(2/3 of today's announcement)
I honestly think there's something in the show for everyone, and I've had such a blast watching it (twice!).
(Plus, if you're a fan of The Sandman, Dead Boy Detectives plays in the same universe ;) The Sandman is another show on Netflix I really recommend.)
I'm going to paste the synopsis of DBD at the bottom of the 3rd announcement. I only want to lastly mention how important this series has become to me. This may sound like I'm laying it on thickly, but I'm being serious.
I really like seeing queer representation in media, also since it's still something relatively new. But I've noticed that, in a lot of movies, tv series etc. that feature queer characters, those characters are either s*xualized very quickly and/or excessively, are "punished" for being queer (as in, are victims to homoph0bia, get a tragic ending, ...), are stereotyped, or only appear as a very minor role.
And while I do believe that topics like homoph0bia are important to be addressed as well, and there are movies etc. that do it well, I've also been hoping for something that just isn't inherently tragic / s€xualized / etc.
That's where Dead Boy Detectives and The Sandman enter. Because these two shows are genuinely the first I've ever watched that portray queer characters + relationships... and it's considered completely normal in their universe.
Yes, one of the main characters in DBD is a ghost who lived at a time where it wasn't considered normal yet. But the creators of DBD use that for his character arc, as a chance for him to grow and find himself and, eventually, confront feelings he never knew were possible.
Watching Dead Boy Detectives and The Sandman as a queer person myself honestly felt very liberating. I didn't even realize until watching them that I was just hoping for some good representation that didn't "punish" the characters for being themselves, and when I did watch them, it almost felt like... coming home, in a way.