i have perhaps never sent a more important ask in my life. DROP THE BUNGOU STRAY DOGS A/B/O DESIGNATIONS AND SCENT PROFILES
(also without the slashes abo is used as a slur for indigenous australians aka aboriginal people! important to know, i didn't either until just last month)
anon, at the risk of seeming naive, i'm choosing to trust that people are picking up on enough context to not assume the slur denotation.
anyway!!!! supernatural-origin misinformed wolf sex designations but bsd, ft. scent profiles + some additional (but not comprehensive) notes where applicable:
Armed Detective Agency
Fukuzawa [Α]: Fukuzawa smells like agarwood and eugenol, which is distilled from the leaves of red camellias and smells warm and spicy, like nutmeg. Agarwood was popular among Sengoku-era samurai and is often associated with Tokugawa Iyesu, who famously collected incense. I chose eugenol more specifically as a reference to Higo camellias, a group of Camellia japonica cultivars.
Ranpo [Ω]: Ranpo smells buttery sweet, nutty, and creamy with a hint of vanilla. In other words, he smells like an azuki dessert. Fukuzawa thought he'd grow out of it. He did not.
Yosano [Α]: Yosano has a really rich, sensual coffee and rose and patchouli scent.
Kunikida [Α]: Kunikida smells like whiskey oak barrel wood smoked hojicha. The wood I've chosen here is an intentional reference to Hokkaido, where Kunikida Doppo wanted to live with Nobuko Sasaki, and about which he wrote.
Dazai [Ω]: Dazai smells like bamboo, vetiver, and ginger, inequally depending on his state. There's a hint of saltwater too, but it's subtle and most don't notice. I won't explain myself here, but I will say the saltwater is a layered reference to multiple moments and places in his life and works lest anyone misconstrue it as referring to Flowers of Buffoonery and the events externalized therein.
Jun'ichiro [Ω]: Jun'ichiro smells like urushi sap with an edge of melon-sweetness, and red maple wood. My choices here are, in part, references to In Praise of Shadows.
Naomi [Α]: I'll decide when I finish reading the eponymous novel.
Atsushi [Α]: Atsushi smells like yuzu, mikan, and basil. Very edible, that one. Most assume he's an omega when they meet him.
Kenji [Α]: Kenji smells like nutty wheat, rain, and freshly tilled soil.
Kyouka [Α]: Kyouka smells like woody neriko incense with notes of honey and plum.
Port Mafia
Mori [Ω]: tbd
Kouyou [Ω]: tbd
Verlaine [manufactured to be and cloned from Α, but inexplicably Ω]: tbd
Chuuya [Ω]: Chuuya smells like French violets, anise, black pepper, and myrrh.
Akutagawa [Α]: Akutagawa smells like smoked amber, leather, and fig.
Rimbaud [Α]: tbd
The Guild
Poe [it doesn't matter, don't worry about it]: Poe smells like wet, freshly poured graveyard soil.
anyone not mentioned and any scents yet assigned are only because i haven't gotten around to them yet. (except for poe's designation; that one just doesn't matter, so don't worry about it.)
As part of Project 575, the project Kobayashi Matcha and Masaoka Azuki were originally made for, a short series of 3-minute animated shorts surrounding the girls (still voiced by their voice providers) was produced.
Within these shorts, their classmate Yosano Yuzu, who is a fan of yuri, tends to have fantasies of Matcha and Azuki being intimate with each other.
i’m gonna cut to the chase! this is going to be a long post. i have like 102 muses. buckle up, gang!
twain: literally any crossover characters. if i follow you and you don’t have any BSD muses i have thought about sending twain at your muse(s).
tetcho: in regards to bsd, dazai and kenji. in regards to other fandoms, keith (vld), shiro (vld), kagami (ml), lan wangji (mdzs), wei wuxian (mdzs), and ushijima (hq!!)
margaret: any of the other bsd ladies.
gogol: literally anyone at this point.
natsume: in regards to bsd, melville, hirotsu, and ochi. in regards to other fandoms, any hero from ML.
ranpo: tetcho. in regards to other fandoms, any hero-in-training in bnha (in his bnha verse), claire (baccano!)
mushitaro: ranpo or poe.
ayatsuji: anyone at all. i’m not picky. please let me write him
kajii: same applies, but i would like to interact with a yosano, chuuya, or akutagawa.
lovecraft: chuuya, dazai, fitzgerald, steinbeck.
katai: kunikida.
shibusawa: dazai, fyodor, atsushi.
topaz/karma: any muse that has a habit of adopting kids in need.
agatha: fyodor, fitzgerald.
gide: oda.
lucy: twain, steinbeck, marinette (ml), for some reason a lot of hq!! characters tbh.
ochi: melville, shiro (vld), coran (vld), victor (baccano!).
dogra magra: literally just q.
akutagawa: at this point? anyone.
yuzu: chuuya.
steinbeck: idk. lovecraft, maybe? also fitzgerald.
poe: ranpo, mushitaro.
dazai: kunikida, oda.
q: anyone. i feel like a sham because i’ve had them for a couple months and just have not written them once.
teruko: any of the other dogs, dazai, kunikida.
victor (frankenstein): really any bsd character. possibly agatha.
huck: any guild member, kenji, q, elise.
kenji: anyone and everyone, whether they’re in universe or a crossover muse.
fitzgerald: steinbeck, alcott, any guildie really, fyodor, dazai, agatha.
genji: mccree, reyes, moira, angela, hanzo, lena
tracer: emily, widow, hana, winston, genji, lucio
widow: reaper, sombra, sigma, lena, moira
ashe: mccree, idk man literally anyone else
casino: any of team meka, pretty much any overwatch character
momiji: ANYONE from the unlimited.
gentle: i have no idea
pixie-bob: other pussycats!
manga: kuroiro, honenuki, kinoko, bondo
tamaki: mirio, nejire, kirishima, fatgum
roland: OLIVIER!!!!!
all of love: any child. she has a problem with adopting children.
the mother: literally anyone. i havent written her in 84 years.
5. Favorite male voice actor(s): Mamo & Chuuya’s VA (I’m bad with most VA names) & Matt Mercer.
6. Favorite female voice actor(s): Whoever voices Yosano in the sub can get it tbh. And Yuzu from Citrus.
7. Cats or dogs: Both!
8. Country/Continent you’re from: Merica’
9. Hobby: Writing.
10: Music Genre: I listen to a lot but I mostly stick with Pop (Y2K and beyond), Alterntiveish (FOBish), Lo-Fi, & various rap/pop.
11. Country you want to go to: Japan & Germany.
12. Languages you know: English, I can understand spoken/written Spanish pretty well but I can’t speak it for shit.
13. Languages you want to learn: Japanese, French, Spanish.
14. What do you post/re-blog: This Blog; Shitposts, headcanons & fics, ask memes // BSD Blog: BSD graphics, fanart, official art, shit posts, memes, // Personal: absolute garbage.
15. What content would you like to see from me? (Optional): I mght do a fic poll for my follower milestone so then y’all can choose.
16. What else do you want me to know / know about you^^ (Optional): I’ve recently gotten back into Pokemon this year && I’m about to transfer colleges so I’m excited about that, which means I’m switching my Major to my minor and I’ll be able to major in creative writing! Oh and I started my freelance writing job again so thats another reason I’m busy af lately.
tagging whoever cause im lazy tonight
This shopping trip might have been slightly longer than originally planned. Especially carrying all the bags was hard work. I will definitely take someone with me to carry them next time .