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Can you imagine suing Boeing and coming home to find Boeing's faulty plane parts washed up in your backyard?
#boeing#funny#im sorry but this lawyer must be having the time of their life#what in the tv detective show is this
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Watched the hierarchy in one sitting but..what was that ending…
Low-key disappointed but, it is what it is
(kinda need ff’s hehe)
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Haven't been able to think about anything other than the victorian/edwardian/WW1 twink and his 80's punk almost-boyfriend for a week, send help
#this tv show has consumed my every thought#it's like tumblr catnip#go watch it#it will eat away at your brain#there's also a butch lesbian butcher#an autistic manga loving weirdo (my beloved)#and a badass psychic who's also a mess#WHAT MORE COULD YOU POSSIBLY WANT?#updating the post bc the reblogs lead me on a WILD wiki rabbit hole about the eras of England#okay so Edwin is born in 1900 which means he was born 1 year before the end of the Victorian era (1837-1901) so technically he's a victoria#baby who lived his childhood in the Edwardian era (1901-1910) and his teens in the pre/start of WW1 era (started in 1914)#until he was killed :( in 1916#so my boy here lived though MANY historical events and time periods#shout out to my victorian/edwardian/WW1 twink#history is very fun and this is why i love this website bc where else would i have to do research for my blorbo?#I do however find it very funny if Gaiman named him Edwin in honour of the Edwardian time period he grew up in#I love that man and it wouldn't surprise me if he turned out to be a history nerd (affectionate) like the rest of you#dead boy detectives#edwin payne#charles rowland#crystal palace#niko dbd#dbd#please feel free to dm me about history i adore it
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Why Chopping Dead Boy Detectives is a Mistake™ in a Single Image:
#dead boy detectives#save dead boy detectives#edwin payne#charles rowland#supernatural#payneland#fuck netflix#youtube#doctor who#dbda#netflix#stranger things#tv shows#streaming#what to watch#award winning#gravity falls
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Interview With the Vampire (2022-) is one of the best adaptations of anything ever because it is clearly made with so much love for the original text but it also is very open about critiquing the books while also existing in perfect, constant conversation with it. every change made is a strong writing choice on its own, but it is also made 10x stronger when viewed not just as an alteration of the original but an evolution.
louis being black and a brothel owner rather than a plantation owner is a really fucking smart idea all by itself. but it also directly furthers the differences in worldview between louis and lestat from the books. daniel being older, smarter, keener - much more obsessed with the truth - is an excellent conceit on its own, but its even better when we know that this is round 2 of the interview. he's learned from the awful way the interview went in the books, and now hes here for the truth. devils minion being a dance that arguably stretches decades (even if there wasnt a chase arc in the 70s!) only heightens their game of cat and mouse. armand being an adult physically and also being a POC is fucking inspired, both for how it places him in contrast to louis, and also because it allows them to avoid casting a minor in a very sexual role while still keeping the same dynamic (i.e. the frequent infantilization/fetishization of POC, especially asians).
The fact that some people are mad about its adaptation style boggles my mind, because I honestly think this set a new fucking standard for what adaptations should be. I'm insane about it. If they aren't changing the game like IWTV 2022 who even cares anymore.
#iwtv#interview with the vampire#'but eva' you might say#'daniel cutting through the bullshit in a show about unreliable narration is overly simplistic!'#'it means theyve given themself a character who can cut through the bullshit and explain whats going on'#and to that i say. fair point. BUT.#i think daniel being a regular beacon of the truth makes it all the more obfuscating when hes wrong and/or unreliable himself#and also: its better tv. its the same reason people like watching shows about lawyers and journalists and detectives#but minus the cop apologia#its just fucking fun to see people get called on their shit
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what actual logical reason was there to cancel dbda like i genuinely want to know. was it financial? was it scheduling? was it something else like idk homophobia and racism bc i'm gonna presume it's that til they say otherwise
#fucking heartbroken right now#netflix jesus christ can ye leave a show alone for 2 seasons at least like cmon#like you're actively participating in the erosion of what tv is supposed to be!!! stop it!!!#dbda#dead boy detectives#dead boy detective agency
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DI Jack Robinson In The Episode “Murder In Montparnasse”
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 1x07 Murder In Montparnasse
#miss fisher's murder mysteries#detective inspector jack robinson#jack robinson#dour detective inspector jack robinson#what a man#i love him so much#nathan page#big bad handsome man#period drama#perioddramaedit#tv show#tvedit#series one#murder in montparnasse#mfmm#mfmmedit
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#paineland is canon#payneland#dbd charles#dbd crystal#dbd edwin#dbd niko#dead boy detectives#dbd#tv shows#do u guys just ever think what happens to us when we die ?#do we become the dead boy detectives?#what is life anyways#👾
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"charles didn't die alone" (bittersweet, was comforted by a ghost who'd become his best friend and sleuthing partner for the next 30 years)
"edwin didn't die alone" (jesus fucking christ)
#gotta say charles kind of got it easy in the show. like in the comics he spent six whole days delirious slowly dying of second and third#degree burns#like oh? you were a bit cold for a night? fuck off#<- also what comics charles would say if he met tv charles#dead boy detectives#.log
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#tv shows#tv series#show recommendations#series recommendations#pushing daisies#the good place#good omens#our flag means death#hannibal#interview with the vampire#black sails#what we do in the shadows#tokyo vice#poker face#mary and george#true detective#ofmd#iwtv#wwdits#recommendations#recs#buffy the vampire slayer#btvs#in the flesh#beyond evil
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god what really gets me about dead boy detectives and what i think i love so much about the show and the relationships in it is that like. the romantic and sexual relationships aren't portrayed as being more unique or important than the platonic relationships. they're all just RELATIONSHIPS.
charles and crystal's attraction to each other and eventual hookup isn't this big end-all be-all relationship that shatter charles and edwin's friendship and draws charles' attention away from edwin; it's just a THING that happens. they're just two people that care about each other and happen to also be attracted to each other, and a hook-up happens, then they decide that neither of them are in the right place for it and it's nothing awful. crystal kisses charles, but it isn't some big spectacle of her declaring her love for him; it's just her saying goodbye and that she cares about him, like her hugs with niko and jenny and her handshake with edwin.
edwin realizes he loves charles romantically and tells him, and charles says he doesn't really love edwin romantically BACK, but it's okay, because they still love each other so much in so many other ways that this one tiny difference could never change them—and it doesn't!! they're still just as close, still care for each other just as much, still SHOW that care for each other just as much. their relationship didn't completely end because edwin loved charles in a way charles couldn't reciprocate, but at the same time it isn't "solved" by edwin getting over it, because there's nothing TO solve. it's just another type of love, added to everything that already exists between them. and they have LITERALLY FOREVER to figure out what it means.
the relationships between edwin & niko, crystal & niko, and crystal & edwin aren't given any less weight for being solely platonic, just as charles & crystal's relationship and edwin's feelings for charles aren't given (that much) MORE weight for being romantic. crystal and charles' conflict in the closet is about EDWIN, about how they're BOTH his friend and BOTH want to get him back; it has very little to do with the feelings between THEM, romantic or otherwise. similarly, the weight of charles' and edwin's relationship isn't diminished in the LEAST by charles not reciprocating the romantic side of his feelings (or SAYING he doesn't reciprocate, at least—we can all argue about the legitimacy of that in the notes).
i'm sure there are more examples than this, as well as probably some examples that CONTRADICT this, but like... by and large, it feels like dead boy detectives is a show where all the relationships are given equal weight regardless of platonic, sexual, romantic, or familial status, and as someone on both the asexual and aromantic spectrums who has struggled time and time again with shows casting out the importance of all other relationships in favor of prioritizing romance, that is INCREDIBLY refreshing to see.
#this might be a lot of run-on sentences and me repeating itself because its 2 am rn (sidenote how the HELL did it get that late last i chec#-ed it was like 11???) but i hope u enjoy anyway 👍#magpie thoughts#dead boy detectives#ik before watching the show i saw a lot of people were annoyed by charles and crystal's relationship and thought it felt forced and like#-they had no romantic chemistry#but honestly. having watched the show. i don't see that at all?#like maybe it's just me being aspec and not getting what ''romantic chemistry'' even IS but like. they were people. they were two fucked up#-people that happened to be attracted to each other and they hooked up when both of them were in low places and agreed to not go any furthe#-after. but beyond all of that they are FRIENDS and they STAY friends and like. they just felt like PEOPLE#the way they were written and the way the actors ACTED IT felt like ten times better to me than the dozens of pinacle romances i've seen in#-other tv shows#(and also i gotta say i love the other CASUALNESS with which sex was mentioned in the early episodes. it wasnt made out to be this big thin#-that only happens when tied to romance; it was just a THING. theyre both hot and in different circumstances they totally would have had se#-about it (and eventually they did but thats besides the point). that's it)#they're people. this is a show full of ghosts and demons and witches and crows-turned-into-boys but they are all fundamentally just PEOPLE#beautiful and fucked up human beings that feel attraction and hurt and fear and love in a million different ways.#AUGH i love this show so much#paineland#payneland#crystal palace#charles rowland#edwin payne#niko sasaki#dead boy detective netflix#dbda
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i was making small talk with a complete stranger and somehow managed to make the conversation about dead boy detectives. it’s over for me y’all; i am the weakest link, i fear
#in my defense she did ask what tv shows i liked#how could i not mention dead boy detectives?#dead boy detectives#dbda#edwin payne#charles rowland#payneland#dead boy detective agency#dead boy detective netflix#not-the-living-ghost
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in s2 charles should just keep comparing him and edwin to old tragic love stories he never finished. patroclus and achilles. enjolras and grantaire. hamlet and horatio. quinn fabray and rachel berry. keith kogane and lance mcclain. it just goes on and on and every single time the room goes silent and everyone just slowly stares at him
#charles: mate we're just like merlin and arthur from that show!#edwin experiencing a heart attack: what the actual cock did you just say#niko absolutely knows abt the red/blue tragedy trope and tries so hard to get them to wear other colours lest they end up like klance#also charles would LOVE glee and i know this for a fact#(charles and edwin being homoerotic)#niko from afar experiencing war flashbacks:#right i know i put in faberry and exr and klance for my own personal benefit#but i do think edwin would be highkey obsessed with les miserables#edwin likes the old queercoded tragedy books#while charles loves the more modern camp queerbait tv shows#he loves glee i will die on this hill#rip charles rowland you would have loved teenage dreem by the warblers#dead boy detectives#payneland#les miserables#glee#patrochilles#klance#he compares them to jesus and judas at one point and crystal fucking loses it
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Why even bother,,,, atp,,,
#dead boy detectives show#dead boy detectives#Dc vertigo#lucifer and Constantine fans I am sorry but they both are dogshir#I fucking hate Netflix#on another note not DC vertigo but what the hell happened to paper girls#dc tv shows
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This is why streaming is dying.
I'm Canadian, and I used to watch Star Trek on Crave. Crave saved us for awhile from the fracturing of the streaming landscape because it stayed as an umbrella service for quite some time. I used to get Star Trek, HBO, WB shows, Starz, Sony stuff...basically Hulu + HBO + Paramount. That was actually worth it because for the same monthy fee I could get House of the Dragon, Star Trek and more.
But that wasn't going to last forever. When Paramount+ launched in Canada, Star Trek got taken off Crave. I'm a huge Star Trek fan but even I couldn't justify a FIFTH streaming service just for Trek.
So I waited until Discovery was finished. And then I binged it and season 4 of Lower Decks. And then I cancelled. I won't get it again until S3 of Strange New Worlds and Season 4 of Lower Decks are finished, then I'll binge and cancel again.
There is literally nothing else on P+ I want to watch. I looked, because if there was something I'd cancel Netflix for a bit. But it's all movies I've seen and don't want to rewatch, shows I already have access to on other streamers, or things I have no interest in.
When the networks were working together to put lots of tasty treats under one streamer, it was absolutely worth it. I'd pay $20 a month for Crave if HBO kept making good shows (instead of cancelling them, RIP Our Flag Means Death) and if P+ had lots of Trek (and...didn't keep cancelling those shows like they did Lower Decks and Discovery.) Between that and Trek that would mean I always had a show releasing on the platform that I wanted to watch.
As long as there isn't a steady diet of things that appeal to me, I WILL keep subscribing, binging, and cancelling. Churn is the reason these networks aren't profitable. But there is literally no incentive for me to NOT do that when the things I want to watch are scattered across 5-6 different streamers, each charging $15+ a month.
In trying to get their slice of the pie, the networks have guaranteed there isn't enough food on their buffet to keep people coming back for more.
It creates a vicious cycle. This fracturing means there's not enough budget to support the flagship shows/franchises. Then, they get cancelled and/or budget reduced. So they take away or vastly reduce the thing I want to watch the most.
PLUS none of the networks are nurturing the cult hits/franchises of the future. Shows that have the potential to be the reason I subscribe are being cut off at the knees after virtually no promotion.
I watch every new show like Dead Boy Detectives knowing there is a very high likelihood that this will be the only season I'll get to watch. So much potential is left on the table. If there were four or more shows like Dead Boy Detectives and Kaos getting ongoing commitments from Netflix I wouldn't even consider cancelling my subscription. Instead, I know that any show that isn't an immediate cultural moment is probably getting the axe, or getting two seasons, max. Especially if it's SF&F. Especially if it's queer.
We live in the world where even the critically-acclaimed and franchise-based House of the Dragon is getting truncated episode runs and reduced support.
Regardless of how you feel about how Game of Thrones ended, that franchise is a cultural juggernaut. House of the Dragon is legitimately good and packed with talent. The rough patches of Season 2 can be easily traced back to reduced budgets/cut episode run at the last minute that forced the production team to scramble and adapt.
Honestly. Is there anyone actually committing to their series other than FX, AMC, and Amazon with Rings of Power? Although RoP can also be considered a sunk cost fallacy since Amazon invested a SHIT TON into the IP and the series, so they need it to work. They also have a wobbly track record supporting other shows. (I will never forgive them for cancelling A Leage of Their Own.)
FX and AMC are the only networks that feel like they're actually supporting their content. And what do you get for that? Shogun, one of the best shows in recent memory. The show absolutely swept awards season (and rightfully so) and is now setting itself up to be a tentpole show in the mold of such classics of the historical fiction genre like Deadwood, The Tudors, and Rome.
Interview With the Vampire, is an AMC show which has a very active and passionate fandom eager for more of it and Anne Rice's Immortal Universe. This is a rare example of a new franchise (albeit based on an existing, well-know IP) is really finding its feet and its audience. The audience for it is not of the size of something like House of the Dragon, but AMC is feeding the audience it does have unapologetically, with queer camp horror full of messy, toxic relationships.
Then there's What We Do in the Shadows, which seems to be ending on its own terms this year. FX is a Disney subsidary which somehow manages to commit to the series it creates, which proves it can still be done.
I do hope that FX and AMC continues to support their weird and wonderful shows, and I hope they keep getting rewarded for it with high ratings and awards so that the rest of the networks will smarten up.
If we hadn't just come out of a golden age of streaming where every network was producing excellent TV, all of this heavy cancellation and fragmentation wouldn't be quite so devastating.
Entertainment seems like it's constantly in a feast or famine churn. Right now, we're careening toward famine, which is full of one-season shows, overextended franchises, flagship shows being cut/restrained and a whole lot of cheap dreck.
It's the reality TV heyday all over again and I hate it.
#streaming#streaming collapse#television commentary#tv shows#streamers#rings of power#house of the dragon#dead boy detectives#what we do in the shadows#our flag means death#kaos#star trek#star trek discovery#star trek lower decks
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I really want to watch Dead Boy Detectives, it looks very good and like everything I would love in a paranormal tv show, but have been burned before, by many networks but specifically by Netflix. I will not watch any new fantasy shows by them until we have guaranteed at least 3 seasons or we already have them out. My heart cannot be broken like this again, like it did with Lockwood & Co and Shadow and Bone.
(I'm currently watching House of the Dragon and making my way through the Ghibli catalogue instead.)
#dead boy detectives#netflix#fuck netflix#I hate their business model so much#shadow and bone netflix#shadow and bone#lockwood and co#fantasy tv shows#paranormal#rambling#idk what is this post#just wanted to out my thoughts on my disapointment on the tv industry lately i guess#ramblings#tv shows#tv industry#I don't want my mind changed#sorry#I will not be watching it for now#I'm just voicing some thoughts#thats it#don't need convining#but I'm happy for the fandom
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