#he thinks ranpo's ability is real; so we do too. dazai's ability is also flashy at first bc atsushi's never seen anything like it | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

zukkaoru · 1 year ago

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[ID: a screencap of Ranpo using Ultra Deduction in the first season of Bungou Stray Dogs. edited onto it are various screenshots of tumblr tags that read: "#hes just that funny" "#it's all in his head" "#it's the autism" "#he doesn't have an ability but he's special. leave him alone" "#autism powers" "#he's just built different #have you ever seen an autistic person get really autistic about something" "#Kunikida does lights #Dazai does fog #those two were probably theatre kids in a past life" #its the autism" "#its an agency secret requirement implemented by fukuzawa #if you're ranpo's trail guide you have to pack the strobe lights" "#my theory is that #he emits a specific frequency straight from his brain everytime he thinks really hard and it induces mass hallucination of flashy lights" "#built in feature. comes with the autism" "#those are some super special glasses okay?" "#hes just like that" "#whimsy and wonder obviously now can you guys let him live" "#he has astigmatism" "#'why'd ranpo have a whole power-up sequence if he isn't gifted?' joke's on you he can just. do that" "#thats just how strong his autism is" "#dazai crouching behind him with flashlights and a fog machine" and "#personally I love the silly-mode (ie not canon but funny) hc that he does have an ability #it's just completely unrelated to the deduction skills #and he studiously ignores all the evidence suggesting he can. idk. levitate objects with his mind. #just like how he ignores the evidence that ultra deduction is maybe not a real ability" End ID]

Ah yes the greatest bsd mystery of them all:

If Ranpo indeed doesn't have an ability, where do all the flashy effects and lights come from

#id added #ik this is a silly joke post but like.. real answer: iirc this only actually happens the first time. in this episode.#and we're seeing him 'use his ability' from atsushi's pov and atsushi doesn't yet know ultra deduction isn't a real ability #the flashy lights and stuff aren't actually visible to any of the characters. they're for the viewers (us)#and we are watching clueless alongside atsushi; believing ranpo really does have an ability #i don't think ranpo gets a flashy ability sequence like this ever again in the anime #the closest we get is like. words flashing across the lenses of his glasses i think. but that's just straight up deduction #that's a visual representation of him sorting out information in his mind #dazai gets flashy lights and stuff the first time he uses his ability too but we know that isn't the case every time he touches someone #so that's really just a cue for viewers and likely not something visible to the characters themselves #honestly i think giving ranpo the flashy sequence here is really great because at this point #we're learning about this world alongside atsushi #we know as little as he does #he thinks ranpo's ability is real; so we do too. dazai's ability is also flashy at first bc atsushi's never seen anything like it #and so we haven't either #but once it becomes more normal to atsushi the flashiness dies down. instead of bright lights and a declaration of NO LONGER HUMAN #dazai just. touches someone.#AHEM. anyway sorry for the long rambly rant on what i absolutely know is a joke post i just. have thoughts #bsd

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