#foregone conclusion

Shin Soukoku || 8,569w || no warnings apply

Tags: Atsushi POV, Vampire Akutagawa (not relevant really), Tiger characteristics Atsushi, everyone is soft, developing relationship, developing background skk

"I have no purpose. I will never have a purpose. You made me a promise you could not fulfill.”

“Maybe I couldn’t,” Dazai admits quietly. “But never? I know you know better than that, Akutagawa-kun. Tell me, how many times have you saved him, now?”

The prologue short in advance of Series 10 promoted the fact that the Inspector would die.

Life Is Fun / Life's a Game

Today is @elyvorg's birthday, so for the occasion I drew a juxtaposition of scenes from her 2010 fanfic Foregone Conclusion, which everyone should read.

“Anyway, not everything’s settled for sure, y’know?”

“Uh-huh.”

“Sometimes things can change unexpectedly on you, but other times you can change things up yourself.”

“Hm.”

“Take this fella I met in the Crucible the other day. Thought he was real slick, had the match good an’ tied up. Jumpin’ around, surprising everybody, shots slippin’ off him like rain through the leaves.”

“Yeah.”

“Thing is, he was only winning ‘cause he went in thinking he was better than everybody else, thinking he couldn’t lose. Thing is that ain’t never the case.”

“Right.”

“So I get tired of him being cocky. Start watching his jumps, get a feel for his rhythm, and wait till he comes for me. After a minute he spots me, looking down the sights of my lance, and hops my way. Trouble for him is I got the timing of his zany approach. He comes in thinking I’m looking to shoot at range, but as he leaps up too high to see what I’m doing, I swap out to this hose here. He comes down thinking he’s gonna rain some death, but he meets just a right spray of bullets. Now I’m not the sharpest shot with a piece like this, but I dump a whole mag at him before his feet touch the ground in front of me, and my fist finishes the job. Could almost see his surprised face through his helmet.”

“Pretty good, but you still lost, right?”

“Yeah, the other team had too much of a lead by then.”

“So what’s the point?”

“Point is that jumpy bastard hardly took another shot for the rest of the match, and he damn well didn’t hop up at anybody all pushy-like. Just sayin’ I managed to shift his perspective, change the flow of the situation, you know? Even if we still ended up losing, I managed to change it up first, and it was no longer a foregone conclusion.”

Time for another drawing for my old Pokémon fanfiction Foregone Conclusion? Apparently!

I totally chose this scene because it’s the only scene set in a cave rather than a forest and therefore I wouldn’t have to draw any goddamn trees in the background. Yes. Definitely the only reason.

The person sitting before you is a figment of reprise A mirage of relativity Perspective only changes if you’re willing to move around Running in circles won’t get you very far

Views and opinions only progress with time A splenetic regiment of evidence Frenetic forced transitions of your mind This is what we die for

Hang on for your life It only gets worse from here A bitter crucifix that’s defines our strife Unjustified conclusions still unclear