Call me Rubèn!! Or Ru / Ben if we're friends.✡️🌈 no pronouns/he/they/it.Used to be multi fandom, mostly Dead Boy Detectives right now. I swear this account had other subjects before.Usually mostly DC but I spit out a lot of random fandoms shit.
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Rip Charles Rowland we will never get to see you make Edwin a flustered mess.
Rip Charles Rowland we will never get to see you become a flustered mess yourself when you try making Edwin become a flustered mess.
Rip Edwin Payne we will never get to see you flirting back when you are more comfortable with your sexuality now and turning Charles into a flustered mess back.
Rip Charles Rowland we will never get to see you exploring your sexuality and realising you love Edwin.
Rip payneland we will never get to see you getting together.
Rip Crystal Palace we will never know how you will react to the two old-people-love-sick-teenagers Edwin and Charles.
Fineeeee I'll write the love potion one you fluff whores. I get it, I get it, you want a bunch of kisses and shenanigans.
I agree but it's the most complicated one!
Definitely the best idea though, but it's the longest.
But I'll start it. I don't think you'll leave me if I won't.
Now that I'm finished with my fencing fic, which fic should I write next?
Idk mates I'm mostly going out with a vibe but I'm curious to see Tumblr's preference. I have like 20 fics ideas, this is just what I feel like the most right now.
Now that I'm finished with my fencing fic, which fic should I write next?
Idk mates I'm mostly going out with a vibe but I'm curious to see Tumblr's preference. I have like 20 fics ideas, this is just what I feel like the most right now.
My brain is so obsessed with the Payneland fencing fic I wrote and I just need to share it-
I feel like I nailed Edwin's cuntiness really well I'm proud of it.
My brain is just obsessed with this, those parts live in my brain 24/7 really.
Anyway here's the link if anyone's interested!
I have already posted a snippet and a description in my blog, I just had to talk about these parts too because holy god they're killing me. I love Edwin being a bitch and Charles loving Edwin for being a bitch thinking his best mate is like the best person ever with such heart eyes.
Charles my baby boy just admit it you fell over your head already (...he does admit it at the end in my fic).
Anyway I'm obsessed and I just had to share it. Do with that information as you will!
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! 💜
Omg I'm so happy to be invited to the party! <3
I'll bring like a billion heart shaped small chocolates (dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate so anyone can have their preference) wrapped with a silver and gold wraps!
I don't know a lot of people unfortunately but here are @shaylogic @jcforsapphics @emeriart !
WE’RE DOING ANOTHER MOOT SLEEPOVER TAG IS:
Moot sleepover <3
(the heart as well)
GRAB YOUR MUTUALS AND LETS GO!!
@discarded-like-your-roses @seagull9111
LETS GOOOOO !!!!
Wayyyy later than what I expected to finish, I'm finally finished with my Payneland fencing fic! Thank you so much to everybody that offered themselves as my beta, I really appreciate that!
Relationships: Edwin Payne/Charles Rowland, Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland (the fic focus on their friendship specifically, the romance is just an ending bonus).
Rating: gen
Trigger warnings: blades/ fencing, dysfunctional gays, Charles that's so fucking gay you cannot say that to your platonic best friend,
Other stuff: fencer Edwin Payne, touch starved Charles & touch starved Edwin if you squint, love confession, hurt/comfort, eventual cuddling, teens being teens, slight miscommunication the first half of the fic, okay they're really miscommunicating at the start but it gets better don't worry!
Link to the snippet
Edwin and Charles' friendship come first before anything else, before any romantic feelings ever even started. This is why when shortly after Port Townsend when Charles is starting to act off and Edwin feels it's because of his confession affecting them, although Charles is denying the accusation, he confronts Charles to talk with him again the way they do things: He makes him fence with him.
And Charles can never tell Edwin no, is he? Or: Charles tried to isolate himself away from Edwin, Edwin couldn't let that stand. The boys being teenagers and fooling around fencing.
Based on my fencing history so I actually come with knowledge about that! I kinda took advantage of that for creating this fic.
I hope you'll like it! I really enjoyed writing it. Charles is my favourite out of them but damn fencer Edwin is ruining my brain.
Unfortunately I will not be able to finish the payneland fic I wanted on time to publish it on my birthday, however I will publish a snippet for now!
It's a fencing fic, because I'm a fencer Edwin truther, and the boys 100% fence as a game between them so my fic is based about that. Edwin tries to suggest fencing to talk about things and resolve the awkwardness that started between them after the love confession. It's not very long after Port Townsend.
I'm going to try to continue working on it to finish it on time but I'm at a bar on the beach that has loud distracting music to celebrate my birthday, I can't make any promises. However I will publish it tomorrow. Here is the snippet for now!
Charles was sitting on the desk, his legs on the chair, staring vacantly out of a window for the past few hours.
Edwin, who was reading a book on the sofa, eventually had enough of this new awkward distance between them and snapped, deciding he was going to do something about it, shake Charles out of it in any way he could.
.......
He tossed Charles his foil- a golden one with a left handed handle. Edwin’s foil was silver, matching Charles’ set. “Pick it up, we are going to fence.” He declared.
“What?” Charles looks up, shaking off from his thoughts and turned to his best friend, blinking surprised.
“I said, pick it up, we are going to fence. Frankly, I've had enough of your distant behaviour recently and I cannot let it pass any second longer. You cannot fool me, Charles Rowland, I know you, and after Port Townsend you have never made the return quite to your senses yet. So we are going to fence, and we are going to talk, in the way we do things. Because clearly something has gone wrong with you recently you refuse to let me in about.”
“Mate, there is nothing wro-” Charles started making himself force out a laugh in defence, but Edwin cut him.
“I have simply confessed to being in love, Charles, I have not been turned into a fool in all that regards you. I have known you for over 30 years, Charles Rowland, and I can tell when things are wrong. Yet you don’t come to me, although you are clearly bothered by me. Sometimes, I have to wonder if you still consider us best friends after all-” his voice break, trailing off.
“What? Mate, of course you are-” Charles rushed to defend against Edwin's words.
“Then talk with me, Charles. Fence with me, like we used to. Because I miss having my best friend around, and I don’t know what to think of you recently. Talk to me, please.” Edwin moves Charles’ foil on the desk closer to him, offering it to him again.
Charles took a few moments of thinking in silence before he responded again. They could fence, he supposes, he did miss them too, but- “Look, Edwin, mate, I don’t want to fight you- You are still pretty banged up from Esther’s house.” Not a lie, they both still had some traces of their iron burns. Esther’s house was still relatively fresh- they tried to bury it but the events of Port Townsend only took place twelve days ago.
Unfortunately, iron burns take an annoying amount of time to heal. Although not as bad now, slight traces of their burns still left.
They have been taking cases slower because of it, working on easy ones to start. Both of them acting more out of concern for the other than actually to themselves.
“Oh, you assume you would be able to get close to me?” Edwin teased arching his brow and Charles bit his lips, cheeks flushing slightly. Bollocks. Okay, his self confidence was hot-
Seeing him announcing it cockily and sure of himself like that ignited a fond and playful spark in Charles- he liked his overconfidence.
“I assure you, even in my lesser state I can still, as I believe they say today, ‘kick your ass’. You, on the other hand, have been shutting off from me for weeks, and I simply will not sit here and allow our friendship to continue suffering any longer. So please, fence with me again. Challenge me, if you will.”
“Edwin-” Charles gruntle sighing pretending to be rolling his eyes in decline, then he quickly picks up his foil going out to a surprise attack, a spark of mischief igniting back in him.
Adrenaline was flooding his ghost veins, in a good way-
He loved this. This was them. It just felt right.
Edit: fic posted! It's the most recent post below the pinned one on my blog!
This is a low shot, but can someone beta my dead boy detectives fic? (Painland fic, it was supposed to be focused on Charles but I also drifted a bit with Edwin's pov on him)
My beta coincidentally can't right now for reason I'm very much amused by, I just really want to post the fic sometimes during tomorrow (the day starts soon in my country) *on my birthday*(!!!!) so I want to finish it fast.
It's not finished right now but it's mostly done and I will love to get some advices, I'll finish it first thing tomorrow probably if I can.
Edit: it's just with 3,951 words now, after I'll finish though it will probably be a few hundreds passed 5,000 so there is that too. It's not an extremely long fic, it's a relatively short one really.
Edit 2/ Update: posted a snippet!
actually, just looking at it from a general, logical point of view, cancelling Dead Boy Detectives doesn't make any goddamn sense.
The few shows Netflix actually keeps alive until the end for them to build a huge fanbase have ended or will end in the near future.
TUA ended this year, Stranger Things s5 (its final season) is set for 2025, Arcane s2 (its final season as well) will be released in November.
Netflix, you don't really have any major shows anymore. You've killed every show with the potential to grow as big as those mentioned above.
With DBDA connected with the Sandman Universe, there was so much potential for this show to become even more of a hit than it already is. It could've been one of those shows that the viewers grow up with.
@netflix we all have already said it, but oh boy, you made a huge mistake
Please interact and share articles about how Netflix has unjustly cancelled the show, sharing and reposting these articles are incredibly important.
IF YOU WANTED US TO BE CRUSHED OR DEVASTATED
WE ARE
BUT WE'RE ALSO BLOODY ANGRY, AND YOU WON'T BE TAKING US ANYWHERE.
WE WON'T BE HAVING IT.
WE STILL HAVE A PURPOSE.
WE'RE THE DEAD BOY DETECTIVE AGENCY.
Rip Charles Rowland we will never get to see you make Edwin a flustered mess.
Rip Charles Rowland we will never get to see you become a flustered mess yourself when you try making Edwin become a flustered mess.
Rip Edwin Payne we will never get to see you flirting back when you are more comfortable with your sexuality now and turning Charles into a flustered mess back.
Rip Charles Rowland we will never get to see you exploring your sexuality and realising you love Edwin.
Rip payneland we will never get to see you getting together.
Rip Crystal Palace we will never know how you will react to the two old-people-love-sick-teenagers Edwin and Charles.
Orders from the general, folks.
Just jumping it up my blog again.
Finally finished the fic I have been working on for the last few months! (My autistic Edwin fic!) It accidentally took me longer than what I planned.
Listen I don't think you can guess my favourite dead boy detectives character it's really difficult.
I have more ideas but those are the ideas I think I can focus on for now.
I am not sure if the winning result would be what I will actually finish first actually but I am curious to see what is the tumblr demand.
This is the "nah I'm not going anywhere. Netflix might think the story ends there but I am laughing behind their back, I will continue being active in this fandom no matter what the show's fate shall be, because letting that die would be the worst death of them all." post.
You want us to be hurt and broken about it? Well we are. We are devastated. Life sucks.
But we will not let this be just a story of tragedy and end there, let us be forgotten over time, we won't be having it! We are going to fill the cracks of the shattered pieces with our light!
Reblog to agree if you're also gonna stay and spread light.
'If you wanted us to be crushed or devestated, we are but we're also bloody angry, and you won't be taking us anywhere. We won't be having it. We still have a purpose, we're the dead boy detective agency!' ⊹ ࣪ ˖
ATTENTION DEAD BOYS FANDOM:
We have some unfinished business and a case to solve: The Case of the Curious Cancellation! 💀🔎
Here are the ways you can help (be sure to read until the end).
I'm not sure how many people here on Tumblr are also over on DBDA Twitter, but there have been MANY developments in the last 24 hours and it's important for all of us to be on the same page if we're going to have a chance in hell of saving our show.
First and foremost, we need to get Dead Boy Detectives in the Netflix Top 10 again. This means running it as much as possible. Read about that below:
(SOURCE x)
As the graphic says, the goal is to have it running on a loop constantly, as much as you physically can. Be sure to have some level of volume on or else it won't count. If you're on Twitter be sure to post your rewatch (photos of your tv, commentary, etc.) with the hashtag #ReviveDeadBoyDetectives !!!
Also, there's no better time to do this: the Tweet below brings up a great point! 👍
(SOURCE x)
Second, and easiest thing: KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE SHOW AND CREATING CONTENT ABOUT THE SHOW. Analysis, fics, fanart, shitposts, gif sets, memes, tik tok videos, so on - do not stop! Reblog other people's stuff and talk about it! Give fics kudos, comment, make fic rec lists and post that WIP or sketch! The most important thing to remember is to TAG YOUR POSTS AND CREATIONS. We need to trend!!! On Tumblr make sure you continue tagging your posts as you probably already are (look at my tags on this post if you need help, and remember not to use "DBD" on here because that is another fandom! We use DBDA here). On Twitter you want to use the hashtag #ReviveDeadBoyDetectives for the rewatch and #SaveDeadBoyDetectives is a popular one, too. You can also use #DeadBoyDetectives. Hell, I usually use all three if I can! Hashtag every post you make about Dead Boys, no matter how annoying or "cringe" you may feel. Flood the fucking tag and do not stop.
Third, everyone needs to sign and keep circulating the petition. We've surpassed 5,000 signatures in a day which is fantastic, but we need more. Get everyone you know to sign it; tell them it takes no more than 15 seconds. Be annoying until they do it just to shut you up.
Fourth, request "Dead Boy Detectives Season 2" through Netflix's support website. It's a small thing but if we all do this a couple times a day it will get their attention. They really do vet these suggestions, and an influx of requests for a canceled show will raise eyebrows.
Lastly, if you decide to write Netflix (via email or a letter - their office address has been floating around) please remember to stay concise and professional. Don't curse at them, don't call names. State that you are disappointed with the cancellation of the show, maybe add an anecdote about what it meant to you, and I would even recommend attaching some articles that emphasize people's displeasure with the platform abandoning shows on a whim and Netflix's flippant attitude toward queer shows in particular. Dead Boy Detective Agency on Twitter has retweeted every article on this topic so far, you can find their page here.
You can also use graphics such as the ones below to affirm that the cancellation was unjust.
(Source 1, Source 2)
I know this feels like a lot: know your limits and take care of yourself. Whether you do every single one of these things or just a few of these things, every llittle bit helps!
Even in the worst case scenario where nothing changes, this gesture will mean so much to everyone who made this show. We owe it to the writers, cast, crew, and each other to TRY. We can all agree that this show deserves at least another season and if Netflix isn't going to do it, they need to be open to selling it to someone who will. We cannot keep allowing them to axe these queer and diverse shows with little regard for their customers and their employees, but also because it sets a harmful standard in the industry that is destroying television.
Let's crack this case and bring our agency back! I truly believe in this community!! 💜 We can do this!!
If there are any spelling errors or issues with links let me know! I did this on mobile because I want to mobilize this information as quickly as possible! I'll be adding on to this with new developments and can answer any questions you all might have. Lets save our show!
Someone in the fandom gave me this idea and I think it's perfect.
Someone in the fandom gave me this idea and I think it's perfect.
Just a reminder that 'Request a Title On Netflix' still exists.....so maybe go ask for Dead Boy Detectives season 2 three times https://help.netflix.com/en/titlerequest
(I don't tend to ask people to reblog things, but please reblog this instead of liking it. please SPREAD this knowledge. we want them to be bombarded by requests, and that only happens if people know this link exists. It worked for the Sense8 finale, we need it to work now)
They will come back - come back again, even though Netflix destroys. We never wasted fanfic, art or memes. Do you think We would squander our boys?
Suggest Dead Boy Detectives To Netflix
Netflix has a suggestion page where you can ask for movies or tv shows to be added to the catalogue. Fill in all three suggestion lines with "Renew Dead Boy Detectives" or just "Dead Boy Detectives".
That's not what the page is for, but they have to check that eventually, and if there's a fucking massive amount of people saying this, it will send a message!! It's literally super fucking easy, and there's no limit to how many times you can submit.
GO WILD!
oh no, i just happened to stumble upon Netflix's address, and accidentally posted it everywhere so it's super easy to find! i sure hope people don't write letters about Dead Boy Detectives and make their mailbox explode from overcapacity! that would be so unfortunate 😱
Netflix, Inc. 121 Albright Way Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA
Well, it's a rubbish night, but I hope everyone's doing ok and massive hugs to anyone that wants one.
im sure plenty of you have seen or heard the news already. its a tragedy.
be sad. be angry. show netflix how much this show means to us.
we can change things. so lets do it.
spread this everywhere. spread it like a goddamn virus, share it with everyone you know. reblog it here, put it on other sites, send it to ur friends.
Ngl, I don't know about you but I am still waiting for it all to be just one big joke "hey guys that source wasn't reliable actually, Netflix just announced they are making a season 2!"
Is it healthy thinking? No. Am I currently crying to my pillow just absolutely shocked and I need it to be true? Yes.
Well excuse me, I am now going to cry into a pillow and never want to see the light of day again.
WTF.
WTF WTF WTF.
THIS SHOW CANNOT BE CANCELLED.
IT HAS BECOME MY LIFE THIS LAST FEW MONTHS.
NETFLIX I SM GOING TO CHOP OFF SOME HEADS.
WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF?????????
BUT THE SIGNS.
THERE WERE SO MANY SIGNS.
WHAT???????
Finally finished the fic I have been working on for the last few months! (My autistic Edwin fic!) It accidentally took me longer than what I planned.
Listen I don't think you can guess my favourite dead boy detectives character it's really difficult.
I have more ideas but those are the ideas I think I can focus on for now.
I am not sure if the winning result would be what I will actually finish first actually but I am curious to see what is the tumblr demand.