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Time to spread my Charles and Edwin are Orpheus and Eurydice reincarnated agenda
Dream, please come get your son, he keeps going down to hell to save his partner
#dead boy detectives#the sandman#edwin payne#charles rowland#you can't just mention orpheus#in a show set in the SANDMAN universe#and expect me to act normal#do you have any idea how important his death is to the plot?#make no mistake#he IS 100% death on the show#a talking head would look too silly on live action and the show has done a great job on deciding what to change and what not to change#Orpheus is dead#but perhaps he can still ask his father to help him cross into the afterlife#After all#Charles hates being dead
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*Reverses your Christmas*
A gift from @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are to all of you :) we really wanted the boys to get along for once, and what better occasion than Christmas? anything to make the Edwins happy!
#dbda#dead boy detectives#payneland#reverse verse#palasaki#only a little tho#christmas#the rv boys usually go to church on christmas tho charles only does so to be supportive/a menace#the kfc joke is a japanese thing#both edwins love the lights and the whole process of decorating#charles and edwin have been waiting decades to make the chorb joke#luckily it landed!#the crystal are used to spending the season either on boring dinners with their parents or alone#they get a lot of presents tho#charles likes to check on his parents on christmas though he doesn't remember them being this calm when he was alive#i was going to make a joke about crystal being visited by three ghosts (niko edwin and charles) because a christmas carol is my favorite#christmas story but if i got distracted that would get a plot#so i decided to leave it#don't worry the charles will probably go back to hating each other after this#merry crisis everyone
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As someone who lived in a home where it was not safe to be queer but their first love was their same-sex best friend, I really cannot emphasize the importance of characters like Charles Rowland enough. As someone who deals with shame from years of self-hate, repression, happy-masking, and being called a "Token ally" by even my queer friends while feeling wrong wrong wrong about it, and being the kind of person who just didn't "Look queer enough" or whatever the fuck arbitrary, exclusionist rhetoric people would casually hurl about, I just really can't believe we have a character like him.
He's complex and deeply scarred and I've never cared about a character like this before. I've never felt so "Seen." I can't wait to save this show because seeing him heal will be like a balm on my heart. His character arc is completely unique and handled with such care that it brings tears to my eyes.
That's all. I am just so deeply thankful for & emotional about Charles Rowland tonight.
#I'm not commenting on any of the Payneland panic because I stg if one more person treats his trauma and pain as a background story#that doesn't deserve screentime in favor of rushing him into ANY relationship so help me god I will lose my shit#Let him 'Figure the rest out' goddamnit! It's hard being an abused child out here! We do not feel like we deserve love okay? Let him realiz#he DOES deserve love. Edwin got a whole season to figure his shit out Charles deserves the same damn#No Charles Rowland hate in my house. No straight Charles 'lads lad' truthers I'm done with it!!! I won't be having it!#oh for the record I ship Payneland like a motherfucker. They are the ship of all time and very obviously endgame#anyway GO STREAM DEAD BOY DETECTIVES#save dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives#dbda#charles rowland#dbda netflix#the dead boy detectives#the dead boy detective agency
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Bouncing off all of the fanfics where the Dead Boys are brought back to life again for a period of time to suggest that their thoughts on it are the opposite of what you’d anticipate based on their perception of the living while they’re ghosts. Charles sorely misses living while a ghost, despite all the awful, awful things he was subjected to. Edwin, despite 70+ years in Hell, is perfectly content as a ghost and finds the living distasteful to a degree.
But, when they get hit by an “aliving” spell, that’s not how it goes down at all.
Edwin has not been in a human body for over a century- and even then only got sixteen years of it- so he forgets how much he was missing as a ghost. Actually being able to feel things- the warmth of human touch, the breeze through his hair, the texture of worn book pages. The smell of petrichor after rain, a warm cup of sweet tea. Even just sleeping and having the ability to give his overactive mind a break. He’s forgotten how many good things there were about being alive.
Charles, as expected, is thrilled to be alive again and his first few days on solid ground are a whirlwind, but his energy is short lived. He frequently sleeps over 12 hours a night, and can’t bring himself to get out from under the covers for another hour longer. His appetite fades quickly, and he finds that foods he’s been craving for 35 years just don’t taste the same. Initially he chalks it up to his mind and body readjusting to human life (despite Edwin having none of the same issues), and continues enjoying what he can. But eventually, it becomes clear that something is very very wrong. His right arm that he shattered at age 14 (and didn’t get properly treated for days) begins to ache again. Sudden touches are no longer a gentle spectral sensation, but an unexpected pressure that he shrinks away from. His body feels heavy, and his energy drains quickly if he has any to begin with.
It turns out that over three decades of repressed physical and emotional trauma took its toll on him, and he had naïvely forgotten-or perhaps willfully omitted- the struggle that was his life when he wasn’t out kissing girls and pretending like his father didn’t exist.
Edwin feels a sense of freedom in being human again, away from all the supernatural trauma he has endured, while for Charles it is more of a burden than he ever recalled it being.
#just the idea of Charles ‘i hate being dead’ Rowland being just as miserable when he’s brought back to life#and also thoughts on how depression can fuck with your body#even when your mind isn’t aware of how much the rest of you is struggling to keep up with the responsibilities of life#but also Edwin rediscovering his love for life once he can experience it with people who care about him#ugh these two have me ill#payneland#dead boy detectives#dbda#save dbda#save dead boy detectives#charles rowland#edwin payne#dbda au#dead boy detectives au#fanfic#kinda#jess’s thoughts
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#this guy is soooo normal about a cute boy talking to his platonic best bro#THE WAY HE JUST SULKS WHENEVER MONTY SHOWS UP#FROM THE MOMENT NIKO SAYS ‘oh he can definitely see edwin ;)’ CHARLES IS LIKE I FUCKING HATE THIS KID#AND HE JUST STEPS IN FRONT OF EDWIN TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AND THEN JUST SPENDS THE REST OF THE SCENE SO PISSY#HES SO MAAAAAAAAD#JUST FUCKING POUTING AND GIVING A STINK FACE#he is never ever pissy towards someone who isn’t posing imminent risk to ppl he loves like esther cat king david night nurse etc#but the immediate rage towards monty just UGH#jealous charles means so much to me bc it’s openly stated how jealous edwin is but like edwin gets to make charles jealous back it’s so goo#and no it’s not the same with the cat king ok the cat king is a fucking predator#that’s not jealously that’s protectiveness#and i’m sure some jealously bc someone flirting with edwin but it’s not the same it’s a grown ass man being a fucking creep to his person#i desperately want crystal to take charles aside & go#‘you know that behaviour when someone is flirting with your best friend isn’t normal platonic behaviour right’#i need season 2 and i will not give up on her#charles rowland#edwin payne#monty the crow#yeet my deet#dead boy detectives#dbda#dbdshow#save dead boy detectives#renew dead boy detectives#revive dead boy detectives#dbd4ratch#yeet my deebd#payneland#described
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show runners already said they want to put desire as an antag in season 2 and I am. not ready. if they pull another taunting Edwin with what he wants but can’t have while also being humiliated with this want. It was a cruel private thing with the cat king but to do it in front of Charles would be so mortifying for Edwin
or vise verse for Charles god…
#dead boy detectives#dbda#dbd#edwin payne#charles rowland#payneland#i need them to kiss#their friendship and the concept of friendship being enough is so so important to me but equally so is Charles being able to accept a part#of himself that he wouldn’t hate on anyone else but would be inferior and just another thing he can’t do right for himself#is this anything#I actually can’t take it if Charles has to watch Edwin get humiliated like that#And Edwin has to be humiliated while he watches
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S1E5 The Case of the Two Dead Dragons
Dead Boy Detectives
#dead boy detectives#dbda#charles rowland#edwin payne#i've spent far too long staring at charles's reaction to being called a kid here#by a lad that's technically much younger than him#i'd love to know what going through his head#because sure he died at 16#but he's existed for 51 years now#and when he says that he hates being dead#and that he wishes that he'd had the chance to grow up#comments like this must just be a constant low-level reminder#that he never will grow up#and strangers will only ever see him as a child#dbda gifs#my gifs
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absolutely crazy to me that there's people who genuinely think that Crystal is the meaner one when it comes to her arguments with Edwin
at one point, my girl opened up about how she felt trapped by the demon who had violated her, and Mr Edwin Payne over here was like, "well, now you know how we feel!1!1!" in regards to the poor lass just having to tag along with them because she's got no memories, no clue who she is, and nowhere to go. be fucking for real
#and Edwin is practically always the one who gets argumentative first#but nahhh it's a problem when the POC girl sasses him back when he's being genuinely rude as fuck to her#then she's the “aggressive” one#and NO Edwin acting out due to his jealousy of her does NOT justify his behaviour!! she wasn't even trying to come onto Charles!!#CHARLES was the one who flirted with CRYSTAL. yes she eventually accepted his advances but she is NOT wrong for that#i daresay after all she's been through my girlie deserves to kiss the cute ghost that likes her. she's not responsible for Edwin's feelings#it's a bit more understandable for Edwin to be wary due to the Hell-demon thing but still. he treated Crystal like shite when she did nowt#i don't hate Edwin by the way. love that Edwardian bitch. but he is flawed and that can be acknowledged!!#it's good even#ace's random thoughts :)#dead boy detectives#dbda#crystal palace
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he has so much hope and joy glistening in his eyes
that will all be gone in a matter of days 😁
#bro really thought he was getting his life back on track 🤨#sorry now you have to deal with your sister being dead#and your daughter dying in space#and no longer being besties with the president#and humans slowly starting to hate you again#your ex going back to his old ways AGAIN#getting kicked out of your own home#getting your name scrubbed from the one thing that truly matters to you#your ex then doing a 180 and proposing to you out of nowhere#and ig aliens were here too#they tried destroying the planet but thats just every other thursday 😒#charles xavier#professor x#xmen#cherik#xmcu#xmen dark phoenix#wish does not shut up
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my student union cafe just started playing Owner of a Lonely Heart and I have never looked up from ao3 so fast
#charles rowland im sorry you would hate being in my SU right now#good to see the brain rot is still going tho#dead boy detectives#renew dead boy detectives
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on the absolute highest of keys james mcavoy does pull off bald charles really well and i wish we got another movie with bald james mcavoy
#xmen#xmen apocalypse#xmen dark phoenix#charles xavier#professor x#snap chats#i do not acknowledge dark phoenix most of the time. it did give us paris proposal but otherwise i was just kinda Eh bout it#this is NOT a dark phoenix review though someone worded my thoughts about it better than i ever could#i should rewatch it though and double check my opinions vJAELJAEKLJ i always like typing them out anyway ..#i literally watched it two weeks ago but i forget everything ever besides marriage proposal and mystique dying#cause of course they kill my girlfriend i HATE IT HERE first you take her powers in last stand and now shes dead#anyway. is this inspired by bryan cranston being on the casting list to be professor x in mutant saga NO#but it is in spirit... ive never seen breaking bad but i do have a fave interview clip OF bryan so i have no beef with him#HOWEVER .... i wanna see james bald again .........#like i dont know what it is his head shape just works REALLY well... please believe me please udnerstand me#ok bye i think im uploading a doodle page later
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Charles vs Charles
@i-am-as-normal-as-you-are has once again commissioned me for the Reverse Verse, and this is only part 1, so expect more comics soon!
#dead boy detectives#dbda#charles rowland#reverse verse#they hate each other which probably means they need ghost therapy#they may or may not work side by side in the future...#also reverse verse is very uncomfortable in the shirt#he hates being close to other people due to The Train(tm)#but original charles is under the impression that he's so tense because he despises him#oh well I'm sure that's part of it#pray for the Edwins
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vent vent vent
#i like max-iel as a ship but some of these posts i see going around like you can't be serious#you can explore these concepts on ao3#daniel's retirement will not affect max's career/future in f1#sure he might miss his friend but he has bigger problems like the rb fucking 20#daniel being gone does not push him a step towards retirement#also saw someone say that daniel's one of the last ppl max started with and ???#is carlos dead?? hulk? checo? lewis and fernando? im sure im forgetting someone#there are plenty of familiar faces#even those who raced him in other categories like esteban charles george etc#i hate this whole sentiment that daniel is all max has#anyway had to let some thoughts out again#talking
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the progression of alma and john’s relationship over their lives is something that is so personal to me actually
#txt#i can picture it so clearly in my mind as an art piece#1) alma holding john at gunpoint when they’re both seventeen and hateful and strangers#2) the two of them glaring at each other at a distance with their arms folded - the peak of their sibling like rivalry#3) john walking away as alma shouts after him#4) the two of them laughing together while bloodied after a job#5) alma riding away from beaver hollow with an exhausted and bloodied john tucked behind her - both of them fearful and tear stained#6) the years they were apart out of necessity#7) the two of them hugging - alma in tears - after so long apart because they both thought the other was dead for sure#8) alma waving back to john and the marston’s as she leaves beecher’s hope with charles for the last time#😭😭😭😭😭😭#ch: alma mcarthy#don’t get me wrong alma’s relationship with Arthur is also great and makes me cry#but john …… that’s her Brother#i think them being the same age and being in the gang for so long really solidified their relationship
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one thing i really love about the DBD fandom and was relieved to see is that people don't villainise Crystal or Niko for being close to Charles and Edwin and claim that they're "in the way" of the Payneland ship
it's an all too common way female characters get treated in fandom, and i'm glad to see that while they both had affectionate relationships with one of the boys (briefly romantic in Crystal's case, platonic in Niko's), people are normal about them
especially Crystal, i really dreaded that some of the fandom would blame her for the piss-poor way Edwin initially treated her out of his jealousy over Charles liking her, but thankfully, i haven't seen that happen myself
#if people DO hate on Crystal for that reason. i'm so sorry but that is not only misogynistic but stupid as well#it's not like she ever made a move on Charles. HE was the one who liked her. SHE was even the one who pointed out that it upset Edwin!!#like i love Edwin as much as anyone. but he was undeniably shitty to Crystal. even if he had his reasons for being wary it was inexcusable#my guy knew she had no memories and no sense of self and nowhere to go. and was ready to throw her back on the streets#ace's random thoughts :)#dead boy detectives#dbda#crystal palace#niko sasaki
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stupid appendix | oscar piastri
pairing: oscar piastri x reader
summary; oscar piastri biggest fan (his girlfriend) goes crazy when he wins his first grand prix, and she isn’t there to see it.
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yourusername: it’s race week again, except i’m praying oscar doesn’t win because i’m getting my appendix taken out and if he wins, and im not there, i will go fucking ballistic. 
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oscarpiastri: wow, thanks for all the support! 🥰
yourusername: i love you with my whole heart octopus, but if you win and im not there? i will never forgive you.
oscarpiastri: and what am i supposed to do if i start leading?
yourusername: stop, and let everyone pass you!
oscarpiastri: so i won’t be doing that! lovely conversation 👊
yourusername: YOU NEVER LOVED ME
user1: why’d she just call oscar octopus?
yourusername; that’s his name?
user1: no..his name is oscar?
yourusername; he was born octopus jack piastri, but got bullied a lot, so he changed his name to oscar when he was 16 😓
user1: really?
yourusername: yeah, and i would know!
user1: ig…LOL who names their kid octopus?
yourusername: RIGHT??
oscarpiastri: STOP TELLING PEOPLE I CHANGED MY NAME. MY NAME WAS NOT OCTOPUS.
user1: oh…well now i’m embarrassed
user2: don’t be, she’s done this to at least 30 fans now
maxverstappen1: don’t worry, i’ll make sure he doesn’t win 😏
yourusername: thank you max! you’re my only REAL friend <3
landonorris: excuse me?
yourusername; tell me lando, would you throw oscar into the grandstands to prevent him from winning this race?
landonorris: no?
yourusername: FAKE
landonorris: okay, you know what, it’s not MY fault that you decided to take your appendix out THAT DAY.
yourusername: I DIDNT DECIDE IT. IT WAS FORCED UPON ME.
landonorris: RESCHEDULE THE SURGERY FOR THE NEXT DAY! 
yourusername: wait.
oscarpiastri: NO. you will be having that surgery on sunday. and you will not being rescheduling.
yourusername: I HATE YOU OCTOPUS
oscarpiastri: you can hate me all you want, you’re still getting that surgery.
user3: on one hand i want oscar to win, on the other i dont think yn will recover if she isn’t there to witness it
charles_leclerc: i would try to stop him from winning but i don’t think i have a fast enough car for that
yourusername: it’s okay charles! i’m sure ferrari will bounce back in no time :)
charles_lelcerc: really?
yourusername; no…
charles_leclerc: nice talk! :(
user4: when you want to comfort your friend but you can’t lie for shit
user5: normally i pray that oscar will win a race, but today, ill do the opposite, just for you yn 💕
yourusername: thank you!!
user6: she is dead serious. she honestly doesn’t want oscar to win.
yourusername: i’ve never been so serious in my LIFE.
user7: no i get it, imagine going to every single on of your bfs races and the ONE time you don’t go he wins???
user8: i’d start to believe i’m back luck
carlossainz55: imagine having to get your appendix out 🤣🫵
yourusername: right? that’s so embarrassing 🤣
user9: you two are the LAST people too be talking
user10: oscar piastri does NOT win the hungary gp 🕯️ oscar piastri does NOT win the hungary gp 🕯️oscar piastri does NOT win the hungary gp 🕯️oscar piastri does NOT win the hungary 🕯️
user11: AMEN
user12: LOUDER
user13: preach!
oscarpiastri: @/yourusername, you see what you’ve done?
yourusername: beautiful work guys! oscar piastri does NOT win the hungary gp 🕯️
oscarpiastri: 😐
— race day!
— post race interview!
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oscarpiastri: first grand prix win. incredible 🧡
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carlossainz55: congrats oscar 👍
estebanocon: great job mate, first of many 👏
user14: oh i’m crying
user15: omg i am too, the tears just won’t stop
user16: first it was him winning, then it was him apologizing for winning, and now it’s yn not being there for him 💔
landonorris: congrats bro!
user17: OH OSCAR PIASTRI, OH OSCAR PIASTRI, OH OSCAR PIASTRI
user18: waiting for yn to wake up and raise hell
user19: she’s going to wake up from anesthesia and this is going to be the first thing she sees 
yourusername: what was the one thing i asked you not to do?
oscarpiastri: baby you just woke up, stop making your mom write for you, and rest
yourusername: ONE THING OSCAR. I ASKED FOR ONE THING.
oscarpiastri: stop making your mom write for you, she probably feels very uncomfortable right now
yourusername: i do - the mom
yorusername: STOP CHANGING THE SUBJECT OSCAR JACK PIASTRI. YOU ARE SOOO NOT INVITES TO MY OSCAR FIRST WIN PARTY
user20: i know that anesthesia is hitting real hard 
user21: i want to go to oscar’s first win party
yourusername: @/maxverstappen1 AND YOU. I TOLD YOU NOT TO LET HIM WIN
maxverstappen1: i’m sorry yn. i have failed you.
yourusername: …its okay max, you’ll get him next time
maxverstappen1: thank you yn ❤️
oscarpiastri: WHOS SIDE ARE YOU ON??
yourusername: NOT YOURS.
yourusername: stupid appendix.
carlossainz55: me and my homies all hate our appendix’s
user22: you don’t have one?
carlossainz55: 😐
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yourusername: absolutely gutted to have not been there for his first win, nonetheless OCTOPUS JACK PIASTRI IS A FUCKING RACE WINNER
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oscarpiastri: you will see me win in person love, i know it 🧡
yourusername: i love you octopus
oscarpiastri: i love you more
user22: he’s not fighting the octopus?? softie
user23: maybe she’s dying and wants her too be happy in her last moments… OMG YN ARE YOU DYING???
yourusername: NO??? i’m perfectly fine, the surgery went perfect!
user23: oh, then yeah he’s a softie
user24: worst maiden win ever
user25: SPEAK ON IT
user26: it would’ve been so much better if yn was there :(
charles_leclerc: glad your surgery went well yn!!
yourusername: thank you charles 👊 congrats on p4, your getting up there!!
charles_leclerc; thankfully! i could not handle any other bad week in the car 😞
user27: none of us could charles. none of us could.
maxverstappen1: can i congratulate oscar now?
yourusername: i guess 😒
maxverstappen1: YAY OSCAR 🥳🥳
user28: why is he acting like he wasn’t one of the first to congratulate him in person?
maxverstappen1: SHHHH YN DOESNT KNOW THAT
user29: “her health comes first.” oscar jack piastri you SOFTIE
user28: i desperately need a video of yn waking up from surgery and finding out oscar won.
oscarpiastri: i have one, there was lots of cussing, snot, and tears
yourusername; SHUT UP OCTOPUS YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT
user29: SHE HAS BEEN THERE FOR ALL HIS BIG WINS, AND THE ONE TIME—THE ONE TIME HE WINS IN FORUMLA FUCKING ONE. SHE ISNT THERE. GOD I CANT TAKE TJIS
yourusername: see, you get it 😞
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notes; my post on oscar’s win!!! super super super proud of him <33
#oscar piastri social media au#oscar piastri smau#oscar piastri x y/n#oscar piastri fanfic#oscar piastri x you#oscar piastri imagine#oscar piastri#f1 x reader#f1 fanfic#f1 imagine#f1 fic#f1 x y/n#f1 x you#f1 x female reader#f1 social media au#f1#oscar piastri x reader
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