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They went to go see Kpop Demon Hunters together

Louisa loves the music, Lucy's favourite characters are Mira and the tiger, Poe thought that demon crow was very inspiring

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Lil' Babysitting AU spread I did, I don't really plan to do much w it I welcome anyone else though!!

Here Louisa is helping out Francis and gets his w a de-aging ability, Francis lets her stay w Poe for the day whilst he deals with the culprits himself (because she looks just like his daughter and the grief is hitting him like a truck again)

I imagine Poe gets called by Ranpo and ends up showing up to a crime scene w little 4/5 years old Louisa, Ranpo boldly claims that's Poe's daughter and Poe has to go w it TT

The menstrual baby hormones took over me lmao and I made this

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the superranpo side of my dcu au hasn't been getting enough of my love

@joker-ajax finish reading the batzai chapter draft pls and i'll draw you fyoker PUBLIC CALLOUT

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truths vs. lies…? 🤔💭

a small animation snippet from my pitbull terrier meme… you can find the full video HERE on my tiktok :3 but it’s also on my ig ^^

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perhaps a second guess <3

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Damian Wayne is a hopeless romantic.

He is Talia 'I still call him beloved' Al Ghuls son.

He reads romance manga and watches romance anime.

He quotes Shakespeare.

He grew up in the League of Assassins dreaming of family and finally earning the love he was withheld.

It is no wonder that when Damian falls, he falls hard?

It's a love story for the ages, and Damian both adores falling in love with his best friend and hates it!

Because Jon Kent is his rivals to friends to lovers arc and Damian can't help romantic the crap out of it. Its so cliche, but Damian has held him at Sword Point on multiple occasions, so at this point, they are an evil king away from a full-on romance novel.

And Damian has read that book. He can't wait for their happy ending.

He keeps a journal of how they get together so he can show their kids someday.

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Allow me to explain

When I call someone whipped I don’t mean that the other person wouldn’t commit crimes for the whipped person and the whipped person would.

What I mean is that the other would hesitate and have an internal monologue about it before saying fuck it and doing it anyway,meanwhile the whipped one would just do it like they’re just having an average Tuesday.

(Jackie and Kalim are gonna be in the tags and they’re the latter,argue with a wall)

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Damian is the baby of the family (as much as he hates it). This means Jon has a really hard time getting the Batfam to not hate him.

Jon (now fully a teenager, almost an adult, ready to tell Kon about his relationship): Me and Damian are dating.

Kon: Oh dude you are so fucked.

Jon (expecting him to be happy for them): Thank y- what?

Kon (fighting a laugh): Oh, oh you don’t know yet, do you? They’ll get you dude

Jon: What are you talking about?

Kon: When I started dating Tim, Jason and Dick both stalked me for months. You are fucked.

Jon: That’s just because you’re a delinquent. They won’t do that to me. Right?

Dick: Hi, Jon.

Jon (alone in the barn feeding the cows at night): SHIT. Oh. Hey…Dick?

Dick: That boy is a CHILD. You better stay away from him.

Jon: I take it Damian told you.

Dick: Worst day of my life.

Jon: That feels dramatic.

Dick: HE’S A BABY.

Jon: He is 17.

Dick: Jonathan Kent I will end you. (disappears into the night)

Jason: Hey.

Jon (walking alone in an alley): …hey, Jason.

Jason: Would you take a bullet for him?

Jon: Who..?

Jason: If you have to ask then the answer is no.

Jon: Is this about Damian?

Jason: …maybe.

Jon: I have done worse than take a bullet for him.

Jason (pulling his gun out of its holster): Prove it.

Jon (checking his email): Huh what’s this from…123nottimdrake@yahoo.com?

Email: Dear Jonathan, I have hacked into all of your personal social media accounts and personally examined everyone you follow. Unfollow the following list of accounts, and any other that post similar SLUTISH content, or I will tell Damian.

(Jon checks all the accounts and it’s mostly his friends, all of which have at some point posted a picture of themselves in a swim suit at a pool party or the beach).

Damian (on a date with Jon): I really feel like someone’s watching me right now.

Jon (trying not to look at Nightwing, Red Hood, and Red Robin all watching from the shadows): Haha, that’s so crazy.

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I should be sleeping but instead I’m going to make a roulette wheel of all my favorite ships so I can decide which one will be my hyperfixation for the next 3 days

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friendly reminder dazai had a genuinely hard time telling chuuya about his humanity. friendly reminder akutagawa kept his promise to not kill even though killing was his first instinct even after death. friendly reminder poe was the only detective that ever made ranpo feel something. friendly reminder fyodor was the only one who ever truly understood nikolai. friendly reminder tecchou placed jouno over the only thing hes ever believed in. friendly reminder rimbaud changed verlaines entire veiw on humanity and gave him faith in the human race. friendly reminder albatross didnt care if he got hurt or killed if it meant he saved doc. friendly reminder fukuzawa was the only one who understood fukuchi and his motives and couldnt kill him even if it meant saving the world. friendly reminder kunikida calls dazai every morning to make sure hes okay. friendly reminder ango genuinely felt so guilty about odas death he betrayed the government. friendly reminder-

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straying(ba dm tss) a bit from hsr cause my friend made me relapse........

can you tell who's my fav character and ship...

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He struggles with emotional permanence your honor 😔

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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 was 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. It’s 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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They're like,

(I forgot ranpo's hat )

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feeling incredibly self-indulgent rn

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so about that key,

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A heavy loss

The only beast au is whirling in my head 24/7 rn-