bug/charlie

(their comms are open so ppl should also go comm them :] )

I also think this might have a connection to Edwin's not wanting to learn to box and punch; as he said, Charles will hit the mad driller with his cricket bat.

Edwin trusts Charles so much, trusts him to protect his hard-won safety. He's safe, and he's loved, and he's not alone anymore.

but Edwin? come on. the look he gives Charles after his speech is so beautiful. like this?

Finally got around to watching Dead Boys Detectives.  (Yes, yes,  I know I’m 2 years late)  And it's honestly so good. But…

Can we talk about how Hell looked empty to Charles at first?

About how Edwin told him you had to experience Hell to see it?

Can we talk about how Edwin knows that for a fact.  And why would he know that unless at some point during his early years in Hell, it appeared empty to him as well?  On top of that, the spider demon is not shown capable of talking.  Which means his first escape attempts were before the spider demon, when he belonged to a demon who could and did explain this fact to him.  Likely between his first and second escape attempts.

Then can we talk about how Charles physically never experienced Hell. He was never touched by any demon, never tortured.  Hell was empty to him until he was forced to witness Edwin’s fate.  And that was enough.  Hell itself decided Charles witnessing Edwin’s torture was an experience equal to experiencing Hell’s torments for him.

I think the pixie magic should've had a gayer effect on Crystal

Bonus:

(Which reads: Certification to Practice London, United Kingdom By authority conferred by the Other Galaxy Comics we bestow upon to Charles Rowland & Edwin Payne the Honour to practice and a certification of Licensed Detective Agency in recognition of proficiency and professionalism in the art of gathering information, surveillance, subterfuge, critical thinking, the recognition of pertinent information that may be lost in the sea of the superfluous and leaping over dead ends. Above all else the protection of law and order when it is convenient to do so and the wisdom to know how to not get caught when it is not.)

Is that…

They really are just two 16 year olds who found themselves abruptly without adult supervision, at least one of whom is wholly a juvenile delinquent (it’s Edwin), and proceeded to run amok.

Like. They’re genuinely very very good at their job! And professional, most of the time! They're brilliant, and moral, and caring! They're good!

They are also two troublemaking kids who are spending eternity playing hooky to go on a joyride, in a car they very much stole, and that neither of them has a real (not from a comic) license to drive. And they will very much be vandalizing their enemies’ houses on the way, and it is not only possible but probable that the night will end with flooring it to run from the cops.

They lived lives of intense suppression and restriction and then suddenly realized they had no one to answer to but each other, Edwin's going to Hell either way and no cop or security camera can see them, no one can yell or punish them, and if someone tries they can yell and hit right back, they can finally do what they want, and now, well... Edwin steals evidence from police stations without even hesitating and 'trespassing' is a concept relevant only to vampires and squares.

he's bathed in warmth and light and charles asks him if he's an angel

edwin's all oh no. far from it and charles says I think you are. you look like one

it takes at least a couple weeks into their ghost adventures before charles can be convinced otherwise