#williamvapespeare

[khorazir]

Ink and watercolour art inspired by the intense fic It does not stop by @williamvapespeare

It’s also for today’s @dbdpromptober : Sorrow

[williamvapespeare]

if you're looking for emotional upheaval, i got u :')

[solmesia]

pls Astarion and number 11 for the expressions meme? :) also, I'm in love with all your beautiful heartbreaking Astarion content, thank you for feeding us!!

[manicpixiedreamedwins]

Am I allowed to ask two?? (I'm going to ask two) 💔, 📼 thank you!! <3

aaaah thank you!

💔 - “Well, I’m aces at people, and you’re not getting out of this friendship that easy. We thwarted a demon summoning together. Come on Edwin. You’re stuck with me.” Charles flashed a dazzling grin.

He held out his hand, and Edwin tentatively took it. 

“Do you know why they were trying to sacrifice me?” Edwin asked, holding Charles’ hand tentatively as they made their way back towards the dorms. 

📼-

“Must be nice, to be cherished so deeply that someone would want to die for you,” Edwin hummed.

“Well it sounds a lot like us now, doesn’t it? If we don’t make it out of all of this, at least we will have been together.” Charles flashed a grin at him. The streetlights passed hazily by the car window, illuminating his rich dark curls as they did. 

[dicaeopolis]

🎁 :)

didn't think this one out lads my current WIP is all... nsfw? it's not Smut but well it ain't a handshake. it's a story about the gay sex that is not happening. I will put him under a read more

send me a 🎁 and I'll write and post 5 sentences of my current WIP

Drizzt moves to press his thumb against the pulse point. Entreri growls at him. He stops.

Hmm.

“Continue,” Entreri says after a long moment, and then his heart is beating against the drow's hand on his wrist. Drizzt rubs against the pulse point slowly, feeling it accelerate.

[starkey]

tag people you want to catch up with/get to know better

tagged by @apocalyps-o 💛

last song: first light by hozier

last film: fellowship of the ring my beloved

current/last read: a writer's diary by virginia woolf, hogfather by terry pratchett and love in the time of cholera by gabriel garcia marquez

currently watching: just finished only murders in the building S3 and the latest iasip. the new seasons of leverage and ofmd are on the list to watch next.

current obsessions:

good obsessions: writing my wip (tumblr user lesamis's advice and visiting the isle of skye obliteratred my writers block, rip to that bitch), being Cosy In Front Of My Fire With A Cup Of Tea, taking advantage of my new, high quality, waterproof/windproof jackets by going on little walks, batch-cooking soup to stave off the Winter Wearies (seasonal affective disorder)

boring obsessions: taking vitamins to cure me from the World's Sleepies Person Disease, doing exam/portfolio work for my job.

evil obsessions: going to war against the fungus gnats that are determined to devour my plants.

I tag @lesamis @adorablecrab @calamitys-child @lanternheart @rosesutherlandwrites @williamvapespeare @goingsparebutwithprecision @percybysshes and anyone else who wants to have a go!

[homoquartz]

@williamvapespeare suggested an equivalent "bonk" comic for when charles is sad so here it is!! :)

[technically-human]

To relive a death

@williamvapespeare commissioned me to draw anything with the boys being gentle to each other and Edwin comforting Charles in general, so we went with this!

The idea of a character who is dead having to go through it once a year is very dear and near to my heart (how many dead blorbos do you have, I hear you ask. Too many) but at least these two have each other

[that-trans-autistic-guy]

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

[adventures-in-mangaland]

Even More Dead Boy Detectives Fic Recs

I've discovered some amazing new authors since my last post! And writers I've already recced have published more great stories So here's another fic rec post!

Who? You mean your teammate in the Codependency World Cup? (series) by RoseGanymede95

I couldn't chose! They're all great! Basically a series of Edwin and Charles through the years and on cases pre-show. It scratches that adjusting-to-being-dead/newly-escaped-from-Hell itch and the authors writing is magic! It also fleshes out a really interesting conflict in the payneland dynamic: Charles' drive to protect Edwin at all costs clashing with Edwin's guilt over putting Charles at risk/depriving him of some ideal afterlife. Parts one and four also introduces Constantine/Johanna and part three revolves around an absolutely gut-wrenching temporary break-up. 😢

In Hell I'll Be in Good Company by laylabinx

Charles rescuing Edwin from Hell does not go smoothly. Just. Bucketloads of Trauma for both of them. And for you, the Reader. It's so good though!

your fangs in my neck (like an anchor like a vow) by shadowquill17

Vampire Edwin AU! It's great because it combines the (homo)eroticism of vampiric feeding with Charles' whole bisexual crisis and post-confession Edwin worrying about making Charles uncomfortable. Also Charles is some kind of demigod/immortal agent of divine vengeance which is an AMAZING detail and I desperately want to see some fanart!

The same author's ongoing story to the pain is also excellent though very angsty (cw temporary character death). I'm anxiously waiting for an update!

To Memory Now I Can't Recall by engineering_madonna

This is an amnesia fic and the most recent in an established relationship series. The first two installments feature the boys getting together and navigating their new relationship, so pulling the old 'character A forgets their whole romantic relationship with character B' trope hits especially hard! The whole series is lovely, but I am WEAK for temporary-amnesia.

Lemonade & Sunrises by paraph

A Quiet Place AU! The boys are alive, but they're the only ones. Very bleak but in a way that makes me want more!

1999 au (series) by websters_lieb

The boys figure their shit out in the 90s. Also, Edwin gets to read Maurice and queer theory. The cases in both stories are compelling and the author's writing and characterisation of the boys are excellent.

I also recommend offer me that deathless death which is about the boys' first meeting, Charles' funeral and the birth of the agency.

if I could reach the stars (i'd give them all to you) by ObsessedWithFandom

Charles falls first, Edwin falls harder. This is an AU of the author's excellent Charles' bisexual awakening fic, which I also highly recommend. It has lovely OCs and Charles having a sweet little friendship/romance with the boy he saved in canon, which actually makes his death a whole lot more tragic.

Came up from that lake of fire by ghostinthelibrary

Charles and Edwin get caught escaping Hell and promise to capture a demon-eating ghost called The Deathless in exchange for their freedom. With the added twist that they get to be alive again! An exciting case, high stakes and all the alive-again culture shocks and emotional/interpersonal drama you could ask for.

gig officially gigged by laiqualaurelote

Band AU! It shouldn't work but it does. Which might also be an in-universe review for the band tbh. Idk, I loved Edwin's massive obscure musical instruments and Charles being his unpaid roadie. Peak Found Family Feels.

No Rehearsing It, No Reversing It by DontOffendTheBees

Charles overthinks being in love with Edwin, my beloved. This time with increasingly flimsy pretexts for why they NEED to kiss. Just perfect Idiots in Love, no notes.

The Case of David Bowie's Made up Sexuality by williamvapespeare

The agency attempt to help a living lesbian couple deal with a haunting. Meanwhile, Charles struggles through his bisexual (re)awakening. With bonus past (living) Charles no-homo-ing himself to the nth degree. Pure of heart, dumb of ass, indeed.

The lamps are going out by CasiHuman

Vengeful Spirit Edwin AU! Has some interesting ghost lore and Edwin being convinced his touch is painful to Charles (love that trope!). Also features some of the author's adorable/hilarious fanart at the end.

just frame the halves (and call them brothers) by Anonymous

Crystal stumbles upon the ghost of Edwin's older brother, who hires the agency to free him and his platoon from the battleground they've been haunting. Case fic with interesting details about Edwin's family life and an awkward as hell family reunion.

the case of the very long ferry ride by obsceme

Sex pollen but with skin hunger, so it's more touching turned making out and hand jobs in a bathroom. Interesting use of ghost lore and it's cute and well written.

Form 239, Schedule L by sanctuary_for_all

Charles Rowland's Love Language is Acts of Service: The Fic. So many feels! Plus Afterlife worldbuilding and some quality Night Nurse rep.

don't go sharing your devotions (lay all your love on me) by Hephanna

The boys and Crystal accidentally summon an alternate universe version of Charles. He's very... handsy. Charles being jealous of himself is objectively hilarious and it looks like it could be heading towards throuple territory. Possibly even a foursome, if alternate Edwin figures out parallel universe travel. Which he probably will.

Still a Better Lovestory by Vamillepudding

Hanahaki disease! Charles is on the case but Edwin's being weirdly uncooperative about his own curse. I loved the worldbuilding (there's a whole sisterhood of washerwomen!) and the angst, plus the writing is excellent.

The author has also written Eternal Sunshine, in which Edwin is cursed to feel no love of any kind. It makes for an interesting character study, contrasting cursed Edwin, his public reserve and his actual personality.

[khorazir]

Earlier today on a train on my way to a Tolkien conference drawing Payneland, as one does 😊

The art is inspired by the brilliant fic It does not stop by @williamvapespeare and will hopefully be finished in time for @DBDpromptober : Sorrow

[williamvapespeare]

absolutely ZERO pressure, of course!!

[manicpixiedreamedwins]

🎁 :)

thank you 🖤

Part of Edwin knew he should tell Charles to stop before he did something he would regret.

Maybe he was already doing something that he would regret.

[ouchmyghostskin]

I ALSO had the pleasure of making a drawing for @williamvapespeare's fic for the Halloween athon! Had a lot of fun with this little pulp horror inspired sketch.

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Payneland_First_Halloween_LOMA/works

[deadtwinksdetectiveagency]

some good old-fashioned angst for @williamvapespeare

[technically-human]

A commission for @williamvapespeare!

This is a scene from the fic The Case of David Bowie's Made up Sexuality and everyone should go read it! It's beautifully written, there's a cool mystery and Charles is not beating the bisexual allegations. This scene in particular is just so sweet, and I particularly love Edwin's reaction. He DOES freeze when he feels frightened, huh?