#found & lost

[lessattitudemorealtitude]

Watching Found and Lost with absolute dread.

First time I watched this, I barely knew Molly since I hadn’t seen the first 19 episodes. Now I’m loving him this time around, watching him being actively be protective of Caleb while I’m working on some widomauk fic... I have all of the feelings

[doctorloverboy]

CALEB STAYING AWAKE FOR WATCH BY HIMSELF AND JUST STRAIGHT UP BULLYING HIMSELF WTF STOP IT BRO y’all please. don’t ever leave this man alone with his own thoughts. too relatable. shut up dawg. i need you to stop doing this to yourself. NOOOO

[in-sane-ity]

catch me listening to these 3 songs on repeat

[annemarieyeretzian]

molly: declares “this will be a cursed trip.” me, knowing molly dies this episode:

[bluesclves]

[Me watching CritRole Season 2 Episode 27: Found & Lost]

Oh hey I feel like I've seen a post or animation from this episode, the title is familiar-ish? I bet something Hilarious and Iconic happens, can't wait!

[Me after watching CritRole Season 2 Episode 27: Found & Lost]

😭😭😭 MOLLY 😭😭😭

[mizuchinchin]

Can someone bring me hope inside my heart?

Okay. I’m pretty stupid for not noticing this sooner. BUT! I noticed it after my Spotify playlist played found & lost and lost & found one after the other.

So... found & lost plays as one of Banana Fish’s opening song. It shows the action-packed disaster life that Ash is leading in New York --- his troubled past and unforgiving present. But then Ash and Eiji found each other and that fateful encounter gave Ash a newfound meaning in life. Just like how the song says: Fate somehow brings me hope inside my heart

But then lost & found happened.

Sure...you’ll probably accuse me of thinking too much about it. Buuut hear me out. 

lost & found is exactly the same song except it’s slowed down and the lyrics are almost the same with the TV version of found & lost. Except this time, lost & found says something different: Can someone bring me hope inside my heart?

This song is in the same single as RED --- so I feel like it’s designed that way to connect it to RED’s narrative --- the ending of Banana Fish. Here’s how RED’s TV Edit lyrics go:

In spite of how the world decides to see my life Would I still have a chance for us to say good bye Over and over again

If I decide to burn instead of fading out I still would like the chance for us to say good bye Over and over again

If we can be found, we sure can get lost Through all the madness of falling in love If we're truly lost, I don't want to be found here dying alone

The stain of red that colors the pavement Painted with blood of somebody you love Is this the sacrifice for the broken Losing the purest of what's in my heart

Found & Lost talks about the madness of falling in love

But Lost & Found talks about how Ash doesn’t want to die alone. But we all know -- canonically-- that he did. Because despite all the good that Eiji had brought in his life, he wasn’t convinced of himself that there’s hope for him. Thus, he cries, “Can someone bring me hope inside my heart?” Eiji tried. But because he never saw a bright future for himself he saw that dying alone was the only way out for him. 

For me, that’s what makes Banana Fish’s ending so tragic. It’s not the fact that Ash died (well, not that happy about that either tbh) but the fact that he couldn’t see himself or Eiji having a future together. He didn’t have any hope for the future. He could’ve been helped but he opted not to get any help. For him, dying with good memories is enough. It’s like the Snows of Kilimanjaro. But then again SoK is a different essay altogether. 

Ash could’ve asked for help. But he didn’t. Because for him, Eiji going back home to Japan is enough of an ending. He didn’t have to be involved in Ash’s troubles ever again. 

Sorry...I’m not good at getting my thoughts across. But meh. 

[lloftvlly]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 3/5 Fandom: Super Dangan Ronpa 2 Rating: Mature Warnings: Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Komaeda Nagito/Reader, Komaeda Nagito/Hope Characters: Komaeda Nagito, Reader, Class 77 (Dangan Ronpa), Hinata Hajime Additional Tags: Pre-Killing School Life (Dangan Ronpa), Angst, Post-Killing School Life (Dangan Ronpa), Drama, Psychological Horror, Eventual Romance, Teen Romance, Friendship, Friendship/Love, Gender-Neutral Pronouns

Summary:

You, the Ultimate Empath, were scouted into joining class 77-B of Hope’s Peak Academy. But even with your super high school level empathy, it is a challenge to understand Nagito Komaeda, the Ultimate Lucky student with seemingly only one thing in mind: Hope.