‘From A Swamp, Evil, Viscous,’ Osip Mandelstam (translated By A. S. Kline)

They should invent a room where I have to write a certain amount of words every day (on my fanfics, book I’m working on, poems, etc) and I’m not allowed out of the room until I’ve done that certain amount each day.

Also I get paid a livable wage for it.

Also I have a person there to give me feedback anytime I ask.

Also I have a person there to correct all my typos.

Dazai Osamu and the Dark Era - Light Novel vs Anime Discrepancies

As enjoyable as the anime adaptation may be, I urge everyone to read the light novel itself!! The anime glossed over many, many important scenes which are plenty enjoyable, but one thing I feel the novel captures a lot better are Oda’s thoughts, which definitely help you understand his (slightly odd) way of thinking. Here’s just a few of the many scenes you’d have missed out on if you only watch the anime:

Prologue + Chapter 1

How Dazai injured himself on tofu.

Dazai’s cooking and his miraculous soups.

Oda’s extremely detailed breakfast routine.

Dazai’s interaction with Hirotsu.

Dazai making an order for coffee and his highly sweet tooth.

The shooter was around three meters away from Dazai, compared to the anime which was near point blank (even I could have shot Dazai at that distance without training, please.) Also, Odasaku’s thoughts about Dazai’s expression. In comparison, he’s a lot more vocal about asking Dazai to stop talking after having his hand forced.

Chapter 2

The fight with the kids.

Odasaku’s vacuum cleaner passage about Dazai. Well worth the read.

Ango commenting that Dazai and Oda stink of rotten tsukudani.

Chapter 3

At one point, Akutagawa had Gide tied up. Also, he punched him.

Oda and Gide’s first meeting, in which Oda describes Gide as handsome.

Gide has grey eyes.

Dazai proposes to arrange Gide and Odasaku’s wedding.

Odasaku’s inner thoughts when the Buraiha trio break up are also well worth a read.

Chapter 4

The chase scene when Odasaku goes for the orphans. This was moved to episode 15, but keeping this would have been more dramatic imo.

The utter resignation in Odasaku’s thoughts are much, much grimmer in the novel. Also, Odasaku picks up smoking again.

His fight with the Mimic soldiers was cut short. Just a little, though.

Odasaku smiles when he fights Gide.

Their pose is described as miraculous.

The singularity of abilities is better explained in the novel.

Odasaku’s past is slightly less glossed over/implied.

Gide tells Odasaku to say hello to the children for him.

The cigarettes. Also, Odasaku’s last words were about his true love, curry rice.

Epilogue

Only one scene was animated. Everything else is pretty important imo.

ME NEXT ME NEXT ME NEXT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gonna start referring to all my past traumatic experiences as "lore"

yeah i couldn’t be trusted with a penis id get hard from the way the sun shines through the leaves and everyone would hate me

hihi, i saw prev anon sharing fics, may i as well? （*＾-＾*）i mostly bookmarks fics with pretty prose so most of these are just beautiful words that make you Feel

itafushi first love, late spring (please drop everything and read this now it is my heart. my soul) here and where you are (amnesia au. it's dripping tears) the bull and the china shop (very cute!! pining omg) if i could swallow the sun (very beautiful prose) in the eaves of a home we will never own (this made me cry with no dialogue and less than 2k words) there will be time (fuck t. s. eliot, the essay) (Lots Of Pining)

satosugu aperture (very underrated) His One and Only (what if geto gets his body back?) maneater (10k of heart tugging prose) DERIVATIVES (breathtaking second person prose) i bet you kiss your knuckles right before they touch my cheek (pure PAIN)

gen/multiple moth light (gen sss trio) something tangible (itfs, stsg, nbmk and others, jjk uni coffee shop au!! ongoing and very fun to read) were love a blessing for us (gen, itadori and nanami's relationship he's his dad aghhh) subliminal (getou pov where he's aware that his body isn't his)

Thank you! Another recs for anyone who need this!

i loooooove giving my ocs perpetrator trauma. you hurt people, used and abused and destroyed them, and you will never wash out that stain. you will grow resentful of forgiveness because you refuse to forgive yourself. they don't know what you did like you do. you wear that knowledge like armor, like a sick badge of shameful pride. you can't cut off the hand that struck out and throw it away. you can't pull out your teeth and become something kinder, something more vulnerable.