#maybe i'm reading too far into what I want to be true about fyodor

[maerrine]

Thinking about Fyodor BSD again... so much of his character is shrouded in mystery, and it's impossible to tell where his arc will go, but I really do hope we get a redemption for him.

BSD strikes me as a very pro-redemption series in a lot of ways, and I feel like Fyodor's character could be really good for exploring how like, people can change and be better, and often how people who do bad (though it doesn't excuse their actions) are hurting too... Dazai also explores that theme, but he's already started his redemption by the start of the series. Of course, no-one should be obligated to reach out a hand to Fyodor for that reason alone, since they have the right to be angry & to protect themselves too, but it'd still be really nice to see the series show him some level of empathy, I think.

Or maybe it's like... because Fyodor is so focused on the idea of sin, and everyone is "bad by nature", I think it'd be a neat parallel if like... the series shows empathy to him despite him being someone who does bad, and also shows how he needs to learn empathy for people, despite them being capable of bad, at the same time. I'm not sure if I'm explaining it right, but I just feel like it'd be neat.

I don't blame people who think Fyodor won't be getting redemption mind you, it's just the contrast between his awful actions and his - seemingly - genuine desire for a better world that makes him interesting to me, and that makes me feel that there's more to him than it seems. I get the impression that he's suffering a lot, too, and while again, that doesn't make what he's done any less awful, and I think those who can't sympathize with him are totally valid, it makes him compelling to me personally.

[doves-fandomstuff]

BSD CHAPTER 88 AND 101 THEORY

So, I'm here again with a new theory that came to my mind suddenly when I was re-reading the manga and wanted to share with others to talk about it. I'm not entirely sure if it had been done before or not but still, so anyways let's start!

🔺️manga spoilers! 🔺️

Obviously everyone remembers chapter 88, one of the most painful one by far. And when I was reading it again, I just noticed something for the first time and couldn't believe I hadn't paid attention to it at all. And now you must be thinking "well what was it then?" well it was this:

🔺️translations go to bsd manga website 🔺️

Right in this panel as you see, Bram asks how many years it has been and Fukuchi answers with that it only has been two (2) weeks since Bram was awakened. But is that really so?

Well, before this chapter we didn't even know there was a character named Bram Stoker, did we? And I had to check if it was true since I couldn't really recall it back then and searched his wiki page. And guess what.

Yes, exactly it's his first appearance. But Fukuchi says he was awakened before that two weeks ago and that's the place where my theory comes from.

So we know that Chuuya is also a vampire but we actually don't know when he became one. What if he got turned into a vampire two weeks ago? Maybe that can explain why he was looking less vampire-ish in the chapter 101. Cuz like, there can be a time limit maybe? But I highly doubt that. Also I'm not really sure about how much time passed when Chuuya saved ADA and to this event. But this explains why he wasn't there all those chapters. If Fyodor actually planned this back then and knew Nikolai would plan his game, all really took was one flight for Chuuya to come to Mersault as a vampire.

However I think he was talking about other people that got to turn into a vampire but within that time Chuuya might be turned too you know.

But again, this might be incorrect and I might be missing some little parts that prove this theory might be impossible after all. What are your thoughts?