#maybe this is a soft call for those interesting in plotting lolol

[duefault]

i think two characters i want to write:

jjk oc: older “hacker” jujutsushi that clashed with the more conservative faction for their distrust of technology and “newer” jujutsu techniques, independent and kind of doing her own thing as an informant/cursed “tech” broker

star trek/sci: based off of a vulcan temporal recruit character, basically early federation era science officer that gets thrown into patrolling the timeline

[echodrops]

So, given Dabi's perceived incompetence, you think his scars are self inflicted? I figured that, if Dabi is indeed Touya, he must have tried to impress Endeavor and show him that he is "worth it". So he probably tried to train himself in seclusion. But with a body meant for ice, he was not able to handle the flames and ended up burning himself and running away, traumatized or something along those lines. Admittedly, it could be a stretch, since we have no details on what exactly happened.

Post is NOT spoiler free, watch out anime-only fans~!

Had a bunch of asks about Dabi in my inbox after my Dabi post but I got distracted thinking about ships… I’m back now and gonna answer a few that are all about that Dabi is a Todoroki theory~

Look man, if he’s not Touya, I will officially be the S H O O K E S T. At this point, the real plot twist would be if he wasn’t! I really think there are just so many signs at this point that I can’t make myself believe it won’t happen. I mean the fact that Horikoshi deliberately drew Endeavor’s eyesight being damaged before his confrontation with Dabi so that Endeavor wouldn’t be able to see him clearly??? COME ON.

But man we’re all going to look so stupid if he isn’t Touya…

Rest under the read more to save people’s dashes:

As for how Dabi got his scars… I don’t have any answers, of course, just my own theories and conjectures based on vague statements and panels in the manga…

I guess first I’d point out that while we don’t know really much about Touya at all, we do know a couple things:

1) He physically took after Rei way more than Natsuo or Fuyumi did. Despite being Natsuo’s confirmed older brother, Touya was a tiny kid. Given that he would have to very close to Fuyumi in age or older than her, the fact that he was shorter than his sister just makes this all the more noticeable. This kind of tininess is usually (although of course not always) a deliberate visual indicator that there was something wrong with the child’s health. Looking at the only two panels he appears in definitely gives the impression that he was a pretty fragile-looking kid who I would not be surprised to hear had health problems (bad fevers from an overpowered fire quirk, anyone?).

2) His posture in this frame is also pretty telling. They all look nervous–it’s obvious they’re being looked at by Endeavor and are uncomfortable with it–but while Natsuo looks a little shame-faced and Fuyumi a little confused, Touya is clutching his hands together in a classic “timid child” pose. It seems likely to me that he wasn’t an especially assertive kid.

3) Then there’s the whole hair issue–is his hair red like the anime or white like the manga? The only reason I could see for not coloring his hair dark in the manga is that Horikoshi specifically uses black ink for the red color of the Todoroki family’s hair–coloring Touya’s hair completely black would make it beyond obvious that he’s Dabi. But still, couldn’t he have used tone like he does for Kirishima’s hair? We know that white hair = ice quirk, so I am very interested to find out whether the anime has it right in using red, or whether the white used in the manga is plot relevant, and we’re going to find that Touya really did have a body meant for an ice quirk…

4) We also have Natsuo’s ominous comment:

To me at least, this statement seems somehow… specific? Like there was some Big Deal™ that immediately caused Touya not to be in their lives anymore, and Endeavor was directly involved in it. Natsuo definitely strikes me as the type who would blame Endeavor for a training accident, even if Touya was training of his own free will, but I can’t personally shake the feeling that Endeavor was right there whenever the Bad Thing with Touya happened and that Endeavor, Fuyumi, and Natsuo all know more about Touya’s fate than they’re willing to talk about. I think it’s important that we’ve never seen a scene of Natsuo and Fuyumi getting any close looks at Dabi either.

6) The kids’ ages are important I think. Shouto is about five years old when he sees his siblings playing soccer, and they all looked about the same age there as in this second screen cap, although I wouldn’t put Fuyumi at 12 in the screen cap above, so maybe not… In any case, we know that Shouto was already in training (~5 years old) and Touya had no major visible scars. So Touya made it to at least 12 years old without doing major damage to his body (although of course it could be under the clothes). Based on that, personally I would doubt a bit that he was training and burning himself in secret, at least not for any extended amount of time.

6) The one piece of evidence we have for figuring out what actually happened to cause the scars is the burn pattern itself, especially on Dabi’s face. One thing that people have often pointed out is that Dabi’s facial burns line up fairly well with the places fire also settles on Endeavor’s face:

Also I’m pretty sure Dabi officially qualifies as BNHA’s biggest glow up. If you compare chapter 67 to chapter 190 it’s like looking at two totally different characters lol

But, more importantly than this, I think, is the fact that we never see Dabi’s fire take this shape in the manga. Although in a couple of scenes his flames have covered parts of his face, we’ve never–not even one time–seen fire specifically come from below his eyes or around his mouth like Endeavor. This is not something that normally happens with his quirk–which could mean that he was copying Endeavor when the injuries occurred.

So what did happen?

I don’t know, but if you ask me for a personal headcanon about it:

In a desperate attempt to protect his mother from being taken away and forced into the mental institution, Touya Todoroki challenged his father to a fight he could never win and pushed his own body so far beyond its limits that he nearly died.

I mean, if sweet baby Shouto had a reaction this intense:

Just imagine the reaction of the children who would have been conscious to see their mother ripped away from their home, possibly violently, possibly forever? With Rei having snapped hard enough to attack Shouto, I can’t imagine that she would have taken well to Endeavor physically confronting and restraining her to force her away… It could have been quite a horrific scene in the house after Shouto passed out from the pain, and what better way to cover up damage to one kid then to blame Rei, who had already damaged the other? This would help lend greater credence to Rei still being in the mental institution too: if the doctors have her on the record for causing or at least provoking the injuries of not one son but two…

Obviously such a fragile-looking child as Touya, who we know was never formally trained, would have stood no chance against an absolutely enraged Endeavor, but if we know one thing about the Todoroki family, it’s that they’re stubborn beyond belief. Endeavor probably batted aside his failure of an eldest son like it was nothing… but Touya refused to stay down. I think, overwhelmed by hatred and resentment, he put everything he had into trying to fight back against his father, bursting with flames too hot for his ill-suited body, heedless of his own pain.

That break in Dabi’s bottom lip is from the unprotected skin splitting as he screamed in rage and agony while on fire. Just sayin’!!

And even after going beyond his limits in every way, to still inevitably be crushed beneath his father’s heel… I can’t imagine the degree of loathing such a miserable defeat would make a child feel for heroes and all of hero society who let down the Todoroki siblings so badly…

If Touya ran from the hospital afterward, we could even be looking at a situation in which Dabi has been raising himself all alone since he was 12 or 13. Hell, he might even have caught the tail-end of Stain’s soapbox speeches about the revival of heroics while living out on streets…

BUT, YOU KNOW, that’s just my imagination running wild. XDD

I’m sure that my headcanon is too exaggerated to be true, but I do think the scars are self-inflicted and that Touya did fight with Endeavor at some point before abruptly leaving the Todoroki household.

Or… he’s not even a Todoroki and he totally gave himself those scars just to look cool or something lolol.

It’s SYMBOLICCCCC.

Okay, being a little more serious, I think it’s mostly being used the same way as that one scene of Itachi in the rain in Naruto:

Holy shit I never thought I’d be looking at a page of the Naruto manga again…

It’s basically a scene used to humanize and show a tiny glimpse of a “villain” character’s hidden depths–is Dabi all evil, or is there some softness underneath?

The blood is definitely supposed to symbolically represent tears, which actively tells the reader “Something about the idea of families hurts Dabi.” Coupled with the fact that he’s also smiling in a way that does not suit the moment at all and talking about how thinking about what Snatch said actually drove Dabi crazy, I think we’re also supposed to be getting the feeling that Dabi is not quite as calm and collected as he seems to be on the surface. We all love to call him the “sane man” in the League of Villains’ sea of crazy, but it’s entirely possible that Dabi is experiencing or has, at some point, experienced a psychotic break and that the almost lazy, unaffected behavior we see from him most of the time is little more than a thin veneer on top of a much less stable inner-mind…

What interests me is how many people (even the BNHA wiki) seem to suggest that these symbolic blood tears indicate that Dabi feels remorse for the families of all his victims… But I wonder if that’s really the case at all.

Does he feel remorse regarding his victims’ families… or only his own? While I think it’s tempting to imply that Dabi feels bad about all the families he’s hurt in general (which would be a good redemption arc flag), I’m actually inclined to think that Dabi is a little more self-centered character than that, and it’s his own family that’s on his mind here, not guilt over strangers he’s never met and never will meet.

I lol’d. Even more than that–by saying this to Endeavor, he’s almost certainly ensured another Dabi vs. Endeavor clash in the future, so like… he basically gave his dad impenetrable plot armor for another 50-100 chapters. XDDD

Dabi, my dear heart, why are you such a dumpster fire???

[sevensity]

rfa boys reacting to a really cold mc when she's not in the mood? like when they try to talk to her she'll just respond with one word or will just literally look at them dead in the eyes. //BUT WILL TRY HER BEST TO MAKE UP TO THEM BY GIVING LOOOOOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES WHEN SHES FEELING BETTER//

I finally got around to writing it! Sorry for the wait T.T

And ‘not in the mood’ as in ‘not in the mood for people’ right because I totally get that

YOOᔕᑌᑎG:

Drrrrrrrrr sunshine baby needs more attention than an actual baby

His classes at school were particularly grueling that day, and he’s thinking about getting home and relaxing with you, maybe playing some LOLOL together

But when he gets home, you don’t come see him right away like you usually do

Today you’re chilling in bed, reading a book you really like

When Yoosung finds you, he’s a bit confused as to why you didn’t greet him, but then maybe you’re just too absorbed in the story?

“MC? Hi,” he says, sitting beside you

He goes in for a hug but you lean away from him

?????

“I’m just…I don’t feel like being around people right now,” you finally say

“Then…then how about we play some LOLOL? That’s fine right? I want to spend time with you!”

“No..Yoosung, I really want to be alone right now.”

You know those dramatic anime moments where a character’s eyes suddenly go all super saiyan sparkly with tears and the hair kinda does the Ghibli poof

yeah that’s him

he runs into another room and sobs for a bit

what happened do they not love me anymore are they going to leave me just like Rika ????

You manage to finish a couple of chapters before the sound of him crying gets to you

He’s curled up in a ball underneath the kitchen table

“Yoosung,” you call to him, crouching beside him

Slowly he looks at you with pink. puffy eyes and sniffles a bit

“Mh?”

“Can I hug you?”

“I thought…I thought you said you wanted to be alone….”

“I’d rather spend the day stuck to your side that see you in pain for a single minute.”

ok mc so then why did you let me cry for like half an hour?

shhh there was a plot twist in the story it was very important I needed to know if his dad was indeed an ostrich or not

You lean your head against his shoulder, and he slowly wraps an arm around you to bring you closer to him

You’re just two cuties snuggling beneath a table what a time to be alive

ᘔEᑎ:

Zen comes back from a long day at work, itching to have your arms around his waist

Too bad for him, today, you just aren’t feeling it

“Babe?” 

You’re sitting in the living room, eating a bucket of ice cream, and promptly ignore him

“Ba-abe?” he says in a singsong voice

Ya just give him a noncommittal grunt

“MC? Are you okay? Did something happen?”

You kinda half-sigh, “I’m not really in the mood to talk right now.”

His eyes widen

O h! The pain! I’ve been struck, and there is no one to ease my agony! he holds his hands over his chest, the painful spear of your reply piercing through his heart

That’s what he’s thinking anyways

But you don’t notice lmao because damn the ice cream is good

Zen leaves for approximately 6.3 minutes and when he returns, he’s carrying a fancy scroll worthy of being in a certain Bethesda game I’m so sorry not sorry at all

Zen does the sassy model walk until he’s standing right in front of you

He opens the scroll and starts to sing

The dude has prepared a whole ballad just for you, complete with theatrical arm flourishes and several ‘paint me like one of your french girls’ worthy poses

Like really Zen at this point who are you even doing this for?

You can practically see the pheromones in the air

The whole time, you’re just ???? that’s not helping???

I’m still more interested in my ice cream

When he finishes the act, he’s lying down on the coffee table, while he waits for your praise that never comes

Him: _(:3」∠)_

You:  ( ་ − ་ )ུ

Zen looks at you for a moment before crying out, “O, I am slain!If thou be merciful,Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet,” then proceeds to roll off the table 

He lands with a loud thump, and you rush over to him because that drop was nothing small

You fear the worst when you see him lying still, and slowly you approach him

“Zen?” you say, gently touching his arm

In a heartbeat, he catches you in his arms and pulls you down beside him

“Do I have your attention now?’’

That bastard was faking it

“Zen, you’ve always had it.”

You feel bad for having hurt his feeling, so you shower him in little kisses and praise the show he had put on for you

but there is a place in your heart that still longs for the simple company of delicious ice cream

ᒍᑌᗰIᑎ:

the day was going beautifully in the life of Jumin Han

His hair was on fleek, he had bought a new black tie, and also made a successful deal with a business partner

The only smear on his otherwise pristine afternoon was your absence 

He was expecting you to greet him by the door with a loving kiss, but today, you are nowhere to be seen

You’re lying down on the sofa, Elly curled up against you, purring heavily as you pet her soft fur

Jumin sees you two and immediately wants to join, so he’s making his way over to you

“No,” you say, not even looking at him

“What?”

“No,” you repeat, and bury your face in the fluffy white cloud in front of you

Jumin stands there, a frown on his face

“Could you please elaborate a bit more? Simply saying ‘no’ very vague. Is it some sort of command? Or complaint? Rejection?”

“All of them at once…I suppose,” you grumble

“I see,” he says, walking away

Jumin spends the rest of the day holed up in his office, definitely not pouting

and also for sure he’s doing very productive stuff instead of watching various cat videos

…

……

He’s a bit salty

When you’re feeling more in the mood for company, you try to give him a hug, but he pirouettes out of your reach and mutters something about “being busy at the moment” ya ok you just wanna finish that ‘10 moments of purest cat fluff’ video

but if you follow him around for a bit and maybe mewl a tiny bit, he’ll be all yours in a heartbeat

ahhahaha all yours more like all over you don’t do anything cat-like around Jumin Han if you want to keep your evening free

ᔕᗩEYOᑌᑎG:

He’s looking around the house for you, wanting to share some snacks while he takes a short break from work

he spots you in the living room, playing a game by yourself

immediately wants to join in

but you just kinda push him away, and tell him to leave you alone

he’s t r i g g e r e d

oh how the tables have turned

he doesn’t question you, and rather just waddles into his room and shuts the door

inside, he’s a truly broken man

eating chips alone in a dark room, he stares at a blank computer screen, contemplating the meaning of life

he is not aware of the hours that pass, nor of your slight knocking on his door

so when he opens it to get more snacks from the kitchen, he almost bowls you over

you were waiting for him, and when you see the tomato emerge from his cave, you flash him a smile and lean up for a kiss -

like Jumin, he evades your grasp, but in a way that makes you both wonder just how on earth did he do it???

You try to catch him again

He somehow winds up on the other side of the room perched atop a filing cabinet

it turns into a game

he’s not avoiding you for the sake of payback well maybe just a tad, he’s also loving the mystery of how he’s getting to all these places so quickly without even realizing it

above the closet

beneath your bed

inside the fridge

swinging in the window curtains

it turns into an intense game of Catch the Teleporting Seven, and you guys go at it for ages

when you both finally collapse on the bathroom floor, exhausted, you’d already forgotten how you even got to that point

Saeyoung drapes himself over you and begins to snore

you wonder when’s the last time someone cleaned the bathroom