Echo

Doflamingo, when he has a child, is clinging onto them for dear fucking life.

He lost his mother, he killed his father and brother, he can’t afford another.

So, he molds you.

From the very beginning, he molds you to love him, to be devoted to him, to know only The Family. It's isolation at its best- he does this isolation, in a sense, with other family members, too; it’s to make them more loyal to him. Think of it like corporate work- saying they’re a big, happy family, and also the whole ‘don’t talk about your salary’, ‘oh, you can work overtime! Think about the wellbeing of us!’, so on and so forth. Also, being stuck with the crew like. 24/7 whether in the kingdom or at sea definitely doesn’t help. So, in your case, it’s upped to like. x10000000000000000.

So yeah!!

Although you’re held very dear to him, you’re not given the Corazón seat, or any seat, just yet- you don’t know his past, you don’t know him that well. However, Doflamingo makes it very clear that you’re not to be harmed- the uh. The fucking. Blood rule he’s got going on. Anybody who violates it will not only get killed, but slowly, and while the offender’s friends watch.

I wanna mention that, most likely w/ the kids that join the Donquixote Family, your name isn’t your actual name. It’s kinda like a thing of ‘you have a new life, not one out there. You’re with us now, so shed your old identity and come with us, new skin donned on you.’ Also, with the Executive Officers, their names are likely their code names- considering Corazón is a seat, and Rosinante and Vergo had it, they had their own names, but likely called Corazón while in The Family. Most likely goes with the others. Unless their names are actually Trebol, Diamante, and Pica. Then that’s stupid as fuck. Their names are stupid as fuck.

So, the same is applied to you. You also get a code name!!! Congratulations. If somebody manages to find out your name and use it, they’re getting their legs broken by Doflamingo. Or even the other officers. Next offense, it only gets worse.

Oftentimes, you’re called ‘Little Master’ as a silly thing to reference Doflamingo being called ‘Young Master.’

Surprisingly, it’s not for the whole ‘shedding your skin’ thing. It plays into Doflamingo’s possessiveness. You’re his kid, you belong to him, so only he gets to know your name.

Speaking of his possessiveness, he is possessive to the max. Almost every waking moment is spent with him, and the only time you’re separated from this man is when he can’t take you along. Honestly, he’d probably bring you to the Warlord meetings. 

…Sengoku feels a headache coming on.

In fact, your room is placed next to his so he can keep a better eye on you. He looks over your food, your days, what you want to buy- honestly, he seems like the kinda man to look through your diary if you ever had one (and then burn it, because secrets aren’t tolerated here). Also you don’t get a Transponder Snail.

However, anything you want, you have! New pants that come from a name brand that’s a stupid amount of berri? Yours! A deluxe dinner that’s got the meat of a soon to be extinct species? Yours! The head of somebody who looked at you wrong? Yours!

You’re spoiled, stupidly so.

Furthermore, any thoughts of leaving without him are squished. Oh, you wanna wander Dressrossa? Let him come with you! …you want to go without him? Oh, silly you! Don’t you know the dangers? There’s dangers of all kinds around, and what if you can’t protect yourself? Yes, yes he knows he’s been training you just in case, but you never know! Cmon, let him go with you!

(You don’t have a choice, but. Y'know. Illusion of autonomy.)

If you manage to get a reason/plan to escape (somehow, through all that brainwashing and molding he did) and have a semblance of a plan, you better pray he doesn’t find any documents or magazines you’re hiding.

“Honestly, these documents are nice. Do you think so?”

His smile is too wide- he’s practically baring his teeth at you.

In his hands, are the pieces of paper you used to draft up your escape plan.

All of a sudden, the office feels smaller than it usually is.

“Such an intricate understanding of the castle- and the whole country, too. I wonder, how did the person who made these get it?”

A vein in his forehead pops.

He’s too casual when he confronts you the first time, too… nice, especially considering the situation at hand. He’s like a ticking time bomb, ready to explode, except you don’t know when.

“Now why-” his fingers curl on the desk. “Would you want to leave? I give you everything you ever want, and you choose to leave us? Leave me?” Doflamingo’s smile widens, practically a snarl, now.

He’s sweet in his words as he explodes, his tone, too, but the way he says what he says is what affects you the most.

After exploding on you, Doflamingo keeps a closer eye on you. If you thought his presence was suffocating now, you’re going to feel like you’re choking.

The little bit of free time you had is gone, and now, every single moment awake is spent with your dad. If he can’t be with you, then he makes an Executive Officer keeps an eye on you as he’s gone.

It’s horrible, so if you’re going to make an escape plan, you better keep it in your mind, show no signs of wanting to escape, and hope it’s successful. And I don’t mean only escaping Dressrossa, I mean you have to be out of his grasp for the rest of your life, because as soon as you escape, he is hunting you the fuck down.

Also, escaping Dressrossa in of itself is a huge ordeal. All of his members are ordered to bring you back to him if they find you without him, and his officers are very diligent at their jobs. They wouldn’t be called officers otherwise. So honestly, not only do you need a bunch of skill (that you’d manage to somehow get without Doflamingo + his crew), you’d need the grace of whatever gods exist to get out of his direct grasp.

He creates a codependent relationship.

Like I said, his whole family is dead. He doesn’t have anybody he can lean on. Sure, his executive officers know him, they know what he went through, but he can’t lean on them, and Vergo’s away, so he’s got nobody to support him, and hell no he’s not talking to anybody else. So, when somebody of his own flesh and blood is created, he’s relying on them for emotional stability. So, while creating a child that can take technically care of themself, and is aware of how brutal the world is, he’s isolated them to the point they can’t live without him.

You need him as much as he needs you.

It’s fucked up. Very much so.