#i cant look at akutagawa w/o thinking of tam ok

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Cross over idea I will probably never write:

Ryuunosuke and Gin Akutagawa are actually Tam and Linh Song accept they didn’t go to Exillium but ended up in the forbidden cities, specifically Yokohama. Linh doesn’t use her hydro-kinesis at all and Tam uses his shadows differently so it seems like a human ability.

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Continuing my bsd x koltc brainstorming.

Tam and Ryuu have a lot of the same base personality traits and similar world views, and it’s pretty easy to imagine them as the same person up until Ryuu joins the mafia. His motivations from bsd canon disappear because… elf. So why is he like this?

Well, he still went to Exillium, they just didn’t keep going. I mean, the only reason to stay would be fighting for a chance to return to the Lost Cities. I’m thinking Tam and Linh don’t find the Wild Wood colony, loose all connection with the Lost Cities and all the other species who are part of the treaties, and become even more independent and jaded. Without any kind of stable environment to return to they don’t have the time or energy to keep going to Exillium, instead devoting their energy to survival. But it took time for them to realize they didn’t want to go back, so they spent months at Exillium, internalizing their ideologies. That was only reinforced when they were living on the streets.

The way to survive at Exillium is to prove yourself worthy to your coach so your invited back for the next day. Some part of Tam internalized that feeling, that need to prove his worth to the person in charge of him, but because of his defiant nature he also loathed that feeling and his coach. When he joins the Port Mafia Dazai became his coach, training him in how to use his ability and using similar language as the Exillium coaches did. This alone isn’t enough to explain his behavior until you remember elven guilt. Ryuunosuke has joined a criminal organization and become a violent murderer, which would shatter his sanity. But his reaction isn’t to shut down, but to become obsessed with one thing to focus on leaving sanity and reason behind. Akutagawa’s head is already show as fractured glass in bsd, too. So, Tam gets traumatized by his parents and learns to despise authority, then he gets traumatized by Exillium and develops a Pavlovian response to certain language, then his sanity shatters after he becomes a murderer. Now he’s Akutagawa, obsessed with proving his worth, angry at the world, and refusing to ever actually do as he’s told despite craving approval.

Now, the question is, why isn’t he still as obsessed with protecting his sister? We know he’s an over protective brother who would do anything for Gin from BEAST, but it isn’t as obvious in bsd. Why? Obviously because Gin can handle herself just fine. She ain’t no damsel in distress and she makes damn sure her brother knows it. He still loves and cares for her but he doesn’t hover as much. She really grew into her own in the mafia. So Ryuu actually ends up relying on her for emotional support than she does him, she has control over her ability while he’s struggling, it’s a role reversal.

But why isn’t Gin’s sanity shattered? She’s an assassin! She kills a lot. The answer is— I have no clue! If anyone has an idea pls share. God why does Gin have to be so sane and normal!?

Anyway that’s all for now, if anyone actually reads this let me know, I’m feeling very lonely as the only person who looked at Akutagawa and saw Tam 😭

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THEY ARE SAME PERSON!!!!!!!