#dbda fandom

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Dead Boy Detectives Two-Year Anniversary?

Will there be a fanfiction writing event for the Dead Boy Detectives two-year anniversary on April 25, 2026? Yes, I realize that's almost two months away, but I'm a really slow writer and I like planning ahead when I can.

I don't actually know who to ask about this because I'm not in any of the fandom communities or Discords, so I'm tagging people who ran some of the past DBDA events and hoping someone will know something or else pass the question along to people who might know.

@dbda-fandom-event-calendar @dbdahauntevents @dbda-anniversary @dbda-potion-week @dbda-creature-week @paynelandpromptfest @palasakiweek @painlandweek @deadboyween @tragedy-machine @asidian @artemisadore @lesbicosmos @every-moment-a-different-sound @genevievefangirl @nocturnalnewsiestrash

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DBDA Platonic Ship Names:

MagicSass – Edwin & Crystal

SpellHeart – Edwin & Niko

CatHeart – Cat King & Niko

CrowHeart – Monty & Niko

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I love fandom. You can ask a hyper-specific question about an obscure detail in some book or show and a bunch of people will fall over themselves trying to answer it. You can ask on Tumblr “What London museum is in the opening sequence of the first Dead Boy Detectives episode?” and within an hour four different people will answer, and one of them will provide maps and screenshots and explanations.

No question is too obscure. No question is stupid. People ask because they genuinely want to know and people answer because they genuinely want to share information. And enthusiasm. Fans are very enthusiastic about our special interests, and in our spaces, no one is shamed for that. Expertise is a point of pride. Passion means we care.

And fans know so much about so many things, it’s honestly mind-blowing. In her afterward to her story “Death on the Nile”, Connie Willis talked about a movie she watched as a kid, “but I had no idea what it was called or who was in it, so I had no chance of finding it again until I had the bright idea of asking at a science fiction convention. (Science fiction fans know everything.)” (The Best of Connie Willis page 74). And she’s absolutely right about that. The fandom community is an amazing place full of incredible, helpful, kind people, and it’s such a joy to be a part of that world.

And the Dead Boy Detectives fandom is one of the best parts of that universe.

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Dead Boy Detectives Challenges and Events:

Payneland Week 2024 Palasaki Week 2024 Simon Appreciation Week Promptober 2024 DeadBoyWeen 2024 Crystal Palace Week Payneland Promptfest CatWinter Charles Rowland Week Payneland Promptfest: The Rest of Forever CatCrow Week April Foolish Pairing Fest One-Year Anniversary Niko Sasaki Week Pirate Week Payneland Week 2025 Apocal-August Potion Week Promptober 2025 CatWeen DeadBoyWeen 2025 Palasaki Week 2025 Creatures Week Anniversary 2026

Disclaimer: I haven't participated in most of these and I still need to read/ look at art for most of these. But I wanted to make a list of all the events to help me start. Please let me know which ones aren't listed so I can add them! Let me know about errors so I can correct them. Details and links to collections below:

August 2024 - Payneland Week 2024 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/PainlandWeek

September 2024 - Simon Appreciation Week Tumblr Collection: https://www.tumblr.com/simonappreciation

October 2024 - Palasaki Week 2024 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Palasaki_Week_2024

October 2024 - Promptober 2024 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDpromptober

October/November 2024 - DeadBoyWeen 2024 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DeadBoyWeen_2024

November 2024 - Crystal Palace Week Tumblr Collection: https://crystal-week.tumblr.com/

December 2024 - Payneland Promptfest AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/payneland_promptfest

December 2024 - CatWinter AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/CATWINTER2024

January 2025 - Charles Rowland Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Charles_Rowland_week

February 2025 - Payneland Promptfest: The Rest of Forever (Valentine’s Day) AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/payneland_promptfest

February/March 2025 - CatCrow Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Catcrow_week_2025

March/April 2025 - April Foolish Pairing Fest AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDA_April_Foolish_Pairing_Fest

April 2025 - One-Year Anniversary AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDA_Anniversary_2025

April/May 2025 - Niko Sasaki Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Niko_Week_2025

May 2025 - Pirate Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/dbdapirateweek2025

July 2025 - Payneland Week 2025 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/PainlandWeek_2025

August 2025 - Apocal-August AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/dbdaapocalaugust2025

October 2025 - Potion Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDA_Potion_Week

October 2025 - Promptober 2025 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDApromptober2025

October 2025 - CatWeen Tumblr Collection: https://www.tumblr.com/catwinevents

October 2025 - DeadBoyWeen 2025 AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DeadBoyWeen_2025

November 2025 - Palasaki Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Palasaki_Week_2025

November 2025 - Creatures Week AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDA_Creature_Week_2025

April 2026 - Two-Year Anniversary AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DBDA_Anniversary_2026

(This is still a work in progress)

Ye gods, have I got a lot of fanfic to read... And I'm looking forward to it very much!

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So far, we’ve had Simon Appreciation Week, Charles Rowland Week, and Niko Sasaki Week, but when can we have Crystal Palace Week? Or did it happen and I missed it?

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DBDA POTIONS WEEK: Truth potion

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

My fic for the first prompt of DBDA potions week!!! I stayed up all night finishing it so I hope you enjoy!! xx

Synopsis:

Charles has certainly been doing a lot of thinking since the detectives move back to London- Edwin's confession has practically been the only thing on his mind since their return from hell.

Of course, he wouldn’t dare mention any of this to Edwin, not yet. Not when he isn't completely sure of his feelings just yet.

Which is why it really is extremely inconvenient when Charles spills a truth potion on himself.

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I wasn’t aware until recently that Cat King/ Crystal Palace existed, and now I’m curious: what is the ship name? CryCat? CatPal? CatPalace? Catlace? CrysKing? KingPalace? (And if one uses “King” instead of “Cat”, how does that distinguish between Cat King and Kingham?)

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Do you guys care if I just bring Niko back in my fic with no explanation?? Just “yeah she’s back, nothing happened and i refuse to acknowledge she ever died”

Would that be alright?

YESSS BRING HER BACK IDC HOW

No, I need an explanation/ chapter on the detectives rescuing her

Maybe- Crystal could work on bringing her back in the background

Voting ended onSep 29, 2025