more (unfinished) dead boy detective fanart bcs i'm still so upset that they canceled it
also entry for @anaart-stuff 's dtiys
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more (unfinished) dead boy detective fanart bcs i'm still so upset that they canceled it
also entry for @anaart-stuff 's dtiys
dead boy detective flyer drafts hehe (that my art teacher fucking hated, hence why i never finished them)
god there really is just something about the cliff scene that sits in my bones; an authority figure forces you to relive life and death in its worst aspects, you lash out because you are a traumatised teenager; your friends, vulnerable and traumatised in turn, stare. they stare. at you. and this is even worse than the pain she forced down your throat because isn't this what you always feared the most?
suddenly they are no longer edwin, crystal, and niko. instead they are a young boy tormented by other boys (loud, vicious, violent) to the point of his cruel death and hellish punishment, a young girl abused and stalked by someone who will wear your face in her dreams, and another young girl who likely has experienced harassment at the hands of people just. like. you. young, stupid boys lashing out out of hurt.
you wear the shape of everyone's monsters, your own included. it eats at you like acid, like some parasite eager to expose what you are at your core: never good enough, forever a source of hurt.
Felt wrong, to stomp all over their plans, but Charles just- couldn’t see a world that this ended well.
A commission for @regretsofaghost! It's a scene (I got to choose!) from their fic in the quiet space between holidays, let us care for you like you have cared for us about Crystal and Niko wanting to celebrate Edwin's birthday. I'm sure nothing could go wrong.
WIP of a request :3 yay go boy go
Extremely rough WIP. you will have to imagine most of the frames like i do
I wonder what he's rambling about
hello here's another terrible quality screenshot of a wip. This isn't how i wanted the background to look whatsoever but I thought was kinda cool.
and look charles has a friend now good for him
Day 34! Ft. Niko!
the brills/aces/mint summary
i might have missed a few instances of each word because i was running through at 1.5x speed and skipping scenes charles wasn't in, but this should be a good enough sample size
mint
mint is the easiest one. it seems to only be applied to objects - crystal's face and the snake-slaying sword. likely he would not use "mint" to describe a situation the way he would brills or aces, more to express approval with the look or quality of something/someone. "mint" as in "mint condition."
brills
this is the catch-all phrase that seems, more or less, to mean "really cool" or to describe a good turn of events. it doesn't seem to be used much to describe the quality of a thing (eg, people aren't usually described as "brills")
examples of "really cool" usage:
"That ferry ride was really brills."
"The view is pretty brills."
This word summarized his feelings on kissing Crystal
"I think we look brills!"
He used this word to express amazement at Edwin walking through a wall when they first met
examples of describing a good turn of events:
"Sounds like a demon. That's brills. We've dealt with demonic possession before."
He replied with this word when Edwin said they were on track to find out how to deal with Niko's sprites
Upon hearing that Jenny could inform them about the Devlin house, he said, "That's brills. I'll come with."
In response to the Night Nurse becoming their minder, he declared, "Edwin, this is brills!"
aces
unlike brills, "aces" IS often applied to people. it's used to emphasize something positive about them. sometimes used to tell someone they've done a deft job. there is only one exception, which can probably be chalked up to having multiple writers. "aces" as in "A+" - the best of
examples of describing someone's great quality:
"Saved my neck, didn't you? Totally aces."
"Any pal of Edwin's is aces in my book."
"Well, I'm aces with other people."
He also uses this word to dismiss concerns about his wellbeing. He's not only ok or fine, he's "aces."
When Crystal confirmed with her powers that Esther's house is where Becky lost her shoes, he says, "Aces. Let's take a quick sneak peek."
he also uses it once to express how clever he and edwin are:
When Crystal first asked about their agency name, Dead Boy Detectives, he said, "It's aces, right? We're ghosts and we solve mysteries."
There is one odd instance of Charles using "aces" irregularly:
When he called Tragic Mick's shop "totally aces." Going off of the pattern, he likely would have said "brills" here instead.
additional superlatives
charles isn't limited to these three phrases to describe things he approves of. throughout the show, he also uses good, great, cool, nice, and amazing.
disclaimer: this was done for fun and by no means a hard and fast rule book for writing charles dialogue
Charles, Edwin and action
Putting my two cents into the dbda analysis to talk about the boys' relationship with action/movement throughout the show
Within the first episode Charles easily defines himself as the "brawn" and Edwin as the "brain". This presents Charles as what I like to call a physical response character and Edwin as a verbal response character, which reinstates what has already been shown to us as the boys dealt with the WW2 ghost: Edwin recites the Latin enchantment as Charles grapples with the ghost. By doing this, job is jobbed, case is closed etc etc.
I know there's Hella other things to discuss but we aren't talking enough about how Crowley lost the Bentley because he was protecting a bookshop he wasn't even sleeping in
me internally during the entire gomens finale
good omens 3 spoilers under the cut and in the tags
because netflix didn't give the sunshine duo ANY screentime because of the lack of season 2, I'LL give them the screentime they deserve. I long for their older-bro younger-sis dynamic forever.
I really want to draw+write more about them, along with the mean-girl duo - Edwin and Crystal. IT WOULD'VE BEEN SO FUCKING FUN IN SEASON 2 ☹️
had another dead boy detective dream, it’s been like a year since i had one of those.
there was a commercial on the TV, like those old “all new episode” spots that would air after a rerun on cable. and it was an ad for a new dbda episode, but the show was distinctly of the 90s era. dramatic voiceover. crystal had a like, black one-piece superhero costume with a cape and a mask. niko’s got a 70s scooby-doo, phoebe from friends thing going. charles pretty much unchanged but now has a skateboard. they’re fighting because crystal totally has a test in school tomorrow but all the boys care about is ghost crime. will this finally break up the gang? and will edwin finally get a boyfriend? there’s a love note in his locker (“oooh” audience sound effect) (why is he still going to school) and i was watching this and my friend was like “what’s on” and i was like “just ANOTHER dbda episode 🙄” like there have been a million of them.
i miss my son charles rowland
Charles snaps out of his thoughts when he realizes that he isn't just staring at his own shoes anymore. Edwin's are there now, too. He finally registers the worried call of his name, likely not for the first time, and lifts his head to look at Edwin.
"Everything alright, mate?"
"Evidently not. I called your name four times. Where did you go just now?" And he asks it with such achingly gentle concern, what is Charles supposed to do with that?
He's fine. He should be, anyway.
I had a vision yesterday and NEEDED to draw this
Here is the original: