#bsd crime and punishment

[mackerel1522]

Hey guys, have we already considered that maybe Fyodor is the same as IRL!Dostoevsky?

We know he already met Bram at least a few times and Bram Stoker's "Dracula" is set in the late 19th century - the same century IRL!Dostoevsky lived in.

What I'm trying to say is: What if our Fedya was actually born in 1821 just like the real author? What if our Fedya is actually the Dostoevsky?

First: Dostoyevsky's Works

Fyodor's character/ability/environment containt lots of references to most of his works:

- Crime and Punishment: the crime is being killed and as a punishment he take over the body of the killer + his character is heavely Raskonikov-coded

- The Demon: Fyodor is often refered to as a demon (or as the "Northern Devil")

- Notes From The Underground: Fyodor's philosophy has a lot in common with the one of the "Underground Man" (the narrator and protagonist of the novella)

- The House of the Dead: his organisation "Rats in the House of the Dead" is based partially on the novel

- The Gambler: we see him play at the begining of the manga against Ace (and nails it) + later the Sky Casino where he sends Sigma

- The Double: his double-personality-faking after his breakdown in mersault is "The Double"-coded

(The list continues but it'd take way too long for me to cover all of it TuT')

Secondly: Rodion Raskolnikov

Fyodor and Rodion share a lot of common points - Fyodor being heavely Raskolnikov-coded:

First and most obvious: Fedya's ability is C&P and Rodya is the protagonist from C&P

The complex personality: Fyodor is a highly intelligent and enigmatic character. He is confident, exceptionally intelligent, manipulative and can easily see through his enemies' desires and plans. Rodion, on the other hand, is a lonely former student who actively rejects the society's morality. Just like Fedya, Rodya considers himself an exceptional man and wants to test the limits of his own freedom by committing murder. His personality is also tormented and complex.

Common themes: Both characters explore deep themes such as guilt, suffering, redemption and human nature. They both embody dark and complex aspects of the human psyche.

Thirdly: Dostoyevsky and Dostoyevsky

IRL!Dostoyevsky and Our!Dostoyevsky also have a lot of common points:

Personality/Lives:

Both were born on November 11 in Russia

Both have been sentenced to death/sent to prison

Both are very religious people

Both traveled a lot around the world

Both have chronic illnesses (epilepsy/anemia)

Both share a similar philosophy (Orthodox Christianity and Utopian Socialism)

Common themes: religion, redemption, guilt, suffering, human nature, gambling, death, chronic illness, psychology, etc...

Fourthly: Crime and Punishment

"I am crime. I am punishment. Crime and punishment are close friends. Borders vanish. Rooms awaken. The incarnation of death, the master of the ability-consuming fog… Eat, howl, and make violence as your instinct desires. This is neither a loss of control nor a singularity." - Fyodor Dostoyevsky (Bungo Stray Dogs Dead Apple)

There is definitely more to Fyodor's ability than "just" possessing the one who just killed him. For instance we have what happened in Dead Apple but we also have some more details that should be noticed (I think): Don't you find it intriguing how everytime before he dies his eyes are light but once he is resurrected his eyes turn dark again? The same happens when he fakes a double personality after his breakdown in mersault: his eyes turn the lightest we've ever seen him have but once he abandons the act they turn pitch black again.

Y'all remember how Harukawa said something like "the darker the eyes, the darker the personality, the lighter the eyes, the closest they are to the good side"? (sorry I don't remember the correct quote but it's something like that)

Intriguing, huh?

Finally: "Dostoyevsky is immortal!"

In his novel "The Master and Margarita", Mikhail Bulgakov says "Dostoyevsky is immortal!". In the manga, we just learned Fyodor's ability which, as said before, consist basically in taking over the body of the one who just killed him. Based on all the canon events of the manga, mostly everything conducts us to think Dostoyevsky's, in fact, immortal. Could Asagiri have been inspired by this quote? That could be possible. (Would it be extremely cool? Hell yeah.)

What if our Dostoyevsky is the Dostoyevsky but in a reality where he is, in fact, immortal?

What do you guys think about it? Do you have another theory? Do you wanna add something? (I'm open to everything! Tell me what you think - whether it's the same or the opposite, I'm curious!)

#bungo stray dog #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd theories #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd fyodor #bsd fyodor dostoevsky #bsd meta #bsd crime and punishment #bsd dead apple #bsd 114.5 #bsd spoilers #heavy spoilers!! #please tell me what you think!

[sinceyousawvienna]

there are two versions of kid Fyo in this fandom

Bonus little CAP

#picrew #picreations #crime and punishment #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd fyodor #bsd crime and punishment #bungou stray dogs fyodor #bungou stray dogs crime and punishment #i love em all #little CAP looks like Barney and the second little Fyo has Ace's haircut I'm gabbling to myself <3

[kaurwreck]

I hope Fyodor is in Nikolai's body now and that he's forced to experience Nikolai's love for him in such a way that he can't escape because he's joined them irrevocably. I hope it does something deranged to his psyche to parasitically gorge himself on someone who had, with utter, grief-stricken sincerity, mourned him.

I hope Fyodor drowns in the horrifying waves of intimacy as he subsumes the only person who didn't need a lobotomy to adore him.

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd fyodor #bsd nikolai #fyolai #bsd 114 #in other words #i hope he is punished in ways he could not previously fathom #for the wretched crime of taking nikolai for granted

[sav3yee]

Just so yall know, whenever I say "oh they're just a silly little guy!!!" what I actually mean is "I'm aware of all of the atrocities they've committed, and all of the depth and nuance that they hold, and I love them for it" ok? Ok. Now let me enjoy my silly little guys they are so silly

#pls don't mistake it as me babying them I just like calling the things that I like 'silly' and 'little' #like oh? you've committed a crime? how silly of you. keep doing what you do you silly little fictional guy #my silly little books and my silly little movies and shows and my silly little favorite characters and my silly little and my silly litt #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd poe #bsd dazai #bsd chuuya #bsd fyodor #bsd nikolai #bsd akutagawa #skk #soukoku #six of crows #the crows #kaz brekker #crime and punishment #raskolnikov #tgcf #hua cheng #he xuan #qi rong #hazbin hotel #the vees #vox #alastor #genshin impact #fatui harbingers #scaramouche

[glue-thief]

the ability name "crime and punishment" makes so much sense now

#the murder is the crime. the punishment is him taking their body #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #bsd spoilers #bungou stray dogs spoilers #bungo stray dogs spoilers #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd fyodor

[ryukatz]

⋆ ♱ RATS IN THE DEAD HOUSE AND THE DECAY OF THE ANGEL LITERARY REFERENCES ♱ ⋆

#fyodor #bungou stray dogs #bungo stray dogs #stray gods #fyodor dostoevsky #russian literature #russian plays #bsd nikolai #bsd fyodor #bsd sigma #sigma bungou stray dogs #anime #manga #kafka asagiri #crime and punishment #decay of angels #the overcoat #dracula #bram stoker #bram bsd

[definetelynotavampire]

i don't think he is amused

#based on the thing #he's being punished for his crimes #is this a racoon? idk maybe a cat #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd fanart #bsd garlic #bungo stray dogs fanart #fanart #bsd fyodor #bungou sd #fyodor bsd #fyodor #fyodor dostoyevsky bsd #bungou stray dogs fyodor #fyodor dostoevsky #this was more like a practise to get into drawing again ._ .

[shibusawaz]

so has this been done before

#uh. just tagging my gut wrenching media here #the umbrella academy #bungou stray dogs #daybreak #chainsaw man #bsd #bungo stray dogs #i am not ok with this netflix #crime and punishment #it's not a show but you get it yea

[briebysabs]

So.

Fyodor’s fucking ancient….

#anime #manga #bungo stray dogs #bsd #bsd manga coloring #manga coloring #fyodor #fyodor dostoevsky #ibispaintx #kafka asagiri #yen press #crime and punishment #bungo stray dogs manga #tumblr tags #tumblr #fyp

[romance-incubomp3]

#classic literature #crime and punishment #not tagging the author I don’t want the bsd fandom to hijack this

[jackxo]

Be a Dostoyevsky character: rot in your room! <3

#fyodor dostoyesky #dostoevksy #dostoyevski #fyodor dostoevsky #fyodor dostoyevsky bsd #fiodor dostoievski #crime and punishment #demons #the idiot #the brothers karamazov #white nights #academia #classic academia #aesthetic #chaotic academia #dark academia #literature #english literature #college #uni #lit #russian literature quote #russian literature #russian #russia #literature major #classic literature #lit major #English #english major

[nixnephili]

Crime and Punishment Concepting

Looking at some silhouettes~ I also decided to offer a bit of a size reference. Do keep in mind abilities are lather than humans. So let's see which coat version fits best here.

-Nix🌙

#nixnephili #bungou stray dogs #bsd season 4 #bsd fanart #bsd headcanons #decay of angels #bungou stray dogs fanart #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd fyodor #nakajima atsushi #fyo!atsushi au #bsd abilities #ability #crime and punishment

[sinceyousawvienna]

#loosely inspired by Odile from Swan Lake #picrew #picreations #crime and punishment #bungou stray dogs crime and punishment #bsd crime and punishment #more humanoid in design #the trans fem to Fyo's trans masc #should've been in the concert hall place where Kasura was kept would've made that scene even better

[etrevil]

Nikolai with Fyodor('s corpse) after the helicopter accident

#i can't pay for your therapy sorry #bsd shitpost #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bungou gay dogs #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd fyodor #nikolai gogol #bsd nikolai #fyolai #bsd fyolai #crime and punishment

[kalcium-yippee]

Mmkay, so, let me get this right. The Crime™ is murder, and the Punishment™ is an anemic Russian rat taking your life and body. Got it.

#this fucking manga man #i dont even know ehat happenning anymore #also fyodor kinda fine this chapter #rip bram you was a real one #bsd #new bsd chapter #bsd 114.5 #bsd chapter 114.5 #bungou stray dogs new chapter #bungou stray dogs #crime and punishment #crime and punishment bsd #fyodor #fyodor dostoevsky #fyodor bsd #bsd fyodor #meme

[noose-lion]

#this is so stupid #but my local second hand bookstore had so many copies of crime and punishment #bsd #my stuff #screaming into the void #and the void screams back #bungou stray dogs #bungou gay dogs #fyolai #bsd fyodor #fyodor dostoevsky #bsd nikolai #nikolai gogol #bsd memes #bsd spoilers #bsd meme