#antichrists-plus1

[edmcmayonnaise]

from the grave, chapter 1 [Link]

Written by @antichrists-plus1 with illustration by @edmcmayonnaise

It's dead quiet in the room as Charles searches for something less horrifying to distract himself with. So quiet that he notices the faint drag of a wooden frame. He turns, and catches the corpse he just dug up trying to escape out the window. Charles screams.

Working as a body snatcher in the early 19th century, Charles digs up the body of a familiar boy, who he discovers may not be as dead as he seems.

Thank you so much for hosting such a wonderful event, @deadbangdetectives! Because of your organization and time, so many wonderful collaborations could happen this year and continue to keep our favourite Dead Boys alive.

[strawberryplottwist]

Hello! 🔮 and 💀 for the ask game??

Hi!!! Great picks~

🔮 Share a memory about the show/fandom

So, I've been fairly open about the fact that Dead Boy Detectives got me back into writing. I distinctly remember the moment I realized I actively wanted to write again - I was messaging @starsandatoms, whose posts about it got me to watch the show in the first place, spitballing an idea, and I had to stop and go set up a document to start writing because I didn't know how long the motivation would last. And then when I posted it on my birthday, people were so warm and kind in the comments. It was the best possible welcome to the fandom I could possibly have received.

💀 Headcanon that's been floating in your brain recently?

I 100% believe that Edwin is an obsessive knitter, and that what we saw in the show was an anomaly. He's very briefly shown knitting when they exorcise David from Crystal on the tube, and then never again, but I refuse to believe that he only ever does that when in disguise. I think he was just separated from his materials and tools for an extended period of time and didn't want to risk losing them by having Charles bring them over to Port Townsend. Relatedly, I also 100% believe that, despite spending over three decades in the presence of a knitter, Charles cannot tell the difference between knitting and crochet, as evidenced by Edwin's disguise on the tube wearing a crocheted scarf.