“My Youth Was Only A Dark Storm, Crossed Here And There By Bright Suns”

love the pirate aesthetic that's just "belts in every conceivable place where a belt shouldn't be"

!! Since Evanescence is on the cards now, I’m going to definitely recommend “Lithium” by her from forever and a half ago!!!! 😄 it’s so strange to me that Dazai as a PIRATE refuses to drink and so clearly looks down upon opium, so I’ve got a horrible sinking feeling that there’s a horrific substance abuse history in his past 💔 in some form or the other. Still can’t tell if it’s directly related to him, or has something to do with Oda… aahhh I’m so excited to find out!! 💜

Ah we'll just have to wait and see...but you're right to think there's a linkage there.

🎶🏴‍☠️- Afterlife by Evanescence, Dazai pov!

Oh I love the energy of this song!!

Ohhhhh political science? That’s so cool! I actually thought you were a literature major lol. To be honest, I was planning to choose it too, but after seeing my sister struggle with it—she’s majoring in it as well—I changed my mind. I was like, Nah bro, I’m not doing that ദ്ദി(ㅠ﹏ㅠ) But she’s really passionate about it, so at least that’s good for her. It is a really interesting major though.

Also, I hope you don’t overwork yourself—make sure to take breaks. Take care!

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Literature was my first option! But after I discovered this field, I decided to go down this path instead.

Sending positive vibes to your sister because I know the struggle lol

I'm done for now though! I'll be sure to make the best of this break :D

Take care too <3!

Hi honey !!! I was wondering if you have any bsd fic recs that you really like !!! Im free for a month and whats better way of spending my time than reading two homosexual gays (affectionate)

Also ,Thanks for the chapter !! It was great and and all the skk interaction made me giggle like a maniac .

Hope you have a good day and take care of yourselve .

Hi! So, I might not be the best person to ask this to, only because...well...I don't read a lot of skk fics...

I KNOW, I know. I'm obsessed with those two but most of the content I consume of them comes from fan arts now. That being said, I have read a handful of fics but they're one of the most popular ones out there like:

where your loyalties lie by writingfromtheshadows

- I probably read this sometime in 2019. It's one of the first fics I remember reading for the pair and it definitely sucked me further into the skk rabbit hole. I remember being absolutely obsessed with it and I didn't want it to end, which is why I never read the last chapter of the series because if I don't see a "the end," the story can never come to an end lol

still still still by icedlightroast

- According to my ao3 history, I read this in 2021. There's some scenes that randomly resurface in my mind even now!

Not Safe for Work by Insomnia_Productions

- I read this in 2019 and I found the Chuuya/Agency interactions and his banter with Dazai really entertaining. When I tell you guys my mind was blown when I went back to skim it and found the author's name extremely familiar and realized that they've read/commented on my fic!!

Basically, if they were on the top of the ao3 rankings pre-2023, I've probably read them. There's a reason why they're so popular though, they're really good and worth the re-read!

important lessons by setosdarkness

- I read this in 2022 when I was in dire need for a jealous Dazai fic. It's a short read and I love the skk banter in this one. Even when I went back to skim it, I found their bickering thoroughly enjoyable.

If there's something I learned from this ask is that I really need to expand my skk reading list and discover more authors/works...

Also, the fact that I read these in 2019-2022 is just...wow...

Anyway, enjoy your break!!

the update was amazing!!!!!! your writing is genuinely so amazing,,, dazais slow realization is so fun to read about. i know you said you struggled with the chuuya laughing scene but it was really well written!!

are there any moments/chapters you’re really looking forward to writing next??

Thank you!! It's a short scene but I'm glad my work paid off!

As for your question...YES!! Where do I even begin?? There's this scene that's coming up that's been on my doc ever since I began planning out the story and I've been dying to get to!! Well, I say "coming up" but we wont get to it for a few more chapters. It's a skk scene and I'm excited because we get a change in scenery and it's important for their development but ahh I can't give too much away...

your writing is so good!!! every time i reread your fic im like damn this person is a god how did they do this

Omg?? Thank you!! I often wonder the same thing… though if you were to see me write it would just be 30% of the time spent staring blankly at my screen, 40% playing out the scene in my head and then immediately forgetting it, 20% filled with random writing bursts, and 10% spent pulling on my hair and wondering why in one hour I’ve only written three paragraphs…then deleting said paragraphs.

But I enjoy every second of it :)

Hello! I sent this ask before but I’m not sure you got it. Can you pinpoint in the fic when exactly Dazai started climbing into bed with Chuuya to sleep? Was it ever sneakily alluded to in the fic? If not, can you tell us? Thanks!!

Hi! Sorry I took a while to get back to you

I had a section of Dazai's pov that dove into that topic in one of my earlier drafts of chapter 14, so I wanted to reference it to answer your ask...but because I went through several drafts (it was actually the part of the chapter that took the longest to write), I couldn't find it for the life of me 😔

And then I did (stashed in a completely different writing software of all places!) but then I couldn't decide if I should just fully flesh out that deleted scene or just vaguely reference it later down the line.

But to answer your question: it happens the night Chuuya falls asleep on the deck at the end of chapter 5!

Since the fic is mainly through Chuuya's pov, he doesn't suspect a thing so there's no hints he picks up on during the timeskip that happens after. The only instance we can see that something is up is when Chuuya asks Dazai in chapter 8 where he's been sleeping: Dazai avoids answering because by that point he's been sleeping in the same bed as Chuuya and he doesn't want to admit to it.

Heyhey!!

Would you, theoretically, be okay with someone pointing out some small grammar mistakes in your fic? I've noticed a few super minor ones, like an extra word here and there. Would it bother you if someone, say, mentioned it in a comment and then deleted the comment afterward? Totally understandable if it's not!! Sorry if my wording is weird but i hope u got the point!! :)

All the best to you and can't wait for the next update!🤍

Hi! I wouldn’t mind it :D!

I don’t have a beta and whenever I finish a chapter I get so eager to publish it that I definitely overlook mistakes…

Needless to say, I’m not the best at proofreading lol. I edit a few things here and there whenever I need to reference past scenes/dialogue but other than that I rarely read my published chapters since it’s all in my notes.

(All the best to you too <3 and sorry I took so long to get back to you ;-;)

Hiiiiii i hope u r doing well ummm i've got some questions if its not a bother soooooooo , is there a chapter or a scene ahead in the story that you r nervous about ( i dont know if someone has asked this question before ) and are we geetting any kousano in the future chapters ♡(˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶)♡

Hi!! Of course it's not a bother!

There are a few scenes I'm nervous about and one of them pertains to Dazai's backstory. Lately I've been outlining how it's going to be weaved into the story and as I was going through my notes it suddenly hit me that I've never written anything as tragic before, at least not to that degree. So I'm nervous about how the finished product will look like and the reaction.

And then there's the second thing, which is that there will eventually be content (as promised in the tags) that will cause the fic to have a change in content rating and that's definitely something I've never written before.

However, despite being nervous, I'm also looking forward to the challenge!

As for the kousano content, I'm sorry to say that there will only be breadcrumbs at best. I did toy with the idea of making it a tagged ship in the beginning, but once I planned out the story, it didn’t end up fitting the narrative.