I think it’s a matter of taking the wrong things way too seriously honestly.
I think the fandom should take BSD more seriously and a lot less seriously at the same time.
I SWEAR TO HELL, SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT FYODOR’S DEAL IS RIGHT NOW. I AM ON MY KNEES. WHY IS HE LIKE THIS.
Do you ever think about how the event that led people to start calling Dazai and Chuuya Soukoku was an act of grief?
Their partnership started at 15, but the mafia immortalized it after the Dragon's Head Conflict by dubbing them Soukoku.
The most fearsome duo in all of Yokohama.
Soukoku, a name meant to remind everyone, enemies and allies alike of the destructive force of they're capable of. Of the mafia's victory during the Dragon's Head Conflict.
Of the same night, the very moment, Chuuya learned he lost his friends again.
Chuuya wasn't there to bring the mafia victory or destroy buildings, he was there to save his friends. That's all he wanted, to get the people he cared about home, safe.
Instead he had more people ripped from him. He activated corruption in a state of grief and it's so different from the corruption we see in the main manga.
Chuuya's rage feels cold and calculated when he's fighting Lovecraft and then afterwards, he starts laughing manically. Dead Apple Chuuya's corruption feels so raw and pained.
Especially when we see Dazai nullify it.
He never stopped screaming, when the marks are gone and corruption's nullified, he's still screaming. You can't tell me that's not a tear in the second panel, it's shaped and shaded differently to the debris.
Chuuya told Dazai not to stop him and we assume he meant not to stop him using corruption, but what if he meant "Don't stop me, at all." What if he was so overcome with grief that, in that moment, he was okay with corruption burning through him completely. What if he didn't mean that but it's what Dazai heard? And that's why he's so gentle with Chuuya afterwards, because for a second, Chuuya sounded too much like himself.
Do you think there was a time where Chuuya couldn't stand the name Soukoku, not because it associated him with Dazai but because it immortalized the night he failed to save his friends again?
Do you think Dazai watched Chuuya just that little more closely afterwards, afraid to hear something like "Don't stop me." again?
Does hearing the name Soukoku sometimes bring back awful memories for them when other people say it with awe?
Hey, you are not an embarrassment for not knowing how to do certain household chores/basic self-care. They do not come naturally to us. A lot of it takes practice! Maybe you had a neglectful guardian. Maybe you had one that was very coddling and never thought to teach you. Maybe you haven't lived in a place where these things were available to you or needed. Doesn't matter. It's okay to not know and far more common than you might realise.
That said, this website provides very simple instructions on how to do everyday tasks such as making your bed, using a washing machine, cooking different foods, washing dishes, taking a shower, etc. All you have to do is use the search bar to find the task you're struggling with, and it'll come up with what you need + other related how-to's:)
If you're having trouble navigating it, let me provide you with some examples:
How to clean dishes by hand
How to make your bed (with visual demonstrations of each step!)
How to fold clothes (with visual demonstrations of each step!)
How to take a shower & dry yourself off (also provides ways to shave beards, armpits, legs and genitals)
How to shave legs, armpits, beards, pubic areas, etc. (a more in-depth guide)
How to mop the floor
How to sweep the floor
How to swallow pills
How to make small talk
How to make eye contact in different situations (or how to avoid it while still looking natural)
It's also perfectly okay if these don't help or aren't appealing to you. Unfortunately, nothing helps everyone.
All hail.
Donald Trump’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is destroyed by man carrying a pickaxe in a guitar case.
I like to think Kunikida is aroace or at the very least on that spectrum.
This is the hill I will passively sit on as I watch everyone else fight to their deaths.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL
“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”
whys combat and military gear always got to look so fucking cool when the people wearing them just objectively arent. thats unfair
The ADA’s driving situation is so funny to me when I think about it, like-
Dazai is such a bad driver him even being near the car greatly increases your chances of crashing.
Atushi can’t drive for shit because he was stuck in the orphanage until he was 18.
Ranpo doesn’t even know how to ride a damn train and is so bad at navigating I can’t tell if he’s bullshitting or not.
Kenji probably didn’t even know what a car was until he joined the Agency.
Kunikida can maybe drive but he’s probably going way too fast at any given time regardless of the situation.
I don’t even want to think about what would happen if you put one of the Tanizaki siblings behind the wheel, especially if they were both in the car at the same time.
Have you ever seen Fukuzawa in the same room as a car?
And Yosano is yet to be determined.
So that leaves Kyouka. The 14 year old child as the Agency’s main driver when something comes up. And even she’s kinda reckless.
ASAGIRI. TELL US HOW JOUNO BECAME BLIND AND MY LIFE IS YOURS.
they/them (I am a minor!!) Welcome to my personal blog where I mostly yap about BSD right now… I also like writing, world building, and media analysis tho!
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