OK Correct Me If I'm Wrong, But I Feel Like The Main 'yin/yang' Parallel With Atsushi And Akutagawa Is

OK correct me if I'm wrong, but I feel like the main 'yin/yang' parallel with Atsushi and Akutagawa is not something like 'this one is bad but secretly has a good side and this one is good but secretly has a bad side'.

I feel like it's more about 'who they are at their core vs who they choose to be'.

At his core Akutagawa is kind and at his core Atsushi is not. But despite this Atsushi tries every day to make the kinder choices and I love him so much for it. He has to work so hard to be good.

He wants to be a bitch SO bad I know he does but he tries his best to help people and be nice (sometimes he fails but that's OK <3)

Atsushi doesn't always WANT to help people, a lot of the time he's selfish and scared, but he does help people anyway. He keeps helping people over and over again. There's still some selfish motivation to it, and his initial motivation for helping people was because the headmaster told him that's all he was worth, but overall he does care about the people he helps and it weighs on him if he fails to save them. And of course, as the series goes on he starts helping people more because he can rather than because he feels like he needs to.

In Akutagawa's case, he's still capable of being kind but his environment led him into being someone who chooses to hurt people. But he's always been a protector at heart. In the start he was bad compared to Atsushi because he was choosing to hurt people and keep the cycle of abuse going. Just like how Atsushi developed in why he saved people, Akutagawa starts to get redeemed when he chooses to not just act on his rage. Not only does he start to spare people, but he speaks more kindly to them (apologising to Higuchi and telling Kyouka he's proud of her). It all culminates into the moment he chooses to help Atsushi and sacrifice himself for him, going back to his core value of being a protector. Even when he's finally revived, he keeps this role in his new position as Aya's Knight.

I kind of see the streaks of white in Akutagawa and the streaks of black in Atsushi not as their 'hidden sides' but as their fundamental selfs. That's who they are at their core, and their main colours (black for Akutagawa and white for Atsushi) are how they're presented to everyone else and how they try to have people see them as.

Cramps━⁠☆ﾟ⁠.⁠*⁠･⁠｡ﾟ

Once I fake dated my friend and literally all that changed was we said hi to eachother in the halls at school more and we told people we were dating. We held hands one time. That was the most coupley-romantic thing we ever did in the whole, like, 3 months we pretended to date.

“oh no we need to practice for our fake dating” is the funniest trope to me cause like. there are so many people who force themselves into a shitty relationship they hate just because of amatonormatiivity that it’s an ingrained part of popular culture to joke about hating your partner.

which is to say, oh my god you dont need to hold hands and go on fake dates, you don’t even need to agree on a single detail of your cover story beforehand. you can literally stand 6 feet apart at all times and look profoundly uncomfortable and all anyone will think is “yikes™. not my problem”

I just know Kunikida was that strict teacher that would fight like hell for his students. Like everyone else has given up on you but I won’t.

Pushes you to meet your potential because he knows you can do it. Runs catch up sessions and sits down with you and figures out how to help you.

No kid ever failed his classes.

Kunikida keeping snacks at his desks and as long as you clean up your mess you can eat. Because he knows some of these kids have come in hungry.

He actually doesn’t tolerate bullying. You fuck around in Mr Kunikida’s class and you will sure find out.

And overall was very protective over his students. When they reported something to him, be it a bully, troubles at home, mental health problems Kunikida would listen to them.

He did as much as he could and often wished he could do more. And they appreciated that, so much.

Trans Dipper HC: Their parents are transphobic but Dipper was introducing himself as a boy from the start and Stan never even thought to question it, so when their parents called asking about their "daughters" he was like "SHIT DID I ALREADY LOSE ONE"

My headcanon for Kasanoda is that he starts a flower shop and tells his family it's a front for their gang but actually it's just a normal flower shop. He pretends he's money laundering but actually he's just tending plants all day