#I’m actually into gogsig much more

[rereupie]

Been a while?

[filo-academia]

ooo for the character ask you rbed awhile ago, could i ask for sigma or yosano? thank u :)

hiiii! thanks for the ask. your choice of characters is really nice! i'll try my best to lay out my opinions here, but i don't think i'll be able to give you some for yosana bcs i am not that confident with my opinions on her ;;; anyways, i'll go with sigma first~

 • Why I like them 

Sigma is simply not unlikable. It’s just the vibes he gives when he is in his own habitat (e.g. the casinio), he really was so confident there and I just… I’m weak for that kind of vibe. And also, his duality, like despite looking confident, he’s an anxious and desperate little thing. But most importantly, his sense of morality. I don’t know, he crosses the boundaries of the popular argument of nurture vs nature. Even when he was dumped into the world without any family or ties or purpose, it looks like he intuitively knows that his purpose is not bound for killing (remember: he didn’t ever want to stab Taneda-sensei. He was only driven by DoA’s mission.) There might be underlying reasons why, and honestly, I’m still looming over it through headcanons and theories (but for now I am focusing on Nikolai and Fyodor, so Sigma baby have to wait). Sigma just wants something that would define him, or make him feel like he belong. Hence, why he was so desperate to protect the casino because his identity is tied to it. If he loses it, what would he be? Of course, Fyodor nails it on the part that he knows what Sigma wanted – a home and a purpose. Also, he’s really kind to his customers to a point that he gives them a second chance in every game by sabotaging the game himself, lol. (And memorizing his clients’ numbers and needs.) That’s some high level of service right there. So yeah, he’s just overall precious. 

 • Why I don’t 

Who doesn’t like Sigma, let’s talk. Okay, honestly, I don’t think he is ever culpable for not being able to get out of Decay of Angels. The strong reason would be because it’s the only place that provided him home, security, safety, and identity. He’s deeply tied to the organization because of that. And yes, because he experiences what it feels like to be a stray, and to stay in prisons, and he doesn’t ever want to go back there. So yes, I don’t have any reasons why I don’t like him. For me, there’s simply not any. 

 • Favorite episode (scene if movie) 

Since we still don’t have Season 4 yet, so I’m going substitute manga panel/s for it. Though idk why I can't insert photos when answering this ask. Is there a new Tumblr update for the features? I think there was, but anyways, I'll just going to verbalize it. Most of my favorite manga panels of him are those where he's the most vulnerable, like that time he gave up in front of Atsushi and that one where he slipped off Atsushi's grip. It makes me want to hug him ;;; 

 • Favorite season/movie 

I’ll just substitute this is favorite arc in the manga. Of course, the current Decay of Angels arc where he appears the most. 

 • Favorite Line 

Sigma has said some lines that really resonates so much, but I will just cite one that sticks out to me. 

 “Hey, somebody tell me, can’t an ordinary man be forgiven for wanting to protect what’s important to him?” 

 • Favorite outfit 

The one he’s wearing, of course! Sigma’s character design is really interesting. The fact that he’s wearing heels and earrings is so groundbreaking. And also, Harukawa-san snapped when they made him have a galactic design in the interior of his coat. And his turtleneck! I really love the fact that he wears a turtleneck underneath, because strip him off other layers and leave him in that turtleneck and slacks, imagine the power he would have. I think it won’t be a stretch to say that Sigma is one of the characters in BSD with Best Character Design. 

 • OTP 

I know GogSig is a known rarepair with Sigma involved, and yes, I have written it at some point – mind you, it’s the fic with my highest word count – but I’m not totally knee-deep in the ship. But I have encountered a rarepair fic before of Chuuya x Sigma, and when it flashed in my mind the potentials of that ship, I do think it’s nice! Kinda has the same vibes with ChuuAtsu, hence why I’m here for it. 

 • Brotp 

I wanted to put Sigma x Atsu in OTP, but I realize I see them more as siblings/best of friends. I don’t know if that counts as Brotp. 

 • Headcanon 

Not much, but I hc Sigma as asexual and nonbinary. And also, I don’t think he’s scared of insects.

• Unpopular opinion 

People sometimes call him Fyodor's OC but I don't really think that's the case. Maybe, my point here is un-improved and I must have totally missed other information in the manga (so correct me if I did) but I do think that Sigma isn’t made by Fyodor. He woke up in a dessert, right? Three years ago (as of documented so there's a possibility of something before three years ago.) But the Decay of Angels only obtained a page in consequent to the happenings of Sunday Tragedy, and the events all rolled over quickly from the moment ADA was framed. (And the casino was made 8 days prior to Skyfall.) Besides, Fyodor fetched him up from a prison which might indicate that Fyodor must have only heard of him, and that there might be someone else who made him. But is it actually canon that Fyodor admitted to making him or I totally have forgotten that part? My memory is so wack sometimes, I’m sorry. And also if people only dubbed him as Fyodor's OC as a joke, forgive me for not understanding ;;; 

• A wish 

I wish Sigma will be with ADA at the end. He just suits to be there, and since BSD has this way to perpetuating patterns like Oda adopted orphans and influenced Dazai by taking in and helping Atsushi, so it is my own wish that such would also influence Atsushi to take in Sigma. Though he already basically had done it by initiating to recruit Kyouka into ADA, but can Sigma be the other one? Please. 

• An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen 

That Sigma would die when he would touch Fyodor to extract information from him. I think it’s pretty much hinted that Fyodor can control his deadly ability but, like, if he knows that Sigma is getting used by Nikolai just to know about his ability, it’s scary for me to think that he would kill Sigma upon the moment of contact. Well, it’s only a theory, so I desperately hope there are other ways to know about Fyodor’s ability without having to possibly kill Sigma in the process. He deserves a character arc with a happy ending! 

 • 5 words to best describe them 

 Precious, soft, desperate, must protect 

• My nickname for them 

I like calling him “Sigma baby~” in a way to indicate that he’s a baby. 

 As for Yosano, like what I said, I am not so confident with my opinions of her ;;; except that I DO LIKE HER and I ship her with Kouyou. 

 Anyways, that's all~ ah, i hope my answer isn't too bland or too explosive either. ;;; i hope it reached your standards ;;; but really, thank youuu! it was fun to talk about sigma. i always have time to talk about sigma huhuhuhu

[filo-academia]

thanks for the tags @the-wholesome-ranpo​ and @walking-meme​ ~! this looks really fun. 

Fandom: I write for different fandoms but nowadays my focus is on Bungou Stray Dogs, as it has been for, at least, two years. 

Where you post? Before I post my works in justbeingmyowngenie at AO3 but starting from now, I don’t think I will post there. I’m still gauging whether I should not post anymore or get another account, but let’s just see.

Most Popular Oneshot: One of my submissions for Soukoku Fluff Week this year. It’s Holding The Universe, you can check it out.

Most Popular Multichap: This one is really surprising. It’s my submission for BSD Vampire Event, it’s entitled night at the circus. Why it’s surprising for me is because I didn’t even like the way I wrote it. For some reasons, maybe it’s because it’s my first time writing about vampires, I find it cringe-worthy. But beyond my expectations, it’s actually my multichaptered fic that garnered a lot of kudos than my other one (unfinished) - I only have two, both for FyoGol/GoDost.

Favorite story you’ve written so far: It’s one of my submissions for BSD Rarepair Week. My puck pours it over sigma isn’t the most well-loved, at least judging by the low amount of kudos (but reasonable amount of comments - and it’s also the fanfic with comments I really love rereading from time to time when I feel so down). I think it’s because of GogSig’s reputation of being a rarepair. But it’s actually the fanfic I am most proud of. I just love the way I reference Shakespeare in a considerable proportion of the story because I’ve always been envious of writers who can, you know, reference works in their writings. It’s just so happened that I was able to incorporate Midsummer Night’s Dream as well - thanks to Gogol being so into theatre - so that part is the one that gave me the rush in writing the fanfic. Though I admit it wasn’t easy to write it and there were times that it almost killed me (figuratively) and when I post it at first, I cried because I worked hard on it but no one noticed the effort I put into it - thankfully, in later months, someone did. People did. It wasn’t much but damn, when they pointed out how they loved when I used this and that, it was more than enough. 

Fic you were nervous to post: Every single one of my fics. Right before I post something, I’m always nervous. Some days it’s manageable, but lately, I just can’t bring myself to. Anxiety has been loud in my ears, and while thankfully it doesn’t disrupt my writing, but sharing it to others has been nerve-wracking. Hence I don’t post anything I’ve finished on my part. 

How do you choose titles: Through puns! Hahaha. I look up song titles, book titles, band names, or poem titles and make a pun out of them. Example of which is gay panic at the coffee shop and yes, it’s from the band name Panic at the Disco, but I changed it to gay panic and then put the setting of the fanfic lmao. Sometimes I also find some words inside my fic, something that encapsulates the whole point of my story. It’s what I did with puck pours it over sigma. I’m actually proud of those titles. And of course, I am not exempted from people who also find it hard to come up with them. It’s why I decided to play around by using puns. 

Do you outline? Sometimes, yes. But most of the time, no. I only outline after I finish my first draft, or if I know that the fic will take me a lot of chapters to finish it. And when I do, I usually end up deviating from the points I made. It’s annoying because instead of following through what I set up for the fic, it just deviates, like the defiant child it is. 

Complete: As much as I want to say that I finished something from the past few weeks, unfortunately, I haven’t finished anything. Just the first draft for my museum + art theft au but I realize that to make it work, I have to turn it into a multichapter and I have to fix my POV because it was shitty since there were a lot of characters. And right then, I realize that I have put in two new chapters that will discuss something that I haven’t written when I worked on the first draft, so kill me, maybe? I really hate it when a fic goes longer than it should. Is it the fic who doesn’t have a self-control or the writer, me? Is this why I need outlines? But then for me, outlines are negotiable. 

In-progress: Aside from that museum + art theft au, I also have a modern au I am writing to distract myself from the fact that I hate my other au. And in the end, I won’t even post any of them! So like, why am I stressing over them? Also, I am planning on wrapping up The Wayward Boy. It’s about time I should since my goal is to write everything - posting is another story - I have in my mind for FyoGol/GoDost so they won’t haunt me in every waking day of my life. I just don’t want to leave a fandom when I still have a lot of things to say. It would kill me. 

Coming out soon/not started: After I begrudgingly tread through those two pests, I might work on a rural russia au. Again, there’s no promises of posting it. I will just write it on my own, so I can entertain myself. 

Prompts: In the past few days, I was thinking of asking suggestions from my mutuals here on what AU to try. But then I decided to not post anything I write for the meantime, so I guess I won’t carry on with that... for now. 

Upcoming work you are most excited about: I’ve been thinking of a The Queen’s Gambit AU and honestly the whole idea excites me a little bit - if it weren’t that I am dangerously building up apathy towards anything due to my current state on writing and fandom. But I’ll try to work it out somehow. Again though, no promises of posting. 

I’m tagging @joeys-piano @kyrxchi-writes, @sumi-zakarie @jounos-teashop-writing and any writer out there~ I know this will be really fun for you~ 

@lilac-bramble​ Thank you for tagging me in this, dear <3 I haven’t done these thingies in a long while so it’s nice to dive in again

name: Jasmin

fandoms: A lot, but currently major Bungou Stray Dogs & minor Naruto

where you post: I have an ao3 account named Hanahaki_Blood where I post my most recent works. Somewhere, my abandoned ff.net acc still cries itself to sleep…

most popular oneshot: Surprisingly enough it’s Isn’t it Lovely or The Long Way Home, a Valeyne Oneshot. It’s been so long, but I still love it to bits. I was, you could say, totally enarmored and unrestrained regarding this ship and my wording of it. I could just go, literally, batshit crazy. At times, I’m sorry I ever left it.

most popular multichap: Gioia because of the explicit tag obviously. Y’all are dirty birds and I appreciate that.

favorite story you’ve written so far: 

fic you were nervous to post: I’m nervous about every fic I post so this doesn’t narrow it down much. XD I guess Lemmings did make me worry a lot since this ship is not for everyone and I was scared of the reaction it would receive. A pointless fear, however, since said reaction has been overall positive which I’m glad about.

how you choose your titles: *cracks knuckles* Love this topic. It’s usually a draw between three options: Song Title / Lyrics, Untranslatable words with special meaning or Specific Phrases or Quotes I just can’t get out of my head. Without music, life would be a lie, so songs are pretty much essential to me envisioning and visualizing my stories as needed background music. I pretty much translate mental pictures into sentences. And Titles might turn out weird but should always have the core of the story slipped in somewhere.

do you outline: I’m not good at it but I do try when it comes to multi-chapter fics. I have a rough plan in my head usually, yet most often this rough plan… fucks up somewhere down the line and then it’s Plan QWY. Don’t ask me, my brain is just that kind of bitch.

complete: Sometimes. Not always. May be left unattended for months only to be finished still, oh the surprise.

in progress: Do you want me to embarrass myself in public or send you a private list?

coming soon/not yet started: Dazatsu Fics, Fyolai Fic, Shin Soukoku Fic, Fukumori Fic, Chuuatsu Collection - ALL OF THE BSD SHIP FICS >:3

prompts?: I would honestly love to do prompts but I can never write like, a 500 word piece and be done with it. I always tend to overwrite things. So sadly no. v.v

upcoming work you’re most excited about: There are a few actually! Of all, two Dazatsu stories and the Chuuatsu one^^ I hope I can make it all in time though. Deadlines hate me.

Who to tag in this one? I’d go and say @kiranatrix​, @ghostoftasslehoff​, @four-dreams-in-a-row​ , @walking-meme​, @reaperlight​ and everyone else who’d like to do it >:3