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I know I already made a post about this, but I wanted to expound on it a bit, because I'm still obsessed with the idea of Dazai being a bad person on the good side, and Chuuya being a good person on the bad side.
Because in essence, the fact that Dazai's in the Agency helping people is because he's selfish, and Chuuya stayed with the Mafia because he's selfless. Contrary to what a lot of people say, Dazai didn't leave the Mafia for Odasaku. He never promised him, never said "I'll do it for you," never did it because Odasaku wanted him to be good. He did it for himself. Odasaku tells him that he'll always be alone, something Dazai fears and knows deep down, and asks what he's supposed to do now. Odasaku then gives him advice, tells him that being on the side that saves people will make his world a bit brighter, and so Dazai agrees to leave the Mafia for himself. And once Dazai agreed to this, then Odasaku says "Man lives to save himself..." Further cementing the idea that Dazai is doing this for his sake and his sake alone. He wants his own life to be better, and if helping people will make it a bit brighter, then he's willing to try doing that.
Chuuya, however, would never leave the Port Mafia because he's the opposite. He cares more about other people than he does his own self. From youth, he became the leader of a child gang in order to protect them, because he felt he was fulfilling his duty as someone with power to protect those who took him in. And even after they betray him, Chuuya still joins the Mafia in order to protect them. To protect the kids who just stabbed him in the back because he would never betray those who did good to him. And the Mafia did that. They took him in, gave him a place to live, a job, a purpose, a family. He actively seeks to make connections with those around him, and once they have his loyalty, it never leaves. In Stormbringer, the detective wanted him to betray the Mafia, and he wouldn't do it, yet later, when the detective dies, Chuuya mourns his death and the loss of opportunity for him to leave the Mafia. It shows that he did, in fact, wish to leave, but he never would. Because why would he hurt those around him who've done good to him? It's very obvious that he's selfless and self-sacrificial, as seen in Fifteen, Stormbringer (where he gave up ever knowing if he was human in order to protect the city), and Dead Apple where he risked his own life to protect the city. The fact that he's still with the Port Mafia, still actively being a bad person, is because he never would and never could leave them, and would do anything to protect them, no matter how bad they'd treat him. Because he cares more about others than his own happiness.
And it's because of that their dynamic is the way it is now. Dazai's one of "the good guys" and Chuuya's one of "the bad guys," but the lines become much more blurred when they're together. Who's the better person in the dynamic? Someone who's doing bad for others or doing good for himself? Either way, both are morally gray characters who blur the lines of morality when they're together.
I'm trying to prove a point.
Skk's entire relationship in a single frame:
Skk genuinely make me crazy because the more you think into them, the more sad it becomes. Dazai is a bad person who is getting pulled more and more into the light while Chuuya is a good person who gets dragged deeper and deeper into the darkness. Dazai gets to be redeemed when Chuuya lost the one opportunity he had, and by now, he's way too loyal to ever leave; they're his family. And yet, despite Dazai being the "evil" one, he couldn't make the Port Mafia his home, not in the same way the Agency is. Even though Chuuya is by all accounts the better person in this dynamic, he's still the one who was forced to take what he was given and make it his, while Dazai kept searching for something more, even though at their cores, they're the opposite. A demon in the light and an angel in the dark. And that's one of the reasons why 22 skk is really interesting - they both live in that area of gray, they just got there differently. One came from white and came closer to black while one came from black and approached white. And it's over this middleground that they connect more than anyone else - Chuuya, a person who at his core wants to do good, but he's been forced into becoming a murderer and to live in the darkness while Dazai, who at his core is more selfish and doesn't value human life, is brought into the light for a chance at redemption the other will never get to have. It's something I don't see much in skk angst but my god does it hurt.
Thinking about how Dazai was the first person not to use Chuuya for his power. Thinking about how when they first met, Dazai kept telling Chuuya that he's just a kid. Thinking about how he was the only one who believed all along that Chuuya was a human. Thinking about how he's the one who stops Chuuya's power from corrupting him whole.
Thinking about Chuuya trusting Dazai, even after four years apart. Thinking about him turning to him and asking for the plan, even though they hadn't fought together in years. Thinking about him being willing to sacrifice himself on the sole belief that Dazai was alive, despite all evidence suggesting otherwise. Thinking about-
doomed yaoi but as in everyone is doomed to suffer migraines whenever they're in their vicinity
theyre so dramatic is love them
Some soukoku scribbles
Def... Then he yerns and reminisses...
does anyone else think dazai wakes up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night to cringe about how he acted at 15
Someone put me down please
Same face with current skk and 15 skk
Tw for surgical scar
Dazai and his trans underlings
Christmas collab with @fyolai00
Fem skk is just toothfairy and tennant from reverse 1999
Getting out the older stuff now to post here
I'm getting too lazy to post different things on different platforms soooo
they matched each others freak. 42 injured. 7 dead. 12 missing.
me and my partner don't argue he just shoots me in the head and i walk it off like a man
15 Dazai and Chuuya chibis for an assignment :))
thinking about how stormbringer makes a point to emphasise dazai being unpredictable and no one knowing how he works or what hes thinking. even adam, who is a literal robot with predictive analysis shit going on, cant figure out what dazai is doing. but chuuya looks him straight in the eye, says, "I know how you work." and proceeds to nail exactly what dazais thinking with almost no indication of it at all.
This art is literally adorable we don’t see enough sleepy Chuuya in this world
sleepy heads ♡
And then he tumbled to the floor....hehe
Yeah, so fast sketch
I bet he’d blame it on Chuuya’s ability too, knowing full damn well Chuuya cant even use his ability when he’s holding him.
Headcanon that no matter how hard he tries Dazai cannot for the life of him pick up Chuuya
He is simply too twig
Chuuya however, can pick up Dazai with ease and takes it to his full advantage
THIS.
I normally block hate like that out because it’s really not that deep it’s just fictional silly guys, but sometimes it reaches me and it’s so infuriating😭
ESPECIALLY when people say there’s no evidence for it. It’s SKK we are talking about here!
(When did we even need evidence for a ship?)
It could be read as platonic or romantic, and there is evidence for both. If you read the material you’d know that 😭😭😭
half of skk haters say it doesn’t make sense bc they hate each other and the other half say it doesn’t make sense because they’re actually so platonic they couldn’t feel romantic things for each other.
which one is it? do they hate each other or are they besties? 😭
