7 Works in Charles Rowland Character Study (DCU)
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Yelling means he did something wrong again. It meant he had failed the people who cared about him most. Those were the first instincts he had developed.
Or,
I wanted to do a deep-dive into Charles' past abuse, and so this character study was born. I also put in some comfort from Edwin, because no one should suffer alone <3
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- Part 8 of My Dead Boy Detectives Fics 🫶
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And You Don't Know What You've Got 'Till It's Gone by Hse11z5
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
20 Aug 2024
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Charles knows that Edwin is his best friend, the most important person in his life. He doesn't know exactly whether he's in love with him but he's damn sure he's going to try to work it out. And he feels like he's getting close.
Then a case, some black magic (and a fucking witch, probably) comes along and takes Edwin's memories of Charles away.
And suddenly Charles knows how he feels, what he wants more than anything.
But that thing is gone. Because Edwin is completely indifferent to him now. -
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Charles didn’t mind being underestimated. When he told people he was the brawn of the detective duo, they usually gave a small, placating smile. Charles would take a hundred of those moments for just one of these: when the demon, ghoul, or witch of the week gave him an appraising glance and found him wanting, only to find that ghost-strength is so much more than appearances.
A year after the events in Port Townsend, the Dead Boy (and One Psychic Girl) Detective Agency has fallen into a rhythm with cases. A mage kidnapping ghosts upends their rhythm, and with it, Charles' bottled-up feelings.
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The Cat King comes to the Dead Boy Detective Agency with an (allegedly) broken ankle and (reported) mysterious pursuers, and makes himself at home. Charles is definitely not jealous.
[A recording of a fic by softestpunk]
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Charles no longer has a grip on his wrist. Charles is, in fact, nowhere to be seen.
Edwin spins on his heel, eyes searching as though he will be able to summon his wayward friend back into his vision by sheer force of will. All he is met with is that same peeling wallpaper, lit by golden lanterns placed at steady intervals. The hallway that he finds himself in stretches out endlessly on either side of him.
“Ah.” Edwin’s lips purse. This is certainly, to pull from Charles’ earlier assessment, less than ideal.
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Edwin gets trapped in Charles' bag of tricks.
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Charles Rowland wants what he can’t have.
Or, a study in longing, and on what it must be like for ghosts not to be able to feel.
Until, of course, they can.
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- Part 1 of Momento Mori
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(before I let you go) there's so much you need to hear by Kuroyukihime
Fandoms: The Dead Boy Detectives (DC Comics), Doom Patrol (TV)
05 Mar 2023
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Charles decides to confront Edwin about what happened on their little American adventure. And no, it's not that conversation he had with Larry at the river.