Decchan Doodles
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Some Halloween doodles Horikoshi-Sensei's assistant did.
The choice of wording used here is something that I find very fascinating. I mean, it would’ve been enough if Monoma simply taunted Izuku by saying that Katsuki isn’t as great as he thinks / a bad hero, by calling their relationship delusional, or by criticizing Katsuki’s abrasive behaviour. Izuku could’ve gotten angry enough to create an opening for OFA to explode from just that alone and we all would’ve bought it.
But that isn’t what happened here. Horikoshi specifically had Monoma mock the fact that Katsuki continues to smile / laugh (depending on the translation) despite causing the end of All Might. That’s the truly messed up thing about all of this. This isn’t just normal playground teasing or jealousy. He’s implying that someone like Katsuki doesn’t deserve to be happy. It isn’t the damaging of Katsuki’s pride, his honour, their rivalry bond, or their shared dream that is presented as being Izuku’s weak spot, but the idea of someone threatening Katsuki’s happiness as a person. Someone mocking the emotional turmoil and resulting strength that Katsuki gained after moving forward.
I think that says a lot about how Izuku thinks of Katsuki. He isn’t just some beacon of victory for Izuku to admire and idealize in his head or a fellow hero to put a lot of expectation on for the sake of chasing after. For Monoma to decide to poke this nerve in particular and for Horikoshi to decide to have this be what triggers him into losing control, the message really seems to be that Izuku just wants Kacchan to be happy no matter what he’s doing in life. Counting by the severity of the situation, he feels this way the strongest out of all other feelings he may have concerning Katsuki.
And that’s just the sweetest thing.
I used to be yours, I think
(Which is to say, I still am)
belonging to you, like a soldier
belongs to a general, or
that thing you owned, the one
I- I'm sorry- broke by accident.
I used to be yours, I tell myself,
and I don't look away from your claws
I don't pretend you don't snarl and bare your teeth,
like a wounded animal, like a beat up dog,
and I don't forget the biting, no,
but I forgive.
It's weird, I think.
You're not a very nice person, at all,
sometimes you're angry and I flinch,
and sometimes, now, sometimes
you're angry and I can't help but smile.
I'll keep the scars.
It's not a choice I'm making, it's not
like they're fading away
anytime soon, you know?
and my friends don't get why I love you
-I mean, they wouldn't get it
if they knew, if they knew that
you're the sun, and I don't orbit around you
or I try not to, nowadays-
but, you know, I don't think you know either.
I don't think I know, too, so.
I think
when you were made, out of gold and sunfire and old laurels,
out of the feeling of climbing a mountain
with your bare hands,
and watching the world from its peak,
I think they made me too, that day,
and they didn't make me for you
I think they'd have done a better job
but I looked over at you and thought,
huh.
And that's just how it's been ever since.
Decchan by Noguchi-San
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