#bsd francis

[sorcerersandskillusers]

So I've been looking into some card meanings for BSD stuff, and I've noticed the four king cards perfectly fit the four leaders of the major gifted organisations:

Mori for the King of Spades, Dazai literally calls him the embodiment of logic in the manga, and despite what most people think, he is normally very fair to his subordinates.

This one is almost too on the nose, it literally describes Fitzgerald exactly

The king of clubs for Fukuchi, while it mostly fits for his persona as a hero it does fit if you remember that he is trying to fight for what he believes is justice

And finally the king of hearts for Fukuzawa, He stands apart from all the others as his only concern is the happiness and comfort of his children subordinates

I just love seeing how well these all fit, its very possible this is just a coincidence, but given Asagiri's track record i think it might be at least slightly intentional.

[jounosparticles]

asagiri is so good at writing villains that initially seem awful but turn out to be heartbreaking characters

francis was a man so desperate to make his wife happy that he was willing to destroy a city

verlaine just wanted to protect his brother at any cost, even if what he did was awful. now he stays locked away mourning the loss of his friend and has no desire to leave

fukuchi was a man so desperate for world peace that he made himself a villain for the world to unite against

[sad-emo-dip-dye]

I really can't hate francis cause man just loves his wife ok do you know how many ya fantasy books i've read that are centered around a man going crazy over the love of their life like that, I just can’t stay mad

[ticklinglady]

The Guild's actions during the story are so insane, when you think about them properly, you know? When I first read the arc with them, this moment hasn't really occurred to me, as I was too busy going nuts over finally seeing the names of the familiar writers, but now when I think of that... I am not sure, I comprehend how they managed to achieve such a ferocious reputation. I have already made a little post about how extremely dysfunctional the DOA members are, but at least those guys have a plan, which actually makes sense more or less, even despite the gang using cheatcodes/the Book. The same cannot be said of the Guild however archghhjkn. Like, what the hell were these guys even doing??? XD

So here are just some moments, which weirded me out the most

At first I'd like to address the entire story with everyone's favorite tsundere, Lucy Maud Montgomery. Her introduction leaves quuuuite an impression in the best way and nothing makes me happier than the fact, that she gets a chance to find happiness in the following chapters and actually becomes a reoccurring character! HOWEVER, her entire involvement with the Guild is super odd... I still can't wrap my head around her getting fired. She is a girl with a hella powerful ability, who got taken to the Guild from a terrible, terrible orphanage in order to fight for them in the war for the Book, so not only is she very strong, but she's also immensely dependant on the organisation and wouldn't do anything outside of its interests. Yet Lucy is also put under extreme pressure. As she herself puts it, the Guild doesn't tolerate failures and will kick her out the moment she screws something up.

Later we see that this is exactly what happens, when she messes up her first mission. Fitzgerald himself confirms that, since she failed and revealed her ability to the enemies, she's no longer useful, so now a powerful esper, like Lucy works for free as a... laundress?

EXCUSE ME??? WHEN HAVE THE GUILD MEMBERS EVER DONE ANYTHING, BUT FAIL AND REVEAL THEIR ABILITIES?

Let's be real, these dudes were successful like only once or twice...

This fact not only makes Fitzgerald look like an idiot for wasting such a talented and useful worker, because of one mistake, but also as one hell of a hypocrite, cause he is more than fine with everyone else fucking up. And in case of Lovecraft and Steinbeck: fucking up twice. To add to the oddity, we later learn, that Louisa genuinely cares for Lucy and despite her social anxiety actually stood up for her during the entire story, but even that wasn't enough to change Fitzgerald's mind on the issue, though Louisa is one of the few people, whose opinion he respects. Honestly, this is such a waste of a truly useful subordinate. And speaking of which....

The Guild has never even tried to implement Edgar Allan Poe during the war...

This man is actually rather op when you think of it. He can capture and neutralise literally any ability user in Yokohama (besides Dazai, Mori and Ranpo ofc) just by throwing a book at them. Seriously, as we see with Chuuya, they don't even have to read it, they just need to see the pages. Plus the book can be actually sent via email!!! So why has there been an absolute zero amount of strategies with the use of this ability??? They could actually try to catch Atsushi by sending him such email containing any of Poe's mystery stories and then safely carry him back to their base. And it doesn't have to be just Atsushi, it could be literally any of their enemies. Non-combatant, like Ranpo could use this pretty damn well to his advantage and it doesn't take a genius to understand the potential of the "Black Cat in Rue Morgue". But nooooo, it seems like everyone has just forgotten of Poe!!! (Tho to be honest, I can actually see this situation in a funny extra awfgbfggfjj. Not the main story however) The agency would never even learn of his existence, if he didn't personally decide to try to fuck Ranpo's life up. Like, what does Poe even do in the Guild? He's the master architect and, according to him, the third ranking man in the organization, but we never see him be of any use, so Idk. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Lucy at least got to do something, unlike this poor man.

Then there's the entire drama with the Guild's decision to destroy Yokohama. Where do I even begin...

First of all, Fitzgerald has no way of knowing that Atsushi is going to come to Moby-Dick to fight him. Poor guy is the Guild's primary goal and has already gotten himself captured once, so it would have been safe to assume that the ADA decided to hide him somewhere and not send him on any dangerous missions for the time being. That basically means Fitzgerald could have burned down not just Yokohama, but also the only person, who could actually help him find his precious Book.

But if we're to ignore this, let's also go with Wikipedia then~

"Yokohama is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone."

..........................

Good luck making up for the destruction of THIS, Fitzgerald 🖕

And if this in itself wasn't bad enough, most people, including me, tend to forget that all Guild members are actually big shots in the American government, which I think is very sad. Because first of all, can you imagine any of the Guild members actually working as politicians?!! The sheer idea makes me hysterical avshbgj. Like, just consider Lovecraft working as a senator or something. This eldritch horror of a man leaves the ocean once in three years at best LMAO. Second of all, I have a feeling, that the destruction of Yokohama at the hands of influential politicians from a foreign country would have resulted in an international conflict or two~ Like as if random deranged rich Americans arriving in Japan, wreaking havoc over there and destroying the second largest city in the country wasn't bad enough, these Americans just HAD to be super influential businessmen and politicians. Louisa, my dear, I understand that it wasn't your intention, but it's as close to a declaration of war as it can get, you know? Fitzgerald may be ready to do anything to resurrect his dead daughter, but I'm not sure, that the execution of himself and the rest of the Guild at the hands of the Hunting Dogs is something he'd like.

(And here's another funny thing that stems from them being politicians 🤭 As @originalartblog wittily pointed out, Fitzgerald wasting all his money fighting sskk has probably resulted in a market crash and recession over in the USA)

I also have some other questions in regards to this entire plan, such as why did they have to waste Moby-Dick just to destroy Yokohama? Yes, it works in the short term, but in the long term they loose a super powerful fortress with the stealth mode and as the practice shows, you better have a safe base, unless you want another lemon freak to blow it all up. I mean, you could just ask Lovecraft to destroy everything for free. Or, if the device is the only way to stop the giant whale from crashing, why didn't Fitzgerald just take it to a far away bunker or something and waited things out there without the need to spend millions of dollars just to survive the explosion? (And it would have been extremely funny, if during the fight with sskk he just threw the device overboard) But I think I have already rambled for long enough already atxhghbgv XD

The Guild is an even bigger mess than the DOA and I think that's glorious 🙌

[duchesscelestia]

and here's the art from today's video, a dumb bsd doodle sheet bc the guild deserves more love

[ryukatz]

⋆ ♱ THE GUILD LITERARY REFERENCES ♱ ⋆

[bridge-demon]

ya boy started watching bungo stray dogs

[joydoesathing]

"You (Blue Fairy) granted (loaded) life to my wooden body.

Why would you do that? Why? Why? Why?

Too much of a good thing.

I can only live under your control after all.

You gave the clumsy marionette (me) the cold shoulder

I can see your "lying eyes" sneering at me"

i'm not really in the bsd fandom, but "bullet" from royal scandal is giving me alcott with fitz vibes

[kae-rants]

Genderbend Akutagawa and Francis (fr. Genderbend Ranpoe and monclott)

[frankenjoly]

elise & ango + "you're a worm"

kunikida & fitzgerald + "support your family like the rest of us, be born billionaires"

lucy & kenji + "do you need any help?"

or, if you'd prefer something less obscure...

kunidazai + "your facial features are in the right spots"

poiuygfttgyhuio enjoy the randomized pairings lol <333

i love all of these :3 lemme just post them in 2 pairs bcs i'm nowhere near patient enough to wait to have all 4 lkjlkj

elise & ango + “you're a worm”

“You’re a worm.” Elise announced, snickering when those words caused exactly the expected reaction: Ango frowned, clearly trying to choose his next response carefully.

“That’s rude, you know.” He said, simply and plainly, because of course not letting her get away with saying whatever wasn’t an option; that was a power she never intended to stop using.

“Ah, no.” Was her answer, once she had enjoyed that part enough. “We’re playing this board game, and you’re getting the worm figurine. I’m saving the rock for Osamu, and the glasses for Hirotsu, and so on.” As she explained, Elise lifted up the tiny piece of plastic and offered it to Ango, who took no actual time on taking it.

“Will you explain the rules to me first? I doubt I’ve ever played this.”

kunikida & fitzgerald + “support your family like the rest of us, be born billionaires”

“C’mon, there were a million ways to do this, and you chose the worst one. Support your family like the rest of us, be born billionaires.” Kunikida had barely finished speaking when Fitzgerald snorted with no trace of shame.

“Born? Please, lad, I had to work my ass off for everything I’ve got now.” Chin up, a deep frown… no, he had by no means finished. “I don’t give a single fuck about what you think about me, understood? I was willing to burn this city to the ground if that meant I’d managed to make my Zelda smile again. If that meant we’d all could go back to being a family. I may have not succeeded, and I changed my mind now that’s not possible through that path anyway. But I’d do it all again.”

Kunikida let out a deep sigh. Alright, there was no reasoning in that case, not when they were bound to clash.

(Also on ao3.)

[poe-tat]

literally-

Mori/Fukazawa: My children are fucking each other

Francis: That- That is not a brag-

Mori: relax they aren't actually siblings

Fukazawa: *ignoring the Tanizaki siblings* yep yep trust

[thesixthhuntingdog]

[oceanlifeenthusiast]

OOC:

Can you imaginr what would happen if Lovecraft became president.

Louisa: Sir there's... there's an issue

Francis: Hm? Is this 'issue' going bankrupt?

Louisa: ...No...

Francis: Then it can't be that bad.

Louisa: Howard has become President.

Francis: I take back my words. WHAT.

Louisa: I don't know, either! H-He was just- somehow elected? I think Twain got him to run for president as a joke but-

Francis: And people genuinely voted for him?

Louisa: Apparently so...

Francis: ...Good GOD.

~

Nathaniel: Did you hear the news?

Margaret: Hm? What about?

Nathaniel: Lovecraft has been... elected for president.

Margaret: ...I beg your pardon?

Nathaniel: I am just as confused as anyone else.

Margaret: I reckon we're all done for by now.

Nathaniel: Only the Lord knows...

~

Mark: HOLY SHIT.

Lucy: What? What happened?

Mark: You know that idea I had that you said was pure insanity and wouldn't work?

Lucy: ...Which one?

Mark: The one regarding Lovecraft...

Lucy: Yeah, that really narrows it down, Twain.

Mark: Hey! But anyway- er, you know how I jokingly made Lovecraft run for president...?

Lucy: ...Don't tell me.

Mark: Yeah.

Lucy: Sigh.

~

Atsushi: Dazai, why is the being you fought now president of Yokohama?

Kunikuda: He's WHAT

Dazai: Oh, man.

[starlightshadowsworld]

Francis's motivation is very interesting. Because on the surface it sounds so selfless and expected.

It's of a father wanting to bring his daughter back to life.

Thing is, the phrasing is off because it's not I want my daughter back. It's my wife wants our daughter back.

We know nothing about Francis's daughter. We don't know how she died, when she died or even her name.

We know her passing deeply affected Zelda, his wife but not how his daughters death effected Francis himself.

It's all for his wife. And it's said in the same way he'd buy Zelda things, hire new chefs to make her favourites.

She wants their daughter back, so he will bring her back. He loves his wife, he'll incinerate a foreign city just to pay that love back.

And it's really bizzare.

Because it's not about him at all, but his wife. Does he even want his daughter back?

And it's only weirder because we hear nothing of his own child... But Francis talks a lot about Atsushi's own childhood.

Specifically, Atsushi's own parents while on this apparent self less crusade to bring his daughter back.

That he never talks about, does he even know anything about his daughter? And yet he knows all of this about Atsushi.

[flamie-42]

I think Fukuzawa needs a rebound after the two disasters of relationships and made it everyone’s problem

I propose

[dazaistabletop]

I can't believe Bones actually cut out The Only American Ever from this episode