save the dead boy detectives

it's more than just a show

[gardens-of-runar]

sigh

i wanna slap someone

just

full on

motherfucking bitch slap

it would cure me

[daggerhobbit-deactivated2024111]

I volunteer.

Slap me.

[bring-back-dead-boy-detectives]

kinky

[lorastyrels]

They’ve got cases to solve 🔎🪞

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i just dont understand like

why

like what did they do to you @netflix

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honestly, like, i just don't get it

WHY

why would you cancel a show with a huge, beautiful, bustling fandom and a popular viewership???

so fucking stupid @netflix

[itsthenovelteafactor]

Sign the Petition

Renew Dead Boy Detetives on Netflix

even if it’s scary, and the odds are bad, and we might die horrifically

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LETS DO IT

[guardianspirits13]

And look. Netflix has cancelled a lot of beloved and well-received shows over the years. This is far from their first shameless cancellation.

But this one really feels like a tragedy in a way the rest really haven’t, for me.

If you have not seen it, this show has some of the tightest writing I have ever seen. It explores so many ideas and character arcs in the span of eight episodes, and there is not a dull moment to speak of. Every line feels intentionally crafted for the character it is assigned to, and the actors never fail to follow through.

Speaking of the actors, almost the entire main cast are in their breakout roles but you would never know it because they are phenomenal. Need I remind you that everyone’s favorite homosexual from hell (sorry, Cas) is played by George Rextrew, and is his first onscreen role beyond acting school. It’s easy to forget that considering how seamlessly he melts into such a nuanced and uniquely expressive character.

Steve Yockey, the director/writer/producer who made this show happen deserves accolades for his brilliant creative direction and an adaptation that took an under-the-radar comic property and made it into the show stopping narrative of cycles of violence and abuse and learning how to grow from your past and be loved as you are. In EIGHT EPISODES.

The cinematography is also stunning and combined with the sharp editing decisions make it just as visually impactful as it is narratively.

I have not enjoyed a show as thoroughly as this once perhaps since season one of Daredevil like, a hundred years ago. I’ve watched other shows, I’ve liked other shows, but none without a healthy dose of criticism. I struggle to find something bad to say about this show because it is just that good.

Now I’m not going to go into the fact that this show was unapologetically queer and that Netflix has a history of cancelling any show that features a gay character that isn’t either comic relief or has two lines. However, it is hard not to notice that the less divisive a show is, the more market appeal that it has, and Netflix definitely cares more about a majority audience of passive users with autopay subscriptions than they do a dedicated fanbase excited to have something to call their own.

To quote Bo Burnham, “Art is dead.”

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minorities are overlooked, ostracized and excluded just because it's a smaller number of people than most. but, FINALLY, our world is making progress!! people of different races, sexualities, genders, and disabilities are being represented in media, at least a little.

dead boy detectives had so many wonderful and diverse characters, and @netflix fucking canceled it. After just eight episodes of beautiful writing, storytelling, acting, and representation, the agency is gone.

fuck you, @netflix. we will scream until you hear us, and even then we'll fight until we get back our detectives.

check out this post if you want to know how to help! :)

[anonymouscheeseball]

I got an idea... It's old school as fuck but hear me out.

When The CW tried to cancel Roswell back in 2001, fans of the show sent thousands of letters and bottles of Tabasco sauce (favoured by the alien characters of the show) to the network's headquarters, AND THEY GOT ANOTHER SEASON.

What if we sent Netflix salt water taffy? All of us. They would drown in the stuff.

We would literally be using a canonically-approved form of payment to "buy" a new season.

I have no idea how to boost this and make it happen.

[deadlydelicious]

Just a reminder that 'Request a Title On Netflix' still exists.....so maybe go ask for Dead Boy Detectives season 2 three times https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest

(I don't tend to ask people to reblog things, but please reblog this instead of liking it. please SPREAD this knowledge. we want them to be bombarded by requests, and that only happens if people know this link exists. It worked for the Sense8 finale, we need it to work now)

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in case you needed a link!! save charles edwin crystal and niko!! and everyone else!! we love you!!

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

New Show is released. New Show is loved by many viewers. New Show is not yet renewed. social media campaigns for renewal of New Show. PSAs to play episodes of New Show on loop in the background to get viewership up for New Show. urgency to binge New Show so they see good views for New Show. pleading and begging and tagging special media accounts to get another season of New Show. New Show is cancelled. social media outcry and petitions to save New Show trend for a week. New Show is not picked up. New Show says cancelled. they start making a New New Show and it all starts the fuck over again. I gotta be honest I'm really fucking tired of this shit

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SAVE OUR BOYS @netflix

[ouchmyghostskin]

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oh my god??? so gorgeous???

@netflix bring back DBDA

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@netflix LISTEN TO US

MAY THE DEAD BOYS BE ALIVE IN OUR HEARTS

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@netflix do you think that we're just doing this because we like the show?

nope.

sure, of course we love it---its ghosts and queer romance and representation and crime and mysteries!

but that's not the whole reason why

it has been so hard for so many people, all over the world, just because of how they look/act/love/are, and DBDA is a showing of progress

the world, no matter how shitty, is improving. we're getting better, and it's things like THIS that set us back YEARS

so, dear netflix, bring back the boys. for us.

[bring-back-dead-boy-detectives]

the dead boy detectives meant a lot to me, and I don't think i'm the only one.

as a queer person, representation just makes me so happy to be honest.

seeing a diverse cast with all different ethnicities and races? AMAZING

the kind, smart writers and actors? looove them

so BRING THEM BACK! @netflix please, listen to the thousands of voices!

if you want to know how to help check out this post :)

[bring-back-dead-boy-detectives]

@netflix BRING BACK DEAD BOY DETECTIVES

[bring-back-dead-boy-detectives]

AN ACCOUNT DEDICATED TO BRINGING BACK DBDA

we're bringing back dead boy detectives whether you like it or not

ways you can help:

get DBDA trending! fanart, shitposts, whatever, just make it trend!

help get DBDA into netflix's Top 10! even if you're just running in in the background, it helps. (make sure at least a little volume is on, or else it won't count)

on the Netflix website, send requests to get DBDA back up! SPAM THEM ASSHOLES!

@netflix stop being a dick

(by the way, feel free to message me or ask questions about anything. i'm not that smart lol, but if there's any way i can help, i will.)