Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d end up here post-canon.
We had three seasons of Katsuki being various shades of angry and two where his cute aggression was in overdrive and any real feelings he had were buried beneath his guilt, inferiority, and rage.
So many bkdk fics from this era had them in a situationship of some kind largely because Katsuki Bakugo was the poster child for emotional constipation. The future of bkdk was often agreed to be this delicious angsty cocktail of yearning and we ate that up. Izuku and Katsuki loving each other but being unable to say it? The tension, the misunderstandings, the regency-esque moments of hands brushing? Bruh. Gorgeous.
And then season six happened and Katsuki apologized, calm, empathetic, validating, and boy did that open up doors for bkdk’s future, but that was followed by season seven where simp!Katsuki really found his sea legs, embraced his new normal and his all-encompassing obsession with Izuku and went LITERALLY RIDE OR DIE for him
Followed later by his return to the manga where everything he did screamed “I’d do anything, break my own bones, sacrifice my own life, my potential, my career, my money, all for him”. Boy came back from the dead and was all-in for Izuku and has never looked back.
We had tsundere!Katsuki down to an art and now we have simp!Katsuki too and whiplash has never in my life made me so happy. We get the best of both worlds. It has never been better to be a bkdk.
I think Midoriya-sensei likes watching pro-hero DynaMight brat videos after work
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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.
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
Thoughts & Restraint
Serious question, and sorry if it's rude, but why dkbk and not bkdk? Katsuki has such a dominant personality it's odd to see him the bottom lol
Dominance/submissiveness is not equal to top/bottom
I've explained it before
Technically, I don't have to justify what I like to strangers
BUT I also like sharing stuff about what I love so instead of justifying it, here's a quick, somewhat related presentation on how Katsuki Bakugo's arc follows the heroine's journey:
5. and on a COMPLETELY unserious note, this is my favorite ship dynamic:
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.
Izuku gets invited to Gentle and La Brava's wedding and brings PH GEMG Dynamight as his plus one
Bakugo the patriot.