[crikeyoryland]

closed cases 🥺

(gif by @deedala)

thinking about how much time has passed for Niko here; how much she has been through to get her to this moment.

and here are these boys who saved her so long ago. Her case is only just closed to them and her death is still so raw

[joyballtumbleweed]

Her expression here is so heartbreaking like it’s Niko 😭

[ecchima]

New Dead Boy Detectives commission, this time for Synne. Thank you for commissioning me and letting me take all the time I needed to experiment with colours ✨

[ironicalmonocle]

DBD AND NIGHMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS MY BELOVED!!

[joyballtumbleweed]

IKR?!!???!!! I LOVE IT SM THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL

[hazyconstellationss]

@/benwildstudios on Instagram

[babyseraphim]

sneak peek at an art project hehe

[ecchima]

New Dead Boy Detectives commission, this time for Synne. Thank you for commissioning me and letting me take all the time I needed to experiment with colours ✨

[alterego77]

[homoquartz]

@aceofturtles had a lovely little gif made of the raw drawings so i thought i might as well ink them out!! mini kisses for the boys :)

[1kazul]

[ironicalmonocle]

How it started

How its going

And going and going

[sthilarions]

On Christmas Eve, 1994, Charles and Edwin went to an event at a cathedral. A boys’ choir, singing carols and masses. Old music.

The light dripped through the stained glass windows in blue and red and gold, spilled across their faces. The choir sang high and pure, sad songs, mostly, the old carols that were more about winter than about Christmas, and the sound rang back against the walls until it sounded like a thousand thousand voices singing.

They got to the end, and the last Allelulia rolled through the pews, and Charles turned to Edwin to go.

Edwin was blinking rapidly, looking up through the dappled colored light of the glass. “It’s started to snow,” he said. “Do you mind if we stay, for the second performance? I know you do not enjoy the snow much, these days.”

Charles shrugged. “Course,” he said, and sat back down in the back pew, chosen to avoid being sat in by the living.

The second time through, he watched Edwin, too. Edwin who had tears dripping down his face, dripping through the red and blue and gold, looking like little bits of colored glass rolling down his pale skin.

The second performance ended, and they stepped out onto the white ground, into quiet in the peculiar way that snowfall brings, and Charles offered Edwin a hankie, looking up at the sky politely as Edwin used it. It was a half hour of silent walking later that Edwin finally spoke up, handing the hankie back, face finally dry.

“I was just thinking,” he said, voice a bit hoarse still, “that might be the closest I ever get to Heaven.”

[shardlily]

Big thank you to all the creators out there ❤️

[ironicalmonocle]

🗣🗣I want 20 more seasons of Dead Boy Detectives.

Not because its entertaining and fun (it is)

Its because everyone should know that we can love, and be loved, like they love each other.❤️‍🔥

Its possible, it must be.

At least one more season to let them do their amazing work and figure out the rest.💣

Netflix you owe them at least that much🫵

[jube-art]

Charles with autopsy scars send tweet

[carebeardean]

the way they look at each other 😭

for @artemisadore :)

[joyballtumbleweed]

[ironicalmonocle]

This is what a hero looks like.

Edwin Payne, my hero forever ❤️.

[adskayapanda]

My headcanons about painland (because I had to share these)

~ Charles keeps calling Edwin "mate" when they get together because he's been calling him that for 30 years and it's a habit. This may annoy Edwin (sometimes), but only because every time Edwin asks Charles not to call him "mate", Charles calls him "love" and this makes Edwin feel TOO MUCH and he wants to hear it again every time.

~ Sometimes Charles asks Edwin to read to him because it calms him down. At first Edwin was worried because he didn't want to remind Charles of the day he died, but eventually Charles assured him that he liked it, so after a hard day Edwin reads to him and Edwin's monotone voice calms him down.

~ Painland's first kiss would definitely be very unexpected and definitely in a time of danger, and maybe they'll have to save themselves and finish the kiss and all the explanations later.

~ Charles' confession of love would definitely not be calm. Have you noticed that they love danger and each other too much? I like to think that one of them will be on the verge of another death/destruction and that will be the reason for the confession. These guys love drama, danger and each other.

~ Maybe they would be too into each other and I mean a dark alley? It's time for a kiss!

[- Charles we can't...

- I can. *presses Edwin to the wall with a kiss*]

~ Maybe they do practice fencing, and Charles loses a little because it's Edwin's thing, and Charles absolutely refuses to explain whether his loss is because he's not that good at fencing, or because Edwin is hot as hell when he's into it. Maybe it's the latter. And so Charles gives in and their duel ends with them kissing.

~ Maybe Crystal interrupts them one day, and it's not that awkward for her because she thinks "FINALLY THESE IDIOTS GOT TOGETHER" and closes the door without explanation.

~ Charles is a little taller than Edwin, maybe Edwin is not tall enough to reach the top shelf and get a book, and then of course Charles helps him, but he does it VERY MEANINGFULLY and doesn't say anything, but just looks at Edwin searchingly while he gets the book, and Edwin snorts and rolls his eyes. And to Edwin's irritation, Charles wants to kiss him (he can't handle it AT ALL)

~ Trust me, they are INCREDIBLY annoying when they finally get together. Because no one can stand the sweet looks they give each other (with the amazing ability to be professional in working on cases while undressing each other with their eyes). Crystal definitely tells them several times to stop acting like newlyweds and sighs heavily (but she's used to it).

~ They hold hands all the time. ALL THE TIME

~ Charles kisses Edwin first. When he realizes his feelings for Edwin, it's hard for him, but he says it straight out. And in the end, he just asks Edwin if he can kiss him (even if they are in danger at that moment and it's Charles who couldn't pick a better time)

~ Everyone thinks Edwin is too nice BUT trust me, when this happens, he's going to be UNBEARABLE. I'll bet my last 10 bucks he's thinking about locking himself in his office for a week and just being with Charles. Ghosts don't sleep so they can kiss for a week non-stop.

~ The sofa in their office will be hopelessly occupied by the two of them just to curl up and lie in an embrace.

~ Charles' love language is words and touch. Edwin's love language is words and kisses from Charles. When Edwin gets brave enough to kiss Charles himself, he can't stop and maybe it will become a tradition like "That's brilliant, Charles" *gives Charles a quick, casual kiss*. "You're great, Charles!" *gives Charles a quick, casual kiss*. They are learning to express love in new ways.

[adskayapanda]

Payneland x Romantic tropes

[joyballtumbleweed]

Idk if this has been done but—

Charles: From now on, we’ll be using code names! You can address me as “Eagle 1”

Charles: Crystal is “Been there, Done that”

Crystal: What the—

Charles: Edwin is “Currently Doing That”

Edwin: *High-Fives Charles*

Charles: Niko is “It happened Once In A Dream”

Niko: *smiles politely*

Charles: Monty is “If I Had to Pick an Animal Turned Human”

Monty: Umm—

Cat King: Hey!

Charles: and Jenny…

Jenny: …

Charles: Is “Eagle 2”

Jenny: oh thank fuck