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i miss them ❤️ 🔎 💙 🔎

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someone pls get edwin and charles a dog sidekick

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Another small way to help Dead Boy Detectives that takes less than 5 minutes

This was a suggestion from the @savethedeadboys account on TikTok!

If you have a Netflix account, go to this page:

When you get there you can just type your issue in as "Chat with a representative" and then press "Chat with us."

A chat box will pop up, just like if you were private messaging someone. They will ask what you need and again I just typed in "Chat with a representative."

After that, you will be connected to someone (for me it was less than 5 minutes) and asked what email your account is associated with and what you need help with. I said the following:

"Hello! I wanted to reach out and voice my displeasure and disappointment about Netflix's recent decision to cancel Dead Boy Detectives. I know that as a customer service representative, this is not your fault and you are not involved in these decisions, but I have been so heartbroken and angry that this show was canceled by Netflix with no justifiable reason. It seems to be a trend lately that Netflix does not care to complete stories that mainly focus on the experiences of queer people and people of color, which is a great injustice to the audiences that typically are looking to be represented in the media they consume and the diverse cast who put their all into creating a fantastic, nuanced show. If possible, I would greatly appreciate you passing this message along to let someone in management know my displeasure with this recent decision that could very well lead to me ending my relationship with the streamer in the future. Thank you!"

You can use what I said as a template, but obviously, adjust it to sound like you! My representative was lovely and I had this message typed beforehand, so literally it took me 5 minutes. You can even request a copy of the conversation (a transcript) to be sent to your email if you desire (I did, I have been keeping meticulous receipts of my work regarding saving this show so Netflix cannot have any plausible deniability, at least where I'm concerned).

Remember to BE KIND. Whoever you're talking to did not make this decision and they shouldn't be treated poorly because of it!

Happy case solving, detectives! We're going to bring our boys home, have faith! 💜

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guys i totally forgot they’re turning they both die at the end into a tv show and i think i found my will to live again…

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animated scooby doo vibes but dead boy detectives animated shorts

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i feel like a dead boy detectives animated series would actually go so hard (with the same voices ofc)

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Just some screenshots of some tweets to keep everyone encouraged and motivated.

We really do have a chance. We just have to be persistent and patient.

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Idk if anyone is a fan of Manifest but it was in a similar situtation as Dead Boy Detectives is: canceled on a cliffhanger and then picked back up. There's a fantastic, enlightening article on how the fans managed to make that happen:

The TLDR, when it comes down to it? VIEWS.

So, Point 1 I'm trying to make: REWATCH THE FUCK OUT OF THIS SHOW. Have it on all day, every day and when it gets to the Netflix Top-10 trending DO NOT STOP. Have it on in the background on a low volume, pop some headphones in if you don't want to hear it. Literally KEEP WATCHING. DO NOT CANCEL YOUR NETFLIX ACCOUNT.

Point 2: If you have a family member or friend who hasn't watched Dead Boy Detectives, ask them to. If they're not interested, here's what I suggest - ask them to let you sign into their account and watch it full through to help boost the viewership. Do it at night when they're sleeping or while they're at work and don't need their account. If Netflix sees an uptick in accounts who have never watched this show watching it, that will raise eyebrows.

They do not care about our feelings. They do not care about the integrity of artful storytelling or the importance of queer representation.

They care about views. We need to give them views. A tremendous turnaround in viewership post-cancellation will make them reconsider. That's how we save our show. It's just like Crystal Palace said - we need a unified front if we're going to face the mistress of doom (Netflix HQ) out there!!!

STREAM THE FUCK OUT OF THIS SHOW and do not stop telling others to do the same! If you were on the fence about watching this show, this is your sign to watch it because we need you now more than ever! I promise you will love it, the show is so meaningful, fun, and special... plus we are an awesome, active fandom with talented writers and artists! You will have a great time here and you know what if you don't like it you can personally kick me in the shin honestly! Please help us save our show!

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hey you know what. maybe it doesn't matter if S2 happens, we left the season on charles leaning on edwin's arm, flirting into his ear and looking at the door cleary to check if anyone's planning to come in right this second before planting himself on edwin's lap and kissing him soundly. saw it through the window. the blackout was to give them some privacy

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❤️🔎

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“i thought this lantern would help”

edwin brought a lantern to save charles

so charles brought a lantern to hell because he thought it might help save edwin

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ever think maybe if edwin’s last name wasn’t payne he wouldn’t have been subject to a life of pain in hell?

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rewatching right now and just realized some of the storylines playing off classic fairytales!

tragic mick’s walrus past is so similar to the little mermaid: a sea creature wanting to become human despite others in the ocean calling humans evil (also the sedna story reminds me sm of moana)

esther’s snake is basically the flower from the rapunzel story: her and mother gothel both kidnap little girls in order to stay young

tldr? basically tragic mick is ariel and esther finch is mother gothel. i rest my case.

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ok but hear me out:

if we can’t get a season 2 i think george and jayden should come back to give us an edwin and charles origin story

some thoughts: it would be called st. hilarion’s and it would show what edwin’s life was like there while also showing charles’ experiences at the school all those years later. and somewhere within this timeline, we would get to see edwin escaping hell and then meeting charles. and we would get to see them become best friends and come up with the idea of the agency and then the show would end with them moving into office! the final moments of the show would show the boys preparing to meet with their first ever client just as they’re about to walk through the door.

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Season 2 would have been about Charles finally accepting his death and his bisexuality.

As a parallel to Edwin season 1 storyline about finally getting free of hell and his internalized homophobia.

I will never forget Netflix from taking that from us

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Am I the only one who didn't realise that Monty refuses to shake Charles' hand not bc of Edwin (he didn't know edwin liked charles at that point) but bc Charles was beefing with him in Ester's House???? I totally missed that the first time around lmaoo