Will Ashwell

AAAAAA SO!!!! I might have accidentally ended up rereading Tenfold which led me to lose my mind for like a week If you've read my fic rec post you'll know Tenfold by @dgalerab is probably my favorite bsd fic so far. I never got around drawing for it because the themes and tone are pretty dark and heavy and I wasn't really sure how to tackle it without forcing it. But reading it again.... maybe it's because now I already knew what to expect, but I felt super inspired this time around. I love drawing for fics I like and I'm so so happy it finally happened for Tenfold. I have two additional scenes: - one here (explicit, so bsky it is) - another one that will be under a cut just to be sure. not an actual scene from the fic, just a visual I had been thinking about for a while. warning for blood and generally darker tone:

no youre great anon! i believe that this is the beauty of dazai and moris relationship, its pretty ambiguous so it begs room for multiple interpretations. i think ive mentioned mori giving dazai so much power before as being part of the abuse, but the interpretation comes from why mori would want to give dazai so much power.

mori does have a constant problem of assuming dazai is just like him. its the exact reason why he assumes odas death would mean nothing to dazai, even though its very clear he has his own set of morals and values. i also think there might have been some personal intentions from it as well, almost as a way for mori to keep a closer eye on dazai, whether that was because mori is a controlling bastard or because he wanted dazai to be his successor is up in the air (i like to believe its a bit of both).

i also like the point of dazais teenage power play! ive called dazai in the mafia "the dumb decision of a fourteen year old" before, which is pretty much exactly what happened. mori knew how smart dazai was, but he also knew how impressionable he was. dazai definitely would never admit it, but he needed someone there for him. mori chose to fill that role for dazai as well as letting dazai do a lot of the hard work for him. pretty much moris signature.