#wrong detection by the king

[rat-detector-8x]

Oh nein, Oh nein

[technically-human]

The hug!!

This one was once again commissioned by our dear @i-am-as-normal-as-you-are and we actually talked about this scene quite a lot. Charles is still going through it, and he doesn't even feel like he should be getting the hugs he needs. Poor boy.

[zinnie-zoloft]

While Charles is clearly jealous of Monty, he isn’t jealous of the cat king, he’s angry and terrified on Edwin’s behalf

I think people forget that for Charles, Edwin was gone for hours, possibly the longest they’ve been apart since they met

We only see Edwins perspective, we don’t get to see Charles spiralling because he knows almost nothing and can do even less

Then when Edwin comes back, after hours of being with the cat king, he’s acting strangely and won’t tell Charles what happened, so he can only assume it was something awful because why else would Edwin hide something from him? The only things they don’t tell each other about are their worst traumas

Charles had an entire evening to imagine all the worst possible scenarios of what the cat king could be putting Edwin through, that doesn’t go away just because Edwin told him it was only a few minutes for him

[mirror-blue-shite]

the woke left are putting chemicals into the water that are turning the found families gay

[em-star-crossed]

just a thought :3

[dandeliannes]

EDWIN PAYNE: "YOU ARE MY PAIN, DIVINE, DIVINE"

my very first dbd edit !!!

i really love how edwin interacted with the other characters in this show. it was originally supposed to be just a painland/payneland edit but i wanted more so i added everyone 😭 really really love how this turned out ! this show is so special to me ♥

also thought that come back to me was perfect for edwin so i just had to make this :')

[clericxhood777]

And somehow, they're the ones that didn't end up endgame (no payneland shade tho)

No because why was he reading this man like a book then kissed him???

[read-write-thrive]

there are all of 6 fics on ao3 that come up when you search the word “disabled” in the dead boy detectives fandom. I’m dealing with a fibromyalgia flare up rn so I’ve decided to come up with some (potential!) disability/condition/syndrome/etc. headcanons. enjoy!

(oh and just to note: I stayed away from conditions with obvious facial / appearance difference as no actors with facial / appearance difference were cast in the show and I was unsure if it would be appropriate. while I have experience with a lot of the following diagnoses, I do not claim to be an expert on any of them and do not intend for this to be used as a diagnostic tool. if you feel any of these are offensive/inappropriate, please message me and I’m happy to talk about it :) this is more just to encourage broader disability representation within the fandom!)

Edwin: autistic, PTSD (from hell), chronic pain/fibromyalgia (from his death/hell), minor visual impairment (not enough to need the hard-to-come-by testing needed for glasses when he was alive and so assumed the various limits/effects were normal. was told otherwise by Niko), would’ve had shingles if lived long enough

Charles: ADHD, PTSD (from his father/growing up in an abusive household), dyslexia, Reynaud’s syndrome (either already born with it or as a result of his death—both angsty), was in the beginning stages of an ED prior to his death, post-concussion syndrome, near-sightedness (never given glasses bc he wasn’t about to tell his dad the board looked a little blurry sometimes)

Crystal: cPTSD (reminder that neglect is also abuse :), bipolar 1, IBS, endometriosis

Niko: autism, depression, POTS, hEDS, anxiety, sprite-induced agoraphobia, epilepsy, lactose intolerance

Monty: Depersonalization-derealization disorder, selective amnesia (this is not the first times Esther has messed with his form/killed and revived him, but the experience is traumatic and so his brain decides not to remember it), recurrent arrhythmia, synesthesia

Jenny: OCD, BPD, ED recovered, Celiac’s disease, diabetes type 1, anemia

TCK: autism, NPD, lactose intolerance, colourblind

Esther: chronic pain (I’m choosing to believe that the cane isn’t just for show!!), NPD, endometriosis

Tragic Mick: cPTSD, depression, HoH, arthritis, diabetes

(The Night Nurse , the Dandelion Sprites, and various other characters felt either too supernatural and/or not developed enough to assign anything to lmao)

[cupids-fiction]

insanely long analysis of parallel shots between edwin’s love interests in dbd (and how well body language conveys their relationships)

When Edwin is with Charles, we can see he is entirely relaxed. His head has a little tilt to it, and the light (though I’m sure not intentional) sways towards Charles. This is comfortable to him, yet he keeps his physical distance.

With the Cat King he is staring at him straight on, almost as a challenge. Still backlit, but by a very big centred crown. There is no bias here in Edwin’s mind. This is a business transaction. Tom is reaching for him, but Edwin doesn’t move.

Here we see more of Tom’s attraction to Edwin, in open lighting as he doesn’t try to hide what he wants. He mirrors Edwin’s head tilt in the first image with Charles just more intensely since he recognises that he’s into him. His dialogue in this scene was very teasing and sultry, but his expression is nearly pleading. Edwin draws away once he begins to realise this has become personal.

In both instances where Edwin gets all up close ajd personal, Tom averts his gaze. Once to the bracelet as he is confronted with the lengths he has gone to to have Edwin, once completely away from him because he doesn’t want to recognise that this may be more than physical. Backlit when realising his feelings are romantic, open light when Edwin is finally putting himself out there.

Edwin and Monty don’t have side profile scenes necessarily, but we do get two in which one of their faces can be seen.

This is Edwin very flustered and obviously realising that he is feeling something for this boy. For Monty at this point, it is meant to be acting (whether it is or not I can’t say) and so we don’t see his face. Again in open light as Monty is coming on very strong.

Monty’s scene is very tragically the kiss scene. He feels every emotion in this scene, Edwin feels none. His face is concealed in a shadow.

Would also like to mention he leans in with his entire body, slightly pushing Edwin to the side (away) which was 100% a conscious choice.

Horrible quality image but they sit far apart from each other, staring on. Edwin up until now has been an enjoyer of eye contact, so this puts us off.

Edwin is also consistently on the left side of everyone, which probably means something, but I’ll let you decide that one

(edit: also with monty and edwin’s initial scenes we only see one of their faces because they don’t know the other’s intentions, and only see both once the truth is revealed)

(edit 2: added read more line bcs apparently you can do that)

[incaseof-e-meow-gencies]

Obsessed with the Cat King’s delivery of “I’m terrifically busy with my ennui”

Exactly how my cat looks at me when I have the audacity to be in her presence

[a-bisexual-panicking]

summary of the plot of dead boy detectives:

everyone wants to fuck edwin

[antiparticular]

hello???? looking at the bracelet after that ?? gayass.

[python-nebula]

(cred to @cloudofbutterflies for the awesome chart base)

[sunset-yvaine]

One of my favorite DBDA scenes is when Charles toss the Night Nurse of the cliff right into the angler fish mouth. There's that terribly epic music and Charles rage is finally released. And the complementary colours: the orangy/red Night Nurse and the blue/teal water and angler fish.

Probably my FAVOURITE scene.

I love this show, is a real pity that's been cancelled! I'm so sad and angry about it!

I'm at my fourth rewatch. What about you?

Let's be calm and love this show.

⬆️ Image from The Sandman wiki.

[crikey01]

honestly it's a crime that there are all of these banging cat songs and I haven't seen a single cat king edit to any of them

[edwins-fangirl]

*Monty and Thomas making out*

Thomas: Talk to me.

Monty: Okay, uh… weird thing happened on the train this morning-

Thomas: *laughing* No, no, no. Talk dirty.

Monty: Well… here?

Thomas: Come on. Say something… hot.

Monty: Uh… um… what? Umm… cloaca.

[later]

Charles: Cloaca?

Monty: I panicked, alright. He took me by surprise, you know. But it wasn’t a total loss, we ended up cuddling.

Charles: Woah, you cuddled? How many times?

Monty: Shut up, it was nice. I just don’t think I’m the dirty-talking type of guy.

Charles: What’s the big deal? You just say what you want to do to him, and what you want him to do to you, and what you think other people might be doing to each other.

Charles: Look, I’ll tell you what. Try something on me.

Monty: Please be kidding.

Charles: Why not? Come on, just close your eyes and tell me what you’d like to be doing right now.

Monty: *hesitates* Okay I’m uh… I’m in my apartment…

Charles: Yeah… what else?

Monty: That’s it. I’m in my apartment, you’re not there, and we’re not having this conversation.

Charles: Alright, look, I’ll start okay.

Monty: Charles, don’t.

Charles: Come on, come on. Ready? Look, oh Monty, you get me so hot, I want your lips on me now.

Monty: Huh?

Charles: *proud of himself* Uh-huh. Alright now you say something.

Monty: I really don’t think so.

Charles: You like this guy, right?

Monty: Yeah.

Charles: You want to see him again, right?

Monty: Mm-hmm.

Charles: Well, if you can’t talk dirty to me, how are you gonna talk dirty to her? Now tell me you want to caress my butt.

Monty: *stares* Okay, turn around.

Charles: *raises his eye brows*

Monty: Not that, I just don’t want you staring at me while I’m doing this.

Charles: Alright I’m not looking, go ahead. *turns around*

Monty: Okay. *clears his throat, and closes his eyes* I want… okay, I-I wanna feel your… hot, soft skin with my lips.

Charles: There you go. Keep going, keep going.

Monty: I uh…

*crystal walks in*

Monty: I wanna take my tongue and…

*crystal realizes whats happening*

Charles: And, and? Say it. Say it!

Monty: Run it all over your body until you’re… trembling with… with…

*crystal sits down, the chair creaks*

*monty and charles slowly turn around*

*crystal smiles gleefully*

Crystal: With..?

Monty: Funny story.

Charles: You’re not gonna believe this.

Crystal: *sarcastically* It’s okay, it’s okay, I was always rooting for you two kids to get together