sellyoursoulss
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I just adore how Kaoru casually mentioned that he’d like to give all his passion and interest to skateboarding, and Kojiro was suddenly near a skateboard shop. I mean, this guy is so in love — your crush mentions they're into something, and you're already running to dive into it and impress them.
Can we talk about how skk and sskk are the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse?
Dazai: Death
Chuuya: War
Atsushi: Famine
Akutagawa: Plague
Crowley and Aziraphale are guessing if all what happened was God’s ineffable plan
Well, may be God is just writing slash fanfiction…
So yeah, all of this was a part of the plan to make you two go through angst
Just imagine finding your soulmate at ~15, being together for 3 years, then having a fight, becoming enemies for ~10 years, killing your soulmate, finding out their corpse has been captured by a curse, being imprisoned by a curse with the face of your loved one, dying on the anniversary of the death of your one and only
Well my friend Gojo Satoru doesn’t have to imagine
I have a lot of thoughts about the final of Bungou Stray dogs s5. It seems to me Fyodor is not some temporary villain. He is one of the smartest characters of the story. He is the walking mystery. And what we have in the final? He is unable to notice contact lenses? I love Chuuya with all my heart, but I don't believe he could beat Dostoevsky with his acting (but he did it well with Verlaine btw). Chuuya has little control over his emotions, it's hard to believe that he could pretend for such a long amount of time. Why other vampires didn’t notice Chuuya is still a human? Is it because Chuuya is probably not a biological human? We still don't know anything about Fyodor's ability. It doesn't make any sense to lose a character with such potential. Dostoevsky's ability can be connected with the singularity. I'm betting that his last words "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?" were related to the activation of his ability (in full form) in a similar way how Chuuya activates corruption.
Fyodor's "death" looks strange. Our attention is drawn to Fyodor's hand. And his hand plays a big role in using his ability. It looks like a Chekhov gun that has to fire.
In my opinion, Dazai won too easy. I would like to see how Dazai's plan collapses, but it always turns out that he has everything under control from the very beginning. And what about Sigma? His last meeting with Fyodor left a lot of questions.
proof of concept // i think i'm gonna love you for a long long time
Excerpt from the Tales of the Dead Apple
page 101.
I see female version of soukoku in them
Same character different universe:
- ginger hair
- angry issues
- identity crisis
- approval and attention seeker
- European roots
- became a weapon as a child
- complicated relationships with their battle partner
- smirk, blue eyes and chokers suit them
Yeah, I mean them
Oh yeah this is me
Just dazai chilling and texting 'happy new year' to everyone at the agency
To celebrate HiatusxHiatus, I did badly drawn comic strips for brother of the year, Illumi.
rivals
for jjkfemslashweek on twitter
i think if mai lived, maki and mai would’ve reconciled somewhat so they wouldn’t fight as much but mai would 100% still take any chance to rile up nobara
Dazai’s morality and what makes him different from other “morally gray” characters
Everyone knows that Dazai is morally gray - but I only recently realized how he’s different from other “morally gray” characters we often see in fiction.
Most of the time, those characters we conveniently label “morally gray” don’t even deserve the title - they’re just good people who had done a few bad things, or bad people who had done a few good things. But Dazai is truly in the middle - he has done too many bad things to be good, but too many good things to be bad.
He’s abusive, manipulative, ruthless, and made life a living hell for Akutagawa. And yet-
He was Atsushi’s savior - giving him a home when nobody else would accept him. Although this still isn’t enough to forgive him for what he did to Akutagawa, it still proves that he isn’t fully a bad person.
Now, here’s when things start to get more interesting. Most morally gray characters tend to switch back and forth between two sides, right? Lots of writers depict them doing kind things more often while on the “good side”, and doing cruel actions more often while on the “bad side”.
But that's not the case with Dazai.
Dark Era Dazai was terrifying - he shot innocent people, manipulated his subordinates, abused people, and many more. But he was still good, in his own way. He helped Chuuya cut ties with the Sheep, who were obviously using him for his powerful ability, despite having only met him for a day. He genuinely cared for Odasaku, willing to risk his own life to save his friend.
In the ADA, he seemed more compassionate. He gave Atsushi a home and cared for all the members of the ADA. But although it’s subtle, he was still evil. It’s more obvious in the manga - since the anime tends to focus on his humor and suicidal tendencies more. Take a look at this manga panel :
Although it’s implied, it’s clear what he did - he slept with the nurse only to obtain information. He manipulated an innocent woman without hesitation, as if it’s a daily habit. No other ADA member would have the heart to do this, even if it meant saving the world or whatsoever. And let’s not forget this anime moment that made all Aku stans’ blood boil :
Yes, Dazai didn’t directly abuse Aku anymore after being in the ADA. But if he was truly a good person, he wouldn’t have taken advantage of Aku’s emotions, thinking that he had every right to control him. He would have acknowledged Aku and sincerely apologized for abusing him.
No matter what your argument is, you can’t deny that Dazai doesn’t have a trace of his PM tendencies left in him even after transferring into the ADA. That’s the depth about Dazai’s gray morality - no matter which side he’s on, he'd always do an equal amount of good and bad things.
Alright, last point, I promise. I’ve seen lots of people think that Dazai underwent his "redemption arc” in the Dark Era, when Oda died, just because Dark Era and ADA him are opposites. But now that I think of it, his moralities never even changed. He never had a redemption arc. His way of viewing people and the world are still more or less the same. The only reason Dark Era and ADA Dazai are different is because he changed his mannerisms, and obtained more will to live.
“Oh, then why did he join the agency?”
Because he wanted to honor his best friend’s dying wish. He still doesn’t care about “good” or “bad”. Even Oda knew this - that’s why he said this line to Dazai:
I’d like to believe that a part of Dazai's kind actions are genuine, but you cannot tell me that this man, who didn’t give a f*ck about shooting innocent people, is unconditionally kind all the time. We can never guess what’s going on in his head, but I’m sure that he sometimes puts up a facade of being kind, in hopes that one day, it’ll become real.
Now, you’ll notice that most morally gray characters undergo a meaningful redemption arc before joining the good guys - which implies that the writers think only post-redemption them belonged in the good side - that pre-redemption them will never be able to become “good”.
But Dazai?
He joined the agency without undergoing a redemption arc and still passed the entrance exam.
You see what this means?
From the start, Dazai already had the potential of becoming both "good" and "evil". He would have fit in either organizations perfectly. Mori just happened to find him first. It’s just the matter of timing.
Dazai’s morality is truly in the middle.
Hunter x hunter theory: chapter 392
I am a little bit surprised there is no conversation about how hisoka's behavior differs from his typical one. Of course he literally DIED. And you know, such things make you reconsider your life priorities. But it's still hard to give up your behavior patterns such as playfulness which hisoka uses as his defence mechanism. In chapter 392 he refuses to answer the opponent's questions and uses physical force without any word games. His bluntness and rudeness, as well as his bored expression, make me think other character appeared before us in this chapter. Many are familiar with the theory Illumi is actually hisoka undercover since the moment “Illumi” joining the Spiders. And this theory has really worthy arguments. Illumi’s behaviour is strange as well as hisoka’s in chapter 392. In chapter 377 Illumi brings people to emotions and deliberately surprises with his actions. It's like he's mocking the spiders when he talks about his “marriage contract” with hisoka. And if hisoka has reasons to behave atypically (death has become a trigger), illumi has none. And most of all, I am hooked by this emptiness and darkness in hisoka’s eyes, the feeling that I have already seen it somewhere…
So, here is my guess: illumi in the previous chapters is actually hisoka, hisoka took the form of illumi with the help of Illumi’s nen. Perhaps they are working together because Illumi wants to bring Kalluto home, and Hisoka's goal is to kill all the spiders.
Bonus: I can imagine Illumi saying "no, hisoka, I won't wear your revealing outfits again" and choosing the most discreet from hisoka's closet.
favourite trope: introvert boys and their extrovert girls
levi x hange
aki x himeno
Crucifixion Triptych (details, 1445),
Rogier van der Weyden.
The Golden Cockerel and Other Tales by Alexander Pushkin. Illustrations by Boris Zworykin, 1925.
DoctorMaster + kneel before each other
“По-моему, нет ничего более разрушительного, чем планирование. Оно губит человеческий дух. То же относится и к чрезмерной дисциплине, потому что тогда невозможно ощутить всю прелесть некоторых мгновений жизни, а если вы не можете ощутить прелесть одного мгновения, жизнь утрачивает свое волшебство. Без этого волшебства можно просто сдаться и признать, что все мы скоро умрем. Возможно, мы просто задохнемся от недостатка воздуха, или погибнем в аварии, или нас пристрелит какой-нибудь псих, или какой-нибудь идиот решит сбросить на нас бомбу. Нам необходимо волшебство, чтобы забыть о суровой реальности. Остается надеяться на человеческое безумие. Ужасно скучно работать со здравомыслящими людьми, которые наперед знают, что и как нужно делать.”
— Джон Кассаветис (via anadesired-quote)