I Have Such A Strong Appreciation For Siffrin And Odile That I Don't Even Know How To Begin To Express

Fun (not really) Fact: Atsushi being kicked is made WORSE by the fact that he was still a minor by Japanese law. Up until 2022, the legal age of adulthood in Japan was 20, not 18. From what I know, the first chapter or bsd was written in around 2012. MEANING Atsushi wouldn't have aged out for another 2 years AND that the Headmaster really did set him up for death or at the very least an equally shitty situation. Giving him nothing about the real world, the whole bounty situation that you can't tell me that the headmaster didn't know about, AND making it so that if not for the ADA finding him, Atsushi probably would've been sent to the police to head back to another orphanage or foster home that would probably abuse him too because of the tiger when he was found IF he hadn't starved to death by then.

Ok this is kinda random but please tell me I'm not the only one who thinks black sheep from Scott pilgrim fits skk so well

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What if Atsushi knows sign language?? Like in the orphanage the kids would use it to communicate sometimes without the staff knowing, so even if Atsushi wasn't involved he gradually learned sign language to find out where to sneak food, good hiding spots if something happens, and how to get away easily if you do something. He knows how to sign fast too cause the kids would cut deals with Atsushi that if he used the fact that he was much scrawnier than the other kids to do something, then they would split something, mostly food though. So he can sign fast, fluently, and easily understand it even if it's rushed or unclear to most.

some warmth for atsushi because he has suffered enough

Concept: Dazai joining the Agency and still figuring out what it means to live in the light. He doesn’t know a lot about the Agency and only has the Port Mafia’s perception of it to go off of.

Which isn’t exactly accurate.

And so Dazai tries to do things as lawfully as he can. Because they’re detectives. They work with the law enforcement so they must be law abiding people.

Much like when he first met Chuuya, Dazai only sees the surface level of what the Agency are. But not what’s beneath it until he’s partnered up with Doppo “my ideals do not vibe with the law” Kunikida.

A man who embodies what the Agency is and strives to be. He cares so deeply for order but he only follows the rules he believes are worth following.

And Dazai is fascinated by him. By what he’ll follow and what he’ll break. That at the core of it all it’s about saving people. If a rule gets in the way of that then it should be broken.

The Port Mafia were wrong about the Agency and Dazai was too. He sees why he was recommended this place to begin with.

Also I just find the idea of Dazai in the beginning trying to be the rule abiding one and Kunikida looking at him like he’s mad like “what are you a cop?” Personally hilarious.

And just Kunikida teaching Dazai to break the rules to do what’s right.

That it’s not about money or status. It’s about protecting people who can’t protect themselves. It’s about standing when the whole world wants you to back down. It’s about reaching a hand out to the lost and giving them a place to belong.

This is not the path for the faint of heart. This is not easy and you will go home questioning if anything you did ever mattered. You will lose, you will fall and you will get back up and do it again tomorrow.

If you can’t do that then you should just quit while you’re ahead. And years later Dazai is still at Kunikida’s side as they head to another case.

Because he learned. Because he rose to the challenge and made it his own. He took it all in stride and went forward. People may say otherwise but Dazai knows without a shadow of a doubt that it’s this is where he belongs.

As part of the side that saves lives.

As part the bad guys enemies.

As part of the Armed Detective Agency.

I feel like there's untapped skk angst. Like dazai purposefully caused the rift between the Sheep and by proxy the betrayal. Like I need those two getting into an actual fucking argument as those old wounds reopen before they say they love each other.

I mean they'll still wanna punch eachother during their relationship BUT with slightly less genuine hate towards each other.

Whole-heartedly BEGGING writers to unlearn everything schools taught you about how long a paragraph is. If theres a new subject, INCLUDING ACTIONS, theres a new paragraph. A paragraph can be a single word too btw stop making things unreadable

Yes yes yes if you can comment please do!! I'm still working over my shyness over commenting myself but it's so nice to write a comment to tell the author how much you loved it. As an author myself, I am also giggling like a school girl when I get one

I want everyone to know that this is me every time someone drops a comment on something I've written:

My poor phone is begging for death. It's sending the same notif 3 times and forgetting others.

Unfortunately for it, this is my coping mechanism. Suck it up phone and look at my yaoi with me