#monty the crow

[zinnie-zoloft]

Monty immediately 100% believing in astrology (even though it’s apparently still fake in the dbda universe and he’s literally a witch’s familiar and should know that) makes me wonder what other stuff he’d believe in if he got to be human longer

Basically I need magical conspiracy theorist Monty who is very occasionally actually onto something that helps solve a case

[shaylogic]

Edwin journaled about his conflicted feelings on a Charles, Monty, Cat King. And how would the boys react to learning Crystal was a former bully?

[deadshowsagency]

Trying to draw Monty but all I can draw is THIS!! To be perfectly honest, it is my first time and I have no stylus/ digital pen. Just fingers and a small screen. It took me an hour because I couldn't understand what I'm doing 😅😅

Hope you enjoy it, especially you, @montythehumancrow

[kat-in-a-trashcan]

Edwin is so me vibes

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES (2024)

1.06 - The Case of the Far Too Many Big Brown Cow Eyes

[alexrod-dbd]

For all those of you that aren’t on twitter, I’m gonna share here my gameoden and the two more I shared with 4 beautiful people 💙

So this is the first one, in which Jayden shows his ring, holds a grudge against Monty on behalf of Charles (/j), and George shares a piece of deleted scene 🎬

[not-the-living-ghost]

i’m so excited to see all the cameos and hear the new season 2 concepts but at the same time i’m like “AHHHHH no don’t tell us 😭” because i’ve been hanging on to the possibility of a season 2 and that can’t happen if the plot is already out

[aletterinthenameofsanity]

Edith Payne and Charlie Rowland (Chapter 4)

“And just because I changed my clothes or my slang doesn't mean that I want you to change," Charlie says, "I like you old-fashioned. I like you buttoned up. I like you when your posture is too straight and your accent is too posh and you are the very picture of a girl out of time. Because you have always been different, Eddie. Unique. Pretty brills, really. And I wouldn't have you any other way.”

Edith’s breath is a remembered thing, a physical presence, because it is catching in her throat.

“Now,” Charlie says, fingers curling around Edith’s jaw, “You like taking me apart. So let me put you back together.”

Then Charlie kisses Edwin’s cheek, and her mouth, and her jaw, and her neck, as she pushes Edith up against the desk, and Edith’s heart is shuddering, thundering, in her chest, a storm brewing inside of her, a quake shaking the earth.

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@sapphic-corgi

[kat-in-a-trashcan]

These are all drawing prompts! I’m not saying that I’ll only do one, but the one that gets most votes I’ll prob do first

(also if yall want more specific ideas to add on to these feel free to ask (politely))

[mirellapryce]

My submission for DBDA Positivity Week is the essay I wrote for Queer Media Meetup. It's a spoiler free-ish breakdown of the show, what makes it queer, and why I loved it so much. It is my love letter to the show, and the writers, actors and creators who brought it all together <3

What is the title?

Dead Boy Detectives. Tragically it was cancelled after one season on Netflix, but you should watch that one season anyway.

What is it about?

It’s written on the tin. They’re ghosts, they’re teenage boys, they solve mysteries. They’re the Dead Boy Detective Agency.

Okay, it’s more than that, but we do start with our main boys Charles and Edwin who are ghosts that work together to help other ghosts resolve their “unfinished business” on Earth so that they can pass on to the afterlife. This is tricky sometimes, because they’re also avoiding being taken to their own afterlives by Death. As Charles describes them, Edwin is the brains, and Charles is the brawns of the operation and they’ve been working together for 30 years.Which brings us to our main plot. They receive a job to help out a ghost’s living friend, Crystal, who has been behaving strangely for a while. Crystal is psychic which is why she can see ghosts. It turns out that she’s been possessed by a demon, but when they remove the demon, her memories are also mysteriously gone. Charles says that she can stay with them until they come back. Edwin is less than pleased to have a new person thrown into his perfectly normal, codependent household (but he can’t say no to Charles). For plot reasons, Crystal convinces them to take on a case all the way in the US where the majority of the plot takes place as they solve various mysteries before they can go back home.

What makes it queer?

Charles sitting on any surface that is not a chair is peak bisexual behaviour.

Kidding (and while I would have loved that arc for him, he was busy this season working through his trauma and learning to be more honest about his feelings, so we will move on to the actual queer characters).

Edwin gets his own gay awakening and subsequent coming out. He’s a repressed Edwardian boy who was bullied for his queer behaviours in his day. That doesn’t stop him from behaving very queerly even after EVERYTHING HE’S BEEN THROUGH (my boy is king of the trauma Olympics), and we love that for him. Another potentially queer aspect that wasn’t really explored, but was brought up in the show is that all of his human disguises are female. If the show had gotten another season it might have been interesting to see how that particular gender expression applies to his personal feelings on his own gender. Alas, I can only fall back on tumblr meta and fanfiction for that. Despite being stiff and awkward, the next two queer men are both down bad for him.

Monty is a lot of spoilers all on his own, but he immediately develops a crush on Edwin, and one of our living girls, Niko encourages Edwin to pursue the relationship.

The Cat King…Uhhhhhh he’s hundreds of years old. He’s a shapeshifter. He is in fact a cat, who just sometimes looks human, so expect typical cat behaviour. He doesn’t have time for humans gendering their clothing. He will rock all of these skirts, thank you very much. And he will dress down to try and seduce the hot British twink.

Now onto our lesbians. We forgive Jenny for being a landlord, because she’s also a hot, goth butcher (and now I wonder if that pun was intended when they wrote her job), and she hates that she genuinely likes our two female leads (our Alive Girl Detectives, Crystal and Niko, as it were) and as the only adult she has taken it upon herself to take care of these kids whether she likes it or not.

Maxine is also a lot of spoilers, but we will say she’s the cute librarian, and through shenanigans and matchmaking she goes on a date with Jenny and they are super cute.

Why do you like it?

I am weak for the classic, red-blue, sunshine and grumpy ship dynamics with banter, and our leads absolutely provide that. Admittedly I was drawn into this show from the fandom first for Edwin and Charles’ relationship. All of our characters have interesting and varied relationships with each other, whether they are best friends, frienemies, autistic besties, or romantic rivals. And once again, you all know how much I love a found family, and I only wish we had more episodes to see more of that family unit be built.

It should also be noted that the whole cast is just very nice to look at. I should not be admiring Jayden Revri’s jawline as much as I am.

Niko doesn’t get her own queer or romantic arc, but I love her all the same. I want to give her a queer honourable mention, because she’s the one who first explains to Edwin that two guys can like each other romantically. She has manga about it if he needs evidence. She is me in high school, and I love that for her. She loves love and just wants her new gay bestie to be happy, and maybe to kiss Monty.

Important notes that I picked up from a review of this show before I even watched it that I actually really appreciate. 1) It is well lit. You can see what’s happening! I did not have to fight with the lighting settings to see faces or settings or to know what was going on! 2) It is an “R rated family show”. To elaborate, the show does not shy away from cursing or violence, but there are no awkward sex scenes that suddenly make you wish you were not watching this with friends or family around. It doesn’t unexpectedly turn into porn so it’s good wholesome fun you can watch anywhere.

Another part I enjoyed was how certain plots gave us breadcrumbs, so we could pick up on the plot twist before it happened. It was subtle enough to not feel forced, but then when you see it you can look back and shout about how it was a sign.

I don’t know how they did it, but somehow it is the perfect combination of lighthearted, campy shenanigans and funs times, while also respectfully addressing a lot of darker themes. There’s a man who used to be a walrus. There are themes of grief for both the living and the dead. The Cat King is so extra that he brought a chandelier into the woods just to impress a guy. They bring up how abuse can mess you up and that if you try to ignore it, it can come back to haunt you. There are tiny gods who heckle you with white suburban Karen energy. The show calls out abusive and stalker behaviours for what they are. The afterlife is a bureaucracy with very specific paperwork that needs to be filled out before you can do anything. Our main characters are ghosts, because both of them were murdered in their teens.

All of that and more in just 8 episodes.

[bitter-caf]

If you write monty without a lactose and gluten intolerance, I eat your liver.

Jk but it's so fun when his bird traits cross into his human form, I don't care if it's a human au or something. You can take the boy out of the crow but never the crow out of the boy.

And if you did not know, birds cannot and should not eat bread or milk. If you wish to feed the crows (or ravens or ducks but never seagulls), stick to various seeds and fruits.

[shaylogic]

For everyone enjoying the gameoden week and who enjoyed gameo week a few months back, I want to point out that Joshua Colley (Monty of Dead Boy Detectives) is also on Cameo right now! He will also do singing requests, btw. Feel free to show him some love <3

[dbda-positivity-week]

DBDA positivity prompts for Tuesday 19th November

Here's a few prompts to focus on today:

Hand gestures

Several of the actors in DBDA are very expressive with their hands and arms. Are there any moments that really stood out to you?

What about the way that Edwin positions his hands as he's standing at rest?

Or the way that Charles counts items on his fingers (and in one scene, misses)?

How about the way that Niko keeps giving people thumbs up?

How about the way that Edwin shows his anxiety through the way he holds his fists in episode 2?

Diversity of the cast

DBDA has a wonderfully diverse cast and characters. Are there any moments that really spoke to you, or that you thought were handled really well, in regards to that diversity?

What about the way that Charles talked to Edwin about the boy that was being beaten up?

Or the way that Crystal interacts and is supported by her ancestors?

• How queer the show is

DBDA has a lot of queer characters, both in the main four as well as several supporting characters. What do you like about the way that the queer storylines were handeled?

What did you like about the way that Edwin understood and explored his sexuality?

What about the way that Niko helped Jenny find a date?

Or the way that no one's sexuality is defined, and the way that they are shown to be queer?

[deadshowsagency]

I HAVE FINISHED YET ANOTHER MONTY THE CROW FANART! Another gift for my new friend @montythehumancrow . Honestly, I'm starting to enjoy doing this, especially when I finally found the blending brush. Hope you guys like it!

[lesbiannieism]

good afternoon i made a thing

[meybuyan]

patron saint of the lonely and desperate