I tried my best to make okay looking layouts considering the character has little media from what I saw in the wiki but uhh yeah I hope it looks okay even tho it's not rlly angelcore,, I js don't do too well w aesthetics 😭 cr : @lovestis for helping w/ the transparents.
I went out after watching Ghostblade's 2nd PV release, so I couldn't post in the morning lol.
Ghostblade's PV is really interesting. My image of his backstory is so different compared to this. I thought that "oh, he's definitely gonna be mentally ill in some way like the loss of his wife or maybe even daughter.." Eh, but like.. That may be the part of that but not the main.
I thought his lack of emotions was the result of the experimentations he suffered, but looking back to the 2nd PV, it looked like he was naturally like that. Being surrounded by multiple people that are sharing their joy, drinking, giving out food to each other while Ghostblade just sits there unfazed.
I figured that his parent or guardian thought there was an abnormality in him because how he wasn't like the "normal kids." They find it sick. Having a child that's incapable of expressing the emotions that a normal person has is sickening to them. So their solution was to take him to a doctor and perform what ever they do to "fix" him?? Dawg.
He probably didn't think that lacking the most essential part of what makes human, "human", was a problem. He didn't know what was wrong with him-- what makes him different from other people. He never realized his symptoms were THAT bad.
What he thinks of laughing, crying, smiling, or any other ways of expression always lead him into finding it "laughable." He literally can't find a purpose for those emotions.
Anyways, speaking of that, here comes a person that changed him, his wife! His wife alone was able to affect Ghostblade to the point where it made him found what he was missing, and now he's unable to let go of it. Within just a day too, How romantic! /j... Too bad she died and his...eh.. possible daughter (Nuonuo) thinks of him as a stranger. Yes, just because she has grey hair and also had a scene together with Ghostblade..
His train of thought is so odd. It's no wonder why people didn't understand him clearly. Just him comparing the differences of animals' and peoples' cries and him being able to feel what they are is already weird enough. Go king!
And comparing the peoples' tears to the oceans. Hello..
"Human tears are like waves of the ocean, carrying too many things that they want to leave on the beach." AND HIS IS EMPTY? GET OUT. This mf isn't letting anything go. Like, I have a feeling that there's gonna be a villain that uses this weakness as an advantage.. But Ghostblade will still find a way to win lol.
I'm glad that we saw him crying at the 2nd PV though. It really shows us how much he changed. No matter who the person is, they will still be affected by the loss of a loved one. With a child is double the damage too, ouch!
I feel like I'm gonna cry on his story. Just imagine being completely numb for your entire life then finding someone that changed you from that only for them to die, and then you can't respond properly to their death. Boo. How scary!
It looks like he's still getting check on everyday. Other than his disorder or whatever it's called, they could also be checking his abilities if it affected him?.. His powers looks like it makes him go in a crazed state. Make sure he isn't cuckoo always..
Hero Smile mentioned, is he also unable to make Ghostblade smile? It'll be funny to ridicule a hero that makes everyone smile not be able to make 1 person smile at all.. "Get a load of this guy." Ghostblade says while pointing at him in silence.
(My thoughts on his character)
Ehh.. to be honest I didn't really expect for him to be emotionless. (I've always thought of it but I lowk just discarded it..) I always thought of him as the "cold and silent killer" that they always use to describe him. Just giggling and pointing at him and saying "Oh yeah, that guy is just waaaaaay too nonchalant. haha!" Then I got STABBED today. Hello??
But he's cool. Definitely not letting something slide if it involves him, his daughter, his wife, and maybe something that's also responsible of changing him other than his wife! Quiet and all that, he wouldn't bat an eye to your direction. He isn't numb as before, he's able to show what he feels but can't express it very well. er. i hope. AURGH.
Maybe....maybe..... also affected by the blood stained on his hands. It may be for good but sometimes, he just can't help but stare at it in a way..
Concerned looking ass 😭😭
I don't know what else to say about him since this is just a dilly dally whatever the fuck his 2nd PV contained and looking at the most interesting stuff of his character YADAYADA. I know that backstory is gonna be TRAGIC. I can't wait to see the angst edits out of this guy.
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hes so attractive yes GOOOOODDDDDNESSS i don't know why i'm using the worst images to show him off but please one chance ONE CHANCE PLEASE.... he's so????? hello?????? everytime he looks at the camera i just curl my toes and giggle and allat YOU KNOW ugghhh... ur making me shy now am i that ugly..
HISS EYYESS HIS EYYESS GET THEM OFF OF THE SCREEN DIEEE PLEASE OH MY GOOSH GET OUTTT hes making me so feral what the hell. i would hit both forms to be honest. JUST OH MY.PLEASE. JUST. dont look at me like that heh!....
quit STARING QUIT IT ALREADY WE GET IT YOURE SO POWERFUL YOU CAN BREAK THE 4TH WALL JUST heh.... hmu bbg... how u doin teehee.. that fucking smirk pisses me off too please just get off 💔AUGH I NEED HIM PLEPLEPLASSEEE 3 years in marriage guys trust me.
DUDE DUDE DUDEEE HIS VERTICAL PUPILS?!>!:L1;Q1Q1L;1 HIS UNDERLASHES HIS FUCKING EYEBAGS HIS SMIRK HIS HANDS THE WAY HIS STRANDS OF HAIR FALLS DOWN STOOOOOOOOPPUR MAKING ME GO INSANE IS THAT A MULLET???????????
YOU. DAMN. hey. hi. i really like you. OH MY GOD PLEASE IM TWEAKING I NEED THIS GUY SO BADLY I NEED HIM AAURRRGH AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARURURGGHH HEEUAGAH AHURURGHAHHH1920129(!@*!@) HTHISS THIS MAN THIS MAN IS SO?????? honestly why choose gojo when this man exists heh! (power scalers im staring at you please dont say gojo solos him.) OH MY DAYS PLEASE ONE CHANCE I NEED YOU.
YES. im not forgetting about him. YES. i will marry him too. YES. i will spoil him with whatever he wants. (he probably already has it) YES. im twirling my hair and giggling thinking about him. HES SO??? CUTE?? HE LOOKS LIKE A CAT?? HE JUST LOOKS LIKE ":3" NOT IN THAT WAY BUT THE FACE IS JUST SO ":3" AUGRH RHHRRR RHIS SMILE IS SO CURLED UP I CANT
LOOK LOOK LOOK HIS SO WHAT?? DO YOU GET WHAT I MEAN HE IS JUST SO???????? :3???? YES PLEAAAAAAASSEEEEE I NEED THIS MAN ON THE JOB RIGHHTT NOWW I WANNA... DUDE. he looks like a loser. maybe he is. hes now a loser. i want this loser.
its not just because "oh haha stupid ordinary guy = loser" ok it might be that case but but LOOK HES SO??? stop im gonna explode im gonna. i cant find the words. he's just so. autistic. i feel like he stims alot by snapping his fingers.
OK PACK IT UP 😭😭😭yh theres no recovering from this. a grown ass man leaping into all fours to catch a coin (MY MAN) thank god there was no one around!... yeah im the fan being served oh YEAAAHHHHHHH hes getting it no hesitation bro!!!! i wanna smooch him on the forehead like? im gonna cry why arent you real.
just open the damn soda u fucker quit staring at it. "woah... it's me." GET OUTTTTTTTTTTT hes so cute though HES SO HANDSOME im gonna crash out please just please please please bro i need you you're so GHR u make me go insane i want you so BAD WHY DID I CHOOSE A MAN FROM A SERIES THATS NOT EVEN RELEASED AND THAT NOBODY GAF ABT IT💔💔just make out with me alrdy bruh
"he's a genius he ain't fumbling allat up, he literally has a 2nd form of high importance!" and hes marrying me idgaf throw another coin near the drain and see what happens heh. i hope the series has more scenes just him messing up on some stuff.
like him doing this sick gesture then opening the can just to get sprayed by soda???? please?? i need you??? transition purposes but hell yeah please just trip again. into my arms this time pelasee..
idk what i was doing i was just thinking abt tbhx and then.. bhx.. hx.. hero x.. drools HERO X MENTIOEND LALALALLAL HERO X!!!!!!!! HERO X LOML ONE AND ONLY WIFE ARRGHH mansplain manipulator malewife or wtv they say ig
I love that the implied Warrior of Light incarnation on the Thirteenth (Original Golbez) is implied to be just as much as optimist as the Warrior of Light we play and Ardbert was. Something about that soul just can't help but seek the Light in Darkness, even when they are consumed by it.
Something interesting about his second trial is that Mikoto has multiple mannequin dolls throughout the video showing his murder.
He hits through the middle on one of them
Then he beats up the side of a head of a doll that wasn’t before.
Then here he swings up and doll parts fly
This might mean he had multiple victims because the mannequins are used to show passerbys in the subway. He’s not beating up the same doll but different dolls everytime.
@1moremilgram-enjoyer mentioned in this post that Mikoto has two different ways of swinging the bat into his victim(s) with switching from the right-hand way of swinging then going to his left. This, on top of the different directions of the swings to the head with new dolls, it supports the idea he could have multiple victims. (Though other Milgram characters are shown to be using both hands interchangeably so keep that in mind)
In the first trial his victim isn’t shown wearing a hat but Mikoto throws one away along with the trash bag that is probably the body of a victim. This can also be used as support to the idea he had multiple victims.
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The mannequin dolls also represent his job/art career
It has been stated that Mikoto has/is going to an arts university.
The specific mannequin dolls shown are the ones that are used for sketching/drawing as a reference and not the ones used for clothes and sewing.
And here’s this:
It’s interesting how he went to college for art/fashion designing and now he works at an Advertisement company.
He is clearly being overworked at his job. In the subway it’s dark showing it’s nighttime and in his first trial he is shown coming to work late.
@boxx-sama posted this translation:
he is out under a lot of pressure to keep up with his job’s demands.
I just thought it was cool the mannequins have double meaning that they represent his victims and his work at the same time
Okay look, I think I'm going insane. We learn here in Double that Orekoto seems to be right handed, right?
Right? He always holds the bat with his right. And when he goes to swing, he swings with his left facing the "pitcher", which is how you swing if you're right handed.
Except.
There, his right is to the pitcher. That's a left-handed swing. You can even tell it doesn't make sense that that's the same swing just looking at the two images.
The bat is on the left. Only the left hand is bloody. And even the backside of the hand is bloody, so it's not like we're not seeing the blood on the right, there just isn't blood there. But notice the first alter isn't holding the bat.
Ends with blood on both hands.
Guys, I think we've gotten something wrong. There may not be just one murderer. Two alters have killed, I think.
wait maybe its bc im lowkey dumb but i cant seem to understand nikolai's morals. Maybe bc when he was talking about how he understands what he does is wrong but another side of him doesn't really feel guilty, i read that a while ago and cant remember. Also why is so obsessed with being "free"?
don’t worry, ur not dumb lol. it took me a while to fully understand too. somehow this turned into a mini analysis so here we go 😭
nikolai gogol
— his obsession with freedom, killing, and fyodor (mini analysis? PFFFT-)
so it’s important to remember that one of the many themes in bsd is freedom. although it isn’t really visible and talked about (unlike the cycle of abuse), we can see the concept of “being free” shown in characters like nikolai, dazai, and fyodor (they’re all shown differently, mind you) but i’ll only talk mostly about gogol right now.
nikolai’s idea of freedom is complete erasure of feeling and connection. he believes that the true path to freedom is not being able to feel anything or not being tied down by your emotions.
now this is funny because he is completely attached to fyodor. and that is what scares him. being attached and dependent on something, especially a human, is scary. so that’s why he wants to kill fyodor. to erase the emotion inside of him.
in nikolai’s eyes, emotion drags people down, makes them weak and vulnerable. he believes that emotion causes conflicts—so erasing emotion must mean not having problems. if you can’t feel, you cannot be in pain. in a way, his logic makes sense.
nikolai views himself stuck in a cage and unable to get out. if he can’t “get out”—he’ll just erase the problem completely. in this case, his emotions (fyodor).
he gets attached to fyodor and then begins planning on killing him to erase that attachment and emotion. erasing his feelings means to be “free.” it’s evident that he has attachment issues.
he makes contradicting statements such as “i am a monstrous person” and “i am completely sane” going on to say he feels a sense of guilt and sympathy just like any other normal person.
i feel like these claims were more for himself; it was a wake up call for him because he realized that no matter how much he pretends to be an emotionless monster…he really isn’t. he is just trying to protect himself from all the pain and suffering he’s feeling. he views emotions as being trapped.
he doesn’t want to feel or associate himself with human beings. i think that’s the reasons for his clown costume. clowns are ridiculed, clumsy, tossed aside, and are considered comedic relief. nikolai uses this to put on a clown act of being hyper and crazy. he somewhat fakes and exaggerates his mania to seem full of emotion and much like a human. (sound familiar? a certain bandaged bastard also does this haha 😎)
except for the fact—he knows he is human. he feels human emotions, even though he doesn’t want to. when he says the line “i am completely sane,” it’s his way of ignoring his issues and running from his problems (sound familiar again 😎?)
in conclusion: nikolai, fyodor, and dazai are all the same breed of bastards. i think nikolai is very underrated, especially when it comes to parallels between characters. i know fyodor and dazai are considered parallels, but so is nikolai.
if anyone wants to add something more or correct me, feel free to do so 😎!!
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