#CAT KING

[thats-a-little-queer]

i want the cat king back i miss his antics an unnormal amount

[not-the-living-ghost]

“catwin would’ve been canon in season 2, so no payneland :((“

nonono, you guys aren’t seeing the VISION. imagine the ANGST that will ensue once charles find out about catwin. imagine the way charles will undoubtedly feel ridiculously jealous and simultaneously hate himself for not being able to be okay with something that’s clearly making edwin happy. IMAGINE.

[deadshowsagency]

THOMAS THE CAT KING!?

[perseidlion]

So I am a certified Catwin shipper. I have written a series that currently sits at 90k words that is casefic but also them getting together. But I am also a multishipper and have written some Payneland stories as well.

So I was understandably quite happy to hear we would've gotten Catwin in S2 because I love the dynamic and I love Lukas Gage and his performance.

But it has made me very sad to see how some people are genuinely upset by this news. I don't think it's justified, frankly. People are doing a lot of filling in the blanks, guessing, and supposition. Just because Catwin would have happened doesn't mean Payneland wouldn't have. Also, we have no idea the context in which all of this would have gone down.

It's important to remember that The Cat King also went on a journey and changed as a person throughout season 1 (as did all the characters.) He is not the same person who slapped the bracelet on Edwin when they first met and not just because he died and was resurrected.

He's matured, settled and grown. It's very possible this arc would have continued. Even if you hated TCK in S1, you may have come to love him in S2, or at least hate him less. Redemption arcs are great fodder for stories and I have no doubt the writers and Lukas would have done that kind of arc justice.

Or maybe Edwin would have had his hot girl summer and TCK was the same old lothario. In which case, he'd definitely be no threat to Payneland endgame. This scenario would make me sad for TCK because he does seem to have genuine feelings for Edwin beyond the sexual, but that was certainly a way they could have gone with it.

My point is, we're missing a lot of context. If you were to take plot points of S1 out of context as well, it would be very hard to envision the final product.

I mean:

Niko gets infested with dandelion sprites that nearly kill her. These sprites manifest with cartoon sparkles around her head and they feed on attention. When they get out of her brain, they're tiny snarky humans she keeps in a terrarium.

Jenny gets set up by Niko with a quiet librarian who turns out to be psycho killer stalker.

People jump off a lighthouse and get swallowed up by a giant angler fish who is siren-ing them to their death. Their ghosts linger, and this annoys the ghost who mans the lighthouse so he hires the boys. Charles yeets the Night Nurse into the fish, and inside she has a talk with an oddly calm and optimistic man. Oh, also the fish is called Angie and she didn't do any of this maliciously.

My point is, this show is camp. That's part of the charm of it. Camp plotlines sound absolutely wild when you distill them to one-liners. When you add in inciting incidents, context and character interactions, these turn from wacky scenarios into full, entertaining stories.

Please don't catastrophize based on crumbs! Whether we get a S2 or not, it's really not worth getting that worked up over. We can't draw conclusions based on what we've been given. It's all guesses, and it could have changed a million times before the episodes were finished.

Also please don't get upset at Catwin shippers for being happy about this. We just wanted to see more of Lukas and George interacting. Most of us are Payneland fans, too and understand that would be the most likely endgame.

[ymbly]

the thing with monty is that you can simultaneously ship him everyone or no one and it makes sense

Edwin? do I even have to explain why

Charles? enemies to lovers classic trope

Cat King? bird and cat. at minimum it would be Interesting

No one? yeah that guy was humanified for romance. not engaging in that after would be literally so understandable

just like that aspect about him

[sirafel-blog]

[dbdakinkfest]

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[deadshowsagency]

Even though I don't ship Catwin, if s2 happens, I will finally have the chance to say:

"EDWIN, HOW DID YOU LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY TO A CAT??"

[just-close-the-door-ghosts]

@cannibalisticcorpse

i cannot stop thinking about Charles finding out Edwin lost his virginity to the cat king. It would have been peak cinema, it would have been earth shattering, a life changing moment. i would pay millions to see his face.

[shinehalley]

I've been rereading Emma these days and I think it has a lot of potential for an au. No, seriously, bear with me.

Edwin is like Emma - both have great confidence in their own observation skills and intelligence to the point of letting obvious things (including their own feelings) slip past their own knowledge. In addition, they are deeply touched by generosity and a desire to be helpful, although they are proud.

Charles is like Knightley - both are generous and helpful without any hesitation and do not mind openness in the people around them, especially those they desire as company. They are close friends with their respective peers and always regarded with the greatest esteem and consideration, even in the midst of disagreement. And there is the bitterness of jealousy that they try to hide with little success, too.

Niko is like Harriet - pretty, young and affable, always willing to accompany and make herself pleasant to those she cares about. A bit romantic and emotional about her own and others' romantic pretensions, but a bit uncertain about what to actually do with those pretensions. She may be swayed at first by well-articulated words, but her own desires are always heard in the end.

Crystal is like Robert Martin - they both seem to belong to a different reality, a different world, and they receive a certain amount of contempt for it. When they want something and are given the right incentives or are overcome by their own desire, they do not hesitate to reveal their intentions. Even in bitterness, they still try to be generous with those they care about and do not give up easily on those they love.

Cat King is like Frank Churchill - his good looks and affability are easy to please and he always knows how to make a smart comment or a well-placed compliment to charm those around him or those who have caught his eye. He clearly keeps his intentions hidden despite his attentions and seems much more willing to follow his own ideas of fun and comfort than to think about the consequences for those around him.

Monty is like Jane Fairfax - both prodigious and reserved, unfortunately a victim of they precarious living conditions that prevent they from truly having their talent and beauty recognized as deserved. The reserve can be seen as a secret that them hopes to hide from those around and most of they actions are for the purpose of pleasing someone else.

Esther is like Mrs. Elton - they both think they are more important than everyone else and are very vocal about it. They want to impose their will and demands on everyone else and establish harmful favoritism only to negatively affect other targets. However, they are elegant and well-positioned where they live.

Jenny is like John Knightley - with sarcastic remarks and sharp observations, both offers advice and opens the eyes of those around they even when doesn't mean to. No favoritism or unnecessary praise, just a person who does they job properly and shows affection in a somewhat unconventional way to those around.

Tragic Mick as Mr. Woodhouse - (I admit this was the hardest one to define, but I think it's the closest parallel I could find) both can be seen as obsessive about their physical misfortunes that are not resolved by anything, not even the various advice of those around them, and are always willing to give advice, solve or lament the problems of others. Their subjects are limited to mainly their own lamentations, but they genuinely care about people.

Genuinely thinking about writing a bit about this next year.

[angelscometrue]

season 1 ended with both Crystal and Edwin being interested in Charles.

for me season 2 would have ended with him "losing" both. Charles choosing to let Crystal go and live her human life, and Edwin having his "adult experiences" with the cat king.

of course in a hypotetical season 3 we could have got payneland togheter. Because as much as i love catwin, i really feel no other person can be more important to Edwin that Charles. Its just how it is...

[wetfloor-sign09]

I want to see power puff girls dead boy detectives

Crystal as buttercup Edwin as blossom and Charles

The Esther could be like mojo jojo and then Monty, teeth face and cat king as the boy versions

Do you guys see the vision???

Maybe if I have the money to commission an artist (any recommendations)

(I really like Unicorn Gunter’s art style)

[gentleranium]

First time I watched Dead Boy Detectives, I thought, someone should really do an OFMD fusion with Lucius and Izzy as Cat King and Edwin, respectively.

Like:

Is this not the same picture

[shaylogic]

You've got this, lovebird! Get that ghost!

[downbaddetective]

Seeing as a lot of people seem to be feeling the microwaved gatorade really bad, I'm gonna be doing dbda art/sketch requests until it's over (December 15th-ish). Don't know how fast I'll get them out, but any reasonable requests sent to my asks during this time I will do my best to get to y'all in a timely manner. I will note that I'm also going to be trying to participate in catwinter at the same time, and I am slowly working on getting my howl's moving castle au character illustrations done and posted. I might do more rounds of this in the future if it goes smoothly, but keep requests simple and sfw this first time around, please. ❤️🔎