#demon detective au

[mlady-magnolia]

Day Three: Restraint

“Listen to me, Kafka.”

[technically-human]

Wings

A commission for @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are based on this post

This is not just a Wing!AU, but also a Sentinels and Guides AU. It's a whole concept I didn't know existed and now I'm fascinated

[jube-art]

Idle thoughts. Idle doodles.

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne (Despair AU)

Charles can't help himself. He steps forward, despite Edwin's protests, his glare, the fire that begins to spontaneously lick its way up Edwin's arms, and pulls Edwin into a hug. "God, mate," Charles says, burying his face in the crook between Edwin's shoulder and neck, feeling Edwin's tight posture and the iron-hard tension in his spine through his suit, wishing more than anything that he could bring relief to Edwin's soul, "I should have been here with you. You didn't have to save my soul like that."

"I didn't save your soul," Edwin says, and for the first time, his voice cracks. "I claimed it." Some shiver runs through Charles' soul at that, but it is not an afraid one. It almost feels like excitement, like relief, like love. "You are mine, I'm afraid, and I am deeply sorry for it-"

"Don't be," Charles says, all ferocity, because the hellfire should be burning him but all he has ever felt is warm in Edwin Payne’s arms. "I'm yours. I have been since the moment we left that attic. Hell, I probably was yours before that, from the moment you handed me that lantern."

-aletterinthenameofsanity, you go down just like holy mary on a cross

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@pappelsiin

[eikichi-supremacy]

If nothing else Koenma is a Kuwabara stan and I'm right there with him o7 (I need to write the kuwameshi fic that goes with this fr)

[ghostinthelibrarywrites]

Chapter 6 of young blood, never get chained featuring Edwin meeting the parents (for better or for worse) and a realization is up! You can read a snippet below or read the whole thing on AO3!

Excerpt:

“Get back inside,” Charles says as soon as Edwin opens the door and steps outside. “I’m not leaving you out here alone.” Edwin closes the door carefully behind him. “I’m fine.” Even though the top step is narrow, barely big enough for the two of them to stand side by side, Charles tries to ease his way in front of Edwin. “Just having a little chat with dear old Dad, aren’t I?” The shape of Paul Rowland’s smile is the same as his son’s, but there’s no warmth or joy behind it. His brown eyes—the same shade as Charles’s, but just as devoid of kindness as his smile—flick over Edwin. Besides the smile and the eyes, he doesn’t look much like Charles, which is a relief. “So this is what you’re risking your neck for, boy? Some posh, scrawny brat?” Edwin feels his face heat. “Charles, you should come inside, where it’s safe.” “He’s not going to get through the wards.” Charles doesn’t look away from his father. “That takes patience and talent. My dad’s not much for problems he can’t beat the shit out of.” His father’s expression darkens and he tries to take a step forward, only to be pushed back by the wards. Edwin sees a muscle in his jaw jump. “Didn’t realize I raised a son who would cower behind wards like a scared dog. Your little friend rubbing off on you?” “I’m going to ask you again,” Charles says through gritted teeth. “What the fuck are you doing here?” “This is my damn house.” “Not anymore. You’re not welcome here. Thought I made that clear.”

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

.... well this noir Vaggie au edit got waaay out of hand ha ha!

self indulgent au lore under the cut bc WEEEE

Detective Vaggie finally got enough blackmail on Valentino for Charlie and Angel to pin him in a corner, but as Vaggie expected, Angel Dust ends up doing what almost every other Sinner has done after Vaggie hands the evidence over to them, and chooses to just accept Valentino’s renegotiated and seemingly better soul contract rather than break it and make a mortal enemy out of an Overlord

Of course the first thing Val does is force Angel Dust to destroy the evidence they’d used against him, just like every other Overlord Vaggie's worked against always has, leaving Angel at his mercy again

And also leaving Charlie devastated. She'd given Angel her promise of protection as soon to be crowned king of hell-

(long story) (Lucifer wanted to kill Vaggie for scarring Charlie a few years back and Charlie had to beat him up to stop him) (the Overlords, led by Velvette and the Vees, decided to flex their power by saying this invalidated Lucifer as king and made Charlie the new ruler of hell) (she reluctantly accepted because..)

-hoping it would be enough to counter any Overlord threat against Angel once he was free

Ironically though, Angel Dust having come to see her as a friend after all this and not wanting to put her in the line of fire ends up with him sticking with Val instead, who gloats about it, and tells Charlie to her face what he'll do to her friend and her pet P.I. if she (as soon to be king) doesn't back down and let the Vees do all the real running of hell (like they already have been)

Charlie the Pissed let's slip she's had enough of Val as she leaves his studio (both her and the studio being on fire)

No one takes her little threat seriously, except for Vaggie, who sees Charlie picking up and weighing Vaggie's spear in her hands when she thinks she's alone. Vaggie freaks out realizing Charlie is about to go do a murder

So Vaggie decides to break her own no-more-murder vow AGAIN for a girl AGAIN (last time was for Velvette) and she kills Valentino before Charlie can reach him, regaining her wings (kinda), absorbing his demonic energy (yuck), belatedly becoming one of the Vees like Velvette had once wanted (not in the way Velvette had wanted), and accepting all Val's soul contracts including Angel’s, which she breaks

She also breaks the truth of everything to Charlie on coronation day-

(maybe also breaking up with or getting dumped by her, even though they weren’t even dating)

-confessing to the murder and her exorcist past

Now that she’s an Overlord and Charlie’s about to be King of Hell, anything publicly personal between them (like Vaggie staying the basement of Charlie's abandoned hotel instead of sleeping in an alleyway next to a dumpster every night) would throw the other Overlords into a rage over the power imbalance with normal sinners caught in the crossfire or getting used as canon fodder, something neither Vaggie or Charlie can stomach

Besides which Vaggie feels 0% worthy of Charlie anymore after breaking her no-murder vow, and Charlie is feeling more things than she knows how to name about that and the exorcist thing, none of them good

Their last kiss (for now) leaves claw marks on Vaggie’s face to match the scar she gave Charlie all those years ago-

(which Charlie has finally also confessed to her about, to Vaggie's horror, Vaggie having blotted the memory out after binge drinking with Husk the following week)

-the scar from when Vaggie happened to still be holding her spear as Charlie reached out to help her, and ended up lashing out instead of flinching back, unintentionally driving away Charlie and their happy life together

(this shit luck is what pinged Overlord Husk's gambling powers and led him to Vaggie, meanwhile Angel dropped a paying client to go check on the random demon chick- Charlie- soon to be nicknamed Apple Slice by him- holding her bleeding face in her hands as she stumbled down the street in a daze)

Charlie and Vaggie made do with other friends when what they both most needed was each other

They’ve both been miserable and lonely since then, had only just started to build up what they should have had together all along while camping out at the old hotel working on Angel's case together, but the case is done and now…. this

This is NOT a good timeline for them (yet)

[atomra]

I had to draw my favs doing an outfit swap! Neuro and Alucard would get along great 😎💙 (feat. atom)

[zinnie-zoloft]

Charles Rowland vs the world: the league of evil exes

Simon - Edwin’s old classmate

Thomas - annoyingly handsome egotistical actor

Monty - Esther’s brother and bassist

Shelby - grudge-fuelled athlete

Kingham and Litty - confusing artists

David - the evilest ex of all

[impcarcass]

Long time no see, fellas. All I got is a sketch. As you can see, moon is very upset about his bald ass head.

[cc-tinslebee]

you know what time it is!! Dead Boy Detective Magnus Archives au baby!

Charles Rowland, avatar of the Dark. Mr. Pitch: creatures hidden in the dark, shadow figures and monsters, blindness, coldness, dark water.

Edwin Payne, avatar of the Desolation. The Torturing Flame: pain, loss, burning, and destroying things before their potential is realised.

Crystal Palace Surname von Hoverkraft, avatar of the End. The Coming End Waits For All And Cannot Be Ignored: uncaring and unstoppable, close ties to dreams, manifests through them.

Niko Sasaki, avatar of the Spiral. It Is Not What It Is: spirals, patterns, and fractals, hallucinations and illusions.

Monty Finch, avatar of the Stranger. I Do Not Know You: the creeping sense that something is not right.

Esther Finch: avatar of the Flesh, evader of the End. Viscera: bodies being unnaturally twisted, reshaped, and butchered, bred for meat, the human realisation that we are all meat and bone.

David the Demon, avatar of the Corruption. The Crawling Rot: the feeling one’s skin crawling, also manifests as unhealthy love and companionship

The Cat King, avatar of the Hunt. Blood: the need for the chase.

Jenny Greene, avatar of the Lonely, tormented by the Eye. The Forsaken: alone or disconnected from the rest of society. It Knows You: fear of being watched, exposed, followed.

[mlady-magnolia]

Spooder cuddles!

[uzi-x33]

you and me we’re not the same.

i am a sinner, you are a saint.

CHAT IM DONE YIPPEE!!!! they’re so siblings:3 i love the traumatized mafia kids😋 spreading my bisexual dazai and lesbian yosano bestfriends agenda with this one🔥🔥

[jube-art]

Payneland server got me thinking about Incubus Edwin

[mindfulofbrit]

Manjoume is one of those annoying ghost influencers because he wasn't doing well trying to go viral elsewhere.

The Domino Academy Ghost Club likes to explore places reported on Sho's Ghost Sighting Blog to debunk or prove the existance of non-human entities.

For some reason Manjoume has a difficult time recording whenever Haou's around. The footage keeps getting corrupted. Weird.

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Sorry, I didn't want to completely finish this piece but I wanted to share it because Manjoume's face is hilarious, and Tetsu gave me a ton of terrifying anime faces to reference.

He's not pointing at Haou, btw. He's pointing PAST Haou at some creaking or something.

Here's what his face looks like under the effects - his 'shadow look' is not seen outside of camera lenses.

[celestialvoid-fanfiction]

Sterek Dead Boy Detectives AU: Derek and Stiles are detectives, taking on the cases with supernatural connections that the living aren’t capable of handling. They extinguish supernatural threats and helping lost souls find peace and move on to the afterlife… oh, and they’re dead.

Both boys never found peace, never moved on. Now they are on the run from Death, trying to help others find their peace.

A client contacts them to help her friend, Lydia, a clairvoyant who’s possessed by a demon.

They are able to exorcise the demon, but Lydia is left with no memories and no idea who she is except for her name. While Stiles and Derek argue about whether or not they let her stay with them (because the dead shouldn’t interact with the living), Lydia picks up a missing child poster and has a vision. The child is alive.

Lydia teams up with the boys to help them find the child, but things take a turn when Stiles uses magic on a cat, a misdemeanour that the Cat King demands he answer for. His punishment? He is trapped in Beacon Hills until he counts all the cats. That wouldn’t be too bad if they hadn’t also pissed off a witch. And, on top of that, they’re still hiding from Death.