Yaya Art Time

I think something we all got understand about Knife and Suitcase's relationship, romantic or platonic, is that a REALLY big part of Suitcase's arc is her agency.

The overarching theme of Inanimate Insanity II is choosing who you are and making your own decisions, even when it seems there's no way out. A fully-realized Suitcase is one who takes her life and actions into her own "hands" and controls her own life.

And the thing is! Knife wouldn't ever take that from her. In fact, his heart-to-heart with her on the docks was to get her to make her own decisions. He didn't like how Nickel was choosing for her and encouraged her to go against him even when it felt like no one else would side with her.

If Knife ever tried to do anything for Suitcase, make a decision for her, it would break down so much of their bond. Suitcase doesn't need another person to tell her what to do, she needs someone to stand by and trust she can take care of herself.

It's why she throws "I never needed your protection" at Knife in ii17, and why Knife accepts it (for the most part). When faced with certain death, and seeing how determined Suitcase is, he's letting her go. It'll all be over soon, and he's taking in that Suitcase has become what he hoped she would.

AND!! Even then, Knife in ii18 is clearly bruised by that!! He gripes about how no one needs his protection anymore. As much as he knows this is what's best for Suitcase, he's heartbroken that their arc is seemingly over! This is made even worse when he can't even comfort her in an oncoming panic attack. Suitcase pulls herself out of the hallucination. One way or another, Knife was forced to let Suitcase have full agency.

And Knife's sacrifice was an end to his arc because saving Marshmallow wasn't self-serving at all. He got nothing out of it! He most likely won't get a friend out of it like with Suitcase since Marsh most likely won't ever forgive him. He knew that, and he still did it.

The crux of Suitcase and Knife's collective arc is "independent together". They need each other in the way two independent adults need to thrive on their own to support one another. Both their cups must be full before they can pour into the other's.

It's important to know that Knife and Suitcase are their own people separately and together. They're both strong, and together they're unstoppable.

i know ive already posted multiple times about this parallel, but i realized these scenes use almost the exact same wording

auroras dreams led her to prince phillip. fairy godmother believes rikus dreams will lead him to sora.

like. its so one-to-one that if this isnt intentional, WOW. thats a hell of a coincidence!

(hint: its not a coincidence)

bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

My hand hurts so bad dawg I JUST WANT TO WRITE AND DRAW!!! GOD HATES ME

i feel like people are forgetting some stuff about skk...

the whole point of skk is that they're both brains and brawns. that's how they survived alone for so long before becaming the double black. they don't complete each other perfectly, they suplement each other perfectly, that's why they're so strong.

chuuya is extremely smart and emotionally inteligent. at the age of 15 he was already the leader of the sheep, he got to rimbauld on the same time as dazai did. he can use his ability with crazy versatility, BUT he can still be fine without it.

and dazai can hold himself on a fight pretty well thanks. literally on the first episode he was alone against an out of control tigersushi. kicked the guy's face with a handstand from a sitting position while handcuffed. literally leaped out of the water like a flying fish holding his weight with just one hand.

chuuya could be on the same level as dazai and fyodor, but he's too human for them. he has empathy, and wear most of his feelings on his sleeve. and dazai could be as straightfoward as chuuya, but humans are so very interesting for him that he prefers observing, planning, picking apart the minds of everyone.

but

at the same time chuuya gets drunk with half a glass of alcohol and dazai bantered with a dog and ate dog food and both of those things happened on the actual main manga not on wan they're both weak and stupid and fucking pathetic i want to put them on a blender until they turn into juice.

In a world where soulmates of various kinds with many different connections, Chuuya has never seen the color of his enemies blood, and Dazai has never seen the beauty of the summer sky.

Until one day when they're 22 years old.

Hey

idont feel like finishing this here u guys go i will go lay down now

Chapter 3 is out!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/61010722/chapters/155860672

It took a bit buuut its here!! Yay!!

Unfortunately adding a certain character to this chapter changes my entire story outline so I had to spend time fixing that. Its fixed now though so. Hurray!!

Going back to one of the previous POVs, buut if we hit 50 kudos I'll be doing a special in character thing on tumblr because I can.

Also I've been integrating other shows into this au, but they won't be showcased in this fic. Just references at most. Down the line I may make short series expanding on them though :p

Wife gone. Think about wife.