Edwin Paine

Character
Name:	Edwin Paine, Edwin Payne
Occupation:	Detective
Relationships:	Charles Rowland (best friend)
Fandom:	Dead Boy Detectives
Other:	played by George Rexstrew
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Edwin Payne, spelt Edwin Paine in the comics, is a fictional main character in the DC comics Dead Boy Detectives series, and is portrayed by George Rexstrew in the Netflix television series.

Canon

Edwin is a school boy from the 1910s who is sacrificed to a demon and taken to Hell on a technicality. After 70 years, he escapes and meets Charles Rowland, who is dying (cause of death varies by canon) at the same school. After Charles's death they become friends and escape Death to become detectives that help other ghosts stuck on Earth.

Fandom

Pairings

• Charles Rowland/Edwin Paine
• The Cat King/Edwin Paine
• Monty/Edwin Paine

Fanworks

Fanart

• Niko gave him assigned reading, ^{Archived version} by leahaart
• Edwin with black cat and raven, ^{Archived version} by hannaloony
• Edwin in Hell, ^{Archived version} by shamelessly-obsessed
• Edwin Paine, ^{Archived version} by gh0st-fl0wers
• Do you think it has to be torture?, ^{Archived version} by oceanichymns
• Edwin Payne (played by George Rexstrew), ^{Archived version} by silliesart

Meta

• Hell’s Lust Room, ^{Archived version} by finleycannotdraw
• I can’t stop thinking about how desire is framed as punishable by Edwin, ^{Archived version} by theashesofthefirststar

Archives and Links

• Edwin Paine | Edwin Payne tag at Archive of Our Own