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Edwin's slightly confused when the object he finds placed in his hand feels nothing at all like the book that he was waiting for Charles to pass him. He turns to ask how Charles could have possibly confused Murder on the Orient Express with a ring, only to find his partner in the middle of their office down on one knee.

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I saw a screenshot of their hug in episode 8 and I realised that they were making sort of a heart shape so I had to draw it

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They are the same flavor

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Late Day 1 ApocalAugust - Aliens | Invasion :)

wasn’t 100% sure what to do for the first day so I hit ‘em with the tried and true explode big ben.

expect everything else to also be…late…

i have my other prompts planned but uh…they might be a bit more spread out through august through work and school and my family being here.

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Because I alluded to it in the tags I must now make a confession. I keep turning Esther Finch into a mom in the WORST WAYS in my fic ideas. She is not meant to be a mom, and it shows.

First was innocent enough. Alive Witch Charles AU who's somewhat cursed to look like he's in his late teens/early twenties, but is aware he's somewhere in his 30s when he meets Esther. She makes a joke about how she could pretend to be his mom, and he just makes a very disgusted face about it before saying, "No one will believe it. You look way too young to be my mum." She adores him after that.

The second one is where I dragged her kicking and screaming into motherhood. She was once a wicked witch and all powerful! Why is her teenage son Monty now asking her to carpool him and his friends to the mall? Where did she go wrong? She's trying to take advantage of all the dark magic gathering in their town, but she's busy trying to keep 3 teenagers OUT OF HER FRIDGE!

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Andrea Gibson, Birthday, for Jenn || Charles Rowland, Dead Boy Detectives (2024)

for @fairandfatalasfair!

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Please consider Charles as a member of The Lost and Found. Charles doesn't convince Edwin to let him run away with him. Instead when Death comes he asks if there's something else he can do. There was a nice boy who made dying easier, can he do something like that maybe? And so Death shows him to The Lost and Found.

Admittedly most people don't last long in The Lost and Found and choose their after lives pretty quickly. Charles however LOVES IT. He's so good at finding lost souls, and helping them move on. He's also a little smug about being The Notary's favourite. He's been renamed The Actuary. Don't ask him. He doesn't pick the job titles. But he does miss having a real name...

One day he runs into Edwin again, and Edwin recognises him immediately. "Charles?" And it's been so long. Time is funny in L&F but it feels like decades since anyone said his real name, and his name is CHARLES. He's someone besides The Actuary. Technically speaking The Actuary does have Edwin's file. Technically speaking The Actuary should process Edwin Payne and send him back to Hell.

Technically speaking Charles thinks that's bullshit.

So Charles offers Edwin a deal. He's not going to take Edwin in, and if anyone else tries to process Edwin he can name drop "The Actuary" and that should at least slow things down enough either for Charles to show up, or for Edwin to run away. In exchange, Edwin's going to hold onto something for him.

Edwin is wary of this. Sure he liked Charles well enough for the night they knew each other, but just what does a member of the L&F need him to hold onto? Sounds suspiciously like something that could get him in more trouble.

"My name. I need you to hold onto my name. I'm Charles Rowland. Hold onto that for me so I don't forget."

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Some are less clear than others, but I hope this at least helps somewhat.

hey, does anyone have a clear still of charles rowland’s cricket bat? i can’t find one ANYWHERE and i need it for a reference. if someone could provide a ref i would be forever grateful to them 🙏🙏

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Handing out flowers in the DBDA fandom today 🫶

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Thank you for bringing some more joy to this fandom in these times. I hope you have a wonderful day! Heres one for you 🌼<3

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All of us @ Netflix right now:

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This isn't necessarily what you actually think he'd use, it's what you hope he would've done.

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we'll not see the dead boy detectives at the final episode of the sandman. mason alexander park just said it in their instagram during live... :/

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*Gives u this*

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!!!!!!!

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Dead Boy Detectives rings in at number 5 on Fandomwire's new list of canceled TV shows that deserve another season ✨

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@izzyb4642 , this response is going to get waaaay too long for a comment section. You didn't have asks on (smart move, probably) so I'm replying here.

Dead Boy Detectives aired last April. It did pretty well for a show they gave literally no promotion whatsoever. It's a campy paranormal mystery show with extremely nuanced three-dimensional characters, original plotlines, and a lighthearted feel despite being about the ghosts of murdered children.

I also feel like I have to note that it's a really diverse show, since Netflix tends to hate and cancel those - the four main characters are a never-played-for-laughs effeminate gay man, a half-Indian boy who's heavily queer coded, a mixed race Black girl, and a Japanese immigrant. None of them are stereotypes and all of them feel real.

Anyhoo, they leave us hanging for months after the show airs in true Netflix fashion. They NEVER speak about it directly. The show amasses a cult fandom of extremely passionate viewers like myself. Also, there are TONS of hints that the show is going to be renewed. Kassius, one of the main actors, gets a package from Netflix saying they hope the next year is her best one yet. All of the cast members do several interviews, including an hour long one that came out a couple weeks before the 30 August cancelation. Official accounts keep posting photos of the show and characters in their posts.

GEORGE'S CHARITY DRIVE

Alright. This brings us to the week of 10 August, a week we in the DBDA fandom affectionately call "Gameo week." George Rexstrew, who plays the main character Edwin Payne, opens a Cameo account to raise money for a dementia charity in memory of his late dad. We as a fandom raise about $20,000, but that's not all. George spends basically the entire time pepped-up, excited, and promoting a second season (while of course staying completely within the bounds of his NDA.) He clearly is SURE of a renewal, Netflix has clearly told him it's been renewed, and he explicitly said he knows what happens in season 2 and has read the scripts.

Of course, because George is a wonderful and radiant human, we all become extremely attached to him. We also become hyped about season 2 alongside him. Renewal is a safe bet and his energy is contagious.

On 30 August, less than 2 weeks later, a reputable third party source announced that DBDA got the ax. When the cast posted their goodbyes, George only posted " 💔 " on a black background, breaking all our hearts. His goodbye, a week or so later, was even more heartbreaking.

Since then, we have been pests to Netflix. We send mail. We send asks. We comment on posts. We talk the show up. We run our own charity drives. We create art and fic and ensure that this show lives on. We are a kind, nurturing, ever growing fandom. We bought a billboard outside Netflix headquarters for months. We bought space in Times Square for the cast members' and writers' birthdays.

Netflix still hasn't acknowledged our existence OR the cancellation itself.

YESTERDAY

Recently, Jayden, the other main actor, revealed that he was going to have a cameo in the new Sandman season. George was also in photos of the Sandman wrap party. It was a confirmed safe bet that we were getting a cameo.

Unfortunately, the boys didnt appear in either part 1 or part 2 of the Sandman. We figured initially that they might appear in the special on 31 July, but the showrunner of Sandman then released an interview saying he never intended to include the boys:

Basically,

This means that:

Netflix had George and Jayden film a cameo. I assume they originally intended to use it (otherwise why waste the money), but that it was removed after DBDA was canceled.

Netflix let us believe that there was to be a cameo to get us to promote the Sandman and to get us to stream the Sandman. I only planned to stream the episode the boys were in, but I know lots of mutuals who otherwise wouldn't have watched that watched for the sake of the cameo.

Netflix let Jayden (and probably George) believe that they would be in the show, failing to tell them that their cameo wouldn't be airing.

Netflix played us all for fools and used us for their own ends for literal months.

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@firebreathingkoifish here's the first of your drawing requests. I'll reply to your ask properly when I've drawn Chorb. Would Charles actually be this happy about Edwin in orb form? Probably not, but this way he can keep Edwin safe and close by.