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ik this is a highkey dead bsd blog but i have way more followers here and want to proclaim i am madly in love with @the-mighty-crabjoys. that’s all
UPDATE. WE ARE DATING NOW
opinions on kirara hoshi from jjk if you know of her? :3 i think she’s such incredible modern trans rep, i’d put her in my top 5 at least!!!
I don't know her but upon looking her up I think I would like to get to know her over a romantic candlelit dinner if she's down
I would treat her right
— tell me, what did you learn from the tillamook burn or the forth of july? we’re all gonna die
rough little one-hour photo study i did of matsu._.cos’s dazai photoshoot on instagram!
the strangest thing to me about the BSD fandom is the fact that the vast majority of people in it are dazai fans, while also consistently assuming the absolute worst of him, disregarding the circumstances around his actions and giving him no grace or consideration of his situation whatsoever.
there's no doubt dazai is a bad person in many ways. he did plenty of unjustifiable, inexcusable things. he's pathologically manipulative with a totally skewed moral compass, most of which was undoubtedly brought on by his upbringing in the mafia. but at the same time, i see such a huge number of people taking that and somehow ending up with - and vehemently defending - this idea that he's a remorseless, indifferent, innately cruel person by nature?
are we forgetting this is the same dazai who was forced to false-witness a murder at fourteen years old? the same dazai who already wracked up numerous suicide attempts barely out of his pre-teens?the same dazai who was referred to by everyone around him as a 'demon' at fifteen years old? the same dazai consistently described as having grief-filled, empty expressions and detached, vacant reactions to practically everything when he was so young? the same dazai that oda described as "a child crying in the dark, alone, left to fend for himself with a hole in his heart as large as the world itself"?
that dazai is an indifferent, heartless, innately psychopathic person? really? i'm not convinced.
Exhibit 1 of people in this fandom basing their forgiveness of a character’s crimes based on how much they’ve suffered.
fyi if you plan on reposting my shit just to argue with ghosts in the tags and make assumptions about my EXTREMELY summarized version of a complex and nuanced take, please just make your own post
i am happy to discuss this at more length. this, however, is not how you go about that
dazai and atsushi. i am unwell
something about how atsushi is such a clear parallel of odasaku. something about how dazai has only ever opened up to atsushi. something about how atsushi is the only one who takes his suicidal antics seriously. something about how atsushi has never doubted his goodness or humanity. something about how he trusts dazai so fully and so blindly. something about how atsushi always assumes the absolute best of him— and is probably the first to ever do so.
I AM UNWELL.
hey chat. fyodor talking about the different dimensions and breaking through is not a fourth wall break, like at all. this is something painfully in-universe. the fourth wall is not broken. correct me if i’m missing something but imo that’s not what’s happening
just a reminder my blog is NOT a safe space for odazai shippers! ^_^
i’m 100% vagueposting here but so many very popular BSD analyses are essentially just huge reaches that can be easily disproven, made due to a deep misunderstanding of the narrative and a lack of genuine respect for the process of analyzing.
i’ve seen entire essays on how Dazai didn’t abuse Akutagawa, and how Akutagawa doesn’t abuse Higuchi. i’ve seen post after post discount the importance of the trust that rests within Double Black. i’ve seen people argue over whether or not Kunikida’s ideals are healthy.
and half the damn time, sources aren’t cited whatsoever: there’s no quotes or manga panels used anywhere!! scenes and moments will be referenced, but without a proper citation there’s so many different ways you can present and misconstrue what actually happened. and with a series like BSD, where so many aren’t able to read the light novels or watch the movie or read the manga, that can change so much.
and then it’ll be revealed that the author only spends like,, 3-4 hours max on the entire process behind one post. the information gathering, the writing, the formatting + aesthetics, and then the posting. if you’ve never gotten deep into analyzing media before, just know that 3-4 hours is a painfully short amount of time to give an analysis.
it boggles my mind, too, because it will be these exact kinds of posts that are written with nothing but contempt for the readers. their words will be laced with pure annoyance and distaste for the audience and general fandom. i’ve even witnessed people publicly insult commenters who praised them, calling them stupid sheep for being hyperbolic in their compliments. it’s cruel, and incredibly mean-spirited.
speaking of which, there’s also a conversation to be had about how bigotry impacts these discussions. several character analyses i’ve seen have been nothing but poorly-masked attempts at discounting popular queer ships, or ignoring the abuse present in heterosexual ones to provide an alternative. but that’s… its own entire can of worms that i’ll crack open at a later date.
tl;dr, think critically, and always for yourself. an analysis shouldn’t be trying to end a conversation, they should always be seen as an addition to them. the author attempting anything else is a major red flag. you should always be trying to find the parts of analyses that you agree and disagree with!! don’t let anyone tell you want to think, that is for you and you alone to decide.
i know this is honestly seems like a non-issue, but media literacy is an incredibly important skill to have in the real world, and it starts with the very media (and commentary of said media) you consume. stay critical chat ily
THIS A MILLION TIMES OVER
using vending machines is actually so embarrassing
please big machine...please take my crumpled dollar bill...I need to pay $4 for a ginger ale...no no don't spit it out onto the floor oh god....
hello bsd fan. in front of you is a scene where a child is very obviously being abused. all you have to do is accept that as part of the narrative. there is no consequence, in fact it will give this piece of media more depth and subsequently make it more enjoyable. so, will you accept it? or ignore it/misconstrue it to be something completely different? the timer starts now.
mona this post is so fucking real you need to die i think
chuuya and dazai’s dynamic says so much about both of their respective characters that to deny its existence is to do a fundamental disservice to their writing. i’m not saying ppl have to ship skk, but their dynamic is critical whether you see it as platonic or romantic, and ignoring it entirely is,, a little silly !!
HEY MONA<3333 posting bangers as always
HAIIIIII inspiring bangers as always
eat lugnuts cunt you inspire More bangers
swallow nails cunt and hold my hand. let’s inspire banger posts together
yegah…. ylets put our differences aside… we can eat lugnuts and nails and then mingle around an MRI machine together 🩷
how abour a high-five ??? one, two, three, FRIJENDSHIP!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔩🔩🔩🔩🧲🧲
i love the fact that sigma was created by the book bc it implies someone was like “yea. make this dude. make him like some rlly anxious neurotic guy in charge of a casino. yea he’s VITAL to our world destruction plan. and give him the JANKEST fucking haircut on planet earth like yea just RUIN that shit. tear it up brother”
tfw "popular" fanon becomes so embedded in a fandom & discussions within fandom spaces that people just start treating it as the default and all interactions with others are coloured by this interpretation. have you considered that I actually don't subscribe to this take, which is nowhere in the source material? wait nvm, clearly not.
literally fucking everything with dazai. like i swear the fandom makes it their mission to outright ignore every word of every novel he's in and every bit of characterization we get elsewhere. i'm going to start eating paperclips
Instead of inktober I will be participating in jerktober, where I crank my thang every day and don't draw at all. This is what I have done every year for the last 4 years
no idea what yore talking about but you seem pretty tortured by it. smashin that like button ♥️
literally me every time i talk about dazai btw his character brings me irreparable constant torment
do you guys think francis bsd had a homoerotic friendship back in america that resembled nick carraway and jay gatsby or do i need to go to bed
i literally love everything about this post as someone who wants to desperately make a jay gatsby BSD oc but can’t because fitzgerald already exists.
grabs you by the shoulders and shakes you all about PLEASE I AM BEGGING YOU make a jay gatsby bsd oc
THE WAY I HAVE EVERYTHING PLANNED OUT ALREADY. his ability and all. i was gonna be cheeky and make him totally queer like CHUUYA level zesty just for fun bc nick and gatsby had the least heterosexual relationship ever in that fucking book 😭😭🙏🙏
but genuinely the great gatsby has such good bsd oc potential i could go on and on