#bisexual disaster charles rowland

[playfulpawing]

You know what I wanna see (besides a season 2 renewal. I'm looking at you @netflix) is matchmaker Crystal.

I want so badly for her to be the one to box Charles about the head and be like 'it's called bisexuality sweetie and you are down bad for your bestie.'

[iremiari]

Daydreams || A Dead Boy Detectives Ficlet

A journalist interviews Charles and Edwin, asking how they would feel if Season 2 got cancelled. aka: the time i got too carried away making incorrect quotes (hence this fic being mostly dialogue), so have this really short ficlet of them!! Also yes, they technically broke the 4th wall during this entire thing.

Edwin and Charles are sitting on chairs, sitting in front of a white backdrop - much like those you see in interviews. Because they were in an interview, and by the looks of it, it was almost about to end.

One of the news reporters have given Charles and Edwin a question: How would they feel if they didn't get renewed for Season 2?

"Nonsense." Edwin reacts almost immediately. "It is imperative that we get renewed for Season 2. I must," he composes himself, "I must hear Charles tell me he loves me."

Charles, next to him, raises an eyebrow, and looks at Edwin with a smile, "Oh, and you're certain about that, yeah?"

"Well, no. But one could infer that-"

A little peck had landed on Edwin's lips.

Charles has just kissed Edwin, and the two boys look at each other. Charles is the first to speak.

"'Cause you're right. I do. I am in love with you."

Edwin just looks at him, stunned. Charles, charming as he is, gives him a topic to go off of.

"But keep going. I love hearing you talk about whatever's on your mind."

Edwin tries to speak, but he cannot seem to focus with what just happened and how casual Charles is treating this situation. All that comes out of his mouth is a series of mumbles and stutters, "I- there is-- I am… speechless."

"Aw," Charles smiles, "luckily, that isn't a problem."

He kisses him again, way more intense than the small peck he gave him earlier. They wrap their hands around each other's head, and continue. For Charles, it felt like a dream come true. He had been waiting to say that for a long time and--

"Right, Charles?" a voice says, interrupting whatever Charles was imagining.

"Huh, yeah, what?"

Turned out it was a dream. A daydream, anyway.

"Clearly, you got distracted again." Edwin gave a sigh - not one of disappointment, though. Maybe Charles was just imagining it, but it sounded like... a sigh of adoration.

"Anyway, I was telling these journalists just now that if our show does not get renewed for another season, then it would be highly devastating - for both us, the agency and the viewers at home."

"Oh," Charles collects himself, "Oh yeah, now you got me. I totally agree."

He looks at the camera. "I think a lot of people are... excited to see where our story leads, especially like- especially considering all the different narratives in store for us."

He ends with a chuckle, and turns to Edwin, smiling. "Also, sorry for zoning out there, mate. Won't happen again. Promise."

"We shall see about that." Edwin said to him with a coy smile, hiding his delight, before turning his attention to the journalists in front of them.

"Would that be all for you lovely people today? Charles and I do still have a lot of work to get done."

"Certainly, Mr. Payne and Mr. Rowland. Thank you for your time."

The news reporter looks through their notes as Charles and Edwin walk out of the set, looking very satisfied with the outcome of the interview.

[playfulpawing]

Again. Every time this comes up I feel the need to point out that those are not the facial expressions of a purely straight man watching a friend take off his jacket.

charles.....?????

[magic-cricketbat]

“why does charles sit on the desk when there are clearly other chairs in the office—”

because he’s bisexual that’s why

[shaylogic]

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[playfulpawing]

THIS. I love that someone is out here laying down the 'shared memory' concept. Preach.

Why Did Charles Keep Asking About Edwin's Conversation With The Cat King?

I was reading a fic where Edwin agreed to the Cat King's initial offer, but because time passes differently in whatever room that is, he's gone for six weeks even though it was a couple hours for him, and it got me thinking. I worked out why Charles was so pushy about that conversation.

Charles and Edwin have been together for 30 years. The way they act gives me the feeling that they spent very little time apart, and wherever one went, the other went too. In the fic, Edwin's inner monologue refers to it as "shared memories"; they experience everything together.

But now, there's this.

Edwin disappeared for hours on Charles' side of things. He had this conversation with a magical being, a stranger that sets off warning bells in Charles' head. He came back with a magical bracelet that trapped him in Port Townsend, that he couldn't remove, and something about his behavior was off.

Charles is not stupid or oblivious. He reads Edwin like a book, albeit with blurry text. He knows something is not quite right, but doesn't know what. And he knows it's because of whatever happened in the few hours that he wasn't with him.

For what is likely the first time in 30 years, Edwin has experienced/done something significant without him. Charles is in the dark; he wasn't there to see or hear what happened for himself. All he has to go on is what Edwin tells him, and he gets the immediate feeling that he's not saying everything.

When talking about it in front of Crystal, he just asks if he said anything else, but once they're alone in their office, he's direct.

Charles is absolutely (and correctly) sure that Edwin hasn't told him the real/full truth about his meeting with the Cat King, and tells him as much.

The way he asks feels... calm? Crystal's not there, they're alone, they're in their safe space, why wouldn't Edwin tell him? He probably thinks he would, but obviously, he doesn't. He lets a detail slip that confuses and concerns him even more; the Cat King whispering in his ear. That confirms very close proximity between them, something that's potentially dangerous and something he knows Edwin doesn't particularly like, and Charles is just... lost, uncomfortable, and frustrated.

Can you imagine how maddening that must have been? To not know what really happened? To only have vague descriptions of the events from his friend? To see and know that something is wrong with him, but being unable to truly help because he's clueless as to what the actual problem is?

It's highly likely that this is the first time Charles has ever encountered this.

As Edwin says, he's "fixated" on this. It's like there's a page missing in his copy of the script of events. He's never had to worry about it before; he was always there with him. Edwin says it's not a big deal, but Charles can't make that call himself. It's not that he doesn't trust Edwin; it's his protectiveness of him. He wants to see and assess the situation for himself. He wants to be positive there's no danger, that it meets his standards. He needs to know everything about where Edwin is, what he's doing, who he's with, at all times, so he can be ready to protect him.

As Jayden put it, Charles has given himself the mantle of Edwin's guardian. Edwin dedicates all his time and energy into helping others, to the point of neglecting himself. In response, Charles dedicates himself to Edwin. If he won't take care of himself, if no one else is going to help him, Charles will. As he says in Hell when he's rescuing Edwin, "Someone's gotta do it."

[icantpickausernamesorry]

I love crystal. I really do.

but damn charles loves her in a very forced way, in the sense that he *tries* to flirt with her and makes an effort to appear handsome to her. he puts himself out there he consciously flirts with her

meanwhile for the last 30 years he's just been winging his relationship with edwin and its so fucking flirty I had to take a step back when I was first watching the show to go "wait... are they not together?" like, charles has been flirting with the poor guy fir god knows how long without even meaning to. he literally *proclaims his love in his actions* without meaning to.

what the fuck!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[danandfuckingjonlmao]

i think of this tweet every fucking time i watch this scene

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[angelscometrue]

something about these Charles quotes just make me scream:

"Reminds me of you, hey maybe thats why I like her so much. SEE WE ARE FIGURING THIS OUT"

and after Edwin love confession:

"you are the most important person in the world to me... and we have literally forever TO FIGURE THIS OUT"

what are you trying to figure out Charles, your bisexuality? The closet is glass really...

[consulting-ghosts]

In few fics Charles is like that, but he figures it himself lol. It's cracks me but it would be even funnier if edwin figured it out for him.

It would be really funny if Edwin figures out that Charles is in love with him first.

Like, for all the repression, Edwin has a pretty good understanding of himself, so while he couldn't really understand, let alone act on his romantic interest in men, he was aware of it, and that it was exclusive to the male gender.

But Charles? Charles bisexual Rowland raised in the eighties? From what I've heard from people who lived in the UK at the time, queer identity was very much seen as 'other' even when it was accepted. And there wasn't a strong conversation of bisexuality, because they just didn't have the language to conceptualise these things.

So Charles, very possibly, could be walking around like 'it is SUCH a shame I'm not gay, I WISH I could choose to be gay, then I could love Edwin in that way.' And Edwin is like :(.

But Charles is like 'It would be So Perfect! We would be best friends and partners and boyfriends, and I would get to hold hands with him whenever I want' and Edwin is like *quizzical brow*.

And Charles is lamenting like 'I WISH I liked boys! I want to kiss Edwin all the time and do everything together and it's such a shame I like girls because it means I CAN'T like Edwin-' and Edwin, three weeks ahead of the repression character arc of denial is like 'Charles, listen-'

[lowkeyrobin]

Can we get some Charles dating HC’s?

Also just… literally anything Charles if you’re not feeling that. We need our bisexual disaster king.

oo okay sure! I can definitely do that for you :) ; thanks for requesting, hope you enjoy! ; also sorry this is so short I just didn't have many ideas

CHARLES ROWLAND ; dating hcs

summary ; dating headcanons w charles

warnings ; language

disclaimers ; reader is mostly referred to as a ghost

word count ; 279

masterlist

he's so respectful and kind

he respects any and all boundaries

he's got awful daddy issues and he's gotta break sometime, so he goes to you when he needs to talk

he always feels like he has to keep a smile on his face and hold the group together

but you're working on getting him to show vulnerability day by day

cause it's rlly not healthy to bottle shit up all the time

he doesn't like talking about the past so you never really do

he usually reminds himself of the "treat ppl how you wanna be treated" mentality

you both confessed at the same time basically

there was no planning or anything, you were just alone together and it kinda happened

ghost makeout sessions are not as good as they are when you're alive but it's better than nothing

he doesn't understand some of your interests but he'll try to indulge

most the time he just watches or listens to you ramble

he loves teaching you about punk fashion and history (I think he's punk, lmk if I'm wrong... leave it to me to not know shit)

but he loves sharing music with you

you're the logical thinker, he acts on emotion (most the time that is)

you cant trust him with food

he loves grabbing little trinkets of new places you go to

his love language is words of affirmation (giving and receiving)

again, he's usually trying to prove that he still has a purpose and that he's doing something productive

so he appreciates when other ppl actually see that

and he'll make sure that you know it too, you're serving a purpose, and ur worth it 😔❗️

[edwinspaynes]

I just have to say that:

Matthew Fairchild 🫱🏼‍🫲🏾 Charles Rowland (disaster bisexuals with self-destructive tendencies who hide their deep-seated pain under a mask of silliness)

Alastair Carstairs 🫱🏿‍🫲🏻 Edwin Payne (Edwardian-era homosexuals with snarky senses of humor and a fuckload of cPTSD that makes them seem prickly when they're in reality very kind)

Thomas Lightwood 🤝🏻 Niko Sasaki (absolutely awkward sweethearts who have been hit with THE GRIEF BUS. Hopeless romantics and EXTREMELY bestfriend)

Cordelia Carstairs 🤝🏿 Crystal Palace (BAMF women of colour whose arcs largely revolve around their relationship with their past, be it by Cordelia's unawareness of her domestic upbringing or the theft of Crystal's memories)

Conclusion: I have good taste in faves. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

[skylie-spiderlillis]

#8 Headcanons for Charles? ╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯

Sorry for taking time to answer!

Ohhhh. Charles my love!

Well this aren't my personal headcanons but they're one that I adopted.

Well demiromantic Charles, I talked about this before and I think this posts explains it pretty well and I completely support it.

Also using suspenders as a replacement for belts because belts reminds him of his dad.

ADHD Charles! Oh I love this ADHD messy boy and I resonate with him so much.

Also dyslexic Charles!

I think those hcs makes the fact that he and Edwin has their thing where Edwin is reading him stories even cuter.

I totally see how no matter how hard he tried to overcome his disabilities he was never good enough which made his home life more difficult (projecting? Whattt).

Oblivious bisexual Charles rights. Not really a hc but yeah, that boy is dumb he's just completely oblivious in the moment he just never considered that because of the heteronormative society he was raised in, it just never crossed his mind. I'm a full believer he's just slow in understanding stuff and he wants to take things slow with Edwin.

He's screaming bisexual we all in the fandom clocked him right away it's nothing special really. We all know he's bi. That's a bisexual disaster if I have ever seen one. (Emphasis on the disaster).

Also, Charles kept the lantern from when Edwin found him! And that was the lantern he used when he went back to hell. And another detail I didn't see anyone talking about he also kept the book Edwin read to him without he knew. Actually he kept following the next books coming out in this series.

I also love any type of hc that gives him any artistic hobby- artist, dancer, or anything really, any reason that he didn't fit the stereotypical masculine gender roles, and made him even a larger disappointment in his dad's eyes. Anything that made it harder for him. I'm a slut for angst what can I say. (Like I'm a Charles Rowland kinny it's pretty much obvious).

This is pretty much it I think!

Mostly I just love the work the show did with him. I don't feel like large and elaborate headcanons are needed him- the canon is already amazing. I just love some small pieces that gives even more depth to the canon lore.

This show is so good I don't need really big headcanons. I don't think I can top the canon.

I love people sending me asks! Pease send my more if you have any🫶

[shaylogic]

SIR I NEED to know the story behind this!

When and how did you learn this? With WHOM?

I know comic Charles gets a crush on like every girl he and Edwin meet, so I imagine early in their cases, Charles experimented with flings with people and figured it out?

Honestly need a flashback in an ep of season 2 where Charles goes on his first Ghost/Human Date

Bonus points if it was with a guy!!

[iremiari]

oh charles rowland in this fic specifically. i relate to him so much. this is now my favorite genre of fic: charles rowland doing gay shit and not realizing that its actually really gay to actively want to sleep on the shoulder of your "best mate". charles rowland my #1 bisexual disaster

[angelscometrue]

i love how as a fandom we all decided Charles Rowland is a bisexual disaster.

Like no matter what head canon or fandom preferences everyone has, we all agree on this matter. Its beautiful!