#proof I AM so sigma

[batfambrainrotbeloved]

You're so sigma

R-RWEALLY????? *commits emotional war crimes, cutely*

[zraloci-sharks]

I think Young Törless is one of those works of art that would be difficult to cleanly translate into a modern adaptation. Too many of its elements would just come off differently or would have to be changed entirely.

For example, there is the fact that teenagers are viewed much closer to children nowadays, which would make the Božena subplot much weirder in a modern context, especially with her gloating about how the teenage boys can't stop coming to her and all. You could say that this subplot could be cut, but I think that would impact the themes and pacing and all.

There's also the occasional reference to them smoking and drinking. You could remove that, it's not essential, but it would kinda change the vibes, haha

This is not me trying to be moralistic, I am aware that some modern teens still do all these things. What I'm trying to express here is, that they would make the characters and plot come off differently and give off a different feeling nowadays than the author probably intended in 1906. That's the puzzle with adaptations - you have the same pieces, and you have to somehow make them make sense in a new context, while keeping the general feeling.

There is also the fact that the world is much more connected nowadays. I feel like the book has this specific, closed off, quiet feeling. You really only get a few environments - the secret hideout, the school, nature around the school, the town, Božena's room. It's all slightly claustrophobic. Törless's whole existence is pretty monotone, and that really helps emphasise his inner life. This kind of atmosphere would be harder to achieve in a world where the internet exists.

Let's talk about my favorite guy - Beineberg (the crowd cheers). His whole deal is being into Asian, specifically Indian philosophy and building his whole way of thinking around it. In the book, India is described as this far away, mystical land, where all the enlightenment happens. Beineberg probably gets most of his information about it from books and his father. One thing I realized while re-reading the book recently is, that his whole take on the philosophy is pretty vague (I don't blame Robert Musil for this, I wouldn't want to do accurate, detailed research on eastern philosophy either). This makes sense, as, again, he gets his information from rather unobjective sources. He can't exactly go and Google "Indian philosophy basics and history".

Are you getting where I'm going with this? Basically, this obsession of his would, once again, come off differently in 2024, where you can instantly learn anything you want about these things. If he kept up this vagueness in a modern adaptation, he would come off a bit stupid and separated from the world around him (even more than he does in the original). Nowadays, Indian mysticism still exists of course, but it's not as usual for the average Western person to be interested in it. The mystery is gone, you can read all about it, it's just another religion you can choose if you want to.

Then there's Reiting. Oh boy, Reiting. His backstory, if you will, is wanting to be powerful and a part of future world conspiracies and revolutions. Now, I might be wrong about this, I'm not exactly a political scientist, but I feel like this dream is much less realistic in 2024. I just think things are much more organized and streamlined nowadays and it's not as easy to become powerful just by virtue of pure charisma (though maybe it wasn't possible in 1906 either. Maybe Reiting is even sillier than I thought). The best thing Reiting could do for his ambitions nowadays is get a law degree, line up a bunch of political internships and hope for the best.

So yeah, this is why I think a modern adaptation wouldn't really work or would come off weird. The best you could do is a reimagining or a deconstruction, or something like that. I would be hyped for any of those to be honest, because there literally hasn't been any new DJT content in 58 years.

Alright, that's all!

[wisteriaphobia]

Alright time to come out, not out of the closet, but I am Nat (Or Lilnatx) . I wanted to come here and share my story or fairy tales if you don't like me. I was a part of “clique 1”

Not to use my age like a pokemon card but I am 15, and I don't care what you have to say to me personally but I'm sick and tired of my name being dragged through the mud and being used as a scapegoat. But I have lots of pent up anger that I didn't have the privilege of saying.

April 3rd was the day I was banned from nevermore, with no proof. Like at all, I'm still bamboozled and scratching my head like a monkey on what was actually on me and my friends. We were accused of “shit talking” and I have yet to see the shit that we have allegedly talked about.

And honestly? Even if I did shit talk people, why… in a conversation about a predator … does that matter? I'm exhausted with how Red always fights with teenagers (like me) and other friends of mine. It's so despicable that the minions might just leave Gru for her instead. I was in gym class when I got banned and honestly? I would rather get banned 10 more times than do another plank for 2 minutes while seeing my P.E teacher's bald head.

My crimes that I did publicly (in the screenshot that red posted) is me being.. not fucking involved? Right before I got banned I was staying away from people that I previously did not enjoy and in fact I tried my best to not interact with them directly. At one point I had many members blocked on my discord because I was tired of being the villain.

Yet here I am in the year of our lord July of 2024 and people are still referring to my friends as “nats clique” like I said earlier im 15, quince. I have little power over my friends' actions , especially if they're an adult. I can barely get Laci to join me on Minecraft let alone make her collaborate on some high tech scheme, what is this shit? Oceans 11?

I find it petty that red refers to my friends as a “clique” we're a friend group, and the definition of a clique requires a group that's hard to get into. The server (until now) was open, you could pull up to Jinx's profile like a McDonald's drive through and get an invite. Our friend group was constantly expanding and if you personally felt like you were scared to talk to us, I'm sorry that you never experienced the poop closet jokes.

Red being paranoid about what a bunch of teenagers were maybe saying behind her back to deflect about crimson is quite irresponsible I do say so myself. So please Red! With a cherry on top! Show me what I did to you. What sin have I committed on your ego that should banish me to hell. Because I sure as hell don't know what I've done, (and you can quote this) you probably don't know what I've done either, because you made it all up.

Unfortunately I have no screenshots to give, because my phone storage is ass. But you can hit up any of the members of my clique for proof regarding my innocence. I promise I'm not an evil bitch who wants to ban you (not evil not evil no I'm the least evil person I know)

I'm sorry if this response upsets you, but if a 15 year old girl who ships who chicks bothers you so much. Imagine how I feel, imagine now so many people who once looked up to you feel. Everyone in your post looked up to you once as a role model, and have had panic attacks and stress because (allegedly) you harmed them with your cruel words. You can think it's your fault or not that's not my problem.. but for someone who wants evidence and proof 24/7 you sure like to not give out proof of anyone else.

P.S if you were anyone who gave red evidence of my wrong doings, can I see them? Cause I don't know what I have done.

P.P.S I'm not a man, and I write fanfiction of lesbian vampires.

P.P.P.S this is so not sigma that I gotta make this response

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

The Book: Everything We Know So Far and Possible Connections

The Book's lore is driving me crazy and I had to write this. This isn't meant to be a solid cohesive theory on anything but I wanted to compile everything we know about the Book, some rather disturbing implications of what that might mean, and which characters may or may not have a connection to it, as well as what that connection might be.

This is a long post, so I've bolded the key info. You can skim those if you don't want to go through everything. :)

***Major spoilers for BSD and for Beast!***

Main Series Information:

The first mentions of the Book occur in Chapter 28, when Fitzgerald tells Atsushi that the Guild's goal is to locate it. He tells Atsushi that only one copy of this book exists, and that neither flames nor abilities can damage it.

Fitzgerald claims he knows the Book is there because a prophet ability user foresaw that it had been sealed within Yokohama. When Atsushi asks what the relation is between him and the Book, Fitzgerald says that Atsushi is the guide to the Book.

In Chapter 35, Fitzgerald states that his goal is to use the Book to bring his daughter back to life.

The next mention is in Chapter 46, when Dazai talks to Fyodor in the alley. Dazai mentions that since Fyodor and the Rats don't have the firepower to burn down Yokohama, he instead needs to exterminate Yokohama's ability users to get to the Book, hence the cannibalism strategy.

Dazai says the true Book is a single novel with blank pages where anything written becomes the truth. Fyodor wishes to use it to make a world without the sin of ability users. Dazai says basically "good luck with that dude" lol. (Actually the line is "Give that a go, if you can, that is." which... might be significant?)

Chapter 58: Taneda dumps a lot of info on Ranpo. His assailant, who we know to be Sigma, stole a page from him, a single page removed from the Book in order to study it. The page has exactly the same capacity to make anything written become reality, it just has limited space to write. However, the Book has a restriction: it requires karmic/narrative consistency.

In Chapter 58.5, Mykola's speech about cages and the freedom of birds is ironically dictated word for word by a mysterious author. The translator note on the unofficial version I'm reading says the mysterious author is using imperfect Japanese with lots of katakana - I cannot confirm this myself, but it has interesting implications on our mystery author's identity if true. The page is used to position the Agency as the terrorists in the white hoods and frame them.

Chapter 59: Ranpo believes the Book was not made by an ability user but by something far greater than that. His proof is that unlike Mushitarou's ability, which can also alter reality, the people affected by the Book also have new memories to fit the alteration to the events. The Agency members remember committing the crime, even though they know they didn't.

In Chapter 70, Mushitarou reveals the DoA plans to use the other side of the page to eliminate the country at the next full moon. I am curious as to the significance of the full moon, given the moon's frequent recurrence in the series and Atsushi's ability connection to it. Chapter 74.5 establishes that the Sky Casino, with its 13 year history, was created 8 days ago when the page was written on, as a base for the next stage and also to "repay" Sigma for the use of his ability to retrieve it. In Chapter 75, Fyodor claims that Sigma, too, was written into existence via the Book 3 years ago - he has no memories before this point.

Chapter 77: the page was written with a condition that no police or law enforcement would believe in the Agency's innocence. However, Tachihara broke through that condition by reaffirming his identity as a member of the Mafia, which (metaphorically) tears the page.

Later references don't tell us too much more but I'll summarize them regardless. Kamui/Fukuchi has the page, which Atsushi knows from Sigma's info. Ranpo made an appeal to the police, explaining that the Agency was framed and the page preventing them from seeing the truth, and half the force sees the truth for themselves, breaking through the page's condition. Ranpo believed the direct opposition to the page's restrictions might sway Fukuchi into believing them (unfortunately, we don't know if this was right, as Fukuchi was not affected in the first place, being Kamui himself). And that's what we have so far.

Disturbing Implication #1: The Special Division knows/knew the location of the Book.

Taneda mentions that a page from the Book was taken to study. This implies that at one point, the Special Division had the Book or knew of its location. The higher ups may still know where it is. There are a few potential timelines here: the first is that the page was removed many, many years earlier, perhaps during the war, and the second is that the page was removed and tested 3 years ago, and Sigma resulted from these trials.

Disturbing Implication #2: Ranpo says the Book was created by something greater.

Something greater than ability users. I suspect this may be something outside their world. At this stage, it seems very likely this "greater entity" is an author - the author of the world we read about (it's Asagiri omg). An author, to the world they write, is akin to a god. I'm kind of joking about the Asagiri thing, but the "author" of the Book is likely someone/something that exists beyond the scope of the world of BSD.

Contradiction: The Book cannot be damaged by flame or ability, but pages can be torn out of it? How?

Beast Information:

Oh boy. Where to even start?

Beast Dazai states that the Book is the origin of the main universe's world, and it contains an infinite number of parallel worlds within it.

"What you write becomes a reality" is actually a misnomer. Writing in the Book calls a parallel world that aligns with what is written directly from the Book. This parallel world will then trade places with the real world.

There is a single physical reality, and infinite possible worlds. The Beast universe exists within the Book, as a possible world.

A version of the Book exists in the Beast universe. However, this Beast version of the Book is more of a weakness. Orders from the real world can overwrite Beast. And anyone who tries to write in Beast's Book will make Beast cease to exist.

Beast Dazai jumps at the end of Beast. This is because if more than 3 people know the truth about the Book, the world will destabilize - it may even disappear without Beast's Book being written in.

Beast Dazai created a singularity using his ability. It's not explained how he did this, but it has something to do with his nullification. He did this to read the memories of real-world/original Dazai - the Dazai who exists outside the Book. (It seems all but given that this is Dazai from the main timeline.)

Though the above conflicts with some of what we know in the main manga, we can take it as fact, I think. The narration is heavy on emphasizing that Beast Dazai is telling no lies in this scene.

Disturbing Implication #3: Any alterations are not inventions but transferrals, which means these events actually occurred in another universe.

This means that the Agency really were the DoA terrorists in a parallel world and they did carry out the plan. They really did take the hostages in this world. Tanizaki really did push the button. This would explain their memories. The caveat of no one in law enforcement believing them might make sense too - they're actually criminals in that world, so they would have no reason to believe them. "Trading places" also implies that the terrorist Agency universe has the terrorists trying to save the hostages like the Agency originally planned to do (potentially).

Sigma is an interesting case. If he really was written into existence from the Book, then he was called from another parallel world - literally displaced from his home. His amnesia likely occurred in that parallel world too.

Disturbing Implication #4: The parallel worlds are more fragile than the main world of BSD.

There is something different about our main universe. The Book that originates here is the real deal. But Beast's (and all the Books from different parallel worlds) leave them vulnerable. These worlds can be destroyed at any time if anyone tries to write in these Books. Only a select number of people can know how it really works before it starts to destabilize. What's more, at any point, someone could write in the real-world's Book and overwrite it entirely, and there would be nothing that any of the people within that world could do about it. And Beast Akutagawa, thinking back on the events of the story, comes to the conclusion that even though his world is "but a shadow", the desires, feelings and actions of the people within it make those people no less real than those in the original.

Beast is a goddamn existential horror.

Character Connections

Now, onto the characters who are known to have some kind of connection to the Book.

Fitzgerald wanted the Book in the Guild arc to bring back his daughter. While this is the first mention of it, given that he got his info from clearly secondhand sources (the prophet ability user or Fyodor, most likely), I don't think he has any sort of deeper understanding of it, nor a more personal connection. Ranpo seems to be figuring out the Book's logistics rather quickly, but I expect nothing less from the greatest detective, and he doesn't have a strong personal connection I can see as of yet. As for Fukuchi, whatever knowledge he gained 36 years ago might be connected... but again, I have nothing else to say on this front, considering we have little else on this (I'm actually more inclined to think it has to do with the war - which may tie in with the Book, but not necessarily). I would also be very surprised if Mori doesn't know something but I have no real evidence for this other than that the man is suspicious as hell. Then again, there's also Tokoyami Island, which "appeared" seemingly out of nowhere and is where Yosano's backstory took place and Fukuchi headed after his argument with Fukuzawa. It seems possible, if not likely, that it was created with the Book. So, let's go over some characters who we actually can expand on a little.

Taneda

Not much to say here other than what kind of research was being done with the Book? Given that Taneda had the page on him, was he the one responsible for the research being conducted on it, or was he just involved?

What kind of research was being done with the page? How were they testing it? The page was blank, so they must not have created anything with it yet. How then, did Taneda know how it worked and that the page would have the same capacities as the full Book?

Taneda doesn't seem to understand the Book completely - he thinks it was created by an ability user, after all, and like everyone else in the main universe he doesn't know the reason the Book requires narrative consistency (that it is pulling from other worlds, not just making anything written come true).

The Special Division likely had the Book at one point, but by the time Fitzgerald comes to retrieve it, it has been "sealed". Did the Special Division seal it? Why and how?

Atsushi

We know he has a lot to do with it. Atsushi and the Book are incredibly intertwined, and the initial conflict was kicked off by a bounty placed on his head for this connection.

He is called the "guide" to the Book. What does that mean? Is he meant to locate it? Unlock the seal? Or is he a guide on how to use it properly?

6 years ago, Shibusawa found Atsushi at the orphanage when he was just a kid and tortured him to extract his ability. He was a researcher who learned about the tiger from Fyodor, who called Atsushi's ability "one that guides the envy of all ability users". And we know Fyodor has been after the Book for a long time, so it's difficult to imagine this does not have something to do with it.

Atsushi is the only character to directly reference a real-life novel in the series and recall reading it. "The head may err but never the blood" and "I only regret what I haven't done" are from the real Nakajima Atsushi's "Light, Wind, and Dreams", a fictionalized autobiography detailing the last few years of the life of Robert Louis Stevenson. While other characters quote their namesakes' fiction on occasion, to my recollection, Atsushi is the only one who explicitly remembers reading the book, but finds himself unable to remember the author's name. Cute reference, or plot significant? You decide.

Atsushi's tiger is heavily associated with the moon, particularly the full moon. For some reason, the other side of the page is to be used at the next full moon and cannot be used sooner. Atsushi's ability crystal, pulled out of him by Shibusawa as a child, is described as "pale and glittering like the moon".

It is entirely unlike the red crystals that form in the Dead Apple separated abilities - including Atsushi's tiger (also red). It is, however, similar to Dazai's, which is white. Atsushi transforms into the tiger to swallow the moon-like crystal - to reiterate, it was outside him when he transformed. What's more, from Beast it's known that this instance was when his ability apparently activated for the first time - how could it do that if it was already removed from him? Later on, Shibusawa tries to take the crystal again and Atsushi's transformation deteriorates, that's true, but bear in mind that Atsushi was convinced that crystal was the tiger, which may have psychologically influenced this. In fact, the moon crystal may not be the tiger at all. It is entirely possible it is something else, and it is likely that which makes Atsushi so sought after. If it is, I refuse to believe this has nothing to do with the Book.

Atsushi's ability is described as the "spark of life that resists all abilities". A reference to his healing factor, perhaps? Or something more meaningful?

He's also referred to as an "angel" by Shibusawa who canonically got his information from Fyodor so... make of that what you will.

Tachihara

This isn't so much about Tachihara having significance in future but more about what his breaking of the page's conditions might mean.

At the crux of this is his split identity - he's a Hunting Dog, but also a mafioso, and his struggle between these identities is his core conflict in the Sky Casino arc.

Eventually, Tachihara, recalling Hirotsu and Gin's words that anyone in the Mafia knows that the Agency is innocent, frantically realizes they have the wrong culprits, thus breaking through the page's caveat that all law enforcement would never believe them, accompanied by a metaphorical tear in the page.

It's intriguing because we don't see this same dramatic depiction later on with the police when Ranpo appeals to them - Tachihara has changed his expected role from police to mafioso. Tachihara is no longer playing the "character" he was meant to play.

He tore out of that restriction in the story. His story line is now on a different path. There are some serious implications of that if a change in character can literally break people free of the Book's reality-altering influence. It is all-powerful so long as everyone plays their expected role in that narrative. Breaking out of that can change the story, even if only minutely.

Sigma

Of course Sigma is connected. He was apparently written into the Book three years ago - which means he came from one of the parallel worlds. (Provided Fyodor is telling the truth about his origins, but I think it would be very strange narratively if this wasn't - at least partially - true.)

I am curious if Sigma will regain some of his memories soon, or if it is even possible for him. If he can regain memories, then they would be from a world within the Book. Or, perhaps his memories don't exist because that world has been overwritten and no longer exists?

Is it possible for Sigma to communicate between worlds using his exchange of information? Maybe this is completely out of left field... I'm just curious what role Sigma is going to play in all this.

It's strange, for someone so obviously connected I... really don't have much to say about him. I just think we don't have enough.

Mykola

There isn't too much to say for certain about him, but I know I was super uncomfortable with his entire speech about birds and cages and freedom being dictated in real-time by the page. That's rough, buddy.

As of this moment, he's supposed to be dead, but somehow defied his fate and is still alive. He decided not to play the role ("character") he was previously meant to, and now he is the cast's biggest wildcard.

Mykola's fixation on freedom at all costs may have some interesting implications for his interactions with the idea of the Book. When his words were written on the page, was the page dictating his speech, or was it merely recording what he was already saying? If the Book is the story, then does the story control the characters, or, as it has been implied by Mykola and Tachihara, can the characters defy the story? When they defy the story, the story changes to accommodate this. Have they really, then, defied anything of significance at all? (For clarity: I don't know if this is where BSD will go with it - in actuality, I'm always confused when people theorize the Book's author is evil and controlling, or that the series will end tragically, given how much BSD loves to emphasize the importance of writing and reading and understanding and living. This is just an example of a few possible questions it may make sense for Mykola to fixate on.)

I don't have a lot to say for certain, but given his need to be free, his connection with Fyodor, and his Dazai-foiling traits, I'd think it very odd if he wasn't involved to some extent.

Dazai

...where to even start.

Dazai clearly knows things about the Book. He appears to know much of what Fyodor does, and it makes me curious as to whether it came up when they first met (whenever that was).

However, main series Dazai doesn't seem to have all the info Beast Dazai does. For one thing, he too echoes that the Book makes all that is written into it become reality. He may know about the parallel worlds within it and could just be lying by omission, but I've seen very little to suggest that this is the case.

Main series Dazai appears to know about certain events long before they occur (not everything though; I need to remind people that he can and has been thrown off/wrong about things before) - notably, most of these planned events revolve around Fyodor. He's been preparing Atsushi and Akutagawa specifically to deal with the upcoming threat posed by Fyodor's pursuit of the Book.

Beast Dazai was somehow able to read the memories of real-world Dazai by creating a singularity with his ability... somehow. It's assumed he must've created it while in contact with the Book (otherwise how else could he have read the memories) but it's actually not elaborated on and we still have little to no details.

If his nullification caused a singularity, then how? Was it a singularity with the Book? Himself? Whatever the Book was sealed with/in? Singularities are still quite mysterious, but they need to involve one of two things - an insurmountable contradiction, or an uncontrollable increase in power with no way to cap it. Given that nullification doesn't lend itself to an increase in anything, it's likely an inherent contradiction.

I think it pretty obvious that Dazai has some special knowledge of the Book; some connection to it. He's been preparing to combat Fyodor for many, many years, and he seems to want to take Fyodor out as quickly as possible. Clearly, his potential use of the Book is a big deal to Dazai and worth putting his full effort into preventing, which is a little odd, honestly, considering he only met him once before the events of Dead Apple. Fyodor must've really made a terrible impression on him.

Where did he come from? There's that post about how Dazai is in everyone else's backstory for some reason, but we don't know his yet. Here's what we do know: He has some kind of connection with the Old Mafia Boss. He wandered around Yokohama for awhile. He's not related to Mori or an orphan he picked up.

While I've seen suggestions that Dazai met Fyodor in the 2 year gap between his leaving the Mafia and joining the ADA, I think there's reason to suggest he may have met Fyodor before he ever joined the Mafia, as a young child. Just bringing it up as a possibility because Beast Dazai's forming of a singularity with it sounded intentional - which means at 16, he would already have known what the Book was. Did he get his knowledge from Fyodor? Someone else?

Why did young Dazai become so listless and unable to find a reason to live? How did he become convinced that he will lose everything he wants so badly to keep when he gets it? Why did he think he could predict everything in advance? Is it just his intelligence and observation? Or is there more to it than that?

While I'm not a huge fan of the "Dazai is the Book" theory (given that it would make him literally inhuman, which I think runs antithetical to his story), on reviewing all this I've come up with a new incredibly deranged and not-at-all-sound theory:

Dazai is the Book's seal. In this essay I will -

Fyodor

First of all, we know hardly anything about him. We don't understand his ability. We don't even know how old he is. He's been with V/the Decay of the Angel for many years apparently... he was involved in Shibusawa's actions... he has some kind of a history with Dazai... he perfected the art of dramatically standing on windy roofs... truly, he's an enigma.

On a more serious note, all we know is that he wants the Book to create a world free of ability users. Free of sin.

This doesn't seem to fully align with Fukuchi's goal. My proof? They have differing concepts of "angels".

Fukuchi's "angels" borrow from the Buddhist concept of Devas and also likely references Mishima Yukio's The Decay of the Angel. Fukuchi tells Tachihara that the angels are the politicians who remain in their lofty seats and send soldiers into war to die. His goal isn't revenge per se, but it does appear to involve dethroning them in a sense. He doesn't mention wiping out ability users nor of having any particular ill-will towards them.

However, Fyodor's concept is closer to the Abrahamic concept of angel, what with the numerous references to original sin, the script for the play in Untold Origins speaking of angels banished by God for their sins, etc. What's interesting is that the play emphasizes ability users as "angels" who have regained some of their prior powers (I find it difficult to believe Fyodor was not involved in the creation of this) - so Fyodor's "sinful angels" are likely ability users. What does this mean for their goals? Are they still aligned? Is the undermining of government necessary for the elimination of ability users? (Also quick note: do not quote me on any religious stuff - I am not religious myself. I do research sometimes but I'm very, very far from an expert ahaha.)

So, now: Cannibalism was part 1 of the DoA's plan, and all the ensuing stages will culminate in the use of the other side of the page.

Firstly, there's the obvious "what will the other side of the page be used for?"

But then there's something else. By the time Cannibalism occurred, the pieces were already in place for the next phase of the plan, where Sigma would steal the page from Taneda. Why then, does Fyodor still claim, on numerous occasions, to be after the Book? The page should be able to accomplish anything the Book can. Either there is something misleading in the information we have been told, or there is something he wants to do with the Book that isn't writing in it. I think the former is more likely but I digress, the latter is still a possibility.

A few more outstanding questions: Why was he spreading info on Atsushi to Shibusawa and presumably Fitzgerald, but not going after Atsushi himself? Wouldn't he want Atsushi as the Book's guide?

What is his connection to the prophet ability user Fitzgerald mentioned - is it him, with his uncanny predictive powers? Is it someone else associated with the DoA? Is it someone in the government? How long ago was this prediction made - was it made long enough ago that this is why V was active in Yokohama?

There's a lot that's very confusing about Fyodor, and I don't think we know nearly enough about him to make proper predictions as to his relation to the Book yet.

Akutagawa

He's only really tangentially related to it through his connection to Atsushi - if any showdown is going to happen involving the Book, you can bet he and Akutagawa will be teaming up for that.

At the same time, Dazai selected Akutagawa as a mentee a long time ago, and he's been planning for them to work together since he met Atsushi, specifically so they can prevent Fyodor from achieving his goals. In Beast, he mentions their abilities form a singularity together - likely that ability to "cut through anything".

I know this may be entirely wild and out of left field but if it can cut through anything... could it damage the impervious Book? Could it even destroy it? Or maybe it could destroy whatever is sealing it? Who knows, but it makes me think they're going to have to destroy something. (Interesting how this runs counter to sskk's need to act as protectors of the Book in Beast... so maybe it will be in defense. It's all so unclear.)

There's also the whole "dragon is the manifestation of the chaos of ability users". Atsushi and Akutagawa are the tiger and the dragon, at odds with each other via rivalry but also in balance. I think it would be very strange if Atsushi's ability were unusual but not Akutagawa's.

In addition to all the above, I am also side-eyeing all the author characters in this series. For one thing, there's very few of them. For another, two of them have died, changing the path of their respective best friends' lives - and in a series that actually... doesn't kill that many named characters off permanently, it's worth taking a look at.

Yokomizo wanted to transcend the boundaries of fiction in his writing to create a mystery that bled into reality - the ultimate mystery. Mushitarou writes to see his friend again, to connect with him through his greatest passion. Poe's ability allows him to take real people and pull them into constructed narratives that can be escaped once they are "solved" - when the story reaches its conclusion. He is also the one who spurs Mushitarou into writing to cope with his loss.

Natsume wrote a few books as well. We don't know completely what they were about (and from my brief research they don't seem to correspond perfectly to his real life novels - might be a reference to Kokoro but the story does not appear to be the same...), but at least one was a series of three novels, with the last featuring an assassin who stopped killing, but Natsume derided these books and said they were not very good. He tore out the last few pages from the third, final book that explained why the assassin changed his path, and gave the book to a young Odasaku with a note "Don't blame me if you regret [reading] it".

Odasaku wanted to complete that novel. It completely changed his perspective on the world and opened his eyes - he re-read it multiple times (if I remember correctly, he also read it over and over to a wounded and exasperated Dazai in TDIPUD lol), and the lack of an ending bothered him immensely, not just because the story was incomplete, but because the scene was necessary to understanding the assassin's character. Odasaku wrote to understand himself and others, because writing novels is writing people. Natsume seemed to think he was uniquely qualified to do so, but Odasaku disagreed, thinking that someone who took lives was in no position to write about them - to understand them.

Odasaku dies. In every universe, and before he gets the chance to write the novel that sits in his mind - except in Beast, where Dazai painstakingly maintained the world to ensure he stayed alive. It seems oddly specific that this one random person should die before having the opportunity to write the story he wished... and I have to wonder if the universe really doesn't want him writing that book for some reason. And if that's the case, then is there any reason (beyond saving Oda from killing) why Natsume encouraged him to do so?

As a bonus, in the anime, Odasaku is the one to title drop "to the stray dogs" as a cheers, which Dazai will later echo. This doesn't happen in the novel... but if you look back at the difference between the anime Book and the manga Book - you'll notice the manga Book's cover is blank. The anime's says "Stray Dogs". Could be something, could be nothing. But it's worth mentioning.

And that's pretty much it for now! As we get more info, I'll continue to update this post. If anything here gives you ideas, please feel free to ramble about it in the tags or comments, or shoot me an ask! I love to read all your thoughts. :)

[blorbusshmorbus]

Dune part 2 dashboard simulator

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hey guys just a heads up (literally for you guys I'm fighting lololol) (I'm going to behead you) (I promise) (:3) my uncle says I'm not allowed to have a party as wild as last year, so no blood sacrifices this time :(

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do it anyway lol

#a third "atredies" has entered the arena #we only have enough drugs for two lol #might just blame it on the Baron #fingers crossed it works

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Istg if the new reverend mother brings her weird musty son to this place I might actually quit.

#fr he looks like he eats them

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I hate arakkis. I've told my father that I hate arakkis so many times. But guess where we're going on holiday??? A-FUCKING-RAKKIS

Istg it's actually child abuse at this point.

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maybe you should just give it back to us lmao

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why is that bald freak kinda...

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does anyone know if they do baja blast in South Arrakis? craving some rn

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I know a place dw

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MOM WTF I ALMOST DIED

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He almost died! AS WRITTEN!!!!!!

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Guys I'm 90% that My Spice-Fuelled Romance is going to release a new album this year.

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Am I not good enough for you??

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honey, all we asked you to do was the gom jabar, and you ended up getting. impregnated by that measly, vile, and absolutely disgusting freak.

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Omg I'm going to be a dad??? :D

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erm what the sigma

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MOM HOW DOES SHE HAVE TUMBLR SHES INSIDE OF YOU??

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It's the way

#as written

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[anincompletelist]

rwrb fic recs! :D

I wanted to take the time to compile a few fics that have massively helped me over the last tough few months and never fail to bring a smile to my face (after the angst, of course)! thank you to everyone who takes the time to write for this lovely fandom, please keep it up! your words are so important and often change lives even when you don't realize it. I hope you're all doing well, and enjoy! <3

(please message me if for any reason you would like to be un-tagged!)

in no particular order:

he looks up grinning like the devil | @coffeecatsme | E | 38k

Henry can’t help it—he lets out a laugh and shakes his head. Beta Sigma Chi being a safe space is about as likely as the Republicans championing queer rights. “Right, and who’s this new president that somehow managed to turn around an entire fraternity?”

Pez winces. She hesitates at first, but then she must decide on something because her chin juts out. “Well,” she says slowly. “It’s Alexander Claremont-Diaz.”

Henry laughs so hard he almost falls off his seat.

Or, Henry Fox learns to fall in love with everything that is Alexander Claremont-Diaz, even if he insists on calling Henry "dude".

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A Sporting Chance | @clottedcreamfudge | E | 126k

"Marry Henry - destination wedding. Combine all of our names so paperwork is a fucking nightmare." Henry stares at him and Pez rolls the dice, and-

"Congratulations to Alex and Henry Claremont-Diaz-Fox-Mountchristen," he says with a bright grin, and Alex punches the air and makes a 'whooping' noise. "Your wedding is attended by the Beckhams, the President, and several key members of congress. Henry is very gentle on your wedding night." Henry is going to fucking kill Pez.   "Fucking sweet," Alex says, because Henry is apparently the only one here trying not to have a coronary about all of this.

***

It had just been a party game, except now Henry is in way over his head.

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a degree of fate | (locked) | lockedinmybody | E | 34k

Against the wishes of the palace, Henry decides to go back to university for a graduate's degree in Literature. And when you want to lay low, what's a better place than Austin University? It's not Henry's fault that Alex Claremont-Diaz is also there. Something must be his fault though, because despite having never met before and Henry only knowing him as the son of the Former President of America, Alex Claremont-Diaz clearly hates him. It's going to be a long two years.

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the poem you make of me | @omgcmere | E | 91k

After being discovered on Instagram as a teenager, Alex Diaz is thriving as a social media influencer and model who just landed a high profile, high fashion contract with Calvin Klein. Alex can get any girl he wants, and he’s loving it. Meanwhile, British poet Henry Fox has just arrived in L.A. to kick off a North American tour promoting his new, steamy book of gay erotic poetry, and he’s attracting a lot of attention.

Bad blood is immediately sparked between them when Henry blows Alex off at their first meeting. Several tabloid rumors and an Instagram tantrum later, Alex and Henry are reluctantly thrust together to make nice, resulting in a grudging friendship and a magnetism between them that Alex can't explain. Why is Henry's poetry making Alex feel like this? And just what is it about Henry Fox that gets to him so much?

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Mr. BodyPillow | @inexplicablymine | T+ | 21k

Two boys cuddling on a couch right on top of each other because they are in fact very gay™.

Inviting over a complete stranger for cuddles because you are touch starved might be the worst idea Henry has ever had, or the best.

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More Amour | surveycorpsjean | E | 45k

Alex discovers something in Henry's closet that changes everything.

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we've been here forever (here's the frozen proof) | @onward--upward | T+ | 12k

Objectively, I am aware that you – a stranger – cannot tell me my own sexuality any better than I can, however... Can you, please? Tell me? It’s 4am and I have been thinking about this for hours, and I can’t sleep.

Warmest regards, ACD *** It’s four in the morning, and Alex Claremont-Diaz has managed to follow a research spiral straight down into a personal crisis. It isn’t the first time.

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Oblivion | milowren | NR | 31k | please CHECK TAGS & NOTES prior to reading!

What if the moment in the hospital wasn’t a false alarm and the publicity surrounding the forced bromance between Alex and Henry had the adverse effect of them being kidnapped together?

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But I love him, whether or no. | @leaves-of-laurelin | E | 77k

Henry moves to New York City to help Pez with the opening of his new bar in the East Village. The location—fortunately for business, but unfortunately for Henry’s sanity—is directly across the street from a fire station. The sound of sirens is bad, Alex the gorgeous firefighter is worse. But when Alex helps Henry avoid a near catastrophe the night of the bar’s opening, the two form a tentative friendship that starts to develop into something more.

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we might just get away with it | (locked) | smc_27 | E | 21k

Alex is a model. Henry is a journalist, and a bit of an asshole. Alex wants him anyway, even when it doesn’t feel good.

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Hashtag Soulmates | @everwitch-magiks | E | 44k

Alex is perfect and handsome, the golden boy, everybody’s secret crush. So there is absolutely no way that he is the reader who screeches in caps lock every time that Henry posts as much as a drabble. There’s no way. Except Alex just closed his browser fast as fucking lightning, but not before Henry had gotten a good glimpse of the page Alex had open: AO3. ‘Don't Stop Me Now’, Henry’s current wip. The one that Henry literally just updated.

Sweet Jesus. Could it really be?

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the rubble or our sins | weather_stained | E | 14k

As the Emperor's grandson, Henry despises the gladiator games and resents being forced to attend them — that is, until he sees Alexander fight. 

It's a romance doomed from the very beginning, as Henry's family is already pressuring him into joining the army and finding a wife, but he falls hard for Alex nonetheless. Will Henry find a way to be with him, or will he spend the rest of his life looking back on their time together?

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that's all for now! I'd like to do this again very soon since there are so many new fics being posted that deserve love as well.

please let me know if there are any issues with the links, if you'd like to be un-tagged, or if you'd like to come and scream about these with me!

another good place for recs is @rwrbficrecs !

if you enjoy any of these (or any fic at all) please know - as someone who writes them as well - every single comment and kudos goes such a long way. it's not necessary, but it's always so much appreciated. <3

thank you for reading, and I hope everyone is having a lovely day/night! :D

-- anincompletelist / sarah

[checkeredscarff]

-ˋˏ і𝖿 ᥡ᥆ᥙ ᥕᥲkᥱ ᥙ⍴ ˎˊ-

┆You hope he wakes up..

-ˋˏWarnings┆None!ˎˊ-

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Chapter 113 spoilers + written after the release of 120.5! No happy go lucky AU this time sorry guys :,( I'm gonna go ahead and label this angst no comfort because Sigma is litwally (No that's not a typo..) unconscious. Once again I'm blindly labeling everyone ooc because I have no faith in myself HELP. Also, readers feelings are mentioned to be romantic while Sigma's are (sort of) implied. Reader is part of the ADA!

"Can you stop dropping him?! He didn't wake up the first ten times!" You pull Sigma's head onto your lap, glaring up at Chuuya and Dazai.

Chuuya rolls his eyes and sighs, "We're just making sure!" you sigh and turn back down to Sigma. You take in his features, his furrowed brows, the frown on his face, and the way his eyes twitched like he was having a bad dream.

You wondered when he'd wake back up. If he'd wake back up. Your mind drowned out their conversation, focusing solely on Sigma's unconscious body. You let out a soft sigh, brushing a stray strand of purple from his cheek.

You didn't know how to feel. On one hand, you were happy to see him and feel him breathing but on the other hand, you were still worried. You were worried he'd never wake up again, you were afraid you'd lose him.

"Hey.." You're suddenly brought back to reality by a hand being placed on your shoulder. You look behind you, "Huh..?" Chuuya seemed concerned, "Stop crying, he's fine.." you hadn't even realized until he pointed it out. You brought a hand to your cheek, feeling the wetness of your salty tears.

You wiped them away and looked back up at him, "You don't know that.." you look back at Sigma and take one of his limp hands in yours. He was colder than you remembered him being, your heart picked up it's pace. You slid your hand down to his pulse point, feeling for it with your thumb. You let out a relieved sigh as you feel a soft pulse, you were paranoid now.

"Just trust me..." Chuuya sighs and pulls away. You don't understand why you let your fear get the better of you, you knew embarrassingly early into your friendship that your feelings were no longer platonic but you kept your mouth shut about it. He was always busy with the sky casino and probably a ton of other affairs you didn't know about so you figured it'd be better than overwhelming him with your feelings.

Despite this, you always found it getting increasingly harder to keep quiet every time you hung around him. His hands would always brush against yours and god were they soft. Whenever he looked at you, he held the softest expression you'd ever seen on him but of course, you assumed it was just your lovesick imagination.

But you couldn't quite confirm it yourself since you could never hold his gaze for very long.

You started to cry again, but you were aware of the tears building in and falling from your eyes this time. Maybe he wouldn't have minded if you'd just told him. Maybe it wouldn't have ruined anything like you had so promptly assumed.

Your train of thought soon ended when Dazai's voice had gotten louder. You wiped your tears once again and took your coat off, placing it on the ground under his head to make him a bit more comfortable.

You gently rub your thumb over his cheek, "I'll be back.." before pulling away and checking on Dazai to see what was going on. After all, you were still part of the Agency, and your job was currently your priority.

This is NOT proof read and I wrote this while half paying attention, half asleep, at 4 am so I'm sorry if this is the worst thing you've ever read.

Thank you for reading! -🪻

[ihavedonenothingright]

You said you can meow better than me? WRONG. Observe: meeeoooowwwww :3

Well, Mr. The Frog, I'm impressed. I'll admit I didn't expect you to walk into my trap with quite so much idiotic enthusiasm. I thought perhaps I could get you after a few heated comment exchanges—bait you out, so to speak—but luckily for me, you've proven outright gullible. Is this the infamous Croaker? It seems he isn't so intimidating as he'd like others to believe.

You see, you pigeon-livered deformed toad, I have no need to prove anything. I am simply a humble denizen of the internet. Whether or not I could best you in this... it never mattered to me. No, I had my sights set on one thing.

"I am far too Sigma to be one of those Furries." Do you remember when you wrote those words, Mr. Croaker? Remember posting them to your blog? Perhaps it seems like a lifetime ago now that the noose of reality is tightening 'round your neck. It was, admittedly, no more than a pitiful attempt at denial. If left alone, no doubt you would have provided me with ample proof all by yourself, but I wasn't feeling patient. So I ask you now:

Have you not just meowed, with deliberate effort and emphasis, in full view of every blog on this site? For no better justification than a petty dare? 

Tell me again how you aren't a furry, you abortive, unwashed sock. I'll be waiting.

Meow.

[cherrysurf]

BRO HEAR ME OUT ON THIS IDEA

What if shidou had a younger sister who is into Rin????

Like Shidou siblings being down bad for Itoshis????

Am i onto something or on something

STAY TUNED LMAO

(This was a random thought in my head so yea 😋😊)

(my followers are so sigma guys omg this is proof)

i think you are on to something i’d love to see how this goes down LOL and stuff i can’t wait

(this is my sign to probably stop putting bllk to the side and start watching now LOL)

[rescuebabiesau]

"Vector Sigma."

"Sentinel. Aide to Zeta Prime, Vector Prime, Megatronus Prime, Solus Prime, Nexus Prime-"

"Yeah yeah yeah. Look, I need access to the Primes' main files."

"Sentinel lacks permission to the following files... All Prime files. Only Prime status has access."

"I am a prime now, so if you would."

"The following input must be verified by Zeta Prime."

"Zeta Prime has sadly passed, as have the other primes. They fought bravely, but alas it wasn't enough."

"Processing... Matrix not acknowledged. Update to Sentinel, aide to the primes, must be verified by Zeta Prime-"

"Zeta Prime isn't here anymore! Give me access to the files!"

"Matrix energy signature not detected. Location of Matrix of Leadership unknown. Unable to verify elimination of Zeta Prime."

"What, do you want me to drag his dead body all the way back here as proof? What do you want me to do to get this intel!?"

"Access to private Prime Files locked. Matrix of Leadership required for verification."

"Get the matrix, bring it here, then you'll listen to me."

"Matrix of Leadership required for verification."

[muffinman1900]

Shower time

FyoSig (Fyodor X Sigma)

681 words, if you don’t like the ship you really don’t need to comment about it 🤨

Fluff, No body description- and I haven’t properly proof read, so sorry for any spelling mistakes 💔

Sigma, the manager of the Sky Casino, had to attend a business meeting. However, said meeting had to take place in Europe, meaning he had left Japan for about a week.

Sigma made his partner, Fyodor, promise to take at least one shower while he was away. That didn’t happen.

The process of even getting Fyodor to consider having a shower took at least 2 days. And actually forcing him into the shower took hours.

“Fyodor you have to.” Sigma pleaded.

“No. I don’t want to.” Fyodor shot back; he was sitting comfortably on the pair's sofa, playing with something on his laptop- probably terrorism related let’s be honest.

“Fedya I know you don’t like taking showers, but I’m concerned. You haven’t showered in over a month!”

Fyodor turned his head away from the man, trying to pretend he didn’t exist. This was a common, ‘I know you're right but it’s easier if I pretend you don’t exist’ move. But that’s not what Sigma wanted at this point in time. He wanted his beloved to have a shower and wash his hair. He obviously cared about his well being, but if the black haired man got head lice there was no way his own beautifully cared for lavender and white hair would be able to avoid the irritating bugs too. Lice shampoo was the last thing he needed on his own hair at this time- it would ruin all the recent hair care work!

“Fedya, this is now an intervention!” Sigma said proudly as he wrapped his arms around the back of Fyodor’s neck, as well as under his knees, resulting in a bridal style lift.

Fyodor was light as a twig- sigma could easily pick him up despite not being very physically strong at all.

Fyodor was forcefully carried, kicking and complaining, into their shared bedroom, where he sullenly took off his usual clothes. Sigma also promptly undressed.

Before Fyodor could escape- which he did try- sigma took him by both wrists and pulled him into the bathroom.

“Fyodor, I am going to wash your hair. If you really really really don’t want this shower, I will let you go.”

Fyodor didn’t answer, he just looked down at his wrists still being held by his favourite person in the whole world, Sigma. He looked back up and a slightly guilty look plastered itself to his face.

This is as much of an answer as Sigma's going to get this far into the shower process. Fyodor didn’t like taking while showering.

Sigma fiddled with the shower taps before finding the right temperature, and pushing Fyodor straight into it, so he couldn’t back out at the last minute.

Fyodor stayed still while sigma methodically rubbed and massaged shampoo into his absolutely horrendous scalp. Fyodor scrunched his eyes closed as tight as he possibly could while Sigma rinsed out the first round of shampoo, taking extra care himself to not get any water on Fyodor’s face- and Fyodor appreciated that. After putting shampoo in his hair two more times, Sigma moved onto the conditioner. This time he used a comb to push the conditioner through the now clean hair, and properly detangle all the knots that had formed through the vigorous shampooing he’d done just minutes previously.

Each time the comb pushed its way over Fyodor’s scalp, he let out a content hum, but he didn’t open his eyes.

After all of the product was removed from Fyodor’s hair, Sigma quickly washed his own hair, and let Fyodor pull it gently into a long braid while he messed around with a face mask- which Fyodor would absolutely not be putting on his own skin.

By the end of the night, both of them were suitably clean, and both quite happy.

“I told you it wouldn’t be bad.”

Sigma kissed Fyodor's cheek, before turning over to sleep, as Fyodor clicked away on his laptop, most likely doing some more terrorism of some kind. At least he was now a clean, nice smelling terrorist.

[lyloneliness]

I hope you enjoy my blog ✨✨✨

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Well... Its been some time since I started posting here and I realized by making this tagging game, that I still haven't made a presentation post so here it is!

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So first, hi everyone, like my usernames says, I love skk but also bsd in general! I usually reblog posts I like and sometimes makes bsd theory and analysis. Here are some of my favorites (๑ↀᆺↀ๑) :

Theory dazai is alive

Now Proof Dazai is alive

Fyodor has a DID ...

... and why he used it against sigma

Official art analysis

Why did Fyodor choose chuuya?

Fyodor's way of communication this one turned out to be wrong but I liked that theory (T^T)

Dazai as a strategist

And here are my fav post by other ppl!

Meursault arc and Divine Comedy

Briarus (still on Divine Comedy)

Bsd and geniuses

Mori, regret, the nature of Elise ...If you see Mori as a pedophile like I did before just- you need to read this one! Non negotiable! (๑•̀д•́๑)

Closure for beast!dazai

How amazing dazai is

It's more rare but I also do fanart, or illustrate skk related posts I really like!

Like this, this, this or this (つㅅ･`)･゜

Also part of the jjk fandom, so don't be surprised if satosugu posts pop, it's totally normal! I also like link click a lot, and am a mochizuki fan (pandora hearts, vanitas no carte), so it might show sometimes too! (ʘᴗʘ✿) Wait! Forgot to tell I'm a chainsaw man fan!!

Little update : I am a slamdunk fan, the hyper fixation dies hard

Hope you'll enjoy reading my posts! ★~(◠ω◕✿)

Oh, and here's a little something to make your day better! (๑ↀᆺↀ๑)

[morievna]

BSD ch 106 – my wild theory about Aya’s dad identity

Hello~~

Another short chapter^^’

The most important is that Akutagawa is back T_T it is clearly hinted that he is partially conscious – probably he cannot disobey main orders (like capturing Bram), but some details are up to him and he probably didn’t kill Aya per his promise to Atsushi. Imo it nicely set up next stage – with Bram as bait for ADA, we just have to wait for most likely Atsushi (though Kyouka or Yosano would be nice too) to show up to fight his vampire boyfriend xD and ofc find a way to grant back free will to all vampires.

That ‘refused to consume me’ gave me pause… I wonder if core of vampirism can be taken over by drinking Bram’s blood or something like that.

As for oil at elevator, which caused fire – wow Asagiri really wanted to raise the stakes and keep us on the edge xD My guess is that maybe it is byproduct of Dazai tampering elevator earlier – like some auto-destruction mode for elevator… but frankly possibilities are endless when it comes to Dazai’s plans so it is better to wait and see xD still it was touching that Dazai’s first instinct was to save Sigma by getting him underwater awwww

So let’s go to the main topic and time to wear tin foil hat XD

I must admit that when I first read spoiler summary I was surprised that we got more of Aya’s flashbacks. I don’t want it to be taken wrong way – it is really nice that she got to be more fleshed out and have more detailed backstory (not much of bsd female characters can relate), but still… it kinda puzzled me that we were shown again how much awful person is her father – which feels a bit redundant. Ofc calling out sexism is important - I am not diminishing that. Just I am simply wondering that maybe Asagiri is treating it as build-up for something else.

In addition, it is a bit sus to how Aya’s dad is shown compared to her mother and sister - like he is more hidden visually.

It makes me wonder if Aya’s dad identity is supposed to be mystery and that he will make appearance at some point. Also, it is worth noting that Aya was at airport at his request (ch 92).

So who could he be? His hairstyle and age would fit with certain person:

Yes, nobody else than Tachihara’s brother xD

First off – I know it is very rough and rather unbelievable theory with no real proof. Still somehow it stuck in my mind so I decided to write it down here. It is not that I think is 100% true, but weirdly enough it would fit within story.

Especially there are some mysteries when it comes to Tachihara’s brother:

Tachihara’s brother knew real purpose of Mori and government’s action at Tokoyami island, which were classified information. He was regular soldier, who shouldn’t have access to it. Unless somebody with access could tell him – like Fukuchi

We are specifically told that Fukuchi wanted to go to Tokoyami island because of his missing disciple. Frankly, this information has little value from story perspective unless such disciple is somebody we know.

Yosano claimed that she is totally sure that he died – in most of the stories it means that person is alive XD Nonetheless, Yosano’s arc lacks sorta proper conclusion – reunion with Tachihara’s brother would have nice ring to it imo

Summing all up, my guess is that Fukuchi helped Tachihara’s brother (I hope he will get name finally xD) escape and presented some dead body double in the latter’s stead. Then he provided the latter some fake identity so he could live freely without fear of government wanting to dispose him for knowing classified information.

But even if he possibly lived, he would be broken person with PTSD – who would need therapy first before raising up kids (but therapy is not really option in bsd unfortunately). Still he and Aya would be nice parallel to orphanage headmaster and Atsushi. By this I mean – headmaster used bad methods to try make Atsushi to grow up to be good person – and it could be that Aya’s dad is the same.

At the heart Aya and young Yosano are very similar – both are determined, kind and idealistic girls, which simply want to help and save others (whether by being Ally of Justice or healing). After witnessing how Yosano was traumatized and exploited by government, he would try to prevent his daughter to go through the same and wanting “simple proper woman’s life” for her without dangers. But again just like orphanage headmaster – using wrong methods, which made Aya feel like failure.

Finally, Asagiri loves grey characters – I could see the story going in that direction. But it is not like I am 100% certain and it could easily be the case that I reading too much into everything xD Still it would be interesting if manga goes that way so we will see~~

Thank you for reading and have a nice day <3

[ay-chuu]

Hii congratulations on reaching 300 followers! I would love to participate in your event. Can i request one for BSD?

MBTI: INTJ

Zodiac sign (gonna add my moon and rising sign too bc why not 👀): Capricorn Sun, Aquarius Moon & Gemini Rising

Hobbies: reading, dancing, playing video games, listening to music, puzzles, finding interesting shows/movies to watch, daydreaming

Phobias: the ones i can think of is thalassophobia and fear of spiders

Likes: thunderstorms, surprises, gifts, music, having fun, helping others, history, delicious food, learning new things, making others laugh, traveling, excitement

Dislikes: nosy people, being told what to do, naggers, hot weather, being forced to be somewhere or with someone i don't like, feeling stuck, conflict, routine, limitations, close-minded people, lack of freedom

Ideal male type: definitely someone with a sense of humor. someone intelligent, creative and kind. someone that accepts me for who i truly am and i'd accept them just the way they are too.

Gender/pronouns: female & she/her

Aaaand lastly, for the topic i pick the most special moment!

I hope i followed all the rules and again congratulations! ❤️

Thank you so much love, have a perfect day! 🌼😼

I match you with... (っ＾▿＾)💨

SIGMA!

The biggest reason why I matched you is that you both want to live freely and happily together in your own little safe space, away from people. This bond that holds you together is like glue and always increases your respect for each other.

Sigma likes that you are both lively and introverted. You remind him that no matter how disgusting the world is, there can always be rare angels who are like a treasure. The biggest proofs of this are that you accept each other as you are and that you always hold on to each other no matter what happens. (In other words, the biggest proof is... you <3)

Sigma may not be a very funny person, but that doesn't mean you don't laugh all the time when you're with him. You know those people who has weird acts and reactions that are hilarious, even if they're not funny in personal? Sigma is one of them. Other than that, the things you don't like are mostly common. He also hates loud people, not feeling like he belongs somewhere and feeling used. That's why you are each other's comfort person <3

Although I cannot say anything in the horoscope sense, INTJ and INFJ are compatible and passionate couples in the intellectual and intuitive sense. They generally complement each other in all kinds of harmony, both in my business life and in love.

Some moments I dreamed of for you two;

A waltz dance in the forest before sunrise, baking cookies that look like your faces together, a kiss shared with a view on top of a mountain, and smothering him with words of love under the blanket while Sigma's tears cover your shoulder <3

A special moment:

Seeing Sigma's excitement , was a rare moment for you. The way he walked around you like a dog wagging his tail and brought the chocolate chips to you the moment you asked made you giggle involuntarily.

It made you very happy to have him walk around you while you were preparing the cookie dough together. Sigma was someone who could neither get too excited nor be too happy under the living conditions he lived in.

He was used as a machine. He's like an encyclopedia. An object that is valuable only when needed.

But when he was with you, Sigma felt like he was the most important alive thing in the world, the most important being... no, the most important human to ever live. He wasn't an object to you who was ostracized, used, or treated differently than he wanted to be. Next to you he was just Sigma and your lover. Maybe that's why even a simple act like making cookies was so peaceful, happy and exciting for him. He would be one with his favorite person and his favorite food. A peaceful night spent on the couch, with cookies and maybe... milk. What else could make him happier in this cruel world? (Maybe marrying and live a future with you.....)

"Okay, my love. The cookies should bake for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, I'll clean up the kitchen. Wait for me in the living room, okay?" You said as you wiped your hands on your apron and prepared the oven.

Sigma shook his head as no, he came behind you, hugged you and kissed your neck. Oh, how he loved it when you loved him even with your smallest actions. "I'll help you, dear."

The 45 minutes had passed quickly as the two of you cleaned up the kitchen and warmed milk for the cookies. Sigma was listening to your conversation as you went to the couch together, cuddled up and enjoyed your cookies. Just you, him and the cookies. And your sweet voice.

Humanity is a very new concept for Sigma. Being able to comprehend the existence of mind and soul, and being able to feel it despite being born from a book, are not only new for Sigma, they are concepts that he cannot understand. But the only thing he understands and is sure so far is that as long as your love is with him, he will always cease to be an object. He will always be a human being <3

[daz4i]

You said you wanted to talk about Nikolai so I'm subjecting you to this because I am thinking about it now having come across it again (I had forgotten about all but the telephone pole thing with his dialogue) trying to find manga caps for something else

The blast of an explosion...Nikolai can store just straight kinetic energy in the overcoat???? And just keep it in there for whenever till he wants to use it? And he is confident enough that he could "dump" it into his coat without blowing himself away then??

Everytime I'm forced to think about how his ability works it makes me think he is the most op other than Fukuchi, like imagine if he had different goals and motivations. The terror??? Like what are the limits here even for his coat storage???

Thoughts? Opinions? Could your man be world ending with different motivations? Inquiring minds would like to know 🙏

oh damn i didn't remember that detail!!!!! i wish we got more information abt how the pocket dimension of his overcoat works tbh. tho, this one sounded a bit weird to me so i went and checked a different translation and this one says "expose you to the blast of an exploding bomb" which might imply it's just sending bombs at him? or maybe just connecting the space around him to someplace else where a bomb is exploding, really 🤔 we simply don't have enough info atm to know exactly what it means asdkjfdgkh

ANYWAY!!!!!! i definitely agree he could be more op than fukuchi, if needed. the 30 meters limit of his ability is bc it's just way too powerful otherwise akdjsfgh. this is one reason i think he might play a part in defeating fukuchi - his ability is kind of perfect for that. stay someplace hidden and take his sword through a portal while he's not looking and you already took away half of his power, and now you can send someone else (perhaps sskk: the sequel) in for the kill.

when i think about it, i assume one reason he's a clown and a fun character if to throw off both other characters in-universe and the readers off to how scary he can be. think about it - we barely even know what his goals are, given how contradictory some of the things he says can be (like... wanting true freedom and a proof free will exists, envying people who don't realize they're trapped... but joining the organization that seeks to literally mind control everyone on earth...? idk. maybe his end goal is for everyone to be brainwashed so he can prove he's able to break out of it or smth and thus prove his free will). for all we know he could straight up kidnap everyone in the main cast and keep them in his pocket dimension if he so pleased. even dazai! this is the first ability we see that worked on him!!!

not to mention he's really smart!!! i pointed this out before, but he literally outsmarted fyodor and managed to ruin a part of his plan by not dying when he was supposed to, and the way he uses his ability is super clever as well (look how he saved sigma)! so he potentially could be one of the smartest characters in the entire story and we wouldn't even know bc he hides it so well

so yes 100% he could end the world if he wanted. he's so scary not just bc of his ability, not just bc he's smart, but bc he's so unpredictable and we don't actually know what goes on inside his head bc he keeps lying and hiding it and joking and faking who he really is and nothing about what he does makes sense in the moment bc that's what he's hoping for, as far as we know 👀

[leviathancries]

existential hymns for the average sigma [vol. 9]

[DUCKBOY] (2023)

Ohh yeaaaah! It's that time again. A new Ruby solo project. Ruby (DUCKBOY) sinking his fangs back into pop punk rock and goin' crazy doing it...

Track 1: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"5-0-4-5-9-5-9-5-9 is no available"

Another day another voicemail. Keeping with his missed calls and phones theme, this mini album also starts off with a dial tone. It also has the same name as the intro track from his 1st mini album.

Track 2: EXCALIBUR

"I DON'T UNDERSTAND, WHO I AM!"

Fucking love this song honestly... Ruby starts this project off so strong. Super catchy hook, catchy riff and a good range of vocals. This ballad is powerful and raw. It's the best song from the album in my honest opinion. (music video just came out a couple days ago and it's really fucking cool.)

Track 3: where y'at, duckboy?

"goodevening"

Following the same formula of the 1st album, track 3 is an interlude titled "where y'at, duckboy?" This ones... uhh. I dunno. Interesting? It's pretty simple. Just a mish-mash of missed calls and voicemails.

Track 4: I Was a Teenage Nihilist

"Open up your mind you fucking cyclops. Take a sip"

Yeah!!! This is what im FUCKING TALKING ABOUT! This song is fast, memorable and snappy. Clocking in at just a minute and thirty seconds. It comes in swinging with those pop punk almost djent sounding guitars. Also really like the reference to $UICIDEBOY$ in this song.

Track 5: where y’at, duckboy​??

"I love you, you're my cousin, um..."

This is a good interlude. It gives us a little peek behind the scenes of Ruby, Scrim and the $UICIDEBOY$. This interlude is a voicemail of Scrim trying to smooth out an argument or disagreement him and Ruby must have had.

Track 6: Pearls Are Just Oyster Puke

"THE WAY THAT YOU TREAT ME... IS WORSE THAN A RABID DOG."

This song is the most punk-rock song on this album. A classic punk rhythm thuds as Ruby screams. what I like most about this song is the breakdown, it's super raw. I know for a fact Ruby is a big fan of the band Rancid (a classic early 90's punk rock band) and I can really feel the influence with this song.

Track 7: where y'at, duckboy???

"If you or a loved one is suffering from drug abuse or addiction please give us a call back. Thank you and have a blessed day. Bye."

The third interlude on the album. Another voicemail... Not much else to say.

Track 8: Heroin As a Recreational Activity

"my temptations, they taste so sweet. I got cavities rotting my teeth."

Mhmmmm, this one is another punk-rock song. Well kinda. It's still more pop-punk. I guess somewhere in the middle? Love this one. There's something about when he says "Your hissing tongue has licked me ~for the last fucking time~" just sounds so satisfying. But anyway. Another catchy ballad. Man never fucking misses. I also really like the chorus on this song. The way the whole song slows down into the breakdown/chorus is so dope. I really wish more songs did this to be honest.

Overview: existential hymns for the average sigma [vol. 9]

Again, exactly like I said in the conclusion for tragic love songs, I know I have been glazing ruby the whole damn time. But shit, its hard not to. He's one of the most talented versatile artists at the moment. Everything he does he seems to do effortlessly. Whether its scream rapping or a post pop-punk tragic love ballad.

All that being said. Like my previous conclusion. It's short. Like really short. An album that's 12 isn't really an album. It's an EP.

I can't wait for his next tape or the next $UICIDEBOY$ tape. Thanks 4 reading!

Rating: 8/10

If there’s any typos or inconsistencies in this review it’s because I can’t be bothered to proof read it.