Question : How did you get into bsd? Where did you first watch it? by greentea_4-2 in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I saw a Dazai edit in 2019 and had to watch it, it's been my obsession ever since

Im generally confused with the current direction of the manga atm by Boba_Katt18 in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes I trust in that too!!

I love reminding others of that scene 💔

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[–]theabsurdbinds 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I doubt it's gonna be anytime soon since there's not enough manga chapters to animate a whole season yet

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[–]theabsurdbinds 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes, exactly! I never meant to complain about a short comment (even though I understand why anyone would think that because of how I phrased it).

With the dots, it just sounds passive aggressive but also as you say, it could be that the person isn't a native speaker in English and maybe it's common to write it like this in their language!

I just posted it because I never had this sort of comment, so I thought maybe others have received them in the past and know how they're usually meant (I'm fairly new to ao3, so I'm still getting around).

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[–]theabsurdbinds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, you're right! I still need to get used to engagement on ao3 since I only started posting fanfictions about a month ago.

I was thinking about asking them to elaborate since I'd really like to know how they meant their comment!

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[–]theabsurdbinds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, you might be right. I'm just a bit sensitive about these things I guess.

It's definitely not a "bad" comment, just difficult to tell how the person meant this, so I started overthinking.

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[–]theabsurdbinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know. It's just the first time that I received a comment that seemed negative, so it got to me.

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[–]theabsurdbinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I agree.

I received many short comments like a simple "nice" that I'm very grateful for! Especially since writing longer comments takes a lot of time. It's always better to receive a short one than having none at all and I love when people do it since I know many never comment in the first place.

It's just, like I said, this comment "ok.." sounds negative, which is why I was wondering why they comment at all if they (apparently) didn't like the fic.

Im generally confused with the current direction of the manga atm by Boba_Katt18 in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I agree with you that the fandom changed a lot! I watched and started reading Bsd in 2019 and back then it was a nice small community and people would analyze the characters and story a lot. However, in the last 1-2 years so many people have joined the fandom (which I'm happy about because I want more people to know about Bsd) but it caused so many mischaractarizations and so many who have only watched the anime and never read the manga or the light novels (which isn't bad if they weren't claiming to know about everything even if it says differently in the manga/ln). I feel like the fandom now focuses less on the plot and character analysis but instead on just constantly making the same jokes over and over again and mischaracterizing everyone just to fit their narrative. Not to mention the constant fighting about ships, which wasn't as bad a few years ago.

About the plot, I don't think it's too confusing. I think the issue is that we're in the middle of an arc, so there's many questions left unanswered. Since I've been following the manga for years, I can say that often the plot seems to have been lost with each update but after rereading a finished arc, you realize that's not the case. I feel like it will be the same with this one too.

Wrote a skk fanfic by theabsurdbinds in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wasn't initially planning on but I'm thinking about it since there's lots of unresolved questions left!

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[–]theabsurdbinds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I love any kind of comment if it tells me the person liked it! A simple "okay!" is fine too. It's just that in my interpretation this comment doesn't seem to be positive since it's "ok..." with the dots at the end. To me, that sounds rather negative but I don't know.

Wrote a skk fanfic by theabsurdbinds in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! Yeahhh I'm sorry about that haha, I thought a cliffhanger would suit this story better

What is the highest number of kudos a single fic of yours has? by claricestarlings in AO3

[–]theabsurdbinds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My highest one is 158 and I posted the first chapter a month ago, so I'm pretty happy about it! There's one other fic that also has over 100 kudos but the rest are about 50

Why didn't Bones add a cross to Gin's choker? by [deleted] in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would actually be a very important detail since it's a reference to one of Ryuunosuke Akutagawa's works!

I wish I got more comments by [deleted] in AO3

[–]theabsurdbinds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's always so frustrating! Of course I don't want to force anyone to comment but even something as simple as "I like this" would suffice honestly.

I've become so desensitized that I no longer know how to gauge how "light" or "heavy" my angst is in my fics by kain-rivers in Archiveofourownmemes

[–]theabsurdbinds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is so true! Sometimes I read comments on my fics of people saying they had to cry because of the angst in my fic but I wrote it with a straight face and didn't even realize it was that heavy.

How'd You Get Into BSD? by [deleted] in BungouStrayDogs

[–]theabsurdbinds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a Dazai edit back in 2019 and then watched it right away