#the detectiverse

[somebodytolove31]

Thank you to everyone who voted for my son in @lemon-demon-oc-tournament , he may have lost, but do not fear, it is not over

I am working on a comic for him!

That's right babey!!! A full comic about him!!!

More information about it will be released when I have more of it done, for now, have some dialog-less sneak peaks!

Very excited for this! The comic will not only release on digital pdf, it will also be fully voice acted on YouTube!

[theskeletondoctor]

@somebodytolove31 “Elementary my ass, I’m gonna fucking kill them!”

-Ramirez, probably

Also Happy Birthday

[zombieprowl]

I was going to sketch out @rizobact ‘s Prowl and Jazz from her Howarts AU but I realized I actually started drawing my versions so I’ll check with her what she envisions later on. In the meantime I decided to turn the sketch into a better look at Detectiverse Prowl. Even in his ‘human’ form Prowl’s eyes have a faint glow most people don’t really notice other than how bright his eyes seem to be. 

And I drew the sunglases he wears when he is driving. He used to wear some unremarkable sunglasses not unlinke anyone else’s at the precinct until Jazz likely got him the ones he’s wearing here. They are a very very dark metallic red. Also drew his vampire eyes and how they look behind the shades. The vest was totally inspired by the Scion Hanzo skin.

[obsidian-sphere]

Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine [v72 #5, #420, November 1978] ed. Ellery Queen (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.25, 164pp, digest)

The Long Dark Street  Thomas Walsh  

Charlie in Moscow [Charlie Dark]  Brian Garfield  

The Eyes of the Okapi  Michael Talbot  

Hip to the Trip  John Storm Roberts  

This Is Death  Donald E. Westlake   The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins 1977, as “In at the Death”

Trial and Error  D. O. Bell  

Nature’s Way  Dave Thornburg  

Going Backward  David Ely  

Mystery Newsletter  Otto Penzler & Chris Steinbrunner  

The Jury Box  Jon L. Breen  

Crime Rhyme  John H. Dromey  

Dover Without Perks [Insp. Wilfred Dover]  Joyce Porter  

The First of All Rules  Ernest Savage  

The Wager [Kek uygens]  Robert L. Fish Playboy Jul 1973

The Problem of the Revival Tent [Dr. Sam Hawthorne]  Edward D. Hoch  

Detectiverse: One for the Road  Barbara Joyce Weil  

[somebodytolove31]

The transgender divorced chainsmoker

Meet Detective D. Ramirez, a private investigator well acquainted with the paranormal

The Detective is a very strange individual. There is something about him that has attracted supernatural events since his childhood, he has in fact interacted with the supernatural so much that he has gone insane.

I will be posting a lot more about him under the tag "The Detectiverse"

[somebodytolove31]

"As a kid, my friend and I would talk about the Nahuals, people said they were humans who could turn into animals, some though they were guardian spirits, others thought they were evil wizards, his brother thought it was a stupid fairytale. I believed his brother, he was older after all, that was until I saw one"

[somebodytolove31]

detective with his favorite animal?

Asks that make you think about what your ocs favorite animal would be for like. An hour

Settled on rabbit

[somebodytolove31]

1, 13, 16 for the detective :3

Oh boy this is gonna be fun

1. When have they been unable to save someone or something no matter how much they tried?

Too many times, his job on his own has taken him to many cases that were doomed from the start (person was already dead, person turns out to have been turned into a monster, etc), he has never not found a person/thing/pet, so it's not like he doesn't try, I'd even argue he tries too much, even still, he doesn't like people having too much hope in him

13. What's their relationship with their body? Self esteem? Self image?

This one is very interesting

To start with self esteem, it really isn't the best, I wouldn't say he hates himself as a whole, but there is some aspects of his life that he hates, alongside not feeling worthy of respect/love if he doesn't help people

Now, about his body, he is mostly alright with it, he doesn't take much care of himself in terms of stuff like shaving or doing his hair correctly, but it's not something he cares about, he's just happy he looks like a man (he's a trans man, so looking like a woman is something he hated)

HOWEVER, he does have a lot of internalized misogyny/transphobia towards himself, it's not a standard that he holds onto anyone else, if anything if you say anything sexist around him he'll probably punch you in the face, but he does feel like he has to prove that he's a man. The main reason he picked up smoking is because other men did it, he is always self conscious of how he moves or acts (thoughts like "am I moving like a woman? Will people realize I was a woman?")

Fun (not that fun) trivia: Unlike the average noir detective from any story, he doesn't actually like straight alcohol, he hates the taste, instead he usually drinks cocktails (as long as it's strong and sweet he's fine with it), but since he feels like drinking cocktails is "too womanly", he usually asks the bartender to serve it to him in a whiskey glass, to pretend is just neat whiskey

16. What haunts them?

A better question would be what DOESNT haunt him

Alongside already attracting paranormal phenomena (even though he hates it), he is also haunted by his past when he still lived in a small town in Mexico, how he lived in practically a cult, how since he has memory he has had to deal with monsters or strange creatures that horrified him, how his mother didn't love him and almost tried to kill him once. It's just a lot, he doesn't like to think about any of it

[somebodytolove31]

Rot

[somebodytolove31]

The following is a letter the Detective sent to the Doctor

Good day, doctor

As you may already know, I was able to enter the private exhibit “The Y Collection” with some of the heads of state via invitation. As usual, I will tell you what I found, but before that I must tell you: hide this letter after you read it. 

The meeting was quite pleasant at first, good chatter and good alcohol to keep it simple. However, it was when the exhibit started that things started to get interesting. Alongside some fossils, mesopotanian weaponry, and other junk, they showed us a human skeleton.

I must say that “human” is not a fitting name for it, but it is the one I will be using, as most of its body was exactly as the one of a normal human, except for the skull, the skull of this “human” was more akin to the one of a wolf. I am not a good artist and you know that well, but as cameras were not allowed in this event, I decided to sketch this skull instead.

According to the researcher presenting it, this skeleton and many others like it were discovered all across the world circa 90BC, mostly on cemeteries and ossuaries. They were actually of fairly common knowledge until the 1600s, when governments across the world came to an agreement to hide the skulls and erase them from public consciousness. 

The how or why of this was not mentioned, the only thing they did specify is how as coverup, various werewolf novels were released to make the concept of a biped wolf seem as simple fiction.

I believe there is something more to these “humans” than they told us, if it was simply an ancient species, why would the government hide it? And even more worryingly, how? And what else have they made us forget?

Considering that I have gained the trust of those who attended the event, I will probably be invited to others in the future. I hope I am able to find more information, and to be able to safely send it over to you. I am not religious, but I know that you are, so if your God listens to you, I need you to say a little prayer on my behalf.

I hope you are okey wherever you are

Detective D. Ramirez 

Want to know more about this universe? Check the tag "the detectiverse" on my blog!

[somebodytolove31]

[somebodytolove31]

He has been buried alive more than once

[somebodytolove31]

Meet the doctor, another character of the detectiverse

A well renounced scientist from Europe, he studies biochemistry, biology and has a hidden passion for cryptozoology.

The Doctor met The Detective at one meeting he went to, where the detective drunkely shared many supernatural stories he had experienced, Doctor was very confused by him, so they decided to enchange contact information so that Detective could tell him more about his experiences. Now the Detective sends letters to the doctor almost daily ranting about what has occurred to him.

[somebodytolove31]

happy yaoi day!

[somebodytolove31]

The following are a series of letters shared between Detective Ramirez and Doctor Harris, discussing a possible demon haunting

CW for implied alcohol abuse, religious themes, paranoia, discussion of shock therapy and unreality

June 9, 19XX

Hello doctor, hope you are doing well. I am here once more to report to you about an interesting event that is occurring to me. I hope you don’t mind if I start to ramble too much.

I will cut the chase and go right to the point. For about a week now, there has been a knock at my office door everyday at 4am, no moment before, no moment later, and everytime I open the door there is no one standing on the other side. 

At first I thought the secretary was fooling with me, but she’s as confused as I am. The boss also has not heard any complaints from the few others in the building that stay as late at night as I do. If I am being fully honest, I’m not really horrified by this occurrence, if anything, I’m annoyed. I already have a hard time falling asleep and being awoken in the middle of the night does not help.

Do you know if any of your books have information on this kind of thing happening, and most importantly, is there a way to get rid of it?

Kind regards

Detective D. Ramirez

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June 13, 19XX

Hello detective

My condolences for what is happening to you, it sounds exhausting.

From your information, it might be a sort of spirit. Some religions believe that smudging with sage is an effective way to cleanse negative energy from the environment, it might help you.

Doctor Harris

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June 19, 19XX

Hello once more doctor, I hope you are having a good day, I’m not.

The knocking has gotten worse, everyday it gets louder and louder, and it will not stop until I open the door. I thought of simply keeping the door open, but some fucking bastard closed it once more.

I tried the sage thing you suggested the moment the letter got to me, it did not work. And the cherry on the cake is that since that day I have started to hear voices too, something about letting them inside my head. I don’t think there’s too much to find inside my head besides shitty memories and smoke, but I still don’t want them in there. 

I’m scared, I think I’m going to start staying at a motel. If you have any more information I can use to get rid of this, please do send it.

Kind regards

Detective D Ramirez 

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June 23, 19XX

Detective I know you are not religious, but get a damn priest.

There is no way that’s a normal spirit, that’s a demon, get out of there and contact a priest.

Doctor Harris

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Hi doctr, I decded to slep ina motel th night afteri snt the las leter,it didnt work. doctor itsin my fkng head, i  goig insane, i dontt wanto be put in amaniconmiun, i dont want tbe electroducted, itsknokin right now, helpme

Love, me

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June 28, 19XX

Hello doctor, I hope you are doing well

Last night I wrote something concerning, I would usually simply burn any drunken ramblings I write, but I think it’s important for me to send it to you this time so you have an idea of my headspace at the moment.

I have been sleeping in a motel room for the last 5 days, the knocking continues. I don’t know how to contact a priest, I have not stepped into a church for a long time after all, and I don’t want to ask my boss for a favor this time. 

Anyone I can talk to about this would think I’m insane, I have no evidence or other witnesses, I went to the point of hiring someone to spend the night with me to see if they would hear it too, nothing, as always it was only me. You are the only one right now who does not think I’m insane.

You are coming to the state in a few days, correct? If I can make it to that day, I want to see you, I need to talk to you in person.

Until then

Detective D. Ramírez

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