Damy

Damy is a Lion King fancharacter and a half-blood vampiremeerkat.

He suffers from the results of his violent past directed by his fullblood mother and shares his home with his childhood crush, Deirdre, who's a regular meerkat and his "girlfriend-in-denial".
Since Damy's upbringing deems it normal for him to terrorize the neighbourhood, she tries to give him an unwanted re-education, though most habits cannot be erased.

He's a crazed villain, though many situations would argue he's an antihero.

Damy was created somewhere between 2003 and 2004, but made his first online appearance at Lionking Fanart.org on June 21, 2004.

Backstory

Damy's birth is thanks to his mortal father, Kurt, who made a deal with the vampire queen that had imprisoned him to keep their child. As intercourse with a mortal is forbidden and half-bloods are considered a disgrace by her kind, she preferred to self-terminate, but Kurt didn't want to give up on what would be his first child and argued it could grow up to make her proud.
Kurt didn't hesitate to raise Damy to his own liking, but he grew up socially awkward and ignorant about his surroundings. It did not evade Cheekah that her son was nothing like what was promised to her, even with Damy pretending at his father's request.
The lonely Damy met the meerkats Deirdre and Timon at the age of 9. Timon offered him friendship, but immediately abandoned him when the other children he was hanging out with started attacking who they knew was the son of a criminal.
After his father came for him and the group had dispersed, a young girl showed herself from behind a tree and seemingly smiled at him. Deirdre became an obsession and Damy would often look through the windows of his home to see if she was there.
He one day went out to look for her himself, but without avail and finding his mother taking his father's life when he returned. He revolted, which resulted in him losing a piece of his ear. He was kicked out and ordered to find his own food.
Morning drew near, and he eventually came across the girl he had long waited for. He refused to make her his prey, but then his mother arrived and forced him into an ultimatum. He made a deal with her to obey all of her orders, just to protect someone he hardly knew.
At the age of 15, he was considered fully trained by Cheekah. She instructed him to visit her on the roof, where he had to listen to some confusing dribble that sounded like she wanted to give him a compliment. Before she was able to let out any decisive words, she slipped, and fell down to the ground. Her sudden death made him realize he was now alone in the world and his childhood had been wasted.
He snapped and took over his mother's position of terrorizing the land.
Years later, Damy found out that Deirdre had become good friends with Timon, and their relationship showed hints of romance. Deirdre's trauma from 16 years ago made Damy unrecognizable; and their short past together non-existent, making Timon's unfavourable description of him bad news.
Damy saw no reason to explain who he was and only showed up to interrupt their dates. Timon was not yet familiar with his title as a serial murdered and treated him as a petty bully.
When Timon and Deirdre shared their first kiss and their love became a fact, Damy felt vengeful and wanted to capture and torture him. Deirdre didn't hesitate to volunteer to take his place, to which Damy agreed after seeing Timon getting upset over it.
Deirdre stayed for 6 months, wherein much of the abuse mirrors his mother's behaviour towards his father, minus the attempts of molestation. Though he had no hatred for her specifically, Damy had been succesfully brainwashed and could not shake away the general feeling of anger he felt.
On the 5th month, Damy started nursing her back to health, and on the 6th and last month, he finally told her about their first encounter and the entirety of his past. He then asked her to leave.
After learning of his past, Deirdre returned a few days later, though wasn't given entrance. Her persistence and Damy's refusal to cause her further crippling harm made her infiltration into his life unavoidable. They became an odd, inseparable duo, which affected her prior relationship with Timon.

Personality

Because of the circumstances he was born in, Damy did not enjoy a normal development of any kind.

By being kept away from the outside world and only having his imprisoned father to socialize with didn't help him grow up into a charming person. He had to guess what relationships should be like and it caused his obsessive hate for Timon, who he expected to protect him after he had offered his friendship, and his obsessive love for Deirdre, who charmed him with a debatable smile.

As an adult, Damy is objective and intelligent, yet cannot shake off his feelings for characters he met in the past. For example, the children who bullied him were all hunted down and killed in the end. Cheekah is an exception and surprisingly doesn't awaken any kind of trauma within him.
The time of her first presumed death left him pondering whether or not he killed her; as she tried to hold onto him when she started slipping. She grabbed for his right ear, but Damy turned away his head, and Cheekah ironically lost her grip because of the hole in his ear she made herself. The idea made him instantly lose fear for his mother, as it reassured him he could defend himself.

He is anti-social and a skeptic thinker who doesn't care much for anything that's generally considered fun. Deirdre calls him "an old man", and he'd only hunt and sleep every day if she didn't force activities on him. Having that said, taking the life of others is the only form of entertainment for him.
When she started living with him, he developed a sarcastic sense of humor, but before that, had no feeling for comedy.

Damy remembers the person he used to be, but once told Deirdre he wouldn't change himself if he could and "likes being bad", which reveals an important fact about Damy's nature as a vampire.

Appearance

Damy's head and body suffered many blows in the past; which led to perceivable mental and physical damage. His face is stuck in a constant frown, since he isn't able to move his eyebrows much.
Despite the grumpy look and other rough features, he's considered handsome by most meerkats and a fair amount of females unacquainted with him tend to approach. While it would make his hunting easier, he doesn't use his looks to gain trust and stealth kill others, even though it's a legitimate way of hunting for the vampire race.

Damy has long, wavy black hair in a ponytail, thick eyebrows, small pupils, a large pointy nose, furry cheeks, and misses a piece from his right ear. He has a pattern of conjoined stripes on his back.
Compared to full-blood vampiremeerkats, he looks rather average.

Relationships

Deirdre

Damy and Deirdre have a weirdly comical friendship with hints of desire for each other, despite their inappropriate past.

After Damy gave her the details of his childhood and released her, she somehow felt to owe him a second chance and help him find genuine happiness. She returned some time afterwards and started visiting him on a daily basis. This led up to becoming a resident of his home and claiming his bed.
Deirdre functions as the angel that never leaves his shoulder and a "friendly beating" is usually the thanks she gets. These situations argue it's cartoon violence and not comparable to the torture she's gone through prior.

She thinks Damy acts like a grumpy old man, so constantly tries to involve him with the outside world. She invites him to parties and other social events, but it's hard for him to function in any kind of company. He expresses disinterest for all her suggestions, but further in time accepts them more often by not audibly declining, though it's clear he only joins her to have it count as a date.

While he claims to everyone who assumes it that Deirdre isn't his (girl)friend, his feelings for her stayed the same over the years. Whether it's because of his training or the guilt from torturing her; he is unwilling to tell her his feelings or show a positive response to her hugs and overall attention. He has no tolerance for other men approaching her, but doesn't find himself worthy to be with her, either.
Damy shows his love by functioning as her alert guard dog and saved her life multiple times over the course of time.

Their bond is frowned upon by the neighbourhood and the vampire community. Mainly Deirdre is considered to be at fault by both parties.

Timon

Damy once considered Timon his first and only childhood friend.

Because Timon didn't help him when being attacked by the neighbourhood youth, he felt betrayed and never shed these negative feelings. Nevertheless, Timon stayed mostly save from Damy's lethal violence, insinuating he values their short time spent to some degree.

Timon is a controversial figure in many ways. He was Deirdre's first love interest, the one who tried to save her after getting caught by Damy, and the one who keeps reminding the two of this fact whenever they meet. His dislike for Damy is great; and he blames him for ruining his romantic development with Deirdre and "tricking" her into feeling sympathy for an unapologetic mass murderer. At the same time, he knows not to stand a chance against Damy in a fight and Deirdre is no longer the girl he fell for, so tries not to emotionally overexert himself.
Damy, on the other side of the aisle, still sees Timon as a threat that could take Deirdre away and rather not have her speak to him ever again. Deirdre requested to him to stop arguing with Timon, and in return, Damy doesn't want her to mention his name around him.

Timon entertained a few meetings with him and Deirdre, but didn't care to keep it up.

Cheekah

Cheekah is Damy's mother. He used to fear her, but now grants her no emotion when they meet.

The two found out they're equally matched in a fight, giving them little reason to do so. This change of reaction gave his mother the opportunity to change her approach, and she tries to talk him into marriage or sexually harasses him. Resulting into fights anyway.

Cheekah's growing fascination for Damy makes her more submissive and she accepts his violence and rudeness, something she wouldn't have tolerated from anyone back in the day. Damy is disgusted by her sudden crush on him.

Kurt

Kurt is Damy's mortal father.

He was Damy's only friend and helping hand, but also inadvertently kept him in a state of victimhood. While he helped him stay mentally sound the first years of his life, he was struggling with it himself and vividly rejected the negative facts of life to bring peace to his mind. Having that said, he never told Damy about the deal he made with Cheekah or her plans. Why Damy had to act like her was not given context.

Damy desires no contact with Kurt's family, though Deirdre insisted on visiting them.

List of Damy reincarnations

Damy's image has been reused for different characters from other series. Some are direct copies, while others borrow prominent features:

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Damy (Little Red Riding Hood)
Damy is here the wolf from the fairy tale, Little Red Riding Hood, who made his first online appearance in 2008.
He resembles Damy and has most of his personality, but doesn't have a grim past.
Damy (The Powerpuff Girls)
Damy is here a mutant clone of a teenage boy from the Powerpuff Girls universe. He's not made an online appearance.
He resembles him and has the most important elements of his personality, but a different backstory.
Damy (Pokémon)
Damy is a Mewtwo from the Pokémon universe, who made his first online appearance in 2008.
He resembles him and has the most important elements of his personality, but a whole different backstory and he befriends someone else besides just Deirdre.
Damy (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
Damy is here a teenage boy from the Ed, Edd n Eddy universe. He made his first online appearance in 2010.
He bears his image, but most of his personality has been altered to make him fit in as a fairly regular teenager. While he still has a dubious past, alot of things about him are unmentioned.
Damy (Undertale)
Damy is an Undertale creature born from a meerkat monster and a regular meerkat.
Dee Rhymz
Dee Rhymz is a Surinamese boy from no specific media, who made his first online appearance in 2008.
While he grew out to be his own character with his own unique appearance, his first facial design was slightly based on that of Damy's human design.
Dennim
Dennim is an imaginary boy from the series "DenNIM", who made his first online appearance in 2011.
His physical appearance is slightly based on Damy's and his personality is much like the one before Damy was rewritten (See: Trivia).
The concept of different endings was also reused in DenNIM.
Vampire Edd
Vampire Edd is a different version of Edd from the cartoon series, Ed, Edd n Eddy, who made his first online appearance in 2010.
He acts much like Damy used to do in his first design (See: Trivia).
Orson
Orson is a Little Mermaid fancharacter and made his first online appearance in 2019.
His facial expressions and way he conducts himself is nearly identical to Damy.

Trivia

Damy is VampireMeerkat's first original character made public on the internet.
Damy was originally created for the sole purpose of being the villain and pushing Timon and Deirdre to romantically bond more. VampireMeerkat ended up feeling more intrigue for the character, explaining the fairly sudden deterioration of Timon and Deirdre's relationship in the story.
Damy was more joky and playful in his first released images; but was quickly rewritten to be silent and bitter.
In Damy's first unpublished design he looked similar to Timon, but had a big nose and blond hair.
In some ways, Damy and Deirdre's past situation is Cheekah and Kurt's situation with the roles reversed.
Damy's corporal abuse caused some other side effects; if Damy were to cry, the pressure inside his head would result his tears to be mixed with blood;
- By prolonged duration, it would physically weaken him.