I think one of the most headscratching to me aspects of thoschei fan interpretations - and to be fair, writing, lately - is the chaos-order thing. That's probably because both the writers and the fandom immediately slap moral values on what are fundamentally amoral states. There can be disagreements about which is good and which is bad and which character is which as a result of the moral association, but like. It's always about what the show is trying to tell you is the better way to live because "What would the Doctor do" has become an unironic life coaching advice.
Meanwhile, from philosophical, physical and cognitive perspective it's been spelled out by Eight:
I love humans. Always seeing patterns in things that aren't there.
and Ten:
No, but that's what you do. The human race makes sense out of chaos. Marking it out with weddings and Christmas and calendars. This whole process is beautiful, but only if it's being observed.
and Terry Pratchett:
Things just happen, one after another. They don't care who knows. But history...ah, history is different. History has to be observed. Otherwise it's not history. It's just...well, things happening one after another.
and Hesiod:
First it was Chaos, and next broad-bosomed Earth.
Chaos isn't eviler because scary and ununderstandable nor is it gooder because society wants to me do stuff, man. It's more primordial. It's the objective state of things without a subject to perceive them. Yes, there are patterns in nature, but they are results of working least bad in the evolution's infinite monkeying, not some unique order.
What I'm saying is, when you think of chaos snd order as ontological concepts rather than moral admonishments, it becomes borderline incomprehensible how you could look either at a character who delights in a species obsessed with evoking order out of chaos or a character who's whole shtick is control and scheming and say yup, one of these is totally into chaos.
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"you know what would make me really happy? to wake up at 7 am tomorrow just to go outside and build a snowman before everyone else wakes up"
ik maniac was completed but I just need to couple again…. Like extra tall flirty jk with that side of snark???? PUH LEASE MINHEE😫
your wish is my command
Baby It’s Cold Outside
warnings: language (as always), allusions to sex (as always)
a/n: maybe i need to make a masterlist for maniac because I’ve been getting a lot of drabble requests with this couple 0-0
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One thing Jeongguk knew from dating you the past 2 years and 132 days (5 years and 17 days if you counted the time you were dating before the break up but who’s counting), was that you were magnificently ununderstandable. Jeongguk could examine every person in the whole world and wouldn’t be able to find someone like you. Your little jumps after you eat something delicious, your tendency to put your hair up in a ponytail before completing a task and the way you warned Jeongguk about drinking too much but still proceeded to take care of him the next morning despite your mumbled complaints and faux glares were all things he couldn’t understand but really appreciated about you.
But the thing he knew he could never understand despite being in love with you was why you loved winter. Jeongguk wasn’t going to lie, he hated the winter. He hated being cold, but tolerated it to a normal amount. Winter meant freezing mornings with the sun not even being awake for when he had to get up to go to work. Winter meant dead trees and cold feet against the tiles of the kitchen for when he went to make his daily serving of coffee and your tea. It was slippery roads with ice clinging to his pants as he tried to run through the snow in his freezing boots to come home to you. It was just too cold.
But you didn’t see it that way.
Your eyes would sparkle at the first snowflake landing on your nose. You loved going outside and dragging him along to made snow angels and take pictures. And sometimes you seemed to even enjoy being cold. You would laugh joyously even when your cheeks flushed bright red with your fingertips (though he had to admit that it made you look adorable), he just couldn’t understand it. He was continuously bewildered by your behavior.
So when the first 7 inches of pure white evil fluff blanketed the earth, Jeongguk knew that it was only a matter of minutes before you bounced into the living room with your coats to haul him off into that frozen hell. He had to make a plan… to distract you for the next few days until the weather warmed at least.
So that day Jeongguk made sure to rent out your favorite movie and cook your favorite food (though he accidentally burnt it and ultimately got takeout). You (of course) were delighted and had no qualms about staying in. You kissed him passionately after the movie to thank him for being the most thoughtful boyfriend ever, he mostly agreed though he did feel slightly guilty as it was because he didn’t want to go in the snow.
The day after that, you got off work earlier than he did. And before you could even utter a “how was your day,” he hooked his arms around your waist and proceeded to see how deeply he could press your back into the counter with his lips against yours. He was cold. It had snowed again and the only thing he could think about was how much he wanted to fuck you in your shared bed as you tugged at his snow-sprinkled hair.
The next day, he woke you up early in the morning (it was your day off) and drove the two of you to your favorite cafe before ending the night with dinner and some live music in a nearby bar. He loved the last part the most, the singers reminded him of the two of you years ago at the music festival that had ultimately brought the two of you back together. It was warm in all those places, especially with you refusing to let go of his hand in the crowded bar.
By the fourth day, he started to feel guilty. You were coming home in a few minutes and he didn’t have a plan… he wasn’t even sure if he wanted to make one. It felt… manipulative… to take you on dates just because he didn’t want to go in the snow.
“I’m home!” Your cheeks were flushed under your scarf as you hung your keys on the rack with a jingle, “Jeongguk, you would not believe what I saw outside!”
Oh, Jeongguk believed it. He saw how it snowed another 3 inches the night before. It was time to come clean.
“Y/N… love, I have something to confess…”
You frowned, “Is it urgent?”
“Slightly?!”
“Serious?”
“Quite so…”
“Are you hurt?”
“…No.”
You thought for a moment, “Will it hurt me?”
He hesitated, “maybe…”
You nodded solemnly before sitting on the couch next to him, “Jeongguk… what’s wrong?”
Jeongguk sucked a breath in through his teeth, “It’s cold outside.”
You smiled, “Yes.”
“It’s snowing. Y/N, you know I don’t like the cold…”
You rolled your eyes, “Of course, you whine about it every morning when you bring me my tea before putting your cold feet on my back.”
Jeongguk huffed before looking back at your held hands, “I- Just… I didn’t want to go outside and I knew you were going to ask me the last few days so I’ve been trying to distract you with all the spontaneous dates and I-" Jeongguk hesitated at your furrowed brows, "What I'm trying to say is… I'm sorry."
"So…" You repeated slowly, “You’ve been taken me on all these amazing random dates and fucking me because you didn’t want to go outside in the snow, but now you’re apologizing because it feels manipulative…?”
Jeongguk paused before replying with a hesitant, “Yes, except for the sex. I just wanted to sleep with you.”
He didn’t really know what to expect after that, were you going to be angry? Sad? Should he sleep on the couch or were you going to kick him out of the apartment before he was able to utter another word? Should he grab a blanket or-
But he didn’t anticipate you laughing.
And quite boisterously too.
He stared at you with wide eyes, mouth slightly agape… did he finally drive you insane?!
“Jeongguk,” You laughed through tears (shit there were tears), “I didn’t even ask you if you wanted to go outside yet.”
Jeongguk didn’t know how to respond except with an, “Oh?”
You shook your head as you gasped for air, “Jeongguk, you’re an idiot. If you don’t want to go outside you can just tell me.”
“But if I say that you’re gonna do that thing.”
“What thing?” You finally calmed down.
“Y’know.” He crossed his arms as if the answer was obvious, “That thing.”
“What thing?!”
“The,” Jeongguk cocked his head before blinking slowly and pouting. “You know I’ll go outside with you every time if you do that.” He scoffed.
You shook your head with a small smile before flicking the underside of his chin, “I didn’t know you were that weak to my aegyo.”
He rolled his eyes before pulling you into his lap, “Well I am.” He leaned his head against your chest, “I’m sorry for tricking you.”
You played with the strands of his mullet at the base of his neck, “You didn’t trick me, you just picked an activity you would much rather do with me than going outside.” You pulled away from him slightly to look at him before pressing a chaste kiss on his lips, “And I liked all of them because I got to do them with you.”
“Cheesy.” He grumbled.
“And it makes you happy.” You smirked, pressing another kiss against his lips. This time he wrapped his arms against your waist to deepen the kiss, your hands moved to the base of his head once again to pull at the strands, making him gasp slightly against your mouth, “you know what would make me really happy?” You mumbled against his mouth before pulling away, “to wake up at 7 am tomorrow just to go outside and build a snowman before everyone else wakes up.”
Jeongguk rolled his eyes and sighed, “It’s cold.”
“But Jeonggukkkkkkk.”
“There’s the thing again.” He sighed and slumped into the couch in defeat, “Go get our gloves, I’ll meet you outside in 5 minutes.”
You ran into your closet while yelling, “You better not ambush me with snowballs!”
“No promises!”
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Broke: Hmmm, I wonder why Dazai’s ability can nullify Chuuya's but not Lovecraft's.
Me, in the shower at 3am, woke: Its proof that Arahabaki, despite being an eldtritch ununderstandable being, does care about Chuuya. It can understand that Dazai is someone that Chuuya cares about, and relents to Dazai's ability despite not needing to. It doesn't want to hurt Dazai because that would hurt Chuuya. In this essay I will
- Goblin anon
Awww! Yeah, that would be interesting—it begs the question of how conscious of a being Arahabaki is. In kind of a similar vein, @feralrookie wrote this amazing series of fics which includes, among other things, Dazai and Chuuya slowly learning to pick apart Arahabaki’s emotions from Chuuya’s and it’s so gorgeously written and good ;;
Ah, and because I think some of my followers are minors (and I don’t actually know if goblin anon is or not), heads up that the main parts of the story are explicit—don’t read anything you’re not comfortable with, and always look at fic tags! (I mean, both those things also apply to adults, but hopefully y’all know what I mean)
But yeah, if you are an adult and comfortable with sexual content I 100% recommend it, it’s such a deep dive into the complications of Dazai and Chuuya’s relationship—I am always a sucker for Dazai being emotionally vulnerable, however reluctantly he does so alsksjdjfj, also RELATIONSHIP GROWTH
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