Reggie

Reggie ⭐️

Idea that has been simmering like beef stew in my brain:

Okay so hypothetically imagine if Dazai was the one to get sent (back) to the mafia for the trade, and hes in the office with Mori, pissed off(and probably having an internal meltdown), Chuuya screaming at Mori or him yip yapping about not wanting to see Dazai or work with him ever again(hes lying but he doesn't know that), Dazai tunes it alllll out because all he can think of is "Im going to break my Promise. Odasaku would be disappointed" AND THEN time skip Chuuya is walking with Dazai to show him his "bought in advance apartment", they don't talk, just walk beside eachother(Chuuya covering his blindspot bc Dazai put the eyepatch bandages back on, with an extra bandage running across his nose/cheek) and they stop. "This is the apartment, Boss said something about it being familiar or whatever. Moving truck will be here tomorrow. Have a nice nap on the floor" and Chuuya storms off in a hurry to think about everything while Dazai just stares.

It was Odasaku's old apartment. Completely empty, dust and cobwebs in the corner. "Oh, Dazai, we already bought you a new apartment. Chuuya will lead you there, I think you'll find it,,,familiar"

And for the second time in his life, he sits on the small staircase, dressed in all black, waiting. But no one is coming to save him this time, and he knows that.

best part of listening to GRANRODEO songs is imagining Chuuya (and port mafia) singing/playing them in a concert

The Ultimate Dark Academia Book Recommendation Guide Ever

The title of this post is clickbait. I, unfortunately, have not read every book ever. Not all of these books are particularly “dark” either. However, these are my recommendations for your dark academia fix. The quality of each of these books varies. I have limited this list to books that are directly linked to the world of academia and/or which have a vaguely academic setting.

Dark Academia staples:

The Secret History by Donna Tartt

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio

Dead Poets Society by Nancy H. Kleinbaum

Vita Nostra by Maryna Dyachenko

Dark academia litfic or contemporary:

Bunny by Mona Awad

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

White Ivy by Susie Yang

The Cloisters by Katy Hays

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

A Separate Peace by John Knowles

Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

Attribution by Linda Moore

Dark academia thrillers or horror:

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

The Maidens by Alex Michaelides

Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

They Never Learn by Layne Fargo

The It Girl by Ruth Ware

Never Saw Me Coming by Vera Kurian

Dark academia fantasy/sci-fi:

Babel: An Arcane History by R.F. Kuang

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

A Lesson in Vengeance by Victoria Lee

The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

Vicious by V.E. Schwab

A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

The Betrayals by Bridget Collins

Dark academia romance:

Gothikana by RuNyx

Alone With You in the Ether by Olivie Blake

Dark academia YA or MG:

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Crave by Tracy Wolff

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

The Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling

Dark academia miscellaneous:

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou

Alphabet of Thorn by Patricia A. McKillip

Canonically accurate ranpoe

I can't believe there are still people out there defending Aziraphale and not seeing how selfish he is and how cruel he's intentionally being to Crowley, because he never really loved him. Aziraphale only used Crowley when he needed something.

Just because you love Aziraphale you can't keep denying the hard evidence in front of your very eyes!

If you ever needed a reminder of said evidence, here it is, just look at him!

Just learn to read the subtext, ok? Here the subtext clearly says: oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, the Metatron is talking to me! I'm so thrilled!

And here: I'm so excited I might jump up and do the time warp! I can't believe this is happening! After thousands of years my hard work as an angel is finally being recognized! Look at my face, this is the best moment of my life!

The subtext to this one is easy: would you mind terribly if I kissed you, Metatron? I've just been offered everything else I'd always wanted in my life, now I want you Metie!

In contrast, now look at these pictures and their subtexts

Oh, how annoying having you around, Crowley.

But did you have to come to the church tonight?

You are the most undeserving being in the universe and I despise you.

I would smite you alright. (Oooops, that might be read in two different ways. But you know which one I mean, of course).

Oh, you again? Bugger.

So you see. Aziraphale clearly is the villain in Good Omens, if you don't trust this evidence, what can you trust?