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what? oh sweetheart no, you're not weirding me out at all. you're weirding me in. keep talking, freak

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*points* him

my dear sweet skrunkly boy jasper.

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being anti ai is making me feel like in going insane. "you asked for thoughts about your characters backstory and i put it into chat gpt for ideas". studies have proven its making people dumber. "i asked ai to generate this meal plan". its causing water shortages where its data centers are built. "ill generate some pictures for the dnd campaign". its spreading misinformation. "meta, generate an image of this guy doing something stupid". its trained off stolen images, writing, video, audio. "i was talking with my snapchat ai-" theres no way to verify what its doing with the information it collects. "youtube is impletmenting ai based age verification". my work has an entire graphics media department and has still put ai generated motivational posters up everywhere. ai playlists. ai facial verification. google ai microsoft ai meta ai snapchat ai. everyone treats it as a novelty. every treats it as a mandatory part of life. am i the only one who sees it? am i paranoid? am i going insane? jesus fucking christ. if i have to hear one more "well at least-" "but it does-" "but you can-" im about to lose it. i shouldnt have to jump through hoops to avoid the evil machine. have you no principles? no goddamn spine? am i the weird one here?

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I need Niko to promptly come back to life and show Edwin Heartstopper. NOW.

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The show gives me a character, who says “I am in love with you” out loud to his friend. His friend behaves in a way that suggests they can have a romantic development (could have had. Fuck Netflix).

What does my “platonic connection were much more important than romantic in my life” ass do?

DOESN’T SHIP THEM.

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there are plenty of reasons to think that Charles has romantic feelings for Edwin (the jealousy over Monty, the ambiguity of his "rejection," the post-hug chest touch, etc.), but one thing that is NOT evidence of romantic feelings is Charles's devotion to Edwin. if you find yourself thinking 'of course Charles is in love with him, he went to hell to save him', I think you missed the point, actually. i think you don't understand Charles's character at all, maybe. that boy could be a kinsey 0, not an inkling of romantic feelings for Edwin, and he would make the same choice to go to hell. he would still give up his afterlife to stay with him. he would still risk his existence time and time again to protect Edwin.

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Charles, praying: I need someone who won’t run away. Maybe send an angel, the nicest angel you have.

Meanwhile Edwin: *crawling his ass up the stairs of hell, covered in blood, mumbling to himself hysterically*

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Dead Boy Detectives was surprising.

It surprised me when, instead of Crystal dropping in and fracturing Charles and Edwin's thirty years of friendship, they went with Crystal sinking into the fold of Charles and Edwin's friendship and becoming an important and unique addition to the group.

It surprised me when, instead of Gay Boy Pining Over Straight Best Friend, they went with Gay Boy Realises Feelings For Straight Best Friend And Confesses Almost Immediately with a bonus of Straight Boy Accepts Confession With Surprising Grace And Nothing Changes, Not Really.

It surprised me when, instead of making the female characters repetitive and semi-rational and ultimately less powerful, they went with characters who are smart and selfish and kind and cruel and strong and flawed and oh, they happen to be female too.

It surprised me when Charles liking Crystal did not affect one bit of how much he loved Edwin.

It surprised me when Jenny talked about spinsters with cats and Niko did not bat an eye.

It surprised me with Edwin and Niko. It surprised me with, we have forever to figure the rest out. It surprised me with Crystal's kindness, Jenny's empathy, the casual and absolute, the good you do will come back around.

Dead Boy Detectives was surprising. One day, I hope I can sit back and watch another show and none of this has to be surprising anymore.

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Edwin, looking at Crystal with distaste: I don’t think allowing the living to join the agency is a good idea. They’d only ruin things. Only bad will come of this.

Edwin: Not you, Niko. You’re an angel and we’re thrilled to have you.

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i love that dbd acknowledges that edwin and charles have 30+ years of "noodle incidents" to confuse crystal with. imagine the gang is looking through old cases for info they think might be useful and its just:

edwin: check the case of the courthouse

charles: was that the one where we got arrested or the one where we got married?

crystal: im sorry- what?!

edwin: no, the courthouse was the one where you tried to receive your own life insurance

crystal: nonono backtrack a second- when were you two going to tell me about this

charles: ok technically we didn't get married, lewis and gina turner did, but-

crystal: im not talking about that

crystal: im talking about edwin having a criminal record

-two days later-

crystal: wait you tried to get your own life insurance

edwin: he got in a rather embarrassing argument with a receptionist over the issue

charles: its why im not allowed to be the woman anymore

edwin: indeed, we used to play the stationary game for the role

crystal: i have so many questions but lets start with this, the stationary game??

charles: rock paper scissors

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I absolutely loved the confession scene in Dead Boy Detectives. For so, so many reasons.

Edwin was just killed, probably a couple of times. He just found out that the guy, who doomed him to Hell actually had a crush on him. He lost his notes, he was alone in this again, so scared, hiding, but not having enough powers to run away again.

And then Charles barged in, this idiot barged into Hell, threw a bomb at Edwin’s torturer, grabbed him and ran. No doubts. No fear. Pure determination. The force that has been pushing Edwin for thirty years.

And they are on the stairs, so close, so close, but Edwin doesn’t know what will happen when they’re back. He knows that Crystal and Niko will be there, maybe the Nurse, and he looks up at this ridiculous boy and decides then and there, that Charles needs to know. On this damned staircase. Because it doesn’t matter, who will catch them, if anyone - he just went down to hell, has seen Edwin shaking from fear and did exactly what he knew Edwin needed him to do - got them out. Together.

And what I loved more than Edwin’s confession? The reaction.

That careful, gentle, gut-wrenchingly honest reaction. “You’re my best mate”. “We have all the time in the world to figure out the rest”. Pure love in this statement, oh my god. Not necessarily romantic, maybe platonic, it doesn’t matter, it really doesn’t. Charles didn’t freeze, he didn’t stutter, he knew immediately, that these words make him feel something, but he doesn’t know what yer. And he knew that he doesn’t care if Edwin is in love with him, because that is the same boy that read him bedtime stories, so he would pass away without fear. The same boy who created a detective agency with him. The same boy who argued with him other books. The same boy. Edwin. Whatever the hell Charles feels? They will figure it out. Together.

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I need Niko to promptly come back to life and show Edwin Heartstopper. NOW.

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The patches and pins on Charles Rowland’s coat!

I didn’t do a whole breakdown of his outfit, but know that he wears red because Charles' hero color is very much red, in honor of his comic book counterpart's red sweater.

Also his whole outfit is inspired by mod and ska subcultures. From the chain, to his earring, to his shoes. Everything is reminiscent of the 80s.

And he maintains the red throughout all the season, to a burgundy polo in ep.3 to suddenly a black one to reflect his turbulent emotional state. Finally coming back to red eventually.

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I have watched dead boy detectives

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Coexisting With The Fair Folk Who Have Taken Up Residence In/Around/Beneath Your University: A How-To Guide

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Whole bunch of lore/things I couldn’t fit/everything I love about the overlap in superstition and General College Weirdness below the cut-

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I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.