#charles Rowland

[i-can-see-the-stars]

Charles Rowland

Love love love characters that present themselves as emotionally open social butterflies but the more you see of them the more obvious it is that they’re the most closed off fuckers in the story. Sure, they want to help you with your personal problems and messy emotions, but if you turn that shit back on them, they’ll shut down or deflect every time. Why are you sticking your nose in their business anyway? It’s not like it matters. They’re not a person, they’re just a role being played. They’re the guy who fixes things and saves people. Please ignore the man behind the mask, he’s fine. Everything’s fine.

[tragedy-machine]

“Edwin, do you ever think about… what it’d be like if we went to school together?”

“I cannot say that I do, Charles.”

“I do, sometimes. About how life would be like if we were both alive and attending St. Hilarion right now.”

“I assume your vision does not include any of our classmates being killers?”

“Nah, ‘course not. Times are different now, aren’t they? So… what do you think?”

“Well, you would be a star of the cricket team, no doubt. And you can certainly bounce a ball without letting it fall for a very long period of time, so maybe a football star, as well.”

“I don’t know about being a star, but– cheers.”

“Of course. Indeed, given your natural charisma, one might readily surmise that people would be most inclined to gather about you. If they possessed any sense whatsoever, your classmates should eagerly seek to make your acquaintance. You would graciously give everyone the time of day, much as you do with our clients, and they would be endlessly charmed by you. ”

“Now you’re really overdoing it, mate. What about you?”

“Me? Oh. I would… greatly delight in the study of languages. I have heard it said that schools nowadays offer a wider array of them within their curriculum. Literature, too, holds a special allure for me; indeed, I might even volunteer my services in the school library, simply for the opportunity to spend more time there or attend a study club. Science has also been a source of fascination for me—chemistry in particular, I could well imagine devoting a lot of time to it.”

“Mhmm, go on.”

“Whatever do you mean?”

“What of your friends?”

“I have not considered– perhaps other members of the literature club? Our recent adventure in the States have shown me that although people are decidedly still not my forte, it is possible for me to make acquaintances with them if they share my interests. If they are not dreadfully insufferable, that is to say.”

“And…?”

“And?”

“C’mon, how do we meet?”

“Oh. Realistically, I do not think our paths would cross. You would have more than enough friends interested in sports and music and other activities you enjoy, and I would never set foot near a gymnasium or a music room. We are an unlikely pair, after all.”

“...what? You don’t think we’d be friends if we were at school together?”

“I merely mean to say— as I have mentioned— with a sufficient company of good and worthy friends around you, you would have little cause to seek me out at school, particularly as we would be spending our time entirely differently.”

“Edwin, that’s horrible. A load of tosh, if I’ve ever heard one. I refuse to believe that. We could meet in class, or– maybe I’d have trouble with English, it’s never been my favorite, could never get my letters correct, could I? And since you’re so good at it, you’d offer to tutor me.”

“You believe I would offer?”

“‘Course, you’re proper kind like that, aren’t you? Or I’d ask you and you wouldn’t be able to say no to me.”

“So certain I would not be, even right from the beginning?”

“Isn’t that how our first meeting went?”

“...touché. You can be quite persistent. However, that does not mean you would have to befriend the boy who tutors you.”

“I liked you right when I met you, didn’t I? It’d be the same.” 

“You are awfully confident regarding the matter.”

“Yeah, mate. Think about it, we may be an unlikely duo, but against all odds, we met. We stayed together. And will stay together. We’d find each other in every universe, just like we had in this one.”

“...who is the one ‘overdoing it’ now?”

“Come off it, mate! But just think about it, we’d go to uni together, you’d study– English or, or Law, you’d make a great lawyer, you know, and I– I don’t know, I’d study something too, and we’d live together.”

“Would we start a detective agency together as well?”

“I don’t see why not.”

“Alive Boy Detectives does not have the same ring to it. Neither does Alive Men Detectives.”

“We’d figure something out.”

[khorazir]

Charles and Orbwin

The second of two donation raffle drawings for @laurentlink The companion piece of Edwin and Chorb is here

Will post both of them together tomorrow.

[incorrect-deadboy-quotes]

Charles: Shapeshifting is the best super power because you can have any haircut anytime you want, you can turn into a hotter version of yourself, you can turn into a dragon, you can turn into a robot, you can turn into a shambling mound of abstract shapes and sulk outside your estranged father's house while chanting ominously about his sins Edwin: Edwin: Are you… okay?

[myheartticks]

my babies 🥹

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES S1 + TUMBLR REACTIONS

[idliketobeatree]

— michael, the good place | s04e09 the answer + dead boy detectives

[shadows-and-starlight]

I had a dream where it's 10 years from now and Dead Boy Detectives was given many more seasons, and it had plenty of episodes to weave plots and narratives.

And in the final episode of the final season, when Charles and Edwin are canonically a romantic couple and they've gone off to their joint Afterlife, they're relaxing on a lovely shore and the camera pans down to those 2 red and blue starfish holding hands as the waves gently lap at them, and it fades to black.

[massivenerd23]

My favorite part of The Case of the Lighthouse Leapers is when the Cat King transforms into Charles. Because that is the exact SECOND he (and Monty) lost any chance they'd had with Edwin. As soon as Edwin’s thoughts around the Cat King had Charles' face on them? He was never going to choose anyone else.

[myheartticks]

STOPP I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

Good detectives do what they need to in order to solve a case. 💀🔎✨

[micwicky]

So funny the night nurse saw Charles memories and basically went

"I am not being a good ally :( go get your husband Charles"

[dbdakindy]

Edwin! Little buddy! Can you tell us about your best friend?

Thank you all for asking about Charles and Edwin!

Of course they are still best mates!! They are also next door neighbours. Edwin drew a picture for you to illustrate this:

Charles with his ice cream sandwich and Edwin with his double scoop. In the summertime, Mr Kashi's truck often passed down their street.

Here are what their homes look like, by the way:

They actually have known each other since they were both babies. Charles's family moved into their home about six months after Edwin's Papa and Daddy adopted Edwin.

Edwin really adores Charles and thinks that Charles is the best person he knows, and the strongest, too. Here he drew Charles giving him a hug after the incident on the slide.

Also, after Edwin came home from the hospital, Charles visited to let him hug the stuffed dog, Mr Kutta. Though Edwin doesn't always like stuffies (and especially not dolls) he was very happy to see Charles and did give Mr Kutta many snuggles that day, because Charles's mummy had just washed Mr Kutta and he smelled nice. Also pictured is Edwin's special blanket.

So yes, no matter what universe, Charles and Edwin are best friends forever.

[every-moment-a-different-sound]

Dead Boy Detectives

S1E3 | The Case of the Devlin House

[incorrect-deadboy-quotes]

[Skipping stones] Edwin: This is nice. Charles, whispering: Take that you fucking lake.

[fan-a-tink]

Only just realised I am absolutely obsessed with Charles in the snake pit. A true hero if ever there was one, and he looks so freaking cool in literally every single shot! ✨

[maarigolds]