#bella!

it’s in the sandman universe, but you don’t need to know anything about that to get into it!

it’s about two dead boys named Charles and Edwin. Edwin is from Edwardian England and due to a complicated mistake, he spent 70 years in hell. He managed to escape, because he is very smart, but that has an effect on you that the show deals with. He’s also gay, but very repressed, and I won’t say how he died but that’s certainly not helping things.

Charles is from the 80s, he’s the so-called brawn of the two, he is very kind and he hits every problem with a magical cricket bat. He’s great. He dresses kinda alt, he wears earrings and is gorgeous, but I think he is also very emotionally repressed considering he is obviously bi but is convinced he is straight.

they run a detective agency where they solve the deaths of ghosts so that they can pass on. However, they are constantly running from death, because if death catches them, they will be separated from one another in heaven. On top of that, there is a very good chance that Edwin will be sent back to hell if death ever catches them. They want to stay on earth together and continue their investigations without fear of being separated.

the characters are very very well written and interesting, they just kind of capture you. I picked it up because I thought the aesthetics and premise were cool and similar to good omens (which I am obsessed with). It surprised me by being so unique and refreshing for a modern streaming show. The colors on the show are so good, as well as the cinematography and symbolism. The characters are all really compelling, and they are all given the right amount of screen time. Theres a Cat King who is a wet cat of a man. And the witch villain is hot. I don’t make the rules.

it’s a sort of monster-of-the-week style, it feels like it was made for a 20 episode season but unfortunately that didn’t happen. They still make it work very well though! You know that post that like “guy who knows he’s gay but doesn’t know he’s in love with his best friend and guy who knows he’s in love with his best friend but doesn’t know he’s gay”? It’s like that.

absolutely not <3