i’m not going to be able to word this even mildly coherently but i am so invested in the atsushi view of akutagawa involving dazai
from my recollection one of the first things atsushi is told upon joining the agency is to be wary of akutagawa - that he is dangerous (true) and should be avoided at all costs. this is proven to be a fair warning and for the most part continues for a good part of the beginning of the novel; akutagawa is powerful, morally opposed to atsushi, and generally rude. atsushi should have no reason to doubt dazai for this, and for the most part this seems to be fair.
then there’s the whole ‘dazai made akutagawa this way’ which honestly yes agreed i know akutagawa was a whatever ‘silent mad dog’ and stuff but dazai so obviously manipulated him to this point. like he fully does anything dazai will say in the pursuit of his acknowledgement, which i feel culminates pretty obviously in chapter 87/8 (don’t quote me on this i . have not read it for a while). and yes for the greater good whatever whatever either way dazai has coerced this utter disregard of the self for an expendable puppet who will follow his will with little questioning. and as much as atsushi might ‘hate’ akutagawa and everything he stands for, i doubt his morals stand for anything of the sort.
at the end of the day, akutagawa is largely a victim of manipulation. from someone who also manipulated atsushi’s view of him. i wonder how atsushi’s view of him would change should he know his full backstory
i live everyday full of hatred for those that insist bugs are not animals. you are a fool. you are an imbecile. your idiocy is pitiful and your defiance is an embarrassment to humankind.
idk if this will like . kill me but i don’t understand all the demand for papapa in tgcf;;; like it’s already heavily implied in canon, and there’s obviously the whole opportunity of writing it in the fanbase, so i don’t,,, i don’t understand why people really want to see it;;;;