#I’m the biggest hater

[bxriles]

A while ago I announced that I would be writing a fic about an uprising in the Court of Nightmares. Here’s the summary I gave:

There's a set of siblings in the Hewn City, dreamers who have been abandoned by their High Lord. One of the sisters enters into a political marriage with Rhysand (pre-ACOTAR) and mysteriously ends up dead after discovering that he's found his mate. After the people learn of her death, a rebellion led by the two remaining siblings ensues in the Court of Nightmares and goes all the way up to Illyria.

WELL I am happy to announce that the first chapter will be posted on Sunday, June 16th! I’m planning to post it on my ao3 but I could be persuaded to post it on Tumblr as well if people want that.

As a disclaimer, if you’re someone who LOVES Rhysand and the IC, this most definitely is not the fic for you. If that upsets you, please just scroll on and protect your peace. There is a reason why I mostly used anti tags here.

K THANKS! SEE Y’ALL SUNDAY 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

PS - I’ve gotten lots of questions in my DMs ever since I initially posted about this, so see below for some FAQs:

Q: Is this an anti-Feyre fic?

A: Nah. While Feyre certainly is an antagonist, she is not the villain. Feyre has her flaws, but she’s not who the characters in this story have beef with. That would be Rhys. That said, the Hewn City characters do not like/respect her because of what she represents to them.

Q: Will there be romance/who is the love interest?

A: Yes! I can’t help myself and I loooove to include romance when I can! Eris will be the love interest, but the romance will not be the main focus.

Q: Will this be a y/n fic?

A: No. This will be a story with several OCs. I know people tend to dislike OCs, but the reality is that we just don’t know that many canon CoN characters, so I need OCs to tell this story. Plus, I personally love OC stories and I like writing them. I hope that you’ll be willing to give them a chance!

Q: How many chapters will there be?

A: I’m honestly not sure because I keep waffling with the chapter length. I have 15 chapters outlined, but that could grow into 20 or shrink into 12 depending on how my revisions go. Let’s tentatively plan for 15, give or take a few as time goes on.

Q: When will updates be posted?

A: As was the case with all my other fics, I’ll do my very best to update once per week, usually on Sunday. There may be weeks where a chapter is a few days late depending on how hectic my life is, but I will do everything in my power to update every week! I take a lot of pride in being someone who always finishes my fics, and I don’t want to start leaving them incomplete now!

[pixl-place]

i’d honestly be really interested to see why (if they do) people would ship kevin/thea bc honestly to me it seems so out of character. the whole trajectory of kevin dating her and his kid going to the nest honestly feels like a big reason why some of the fandom still consider him a coward and a wet blanket. like the beginning of tkm he’s working so hard to become his own person and distance himself from that place and then yet he’s supposed to go right back ?? it doesn’t make sense. even kevin/allison or kevin/renee would make more sense if we’re talking straight ships because they would both recognize the other’s fight to become a new and better person and fight the trauma that tries to drag them down. literally kevin could end up with almost anyone else and it would work. it also would’ve been interesting to see thea as an example of what happens when you leave the nest and follow the exact path tetsuji laid out but that kinda invalidates itself by just making her “kevin’s gf” but also not really explaining their relationship in a way that makes sense so her character just becomes less meaningful overall anyways hashtag let kevin have relationships not tied to his trauma and let him heal 2024

[honeykaes]

That Kendrick song?

That’s literally me with Alhaitham

[just-v]

They did WHAT to Dorian and Basil???????

[violethyacinth]

Made the mistake of logging into twitter for two fucking minutes only to see a Palestinian child starved to death and an advertisement for ozempic immediately following the video of him being wrapped in a blanket.

[chloesimaginationthings]

Five nights at Springtrap’s is just William Aftons arguing..

[just-v]

So what I’m hearing is he didn’t even care who the romantic interest was nor about the implications of it? He just wanted Five to get some? Am I hearing this correctly?

They literally could have created some random love interest specifically made for him but they didn’t do that for no actual reason? They just had to wreck a family at the last minute just because they could?

tua s4 spoilers

so to be clear did any one except steve blackman actually want this then 😭

[dingledraw]

When you gotta hear your straight friends talk about men 🤢

[oroontheheels]

I’m reaching and giving this movie credits where they are not due, but Eddie and his other not being able to fully manifest as Venom out of fear of being instantly attacked does unironically feels like metaphor for homophobia.

[washmchineheart]

rip nesta archeron you would’ve loved kendrick’s lamar diss (she’s thinking of rhys as she listens to it)

[pisces-swirlix]

every once in a while i see something like this and end up furious over the cancellation all over again. even if we can’t save dbda, we need to keep making waves. i’m so fucking tired of netflix cancelling beloved shows after one season, especially queer shows. i’m done with netflix after this. i had other shows i was watching on netflix, but this experience has left such a bad taste in my mouth that i don’t even want to keep watching them.

if netflix has no haters, i’m dead.

#SaveDeadBoyDetectives Updates - 9/02

hey dbda tumblr! wanted to compile some updates that I've been seeing that haven't fully made their way over here yet

cancelled scifi has a page outlining the most effective strategies for a call to action when a show has been cancelled, which include 1) social networks, 2) online viewing, 3) online petitions

In regards to twitter, this is as of 3 hours ago:

In regards to online viewing, we are aiming to get the show into netflix's top 10 this week. television stats has rankings available on their website -- dbd has gone up over 400 spots in the past 2 days in overall rankings

and is currently at #16 out of the shows on netflix alone

The petition is currently over 7,000 signatures

Here's some actual data showing that this not just about dbd, netflix has been cancelling more and more shows across the board over the past few years

Articles that have been written so far:

tvinsider - 'Dead Boy Detectives' Canceled After One Season at Netflix -- Outraged Fans React

Animated Times - "Shows never get a chance to grow anymore": Netflix's Infuriating Move With 'Dead Boy Detectives' Could Start a Terrible Trend That'll Kill TV Shows For Good

Mirror - Netflix fans rage as 'incredible' show is cancelled after just one season

The Sun - 'Don't get attached' Netflix viewers rage after streamer cancels Dead Boy Detectives despite positive reviews as actor left heartbroken

FandomWire - "You will NEVER get me to watch an..." Irrefutable Proof Netflix Has Shot Itself in the Foot By Canceling 'Dead Boy Detectives'

Gay Times - "I hate it here": Dead Boy Detectives fans in "mourning" after Netflix cancels series

fangirlish - 'Dead Boy Detectives' is Another Reminder That Streaming Services Are Souring Their Relationship with Viewers

techradar - Netflix cancels hit supernatural series Dead Boy Detectives but fans want to resurrect it from the grave

For more updates / resources / ways to coordinate as a united front:

Save Dead Boy Detectives Discord Server

SaveTheDeadBoys on twitter and tumblr

Action items:

Keep sharing the petition

Tweet using the hashtags (to avoid being marked as spam, don't use more than 2 per tweet, and add some text/emojis) and engage with tweets

If you have netflix keep streaming the show in the background and ask others to as well

Other posts that have compiled ways to help: 1, 2

[krazydraws]

hi hello more au stuff for this (calling it Knights Quest maybe)

Ceroba!! Or Wildflame preferably!

The Sheriff of the Wild East! Or tries to be at least!(she’s failing a bit but let’s pretend she’s not)

She’s a bit serious about being the Sheriff however she’s overall pretty energetic and fun! Like a Sheriff should be! She can get a bit carried. away sometimes.

She just wants to see Starlo happy again, even if it’s for a little bit. She’s also fireproof!

The royal guard!

Who let him be one. And how did he become one. He doesnt know. However, he’ll still do his job! He’s a bit burnt out though.

Snowdin residents seem to like him, however he’s heard a few things about the previous royal guard who was once in his place who has now been fired; and where they went. He might look into that in his free time-when he isn’t writing(nerd..)

He’s not fireproof unfortunately. Not plot relevant at all.

[this-is-a-username124]

This is them to me

[xoxojuniper]

KILL YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ethanstinkthan]

Kill jimmy kill jimmy

[hauntedparkinglot]

Ok wait I’m not done with this. Gender in Malevolent is driving me insane.

The way that women in the narrative are so absent, that the hole is so huge you can’t help but stare into it. And I do think a lot of the gender stuff is unintentional, it’s just that the way it’s unfolding fascinates me….

I actually stopped watching the show for a full year after episode 31…. The way Arthur talked about Bella’s death upset me in a way the other visceral horror didn’t. He didn’t resent Bella, he didn’t really…. Feel anything super deep about her. He got stuck with her, she was better than him, she was an equal to him but her life and death didn’t affect him the way every other loss in his life did. He didn’t want a wife, and in the end that’s all he saw her as….

Kind of insane how he finally shows some sort of emotion for Bella in the name of mutual rebellion, she didn’t like what her dad stood for either. Arthur thought he was making a sacrifice for her and Faroe by marrying her…. But she didn’t want it either. Arthur was honour bound she was actually literally trapped. She made the sacrifice.

Everything about Bella makes me so mad. I hateeee the dead wife trope. I feel like a type of subversion was attempted but idk. When I think of this situation from her perspective it becomes a much scarier horror podcast, lol. We all know Arthur Lester is a mess, his flaws make the show. But for this one. Arty when I get u…

I actually thought Bella was gonna turn out to be a figure like Anna Stanzyck when I first started listening. Idk how to elaborate.