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-sanford lover anon (if there was ever a sanford lover anon before this then i am not that anon i am new)

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I like to think that Dyle was WAYYYYY more purposefully rude/standoffish to the toons at least early on, when he first met them. His floor strongly implies that, at some point, he hated their guts. It seems he's moved out of that sort of thinking these days, outside of his twisted, but... yes, it is interesting to imagine, isn't it? He certainly has all the reason in the world to be a bit of an ass!

Although, calling him 'normal' may be a bit of a stretch. I don't exactly have much in the way of evidence for it, but I suspect he isn't very talkative outside of showing interest in what others are up to. He doesn't like others getting too close to him, literally and figuratively. Doesn't really let them know his view of things while in conversation with him- he's agreeable, and just goes along with whatever the other toon is doing or talking about, keeping quiet the rest of the time. All we ever hear about him from other toons is how helpful and encouraging he is. What about him? Is he ever... selfish?

I feel like it may be on purpose. As someone who's been in a similar situation as him, it's all awfully familiar to me. But I can get into why I think he might be like this some other day.

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Do you think Dyle had a birthday? Assuming his release date alongside Brusha is his birthday(though set WAY back for obvious reasons) do you think he would've been allowed to celebrate it? Do you think he would've known he even HAD a birthday?

Did Arthur or Delilah ever casually mention that he had a birthday, and it would take Dyle months or even years to realize how significant it was?

Do you think that, after he saw another toon celebrating their birthday, that he suddenly realized that he was supposed to celebrate it, instead of just treating it like another day?

Do you think he ever got to truly celebrate it? Even if he only had a cupcake and a single candle, since he never kept track of the numbers until now?

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In his attempt to give himself/herself an identity outside of just "the worker", he started frantically just looking into ways she could change his appearance, since that was really the only way he knew how.

I like the hf that he makes all of the gamepass skins herself(the -time suffix in all of them) so imagine she takes up a bunch of fabric and just starts making different outfits and trying them on

When he finally finds something that she feels proud in, he keeps it, and then builds around that.

Whether it was a suit that he could feel more like himself in,

Or a dress that she could make an entirely new "her" in

All that really matters is that she has his very own identity instead of the one Delilah gave.

sorry for having this one sit so long ive been tired as fuuuuuuck

3 ideas for gender-affirming care for toons

1) Human materials. Dyle gets tape, binders, packers, etc for the trans toons, all appropriately sized ofc since the toons are about the size of children to humans(how dyle would acquire a packer that isn't absurdly large, idk)

2) Toon materials. Somehow they learn to manipulate concentrated ichor into something that they can press and fuse to their bodies, or maybe they can get Dandy to do a quick surgery on them to remove some parts(it's implied that Dandy is the only one that truly knows how the ichor works besides Delilah, so he would probably know how to do surgery with it)

3) A separate compromise. Toons use excess fabric, bandages, or makeup items to affirm themselves. Transfem Poppy puts some ribbons in her dress to puff out her chest more, Glisten gets help from Sprout and Vee to bind his chest with his bow, and Cosmo feels affirmed as a trans man with his freckles drawing the attention instead of his eyelashes

Hmmmmm! Tapping my chin. Thank you, I appreciate someone contributing to this matter.

3 sounds like the most common way it would be done. It would be the most readily available too, requiring no additional knowledge or outside materials. But... it sounds annoying. Toons could definitely resort to it, but it doesn't seem preferrable. Doing it makeshift like that is a sensory nightmare to a human and even potentially harmful, but toons are more artificial, made of different stuff, so perhaps it wouldn't be so intrusive to them?

I think most people in the fandom believe that Dyle dislikes physical touch in general because of this dialogue ↓

But I think it's something else

One of the lines says "i rather people ask me before they go and hug me and what not."

And that makes me firmly believe that Dyle does appreciate touch, but only when he's informed beforehand, like if he's asked permission for someone to hug him (evidence for autism dyle..)

I also think he's ok with touch if he's the one initiating it, like he's holding out his hand first to shake or he's pulling someone else into a hug. It's just when toons touch or hug him unprompted that makes him so peeved, and ppl kinda missed that from what I've been reading

Further evidence I have for this is:

Dyle handing the box to Sprout in the special delivery short(their hands get close, but don't touch, but i think it counts because dyle only recoils once sprout comes back to check on him)

Dyle leaving candy out for Yatta(not touch related, but maybe he's held some out towards a shadow and watched a ribbon take it from him)

I could go on but I'll stop here thank you for coming to my ted talk

I'm of similar opinion! I understand why people would think he dislikes all touch and only barely tolerates it when properly requested. But, I just do not agree. Not that I think they're wrong, I just interpret it differently.

He'd certainly be okay with touch he initiates himself. Dyle knows his own limits. Anyway,

Contact can be quite overwhelming for people who've been without it, and sometimes that can be pleasant- if it's coming from someone who's loved. I'm doubtful he would clarify that directly, since either that's none of our business, he himself doesn't even know, or he figured he implied it well enough. If Dyle liked someone that much, and he consented to it, I think he could actually enjoy it.

Unfortunately, he's had no one like that in his life.