#pretty boy charles

[all-good-all-ways]

need him in ways that will alter my life forever

[mafiatsunafish]

An old sketch of a dreamy Charles

[scarlibis]

The number of scarily accurate textpost memes you can make with these mfs is insane

[antichrists-plus1]

Her smile is pretty convincing...

[technically-human]

When the ghost who read to you as you died activates all of your Must Protect instincts

[mirabel-on-a-bicycle]

Charles died trying to protect a Pakistani boy from a hate crime. Charles, a half Indian person, died- like fuck I'm so emotional about this.

"I mean I'm half Indian, why am I so different?"

Listen. Given the history of the IndoPak conflict, we aren't talking about the subtle implications of this line enough. Not only did Charles look at this kid and see himself in him, he tackled the xenophobia at face value—no strings attached, no connotations, history be damned. And what undoes me even more is that he believed that boy was no different from him and therefore did not deserve to be treated that way. He never once showed any regret for doing what he did. And that is so so telling of Charles, in a much deeper sense than we might realise at first.

Charles was always a protector through and through. He died for it. And even after, no matter who it was, he never stopped being a protector. But in that moment specifically, that act of immigrant solidarity?? It was like... an entire lifetime of history classes and unending geopolitical strife and debates about who deserves to live and who doesn't just flashed before my eyes when Charles took one look at him and went "Oh fuck no. I'm no different. We're in this together and I'm not leaving you alone". I cannot stress enough how much that healed me :')))

[gaypanicattackonlegs]

part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

[idliketobeatree]

i think charles wholly and sincerely believed he went to rescue edwin from hell in a platonic way. but moreover i think he's vaguely aware that if he doesn't babble "btw i'm devoted to you body and soul" weekly he will fucking combust, so i also bet he's been waiting to sprout stuff like that orpheus and eurydice line since he caught sight of edwin curled up in a ball in the dollhouse. his mind may be repressed, but his mouth wouldn't allow him to leave the worst place on the astral plane without saying romantic shit as a counterattack. it wouldn't dare. i say, king of running up that hill and rolling down into the rom-com mystery inc abyss

[leahaart]

Soon after his escape, Edwin starts to learn about the things he’s missed.

[stark-lord]

Which could, of course, mean nothing.

+ bonus

[all-good-all-ways]

[alt-ernativewonderland]

Jayden "I LOVE the gays!" Revri

[tititilani]

If Charles and Edwin ever do kiss in the show, I will be a little disappointed if Edwin DOESN'T make a little noise during it

[nikossasaki]

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES

THE CASE OF THE DANDELION SHRINE

[pandorem]

Charles, having been a ghost for five minutes: so I guess you can show me the ropes on how to get around as a ghost! This’ll be aces!

Edwin, who has only recently escaped hell, where he had a physical form, and has been a ghost on earth for like a week at best: haha, yes of course Charles

[not-the-living-ghost]

shoutout to the time a couple weeks ago, when one of my dbda posts started trending and got put as the banner for the dead boy detectives netflix tag because this is hilarious to me 😭😭😭🙏