#anyway Laois is relatable

[frankenbuggee]

Lighting makes a difference…

I haven’t even been able to read this because Waterstones hasn’t delivered vol 1 yet! I have vol 3/4!

[fantasykiri5]

A pair of birds of prey for days 15 and 16 of @hermitadaymay !!! Definitely not a day and a half (?) late

[rosenbergamot]

mister laios dungeon meshi…. as an autistic person, i dont think ive ever related more to a character before.

like laios being so disinterested by the human world around him, unable to understand it and growing bitter towards humans because of how much and how easily they hurt. with monsters theres a Reason for what they do — its all survival, and that makes sense. humans, however, hurt just to hurt. all the suffering that he and falin went through have been because of humans. why would he like them? why would he ever be interested in them? he and falin have Never been afforded being seen as humans.

i feel like, with laios, he likes who he likes, and he doesnt really think about people he doesnt like. sure they exist, and he knows and acknowledges this, but theyre not his. the only humans that really matter to him are the ones that hes grown attached to. hes very compassionate but thats because its in his nature. if he wasnt a kind person at heart, i dont think he’d bother with people at all. that kindness is such a core part of him.

if he were in the modern world i just KNOW that guy wouldnt care about a career or school or even all these supposedly human aspirations that people have-- these long term goals, these big lofty ideals. he would just care about the day to day. working to ensure theres a roof over his head and food on the table. reading about monsters. having dinner with his friends. making sure his loved ones are all doing okay. and i can just imagine people being like "but dont you want... more?" and laios being so confused. why WOULD you ever want more? why would he ever want to give himself to the rat race? be exhausted constantly? work towards a goal that only other people view as worthy? why, when what he has right here is exactly what he wanted!! laios doesnt have these "human" desires and thats a core part of why he feels so alienated from other people. so different. like a monster himself. and as someone who is autistic, let me just say.….. me too buddy.

[redrocketpanda]

I haven't felt the excitement to write for soooo long but I may be being slowlyyyyyy tipper over the edge by some dunmeshi thoughts as a result of talking to one of my besties and lamenting the lack of shippable characters in dunmeshi (outside of Farcille)

There's Labru, which I think I will end up in the camp for - mainly bc I find Kabru's intense preoccupation with autistic Monster Man who, in turn, shows zero awareness/attraction back deeply funny, and bc both of them are attractive in their own ways (pretty boy + handsome soft boy YES).

I don't fall for either of the Chilshi or Laichil, mainly bc I feel like Laois and Senshi are so disinterested. My bestie posited that out of all of Laois' party (outside of Farcille) Chilchuck seems the most likely candidate for having sexual/romantic feelings for his party members, but in ways that aren't reciprocated (see above)

And then I had a brainwave moment

What if Chilchuck and Kabru though... (hear me out)

I don't think they would necessarily be interested in each other but would spark off of their mutual attraction (& annoyance) of Laios. Chilchuck who respects and, begrudgingly, even finds Laois attractive but who is getting frustrated at the lack of reciprocity/options. And Kabru with all of his intense preoccupation and rapidly building resentment towards Laios

All of those frustrated, annoyed feelings gotta go somewhere. And I'm just sayin'...

What if Chilchuck and Kabru tho...

[waluijoe]

job hunting.. more like job haunting.. im scared

[dangans-ur-ronpas]

saw ur vents abt dungeon meishi and while I haven’t read the series yet or watched the anime I have seen bits and pieces and already saw the blowup scene where Toshiro attacks Laois and like. even I with zero context didn’t totally hate him. It sucks majorly that it had to happen but like. Toshiro is going through his own shit and plenty of other characters ALSO don’t like Laois! I think people just see that scene and project the amount of times that’s happened to them with someone in real life, which like. I get it. I’m autistic and reading that scene hit like a gut punch bc it was something I had experienced directly in real life: trying to be friends with someone, thinking you are friends, only for them to reveal one day that they couldn’t stand you and hated your guts from day one. You wonder why the fuck they pretended and let you hurt even worse than outright initial rejection. You wonder why they’d put themselves through enduring you. It makes you feel like you can’t trust anyone, makes you feel like utter shit. I 100% get why it bothers people. But you can’t project real life people you experienced onto this character that does not align at all except for this one moment. Also knowing about the author, she probably put that in on purpose as commentary for how autistics in Japan generally have to go through shit like this bc of the way their social culture is. She’s made plenty of autistic commentaries before, I doubt she stuck that scene in there for no good reason. The fact that Toshiro kept quiet and didn’t say anything until he couldn’t take it anymore is VERY indicative to me of the ways Japan’s typical social system is a struggle on all sides. Not to say these are problems unique to Japan, but the nuance needs to be understood. Toshiro isn’t being a dick just for the sake of it. I want to read it sometime so I can better understand the guy, but I don’t want to hate him based on one scene where he was an asshole. Laois is an asshole plenty of times himself, being very overtly written as autistic doesn’t absolve him from the responsibilities of being an adult.

TLDR: People tend to infantilize Laois and demonize Toshiro, which comes down to the prejudices preconceived for both of them: people see Laois, as an autistic man, as an innocent sweet guy who needs to be protected. They see Toshiro, as an Asian man, as someone who should be “polite and honorable” or whatever and are appalled when he acts like a fallible human being and not some appropriation of a fictional romanticized samurai. I understand feeling betrayed and angry seeing a character be a genuine asshole about something (social expectation does not completely absolve Toshiro of his own antagonizations however much of a reason he had) but when it’s so damn one sided, and especially in a series where almost NO one is without complete asshole qualities that round them out, I find it kind of gross that people hate on him for that. Anyway. Just wanted to send a message of support and understanding. Hopefully after I read more I can offer more analysis to corroborate with you on.

100% CORRECT thank you anon

i also understand the people who are sympathizing with laios bc that scene is very easy to relate to for many autistic or otherwise neurodivergent people (i also got a cold sweat when i was watching it bc. like. having someone you thought was a friend straight up tell you there are parts of your behavior that they can't stand is one of the worst things to experience of all time, ESPECIALLY if you were only showing that behavior around them bc you thought they were your friend and you trusted them) but it's so frustrating seeing so many people have such shallow opinions about toshiro bc of it. im on hands and knees begging people to consider the characters in three dimensions and/or develop better reading comprehension because like!! toshiro's official meeting with laios's new group literally leads with 'oh his name is actually toshiro and we never knew bc our leader had a misunderstanding and microaggressed him and he was too polite to correct him' laios is not an innocent party here!! he is not an innocent uwu autistic baby he's a grown adult man with responsibilities, in that whole time he was partied with toshiro he never learned his real name!! plus using toshiro's crush on falin as a reason to hate him, falin's adolescence was spent in a school and a social setting where she was expected to mask + her being a girl also means she is expected to mask by default -> she is better at masking than laios so why are people saying that toshiro hates laios for the same traits in falin bc clearly not?? also saw one person saying 'he only likes falin because she's hot' NO HE DOES NOT HE WOULD NOT RISK HIS LIFE HEALTH AND RETAINERS IN A DUNGEON ON A FOREIGN CONTINENT FOR THE SAKE OF A WOMAN HE ONLY THOUGHT WAS SEXY!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DUNMESHI FANS THINK WITH YOUR BRAAIN

the whole fight he had with laios where laios points out that their party is more serious about finding falin and resolving everything also drives me nuts because i've seen at least one take saying that toshiro doesn't care about falin as much as team laios because of this. which yes the fact that team laios understands the importance of health in pursuit of a goal is very very important but for many cases in east asian culture (and actually any culture with emphasis on capitalism and economic growth) productivity will get valued above all else which leads to neglect of personal health, i.e: what toshiro was doing. so this is just a clown take to begin with

also interesting to me that almost every character in dunmeshi thus far has demonstrated some kind of racial bias/misconceptions (i.e: chilchuck about elves, senshi about half-foots, etcetera etcetera) and laios and falin are no exception. race and racial differences and conflict and coexistence is also one of the underlying themes in dungeon meshi, with the elves of the west being considered a major issue to many dungeon-goers and the mayor hating dwarves and having to contend with those elves, and then marcille's motive for studying black magic and even thistle's motive for being the dungeon keeper. so it's real fucking ironic that the fans are really quick and happy to demote toshiro to 'asshole side character who is bullying our autistic rep' instead of, you know, using nuance and thinking about it

tldr; dungeon meshi has great commentary on what it's like as an autistic person in society. but dungeon meshi fans are too quick to write off toshiro as an asshole japanese guy who is ableist and getting in the way of their white woman yuri, therefore helping to promote this website's enduring legacy as the piss-poor reading comprehension website

[3dogbones]

NUH UH

WHY'RE YOU AWAKE (it's 30 past midnight for me)

SHOOT YOU CAUGHT ME- I mean uuhhhhh

“So you see” (-dhar man) I may or may not have to do stuff tomorrow BUT LIKE SSSSSHHHHHH I’M OBSESSING RN 🥺🥺🥺 lemme brain rot over a fictional character (cough cough laios has pretty eyes fight me cough cough dungeon meshi spoilers are killing me HALP)

also sleep, more like sLeep, because big L amirite?

Shoooot accidentally made an epic quote raaahahhhhhh he would say that he’s literally me why does he have to be me like STOP BEING SO RELATABLE BRO. STOP IT, GET SOME HELP. HE WON’T LISTEN TO ME WHEN I SAY THAT BUT I WISH HE WOULD

anyways obligatory Laois gifs grabbing and shoving him in your face affectionately look at this new thing I like!!! wowza 😁😁😁😁

Conclusion: I’m not going to sleep and you should like totally watch dungeon meshi, or delicious in dungeon but I refuse to call it that

is this a disguised marketing campaign? Yesn’t and actually you🫵should be the one sleeping 😴 UNO REVERSE and apparently we’re literally time zone buddies 🤩 same time here mwahahaahah

EDIT: siggggggghhhhh I guess I’ll go to sleep now 🙄/ily goodnighty

Added the captions myself ur welcome. Time to dream now, not like the Minecraft YouTuber tho cuz BROTHA UGGHGHHHH

[catgirlwheels]

Dungeon Meshi characters' vibes delivered to me by exclusively tumblr posts:

Laios (Laois? I keep seeing both and it's confusing but I'm pretty sure I was told it's Laios). The only one here having a good time here (Senshi is also having a good time but he would be having a good time anywhere; Laios is having a good time here specifically). The embodiment of autism. Hungry and excited about being hungry.

Marcille. Kinda hates Laios but is madly in lesbians with his sister so she puts up with him (I did see a post saying this is not true at all but it's definitely how it came across to me until seeing that post). The party healer. Very competent and also neurotic. Her hair is very important for some reason.

Chilchuck. He is just kind of grumpy and mildly dislikes hates everyone but the party need a rogue and he's being paid to be here (I thought I read that Senshi was here because they were too broke to eat properly so I'm not sure how that works; at least one of these facts is probably made up). Will not do anything that wasn't in his contract. Family life is not going well.

Senshi just loves food. He saw some kids who weren't eating well enough, said "is anyone gonna feed them?", and didn't wait for an answer. No idea if he participates in the dungeoneering or if he just cooks. Knows how to cook monsters. Unclear if he wants the monsters specifically or he just knows how to cook anything and is following his new adopted kids around. Will live in your head and tell you to eat better if you read dungeon meshi.

Falin. She's dead. And then she's not. And then she's not human anymore in various ways. Unclear if those two things are related. Also resurrection is illegal? Anyway she's a cinnamon roll and also a gremlin just like her brother. Oh and they're both trans. Also very excited about eating weird things. She does magic also?

Izutsumi. Senshi's cat. I think she's a Pokemon. She always seems to be saying her name if she says anything? Does not want Laios to pet her.

I've seen a few other characters but I don't have names or any sense of them.

[the-key-of-destiny]

Laois From Dungeon Meshi Is Literally Me

And I Don't Mean Like "Oh He Is Autism Given Form Uwa, He Just Like Me" I Mean I'm Fascinated By The Biology Of Fantasy Creatures In The Same Way Laois Is, I Crave The Knowledge Others Find Off-Putting. I Find The Biology Of Fantasy Creatures So Unique and Interesting And Get SUPER Dissapointed When An Author Makes Their Fantasy Creature Like Just A Mammal. Not That There's Anything Wrong With Making Mammal Fantasy Creatures, I Mean More Like When Harpy-Esqe Creatures Reproduce In The Same Way Humans Do, Like PLEASE BE MORE INTERESTING, It'd Be WAY Cooler If They Layed Eggs Or Some Shit, Or Maybe Even Invent A New Birthing Method, And Then Theres Also Half Breeds Which Are Just Painted As Humans With A Tiny Bit Of Animal Parts, PLEASE Give Them More Interesting Features, Interesting Mutations That Mix The Two Species Together, Or Maybe Make Said Half-breeds Develop Features Neither Species Would Have Normally. I've Spent Hours Thinking About My Non-Human Oc's Biology And How They Tick, How Their Society Deals With Their Inhumanness, How Accessibility Would Work For Them Ect Ect. Anyway Getting Back On Topic, I Have Never Related To A Character Harder Than Laois Touden, I Love Him. He Scrathes That Itch That Most Authors Would Never Bother To.

[viridescent-vinca]

idk how i found this out orginially but i was super surprised to find out that laois's english VA is damian haas (notable for me bc i used to watch a lot of smosh and still think damian is cool for knowing german)

and now i found out that senshi's VA is sungwon cho?????? omg it's just so crazy, tho sungwon makes a lot more sense to me bc he only does voice acting and was in aggretsuko and some other anime related stuff that i don't remember

anyway i love how small the VA community can be

[searchingforbucky]

FIC REC (Part 13) :)

Okay! So, this one has been requested at least 13 times lol, I hear you guys, and its finally here! I now present the Single Dad!/Single Mom! AU. I hope you guys love these fics as much as I do! 

Astrophile by @all1e23

Surprise surprise, there was absolutely no way this wasn’t going to be on the list. There is not a single fic that I have been invested more than this one. Like don’t get me wrong, I have favorites, but I am literally invested in this family. This a story about the sweetest (also firefighter? yes) Bucky (December) and his baby girl Orion and a newcomer “Beck”, cue the road to the purest relationship I’ve ever seen, with love that lasts a lifetime, and a universe that is so expertly crafted.. I read this fic at least once a month, and wait on baited breath for the “Astrophile files”. If you haven’t read this, I personally guarantee that you will love it. I know I cant imagine anyone who wouldn’t. My heart was in a constant state of mush during the whole thing.

Ready of Not by @star-spangled-man-with-a-plan

One of my favorite types of stories are the ones where its like a modern AU with Bucky coming back from war, and this is the story that started that love for me. Bucky is out of war, missing an arm, but gaining the cutest therapy dog. Who loves dogs? The readers baby girl. This was just so phenomenally cute, and also like, raw in a way. You see the traumatic effects the war had on bucky so its really realistic, but its also beautifully melded with the sweet moments between Bucky and Gracie, and the reader and Bucky. It may be lame f me to call it “deep” but I really do feel that way, it was a fantastic read. Also, check out her story Bittersweet Symphony, which is another fantastic and honestly kinda sad, albeit unfinished story. 

Sweetest love @propertyofpoeandbucky

Do you want to know Keira? Jesus, this is it. This is a story about a single mom reader, starting a relationship with Bucky, deciding to introduce him to her daughter, and from that we just see the purest real Laois and ship for me. It is so absolutely adorable to see how lovely Bucky is with this baby girl. The title is absolutely encompassing of the fact that it really is just such a sweet pure love between these two people. This family deserves all of the love it can’t get, because my heart absolutely just melted for them. Also check out her stories Bed and bath & From left field which are also so cute. 

The lucky one by @avengerofyourheart

Alright, so Anika Has a fantastic gift for being able to take canon story lines, and interweave these AUS inside of them and oh man did it create a wonderful story. Like I genuinely could believe this is what happened. Bucky is on the run, and single mom reader needs some help on the farm. What can go wrong? This story was just so investing, I feel like I’m still invested in it like I wanna know everything that happened to them. It was such a good story, and that sounds so basic but I really mean it. They were twists and turns and I read it all in one go, and then I just had to go back and read it again because I felt like  I needed to take it in again because it was just so good. Also check out her other incredibly cute story Of snowstorms and men

Bookmark my heart by @moonbeambucky

OK, so I’m not gonna spoil anything, but those of you who know this or will read this will understand why am a little iffy about putting this on this specific list, but also it’s really good so I decided to put it on just because it’s a really good story lol. There are so many feelings that come with this, the reader works at a library and Bucky is there with a little girl and he catches the readers I, and I can’t blame her boy is fine as heck. There are some definite plot twists that come with this, but it is so cute, and Bucky is so baby, and their relationship is so adorable. I need me a bucky. 

Sweet as can be by @yallneedtrek

What’s one trope you guys know I love? Detective Bucky, and what can make it better other than Dad Bucky! Oh my God, this one was literally so cute. Bucky is just a single dad, who has a lot on his mind. He loves his daughter so much, but he doesn’t have the best memory. He needs help with his daughter’s birthday planning that’s coming up within the next day or two, and who better to help other than Baker reader. This couple is absolutely adorable, I think really just the dynamic between all of the characters, like just the love you can see between Bucky and his daughter, and just a kind of mutual pining between the reader and Bucky really just is recipe for a wonderful story. They really are sweet as can be lol

Because I met you by @captain-ariel-barnes

this one is a single!mom reader, and holy hell its cute. Okay so Bucky meets the readers daughter who has a prosthetic arm, amazing concept right? And its just about as cute as you would think it would be. Its such pure interactions between these three, and it really just made my heart absolutely melt. Like, and im not gonna spoil it but holy hell the ending really made me cry, everyone is just way too pure. 

The art teacher by @irndad

God this one is soso cute. 1) its written so well, like poetry the way he describes the reader, its so lovely, and 2) the whole forbidden lovers aspect of dad x teacher thing is so good haha, I love those kinda things. This is short, but so sweet, and the line “the two loves of his life” oof, my heart

Bewitched by @buckyofthemyscira

oh man, OK, so this one is another Halloween time related story, and it’s so cute. It’s a single dad Bucky story where he takes his baby girl out on Halloween, and absolute utter adorability ensues.  He’s dressed up as Indiana Jones, his baby is Winnie the Pooh, I was dressed up as a mess of heart mush and tears because oh my god it was so cute.  Bucky really is just the best father, he’s so sweet and caring and this family made me just want to give them all a group hug.  

Stranger danger by @highkey-holland

Okay so with this one its another sort of “Bucky finds the readers lost kid” story and ohhh man its cute. I always wondered like if the avengers would always get a lot of kids coming to them, and I think this answered my question, she didn’t talk to him until she knew who he was, but I feel like they just give off a safe vibe. The interactions between Bucky and the readers daughter is so pure, no one can convince me that Bucky wouldn’t be the best with kids, he’s so patient and sweet and :)) my heart 

Groceries by @ballyhoobarnes

Hell yeah, now this one is cute as heck. Bucky has a little boy, and oh man is he just the suavest little wing man. This little boy is just about the cutest thing, he’s just throwing out those date invites haha, and the shyness between the two is so cute. The reader is his sons teacher, so you have some of that trope (which I love) all in all its just really cute, shorter, but so sweet. 

Drabble by @bbbarneswrites

Okay I LOVE this one, something about Bucky just adopting an abandoned baby no questions asked makes my heart just want to explode. And seeing the way the avengers like all come together to help raise this girl, is like peak writing to me haha. And then we have mutual pining for his kinder teacher? Soft soft soft, I’m in love. Its just really so incredibly cute!

Lost and Found by @mybearyarmy

Oh man, okay, so this one is Single Dad!Bucky AND Single Mom!Bucky. Its a super cute story of the two of them coming together with their daughters after both losing their SOs (and their daughters at the zoo place haha) its really just a super, super fluffy story. I love the idea of their two girls being friends, and I love that their relationship after their past partners weren’t rushed. There are also some twists in there that I was surprised by haha, you never really can tell who is what in New York .

Life is Gourd by @redhairedfeistynerd

This one is super cute, it’s the start of a series I think, or at least a compilation of one shots. It’s about Bucky and his two baby girls coming together for some family time around Halloween, and meeting the reader, and it’s really cute. not gonna lie, I felt really bad for Becky because it must be so hard for him with two girls, and piper with a little bit of a butt haha. I’m really excited to see where this one goes. Hopefully the reader can help out with those handfuls. 

Best Ever by @suz-123

OK, so this is one of the two on here that aren’t single parent stories, but they were just too good not to include. Alright, let’s talk about something that absolutely melted my heart. that is, Bucky being so excited about his baby’s birthday. Oh my God, I about died I think one of the things I loved a lot about this one was the fact that it was just so in character for everybody mentioned, and the whole family feel it gave for the avengers and what not,was just so cute. I love the domesticity.  

Coming home by @hootyhoobuckaroo

OK so this is the second one that’s not really a single dad Bucky story. But I’m including it anyway because it’s really good, OK so this one is just like fantastic in terms of story writing, you really feel like you’re right there, right in the action, experiencing everything as they’re experiencing it themselves. It’s just really good, and the protective part of Bucky as a dad is absolutely wonderful to see.

Baby blues by @papi-chulo-bucky

Eleven months after a one night stand, Bucky is faced with raising his daughter and things are getting tough. That is, until he meets you, his extremely introverted neighbor. OHHH the neighbor AU, I love it, this one was so detailed and wonderful and just really well written and so cute. I highly recommend.

I hope you guys like these! :)