Ty @dancing-dawn For The Tag! This Seems Fun

Do not fucking even try the argument "but Akutagawa hates Atsushi" with me

I will only respond with these panels. And probably an entire essay on their entire relationship but still

wait, wait, wait; bsd fandom. hear me out.

a skk ratatouille au where dazai is linguini and chuuya is colette.

(i’m not sure who’d remy would be in this situation? perhaps atsushi?)

Working on my Baba Yaga Lover House quilt (this is before basting the appliqués on)

This reminded me that bsd season five was finished all the way back in Sept 2023 oh my GOD the nostalgia 😭

I can't wait until the manga finally gets to the scene where Akutagawa has to confess his love AHEM I mean where Akutagawa has to tell Atsushi why he saved him

Questions I need to be answered after the last episode:

Is Jouno okay?

Is Tachihara okay?

What is Dostoyevsky's ability?

Why did the vampire curse not work on Atsushi?

What has it been of Sigma?

What will it be of Gogol now?

What will it be of the Hunting Dogs now?

What was of Akutagawa's coat?

Is Akutagawa still terminally ill?

Who wrote the “help me” note?

Did the ada get the page? Are they going to use it?

Why didn't Akutagawa die after the vampire curse ended?

Shouldn't Bram be dead? He told Aya so himself?

What was the doa plan Atsushi was so torn about?

Explanation on the entire two hours later sequence, obviously.

Also questions I need to be answered after the last episode:

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Did Akutagawa answer Atsushi on why he saved him?

Howdyy, What’s your fav bsd character? :3

Hello! :]

Omggg that's a tough one

I love a lot of the characters but if I had to pick just one, I'd say Akutagawa. He's been my favorite for like, ever, and he's just so amazing

He can be blunt and cold and rude but also he's written so well with his bloodlust and struggles and how he's still not purely evil in the end. I love everything about him 😔

My other favorites are definitely Atsushi (he's so sassy and strong but also a cinnamon roll like cmon he's perfect, I love him), Adam (the most underrated bean is existence, I would die for Adam), Nikolai (he's so crazy and wild, yet somber, idk I just love his whole vibe as a character), Dazai (I know how basic this is but I will never not love Dazai, he's such a pivotal and deep character, his angst turns me into a waterfall), Chuuya (who doesn't love Chuuya 🙏 he's loyal and strong and such a fun and emotional character aaa I love him), Higuchi (she's definitely one of my comfort characters, I love her in Wan! bc she adds a great lighthearted touch to everything), Kyouka (she's so underrated, she's so adorable and resilient and honestly I love how she was written) and Bram (he's so stoic and literal, I just love him. I totally didn't cry when he died. I'm not crying you're crying)

Help that ended up long. But yeah, there's some quick summaries on my favorites in Bsd :>

Now you hang from my lips like the Gardens of Babylon.

OK correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the main 'yin/yang' parallel with Atsushi and Akutagawa is not something like 'this one is bad but secretly has a good side and this one is good but secretly has a bad side'.

I feel like it's more about 'who they are at their core vs who they choose to be'.

At his core Akutagawa is kind and at his core Atsushi is not. But despite this Atsushi tries every day to make the kinder choices and I love him so much for it. He has to work so hard to be good.

He wants to be a bitch SO bad I know he does but he tries his best to help people and be nice (sometimes he fails but that's OK <3)

Atsushi doesn't always WANT to help people, a lot of the time he's selfish and scared, but he does help people anyway. He keeps helping people over and over again. There's still some selfish motivation to it, and his initial motivation for helping people was because the headmaster told him that's all he was worth, but overall he does care about the people he helps and it weighs on him if he fails to save them. And of course, as the series goes on he starts helping people more because he can rather than because he feels like he needs to.

In Akutagawa's case, he's still capable of being kind but his environment led him into being someone who chooses to hurt people. But he's always been a protector at heart. In the start he was bad compared to Atsushi because he was choosing to hurt people and keep the cycle of abuse going. Just like how Atsushi developed in why he saved people, Akutagawa starts to get redeemed when he chooses to not just act on his rage. Not only does he start to spare people, but he speaks more kindly to them (apologising to Higuchi and telling Kyouka he's proud of her). It all culminates into the moment he chooses to help Atsushi and sacrifice himself for him, going back to his core value of being a protector. Even when he's finally revived, he keeps this role in his new position as Aya's Knight.

I kind of see the streaks of white in Akutagawa and the streaks of black in Atsushi not as their 'hidden sides' but as their fundamental selfs. That's who they are at their core, and their main colours (black for Akutagawa and white for Atsushi) are how they're presented to everyone else and how they try to have people see them as.

atsushi really didn't stop until he gave akutagawa his full autonomy back. he nearly got himself killed for trying back when akutagawa was a vampire and now he literally sacrificed himself for it. he truly doesn't want akutagawa to lose to himself. i'm ill. I'M ILL

I will be reading these fics with godspeed thank you thank you thank you for making this list (I have a hard time finding good sskk works that aren't oneshots/are long works so this is just absolutely wonderful)

I NEED SSKK FICS RECOMMANDATION SOBS

GIMMZ THE SILLIIES

[Any fic works pls I just need something to read 😭]