#Now Rowland too

[modusmumbles]

the vibes of the gen 3 era are getting more and more hard to be positive about 🙃

[2deadboys]

do you also think about how there was probably a point where Charles realised he was never going to be good enough for his father..

that he was going to be abused regardless of what he did...

so he decided to fully embrace alternative cultures like punk & rude boy

pierce his ear, shave the sides of his head. make bad choices. knowing his father would hate it, but if he was going to get beaten anyway he may as well do what he liked.

[chotachica]

Favorite part of The Dead Boy Detectives for sure is Edwin pulling literally every single age appropriate male character he interacted with. The absolute cunt ever

[sweetlullabyebye]

Charles protecting Edwin

[nix-nihili]

anyway Charles and Edwin start holding hands.

it starts off innocuously enough; Edwin grabbing Charles' hand to pull him into a sprint while being chased by some horror or another, the pressing need to escape making him clutch it tighter as they run.

then Charles holds his hand to correct them while they're wrestling, and Edwin lets himself be tugged around and repositioned. this time it's not in a high-stress environment and he can feel Charles' hands on his, both of their gloves discarded in the comfortableness of the office and the boxing gloves not yet slipped on.

they're warm somehow. ghosts don't have temperatures, yet Edwin can feel the soft warmth radiating off of Charles' hands, those fingers encircling his own, palm against palm.

and when Charles pulls away, Edwin realises he wants. he wants. but he cannot ask. it seems too forward.

so he starts coming up with excuses, things that can be explained away by some external factor but always end with both their hands intertwined in some way or another. it's not the same as the time they were wrestling because they don their gloves, but the agency feels too sacred to pull a stunt like that. to sully their home with edwin's blatant wanting.

but Edwin wants. and his resolve around Charles has never been that strong.

and so Edwin asks to wrestle. puts himself in all the wrong forms. suggests Charles correct him directly. and there are hands on his hands and before he knows it, he's holding on, intertwining their fingers, revelling in the feeling of it all.

he startles with the realisation that he's basically captured Charles' hand and begins to drop it with a frantic apology but finds Charles holding on even tighter until Edwin stops. the hold loosens but doesn't retract.

"you want to hold my hand," Charles says and perhaps Edwin has been too obvious.

"yes," Edwin admits, scarcely a whisper. "I find that I inexplicably do."

he expects Charles to pull away after indulging him. but he doesn't. instead, he's staring at their conjoined hands like-

like-

"okay. we can do that."

"okay?" it comes out a bit strangled.

Charles nods like he's made up his mind and one part of Edwin is cautiously celebrating while the other is utterly confused. "'course. we can hold hands, yeah? been doing it already, I reckon. all those times..." he trails off, slightly flushed, and brings their hands down to rest by their sides. "should've figured it out earlier."

but Edwin cannot understand. "you mustn't agree to this simply because I asked." ignoring that Edwin never had to ask in the first place because Charles figured it out. he always did when it came to Edwin.

"I want to as well," Charles says and it is a wonder that Edwin's world doesn't tilt on its axis right then and there. "for the both of us, yeah?"

and Edwin isn't about to look a gift horse in the mouth and he wants. desperately. achingly.

so he nods. and they hold hands. and it's easy because they're always standing so close. and it's wonderful because Edwin's fingers twitch and Charles is always there. and it's quietly devastating because he realises he wants more but he cannot ask for that. it is a privilege to be even given this much.

so they hold hands.

how much harm could it do?

[smollsmule]

I saw everybody having so much fun with @anaart-stuff 's DTIYS and just had to try it as well! It's my first time actually drawing some of the characters so thanks for the fun challenge.

Prompt under the cut and as always PLEASE CLICK THE IMAGES FOR BETTER QUALITY

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

i can’t casually watch the first night nurse “IM A DEAD BOY DETECTIIIVE” scene (still have it memorised somehow tho) because it makes me so sad, and one of the main reasons is edwin’s reaction.

we see throughout the show that edwin’s fear response is freeze. he can’t snap into action, he just freezes. that’s why charles has to always be like “motherfucker move?? fuckin run??” and eventually just shoves him because he won’t do it otherwise. as much as i joke about him being a passenger princess and having the vibe of “i simply refuse to lift a finger to defend myself, i will stand here and look pretty”, it is fully a fear response.

so after saying charles’s name in the most heartbreaking terrified way possible, he just starts moving. he doesn’t even think about it—it’s automatic. it’s the most natural, instinctual thing in the world for him. where charles goes, he follows. ESPECIALLY when things seem like they’re going to go horribly, because he will under no circumstances let charles get into trouble alone. like HE IS FOLLOWING THE PERSON WITH THE POWER TO SEND HIM BACK TO HELL JUST BECAUSE HE CANT BE WITHOUT CHARLES I AM SO FUCKIGN UPSET RIGHT NOW DO YOY UNDERSTAND

[your-stranger-halfblood-things]

Monty eating chicken because he didn't know it was a bird and then crying over the fact he just ate his long lost cousin's legs

[every-moment-a-different-sound]

S1E5 The Case of the Two Dead Dragons

Dead Boy Detectives

[jimjamgem]

This is your PSA to go watch Dead Boy Detectives. Seriously, I raced through it this week, if you follow me you’re probably gonna like it.

[corpsephrog]

i really cannot do cryland srsly and not even cus i'm a payneland shipper like when i was watching the show all the flirting just felt so unnatural and uncomfy i was like "this feels weird is this supposed to be weird"

[edwinspaynes]

[edwinisms]

it’s kinda funny to me that charles seems like this classic brit punk rocker and looking at him makes you think of like. the clash. sex pistols. etc. but really according to his pins and the time period he died in he was probably most frequently listening to fucking. ska

[lesbicosmos]

i still can't actually believe they took them from us

[alltimefail]

I haven't seen anyone talk about Charles' little blink-and-you'll-miss-it line in episode 8 where he is visibly disturbed by Jenny being "Forced to sing a Belinda Carlisle song" while she's possessed by David the Demon. He laments this offense in the same sentence where he's talking about the horrors of possession. He visibly cringes, shivers even, when he makes the statement...as if he sees them as equally jarring offenses. Sure, being possessed is a lot, but she had to sing a pop song on top of that? The horror! Comedy gold.

That's not all though!! This little piece of dialogue not only serves as a fantastic and subtle bit of consistent characterization for Charles (ofc as an eternal 16 year old self-proclaimed "rude boy" with a love of ska and punk he would be averse to any overplayed pop artist during his lifetime) but it's also a bit meta. Why? Because Belinda Carlisle is undoubtedly best known for her 1987 hit single "Heaven Is A Place On Earth." You know, the song with lines such as:

I don't think elaboration is necessary; you guys get what I'm laying down here. Hilarious.

It's a teeny-tiny detail, but I was just absolutely tickled by it and thought I'd share. The writing in this show fills me with unbridled joy that I can hardly contain - nothing feels unintentional and I need 50 more seasons.

[pisces-swirlix]

should i do it? should i write a payneland royalty au? should i?

realistically, i am going to write it. the question is, should i put it up on ao3? or should i leave it all cozy in my self indulgent wip folder?