Manipulation as Communication
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Infatuation Is A Fiendish Sentiment by orphan_account
Fandoms: 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs
16 Aug 2025
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“Why do you ask, am I conversing with a liquidator?” Fyodor continued, forgetting all politeness out of frustration, with a scornful pinch of his brow; for some reason he could not understand this man as easily as he predicted other's actions and emotions. Everything came up as a blank, the man's delicate features betrayed nought, his pose was relaxed as if Fyodor's intense gaze, under which the sharpest of men flinched, was nonexistent, and somehow Fyodor felt from this small exchange that this man was just toying with him.
“Surely a soul so striking bears a name worthy of remembrance—may I learn it?” Fyodor replied, not letting the subtle irritation he felt at the man steal its way into his voice.
“Osamu Dazai, pleasure to meet you.”
Or, Religion cannot cure cruelty. Philosophy cannot cure loneliness. But a conversation on a broken bridge might delay the inevitable.
Or or, Former priest meets suicidal charisma. It’s not romance. It’s bloodsport in dialogue.
Or or or, Fyodor and Dazai talk a bunch and flirt a bunch in late 1800's Russia. Oh and a guy fucking dies btw.
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