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pompompurin1028 · 3 years ago

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The Growing Divergence of Fyodor and Dazai

Summary: The interactions between Fyodor and Dazai in relation to seeing a growing difference in Dazai and Fyodor's characters. In their view of humanity and how they strategize, and connections to some aspects of the DOA arc, it may inform us about what may be expected in the prision break out arc, and make sense of their respective strategies in Chapter 97.

Warnings: Spoilers for post-canibalism arcs (the manga) and Dead Apple

A/N: Knowing the bsd fandom, I'm quite certain that some of what I have analysed probably has been done by some others before me, but my dearest friend @n1kolaiz convinced me to write his so, here are some of my thoughts :)

Also thanks to @n1kolaiz and @alittlesimp for discussing the manga with me and helping me come to this idea; credit for the translations of manga panels goes to @czkkn-upload and Dazaiscans

1. The similarities between Dazai and Fyodor

1.1 How other characters view Dazai and Fyodor

1.2 How Dazai and Fyodor view each other in terms of similarities

2. The Differences in how Dazai and Fyodor view humanity

2.1 Dead Apple

2.2 Cannibalism Arc

2.3 Decay of Angels Arc

3. Insights on Manga Chapter 97 and final thoughts

I had only recently been caught up with the recent arc, and of course, I have been aware that quite a lot of fans have been finding the plot a bit stagnant in its development. I, myself have been seeing a difference in the current arc’s focus too in comparison to the others. Especially with the shift in its focus from one being character-driven to one more plot-driven. I personally would be lying if I were to say that this change did not puzzle me. However, I still feel that there are some connections to the series’ previous developments, in particular the main source of this stagnation -- with Dazai and Fyodor, so I thought I’d put down some of my personal thoughts. And I believe that this arc continues, as had in previous arcs and interactions between the two, a growing difference the can be found between the two characters, a clearer indication of their respective views on humanity, and perhaps comments on the unpredictability of human kind. So, shall we begin?

1. The Similarities Between Fyodor and Dazai

I personally believe that it has long since been established that Fyodor and Dazai act as foils for each other in BSD. For those who are unfamiliar with the term, a foil in literature is a character who is contrasted with another character, in order to highlight or differentiate certain qualities. Over the course of their interactions with one another, we have begun to see how similar the two of them are, in aspects such as their intelligence, their way of thinking and their (once) common sense of boredom with people.

In fact, these similarities are so obvious that both the characters themselves, as well as characters around them had commented, either directly or indirectly on such. And though this notion is perhaps rather obvious, let us use this to review them.

1.1 How other characters view Dazai and Fyodor

“Devils”, “aliens”, “monsters”, “demons”. Since the two of the characters have been introduced, and placed next to one another, we have well been made aware of their similarities, and it is often that we see these two grouped together with such terms. This is especially so during their encounter in Dead Apple, and in the current arc.

Beginning with that of Dead Apple, in the epilogue, we saw Ango describing the two of them, along with Shibusawa. Each of the three, as described in the novel, had “a mind so extraordinary that [they] seemed almost alien”, and he commented, and seemed sympathetic of how lonely and isolated being one of them may feel. This feeling of course, had been present in Dazai’s own past, and had been especially clear during his time in the mafia.

During the current arc, with a closer proximity between the two characters, having gone to jail, we have a wider view of how the other characters view these two “demons”. This opportunity in itself is not a usual one, nor one in which we would easily be able to view with the previous arcs or developments. In the manga itself, even Dazai himself also commented such “that’d definitely be impossible without a chance like this” in Chapter 64.

For one, during this arc, we are once again given awareness to the similarities in their intellect. Even Ranpo had commented that going up against Fyodor’s plans “almost feels like going up against Dazai”. During their time in prision, we are once again reminded of it, and how in sync they are with each other when we found out in Chapter 74.5 that they are speaking in their own language or code which they put together from past conversations. I also quite like how this panel was depicted with a line passing through the two of their minds, further emphasising this point.

Their profiles too, especially emphasised by the fact that they are wearing the same clothes, show almost something similar to a reflection as the two are placed next to one another like this.

1.2 How Dazai and Fyodor view each other in terms of similarities

Of course, not only other characters have recognized this level of similarity, the two “demons” themselves have too. This has been explicitly shown during the cannibalism arc when the two of them had met, and during the course of the arc itself as well when attempting to figure out Fyodor’s plans.

With Dazai claiming multiple times that he had predicated or at least guessed what Fyodor’s actions entailed based on how he would have acted and what he personally would have done when placed in a similar situation. Especially nearing the end of the cannibalism arc this is further highlighted when Dazai was tasked with the act of figuring out in which way Fyodor was supposedly going to escape, and when asked for his reasoning, Dazai merely answers with, that was what I would have done. Showing how closely their way of thinking really is.

Their recognition of each other’s intelligence especially, is once again shown during the Decay of Angels arc. Beginning from the moment Dazai had entered jail, and had successfully stopped Fyodor’s attempt to kill Fitzgerald, each move that the other had done has in one way or another been stopped by the other. From this moment, to the Sky Casino arc, to when Fukuchi had gotten ahold of the weapon, demonstrating just how they each cancel one another out, therefore making the plot as of this moment rather stagnant. And even when the other had figured out their plans, the other doesn’t all seem surprised. This can be seen in the Sky Casino arc especially, during Chapter 72, when Dazai had commented saying that he had though that Fyodor had already figured out who the queen is. The two of them continue plans, expecting the other to figure it out (quite scary if you ask me).

In additon to such showing this point, Fyodor and Dazai too in this arc had also explicitly recognize each other as someone close to equal. For example, in Chapter 64 Fyodor invited Dazai for a discussion, one that he deemed impossible unless his partner had an equal intellect to his own. And Dazai during Chapter 77, when he grouped himself with Fyodor as a person who schemes rather than being one of the people he sees as making “the world turn”.

2. The Differences in how Dazai and Fyodor view humanity

But of course, despite how similar the two characters are, being foils, there must be something, even a single factor that differentiates them. And one of the main differences in their respective views on humanity.

Though the two of them had both felt a sense of boredom with life, as they found it predictable with their intelligence. And both of them agree that humans are “sinful and stupid”, yet their views are separated here. While Dazai finds interest and had discovered unpredictability in humans, with Oda’s help, and I also personally believe with Atsushi as well, and has a sense of fondness for humanity or at least some people; Fyodor feels the opposite, seeing them as boring and predictable, and one that should be destroyed and “cleansed”.

And thus I will be examining this view of theirs in their interactions in Dead Apple, the Cannibalism Arc and the Decay of Angels Arc.

2.1 Dead Apple

Being completely honest, Dead Apple’s plot somewhat confuses me. But all analyses on the light novel/movie aside, when we look at it as a whole, quoting Ango’s words “if we ignore all the schemes and trickery aside, this may actually be a surprisingly simple case... Perhaps they wanted to see what [Shibusawa] would do and how he would meet his demise... or perhaps how he would be saved”. After examining the movie a couple of times, and reading some analyses, and I am hoping to read the light novel next, the plot of Dead Apple may actually be a source used to closely examine Dazai and Fyodor’s own intentions behind their actions, and may give some insights into the current arc and chapters as well.

In a way, Dead Apple is quite interesting in how both Dazai and Fyodor are attempting to lead Shibusawa into seeing their own view of humanity and life. Similarly to the two, expressing a great boredom of life, due to the fact that he feels that nothing surpasses his expectations, he is filled with a yearning for something to fill a certain emptiness in him (quite similar to Dazai in the mafia). And therefore, he uses his ability and collecting abilities as a way to fill his boredom. In this sense, he differs from both Fyodor and Dazai in the way he passively allows himself to be alienated, while Dazai and Fyodor both take actions in order to solve this problem of theirs. This is to say, Shibusawa is almost like a blank slate in which the two can put their views on, and in a sense attempt to lure him to see their own view, and see which side he would end up on, just as Ango had implied.

Dazai, when he had talked to Shibusawa briefly commented that he once filled bored too, and suggested that he was in need of “salvation” by an “angel” which we later understood referred to Atsushi. And with Shibusawa finding himself no longer feeling bored during his battle with Atsushi. One couldn’t help but wonder if this is a indirect presentation of Dazai’s own view on humanity, especially when he had commented that he hoped Shibusawa managed to fill his boredom and lonelienss -- that though perhaps life is boring, there are some people like Atsushi who exceed their expectations, and make things, if not, a little more interesting.

While on the other hand, Fyodor continued to hold onto the view that people in their sinfulness must be destroyed. Showing him his past, giving one of the things which he so desired, he encouraged Shibusawa to in a sense adopt his own views on life, to “eat, howl, make violence as [his] instinct desires”, using human’s own weakness to eradicate other humans (Now that I think of it Shibusawa and Sigma are quite similar in being used by Fyodor in this way). But of course, that is how I see it, again giving a passive view to the audience their own thoughts about humanity.

2.2 Cannibalism Arc

Unfortunately, in this arc alone, we do not see to much of their views being shown. With them being on opposite sides, and at a distanced place from each other the majority of the time, it makes it rather difficult to compare them. With exception to the scene in which Dazai said "humans are sinfully stupid, but what's wrong with that?"

When I had originally saw this scene, I had thought a lot about it. But in essence, Dazai’s view remains the same as what he had shown in that of Dead Apple. That though people can be sinful and foolish, they make mistakes and are not perfect, but that doesn’t mean that they aren’t interesting, that they are not good as they are, and he is fond of them.

In a way, this actually reminds me of Dazai-sensei’s own works which he expresses his views on humans, with a certain fondness, despite his understanding of how artificial and horrible they could be as he expressed in No Longer Human. This can be examined in No Longer Human, The Setting Sun, his short story “Run, Melos!”, all of which I had examined in a different analysis. But also some of his other short stories such as “Thinking of Zenzo” in Self Portraits, and one of the works of his that I have recently been reading “Urashima-san” in Otogi-zōshi, in which the protagonist despite finding the people on land being too judgemental of one another, after being seperated, he couldn’t help but feel an affection for them, and find them even more beautiful than ever (but this is only a rough translation from my native language).

Anyways, this view of humans thus allows us to understand a bit more of why they act the way they do, why Dazai is able to befriend people even though the other person may not have his intelligence, because they intrigue him, and they are able to understand them a little, like Oda and perhaps Atsushi and even Chuuya. While Fyodor, only finds companionship or something akin to it in Dazai as seen in Chapter 64, due to their different views, perhaps he didn’t see the point in it.

2.3 Decay of Angels Arc

The topic of humans being sinful and foolish is once again brought up in the current arc. However, in this arc, we see an additional statement to what Dazai had previously said about humans: “they’re not such boring beings as you think”.

Even in the moment of this panel, Fyodor maintains his view that humans are predictable. Commenting that it had been written into the page that the Hunting Dogs and the police wouldn’t believe that the ADA is innocent. In a way, Fyodor is asserting his view that humans are predicable and boring, expressing that just because that was what was written into the page, people will then follow suit. That’s why Dazai expressed that Fyodor “didn’t understand god one bit”, because he sees, perhaps, that humans, everyone of them including the two of them, are illogical, inconsistent, self-contradictory beings, unlike what Fyodor seems to believe, they are not entirely predictable, nor are they boring.

And following this having Tachihara, as well as some of the policemen going against what was written in the page. These acts in itself, though perhaps passive, are literally going right against Fyodor’s views and beliefs. The beginning of a downfall of his views on humanity as what they do is slowly going against what he thought would happen.

In addition to showcasing more of the differences in their views, as well as Fyodor’s understanding of humans being defeated somewhat indirectly. This arc also prepares us for the coming chapters as we begin the prison break arc as it gives us a greater insight into how they strategize and their respective manipulation methods. Such can especially be seen during the sky casino arc and during Dazai and Fyodor’s discussion.

I think @/blackandwhitemusician had explained here really well in this post of theirs, but I would also like to add a bit of my own thoughts, especially about Fyodor. As they had written in their analysis, Fyodor and Dazai seem to be discussing how each other’s plans operated. And it is true, and we also seem to get a better understanding about how they view people as well.

In Fyodor’s strategies and planning, he always created them meticulously, pulling the strings and manipulating everything to a tee. He is orchestrating from behind, and there is almost nowhere for the people in his plans to escape from his strings (which reminds me of this official art in the cannibalism arc). This is why his subordinates in a sense “don’t take the initiative” and are not “autonomous”. This way of strategizing can again, actually be seen as another extension of his own view on humanity, that people will always do and go as he predict them to. This may also be why he may take some important tasks into his own hands, and thrives in isolation, perhaps in a way he doesn’t trust other people to be capable enough? Maybe that can explain why Fyodor had also planned to eliminate Sigma during the Sky Casino Arc as well. And also why he seems to fail in situations in which he underestimates the potential of Dazai’s comrades.

While Dazai differs in this, I believe I have seen a few people talking about this before too, but Dazai’s strategizing mostly involves a sense of mutual trust. He has enough trust in their abilities to do what he predicts them to be able and capable of doing, which too can be seen in the sky casino arc. But at the same time they also have a sense of trust in him, that Dazai knows what he’s doing and his planning will turn out as he plans it to be. This too is indirectly related to their views on humans as well. in a way he believes in their abilities to act in a certain situation that perhaps that even he cannot be certain what will happen, this is best shown in Dead Apple after Chuuya had saved him -- “I had predicted this far, but the rest is up to them”. And it is interesting that in the panel above Dazai’s question prompted an answer from Fyodor which as @/blackandwhitemusician wrote is him testing how Fyodor got his subordinates, through luring them with offers when they are ‘weak’, which is quite different from Dazai’s method which involves more trust in people.

3. Insights on Manga Chapter 97 and Final Thoughts

So how does all this connect to the recent chapter?

I feel like what each of them had chosen to help them escape in this new prison break arc can also be tied back to their way of strategizing, and perhaps the reason why they chose their respective “weapons”, thus their respective views on humanity. But of course this is only my personal opinion.

As I had mentioned earlier, Fyodor thrived in isolation and independence, he takes things into his own hands most of the time, and it is not too much of a surprise that he chose the security card. All the other items in a way seem to in a sense will entail the involvement of other people.

Yet, Dazai surprised everyone by choosing Sigma instead as his “weapon” to help him escape. Of course, we cannot take away the option that Dazai had at the beginning wanted to chose the security card as well, but it seemed to me that there was no hesitation when he had chosen Sigma, whereas in contrast we saw Fyodor take a moment to think about his options. So it comes to the question, what is Dazai trying to do? What is he thinking?

Though I cannot be certain what he is thinking, but I do feel that it might have something to do with this:

“When you and your enemy share the same amount of intel, the side that does the unexpected wins.” This panel is from the guild arc, but when examining it in this exact situation, it seems fitting. Since in this current arc, both Fyodor and Dazai have the same amount of information on what their escape route entails from what Nikolai had said. So I would guess that in order for them to “succeed”, this death match would possibly be a game of trying to be as unpredictable as one could be.

The act of choosing Sigma itself is already in a sense unexpected, we see both Nikolai and Fyodor (for once) shocked. But then it occurred to me, with how similar Dazai and Fyodor’s way of thinking, surely Fyodor must have realised that Sigma was a possible option to choose from, right? Then, with inference to the best explanation, maybe what had surprised Fyodor wasn’t that Fyodor didn’t think of choosing Sigma, but that Dazai had chosen Sigma even though he realized that it was a possible option.

Linking back to how I have explained their separate views on humans, their options make sense. Fyodor, with his views that other people are merely predictable and boring, and in a sense tools to do something, even if he were (let us say that he didn’t think of doing so) to say knew that choosing Nikolai or Sigma was an option he could take, he wouldn’t have done it. He doesn’t see the point in it, not when he could do it himself and perhaps more efficiently, maybe he would see having another person with him as being bothersome.

But Dazai sees people differently. To begin, already knowing that he could trust Sigma, since he had helped Atsushi in the previous arc. Along with the fact that he sees the potential in other people to succeed his, and even Fyodor’s expectations, he may be the perfect element for “unexpectedness” that Dazai needed. Besides, Dazai is much more practical than Fyodor in using other people and their abilities in his plans, though his way of planning does not seem as meticulous and detailed as that of Fyodor’s, when it comes down to it, they are much more prepared for when sudden changes happen.

Additionally, previously Dazai had described that he and Fyodor are schemers, they are not the ones who could “make the world turn”, they are observers in the world, looking at it, he recognizes that. But even this panel shows us, Sigma is not like Dazai and Fyodor, he is one of those people who could “make the world turn”. And I wonder in this arc, if Sigma would be a representation of the humanity of which Fyodor is so critical about, and that through maybe through how he observes Dazai’s plans unfold, he can see before him that perhaps his beliefs are not right. But of course, all of this is but my own opinions.

Therefore, with what I had observed above, I personally I see this death match between Dazai and Fyodor as not only a battle of intelligence but also one of their beliefs and views, and a chance to better understand the characters themselves, as well as more on how they differ from one another. In addition to such, I am hoping that we will be able to see an even greater divergence as their differences become more obvious. As I had mentioned again and again before, they have a very similar way of thinking and this is an opportunity like no other that we get to see how they will slowly, in this arc, diverge from one another, as they would have to do so in order to get ahead of the other. And then, we can see into both of their characters through this with an even greater depth, fingers crossed that we will get to see more of Fyodor’s character.

Personally, I am also hoping that Fyodor will begin to doubt his own beliefs as he begins to see that he is wrong about his view on humans. It would be quite an interesting for Fyodor. And I also want to share this theory about why Sigma may be the only one who can led Fyodor to question his own beliefs since I really enjoyed it by @/fyodcrs. But we can only wait and see.

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kahaluada · 2 years ago

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Lately I'm coming back to all my comfort characters. One of them is Daryl Dixon from TWD.

So I was listening to "As the world caves in" and inspiration come to me too strong to be ignored. It hit me hard with a whole plot. I wanted to read something like it but didn't find a anywhere. Not with the vibe I felt daydreaming with it while listen this song. So I remembered a fic I was writing years ago and It was this plot 😅 but no as deep as it should. Well I went back to the fic with a more strong idea of who my OFC was and who she was to Daryl.

Imagine: a protagonist who is friends with Daryl since they are kids (9 and 6 years)

- They grew up together, fell in love so hard, so deeply and so so much that it was like they're destine to be together

- Her parents thinks "he is no good for her". Her mom likes Daryl but not enough for him to be family and her dad hate their relationship

-Merle causes (accidentally) her mom's death

- When she went to college, her father makes sure they couldn't stay in touch

- Daryl needs to move because Merle ran from prison and they never talked again

- They went throughout their adult life with this feeling so strong inside of them, unable to get rid of it because they never close this page since they were 18 years old.

- Both keep this relationship in the past as a precious secret, to hurtfull and beautiful to even think of it.

- Walkers happens and they find eachother years later at the beginning of the prision arc and will figure everything out

well I wanted read something like it for soooo longe now and maybe some people wanna read something like it too? I think I might be posting. English it not my 1st language.

And this, this would be his face seeing her for the first time in so many years and Uuuuughhhhhhhhh I can't, but I will... Aaaahh

And Charlie Heaton is Young Daryl 😌 change my mind. you won't!

He in his 16's

He in his 20's

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theomnicode · 2 years ago

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I don't exactly remember if it was you who thought about Saitama being trapped in time travel loop where he can't actually save the Earth from destruction. Anyways, the first thing that came to my mind was Mogami's arc from Mob Psycho (even though it isn't exactly the same). And then I wondered, what if some superpoweful mind-controling monster made Saitama went through something similar? (Let's forget he can punch through dimensional seals like in Phoenix Man's space) An empty grey world where everything is the same but something changed, the inflexion point: he doesn't have Genos. You can already guess what comes next , he doesn't join the HA, people think he's a cheater, they blame him for the meteor accident... His depression gets worse fueled by his loneliness and the ingratitude he receives. I know this is the typical build of villain Saitama au, but when he's at the edge of falling into the dark side he hears Genos calling him "sensei". At first he doesn't know where that voice comes from but his conscience keeps telling him he' missing someone very important. And when he finally remembers Genos he realizes how lucky he is to have him around and that he should value more his own feelings. That way he snaps back to reality and breaks away the mental prision he's been stuck in and wakes up in the middle of the battlefield. He kills the monster and Genos runs to him worried and startled that his sensei seems happier than usually. And Saitama doesn't say anything, but he knows his feelings are back, at least a bit.

OMG, this ended up being a whole fanfic XD

Sorry for the late answer!

That's a pretty darn cool idea and probably not at all unrealistic, since it's a formula ONE has used before.

I think you're refering to this post of groundhog day inspired by Majora's mask? Where the moon falls down and destroys earth?

I honestly thought that since we got time travel, we might as well have fun with it hah.

And if I am honest about superpowered mind-controlling monster?

He does fit the bill. Very well in fact.

If anything has been exhibited about OPM God's powers, is that they've always been affecting the consciousness.

He's a being who cannot be seen via normal means and only subconsciously. Even when he comes out of the dimensional space he resides in and his power creates thunderstorms to appear, his form cannot be perceived via normal means. Even Saitama only barely perceives him via subliminal messages like voices.

And the only time people seem to be able to perceive OPM God is within their consciousness or when they are in altered state of consciousness like Tatsumaki was barely awake. It would seem that God just resides in a higher plane of existence and there are hints towards God's non-physical form residing in the spiritual plane of all places.

That is, realm of the dead. Heaven, essentially. Not unlike the biblical god.

We did get a confirmation in CE and Phoenixman fight that the spiritual plane does exist and then Garou's spirit also made an appearance.

Then what OPM God did to Garou...it wasn't pretty. It was mind control, plain and simple. A bit more subtle than that but essentially yea.

And now that future Garou died...it begs the question that if OPM God resides in the spiritual plane...is Garou's soul even safe? What happened to his soul?

I have thought about this before and the Sanzu river mentioned by Zombieman and some easter eggs in OPM game and I have a feeling we'll find out at some point. Because God did not manage to do to future Garou what he did to Homeless Emperor after all.

Garou did die, but the way he died was distinctly different from HE. I hypothesise that Garou turned HIMSELF into salt to ward off evil, because otherwise God would just kill him and take his life anyway.

The interesting part though is that God just...kind of let this happen anyway.

Why didn't it just instantly suck out Garou's life? I can only hypothesise that Garou dying and Saitama learning time travel and going back still serves it's purposes. That it was meant to happen all along.

However, it means that if God resides in the spiritual plane, then Garou dying can still achieve a purpose.

There's one thing about the God's mural which references to the Aztecs, the temple shape itself.

The rationale for Aztec human sacrifice was, first and foremost, a matter of survival. According to Aztec cosmology, the sun god Huitzilopochtli was waging a constant war against darkness, and if the darkness won, the world would end. The keep the sun moving across the sky and preserve their very lives, the Aztecs had to feed Huitzilopochtli with human hearts and blood.

And then I was tickled a bit about what Joe Rogan mentioned about the aztecs. And their religious practices.

"The aztecs used to burn people when they were alive to really like freak them out. And then take their brains out and eat their brains. Because of all the hormones and all the things that were going on. But they found it gave them you know, whatever superhuman strenght or religious ecstacy."

In short, it probably slurps the life out of people's physical bodies and then noms the souls. And probably get more powerful that way. Phoenixman gives some good and apt metaphors about how God seems to be working in general. A depiction of Hungry ghost Preta.

I bet the more powerful the person is and the higher they can reach by stretching their limitations, the more powerful their soul is and by taking that power, it can get stronger.

Chances are, the Limiter is just a limiter to the power in that person's soul.

And there's probably a connection somewhere deep down in the lizard brain, the pineal gland. We've had some depictions of brain works before when Psykos merged with Orochi.

In the epithalamus of some species of amphibians and reptiles, it is linked to a light-sensing organ, known as the parietal eye, which is also called the pineal eye or third eye.[8] René Descartes believed the human pineal gland to be the "principal seat of the soul."

Anyways

If God is able to affect the consciousness and behaviour of people and also suck the life (read: soul) out of them by staring...who knows what happens when it gets even more power or there are more cracks in the dimensional seal.

Who knows what kind of mind fuckery it can exert upon people?

And since it created the limiters on humankind, there's probably no limits as to what it can do itself.

It is not to be underestimated.

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jellybellyblimp · 4 years ago

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Tw:suicide

Tommy and Tubbo post mcc have got me thinking. So both were definitely implying script wise they won’t be streaming together for a while, but roleplay wise Tommy was definitely hinting he going to off himself before Christmas, while Tubbo seemed oblivious to his mental state and hopeful he would see him for Christmas (and Tubbo’s birthday?). However, while both were implying death, I think we might need to assume Tommy indicating he might kill himself is coming from a character not an actual hint at the plot.

Plot wise I think a Tommy Suicide is unlikely. What would the point of any of this be if Tommy just kills himself? It would a disservice to fans who do have suicidal tendencies to just end his story with a suicide. They only addendum to that might be if he committed but was quickly resurrected by another character.

So I think Tommy saying he won’t make it to Christmas, he won’t “make it that long” is coming from a suicidal character not from a hint at the plot stance. For example, irl I was convinced I wouldn’t make it to 18 but I proved that version of me wrong because now I’m in college and over analyzing block men. Point is he might think he won’t make it to Christmas but he actually might.

That said I think there is a strong chance either Tubbo or Tommy or going to die between now and Christmas. I could see a Tommy suicide and Tubbo resurrection but I actually am leaning more toward a Tubbo death possibly by Tommy or to save Tommy. For a few reasons, only one of which is the presidential curse.

First, Tubbo clarifying today “well you might die actually” definitely felt like a kid who had seen the script and knew well yeah death is definitely on the table thanks 👍. Second, Tubbo is very alone right now, new L’Manburg has mostly disbanded and I think Tubbo’s death might signify L’manburgs death as these new nations rise up in its place. Thirdly, Tubbo isn’t going through a depression arc, he is however grappling with having betrayed his best friend, his death would be impactful but less of a middle finger to people invested in Tommy’s story. It would however represent a chance at redemption or a motivation for Tommy to take action. It’s clear with time away from Dream, Tommy is waking up from his manipulation, Tubbo’s death and potential haunting of his best friend might spur him to action.

I also am still leaning toward Dream being who the prision is for, potential dreamon moment, so maybe Dream kills Tubbo.

This all said I think there is a 0% chance Tubbo or Tommy will leave the smp. If one of them dies, they will either be resurrected or appear as ghosts. I say this because they are both young, at the height of there Minecraft careers and incredibly popular.

Remember it’s all roleplay and we still love everyone here.

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hamatoclan76 · 4 years ago

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My favourite TMNT 2012 episodes (part 1)

I have been thinking writing about my favourite episodes for quite while now.Keep in mind this is not supposed to be a list of ¨ top best episodes¨ from tmnt 2012. There are many episodes that i think that are amazing but they don´t enter in my favourite list episodes for different reasons.

Most of the episodes i included in this list are the ones i often find myself rewatching and are the first that pop up in my mind when thinking about the series.

I'm going to write two parts about this because i don't want to make the post so long.

Let´s start!:

Slash and Destroy

When tmnt 2012 fans and non- fans talk about the best episodes of the series, most of the time they mention Slash and Destroy and it´s easy to see why:

The episode itself plays like a psychological horror movie, with Slash as a physical manifestation of Raphael´s darkest desires. He represents everything that Raph could become if he let the most toxic parts of his personality take control him.

Slash himself it´s very good antagonist, he isn´t just some random mutant that appears to destroy Raph´s brothers. He´s Raphael´s best friend and he knows many things that the rest of the Hamato family doesn´t. His uses this at his advantage to make Raph join his side and leave his brothers.

Raph in this episode is fantastic as well. We get to see a lot of his character, from his bad temper and how he thinks the team is ¨holding him back¨ to how far he willing to go to protect his family, even if that means fighting his friend.

Despite it´s tone Slash and Destroy has some of the funniest moments in the season: The subplot about Leo trying to get the mutantgen canister from other humans it´s hilarious. It doesn´t feel forced and doesn´t interrupt the drama, it´s nicely connected to the rest of the story.

I could write a lot about what makes this episode work so well, but i would like to keep that for other post.

New Girl In Town

This episode serves as introduction for Karai´s character and it´s one of my favourite for many reasons:

1) It´s excellent for Raphael´s and Leonardo´s character arcs. Leonardo tired of how his brother doesn´t respect him as leader, decides to leave the role to Raph since he thinks it would be better if he was the one in charge.

Later, Raph finds out that being the leader isn´t as easy as it seems, when he's forced to give an order that would put the life of his brothers at risk he completely freezes up. He learns he can´t handle the burden of making difficult decisions as he cares for his family so much he´s afraid of accidentatly hurting them.

As for Leonardo, he tries doing things his own way for once, he decides to take a break from the team and ¨have fun¨. In this episode he acts more like a "rebel" than his typical "good boy", which is quite refreshing to see.

He also learns that he shouldn't expect getting praise for being the leader. Splinter explains to him that the important part of being the one giving the orders is choosing to carry the burden. That's why Leo is the leader because he knows he has to be responsible in making decisions.

2) Karai is very interesting character that completely changes the dynamic of the main protagonists. She usually likes playing Leo and tries pursuing to join the bad side in this episode.

Her exchanges between Leo are very entertaing as well. They acts as friendly rivals and we get to see that she's actually not that bad in the end since she helps the turtles fighting Snakeweed.

"New girl in the town" it's a wonderful introduction for her, as it shows her as someone who it's morally gray instead of just evil.

3) The fight at the end is awesome. I really like how Leo and Raph work together to defeat Snakeweed. Raph decides to trust Leo's orders and follow his commands.

I think it's good way of showing they both have learned their lessons and how their relationships is changing.

Metalhead rewired

One thing i really like of tmnt 2012 it when two character fight, there isn't always one side who it's "right" and other who is "wrong". Sometimes they both make good points and "Metalhead rewired" is a good example of that.

This one is great for Donnie since he really wants to help the team with his inventions but.. as Leo tells him, they can be a bit dangerous and Donnie can lose control of them.

Here we get to see how Donnie's passion for science and technology can put his brothers at risk and how Leonardo also can be stubborn at times and struggles with being open to new ideas.

It's one of those rare instances in the series in which we see Leo and Donnie fight. They usually get on well since Donnie has no problem with following orders. He sometimes sarcastic with Leo but he rarely tries to an argument the same way that Raph does.

The thing it's that Donnie's and Leo's arguments are usually more about strategy than personal problems. While Raph's and Leo's fight are related to their slibing rivaliry and how their personalities clash with each other.

This episode deals with loss as well: Metalhead sacrifices himself to help the turtles escaping from the Kraang prision. While it's true that he can be rebuild it, i think it's still a pretty sad moment that it shows that Metalhead was a robot with good intentions in the end.

Vengeance is Mine

This another very memorable episode that tons of fans remember. The plot and the dialogue it's very well written and much like "Slash and Destroy" has tons of metaphors that worth of analyzing.

This episode it's mainly about Karai and her relationship with Shredder. It how revenge often being doing more harm than good and end up hurting everyone involved.

It starts with great action scene about the turtles helping Karai escape from Shredder's prision. Overall it's very intense scene due to being surronded by very dangerous enemies and they in Shredder's lair.

The scene in which Karai reunites with Splinter is really heartwarning. She doesn't say any word, she just.. hugs him, happy that she finally able to be with her real father. It's a very memorable scene.

And i really love how she later hangs out with the turtles during their training. It's such a cute scene.

The problem is that Karai really wants to make Shredder pay for what he had done to her family. Splinter tells her it's not really worth of her time, that all that matters is that they are now finally able to be together.

Karai sneaks out anyways and she gets captured by Shredder.

This forces the turtles and Splinter to go rescue her. While they are fighting, Oroku Saki accidentantly cuts the chain that holds Karai, making her fall into the mutagen and transforming her into giant snake.

I think i really like how the episode ends in a tragedy, showing how blinded Saki has become for getting his revenge that he even hurt someone he considered her daughter in the process. The scene is acts as a parallel to death, who died exactly in the same way.

Buried Secrets

I really enjoyed April the first time watching the series. It's was very interesting to me to see this girl that used to have a normal life have it completely changed because of the Kraang and "Buried Secrets" was not the exeption.

I really like the amount of psychological horror this episode has: April just wants to be with her lost mother who really turns out a defective monsters that shares her mother's memories and devours each one of the turtles.

On one hand April is finally able to learn more about her backstory and why she has Kraang powers. It was something that wasn't completely necessary for the series to explore but i really like the writers took the time to explain how O' Neil family was being experimented on.

On the other hand it's a really sad since her "mother" wasn't real in first place. It's has to be desvasting to find out your mother/father is really just a monster who is hurting your friends.

And like i said, this is one of the scariest enemies in tmnt 2012. It's very creepy how she just goes hunting each turtles one by one and no one know what's happening.

Mikey was great here too. He was the one that first suspected that April's mother wasn't what she appeared to be. It shows that while he sometimes he's a bit naive, he knows when something is seems off and take things more seriously.

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Okay, i leave the list here for know. I would probably be posting the other half during the weekend.

I hope you enjoyed my post! Feel free to talk about your favourite episodes in the comments (or by reblog). I would like to see which ones you like.

#tmnt 2012 #teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage muntant ninja turtles 2012 #Leonardo tmnt 2012 #karai 2012 #raph tmnt 2012 #April o'neil 2012 #slash and destroy #buried secrets #vengeance is mine #metalhead rewired #A new girl in the town

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Why Francis is That Way: A series of headcanoned events that led to the ancient man we have now long post warning

Baby’s First Abandonment: When Fran was VERY little, physically 6 or so (idk 50 years old?? I don’t know nation ages) his mother Gual was his main caretaker. They lived in a small village with nomadic people by a river, very nice! Very aesthetic. Gual was close friends with many villagers so naturally Francis became close with them too, leading to them becoming his second family of sorts. One night Gual came back after bei Nd gone for a few days, Fran didn’t think much of it, and insisted he stay inside for the night with her. She made a special dinner and cuddled him all night and sang him to sleep and in the morning, she was gone. Francis, again, didn’t mind cause his mom left frequently for hunts so he went about his week. After a month he became worried and after six, he started flipping out. Tantrums and screaming and the villagers all had a felling his mom was dead so the woman with the most kids took him in. This was Francis’ first abandonment and this is what began his somewhat clingy nature. (He now knows that when his mother left, she went to fight Rome...and lost)

The First Heartbreak of Many: A long time later, I don’t know how many years, Francis met Arthur. Fran traveled with a new nomadic tribe now and went across the channel with them for the first time and found that lil stinker. Arthur and his brothers lived close to the water too so it was easy to find them! As years and years went on, Arthur and the other kirklands were Francis’s only friends! When the Auld Alliance was formed, he and Alastair were ‘married’ for awhile, which Francis very much enjoyed. He never had a lover before! He was still young for a nation, so was Ali so this was a first for them both. In his naivety, Fran believed that he and Ali would be together forever! But within a decade or so, Ali became more distant. Eventually he sat Francis down and told him “I love ya, I really do, but...Not as a wife. You’re a boy...And...I don’t like boys in a ‘wife’ way” of course Ali was very nice about it!! He was nothing but nice to Francis but that still broke his lil heart and the next day he insisted on going to live back home with his people to sulk. Sulk was probably the wrong word but what he did was lay in his hut for days on end, not leaving and crying a lot. He really thought he’d have someone to love forever and for the first time, he was broken up with

Too Young: As he grew up into a cocky teenager, he made many more nation friends. He called Antonio ‘cousin’ in an endearing way and spent a lot of time with him! He fought with Arthur a lot because now that little kid was growing physically too and they could fight their frustrations out like Real Men (they were not). By now, Francis had been with many women and a handful of men so he had Experience in relationships now. He’d talked to Antonio about a certain someone...Someone who...Has been trading around Italy...Sadik. It took awhile after first hearing about him to see him and oh lord, Francis fell for him on the spot! He was all he talked about with Toni and Artie for awhile!! His friends weren’t very supportive “Listen, idiot, he’s far older than you are it just wouldn’t work out!” “Franny, he’s so cruel, I’ve seen some of the things he’s done” but we know our boy is not one to listen to other. So of course, he perused Sadik and got exactly what he wanted. Both parties did, actually. Francis didn’t care about Sadik’s religion and Sadik felt the same way, they were attracted to eachother. Sadik liked Fran for his feminine features and his strength and Francis was extremely attracted to Sadik in almost all aspects of who he was. This ‘relationship’, if you could even call it that, was based on lust and not love so it didn’t last more than three years. It ended in an explosive fight with Francis saying Sadik was too self centered and Sadik calling him too young and stupid. Not exactly the way you should end a relationship. Both were upset at the split and went their separate ways. What did Francis learn from this experience? He learned not to rely on looks and that older men were a pain in the ass....But that didn’t stop him from persuing him again in the 1900s and I oop-

Humans Cant Provide What Nations Need: We all know the story of Joan of Arc so I won’t waste time describing that. Francis and Joan were close and Francis felt a very intense love for her. So intense that he longed for her when she was away and felt her pain himself when she was hurt. Was this a complication of being a nation? Possibly. But he thought it was his heart belonging to her. After centuries of living THIS girl was it! This was his soulmate! This had to be her, the woman he would love forever! And then the English came. When she died Francis felt dead on the inside and sank into a deep deeeeeep depression. Arthur later came to see him and told him a few things “Listen...It wasn’t personal. I didn’t want to hurt you, you were never the target. But you can’t depend on humans the way you depended on her...They dont last long...And they don’t come back...” Francis learned to be more closed off towards humans. Developing connections with them in this way wasn’t just unhealthy...It was stupid too

The Child: Skipping history again here! So Francis raised Matthew and Arthur raised Alfred for the most part UNTIL the English government decided they wanted Arthur to have custody over Matthew. After a lot of back and forth, the French agreed to give Matthew over without Francis’s consent. Naturally, Francis was DEVASTATED!!! He was such a good father. Every night he sang Matthew to sleep, he made him his favorite cookies, he let him pick out clothes, he cut his hair, he kissed his cheeks and hugged him and loved him so much! And now that horrid englishman was taking his son away! He blamed Arthur even though it wasn’t his decision. Francis chose to deliver Matthew himself so they could spend some time together. Francis dropped him off and practically dragged Arthur away from the house to yell at him without the kids heading. He yelled and punched him in the shoulder and yelled some more, let all of his hurt out. And when he was done having his adult tantrum he felt...worse. They went inside and spent time together as a family and later apologized to his dearest friend with a kiss on the cheek and breakfast in bed the next morning. He learned to be more mature and handle his feelings in another way than yelling and to be the adult his kids need

The Light Switch: Between the world wars, Fran and Artie finally got together. During the second ww, Fran was taken by the Germans and kept as a prisioner. When he was finally retrieved and brought home two years later he was a big ol mess. Arthur stayed with him at his house. The lights all needed to stay on, no loud noises, the doors were locked and checked over and over and over. Francis would insist he was fine until he was blue in the face but at the end of the day, he really needed Arthur and was so thankful for him being there. At this time he really needed someone there and Art had a lot of shared trauma so they got even closer through that. Fran didn’t learn much from this but what he did was become more open with his closest, dearest friend and become his lover. They became eachother’s support through this time and grew a lot from that together :) now the lights can be off and they can sleep soundly if a door went unlocked somewhere but they both can’t stand those thunderstorms that shake the house. Those kinds of storms bring back horrible memories for them and that’s an excuse to just hold eachother closer

Conclusion: Fran has issues with seperation and rejection cause of all of this and even though hes hella old he still is naive despite his smarts and even though he knows it’s bad, he listens to his heart more than his head

Thank you for reading this far!!!!!

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zethsnex · 8 months ago

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#c!dreamnoblade #c!dream #c!techno #c!philza #dnb #technodream #dreamnoblade #rivals duo #zsnart #yes c!phil is part of this #I’m tenpted of making y’all choose what will be happening #i’ll think about it #:)#angst my beloved #post prision arc

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ask-the-cordium-crew · 5 years ago

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a detectives quest (a WKTC story)

artwork used by the very lovely @alwaysd2 i am not the best at grammer or puncation but i hope you enjoy the story none the less!

I was on a journey thru remnant on the hunt for a man I once loved a man I once called My friend... Mark J. Barnum or as he changed his name to Mark Edward Fischbach the just thought of his name made me feel sick to my stomach I was soon in the small little city of argus the major trading center between the continents of Anima and Solitas It is one of the largest non-capital cities in all of Remnant.

I soon walked up to a stone statue the one made for a young girl well known by alot of people Pyrrha Nikos poor girl killed at beacon from what i’d been told by Cinder Fall I was gonna hunt down that girl and Mark and bring them both to justice or my name wasn’t Abe Lincon I had already had to lie to several familes about what really happened to their familes I just couldn’t deny a case but they would get their just deserts soon enough Mark would be brought to prision for all the faunaus Mark had gotten to It just wasn’t right Marks brother Willliam was crazy but he at least respected faunus and didn’t kill people for fun.

I stared at the statue for what seemed like days when In reality It was only for a few minutes I then left some roses down and lit up a cigar for myself I soon put It against my lips.

“I’ve never been one much for smoking but... With days like these? Everyone needs to relax even If the way to relax Isn’t the best... Hmm still better then drinking I suppose I wonder where I could find infromation on Marks wareabouts In a city like this poor girl didn’t deserve this and I’ll make sure that Cinder girl goes to jail a hell of a long time for what she did to her... The law is gonna throw every book they have at her they will throw her In a cell and after that they’re gonna throw away the key and after that they’re gonna throw that............. CELL into uh... Lake? I don’t really know hmm then pyrrha could rest perfectly in peace once she knows her team is safe from Cinder and her allies... I don’t care if that Penny girl was a machine she didn’t deserve to die no one deserves to die no one excpet for me and the monster I let happen I should have done something sooner when I had the chance but I was too love struck what a fool I was right?”

I soon tossed away my smoke into a trash can near by and walked off soon finding the house of Saphron Cotta-Arc and her wife Terra Cotta-Arc along with their kid Adrian I decided to vist them because I heard from the lady at the atlas station that thoes kids RWBY and team JNR along with Crow Branwen were here recently and they just left only a few days ago.

For at least an hour I talked to them about what they knew and where thoes kids were going he got all the infromation I needed and headed out I respected the two alot I had been homosexual myself for the longest time but I had never put myself out there I was glad he didn’t in some ways If I did I would either get rejected by mark or worse rejected then killed by him If I some how even ended up with mark would I even want that? Maybe back then but now? No to me that wouldn’t seem or be right my crush for mark was done and over with now I only felt hatred for the man I once called my best friend honestly If I had to choose a best friend now it be a tough choice.

After all my choices were Celine she did seem nice plus from the last i heard of her she did find out she was bisexual now being in a relationship with Neo Politan I didn’t trust the little mute bitch but knows she dosen’t work for Mark or this Salem woman Mark talked about to him so I’d lay off for now She dose try to be a good person for Celine at the very least my other choice for a replacement best friend? William J. Barnum aka the Colonal of atlas honestly I liked the man he was unhinged sure and honestly a little crazy but the man did know how to party plus despite all this he was one of the best dam people I have ever met in my life he protected the faunus even giving support when he could but now wasn’t the best time to get chummy with him he recently lost the love of his life and found out his brother was an evil bastard?

I’d think of a new best friend later I chuckled quietly to myself but then I sighed thinking about William a bit more why was he still so sane? sure he was a bit crazy but he just found out his brother was evil he used some girl who was killed against her own best friend for christ sakes! and his partner Is dead as well? god I knew how that felt every single partner i had died he did keep their pictures in my wallet along with my detective badge but some how William stayed sane a smile on his face but not from madness but to make sure others don’t worry about him poor guy I thought to myself.

I had a few favors from william so I went back to that base and showed my detective badge soon enough all the pictures came out of my wallet.

“Thoes were my old parnters” I said to the guard I then groaned “don’t ask me about them” the guard seemed confused and said “I won’t” but then I got angry and said.

“FINE I’LL TELL YOU! each of them died on cases each more tragic then the last for some reason despite how good of a detective I am my partner always ends up dying god the worst one by far was probably my friend Stra dokey weird name I always thought anyway once he died iInever touched any sort of jelly again it was too much for me to handle.”

The guard backed up a bit and held up his hands “Ok dude well uh... yeah i’ll call up our colonal and let him know your using one of your favors take the small ship on the left all yours.” Despite being a big guy who had a hat cover his eyes he was intimated by me I soon thanked him and took the ship.

I decided to go to the one place I thought mark might be his own mansion It was the best lead I had After about a day I arived just outside the forever fall forest area where mark had his mansion I might die today but if it meant stopping mark then fuck it I didn’t care i needed todo this I soon kicked down the door and held up my gun at a girl whos name was Emerald Sustrai who I just happened to have met before back at Beacon and haven’t seen her since.

“GET DOWN ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW THIS IS DETECTIVE ABE LINCION!!!” I had a look of anger In my eyes

To be continued???

Please get this post to at least 4 reblogs if you want to see this story continued i hope you all enjoyed! i’d also love to see your thoughts in the comments

#rwby #rwby au #rwby fandom #who killed markiplier #who killed markiplier au #markiplier fandom #who killed team cordium #who killed team cordium au #crossover au #fanfiction #markiplier fanfiction #rwby fanfiction #abe the detective #abe lincoln wkm

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