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no one asked, but here is my big speech about shinra/izaya friendship

i wanna start with their school selves

i saw a lot of people saying that izaya was normal at school and shinra just made him "bad", but in my view it's not the thing. like, in shool izaya already wasn't "normal", he just tried his best to pretend to be an ordinary student. he didn't make any close relationship, isolating himself from strong connections with people (just like he's doing it now), but still had to be in the society because of his interest in humas

vol 9, ch 4

and this interest was already unhealthy, for example, he liked seeing people hurting each other

vol 9, ch 4

shinra wasn't really different from his current self. he was obsessed with celty and she was the reason he made friends with izaya and he didn't really care about others or anything that surrounds him in general. he stayed in his comfort zone (love to celty) and was alright

as i said, shinra invited izaya to his biology club because celty told him to socialize

then, izaya became interested. because shinra's lifestyle was different and opposite of izaya's, especially because their different opinion on humans: izaya loved them, shinra didn't care but he loved celty who is not human, so izaya was genuinely interested in his personality

vol 9, ch 4

then shinra was the only person who was a mystery to izaya, he couldn't predict shinra's actions and reactions and he was annoyed and facsinated about that at the same time

epitome of eighteen stories, ep 15 (translation by xcaneolupusx)

speaking about shinra, he could understand izaya's nature perfectly

vol 13, ch 11

so, izaya became interested in shinra and finally accepted his invitation to the biology club. everything starts here

izaya started feeling real attachment to shinra. now he was not just an interesting person, he was a friend. izaya felt free with him because they both were weird and shinra accepted izaya with all his strange hobbies and interests. their communication was full of mutual acceptance and they both were happy with it. but izaya's genuine attachment is really strong, as long as shinra preferred keeping distance with everyone except celty. not because he didn't like something about izaya nor he didn't care, it was just comfortable for him like that

the key thing: shinra being stabbed by nakura. i can talk about different aspects of this moment

for shinra it's just another proof of his crazy love for celty — he protected izaya mostly because he thought celty would praise him for such a heroic actions

vol 9, epilogue

for izaya it was a complex thing. at first, he was shocked by being protected for the first time. at second, he felt jealous and that's what i find a really important thing. he felt jealous because shinra wasn't alone even if he's so uninterested in others. he had someone who he loved, he had someone to love him, he had important connections, basically he had things izaya didn't

vol 9, epilogue

but despite everything, he still was a friend to izaya, so izaya wanted revenge. so, to my mind, this whole situation not made him who he is now, just gave him the reason to stop trying to conform and show his true self

eventually he promised to make nakura pay for this. shinra just agreed and gave izaya free reign. and izaya really kept his promise. 12 years passed and nakura is still suffering

izaya calls that nakura moment the turning point of his life and the thing that influenced his current self the most

vol 9, epilogue

i see this part as the starting point for everything happening in the plot, because this was the moment when izaya finally decided what to do

when shinra and izaya finish school, they see each other more rarely. because it's not necessary to meet every day and they both have things to do. shinra happily lives with celty, again, staying in his comfort zone and izaya, who doesn't have any life and friends, is alone with his love for humans and crazy ideas. and still he thinks about shinra as a friend

vol 9, ch 2

and shinra calls him a friend too

but shinra has priorities and celty is the most important of them, so when izaya calls him from the hospital, he just hangs up

shinra lives in his love and keeps distance with everyone else as always and izaya suffers with his attachment alone, because he can't and doesn't want to get rid of it. but he understands that he's the only one to blame in his state (because he chose such a life for himself) so he isn't angry at shinra. maybe just a bit

there is another important moment, when izaya thinks about shinra being mad at him, feels something like guilt and beats the telephone pole

vol 9, epilogue

friendship with shinra is the closest relationship izaya has, but again, i can't blame shinra for his uncaring attitude. he treasures izaya and still accepts him and izaya's problems are not something shinra can solve

their relationship can't be seen through the prism of normal friendship because they both are extraordinary people with their own standards

#drrr #durarara #drrr!! #durarara!! #izaya orihara #orihara izaya #shinra kishitani #kishitani shinra #meta #i do like me some rare durarara annalysis #izaya seems to be such an easy character to delve into speculation #you can tell narita loves writing for him #i don't know how #because personally when i write him it's like an annoyinv gremlin has taken my mind hostage #but if he makes good content who am I to complain #actually i do complain #i want to be creatively free dammit! #the real love hate relationship is between me and Izaya content #it's great #but like i said #gremlin in the brain #mikage eas right he is like an addiction #good or bad? #it's a surprise~ #i'll shut up now

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#durarara #celty sturluson #izaya orihara #shizuo heiwajima #kida masaomi #anri sonohara #my favourite is the one where he's sleeping with the head #i always knew he liked that head #lonely loser

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#durarara #celty sturluson #drrr #behold #a queen

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#durarara #izaya orihara #celty sturluson

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#durarara #celty sturluson #anri sonohara #shinra kishitani #izaya orihara

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#wait no #this is the cutest thing I've ever seen #durarara #shizuo heiwajima #celty sturluson #shinra kishitani #anri sonohara

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>James Bond voice<

It's Bitch...Britney Bitch

#no tags but this one i'm putting this post in the hands of God

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#durarara #celty sturluson #izaya orihara #shizuo heiwajima #tom tanaka #kida masaomi #drrr

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#durarara #ruri hijiribe #drrr #drrr!! #durarara!!

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i mean this from the bottom of my heart: no one is impressed by your loud ass car. actually we talked about it and we all want you dead.

#shout out to that one asshole outside the bookshop i was in yesterday #right outside just #BOOMPTA DA BOOMPTA #VROOOOOOOOM #like bro you are in front of a bookshop #who are you impressing?????

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03.03.2024

#ruri hijiribe #durarara #drrr #not gonna lie #this feels like a threat to push me down the ruri hijiribe rabbit hole #also random though #isn't kururi like an alternate way to spell ruri? #silly thought time #ruri long lost orihara lol #scrapped orihara sibling #not so silly joke #might explain her tragic lack of focus on her character

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#durarara #ruri hijiribe #bootiful #drrr

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If Emily Bronte can describe Heathcliff growling in Wuthering Heights, so can you.

I keep seeing people making fun of using growled, hissed, roared, snarled etc in writing and it’s like.

have you never heard someone speak with the gravel in their voice when they get angry? Because that’s what a growl is.

Have you never heard someone sharply whisper something through the thin space of their teeth? Or when your mother sharply told you to stop it in public as a kid when you were acting up/being too loud? Because that’s what a hiss is.

Have you never heard a man get so blackout angry that their voice BOOMS through the house? Because that’s what a roar is.

Have you never seen someone bare their teeth while talking to accentuate their frustration or anger while speaking with a vicious tone? Because that’s what snarling is.

It’s not meant to be a literal animal noise. For the love of god, not every description is literal. I get some people are genuinely confused, but also some of these people are genuinely unimaginative as fuck.

#legit #i hear so many boring writing rules out there #only for the classics to break every single one of them #the thing is #if you're good enough #and you don't over use them #use whatever words you want #if you have the skill #break the rules #don't be boring #a lot of them are made up by nobs anyway

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#durarara #kida masaomi #shizuo heiwajima #ruri hijiribe #celty sturluson #izaya orihara #drrr

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Drew Shizuo in my current outfit (2.4.2024)

#crocks #digital art #art #drrr #durarara #shizuo heiwajima

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drawing a fav ( Izaya ) in my current outfit (*cough cough actually just my work outfit for today**) more so for figure practice (2.13.2024)

Note- i drew my glasses rims to thick ; w ;

the chains are supposed to be these but i was lazy on detail

Next OOTD will be Celty <3

#i want those glasses thingies #art #digital art #drrr #durarara #izaya orihara

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some drrr! fanart! I dont remember a single thing about this show but i drew art of it anyway. :^) Enjoy Izaya and his little sisters

#durarara #Orihara Izaya #Izaya Orihara #mairu orihara #kururi orihara #durarara fanart #orihara kururi #orihara mairu #drrr #happing birthday to the twins