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I'm just saying that this would be perfect for a Vampire!Charles story. This Edwin would love it.

After Hell, Edwin thought he'd had enough of blood and gore. The seeping red and viscousness of it. How it runs and stains and reminds of pain and terror.

And the thought of Charles painted in red should fill him with cold horror, but..

Charles is beautiful in red.

The pearly white teeth and the wild smile as Charles returns to his side again and again covered in the evidence of a job well jobbed, a client avenged, fills Edwin with something more akin to heat.

Arousal.

He wants Charles' bloodstained hands to hold him as tightly and surely as he does his cricket-bat. He wants it to soak into his own clothes, seep into the marrow of him, and stain him as Charles's forever. The evidence of Charles's claim on Edwins' soul to override Hell.

How lucky is he that Charles wants to ruin him just as much as Edwin wants to be ruined?

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I've noticed a disturbing lack of vampire related Dead Boy Detective content in the last few months. Could someone do something about that?

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So I'm sure we all enjoy a reverse AU story in which Charles is the Edwardian who went to hell, and Edwin was born in the 80s and died in the attic.

If Edwin is to be the Brawn in these stories, I would like to suggest that instead of using sporting equipment as a weapon, Edwin would instead have a Cane Sword. Specifically, an enchanted iron edged Cane Sword can harm ghosts.

Just imagine Edwin standing in front of Charles and lifting up his cane, unsheathing the blade and telling Charles to please be quick with his spell.

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So, I was looking back at some of the older confessions about Edwin being autistic. I don't have any issues with this. However, I'm curious if this would still be the case after his death?

Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that would be tied to a physical body, wouldn't it? Does this still affect Edwin as an incorporeal soul? If Charles had ADHD would he still have it as a ghost. I hope this isn't offensive to anyone, but this is an interesting topic to me.

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In legal usage in the English-speaking world, an act of God, act of nature, or damnum fatale ("loss arising from inevitable accident") is an event caused by no direct human action (e.g. severe or extreme weather and other natural disasters) for which individual persons are not responsible and cannot be held legally liable for loss of life, injury, or property damage. An act of God may amount to an exception to liability in contracts (as under the Hague–Visby Rules), or it may be an "insured peril" in an insurance policy. In Scots law, the equivalent term is damnum fatale, while most Common law proper legal systems use the term act of God.

UK – England and Wales

An act of God is an unforeseeable natural phenomenon. Explained by Lord Hobhouse in Transco plc v Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council as describing an event:

1 which involves no human agency

2 which is not realistically possible to guard against

3 which is due directly and exclusively to natural causes and

4 which could not have been prevented by any amount of foresight, plans, and care.

- Wikipedia

Edwins death was unexplained, unforseen and no one was held as a guilty party.

"An Act of God"

It wasn't labeled like that because everyone in the world thought he deserved it. Much like an earthquake, they simply didn't know what and how it happened.

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[sonofhelios2005]

Technically Edwin did die in an almost empty room because Sa'al had already killed the other boys.

thinking about how edwin died in a room full of people but felt alone and charles died in a room with only one other person but felt less alone than he had his whole life

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In a minor AU in which ghosts can be forcibly banished to the afterlife by salting and burning a spirits remains, an enemy of the boys decides to get revenge on the them by burning Charles bone.

It's a peaceful night in the office. Edwin is reading a new copy of Minor Arcana Volume 4, and Charles is sorting through his bag. Suddenly, Charles stands to tell Edwin he feels strange. Before Edwin can respond, Charles abruptly erupts into flames, and with a scream of pain, he burns to nothing. All Edwin can do is stare in horrified disbelief at where Charles once stood.

(Yes, I'm currently rewatching Supernatural)

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I would love a story where the boys keep accidentally scaring people by appearing behind them in these forms.

Like they’re DEAD boy detectives 💜 They have to have their “true” ghost’s forms (Part ???)

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What if because Edwin had been in hell, he was vulnerable to things like holy water and crosses. This would he a major source of angst for Edwin, and he would absolutely keep it from Charles, not wanting to scare the only friend he's ever really had.

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I think Charles's abuse contributes to his inability to admit his sexuality more than anything. There are a lot of factors to take into account, but that specific part of him not being acknowledged in "Bi discovery" fics is what really aggravates me.

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[sonofhelios2005]

I'm still convinced Edwin disliked her so much because she insulted the agency name right after they rescued her.

Whoah Edwin definitely has flaws and the way he treats Crystal is one of them but it's definitely not unprovoked. It just wasn't provoked by Crystal herself, but there was a number of circumstances making him act that way. It was still shitty, I'm just saying it wasn't just him being shitty for no reason. They're all shitty at some point in the show and we always get to understand the underlying reason for it.

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[sonofhelios2005]

So much is said about Charles's jealousy, but besides, a few side glances at Monty and his anger born of worry concerning Edwin and the Cat King he didn't show any.

Edwin is the one who showed clear and obvious signs of being jealous from the first conversation Charles has with Crystal.

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[sonofhelios2005]

I hope he does that boomerang trick again and wacks Despair and Desire.

"I hope Payneland is made canon in the Sandman."

That's nice. I hope Charles smacks Despair with his (newly mended) cricket bat.

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Random pointless story idea. Charles and Edwin are two gods who decided to become human out of boredom. They never expected to solve ghost crimes.

Charles - Helios Titan God and Personification of the Sun, Guardian of Oaths and the God of Sight.

Edwin - Astraeus - God of the Dusk, Stars and Astrology.

I only picked these two because I know nothing about Celtic mythology. More appropriate deities could be chosen.

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One of my favourite things is everybody's ideas about what exactly the 'Puppy Debacle of 94' was all about. I've seen people say it was a Hellhound, Ghost Dog, and most recently, Charles himself was turned into a dog by a wizard.

However , my favourite version is that the dog was just a regular puppy who Charles looked after for a while, and Edwin got incredibly jealous when it took most of Charles's attention. The idea of Edwin giving a puppy side-eye and throwing snarky comments at it is hilarious to think about.

My own headcanon is that Charles found the puppy on a Friday and took it to an animal shelter on the Monday. It all went fine, but Edwin still calls it a Debacle. Also, Edwin comparing the Crystal situation to the puppy is very harsh but also funny.

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Random DBDA story idea: One of the boys is a reincarnated soul, and the memories of that past life start to return. The returning memories start to influence their behaviour, causing problems for everyone.

Some other random things that could be included.

• The past life was a horrible person

• The past life wasn't human

• It's both of them and they were enemies in a past life

• It's both of them, and they were in love in a past life which leads to them getting together pre-series

• Enemies from a previous life return when the past life resurfaces.

• The past life completely takes over, essentially burying their current personality.

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I have always thought it would have been better if he were still a vampire.

which simon is the best simon? mundane simon, vampire simon, or shadowhunter simon?

personally i just love vampire simon the most