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starcurtain · 26 days

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2.1 Penacony Spoilers!

I know the scene after Ratio's "betrayal" can be read a lot of ways but I am shocked I haven't seen more people interpret it as Ratio being so worried about Aventurine that he couldn't stay away even though he was supposed to.

We know:

1) Ratio absolutely knew Aventurine's plan from start to finish, both his gamble to create "death" in the dream and with the three cornerstones. (Wish people would stop underselling Ratio in their analyses; "Three chips are enough" is a direct enough clue that, genius as he is, Ratio would never miss.)

2) In his own words, Ratio was acting according to Aventurine's instructions while in Dewlight Pavilion and with Sunday and felt that he did a good job not giving them away.

I think most people are on the same page up to there, but then I've seen a lot of people interpreting this scene after Aventurine leaves Sunday's mansion as Aventurine being genuinely angry at Ratio (possibly after having gaslit himself into thinking Ratio was actually betraying him).

But this doesn't make much sense to me because:

1) Ratio actually has nothing to gain by selling Aventurine out to Sunday. They're on the same side in this mission. Information about a Stelleron on Penacony wouldn't be news anyone with a brain like Ratio's and why would he need someone else's research on Stellerons when he already has ties to the Genius Society through Screwllum and Herta, as well as the Astral Express where the Trailblazer is actively housing a Stelleron?

2) One of Aventurine's most notable lines of dialogue is how it's perfectly fine and expected for "friends" to use each other and backstab. This is his default understanding of partners--why would he suddenly be mad about something he expected from the start?

3) If the betrayal wasn't already planned and was just a possibility based on Aventurine's understanding of Ratio, why would he ever have revealed there were "three chips" (aka three cornerstones) in play? If even the betrayal over Topaz's stone wasn't planned, just assumed, why would Aventurine reveal the existence of the third stone? He would gain nothing from doing so.

Instead, I think it makes a lot more sense to interpret Aventurine's frustration with Ratio in this later scene as annoyance over Ratio taking an "unnecessary" risk:

1) As far as Sunday knows, Ratio had just very seriously betrayed Aventurine, completely selling him out and essentially sending him to his execution.

2) In the scene afterward, Aventurine is out in public in the middle of Penacony where The Family's eyes are always watching, yet Ratio walks right up to him to check on him. Why would someone who just sold you out come up to you immediately afterward to check on your health?!

3) It's only natural that Aventurine would pump the brakes and go "Wow, didn't think you'd show yourself after you just betrayed me, remember?" Because that's the act they are supposed to be keeping up! They're still being monitored; it's not safe to break character!

But Ratio is a genius, right, so why would he break character here? From the standpoint of the ploy itself, revealing to the Family that he and Aventurine were still on the same side would only jeopardize the plan, not help it.

The logical explanation, then, is that Ratio went to Aventurine here because he felt like he had to.

He had to check in and make sure the situation was still under Aventurine's control.

(In fact, the entire exchange through the middle of this scene is Aventurine and Ratio confirming the rest of their plot in a veiled manner: Ratio brings up the plan and mentions what's concealed in the gift money bag, Aventurine confirms the cornerstone is good to go; Ratio asks what his next step will be; Aventurine says he's going to do the insane thing of handing out cash while looking pathetic [aka fishing for Sparkle]. Ratio essentially asks if he's crazy enough to take the final gamble with his own life, which Aventurine confirms, and then Ratio sets them up for the finale by gifting him the doctor's note.)

Ratio was willing to risk ruining their entire plan--something Aventurine does seem to be frustrated about at first--just to ensure Aventurine still felt all right about the situation.

He needed to deliver his note demanding Aventurine stay alive.

He needed to tell Aventurine to come to him if the situation got too painful to bear.

In short, Ratio was worried enough that he could not stay away even though, for the sake of their plot, it would have made significantly more sense for him not to appear. The gain of breaking character was worth more to him than the risk of being caught.

You honestly don't even have to take this in a shipping context. The real point here is that Ratio is an incredibly good person who wasn't okay with Aventurine's self-sacrificial plan and who felt morally compelled to check on a person in pain. He's a healer through and through, and ignoring Aventurine in this condition--ignoring someone who was taking so much risk on themselves--simply wasn't possible for him, no matter the danger it posed to the plan.

But for those who do ship Ratio and Aventurine... I hope more people will come to see this scene as another example of Ratio's genuine concern for his mission partner! He did not have to appear here at all; it would have made much more sense for him to leave Aventurine to his own devices to uphold the illusion of their "betrayal." He showed up in this scene--very likely against Aventurine's expectations--because he was concerned for Aventurine's situation and wanted to ensure Aventurine knew he could fall back on Ratio's support at any time if the plan went awry.

tl;dr: I wish people would stop interpreting this scene as the aftermath of a betrayal. Aventurine wasn't ticked off with Ratio in this scene because he felt like he'd genuinely been backstabbed; he was ticked off because Ratio was literally breaking their pre-established "betrayer" character just to be fussy over Aventurine's safety and well-being. (Okay, and to double check on the plan, but let's be real, the first part was definitely more important. 👌)

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lastdivantruther · 4 months

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i drew this then i forgor

#i wish i was him #you know who #bsd #soukoku #bungou stray dogs #nakahara chuuya #dazai osamu #okay enough tagging because i will get super embrassed if this post finds more than it's target audience #you can rb this if you want though because i will also get super embrassed if i'm alone with this #guys pls #also like #dazai is about to get kicked in the balls #he knows this

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animunee-ee · 3 months

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go ahead. try and out toxic the most toxic couple out there. (Ludo x SD).

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bellaxgiornata · 9 months

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Me coming back to write Matt Murdock after the nearly 20k smut beast for FFTD took me out for over a week. I'm sorry, Matty, I missed you 😭😭😭

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themisthemenace · 10 months

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I have a job now 😮

#Themis' propaganda #My dad got me a jib working with horses #I'M TERRIFIED OF HORSES #WHY ARE THEIR TEETH SO FUCKING BIG #HE KNOWS THIS #HE CALLED THEM BIG DOGS #SIR I HAVE BEEN BITTEN BY DOGS #im scared

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strawglicks · 1 year

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i feel like ppl forget his ""confidence"" is a facade

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weeping-vintage-toes · 7 months

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Guys... I love my bf so much <33

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therighthandofvengeance · 1 year

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Delenn: sometimes I worry that David doesn’t have basic childhood memories that all children, in an ideal world, anyway, should.

Sheridan: somehow I don’t think that’s an issue of the caliber you think it is.

David, walking by his parents kissing: IN VALEN’S NAME YOU TWO NEED TO GET A ROOM OH MY G-

Sheridan: well, that’s one of them completed, anyway.

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rorykurago · 10 months

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a 50-something male coworker tried to start a Life Advice (TM) conversation today with "well now you've moved into your own place [for the first time], you'll have more responsibility--"

and I had to remind him that

I'm over 30

have lived alone since I was 18, and

have lived for years at a time (on my own) in non-English-speaking foreign nations

like...

motherfucker you're complaining you don't know how to cook because your wife's been doing it for 40 years, and you're going to condescend to me about responsibility and independence?

brother I'm too tired to tell you all the ways you can sit down and shush

#old white men are the worst #don't lecture me unless it's an actual knowledge gap fam #sit down #for the love of God #I'm too tired for this nonsense #even worse: we have previously discussed how I lived overseas for several stints #he KNOWS this #ffs #ok boomer

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akumanoken · 1 year

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He hadn't expected that at all... maybe he should've stayed in his room with his cookies.

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munsontm · 1 year

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Joe Keery is appearing at a con in Europe and I'm already cringing for him because fans don't know how to behave themselves around the ST cast. 😬

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astro-b-o-y-d · 2 years

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Bill beat Guzma, that hot professor from OK KO, and Megamind, then said “Hey, you know what would be REALLY funny?” to Sans and threw that match so Sans could go to the finals

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justisco · 1 year

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BIG MAN IN THE FINAL

#he knows this

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thegeekyartist · 2 years

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God now I'm fired up I need to sleep

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hehosts · 2 years

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also ji-hun is probably like 6 feet tall idk

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butchfalin · 5 months

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the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

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