*insert relevant hozier lyric here*

Dead Boy Detectives has taken over my brain

[charlesrowlandcentral]

It is not that you cannot touch things, you just cannot feel them.

[musingsbysari]

Finally, with not a moment to spare (it's 11:51pm on the 31st), here's my gifset-with-a-twist for the 2025 Fandom Trumps Hate!

This is a gift for the lovely @asidian, illustrating their beautiful fic North Star ! Thank you for donating for a good cause. Making a gifset based on a fic was a completely new experience for me, and I hope I'm doing the fic justice.

Notes: - Turns out QVC didn't exist in the UK until 1993. So I used an 1988 clip from QVC US, with the prices adjusted to pounds. 🤷🏼‍♀️ - Other non-dbda footage used in this gifset: Pride(2014) and Santa Claus - The Movie(1985). Anyone care to guess where?

[bitterdesert]

part 44

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[sthilarions]

quick summary of the torturous early-Crystal-era from Edwin’s POV

[tumblerislovetumblerislife]

inspired by @ms-zilia's amazing fic! come for the intriguing plot, stay for the mutual coat swap ;)

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

Entelechy, n.: the realisation of potential; the supposed vital principle that guides the development and functioning of an organism or other system or organisation; in philosophy, that which realises or makes actual what is otherwise merely potential. Edwin, Charles, and Crystal return to London, where there's a lot to deal with, including grieving Niko’s death, integrating new colleagues into the Agency, and the fallout from their various revelations in Port Townsend. Edwin is especially struggling: unable to recharge his energy as he usually would, he finds himself more dependent on Charles than ever. Meanwhile, Charles is trying to sort out his tangled feelings and Crystal is attempting to get her life back on track...

[a-good-sort-of-chap]

alright alright. Hear me out.

Edwin and Charles have opposite handiness. As shown in these images, Edwin is right handed and Charles is left handed:

I was in a relationship while in school where we had opposite handiness, where we agreed that we'd always hold eachother's non-dominant hand so that we could still do stuff with our dominant ones

Point is, I'm now imagining Charles and Edwin sat at the desk writing seperate things and still being able to hold hands

[deadtwinksdetectiveagency]

Hey, look at what Charles and Edwin are reading—it's the @dbdazine!

Would you like to read it too? I BET YOU FUCKING WOULD!!!

I did illustrations for @williamvapespeare's and @paraphwrites's fics, and I was the graphics mod (as heckofabecca)! I hope you enjoy this labor of intense and deep love as much as I do!!!

[mellxncollie]

Charles Rowland & Edwin Payne | Dead Boy Detectives 1.03

[thegrapebehindtheslaugher]

DBDA's use of nudity as a metaphor for vulnerability my beloved

[ouchmyghostskin]

[ouchmyghostskin]

[useralona]

'You really gave up a potentially tranquil eternity for your friend?'

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES 1.07 "The Case of the Very Long Stairway"

[danielsarmand]

Dead Boy Detectives 1.02 · The Case of the Dandelion Shrine

[ngatwa]

Edwin realizing his feelings for Charles

[mellxncollie]

Well, I must apologize for not quite being myself today. I'm sorry for that.

Crystal Palace, Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland | Dead Boy Detectives 1.06

[crisstinah]

The baby boys

I cant get enough of them guys

[tommyknards-archive]

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES | 1.01