Isn't my daughter clever? Isn't my daughter something?
Dennis Duplass is a conman and farmer.
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Personality[]
Paige has less than generous things to say about her father and her upbringing. It is the kindness that the Dump's Servants depict him as having that tips her off to it's inauthenticity.[1]
Dennis is depicted as manipulative. He leaves a lot to be desired as a father.[2]
He ultimately admits that he proud of his daughter, and sacrifices himself to save her.[3]
Gallery[]
Background[]
In his first indirect appearance[4] he is leaving messages asking Paige for money, as she is the only one of his children still in contact with him. This is confirmed later in the series.[5]
Dennis has been in and out of prison due to his work as a conman.[2]
Dennis Duplass's first appearance is at his farm house, as he helps Paige and Hayward create a new god. He would say the farm was a good investment, good-soil and acreage and cheap. He was tricked, the air was poisoned by the Peninsula. There's a different harvest each spring and no guarantee that its something they can eat or sell. Paige describes him as "a con-man who won't admit he's been conned". This year the harvest was beets.[2]
Episode Appearances[]
| Chapters | Synopsis |
|---|---|
| Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many | Dennis is introduced indirectly through Paige's routine. He calls her regularly to ask for money. |
| Chapter 11: My Voice Cries Truths I Never Knew | Dennis and Paige's upbringing is depicted indirectly through the Dump's Servants |
| Chapter 23: I'd Howl, I'd Scream, In Victory | Dennis's first explicit depiction. After a bit of bickering with his daughter, he helps Paige and Hayward create their god. |
| Chapter 26: My Song, My Sorrow and I | Dennis helps develop the plan to spread the Many Below, including meeting with Esther Grammen. |
| Chapter 27: So I'll Bear It Trembling Onwards | Dennis finds out Corvin has betrayed him. He tells Paige he'll fix it, talk his way out of it. He tells her to run with Hayward. He martyrs himself for the cause, becoming a saint. |
Connections[]
- Paige is Dennis' daughter. She is the only one of his children still in contact with him[5], and he uses her for money.[4] She does not want him to apologise for his actions and become better now because it is too late. He sacrifices himself for their cause, which destroys Paige.[3]
- Gwyneth Duplass was one of Dennis' wives, and it is implied that he had many partners.[1] She dies when Paige was wrong, and Dennis refused to take her daughter to her grave more than once.[2]
- Hayward meets Dennis through the god-making process. He acts as a mediator between him and his daughter.[2]
- Corvin is initially someone Dennis trusts. He knew him in prison. Corvin gets Dennis and Paige into the prison to meet with Esther Grammen.[5] He betrays them to the authorities.[3]
- Walter was someone that Dennis knew in prison. Dennis betrays him, destroying their friendship. He is hallowed, and Dennis still feels guilty about it.[2]
Trivia[]
- Dennis Duplass' last words are "Fuck the Bronze."[3]
- Dennis is the second Saint of the Woundtree.
- Dennis Duplass, along with two other prominent parental figures in the series, is representative of a human-to-deity relationship. He is a manipulative, parasitic god who offers us reassurance and love and belonging, while feeding our dependence upon him.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 11: My Voice Cries Truths I Never Knew
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Chapter 23: I'd Howl, I'd Scream, In Victory
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 27: So I'll Bear It Trembling Onwards
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chapter 26: My Song, My Sorrow and I
- ↑ thesiltverses Tumblr post on 1st July, 2024