ok ok everyone please, ignore for a moment that this is a clip of The Quote. please just ignore the words and look at dans body language cuz its killing me LMAOOOO
bsd fic authors i understand yalls pain SO well right now why is it so fucking HARD to write dazai. like i have a whole fucking spreadsheet dedicated to tireless analysis i have done on my part so i can accurately characterize him but he is such an unpredictable and morally gray character that it's hard knowing his limits and boundaries and where he draws the line for himself.
Its so funny that Makoto gets such an awful rep (usually bc of her treatment of Futaba), but going through the game again, Makoto is the one who leads the conversation into getting her to open up for the palace door. She immediately offers up the idea of just being honest with Futaba; no lies or soft words, just straight facts in a calm voice. She knew Futaba wanted the change of heart, badly enough that shed listen without having to be convinced by force. And when Futaba panics about having to open up, Makoto makes sure she has no chance of backing out (‘give me time to open the door’ ‘ten seconds’ ‘WHAT???!’). Its for her own good!!
I think it can come across as mean and overbearing and even insensitive, especially if you are someone who is sees themself IN Futaba, but Makoto is both incredibly caring, sisterly, and understanding during the entirety of her arc. Like most characters, fandom seems to completely warp and exaggerate very specific moments and traits and sum up entire personalities bc of it. Ryuji and him being stupid; Ann and her being loud and mean; Yusuke being dumb as shit and singleminded for NO discernible reason, etc etc. People took the snooping and her one vaguely insensitive comment (about futaba and her whole Thing) and decided that she was a cunt and a bitch that couldnt be reasoned with.
Its so bizarre. Im aware that every piece of media w vaguely assertive girls has this issue (Sakura, Katara, Aqua, etc etc) but its still crazy that this is prevalent. Shes like the direct mirror of Goro and he does not get this specific kind of hate (usually its ‘he backstabbed and blackmailed us so i hate him’). Sorry. I need to be a Makoto Apologist to protect her from the rest of the world. My girl did nothing wrong shes just weird. She thought she could fight a mafia boss and she was RIGHT! She WON!!!!
POV you're a grown ass adult about to get your entire shit wrecked by what looks to be a boy who couldn't be much older than 13 and a little cherub of a girl who is maybe one entire decade old.
DIRECTLY inspired by these tags you're so right actually.
Also inspired by the fact that Alfonse seems to fluctuate between swearing and going long periods of time without swearing (sometimes entire books!). Things that are only interesting to me LMFAOOO
i think this scene is funny, too, bc hikaru says this like they're at a place they can split up. together they went two hours from home to have fun, hikaru almost right away doesnt have fun, and then tries to break off from yoshiki. like what would have happened here if tanaka didnt show up, would hikaru have just left yoshiki at the beach? would they have gone back sad together lol?? he really did just spur of the moment do that.
its interesting to contrast to yoshiki trying to end things with hikaru earlier
Yoshiki originally did his best to ignore the potential problem and is stunned when something bad does happen, while hikaru repeatedly wants to talk about problems (even to multiple people) and thinks about things for a while. Hikaru suddenly announces he wants to go to the beach, while yoshiki planned to spend all day letting hikaru enjoy himself. hikaru is unable to let himself have fun at the beach, while yoshiki has hikaru do multiple of his favorite activities. hikaru expresses himself a lot about what he's thinking and feeling, while yoshiki wordlessly cut to the chase. yoshiki gives up after things dont go as planned, and hikaru is insistent upon self-sacrificing despite yoshiki's disapproval.
the boys are not in sync atm, but they'll eventually get there. probably
Thing about Rescue Team DX I don’t like is that it’ll tweak small visual things about the original and it’ll take away some really neat little things about the original
i know spamton rarely shows his pupils in-game but i try to depict spamton w/ pupils a lot in my therapy au cuz even canon wise i see the no pupils thing as like spamton trying to hide/mask certain emotions (in addition to the smile) so i want the pupils to represent him becoming more open w/ its emotions as they recover
idk how common this headcanon is. but you talking about lamb and stuff kind of reminded me of it. ive always imagined the lamb acting silly goofy all the time as a coping mechanism
but internally they are Majorly Traumatized. like they'll act all friendly even towards the ex-bishops. but in their head they are reliving The Terrors every time they even glance at any of their faces. but they are very emotionally suppressed so no one knows
AGH Yeah that honestly makes a lot of sense,, and would help me blend the two versions of them that are existing in my head (silly goofy little freak vs. omen-cursed god weighed down by 1 million horrors)
I can easily imagine the more lighthearted attitude as a front. Especially one kept up around the regular members of their cult. Always got a smile on their face and seemingly unbothered by the constant agonies of both their life and those around them. A beacon of merciful hope who remains strong and undaunted, what a Wonderful leader.
one who can shoulder all our sins for us as well and still remain blissful <3
Meanwhile internally. It's just. Exactly two minutes from falling to pieces. Holding their composure through grit teeth while talking to the Ex-Bishops and Narinder. Keeping it as simmered down as possible lest they explode into a fury in front of their followers who otherwise feel so safe with them. Who view them as unshakable.
it'd be so very unbecoming of the newly-appointed God of Death, forced into this position against their will after their entire kind has been slaughtered, for them to snap at those that put them into this situation
so instead it's just. ^_^ I can't believe nothing is wrong ever and I'm so mentally healthy despite all the terrors :3 yaaaayyy *grips a glass so hard it shatters*