tw: death, abuse, dazai-typical suicide and self harm mentions(?)
slight inspiration from i was screaming your name through the radio by electricsplatter. definitely recommended
DAZAI
dazai, originally shuuji tsushima, would be signed under the port records as a child (around 10 or 11) due to his parents. because of his understanding in writing, reading, and singing music, he would quickly be placed as an executive at the ripe age of fifteen.
he would be pressured by mori and manipulated into doing a lot of the work. dazai's parents signed him to the records because they weren't in a stage to take care of him, nor did they really want him. mori would take advantage of his mental health and do what most managers did: be forceful of the music that dazai produced and the shows.
although being considered a prodigy, before the single of double black, he only recorded one EP of five songs. he only did a few shows, since he didn't like singing the songs and pretending with so many people in front of him, despite the popularity.
because of the abuse he received from mori and his parents, he would project it on akutagawa. he would be harsh and always criticize him.
at about seventeen, he would meet ango and oda. ango would be the one keeping all the contracts for the port records, while oda would be a simple lyricist for the smaller artists of the record. oda would be cut out from the record because of the emotional attachment dazai had to him. it would be about
oda getting cut out of the records would be a turning point for dazai. he would finally understand that the port records wasn't a good place for him. despite his contract extending until twenty, he leaves the place, laying low until his contract officially ended.
after that, he'd sign with the armed entertainment agency. he would initially just do paperwork and be a lyricist for kunikida. after a month or so, he starts recording singles and albums. he quickly becomes popular, and although only having three albums, earned lots of money on the tour he had.
SOUKOKU
their relationship would have tons of ups and downs. since they are both famous singers, they aren't looking for anything to stir up the people watching them.
chuuya would feel somewhat betrayed that dazai left the port records, but would understand that it was a toxic environment for him. to him, the record company felt more empty without him.
their relationship would take a turn when dazai went to one of chuuya's concerts at nineteen, when he was supposed to be 'laying low'. chuuya realizes that dazai still exists and hasn't killed himself or anything, and that sets him off. ("not a single text? not even one, dazai?")
following this, they'd continue to bicker and fight. their relationship would receive publicity. the only time where they finally get it resolved is when dazai adds a love song labeled with his name on a new album, which makes the streams and famousness skyrocket, as well as conclude their feelings.
caitlin commenting “I had the zoomies so bad” on those pregame photos of her — she’s just so effortlessly adorable, so life-changingly golden retriever gf coded my GOD. I need her BIBLICALLY. I know she’d be so goofy in love w her girl, always running to see her when she got home like a puppy, looking at her and wanting to give her the whole world, and succeeding….her big, soft eyes are made to gaze at a woman.
shes quite literally the cutest person in the whole world i'll never shut up about how she's so puppy coded esp in those pics bri posted
I’m completely fine about Dante’s kindness being the very thing that sealed his doom, I absolutely do not think about how he could just have left Leo* to die but instead came back there to help him despite having the risk of dying as well. I don’t think at all how that is what set the story in motion and the reason why so many losses happened, including the love of Dante’s life. And the worst part is that it couldn’t have gone differently because that isn’t him. And he didn’t know back then that he was but a pawn in a game far greater than he could grasp