#chucky dompler ii

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Breaking his poor little heart 💔

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Their biggest challenge yet: grandparenthood.

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Motherhood is a stressful time, even Dottie knows this. She figured it out eventually, but she had a really hard time finding a good balance at first.

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This isn’t quite what Kip expected, but she’ll take it!

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Since I've been hinting at Dottie's baby so much I guess it's time I actually show you guys what he looks like lol

Meet Charles "Chucky" Dompler II! Dottie's precious little baby boy who came along when she wanted him most. She loves him to bits, but everyone else who's met this child is not quite sure what to think of him. Despite having his name, Chucky has inherited none of Grandpa Charlie's confidence or independence. He's incredibly clingy with the adults in his life, especially his mom. When he was a baby he was absolutely beside himself every time she left the room, and although he does grow past that and start trusting other adults, he is still a mama's boy through and through. Instead of playing with other children, he prefers to hang out with the grown-ups just to watch what they're doing. For example, he will forego recess to stay inside with the teacher and watch them work on lesson plans, because he doesn't want to interact with other kids. He doesn't even want to converse with the grown-ups, just sit there and observe.

You can also see this when Chucky tags along with Mama Dottie and Auntie Kip on their outings. He'll let them dress him up and take him into any store they want to, but he contributes nothing in the way of conversation. Ask him what he wants to do and his answer is "whatever Mama does." He doesn't have his own hobbies. Kip, despite being able to read the stoic Dottie perfectly, can never really tell if Chucky is having fun or not. He doesn't emote much like his mama but she at least speaks her mind, which Chucky doesn't except to ask for her. Kip is still extra nice to him because that's her best friend's baby, and she hopes that her kindness will encourage him to come out of his shell more.

Grandpa Charlie also does his best to include Chucky, inviting the little boy to play video games with him. But he never does, instead preferring to sit and watch his Grandpa in complete silence. Does he even blink? It creeps Charlie the hell out, especially since that kid looks so much like that homunculus dude who HAS to be the father, there's no way he's not. But he still indulges Chucky by explaining video game lore to him, glad that someone is willing to listen. Dottie was a quiet kid and so is Chucky, at least when he's not crying for his mama. Charlie's pretty used to it and is glad to have someone carrying on his name, though he has questions about who he's sharing his legacy with which Dottie will not answer.

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Chuckys notdad Dorian seemed so family oriented as a homunculus what happened there

He still is, don’t worry! The reason he’s not a constant figure in Chucky’s life is because Dottie is not sure who the father actually is. To us and almost everyone in Dottie’s life, it’s very obvious that Dorian is the dad, but Dottie’s had plenty of partners who are also lumpy and bug-eyed so she doesn’t want to jump to any conclusions. She also isn’t really interested in a DNA test because she doesn’t want to overcomplicate things with child support or burdening some unwilling man with the knowledge that he’s a father, especially when she’s been managing just fine on her own.

But that doesn’t mean Dorian is completely out of the picture!

As Dottie’s on-and-off boyfriend, he’s bound to pop back into her life and meet her baby. Even though none of them know he’s the actual father, he’s very enthusiastic about stepping up into that role and supporting Chucky, even though the boy very much prefers his mom’s attention. Like usual, Dorian doesn’t stick around for long before he and Dottie break up for the umpteenth time, but he frequently sends Chucky letters, gifts, and cards even when he and Dottie aren’t together. He feels a connection to Chucky and will always keep coming back into his and Dottie’s lives with the same upbeat attitude as ever. They can never truly be rid of him.

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I'll get you, my Dottie...and your little dog, too!

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He’s the spitting image…

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You can see why they share a name lol

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if Dottie ends up being a mom, how is she handling single motherhood?

Very well actually! She loves her little boy so much

Just look at Chucky, isn’t he so cute? It’s enough to give anyone baby fever /s

In all seriousness, Dottie had him at a time where she was fully ready so she didn’t have to worry about finances or feel like her fun was cut short or anything. She did have a little bit of a hard time during his first several years of life because of how clingy he was. She couldn’t even shower without him crying and had hardly any personal space without him latching onto her. At that time he wouldn’t even accept his grandparents as an alternative. Dottie did enjoy having a cuddly baby and also took him a lot of places, as when he felt secure that she wasn’t going to leave he was a lot more calm and easygoing. She could do anything from standing in line with him at work to taking him on shopping sprees with Kip, and he didn’t cause any trouble as long as he could see or hear her. One benefit of a clingy kid was that she never had to worry about him running away from her, unlike a lot of parents. But she did want to go out by herself sometimes and couldn’t do that knowing he was in distress without her.

That phase didn’t last forever and things became a lot easier for both of them once Chucky learned to trust his grandparents and teachers. Dottie could finally leave him with her parents and enjoy some child-free outings knowing he was having his own fun without her (if by “fun” you mean staring silently at Grandma and Grandpa for hours lol). She does still take Chucky a lot of places, but now it’s because she wants to and not because she feels she needs to. But now she also has a bit more freedom to live the way she used to before.

Including her love life! After Chucky becomes a little more independent, Dottie starts going on dates again, which she hadn’t been able to do as much since she was pregnant (yes she was still active then lol). Her choices in men and her behavior in the bedroom are as un-Christian as ever, but Dottie does have some new rules now that she’s a mom. When she’s interested in keeping a relationship past a short-term deal, she vets those partners heavily to make sure they’re nice to children before even considering introducing them to Chucky. If Chucky doesn’t like her partner, she takes it very seriously and is willing to break up with an otherwise perfect man if Chucky can’t warm up to him. She still has plenty of flings with guys who should definitely not be fathers, but she makes sure they stay flings that Chucky never gets to meet. And while her dates are frequent, she makes sure they’re not so frequent that Chucky has any reason to feel neglected. If Chucky asked her to stay home, she would. The date would be no fun if she knew her boy was lonely without her. While it makes Dottie’s life a little different, she’s no stranger to balancing her love life with her other relationships as she’s always had to make time for her best friend too.

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could you tell us some more about Chucky as he gets more independent?

As if he does get any more independent /hj

Chucky is a mama’s boy to the end and never really strays too far from her, even when he’s a grown man and everyone else his age has long ago flown the coop. You’ve heard of parents who have children to ensure there’s someone to take care of them when they’re old, well Chucky thinks that is his honest to god duty in life. Mama Dottie has never once expected this of Chucky and never made him feel that way. In fact, she would like it if he’d take care of her a little less so she can engage in, ahem, risky behavior like she did in her youth, without him fretting over her. Please, Chucky, find some friends your own age. You don’t need to spend your whole life with people 30+ years older than you. Mama will be just fine.

Still, Dottie does love her boy and is glad he still cares to be in her life. A number of her peers are very jealous of her as their children and grandchildren hardly visit at all, while she can always count on her child being there for her. Despite his emotional neediness, Chucky is very competent as a caretaker, able to keep a clean house, provide nutritious meals, help his aging mother stay on top of her health needs, and more without protest. He needs to work on being less smothering, but otherwise he would have been a great elder care professional. Whenever he accompanies his mother to the local senior events, he helps out with the other old folks and charms them with his skills in bingo and various board games. For what it’s worth, he can actively contribute to activities a lot more than when he was a kid observing the world in silence. He genuinely has fun in the old folks’ home and can get distracted enough to let his mom go off and have a good time with her friends and lovers separately from him.

Chucky finds something of a niche in his midlife, but when he’s a younger man it’s definitely a lot harder for him and Dottie. She’s not old enough to have many caretaking needs but is still far too old to be taking care of him, but he can’t stand the idea of moving too far away from her. The farthest he’ll go is an apartment in the same building as hers. Dottie has been a very independent soul her whole life with very vibrant platonic, romantic, and sexual relationships, but Chucky is lucky to so much as get through a talking stage successfully. Because of this, I doubt Dottie has any grandchildren lol

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Chucky knows what’s up

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I'LL BE CHUCKY'S BEST FRIEND!!!

Breaking his poor little heart 💔

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Just to be clear Dottie and Dorian aren’t married, they never will be. She’s calling him Chucky’s “stepfather” because she loves him and wants to encourage a good relationship, not because he’s legally his stepfather. But let’s be real he clearly isn’t a STEP father at all lol

Chuckys notdad Dorian seemed so family oriented as a homunculus what happened there

He still is, don’t worry! The reason he’s not a constant figure in Chucky’s life is because Dottie is not sure who the father actually is. To us and almost everyone in Dottie’s life, it’s very obvious that Dorian is the dad, but Dottie’s had plenty of partners who are also lumpy and bug-eyed so she doesn’t want to jump to any conclusions. She also isn’t really interested in a DNA test because she doesn’t want to overcomplicate things with child support or burdening some unwilling man with the knowledge that he’s a father, especially when she’s been managing just fine on her own.

But that doesn’t mean Dorian is completely out of the picture!

As Dottie’s on-and-off boyfriend, he’s bound to pop back into her life and meet her baby. Even though none of them know he’s the actual father, he’s very enthusiastic about stepping up into that role and supporting Chucky, even though the boy very much prefers his mom’s attention. Like usual, Dorian doesn’t stick around for long before he and Dottie break up for the umpteenth time, but he frequently sends Chucky letters, gifts, and cards even when he and Dottie aren’t together. He feels a connection to Chucky and will always keep coming back into his and Dottie’s lives with the same upbeat attitude as ever. They can never truly be rid of him.