Katsukis PR Team Smacking Their Damn Heads When Suddenly Katsuki Starts Really Giving A Shit About The

Tbh at this point, I almost feel sorry for people who ship Bakugou with another character other than Izuku.

I mean, don't get me wrong, ppl can ship whatever they want, but that blonde boy has Izuku on his mind 24/7.

So they say that how you show affection reflects how you've been raised. And wellllll let's say that Bakugo didn't exactly learn how to show his affection in a healthy manner.

As we've seen so far, he and Mitsuki usually just scream at each other and his mom often boinks him or shoves his head down. Ahh such motherly love

But all this rough handling doesn't mean they don't love each other right? It's just their way of showing their love. And we also know Katsuki isn't exactly good at showing his emotions and telling people he loves them, but that's just something that he hasn't learned through his childhood.

So if children learn how to show their affection for the people they care about from their parents, then Bakugo probably expresses his love in a similar way to Mitsuki. Or to put it simply, through ✨violence✨

A prime example

To a stranger who doesn't know him, it would seem like he's actually mad, but no. This is actually his way of showing that he cares about his friend. He sat down with Kirishima to tutor him which he definitely wouldn't do to people who don't matter to him, so act of service is definitely a big one for him, and also physical touch in a way, apparently. Of course, this doesn't mean he cares about everyone he hits, but these are harmless and this is just how he learned to express himself through childhood.

But this doesn't happen a lot, EXCEPT

aaand here it goes

EXCEPT with Deku.

Like you literally don't see a single interaction between the two of them without Bakugo in some way hitting Deku. Or just shoving him. Or really anything. Like my dudes, this guy CRAVES physical contact when it comes to Deku I SWEAR.

Just look at a couple of them

He literally goes out of his way to shove or make physical contact with Deku in some way even when Deku is just minding his own poor f*king business. And he sure as heck likes to shove his head especially, kinda like how his mother does to him too. Like he just wants to reach out and touch his hair a lot...we all know you want to Bakugo, don't deny it

I swear Bakugo is like one of those kids full of testosterone that push and pull the hair of their crushes cause they don't know how else to express that they like them and they don't know what to do with those feelings

He initiates contact even when it's not necessary, and mostly with just Izuku. If violence is really the way Katsuki shows his affection then he basically showers Deku with it 🚿

And yeah, he shows that he cares to his friends too, but he seems like he cares about Deku a lot doesn't he? When we look back at all the interactions that they had, and how Bakugo generally gets ticked off by the mere presence of Deku, that makes him want to scream at him and shove him all the time..all that might just be him not knowing what to do with all that affection inside of him that he wants to express, because he never learned how to express it.

When we look back at everything, it just looks like a boy who doesn't know how to show that he cares about the people he loves in a healthy way, and it's very easy to misunderstand that and think that he dislikes everyone around him. But in reality he's just a boy who very much craves that affection too, just doesn't know how to give it and how to ask for it, so he naturally does what he has seen his parents do.

The easiest way to know whether a dynamic in fiction can be read romantic or not is if you change one of the genders of the character (because if they're the same gender it's easy to read them as platonic unfortunately)

If you can see them getting married if one of them is a girl than that means the romantic reading of that ship is completely valid

Ie. deku and bakugo

I rarely ship characters (especially if romance isn't the main focus), but I can ship them because of jp dudebros thread on heroine kacchan theory (with proof from manga, movies, arts, and promotion stuff)

The dudebros were talking about "if kacchan's a girl, she'd end up married with deku" but it actually makes me think "why would his gender change anything if all those things happen when he's canonically a guy?"

And then BAM! I have found the light

It's the same thing with "why do people say it's platonic when they're both girls / boys but it's romantic if they're a girl and a boy?"

If anyone is denying the romantic undertones then they're just in denial of the validity of that ship and shouldn't shame people for shipping them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Or maybe, if they ship one of them with other characters, put that other character in the same scenario and see whether they see the situation has romantic undertones or not (easiest example: bakugo being targeted by shigafo for being the closest one to deku on that battlefield). If it is, they're just in denial and/or desperate

It's valid if people just like them as platonic ship, but maybe they shouldn't tag other ships with characters NOT involved with the topic of the post? Kinda feels like they're off-topic. For example, seeing a post about dkbk platonic relationship in a td////dk tag would just sour my mood if I'm a 🍰🥦 shipper. I'd be like "I wanna see 🍰 and 🥦, not 💥 and 🥦! Why're you putting that shit in my timeline!?!"

Note: I like the dkbk dynamic more because deku's stubborn n relentless attitude is more prevalent in dkbk jp works, also because I found more funny dkbk jp works than bkdk www

Bakugo the patriot.

glasses

Friendly reminder that Izuku didn’t go charging into the fight with the slime monster until after he saw it had Katsuki

He was literally at his lowest point right then. Not one person in his life thought he could be a hero, and that day both Katsuki and All Might had made it clear to him that they thought it was impossible.

Izuku was horrified at his role in setting the slime monster free, that his own actions could cause harm to someone else, but he still didn’t go running into the fight until he saw it had Katsuki.

He knew his role. He knew it was the heroes job to save, not his. He stayed in his lane, observed, took notes, prepared himself to act, but he still never actually acted until he saw Katsuki in danger.

Only Katsuki’s safety would have driven him to do what he did. Yes, Izuku is heroic. Yes, he is hardwired to save others. But at his lowest point, no encouragement or validation or support from any corner, it was Katsuki being in danger that pushed Izuku to act when no one else would.

It had to be Kacchan.

honestly, i love it when people REALLY get bakugou. and i mean REALLY REALLY understand him. Bakugou was NEVER evil but instead had the largest inferiority complex i have ever seen, he had a genuine fear of failing or disappointing others which made him act with that cocky and egotistical mask. i also like to think that this is the reason why Izuku never hated him

like in that one quote "the idea of victory was so tied to the image of you in my head", it is undeniable that Bakugou is a victorious person who always wants to win, but that is also his biggest downfall. Bakugou wants to be the best but how can you be the best while treating others poorly?

His growth in the anime and manga is seriously one of my favorite character development arcs i have ever seen.

just a matter of time

Don’t give me alpha, playboy, flirty Bakugo, give me awkward in social situations, doesn’t know how to flirt because why is that important, has never been on a date because he gets too nervous, doesn’t know how to talk to women or men unless he’s yelling or scolding them, who doesn’t care about the concept of virginity because why does it matter, who only ever thought about dating someone because of Izuku, who only ever thought anything to do with dating/sex because of him Bakugo