#Shadow Dedede

[das-a-kirby-blog]

I sweetened them, okay?

[skirbozobrainrot]

it has GOT to be on purpose at this point

[darkmetaknightspussy]

gay people in my artifact

[stupidgalaxybrain]

What if... I come back from the dead and do @das-a-kirby-blog's DTIYS?

Times are tough, and in moments like those, sometimes you got to come back to Kirby. I loved the structure of this piece and really wanted to give it a shot. The limited color scheme was a fun challenge, as was packing in so many characters! I changed a couple things around, like putting in Lololo, Lalala, and Kracko on Dedede's side since they were his minions in Dream Land. I also removed Dark Crafter because, while I love the rep, I thought tying Yin-Yarn to the Jamba Heart was more accurate to shared enemies of our sworn partners. Regardless, I loved the original and I hope I did it justice. Maybe I'm back? We'll see...

[galactaknightyaoi]

☀️ IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!! 🌙

This is my gift to myself :) I drew my favorite guys ever.

For a while I've been itching to draw the wedding outfits from this post again. I made them up on the fly as I was drawing, but I actually really like how they ended up turning out. They're super cute!! (though, yet again, you can't see almost any part of Dedede's outfit... 💔)

But then I couldn't get it out of my head to make a companion piece for it, with their mirror versions. And so. I did. What they have going on is a little bit messy, though...

Marriage or divorce!! Take your pick.

[lowpolygongirlfriend]

Happy Birthday to my favourite Kirby game! 🌸🌱⭐️

[mspopstar]

I'm curious to see where everyone stands intelligence wise

"Me an' King Dedede worked on this little chart here! Dunno' if it's right but Deeds said he's confident in his es-tee-may-shuns."

-Kirby!

[yokyoaaa]

Evil art style challenge!

(stuffs under the cut!)

Vibrant colors - muted colors

Lax line art - attentive line art

No shading - black shading

Less detail - more detail

(Close up!)

[forgottenkirbyfacts]

forgotten kirby fact 16 - the pause screen that says shadow dedede has to defeat the darkness in his own heart was a mistranslation, the original screen was talking about dedede.

(jp translation)

[daily-dedede]

day 27: shadow dedede

[susiewithdauzi]

METADEDE ART DUMP NEWEST TO OLDEST HOORAAYAYY (from now until march) they mean so much to me..

[das-a-kirby-blog]

drawing with the mirror trio

[gagateau666]

Evil kirby game

idea comes from a random doodle i did on a wb

[blueberryfruitbat]

METADEDE WEEK DAY 1! Sworn Partners (Free Day)

Goth old man yaoi...

[veinsfullofstars]

★ Kirbtober 2024 Day 5: Royal ★

(ID: Kirby series fanart of Shadow Dedede, standing with a confident lean and smiling fiercely at the viewer, one hand propped cockily on his hip, the other holding his great mechanical hammer over his shoulder. Around him, red stars drip darkly. END ID.)

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Started on 09/03/24, finished on 09/04/24. | Kirbtober 2023 Comp

[frostiwars]

let's pretend i live on the west coast and it's still DAY 5: AU!!

do you think we're gay in every universe?

in which i turn insane and draw 5 different drawings for one prompt. and as a result, the rendering is a lot rougher, but oh well! i hope the designs are fun enough!!

GORE WARNING!!!!! and design ramblings under the cut

Role Swap: i referenced hanyuu from higurashi for king metata because, while dedede has no idea about how to properly dress in traditional voidborn-based royalty attire (because his parents never taught him), metata wears EVEN MORE traditional garb, fancified, and a tiara rather than a crown cap. instead of hiding his wings in his cape, he hides them in his silk scarf. i didn’t even have to change his hime cut. he’s still cocky and arrogant but less traumatized so he’s less serious and more haughty. also his bow tying his hakama is shaped like an M haha. meanwhile, knight dede is far more armored, aiming for bulk over dps, and of course his armor has his classic triangular patterning all over the place. instead of the jaw scar, his eyes are clawed over. i wonder how that happened...

Species Swap: voidborn dedede is shorty mcshort short, even shorter than regular meta. he’s so short he doesn’t even wear hakama cuz he’d just trip over them, so he sticks with just a kimono and obi (once again adding to the androgyny common in most voidborn designs). his geta are less bulky as well. it’s not seen fully because his wings are out but his cloak goes all the way to his ankles instead of his knees. additionally, his wings have a blue gradient that matches the new color of his robe. his hammer is more embellished, like if galaxia was a giant mallet instead of a sword. and to keep with the ‘circular’ feeling for the hair common to my puffball gijinkas, i gave him kinda croissanty hair. meanwhile, avian meta has eschewed much of his armor for the sake of piercing and aerodynamics. he’s much lighter and his sleeves flow out to make room for the wings he can spawn on his arms. and of course his hair is slicked back and feathery like Coo and Vul. even his mask has a few more spikes to imitate bird talons.

dedede is a negatively-to-neutrally charged voidborn. i talked with my sibling @clutzicone-dts and they suggested denial as a birth emotion. i also like @moonmacabre01's idea of using regret. very fitting for a redeemable character

Gender Swap: normal dedede wears his garb in a feminine fashion, wearing the kimono over the hakama, so fem dedede does it in reverse, tucking the kimono inside the hakama. different sandals again, and wearing just the crown while eschewing the cap, mostly so i can have her long flowing braids more visible. at least she has a top knot to resemble the pom pom tho. meta meanwhile is largely unchanged physically (duh, voidborns don't have physical sex) with outfit adjustments. she keeps some design aspects from her younger days to distinguish her from normal meta while still seeming in character. tassels on the shoulder pads, and a hood on the cape instead of the frill. plus her lower body armor is longer and more decorated to give the illusion of a skirt without actually being one and i gave her low double buns to keep the round hair shape without just leaving it as a bowl cut

Mirror Versions: i have a whole ass complicated headcanon for the mirror dimension. i think it would be best described that, in this gijinkaverse, the mirror dimension is less an alternate universe and more an alternate timeline that went wrong at a very specific point. it's led to shadow dedede being much more... in tune, let's say, with the dark matter blade within his heart. and dameta isn't very pleased about that. after all, the two never got the chance to reconcile over Meta Knight's Revenge before things went to shit in that world. so they have a very complicated, somewhat tragic relationship. but i can talk about that more another time. let's just say that all of this is why i made certain slight changes to the two's designs. but i also gave dameta striped legs because stripes are for evil people

Bad Ending:

:)

no spoilers. feel free to theorize about it. i'm sure there are plenty of clues to let you figure it out on your own.