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My attempt at imitating Harukawa’s style in the Anime

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I decided on this specifically because it’s so beautiful in the manga but the same scene was absolutely horrific to look at in the anime. Also I’m obsessed with Poe to an unhealthy extent.

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I overreact sometimes

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He’s doing just fine 10 minutes later. He’s hunky dory

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I drew Poe giving Ranpo a flower to calm my nerves

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A single father struggles to keep his family together (he’s the problem)

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I needed to put my old fem Twain design to good use

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100% fake

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Ranpo and Poe’s Development: Or alternatively a rant on how relationships change in bsd, but with a main focus on Ranpoe because I think about them too much

I’ve noticed an uptick of people who GENUINELY believe that not only is Ranpoe toxic, but Poe stalked Ranpo and I want to clear this up. Never once has it been stated in the manga or anime that Poe stalked him. It is true that he had an unhealthy attachment to him, and still does, but obsession doesn’t automatically equal stalking. I have no clue where that assumption even came from.

Also I think the big reason people have this weird view of their relationship is bc they refuse to look at any two characters in a dynamic way. They see their relationship as stagnant and unchanging, which is absolutely not the case.

I’ve also seen this in discussions of other pairings such as shin soukoku and soukoku. Yes, both ships have the potential to be incredibly toxic if you so choose to perceive them that way, but if you look at them through the story’s messages of change they are incredibly good for each other.

Atsushi and Akutagawa have spent the entire story slowly but surely helping each other improve. They are very obviously set up for an enemies to friends storyline(or lovers in a shipping context). The problem is with people who refuse to acknowledge that their relationship is changing and they may eventually no longer be fighting each other in the future. They encourage good change in one another despite their rocky start.

The same thing can be said about soukoku, but for them that’s entirely dependent on how you interpret their relationship. They aren’t the main focus of the story so it’s harder to really say if they are going to encourage any major change in each other, but honestly I’d say they’ve already changed each other, or at least helped each other, quite a bit. Dazai helped Chuuya defeat Verlaine in Stormbringer and throughout the novel reaffirmed that he believed in Chuuya’s humanity. They very much show how much they care about each other through their actions. I wouldn’t say they’re perfect, but I also wouldn’t say they’re bad for each other. They do try to help each other rather than tear each other down. I wouldn’t consider them toxic, just complicated.

Now back to Ranpoe specifically because I’m very passionate about this. I have a whole 9 page analysis sitting in my Google docs about Poe alone.

Poe DOES have an unhealthy attachment to Ranpo, but it changed from hatred to friendship. Ranpo helped crack him out of his shell after Poe failed to get his revenge. Poe is no longer a vengeful recluse who refuses to connect with society. Some could argue that Ranpo is to blame for making Poe shut himself off from people in the first place, but that was entirely Poe’s decision. He cut himself off from people and decided he needed revenge all on his own. More importantly though, if Poe’s entire identity was so fragile that it hinged on him being the best detective then he wasn’t living a healthy life to begin with. He was so dependent on the praise of other people that the idea of not being the best shattered his image of himself. If that’s all that drove him then he likely didn’t have any close friends or family to lift him up. If Ranpo for example had been devastated that badly by such a loss he’d have the Agency to help him, Poe didn’t have that.

Ranpo helped make his life better. No, isolating himself and letting his mind be consumed by hatred and vengeance was not better than his previous predicament, but after Poe lost again Ranpo helped him open up. He told him to keep writing for him after Poe lost as a way of offering friendship to him. A way for them to continue competing in a friendly way. He continuously tries to help Poe with his actions. He invites Poe to Kyouka’s welcome party likely to familiarize him with the agency and as a sign that he cares enough about him to invite him to events with his other friends (and sort of family since the ada is very much a found family). Then after that Ranpo asks for Poe’s help in the cannibalism arc (and later other arcs) via Poe’s ability. If you’re looking at it through a toxic lens you could try to say maybe Ranpo is exploiting his powers, but really he’s not forcing Poe to help him. If Poe really hated him he wouldn’t help out, but by having Ranpo continuously use Poe’s ability it’s communicating that they’re good friends. In the perfect crime arc Ranpo and Poe join forces to solve a mystery, again reinforcing their friendship, but also this is the set up for Ranpo helping Poe to making new friends. After all that happens with Mushitaro he makes him stay at Poe’s place because it’s the safest option, but also so they could all be buddies. They’re a trio for a reason.

Ranpo is Poe’s gateway into living a normal healthy life. He empathizes with Poe and wants to help him. Also he’s just being a good friend. Ranpo is better at communicating his love for people through his actions rather than his words unlike Poe who, literally helps people with his words via his ability to trap people in a novel, but also vocally tells people important to him how he feels. He told Ranpo how much he hated him upfront and proudly tells others he’s his rival. They are both very honest with each other in different ways. I think because these things are shown, not said, people are less likely to notice it. This is why it’s important to actually analyze the content you’re consuming.

Their relationship began as vengeance on Poe’s side and curiosity on Ranpo’s. Now they are both good friends who help each other when they are in need, despite Poe’s denial of it being anything but rivalry. It’s a slow but noticeable change in their relationship that would be immediately obvious if you just pay attention to the story and the themes BSD tries to communicate. So many relationships in this series are examples of how people around you can change your life. If you decide to let yourself become a better person it can happen, but you can’t do it alone. Dazai is probably one of the most obvious examples of that.

Anyways I’m just really tired of people misinterpreting things or not doing research when it comes to just about anything on the internet. This honestly isn’t just a problem in this fandom but many others as well. Follow me if you want more Ranpoe posting or whatever I guess, I also post skk stuff too.

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Happy yaoi day yall

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Haha get it because wet can mean two different things? Get it? Do you get it?

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it's you and me in the summertime

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More swap au but with freakzai this time

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the sillies

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halloween at the office

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clandestine affairs🪭

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My ranchuu Dazai cuck comic

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More ranchuu again from little ol me

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Chuuran mini comic au thingy where they kinda did but also didn’t date in the 4 years before soukoku’s reunion