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SOME THOUGHTS ON CHARLES & EDWIN + THE MULTIVERSE Maybe In Another Universe, I Deserve You | "Seasons of Mists, Chapter Four" from The Sandman #25 | I Swear Somewhere This Works - Trista Mateer | Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) | @inanotherunivrse | material @/anakkin | snippet from Untitled, Lev St. Valentine

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the voice of the devil

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I listen to my instincts but then they cut me off...

Meltdown - Twin Atlantic

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Edwin Payne and Charles Rowland - The Case of Crystal Palace (1x01)

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#he's actually a good singer but he doesn't care about technique it's all about enthusiasm okay #so it doesn't always sound as great as it does in his head #edwin hiding next door doesn't care though #he actually works pretty well when charles is making tons of noise #charles making noise means home (via myself @literally-forever)

is it canon that charles screams along with his favourite music when he thinks he's alone at the office because i think it is

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cant let dead dogs lie. you whistle & he comes running. you say here boy and your boy is here

charles rowland + guard dog motifs — cop car, mitski / guard dog and sheep / andrew kane on his poem “how go be a dog” / let dead dogs lie, silas denver melvin / sense 8 episode 1x11

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Charles: An enemy is just a friend I haven't worn down. Crystal: Are you saying that you're the main character of a kids cartoon? Charles: I'm saying that "I'm going to be friends with you" is both a promise and a threat.

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Imagine if Charles didn't manage to convince the Night Nurse to open the portal. He's the one who paints the runes/circles to banish things back to hell, stands to reason that he could open a portal and climb in himself. AND he's crazy enough (about Edwin) to do it. With Edwin's journal, and all their books to research, he could do it. It would take a little longer, but he'd be motivated to not stop until he's got Edwin back.

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I love how similar yet different the boys are.

At first, you think Charles is the Loud One and Edwin is the Quiet One. But as you keep watching, you know that it’s kind of the opposite. Edwin is the Loud One because he is more demonstrative of his true feelings while Charles bottles his up.

Then there is the jealousy. (Beautifully shown, I must say)

Edwin outright expresses his displeasure with Crystal’s presence. Charles goes silent, but then subtly pokes at Edwin later, telling his best mate that they need to keep focus. (A tiny bit hypocritical there, Charles, I’m just saying)

(I don’t really count the confrontation at Point No Point about the Cat King as jealousy on Charles’ part. I posit that it’s more about anger fueled by frustration than jealousy)

They both do not handle complex emotions well. Charles shuts his down behind a smile while Edwin just diverts his attention to a case. But Edwin changes just enough that he becomes more willing to confront his own emotions. It seems like Charles doubles down on shutting them out.

I wish we could’ve seen how Charles’ little repression game was gonna stand up in the second season. And I wish we got to see if Edwin praised and complimented Charles more to express a fraction of his feelings or tried to stiff-upper-lip the situation in the hopes of not making Charles uncomfortable.

(I’m not trying to insinuate Edwin’s “in love” feelings would be his only motivator to express his feelings, because these boys are the picture of devotion, whether platonic or romantic. I’m partial to the thought that it’s a mixture of every type of love, just Love in general)

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the thing about being in a fandom for a long time is you inevitably develop very intense opinions about things you know objectively are absolutely meaningless but nonetheless make you want to gnaw through drywall like a feral cat and there's just nothing you can do about that

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Experience: Learning the right way to connect the dots.

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🔎🏏Now announcing!🏏🔎

The DBDA Big Bang & Mini Bang Challenge 2025! (Affectionately known as Dead Bang Detectives.) Authors and artists of all types are invited to participate in a collaborative event to create fic and art for Dead Boy Detectives.

For more information about the event, visit our pinned post ❤️

Keep an eye out for sign-ups opening March 1, 2025.

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genderqueer edwin for the loveliest @rexrevri, happy birthday! 🩵

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#gaypanic

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Wanted to see their faces so I turned on the lights :3

Turns out my babies are sooooo tired T_T

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Charles Rowland, V2. Also known as: Chazza 2: Electric Boogaloo - now with hair and a cool background. This lad might have tagged a wall or two, the lil' rascal. Disclaimer: I used a photo of a concrete wall that was free on CSP as the background and then drew the cracks on top of the graffiti for the texture. And some of the graffiti is from references, I'm not that imaginative. I used to draw the cool S in school, though. So... I'm almost a graffiti artist.

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Dead Boy Detectives 1.02 The Case of the Dandelion Shrine