One does not simply interact with a demon
Mar. 7th, 2017 04:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
suicidalmaniac"Man fears death and yet, at the same time, man is drawn to death. Death is endlessly consumed by men in cities and in literature. It is a singular event in one's life that none may reverse. That is what I desire." - Dazai Osamu
I'll use this post to portray Dazai's obsession with suicide and how it may affect his interactions with other characters. Note: Skip towards the last paragraph to grasp my main point. The other paragraphs are just used to explain Dazai's motivation.
First, I'd like to say that Dazai is not your normal predictable, naive character that tries to either stand with justice/evil. He always stay in gray area and attracted to the things that normal people usually avoid. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, climbing up the ladder to become a Mafia executive in a very young age. He already gains everything early in his life, therefore leaving a big hole inside him that he himself is trying to fill.
"If you place yourself somewhere close to raw emotions, where you're exposed to violence and death, instinct and desire, you can brush against man's true nature. I thought that way I could find a reason to live somehow." - Dazai Osamu
From that quote it can be assumed that Dazai lose his purpose of life and is trying every method possible to gain that one thing. He was about to do it by always siding with the Mafia, believing that if he stays close with violence and crime he will find that reason. However, his friend Oda convinced him to go to the good side because either way he will not find his purpose, and siding with the good side will make him slightly better, and so he does.
Given from that point, he believes the closest he can get towards achieving his goal is through attempting suicide. He feels like when he is faced towards a situation in which his life may be in line, he might somehow find that "reason" to continue living. So his reason to attempt suicide is not because he is depressed, frustrated, or haunted by past experiences. It is just simply to find his worth and purpose in his life.
"Success is harder than failure for many things in this world, right? (...) That means I shouldn't place suicide as my goal, but rather, attempted suicide! It may be harder to succeed at suicide, but to fail at attempted suicide should be easier!" - Dazai Osamu
His methods are usually very idiotic and therefore people close to him will know that Dazai actually is not serious with his suicide. He is not that stupid to actually commit suicide.
So for you guys who are going to interact with Dazai, I'll give you a stern reminder that Dazai is obsessed with attempted suicide. Not the real, deep, depressing suicide, but a more comical one until no one regards his suicide attempt serious anymore. However, if this do pose a problem for your character/personal self, please comment in this post saying you do not want Dazai to mention anything about that thing. I'll keep track and avoid all means to divert the topics to another stuff.
Hope to play with you all soon!
I'll use this post to portray Dazai's obsession with suicide and how it may affect his interactions with other characters. Note: Skip towards the last paragraph to grasp my main point. The other paragraphs are just used to explain Dazai's motivation.
First, I'd like to say that Dazai is not your normal predictable, naive character that tries to either stand with justice/evil. He always stay in gray area and attracted to the things that normal people usually avoid. He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, climbing up the ladder to become a Mafia executive in a very young age. He already gains everything early in his life, therefore leaving a big hole inside him that he himself is trying to fill.
"If you place yourself somewhere close to raw emotions, where you're exposed to violence and death, instinct and desire, you can brush against man's true nature. I thought that way I could find a reason to live somehow." - Dazai Osamu
From that quote it can be assumed that Dazai lose his purpose of life and is trying every method possible to gain that one thing. He was about to do it by always siding with the Mafia, believing that if he stays close with violence and crime he will find that reason. However, his friend Oda convinced him to go to the good side because either way he will not find his purpose, and siding with the good side will make him slightly better, and so he does.
Given from that point, he believes the closest he can get towards achieving his goal is through attempting suicide. He feels like when he is faced towards a situation in which his life may be in line, he might somehow find that "reason" to continue living. So his reason to attempt suicide is not because he is depressed, frustrated, or haunted by past experiences. It is just simply to find his worth and purpose in his life.
"Success is harder than failure for many things in this world, right? (...) That means I shouldn't place suicide as my goal, but rather, attempted suicide! It may be harder to succeed at suicide, but to fail at attempted suicide should be easier!" - Dazai Osamu
His methods are usually very idiotic and therefore people close to him will know that Dazai actually is not serious with his suicide. He is not that stupid to actually commit suicide.
So for you guys who are going to interact with Dazai, I'll give you a stern reminder that Dazai is obsessed with attempted suicide. Not the real, deep, depressing suicide, but a more comical one until no one regards his suicide attempt serious anymore. However, if this do pose a problem for your character/personal self, please comment in this post saying you do not want Dazai to mention anything about that thing. I'll keep track and avoid all means to divert the topics to another stuff.
Hope to play with you all soon!