I also felt foolish for being skeptical about Netflix shoving this show in my face. It looked like one that was right up my alley but I was afraid it was going to be cringe or just handled poorly. So I watched The Sandman and absolutely loved that and the universe it was set it and that gave me the push I needed to watch Dead Boy Detectives. It is now currently in my top 5 shows of all time.

Dead Boy Detectives was originally going to be a spin-off of Doom Patrol but then the stuff happened with hbo and the show got canceled before it was made. There is a backdoor pilot episode in Doom Patrol where Edwin, Charles and Crystal are played by different actors. Same people in charge did go and made it a spin-off of Sandman instead but honestly it still feels very Doom Patrol.

Ooh this looks super good! Ima have to watch for sure, thanks for putting me on lol

This looks fun!

Can be charming, can be predatory. Sounds about right for a cat.

4:07 I think sometimes people on tumblr and just humans in general, forget that characters can be complicated and it's ok to not automatically know how to feel about them. In fact, media that spoon feeds you easy, boxed and check marked, digestible emotions are kind of boring in my opinion.

That’s cool you liked the show. I was highly disappointed. I was excited for this show because of its connections to The Sandman and being in The Sandman Universe. But the depictions of death and of Death of the Endless were very out of universe. Death of the Endless comes for everyone, good or bad and in DBD, it’s clear that other things come for people who are bad once they figured out their mysteries. I watched your video to find any connections I missed from The Sandman in DBD but you really only mentioned Death of the Endless. But the death of Edwin takes place in 1916, the same year as when Dream gets captured. Also, Despair of the Endless is in the show also. Honestly, only the episode when they went into Hell was the show really any good. But it was once again a huge inconsistency with The Sandman because Dream goes into Hell and it’s clearly very different. I’m sure there will be some explanation somewhere about these inconsistencies but it’s missed in this show. Also, the Department of Lost and Found is seriously giving me TVA vibes. I read the original graphic novel of The Sandman and the show is very close to it. I know DBD is from the comics also but I am not sure if DoLaF is, it seems silly that Death of the Endless would need these entities help. Maybe I am just not the target demographic for this show as it seemed very CW.