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I'm obsessed with this photo so I'm dbda-ing it

Edwin's hand on Charles’ waist (again!), the colors, the way Charles looks at Edwin, the fact that Edwin could so easily use his hold to dip Charles, their fuck ass socks completing the picture

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ooough i was so unwell about the kiss in this fic it took me so long to get close to the look i was trying for

"That's what kissing Edwin felt like. Like the first real breath he took after almost drowning." AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

im adding some progress stuff and misc versions under the cut

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charles + hands

for @iammissdistress and @purgatory606

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Don't you love it when their dinamic is just:

😑🙄/😄😁

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Outlook not so good

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d12 eight ball

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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES PROMPTOBER DAY 18 — FRIENDSHIP

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dawn is just a headspace / caroline polachek

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I think Charles grins fondly when Edwin's being a bitch because he genuinely thinks it's hilarious and adorable. But I also think he admires the shit out of Edwin's unwillingness to tone himself down or file off his sharp edges. Charles needs to be liked so much, and he spends so much time setting himself aside and tying himself in knots to be what other people need, and Edwin just doesn't. He is exactly and entirely his snippy bitchy self and everyone else can take it or leave it. I think there's something exhilarating in that for Charles - both a sense that by attaching himself to Edwin he can borrow some of that fearlessness about outside judgments, and a thrill of knowing that Edwin can ignore everyone else's opinion because Charles is always, entirely, inarguably enough for him.

And there are downsides to that dynamic. Charles works really hard to manage the vibe, and the fact that Edwin doesn't really do that back (isn't equipped to do it back, because he doesn't read people and intuit what they need from him the way Charles does) sometimes leaves him feeling like he's carrying that weight alone. (who else is gonna keep spirits up? you?)

But also there's a reason Charles is drawn to stubborn difficult people with sharp edges who don't apologise for who they are, and I don't think he'd give up Edwin's bitchiness for anything.

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when i'm in your light, nothing brings me down

or, edwin should be allowed to pick charles up from their desk and carry him around, it would do them good

+ bonus: he hops on for the hug

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it's (rightfully) well documented that edwin was bullied and then killed (in large part) because he was queer and in his afterlife choses a woman as a disguise, but i haven't seen anyone point out that charles was bullied and then killed (in large part) because he was indian and in his afterlife chose a white guy as a disguise.

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DEAD BOY DETECTIVES (2024- ) ↳ 1.08 The Case of the Hungry Snake

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If when Niko died she didn't go on to whatever her regular afterlife would've been because of the lucky charm that Mick gave her (which seems clear to me), then that's the beginning of her becoming the Principal (however that happened).

Which means, what ultimately saved Edwin from Hell for good is the fact that Niko listened to Mick's story.

It's also interesting to me that Mick's story was about a little girl who died and then became a goddess... and he gave that item to Niko which made her something more than human when she died, too.

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DEAD GIRL DETECTIVES

I just know that they got what was going on between them much faster

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You knoooow he’d love the old timey pet names

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made yet another charles angst video because apparently i can’t help myself. i feel like the more i rewatch his scènes the more devastating they become

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