Kunikida has chronic pain. he doesn't really know why, he's seen a doctor and they're like "eh, your shit outta luck" and sends him on his way.
he's always stiff and achey and he can tell when it's gonna rain and how bad it's gonna be. pops whatever over the counter pain meds he can get his hands on without thought. is always stretching his back, neck, and legs out cause that's where it's the worst. constantly running a low grade fever.
he's just a little miserable all the time and he doesn't know what to do for it ever.
Dazai notices. he notices on days where Kunikida looks away from his work more often to rub away a migraine or stretch out his back are the days he's more snappy, where he edges into the territory of actually being mean.
he notices that he shivers when a draft or waft of AC hits him.
he notices how the winter and rainy days are harder for his partner. he runs 5 minutes behind his schedule. he needs more breaks. he doesn't pick up a pencil or pen unless he absolutely has to. his hands shake. he looks like he's gonna puke every time he stops to rub at his eyes. he sits in the dark whenever he gets the chance.
he takes it easier on him those days. he at least attempts to look busy and shoulders more of their shared work. he stands closer to him, he doesn't know why, but it makes him feel a bit more at ease. he makes excuses to close windows, turn off the AC, or redirect the fan to give his partner some reprieve. he gets him tea from the cafe. he walks home with him and tells him he looks like shit (they both know he's worried and just can't say it. that he doesn't know how to say it. that he's scared to say it) and Kunikida knows he's telling him to get some rest.
sometimes dazai calls Kunikida to make sure he's alright, flipping their usual script, and if Kunikida's cheeks are a little wet after each phone call, so what?
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The most dramatic action that Minkowski takes towards Eiffel in the finale (sending him back in the Sol) is going against Eiffel's choices in an attempt to prevent him coming to harm. In contrast, the most dramatic action that Hera takes towards Eiffel in the finale (the memory-wipe) is causing him to come to harm in order to enact a choice that he's made.
In a sense, these actions are conceptual opposites. But they are both taken with love and respect for Eiffel. They are both extremely selfless actions which Minkowski and Hera find painful to take.
They are also both actions which could be considered to be harming Eiffel. Both of these actions involve doing something to Eiffel that Minkowski/Hera would hate to have done to them. And both of those actions are taken with the awareness that they are fairly likely to result in losing Eiffel in a sense (either because he's headed back to Earth while Minkowski is on the Hephaestus, or because he's losing part of what makes him him). That's part of what makes those acts painful and complicated and significant.
Minkowski and Hera both care about Eiffel so deeply, and their care often expresses itself in contrasting ways because they are very different people. The finale emphasises these different manifestations of their care. Love can be 'I will do whatever I can to keep you safe, even when that's not what you want'. Love can also be 'I will support the choices that you make to bring about our common goal, even when that causes you harm'. The way Minkowski's care for Eiffel manifests is tied up in her sense of responsibility for her crew's safety. The way Hera's care for Eiffel manifests is linked to how she's had to fight for her own autonomy.
Neither of their actions in the finale are perfect or typical expressions of love, but in their very different ways, they both act with love, and that's important to me.
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the problem with building out america's rail network btw is that it's privatized and there will never be a corporate incentive strong enough or backed enough to implement effective, accessible, AND privatized countrywide travel. nationalize railways deliver on the demands of railway workers and most importantly respect indigenous sovereignty/include indigenous design input when plotting routes
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Hi this is for the drawing request involving the sapphic senate
Buff!Robin in her scoops ahoy outfit unloading and bringing in tubs of ice cream to the front of the store and putting them into the freezer before opening and having Nancy, Vickie, and Chrissy hiding in the bushes pulling a Dustin and Lucas with binoculars
OMG SORRY IT TOOK ME SO LONG 😭 tbh anon drawing buff people is always a challenge for me so i was kinda scared of doing it .. but yk i need to try right !
i know it's far from perfect but overall i kinda liked how this turned out :) it's such a nice/funny prompt tbh shskdhd
anyway, here it is! :)))
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I'm literally counting down the days til I bring my puppy home. I know it'll be a lot of work, and part of me is stressed about it, but I'm really looking forward to having something like a full time job. As a disabled person who's unable to work and isn't going to school, I struggle with depression and my self-worth. Also being autistic and ADHD, I really really struggle with setting my own routines. I NEED routine to function because of my autism but due to my ADHD, I can't stick with it without external accountability. So, I have a lot of free time on my hands in comparison to my peers, and it's hard when I'm asked "What's new with you?" or "What have you been up to?" because I don't have anything the average person finds value in to say. My mom (who's also AuDHD) and I always say we need "have to's" in our lives (meaning responsibilities and obligations) to maintain a routine. A puppy is a big "have to" and I really need that in my life. I need a big "have to" to organize my life around so I can get my shit together
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Tell me a conspiracy theory you think is true. Or rant about a hyperfixation. Or both.
wooeeeueuhjh i don't know how people just talk about stuff at will, my mind is like a peaceful empty garden there is nothing happening in there ever, buddhists hate me, i've achieved inner peace only to think it's super lame cause i have no idea what to say to people that i'd like to talk to and get to know better, weuehhh i just wanna hang out in real life and let conversation happen naturally
anyway i'd totally buy that the monarchy killed diana, i don't know nearly enough about that whole thing to actually have an opinion, but they're definitely evil enough with some real motive behind them for sure pffshfjjs idk
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ngl I've gotten like 95% of my Christmas shopping done, a solid 85% of the gifts wrapped, and I've already gotten most of the food for the Thanksgiving meal I'm hosting including the turkey and I haven't freaked out abt any of it not even once like........ I'm trying not to be like omg I'm gonna jinx it but I'm pretty proud of myself rn
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Lee Jihye watched me and grabbed the Cut Medicine like she was frustrated. "Give it to me. You can't apply it to your back."
Lee Jihye placed the Cut Medicine on my wounds.
"Be gentle. I might die if you press hard against it."
"Don't be a crybaby. By the way, were you this small?"
"My muscle mass was just reduced a bit."
"Your shoulders look similar to mine?"
My pride was hurt so I took back the Cut Medicine. No, I tried to take it back but failed. It was because Lee Jihye was more powerful than me.
He's so tiny and weak without his stats. 😭
Jihye even has to set up his tent for him. 😭😭
He's ABSOLUTELY FUCKED if he runs into an angry Joonghyuk.
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