Atsushi likes reading. I really like the symbolic meaningfulness that has to it. Much like Oda is the writer character (and the author's self-insert), Atsushi is the character who reads. In a series which is so intrinsically tied to the theme of literature to the point of having the word literature in its own title, with uncountable meta reflections of books being written on to create reality, characters fighting their already written narrative, endless loops of characters who are writers who are characters who are writers, Atsushi, as the Bungou Stray Dogs protagonist, owes a strong and deep connection to books as the reader character. He's the reader, and not the writer, because of the active role he plays, because he's the pov we experience the story through, because he interacts with the world firsthand but is oblivious to the overarching plot; and so he's the character the reader is supposed to feel the strongest connection with, and that's why he himself becomes a reader.
mizu5? 🤨 what? mizuena is on a date right now
can’t put the pen down
Why can't gay people ever confess normally
How are we feeling project sekai nation?
do u guys remember my atsushi has a ranking of ppl who he'd want to eat post
The killing of Palestinians is still going, boycotting is still going
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Kinda wild how Atsushi has suffered throughout his entire life both in and out of the orphanage.
How he was abused and almost killed at least twice during his childhood and was abandoned by his parents.
But than Atsushi has what? Two maybe three good days before the Port Mafia show up. And suddenly people expects him to not be traumatised by his past.
His past he was still experiencing up until 2 weeks ago.
You know everyone else is allowed to have traumatic events that happened years ago and still be traumatised by those events.
Unless you’re Atsushi.
Odasuku died 4 years ago and that’s when Dazai left the Port Mafia.
The Flags died 6 years ago.
But Chuuya, Akutagawa and Dazai are all allowed to still grieve those events in the present.
As they should be because that’s how trauma works.
Atsushi has been abused for 18 years. He was kicked out the orphanage and was homeless for 2 weeks where he was on the brink of death.
He just learned he had an ability and then has to reconcile with how and why he forgot about that.
All alone.
And that’s just the shit Atsushi lets us know about.
But no he needs to get over it apparently.
Hate hate hate that Scar has this rep of being bad at the life series or being one of the quickest out. It is one of the most infuriating myths I am clawing at my hair. The worst he's done is 9th place. The quickest he's been out is 6th. Skizz and Tango have never placed better than Scar. Bigb, Bdubs, and Ren have only placed better than him once. None of these guys are treated as though they are in any way incapable. Stop infantalizing and belittling Scar