#I'd put multiple Dazai tags but I don't feel like it

[wistfullywaiting2]

Made a post in March about Atsushi, Kunikida, and Dazai all grave visiting together so heres the fanfic 6 months later

And When the Tide Rises, Somebody Sinks and is Gone in the Blink of an Eye (2982 words) by Wistfullywriting Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Kunikida Doppo & Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Dazai Osamu & Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Dazai Osamu & Kunikida Doppo (Bungou Stray Dogs) Characters: Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs), Nakajima Atsushi (Bungou Stray Dogs), Kunikida Doppo (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Bittersweet Ending, Well it can be considered sad but I wrote it with bittersweet intentions, Character Death, Grave visiting, This was beta read shout out to taylor, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Surprise Angst, Angst, Bungou Stray Dogs Manga Spoilers Summary: Questions swarmed in his head. Did you ever get the funding back? Did the tiger have a play in your orphanage’s misfortune? Do you feel guilty? All these inquiries were left unsaid, and instead “Is that your father?” Was the icebreaker he chose. Atsushi let out a loud huff before looking up at Kunikida with a surprised smile. “Why would you think that?” “His last name is Nakajima.” “Ah,” Atsushi paused, before reluctantly answering. “Usually when a child in an orphanage doesn’t have a last name, they’ll take on the last name of whoever is currently running the orphanage.” “Oh.” Kunikida responded, Atsushi tried to project a shocked amusement, but it was obvious that he was a bit off put by the implication. Luckily Kunikida was too ashamed by his incorrect assumption to point it out. It’s not this was the first time someone compared the headmaster to a father.

[wildflowerteas]

elli chapter 3 read pt 2

Annnndd part two. here we go.

The Five Salutes on the KMS message 💀 it really only gets worse from here on out Elli, I'm sorry.

Oh my god, you guys POOR MAX. I keep forgetting that you have to read at least chapter 1 to know for sure the premise/direction of the fic. Like, the summary kind of implies it, but from the comments I've been getting, people stumble into the fic thinking even Chuuya could have been the murderer ( which, okay yeah he's capable of killing a man but definitely not himself ) and I also admittedly have a tendency to just assume everything I'm thinking is also somehow in between the lines that I write. MCD tag is there too but like what else I've written, probably not for what you might think at first.

Well now I'd like to see the post-chapter six essay what the hell???

"There's no forgetting you, Dazai Osamu. Against my will, my mind won't allow it." Ahh . . . nostalgia. I can't believe it's been so long since I wrote that line.

SHIN SOUKOKU Communicating!!!!!!!! They are . . . my bread and butter. my life. my love. if I let myself go on anymore i might explode god i love shin soukoku. OMG on the topic of POV switches, I was mentioning this to Rori I believe, but POV switches aren't bound by scene for a reason a) I don't like it and b) more fluid POV switching in a scene is a way for me to convey that two characters are in tune with each other/on the same page, thinking similar things, such that I can continue telling the story without the need to backtrack or for there to be a major tonal shift. It's why there's a lot of Chuuya-centric or Dazai-centric scenes where the POV/internal monologue does not shift, but Shin-soukoku are practically finishing each other's sentences.

I legitimately cannot believe you've been here since the first interlude chapter, Rori. That feels like ages ago ( it has been ), I'm sorry for all I've been putting you through, in your final semester no less.

WHO IS THIS? JUNO(?) HI!!!!

"Soukoku's burn is not slow-burning, more like crash-and-burning" <- he had no idea just how slow the crash-and-burn was going to end up being. Chronologically, it's been about 8 months for SKK and 2 for shin-soukoku. balancing those timelines has been hell. the real downward spiral here might be my mind actually.

Annnnnddd we're at the end. Cue the applause. So glad Elli was having a crisis every few seconds with this chapter. Three was the introduction to the 'supernatural elements' that warrant the tag ( and also the multiple/intersecting timelines one hehe ) and I feel like I risked a lot, veering away from the concreteness of a mystery that is totally grounded in reality, so I'm really glad they enjoyed it.