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I feel like people underestimate the impact Ali's death had on Sang Woo, and more generally the later's personality. We were all devastated by the events of episode 6 and we put our anger on Sang Woo, but we didn't stop to see, really see his reaction to it.

But let's go back to the first game and how Sang Woo's boundaries shifted with each episode.

Game 1: Red light Green light

During that game, there was no actual player-on-player killing, people's survival depended on their own skills, their own actions, or lack of. At this stage, Sang Woo is as shocked as everyone else and he seems to have the same moral standards as Gi Hun (who is set as the show's moral compass, just by the simple fact that he's the one we're following). He helps Gi Hun by giving him some advice and telling him to get up. He wants Gi Hun to survive at this point.

He also is the one who suggests they all stop the game.

Game 2: Dalgona

At this point, everyone is back with the full knowledge of what the game is about. Sang Woo just tried to kill himself in the bathtub because to him it was the only solution left. I believe that, for someone like him who is smart and bears the pressure of his reputation as the Pride of Ssangmun-dong (see how uncomfortable he is when Gi Hun keeps praising him), the humiliation was too much for him to bear.

So when they restarted the game, he was set to win. And that's why he didn't tell Gi Hun about the second game. He did look conflicted when he saw him go for the umbrella, but he reigned himself in. Better have Gi Hun die early in the game than have him suffer all the way to who knows what level just for him to die anyway. I don't think he believed Gi Hun was smart or strong enough to finish or win the game, so he wanted him to have a quick death. In his arrogant mind, he may even have seen it as a mercy to his old friend.

Game 4: Marbles

I think the reasons he chose Ali was because it was the safest choice for him. Ali was strong and obedient, so he would be a great tool and would listen to him. He was also the most trustworthy person in the game, so he wouldn't have to focus on a potential betrayal from him.

When Ali starts calling him after he realizes he tricked him, Sang Woo stops right before walking through the door. This is an important symbol, because once he's past the door, it's officially over for Ali, and I think part of him just couldn't take that final step while Ali was still alive, because it meant actively killing him, which is something he yet wasn't ready to do. So he waited until the guard killed Ali, until he heard the voice announcing his death before moving on.

They don't show us Ali's death, but rather Sang Woo's reaction to it. He doesn't seem cold or happy, he really looks like he's impacted by this, and it is the same shot they used for Gi Hun and Sae Byok, the 3 of them walking away while their friend gets killed.

This is when we see a radical change in his behavior. I believe that this game was what made him go to the other side emotionally. He had tricked and get the nicest, kindest and most naive person in the game killed. There wasn't much he wouldn't do at this point of no return.

Game 5: The Glass Tile Game

This game is where everyone's inhibitions fell off. We are closer to the end and people are getting desperate. Several people are killing each other, dropping bodies in order to advance.

At this point, Sang Woo has tried to 'mercy kill' his hyung (remember this title that Ali gives Sang Woo and that the later gives Gi Hun is a mark of respect for older people, like calling them 'Big brother') and he killed Ali, so the 2 people who are the closest to him in the game.

So why should he care about killing someone he doesn't know? Someone who, in his mind, would do the exact same thing in his shoes? The old man had kept precious information to himself which resulted in the death of others, which is the same way of thinking that had driven Sang Woo until the Marble game. The old man probably thought that withholding information that resulted in death wasn't actually killing, just like Sang Woo had done in the Dalgona game. Besides, there was 1 set of tiles left and it was either the old guy or him. He knew Sae Byeok wouldn't do it. Gi Hun probably would at some point, but there was no time left. So at this point, killing him was what made the more sense.

I liked that he was not hypocrite about his actions, and I understand why Gi Hun and his high morals rubbed him the wrong way. In his mind, Gi Hun (along with the guy who killed his wife) were both hypocrites for trying to appear all righteous and make people like him feel bad. They had all come back to win the game, and to do that, everyone else had to die. At least he had the courage to say it.

(Look how he can't really turn around to face Gi Hun here, he knows that what he did there is unforgivable.)

Game 6: Squid Game

I think this was Sang Woo's worst case scenario: to end up in a 1 to 1 with Gi Hun. He was the only one who knew him, he was his hyung, his childhood friend, the proud big brother. But at this point, he was too far gone, he couldn't go back, he had to go all the way, so it would mean something. So that every horrible thing he had done would not have been for nothing. And if the ultimate price was to sacrifice his friend, then so be it.

But in the end, when Gi Hun offered to stop the game, I think he went back to his former self, like he was propelled out of his deadly spiral.

Seeing Gi Hun try to save him, him, after all of this, made him realize that the best solution would be to let him win. Because he knew Gi Hun would take care of his mom if he asked.

"I'm sorry Hyung." he said.

So yeah, Sang Woo did terrible things, but I don't think he was a monster, or cold blooded and unfeeling.

Nobody can tell what their reactions would be in a setting like that, and I think his character was the best written of all.

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Ok am I the only one who noticed that the doctor we see at the end of the last episode

Is the same doctor who diagnosed Izuku with being Quirkless in the first episode??!

It's him right??

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?!

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Don't come, Deku

I’ve been rewatching BHNA lately and I want to talk about this part:

When Katsuki gets kidnapped and he says “Don’t come Deku”. In the original scene, his voice is strangled and breaking. He’s telling him to stay back because he knows Deku will come for him and put himself in danger. This isn’t like that time in episode 1 with the sludge villain, since they had been surrounded by heroes. This is real, mortal danger and Katsuki is telling him to stay back.

In this video, you can hear Katsuki’s VA, Okamoto Nobuhiko confirm this thought by saying:

“Considering the situation, I felt like he was saying Definitely don’t come near me or else you will get killed like it almost happened before [probably referencing his fight against Muscular]”

So we can say that Katsuki was scared for Deku at that moment.

Now, Deku talks about this incident a few episodes later, when explaining his plan to save Katsuki.

When he explains why he can't be the one calling for Katsuki, we see a flash of the scene from Deku's POV. The way Katsuki talks is different then, colder and meaner, especially in the way he said "Deku" like his usual insult.

I wonder if this was intentional and if so, does that mean that the scene was influenced by Deku's POV? If so, are all of his memories of Katsuki tainted by the way he thinks the blonde views him?

Since I binge watched the episodes, the difference in the tone really struck me!

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SPOILER ALERT FOR MHA CHAPTER 285 AND HEROES RISING MOVIE BELOW

I remember reading chapter 285 of MHA 'Katsuki Bakugo rising' and loving it because of obvious reasons. Although i couldnt help but feel like the main event (Katsuki sacrificing himself to save Deku and finally having his hero moment) was a bit...rushed. Sure we knew something like that was bound to happen at some point and sure their relationship had started to take another turn after the events of Kamino and the DekuVsKatsuki fight at UA.

But it seemed to be a huge step from that to Katsuki actually jumping in front of a vilain to save Deku, and getting seriously injured in the process. Yeah i loved the scene and I got goosebumps when we got the 'My body moved on its own' because this was Katsuki officially becoming a hero IMO.

So yeah I felt it was rushed because even though we had a flashback of him talking to All Might about his relationship wirh Deku, it was in that same chapter so we only learned about his new pov right before he saves Deku. I couldn't help but feel like something was missing, some kind of development needed to explain this huge change in Katsuki. And then yesterday I watched the Heroes Rising movie, and there it was, the missing piece!

It started with how Katsuki goes to check on Deku while he's training under the disguise of taunting him.

Then it's their first fight with Nine, where they fight TOGETHER for the first time, and boy was All Might right, that of they set their ill feelings aside they could make a great team. That fight was epic and the team work impeccable.

Then we got Katsuki witnessing Deku's conversation with Matsuho and he heard how kind-hearted and hero-like he sounded. Katsuki has been under the impression that somehow Deku was a liar, that he was faking being so nice (why would you be nice to someone who bullied you?), but he saw that this kindness was genuine, cementing the fact that Deku was a true hero, even without his quirk, whereas people only saw Katsuki as a hero because he had an amazing quirk.

And so this leads us to the final fight, again great teamwork and then, when the kids start yelling for them, they both understand, both go back to Kamino, when people were cheering at All Might and he said 'Next is your turn', it was Deku who was in All Might's place and Katsuki in Deku's.

And when Katsuki told him this was the end of his dream, Deku didn't seem to care, and I'm sure Katsuki must have thought Deku would hate him for 'stealing' his quirk after having made him miserable for not having one. But again Deku showed his heroism and good heart. In his eyes, noone is more worthy of inheriting OFA than Katsuki, and this transfer is the ultimate proof of trust, of love.

And I'm sure that Katsuki remembered that, or figured it out. I don't see why Deku would remember and not him. Maybe he said so in order to not confront this heavily emotional moment? Because this event is for me what made him do what he did in chapter 285, just like Deku sacrificed his dream and passed it on to him, he sacrificed his. And then Katsuki who was all about 'Winning' started 'Saving'. He's come all circle, because of Deku, for Deku.

I am beyond satisfied with this movie and how it ties to the rest of the manga. Those characters are so well written!

PS: can we talk about how super powerful Katsuki's quirk became after he got OFA??

Seriously what is that, lava? I loved it!

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oh my god i'm cleaning out my desk and i found my first phone

it was a fucking house phone that i was so stoked to have because it was mine that i kept in my own room and i cannot believe technology has progressed at the speed of FUCKING light to the point where this is a hilarious artifact to have had in like 6th grade and now theres kindergarteners with iphones

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The Silver Swan, built by John Joseph Merlin and James Cox, 1773.

Source: Mechanical Marvels, Clockwork Dreams (BBC)

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Mary Poppins (1964) dir. Robert Stevenson

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"Of course I'm going to buy them on sale. But I'm still making you pay full price." I love this so much

Guy wanted me to make him a queen-size blanket.

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Author: 惣一郎 (Pixiv). Source: link. Translation: Yoshida Eri. (Please click on the images for full view.)

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a muggleborn student coming to hogwarts with a thermos flask and filling it with tea in the morning so it stays hot all day and their pureblood friends are like “whoa what spell did you use for that” and they’re like “?????? it’s just a thermos???” and all the pureblood students start pointing their wands at cups and saying “THERMOS”

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Me_irl

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Owner asks dogs to hide because customer is scared of dogs

(via)

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friendly reminder use your turn signal

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ALL 👏🏾 OF 👏🏾 THEM 👏🏾

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If you’re a Non-Muslim and you see a Muslim praying in public, could you please not pass in front of them?

Go behind them, but not in front. 👍