#in payne

[th3d0nutl0rd]

Only Neil Gaiman would make a character who is a gay cat god who wants to fuck a repressed Edwardian boy

#dead boy detectives #edwin payne

[maarigolds]

Neil Gaiman's favorite trope

#dead boy detectives #charles rowland #edwin payne #painland #? #sandman #dream #dream of the endless #hob gadling #dreamling #good omens #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #neil gaiman

[gendernutralghost]

every gay friend group has: the repressed academic, the ska loving "brawn", the formerly mean girl psychic, the match making anime fan, the astrology lover, the lesbian butcher/reluctant big sister, the sexy cat with nine lives, the walrus who runs a magic shop and the local witch who wants to kill everyone

#dead boy detectives #edwin payne #charles rowland #crystal palace #Niko #Monty #the cat king #jenny the butcher #tragic mick #esther

[kaiju-groot]

Why you should watch the Dead Boy Detectives

#dead boy detectives #edwin payne #charles rowland #Payneland #good omens #Neil gaiman #Sandman

[mayomkun]

We'll carry on 🔍

#dead boy detectives #charles rowland #edwin payne #or is it #edwin paine #? #my art #anyway this showwww #they've been occupying my brain for the past week

[calypso-mbk]

He's a 16 year old Edwardian ghost. He's gay. He's oblivious. He's in love with his best friend. He's got internalized homophobia. He's occasionally a woman. He's been dead for 70 years. He's never felt more alive. He is the kindest man you'll ever see. He is destined for hell. He has no rizz. Everyone wants him carnally. Edwin Payne really is THE most character of all time no one is doing it like him

#dead boy detectives #edwin payne

[eyepatchcrow]

absolutely enamoured with edwin and niko’s friendship. they are so perfectly on the opposite ends of the same scale that they loop back around to being exactly the same. same weirdness different fonts. true tism4tism bestie rep i adore them

#dead boy detectives #dead boy detective agency #dead boy detectives netflix #edwin paine #edwin payne #niko sasaki

[rosettyller]

So these cases matter. They have to matter.

#dead boy detectives #deadboydetectivesedit #dbdedit #tvedit #edwin payne #charles rowland #alivedean #tuserpris #userange #useraurore #usereena #usersugar #dailynetflix #cinematv #filmtvcentral #filmtvtoday #dcfilms #late.gif

[shhhhimwatchingthis]

Sort of bums me out that so many people didn't seem to Get the Cat King so here are my thoughts:

So let's start with Edwin's crime. He uses something the cat desires (a sardine) to lure the cat to him and then uses an enchanted string to trap the cat with magic. He demands the answer to a question in exchange for its release. Edwin knows it is dangerous to use magic on a cat, that it violates Rules but he does it anyway.

Binding a creature and agreeing to set them free under a certain condition is very Classic Fairytale. its also a favourite trope of Neil Gaiman's (he did not write this show but his influence is there). In both the Sandman and his novel Stardust (and the film adaptation) trapping a creature with magic and demanding a task/favour in exchange for their freedom is an extremely important plot point. Edwin binding a cat and demanding an answer in exchange is exactly in line with this Fairytale trope

And so is the Cat Kings response. The Cat King is a trickster. What he does to Edwin is exactly what Edwin did to one of his subjects. He entices Edwin, he binds him with magic and when Edwin demands to be free he turns his own words against him "why all the fuss for one little spell?" Edwin did something wrong. He imposed his will/magic on another creature and the Cat King is punishing him for it in a way that is poetic. Its fairytale. its trickster. its classic.

I've also seen people complain that the task Edwin was given 'count all the cats' is 'impossible'...except its fucking not. Edwin does it. He does it so well he actually BEATS the Cat King ("you didn't count yourself" Are.You.Kidding.Me. Classic!Fairytale!Vibes!)

The Cat Kings choice to bind Edwin to Port Townsend is good on so many levels. From a storytelling perspective it forces characters who can travel anywhere in the world to stay in one place, and increases the stakes for these characters who are supposed to be on the run. From a genre perspective...its an excellent use of fairytale tropes using both Rules of magic, a protagonist who is unkind to a seemingly weak creature who is punished by a more powerful law, a binding, a task to complete, etc

Which just leaves the character perspective which it ALSO does really fucking well and introduces the final aspect to the Cat Kings character. He's seductive. He is responsible for Edwin, 100 years old ghost boy, finally unpacking his internalized homophpbia. he is the catalyst (cat pun not intended)

He pushes Edwin, challenges him, at times literally forces the truth out of Edwin, but he really never does violate his consent. Significantly Edwin is attracted to him, like its an important part of his character that he is. He may not like the Cat King but he is attracted to him!

The Cat King is such a great example of a trickster, a morally grey character who imposes a sense of justice on Edwin after he crosses a line, but also has his own selfish interests and meddles. Hes so important to the plot of the show, to Edwin's character arc, to the genre.

And he's just fun. Unapologetically queer, powerful, complicated. Silly little outfits. Petty cat behavior. Deep heart.

Some of you just didn't get it. And I'm sorry for you. because the Cat King is Excellent actually.

#dead boy detectives #dbd #edwin payne #the cat king #thomas the cat king #charles rowland #dead boy detectives meta #1k #2k #3k

[nikossasaki]

you guys are like a dead married couple on acid

#dead boy detectives #dbdedit #chewieblog #cinemapix #dailyflicks #dailynetflix #dixonscarol #flimtvcentral #televisiongifs #tuserlyn #tvedit #useraimz #userbarrow #userbbelcher #userdiana #userelio #usermaguire #userstream #usersugar #*edits #edwin payne #charles rowland #payneland #long post #these two boys have me by the throat #i'm obsessed

[kwadlayns]

Good detectives do what they need to in order to solve a case. 💀🔎✨

#dead boy detectives #edwin payne #charles rowland #crystal palace #niko sasaki #dead boy detective agency #there's a little detail for every episode scattered about— see if you can identify them all ! #of course there's also monty and the cat king #had fun putting in some of the smaller details like the anime couples in niko's book :sideeye: i'll see if ppl can identify em correctly to #anyways i adore them !! and their adventures !! and i hope that adoration showed through #consider this my tribute to dbd season 1 #kwad draws

[seance]

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES + the onion headlines

#dead boy detectives #dbdedit #deadboydetectivesedit #edwin payne #charles rowland #crystal palace #niko sasaki #the cat king #monty the crow #esther finch #edits #i could have gone on forever and ever #but i stopped at 14 cause this post is already long as hell lmao #i feel incomplete when gifset don't require blending but i'm ready to do whatever to get people interested in this gang

[imchoccy]

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

#dead boy detectives #edwin paine #edwin payne #charles rowland #crystal palace #niko sasaki #the cat king #cat king #painland #text post meme #text posts #humor #memes

[leahaart]

Niko gave him assigned reading

#my art #dead boy detectives art #dead boy detectives fanart #dead boy detectives #edwin payne #Edwin Paine

[tokenducks]

Please for the love of god let Edwin say twink

#I really do recommend going to follow Zack Ogle (dbds writing assistant) on twitter #dead boy detectives #edwin payne #charles rowland

[mayomkun]

when your whole crew doesnt know a damn thing

#dead boy detectives #edwin payne #charles rowland #crystal palace #niko sasaki #my art #I love these sillies <333