Showing up with Edwin hell episode turned alive + mermaid au art 4 months late with a latte. Absolutely no context, just wanted to draw Charles carrying him outta that fuckass lake for mermay
So. I’d been going through my likes, remembered that someone wanted to see Charles have a Stare Realisation AND wanted to draw my own au of a Edwardian Charles and 80’s Edwin somewhat inspired by @technically-human reverse verse. They’re called Charlie and Eddie because they hate their formal names <3 they keep their regular roles as brawn and brains. Charlie uses knuckledusters (and a cane sword.) and Eddie’s magic is a lot more runic/art based!
Honestly this eraswap au isn’t that well developed, but the outline:
Charlie was targeted by St. Hilarion’s boys in a ritual because he didn’t go to the school, but knew some of the boys from local cricket games at like. Summer fetes. They kill him on the grounds and they go to Hell, Charlie being forced to swim/wade through rivers away from a leviathan eating him endlessly for decades after being swapped between demons.
Eddie has more of a New Romantic vibe and was … well. His parents were in a cult. He thought he was breaking away from it when he goes to St. Hilarion’s with Simon (whose family is also in said cult), who instead turned on him with their classmates when he started to express himself, and got them in trouble for bullying a younger boy. They met in a sports shed as Eddie finally manages to run away and Charlie is roaming the forest, instead staying with Eddie as he’s dying of internal damage and a fractured larynx. I think Charlie recites what he remembers of Sherlock stories to distract Eddie as he passes away. Then they stay together 5ever <3
Eddie’s still represses his sexuality, is nerdy about popular culture he never got to really experience, and can be painfully earnest + a bit dramatic and naive talking to new people. Growing up in a high control group, he can and does manipulate people quite well when he wants to, through. Charlie’s sharper and more reserved, in terms of violence on cases, and doubting new people, but methodical and a bit quiet in general to compensate for how impulsively vengeful he can still get. Eddie likes that Charlie’s kind of an asshole because he’s had to listen to so many charismatic lies over the years, and Charlie likes how Eddie is always extremely curious about things even beyond his scope.
Edwin Payne Directory, at your service.
A blog dedicated to sharing content about Edwin Payne / Paine from Dead Boy Detectives.
(as a counterpoint to the excellent CharlesRowlandCentral blog!)
This blog will focus on Edwin content, and will feature any signifcant relationships that Edwin has with other characters, as well as any meta/reference material that I find fascinating.
TAGS:
Lots of blogs and links to peruse under the read more:
Updated pinned post and starting to post <3 compiling all the blogs and references for this is making me so happy. The sheer amount of projects, prompt events, meta analysis and passion for every single character and the creatives behind the scenes…… 🥺
Edwin Payne Directory, at your service.
A blog dedicated to sharing content about Edwin Payne / Paine from Dead Boy Detectives.
(as a counterpoint to the excellent CharlesRowlandCentral blog!)
This blog will focus on Edwin content but will feature ships, romantic + platonic. I'll edit this post posthaste (lol) to include significant tags!
Also will add a section to advertise other lovely blogs like the cameo archives or dbda kindess.
Thanks for looking!
YALL (two people) ASKED FOR THIS
Little redraw of one my favourite panels from the comic by Jill Thompson….. I miss them everyday… my pookies… terrorising the general population…
Getting stuck into the intricacies of Edwin’s gender by designing some drag looks for him, obvi inspired by the magnificent Barbara Lasagna. (40s and 20s dress respectively!) I imagine that the two names would be Edwin’s idea and Charles’ more goofy suggestion; a play on the Paine/Payne homophone and, well. A 16 year olds sense of humour in the midst of having a crisis. I think Edith would perform with an instrument like the violin or piano!
Soul eating boys
Self indulgent Soul Eater au with Meister Charles and Weapon Edwin! I’ve drawn Meister Edwin too but like…. Classic scythe Edwin….. anime Maka weapon manifestation moment….. excuse to put Charles in more tartan…..
Dead boys and psychic
Inspired by @leahaart art of Edwin + Crystal bestieisms and fit, and Charles in his little cardigan from the screen test(?)
hellsent & heavenbound
#the way that their identifying outfits #the part that makes them unique shows their ties to their time periods and habits and humanity #is so bright and defined but then the dark shadows under those coats could then be like the most basic aspects of their souls #those shades of darkness are pressed so close together that they’re hard to distinguish from one another
you guys need to stop writing poetry in my tags i cant handle it please dont i love it
Gotta give my rudeboy some attentionnnnn 🏏🏏
#the idea of a faded school photo in the living room at his parents' house - their son frozen in time and gone too soon #he died so perfectly - the plastered smile and the sneaking away to smoke in quiet moments of grief for the hand he was dealt #and now he grieves that life he lost and never had a chance to escape; not properly at least
These tags made ME cry. this is exactly the vibe i was going for... the boys both never really stop, really, because stopping means his mums hell's silence, means thinking about what was left behind it, means getting Caught