Bsd Ranpoe - Blog Posts

Another post

Another bsd singer au

So here you go

Ranpo Edogawa! A big fan of Poe's band! (I'm still working on the name（┬┬＿┬┬))

But who knows?

Maybe there's so much more happening behind the scenes with these two?

(Like mwah mwah and all that (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞)

Here are some Odango, Fukufuku and ranpoe comics/drawings I've made. I just love the "two gay dads" trope.

Translation for the first one:

Dazai: I'd like to introduce you to my parents

Ango: We are not your parents-

Oda: Hi

Atsushi: So you're our grandparents?

For Poe's birthday!

The cake being so big was on accident, but I guess I'll just say that Ranpo wanted it that way

Ranpo looks a little weird in general so ignore that

You can probably tell how rushed this was

Without color

The last old picture, from 4 months ago

Ranpoe <3

Ranpo's mouth looks weird, so please ignore that

Got the reference from Pinterest, I don't know who drew it

Me: Yea I like this ship but they're totally unique and I don't have a type.

Also my fave ships:

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Edogawa Ranpo/Edgar Allan Poe (Bungou Stray Dogs) Characters: Edogawa Ranpo (Bungou Stray Dogs), Edgar Allan Poe (Bungou Stray Dogs) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Angst, Angst and Tragedy, Edgar Allan Poe-centric (Bungou Stray Dogs) Summary:

basically poe mourns in a crazy way that is very much expected: recreating the deceased in his book :3

FIRST CHAPTER OF MY FIC IDEA LETS GOOOOOO i am still pretty new to posting on ao3 so pls bear with me and enjoy the first chapter :DD

i have a proposition for a bsd fic and i may or may not already be writing it

what if.. canon divergent au... ranpoe.... major character death... ranpo dies... poe mourns ranpo by creating a story where he lived instead.... traps himself in his book.... comes out 20 years later to see everyone else he knew either abandoned him or died too...

also i have no idea if this was done already, i came up with this idea while talking to a friend abt their experience with bsd so far, so if it sounds like i'm ripping off another fic i promise i'm not 😭😭

I depend emotionally on too many homosexual pairings and that's both the most beautiful and destructive trait of my personality.

Ada reunion but dazai is in the port mafia?

Here me out

Ranpo decided that it was time that the Ada had a "family" reunion. So he invited everyone that is or was in the ADA to the HQ that the ADA resides in

Kunnikida was in charge of the main course meal and Ranpo was in charge of the snacks, Yosano was in charge of the beverages

Everyone came

The only person who hasn't shown up yet was Dazai

Lucy and Poe were invited because Ranpo that it'd be funny

Ranpo was pacing whilst eating pocky waiting for Dazai he knew Dazai would come and be late but didn't really know how late and he hated it

Atsushi, (somehow) convinced Ranpo that Akutagawa could come and actually got there before Dazai himself, stood next to Kyouka and Akutagawa holding a glass of a champagne

Yosano held a glass of wine and graciously took sips

Ranpo held one of the pocky to his lips "where is Dazai?! What's taking him so long?!" Ranpo asked furiously

Atsushi looked at the detective with a confused look as Aku was trying to convince him why strawberry cake is better than plain ole vanilla "can't you ultra-deuce where he is? Isn't that you're known for?" Which stopped the pacing Ranpo "why didn't I think of that sooner?!"

The raccoon lover that Ranpo loves so much, Poe, held a book as he stood not very far from the pacing detective "because you were too busy stuffing your face with biscuits and pacing-" he says as Karl, who was peacefully on his shoulder, decided to pat Poe's head

Soon the door opened before Ranpo can fully deuce where Dazai's where abouts where the door opens revealing Dazai in attire that resembles Chuuya "sorry I'm late, I had to finish writing a report to the boss" he said as closed the door and putting a familiar fedora on his head

"Dazai whose hat is that?" Asked Kunnikida "I borrowed it from the slug" he said

They had gotten to the dinner portion and the reunion was inttrupted by the president with someone with familiar orange hair

Fukazawa called attention to the ADA and it's former member, Dazai, to ask a question

Fukazawa sighed "who here has a-" before Fukazawa could finish, Chuuya sprints towards Dazai. "Called it" was heard from Ranpo, Atsushi, and Akutagawa as Junichiro, Naomi, and Kyouka puts 40 dollars in the middle for each of the winners

Dazai took of the hat and put it above his head "if Chibi wants the hat Chibi has to-" and before Dazai could react Chuuya jumps and now had the hat

Yosano somehow convinced Ranpo to let Chuuya stay and somehow convince Chuuya to stay and Dazai had to drive Chuuya home

magnifying glass

valentines day yaaaaaay!!

doodles under cut

pow biiiiirttthhhdayyyy!!

bsd gnderbends:)

also expect a few posts with my old school sketches i brought my sketchbook home

bsd doodles on sketchpad because ibispaint isnt working again

tfw you see your rival but you get a bit too excited (the donut is completely irrelevant)

happy birthday ranpo!!!!!!!

(the giant gift in the back is poe's its filled with just a shit ton of candy)

poe hcs

germaphobic asf so he doesn't like big crowds

has a shit ton of expensive dresses in his closet which he wears in private and giggles about how pretty he looks

chronic overworker, passes out at his desk at least two times a week at 4am after trying to stay up to work on a novel

always has five voices in his head at once screaming constantly

dark chocolate liker

always has snacks stuffed in every pocket when he visits ranpo

puts karl in those silly costumes for cats and dogs

chews on his tongue when hes nervous without realising which sometimes leads to biting it so hard it bleeds

drowns himself in raccoon and cat plushes when hes rlly sad

eats lemons and dies everytime

REPOST OF MY POE ART THAT IBE REPOSTED EVERY YEAR ON POES BDAY FOR THE PAST 2 YEARSSS

I am aware that I have already posted this but it's a tradition so I had to again. sorry.

little(r) me really cooked with this one

anyway- year 3/? COMPLETE!! ☆

poe has always been my fave and always will be

hopefully he spends today with his dumb twink annoying ahh boyfriend (kidding I love ranpo) and HOPEFULLY ranpos fatass doesn't consume all the cake. (he def will) (Karl is silently judging them because he's HOMOPHOBIC 💔💥)

i hc that mushitaro made the cake because these gays can't cook for shit (hes not beating the allegations either but he's got better shit to do #girlboss) and he spends the whole day drinking heavily

hes happy to spend the day with the gang though. So is poe and ranpo AGHHH I LOVE THEM WAAAAA

anyway

happy bday poe!!

peace ✌

BSD FANS STAY

gang, I'm stuck. I DESPERATELY need bsd high school fic recommendations!!!!! before I get a million sukokou replies, it can involve that ship, but I'd like if it had other ships too, like ranpoe, fyolai, ranpoe, mushimizou (rare), ranpoe, atsulucy, ranpoe, mar..thorne..? (whatever Margaret x hawthorne is), ranpoe, etc. GUYS PLEASE ANSWER!

young ranpoe art!!

isn't ranpo just so silly

men have one homoerotic rivalry and make it everyones problem for the rest of their life

El crimen perfecto.

ranpoe arcade date ranpoe arcade date i love them so much you don't understand

Ranpo: There’s this cafe that’s been selling a special limited time cake. But every time I get there, it’s sold out.

Poe: Don’t worry Ranpo. I bought the cafe for you. Now you can have that cake on demand any time you want!

Ranpo:

Poe: I had a nightmare that I murdered you and stuffed your body under the floorboards. Then I began to descend into madness as I began hearing the sound of your heartbeat growing louder and louder with each second!

Ranpo: You idiot. Why would you stuff a body under the floorboards?

(Happy birthday Poe)

Ranpo: I’ve never told anyone this but, I love you!

Poe: All I did was share one of my pastries with you.

BSD and Shipping

Since Valentine's day was coming I was interested in discussing a huge part of the BSD fandom: Shipping

( ⚠️ RANT INCOMING. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE EASILY OFFENDED ABOUT OPINIONS ON SHIPPING. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL TOWARDS OTHER PEOPLE'S OPINIONS IN COMMENTS AND REBLOGS. ⚠️)

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So where to start?

For a long time I have been noticing one specific trend in the BSD subreddit. And that are posts that talk about unpopular opinions/Headcanons/fav or least fav ships etc.

What I find interesting about these posts is that one thing is always in the forefront, and it's the debates about the sexualities of the characters in BSD. While Headcanons can be annoying and some people do push their opinions on others, there is nuance that is lacking in the community when discussing some topics. Finding posts about Mori being a pedo and how Dazai is unlikable or overrated is very easy and the discussions surrounding topics like that are always the same. People would pick sides and end up writing a lot about what their opinion is and while that's valid, it also ends up in fandom wars where it's hard to like or dislike something without your head being in the chopping block.

Now let's go to the original topic: shipping. To examine the environment of shipping culture in BSD fandom we have to start with the headcanons that people have adopted for sexualities of the characters.

1. THE PROBLEM WITH HETRO-NORMATIVITY

Now, the posts about shipping often contain a lot of people writing paragraphs and paragraphs about what ships they like or dislike.

One of the ships that takes the most bullets for its existence and popularity is Soukoku or Shin Soukoku. There are lots of comments about these ships that "remind" us that canonically Dazai, Chuuya, Atsushi and Akutagawa are all straight. They should not be shipped with each other because they are straight.....

Dazai flirts with women and wants to commit a double suicide with a beautiful woman. Atsushi is very clearly set up to end up with Lucy. Akutagawa couldn't care less about romance as we see how dismissive he is with Higuchi. And Chuuya.......wears fashionable outfits and has a slutty waist, but we won't comment on that.

Dazai and Chuuya have a lot of queer subtext that anyone can see. Akutagawa and Atsushi are pointed out to complete each other and complement each other several times. These ships don't exist out of thin air.

Now there is nothing WRONG with anyone having the headcanon of any of these (or any other) characters to be straight, after all we are not given enough information about their sexualities. But by stating "Dazai is straight, he likes women" or "this ship doesn't make sense because they are not gay" not only does it imply that characters can't have other preferences but also that being straight is the default, which it isn't.

This is coming from a straight woman from a very conservative country where we don't have exposure to queer media. It took me a long time to stop being so heteronormative. I think assuming someone is straight until they prove to you or tell you directly is just as bad and as assuming someone is gay. I think we have come far along as a community to understand that it shouldn't be our first instinct to assume everything is heterosexual until we get some sort of proof or stamp of approval from its creator.

Asagiri isn't going to stand up in a stage in front of the world and say "yeah Dazai and Chuuya have gay feelings for eachother" because the manga is from Japan. If there were explicit queer characters then BSD would no longer get the label of being universal because of certain censorship laws. Even if it's getting more acceptable in Japan to show queer characters in manga and anime, BSD isn't a romance or slice of life story. It's a seinen, not a BL/GL. Besides, Asagiri shows little to no interest in romantic relationships in his story.

So by saying "______ character is straight because we don't have any other information proving otherwise " isn't a valid excuse to tell shippers not to ship certain characters, it's making it seem like heterosexuality is the default state of being.

That also doesn't mean you can say "Dazai is gay, don't ship him with women" because that's the same thing. If you think Dazai is gay/bi/pan/etc. then that's your opinion, pushing that on others only worsens the rep of skk shippers especially.

You have the right to like or dislike certain ships or have your own Headcanons. This is why even feminising certain characters also isn't as problematic as people call it. It's just a different take on a character (but that time people were correcting those who called Sigma a "he" instead of "they" was genuinely wrong). Headcanons of some random online stranger doesn't make anything canon. So if you find yourself around annoying people like that, just leave the conversation.

2. WHY SUBTEXT MATTERS

Subtext is really important when discussing media; in case of BSD whether it is the anime, manga, anthologies or LNs. BSD is not new to subtext, even from the start of the story there is a lot of queer subtext that people can figure out easily.

When we are introduced to Dazai and Chuuya's partnership in the first season, it's clear as day to see the dynamic and its underlying tension. We can see how close those two are that their relationship can't be explained just as simple partners turned enemies. Time and time again we get so much queer subtext between Skk's interactions. The entire 15 arc and well as Stormbringer shows us the bond and trust between the two as well as the intense amount of gay scenes. At this point I am sure Hoshikawa is a hardcore skk shipper. All of their official art is also gay (that could be queerbating though). Asagiri must know what the public thinks about Skk and still writes subtext about them. It makes sense why this would be a popular ship; it's not made out of thin air with no context (*ahem* Kousano *ahem*) but has actual roots and the proof to back it up too.

SSKK is a similar story, it's not my favourite but it has been growing on me ever since S5. Similar to skk, we get a lot of subtext and homoerotic moments between Aku and Atsushi. They are yin and yang. They are enemies that sought to kill eachother but still team up to fight together. Atsushi is literally the centre of Akutagawa's life since the beginning. Atsushi and Akutagawa grow together as characters and as different as they appear are similarly looking for one thing: validation and acceptance. Their relationship is so compelling in so many levels that it too makes sense why their ship is as popular as it is (especially regarding recent events in the story)

Ranpoe.....let's be real, those two got married a long time ago. They are the definition of "be gay, solve crimes". They are undeniably a cute ship regardless of whether it's one sided or not. Fyolai as well makes complete sense with the context behind Fyodor and Nikolai's relationship, while I also consider it quite one-sided as it's mostly Nikolai that is fascinated by Fyodor (and wants to kiss kill him) Fukumori isn't my cup of tea but it too has enough subtext to back it up, same with FukuFuku.

While I would love to talk about other ships, I wanted to show the reasoning behind the most popular pairings.

Personally, as a multishipper, it's very fun for me to have so many characters to examine and spend time obsessing over.

Now, there are straight ships that I like too as well as ships I don't ship for myself.

The reason I don't like Yosano and Ranpo together is because I see them in the same position as Kyouka and Atsushi. The scene of Ranpo recruiting Yosano (who worked with Mori) into the ADA parallels Atsushi saving Kyouka (who also worked with Mori). I consider them siblings and like how they are platonic instead of it being the typical "a boy and girl can't be besties". Another ship I love and cherish is AtsuLucy because it's so adorable, Lucy is my fav Guild member and her and Atsushi are "Girlboss and Malewife". I ship Tachihara with Gin, Higuchi and Gin as well as Kunikida with Yosano (surprisingly I don't find the appeal of Kunizai; though I still like that ship from time to time, just don't ship it actively). I prefer not to ship Sigma with anyone (he is still a baby to me)

So it's not that BSD doesn't have straight ships, when you make a majority male cast and have them be rivals or enemies, obviously people will ship m/m more. Especially if there is more subtext and tension behind the male characters and they have little to no interactions with women.

And I might get some heat for saying this:

It is okay for most of the BSD characters to be considered queer because if comp het is so normal in anime/manga then why can't the opposite be the case? We already have enough series with little to no representation, so why can't we have a bunch of queer characters?

3. TOXIC SHIPPERS AND THE FALL OF FANDOM CULTURE

I have been raving for the past two sections and defending the shipping community. But it isn't a conversation with nuance if I don't address the problem of a small group of people that take shipping too seriously. The reason why fandom itself gets a bad rep is because of shipping more often than not. I will admit, it's not all sunshine and rainbows when people argue about their fav ships. And a lot of the aforementioned ships are to a point, toxic. Yes, some shippers are annoying and ruin everyone else's fun. There are ships that don't make sense at all.

But that doesn't mean that a small part of people should represent others who are just having harmless fun and don't even believe their ships to ever become canon. Let's be real it's highly unlikely we will have any couples by the end of the show (the closest could be AtsuLucy). Sometimes people are too intense about ships and that goes for both antis and pros. Both of the extreme are toxic. And instead of shoving down our opinions down other people's throats, we should be celebrating the very story that brought us together in the first place.

Yeah it can be hard for those who don't like shipping at all to enjoy the story and have discussions. But we have to remember the roots of fandom culture start with shipping. It's always been the case and it's always been the most popular way to discuss one's favourite fictional work. From Sherlock to Genshin to boy bands to streamers, everything has been shipped and will always be. There is a reason why AO3 works so well.

4. SO WHAT?

The ships are what brought me to BSD in the first place. I wanted to explore the world of BSD because of its characters and their dynamics. And a lot of other people have gotten into this fandom for the exact same reason. While there are unflattering moments in our fandom, that doesn't mean it's not a place for people to come together and have some fun. Whether you ship or not. Whether you like fanfictions or not. We have to accept that there are a lot of pros to shipping too. It brings our ideas together, makes us feel giddy inside or tears our heart apart, it produces beautiful fanarts and fanfictions, it makes us analyse characters, it makes us look deeper into the story....and it makes us wait for what's next to come.

And I want nothing more than to be able to enjoy shipping without the guilt that comes with it.

Shipping isn't free from its flaws, but it is not defined only by its flaws. It might not be for everyone, but it is someone's everything. So even if you don't like it in particular, let's not spoil other people's fun. One's trash is another's treasure.

~Peace out 🕊️✌️

Some quotes are changed to fit the number of words for the poll!

I don't remember more lines although there's no lack of gay quotes in this show (feel free to share your favourites)

Not Skk and sskk having TWO confession scenes.

Dazai, you make fun of Akutagawa but at least his confessions aren't getting rejected like yours.

"What's the worst can he do?"

"He shoots me"

"that's better than a verbal rejection"

This is gonna be controversial 😅....... anyways~~~

I don't really like to use the word "queer". But for the purposes of the poll that would be used (I am not meaning to be offensive!)

I was really curious as to what people think about this since almost half of the posts I see are about the gay stuff in BSD (most of which are really good posts). The shipping is also mostly leaning towards m/m and w/w (and I am a multi-shippers)

So I wondered what the actual fuck is going on? What do you people think about it? I am not long enough here to form an opinion so I wouldn't state mine.

What is it that makes bsd so.......gay?

(I know about Rimlaine being an actual couple. Nikolai and Ranpo I heard are also gay. I know irl Dazai had a crush on a boy and other BSD authors having questionable sexualities. But this poll is ONLY about BSD anime, manga etc. And not concerning the real life authors)

(Also Q is referred to as they/them and are non-binary with no one knowing their gender. I am pretty sure Higuchi says something about that in Wan)

The One Novel Ranpo Can't Solve - (Edgar Allan Poe x Edogawa Ranpo /One Shot/)

Tags: Ranpo Edogawa/Edgar Allan Poe, Ranpo Edogawa, Edgar Allan Poe, Tooth Rotting Fluff, Fluff, Getting Together, Love Confessions, Bad Poetry, Pining, Kissing, First Kiss, Friends to Lovers, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, First I love You’s, Mentions of Murder, Mentions of Suicide, Not Graphic!! Just in Poe's writing!

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‘The heart once so full of love and equity dishevelled in his chest as he felt the blood reach his feet…“Jane” he muttered under his breath. Not that there was such a thing left in his lungs. “Jane” he repeated as his eyes filled with sorrow, his face was wet with agony. “Lo’ 

A hand took Poe’s from the keyboard of his typewriter. Without turning around he knew who it was. The sticky -probably from hard sweets- fingers that grabbed his wrist, they looked so small compared to his that were long and boney.

“Good evening, Dear Ranpo” he felt Karl jump off his shoulders as a different body rested on them. Ranpo’s arms wrapped around his neck, his head leaning off to the side just enough to be able to see each other.

“So~ How’s the new novel going~?” Ranpo coos, unable to stop the excitement of getting a new novel to sit through. The last one took him totally by surprise as he’d actually had three guesses for the ending and not even one was correct! He couldn’t believe how good Poe’s writing has gotten.

“Oh this is actually a personal story, it’s a gothic romance where the lead; Jacob, gets married to his girlfriend of a year not realising she still has some secrets he’s never been told.” he stops talking about the story when he sees Ranpo smiling at him almost mockingly because of how lovingly he speaks of his work. 

“You’re right, it’s not at all my thing but can I read the first page? Since I’m guessing you haven’t finished” Poe nods, looking through his well organised filing cabinet. He takes the page out and hands it to Ranpo with a softly-embarrassed smile.

He waits patiently for Ranpo to read through it though it only takes the first few lines for him to burst into laughter. Was his writing that bad? Surely not, his gothic romance novels that he published under a pen name did much better than any other works, though still all of them were very popular especially back in the US.

“So- this gorgeous girl named Jane has, hair the ‘black of a raven's feather, tapering at her nape’ with ‘Lunar green eyes, with a fade of olivine reflected by the light when not hidden behind her thick glasses.’ She’s also around 5’5’’ and has a beautiful smile?” He starts laughing more, he can’t believe this is what Poe imagines when he writes this story. He sees Poe’s face turn red, or at least the part of his face that isn’t covered by his hair.

“So- your mysterious lovely girlfriend in this book is just- me?” he asks teasingly, placing the page on Poe’s desk. 

“I hadn’t realised…” he mumbled, it was an obvious lie, and Ranpo well but knew this. Soon Ranpo’s hands wrapped around Poe again, hugging him. He continued to softly giggle as he looked up at Poe’s embarrassed face.

“So you know the specific hues of my eyes?” He asks, opening his eyes fully to tease Poe even more.

Poe brings a hand to Ranpo’s cheek, running a thumb under his eye. They were as beautiful as always, even in his candle lit office, they glimmered so beautifully. He didn’t realise how long he was looking until Ranpo placed his hand on top of Poe’s, his pretty eyes looking away as a soft blush grew to his usually uncoloured cheeks.

Poe quickly withdrew his hand, turning back to his desk and taking the unfinished page from his typewriter and the page he gave to Ranpo, taking them back to their correct places. He follows by starting to cap all the inks he has open and cleaning up his desk.

Ranpo felt sad as soon as Poe started walking around and ignoring him. It wasn’t normal, even if he was flustered. They’d always been close! Physically and emotionally, and just..this? This one small thing made him so disheartened. He grabbed Poe’s wrist, making sure he didn't walk away. 

“Ed. Why’re you so quiet, what’s wrong?” Ranpo asks with a serious tone, it’s so unusual to hear him so serious that Poe actually turns around, concerned. 

“I…” He starts voice quivering. He sits down on the chair, unable to look at Ranpo even through his fringe.

‘ “ I’m sorry I had to do it, Diana Ranpo, I couldn’t hold back the way my heart jabbed the thorns deeper at your sight. It had made me insane, your every second shared with me could not change anything within me. The knife I hold to my brain shall pierce all my mistakes, even when you forgive me” ’

The latest book he’d written, the mystery novel Ranpo couldn’t solve, it was insane that the murderer was the one man that had seemed perfect! He was the one that murdered the parents of his wife, he had to though! And he couldn’t believe that the wife wouldn’t believe him or forgive him and he killed himself as well because he loved her and couldn’t forgive himself for her heartbreak? How could she be so selfish if she loved him! 

Then it clicked he said the line with his name because he…

“Edgar…” he mumbled softly. The reason he couldn’t solve it was because it had been love as the drive. Not logic behind the kills but love, and the morals weren’t sound either.

He grabbed one of the quills off Poe’s desk, bringing it to his head. 

‘ The knife quill rested just above his ear, tracing it down to his temple as it slowly started to press into his skin. He cries out in pain as a hand reaches for it…A pair of lips rest on his as the view blacks out with a headache. ’ 

The ink flows down to his jaw, eyes widening as the taste of artificial strawberry linger on his lips. The pens’ discarded on the desk as he hears the soft clack of it being placed down.

“You…Poe…I love you too” Ranpo says through jittery stutters. 

Poe places his hands on Ranpo’s shoulders as he stands up. He shoves Ranpo forward into himself, wrapping his arms around his waist as he stares off into the distance. Karl looks at Poe with what seems like a happy smile and as he pulls away from the hug to look back at Ranpo, he feels a hand move his fringe to look better at his face.

“Are you…crying?” Ranpo says with a chuckle, wiping the tears Poe didn’t realise had started.

“You feel the same?” he asks in a barely audible whisper, his voice losing itself in disbelief and relief. Ranpo nodded, he knew he’d have to give Poe a second, but he stood there until the boy was finished crying and finally being able to speak properly.

“So. How about a date at the café we were meant to go to?” Poe nods excitedly followed by a chorus of ‘Yes’ and ‘Of Course’. 

“I do have to go now though since it’s getting late, so, see ya tomorrow, Ed!” He waves as he walks out of the office, and the front door, putting the spare key back under his doormat before shutting the door.