#and bsd probably has more complex characters than bnha

[lenin-it-to-win-it]

twenty questions

tagged by: @bandaged-chessmaster

Rules: answer the 20 questions and tag twenty followers (@ that second part yeah right lmaooo)

nickname/s: lenin, dodo, soey, geronimo stilton @pillowelephant anytime u talk about me during debate practice (which is uhhh all the fuckin time im assuming) make sure u use my CORRECT NAME which is geronimo stilton pls and thx

zodiac sign: gemini 

height: *deep sigh* 5′0″

orientation: pan ace 

nationality: american #fuck tha metric system 

favorite fruit: cherries and cantaloupe 

favorite season: fall bc leaves fall on the ground and i lov the cronch when i step on them, i pretend theyre the bones of my enemies 

favorite book: uhh "the death of ivan ilyich” is technically a novella i guess so probably either “I, Robot” by isaac asimov or “100 Years of Solitude” by gabriel garcia marquez depending on what im in the mood to read 

favorite flower: lillies and i KNOW theres another favorite i have but fuck if i can remember it lol rip

favorite scent: BISCUITS COOKING IN THE OVEN cuz im a slut for BReAD

favorite color: red and purple

favorite animal: i love me some cock um rabbits would be my most favorite but tigers are a pretty close second 

coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: im loco for cocoa my dudes

cat or dog person: i love my specific dog more than any animal in the world but in general i prefer cats

favorite fictional character: uH H  H probably all might tbh bc in general i have a a Thing for characters who push themselves way too fuckin hard despite the fact that literally anyone else in their situation would probably be dead by now and HES MISSING LIKE HALF HIS FUCKIN ORGANS AND YA BOI TOSHI STILL OUT THERE LAYING DOWN THE L A W and he just,,, he loves deku so much (even if he did NOT HESITATE TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF HIM DURING THE FINAL) and their father-son bond is everything, i really love good father figures and in general i just think his character is really fascinating and LI TERALLY ANY ART IVE SEEN OF YOUNG TOSHI IS THE BEST ART IVE SEEN IN MY LIFE WE A RE ALL LOVE TOSHI-SENPAI 

# of blankets you sleep with: usually one, two if its cold, and like, 5 or more if im depressed and want to bury myself alive in warmth and pretend theres still joy in life 

dream trip: probably to moscow since i speak some russian so i wouldnt be totally lost 100% of the time like if i went to any other country and there are cool museums and shit also i WANNA GO TO THE FUCKIN G NAKAHARA CHUUYA MUSEUM IN JAPAN APPARENTLY THEY HAVE REPLICAS OF HIS H A T 

blog created:  may 2016 

# of followers: 1,339

random fact: I 100% BELIEVE BNHA IS A BETTER ANIME THAN BSD AND PART OF THE REASON I AVOIDED IT FOR SO LONG (in addition to it being Everywhere) WAS BC I FUCKING  K N E W THIS WOULD HAPPEN AND I DIDNT WANT TO BETRAY THE BSD FANDOM AND ALL BUT HO LY SHIT BNHA IS FUCKIGN GREAT LIKE??? it actually has plot??? and arcs??? eVEn in the first season??? and theres far less tonal dissonance than bsd (bsd DID get better at that in the second season by more or less cutting most of the comedic parts to mixed effect) despite ostensibly being for a younger audience than bsd and not going for the same darker tone or themes of moral ambiguity things have FUCKING  C O N S E QU EN C E S like they have a character who more or less exists JUST to heal injuries and yet we still see characters suffer irreparable physical damage and get scars? like bravo tbh and at least in the anime- i have no idea what the manga is like aside from the first chapters lol oops- its not just a series of one contrivance after another and its so much FUN like bsd is great and all but aside from the dark era which is a masterpiece there arent really any single episodes i’d want to go back and watch more than once but i feel like i could pick literally any episode of bnha and rewatch it and have a good ass time, theres so much passion and positivity in bnha its impossible to watch it and not feel HY PE AF bsd makes me want to do in-depth character studies and analysis and discuss moral ambiguity but bnha genuinely makes me want to be a better person like ofc i cant be a superhero for obvious reasons but i can damn well do something with this life i have and any series that can make me feel like that just,, well done 

tagging: @theseerofdoomisunaltered bc u like these and whoever else wants to do this go ahead and say i tagged u

[charmspoint]

Top 5 characters that live in your head rent free 🤔

For this ask meme

Oh god ONLY five??? GOOD QUESTION. This is gonna be hard to both decide on and rank fairly uhoh lets see, this ranking his shifty as hell depending on what I’m into atm obvs

5. Tsurugi Kamiya from Servamp

Does he look like a knock off Izaya? Yes. Is he? Very much no.

Tsurugi is like my no 1 reason for getting back into Servamp, I left right in the middle of his arc and I ;-; IS HE OKAY??? DID HE GET AWAY FROM TOUMA??? DID HE BECOME WRATHS EVE??? NOBODY TELL ME I’LL FIND OUT ON MY OWN.

Servamp was one of those shows where I didn’t really have a fav main character for a good while until this guy showed up. This guy is an absolute crazy little monster I can’t overemphasize on this, his coat is used as a fucking straight jacket I’m not even kiddin

You get introduced to him and he’s scary and terrifying because he’s so strong, like he’s one of those strongest in the series characters and since he and the heroes are on semi opposing sides he is a serious threat. So you get introduced to this guy who seems borderline crazy and feral and then...you get to see him goofing off with his two boyfriends and their kid and it’s just

The domesticity!!!!Look at it!!!! It’s so fucking cute aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, they are so cute together OT3 of C3 ftw, MY SON. Like Tsurugi had a horribly abusive childhood and was basically raised like an attack dog and his previous partner :) well he do be trying to seriously kill him don’t he. But look! He found his own little family he can be semi normal in!! Until is torn apart by his abusive adoptive father figure :D!!! I ABANDONED HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ARC AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

im sorry this got so long on this particular character none of the others will be so long i just miss him TSURUGI ILL CATCH UP FOR YOU!!!! Maybe he should have been no 1 hbjhbjh fucking sleeper agents am i right

4. Izaya Orihara from Durarara

Ah yes, the og queen bitch. Has my taste for villains ever recovered from Izaya? No. If your villain isn’t at least a bit like Izaya I’m not interested. Durarara was one of my first serious fandoms and Izaya was the first character I ever wrote for and I think you can explain me as a person if you consider Izaya was my all time fav at 13. I can’t really say anything about Izaya that hasn’t been said thousands of times before, I love how goofy and overperformative he can be, I love how there’s so much in him once you crack him open, I love how good of a villain he is for a messy story such as DRRR, puppeteer villains are really a league of their own. We need more puppeteering twinks, maybe then I’d be more into villains yaknow.

3. Hawks from Boku no Hero Academia 

To no ones surprise!Him! I’ve been drifting off from BNHA recently what from catching bad case of JJK what from just reading n watching more other stuff and honestly that’s probably good because I’ve been into BNHA for a couple of years now as my main fandom and I really could have used a break. Not to say I don’t like BNHA anymore tbh I think right now BNHA is the best it’s ever been just ya know, drifting. That being said my love for Hawks will never die, god what a good boy and we got his backstory too aaa ;-;. BNHA was just like Servamp, something I liked but didn’t really have a fav character in until this random support character strolled in and won my heart. God I love how much we got on Hawks. He’s completely different from his initial impression and his unrelenting strive to do good despite being thrown from one horrible situation to the next is just ;-; HES SUCH A GOOD BOY. He’s selfless to a fault, literally putting everyone before himself and putting himself down for not being able to achieve more than is humanly possible I’m just ;-; I WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY. He just makes my heart happy, he’s good and warm and hardworking and in a manga where trauma plays such a major role in so many characters it’s so good to see Hawks there, having been through three different types of hell and still coming out unnerving in his goodness. All I want for him is to have a good life and to one day be able to smile for real.

2. Gojo Satoru from Jujutsu Kaisen

Again no surprise since I’ve been so into jjk lately. Satoru is p high up rn cuz I’m mainly into JJK now but god knows where he will actually settle. He’s not even really my favorite character in the show, that goes to Inumaki, but this is a list of who I think about the most (tho all of these characters are either no 1 or no 2 for their shows) and boy my brother and foxy can tell you I’m constantly thinking about this bitch. I didn’t really care about him that much at the start but then I got to Hidden Inventory and OH BOY MUCH TO THINK ABOUT. Satoru is such a wonderfully complex character whos evolution you can clearly follow through the years. He’s under so much pressure as the strongest sorcerer to deal with everything and he has to operate in that system trying to change it for the better while at the same time trying to make sure his students arent sacrificed in the name of that change. He has a very goofy disposition but along side with Nanamin who’s a lot more explicit about it, it’s clear he cares about mental state of his students a whole lot. He knows this world is terrible and that the will come out of it with scars and that he can’t protect them from all of it, but he balances protecting and letting them grow as much as he can. They need to grow so jujutsu society can change after all, but they also need to be protected so they don’t fuckin die before that can happen. This is without all the many many opinions I have on Hidden Inventory and SatoSugu as a whole, how they influenced each other, how differently they reacted to their shared trauma (Funny how everyone on this list is fuckin traumatized) and what resulted from it. How their fucking love story is dramatic enough to be a Shakespeare play. Also I like it when he’s long and goofy ahahah

1. Chuuya Nakahara from Bungou Stray Dogs

Not to objectify men on main but I couldn’t choose a picture 

If there is ever a day when I don’t go feral over Chuuya I’ll probably be dead. He not only lives in my head rent free he owns the place.

HES SO UNDERUSED.

BSD has such a great setup with Chuuya, like he’s ex partners with the mentor of the main character who got betrayed and abandoned when the mentor left shared evil organization. Sounds like grounds for drama right? YOUD THINK SO. Like Chuuya and Dazai have such a great and interesting dynamic and you can feel how strained it is from the distance and betrayal and they bicker and fight as their defining relationship trait BUT there is such a strong underlying trust to all the fighting. These two trust each other with their whole lives and that hasn’t changed despite everything, despite how much time has passed and how much that trust had been tested. So you’d think he’d be an important character :) HES STUCK IN SUPPORT HONESTLY HES STUCK IN BACKGROUND UNLESS HES NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING COOL AAAAAA. Chuuya is literally one of a kind, I’ve never seen a character with such a good design and such an cool power and such an interesting relationship to one of the main characters and such a love and support from the fandom BE SO UTERLLY AND COMPLETLY WASTED. Even when we get Chuuya scraps they rarely build on relationship he has in canon but just throw in new random ones at him (tho that’s a broader problem of Kafka throwing new characters at the plot instead of developing the one he already has really). We get a hint of a cool fight with him? Completely cut out, More often then not it just feels like he is benched because he’s so damn strong there would just be no plot tension if he went in and broke some heads (which is also a problem with Satoru, guys stop writing op characters if you’ll just put em on the bus aaa). Anyway he’s completly and utterly wasted by the plot.

And it’s such a waste because he’s such a good character. Like he’s a member if the villain organization and is obviously by that very vicious and violent but also so empathetic and kind to people he considers his friends. He and Dazai have the brawn and brain thing going on and stg Chuuya is like the only brawn I can think of that is classier then their brain. Look at how this guy dressed, he’s high class gay, hat, choker, coat, gloves, he is bringing in the looks. I love how he can actually be completely calm and rational and put together but then put him with Dazai and it’s back to ‘we are 15 and we will scream out heads off at each other’, they are so childish. 

Anyway I love Chuuya he deserves to be treated better and I will never stop screaming about Chuuya ever

[givemeahug]

hello! i've seen you around the archive and you seem pretty active on ao3 so i thought i would ask u for some bsd fic recs?? I was looking at ur bookmarks but you have like SO MANY. rec list :) please? :) any genre/rating is good with me. thank u have a great day!

hello anon!! thank you v much, i hope you have a great day as well! 

yeah, uhhh i guess my list is kinda ridiculous lmao. XD but it’s just that there’s so much talent in the world, come on man 😭😭

also an fyi, but i’ve only been in bsd fandom for like, a month now? and i have a heavy bias for soukoku and angst lmao so there’s probably some gems out there i haven’t discovered yet but. here are some of my favs! buckle up, it’s gonna be a long ride XD i swear i tried my best to trim it.

*fyi, i left out most of the ones easily found through sorting filters and those that you can find under my bookmark rec filter- with some exceptions that i truly, wholeheartedly could not go without reccing directly. 

wishing for an eternity by walking_through_autumn

T, buraiha-centric, truly fantastic portrayal of their dynamic, with a lingering bittersweetness while also being kinda soft? i just. i love this so much. they have many other buraiha fics, so I’d recommend browsing through this author’s works in general.

Beholder by Sethen

unrated. lakdsjfasd this one, as of now, is only at 1 chap posted out of 3 but i will rec anyway bc this was GUT-WRENCHING. one of dazai’s suicide attempts, i have no idea yet whether he succeeded :’)

The Boss And His Master by bluemisfortune

M, mafia boss chuuya, soukoku. oooooh their relationship is so good here. i really love the sense of suspense(?), and that it kinda showcases how chuuya honestly isn’t stupid- just not exactly clever like dazai is. he is cunning though, and that’s what makes this so sinister. 

time after time by Maristella

T, soukoku. chuuya is dead and dazai is somehow able to call chuuya’s past self. this one is just. god its so lovely. there’s something so masterful in the scenes they chose to depict and the order of it. it’s *chefs kiss*

too far from you by spirallings

E, odazai, BSD Beast-verse. it’s. oh my godddd. it’s beautiful. it’s not only well-written, but the dramatic irony really heightens the emotions and i love it so so much ahhhhh!!

The Autumn Will End by TheGreatCatsby

M, Yosano-centric. Yosano stays with Mori and meets Dazai and Chuuya as a Mafia doctor. it’s stunning as a character study imo.

Static by Aryagraceling

T, ADA!Dazai meets PM!Dazai. a bit of softness and hope, bc this list needs that :’)

Armed Detective Family by Scarlet_Nin

unrated, but mostly G and T, imo. read the tin. i am very soft for supportive found families and angst. (mostly dazai’s lol)

For the Crime of Existing by Darke_Eco_Freak

T, fyozai. i just. this aches man. 

…Perhaps everything by Cassie1989

T, fukuzawa/mori. im not sure why but i am very fond of their dynamic here, haha. 

carve your love into my skin by Dont_Wake_The_Writer

E, soukoku, Book!Dazai. exquisite prose, incredible relationship development. also i am trash for that historical accuracy. it punched me in the gut and buried me man. 

wolf among sheep by Shinkirou

M, soukoku, Dazai joins the Sheep. I enjoyed this premise a lot more than I thought I would. I especially like where they’re taking the relationship as of most recent chapters. 

reciprocity by setosdarkness

T, soukoku, soulmate au. this. this killed me. that’s all i can tell you. 

but i fake, it’s my fate by emilove

M, dazai/odasaku/kunikida. somehow odasaku comes back from the dead 4 years later?? it’s not very far along yet, hasn’t been updated in a while either, but I trust this particular writer. if you’re into bnha, i’d check out those ones too. 

more than kin, less than kind by Anonymous

M, soukoku, but not focus. Oh, THIS ONE. THIS IS THE ONE I WOULD REC A THOUSAND TIMES OVER, I FUCKING A D O R E THIS ONE. It has such incredible, complex characterizations, intruiging development, it’s well-paced, it’s ksfdasjflaksjdal SO FUCKING AMAZING. IF YOU READ NOTHING ELSE FROM THIS LIST, READ. THIS. ONE. 

Nothing Noble by izanyas

M, soukoku. (i can’t believe none of their other fics have made it onto this list yet lmao. this writer is incredibly talented, definitely check out their other works later, even if this one in particular doesn’t interest you much.) ANYWAY. Mimic tries to use Chuuya instead of Oda to die. Chuuya leaves the mafia, heart-broken and enraged. 

OKAY! i think im done now lol. sorry it’s still a bit of a long list, but i hope you’ll enjoy ;)

[pyropelove413]

Tagged by @atsukyou, thank you! 💛

rules: pick 5 shows, then answer the following questions. don’t cheat. tag 10 (or however many) people.

1. Boku no Hero Academia

2. Bungou Stray Dogs

3. Free!

4. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

5. RWBY

what’s your favourite character from 1?

I have a bunch of faves, but I think if I had to choose a favorite I'd go with Aizawa!

who’s your least favourite character in 2?

I don't think I actively dislike anyone, but if I had to pick it'd probably be Kajii. Or maybe Gide? He just makes me sad over Oda ;v;

what’s your favourite episode of 4?

It's been a while since I watched it, but maybe the one where Ling digs up Greed's memories of his friends and then he attacks Bradley? Or maybe the one where Greed merges with Ling? It's a very good show, they're all very good (I just really love Ling and Greed, haha)!

what’s your favourite season of 5?

Season four I think! Helps that this season is the one that introduced Tyrian haha, but I also enjoy how our main team are still dealing with the fallout after season three in their own ways separately. Season six was also super interesting with the Ozpin secrets reveal and how that affected their relationships with each other and their plans going forward (although the Apathy Grimm absolutely freak me out omg those episodes are so haunting).

what’s your favourite couple of 3?

Ohhh, Rin/Haru absolutely.

what’s your favourite couple in 2?

I fell hard on the Dazai/Kunikida/Atsushi boat when I first watched it, pick any pair from the three of them and there you go. Although! Ranpo/Fukuzawa have definitely snuck up on me with the past season and the light novels.

what’s your favourite episode in 1?

Ooooh, I really enjoy Encounter, where Deku meets Shigaraki in the mall. I've also really enjoyed the recent episode of Class 1-A's festival performance!

what’s your favourite episode in 5?

Either the one in season six where Oscar reveals Ozpin's been hiding things and the team meets Jinn, or the ones in season four where we meet Tyrian and he fights with Qrow!

what’s your favourite season in 2?

I really enjoyed this past season, season three!

how long have you been watching 1?

Since the first half of season three was out, I believe! So maybe a year, year and a half? Almost two years? (What is time!)

how did you get into 3?

In middle school I read a lot of manga and only watched a tiny bit of anime, then in high school I went to a nerd school and kept hearing about everyone's favorite anime and got more into watching stuff, then eventually found my way to Free!. I think a friend might've posted a gif of that scene with Rin cornering Haru against the fence from season one, and that probably helped nudge me towards it as well, haha. (It's been so long omg.)

favourite actor in 4?

I don't pay too much attention to voice actors, really? With the sub, I did enjoy Ling's and Greed's though, haha.

which do you prefer? 1, 2, or 5?

Oh wow wow, I think if I had to choose I'd go with BnHA! They're all super great shows though <3

which show have you seen more of, 1 or 3?

Definitely BnHA; it has more episodes to start, but I've also rewatched it many, many times, haha. I occasionally rewatch the season two Free! OVA, but other than that I haven't rewatched it.

if you could be anyone from 4, who would you be?

Everyone's lives in FMA are so so stressful omg! I don't know, maybe May Chang? ;u;

would a crossover of 3 and 4 work?

I mean, I'm sure someone could make it work? I don't think they'd mesh very well though, haha. (The other three could much better, especially BnHA + BSD!)

pair two characters in 1 who would make an unlikely but strangely okay couple?

Do you just want a rare pair of mine haha Maybe Spinner and Mandalay? Like if he broke off from the League? I can't really think of anything, that was just the first one to come to mind.

overall, which show has the better storyline, 3 or 5?

They are very, very different haha. I think Free! has a more straightforward storyline compared to RWBY's more complex one, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's better.

which has better theme music, 2 or 4?

Oh heck, I jam out to both their themes all the time! A little unfair because FMA has five whereas BSD only has three (four if you count the movie's), but I think FMA wins by just a tiny bit. (FMA's Again and BSD's Namae o yobu yo are my absolute favorites omg)

If you'd like to do it, tagging @puppymabel99, @empoleon, @trashthatyoucannevergetridof, @rennalemma, @leftpantykarkat, aaand anyone else who'd like to!