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@. ✦ STOOPY …٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و intp-t ☆ aroace/grayromantic !

➸ hi im stoopy, i mainly do genshin/bsd content n random crash out posts idk occasionally ill make drawings from other fandoms im in too (almost everything I showcase r wips or sneak peeks bc I forget to show the end result lowk)

intermediate/beginner artist,, requests: ✓ (dont be afraid to request stuff (´▽｀)

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✦ fandoms,, taming the final boss, genshin, im in love with the villainess, 7th time loop, krew (retired fan), apothecary diaries, ouran high school host club, hells paradise, villainess level 99, toliet bound hanako-kun, horimiya, mashle, saiki k, alien stage, frieren, doctor elise, jujutsu kaisen, world of leadale, bungou stray dogs, too perfect saint, kakegurui, villainess who goes down in history, soul eater, silent voice, rascal does not dream of… secrets of the silent witch, gachiakuta, madoka magica, spy x family, searching for a world that doesn’t exist, yuri on ice, state smp (2.7 I believe) and more !

currently watching: black butler, my hero academia, rock is a ladys modesty, death note, seraph of the end, your lie in april, kamisama kiss, soul eater, dr stone, assassination classroom, you and I are polar opposites, whitepine, unstable smp, strength smp, witch hat atelier, etc. (no order)

honorary; want to/will watch (trust): footage from an afterlife, code geass, lomedy’s args to be general; blink of madness to be specific, heartless horizon, matchbox, lifesteal smp world, and MORE!

for my irl friends: idc if u call me my irl name on here lmao

I thought you died or smthing... Are you okay??

ASTER IVE BEEN SO BUSY W SCHOOL ITS NOT FUNNY LAUGH AND YOU GO TO HELL😂😂😂

i just finished 2 massive projects during the beginning of this week and during the week my teachers assigned another 2 projects so like i should have just died— i have another week or so of school left js kill me im drowning bro

/JOKE

I’m not talking about them as avians literally (but i fw the idea heavy lowk). The concept of “Dove” Fyodor is mostly created by Fyodor’s real goals and attitude instead of his reputation and others perception of him. “Dove” Fyodor is not exactly a mask of Fyodor’s real intentions, it’s quite the opposite. It’s his raw, bare, and genuine self. However, people cannot see this and treat it as if it’s something he’s using to hide behind—that it’s a mask— perceiving him to truly be a “Raven” at his core.

Nikolai’s often compared to a Dove due to his desire for freedom and religious symbolism. However, there is a difference between desire and being. Narratively, it’s believable that Nikolai will never get the freedom he truly wants so long as he’s alive. Him being a Dove will never get him farther than being a bird stuck in a cage. Nikolai desires being a Dove, but he is not one. He will never be one.

Additionally, Fyodor being a “Dove” and Nikolai being a “Raven” would add to their dynamic and how Nikolai is, to say the least, interested in Fyodor (going back on that desire to be a dove/achieve freedom or wtv).

In the Bible, Ravens can have a negative association. They often dwell within areas after havoc and ruin happens, when all that is left is desolate. However, because of this, they can also be associated with judgement and overseer of consequences of sin/disobedience. Although this role is more fit for someone like Fyodor when it comes to judgement, we have to remember Nikolai’s self awareness.

Nikolai’s desire for freedom comes from his belief that the human mind is a cage, and how he’s so horribly aware of that fact. We also have to remember that Nikolai has explicitly been stated to be against/resist God (according to Fyodor; who Nikolai himself believes is the only one who can truly understand him). Nikolai’s a sinner who’s aware of his sinning (overseer of his own disobedience and sins). However, that is not the only thing he has committed to be considered taboo. Throughout the show, although Nikolai understands logically that it’s wrong to kill people, he still does it. In ways that are excessively cruel, inhumane, and immoral— until he’s done or the only one left. Similarly to how a Raven dwells during the aftermath of havoc and ruin.

In general, doves have always been associated with some sort of purity; this part has always irked me when it came to Nikolai. Nikolai is more willing to dirty his hands than Fyodor is throughout the show, he doesn’t kill people and only does when it’s absolutely necessary. Doves act as the messenger for God and have a more pure connection to God than ravens do, similarly to Fyodor and Nikolai when it comes to the relationship of “God” in Bungou Stray Dogs.

Fyodor is not inherently evil. He lies mostly on the morally gray scale when it comes to his intentions and ideals. It’s not exactly mischaracterization to perceive him as a raven, more so that it just doesn’t capture HIM— rather just the perception of him (based off his actions). Nikolai may not fit the physical characteristics of a raven, but he behaves like one biblically more than Fyodor. Their dynamic would not change if the roles were flipped; it just reveals another part of themselves. The words to describe Fyolai are not real, they can exist in their own role and in each other’s role without issue. Synonymously; with the same connotation, implications, and references.

please correct me on anything if it’s wrong, especially when it comes to the biblical references. I suck ass. They are used as indirect analytical references to the characters.