Up Until June, Dead Boy Detectives Already Had 12.6 Million Views, Amounting To 91.3 Million Hours Viewed.

Up until June, Dead Boy Detectives already had 12.6 million views, amounting to 91.3 million hours viewed.

This data has been published today by Netflix themselves, so it is the only official numbers we have, and they're not counting the last 2 and a half months. We were already in the top 100 in a list with more than 6 thousand titles, and that was before any campaign.

This is what matters. Obviously, all other shows are also accumulating views everyday, but we can get up in this list. Up to the point it's impossible to ignore.

We'll probably get a new report by the end of the year, so let's make it count. STREAM THAT SHIT

Rant (Thought About Edwin Payne Too Much Again):

Edwin may be the best one out of the main four in regards to dealing with his own anger. Isn't that something?

I mean, Crystal is constantly angry and letting it out in ways that hurt others or even herself. Niko gets angry at love and herself and thinks changing her whole personality is the answer instead of facing what she did wrong. Charles, well, duh.

But Edwin. We see him get worked up on episode one until he breaks down, says everything he needs about how the cases matter to him, and accepts the comfort that comes afterwards. From then on I think we don't see him get mad for a good while.

He gets annoyed of course, all the time, but that's just him. Anger, though? I can only remember the second instance being with the Cat King in the forest, shoving the bracelet in his face. Which he was brilliant to do, had every right to, stood up for himself and left.

He takes the anger when it comes, does something about it and lets it go. Something no one else seems to have learned how to do.

In conclusion: Edwin Payne, somehow the emotional role model of this fucked up little group

I am uhhh ... i might be making a bow tie army right now

(((and i might just "accidentally" leave one or two of those in most of the places I'm gonna go to in the next week or so)))

Also here's the tutorial for the bow ties on the #savedeadboydetectives website if you want to make some too - it's fun to make them!! 💜

The campaign to renew/save Dead Boy Detectives doesn't have one singular goal.

Yes, there is a main goal, but there are also other objectives in the meantime:

Strengthen the community and keep the fandom alive and tight

Get new people to find out about this wonderful show that can very well change their lives as it did ours

Make ourselves feel better about the cancellation by doing something instead of just being sad and angry with nowhere to put the energy into

Join the voices of other fandoms to criticize the TV industry as a whole

Reinforce our love for the show, creators, crew and cast

I know it might feel like there's no point, but there is. Saving DBD is where we're headed, but there's so much on the road. Remember every fight ever fought felt hopeless at some point, and not every battle was won, but it always means something.

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Hello, Umbrella Academy fandom - I’m reaching out to you in a plea of fandom solidarity! Please help us!!!

I’m writing on behalf of The Dead Boy Detectives fandom: our show was canceled in its first season, cut off without a care for its dedicated fandom or its insane amount of potential. Yet another queer, diverse, supernatural show suffers an unfair fate and we’re bloody sick of it! We believe Netflix and Warner Bros. are making a huge mistake!

Could you guys please sign our petition and help spread it by reblogging?

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Sign the Petition

Renew Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix

This isn’t just about getting a season 2: we’re trying to get justice for the cast, crew, and writers behind this unapologetically queer show. They had the writers write a season 2 just to cancel the show and, frankly, that’s objectively a slimy thing to do. I believe Dead Boy Detectives is a casualty of its time, that shows cult-clasic, niche shows like Buffy or Supernatural for instance would suffer the same fate today if held to Netflix’s callous and cruel standards and their blatant disregard for creatives.

Lastly, I think if you enjoy Umbrella Academy, I'm confident you will enjoy Dead Boy Detectives as well! Also, our shows overlap with My Chemical Romance (lol). Please don’t let the cancellation deter you, it really is a phenomenal show that will have you laughing one moment and crying the next. The story is really well-paced and self-contained, so there’s no gigantic cliffhanger to worry about either. This show has so much heart, please help us save our boys who defy heaven and hell with their love! 💜

Thank you in advance to any of you who signed, and a HUGE special thank you to those who stream it! Netflix has gotten far too comfortable nuking shows, especially those with queer themes and diverse leading characters, in their prime. If you sign and share our petition in an act of fandom solidarity please know it means the world to our detective agency and we appreciate you so much!!!💀🔎💜

Last thing: I promise this post is not intended to clog the tag in any way and this will be the only post I make in the tag on this subject! I wouldn’t want our fandom to bleed into your space! We’re just desperate for help and there’s so much overlap in our fandoms and shows that it made sense to reach out to you all - I figure the least I can do for the show I love so much is to try. Thank you again 🖤