So They Say That How You Show Affection Reflects How You've Been Raised. And Wellllll Let's Say That

just a matter of time

Meme redraws to get out of my drawing funk

oh NOW people are turning? now people are seeing what we’ve been saying for years? the parallels weren’t enough, their obsession and devotion to each other? katsuki willing to die with nothing on his mind but Izuku the first time wasn’t enough? it took him doing it AGAIN for you to see it?

not to mention with the latest chapter people who HATED bkdk suddenly feeling confident enough to admit bkdk was a legitimate threat. “they DO have the strongest bond and deepest connection and clearly care about each other the most, but thank god huh?” SO IT HAD YOU SCARED.

I’m not accepting anyone who spent years perpetuating homophobia, misogyny, and bigotry suddenly admitting that they feared bkdk’s possibility then trying to play nice. “you were right I just didn’t want it to happen” Be Quiet.

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

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

i just saw someone say the ONLY thing they would change about the MHA ending is that they would have ochaco replace katsuki in the “cmon deku” scene.

regardless of ships this makes no sense for the narrative. that scene is meant to have the “reaching out” between katsuki and izuku come full circle.

if you really believe that then you didn’t absorb a massive overarching ideal in MHA and missed the point of the story.

also bkdk canon *mwah*

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Ice skater Bakugou / hockey player Deku !

U CANT MAKE THIS UP 😭