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[chacharealsmooth07]

Working on a little something:

Going through every episode of DBD on Netflix and trying to log every incident of physical touch (be it intentional or accidental) as well as small notes on the scene, who initiated it, and who received it.

I'll be posting each episode as I finish them, it will take a while, I've been working for an hour and have barely gotten a little over halfway through.

I'll also be analyzing it as well!

I think the hyperfixation caused me to go batshit insane, wish me luck and wish me speed folks

[chacharealsmooth07]

All touch in Episode 1 of Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix:

* is used to indicate something that someone else may count, but that I personally am not counting, a note that I have, or something that does not exactly count but that I’d like to point out

Episode 1 - 56:24

*While running in the opening scene Edwin and Charles’ arms may have brushed

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Charles backed up into Edwin’s back

Time: 1:04

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Shove; Charles pushes Edwin by the shoulder to run away from the WW1 soldier

Time: 1:43

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Pull; Charles tugs Edwin by the arm to get him moving away from the WW1 soldier

Time: 2:35

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: WW1 soldier

Type of touch: Kick

Time: 3:34

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Shove; Charles shoves Edwin through the mirror to the office

Time: 3:38

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: WW1 soldier

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Choking; The ghost reaches through the mirror and grabs Charles by the neck

Time: 3:48

*as I find counting every single attack from either party to be a waste of energy and time, there are tons of hits and attempted stabbings from the WW1 ghost and tons of blocks/deflective moves from Charles from 3:48-4:16

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: WW1 soldier

Type of touch: Grab/Hold; Charles grabbed the soldier’s arm in an attempt to console him

Time: 4:41

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Death

Received by: WW1 soldier

Type of touch: Hand holding; Death offered her hand out to the crouched soldier and he took it

Time: 7:04

*I don’t want to include all of the fake sparring jabs that Charles does but there are a few sprinkled in between 9:09-9:34

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Grab/Hold; Charles grabs both of Edwin’s shoulders in order to connect and come across as more heartfelt

Time: 9:35

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Edwin

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Sparring; Edwin weakly punches Charles’ hands (I so wanted to log this one, I love this scene)

Time: 9:56

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Pat; To encourage Edwin’s sparring Charles sort of pats his hands and then shoulders (giving him a gentle shake)

Time: 10:00

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: ???

Received by: Emma + Crystal

Type of touch: Hand holding; A scene of the two running through a graveyard holding hands is played in a flashback sequence

Time: 10:46

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Pat; Charles is sitting on the desk and leans forward to pat the back of his hand against Edwin’s lapel/shoulder areas

Time: 11:02

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal (assumably) possessed by David

Received by: Unknown Extra

Type of touch: Assault: Crystal (currently possessed by David) is attacking an unknown extra on the street

Time: 12:02

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles (disguised)

Received by: Crystal (possessed by David)

Type of touch: Grabbing/Holding/Hugging(?); Charles grabs/hugs and holds Crystal in place whilst Edwin prepares the demon entrapment circle

Time: 13:05

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal (possessed by David)

Received by: Edwin (disguised)

Type of touch: Stepping on; To escape Charles (disguised) Crystal (possessed by David) steps onto Edwin’s (disguised) shoulder to propel herself up and back

Time: 13:15

*Crystal (possessed by David) attacks Charles (disguised) multiple times during 13:21-13:33, one of which causes her to fall into the circle and be trapped against the floor

*The touches shared by Becky Aspen’s parent’s while recounting her story are not counted because no main/named characters initiated/received the contact

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Crystal

Type of touch: Grabbing/Pulling; Crystal is shown falling backwards (away from David) out of her mind and into the real world where Charles is pulling her up from the ground by the back of her jacket

Time: 29:23

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Bumping; While running away from the malt shop/Edwin, Crystal bumps into Charles who was standing behind her

Time: 29:44

Accidental or Intentional (and petty)

Initiated by: Edwin

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Bumping; Edwin exclaims he’s spent 70 years in hell and harshly bumps his shoulder into Charles’ as he passes

Time: 30:54

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Simon + the other boys

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Grabbing/Holding; The initial scene when they grab Edwin while he’s sleeping and hold him down, as well as cover his mouth

Time: 31:49

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: The boys present at the sacrifice/Simon’s friends

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Holding/Pinning; The boys all pin Edwin by his arms, legs, and shoulders while there is a gag tied in his mouth

Time: 31:53

*One of the boys sacrificing Edwin touches/grabs Simon’s shoulder frightening him and distracting him from the demon Sa’al behind him

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Sa’al

Received by: Simon

Type of touch: Instant death; Sa’al touches Simon and evaporates him (as well as the other boys indirectly)

Time: 32:35

*I want to mention here an intentional aversion to a touch that stood out to me. When Charles passes Crystal rather than bumping into her/gently nudging/tugging her with him he completely pulls his body out of the way (far out of the way) so as not to touch her timestamp: 36:18

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal’s friend

Received by: Crystal

Type of touch: Shove; One of Crystal’s friends shove her towards David

Time: 38:50

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal

Received by: David

Type of touch: Kiss; Outside of a cinema Crystal leans in to a kiss that David meets

Time: 39:00

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: David (however it was prompted by Crystal)

Received by: Crystal (she also consented/agreed to it)

Type of touch: Possession; Crystal leans in to kiss David but does not, the camera shows his blacked eyes and he uses his thumb to open his bottom lip to reveal a demonic hand creeping out, it reaches out and enters her

Time: 39:16

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Hand grabbing/holding; While explaining how she feels about not remembering and her parent’s missing her and how she feels, Crystal grabs one of Edwin’s hands in her own

Time: Implied start: 41:08 Shown on screen: 41:10

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Touching; Charles comes up behind Edwin and reaches around to pat Edwin to where the tips of his fingers fall just below Edwin’s collarbone but his thumb reaches his shoulder (also followed seconds later by a pat)

Time: 43:31

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Edwin

Received by: Becky Aspen

Type of touch: Head to chest; The first time Edwin touches Becky is to listen for her heartbeat

Time: 46:19

*There is implied touch that Edwin does which is when he puts her in the “bag-of-tricks backpack” aka Charles’ backpack, it is not shown but we know it happens

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Pat/Touch; Edwin has just landed on the floor with Becky in the backpack after Charles tugged him up, Charles runs and crouches by his side and pats his shoulder area once again

Time: 48:22

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Esther

Received by: Crystal

Type of touch: Caressing(?); After Esther pipe paralyzes Crystal and she falls Esther kneels/crouches over her monologuing about youth as she caresses Crystal’s cheeks/face (her hand does end up on her shoulder)

Time: 48:59

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Esther

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Attack/Blow; She delivers a nasty blow with her iron cane to Charles’ torso as he lunges at her wielding his cricket bat

Time: 49:26

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Esther

Received by: Edwin

Type of touch: Attack/Blow; Edwin charges Esther and she swings her iron cane at his torso

Time: 49:30

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal

Received by: Esther

Type of touch: Grabbing/Reading; Crystal, while still partially incapable of moving due to Esther’s pipe, reaches her arms (previously pinned) up and grabs Esther by the ankles to do a reading/go into Esther’s mind

Time: 49:30

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Charles

Received by: Esther

Type of touch: Possession; Esther who is recovering from Crystal’s reading is crawling towards presumably her cane to resume fighting, all the while Charles recovers from being thrown from her cane and charges at her before initiating contact to possess her

Time: 50:23

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Edwin

Received by: Crystal

Type of touch: Assisting/Grabbing; While Charles is repelling Esther via possession Edwin rushes to Crystal’s side and helps her up by grabbing her shoulders and pulling her upwards (It is important to note they stay holding each other for a while, he holds her arm and she holds his the whole time they stumble forward, helping her keep standing)

Time: 50:28

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Esther

Received by: Esther’s body (Possessed by Charles) (Yes I’m counting this)

Type of touch: Bashing; Esther bashes her body’s head against the pole to hurt Charles and get him out

Time: 50:50

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Edwin

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Assisting/Grabbing; Edwin offers his hand to Charles who has fallen out of Esther’s body and rolled down the stairs, Edwin helps him up and helps him stabilize himself

Time: 50:59

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal

Received by: Charles

Type of touch: Stabilizing/Assisting; As Charles is helped to his feet and stumbles to a stand he bumps half his body nearly into her, she grabs and holds his arm to stabilize and assist him

Time: 51:00

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Crystal

Received by: Becky Aspen

Type of touch: Holding/Reading; Crystal has her hands on Becky’s shoulder to hold her in place and to read her/enter her mind to wipe her traumatic memories

Time: 51:21

Accidental or Intentional

Initiated by: Becky’s mom (followed by her dad)

Received by: Becky Aspen

Type of touch: Embrace/Hug; Becky runs to the door calling for her parents, hearing their thought to be missing and possibly dead daughter’s voice they rush to open the door and then their arms as the mother pulls Becky inside finally to the safety and warmth of home and the father joins moments later to celebrate in the return of their baby. They collapse into a tangle of overjoyed limbs on their front porch

Time: 51:55

(Each * counts as 1 touch)

Statistics:

Total touches: 45

Accidents: 5

Intentional: 40

Positive: 24

Negative/Neutral: 21

[dont-offend-the-bees]

Happy Charles bubbled glumly in his bucket Chewsday

[chacharealsmooth07]

Hi there 👋,

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[jube-art]

portable boyfriend

[fellow-fandom-fruitifier]

Everyone is so creative when it comes to Charles using new pet names for Edwin so here’s my take!! (Since everyone’s just dying to know.💀💀)

One: “Mate”. It’s a classic and they both clearly value the title of being the others best mate/friend. I think they'd keep it even while dating because one title isn't more important than the other.

Two: “Love”. You guys are so right but I raise you “MY love”. These boys literally go “Oh yeah, this is MY best mate!” I feel like that “my” would carry onto romantic nicknames.

Three: “Angel”. Listen- LISTEN!!! Edwin went to Hell and I just think it would be so sweet for Charles to call him Angel. Like, do you get my vision?? Especially in softer moments or when Edwin’s in need of comfort or something.

Four: “Sweetheart”. In Edwardian times I’m pretty sure two people courting were called sweethearts, I feel like this one is used less seriously. Like flirting, or Charles using his charm to get what he wants, jokingly placating, etc.

Five: “Lamplight”. Started off as sunshine and devolved from there.

Now for Edwin because I’m going insane over dead gay boys.

One: “Beau”. It’s just so cute and kinda old-timey I dunno. You can’t tell me Charles wouldn’t preen if Edwin introduced him as his beau.

Two: “Dearest”. Either said in complete earnest or sarcastically. No in between.

Three: “Darling”. I feel like Edwin could use this one to comfort or flirt like, “I love you just the way you are, darling.” And Charles just never knows which one it is. Maybe it’s a little bit of both, maybe the flirting is accidental, who knows.

Four: “Mon petit chou”. It’s a fancy way to say sweetheart. Edwin would love a fancy way to call Charles sweetheart.

Five: “My Heart”. Because Edwin also needs a “my” pet name. Obviously.🙄🙄

[kalmiopsis]

[gahdamnpunk]

I luuuh this

[khadij-al-kubra]

God, this makes me SO happy, you don’t even know!!!

[iprefertheterminsane]

This means so much to me you have no idea.

For those of my followers who might not understand, before fast Muslims will wake in the hours before Fajr (the time of our Subh prayers, the first prayer if the day) to eat, like to prepare yourself to fast the entire day. Sahur means A Lot, especially to kids, because imagine the whole family, sleepy, grumpy and only vaguely aware of your surroundings, nibbling on bread, making hearty carbs and drinking jugs of clear water to make sure we make it through the day alright. Someone falls asleep in their soup. Dad is staring at his coffee like it personally insulted his past. The outside world is quiet. It s peaceful and sentimental. It’s made by the people who love and care about you, and you would be surrounded by people you would grow into being able to carry loving silences with.

It’s fucking goddamned great to know that that there are still people, strangers, frankly, that care enough to do this

[ask-sane-ia]

Reblogging because there is not enough good news in the world.

[technically-human]

The infamous puppy debacle of '94

[homoquartz]

on the one hand it's very very cute to think of edwin learning to knit because he has a genuine interest in it, on the other hand it is very very funny to think of him learning knitting specifically for the purposes of his old-lady costume. tactical knitting.

[phoenixyfriend]

Reblog if you write fanfic and would be totally down with your followers coming into you askbox and talking to you about your fic

[roycohn]

oh that’s not… that’s not the word, sweetie

[should-be-sleeping]

Got euthanized at Claire's!

[purgatory606-deactivated2026052]

This just makes sense to me, okay?

[pisshandkerchief]

*guy who has repressed every feeling he's ever had* yeah I'm just really good at rolling with the punches I guess haha

[lovetositinsilence]

a moment for themselves

[academicblorbo]

there's "two actors having chemistry", and then there's whatever George Rexstrew and Jayden Revri have between them

[my-midlife-crisis]

[theweirdwideweb]