Anyone wanna guess what my next Animatic is gonna be? 0.0
Wake up chat. Japanese fandom developed the theory of the multiverse. (they also call 429 the real ending, 430 Kacchan's heroine route, 431 Ochaco's heroine route lol)
i would be more tolerant of hawks or feel like #hottakes about him had some value if there was any interest in discussing him as a marginalized person buying into the system, for power, stability, and whatever misguided belief that the system does good. a child in poverty with abusive parents becoming a person who would do anything in order to never be disempowered nor poor again. a child who was saved by the hero system convincing himself that because he got out anyone can get out, especially anyone who is (like himself as a child) morally blameless and willing to try hard to win the approval of his superiors.
if only there was any talk about dabi and twice being, in hawks' view, morally inadequate and not appropriately grateful towards the establishment (nor, in dabi's case, his own abuser), because his assessment is informed by his own contrasting experience. he needs to perform those mental gymnastics to justify his own place within hero society, to justify his own deserving nature by creating a category of people, within his mind, who are undeserving. if only those people who resemble him would change, if only they would work harder, if only they would come around to his way of thinking, they could replicate his success and earn a place within hero society.
there are plenty of marginalized people who've somehow "made it" and are more than happy to use their own marginalizations to support the status quo. "i'm a poc and if i achieved this so can you." "i'm mentally ill but i did this, so what's your excuse?" "i'm a survivor and i think she's lying." we recognize that these people exist and are still marginalized with all the social precarity that that entails; however, they do harm to people who are even more vulnerable than themselves who share their marginalizations. talking about this means analyzing the positionality of a fandom-favored attractive skinny guy and the power he wields though, so it's more appealing to throw him into the trauma olympics to be bnha's one true victim or whatever.
LOV-centric Text memes, part 7 (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1)
(source on the first image for context that no one asked for) Anyway, AFO giving a bullied child an IBS quirk is still one of the most back-handed, black hearted acts of pure fucking evil I have ever seen in a manga. Greatest shonen villain of all time, of the year, of the century, of the week even, etc etc etc.
I love them and all, but the LOV’s plans make no fucking sense lmao
“We’re gonna destroy everything.”
1. What does that mean? After the heroes die are you gonna kill everyone else in Japan? The world? All the animals and plants? Why?
2. Then what? You just…die? Or live in an apocalyptic wasteland? Attempt to rebuild society with like 5 people?
I feel like they have really not thought this through (barring Dabi whose plan is actually to die). Come on, people.
Baby boy, think this through for 5 seconds.
Ch 226 - the Toga family’s response to Himiko
Ch 302 - the Todoroki family’s response to Touya/Dabi
Filing this one under parallels that are painful to think about too long.
I’m wondering if the current storyline with Dabi will or could affect Toga by reminding her of her own family.
Essentially what happened to her seems like (for now) what’s going to play out with Touya. Dabi will be demonized in an attempt to take the heat off Endeavor / the heroes – that’s what I’m guessing, what with Best Jeanist saying he would help Endeavor prepare a response to Dabi’s accusations – and his family will publicly denounce his actions while taking responsibility.
Plus, the Top 3 heroes have already decided to go after Touya, exactly like heroes came after Toga – a sixteen-year-old child – after the attack on her classmate. It is sad turn of events, and these two deserve better, but I would be consoled if at the very least, they got to bond over their shared experiences or team up to fight the Top 3.