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this is so niche but maybe there are about 2 people in the world that would appreciate this crossover of my two obsessions: tma and bsd

gertrude robinson and agnes montague are giving soukoku

do you see the vision? no? don’t worry i’ll elaborate

(spoilers i guess for both)

gertrude robinson is so obviously dazai it hurts

in tma gertrude is THE character and in bsd tha would be dazai. they are both the most powerful characters in a way and the ones that are dealing the cards

a lot of the time dazai just kinda *knows* things and the theory is that it is linked to his ability and the existence of multiple realities, whether that’s true or not it is kinda similar to how beholding works

dazai’s nullification ability and gertrude’s life mission to stop the rituals, idk there’s a parallel here. there’s also the fact that gertrude made sure most entities cannot affect her and dazai’s ability protects him from other ability users

they are both ruthless in their pursuit of their goals, and their attitude towards other people is the same, they are not above manipulating and using others to achieve results

both pretty lonely people, even if they can work with others, no one really knows them or their plans

gertrude’s relationship with jonah and dazai’s relationship with mori, not one to one of course but come on

oh and gertrude’s apparent incompetence which turns out to be actually on purpose and *very important* in saving the world and dazai’s seemingly nonsensical actions that then turn out to be crucial elements of his big plan that he had from the very beginning

i would die on that hill, gertrude robinson IS dazai osamu, just less suicidal thoughts and more explosives. and definitely dazai would smash it as the archivist while gertrude would smash it at whatever it is that’s going on in bsd these days

now agnes montague and chuuya nakahara (i’ll admit this one is not as perfect but still)

this one is easy but let’s get this out of the way, both are ginger

agnes being created by the cult as the embodiment of desolation, and chuuya being made into a walking singularity, both of them being created by others as some sort of experiments, stripped of their agency

arahabaki, god of calamity, embodiment of destruction -> desolation, unthinking and cruel destruction

anger issues

and then we have *the bond*, the only thing that’s stopping agnes from completing the ritual of destruction is gertrude, while the only thing that prevents chuuya from destroying everything around him including himself is dazai

it just writes itself man

Successful, functional adults eat Mac and Cheese for breakfast right?

Asking for me

gerard way is here to save us after the election

*tinfoil hat on* I think tmagp being more standalone is the real red herring and some fell for it hook line and sinker, denying obvious clues and ties to tma (Gwendolyn BOUCHARD, fucking hilltop road again, jonmartin???); I know this is the 15 different Michaels podcast side/sequel, but c'mon

I think it's more like it will work perfectly fine as a stand alone work, but some people heard "it's fine to start with protocol if you haven't listened to archives" and "coming from archives might give you certain preconceptions that mess you up with protocol theorizing" and took that to mean the two podcasts will be as unconnected as possible with only stylistic and aesthetic overlap, no plot or lore, but like. just because it will still work for new listeners doesn't mean older content won't be relevant? we've got a whole set of fresh characters, if new audience members need to learn about something that happened in archives then they will do it via the characters learning about it. you don't accidentally name a character "bouchard" for a second time, cmon guys.

local girl shocked to discover that in the song "this is how all your favorite characters die" from the album "the album where all your favorite characters die" by the hit band "everybody dies eventualy, even immortals", all of her favorite characters die

i dont believe jonny didnt base gerry keay of gerard way HAVE YOU LISTENED TO MAMA BY MCR ?!

when i was... a young shrimp.. my shrather (shrimp father)... took me into the city... to see a marching clam.....

Assuming Augustus is in fact Jonah Magnus (I do not subscribe to this theory but let's roll)

I would die to hear Peter Lukas doing some complex ritual to get his awful husband out of the computer, just to divorce him again a week later.

reblog if u have no girlfriend, and no gerard 😔