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Rimbaud Analysis Part 1: An in depth look at one single line

Rimbaud is a character that, despite being the main antagonist for his own novel, has very little screen time. Rather, he primarily haunts the narrative of Stormbringer. That being said, I think there's still quite a bit to glean from the moments he does have. This analysis will be in three parts, starting with his past.

There is admittedly much less information on his past than anything else I'm going to touch on in later analysis. All that we know from his early life comes from this excerpt from his journal:

A small line, and yet extremely telling. What's important to remember is that Rimbaud rescued Verlaine from the lab when he was merely fifteen with the Transcendents. Thus, this is referencing a life he had before then.

The first thing of note is that he mentions he was in prison before this point. It suggests in some way that he was a troubled kid if he was already having issues at such a young age. He has an extremely powerful ability and was likely approached by the French government during this time due to the potential use of his ability. I find it interesting how willing Rimbaud was to leave his connections behind and fake his death, either suggesting he had no strong connections at home or that he was manipulated/coerced in a similar manner as the Port Mafia. I suspect a mix of both. Regardless of the answer, it shows the Transcendents and the French government as an inherently corrupted group that targets and exploits vulnerable youth, especially when Verlaine is brought into the equation.

I suspect that his home life wasn't excellent, if he was engaging in risky behaviours so young such as smoking, crime, and having what he calls a "paramour".

I've seen some discourse over that specifically. Let's talk about that word for a second. "Webster's dictionary defines ☝️🤓" paramour as an illicit or secret lover. To me, this line has always seemed like further evidence of risky behaviour. Asagiri thrives best in character writing, realistic human behaviour, and trauma. Bungou Stray Dogs has never once shied away from dark or uncomfortable topics, and I think it does a huge disservice to yourself and the media you're engaging with to not ask why something is being portrayed that way. Especially when you compare this to Arthur Rimbaud.

It's also common knowledge that the IRL Arthur Rimbaud was a queer man. In his early life he was incredibly rebellious, running away to join the Paris commune as a teenager to escape his overly strict mother. He was openly gay and sleeping with Verlaine, and rejected any social norms. It was a huge factor that made him run off with Verlaine at 17 and why he became interested in literature to begin with. Asagiri loves to plant little details into characters that draw from the real life author's life. You can find many examples of this through Rimbaud but him running from his family to join the Trancendents at a young age is awfully reminiscent of that, and lends credence to my theory that his home life was poor and he acted out.

Back to the topic of the word "paramour" and how it's related between BSD Rimbaud and IRL Rimbaud, it is impossible for Asagiri to not have known about Rimbaud's queerness when it was a huge factor in his identity and life, and of course, Verlaine. Paramour being a gender neutral term for a secret lover with this context does make me wonder if the intention was to hint at this, as being gay is pretty obviously seen as taboo even now. Asagiri is extremely intentional in all of his characters, a fact that becomes painfully clear when you look at any author in BSD and compare them with their fictional counterparts.

A counter theory I have to my previous point is that he had a mishap with his ability due to a lack of control that landed him in prison and alerted the government of his ability. I find this less likely. Unsure of where else to put this.

Rimbaud is a very small character, but he was just as carefully crafted as every other character. Him being manipulated in some way, possibly groomed, into the Transcendents at a young age adds a lot of depth to his character in my opinion. Rimbaud struggles greatly with empathy and connection, which I believe is partially a factor of this. He too spent a long time isolated, though to a lesser extent than Verlaine. Bungou Stray Dogs holds heavy themes around abuse, trauma, and mental illness and that is reflected in every character, including our beloved homosexual boykisser.

Part 2

[mii1cch]

"Looking in to the warmth always reminds me of someone I-.. I don't remember"

[cigsanddepresso]

GUESS WHAT I HAVE FUCKERS

DERANGEMENT OF ALL SENSES OR WHATEVER RIMBAUD SAID

My literature teacher saw this books and said that Rimbaud was a revolutionary figure in the history of poetry. I think she likes him.

Fun fact: Rimbaud’s name was confused as Randou in the anime on purpose. Because in real life Rimbaud’s name was also confused as Rembo by the Italian and British spies, lol.

[c4xcocoa]

do y’all think Verlaine sometimes thinks of Randou when he looks at Gin?

Their hair looks really similar sometimes

[smilingperformer]

By the way.

I think Amethio is gonna find out about Mighty G's identity lol.

It would be funny honestly shshsjsks.

Also, would be funny if Amethio ended up appearing in every ep now while still not a member of RVT lol.

[tillyalf427]

Verlaine+Rimbaud x reader nsfw headcannons 18+

Notes : so I read through literally every verlaine and rimbaud x reader on here AGAIN last night and there's not nearly enough out there so uhhh...here have this 😂

Please read the warnings, I'm not 100% sure how tagging works on Tumblr anymore so read at your own discretion, most warnings are only brief but I thought I'd include them anyway!

Warnings: nsfw, bondage, choking, soft dom Verlaine, oral sex, praise kink, hickeys, fingering, riding, vaginal sex, sadism, edging, oral fixation, blowjobs, threesome, female terms used for reader

- Okay but soft dom Verlaine who loves the thought of the amount of control he has over both himself and the reader.

- So like when he's asked to choke them he loves how much control and precision is needed to use the right amount of pressure and not take things too far

It reminds him of his job as that also requires precise skills.

- Or when he ties you up with ropes criss-crossing over your skin, the process of tugging you to your knees by the ropes wound around your arms sends a jolt of electricity through his skin

- Let him hold onto your arms where they're bound behind your back whilst he fucks you and he'll go absolutely feral.

- Isn't a fan of gags because he wants to hear you and hear how much you're enjoying it, how else would he know when he's doing a good job?

- He needs validation!! Whether it's in the form of you moaning, or the garbled words that escape your mouth, he doesn't mind

- Potential praise kink anyone?

- Please he needs all the love in the world, tell him he's your good boy

- His favourite place to leave marks is probably your neck, he loves it when you can't hide them underneath your clothes, call him possessive if you must

- Likes to bite across your collar bones because he thinks they're pretty

- Isn't all that confident with eating you out or stretching you open because he's always afraid of hurting you

- But if you want him to he's more than happy to let you ride his face

- And fucking yourself onto his fingers drives him absolutely wild

- It gives him the little ego boost he needs to start scissoring his fingers, eventually slipping a third finger inside you before continuing where he left off

- Most the time he would be fairly quiet however, most often he would let out small grunts and quiet moans in between heavy breaths

-And sadist Rimbaud who loves nothing more than to tease and torture you until you're begging him to do anything.

- This man eats pussy like it's his job

- He'll happily spend hours edging you with both his tongue and his fingers, stretching you open slowly with a lazy smile.

- Pull his hair a little and he will lose it

- Rimbaud with an oral fixation anyone?

- Anyway

- His favourite place to leave marks is your thighs and hips, he loves to see the red marks blooming on your inner thighs and seeing the way his hand marks wrap around your hips.

-He probably has pretty long fingers which he uses to his advantage to tease and finger you

-Loves to watch you riding him, seeing the way your thighs tremble from the effort and the pleasure

- Every now and then he rolls his hips up as well just to see you gasp and tremble

- Try not to flinch when his cold fingers trail across your skin otherwise he'd take full advantage and finger you when his hands are freezing cold, watching you arch away from the strange sensation as your warmth surrounded his fingers.

- He would always end up flushed so pretty, pale skin warming up to a bright blush that travelled down his neck.

- His hair contrasts against it so nicely, falling around you and tickling with every movement.

And the pair of them together? Well...good luck 🤣

- Verlaine would hold you down against his chest whilst Rimbaud went to town with his tongue against your pussy

- Not only that but he would 100% use his ability, increasing the pressure of gravity on you until you could barely even wriggle.

- Both would make it their life's mission to cover you in marks, hickeys, bite marks, everything

- Nothing riles either of them up more than seeing finger shaped marks pressed into your hips when you're getting changed or when there's a mark too high on your neck for you to hide.

- Picture Verlaine tying Rimbaud's hands to the headboard, teasing him until you get home before encouraging you to sink down on Rimbaud's dick, riding him as he fell apart beneath you.

- Verlaine would tease Rimbaud's mouth, pressing his dick down his throat as you bounced on his cock.

- Or Rimbaud ordering Verlaine to fuck you whilst he sits and watches, cock in his hand and praises rolling off his tongue.

- Unless Verlaine happens to come without permission then he'll stand up, fingers tangling in Verlaine's hair to tilt his head back, whispering in his ear with a harsh bite to the skin there.

- He forces Verlaine to eat you out with his own release still dripping out of you.

- Fucking after a mission when you're all wine-drunk and tipsy, making everything sloppy and messy from the lack of coordination between the three of you.

-wet kisses and it's just generally fairly messy as you all tangle together

- And if for whatever reason you have a mission where you have to seduce the target, you may not be able to walk once the three of you get home.

- They both get jealous, irritation itching beneath their skin despite the knowledge that it was only for a mission.

- The sex that night would be rough, all harsh movements, biting and firm hands holding you in place however, once they were done with you, the softness would return.

- Between them they'd help you get cleaned up, running a bath for you and helping to wash the sweat and grime off your body, fingers tangling in damp hair as one of them rubbed shampoo in before taking the shower head to rinse the bubbles out.

- Then once you were dried you'd quickly be bundled up in their arms back in bed, soft words and kisses being passed around

- And if you happen to not be in the mood one day? No worries they'll work it out amongst themselves, giving you the option to watch if you're up for it.

- And quite frankly it's intriguing to watch the dynamic between the two of them on their own just as much as it is to be between the two of them.

- Seeing the way Verlaine submits fully to Rimbaud sends a shock of pleasure through you and uncovers the urge to have Verlaine in that position yourself

- Or seeing how Verlaine pressed Rimbauds legs up against his chest whilst fucking into him filled you with the perfect ideas on how to tease him to completion in the future.

- Overall, the pair of them are probably pretty good to you in bed, they both have strong personalities and motivations so there would likely be occasional times when they clash with each other

- But if they do just tie them both to the headboard with vibrators against their dicks and tease them for hours on end 😉

[valenteal]

Oh my god??? I forgot how much better the 15 light novel is than the anime??? Wth??? The fight with Randou is so much better???? It actually makes sense and answers a lot of questions about all three of their abilities??? Also there’s actually an explanation for why the fuck Dazai was setting up a lavish party for Chuuya??? Seriously what were the animators thinking huh??? Were they just being lazy and didn’t want to try to figure out how to animate waves in space itself?

ALSO

Randou’s subspace is especially interesting to me because I think he may have somehow shared his ability with Chuuya? Or that first contact with Randou’s skill when Chuuya was freed somehow influenced the development of his own unfinished and incomplete skill? Which would work really well with my theories about how his gravity manipulation works?

I mean, Randou’s gift is literally creating a pocket dimension at will and controlling everything within it, including space time. Which is how I interpret Chuuya’s ability working. Like it says that Chuuya manipulates the force of gravity on an object, but gravity isn’t actually a force so much as a function of the curvature of space time. Mass doesn’t pull on other mass, the existence of mass warps space time. Like if you’re sitting on a trampoline and someone throws a ball onto it the ball will roll towards you. It’s like that but on a three dimensional plane. Gravity isn’t a force operating on individual objects. So to manipulate it the way Chuuya does he can’t just… change the effect of gravity on a single object because gravity isn’t contained. What he’d have to do is create gravity and somehow have it only affect a specific object, a feat which can only be achieved if that gravity doesn’t exist on this plane of existence and the object being manipulated somehow exists in both planes. Or if Chuuya is able to control how much the gravity of his own subspace affects reality, because it is a viable theory that “dark matter” is actually the gravity of higher dimensions we can’t observe leaking into our universe. Anyway I’m definitely getting off track.

My point was this:

AHHHHHH THE DAZAI, CHUUYA AGE 15 LIGHT NOVEL IS A MASTERPIECE AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!