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on the latest episode of kewl contemplates bsd yokohama's politics: there is also another factor to consider when licensing is concerned and that is government patronage. we know the port mafia is an extremely powerful underground organisation and the state might be in need of it's services one day. withholding a license that is coveted by it's leader could be seen as a potential bargaining chip the government could use if they ever require mori's assistance in the future.
some insight into ability users and state issued business licenses in the bsd universe: ability users are sought out by governments in the bsd universe for the purposes of weaponisation. we already know characters such as ango, h.g. wells and chuuya (arahabaki) all had some connection to their respective governments as a result of their power.
their instrumnetality becomes interesting to note, however, when the existence of ability related business licences (which can only be issued by the state) are taken into account. if the government wishes to have ability users work for them and them alone, what better way to do this than to disincentivise the creation of alternatives with regards to their employment? this little tidbit of political insight explains a number of aspects within the bsd universe namely:
why ability related business licenses are so difficult to acquire
why there seems to be a disproportionately large number of ability users who turn to a life of crime (the places where they can attain a sense of belonging such as the ada are strictly limited thanks to the licence system)
why dazai was so quick to recommend atsushi as a potential armed detective (he did not wish for another ability user to be affiliated with the state or end up with a criminal record)
why the ada prefers to operate in secrecy to the point where average citizens of yokohama consider their very existence to be mythical (partly to prevent the government from taking an interest in their ability users and partly to prevent other actors from taking an interest in their license)
why the port mafia so much as wished or even attempted to receive a license in dazai and the dark era after committing countless atrocities, on the other hand, will always remain a mystery. at the same time, if they were to succeed in this endeavour, it would solve a lot of the state’s problems with regards to ability related crime oddly enough. the only way the government would understand that though is if they starting seeing ability users as people rather than weapons to be exploited for the sake of securing their authority.
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“you were afraid, weren’t you? That I might someday aspire to take your position, and put a knife to your throat. just as you did to your predecessor”
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every fyodor ssr card ranked
6. wizard 0310
looks like he is mining bitcoin in his gamer chair
not a dual but triple monitor setup and not a single light up keyboard in sight.
gay rat natural habitat.
5. bundled up 0554
this is actually a very good card.
snowman is hard to take seriously but we can pretend nikolai made it to brighten his fedya’s day.
the only crime this card committed is having other fyodors look even more spectacular.
4. new year 0223
best colour scheme.
excellent gold butterfly motif, especially with the earring.
he will never be yosano but he gets points for trying.
3. dead apple 0119
embodies his ability, crime in one hand and punishment in the other.
card with the best fyodor outfit in bsd canon.
closely tied with previous card but gets third place for nailing dead apple fyo’s cold and scheming aura.
2. costume party 0345
mysterious pose. atmospheric background.
outfit is too cool for fyodor but he pulls it off.
his vampirism becomes funnier if he really is anemic.
1. chinatown 0461
absolute masterpiece.
not just the best fyodor card but the best card in the entire game.
white clothes to match lotus petals.
erhu analogous to cello while fur collar is analogous to canon collar.
hair braided for maximum class and elegance.
ethereal garden spirit ambience.
frame this image if you haven’t already.
#bungou stray dogs#bsd#bungou stray dogs mayoi#bsd mayoi#bsd fyodor#sike i actually love all these cards#kewl.txt
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by harukawa sango
#the yumeno elise kyouka squad hell yeah#harukawa draws them the best#bsd dazai#bsd atsushi#bsd elise#bsd q#bsd kyouka
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yes! there’s actually two very plausible interpretations of dazai’s character both of which have plenty of textual evidence to support them. the first one which you have outlined where dazai is seen as a tragic figure of sorts. we have witnessed odasaku give parts of himself to others in an attempt to make their lives beautiful and complete without opening himself up to them or truly being vulnerable in their presence. since oda was the one whom dazai modelled his moral compass after leaving the mafia, he could be seen to adopt the same pattern with characters such as atsushi. in this way, he truly is doomed to a life of self-isolation and constant feelings of inadequacy because to some extent, the darkness can never meaningfully be escaped.
alternatively, and this is the interpretation i tend to adopt quite transparently as much as i enjoy both of them, there is a hopeful reading of his character too. one that i believe fits into the broader theme of redemption present throughout bsd quite comfortably. as you stated really well, dazai is afraid of trusting the world (to be kind) and himself (to be human). however, he has witnessed kindness in the world through odasaku and expressed vulnerability in the presence of odasaku, the only human being who truly understood him. in other words, he knows the world has the potential to be kind and he knows he himself has the capacity to display humanity and be treated as a human being.
oda played an impactful yet devastatingly short-lived role in dazai’s life. it’s only natural for dazai to stumble upon entering the world of the light that was introduced to him after oda’s death. it’s only natural for him to model himself based on the only source of kindness the world had granted him. it’s also only natural for doubt to overshadow his belief in oda’s words, to repeat them without acknowledging that they hold true for himself. this is why the connection you pointed out between dazai and fyodor becomes especially important. when dazai is showing fyodor the truth of oda’s words, that human beings (those who are disqualified such as himself included) are deserving of light, he is also reinforcing their truth to himself by extension. he is also convincing himself there is still a place for people like him on the side that protects people rather than pains them.
put differently, when dazai is sharing the last gift he received from oda, the message that everybody has a place in the world of the light regardless of their sinful past, he is doing so not just to save the world or ability users or even fyodor but also in the hope that he can save himself.
unironically it is all just whatever it’s time to go back to psychoanalyzing bsd characters and tearing apart bsd’s thematic messages again. anyway does it make anybody else feel crazy that so many of bsd’s character parallels revolve around living in the “real world” versus just living in one’s head and trying to influence the real world from there. Remember when dazai said “we are all just stray dogs trying to find our own place in the world” to atsushi and then proceeded for the next 50 chapters to absolutely refuse to accept the fact that he’s human and has a place in the world next to his friends because he’s afraid of both trusting the world (to be kind) and himself (to be human) and even though he’s trying to teach this exact same message to fyodor he can’t accept that humanity for himself which is why he’s doomed to self-isolation and a feeling of constant inadequacy. Remember that dazai’s ability is called “no longer human” because he doesn’t trust anybody else to understand him and his actions and so he only gives parts of himself to others when he tries to make their lives more “beautiful” but a complete, total understanding and willingness to trust in whoever it is that understands him is what can restore his own sense of humanity
#vince your galaxy brain is showing!#all your bsd meta's are galaxy brained especially the fedya and ranpo ones#i think there's also a case to be made for a dazai who is trying very hard to be a different person from the one who left the mafia#he has so much to show for it#im proud of him#i hope i can say the same for fyodor one day#bsd dazai#bungou stray dogs#bsd fyodor#bsd odasaku#kewl.txt
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You’re Oda Sakunosuke. A member of the mafia who never kills, you have no interest in moving up, and you take care of orphans. You sure are strange. You’re the strangest person in the Port Mafia.
Not as strange as you.
#i remember dazai using oda's full name for the first time during this exchange#it was nice to hear#bsd dazai#bsd oda
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chuuya hanging dazai upside down from a lamp post and unravelling a string tied around him multiple times till he gets dizzy is the funniest method of torture i have ever read in my life. it also opens up so many questions.
what do the other 190 torture methods chuuya threatened him with entail? how many has he had a chance to punish dazai with when he’s used as a tool within an elaborate plan? has dazai always played along despite saying he hates pain? has chuuya ever dared him to do something embarrassing as a method of torture? do they know how goddamn funny they both are?
#storm bringer#storm bringer spoilers#bungou stray dogs#bsd#double black#bsd dazai#bsd chuuya#kewl.txt
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Bungou Stray Dogs Dictionary:
Buraiha
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it’s entirely possible that dazai takes solace in chuuya’s humanity. in spite of his origin, his inhuman strength and his godhood, chuuya always remains incontestably mortal in dazai’s eyes. if he can carry the added weight of personhood without the threat of disqualification, perhaps even with confidence and ease, then that may lead dazai to believes there is some hope left for his own status as human too.
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He is just a puppet.
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i always thought fyodor and hawthorne would get along well because of their obsession with the concept of sin but then fyodor just had to go ahead and brainwash the poor priest. typical.
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Do you really think there’s any value in the act of living?
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fyodor is either going to receive some character development or be contrasted with dazai by the end of bungou stray dog’s story line. arguably, this has been done so already. in order to understand exactly how, the best source is none other than the brothers karamazov wherein dostoyevsky’s namesake writes “brothers, have no fear of men's sin. love a man even in his sin, for that is the semblance of divine love and is the highest love on earth.” and “at some thoughts one stands perplexed, especially at the sight of men's sin, and wonders whether one should use force or humble love. always decide to use humble love. if you resolve on that once for all, you may subdue the whole world.”
for fyodor, ability users are the very embodiment of the sin he seeks to purge. what he is doing by meeting them with force rather than love or a radical form of acceptance is far from what the author he was based off of suggests he should do. either this means fyodor will come to realise he is at fault and redeem himself which is in line with bsd’s overarching themes about overcoming one’s dark past and atoning for one’s mistakes, or his failure will serve a lesson for the reader.
fyodor worldview can also be contrasted against dazai’s who has come to terms with the bad that he, and by extension the people like him, are capable of committing. this couldn’t be better expressed than with dazai’s own words. after taking a bullet to his chest he says “certainly people are sinfully stupid but what is so wrong about that?” which is a line that cuts to the core of fyodor’s conflict with the world at large. his answer to this question, should he choose to grapple with it at all, is what will ultimately determine his fate.
#bungou stray dogs#bsd#bsd fyodor#bsd meta#bsd fyodor dostoyevsky#everytime i read a line from the brother karamzov this prediction is forced upon me#now i can read in peace#kewl.txt
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bsdweek2016 ✩ Day 7: Free day
↳ Option A: DAZAI & ATSUSHI ✩✩
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13, 24, and 43!!
our animal anger is eating our human hearts.
- the unified field by iamx
like a wave crashing over me, a rough sea lacking harmony. you are my peace of mind, got the best from you. a steady hand that guides me through.
- bottled up by tender
your cage is what you make it.
- futurisms by deerhunter
send me a number between one and fifty three
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32!
do you know you're a lovely old soul? fruit of my dawn, a mist settled in my marrow. through my heart like an arrow. i feel bruises between hemispheres.
- mauerbauertraurigkeit by closure in moscow
send me a number between one and fifty three
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7!
grace don't get it twisted. if we leave no trace we never existed.
- untitled in d by spector
send me a number between one and fifty three
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