#mha discourse

[fabled-lady-twilla]

How it feels being a ShigaDeku shipper in this fandom. Why is everyone so mean? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[imverystupidsorrydumb]

Why discord is brutal.

I was in an SBG server and had a Bakudeku pfp because I liked it. Someone randomly goes, “Not the Bakudeku pfp,” and I was like, “Ohh yeah, I was in a My Hero phase and forgot to change it,” just trying to play it off. Then someone I actually thought was cool goes, “Don’t tell me you’re one of those freaks that ship Bakudeku,” and honestly?? I didn’t even know how to respond.

Me being me, I panicked and said, “One of my friends dared me to,” even though I literally just put it on because I liked it. And that moment just made me realize how toxic the MHA fandom can be sometimes. Like someone else jumped in and said, “Good,” then went on about how they ship Kiribaku and how it’s fine because they’ve watched three seasons.

Like… okay? I’ve watched every episode, multiple times. Why are we gatekeeping shipping based on how many episodes someone’s seen?? And let’s be real—none of the ships were confirmed, the series is over, and people are still fighting over which ship is “better” or more valid. Let people enjoy what they enjoy.

Also, I just wanna say the School Bus Graveyard fandom has been SO nice and chill. Y’all actually talk about the story, the art, the vibes—without getting weird or mean about it. So yeah, if you were in that convo... sorry, but these are my real thoughts.

[poppy5991]

When people believe that some MHA characters deserve redemption but other characters should die

You know those people that scrawled “Your only redemption is death.” on Toga’s walls. And how that was bad? Yeah….

You don’t have to forgive or like a character, but death sentence?

What are you, a cop?

[astriddestelle]

Everytime I see Adam bashing I wonder if sk8 is their first anime, or how young they are.

Idk bashing of any character just comes across as childish and silly too me.

Especially when Adam didn’t do anything out of the norm for a typical anime villian.

Like Sukuna, Geto, Frieza, Dani, Shigiraki have all done worse yet I never see bashing tags for them.

It’s always people who either did the bare minimum when it comes to being shitty or didn’t do anything at all.

Adam hit Cherry in the face and attacked Reki, no shit he’s the bad guy. Then people saying he SA Langa, which he didn’t. Harassed yes. (People gotta stop throwing that around but that’s a different discussion)

Meanwhile Dabi killed millions and everyone is like uwe poor baby. Like what?

Note I don’t like Adam I don’t dislike him. He’s amusing is all. I just get tired of fics making him to be this big bag horrible monster when he’s not. Bros just an asshole. Not a rapist sociopath that’s more likely to be your other faves actually

[derseprinceoftbd]

So how's discourse doing? This good or bad? Who deserved what?

[fabled-lady-twilla]

I love this analysis though, so good. 👌🏻

While I do think the relationship between All Might and Deku is more positive and healthy than Endeavor and Touya, there’s still a lot of underlying mental health issues that have been ignored by both mentors. It’s something I know that I and many in this fandom wished Horikoshi would focus more on.

let me tell you the story of a man.

he’s a powerful super hero who half the world looks up to for guarding and guidance.

this man has a son/protégé who he specifically made to be his successor.

he purposefully arranges it so the boy inherits his powers.

he trains him hard to take his place, and through action and words makes it clear that this is how the boy can earn his recognition.

but it turns out that the powers don’t work the same for the protégé as the man. they end up hurting, even disfiguring the boy every time he uses them.

what starts out as the boy trying to prove himself…

turns into the boy spiralling into physical and psychological self-destruction.

the man tries to keep the protégé from continuing down this path

but he has lit these feelings inside his protégé a long time ago.

and it’s too late to the say the words the boy needed to hear all this time ago.

now the question is, can someone help the boy snap out of this self-destructive death spiral?

or will the story end with

[mofsblog]

"This is some gay shit" Good. Silly. Fair enough. Doesn't inherently invalidate other interpretations of the relationship. Honestly yeah, it is kind of gay regardless of their canonical relationship status

"There's literally no platonic explanation for th-" WRONG!! KILLING YOU WITH AMATANORMATIVITY KILLING LOBSTERS 🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞🦞

[cheeseonatower]

HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FLYING😭😭😭😭😭😭

[arottenlust]

‘I can write xyz character however I want bc they’re fictional!’

yeah ofc! people are still allowed to complain. to critique perceived mischaracterizations. should they be rude? No. but if you yourself are admitting that you are changing a character (bc it’s ur right and they’re not real yadda yadda yadda) then why are you mad that people are pointing it out ? If it is not rude, if it isn’t a direct attack, if it’s a simple observation, then what is the issue? idk

Another thought, one that idrk how to communicate so bear with me, is I feel that a lot of people are extremely resistant to any form of conflict or critique, basically anything that isn’t support or silence. and it’s a little off putting to me, like how is anyone meant to improve without input from others? furthermore, a critique of your work is not an attack on you, but more an observation. so why is it so wrong to share? are creative spaces not a place for discussion?

but I also do think u have a right to reject advice wether its constructive or not. if u do not want it then it shouldn’t be forced on u. a hobby can be a hobby without the need to get better or improve, like if it’s smth u do for the joy of it then thats that.

both of these sentiments ring true to me.

so idk how to even explain what I feel. idek what I feel tbh

bleh

[maspers]

Left Brain: I ship Kacchako because I think there's the possibility for tons of parallels and nuance in their relationship, both as individuals and as foils to Midoriya, and strong themes of self-confidence and self-improvement deeply connected to both of their characters could push them both to even higher levels of awesomeness while still retaining the core of what makes them them, and also-

Right Brain: Honestly, I ship Kacchako because Uraraka would be able to throw Bakugo very very very far, and I think both of them would be into that.

[amaranthdahlia]

i luv kudou's pretty wife

[imverystupidsorrydumb]

Why discord is BRUTAL.

I was in an SBG server and had a Bakudeku pfp because I liked it. Someone randomly goes, “Not the Bakudeku pfp,” and I was like, “Ohh yeah, I was in a My Hero phase and forgot to change it,” just trying to play it off. Then someone I actually thought was cool goes, “Don’t tell me you’re one of those freaks that ship Bakudeku,” and honestly?? I didn’t even know how to respond.

Me being me, I panicked and said, “One of my friends dared me to,” even though I literally just put it on because I liked it. And that moment just made me realize how toxic the MHA fandom can be sometimes. Like someone else jumped in and said, “Good,” then went on about how they ship Kiribaku and how it’s fine because they’ve watched three seasons.

Like… okay? I’ve watched every episode, multiple times. Why are we gatekeeping shipping based on how many episodes someone’s seen?? And let’s be real—none of the ships were confirmed, the series is over, and people are still fighting over which ship is “better” or more valid. Let people enjoy what they enjoy.

Also, I just wanna say the School Bus Graveyard fandom has been SO nice and chill. Y’all actually talk about the story, the art, the vibes—without getting weird or mean about it. So yeah, if you were in that convo... sorry, but these are my real thoughts.

[fabled-lady-twilla]

You're speaking nothing but facts! I haven't been in the MHA fandom long but if there's one thing I've noticed about this fandom, its the shipping wars, my goodness. People are VERY sensitive about their ships and what they think is okay and moral to ship vs. what they think is not okay and is immoral to ship. Like WAAAAAY worse than any other fandom I've ever been in.

I think when people really like a ship that would otherwise be canonically toxic (like Bakugou bullying Deku or Dabi trying to murder Hawks), they sometimes put blinders on and ignore the potential toxicity of their own favorite ship, but this happens especially if they're criticizing another ship they don't like. I'm of the opinion that it is okay to engage with problematic ships and to write out dynamics in fiction that would absolutely not be healthy in real life, but it's also important/helpful to ackolwedge that a lot of these ships have the potential to be toxic, especially if they're writing out a story directly from the canon. And that's okay! It is okay to engage in problematic media and also be critical of it at the same time.

Plus, there really aren't many romantically canon ships in the MHA fandom anyways. It's just not that kind of series. All the really popular ships are almost all completely fanon and that's okay, but people will be literally arguing over these ships and claiming that they're toxic and shouldn't exist and this and that, but they're basically arguing over fanon perceptions of these ships, which can LITERALLY be anything from completely toxic to completely normal, moral, and healthy????

Like, that is literally the beauty of writing any AU's for any fandom lmao????? If you wanna write out an otherwise super toxic ship and make it not toxic, you can write out a cute, no Quirks, normally AU setting where everyone is literally the same age and there's no toxicity and it's all fluff? I just don't get it, lol. 🤔

its always so funny to me when people are like bk/dk bad!! and then ship dabi/hawks because every single argument against bk/dk can be applied to dabi/hawks. bakugou bullied izuku! ok, dabi literally tried to murder hawks. hawks killed his best friend. bakugou and deku hate each other!! dabi and hawks hate each other too???? bk/dk is abusive!!! besties dabi and hawks werent roleplaying toxic yaoi!! bk/dk are teenagers they should be happy with other ppl!! dabi hawks are in their early twenties?????????????? the age gap between dabi/hawks and bk/dk isnt nearly wide enough for it to make a difference???? at least bk/dk has a chance of being healthy one day (if you consider they haven't become healthy already) meanwhile dabi/hawks' relationship is built on lies and betrayal??? jesus lord???? i don't even think dabi/hawks is a bad ship but you have to be honest with yourselves

[theweeklydiscourse]

God forbid you ever criticize the lack of consequences Bakugou experiences in MHA, or suddenly you’ll find dozens of Bakugou stans pouring into your mentions to make a speech about how cruel you are for forcing him to eat cement. They’ll act as though “consequences” inherently involves throwing him into the dungeon or putting him in detention for 100 years and then moan about how him facing consequences would only perpetuate a cycle of abuse/discrimination.

Listen, it’s not really that much of a consequence if the “consequence” in question isn’t directly connected to his current or past bad behaviour. “Oh but his scars!” “When he died that one time!” “His guilt for getting kidnapped” None of those are related to his bullying, and in my opinion, that makes them insufficient as consequences in an arc about changing for the better.

The consequences I would actually like to see could be as simple as: Izuku feels sad/mad because of what he went through, or certain characters reflect on how Bakugou’s past impacts their perception of him. More introspection on the victim’s end is needed, Bakugou doesn’t necessarily need to be pilloried for the arc to be satisfying.

[moodyvoid]

“I can’t believe people hate Endeavor and like the League of Villains”

The league members are all shown to have faced abuse, neglect, and injustice in their lives that lead them to where they are.

What abuse, neglect, or injustice has Endeavor faced to make him do what he did?

Not as an excuse for their actions, but as an explanation for why people empathize with the league members more than they do with Endeavor.

[valhalla-awaitsfor-us]

Horikoshi released drawings of Hagakure as an adult — and surprise, she now has a “hero costume”… that looks like lingerie. And the worst part? This implies that before, she was basically fighting in nothing or just underwear for years. YEARS. Even though this universe has shown — multiple times — that it's possible to design support items and costumes that adapt to individual quirks. So, why wasn’t she given one earlier? Why didn’t anyone care?

With Momo, it's the same pattern. The second she’s shown as an adult, her costume suddenly covers more — especially around her chest. It's like their dignity only matters once they're no longer teenagers. That’s not just lazy design. It’s deliberate.

People can try to justify it all they want with “quirk-based limitations” or “fanservice is part of the genre,” but at this point, it’s tired. Transparent. And honestly gross.

The message this sends — both in-story and to the audience — is that it’s fine to oversexualize young girls for years… until it’s no longer “funny” and starts becoming “awkward”. That’s not just a bad trope. That’s a creative problem.