nutters inc

lea_ndra, in fandom since 2000, shipping happily: Payneland, Damen/Laurent, Will/James, Dreamling, Merthur, frerard, sirius/remus, boondock saints, wincest, j2, stony, queliot, too many fandoms to count..., sometime-writer, lover of eccentric music

[nuttersinc]

My 2025 in Fics (A03 Wrapped)

Thanks to the fabulous and talented @khorazir for tagging me to wrap up my year of writing.

I exclusively wrote for Dead Boy Detectives and even though I had a big writing slump I managed to keep writing.

Technically the year started and ended with Christmas fics!!!

The Christmas Wish Debacle of 2025

Charles accidentally wishes the Dead Boy Detectives alive, making this Christmas season very special indeed. Festive shenanigans ensue.

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This was such a fun write - I enjoyed the structure a lot!

Twin Flame

Charles has an epiphany during his sister's end of term performance, falling head over heels for ballet dancer Edwin.

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Basically punk! Charles and ballet dancer! Edwin having an epic love affair. I'm really proud of this story and I love the characters deeply. Features Clementine Rowland as probably one of my favourite OC's ever - she's just too cool.

And I will come again, my Love

Edwin's voice comes to him like a whisper on the breeze.

“Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,

And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;

I will love thee still, my dear,

While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only luve!

And fare thee weel awhile!

And I will come again, my luve,

Though it were ten thousand mile.”

He cries then, clinging to the branches of the tree outside Edwin's window, for their lost future, for everything that wasn't and would never be. When his tears finally run dry, he climbs down the tree and strips by the pond.

“You can't just use our pond whenever the fancy takes you,” Edwin says primly, playful indignation in his tone.

“Can't I?” Charles says, and dives in. The water is freezing, a chilling embrace.

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The shortest story this year, but it packs a punch. WW1 Edwin and Charles, posh boy and factory worker. I felt inspired and interrupted my big bang to churn this out in record time. Basically wrote itself. Very proud of the ending.

Lost and Found

Assistant to Death, Edwin Payne, fucked up on his first solo job: firstly, he arrived too early, and then the charismatic boy who was dying stubbornly refused to go to his afterlife. Being transferred to the Lost and Found's data processing department was humiliating enough, but he realised Death must be having a laugh at his expense when he met his assigned training partner...

Or: Edwin and Charles become reluctant colleagues, escape their boring desk jobs to found a Detective Agency and stumble into a hell of a lot of trouble along the way…

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I struggled so much with this story. It felt so complicated and I spent too long on chapters. I'm glad I battled through and I'm satisfied with it, but at times I felt like giving up...

Charles Rowland's Christmas Fling and The Very Gay Case of Stupid Drunken Mistakes

Charles meets the bored and infuriatingly haughty son of Baronet Payne while working at Ashton Palace Hotel during the winter holidays. Edwin is looking for a distraction, which Charles, drawn towards his prickly attitude and good looks, is happy to provide.

Charles could just be enjoying a heated Christmas fling, if only the hotel wasn't haunted...

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I needed something fun after finishing Lost and Found and this is a lot of fun! Sexy fun, which is the best 😏

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Tagging @ravenwilds, @tragedy-machine, @shana-rosee, and everyone else who wants to do it!!!

[laterkiss]

happy pride month 🏳️‍🌈

[nuttersinc]

Heart!!!!!

[ororium-z]

Happy Pride!

[raina-at]

Why does nobody tell women what an absolute bitch perimenopause can be? I feel like nobody told me anything about it, save for hot flashes. I also feel that doctors don't know enough about it as well. I basically had to diagnose myself.

Like, seriously, women should be educated about their own bodies.

So if you're on the other side of 45 and suddenly everything is twice as difficult, you get more migraines, your blood pressure goes funny, you can't sleep and you feel like your entire psyche is unstable, you might be experiencing perimenopause. My gyn was like,oh, like think of it like reverse puberty, your entire body rearranges itself. I was like, Great, nobody ever told me it can be this bad. My GP didn't even ask me about my period or hormone levels or anything. He just told me I was probably depressed and sent me to a psychiatrist, who also didn't ask about my period or my hormones. If I hadn't experienced something akin to postpartum depression and therefore know what my body does when its hormones are out of whack, I would have had no idea.

Seriously, nobody tells you how much hormones fuck you up as a woman. Nobody prepares you for this.

I've been trying to talk openly about what's fucking me up right now, and I've discovered that it's a lot more common than I thought it was. I feel like every phase of life finds another way to fuck women over. Puberty: have fun with your period as it adjusts itself. Childbirth: prepare for a hormonal rollercoaster. PMS: oh, it can get BAD. Like, BAD. After birth: hormones out of whack for months, maybe longer. Perimenopause: can fuck up everything. Like literally everything. Osteoporosis is also hormonal. Post menopause: supposedly things get better, but they don't have to.

And I feel like we're left pretty alone dealing with all of it. And we know so little about it that we're left wondering why suddenly nothing works anymore. So we flail about and feel terrible about our sudden inability to cope with life, when it's in fact our bodies screwing with us. Again.

So. Let's talk about it, let's be open to each other and learn from each other. Thank you especially to anyone who shared experiences with me. It helps to feel like you're not alone.

[charlesrowlandcentral]

endless gifs of Charles Rowland (9/-)

[nuttersinc]

They purposefully filmed this from his sexy side (earring, shaved sideburn)....

[havinganormalone]

Fanfiction is insane. You can write porn so good you make friends.

[jhsjykwpdw]

will kempen, probably: head empty no thoughts only james st clair

[artemisadore]

payneland, big & little spoon | for @shaylogic 💚

[nuttersinc]

Thank you, George, for unhesitatingly offering that insight 😅😘

[khorazir]

Happy 2nd anniversary, Dead Boy Detectives. This show kindled my creative juices like very few others before, resulting in over 100 pieces of fanart (so far – also some aren’t shown above because they were created for fan projects that haven’t been released yet), more than 200k words of fanfic, a hand-sewn version of Edwin’s coat and more.

Thank you to all who make this show and fandom so special and such a joy to be part of. #SaveDeadBoyDetectives

To celebrate, I’m giving away postcards with my art (you can pick the motif of your card out of my existing pieces). If you like one, let me know via DM until Friday 1st May. You must be okay with giving me your postal address, so this offer is for 18+ folks only.

[hobbitsdoitbetter]

Smooches 🌈🏏🔎🔥

[lovemetals]

[quelmdn]

You could stick it in again .

[cjowoart]

[edmcmayonnaise]

めまい・dizzy

For @regretsofaghost on their birthday 🎁 happy birthday my dear friend! Because of your writing about Edwin and his over-use of potions, we became friends. And so I will always recommend their My Love For You Is True, Can’t You See It? Series (tw: substance use)

[khorazir]

“It’s a bit like us, innit?”

“What is, Charles?”

“The story of Lúthien and Beren. I mean, she went all the way to Mandos to get him back. And they both ended up dead, but of their own choosing and in a good way, kinda. They stayed together forever, after all.”

“True. Although Lúthien sang to Mandos and so moved him to pity. Your method was more ... direct.”

“Well, I could have tried singing to get you out of Hell. They probably would’ve thrown us out for that, too. But I thought a firebomb would be faster and more efficient, like. Not to mention the Molotov cocktail. Guess Beren and Lúthien would have appreciated a few of those when they went to Morgoth to get the Silmaril.”

“Well, Lúthien’s song was strong enough to put even Morgoth to sleep, so I would hazard she was all right even without flaming explosives.”

“Yeah, but just imagine ...”

“Charles, you are being silly.”

“I know, mate. And you’re smiling. Meaning it’s worth it.”

For this year’s Tolkien Reading Day.

[marzipanthots]

“Who are you?” ✨🪞

Will and The Lady in the mirror 🪞

[emryses]

i just think its sooo awesome that jayden revri looked at charles rowland and went yeah team i think we need to give him a gay little earring. i just think this would be better if he had a dangly little bisexual star earring hanging from mine i mean his ear. i've also decided he's going to look at edwin like he's charles' entire world and if we're ever separated it's going to be the emotional equivalent to the entire universe collapsing. i've also heard that one of these ghost boys is in secret gay love with the other and i've decided that obviously it's charles. ohh edwin confesses to being in love with charles in hell? well then charles will just be soooo giddy after that happens. yeah like so i'm thinking charles is gonna be kicking his feet and smiling and bouncing in the aftermath of that happening but its just because he's just soo happy that his platonic best bro mate is out of hell and is in love with him to boot. and when we hug in the final episode i'm going to unintentionally put my hand over my heart you know mirroring the thing that edwin does when he fully lets himself realise that he's feeling something for charles. and i think our final shot of the show should be charles being a little gay and flirting right in edwin's ear. i think that would really showcase their deep close personal loveandfriendship :)