#hachimenroppi

So I take a closer look and for once I'm actually able to read enough of it to parse the entire plot and I was deadass like

Is the Izaya Comic cute?

Rating: Cute!

The Izaya is a little distressed for a moment, but it is quickly resolved because his Shizu-chan is nearby!

And Wa-kun adds:

A little distress is healthy for an Izaya! It's how they grow!

And then we were binging back and forth ratings for hypothetical Izaya videos and comics lmfao

Rating: NOT CUTE

Wa: The Izaya is CLEARLY in far too much distress, to the point he's moments away from putting a bullet in his head

Me: The Izaya is in so much distress that he is dangerously close to evolving into a Hachimenroppi

Wa: This... is not an Izaya video, actually. This is a Hachimenroppi. Pet Hachimenroppi are a much more delicate species of Izaya that takes lots of care. Please make sure to properly secure ALL items in your home which may be potentially dangerous! Also invest in a HEFTY life insurance policy

and like, its just interesting to think how you could take this theoretical character- and what if roppi was the same as izaya on the surface, but also not?

he does the same things but with different motives behind it- rather than izaya, who worries about nonexistence, roppi worries most about legacy and importance, hence he does want to cause the three way gang war and die in it, but as a way to ensure that he's going to be remembered for a long, long time. and unlike izaya, roppi DOES call this act a suicide- he doesnt shy away from the concrpt of death. he finds humans stupid, annoying, and beneath him- which is why he toys with them! he likes to see the silly, irrational ways humans deal with stimuli, as opposed to himself, whos totallly logical and rational all the time. toooooootally.

izaya, i think, embodies anxiety- his whole arc, at its core, stems from thanatophobia. when someone pokes a hole in his armor, he tries to either forget about or rationalize it. his leitmotif is LITERALLY called "he's such a coward that he can laugh." roppi is commonly portrayed as misanthropic and suicidal- so he clearly embodies depression as a contrast to izaya. but that doesnt mean they DONT have traits of the other! izaya is well aware of his own anxiety, but denies his own lonliness and possible suicidality. it would be very interesting if roppi was well aware of his depression, but denied his anxiois traits.

roppi!!sketchy my headcanon is he has an industrial piercing and a tongue piercing