Sskk is one of the most emotional rivalries/ships I have ever seen. It is a relationship that actually hits the heart. Skk is iconic. Kyoukenji is cute. Fyolai is poetic. HiguGin is heartwarming. But sskk?
Sskk is deeper than all these dynamics. The more you get into it the more parallels you see, the more symbolism you see. The things they say to each other both stings at times and also makes you cry.
Akutagawa is both at his best and worst whenever he is around Atsushi. And the more the story goes on the less bitter he becomes.
Atsushi despises Akutagawa but he still works with him, because working with Akutagawa makes him more secure, feel as if someone's got his back.
"Don't worry, go you fool"
"That's why Dazai-san left you"
"Just the two of us?"
"Do we need more?"
Akutagawa and Atsushi support and help each other. They work as a team. Putting their differences apart
Because they are quite similar, looking for one thing; reassurance and praise
They have had difficult childhoods with no parental guidance and they grew up to be very different in terms of personality because of their unique circumstances.
All of these emotions. All of this pain in them. That keeps them separate but it also brings them together. Because that's the thing that they both understand. What's it like to have nothing. And they fight because they just want to be a part of something.
And maybe in one universe where Dazai never brought them together, they might be the best of friends like they were always supposed to.
It doesn't matter how their relationship is, soulmates will always find each other.
After all the only person Akutagawa has smiled at besides his sister-------is Atsushi
Read from page 90 to 112 ☠️
I wish I could read for longer but my habit is dying away~~~
There are so many details in this one book that it makes complete sense why Donna Tartt took a decade to write it
I can analyse it for a decade and still not understand everything and know every detail 😭😭😭😭
Reading TSH again and again and finding out more details and theories is always fun.
Like the fact the entire story happened because Bunny wasn't able to fast for some more time and got caught eating.
Or that no one would have found Bunny's death suspicious if it hadn't snowed
Or that Henry tried to frame Richard by making him write the calculations for the posion mushrooms
Or that Richard thought of murder as poetic as a coping mechanism
Or that none of these horrible things would have happened to Richard if he hadn't picked up the pretty brochure.
(edited after a re-read)
Competed Gossip girl (the og series) yesterday:
Here's my thoughts (SPOILERS) and don't hate me plz for my opinions, they don't matter.
1. Serena: AHHHHHHHHH she is so.....infuriating, hypocritical and has no substance, character growth, ANYTHING. She is not even interesting like Blair or Georgina. I stopped caring about her mid season 3. I did not care what happened to her after that. Only Blake lively made her bareable enough that I rooted for her to end up alone in the series and actually learn that she needs no man to have a happy life. Also she married her ex-step brother with whom she shares a sibling. Yikes.
2. Blair: I love Blair. She is an icon, she is a legend, she is the moment. I know she has done some bad shit. But I don't mind that cuz all the people are shitty. She owns her evilness. She also is so entertaining. I know Blair can be immature and bratty at times but at least she has some ambition about unlike her bsf. The friendship between Dan and Blair was heartwarming. Her dreams of becoming a princess and yale are relatable. Overall there's so much in Blair that you can't help loving her. (I think her banning Jenny from UES was the worst thing)
3. Chuck: Hate him. Why? Cuz he is Chuck Bass. I don't have to say more then, I don't know: the pilot, Jenny Humphrey, selling Blair for a hotel, SA, hitting Blair etc.....etc. I can go on but I don't want to talk about him at all.
4. Nate: um. He is pretty. He can be charming at times. He dates older women (or younger women). He......is the good guy (?)
5. Dan: if we forget the STUPID reveal that Dan was Gossip girl. He isn't much of a complex person after season one. He was compelling in 1st season and when he was friends with and dated Blair. He has the Humphery ideal of pitying themselves and also makes terrible decisions, having Vanessa as a friend for example. I have no idea why Serena liked him at all except that Serena is into artsy-serious-fake nice guys.
6. Jenny Humphrey: I LOVE Jenny Humphrey. She is so hated in the GG community. She never did anything as bad as Blair, Chuck or even Dan. Her storyline about becoming a fashion designer, throwing a guerillla fashion show and constant butting heads with Blair was amazing. DON'T hate my girl. (Also Taylor gets a lot of hate for making Jenny's character worse, but it was the writer's fault). She got hate so much for the Chuck situation when HE was more in the wrong.
(doing this again cuz it was fun)
*Atsushi and Akutagawa got called to Aya's school*
Teacher: Aya punched another student and broke his nose. Both of them fought.
Atsushi, anxious: SHE what? She never acts like that please believe me! I apologise for her actions
Akutagawa, looking at his watch and tapping his feet: do we have to pay damages?
Atsushi: this is not the time for that? Aya-chan, apologise!
Aya: I am not apologising! Daddy, that kid said you are a terrorist and dad is a criminal
Atsushi: no we are not
Akutagawa: we aren't?
Atsushi, gritting his teeth: you're not helping here
Teacher: it's okay...Aya and the kid can talk it out tomorrow and say sorry.
*they get home*
Aya: you're mean, I was defending you!
Atsushi: why am I the villain here. Why aren't you reprimanding her, Akutagawa?
*Akutagawa leans towards Aya and whispers in her ear*
Akutagawa: so who won the fight? Did you?
Atsushi: RYUUNOSUKE----
Richard: hey guys do you want to...
Henry: We threw a bacchanal
Richard: whaaa...
Henry: Bunny saw us with blood on
Richard: wait what...
Henry: he blackmailed us for months and I had to shut his mouth by taking him on a trip to Italy.
Richard: why don't you go to the police?
Henry: police are not real, Richard.
As a casual Gravity Falls fan, who hasn't seen more than the og series, some comics and fanart, and who knows nothing about The Book Of Bill; my feed is filled with Billford fanart and stuff------I have no idea what's happening in that fandom, but I am really concerned for you guys, are you okay?
BSD S5 is driving me insane~
I did not expect to cry because of Fyolai and FukuFuku
Why do they have to pair them up and then separate them?
Are we here to fulfil Asagiri's sadistic desires ? 😭
Does he even like us?
"This story is not for people who are good at living"
Bullshit
Then maybe you should think about your fanbase of mentally ill people on copium~
Just sayin'
(ps: at least Skk and sskk reunion happened)
I quit reading If We Were Villians when I thought James and Oliver are doomed to not be together. I have tried to complete the last few pages but I can't. I had never rooted for a couple more than I did for them. I even got jealous with them when they were both with different people. I have spoiled as well as guessed what happens in the end (the Shakespeare format spolied more than it should have) and I don't think I could EVER finish the book. Few books break my heart, but this one surely did.
My ranking of Taylor Swift's "Midnights" for my first listen through. (Disclosure: this is just an opinion and my experience. The rankings will change as time passes by but this is how I enjoyed the album for the first time. Of course Taylor put out another great one and I love all the songs, just some tick to me more than others)
1. Mastermind
2. Anti-Hero
3. Karma
4. Vigilante shit
5. You're on your own, kid
6. Lavender Haze
7. Labyrinth
8. Maroon
9. Sweet Nothing
10. Bejeweled
11. Midnight Rains
12. Snow on the beach
13. Question...?
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