White Tiger - Blog Posts
Idea, the team attempt to stop a robbery but can’t stop the thief, the thief being ricochet, and are instead stopped by him. Ricochet is actually just Peter attempting to figure some stuff out but he just doesn’t wanna tell the others. I think the rest of the alter egos could also be used, I just think it’d be funny.
Recently I’ve been going back through BSD to do some analysis and I was thinking about Atsushi as the tiger, and what the tiger symbolizes.
I think the tiger is a good allegory for Atsushi’s views on himself as a person. And hear me out:
At the start of the story, Atsushi fears the tiger, but he also seems to hold some spite towards it due to it being the cause of him getting kicked out of the orphanage.
But then we learn that Atsushi is the tiger, and Atsushi himself feels terrible about it. There is suddenly no separation between himself and the tiger in his mind. They are one and the same, and he is just as responsible for everything as the tiger is. He hates the tiger, he doesn’t trust it, and he doesn’t understand it.
And he is the tiger.
It’s kinda common knowledge that Atsushi hates himself, nor does he trust himself, and that is reflected in the fact that the tiger is shown to be an uncontrollable, bloodthirsty creature. It does nothing good for anyone; just as Atsushi thinks he himself does nothing good or useful for anyone.
I’d also like to mention the fact that during chapter/episode one (1), when Atsushi is revealed as the tiger, Dazai is the one to stop it with his ability, and I think that’s an excellent little nod to how it is through Dazai (and by extension the rest of the ADA) that Atsushi is able to begin to trust himself more, and have more value in himself as a person.
Of course later on, Atsushi does make peace with the tiger, and it’s such a powerful moment because it’s not just Atsushi reconciling with the tiger, it’s Atsushi reconciling with himself as well. And I think it shows his growth as a character just fantastically.
I’m open to hearing the thoughts of others as well of course :]
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My sister just returned from her courses in another province and looked at what she gave me. Sadly, she didn't get our dear Shadow Monarch, Sung Jin Woo.
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～ 𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫’𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞. 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐮𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧. 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 — 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐬, 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬. 𓃠𓂀♛⚔
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