#if it doesn’t make sense then oh well

[thisrobinisred]

I don’t care whether it’s seen as platonic or romantic, as either way Wrightworth makes me sick (in a good way).

Like- You’re telling me that Phoenix Wright decided to study law so Miles Edgeworth would be forced to see him again. Purely so he could try and figure out why he had changed so much during the past 15 years.

You’re telling me that Edgeworth flew in a private jet, from a completely different continent, when he was told that Phoenix’s life was in danger. No matter how their relationship is perceived, you can’t tell me that it’s not a strong/special bond. In the end, they always seem to make their way back to each other; and when they do, they almost instantly fall back into old routines. Sure, they do argue quite a bit, however they do always make up afterwards. In my opinion, them arguing just makes it better. It makes it seem more genuine/human.

Anyways, time to spend my time not sleeping and overthinking their dynamics and crap

#ace attorney #wrightworth #narumitsu #phoenix wright #miles edgeworth #mitsunaru #aa phoenix wright #aa edgeworth #edgeworth #aa miles edgeworth #rambles #this probably doesn’t make sense #But- #oh well!

[bitchapalooza]

What makes me really sad is thinking about how the trolls, while still living in the troll tree, had to of tried so hard to normalize things. Trollstice, to me, had to be a thing for roughly 100-150 years at best so many trolls were used to this lifestyle and always made due with what they could. They lived with fear and uncertainty their entire lives without questioning it often. But what confuses me is the timeline we’re presented with for the 1st and 3rd movies, which has lead me to create my own timeline of course ❤️

Brozone happened because it was a good distraction, not only for the young band members but everyone else, too. Their breakup probably happened three years prior to the trolls’ escape. Rosiepuff most likely died a year prior to escape. Poppy was probably about 3 years old during the escape, while Branch was around 4(currently putting Branch at 24 years old, Poppy being 23). SO;

7 years before escape

—Brozone forms consisting of JD, Clay, Floyd, and Bruce

6 years before escape

—Brozone’s first official concert

—Branch is born

5 years before escape

—Brozone starts to gain more popularity in mainstream media; not yet at the height of their fame

4 years before escape

—Brozone is the number 1 boy band in the troll tree

—Branch joins the band

—Poppy is born

—A meeting to plan their escape is organized

3 years before escape

—First ever Brozone tree wide tour

—Brozone breaks up, the brothers split up; the band fades away into obscurity

—The tunnel plan officially begins

2 years before escape

—Branch joins Kismet with other young trolls around his age to cope

—The escape tunnel is nearly complete

1 year before escape

—Rosiepuff dies

—Branch turns gray

—Kismet breaks up

—The tunnel is finished, phase 2 in the plan begins in time for next Trollstice

#I’m still thinking about what could’ve happened before those 7 years #if this doesn’t make sense then oh well /shrug #trolls #trolls dreamworks #trolls headcanons #trolls poppy #trolls branch #trolls peppy #trolls brozone #brozone #trolls john dory #trolls clay #trolls bruce #trolls floyd #trolls rosiepuff

[chuuyadelune]

one thing that struck me about today’s BSD season 4 episode (aside from the world-turning-to colour moment, which was super dope!), was the use of levels and positioning. in particular, i’m referring to ranpo’s scene here, where he makes his address to the audience.

first of all, the imagery of him being on a throne directly calls to his self-proclaimed new status as the “world’s greatest detective”. but what’s also interesting is just how high up he is.

it’s not so clear in those first screenshots, but here, you get this very clear view of how high up he is. he’s on the tallest level of the stage, above murakami, the policemen, and the audience.

this whole sequence takes place after fukuzawa hands him those infamous glasses, and tells him that he’s gifted. ranpo believes he’s an ability user, and so, this separates him from the masses in his mind, who are visually represented here by the audience on the ground (including fukuzawa, who hasn’t discovered his ability yet at this stage). and this not only separates him from them — it elevates him. putting him on, not only the stage, but the highest part, emphasises the difference in his self-perception. he is different from the regular ‘monsters’ because he is an ability user: a rarity, an urban legend of sorts.

even here, when the police officer (who is definitely not suspicious at all) comes over to compliment ranpo and fukuzawa, the concept of levels is at play. this police officer is, to our current knowledge, a regular, non-gifted human. he even expresses shock and awe at the fact that he’s in the mere presence of an ability user. ranpo is at the top of the stairs, again, emphasising his position as a gifted ability-user, someone beyond the skills of a regular human.

and ranpo’s (literal) elevation, especially in the stage scene, is also linked to the themes of the play itself, i’d argue. and like, full disclosure that i’m long overdue for a reread of untold origins since my memory is very blurry at best, so i’m just going to be basing this off what the anime does with the play (since, after all, this is a post analysing the relevance of positioning and layers/height/elevation in the anime).

at the start, it’s stated that angels are ‘gifted’ beings — and the word used here is, to my knowledge, the same as the word for ability user (please correct me if i’m wrong!). so the association is immediately established: gifteds — ability users — are strong, beyond human comprehension, and powerful enough to strike a fallen angel down. so that is to say, stronger than the normal, status quo.

there’s religious (largely christian) imagery written all over the stage. at the start, one of the fallen angels in the play is ‘murdered’, and the imagery behind is undoubtedly a nod towards the crucifixion of jesus. and this position and framing here very much reminds me of an altar. especially with murakami’s ‘corpse’ under the (white!) cloth.

ranpo’s position, above everyone, being deliberately above the cross, the centre of the spotlight — it’s almost as if he is some higher being. something there to cast judgement above all. something like… an angel. who are gifted beings, according the play, as he himself believes he is, since he’s been dubbed an ability user by fukuzawa.

indeed, the murder and the play are deeply connected — but so’s the symbolism of ranpo rising above everyone else and the concept of ‘gifteds’/‘ability users’ and the concepts laid out in the play. at least, in my view.

positioning has always been used in the BSD anime to display power dynamics and relations, and it’s a similar concept here. the subtle details make all the difference to the way we view the anime, i think. and that’s the power of visual storytelling!

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bsd spoilers #bsd season 4 #bsd s4 spoilers #bsd s4 #bsd season 4 episode 2 #bsd analysis #bsd anime #bsd anime analysis #edogawa ranpo #ranpo edogawa #bsd ranpo #bsd fukuzawa #fukuzawa yukichi #briefly talked about this on twitter but i’m fleshing it out a little more #my brain is mush so it doesn’t make that much sense but oh well #but there’s something to be said abt the religious imagery the anime used here n how it’s relevant to ranpo #am i reaching? probably. but no one can stop me!! #jem rambles #jem's bsd analysis

[apollo18]

I don’t so much know a lot about the Danny Phantom fandom or the show because I was like 8 when I watched it but here’s a really cool idea for those CM and DP crossover fics is the idea that Shazam and Danny have shared custody over Captain Marvel.

Captain Marvel is not necessarily a living being but a spirit that imbues their hosts with the powers of his patrons and accentuates their heroic qualities, and as such theres a big issue in the back of their creator’s mind about what happens to them when they or their host dies because there would be a good chance his creation would be lost forever without an afterlife tied to them.

So Shazam uses the historama and his ability to access whatever point in the timeline he pleases and makes a deal with the most neutral domain of the afterlife and historically its most agreeable King who would strike a favorable deal: the king of the Ghost Zone, Danny Phantom.

In a sort of persephone like manner, when Captain Marvel dies they remain in the domain of the ghost king and when a host is found for them, they return to the living world to fulfill their duties and rejoin Shazam.

Shazam didn’t anticipate how attached Danny would grow to his creation or it’s hosts… or how much of an issue his choices in Marvel’s hosts would be when he picks little Billy Batson.

#Shazam and Danny having the worlds biggest custody battle while the rest of the gods just make bets #most versions of Marvel that are separate from Billy see shazam more like an authority figure so it’d be interesting to watch them struggle #with trying to see Danny the same way and Danny just sort of sees them as a baby #more specifically his baby that he’s responsible for until Marvel gets a new host #especially if you go with the idea that there’s two different kinds of ghosts: dead humans and nonhuman entities #marvel would definitely seem like a baby ghost in the second category sense. #bonus points if Marvel doesn’t remember their deaths and is caught completely off guard when Shazam & Danny start fighting over him & Billy #bonus bonus points if the JL gets tangled up in the drama #billy batson #I’m hesitant to tag DP but oh well #Danny phantom

[kirbyliker12]

This is the deepest I can delve into how I view them n their implications through imagery before it bcomes incomprehensibl 😙😙😙😙maybe I’ll do a tiny bit of elaborating in tags idk(this was mostly an excuse to practice drawing dranzas head)

#kirbyliker12png #dark taranza #taranza #Susie haltmann #parallel susie #man there was Barely any info on dark taranza🥸poor guy I miss him(not really) #nyway I have no idea on how da dark mirror works (nobody does really) #I don’t even know what the mirror even DOES #why does he look so similar to magolor soul they can’t just do that #is dtaranza like. taranza if nobody was there 2 help him n if he just turned to a path of loneliness for what he wants #(taranza voice) wow if I wasn’t surrounded by the beauty of nature n friendship I’d probably destroy the world to bring joronia back😋😋 #IDK ik it doesn’t make much sense but😏I love taranza having world ending potential #not in terms of ‘I’ll use this EVIL artifact n it’ll use me’ but in’wow dis guy is so op good thing he’s on your side ahaha’ #also I reely lauv how her dads demise is entirely suzys fault #the Japanese version specifically says she wanted to ‘make him pay’ #so she really did intentionally want him to get a bit hurt #she’s also more emotionally vulnerable in the aftermath instead of going ‘ermmm this wasn’t calculated🤓what a nuisance!’ #instead of taranza where it’s more like unlucky Suzy is entirely the problem and she knows it #oh yeah parallel Suzys hm well it’s kinda endearing how she still treasures her dad #even though the Suzys ditched their pin #I don’t think original Suzy has a likeable personality n that she’s aware of it but can’t do anything to change it #AGH it’s l8🥸why do I always post at night anyway #oh man can’t wait for da morning where I find how messy these thoughts are

[cream-and-tea]

pallas in book one is definitely at it-cannot-possibly-get-worse-than-this ABSOLUTE rock bottom but god. there is such a specific flavour to their despair in book two that only happens because of the realization they have at the end of lay me down. like. how do you move on after admitting that everything you believed in was a lie. how do you live with what you’ve done (with what has been done to you). is it possible to pull yourself up out of the pit you’ve dug. what do you do if it isn’t. what do you do if it IS. and once you look at the damage how do you stop looking. past the first layer of hurt there’s just more and more hurt and you were used by the one person who was supposed to keep you safe to cause even MORE pain and no matter how deep you go none of it means anything! it never meant anything at all!! motherfucker your worst sin is that you have destroyed and betrayed yourself for NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#pallas’s whole arc in the first book is getting to the point where they go ‘maybe i? feel bad about all this?? actually???’ #i cannot overstate enough that it takes an entire book to get them to that point lmao #and then it’s like. newsflash buddy now you’ve gotta DEAL with that #it really is the mental equivalent of getting into a hot bath of after being out in the cold for a whole day #and the interesting thing about pallas in the first book and their status as a villian and like. their eventual ‘oh SHIT’ moment #is that pallas doesn’t need to realize that they’re a bad person doing bad things #pallas is VERY aware that they are a bad person doing bad things #it’s actually more about realizing the harm that’s been done to them? like as a human being?? #bc they very much have the attitude of ‘well of course i’m doing bad things i was born as an inherently evil person there’s nothing else #i’m capable of doing the most i can hope for is that someone points me in the right direction and i’ll be able to do the hard things #that other people cannot (and SHOULD NOT) do’ #so THATS the mindset that needs to be unlearned before they can start moving forward? if that makes sense? #less ‘shit are we the baddies?’ and more ‘shit have i been horrifically abused?’ #but then after that realization all the blood they’ve spilled is still there. and they should never have had to do that. no one should ever #have to do that. but they did and now they’re starting to see the full extent of what that means #and they have to find a way to live with it. #and it’s absolutely DEVASTATING. #wip: ghost story #pallas #i’ve been working on the book two outline. if you couldn’t tell. head in absolute hands rn.

[kanene-yaaay-o-retorno]

Random au because I can't stop thinking about this:

On the doc Mike and Pac found in the prison said that if Walter Bob completed that specific task he would be free from the jail/no longer a prisoner, right? (MY memory isn't the best so maybe this is a bit wrong but that is what we have for today folks augstwfwywfrqcw)

So

What if one day he finishes the task and Cucorucho with a smile brings him to another federation building and asks him to get into a room

So

Days later Fit is asked to clean a room, no big deal, another day of honest work where he starts lurking around looking for anything that could be useful for him and his mission

And then, in another place that he isn't suppose to be, but that he got into anyway is a... something. In the corner. It's small, it's scared, maybe even trembling a little bit and tired, very tired.

It's an egg.

When he enters, it turns around to face him and Fit freezes for a second because now he can clearly read the name on top of the kid.

"Walter Bob"

Well, he isn't coming out of that building alone.

Also! For fluff purposes! Imagine he bringing him to show Pac and Mike, like, Walter Bob doesn't have the memories of Before but he can't help but feel at ease around those "strangers" and their vibrant, lively energy, especially because they seem to like be around him as well, always full of hugs and itens and new places to show around.

Ramon being a good older brother! Showing him how to explode things and being perfect to bring his more quiet and chaotic side.

The fact that before he couldn’t remember ever having a bed just the cold metal of the cell and the guards shouting and pain and experiments and cold cold cold

But now it's different! Now he has a family, people from everywhere smiling and talking to him and helping and saying strange, kind things like that their house is his as well and that if he ever ever need he could call

And then Forever reforms the NINHO to have another room and Bad calls him to chat while making his buildings and Baghera gives him a bunch of invisible potions so they can hang around listening to gossips and Philza is always chill in letting him visit and Foolish laugh and goof around like nothing could ever go wrong everytime he gets too anxious and Mike and Pac are there and...

And Richas gives him beautiful paintings to put in his room and Dapper show him all his cool animal collection and Leo take him to a train ride and Tallulah helps him to decorate his room and...

And and and

(And the hope is there, it hurts too much to bare sometimes, like it's a knife that already cut him before.

But little by little, with time, the wounds begins to heal)

#this is literally me in despair for any kind of fluff with Walter bob pls mah man already suffered SO MUCH #and yeah I feel like this outcome is very ooc but WELL OH WELL what is this??? logic in my au #??? no thanks I will take the domestic fluff #qsmp #qsmp au #maybe I will write an oneshot for this later #i really just want them to be a big family aaaaa ♡♡♡♡ #walter bob #ALSO THIS GIVES CHANCE FOR PAC AND FIT GET CLOSER I MEAN COUGH COUGH CO-PARENTING AM I RIGHT #watch Mike discovers that fit has a new egg and it's Walter Bob and suddenly getting all his things and moving to Fit's house #w Pac following behind like 'sorry sorry we're all like a package deal now yeah I don’t think Mike is gonna let him go for some time sooo... #Sleepover time :DDDD #(Mike would like to just get Walter Bob and run for it but he doesn’t want to wake any bad memory so :( #also the angst potential of them realizing that he holds no memory of his past. of what they have lived together in that prison. #of Walter Bob sometimes seeing the fed buildings he did and feeling an horrible dread overcoming him for some reason. #the way that he is tired most of the time and how visiting some places makes him have such a strong sense of dejavu #yeah yeah anyway I am. full of thoughts. #Pac #Mike #Fit

[asheoninactive]

Sorry for more AU posting but here’s more quick strega ken sketches I did at work. Featuring Chidori cuz I love her dearly and I think their relationship in the AU would be neat

#strega!ken AU #kenposting #Ken amada #chidori yoshino #they both make me want to eat glass /pos #so it’s only natural this AU would have a focus on them #Chidori looking out for him #she goes out of her way to get him the featherman pins on his jacket (as seen in the comic I tried to doodle) #(Ken insisted she keeps one too. which is why she also has a featherman pin on her jacket. she doesn’t get it but oh well #they both don’t fear death but despite it all Chidori feeling some sort of protection towards him #Ken doesn’t fear death because :motions towards October 4th: #so once he gets his revenge he’s planning on going just like canon #but while Shinji is like . still getting his suppressants Ken is still oblivious that his mom’s killer is in front of him #Shinji is also watching out for him but it’s so much less indirect #he wants Ken to get out of there because strega aren’t very good influences #as would one assume of a hit man service #his sense of justice is much more murky in this AU. like yeah a hit man service is very clearly evil #but is it really #many of their clients are getting revenge. just like he is #like he interrogates this idea in his head a lot #in this AU #often questioning clients’ purposes for their hits #often questioning clients purpose forgor their hit #unlike the other three who don’t necessarily ask questions #sorry I’m just rambling about ideas and how Ken would interact in this hypothetical AU #i love being extremely self indulgent #putting my favs in situations together

[simcardiac-arrested]

once again sorry to everyone for bringing this to your dashboards. but some of you are like, genuinely delirious. not even in a funny way. & i hope you die. i hope we both die. hand in unlovable hand etc etc

#Just so fucking bizarre to me how people can be Like This. there has to be something so wrong with your brain on a fundamental level #i can’t even laugh about this or anything because i genuinely feel pity for these people. it’s so sad to me how you’re gonna be like 20 #and then go in a niche tumblr community and create drama over Nothing. over Thin Fucking Air #like do you not have a life? do you not have college? or a job? doesn’t it get tiring? don’t you ever feel ashamed about all this #and the fact that they go and complain about the shipping and the ‘fandombrained’ people as well…. oh my god #how are you going to be TWENTY. and DO THAT. are you seriously sick. ? do you need help #just say you are homophobic and that you hate kids and go. it’ll save everyone a bunch of time for sure #anyways. as someone who has been a rain world fan since 2018. i love you embracing canon. i love you changing canon. i love you disregarding #canon entirely. i love you ships that make sense in canon & that make absolutely zero sense at all. i love you fancharacters that don’t #follow canon rules. i love you ‘cringe’ fancharacters and self inserts. i love you self shipping. i love you oc x canon shipping. #and i love you taking inspiration from designs. i love you community & i love you artists & i love you art #i love you borrowing elements and being inspired and referencing something because you liked it. #are fandoms perfect? GOOD GOD no. is every Fan perfect? no. am i also sometimes annoyed or irrationally pissed off over a ship that #i think is stupid and is illogical. Yes! i’m only human! but i can still love and appreciate the whole CREATIVITY of it all. and the whole #Fun that people are having. i love you having fun. if i don’t like it or if anyone else doesn’t like it they can just Cope #instead of hateposting about it on main and indirectly bullying people who are most likely children. or lgbt. or both #anyways. please continue doing whatever you want. The world is your oyster and you only live on earth once #everyone else can fuck off

[no-1-rosalind-lang-apologist]

Anton is a cherry wine by hozier enjoyer in a genuinely concerning way. Silas is a cherry wine by hozier enjoyer in a yknow what as he should it’s worth it it’s divine way. Roma is a cherry wine by hozier enjoyer in a way.

#this doesn’t make sense #oh well #i don’t care #chloe gong #secret shanghai #flesh and false gods #fafg #anton makusa #foul lady fortune #flf #silas wu #these violent delights #tvd #roma montagov

[dqbbiegallaqher]

binge watching horrible histories cause history just gossip and it’s like a comedy show

#this doesn’t make sense #but oh well #i 🫶🏽 horrible histories #horrible histories #shitpost #txt post

[r3m-ster]

ahhhh. another day of hating gender.

#gender benefits none of us #don’t hate me for this though #my gender identity is important to me #as much as i think it would be better if no one even paid attention to the existence of gender #you know we could just live #not have to worry about all this #same with being lgbtqia+ #and all the different phobias that people have against us #if you’re accepting #you make life easier not only for the people you accept but for yourself #its happier to love than to hate #dedicate your lives to love people #gender shouldn’t matter #in the best way possible #like #“oh you’re nonbinary? well cool welcome to the team” and then that person just uses your correct pronouns and doesn’t need to bring up- #-the fact that you’re nonbinary because that’s just an identifier that doesn’t need to be brought up to everyone #unless you yourself specifically want to tell someone #idk if this makes sense #gender #gender identity #genderqueer #genderfluid #transgender #nonbinary #rant post #but all positive #we try to be all happy and loving here #please don’t change that

[anthonycrowley]

last night i tried to establish a bit of a timeline on the south downs cottage and accidentally convinced myself that foundational things i thought i knew may be a lie which is fine

#text #my post #mobi #gomens tv #‘we’ve been planning this since 2006’ i went well what if that were true and then went down a rabbit hole #edit this doesn’t mean the cottage btw all signs point to that being endgame tbh. i just am like hm. oh no the things neil says don’t. NOT #make sense. u feel.

[100sunny]

I know that a lot of people think online friendships are silly and don’t hold as much weight as in person friendships, perhaps due to the whole stranger danger stuff which is important to keep in mind of course, but I don’t think that’s true

Maybe it depends on how you view it, like maybe you believe they’re just fun temporary things and don’t think they’re on equal footing as irl friends, just fleeting things to pass time with. But personally I think every type of friendship is meaningful even if it’s online with people you’ve never met in person before, everyone you meet and spend time with contributes a piece into creating newer and newer versions of yourself, like new tastes new interests new perspectives, they’ve touched you in a very notable way and it’s the same for them. It’s just lovely to think about how bonds can form from far distances without once meeting in person, it’s a special thing

#this probs doesn’t make sense n this is rushed bc I’m half asleep but oh well

[michi-chelle-draws]

omg this rin drawing/speedpaint from earlier this year that i never finished :’o

#rin itoshi #blue lock #fanart #i never took a pic of the actual wip but i thought this part of the video looked kinda cool #i gave up on it because i didn’t quite like how it was turning out back then but looking at it now it doesn’t look too bad #but later i drew something on the other side of the sketchbook page and it bled through so now it’s never getting finished 🤷🏽‍♀️ oh well #i should draw him again #a character like him is exactly my artistic type if that makes sense #like his long eyelashes and his turquoise eyes and his dark hair and his arrogant personality #all makes him super fun to draw #he is very pretty

[anti-dazai-blog]

I like Dazai but tbh I don’t like seeing people portray him and Chuuya as like uwu fun older brother figures for Yumeno. Like Dazai was really contemplating on killing them and Chuuya wasn’t stopping him either. And Yumeno clearly resents Dazai for how he treated them.

Everyone talks about the abuse cycle with Dazai and Aktugawa but I don’t see enough people acknowledge that with Dazai and Yumeno, especially considering that they’re only 13 y/o in the present series. They’re still a child who’s a product of Dazai’s cruelty.

Here’s a long stream of consciousness rant where I ramble about nothing for ten minutes

don’t wanna delete this, don’t wanna post this, but a secret third thing (ie posting it under a cut)

Anon I have THOUGHTS.

about the inherent hierarchy of ability users and how it’s so prevalent throughout BSD yet never addressed directly.

(I do get around to commenting on your ask specifically, but it’s a few paragraphs down)

And the reason your ask made me think of this is because Q was actually the first character who made me begin thinking about this.

See, when Q’s introduced, Dazai says something like “and they have the most vile gift of all; mind control”. The way he says it makes it sound like it’s less his own opinion and more so the common view of things; that any variation of mind control is the most horrendous ability.

Which makes sense, to enter someone’s mind and force them to act against their will is invasive to an extreme. It definitely crosses all the lines, and in a world where mind control exists, it would probably be judged to be equivalent to rape, as both involve forcing someone to physically do what you force them to, without their consent, invading their mind or body in the process.

So we know there’s a stigma against mind control ability users. The moment someone develops an ability like that, they’re bound to become a social outcast. Even their close family and friends may lose trust in them.

We also know that abilities can be grouped as “combative” “general” and “non-combative”. Although it’s not stated outright if this is a common grouping system or rather just one the ADA uses, it would make enough sense for such a set of groupings to be used elsewhere. “Can your ability cause harm? Can it do anything other than cause harm?”

As far as I can recall, this is the only grouping system for abilities that was mentioned so far. And I think it says a lot that the one thing that it’s based on is how much harm an ability can cause.

There also seems to be some stigma against powerful (combative) ability users, claiming that either they’re too overpowered to ever have to work hard or learn skills, or that everything in life must have been easy for them, and they were set for life the moment they discovered their ability.

We see this stigma multiple times, mainly directed towards Atsushi and Chuuya. They both contradict and prove these claims wrong repeatedly, yet there will always be opponents they face who firmly believe these stereotypes.

So we see that stereotyping people based off their abilities is prevalent in the Bungo Stray Dogs world. And then you have characters like Mushitaro, whose ability’s only purpose is to cover up crimes. And character like Kyoka and Fyodor(?), whose abilities can’t do much more than kill. And you’re left wondering where that leaves them, and what chance did they have to not get involved in crime in the first place, with how we could infer this world treats people with abilities like theirs.

And then we have Dazai. The one person who has a fighting chance to see beyond the stereotypes and “ability racism”(?? not really sure what to call prejudice based around superpowers in the Bungo Stray Dogs universe), yet he happens to be the person introducing many of the stereotypes. Of course, you could argue that he has the most experience with ability users and therefore has seen firsthand that these stereotypes are often correct. But that’s besides the point. Back to my first statement about hierarchy.

Dazai exists above the ability hierarchy, because he can shut off any ability at will. The more a person relies on their ability, the more Dazai is a threat to them, putting him far above them on a hierarchal scale. And who tends to rely the most on their abilities? Powerful ability users. The ones who have the most stereotypes against them.

Naturally those are the ones Dazai would end up interacting with most, and given how, in most cases, we can assume they didn’t expect to be dealing with an ability nullifier, they hadn’t planned for this possibility and lost by default. So you can’t really blame Dazia for thinking so low of them, but you also can’t blame them for losing against a variable they had no way of knowing existed in the first place. The stereotypes are incorrect because Nullifier Georg, with negative a million abilities, is an outlier adn should not be counted. [as you can tell I have a favorite Tumblr meme]

BACK TO Q!! BACK TO YOUR ORIGINAL ASK!!

That whole entire scene of retrieving Q makes me think of the inherent heirarchy of ability users, but mainly how Dazai stands above them.

Alone in a room with Q and Chuuya, two of the most powerful ability users who can each single-handedly wipe out a city, Dazai is still able to display his dominance. His point is correct, he can kill Q— and Chuuya’s observation that he (Chuuya) wouldn’t be able to do anything about it is correct as well.

I don’t believe that Dazai had any intention of actually killing Q, nor do I believe that Chuuya didn’t realize that Dazai had no intention of doing so. It came across as a power move. “You’re the most powerful ability user in the city, and they’re the most dangerous, yet neither of you could do anything to stop me at this very moment”.

I’m working on my analysis for chapter 31 at the moment (the chapter where this whole scene happens), and of course I point out how wrong and messed up it is to put a knife to an unconscious child’s throat, regardless of if you intend any harm. But another point I bring up repeatedly in the Anti-Dazai Series is how Dazai has this recurring habit of subtly reminding the characters who aren’t fully in control of their abilities (mainly Atsushi and Chuuya) that he’s their only hope. That he’s the only safety net they have. That he’s the only thing standing between them and losing control and killing all their loved ones. So to follow this pattern, I don’t think it’s a coincidence that he has Chuuya acknowledge outright that there’s nothing he could do, and then a few panels later reminds Chuuya that he’s the only off switch in the world.

so yeah, Dazai’s not “big brother material” for Q.

and neither is Chuuya, at least not in the scenes we saw them together in— he outright admits he despises Q for killing his own people.

Of course everyone can headcanon whatever they want— have fun and enjoy the fandom experience!! But I personally think Q’s just a kid and they deserve better.

#This was very stream of consciousness so if it doesn’t make sense. Oh well. #bsd #bungo stray dogs #dazai #bungou stray dogs #anti-dazai asks #Q bsd #i wanted to post yesterday for Dazai’s birthday but #It was my cousin’s wedding #So #No time