#kouyou my beloved

[adore-nyx]

cheri cheri lady (the brainrot is real i love her sm shes wife)

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

First thing she taught him was to serve cunt

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Omg I love the new Bungou Stray Dogs magical girl au so much I just had to draw some art!

…ok so this is obviously a terrible April Fool’s joke. I just wanted to make magical girl designs. From left to right: Teruko, Kouyou, Higuchi, Yosano, Tsujimura and Naomi.

Here’s a few more sketches, because there definitely isn’t a plot in my head now or anything.

(Gin, Lucy and Wells.)

Women. You agree. ❤️

[kyouka-supremacy]

Did you do kouyou for the ask game?

I didn't! Thank you for asking her!!!

Favorite thing about them: Everything aaah, I love her tons. I really like how complex and multifaceted she is. She commits most atrocious actions for what she believes is a truly fair and just cause. She's adult and mature and yet she's blind to many aspects of the world. She's witty and cold and charismatic and yet even her is deceived by her own emotions. She really feels so human. I like how powerful she is, how high she is in the pm hierarchy, it's nice to see women in positions of power in this manga once in a while. Her backstory, however meager, makes for a truly compelling mindset and motives. I love her, I think she's about the most accidentally well written female character in the whole franchise.

Least favorite thing about them: Mmmhhh... Not a big fan of how her interactions with Dazai are portrayed I guess :/ He's always shown having the upper hand in every situation, and even though she's a powerful, capable skill user, she seems helpless in front of him. It's a little sorry to see, but maybe it's just me.

Favorite line: Nothing in particular, but I suppose this passage is nice :)

brOTP: I've said this before already, but I LOVE her ralationship with Mori. I really like to think of them as close siblings. I like the idea of Kouyou being Mori's right hand woman, and that he doesn't trust anyone like he trusts her. Additionally, Kouyou and Chuuya! I like the concept of Chuuya looking up to her as his mentor, and Kouyou being fond of him. I like to interpret them as well being close. And it's remarkable to see Chuuya admire someone else.

OTP: I'm positive towards kousano, I think they're cool!! Though I guess I don't feel very strongly for any romantic Kouyou ship ╮(. ❛ ᴗ ❛.)╭

nOTP: Nothing

Random headcanon: She's going to be the next pm boss no I don't take criticism on this.

Unpopular opinion: She deserves the next light novel. She's like a bad copy of Isabella ThePromisedNeverland lol. If you like the concept of the character, I really recommend reading the first arc of t/p/n.

Song i associate with them: Tengaku by Yuuyu-P, cover by ANGL ft. Meiko. It's a little funny because Tengaku is to me Yuuyu-P's spiritual opposite to Shinkai Shoujo (fire / water, red / blue, Rin / Miku), and that's a song I associate with Kyouka. Also, WORLD'S END UMBRELLA by Hachi is basically Kouyou's backstory.

Favorite picture of them:

Favourite panel from the manga:

Favourite illustration: (Admittedly, not a very wide choice)

Favourite illustration in the anime art style: (I never realized how truly little content Kouyou had until now)

Favourite Mayoi card: (Thank you Mayoi for being the only consistent source of Kouyou content)

Send me a character?

[starswallowingsea]

every time i've gotten into a popular series or franchise i've always been disappointed by it because like. its so hyped up and i watch it and find it mid and it appears we are not watching/playing the same thing

[gaytrashgremlin]

Figured I'd try my hand at a mlp au after being inspired by quite a few, so why not BSD, with it being one of my favorite things at the moment??

[strayslost]

STARTER CALL // KOUYOU OZAKI!!

okay i suddenly have muse for her finally (ayyyy) so here's a starter call for kouyou! like this post for a starter, please specify who it's for if you're a multi, and thank you!

[starlightshadowsworld]

Bsd except Atsushi doesn't work at the Agency. He gets another job, and turns out it's one of the Port Mafia's front companies.

No one in the Port Mafia knows how he got the job and put it together he's the tiger they're searching for.

Thing is, the Port Mafia don't actually want to get rid of him because Atsushi is actually very good at his job.

He's like accidentally committing various crimes on their behalf, like fraud, money laundering etc.

But Atsushi's lived such a sheltered life and has never had a job before, he has no idea this out of the ordinary.

Atsushi just thinks he's working a normal job. And he gets paid reasonably well, has a place to stay so he's not really looking into it.

It's like he's at a cafe and makes really good coffee and the Port Mafia are like... Well we can't get rid of him, who's gonna make my latte just the way I like it?

Atsushi accidentally becomes the most beloved unofficial member of the Port Mafia.

Without knowing it.

At some point Atsushi does find out but carries on.

Because he doesn't have anywhere else to go. And quite frankly, he's having fun. His customers are sweet and kind, he's finally living a life worth living.

Sure it's something the Orphanage would scoff at, but they'd do that regardless.

Somewhere along the lines Kyouka goes from assassin to his fellow co-worker and they bake cakes together and Kouyou's just like... You know what she's happy, let her be.

(And maybe Atsushi can't save everyone but he saves Kyouka and maybe that's enough.)

Chuuya even offers to teach him self defence and Atsushi has a gun incase he needs it.

He's the Port Mafia's equivalent of the Agency's cafe guy, they will go to war if anything happens to him.

Which the Guild find out the hard way.

[zukkaoru]

do you have any fave fics on like. any bsd female characters? like character exploration etc.

good fics centered on female characters are pretty hard to come by in the bsd fandom but i have compiled a list for you <3

if i am lost for a day by featherx THEEEE louisa fic of all time!! ft minor montcott, but mostly a louisa character study

the quintessential girlhood of yosano akiko by lizandre yosano character study, ft transfem yosano

we die alone, we'll all die young (what you care to die for?) by hannieuphoria gin character study, canon divergent au, mind the tags but ohh this fic is So Good

Morning glory by CureIcy kyouka-centric, ft. transfem kyouka

so temporary by justadino agatha christie x zelda, brief agatha character study, very good i love it

blue moon by ringingmaybelles kyouka-centric centering on platonic kyouka & atsushi

now i feel my stars align by thatwasanticlimactic higuchi-centric with black lizard found family and minor higugin

if i leave in the morning, don't be mad by paperkids lucygin no powers friends with benefits to lovers (there's no smut; it's rated t)

desert to ice floe (i will follow) by littencloud9 ranpo & yosano siblings fic (the focus is spread about evenly between yosano and ranpo)

Dreamhouse by halfpastmonsoon montcott with lucy being horror movie protagonist coded. as she should be <3

The Castles Garden by TheMidnightThief higugin royalty au fluff

forget-me-not by feralshadowdemon kouyou character study (haven't read this one myself but it was written by a beloved mutual whose other fics i love)

a butterfly in the country of spring by hail_hex yosano-centric, also haven't read this one but i've heard good things

and i'll add some of my own fics because why not!

beneath the candy-coated clouds higuchi/margaret florist x candy shop employee au

the wonder that we'll inspire  lucygin with gin adopting a lizard

with sweet understanding higuchi-centric valentine's day higugin

i'll hesitantly put my akutagawa siblings characters study fic here too since it has a lot of focus on gin, but with a disclaimer that gin is written as nb transmasc, and obviously there's focus on akutagawa as well since it's a study on both of them

[lil-vibes]

quick question, where the FUCK is mori during all of this ??? and my beloved kouyou, too ? and yosano ? asagiri bring forth the lesbians they will fix this trust

[adore-nyx]

mayoi redraw

[starrynightarchive]

🧃 + ☁️? <3

graaaace bestie beloved hi!!!

what made you choose your username?

nothing much tbh. i once painted the starry night and was proud of the results. considering my shoddy art skills it was pretty impressive. and i reaaally like that painting. and everything else made by van gogh. idk where the archive came from lmao it just popped into my mind

recommend an author or fanfic you love

ohhh good one. anything by my good friend @valleykey and @/itowrites on ao3 is some Good Stuff. as for fic recs, i have three because i Cannot stop myself from gushing about them.

^by @zukkaoru (winks)

^this absolutely insane series and literally every fic by my mutual @kanetheo

i lied i have three more. here

^ by dearest @minusboy

^ by my favourite boy @justadino-ig

by my spouse @feralshadowdemon . can you hear the gears in my head turning. this fic made me claw my walls and want to write a 10k kouyou character study. love you boo

[that-one-raccoon]

aaaaa pls dont mind me popping into ur inbox but OMG OMG WHAT R UR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW COIL CHAPTER ODBSHSHDHDBDB

pls i LOVE SNAPE IN THIS KSHSHDGDGS he's practically adopted dazai by now in my mind ahahah and spleen should just gtfo no one wants him here, also i love how the whole gang is determined to protect dazai from spleen djsbshsh and snape too!! and honestly the loyalty club is being too nice to lockhart he doesn't deserve to be included in the basilisk killers 🙄 (i wonder what dazai will do abt tom riddle's diary? iirc dazai actually had the diary with him when he went into the chamber, what if snape finds it?)

YES HELLO HI

The new chapter was amazing ah!!!

i was really curious for how Lockhart would be dealt with in difference with the canon since no one had a broken wand, and, while i think lockhart deserves wayyyy worse, i find it hilarious he has to share the "glory" with dazai lmaoooo deserved 🙄

lockhart v the kids was great man i loved the tension and the realization of "oh shit he wants to kill dazai"

i was half expecting dazai to grab a fang or something not the whole ass head 😭😭

dazai's night mare :((

Oh, Dazai thought. They're trying to clear my name? The realization felt distant and fuzzy. Dazai rubbed at his face. His hands were a red blur, lacking any distinction. Don't do that, he wanted to tell them, but his mouth was busy breathing and his head feeling stuffed with cotton. I'm the villain. I know I am.

noooo babyyyyy noooo

But it suddenly felt a lot less awful. He sighed into Snape's chest, too tired to fuss much more than a whining, "not doing much for the Dad Snape allegations."

no he is not and we love him for it ˗ˋˏ ♡ ˎˊ˗

Oh. Good. Dazai felt himself relax almost instantly. Blaise would take care of the talking, and Snape would take care of him. I'm... Dazai was too tired to argue his own mind, so the thought slipped by unencumbered. I'm safe. And safe meant he could finally let go. And sleep. That night, Dazai dreamt of honey.

AAALDJSLFKLNLKNDALADH AHHHHH

riddle! right! obviously riddle can't possess him through the diary, but wth is he gonna do with it????? oh im so curious!!

no but my anxiety is through the roof because we have TWO CHAPTERS LEFT and 1) pompherey may or may not wake up soon; 2) despite killing the basilisk, people aren't gonna forget about quirrell anytime soon; 3) DOE and Kouyou (my beloved ♡); 4) and, oh right, Mori is the Port Mafia Boss now

im so hyped for next wednesday ♡♡!!!

[kyouka-supremacy]

hii again!! thank you for answering my asks hehe 😊🤭

Going off from your response (about the bsd ladies ✨), I have some random questions for you 💗

Who is your favourite bsd *female* character?

Who is one female character you'd want to rewrite?

And who is the female character you see the most wasted potential in?

No pressure btw!

Omg hi thank you so much for this ask I love sharing opinions almost as much as I love talking about women 💞💞💞

Favourite bsd *female* character?

All of them LMAO. But Kyouka holds a special place in my heart <3 I mean, I think she's quite objectively the best written female character in this series, if anything because she gets an actual character arc beyond the two occasional chapters of spotlight. I really like the inherent duality of her character in being both a skilled assassin and a little girl (and how it can be both tragic and hilarious! The versatility). Her character arc is sincerely compelling, I'm a sucker for any character who's just doing their very best to be a good person even when it feels like going against their nature. Her backstory is so tragic! Her relationship with her ability is so interesting! But I just love how truly… Strong-willed she is, how determined and resolute she can be; she's truly inspiring. If you ask me, she's got that charm of magical girls anime: sometimes you really need to see little girls defeat unimaginable evils with the power of love to heal your heart. And the fact that she doesn't really fit the trope of happy-go-lucky girl is all the more capturing!! Again, I really love the interior conflict - or coexistence - between her dark, ruthless side, and the side that likes bunnies and crepes and girly things; it makes her so authentically and unmistakably Kyouka. I appreciate how she's the only character who can sort of keep up with the protagonist role to ss/kk and s/kk, and she's only 14 eheh. And I LOVE her interactions with the other characters, so much!!!! I adore her relationship with Atsushi (truly. Not even remotely close to how much I talk about them), and I feel like they truly deserve each other in a lot of ways. The way Kyouka's sharp attitude and blunt personality fit and mitigate Atsushi's eternal indecisiveness and insecurity and the way Atsushi reminds Kyouka every day that she can do good and that she is good. How they saved each other and how they keep saving each other every day. I've said it a lot of times that Atsushi is profoundly selfish and that all good actions he does are to be traced back to some twisted conception of self-survival, but if there's really anyone Atsushi loves selflessly and unconditionally, that has to be Kyouka. If there is such a thing as platonic soulmates, Kyouka and Atsushi definitely are for me; they're just so siblings in a way I can't even put in words. AND AND AND her relationship with Akutagawa I've talked about endlessly before!!! Her relationship with Dazai!!! KOUYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Kyouka and Kouyou chapter my beloved aka the only bsd chapter to pass the Bechdel test). Omg potentially Yosano!!!!! Kenji Kenji Kenji!!!!!!!!! I just. Love Kyouka a lot okay she gets me emotional. Kyouka supremacy forever. (Also, she's dubbed by beloved tpn Emma va Sumire Morohoshi :') )

*Catches breath*

One female character you'd want to rewrite?

Ah, as of now, definitely Teruko. Here's the story I imagine her having: she fought the Great War by Fukuchi's side, as her second in command; despite what her appearance may have looked like back then, she's about the same age as him. She doesn't love or worship him, but she surely admires him a lot; they were comrades and she learnt from him a lot of her ideals on how soldierse have to stain their hands and do horrible, ruthless things in order for the majority of citizens to live safe and happy. She learnt to adore the cause because of him, and she's very loyal to her uniform. She started dressing as a young girl after the war ended, as a way to negate the cruel and traumatic experience of war in her mind and withdraw to the unknowing, happy times of childhood (while still staying her and self-aware; it's just an ephemeral relief). The rest of the story proceeds pretty much as it is in canon, but when Fukuchi reveals to her that he's actually a terrorist working with the doa, she doesn't side with him. She actually feels throughout betrayed, because he had been this pillar of justice and integrity for her, and knowing he was actually a terrorist left her shell-shocked. She DOES act like she's following him, because she is smart and experienced and she knows that she can't take him on her own (differently from Tachihara and Jouno who faced him alone with no backup. Lol. They're a little stupid.), and waits for the moment he lets his guard down to strike and impale him. AND NOT BECAUSE HE ASKED HER TO. WHICH IS HONESTLY TERRIBLE UNDER EVERY ASPECT. Insert here a flashback with her backstory and how Fukuchi himself taught her that justice comes before anything else, because it's the prime tool to serve citizens and pursue world peace. Interior turmoil and trauma for killing the person she respects the most ensues. Now that's how I would write Teruko, because I care about her.

Female character you see the most wasted potential in?

Probably Naomi!!! I love how sly and ingenious she is even in spite of not having an ability, I really hope we'll get to see more of her. I like the theory of her being a projection of Jun'ichirou's ability, although I acknowledge it's problematic in the way it takes away even more agency from her character; even then, it would be cool if she took the form of some kind of sentient ability like Gab in 55 Minutes, or if Jun'ichirou himself was a projection of Naomi (eh. a girl can dream). I really like @frankenjoly's headcanon that she and Mori would be besties, I think about it a lot ahah, I can really see it.

ALSO Higuchi and her ability C'MON I know it's there!!! It MUST be there because bsd so far has been following a very strict pattern where all characters named after writers have abilities, while non ability users are named after novels' characters or non-writers irl people (not to talk about Sakunosuke Oda's The Literature of Possibility passage that's mentioned at the start of the Dark Era novel, with the novel creating a DIRECT connection between writers irl and ability users in the bsd world). I really really hope after this arc is over we'll get an Higuchi arc!!!!

That said, pretty all characters I feel have wasted potential pffttt. Give Lucy and Yosano more screentime!! BRING KOUYOU BACK!!!!!! Finally elaborate on Agatha who's the only female organization leader!!!!! Gin!!!!!!! Wells!!!!!!!!!!

[disabledstraydogs]

has anyone mentioned Chuuya having sysmembers of the flags

I also think he has one that’s a dog tbh

Lotsss of littles and middles, a little that’s a younger version of him too

a middle that’s 16!chuuya that split after the torture shit in sb

system Chuuya my beloved

YEAH YEAH YEAH

Chuuya has a lot of introjects in his sytsem, some from anime and media he's seen but most of them are based off people he knows. He has an alter who closely resembles Kouyou and acts as a caregiver for the system, he also probably has a few Dazai's (he deies they exist) and he 100% has a few (if not all) of the Flags in his system which can negatively impact host Chuuya (guilt reasons).

I think is has an 'alter' of Arahabaki (is it an alter or the actual God, no one knows).

I personally believe that he probably has alters that are scientists or at least look like them, although I'm unsure what their roles are they scare Chuuya a lot.

Also one dog alter? Why not ten /lh

[sugarcarnation]

unfortunate terrible big sister kouyou my beloved