#zai edits

[sweetwhitechoco]

From Episode 6 - The Devil is in the Tails

[redninjaoutfit]

[phoenix-before-the-flame]

Its literally so hard to be her you just wouldnt understand

[kyouka-supremacy]

I really wish there were more fics that delved into how Akutagawa's love for Atsushi is different from his love for Dazai.

Tbh I just wish Akutagawa's romantic feelings for Dazai were acknowledged more and I'm only now realizing it's so weird how nobody really ever brings them up? while it's all so evidently there. I mean, considering Akutagawa to be / having been in love with Dazai is seriously a perfectly feasible, consistent, realistic way to interpret the text without any need to bend or stretch it. It just makes a lot of sense for how his character is portrayed - his obsession with Dazai, his devotion, his desperation to be acknowledged and approved by him - and I think it's quite the important piece to understand his character. His love for Dazai is a significant aspect of Akutagawa's character, and it also explains why he's always been so vulnerable to manipulation by Dazai specifically. In a way, I think Akutagawa being so unmistakingly gay is also coherent with the way he's completely indifferent and even oblivious to Higuchi's feelings for him that lie at the light of the day– although, please note, that's a slippery slope that can degenerate in apologism for the way he abuses her, so I beg to be mindful when considering that.

Akutagawa's feelings for Dazai are in ultimate analysis extremely relevant for how Akutagawa falls and acts in the sskk picture: Atsushi being not the first person Akutagawa ever fell for, so in a way him being more aware of his own feelings than Atsushi is; Akutagawa falling for Atsushi first (and harder), because at this point he already knows he likes men, he already knows what being in love with someone feels like. But at the same time I believe that it's so interesting to explore how his feelings for Dazai are different from what he holds for Atsushi. On one side you have Akutagawa's feelings for Dazai being passive: not in the way he doesn't act after them, of course he does, but in the way he's always passively subject to Dazai's abuse, unable to stand for himself, blinded by his devotion to Dazai and unable to really see the damage he's causing him. Passive in the way that he's created this image of Dazai in his mind, perfect, god-like, static and unnatural, that struggles to evolve and adapt to reality. Akutagawa's love for Atsushi, on the other hand, is aggressive: always actively trying to hurt the other, always attempting to make the other suffer; it really speaks of someone whom, all his life, has always associated love with pain. Akutagawa hurts Atsushi because he knows love means pain, and he hurts Atsushi because he can't allow his love for him to hurt Akutagawa again as deeply and painfully as it's done in the past. It's a little sad. Ultimately, Akutagawa's love for Atsushi being the push Akutagawa needs to get over Dazai at last, something I fear he never really managed to do up to - I believe - at least chapter 53: getting over Dazai as something he gradually achieved after the soul-searching he did during his absence between chapters 53 and 84. Chapter 84 being the one where Akutagawa willingly, readily said “no” to Dazai in a way that was so sudden and surprising for anyone who knows him and that is easy to interpret as Akutagawa finally starting to free himself from the influence Dazai has had on him up to that point. That's why Akutagawa's sacrifice for Atsushi is all the more important and poignant, because him protecting (and dying for) Atsushi was never for Dazai to begin with.

I always always considered Akutagawa being gay and in love with Dazai to be like. the most evidently queer thing the bsd canon has to offer (and maybe the “you know the reason yourself don't you”, but I guess that falls under the bigger category of “Ryuunosuke Akutagawa is a character that is gay”); but now that I think about it, nobody ever brings it up really. I can guess it's probably because most people - including people who like Akutagawa and ship sskk - ultimately sympathize with Dazai, and even where acknowledging the hurt he's done to Akutagawa, don't really like to dwell on it or explore the relationship between the two of them which is... legit, indeed. Still, I think their relationship and Akutagawa's romantic feelings for Dazai are a very important part of his character that shouldn't be overlooked when trying to accurately portray him.

And the rational part of my brain knows this can't be intentional, knows Akutagawa wasn't written to be read as gay. But there's another I'd dare say equally rational part of my brain that keeps speaking up to say the majority of his characterization - his devotion to Dazai, his (can I say? tender) sacrifice for Atsushi, his mistreatment of Higuchi - really starts to make sense only when you interpret him as gay. So, sorry???

[b1zzybee]

INTIMATE INSANITY 2 EP 17 SPOILERS

I Hope you guys don’t mind me being offline!!

Here’s some lightbrush angst for you guys:3

This animation is ass

[skeletonfumes]

Ninja Kamui

[imembarressedsohere]

Farkle and Zay Edit.

[paradiserotting]

u guys would not believe me if u told u how long this took omg 😭😭 first time video editing in a while i usually do photos but i tried.

anyway chappell edit

[apartmentofdark]

isiah edit i made a million years ago that completely flopped the first time around be upon ye

[sweetwhitechoco]

From Episode 5 - Home Sick Home

[themainstarwarrior]

wish we had a comic w jannah in it. she doesn't have any comic appearances at all so for content for edits we literally only have those scenes from tros and the two existing pieces of fanart. like i will literally open up a photoshop dupe and try to make edits BUT she's so hated. worse ppl don't care about her at all like its so dark in here!! i'm alone!!

[offthesrecord]

Do you use and filters for your gifs?

hi! i'm not sure if you mean filters like presets for coloring? if that's the case then no! i always color from scratch for each gif and occasionally use psds i've gotten from other gifmakers/tumblr (pretty sure zaynab and shri do the same). if you mean filters as in smart filters that are in photoshop? then yes! a big step of gifmaking is turning your layer(s) into a smart filter, and then sharpening/blur/noise/diffusion/high pass is all done through the filters. we got an ask about doing a full gif tutorial so if you have more questions about smart filters, you can always ask us or that would be something that we talk about in the tutorial! - dana

[baxtervalentine]

cringetober #14: fake anime screenshot

full disclosure, this ended up being a sort of hybrid screenshot edit- I had to use the original screenshot as a guideline in terms of proportion and shading, but I didn't directly trace the linework. it took a while, but I like how it turned out!

original screenshot under the cut

[benetnvsch]

Skk shippers act like the whole fandom hates them for no reason and they're so oppressed, lol.

Yea :'') Some of them (a lot of them) certainly are Something. I think A Lot of them just underestimate just How Much of the fandom is skk dominated when skk's role in the official media is just.. proportionately Not That Large (even I before starting bsd thought that it's be a central thing and was pleasantly surprised when it was not)

skk shippers have Everything and then some (see tags) so ig it just surprises me how often you see skk shippers shitting on or leaving backhanded comments on Literally Every Other Dazai ship's posts for not being/comparing to skk and then getting pissy when the ppl complain abt that behavior when they could just? ignore it and turn to the gold mines of skk content instead-

And I understand it isn't all shippers who do that but those denying it's happening entirely are also quite silly to me-

anyway, look at this screenshot of some skk shipper losing their shit after the sigzai dancing scene came out LMAO

'someone comfort me pls, I'm so pathetic' gives the same energy of the people who are like 'heh, I guess nobody here actually like me.. i'm such a loser aren't I?' lolz

[z-mizcellaneous-z]

HAPPY FUCKING BIRTHDAY CASPER

made a lil thing for ya

HAPPY BIRTH @slug-cube I LOVE YOU TO PIECES

[t4tbedehopmar]

Planning smth AGAKN

b-bedehop wedding...?