Jean-Paul Valley & Azrael: Complete Reading Guide

fuck my life i accidentally used pregnant marker on my fucking whiteboard

i'm not sure if someone already solved it, but i figured it out! i started to do this as a joke, but i ended up realizing they all fit perfectly

JUST WATCHED DRDT ??? MUSIC VIDEO AND OMG I CANT WAIT TO SEE THESE THEORIES ON THAT MV give me your theories NOW

CROSSWORD???!?!

CAN IT BE SOLVED BY DESCRIPTION?!?!?

SAW ROMAN NUMERALS AT 2:27 WHICH MAYBE FIT THE CROSSWORD???

Analysis of BSD Tanizaki (Character and Theories) in Reference to Real Life Tanizaki Jun’ichirou

By popular demand of (1) person in the comments of a post I’ve made briefly touching on this subject, I have compiled all of my thoughts on the portrayal of Tanizaki Jun’ichirou—and by extension, Naomi—in Bungou Stray Dogs in reference to the works of the real life Tanizaki Jun’ichirou-sensei (who I’ll be calling Tanizaki-sensei to differentiate from his fictional counterpart). Disclaimer that I don’t have the academic background to write as an expert on this subject. I will be citing all of my sources in the text.

Tanizaki-sensei (1886-1965) was an author who was well known for writing about sexual obsession and fetishes, and the exploration of Japanese versus Western culture in his works. His female characters were particularly reputable for having strong personalities (drawing upon the dofuku - “poisonous woman” or femme fatale troupe), and frequently fulfilled the domineering role in sadomasochistic relationships with men. This recurring theme is most likely the basis for Tanizaki and Naomi’s relationship in Bungou Stray Dogs.

In a similar vein, motifs such as dreaming, delusions, and fantasies (oftentimes of the erotic nature) frequently appear in Tanizaki-sensei’s works. This could be the basis for Tanizaki’s illusion projection ability, “Light Snow”, which is named after Tanizaki-sensei’s great novel, Sasameyuki (1948), also known as The Makioka Sisters, the title of the English translation, which was changed due to the nuance of the original title being difficult to convey in English. 

Going on a slight tangent here, Tanizaki-sensei also wrote a handful of works depicting blindness, such as A Portrait of Shunkin (1933) and A Blind Man’s Tale (1931). In these works, blindness can be interpreted as a metaphor for blind devotion and obsessive worship of one’s love interest, even to the point of martyrdom. For example, in A Portrait of Shunkin (1933), the character Sasuke destroys his own eyesight for his vain mistress, who did not want to be seen after an incident destroys her beauty. Tanizaki and Naomi’s deep affection for each other is reminiscent of these themes (Tanizaki’s willingness to throw away his morals for Naomi, Naomi taking gunfire in Tanizaki’s place).

Unfortunately, we aren’t given any other concrete pieces of information about Tanizaki or Naomi that can be reliably connected to something in regards to the real life author…

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help i'm new to neocities, which part should i add the text?? 💔 (also mobile user bc im poor)

PINK SEA NEOCITIES THEME by Me : )

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I've been meaning to finish another neocities theme so here it is. This one is higher on the complexity scale but I hope you'll all enjoy it and use it however you want<3

highschool au fem skk doodle!!

fem soukoku has been on my mind ... they're just so cute and fluffy ghrhrgr!!!!

under the cut are headcanons/backstory ?? i didn't mean to write this much but i got carried away </3

i see dazai as someone with shit posture because they're insecure about how lanky they look compared to the other people in class, even if she still teases chuuya for being short. she also wears opaque black stockings to hide her legs, and keeps her skirt long. she doesn't like how her hair is, but only chops it all off when she leaves for college. she's Very unpopular, but she doesn't really care. she prefers it that way, though she could do without the gossiping.

chuuya's a jock . she started growing her hair out at the start of highschool, and is the best student in sports in her class. she hates wearing her blazer, finding it restricting, even in winter. she tries to sneakily make her skirt shorter because she thinks it looks cooler, but she doesn't like that it limits how much she can do exercise wise (she likes running around and moving a lot). she's popular with her class, more so with the guys, both for her appearance and skills and for being kind to everyone despite her short temper.

dazai and chuuya are an unlikely duo- no one really gets why they hang out with one another so often. even though it seems like they hated each other at first, they're pretty much attached to the hip, and are very protective over one another. they walk home together, and dazai sleeps over at chuuya's whenever she can.

chuuya found dazai weird and rude at first, but now she's more fond of them, she would never admit that, though. she's the reason why dazai's hair hasn't devolved into a birds nest.

dazai found chuuya annoying and naive at first. ... she still finds her annoying. in an affectionate way. she likes to tease her to hear her roll her eyes, and seeing her face scrunch up.

there's more but i don't want to write too much ... and i haven't developed them completely yet JSHDB these are just doodles i did at college

THANK U FOR READING :3 don't mind typos i don't feel like reading it over SJHBDAJ

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what if: swapping ch 3 victims in tth

here me out: what if celestia manipulated ishimaru to kill hifumi instead

i always felt ishimaru's arc is such a waste in him coping with grief and while his un-timely death adds to this sense of tragedy in how he never fully resolves his grief, it still feels very much like a disrespctful end to his character to die at the hands of ... hifumi who just being a simp

not to mention just gives hifumi an even more sour note to end off at, while celestia looks stupid for entrusting hifumi of all people. sure maybe ironic since hifumi and celestia def are an unlikely duo, but its really imbalanced and not worth it

so my take is celestia uses a very emotionally vulnerable ishimaru in her murder plan. someone like hifumi in her eyes would be worthless so she believes that will be an easy first target to entrust ishimaru with. it adds to ishimaru's downward spiral, being forced to kill for whatever reason celestia tells him, making it ironic that such a lawful good character can be broken by death/the killing game to commit a murder. it also adds to celestia's supposed manipulation ability, being particularly henious of her to use ishimaru for her own gain. but that is totally in line with celestia's character and only adds to her being someone you love to hate (or hate to hate, whatever floats your boat lol). not to mention, gives me one less reason to hate hifumi

alr babes heres ur csm crossover

more transfem cxs agenda i cant stop thinking abt her (ref)