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✧ 　osamu dazai graphics⠀𓂃

f2u, only with credit! no need to reblog but very appreciated! ↳ㅤㅤ self indulgent ++ good in dark & light mode

these were super fun to make! fun fact: dazai is my favourite bsd character ever

still undercuts below!!

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If you wanna protect AO3 or character ai. Or Wattpad. Or Tumblr. Or discord. Or even the right for undocumented people and minors to use the fucking Internet reblog this I swear to God. Reblog this and reblog as many KOSA posts as you can go on their website and contact your Representatives. Do it. Do it. Do it.

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On Representation

There are a lot of shows I've watched because they claim to have representation, and I've seen so many that fail at hitting the mark!

With queer characters, confirming a characters sensuality through a tweet is not representation! Representation is two characters of the same gender being a couple or in love, and that BEING EXPILICITY STATED OR BEING HEAVILY IMPLIED!! As in living together, hugging, kissing, 'my partner', etc.

Representation is a charcater using they/them pronouns. Representation is a character coming out on screen. Representation is not stereotyping. Representation is not confirmation outside of the Canon work. Representation is not a throwaway side character that appears in one episode!

Disbaled representation is not a side character who uses sign language once. Disabled representation is not a character who becomes able-bodied through magic. Disabled representation is not feeding harmful stereotypes!!

POC and bilingual representation is NOT SIDE CHARACTERS AND CHARACTERS WHO FEED STEREOTYPES.

If you want shows/ with good representation here my my favorites, but please keep in mind that the age range for each show varies greatly. I'm neurodivergent and I will not be ashamed of liking Bluey.

Good Omens: Queer characters, complicated portrayal of gender, found family, non-bianry characters, lesbian rep, gay rep (elder gays!), POC rep, and a really hot take on angels and demons. A very non-problematic author and Fandom.

The Dragon Prince: Deaf/disabled rep, queer rep, POC amd biracial rep, multicultural rep, found family, complicated family dynamics, and a really well built fantasy world. Explores themes of racism without being racist. Stunning animation.

Heartstopper: Mental health rep, toxic relationship rep, queer rep, trans rep, and a very sweet story.

She-ra: POC rep, different body types, heavily implied to be autistic character, queer rep, found family, complicated friend and family dynamics, and a friends to enemies to lovers arc to die for!

Bluey: excellent neurodivergent and miscarriage rep, and deals with parenting, childhood, growing up, and other things with easy to process slices of life that go deeper the more you watch. Bluey really deserves more acclaim, it's a really good show.

Nimona: disabled rep, queer rep, and implied trans/genderfluid rep.

Netflix is really going hard right now, ig.

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Consider: The BSD Gang on a Playground

More specifically, a swing set. (This works as adults or children.)

•Ranpo would beg [read:force] Poe to push him, which Poe would do willingly. I think Poe would save the swing for Ranpo as well.

•Chuuya would be going in circles. He'd show off his gravity manipulation so much. Dazai probably reaches put to touch him at random times, causing Chuuya to fall. Chuuya would probably beat him up anyway.

•Dazai would either swing without holding onto the chains, or he'd be that one person that tries to go in-between the swings and try not to get hit.

• Nikolai is that one kid who sits on the swing sideways, twists it around and spins, tries climbing the swing frame, you know what I mean. No one wants to swing next to him.

•Fyodor would hate swinging, but Nikolai would try and force him into it using his ability.

•Sigma wouldn't do anything odd. He'd be that one kid who you never talk to but don't mind sitting next to because he's pretty chill. He probably avoids swinging though, because he's terrified Nikolai will swing next to him.

•Akutagawa would use Rashōmon to push himself on the swing. Poor lonely Akutagawa. If he's dating Atsushi, then Atsushi would definitely offer to push him, but Akutagawa would be far too stubborn to accept.

•Atsushi is scared of swings at first, until Dazai tells him that "cats always land on their feet!" and suddenly he's swinging as high as possible and breaks his leg.

•Kenji and Kyouka would be in the sandbox. Do I need to say more?

•Kunikida wouldn't swing. He just wouldn't. Instead, he'd yell at Yosano and Nikolai for using the swings improperly, and he'd be sitting in the shade with a cold drink.

•Yosano would stand on the swing. Maybe Kōyō would help push her, but I think Yosano would just kind of swing her upper body back and forth until she's moving.

•Kōyō likely wouldn't swing, but if she did, she'd sit on it prim and proper, and not swing too fast or slow.

•Lucy wouldn't even bother. She'd create a swing inside of Anne's room and leave everyone behind. Go Lucy.

•Gin is competive. It feel that in my heart and soul, and you can't convince me that she wouldn't be swinging as high as possible, especially with Chuuya around. I can see her just sitting on it as well, probably saving it for her brother.

•Higuchi would be playing tag, but if given the opportunity to swing she wouldn't go particularly fast. She'd probably stay around three feet off the ground.

•Fukazawa and Fukuchi sit on a bench and watch them play. (Mori does not exist for obvious reasons.)

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This is an oh-so-gentle and friendly reminder that when writing fanfiction in English, Japanese honorifics such as "-kun," "-san," or any others will NOT CARRY OVER. "San" is the equivalent of Mr, so if you wish to include it, it would be "Mr.______."

ITS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH HONORIFICS IN JAPANESE DONT WORK THE SAME WAY

Unless you're writing a bilingual character who's very confused, in which case, yes, use honorifics in this way.

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*takes deep breath* Okay but are we ever going to talk about the fact that most people aren't mischaracterizing characters? Any good author knows that your stories are supposed to have SOME gaps for the readers own imagination to fill and everyone's mind will always fill those gaps differently so no one will have the exact same version of a character in our heads as other people.

And in addition to this, the entire point of fanfiction is to make things different, to explore how a character would act if placed in different circumstances. Don't tell me I'm writing a character wrong because I placed him/her/them in a universe with no trauma or I wrote them as a teenager.

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The people in the Good Omens Fandom do not talk about the beginning of Season two enough. When Aziraphale, excuse my French, is totally flirting? Crowley says, "look at you. You're gorgeous," and Aziraphale LOOKS UP hopefully???