#Darimila

[notllorstel]

Just hanging out

[zibiscusloon]

Plan:

1. Go to Demon Realm

2. Accidentally acquire bonus parents

3. Found family baby—

[a-flaming-idiot]

You know I find Camila X Darius a little funny cause it almost seems like something out of a romance novel.

Like a middle-aged, geeky, not-conventionally attractive, single woman travels to another dimension. There she earns the eye of a beautiful, powerful, muscular, suave, noble witch man through her likable personality and a good bit of grit with a baseball bat. And he is smitten and a little taken a back by her and her complete separation from the world, imperfections an all.

Like remove all the context and the fact Luz is 100% giving Darius some killer side eye and this seems like something straight out of a spicy book Camila keeps hidden under her bed from Luz.

[indigogalaxia]

Quick bios from oldest to youngest.

CMG AU blog

[akunnito]

I just-

I just love them so much it's not funny

[mocndu]

First official fankid reference

[dazeddoodles]

What’s your thoughts on Darimila?? (Darius&Camila ship)

I know people only started shipping them so both of Hunter's parents would be together (To be fair that why people first shipped Camileda but with Luz)

But over time I actually really started to like the idea of them together. Camila and her giant fussy sensitive husband. Darius and his tiny caring badass wife.

He would soft around her and she would be so loving to him.

[oldbloodnewsouls-au]

From left to right: Marino, Gracelyn, and Celeste

[angelfishcake]

POV: you're at a we-just-saved-the-world after party

Bonus:

[angiesdoodle]

[the-owl-house-takes]

I'm giggling imagine Darius says he's straight when he's uncomfortable with a man flirting with him Or he says he's gay when he gets uncomfortable with a woman flirting with him ohhh the fun of being bi/pan/omni LMLMFLAFMO he could easily say he's taken too - but he doesn't purely to fuck with ppl "You don't look... straight." "Oh really? :( could've sworn you were flirting with another (owl) lady a second ago!" All else fails he grabs either Perry, Camila, Raine or Eda and starts raving about how much he loves them very very loudly #parentpolycule

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[notllorstel]

hello here’s darimila related doodles sitting in my files;>

aka avoiding fic writing with doodles about fic🫣

[welcometogrouchland]

could u elaborate on darius camila fake dating? ill assume its for convenience's sake but ure so right the complicated feelings this would stir in luz, hunter and even vee are delicious

Okay so, I don't usually write fanfic, but I do have several fanfic scenarios and jumping off boards that I, when inclined, rotate in my mind like a DVD. Most of them are remarkably silly and arbitrary in premise, and the Darius and Camilla fake dating scenario is no exception.

To set the scene, it's post canon, w/ a working portal at Luz's disposal and Hunter flitting between a couple houses atm

The Nocedas and Deamonnes are having family dinner in the human realm. Things are going well! Darius is telling mostly non-morbid stories (bc based on CotH he CAN get morbid when he wants), Camila is impressed by the things he has to say even if he's not so subtly bragging as he goes on (both about himself as a matter of bravado, but also about Camila's kids. They're tough little bastards and he admires them, even if he'd never admit it)

Luz and Vee like to push Darius' buttons bc frankly it's stupidly easy and rewarding to do so (he is an irritable man, Luz is a mischievous lil scoundrel and Vee is, fundamentally, a silly creature. Vee's still nervous around witches (excluding the hexsquad) so Luz takes the lead w/ teasing)

Meanwhile, Hunter's having the time of his life!!! He's getting double the amount of parental praise and affection he normally gets!!! Big win in his eyes!!! He's never realised how much he likes his lives in the human and demon realm intersecting until now.

and, obviously, the stars of this hypothetical show, Darius and Camila. on the surface they seem very different, and they definitely are to an extent! Camila's naturally a sweet woman with a tougher more authoritative side that she reserves for when her loved ones are in trouble. Darius is a naturally cold and sophisticated person who only reveals the softer side of himself to those he's close with. she's very sincere and has been at this whole 'parenting' thing for a while, Darius has a few layers of persona and hard outer-shell on at all times and he's literally only been something close to a parent for like. a few months max.

but fundamentally they both feel massively out of their depth. right now, they both have a bigger support network than ever before, but the fact is that they've both been very lonely people until recently, and they're used to doing things with maybe one person by their side, max. they have all these people eager to help them, but also all this fear of Doing It Wrong and i feel like they're both people who're very conscious of how they're perceived by others. it makes them want to pull away and keep doing things the way they always have. but seeing that same imposter syndrome and concern born out of love in each other is...nice. it's nice to know someone else gets it. that they're not alone.

It's a wonderful time all around, until someone (stealing the idea of it being Camila's coworkers from another anon) unexpectedly calls to the house for a visit (ig Camila forgot abt clinic potluck night)

IMMEDIATE panic breaks out; Vee greets the guests at the door and stalls while Luz and Camila shove Darius and Hunter into another room to quickly try and come up with an exit plan. There's one obvious solution: summon the portal and go.

We could say there's an issue with this somehow (idk maybe stringbean ate the portal key and they're waiting for her to cough it up) OR we could just say that while Luz and Hunter want to be responsible, protect the demon realm and all that, they were also having a really good time. Luz loves talking about her adventures in the demon realm to her mom, Hunter's only now realising how happy having two parents/families makes him, even Darius is coming out of his shell as the night goes on.

And thus, the Boyfriend Suggestion is given

(rest under the cut bc holy fuck this is long)

Which is to say, Hunter says they can excuse Darius' presence by claiming he's Hunter's previous foster parent/social worker/etc (since I think the only way Camila can really justify the 5 extra kids that stayed in her house over summer with 2 of them staying to people in town would be something like foster care)...AND Camilla's new boyfriend, hence why he's here for the night :] <- this is the face Hunter is making @ Camila and Darius btw

Now, this may seem like a lot of mental gymnastics on Hunters part to keep the night going. And it is! But fortunately, hunter has experience with mental gymnastics. Especially if it's for something that he really really wants. It's not entirely selfish on his part, he's perceptive can tell that both Camila and Darius are lonely people deep down. he wants to see the people he cares about being happy and connected and they were just getting along so well!

Maybe the extra connection is an unnecessary detail, but in his eyes, the worst thing that could happen is a slightly awkward evening, while the best thing that could happen is he gets to live like this forever. Hooray! He is not going to investigate his own possible desire to have a more conventional family structure btw. He definitely doesn't have any leftover fears about non-conformity and being neglected left over from the emperor's coven. Absolutely not.

exiting out of hunters inner monologue and returning to the scene- Camila laughs, Immediately and nervously, because really? Darius? her boyfriend??? As if her co-workers are going to buy that the middle aged, nerdy widow with the famously unpopular daughter managed to snag a 6 ft tall, buff-ass Adonis who, while not being able to tell them that he's secretly a beautiful elf man, you still kinda tell. There's a Vibe he's always radiating, even in human disguise mode.

She genuinely means it when she says all this, she thinks she's just being realistic, but it makes Luz, Hunter and Darius sad to hear. Luz and hunter love Camila SO MUCH. Darius has really appreciated her company tonight. they don't want to hear her talk bad abt herself.

And maybe it's Darius' own rebellious nature that spurs him to contradict her. He's the kind of guy who believes in sticking it to ppl and proving that you're not the person they thought you were! And he's not above petty victories either. He looks at Luz and Hunter. They look back at him. He steels himself.

He pretended to be a coven head for years. He's played the role of someone cool, calculating and utterly unattached to the point of nearly convincing himself along with everyone else...

...So surely he can pretend to be his son's mom's boyfriend for a night!

and essentially any amount of shenanigans can spiral out of that premise, lol.

You can have Darius fumbling his way through pretending to be a human!

(He's doing his best. Hunter is guiding him but he's also wrong a lot of the time. Honestly Camila's coworkers look at Luz and think back to Manny and are like. Yeah that checks out this woman's a weirdo magnet)

You can have Camila and Darius!

(2 full grown adults who haven't had significant committed relationships in a while) trying to figure out the Right Amount of fake affection and PDA it takes to be convincing w/o being weird

Darius not knowing how to operate around the Noceda girls now that he's been put in this liminal paternal space for the night. Gives them both these awkward head pats and then internally cringes

You can also have the kids wildly differing emotional responses to this frankly absurd scenario! I genuinely cannot afford to make this any longer than it needs to be so maybe I'll expand on this idea some other time BUT in my mind it's a lot of...

bickering between Luz and Hunter about if this is really necessary (they are both self motivated rn but in ways that are understandable)

Vee not even knowing how to approach the idea of Camila having a boyfriend/her having more than one parent (this is all very new to her). I'm honestly torn about whether she'd warm up to Darius and be happy at the idea of having a bigger family or if her own fears of abandonment would lead to her being possessive/protective of her mom. It could go either way depending on how you characterize her relationship to Darius

Luz knowing that it's fake but still having a visceral reaction to just the idea of her mom dating and finding herself torn between wanting her mom to be happy and not being ready to accept any new father figures in her life after losing her dad

Hunter realising that Luz is uncomfortable and that in his pursuit of his dream family he may have accidentally put the first person to make him feel like family in immense emotional conflict

There'd probably be some family conflict either during the coworkers visit (prompting them to leave) or after they're already gone. Mostly about Darius and Hunter being not totally honest and kinda Weird the whole night, and the Nocedas unprocessed grief that they've both been refusing to deal with for a while.

Then however the hypothetical fic would resolve is up to you! Do Darius and Camila actually get together? Does one catch feelings but the other is still hung up/hesitant? Do they just stay friends and confidants? It's all up to the imagination baby

Anyway, sorry for the terrible wait on this answer anon, I've had several funks/episodes in the interim between starting and finishing this ask, hence why it got delayed lol. It's probably not as polished as it could be, and is really just a functional ramble about things I don't think I'll ever write, but it was definitely a fun ride lol

[darkmatter-nebula]

Tiny "Lost But Now Found" AU post incoming, my dear fellas:

Some random jerk: *made Colli cry*

The starboy's parents:

[indigogalaxia]

Hello Darimila nation! I have been neglecting you here on tumblr.

Over the past few months, I’ve been crafting some darimila kiddos and I’m still molding their lore and designs. I also made design for a Raeda kid that I will be posting soon. Enjoy!

[thishazeleyeddemon]

v mildly spicy Darius/Camila lines - don't interact if underage

"It's different for me," Camila admitted. She let her eyes roam over the swirling purple expanse of him. All deep violet, like a flower - someone (probably Luz) told Camila once that because violet was such a rare color in nature, people came to associate it with power, mystery, the arcane.

Violet, she thought, was the color of magic.

"I've never seen anyone like you before."

Darius tilted his head. She felt the weight of all his eyes on her, venom green, sharp as a snakebite. For a moment she wasn't sure if she'd said something wrong - was that rude, they're not going to have to duel about it right - but then he smiled, a slow and lazy thing. It showed off his pointed teeth.

Something she hadn't felt in an embarrassingly long time curled in her stomach.

"Well," he said, "do you like what you see?"