#bsd irl author

[felinelord-bowbeforemepeasant]

So I just found out that irl!ranpo is gay????

So the story is that I was just scrolling through tumblr for a bit and found a post that say(questioning) that ranpo is gay and I was like

"Wait,Huh? WHAT!??? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT!! WHAT DO YOU MEAN IRL!RANPO IS GAY!??"

(Here the link if you wondering)

I was shocked I was completely shocked like my mind was just repeating a sentence

"Irl!ranpo is GAY??!"

So I calm down a bit go to Google and search and found a reddit post kinda explaining the part "irl!ranpo is gay"

So the gist of it was ranpo and his friend name Iwata who was anthropologist that spent years researching the history of homosexuality in Japan, during the 1930s edogawa and Iwata had a competition to see who could find the most books about erotic desire between man.

Edogawa dedicated himself finding books published in the west and Iwata dedicated himself finding books published in japan

But unfortunately, iwata died in 1945 leaving with only part of his work published so edogawa worked to have the remaining work on queer historiography published.

And there was also this too "Vision and Putrescence: Edogawa Rampo Rereading Edgar Allan Poe"(you will also find this in the reddit post link that I put up there) that talk about his sexual indentity and heterosexual love? (Idk know how to explain it though but if i have to sum it up I will take a page from the reddit post and said "A quote verifying that Edogawa Ranpo was almost certainly gay.")

This is why I love irl author fact so much like, they have things about them that we don't know yet and when we find out it just leave us completely shocked

Like seriously iam so completely shocked right now to the point that iam completely ignoring my homework to write this

(Also a reminder iam not a researcher who did some kind of in depth research about this, this post is just me finding some kind of fact about irl!author if there is any misconception then iam sorry also if you want to discuss more about this then feel free to comment in the tag or the comment section but I will not accept any hate comment if you don't like it just scrolled past it this will not affect your life)

P.S: while I was writing this I just remember that I have some post that I haven't finished and edited or post yet but if you curious about it then I could said one is about kinda related to jouno, one is atsushi and one is just random, I might post it if I have the motivation but maybe it will take a while

[anticidic]

wait, wait, what if this is who Fyodor was talking about and Akinari was sealed within Amenogozen fifteen hundred years ago by Fyodor

[deimosatellite]

bsd tumblr listen to me. steinbeck/fyodor power couple

[nakajimaas]

[velvetyvoyage]

📣📣FYODOR FUCKIN DOSTOYEVSKY! , stop making people hate you! CHALLENGE!! GO!📣📣❗️‼️‼️💋‼️‼️(IMPOSSIBLE!)

📢📢FYODOR! STOP SERVING CUNT TO MAKE UP FOR YOUR TRACHEAROUS CRIMES!! GOO!! 🗣🗣🗯‼️‼️❗️‼️‼️💋💋‼️‼️

[lr-scarlet]

𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞║太宰 治

[𝚃𝚜𝚞𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚊 𝚂𝚑𝚞̄𝚓𝚒║津島 修治]

(𝟷𝟿 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟶𝟿 – 𝟷𝟹 𝙹𝚞𝚗𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟺𝟾)

— 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢 𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 —

「"𝙼𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎. 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐."」

– 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙽𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗

「"𝙰𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚠, 𝙸’𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙸𝚏 𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚗’𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚘𝚘 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚏 𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚎𝚢𝚎𝚜: 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚔𝚢."」

– 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙽𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗

「"𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜. 𝚄𝚗𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚜 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙸 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝. 𝙸 𝚔𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢 𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗, 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚍. 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚌��𝚗𝚝 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚖; 𝙸 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚌."」

— 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙽𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗

「"𝙿𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔 𝚘𝚏 “𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚜.” 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊 “𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝” 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗. 𝙸𝚏 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙸 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚢 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚝, 𝙸 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚏𝚎𝚎𝚕 𝚊𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚑𝚒𝚖, 𝚊𝚗 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜."」

– 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙽𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗

「"𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚜."」

– 𝙳𝚊𝚣𝚊𝚒 𝙾𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚞, 𝙽𝚘 𝙻𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚞𝚖𝚊𝚗

[aenishas]

The recreating of irl Dazai photo is and alway will be iconic

[nyxi-pixie]

it is funny to me when people in the bsd fandom are super opposed to genderbending. lmao throws asgrs beast afterword at you. throws kouyou ozaki at you. throws kyouka izumi at you. throws h.g. wells at you.

[hesbianyaoi]

The Soukokus and the Four Symbols: Pt 1

STARTING OFF BY SAYING: This is just a fun connection/"theory" (if you would call it that) I made while reading BSD, so not everything will be connected exactly to the T. I just love mythology and Byakko has already been confirmed to be a celestial being thanks to chapter 119, so in any case, buckle up and enjoy my insanity.

WHO AND WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE FOUR SYMBOLS?

The Four Symbols—also known as the Four Guardians or the Four Gods—are constellations and mythological creatures in Chinese (and other countries in the Sinosphere) culture that are believed to be the protectors of the four cardinal points: the North, South, East and West.

They also had correspondence with the Five Phases (Wuxing), the philosophy that the fundamentals to the universe were composed of elements and their relationships to one another. These elements include nature, seasons, times of day, directions, and colors.

The Four Symbols are the Azure Dragon of the East, the White Tiger of the West, the Vermilion Bird of the South, and the Black Tortoise of the North.

Sound familiar?

It's like how Soukoku + Shin Soukoku is associated with the colors blue/red and black/white. This alone wouldn't be enough for me to make this entire thing such a big post in the first place, though; it's the very nature of everything else in Bungo Stray Dogs concerning the Soukoku's and the subtle symbolism they have connecting them to these divine beings.

For the sake of my own mind, we'll be discussing Shin Soukoku in this post, as they have the most relevance to the recent update and to their associated guardians/gods. Interesting since they create such a unique Singularity, right?

ATSUSHI: BYAKKO, THE GUARDIAN OF THE WEST

We have the most information about Byakko thus far, so it only seems fair to start off with her.

Byakko's associations with Wuxing include the color white, sunsets, autumn and its desolation, and the west itself. These are things Atsushi is commonly associated with, such as sunset/moon symbolism, how the sun sets in the west during the autumn equinox, even his joke title of the Wimp of The West in chapter 33.

Atsushi's white tiger is something we already know is highly sought after from all around the world, and we already know that the tiger itself is a "bookmark" to locate the book. The Book is obviously representative of something otherworldly, something as heavenly as its association with creation and life, and of course, Byakko is the literal guide to finding it. Because of course she is.

Byakko is more than just a white tiger; it is the embodiment of justice, protectiveness, and righteousness. It is the king of beasts and a capable warrior. She's more than just an ability (as we see in Dead Apple, alongside Rashōmōn, since they're the only two that take their own forms compared to everyone else's abilities being mirrors of themselves) as she resides inside of Atsushi's body as another physical being entirely.

Canonically, abilities are described as receiving their power by their user's souls, which is why an ability will disintegrate once their user dies.

But Byakko is not just Atsushi's ability; she is an entire being residing within him, two souls in one body. And not just any being, but a god.

It's also speculation on my part, but Byakko is often referred to as the "key" to finding The Book when in actuality, she's most likely protecting it. Fitting of the White Tiger's role as a guardian of justice and morality—if it fell into the wrong hands, balance would be broken.

AKUTAGAWA: GENBU, THE GUARDIAN OF THE NORTH

Also known as the Black Warrior of the North, as the character 武 translates to warrior/knight and is a much more faithful translation. Compared to Atsushi's more blatant connection to Byakko, Akutagawa's connection to Genbu relies more on subtlety, which I would say picked up during chapters 117.

His death, becoming a vampire, and the time spanning from his death until now could also count as a form of hibernation, given the fact tortoises hibernate and winter is the prime time for hibernation to occur, which aligns with Genbu's associations with Wuxing: the color black, winter and its frost, midnight (prime time for traditional vampires), and the north itself.

From the beginning, Akutagawa has always been associated with black as his signature color. Rashomon, his armor, is his protective "shell" like that of a tortoise. In the most literal sense, he is a warrior—a true knight, further emphasized by Bram's final wishes and desires to protect. It's also worth mentioning that the Tortoise is revered as a pillar of support during challenging times.

Honestly, need I say more?

Genbu is also associated with resilience, wisdom, and most importantly, immorality. The story of the Black Tortoise (Xuanwu) varies from legend to legend, but the general base for the story is the same: Xuanwu was once a mortal who achieved enlightenment and became immortal by pulling out his stomach and intestines, the last remains of his human parts. Once he pulls them out, they become demons, and he must subdue and tame them—quite literally overcoming his own sins.

In a twisted sense, Akutagawa's death was a form of enlightenment.

He dies believing that Dazai truly didn't abandon him, that this was all just a test, and thus he dies with a smile on his face. Now that Akutagawa is awake, he doesn't remember anything besides his knightly duties. It is a new beginning for him, one without the demons of his past weighing him down internally.

He is anew. He is enlightened.

SO, WHAT COULD THIS MEAN?

That's the thing. It could mean nothing at all except for speculation. It could mean something bigger in store for the future of the story. The point is that we don't know what could happen or what any of this could mean outside of correspondence with mythological archetypes. Regardless if this actually contributes anything to the plot, the similarities between Akutagawa-Atsushi and the White Tiger-Black Warrior were too fun to resist talking about, which brings up another point.

Byakko and Genbu, Baihu and Xuanwu, Atsushi and Akutagawa, the new Double Black. They all represent the same thing: balance.

The tiger is representative of its protectiveness and righteousness whilst the tortoise is associated with its wisdom and the strength of a warrior. All four guardians are responsible for the balance of the cosmos and nature itself, and for the Soukokus, it is the same.

The balance they fight to keep is not only between themselves and each other but for Yokohama, for the fabric of reality itself. (And it's something I want to go deeper into when I focus on Dazai & Chuuya next.)

[windyskiez]

YOOOOOO NEW CHARACTER!

[walmart-miku]

HELLO PEOPLE I HAVE JUST HAD A REALIZATION!!!

Ok so season 1, episode 8, "Teaching them to kill; Then to die". This is the first episode that we really get to meet yosano and kyouka and get to know them.

Now in the poem by irl yosano that bsd yosanos ability is inspired by, "Thou Shalt Not Die", there is a line saying "did your parents teach you to wield the sword to murder other people?" And the poem is also addressed to irl yosanos younger brother who was fighting in the war at Port Arthur, where soldiers were being turned into HUMAN BOMBS.

Sounds familiar? THATS RIGHT!!! WHO IN BSD WAS FORCED TO LEARN HOW TO KILL AND WAS THEN TOLD TO DIE AND WAS A HUMAN BOMB? KYOUKA!!!!!

I just think it's really neat how nuanced this episode is about introducing yosano and kyouka, with how it utilizes the poem that inspired bsd yosanos ability.

[sesugi]

A young Junichiro Tanizaki in 1908

[philzokman]

whenever i read skk fanfiction theres always a point in the evening where i look across my room to my copy of dazai’s self portraits and feel the need to clarify to myself that i am not, in fact, reading fanfiction of two authors but rather the twinkified anime versions of said authors

[girlyidols]

I think the best part about being into fashion and kinning is dressing up in fashion while in a kinshift. Sorry but Fyodor Dostoevsky now wears girly kei.

[intravention]

lovely guessing game we got here. when you say kafka, are you referring to the tall beauty with grape wine hair and heels kafka from acclaimed space fantasy game honkai star rail, the author of hit series bungou stray dogs kafka asagiri, or the famous novelist franz kafka? place your bets now!

[sskk-manifesto]

:)