#chilaios nation are you out there

[bloodsbane]

This question lives rent-free in my brain so I've decided I'm curious enough in what others think to make a (dunmeshi related) poll about it. Please view this for context.

As has now been seen more than once in the anime as well as the manga, Laios will sometimes call Chilchuck by only the first half of his name! Usually in dangerous or tense situations. He has done it once while it was only the two of them (snapping him out of the siren's song) and in the company of others (calling his name while they stood in the dark in the shapeshifter episode.) In my memory, no one else in the party has called him Chil, though I may be wrong and feel free to add onto the post if there's evidence.

Anyways here is the question which plagues my mind: did Chilchuck give Laios explicit permission to use his first name, and if so, did he also convey the significance of it to Laios? For now let's assume Laios didn't already understand this through cultural osmosis or something, though I acknowledge that's entirely possible.

(For the no permission options, I imagine the most likely scenario is that Laios started using it as a nickname, and Chilchuck simply never objected / corrected him.)

Also if you guys have totally different headcanons regarding this PLEASE feel free to talk about them!

[prismatoxic]

hey chilaios nation. i imagine we're all insane about everything regarding the shapeshifters both in a chilaios sense and also in a character study of both of them as individuals sense but also are any of you writing fic or drawing art yet where realchuck and fakechuck (meanchuck and nicechuck, as it were) gang up on laios

like yeah fakechuck is made of leaves but what if he wasn't. what if he was flesh and blood or magic or something and he and realchuck played good cop/bad cop with laios's dick

or perhaps fakechuck openly comes onto laios which drives realchuck absolutely fucking bonkers until he shoves the imposter out of the way to deal with it himself (has laios noticed? is he flustered or is he oblivious? is realchuck mad because his fake is getting attention and/or action or is he mad because overt flirting isn't even working but fuck off faker he can totally get through to laios you're just not doing it right) but then that also turns into a threesome probably.

just some ideas. some food for thought. i'm very normal about chilchuck's shapeshifter clone being more willing to depend on laios and also being just a little nicer while retaining basic chilchuck personality traits. i'm extremely normal about laios not thinking twice about helping the fake open a bottle because it has never once occurred to him that chilchuck's "convictions and pride and all that" would stop him from asking. i'm fine. everything is fine.

[wormlette]

hey op. thanks for being an inspo for the chilaios nation im writing a post canon oneshot where they invent dungeons and dragons. i loved him to the point of invention and also picking up a new hobby exclusively so i could carve small figurines of monsters to make him happy or however it goes

Wait holy fuck hold on a second when I first read this I thought you were saying you were writing an AU where they’re playing dungeons and dragons and I was already pogged up about it but WAIT A MINUTE. IN UNIVERSE. DUNGEON MESHI. POST CANON. THE GANG INVENTS DND. Holy shit please post that when you’re done I really want to read it. Happy to inform you you’re also doing inspiring work as a member of

ARE YOU MAKING FIGS TOO? Holy shit you loved him to the point of invention… Dungeon Meshi literally is out here healing us all and our relationships with desire and living fulfilling lives. We do it for him (depressed dad and his dog boy) 😌💞

[chewchuck]

AND ANOTHER THING! (IM BACK FOR MORE)

I absolutely picked up on a few things that honestly had me just asking more questions about Chilchuck’s pov. On one hand, I usually love seeing each pov within the chapters, but! on the other, it was very what’s the word… fitting? nicely done. how you handle the showing and telling of the story

My internal dialogue was a lot of “Oh surely this man is not entirely oblivious to dog boy over here.” “Oh he has GOT to be thinking thoughts rn.” So eek! Yes I am so excited about the addition lol

Also I have no idea WHAT they’re put in this stuff, but Dungeon Meshi has just… gotten me in a chokehold. The Chilaios Nation, don’t know what y’all are doing, but it also has me in a chokehold. Scarily dragging me in. I am obsessing I am refreshing my tabs I am unwell I am blessed with a feast fit for a king this is affecting my mental health I need sleep. Anyway, love all the chilaios nation folks <3

listen to me. look me in my eyes. i am gripping you by the shoulders. this is everything to me

because so genuinely while writing the first part, i considered every single aspect of what chikchuck thought about what was going on. what was he feeling what was he thinking etc etc and i while i don’t always think that’s necessarily for a limited pov fic, especially not when it comes to one that boils down to self indulgent smut, like i said *i* knew what he was going through and wanted to try to translate that to the audience with out like. making it so obvious that laios should have picked up on it.

and when trying to convey something subtle like that it’s so easy for it to go completely unnoticed. and honestly i do think i would have been just fine with that actually! bc i never intended to make a second part of this from chilchucks pov!

but the way sooo many people have been like “i am picking up on this” just made me so happy!!! like i said a billion times while writing this i made and am still making this for me first and foremost! it’s self indulgent and all about what *i* want to happen and what makes me happy

but that doesn’t change the fact that i am so overwhelmingly happy that so many other people are enjoying it!! im over the moon about that! and thats a HUGE part of why i got inspired to actually write a chilchuck pov!!!

(and not to curse myself but uhm. based on the current word count compared to the equivalent part of the first part it. well it might end up longer. but shh don’t tell anyone)

BUT YEAH WTF DID RYOKO KUI PUT IN THIS FUCKING SHOW AND WHAT IS IT ABOUT CHILAIOS NATION.

i think it’s crack cocaine

i’m would like to reiterate/make it clear that i made this blog LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. that’s how insane this shit had made me. it’s been less than a week and i’ve made a whole side blog, wrote over 11k of fic, made several friends, joined a discord server and am HAVING THE TIME OF MY LIFE. i am having more fun in this fandom than i can remember having in almost 15 years

sorry this reply got REALLY long but. it just feels good. i’m happy. i’m having fun and im glad there are other people along for the ride who are having fun as well :3

[chilpilled]

Yoooo ! Writer of chilchuck tentacle fic here. On anon because I cannot admit such things but eh you could figure it out. Love love love the art!!! Seriously!!!! I am overjoyed to see such things visualized it’s soooo hot !! Thank you for the awesome amazing art :3

im so happy u like my art wahh <3333 i love ur fic and its part of what kicked off my dunmeshi brainrot so thank YOU!!! im always thinking about it….i need to draw some tentachuck for u so bad. thank u for ur service to chilaios and chilchuck monsterfuck nation. im on my knees orz