I Asked Both My Mother And Sister To Sign It, Id Had Both Of Them Watch The Show And They Both Loved

I asked both my mother and sister to sign it, I’d had both of them watch the show and they both loved it. My dad then handed me his phone and said, “Go for it.” Just under 600 more signatures until we hit 10k, let’s do this guys!

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Renew Dead Boy Detectives on Netflix

Making this post so I can pin it, but also, just in case anyone hasn’t signed the petition yet (we’re over 9k!) or would like to help me spam Netflix’s title requests with Dead Boy Detectives season 2.

Something I adore about dead boy detectives is how they show, again and again, that kindness and support of each other is a choice. Edwin and Charles are the prime examples - you see them choose to help each other, help clients, be kind, despite the Horrific things they have suffered from bigots and mischance; and you see other people (Simon, Maxine, the bullies) choose violence. And it's maybe most strongly contrasted with Esther, who went to dark magic and violence and power after a domestic and ordinary betrayal - her husband, cheating. And Crystal, roundly awful before her memory loss, gets the chance to be a good person and takes it and works for it and fights for other people.

And the thing I like about this is how it highlights people's agency; it's not what was done to you, but what you do, that matters.

Idk if anyone is a fan of Manifest but it was in a similar situtation as Dead Boy Detectives is: canceled on a cliffhanger and then picked back up. There's a fantastic, enlightening article on how the fans managed to make that happen:

The Hollywood Reporter

Why Netflix Really Saved ‘Manifest’ (It Wasn’t the Tweets)

Inside the streamer's decision to salvage the surprise summer sensation — and how the move from NBC to Netflix will change season four.

The TLDR, when it comes down to it? VIEWS.

So, Point 1 I'm trying to make: REWATCH THE FUCK OUT OF THIS SHOW. Have it on all day, every day and when it gets to the Netflix Top-10 trending DO NOT STOP. Have it on in the background on a low volume, pop some headphones in if you don't want to hear it. Literally KEEP WATCHING. DO NOT CANCEL YOUR NETFLIX ACCOUNT.

Point 2: If you have a family member or friend who hasn't watched Dead Boy Detectives, ask them to. If they're not interested, here's what I suggest - ask them to let you sign into their account and watch it full through to help boost the viewership. Do it at night when they're sleeping or while they're at work and don't need their account. If Netflix sees an uptick in accounts who have never watched this show watching it, that will raise eyebrows.

They do not care about our feelings. They do not care about the integrity of artful storytelling or the importance of queer representation.

They care about views. We need to give them views. A tremendous turnaround in viewership post-cancellation will make them reconsider. That's how we save our show. It's just like Crystal Palace said - we need a unified front if we're going to face the mistress of doom (Netflix HQ) out there!!!

STREAM THE FUCK OUT OF THIS SHOW and do not stop telling others to do the same! If you were on the fence about watching this show, this is your sign to watch it because we need you now more than ever! I promise you will love it, the show is so meaningful, fun, and special... plus we are an awesome, active fandom with talented writers and artists! You will have a great time here and you know what if you don't like it you can personally kick me in the shin honestly! Please help us save our show!

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I saw a post asking why Edwin seemed so resolute about escaping Hell when talking to Simon and then seemed so broken by the time Charles found him. And I just noticed something on rewatching - which is that Charles had to pick a lock between Gluttony and Lust. And it made me think that after talking to Simon, maybe Edwin made it to Gluttony only to find that his escape route from before didn't work this time because his way was locked. And then the spider grabbed him out of Gluttony and that's when he started to think that all hope was lost.