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Penelope: don’t worry we never need to hook up again

Colin: oh word? cool cool cool coool no doubt no doubt no doubt no doooouuubt

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imagine mourning the idea that your crush could ever like you back and then one night at a ball he crashes the marriage proposal you're about to receive, chases down your carriage, climbs in and gets on his knees talking about "PLEASEI I NEED HYOU SO BAD I CANNOT STOP TJIMKING OF YOU IT PLAGUES MY DREAMS I ONKY THINK OF YOU PLEASE PLEASE PELSSE PLEASE" then makes out with you, finger bangs you, and asks you to marry him

all within like half an hour . colin bridgerton needs to be in jail

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Colin looking for Penelope and giving her a smile when he spots her.

Bridgerton | S03E02

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bitches listen, colin bought the same pastry penelope ate cause he wanted to know what her mouth tasted like in that moment: THIS IS CANON.

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It was at this moment he realised

He fucked up

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Once they're married, Hannibal would look at Will with a smile full of ache and say:

"Never divorce me...just kill me. If you ever want to leave me, don't divorce me, just kill me."

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People who don't hyperfixate will never know the slightly horrible, completely impossible-to-replicate feeling of being so intensely invested in something it possesses you, takes over your waking thoughts and rides some weird line between being excited, anxious, and stressed as hell while still being entirely some other beast.

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"spn fandom has the worst gaydar ever"

POSSIBLY

"the supernatual cast have been so openly affectionate and horny for each other that we failed to see the obvious signs"

PROBABLY

"we were told for years that the gayest love story that ever graced our screens was only platonic so we're preconditioned to think they're just buddies"

MOST DEFINITELY

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a) edwin’s human costume is always female

b) charles is the one who picks their costumes

c) i love how lauren robek and vincent gale portrayed edwin and charles’ emotions so well

d) their human costumes looks like a couple who’s been married for at least 30 years

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i feel like charles is the type of chaotic where he’d be thinking about edwin’s confession and whether or not he loves edwin back and he’d start to think about how they’ve practically been married all these years and his thoughts would spiral to “should we get married? we should get married” and he’d start thinking about rings and he’d go to talk to crystal about it and she’d be like “you absolute dumbass you haven’t even figured out whether you’re romantically interested in him and you’re already thinking about marriage??”

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BOTH OF THEM GRAB THEIR HEARTS AFTER HUGGING Y'ALL!

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Ghost Clothes

There were many enough posts on how deliberately and meticulously the costume designers approached the wardrobe choices for the characters.

What I want to talk about is a different thing - how clothes matter inside the show. Namely, the ghost clothes.

It's less prominent with Charles, so I'll mostly talk about Edwin.

Let's start with the fact that none of their clothing exists in a living world. It's not physical, otherwise people would have seen a pair of costumes flying around like with that jar. So I believe their clothes is being deliberately manifested.

Like I said, it's simpler with Charles: his clothing doesn't change much in general and remains mostly as what he was wearing when he died (he took off some because it was cold and soaked through but it still imprinted on his memory and mind). It's mostly just the colour of his polo that changes to reflect his emotional state.

But that's how I came to this whole train of thought because with Edwin it's much more interesting.

Because he doesn't wear what he died in. I'm not even sure it's his school uniform. Sure it has indications of "this is a young man and a student" but all in all doesn't look like a uniform to me. So Edwin chooses it very, very deliberately.

I wonder if he stumbled out of Hell wearing just the same night pajamas he had on when he was sacrificed - maybe just cleaner because it wasn't dirty or bloody back then and that's how he should have remembered it. Or maybe it remained dirty and bloody because Edwin didn't remember much of his life before Hell at that point, all the horrors being too fresh in his mind.

This look is defenseless. It's meant to be worn while asleep - the most vulnerable time. Edwin wore it when he was the most helpless and powerless - while being dragged from the bed and sacrificed. It's also a reminder of his time of torture in hell. It's also plain white - colour of purity - as a sacrifice - but also death. And, moreover, it's PLAIN. It has no distinguishing features. There's no Edwin in it, Edwin is being erased with all the torture. Lastly, this is something - just another thing - Edwin had no control over in Hell, it stayed there by default.

So I BET the first thing he did after pulling his thoughts together in living world was to change that fucking nightwear into something that was him. As an act of regaining himself and control over what was going on with his existence.

After he found out he could do that and how, of course. I wonder if he met other ghosts or just ended up back in school and stayed there for a while.

So no wonder Edwin is so thorough with what he wears. This is him - his armor, yes, but also undeniably and glaringly HIM. His existence, his way of it, his freedom and will, his choice.

Of course it reflects his attitude and relationship with others. With Charles Edwin has no issue with shrugging off both the jacket and the vest, leaving only the shirt - and even it has its sleeves rolled up and collar unbuttoned when he's ears deep in some research or problem-solving mode. Edwin is this comfortable with Charles, we all know that.

With Crystal it's always a full buttoned-up mode or I didn't make a mental note if it was otherwise some time. Hit me up if it was!

With Niko it's mostly a jacket off - which is a considerable step towards trust and comfort.

Anyway, these are little details.

And now imagine ending up back in Hell, but also back in that nightwear. Stripped off everything he was trying so hard to keep. A similar thing happens when he's taken by Esther. No freedom, no choice, no will of his own, no Edwin. Just a soul, a toy, an energy source.

The costume Edwin picked for himself as more or less default one comes back immediately once he and Charles stumble back into the living world. Notice this - he was wearing a different attire when he was dragged to hell.

Edwin regains everything - himself, his freedom, his connections.

Also I'm not sure how to interpret the gesture, but once the Night Nurse's boss proclaims that DBDA can exist as is further and they are let off the hook (although not off the leash), Edwin pats his jacket from top to bottom. I thought it might have been connected to his notebook and episode 4, but it also may be just that - "I'm still here, in one piece, and still me". His clothes is a proof of his freedom of will.

Lastly, there was another case apart from the main two when this is reflected. The girl who took her life because of two jocks - her ghost was wearing a sport suit. At first I couldn't understand why, it was clearly not what she died in (or, well, unlikely). But sport has been the most important thing in her life - her goal, her pride. No wonder that's what she chose to appear in.

UPD. Oh I've just remembered about the Cat King, another example of a character who goes through a variety of costumes. If my pov on Edwin's approach to clothing is correct, his words to the CK in the 8th episode make so much more sense. They really are alike - not just in loneliness.

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“the cat king is a villain” “the cat king is a good guy” you’re all wrong. the cat king is a trickster. he is whatever he chooses to be at any given moment based purely on his own whims and interests. it’s a disservice to the character to try and categorize him on a simplistic basis like good/evil

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This was literally all I could think during that scene.

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If you miss Chilling Adventures of Sabrina watch Dead Boy Detectives

If you love Wednesday watch Dead Boy Detectives

If you enjoy the Stranger Things soundtrack watch Dead Boy Detectives

If you’re tired of waiting for Good Omens 3 watch Dead Boy Detectives

If you think Sandman is an absolute Dream watch Dead Boy Detectives (I think I’m hilarious)

If you’ve read The Last Binding Trilogy and adore autistic gay Edwardians named Edwin watch Dead Boy Detectives

If SuperWhoLock dominated your life watch Dead Boy Detectives

If Scooby Doo raised you watch Dead Boy Detectives

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The number of scarily accurate textpost memes you can make with these mfs is insane

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Every time I think about how the world failed Edwin and Charles I just want to rip my hair off.

I know they found each other after death and that's greater than everything, but they were kids when it happened and no one ever did justice for them. Nobody cared for these two young and innocent kids whose lives were taken by also kids full of hatred and resentment. Edwin never knew the warmth of real love until he died and Charles only knew hurt and abuse until he died. Such an unfair way to live and such heavy baggage to carry to the afterlife. They deserved so much better that it breaks my heart.

The only consolation I can find is that they started living once they died which is not ideal, but it is still something, I guess.