@unicorngunter and I talked about the Cat King reincarnating as a sphynx cat, and while he'd probably have a major crisis about it at first, I have full faith he'd find a way to embrace the bald and make it work.
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@unicorngunter and I talked about the Cat King reincarnating as a sphynx cat, and while he'd probably have a major crisis about it at first, I have full faith he'd find a way to embrace the bald and make it work.
You know those Dreamling fics where Dream is trying to stay away from Hob because of the Fates' rules about moving a mortal, and Hob's all like "guess it's good I'm immortal then ;)"?
This, but it's the Fates who show up to enforce their stupid rule (which to be fair they had a point to implement and also because Morpheus is a NG self-insert and I support the rule that says he shouldn't touch a woman, ever) but they encounter Hob who's well-actuallying an entire presentation with PowerPoint and notes about why it's ok for him to date Dream
He gets Lucienne's approval just for the presentation
So there's this character in Dead Boy Detectives.
He's:
Attractive
Flirts shamelessly with Edwin
Makes physical advances toward Edwin
Makes Charles jealous and "gets in the way of the main ship"
Is of indeterminate age but is possibly decades or centuries old
Can transform into an animal.
And it's this guy:
AND YET I have never seen any discourse calling Monty a creep and a predator.
Unlike The Cat King, he even kissed Edwin suddenly and without explicit consent. He also lied, manipulated and betrayed all of them and nearly got them killed. Yes, he said he didn't know Esther was planning on destroying them. But c'mon, it's Esther.
Somehow though, the fandom vilifies The Cat King more than Monty. I think the reason why is worth a long, hard look in the mirror.
The biggest difference between the two is TCK's sexual nature and his in-your-face queerness. Those are two things that have been historically vilified and othered about gay/queer men.
Even these days, through the whole "no kink at pride" discourse, this argument continues through respectability politics.
Simply put, a short little twink with a crush is a non-threatening gay man, while TCK with his overt sensuality and gender non-conforming clothing represents a threat. Monty's advances are seen as cute, while TCK's are predatory, even though Monty propositioned Edwin with a kiss as surely as TCK overtly propositioned him.
If TCK's sexually-charged flirting bothered you in a way that Monty's advances didn't (despite the fact the audience knew that at least at first, Monty's advances were a big old lie) ask yourself why that is. The reason is probably that you were taught to fear and vilify overt displays of queer sexuality . Even queer people need to unlearn this particular bias.
And just to cover all the bases, I will shout again that The Cat King is a fae/trickster and that Edwin's punishment was proportionate in that context. Edwin used magic and confined a creature he knew to be as intelligent as a human and was punished for it with a very long leash and a (totally doable) task. It was a task designed to make Edwin see the cats as individuals instead of tools to help him close a case. The sort of fiction that DBD has its roots in (and the source material) is full of these sort of eye-for-an-eye type of punishments with magical creatures.
Just to be clear, I don't think we should be vilifying Monty, either. You can't 1:1 fictional scenarios onto real life and apply our standards of morality to them, especially not in a setting with man-eating mushrooms, ghosts, and transforming animals. All the conflict these two characters brought to the plot was necessary. If everyone acted with perfect morality all the time, fiction would be incredibly boring.
And IF you did apply RL standards to fiction, you would have to acknowledge that Edwin's crime of binding and forcing a fully sentient being to give him information violated just as much consent as TCK putting that bracelet on Edwin. And that Monty was just as "predatory" as The Cat King, if not more so. The Cat King, at least, never lied to Edwin, while everything about Monty was a lie from the start.
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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, The Cat King | Thomas/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne & Crystal Palace & Charles Rowland & Niko Sasaki Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, The Cat King | Thomas, Niko Sasaki, Charles Rowland (DCU), Crystal Palace (DCU) Additional Tags: Flirting, Ballroom Dancing, Song: Strangers in the Night (Frank Sinatra), Pre-Relationship, Catwin - Freeform, Fem!Catwin, Gendeswap AU Summary:
So bassically the Cat Queen asked Edwina to go with her on a ball and she said yes. (Or: I just wanted to write about these fabulous ladies how they dressed up and dance the night away.)
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I just to thought of the most cursed image.
What if The Cat King lost another life and came back as a Sphinx?
Does it mean that he would be bald in his human form? 😅 How would others react to that? Mostly how Edwin would react to his royal baldness 😏
I'll just drop this idea here: This fandom needs a DBD in Mortal Instruments AU
Okay, so i haven't get a chance to read this wonderful book series yet, but i saw the movie and the serie. And in short, some characters from DBD have great potential to literally play in Mortal Instruments, also quite a few people on the internet compare Catwin to Malec.
Unfortunately I don't have enough patience and time to write something like this, so anyone who wants to take it up is welcome.
cast:
Clary - Crystal
Jace - Charles
Simon - Monty
Alec - Edwin
Izzy - Niko
Magnus - Cat King/Thomas
notes:
I think that Edwin deserves a loving sister Niko, possibly a 2nd little sister Emma. I can imagine Night Nurse in the role of their disciplinarian/loving mother.
Monty would probably make things difficult in relationships, but since he's a sweet cinnamonroll, he deserves to be part of the team.
I also think that apart from Catwin, Cryland should also get the spotlight. Those 2 dummies are so adorable together (and the idea of the two kissing in that movie greenhouse is simply magical).
I think the reason why there are so many amazing ships in Dead Boy Detectives is because the show manages to show different versions of love/lust/devotion through different relationships all characters have.
Like, love triangles have been doing the whole "a girl has to choose between two guys who each being out a different side of her" for over a decade in popular media, some more, some less successfully. But the pitfall they often fall into is that those differences seem very shallow and often ignore the other aspect of the main person who have to choose between the love interests.
Dead Boy Detectives makes sure to not do that.
I recently heard Everlasring Love by Sandra again and as I listened to the lyrics, I thought of this:
The gang decided to spend the evening at a bar. They will either have karaoke or there will be a dance. When it's Cat King's turn to choose a song, he'll choose the aforementioned hit. The result would be that he would use this song and especially the lyrics to confess his feelings to a certain Edwardian ghost.
The Cat King gracefully steps onto the stage and begins to sing softly. From the beginning, his movements and gestures are decent. But that changes during this part and his eyes rest on Edwin.
"Finding your way You'll come back wanting me I'm gonna stay Loving you endlessly"
As soon as the refrain starts, he puts everything into his performance. He is thoroughly enjoying it. He dances to the energetic beat and keeps looking into the eyes of his favourite ghost.
"Open up your eyes, then you'll realise Here I stand with my everlasting love Need you by my side, there's no need to hide Never be denied, everlasting love From the very start, open up your heart Be a lasting part of everlasting love"
Well, the person of his interest gradually realizes the meaning of the song's lyrics. Edwin is charmed and a smile graces his lips.
Chapter 2 of Beauty and the beast CatwinAU 🌺
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Prompt: The Dead Boy Detectives are watching Cats the musical
Okay so the team decided to watch the musical, Cats (1998 version). In the process, they begin to match which feline character fits whom best. And upon introducing a certain rock cat, this is what happens:
Everyone: This one is definitely the Cat King
("The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore") Edwin: In this case, I'm the one in the tailcoat
Nico: His name is Mr. Mistoffelees also known as The Original Conjuring Cat
Edwin: Oh, that's lovely
Crystal and Nico only give him an inocent smile, because they know what will be comming in the 2nd act. After Old Deuteronomy disappears, Tugger reappears on the scene (much to the annoyance of the others). He starts singing about that marvelous magician and Edwin finds himself in puzzlement. And to make matters worse, his best mate had to comment on it.
Charles: I get it now, the playboy-cat is cold to everyone else but the tailcoat-cat because he adores him so much that he can ignore his ego. Just like Whiskers is a big simp to you, mate.
Nico: The fandom also ships these two characters together, they are called Tuggoffelees.
Edwin: How the water transport is related to it?🤨
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