DenNIM

**DenNIM** is a series about a sexually abused girl who's early trauma created an imaginary friend of dubious appearance.

Despite there being heavy themes of incest, pedophilia, and abuse, it is not portrayed or mentioned (in detail), and the main story revolves around the two characters and their relationship. This is especially the case with the comic series, which was created to highlight their playtimes.

The animated short, that kickstarted the series in 2011, showed the conclusion to the main story.

## Main story

> Mind is a young girl born in a luxurious Victorian house on the countryside, and the daughter of two seemingly upstanding members of the high class community.
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> When she was 3 years old, though, her father started to showcase invasive behaviour towards her, which only took a few days to grow out into full sexual abuse and a daily routine. The harm done often crippled her and Mind was quick to inform  her mother, but she did not believe her and punished her for "making up stories".
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> With no one standing up for her and the abuse continuing, her mental health started to deteriorate and soon she got visited by a little boy, named Dennim. He was 3 years old, just like her, and claimed to have climbed all the way up and through her open window. Mind was quick to tell the stranger why she was upset, and he was first to believe her, which relieved her a little. Because Dennim kept coming back, she quickly started to see him as a friend.
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> When Mind is 10 years old, she feels like she's reached her limit and wishes for some kind of action to be taken to make her father's abuse stop. Dennim suggests she should kill her parents, something he's always suggested, but Mind's high moral standards won't allow herself to commit such a crime.
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> He then offers her a random key and claims it'll open the door to her "freedom". While Mind doesn't know what he means by that or what this "free world" is about, despite Dennim's explanation, she takes the key and opens the door that suddenly appeared inside her room.
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> As she turns the key, she slits her throat in reality, showing she was holding her father's dagger the entire time.
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## Different endings in DenNIM

The world of DenNIM has multiple endings with different outcomes to Mind's suffering. Next to these realities, there are also  universes with their own set of rules for reality itself. The power of imagination and the concept of magic is different in each, which means that some universes allow Dennim to interact with real-life objects or present a method to how this can be done.

Dennim is nearly always  familiar with the rules of the universe he's in, with exception of the Dennim from the canon ending.

## Characters in DenNIM

The full list of characters that appear in DenNIM. These can be from the animated short, comic series, or the list of endings.

### Main characters

* Mind
* Dennim

### Minor characters

* Mind's mother
* Mind's father
* The family photographer

### Characters from different realities

* Dennim's father
* Dennim's mother
* Mind and Dennim's daughter
* Mind and Dennim's first son
* Mind and Dennim's second son
* Mind's boyfriend
* The daughter of Mind and her boyfriend
* The video store guy
* Dennim's fanboy
* Mind's senile caretaker
* Mind's dog
* Mind's half-brother/Dennim's son

## Series

* The DenNIM animation
* The DenNIM comic series

## Gallery

First designs, 2011Storyboard image of the animation, 2011Storyboard image of the animation, 2011Unused promotional poster for the animation, 2011Drawing from Deviantart; early adult designs, 2011Unpublished drawingEarly  monster Dennim sketchesSketchDrawing from Deviantart, 2015Drawing from Tumblr, 2018Drawing from Tumblr, 2018
## See also

* "DenNIM" at Deviantart
* The Dennim page at Facebook