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their parent was neglectful and literally just let him play on his ipad as a child, so they grew up as an awkward guy who just likes to draw on his ipad and watch slime videos on youtube. the parental controls were always on, so they never watched anything that was rated above PG-13. Thus, a skewed perception on how the world works, which is only furthered effed up by the fact that he's never left the underworld.

Ayup! This is Death the 21st (he/they) from my upcoming comic series! They are Emily's father figure, and also happen to be the ruler of the underworld. The thing is, he doesn't really know how to rule because their own parental figure (the previous Death) was neglectful and never taught them anything about ruling. For the most part, he just lets his advisors do all the work, which leads to a very corrupt government full of selfish, power-hungry fools.

Storytime! When they met Emily, it was one of the few times that Death was actually doing his job. He was processing dead souls to send on their way when he came upon Emily, a literal child that died in a fire. Until this point, he had no idea that children died. Like, he thought that Life would keep them at least until they finished childhood. But no. So they ended up taking Emily in so that she could finish her childhood happily before being sent to the Afterlife. Then, woopsies, he gets attached.

This is part of my upcoming comic! Emily is the ward/adopted daughter of Death XXI. She died in a fire as a child, (whoever "dies" in this universe just gets sent to the underworld, otherwise known as limbo or "the Beneath"), and Death XXI took her under his metaphorical (and literal) wing. Her form of teenage rebellion is to wear bright colours (usually yellow) and hang out with nice boys. She's a little fireball with a short fuse, pun intended.