#bsd all men are equal

[lavender-bundle-blithe]

hey. guess what. more Human Abilities AU, starring the Armed Detective Agency!

Kunikida's first up, with Matchless Poet/Doppo Poet (I don't know which one's right-), or just "Poet"! Poet is much like Kunikida, wanting to keep up with work and having an organized and well maintained scheduled. But while Kunikida scolds the others for slacking off, Poet is more kinder with his words. Still has the scary factor though when the others push it, and definitely if they mess with his organization. That's his thing, organization. Mess with it, and you'll end up with a binder at the face. Regardless of his scary factor, Poet is more or less the diligent and caring big brother when it comes to his voice claim. ex: maybeee (goodness voice claims are hard when you have a itty bitty mind and you dont know much voices-) "L. Lawliet" from Death Note.

Ranpo's Super/Ultra Deduction, or Suiri! (going with romaji for some of these-) Suiri is as much as a smarty as they are a foodie. And while they have the same confidence in their deductions like Ranpo, Suiri is a actually a lot more mellow and quiet about their accomplishments which correlates to the fact that Ranpo doesn't actually have an ability. Sometimes they wonder why they're still around when they're at their lowest, but the rest make it an every day occurrence to make them feel needed. Hey, at least they know their way back to the agency. But some thing's for sure when it comes to their voice claim. They have Ranpo's sass and shoot-backs. ex: Nagisa from Assassination Classroom.

Yosano's Thou Shalt Not Die, Kochou(a less common name meaning "butterfly", the other being just "cho")! She is very much similar to Yosano as a feminist and a very independent woman that need no man. But in the sense, she does more of the dirty work. She's not afraid in getting her hands dirty. But even then, she knows beauty just like her iridescent butterflies when she sees it, more or less giving her an elegant but straightforward voice claim. Not as sadistic, but it's still in that scary factor that a single unamused and threatening stare could have many sit down and wait for their demise if she were to unleash such on them. ex: Lust from Full Metal Alchemist (at this point, im just going through random tiktoks of voice claims to figure something out qwq)

Kenji's Undefeated by Rain, or just... Rain! Rain a literal carbon copy of Kenji, with a bit more knowledge about city life... but somehow still not enough. Very much a social butterfly and polite just like Kenji, if not somewhat more mature than the boy. One poignant thing about Rain, though, is his strong nature of not wanting to hurt, so he's actually a pacifist. In a way, he is in the back lines when it comes to things, acting as defense more than offense which Kenji is. But similar to Kenji, if someone were to try and tilt that, Rain won't hesitate and punch someone a block or four back. And for his voice claim, taking to account that he's a but more mature but still golden hearted and he knows where he stands in situations. ex: Lune from The Cat Returns.

Kyouka and Demon Snow, or Shirayuki (romaji once more). Now Shirayuki is different from the others. The reason being is because she was previously Kyouka's mother's ability. Her phantom takes after her mother. With one last order given from her, Shirayuki is immensely protective of Kyouka, acting more or less like a mother-figure in place of Kyouka's. And really, the phantom resembles her mother, and it brings her comfort. So in a way, Shirayuki will take after Kyouka's mother. A nice and loving woman but can be silent and deadly with the help of her katana. But after being linked with Kyouka, she began taking after Kyouka's straightforwardness. Basically motherly for her voice claim. ex: well... Kyouka's mother from Bungou Stray Dogs.

Tanizaki and Light Snow, or just Snow! Snow has that strong familiarity sense, she is very much like the big sister to both Tanizaki and Naomi, and is more or less confused at their antics and a bit concerned, she's just glad they're close (she does not know the full extent). Snow is basically the only one besides a few notable others that have normal braincells in the agency, a good balance of work and having a bit of fun in the office. And similar to Tanizaki, can be ruthless when she wants to be (or if someone hurts her family [that includes the agency too]). And surprisingly, she gets along with everyone, ESPECIALLY Byakko, which often than not shocks most. Because if anything, Byakko is close with Shirayuki and whatever is going on with Rashomon. ex: Sisu from Raya and the Last Dragon. Taking into account about the braincells but also the fact that she somewhat acts similarly to Tanizaki

And you know what, have a Katai with... "Futon". Hm. A bit of a change to the alternate name, "The Quilt", and we now have Quill! Quill, the poor man, is a hopeless romantic. And compared to Katai, he goes out. He touches grass. While Katai is an information broker, Quill is more or less the hacker to get the more restricted information. it's for the greater good, promise! While being a hopeless romantic, Quill is more encouraging and keep seeing the days ahead. Mellow and mature, but he can and will drag Katai to go outside and bet the stray cat at the end of the block, or go to a hole in the wall shop for some deadly good dinner. ex: Joe Gardner from Soul

And last but certainly not least, Fukuzawa and All Men Are Equal. Or in romaji, Hito! Hito is a fair and balanced man, and while Fukuzawa has his agency, Hito watches over the agency's abilities. He takes care of them and spends time with them, a silent father figure moving around as he mostly keeps to both Kochou and Suiri, but he won't hesitate to help the agency members when they need the president's opinion but the man isn't in at the time. One thing, though, about Hito. Hito is silent. Silent. No one, not even Fukuzawa, has heard the man talk. But just his presence, his aura, and his acts, it's enough comfort to help them. And if someone were to try and hurt his found family, he won't hesitate and return to old ways and hurt the perpetrator back.

[originalartblog]

concept: ADA!Chuuya, but All Men Are Equal gave him total control of his ability by stabilizing it and getting rid of his permanent singularity, so he reverted to his original power: enhancing others' abilities.

Bonus:

[degenerateshinji]

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ok cool but what if the armed detective agency did rainbow capitalism tho

[sugarcarnation]

love love love how similar these two panels are. makes me insane

[rosalinesurvived]

[knockyasocksoff2022]

Random Kunikida Thought

What if before he was under the influence of All Men Are Equal anything Kunikida wrote appeared in real life.

So if he wrote something on a large piece of paper then he could summon large objects or if the size was unspecified, (like a ball can be any size) it would be the dimensions of the paper or surface he wrote on, say like a chalkboard. 

Imagine baby Kuni learning how to write and stuff just keeps materialising out of nowhere and using his ability so much is draining him alot. It took him longer than average to learn to write because of this. 

His parents were panicking TM. Kunikida was put in homeschool after an incident where he materialised a bird and it started attacking the teacher who had struck it with a broom and ended up killing it, and this freaked his classmates out. 

From then on he always had to be very careful about the kanji he used and not to materialise a cat instead of a bat. (I don't know Japanese so I don't know which words can be easily confused with each other) 

Then they figured out that if he misspelt something it wouldn't materialise so he was just having to misspell something by one letter or leave out characters if he couldn't risk changing the spelling.

Then as he got older he got a computer and it was the best day of life because he could now type out all his notes and join regular school.

That's why he became a maths teacher because he could write equations and numbers anywhere and they wouldn't materialise anything.

(Imagine during this time he has a fricking google doc of his ideals, in Times New Roman, 12 point font)

When he needed to leave notes about Homework or Upcoming tests he'd print out a paper with the words and tape it to the door, or he'd type the words and project them onto the chalk board with the projector.

But you know how teachers always have those big posters. You can't just type them out because there aren't many printers big enough for that size paper. One time Kunikida was making one of those about squaring and cubing things and several cubes the size of the giant poster paper appeared and he couldn't get them out of the door because they were just barely too wide too fit through the door so he was stuck using an ax from the janitor's closet to cut them up. 

And by this time Kunikida was PISSED at his ability so he was taking it OUT on these blocks and decimating them! The kids who were serving lunchtime detention in his class (for not tucking in their shirts) were really scared. The principal walked in to see what the noise was about and then fired him.

Fukuzawa heard about this and scooped him up into the ADA.

[originalaccountname]

Thank you for the long post! That really helped!

I’ve actually bought a few of the LN (including Fifteen and Stormbringer) but I’ve been trying to read the main manga first so I haven’t gotten to them yet or watched anything more than clips from the anime (I’m borrowing the manga from the library and there’s someone else reading it too who always has the next volume when I need it, so I’m still waiting on vol 4).

Though I’ve never been too fussed about spoilers because even knowing what’s happening beforehand hit different when you have the full context of reading it.

Anyway, thanks again for the explanation of Chuuya’s ability! Btw, I heard that while the gravity manipulation is the result of what the scientist did to him (in forming that self-contradictory skill you mentioned), his skill’s original form was amplification? Or something like that? I was wondering if that was true because like…

Wow he and Dazai would really be matching even more.

You're my hero for reading the manga first, and also for picking Chuuya as your favourite with literally one chapter content of him. Do be careful of his characterization in fics, since new info on him comes out with huge gaps often measured in years between, interpretations vary a lot. Do have fun though! There are some real gems out there, both old and new.

About Chuuya's original ability: there is no hard confirmation on what it is. However! When explaining what a singularity is, how it happens, and how to create one with a self-referencing ability (a single ability interacting with itself on loop), a real example is "randomly" given, with a young boy being capable of amplifying others' abilities, and then using that ability on himself, creating a massive amount of energy and forming what is essentially a black hole in which he supposedly "vanished".

That "real-life example" also came with video footage which is described in detail. That child is out of frame, his identity hidden, but he is holding a coin with a fox and the moon engraved on it, and recites a passage from Nakahara Chuuya's poetry.

So no absolute confirmation, but the themes and hints are all there... and what would be the point of presenting us this child with this specific ability while using these specific words if they were not important?

[enby-mori]

"why isn't Dazai there??" because he's not under Fukuzawa's protection.

[lovelastart]

Fukuran Week 2023 Day 7: Birthday.

The Fukus love Ranpo but the original Fukuzawa says "He's my Ranpo go get your own!!"

But they only want to say happy birthday to their dearest detective...in their own ways lol. They have to get in line but they want to be the first.

@fukuranweek

[deeez-n]

on another note. fukuzawa is pissing me off transfer tanzaki or else dont play w me

[creativelyabsentminded]

I wonder if Chuuya joined the agency if he would be able to control corruption and stop it on his own. Like what would "All men are equal" do to his ability?

Either that or it would do absolutely nothing like with Osamu.

[starlightshadowsworld]

Bsd except Atsushi is a reverse Weretiger aka he is a tiger that can transform into a human.

The Orphanage still ended up with him but treated him like a beast, only letting him out on the full moon.

But human Atsushi is rather unhinged and doesn't human well so feral tiger boy it is.

He's not a rampaging tiger, hes a weirdly very behaved random tiger all things considered. But he's still freaking people out and he's a menace on either form.

Atsushi can hold his human form better with All Men Are Equals. But Dazai will boop him and bam giant white tiger that bonks him on the head.

Akutagawa is just screaming insults at a very bewildered and than pissed off tiger. He's roaring and Akutugawa is screaming and they come to a werid agreement.

Atsushi is still a member of the Agency, tiger or human. He's got a lil badge and everything. Dazai is just like nah its cool guys this is our office tiger.

Cut to him getting bonked on the head, again.

[selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs]

Imagine, Shibusawa accidentally activated his ability in real world.

The whole house is covered in fog. And all abilities are on a loose.

Even Crime and Punishment are gone.

But, they don't attack their respective ability users.

They are nowhere to be found.

You are also nowhere to be seen.

Worst of all, Dazai is also missing.

BSD Cast are panicking.

What, if abilities hurt you?!

BSD Cast is searching through the house.

They found you, surrounded by abilities, on the attic.

And all abilities are trying to get your attention.

🐯 Beast Beneath The Moonlight is chuffing, rubbing its head against your chest.

📒 The Matchless Poet creating knick-knacks for you.

👘🗡️ All Men Are Equal is guarding the window, taking short breaks to pet you.

🩺 Thou Shalt Not Die is applying cute bandages on smallest, almost healed cuts.

🌨️ Light Snow is recreating movie scenes with its power.

🐄 Undefeated by the Rain create stone figures with its bare hands.

🐰 Demon Show holding a plate with snacks.

Futon is manipulating electronics, changing channels, so you can watch some interesting show.

🍰💉 Vita Sexualis is making accessories for you.

🍷 Upon the Tainted Sorrow making things float for your entertainment.

🌂 Golden Demon is bringing you nice clothes.

🇫🇷 Demonic Beast Guivre is curled around you.

🎧 Illuminations is creating a hyperspace over you.

🗣️ Lippman's ability is sitting near you, guarding you.

🧥 Rashomon is glaring at everyone, who is trying to get close to you.

🚬 Falling Camelia entertain you by pushing around different things.

🩹🧲 Midwinter Memento is controlling metal pieces to create some cool figurines.

⭕⭐ Dogra Magra, as a little doll, sitting on your lap.

🍋 Lemonade is creating fireworks for you.

🍛 Flawless is playing cards with you.

⛩️ Hail in the Begging Bowl preparing non-alcoholic drinks for you.

💻 Discourse on Decadence is writing down interesting memories, it read from anything he could find.

🥷 Yesterday's Shadow Tag is sitting near Rashomon, protecting you.

🕶️ Another is bringing you dolls from Ayatsuji's collection.

💰 The Great Fitzgerald is bringing you cases, full of money (don't worry, it simply took them from Fitzgerald).

🦝 Black Cat in the Rue Morgue is ready to send you in any book you want.

🐋 Mody Dick is floating outside the window, ready to fly with you anywhere you want.

🍇 The Grapes of Wreath is growing grapes for you. Don't worry, they are edible.

☕ Annie of Abyss Red is playing ball with you.

🪶 Little Women is planning your weekends, while sitting in the next room

👒 Gone With the Wing is using wings to make paper butterflies fly around.

♊ Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are floating above you, telling jokes.

✝️ The Scarlet Letter is writing your name in the air with its power.

😷 A Feast in a Time of Plague simply observing you from the corner.

🫖 The Precipice is outside, rumbling happily.

👻 The Perfect Crime is bringing you mystery novels.

⚔️ Mirror Lion is entertaining you with its sword skills.

🦇🧛 Bram's ability is handing from the sealing upside down. Protecting you.

🃏 Sigma's ability is laying near you, with its head on your lap.

🤡 The Overcoat is doing a circus performance for you.

🐀 Crime and Punishment is playing with your hair.

👧👩👵 Gasp of the Soul is cuddling your left hand.

💧 Priceless Tears is floating through the vents all over the house and bring you whatever you ask for.

🌸 Plum Blossoms in Snow is using its power to cut fruits.

⌚ Strait is the Gate is observing surroundings.

🐈‍⬛ I am a Cat is purring and doing tricks for you.

🪢🦀 Dazai, somehow, got captured, and how is in a cage, far away from anyone, he can touch to nullify.

The moment, BSD Cast stepped to the attic, abilities turned towards them, glaring at their 'hosts'.

So, you, either, will be stuck here, until Abilities decide to let you go.

Or, until BSD Cast manage to free Dazai.

[jayktoralldaylong]

Fukuzawa's ability "All Men Are Created Equal" gives anyone he recognises as his teammate equal control over their abilities as everyone else in the organisation. So, as soon as Atsushi accepted to join the team he immediately gained full control of his powers to the same level that Dazai has, now the only thing blocking his progress is how creative he can be with his own abilities. A unique way of making a character very OP very fast (Unfortunately the only BSD character with OP powers that would really need this extra boost is on the wrong team. 😅💔 - Life is not kind to Chuuya).

I'm just very intrigued by Fukuzawa's ability. At first glance it doesn't look like anything impressive but that's because he's organised a team of heroes who fight for the greater good. Keep in mind that if any of his new teammates were to just leave their control over their abilities would resort to square one. And because he's so kind most of anyone who works with Fukuzawa immediately feel indebted to him.

Imagine this dude as a military commander or Mafia boss (I understand more and more why Fukuchi and Mori can't control themselves. I'd be mad if Fukuzawa broke up with me too).

[chuuyanakaahara]

now that im on the topic. i dont think anyone in bsd talks about dead apple. they just dont wanna talk about it. dazai doesn't wanna explain his gay dialogue with chuuya anymore than chuuya wants to explain why he jumped out of a plane because his soul would know if dazai was dead. atsushi doesn't wanna talk about traumasawa and akutagawa is certainly not going to talk about that he was happy for kyouka. tanizaki won't tell anyone what he was doing during the ability personification and attempted assassination. kenji saw tachihara fighting midwinter memento and helped him out and doesn't mention it because the nice mafia man asked him not to. tachihara's hackles raise whenever he hears about the incident. mori doesn't want to talk about how elise went visually through all three of her current inspirations (dazai, yosano, her "original"). fukuzawa gets a headache thinking about how all men are created equal manifested as himself when it should manifest as everyone else's abilities in turn. higuchi knew she was being hunted by an ability but she knew fuck all of what was going on and didn't even know it was her own ability bc she never saw it.

[trains-boy]

BSD ability based pickup lines

I could be your RashouMAN

Oh you're into otherworldly immortal beings? I'm actually no longer human, so..

I could be the beast beneath YOUR moonlight iykwim

Oh you don't have a dirty mind? Allow me to corrupt you

They may say all men are created equal, but damn, I think you're above all the rest

Girl, if you were a falling camellia, I would pick you up and hold you gently because you deserve it

After I'm done with you we're gonna need thou shalt not die iykwim

If you're demon snow, then winters my favorite season

Do I have ultra deduction? Cause I can deduce that you're a solid 10/10