ The king prefers not to refer to himself as a penguin due to a complicated past but he is in fact a penguin and it’s a matter he cannot outrun no matter how oblivious to it he acts. He was only fooling himself here. 

He was just being awkward for the sake of being awkward. He had a image that he had made for himself but underneath that he’s a good guy. Promise. Though rightfully suspicious of strangers and not so rightfully egotistical but that was mostly for show. 

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED

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★ @jcdm​​ WISHED ON THE STARS: "Meow ? (Huh, you are...an penguin, right?)"

UNPROMPTED / ALWAYS ACCEPTING

★ ❝ Who wants t’know? ❞ The penguin quipped a wouldbebrow. He was met with a feline. Go figure. Well the meowing was enough of an indication but still he had met few and far between cats, more recently a leopard and a lion cats were...well it was best not to focus on first impressions now was it?

Whether he was aware that he was a penguin was debatable, he was but he chose to dissociate from it. When anyone would liken him to that of Pengi, a native species on planet Popstar, Dedede seemed to miss a trick. That or it was intentional obliviousness. There was too much pain revolving his own kind. He would rather not dwell that far into his past. He looked past his beak, down at the feline. ❝ Actually I’m a king, ぞい - (zoi!)!  And what d’ya want exactly, pussycat, what you skulkin’ ‘round after? ❞

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED #jcdm

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He still was not so sure he deserved her high praise. For once, anyway, usually he would take an inch and go a mile with any sort if compliment. It just goes to show all the progress he has made. For himself, for Dreamland, for Kirby and for her too.  The feeling dissipated as soon as it hit him, however. Peach had wiped his tear from his feathers and he offers her a warm smile, albeit it was more crooked from the embarrassment of having shown weakness but he trusts her nonetheless. 

★ ❝ Well I can’t argue with that, Peachy, zoi. ❞   He guffawed. He let her rest her head there she got privileges to do so. Anyone else would have surely gotten the cold shoulder. ❝ This is usually the part I tell ya that I don’t even try t’be so great but ah... ❞   He shrugged into his rob. ❝ I’d be fibbin’. Guess we’s both gettin’ emotional, zoi. ❞  

Time to leave that in the dust. He stands up, offering his maternal natured friend an arm.  ❝ Lets go eat our sorrows away, eh, zoi? I know you’s always into bakin’ and batterin’ but how’s ‘bout you let Chef Dee do the cookin’ this time?  My treat! ❞  

/ @pvach​ CONTINUED (from the old blog/discord)

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ STARDUST | mainverse #❥ YOU SHOWED ME A SIDE OF ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE | Princess Peach {pvach}

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  ★ @lapinferno​​ WISHED ON A STAR: “You’re not going to eat me, are you?” ★

Terrible First Meeting Starters

Usually he would have teased someone for asking that, especially when, yes, rabbits were edible to some creatures. Instead he recoiled, turning his beak up. 

★ ❝ Wouldn’t count on it, Grimy! You look ‘bout as appetising as a rotten apple dipped in fish juice! ❞ The thought made him shudder in disgust. 

★ ❝ Yer down right, filthy, ぞい - (zoi!) ! When was the last time you bathed, son?! ❞ Yeah where was this kid’s mother, honestly?  ❝ You steer clear of this king stinkin’ like that, y’hear?  ❞

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #lapinferno

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The penguin king felt his shoulders relax again. It was just a kid. A familiar looking kid. What with the blue quills and all. He puzzled it for a while before deciding on just approaching. He lethargically dragged his feet through the sand until he made it to the hedgehog. The beach was not really somewhere you would expect to see a penguin but then again Dedede was no ordinary penguin.

★ ❝ What ya doin’, Sonny boy, zoi? ❞  He could not help but noticed the peculiar hot dog stand around.  ❝ Say, That looks pretty good.  ❞ Not saying he was on the cusp of snatching one of them for himself, probably right from the hedgehog’s paws,...but he was debating and greed won the morality battle here. Consider the chillidog swiped. 

/ @son1cb00m​  ★

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #son1cb00m #he will steal your food if he has the chance it's what he does

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His royal nemesis was not sure of what to make of the wolf, given his run in with the forgo. His mind was receiving strange waves from the wild, he was not to know it was the result of Fecto Forgo larvae. For now he could push it down. Mallet in hand, he advances to investigate.

★ ❝  What’cha doin’, doggy? ❞ He asked.  ❝ You want a bone, zoi? 'Fraid I ain't got one of 'em. ❞ He did not actually have one he was just being derogatory because he percieves wolves to be like the domesticated dog. 

/ @wolfvirago​  ★

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ ROAR OF THE KING | Forgotten Land v. #wolfvirago

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★ @espcda​​​​ WISHED ON THE STARS:  📖

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

Send 📖 for my muse to read out an entry in their journal/diary about yours. 

★ ❝ Oh yeah, here’s one I wrote ‘bout Meta Knight. Unfortunately I wish I had a record of the day we met but I didn’t know how to write or even talk back then. It was...a long time ago, ぞい - (zoi!) !. So I’ll read to y’s this one from the other day when we were at the beach. ❞   He turned the pages until he found it.

❝ Meta Knight is my good, old, pal. He likes t’pretend he’s as tough as that metal his mask is made from but he’s actually as soft as jelly puddin’. S’pecially when I beat him at volleyball and he pretended not to care. ❞ On the contrary Meta Knight had beaten Dedede. ❝ All in all I really care ‘bout the guy. He’s good company underneath all that cloudiness he tries to shroud himself in. He’s a nice guy...ぞい - (zoi!)? ❞ He slowed down on the text a second. A sentence he had forgotten about writing coming to his attention, making him feel dejected all of a sudden. ❝ He’s a nicer, more genu-ine guy than I’ll ever be, zoi...Sometimes I still find m’self hoping he forgives me for all the trouble I caused that almost broke our friendship in two before Kirby got here. ❞ He shuts the book and he’s out of there as quick as anything. That was far too intense for him to handle. 

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED #❥ SWORN PARTNERS | Meta Knight {espcda}

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★ @pvach​​ WISHED ON THE STARS:   ⭐️ 📖

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

Send ⭐️ (or multiple) for a headcanon about our muses.

Due to the king’s lack of literacy as he was orphaned Peach taught Dedede to read and write when they became friends! I know you already knew that one so let me add this one too; the two of them host private catwalk sessions where they try on lots of clothes dresses, suits, whatever. 

Send 📖 for my muse to read out an entry in their journal/diary about yours.

The king’s reading and writing was really coming along and he thought he would share his journal entry as a result.  He held it up proudly in his flippers. Clearing his throat. Of course this one was easy because he knew very well what he had written himself. 

★ ❝ Today me and my royal chum Peach went to the park and fed some ducks.❞ He looked from his page a moment to check in how he was doing. Well it seemed. He was reading well. ❝ She’s a nice lady with a kind heart. I also like the way she dresses, maybe I’ll have to borrow something from her wardrobe, if’an’ she don’t mind, zoi. She calls me a hero. ❞ He chuckled. ❝ Imagine that. I guess if it would make her happy I’d be a hero. She’s had a lot’o’pain in her life but she never let it get to her head. I wonder how she does that. ❞ And at that he closes the book. 

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED #❥ YOU SHOWED ME A SIDE OF ME I COULDN'T BELIEVE | Princess Peach {pvach}

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★ @schattenmagier​ WISHED ON THE STARS: “You’re staring like you’ve never seen a human before.”

UNPROMTED / ALWAYS ACCEPTING

★ ❝ Uh,...it’s more ‘cus I ain’t, never seen you before, ぞい - (zoi!) !   ❞ He had seen humans, Adeline, his piers from the Smash Embassy. Some of them were humans. At that... ❝ I ain’t never seen nobody do that before. ❞ Oh that was a triple negative, move along like you never heard it. At lead that way the cancelled each other out, returning the status of the negative. Despite all instance and purposes he was not dumb; he just spoke like that and for that matter he made a lot of reckless decisions. But he was smart enough to yield a sense of distrust. 

He was, for all reason that he had, sceptical. So many entities posed a threat to his kingdom you could not blame him for being inquisitive about who showed up at the front door (metaphorically). 

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED #schattenmagier

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★ A DEE WISHED ON THE STARS: Fun challenge for you, king! Pick one or two of your pals and talk about ‘em! Just for the fun of it!

UNPROMPTED / VERY COOL ANON THANK YOU

★ ❝ Well I got’s so many pals how could y’honestly expect me to pick just two of ‘em? ❞ Anyone could really decide if that statement was true or not. It depended how you looked at it. He claps his flippers together. ❝ Okay! I’ll tell y’bout my oldest friend, Meta Knight. ❞ You will have to excuse the king though his words may not exactly be entirely truths, likewise his memory was not always the best either. 

❝ I saved that gumball from certain death and he still ain’t never repaid me. ❞Not true Meta Knight was the reason for Dedede’s skill in combat, the two of them saved Dream Land together before Kirby came along, before Dedede grew greedy and it had drifted the once inseparable duo apart. Though thanks to Kirby Dedede found his way again.   ❝ But I s’pose I got a soft spot for him, ぞい - (zoi!)  . A friend like that don’t crash into the woods every day. ❞ If Dedede was honest he hoped that Meta Knight forgives him for that brief time they were no longer allies. Things seemed to be going back to the way they used to be.  ❝ I can read him like a picture book! He’s predictable. I know what he’s thinkin’ jus’ by lookin’ at him y’see!❞ Actually it was the other way around Meta Knight found Dedede predictable and could read every expression. 

A Waddle Dee pressed the King on, reminding him that he had only spoken about one of his friends thus far. 

❝ How’s that? Oh, another friend?❞ He puzzled until the same Waddle Dee gave nudged him to maybe speak about on of his beloved “wanya-sayers”. ❝ Oh yeah! Then there’s Bandanna, the little squirt is the loyalist of ‘em all, ぞい - (zoi!) !  ‘Course can’t pick favorites from my Dees,... But what can I say they take after me. I trained ‘em well and I’m proud of the little bandanna guy. ❞

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED

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★ @xamountofmuse​​​ WISHED ON THE STARS: “Ugh, my head. What happened to us?” with Marx because what could ever possibly go wrong there ★

 Terrible First Meeting Starters 

Dedede was capable of troublemaking, though he has calmed down a little more with age and learning his lesson enough times to actually make a difference. As for Marx? Well there was no telling really what side you were going to get; trouble maker or ally. The penguin grumbled in annoyance, partly because his head was aching and the rest? Because he suspected this was Marx’s fault. Maybe not a fair judgement but still.

 Flailing his arms in both a tantrum and a way to get out of all the clutter that had buried them, he finally reaches the smallest. Grimacing. 

★ ❝ What did y’ do, chucklehead, ぞい - (zoi!) ?! ❞

Okay now it came flooding back.  Dedede’s rage was tamed and he slumps back onto his tail feathers, well there abouts. ❝ That’s the last time I throw a karaoke party at the castle! ❞ And invite Kirby for that matter. Yeah. That explains the headaches. And the mess.

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ DREAMS OF DREAMLAND | ANSWERED #xamountofmuse

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The vulpine is not exactly met with the sweetest of welcoming's. Dedede of course had many friends from tournaments and of course that Subspace ordeal back in the past but that did not mean he had entirely veered off of his more self-centred ways. 

He was far larger that the fox but he had little reason to be antagonistic so he was civil. As civil as a giant penguin monarch could be.

★ ❝ Hey, two-tail, whatcha doin’ playin’ ‘round in the mud, son? Don’tcha know there’s someone goin’ ‘round eatin’ all the food here, zoi? ❞Yeah it was the king.❝ What's that do-hickey ya got there, anyway?❞  

/ @raichoose​  ★

#★ DRUMDASHING | ic #★ SUBSPACE SAVED | SMASH v. #raichoose