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teenitinygod · 4 years

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Hello, Hello, this is the person who did the last submit. Thank you for the offer but I don’t have a discord account, Idon'thaveanyfriendswhouseittowarrantmakingone.

Although, if you liked my previous submit, I thought you might be interested in hearing me out when it comes to mischaracterization since I didn’t go into detail in my previous submit since that’s a whole rant of its own. I’ll be taking inspiration from neutinya’s haikyuu mischaracterization post but give it a BSD twist. My intention isn’t to call specific people out, I’m simply going off what I’ve seen within the fandom. Which in turn leads to diluting or mischaracterizing a character until they’re nearly unrecognizable or portraying them in a bad light that they don’t deserve. There may be a few tw instances, so you’re free to edit this post as you see fit and add any necessary warnings.

So to begin with. Let’s get the big one out of the way real quick.

- Dazai -

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve seen Dazai being portrayed as nothing more than a twofaced lying bastard, I wouldn’t have to work anymore. Most of these support it by saying that he doesn’t actually trust the ADA since he didn’t tell them about his past and doesn’t inform them of every little thing. Basically, they portray him as being 100% an act who doesn’t care about anyone. And then berate him by saying that they refuse to take his mental health seriously until he’s shown to have a breakdown.

I believe anyone who has suffered from depression or any other kind of mental health issue has felt the need to act happy all the time when in public and then quiet down when they’re alone. That doesn’t make them a fake. They are under no obligation to tell every single thing going across their mind to their friend and that same logic applies to Dazai.

Moreover, we also have to take into consideration Dazai’s past. He simply can’t afford to make himself vulnerable. There’s literally a list of people out for his head. Additionally, of he were to tell everything to the ADA, he would be potentially dragging his new friends into his own mess and put them in unwarranted danger. Sure, the ADA already deals with a lot of dangerous stuff but I doubt he would purposely put them in harms way because of what he would consider his own selfishness.

Now in the terms of romance. A lot of people just mark him as the one who could never be faithful. I believe a romantic relationship with Dazai would be completely trust based. Ergo, a “love at first sight” scenario would definitely lead to it becoming nothing more than a one-time fling. To go off your last Dazai scenario, I actually do believe that if Dazai felt like he was getting too attached to someone, he might try to push them away out of utter self-loathing that he could never give them what they want. Essentially, fearing a scenario like that in No Longer Human where Yozo got together with Yoshiko and she ended up getting raped because of his involvement with her.

Atsushi isn’t just a crybaby. He’s brave simply because of the fact that he’s willing to do his best despite his fear. Moreover, his initial fear of being seen as a burden to the ADA is completely valid when you take into consideration his past treatment. A lot treat him as dull and boring character and go on about preferring his Beast counterpart. It’s fine to have a preference but I don’t think this is a reason to hate on him since the point of Beast was to elaborate on how alike Atsushi and Akutagawa are by putting them in the other’s shoes. And we see in even Beast, Atsushi is just the ultimate good boy cinnamonroll.

In romance, I keep seeing him being forced to portray the badboy roll and being just terrible to whoever is his partner within the story. Do people really think that he would so much as even consider berating his partner after all he’s been through?

- Kunikida -

He isn’t just some emotionless asshole. He cares. He’s just doesn’t show it in the most conventional way some are used to. Perhaps this is because the anime caused confusion by changing the time setting of the Azure Disciple event— But within the novel you can tell that he cares for and eventually starts to think highly of Dazai as the story progresses. He doesn’t express it since Dazai would tease him to the ends of the earth. But there were moments like in the embassy in which he mentally admired how talented he was. Or how elaborated that his way of knowing when something was wrong with Dazai was when he starts acting “normal”. As the novel put it, basically, weird is normal for Dazai while normal is weird. So when Dazai starts acting “normal” that’s his way of knowing that something is up.

In terms of romance… I swear I want to fight someone. The majority of Kunikida content I find usually involves him be pedophilic by having this thing for schoolgirls or just has whoever is his partner constant cry at him that he doesn’t love them since he doesn’t show his affection the conventional way. Then, the story goes on about how the partner keeps trying to change them. For starters. There is nothing wrong with having the thought of an ideal partner. Most of have twisted the idea of him having an ideal partner as him having this list of physical traits he wants them to have or some crap like that. Do people really think he’s that shallow? Having an ideal partner just means that you know what you want in a partner. Like how they treat you, if they’re neat and polite, etc. Moreover, we’ve seen time and time again that despite what he says, Kunikida is still willing to bend a little. Obviously he will hold his ground if you berate his ideals. But it’s possible to change his mind if you respect his ideals and offer alternatives and are willing to work with him.

- Chuuya -

Look. I don’t care what you ship. But Chuuya is way more than just that one guy who is constantly yelling about Dazai. He has every right to be portrayed as his own character without the need to involve Dazai around the line.

He may be angry when Dazai is involved but he’s the nicest grump you’ll ever see towards everyone else. In the spin-off novel, there’s a scene where he talks to Tsujimura, for example. He still kept this badass aura but spoke to her with the dignity and presence of a respectable mafia executive. Moreover, I noticed this why checking. Kyouko really did make sure he drank his respect-women dose every day since I noticed he never actually curses at female characters. With the Tsujimura scene, for example, he kept his usual rude speech but didn’t start to actually curse until Ango was brought up. With the battle against Yosano, he never pulled the “oh, you’re just a woman” crap when they appeared.

In the terms of romance. I swear I feel the need to break someone’s nico-nico-kneecaps for the outrageous amount of fics I find with Chuuya straight up raping his partner. Like, the man didn’t even want to fight against his sheep friends when they literally and figuratively stabbed in him in the back. It’s hard for me to imagine him as someone who wouldn’t treat his partner with the utmost respect in the world.

- Higuchi -

People seriously need to stop hating on her just ‘cause she’s “getting in the way of ships.” The gal clearly cares about Akutagawa and I don’t think it’s fair to hate on her just because of that. On that note, the whole idea of hating on female characters under the pretext of them getting in the way of ships seriously needs to stop. The fact that a female character cares for a guy, be it romantically or not, isn’t an excuse to antagonize them and treat them as an eyesore. She’s funny, she’s goofy, She’s just an ordinary lady who might be momentarily blinded by affection and get carried away. Which surely must happen to anyone who has experienced some kind of crush.

In the terms of romance. I haven’t read much fics with Higuchi as the main love interest. However, I have seen the AkutawagaxSomeoneElse types who just blatantly portray Higuchi as this terrible and wicked woman who is trying to ruin Akutagawa’s partner’s life. Sure, Higuchi may be heartbroken that she couldn’t be the chosen one but I doubt she would stoop as low as to ruin Akutagawa’s potential happiness. The most she would do is perhaps investigate if they’re a spy who intends to harm or use him.

- Yosano -

She’s a strong independent woman, enough said. I feel like a lot of people interpret her dislike for weak men as her either disliking physically weak men or disliking men altogether. Naturally, a strong woman would want and deserve someone who is equally as badass as them. So what I interpret her saying when she says she dislikes weak men is that she dislikes mentally weak men who bend over backwards easily and men who are so petty that they feel the need to look down on women just because of the fact that they’re a woman. The anime did her dirty by sexualizing her during her first introduction. We all know that one scene where she strips off her shirt before treating Tanizaki. Heck, I remember when I first saw that scene without knowing much about BSD I legit thought her healing ability involved her having sex with the guys. It was only until I read the manga some time later that I realized that wasn’t the case.

In the terms of romance. Again, she has every right to have someone as strong as herself. A badass would want someone who is just as badass standing as their partner. Moreover, I haven’t seen it to the degree as Higuchi’s case but I have seen the occasional hate on her under the pretext that she’s getting in the way of ships. To which I say again: We seriously need to stop antagonizing female characters who so much as exist in the same panel as a male character that’s involved in a popular fandom ship.

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Well then. Those were the most prominent ones that came to mind, so I surely left out some characters who have been mischaracterized just as badly.

Thank you for your time.

Ok quickly, our discord (dazai simps) is open to having you. We love new friends and meeting people, so an open invite is available. i couldn’t agree with you more- i hate how Dazai is portrayed sometimes, his emotions are complex and he’s not as simple as an angsty suicidal flirt. Especially went the reader comes into the picture and it turns into a “love at first sight” thing. They may be fictional characters but i care that the characters i write for are as close to accurate as i can

I’ll go deeper into this later but i agree

Also I love when you send me these, i love reading them and you’re so sweet <3

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tallsy · 6 years

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Runaways s1 reaction

The ending of Runaways was so good! I just... I really really love this show. It feels like it's always hitting the perfect note for what it is: not too young or too silly, but not too dark or too adult-y either. The teenagers feel like teenagers in their earnestness and sometimes foolishness, but they're sincere and ultimately good, if a little self-centered or petty the way kids (and people really) can be. There's no 'bad one' in the group, and I like that. I'm glad I can just sit back and enjoy watching good people try to deal with shitty circumstances. The effects are good (the dinosaur looks so great! what fabulous puppetry, and Carolina's glow powers are great too), and the acting is solid. I feel Alex might be the weakest of the group, in that sometimes I don't think he emotes enough to really engage the viewer. I'm not sure if that's an acting choice or directing choice, like is he supposed to be stiff and stoic? Cuz he doesn't necessarily feel that stoic otherwise... Just that he doesn't have as much display range as the performers for Nico, Carolina, or Gert. But still, he's fine. And I feel like he will get better in the future as they move to bigger, newer plotlines.

Speaking of...

THEY FINALLY RAN AWAY!

Yes! I have been waiting all season for this! I figured it would come in the finale and I wasn't disappointed. It makes me laugh that they only moved a couple miles into the hills at first. I wonder if you get any warmth cuddling up with that dinosaur...(I just looked up to find out if dinosaurs are actually warm or cold-blooded, and recent study finds that they are somewhere in between) Anyway, that's awesome. I love that Nico insisted on saving Carolina, and that she's definitely curious about following up on their kiss. Their second kiss was incredibly sweet, and felt earned.

Issuing an amber alert and framing the kids is pretty interesting... I don't think it's a good idea for the Wilders to invite investigation into the missing dead girl Destiny; that's only going to embroil the church in the police's attention. While that might stymie Jonah in the short-term, ultimately the Pride members would all come under investigation too. Honestly, they should just help the kids escape, and convince Jonah to let them go.

And it seems like...he did? Which I was wondering about... Like, all the kids were doing that was problematic was interrupt the dig. If they run away, the problem goes away. That certainly helps Jonah. It's what the one couple tried to do with Molly. I think the Wilders are too controlling to go along with a plan that let's the kids run away willingly, but Tina might. Speaking of, WOW her performance was fabulous. I rewound the scene about Amy and watched it an extra two times, I just wanted to see the change on Tina's face again. What a subtle, nuanced performance for such a big moment.

On that topic, I'm not sure I believe that Leslie is really turning on her evil glowbug lover. She's been so loyal until now, and even committed murder for him. I guess we're meant to believe that she things he crossed the line when he attacked her daughter, but it's hard to find that believable when it seems like all of this work was her doing to bring him back to life anyway. If she really believes that he's a prophet or a God or something, then is she really going to turn on him? And Leslie's husband is definitely a moron-- if he makes it through next season without going into the box I would be mightily surprised.

Overall I'm enjoying the storyline of the parents, but I do think that they focus on it a little bit too much, to the detriment of the kids' story. I want the situation with the parents to facilitate the situation with the kids, not be equal to it. I'm here for the kids and their show. I also wish they would be a little bit more evil, tbh. The sacrifices were fairly bloodless and clean, and the show has gone to great lengths to show us that the parents started the situation for greed and for some kind of optimism around clean energy, not because of genuine malevolence. I think genuine malevolence is somewhat required here though. The concept of the show is so bold--what if you discovered your parents were super villains? And yet the show keeps backding off from that and hedging. These parents aren't genuinely committed to an evil cause, they're more like a pack of selfish, petty, cowardly birds. Nipping away at each other and cawing at their master. If anything they seem to represent mediocrity and a testament to rationalizing murder if the murder happens to be convenient, or if the alternative is scary.

Once Upon A Time played too liberally with sympathizing and rationalizing its villains, it just gets annoying! I want the show to create compelling antagonists of course, but I want it to take a stand also. And with this setup, they parents NEED to be more supervillainy. If the kids can too easily rationalize what their parents are doing, then the emotional impact is lessened. As a viewer, I don't want to be in a place where I think the parents are being treated like protagonists. That's boring to me. I want to see the kids really FACE the fact that their parents are monsters. THAT is a powerful premise. Everyone can understand being family to a cowardly greedy asshole... but who knows what it's like to be family to a supervillain? Tell me that story. Don't be wishy-washy with the evil parts. Don't blame it all on Jonah. Let them be malevolent. I don't want tepid villains I want SUPER villains.

Anyway, I really liked this season and I really liked this episode. I'm kind of glad that the church patsy made it through the episode. I was afraid Leslie was going to cap him on the spot to keep him quiet. I notice that Jonah also is getting flakey again...does he degenerate when he uses his powers, I wonder. I wonder if that can happen to Carolina too.

Overall, great finish to the season. I think episode 9 was the best, but episode 10 gave a pretty satisfying conclusion. Not having read the comics and not really knowing ANYTHING about this universe, I'm excited to see where it goes.

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