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portable boyfriend
#payneland#edwin paine#charles rowland#crystal palace#edwin payne#edwin x charles#dead boy detectives#dbda#dead boy detective agency#art#my art#dc comics#dc#orbwin
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I have a headcanon that Edwin turns into Orbwin every time gets majorly annoyed with Charles or they have an argument. He's just a ball of light, sitting on the desk silently. He's unmoving and unspeaking and just wants to Make a Dramatic Point. Once he gets tired of it and is cool with interacting again he stops being Orbwin and turns back.
Charles also uses his Chorb form, but differently. Chorb appears when Edwin is busy with a task, usually reading, but Charles wants attention. Charles-light-ball pops into existence on Edwin's shoulder, rolls down his arm, and settles into the pages of the book/notebook. If Edwin moves him, Chorb does it again until he gets attention.
They also have the Great Orb Incident of '02, where Edwin got so annoyed with Chorb's interference with his task that he became Orbwin and sat on the table. Chorb was stuck on the couch. They sat like that for a full day and it became more of a contest to see who could orb out for longer. Neither of them wanted to give in and be the first to switch back. (Finally, Charles caved solely because he required more stimulation than just rolling in circles on the sofa, and he lamented Edwin's endless patience.)
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The best orb i know
(thanks @tragedy-machine for the quote 💜)
#dead boy detectives#dbda#edwin payne#charles rowland#orbwin#chorb#chorbwin#my art#i am having far too much fun with these#right#back to making gifs
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Some very late, very quick sketching for Painland Week Day 6 : Free Day
#painlandweek#painland week#edwin payne#charles rowland#orbwin#chorb#payneland#dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives fanart#etheriidoodles
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Day 4 Prompt: orb
#deadboyween#edwin x charles#edwin payne#charles rowland#dead boy detectives#dbda fanart#dead boy detectives fanart#dbda#illustration#digital art#fanart#my art#artists on tumblr#chorb#orbwin#orbwin and chorb#chorbwin
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i am obsessed with the names "orbwin" and fucking "Chorb"
like Orbwin is so like elegant while still sticking to the "orb" + "edwin" thing and its mysterious and it draws you in a little bit
then theres fucking CHORB
like
unrelated i feel like orbwin would have a bow
but any other variation of "orb" + "charles" still gives off the same fucking effect lmao like:
Orbles
Charlorb
Rorb
Orbland
lmao
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Crystal no
@deadboyween day 4 - orbs
#dbda#dbda fanart#dead boy detectives#dead boy detective fanart#crystal palace#niko sasaki#edwin payne#charles rowland#orbwin#chorb#orbwin and chorb#deadbo#my art
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So I had a vision of Orbwin in Charles jacket (then waking up wearing it) and it spiraled
I’m normal. 👍
#tetris draws skrunklies#DBDA#dead boy detectives#edwin payne#charles rowland#orbwin#THATS A TAG LETS FUCKING GO#payneland#I just rlly like the idea u can’t fault me😔😔
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I absolutely adore your art and it brightens my day whenever I see it! If it’s not too much trouble, I was wondering if you could do fem!payneland with the orb-ith? Orb-wina? Idk.
That's one hell of a pendant!
Ko-Fi
#ask ask ask#dead boy detectives#dbda#payneland#dead girl detectives#charlotte if she decided to be funny about her trauma: look mum i'm finally wearing jewlery like you always wanted!#orbwin#orbith I guess?
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The Adventures of Orbwin and Chorb: A Masterlist
This is where any information pertaining to Orbwin and Chorb is stored for any use and for all to see. Written by that-trans-autistic-guy, with an assist by @technically-human who made the first depiction of the orb boys. List is to be updated, please message @that-trans-autistic-guy to request an addition to the list. Posts/fics tagged with the tags attached to this post will be easier to find for everyone who loves the orb boys :D
Traits, Attributes and Ideas
Ship name is Chorbwin
The orbs can purr in the same way cats do. Results in a visual vibration and soft sound. They have limited awareness in orb form, so it follows the feelings of safety and comfort.
The gravitate towards each other slightly, not unlike magnets
Often just soft, warm light but can occasionally be in their hero colors: blue for Edwin, red for Charles
The orbs give off warmth, one the dead and living alike can feel
The girls call them “The Orb Boy Detectives”
Charles made Orbwin a tiny ghost costume
Fanfics
Carry These Torches For You - that_trans_autistic_guy
You Said, “I’ll Never Leave You Alone” - Aster_Flower114
A Better Place, A Better Time - TheFanficMustFlow
Why Do I Tire of Counting Sheep? - carpediemma
The Many Forms of Phantoms - thegirlofthorns
Orbing With Edwin and Charles - grammarglamour
Frippery - Baby_Spinach
Professional Networking - RoseGanymede95
This Little Light of Mine, Let It Shine - ingridmatthews
Let Me Watch Over You - waywardsonsanddaughters
They’re in Lorb (Orb Love) - DarkStars
First Time For Everything - Anonymous
Orbwin’s Day Off - Quicksweetdreamer
A Blue Cap and a Red Jacket - williamvapespeare
The Glow That Dazzles My Eyes - Cesare
Other Types of Intimacy - Asidian
Fanart
Recharging - @technically-human
Recharging II - @technically-human
The Infamous Puppy Debacle of ‘94 - @technically-human
Niko and Orbwin - @gaypanicattackonlegs
Orbwin in Charles’ Jacket - @fellow-fandom-fruitifier
Portable Boyfriend - @jube-art
Portable Boyfriend Part 2 - @jube-art
The Girls and Chorbwin - @arisprite
Chorbwin But Colored - @terresdebrume
Cherishing Each Other’s True Forms - @a-jasminator
ORBWIN - @random-art-p3rson
Painland Week Orb Boys - @etheriiart
Chorbwin is my new OTP - @fellow-fandom-fruitifier
IRL Orbwin and Chorb (Glass Boys) - @neurodivergent-fangirling
Chorbwin Accessories - @aceofturtles
Confession: Orb Edition - @every-moment-a-different-sound
The Best Orb I Know - @every-moment-a-different-sound
Chorbwin in Elysian Fields - @acheel-and-cat
Spaghetti and Chorb - @aceofturtles
Chorbwin w/ Accessories - @edwinspaynes
Notes from Circles?? - @thesfromhms
Tiny Orbwin and Chorb - @technically-human
Gay - @sawtism101
DBD Brain Takeover - @disgruntled-rat
Mirror Chorbwin - @marbearmarigold
Lantern Chorbwin - @aria-hannah
Death Chorbwin - @marbearmarigold
Eternity Chorbwin - @marbearmarigold
Happy Chorbwin - @minkbumblebee-blog
Light Orbwin - @beetlebug—1
Earring Orbwin - @margo-mania
Fem!Orbwin - @technically-human
Misc. Chorbwin Posts
Simple Orbs - @crosnt
Great Orb Incident of ‘02 - @edwinspaynes
First Sighting of ‘Chorbwin’ - @ace-misplaced
“ChOrBWIn” - @pippin-katz
Hyperactive Chorb - @khrorazir
Chorbwin Comic - @2ndfannypack
The Orb Boy Wizard - @succstosucculent
Cursed Chorbwin Gifs
#the adventures of orbwin and chorb#orbwin and chorb#chorbwin#orbwin#chorb#dead boy detectives#edwin payne#charles rowland#the orb boy detectives
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Orbwin and Chorb!
Orbwin and Chorb are snuggling together all warm and cozy in the opening of the backpack
Prompt: orbs, for @deadboyween
#I know the backpack doesn’t canonically have the pins and the patch but I wanted them ok?#Also I think the little orbs came out so pretty : )#dead boy detectives#deadboyween#charles rowland#edwin payne#payneland#orbwin#chorb#chorbwin#dbda fanart#dbda#Oh and this took longer than anything else nothing else be getting this level of time I’m sorry
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Everyone say "thank you, Esther" for her giving us the concept of Orbwin and Chorb
#orbwin#chorb#soul orb#edwin payne#charles rowland#spirit orb#esther finch#dbda#dead boy detectives#dead boy detective agency#text post
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So I wrote a thing. Orbwin and Chorb have been living in my head rent free and this is what came of it. Please note, it's not beta read, but I hope you enjoy (it was so much fun to write).
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It was an unseasonably warm day when it happened.
Charles didn’t notice at first. He was a ghost. Ghosts don’t get warm. He had smiled wryly, hearing the curt, but affectionate, admonishment from Edwin even without Edwin having to verbalize it.
“Ghosts don’t need to sleep, Charles.” Edwin would sigh.
“Charles, ghosts just don’t get sick.” the words punctuated as if that would help it stick.
“Remember Charles, we can’t feel anything of the living.” the statement was always delicate, as if Edwin didn’t want to upset Charles.
“We don’t feel hot or cold. Really, Charles.” it came as an impatient scoff, but as with anything, infused with a fondness Charles knew Edwin reserved just for him.
Charles was positive though that he could do all of the things Edwin claimed they couldn’t.
He knew at times he could feel cold, and sick. The deep chill settling into his bones, the wheeze he could sometimes feel when he took breaths he didn’t actually need to take. Once in a while, if he turned the wrong way something would pinch in his side around his ribs, or his head would throb for a moment. There wasn’t a catalyst, and he knew he was more sensitive to temperature because of how he died.
He never slept, but it was easier for him to find relaxation in the darkness of his closed eyes than Edwin ever would. He would doze on the couch, if they took the train, anytime they took an outing.
He especially loved parks.
Charles would insist they find a place to sit so Edwin could watch the living and Charles could close his eyes leaning against Edwin, laying his back on the grass with his legs draped over Edwin, or his head sometimes cradled in Edwin’s lap.
Edwin would indulge him, telling him about the people he observed, and would even read sometimes. Every so often they would clasp hands, or Charles could feel Edwin’s fingers circling an ankle, or he’d feel thin graceful fingers stroking his hair. He might not feel the living or their things, but he could feel Edwin. Dozing was so easy in those moments.
This day, Charles had been standing by their case board, hand gripping one of their note cards moving it from open to closed. Part of him faced the window, and he could feel the sun on his skin. He remembered the feeling of it, and the matter that made him a ghost flooded into those sun-kissed spots, filled with the warmth of his memories, and relaxation settled into his limbs.
As his shoulders dipped, tension uncurled. The relaxation shifted, the heaviness of sleep oozed through him. He’d see if he could tempt Edwin into a park day soon, satisfied in knowing he could sleep and Edwin could also take some time to decompress.
He worried for Edwin, nearly constantly, and in varying degrees, since their time in Port Townsend, and learning about the previous relatively unspoken 70 years of Edwin’s afterlife in Hell. He knew, as easily as he knew his own name, that Edwin needed a break.
As he had picked the next card, reading through the delicate handwriting outlining quick notes of the case, Crystal had come into the office, fanning herself with her hands before sweeping her hair back, trying to get as much of it as she could off her neck. She collapsed onto the couch with a grimace. It was hot. The office. The couch. Everything and anything, really.
Charles glanced at Edwin, smiling, who had been sitting behind their desk. There was a small huff, Edwin shifting his gaze from Crystal to Charles as if to say both “the living,” and “what do we do?”
Easily, Charles replied to Crystal they could look at getting fans, as air conditioning would be difficult for such an old building. However, he kept watching Edwin.
Edwin looked…uncomfortable? Flushed? Tired? Charles tilted his head slightly, his brows furrowing. It wasn’t any of those exactly, it was something else. Edwin, he found, was extremely good at hiding his emotions, except annoyance, and his discomfort. This time the vague sense of Edwin being uncomfortable was different. While Edwin and Crystal had debated the best ways to keep cool, including getting a fan, Charles kept his attention on his partner.
The conversation moved into the case, Crystal having exhausted her options and Edwin having run out of patience. As Edwin reached for the case file from a pile on the desk Charles saw the moment, the moment in between the moments. He could see the folder through Edwin’s fingers. Charles stepped forward, and there must have been something in the way he had moved that had Edwin looking up at him.
Charles paused. He saw Edwin’s gaze unfocus, before sliding a vacant expression to the case file. In the skipped beat between Edwin catching his eye and turning to the folder, Charles could feel the anticipation ebbing and flowing within him as he stood arrested, waiting.
When the file opened, and Edwin began outlining the expectations and situation to Crystal, Charles felt a prickling sensation in his skin, he wiggled his fingers, felt his calves tighten wanting to lurch forward for what he knew was inevitable. Edwin, Charles realized, hadn’t figured it out yet.
To Charles, it felt like hours before Edwin gently closed the file, handing it to Crystal who had come to stand beside Edwin at the desk. Charles saw her arch a brow slightly and he knew she was trying to puzzle something out.
As she passed him on the way to the door, Crystal stopped and they were side-by-side. Their arms brushed and she didn’t look at him, still facing the door, Charles facing the desk, and he felt her hand grasp at his and squeeze. Charles squeezed back, gaze trained on Edwin as he quietly, steadily, asked Crystal to give them, he and Edwin he meant, some time.
She replied she’d follow up after her part of the case, and they both moved, Crystal to the door, flipping the recently acquired open/closed sign to “closed” and locking the door behind her, and Charles to Edwin.
In the steps to the desk, Charles saw color surface on Edwin’s face, heat blooming on his cheeks and down his neck to his ears. He saw the dazed expression slide over Edwin’s features, and the slight tremble starting in his fingers as he held another case file, the material bending as his grip tightened. The tremble moved up to Edwin’s shoulders, his chest, before it looked as if Edwin could vibrate apart.
There was a small gasp of surprise from Edwin just as Charles reached out. He had intended to pull Edwin to him, but Charles' hands met empty air and a pop of light illuminated the space where Edwin had sat.
Charles wasn’t sure what had caused the shift, it could have been any number of things, and it didn’t matter. Edwin was exhausted, psychologically spent, and currently settled into the desk chair as a small orb, a faint golden light pulsing in time with what Charles believed to be a heartbeat. Periodically, the light would tint with a pale blue hue.
He scooped Edwin up in his cupped hands, pulling the orb close to his chest. While they were vulnerable in this state they weren’t delicate, but Charles treated him as such as he wrapped his hands tightly around Edwin, padding softly to the couch, and squished himself into the cushions.
It was rare this happened to either of them. Charles hated seeing Edwin push himself to the point of change, but there was a pleasant thrumming of adoration that nearly paralyzed him as he held the pure essence, the soul, of Edwin Payne gently in his palms.
He wasn’t sure if Edwin could hear him but as he slouched back, legs extended into the office space and hugging Edwin to his heart, he whispered to him and ran a finger across the orb as if to run fingers through Edwin’s hair, and closed his eyes.
Crystal, file in hand, entered the office. The sign was still showing “closed” and the door was still locked. Since she’d last seen them she had done as much of the up front work as she could, and needed their help. She was surprised neither Edwin or Charles had mirror hopped to her apartment to check in; Edwin was rather impatient at times, and despite giving them over a day to make an appearance she was also eager to close the case.
The office was quiet. The lights were still on, the desk as she had last seen it with the files stacked neatly to one side although one of the files was askew in the center. The desk chair was pushed back, and the door with the case board was open. She turned, looking around, and was about to leave thinking they’d both gone out, exasperation tugging at her expression and shifting her shoulders when she saw a soft, unfamiliar light rebounding off the polished wood floor by the couch.
Stepping further into the room and peering over the low wall to the couch she tilted her head, mouth parting into an “O” as she saw two glowing orbs nestled on the couch each one pulsating in turn.
They were beautiful. The glow of one, periodically tinted red, would catch up to the other. The calm increase then decrease in light would be the same in both before settling back into a varying rhythm. Then the other would follow soon after, the glow of the pair beating in time, before falling out of sync.
Without thinking, Crystal made her way to the couch and carefully, as not to disturb either of them, sat beside the glowing forms of Edwin and Charles. Her hands hesitated over them both, the protective desire to hold them making her fingers twitch. She smiled fondly, but held back, knowing how much Edwin would protest being touched or held by anyone other than Charles.
She pulled her phone out of her bag and popped in ear buds while softly, lovingly, telling them she’d keep an eye on them. She let the sentiment curl around them, she hoped they could hear it.
Her heart beat. The orbs pulsed brightly in time.
#dead boy detectives#charles rowland#edwin payne#crystal palace#orbwin#chorb#thank you to everyone who made orbwin and chorb a thing#hat tip to technically-human and that-trans-autistic-guy for starting it
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Has this been done yet?
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@dbdpromptober Day 4: Light
#dead boy detectives#dead boy detectives fanart#charles rowland#charles rowland fanart#orbwin#edwin payne#edwin payne fanart#dbdpromptober2024#etheriiart
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she's the only one edwin would trust when he's in orb form (and charles isn't around) you can't change my mind
#dbda#dead boy detectives#dbda fanart#dead boy detective fanart#niko sasaki#edwin payne#orbwin#<- I love that name lol#my art
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