Charles & Edwin | Dead Boy Detectives 1x01

Charles & Edwin | Dead Boy Detectives 1x01

They look so good in white

Charles Massaging Edwin's Shoulders <3

Such a simple picture, but it actually took a while for me to finish. I redrew Charles's face a few times and almost gave up. After I thought the picture was done, my soul told me to paint the background a soft pink. The paper got a little rippled, but I think it looks okay. I'll upload the picture to inprnt at a later date.

Tools: Canson cold-pressed watercolor paper, Pentel Click 0.7 mechanical pencil, Sakura Micron pens, Pentel hi-polymer eraser, Mei Liang watercolor paints, Pentel Aquash brush, water, white Sakura GellyRoll pen, Epson Perfection 4490 scanner.

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We don't talk enough about how much pain this scene causes me. EDWIN IS CRYING TOO. LOOK AT THERE ARE TEARS IN HIS EYES 😭

ever since i saw this on tiktok i've been keeping it like a little treasure so now i'm showing you

Edwin Payne & Charles Rowland | Dead Boy Detectives 1.07

I have a headcanon that Edwin turns into Orbwin every time gets majorly annoyed with Charles or they have an argument. He's just a ball of light, sitting on the desk silently. He's unmoving and unspeaking and just wants to Make a Dramatic Point. Once he gets tired of it and is cool with interacting again he stops being Orbwin and turns back.

Charles also uses his Chorb form, but differently. Chorb appears when Edwin is busy with a task, usually reading, but Charles wants attention. Charles-light-ball pops into existence on Edwin's shoulder, rolls down his arm, and settles into the pages of the book/notebook. If Edwin moves him, Chorb does it again until he gets attention.

They also have the Great Orb Incident of '02, where Edwin got so annoyed with Chorb's interference with his task that he became Orbwin and sat on the table. Chorb was stuck on the couch. They sat like that for a full day and it became more of a contest to see who could orb out for longer. Neither of them wanted to give in and be the first to switch back. (Finally, Charles caved solely because he required more stimulation than just rolling in circles on the sofa, and he lamented Edwin's endless patience.)