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Lundlaeva
@lundlaeva.bsky.social
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Writer. Reader. Midnight Baker. Unrepentant geek. Neutral Good bisexual sloth. Always late, usually tired. Expect flailing, swearing and puns. 30s they/them bisexual (You might know me as B_C_Draygon or Black Crystal Dragon)
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lundlaeva.bsky.social
On Halloween, @ice-elf.bsky.social and I finally started posting our #DeadBoyDetectives Edwin/Chares collab fic, Learning By Heart, after over a year of writing it! And it occurred to me that I should crosspost it here: archiveofourown.org/works/734551... First 3 chapters (of 33!) already up, enjoy!
Screenshot of dark mode AO3 reads: Learning By Heart. Ice_Elf, Lundlaeva (Black Crystal Dragon). Summary: Charles wakes up in the hospital after the incident with his mates and everything is—well, pretty aces actually. His dad’s being nice to him, his mates—former, now—have either been kicked out of school or are staying away from him, and he’s got a new roommate. Edwin is kind and funny and really clever, and, best of all, he seems to think Charles is pretty great too. So what if he’s sometimes a little bit weird? Charles is still determined to get to know him better.
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
I'm normally too scared to share art, but I am pleased with these two pieces of the boys and they have been the inspiration for me getting better at portrait drawings! So: Edwin (in pencil) and Charles (in biro). They have fun faces to draw. #SaveDeadBoyDetectives #SuchARomantic
Shaded pencil drawing of Edwin Payne from Dead Boy Detectives (played by George Rexstrew), with crosshatch shading. It's a head and shoulders portrait featuring his crooked bowtie, and he is looking slightly up with a furrowed brow as if surprised to be interrupted. Shaded biro pen drawing of Charles Rowland from Dead Boy Detectives (played by Jayden Revri), with crosshatch shading. It's a head and shoulders portrait that cuts off at his jacket collar, and he has his eyes closed and a peaceful expression.
August 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Happy end of Pride Month #DeadBoyDetectives fandom! 🏳️‍🌈 I come bearing thematically-appropriate fic:

Love Takes Off The Masks (Charles/Edwin), in which the core four attend London's Pride Parade:
archiveofourown.org/works/67045882

#SaveDeadBoyDetectives #LoveRequiresNoLogic
Screenshot of AO3 in Dark Mode: Love Takes Off The Masks by Black Crystal Dragon. Summary: When Crystal and Niko make plans to watch London’s Pride Parade, Edwin is disappointed he will not be able to join them — until Charles finds a solution. But going along to the parade isn’t just a celebration of Pride, and sparks some realisations that Charles can no longer ignore. An extract in italics: Charles grinned at him and leaned in close across Crystal’s two-person sofa so Edwin would hear him over the music as he said, “Putting the two of us to shame, aren’t they? Feel like we should’ve dressed up.” “It’s not too late for you boys to change into something fabulous!” Crystal pointed out from her perch on the coffee table, where Niko was putting the finishing touches to her make-up. “Nah,” Charles scoffed, but there was a hesitation before he spoke, and a deflated quality to the edges of his smile. “I don’t think it’d suit me.” “I think you’d be surprised,” Crystal said. Screenshot of AO3 in Dark Mode showing a fic's statistics, including tags. It reads: Rating: General Audiences. Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply. Category: M/M. Fandom: Dead Boy Detectives (TV). Relationship: Edwin Payne / Charles Rowland Characters: Edwin Payne, Charles Rowland, Crystal Palace, Niko Sasaki Additional Tags: Pride, Pride Parades, Ghost Disguises, Magic, Spells & Enchantments, Charles Rowland Has a Bisexual Awakening (DCU), Bisexuality, Bisexual Male Character, Feelings Realization, Love Confessions, Getting Together, Photographs, various staples of Pride Parades, Drag Queens, Humor, Fluff, Fluff and Humor, First Kiss, Kissing, bending the rules of Ghost Disguises probably to breaking point, Podfic Welcome, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Canon-typical swearing Language: English Published: 2025-06-30. Words: 11,655. Chapters 1/1.
June 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Wow. WOWWWW.

There are no other words. I just have NO other words.

Well I do but they are all swearing. And also this gif of Nic Fury (because Ignore The Damn Thing is how I approach canon I disagree with personally).
April 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Posted the first chapter of my new #DeadBoyDetectives fic as a birthday present to myself yesterday:

A Need for Transparency (Charles/Edwin, Teen, Chapter 1/5)

Charles starts turning himself intangible. Repeatedly. It becomes a problem.

archiveofourown.org/works/64318903

#SaveDeadBoyDetectives
Fanfiction information box from Archive Of Our Own: Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: M/M Fandom: Dead Boy Detecives (TV) Relationship: Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne / Charles Rowland Characters: Charles Rowland (DCU), Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne, Crystal Palace (DCU), Night Nurse (DCU), Various clients Additional Tags: Bisexual Disaster Charles Rowland (DCU), Feelings Realization, ghost rules, Background Cases, Yearning, bi panic, Bisexuality, Bisexual Male Character, Humor, Canon-Typical Content for Dead Boy Detectives (TV), Charles Rowland's Jar of Bees, Bees, Mentioned Paul Rowland | Charles Rowland's Father, Other Additional Tags to Be Added Fanfiction Summary: Charles starts turning himself intangible. Repeatedly. It becomes a problem. Excerpt: He swings the sword in a circle, like he used to with his bat, to remind himself of how it handles. Edwin’s gaze flicks towards the movement and then lingers, though he keeps his head turned slightly away as if it’s a secret that he’s watching. Charles’s insides leap and on impulse he repeats the move. The sword clangs on the pavement. ‘Butterfingers,’ he says as he crouches. Collecting the sword gives him a nice excuse not to look at Crystal, or at Edwin. It’s embarrassing — he’s done that move hundreds of times, with all kinds of different weapons, and he’s never botched it so badly he chucked something on the floor before …
April 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Weird funky art that I found under a pile of paper on my desk, anyone? (There was also a dragon but it's less good than the birb.) #art
Angular pencil sketch of a strange corvid-like bird with enormous spindly claws. Almost all of the lines are straight.
February 24, 2025 at 7:38 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
One week ago. Still in awe that this happened. <3 He's SO good at hugs, and SO lovely.

#DBDmeetup2k25 #SaveDeadBoyDetectives #WhatTheRestMeans
A canvas tote bag printed with the "Dead Boy Detectives" logo/title above two simple ghosts, one with a chain and a pin and the other wearng a bow tie representing Charles and Edwin, above the words "London 25" where the O is a magnifying glass. Jayden Revri has signed the Charles ghost in red ink. Jayden (!!!) taking a selfie (!!!) with me (!!!) and friends(!!!) at Greenwich Naval College.
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Thank you! :D I think he grew up cute too (just needs Dark eyes) - though I was really tempted to permababy him, I'm keeping the hatchling scry in his bio!
A male-pose Fae dragon from Flight Rising: he has Steel Tapir / Oilslick Trail / Antique Underbelly genes and Light Uncommon eyes. He is wearing a Mage's Walnut Overcoat, Class Waistcoat, Silver Steampunk Spats, layered Aged Book Collection and Enchanted Book Collection, Arcane Aura, Classy Tail Spat and Ice Pick apparel.
February 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Also bought some #FlightRising dragons to remember watching Much Ado About Nothing with Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell. (There are two more but I might attempt some amount of vague restraint and just keep these ones ...)
A pink and black female-pose Skydancer dragon from Flight Rising: she has Raspberry Pharaoh / Magenta Affection / Magenta Sparkle genes and Arcane Uncommon eyes. A pink and black male-pose Tundra dragon from Flight Rising: he has Mauve Pharaoh / Pink Affection / Rose Sparkle genes and Earth Common eyes.
February 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
I may have gone a little bit overboard buying #FlightRising dragons to commemorate the #DBDmeetup2k25 ...
A purple, blue and deep pink female-pose Fae dragon from the game Flight Rising: she has Abyss Flaunt / Abyss Flair / Indigo Thylacine genes and Arcane Common eyes. A pinkish-purple and teal male-pose Sandsurge dragon from the game Flight Rising: he has Indigo Sailfish/ Cerulean Spire/ Orchid Darts genes and Rare Arcane eyes. A purple, blue and green-ish male-pose Spiral dragon from the game Flight Rising: he has Orchid Flaunt / Amethyst Noxtide / Lapis Ghost genes and Uncommon Shadow eyes. A purple and blue female-pose Fae dragon from the game Flight Rising: she has Storm Flaunt / Cobalt Constellation / Nightshade Gecko genes and Common Shadow eyes
February 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Got him. >)

By "him" I mean: my Flight Rising fandragon version of Edwin, from Dead Boy Detectives. He was a pain in the neck to obtain (and I spent SO much dragonmoney) but ... he's here.
A hatchling Fae dragon from the game Flight Rising. He is Steel Tapir primary, Oilslick Trail Secondary and Antique Underbelly with Dark Light eyes. This means he has a steely blue striped body, brown and blue striped wings, grey-cream belly scales and deep brown eyes. He's very cute!
January 9, 2025 at 8:51 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Annually expanding my collection of Fandom Christmas Ornaments ... there are currently two themes going on. XD (I love that my family bought me these three, fully enabling my obsessions haha.)
A close-up photo of an ornament hanging on a colourfully-lit Christmas Tree: it's Grogu from The Mandalorian, sitting astride a rocking bantha toy (that is maybe a little small even for Baby Yoda!) and smiling, his eyes reflecting the lights. On the rockers are the words: "Jedi in Training". An ornament hanging from the branches of a colourful 2D Christmas Tree: it's Crowley from Good Omens in the form of a black snake with a red belly and yellow slitted eyes. He's wrapped around a glittery snowglobe in which the Bentley sits beside a snowy pine tree. A 2D ornament hanging on a colourful Christmas Tree, lit up by fairy lights. It's a cute image of Grogu (Baby Yoda) wearing a Santa Hat while chewing on the rope that hangs his Mythosaur Skull pendant around his neck. He looks like he knows he's being naughty and does not care. It's very cute. There's a jingly bell on the loop of gold string that hangs him from the branch above.
December 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Now that I've given out all my presents and this isn't a spoiler ... I can share this year's new Christmas Tree ornaments: Aziraphale and Crowley. <3 Made by ineffablepenguin, who can be found on Instagram and here: ineffablepenguin.bigcartel.com/products
A close-up picture of two Christmas Tree ornaments shaped like Aziraphale and Crowley from Good Omens, as they appear in the opening credits of the TV show: stylised figures in black and white with feathery wings. They are facing each other while hanging from the branches of a colourful Christmas Tree, lit by the multicoloured fairy lights that are also reflected in the dark window behind.
December 31, 2024 at 3:57 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Bonus: these leaves through a gate. <3
A cluster of oval-shaped leaves that taper to a point, with prominent veins, ushing between the metal bars of a gate. The leaves gradually shift from entirely green, through yellow, to deep orange-brown: the colours are extremely vibrant.
November 11, 2024 at 7:46 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
I got to go for a walk on comany time today, and the sun was shining, and the trees were Good. <3
A photograph of a tree with small, rounded leaves with pointed ends in the sunshine. The leaves have almost all turned golden, yellow and orange, and in the sunshine the colours of them are very bright in contrast to the silhouette of the trunk. The sky is bright blue-white in the background. A photograph of a large tree with small, rounded leaves with pointed ends. The leaves have turned yellow, golden and ange, with only a hint of green left. A blue sky is just visible behind the mass of leaves. Photograph of a tree with small, rounded leaves with pointed ends. A hint of green still clings to some of the leaves on the left, but mostly they are yellow or golden, with a few orange ones in the mix. The sky beyond the mass of leaves is bright, clear blue. A photograph of a tree with bright, fiery-orange leaves lit by the sunshine so that the colour seems even more vibrant.
November 11, 2024 at 7:43 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #570,419! (That's a pretty cool stat to know.)
September 16, 2024 at 9:45 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Here is the original lineart (because I think it’s interesting to see the beginning and end of the process!) and also their individual faces because they look pretty good solo too. I was scared for most of the time working on these potraits (thinking I’d ruin the piece) but I DID IT! \o/
Light lineart drawing of two men side by side, the one on the left wearing a suit. Detailed shaded pencil drawing of a man’s face: he has neatly styled hair which is slicked back from his face, deepset eyes and a serious expression. He is wearing a formal suit in 1920s style, with a tie and starched collar, waistcoat and jacket. Detailed shaded pencil drawing of a man’s face: he has dark, curly hair and shadows under his eyes, and is smiling faintly. His shirt collar is wide open and he is wearing a jacket.
September 6, 2024 at 6:57 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Apparently it was a year ago today when I drew the lineart for this fanart piece, and I finished it in April so I should probably share it: my beloved Wesley (Lord Fine) and Sebastian from Proper Scoundrels / Once A Rogue by Allie Therin. ^-^ I'm proud of how this turned out.
Shaded realistic pencil drawing of two men, slightly turned towards each other. The man on the left (Wesley) is white with straight groomed hair and a fairly serious expression, and is wearing a 1920s-style suit with the collar and tie firmly buttoned. The man on the right (Sebastian) has dark curly hair and is smiling slightly, and his collar is undone.
September 6, 2024 at 6:56 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
Having a bad brain time today/this week, so I decided to to some Art. Look who has a full head of hair and some eyebrows!
Detailed, shaded pencil drawing of a man's face at an angle: only the dark curly hair, forehead, one ear, one thick eyebrow and one eye are visible. Everything you can see is fully shaded. The focus is on the hair.
March 20, 2024 at 6:19 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
A couple of progress pics of the art piece, because I managed to save the section of hair that I thought I'd ruined and I'm quite pleased. Is it perfect? No. Will it do? Well, I'm pretty happy with it, so yeah. (I mustn't forget to give him proper eyebrows. XD)
Progress photo showing a partially shaded pencil drawing of a man's face, focusing on his left eye, forehead and hair. He is missing eyebrows and his hair is shaded on the left up to above the eye. Progress photo showing a partially shaded pencil drawing of a man's face, showing most of the face from the nose up but focused on the left side. He is still missing eyebrows but his hair is more complete, with shading going across to above the right eye. The right side of the hair is not finished.
February 25, 2024 at 4:33 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
About 50% though figuring out how to fix the hair I messed up the other day. I think it's getting better? I think. Mm. (Hair is hard, I dislike it.)
Close crop of a shaded pencil drawing of a man's face, showing his eye, forehead and some hair. About 50% of the visible hair is shaded. There's a weird segment in the middle at the top that looks wrong. He doesn't have eyebrows yet.
February 24, 2024 at 1:05 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
I've been too intimidated to work on this since October, but today the migraine imbued me with a sense of "fuck it what's the worst that can happen?" (Also looking into any screen for more than a minute is giving me vertigo.) Second character in this piece now has a mouth & second eye.
Close crop of a shaded pencil drawing of a man's face, focused on his left eye and nose. It is unfinished: the hair and eyebrow are just sketched in. Close crop of a shaded pencil drawing of a man's face, focused on his mouth and nose. It is unfinished: everything below the chin is unshaded.
February 18, 2024 at 4:56 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
I returned to Skyrim on a whim this weekend. One of my favourite games for the simple reason that it absolutely hits the sweet spot of being (for me) hard enough that it feels like a challenge, but not so hard it makes me ragequit. Also it's pretty.
Skyrim screenshot: a white woman wearing golden Elven armour and a waist-quiver sits astride a black horse in iron armour. The horse stands in the midst of a forested mountainside at dusk, with more forest and mountains visible through the trees behind them and an orange evening sky. There is a custom time/date widget in the top right corner.
February 11, 2024 at 6:17 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
For some reasons Neighbourhood Stories was (is?) broken in my current Sims 4 save, so a bunch of hilarious things have happened despite it being turned off. The best surprise? This absolutely ridiculous dog the game RNG'd into existence!!
Part of a Sims 4 screenshot showing a Sim information panel from the Manage Worlds view. The panel is for Isak the large adult dog, who is a strange creature. He is sitting, with no tail visible, and his tongue hanging out. He has small, pointed and very dramatically downturned ears and brows that make him look super-worried, especially as his bright gold eyes are large and kind of protruding or wide. He has long brown fur that fades to black along his back. He looks bizarre. (He also has the traits Friendly, Independent and Active, and he is currently at Catscratch Cottage in Brindleton Bay.)
January 7, 2024 at 11:51 PM
lundlaeva.bsky.social
I love making big complicated Sims 4 lots. >) (This is intended to be like ... a horse ranch you can visit and stay at. Functionally, that's not how it'll work, but y'know. Imagine)
Sims 4 screenshot showing a ranch: in the foreground is a small blue barn beside a stone and wood lodge house, across from a white-fenced paddock, and behind everything a large two-storey red barn. Sims 4 screenshot of the same ranch from the back corner, nearest the barn and paddock. The red barn is viewed head-on, and behind it you can see a small campground previously hidden by trees. The lodge and blue barn are visible across the large central yard.
January 4, 2024 at 10:36 PM