History YMMV / DeadBoyDetectives2024

** Edwin's interactions with the Cat King generate great tension between the two, providing a cat and mouse spectacle. At his first meeting, the king becomes fascinated by Edwin and throughout the series he shows his attraction to him in inappropriate and stalker-y ways. [[spoiler:It helps that Edwin is also seduced several times by the king and says goodbye to him with a kiss on the cheek.]]

* DracoInLeatherPants: The Cat King became one of the most popular characters from his introduction. He is a DepravedHomosexual who becomes obsessed with Edwin by trapping him in Port Townsend and offering to free him if he has sex with him, something the boy understandably refuses. However, there are those who easily forgive his actions and interpret him as someone with a HiddenHeartOfGold or think that he is a good alternative love interest for Edwin because he developed sincere feelings for him in the end. While the latter is true, the way he shows his interest in Edwin is anything but desirable for a relationship.

** Edwin's interactions with the Cat King generate great tension between the two, providing a cat and mouse spectacle. At his first meeting, the king becomes fascinated by Edwin and throughout the series he shows his attraction to him in inappropriate and stalker-y ways. It helps that Edwin is also seduced by the king several times.
** The hateful interactions between the Cat King and Esther can easily be seen as a case of ex-lovers who are bitter now. The king makes a suggestive comment while Esther tries to hang him and seconds later she calls him "Baby King" before killing him.

* DracoInLeatherPants: The Cat King became one of the most popular characters from his introduction. He is a DepravedHomosexual who becomes obsessed with Edwin by trapping him in Port Townsend and offering to free him if he has sex with him, something the boy understandably refuses. However, there are those who easily forgive his actions and interpret him as someone with a HiddenHeartOfGold or think that he is a good alternative love interest for Edwin because he developed sincere feelings for him in the end. While the latter is true, the way he shows his interest in Edwin is anything but wholesome.

* DracoInLeatherPants: The Cat King became one of the most popular characters from his introduction. He is a DepravedHomosexual who becomes obsessed with Edwin by trapping him in Port Townsend and offering to free him if he has sex with him, something the boy understandably refuses. However, there are those who easily forgive his actions and interpret him as someone with a HiddenHeartOfGold or think that he is a good alternative love interest for Edwin because he developed sincere feelings for him in the end. While the latter is true, throughout the series the Cat King shows his attraction to Edwin in inappropriate and stalker-y ways.

** Viewers weren't interested in ''ComicBook/TheDeadBoyDetectives'' watching the series to see the connections the show has to ''Series/TheSandman2022''. In particular, the first episode is one of the most talked about thanks to the appearance of Death again played by Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste. It goes even double later in the series after a surprise appearance by [spoiler:non other than the embodiment of depression itself, Despair]].

** Viewers weren't interested in ''ComicBook/TheDeadBoyDetectives'' watching the series to see the connections the show has to ''Series/TheSandman2022''. In particular, the first episode is one of the most talked about thanks to the appearance of Death again played by Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste. It goes even double later in the series after a surprise appearance by [spoiler: non other than the embodiment of depression itself, Despair]].

** Viewers weren't interested in ''ComicBook/TheDeadBoyDetectives'' watching the series to see the connections the show has to ''Series/TheSandman2022''. In particular, the first episode is one of the most talked about thanks to the appearance of Death again played by Creator/KirbyHowellBaptiste.

*** When did the Cat King find out that Edwin escaped from Hell? Was he able to sense that Edwin's afterlife is the Hell? Did the cats he sent to spy on Edwin tell him the truth? Or did he know at the moment that the bracelet he placed on Edwin to trap him in the city disappeared when the boy was dragged to that Hell?

** While the appearance of another character ''Series/TheSandman2022'' was expected after it was announced that Death would appear, [[spoiler:it's safe to say that no one expected this character to be the [[AdvertisedExtra Despair]]]].

*** Is he only interested in Edwin because of his good looks or is it because the boy is different from the other ghosts? [[spoiler:Did he end up developing sincere feelings for Edwin because unlike others he resisted his charms, as he spied on him he liked his dedicated personality and stability he seems to project, or because he saw himself reflected in some aspects with him? Edwin thinks it is the latter but the king does not affirm or deny it.]]

*** Is he really only interested in Edwin because of his good looks or is it because the boy is different from the other ghosts? Did he end up developing sincere feelings for Edwin because unlike others he resisted his charms, as he spied on him he liked his dedicated personality and stability he seems to project, or because he saw himself reflected in some aspects with him?
*** When did the Cat King find out that Edwin escaped from Hell? Was he able to sense that Edwin's afterlife is the Hell? Did the cats he sent to spy on Edwin tell him the truth? Or did he know at the moment that the bracelet he placed on Edwin to trap him in the city disappeared when the boy was dragged to that place?
*** How did the Cat King know about Esther's past? The beginning of episode 7 hints that the two have known each other for a long time: Were they allies or something more? Did she tell him about her past in a way to seek an alliance or to threaten him so that he wouldn't get in her way? Or did he simply send cats to spy on the witch out of fear that she was a danger to him and eventually discovered Esther's story?
** Why is Edwin's human disguise a woman? Is this just the way the costumes work and he can't change it at will? For investigative reasons, since it is easier to interrogate a suspect if there are two people of different sexes? Or is it due to Edwin's internalized homophobia that makes him feel or ''wish'' he had been born a woman? InUniverse, Niko asks Edwin why his human disguise is a woman but she receives no answer.
** Was Niko always a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, or did the possession and eventual exorcism left her a little more colorful in the brain? We don't see much of her personality before the incident, but she seemed to be much more shy, reserved and serious. Jenny, however, didn't comment a single thing after Niko is LockedIntoStrangeness and she displays a much more different personality that we saw from her before, implying that it was probably the possession that changed her personality from an extrovert and talkative cheerful person into a depressed, reserved shut-in.

*** When did the Cat King find out that Edwin escaped from Hell? Was he able to sense from the beginning that Edwin's afterlife was Hell? Did the cats he sent to spy on Edwin tell him the truth? Or did he know at the moment that the bracelet he placed on Edwin to trap him in the city disappeared when the boy was dragged to that place?

* SignatureScene: [[spoiler:Edwin's LoveConfession to Charles in "The Case of the Very Long Stairway"]].

** While the appearance of another character ''Series/TheSandman2022'' was expected after it was announced that Death would appear, [[spoiler:it is common to say that no one expected this character to be the [[AdvertisedExtra Despair]]]].

** Before the series it is mentioned that Niko had a FriendlessBackground and a strained relationship with her mother that only worsened after the death of her father a little less than a year ago. [[spoiler:In her first appearance she is almost murdered by a supernatural possession, feels useless when she believes she cannot help her friends on their missions, she renounces love after Maxine tried to kill Jenny (something for which she is indirectly responsible) and is forced to make a HeroicSacrifice for Crystal while trying to save Edwin.]]