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my life in a nutshell rn

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name any other fucking person who would hit on a funeral director

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Cat King/Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne Characters: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Cat King (Dead Boy Detectives) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Human, Funeral Home AU, funeral director! edwin payne, Cat King is Called Thomas (Dead Boy Detectives), Meet-Cute, meet ugly, customer service horror, or maybe not, Funerals, Discussion of Death, duh, Inappropriate Flirting, thomas shut the fuck up challange, possibly? getting together, Comedy, One Shot Summary:

Edwin cleared his throat before he said, “Hello, how may I help you?”

The man startled at the noise, but as soon as his eyes landed on Edwin, his unsure expression turned into… Well, a cocksure one. “My, my, if I knew undertakers were so hot nowadays, I would’ve killed the brat myself.”

Edwin blinked, his face still studied into perfect serenity. “Excuse me?”

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“They need each other like dark soil needs essential nutrients” do you hear me screaming this is the EXACT reason why I love CatWin so fucking much

having a lot of messy catwin thoughts, may i?

the tale of edwin and the cat king is cautionary, but it's a hopeful one and i'll die on this hill. i would narrow it down to a simple "play with your food for too long and it'll bite you",

and also, "there's a difference between freedom of body and emancipation of soul, but both come from a place of confinement."

it works in both ways. like all spells, flexibility comes with a price to pay. the cat king discovers first-hand that too much pleasure can kill you; by letting himself enjoy edwin's presence, he grows a sense of affection he was not prepared for when giving out the task.

what's more interesting, he never even planned to win by making edwin stay in port townsend. the cat king essentialy sets himself up for failure by giving a brilliant and meticulous boy– a goddamn detective– a riddle which he can easily solve. it takes edwin what, a few days to get close to the exact number?

of course, he expected that. eventually.

what he's really willing to bet on is the time spent with edwin, hoping he'll warm up to him by sheer proximity. the amount of stolen moments depended on his luck, if the boy turned out to be extra clever, maybe he'd have two or three days. maybe a week or more. from his experience, perhaps enough to break the uptight tease's composure.

but typically it ricochets, because he's the one getting hopelessly and romantically attached by the end.

with the events unfolding, the cat king gets progressively more trapped within the bounds he set himself. some of them he can't escape and it's fine, like his kingdom, an enclosure as much as a reluctant playground.

(credits to the king, making sure they are on equal grouds for this game at least— with the caging bracelet, edwin also cannot escape.)

the point is, it's been a power exchange since the beginning, and with the exception for the very first meeting, each little rendezvous ends with edwin reaffirming his agency.

edwin's body is physically unmovable from the town's area, but his mind's eye toys with the budding attraction for the cat king almost out of his control. so you have a ghost who can hop to anywhere in the world– who's brilliant brain expands to the edges of human reasoning, ever evolving, never stilling– who has a best friend at his side, and he's still so. terribly. lonely.

and you have a trickster who's rightful place comes with the job title– who can get anything he wants and be whoever he needs– who after three or four regenerations and probably hundreds of years still hasn't learned how to let people in without bleeding out in the process.

and look: that's the point. they have to hurt each other. it purifies them. the confusion, the baring of teeth and cheeks, the knowing naked looks. they need each other like dark soil needs essential nutrients.

edwin experiences an epiphany: apparently, being cornered can lead to a greater understanding of yourself. and also, desires have a mind of their own? who'd have guessed? they're capable of manifesting through his ghost body and only by facing them upfront— by having a facsimile of a honest conversation with the cat king— edwin can make peace with what he wants, and who he is. for edwin, the trickster represents forbidden and not easily accessible freedom of a physical body, with all its needs and peculiarities.

but for the cat king, oh my. edwin represents the true freedom of soul.

i mean, look at what hell dragged in. took a little over a week for this white lily to bloom, confident and devastating in its beauty, when it should be charred black or wilting.

but you like his secret parts, don't you? are you even aware of yours? if he asks, will you let him dig in?

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The only war propaganda I’ll ever accept, and it’s a Spielberg miniseries that manages to be gayer than all 6 seasons of glee

C'mon, Nix. We'll dig in for the night.

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FUCK OFF I LITERALLY PUT THIS SONG ON MY CATWIN PLAYLIST AHHHHHH

free from kpop demon hunters | catwin 🩵

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donald trump will die on july 20th 2025 at 1pm pacific standard time

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OHHHHH MY GODDDDD

“Living la dolce vita, life couldn’t get much sweeter.”

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when backstreet’s back… alright

You know what time it is

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godDAMMIT THIS IS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT WHEN I SAY I LOVE OLD MAN YAOI

first couple ever + textposts

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two of my current favorite fandoms combining like this I don’t know if my brain can take it omg

Dead Boy Detectives + KPop Demon Hunters Part II: Cat King (Your Idol)

"I like your secret parts."

full lyrics under the cut | listen on spotify

Pray for me now Pray for me now (Dies irae) Pray for me now (Illa) Pray for me now (Vos solve in) Pray for me now (Favilla) Pray for me now (Maledictus) Pray for me now (Erus) Pray for me now (In flamas) Pray for me now (Eternum) I'll be your idol Keeping you in check (Uh), keeping you obsessed (Uh) Play me on repeat, 끝없이 in your head Anytime it hurts (Uh), play another verse (Uh) I can be your sanctuary Know I'm the only one right now (Now) I will love you more when it all burns down More than power, more than gold (Yeah) Yeah, you gave me your heart, now I'm here for your soul I'm thе only one who'll love your sins Feel the way my voicе gets underneath your skin Listen 'cause I'm preachin' to the choir Can I get the mic a little higher? Gimme your desire I can be the star you rely on (You rely on) 내 황홀의 취해, you can't look away (Hey) Don't you know I'm here to save you Now we runnin' wild Yeah, I'm all you need, I'mma be your idol Uh Uh Uh, 빛이나는 fame, 계속 외쳐, I'm your idol Thank you for the pain 'cause it got me going viral Uh, yeah, 낫지 않는 fever, makin' you a believer 나를 왜 넌 존재하는 idol? Don't let it show, keep it all inside The pain and the shame, keep it outta sight Your obsession feeds our connection 이 순간 give me all your attention You know I'm the only one who'll love your sins Feel the way my voice gets underneath your skin Listen 'cause I'm preachin' to the choir Can I get the mic a little higher? Gimme your desire I can be the star you rely on (You rely on) 내 황홀의 취해, you can't look away (Yeah) Don't you know I'm here to save you Now we runnin' wild Yeah, I'm all you need, I'mma be your idol (Be your idol) Living in your mind now Too late 'cause you're mine now I will make you free When you're all part of me (Listen 'cause I'm) Preaching to the choir (Now) Can I get the mic a little higher? Gimme your desire Watch me set your world on fire 내 황홀의 취해, you can't look away (Hey) No one is coming to save you Now we runnin' wild You're down on your knees, I'mma be your idol

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ruh-uh scoobs, another tck/catwin shitpost in one evening?

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lord, don’t save me, my drug is my baby, I’ll be using for the rest of my life

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AHHHHHHHHHHH

It took more than 5 hours but I finally did it!

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everyone look at this INCREDIBLE artwork made by @annabatist-art !!!🖤🖤 such an amazing job

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will go on endless rants defending this man any day of the week, he’s just that silly and dear to me

another dead boy detectives shitpost. bc the allure of the pathetic cringefail princess is just too great (and i think edwin agrees with me)

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this on its own deserves to be written on so many walls in so many languages

you cant even begin poems with "i will sodomise and facef uck you" anymore. because of woke .