#bsd si

[incaseofart]

These two are literally perfect for the Barbie meme so you know I had to do it

#opulence amongst monoliths #bsd si #aura c clarke #bsd aura #bsd oc #fitzgerald bsd #bsd fitzgerald #fitzgerald x oc #francis scott key fitzgerald

[alphasmoonlit-selfships]

The gentle comfort of rain has a way of washing away all worries and inhibitions.

—

I had drawn how Dany fell in love with Atsushi a month or two ago with its follow up some weeks back. I just wanted to do the same for when Atsushi fell for Dany, which was a bit earlier than her.

Both were assigned to a case that kind of hit a dead end as the day progressed leaving them both a bit dispirited and tired from no leads. And then it rains at the end of the day as they return to the Agency.

While Atsushi is a bit dismayed by the turn of weather, Dany isn’t as deterred… instead having a faraway look in her gaze as she relaxes under the drips of rain that make it past the awning shelter they sit under.

Maybe it was the serene look on her face, unbothered by the droplets of rain that begin to fall from her face, or the way she relaxed and let her invisible walls around her fall away. Maybe it was the unrestrained smile gracing her face as low rumblings from her ability resonated with the soft patter of the drizzling rain.

Whichever it may have been, Atsushi’s heart definitely jumped in a way he hasn’t felt before. His own tiger purring deep in his chest at the sight.

Witnessing Dany in this moment of inner peace was definitely worth the soaked uniform and the chastising from Kunikida once they got back at the Agency.

#atsushi nakajima #AtsuDany #bungou stray dogs #self ship #self shipping #self shipping community #alpha’s art #digital art #bsd si

[goldenworldsabound]

Me thinking about how Phlox doesn't have an outfit/design yet

1. I get to design an outfit!!! 😊

2. I have to design an outfit 😓

I think this will be my lunch break task

#bsd si

[kokoasci]

poe sketch

#wip? no sé todavía si lo voy a terminar #alomejor #trying to figure out his HAIR GAH #bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs fanart #bsd fanart #poe #poe bsd #bungo stray dogs fanart #bungo stray dogs #edgar allen poe #bsd poe #kokoart

[caelanglang]

On Curry

⚠️ blood.

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #dazai osamu #oda sakunosuke #odasaku #dark era spoilers #fan comic #bsd fanart #bsd dazai osamu #bsd odasaku #happy odatober!! #oda appreciation #curry appreciation #angst and food #srsly tho curry is great bless my sis who was making curry while i was drawing this #did you see what i did at the last page— the blood is the curry sauce— #today i choose angst tomorrow who knows #my art #i realized most of my past comic were all b&w to colored so i decided to switch things up :3 it was fun! #tw blood #my comic

[aabcin]

Ok yall have no idea how long Ive spend trying to piece this out, anyone wants to write something for this au? Id love to draw this as a real story but drawing is all i can do, my talent for writing requires a lot of brain power I dont always have lmao

#kyusaku #yumeno #yumeno kyusaku #yosano #yosano akiko #bsd #bsd fanart #bsd fandom #comic #au #bsd au #q #Ada #ada q #port mafia #big sis yosano #we love to see it #bsd manga #bsd anime #bungou stray dogs

[theratlord6400]

AAAAHHH DAZAI FAN ART I MADE

im really proud of this because I'm still new to digital art and I used a random website online called to make this

YIPPIE :D I'm really proud of thiss

also this took a total of about 4 hours btw :3

#port mafia #dazai #bungou stray dogs dazai #daz #bsd dazai #bungo stray dogs #fan art #my fanart #bsd fa #bsd fanart #bsd #si #sillyposting #sill #so silly #bsd headcanons #pixel art #dark academia #naturecore #spotify #grunge #therianthrope #genshin wanderer #genshin #silly #silly little guy #silly goofy mood

[magizombi]

Straight non kinnie people: hey babe do you wanna check out spirit Halloween later

Me: whips out the picsart app

#i made this for my fiance but #wanted to share here too #bsd meme #halloween meme #kunikida doppo #osamu dazai #si #k #cc #bbygrl #kunikidazai #sorry u all had to see thjs

[islatucan]

#sskk #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd atsushi #bsd akutagawa #oz memes #oz sketchbook #pa q vean q si le de al chitpos xd

[kyouka-supremacy]

Yeah, Teruko was the one that made me realize the sexisim that existed in BSD when I first binged it. Or, more accurate, what TYPE we're dealing with. The female characters can exist and have their own moments, but they can never outshine the male characters and Asagiri can also allow himself to forget them if he needs to. When I read Stormbringer, one of the things that stood out to me is the fact that no female character has any prominent role until like, 200+ pages in, and what role Kouyou got was so minimal she might as well not have shown up at all. Yosano has a huge important backstory that doesn't become relevant until SEASON 4 while most of her male companions have had theirs explored way before her. It's disappointing, but I genuinely find Teruko intolerable and find her to be the worst written character in the entire series. It's not her fault, but her behaviour around Fukuchi and her ability was just horrid to me. Her ending here just enhances all the issues that already existed in her character for me. She's the only female character in this series I can't stand and that SUCKS because I want to love them all, but Asagiri is making that mighty difficult when he pulls stuff like this :/

(´；ω；｀)

The almost complete lack of female characters is personally my greatest disincentive to reading Stormbringer (together with the lack of ss/kk. Discredit where it's due).

Teruko's role this whole doa arc has been.. Saddening? I feel all the hd have a lot of untapped potential; but whereas with Fukuchi and Tachihara and even Jouno it's like, you know what's their deal, there's so little we know about Teruko and Tetchou's motivations and backstory. And even when both had their occasional times to shine - I like Teruko's scenes in the Sky Casino arc! A lot! I think they make for a very cool character! -, there's the whole deal with Teruko in the airport arc which is just :/// Like, she's just there to move the plot forward. She was very pretty in chapter 105 and made me feel like she had some further insight in the whole picture, like she had taken a stand and had a motive, but in the end it was never elaborated on, and I'm very sorry for that. Way worse, she was exclusively delegated to the role of numbly moving the plot forward, which is just wholly unfortunate. Why did she let Atsushi go just like that, like, really?? Oftentimes women's role in this franchise is truly meaningless. I don't really care for what side she was going to take in the end, I just wish she was just handled more sensibility, more respectfully. But alas. Hoping she'll get some spotlight in the future, because I really like her.

I like Teruko! Like, I genuinely get where you're coming from, and your reasons for not liking her are very valid. To me it's more about straight-up ignoring some stuff I don't like (REALLY can't vibe with the Fukuchi worshipping, I find it quite gross to be honest) and emphasizing the aspects I do like. I like how she's unapologetically mean - honestly, not many female characters get to do that. She gets to be a villain -, but I also like how it's compensated with a very strong moral code and genuine intent to protect citizens. I love lots of her scenes in the Sky Casino arc: her interactions with Tachihara are funny and vaguely wholesome, her determination and resourcefulness to win over Sigma is so cool, and her reluctance to hurt citizens, and the scene where she stopped an aircraft with her bare hands!!!! Honestly, banger after banger after banger, looking back at it that's probably why I held such high expectations for her character. Despite personally wholly disagreeing with bsd's morale, even Teruko's enouncement of her Hobbesian principles is enjoyable for me, because it's quite rare to see a woman preach such realist, cynical worldviews; if anything, it's refreshing. I think her ability is super cool and original, I love it tons!! I really like her character design, too. I like how she's of the highest grade compared to all other hd members minus Fukuchi and I like how she can be childish and keep them in line at the same time. I like how more mature and savvy she looked in her latest airport arc appearances, how she looked tired of war on par with Fukuchi. I wish she was given more screentime and importance and agency, and I wish the mess of the last chapter didn't happen, but I like her personality.

On her ability, I think it's pretty cool, and neutrally problematic by its own; but I do agree that between Teruko having child appearances and being obsessed with a grown-up man, the whole Mori deal, Aya proposing to Kunikida in chapter 40, the chapter 107.5 page that left everyone perplexed and was only later on clarified by the anime, (and, regretfully, even how the Kyouka / Atsushi dynamics are framed in some of the earlier chapters), it creates a very distasteful pattern.

I really like Yosano's backstory (really. I've said it a lot of times before, but I think chapters 65-66 are the best written chapters in the whole manga.), but it's not like just because of two small chapters that center around a woman after 15 volumes of male spotlight bsd suddenly stops being sexist lol. And that's something I've already said before, but: Yosano's chapters are beautiful! But they don't really help empower female characters in this franchise. Yosano completely lacks agency in the story, which is FINE for the story on its own, yet in the context it simply does nothing but reinforce the fact that women can't be masters of their fate.

I also strongly agree with the fact that female characters are accurately written as to never outshine their male counterparts. As someone else has pointed out before, both Kyouka and Higuchi have respectively saved Atsushi and Akutagawa's lives (in Kyouka's case, multiple times), so why is it that Atsushi and Akutagawa don't serve them the same respect and admiration that they hold for them? The double standard is really blatant once you start seeing it.

I've written more on bsd's sexism here, if you'd like to check it out. Even though it's very important to read things critically and acknowledge franchises' faults, I still can't help but feel bad for spreading negativity (╥﹏╥) Here's to hoping the bsd writing of female characters will improve in the future!!

#I really get the frustration of disliking a female character but wanting to like them SO BAD because sis it's not their fault– #the author can't write women to save their life. #It happened to me with Lucy because the whole “Live‚ and save me from this place one day” deal was a very hard pill to swallow. #Which doubly sucked because I really felt stereotype of hating on a female character just because she gets in the way of your mlm ship ಥ_ಥ #teruko ōkura #bsd #bsd negativity #mine #people asks me stuff #4am has apparently become the prime time to answer asks lol

[caffeiiine]

I’m so ill over siglai rn I just made a 20ish sec animatic for them somebody shoot me

#Siglai #sodaramblestoomuch #bsd #THE OTHER SPINNING GIF WONT LOAD THIS SI BULLYING

[incaseofart]

Phlox K Dicke (inspired by Philip K Dicke)

Ability: Minority Report

Nonbinary, they/them pronouns

late 20s/early 30s

Tech Lead at the Sky Casino - reports directly to Sigma

An individual who was unexpectedly heavily affected by the use of the Page by the Decay of Angels, with an ability they aren't aware of nor can control.

#bsd si #bsd oc #they match Sigma I am just saying uwu

[alphasmoonlit-selfships]

Well, this was meant to be a nice and proper post today, but alas I have been swarmed with a lot of things and stresses and anxieties about life in general, plus dealing with work and uni has been overbearing on me that I hadn’t had the chance to finish this today.

For now I’ll show it as wip and post it later next week or so when I’m off 🥺 but a lovely soft announcement ✨

Atsushi purposed today (*´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥﹏°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ )人(´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀) mi tigre and I have become engaged 🥺🤍 we will be married officially on Dec. 10th

We have been planning this for a long while now and we are more than happy and content that the day has officially arrived. Mi tigre, mi vida there is no where else I’d rather be than at your side. My heart flutters so dizzyingly amongst everything else in my life, this is my comfort and it brings me to tears 🤍 I await to spend forever with Atsushi at my side. Por siempre te amo, Mi tigre, mi vida 🤍

I’ll make a proper art post of how the whole thing went again sometime next week if able ☺️ we hope this lovely announcement reaches y’all well. Have a safe and happy Friday everyone 🤍😊

#AtsuDany #self shipping community #alpha’s art #self shipping #self ship #romantic f/o #tag: we are of the moon and stars my dear #bsd si

[goldenworldsabound]

BSD SI IDEA...just a brain dump below the cut

I've been toying with making an SI based off of myself as an author (aka the original story I started and hope to one day finish). Power wise this would be some pretty sick light/dark powers. One of the things the light novels (and I think Dead Apple) touch on a lot is this idea of skill singularities. A skill that can manipulate both light and darkness certainly has the potential to create a skill singularity. Both Europe and Japan have been conducting research into skill singularities, particularly as weapons.

I'm thinking that my SI was studying abroad in Europe when they disappeared. Their ability is really interesting - is it really one skill, or is it two? They were tricked into thinking they were being given a great academic opportunity when actually...they were being captured to be experimented on. Oops.

I'm thinking they do manage to split the skills. They create another body (like what happened with Chuuya, it seems) and deposit one of the skills in there. It's not clear which. There is no artificial skill, but there is an artificial body, though it's identical in every conceivable way.

Incidentally, with splitting the abilities there is an emotional split as well. The light half off the ability loses it's memories, potentially joining the European powers as a skill user, or possibly being sent back to America with a cover up story in place. Ideally I'd get them to Japan somehow to participate in things...but that may happen if they stick with Europe. Even split out, controlling and bending light alone is quite a powerful ability.

The dark half is kept imprisoned. It has a poor disposition (SI who uses it/its let's go) and is very violent and angry. It remembers everything. So it should not be released. Control over total darkness is quite powerful. Perhaps while Verlaine is on his assassination rampage he frees it. He doesn't think much of that probably, but it takes that to heart. It end up in Yokohama and joins the Mafia after everything crazy that happens with him and Chuuya. It looks up to him, and learns from him. Unlike Verlaine, who agonized over whether he was human, it agonizes over what would happen should it meet its other half, and which of them is truly them. Is it Wendy Golden? Or is the other half Wendy Golden? Like him, it's a loneliness that it cannot share with anyone else - no one can claim to understand this. Despite this, it differentiates itself as "Arkorus", referring to the light half as "Araia".

(Coincidentally, the light half takes on "Araia" as a codename, while working with Europe)

They dream of each other, though the dreams are to abstract for them entirely to realize this.

#bsd si #wip #HMMMM IDEAS... #the world building in bsd is too good I just can't help but wanna make more OCs

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

since chuuya was under koyo for a while, do you think he also got the ye olde "flowers thrive in darkness bla bla bla the world of light is meaningless etc". because its...sorta perfect to like, kinda instill the fact that he belongs in the mafia (or the world of "dark") so id imagine hearing the detective from sb saying he wants to bring chuuya to the "world of light" mustve meant a lot to him, only to lose that man moments later because of verlaine (which, interestingly enough, is similar to how koyo lost the man who was going to escape pm with her- to the world of "light")

Anon I love the paralleling here.

You know, I've often wondered what kind of influence Kouyou had on Chuuya. The only thing we know for certain is that she had him sit in on negotiations, and in the main manga, Chuuya is sent to negotiate with the Agency, so suffice to say, he must've learned well from her.

But you know, I think there was never any need for Kouyou to be so explicit about her "flowers that bloom in the dark can only thrive in darkness" belief, mostly because even by Stormbringer with the offer from Murase, Chuuya didn't think he was worthy of such a thing as joining the world of light. I believe much of that had to do with his doubts about his humanity, but even by the end of the story - Who helped Chuuya? Who defended him? It was the Mafia. And Kouyou was there too (ironically looking down on Verlaine's behaviour when... that's almost exactly what she tried to do to Kyouka...). In his mind, these people fought for him, so he stays and protects them. That's just the way Chuuya's mind works.

See, even if nothing was stated directly, undercurrents of a belief like that probably would've been present in her actions and the form her guidance took. There would only be certain types of advice she would give - because those are the only options available for people like them, stuck in the dark and there to stay.

Thing is, both Chuuya and Kouyou have this interesting sense of loyalty where they stay with the Mafia in part because they have something to protect - Chuuya cares for the people within the organization as they are his family, while Kouyou refuses to let the Mafia return to the ways of the old boss and protects Mori specifically for that reason. However, another huge drive behind their loyalty is, I think, simply because they believe they have nowhere else to go.

I also think it's interesting to note that the two act wildly differently only around one specific character who reminds them of themselves in some way - namely Kouyou sees herself in Kyouka and tries to shield her (but not really seeing Kyouka as her own person in that sense and assuming she knows best for her), while Chuuya sees himself uncomfortably in Dazai and is furious about it (so he tries to be everything Dazai isn't, in a sense).

It's interesting because typically Kouyou is very logical and an expert in negotiation (honestly I think she's the only reason Mori gets anything done sometimes... she's like, one of only two functioning executives and the only one to call him out on his bullshit). But when Kyouka is around, she becomes incredibly shortsighted and actually commits a serious faux-pas in negotiation - which is when one becomes unwilling to see other options (think it's called the "fixed pie"... I can't remember). She's trying to save Kyouka but not really - Kouyou is actually trying to save herself, but that endeavour is hopeless, in her mind, so it manifests as this urge to just keep her with her.

And with Chuuya, he's typically quite rational as well. Sure, he prefers to punch his problems whenever possible, but he's no fool. He's also quite surprisingly empathetic - he'll lay a beatdown on anyone but he also really gets people and respects them as human beings - it's a really notable aspect of his character. But Dazai? Dazai makes him lose it. He refuses to consciously empathize with Dazai - precisely because, as I've described in previous posts, they are so similar at their cores that he does understand him - and that's deeply uncomfortable because Chuuya does not want to be like that, or rather, Chuuya does not want to admit that there are sides to him that are like that. He rebuffs Dazai, often quite violently. But then he also worries for him. But then he thinks Dazai can handle himself. I've mentioned this before too but Chuuya's self-concept is deeply screwed up. He's not protective of his foil like Kouyou is with hers - Chuuya does not include himself in his self-appointed duty of protection.

The tragic thing about both of them is they are both people who lost their childhoods and were forced to protect themselves. So, when they are offered the bare minimum of support or safety, they feel as though that is something worth protecting, or even something to feel grateful for.

In many other series, this would likely be a heartwarming thing. In the context of these characters, it's tragic.

They can leave at any time. But unless something significantly changes, they never will.

Anyways, think I kind of derailed a bit from your original ask anon (sorry about that) but yeah I absolutely agree that losing someone immediately after just hearing that they believe in your potential must have been horrible, on top of everything Chuuya was going through already, and I do suspect his trajectory might've been different if Murase had lived, much like Kouyou's would've been drastically different if her and that man had've succeeded in escaping, and how Kyouka's was because of Atsushi.

@originalartblog has a Murase design and some comics with him that are wonderful and make me feel bittersweet emotions; I highly recommend you check them out anon, if you haven't already!

#didn't realize i had so many thoughts about kouyou... #i wish people talked about her more actually i find her character deeply tragic #i also don't mind the fanon and wan 'big sis little bro' dynamic she has with chuuya #but i suspect they're not all that close actually outside of training and then executive duties #i very much wish we discussed her as a character in her own right though #or that she was utilized more in the series #there's a lot to her but she's left relatively unexplored and it kind of bugs me #i'm a little tired so i apologize for any incoherentness #bsd #bsd kouyou #bsd chuuya #is this a meta? sure why not #bsd meta #storyrambles #it's certainly a ramble - i have been activated by the magic word which is chuuya

[caelanglang]

a moment at dusk

we exchange smoke and laughter

Flags wave in the wind

light fades into dark

night fell in shedded blood (tears)

Flags limp on their posts

close up shots:

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #stormbringer #spoilers #iceman #doc #pianoman #nakahara chuuya #albatross #lippmann #angst #poetry #haiku was a collab with sis #anyways how to move on from stormbringer hahahahahelpme #the flags #they all deserve better <\3 #spent hours and days on this :)) hope the angst reaches yall <3 #my art