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i don't like the growing opinion that people are being 'too hard' on deku for his failing to save shigaraki.

i've seen quite a few people complaining that a lot of the bnha-critical crowd are being too mean to deku for getting tomura killed, arguing that it isn't really his fault, and that hes a 16 year old child soldier who's been failed by almost every adult in his life, why should we be putting all of this on his shoulders? hes just a kid after all?

and the truth is, they're right. deku IS a 16 year old boy whos had the fate of the world thrust on his shoulders. but the story itself just plainly refuses to acknowledge this.

the narrative doesn't acknowledge how fucked up having a school that trains literal children how to be combo cop-celebrities is. it only tentatively acknowledges the fact that a universe having combo cop-celebrities is fucked up, and even then the only people who ever point this out are antagonists, who are portrayed and treated in-universe as untrustworthy. the narrative doesn't care how fucked up dekus circumstances are. the narrative treats deku like hes a fucking messiah here to touch the hearts of the evil depressed villains with his magical empathetic heart of gold before they get blown up or just sent to fucking superhell for daring to challenge the status quote.

deku isn't a person. he's barely even a fucking character at this point. he's a plot device, and a mouth piece for the objectively shitty themes bnha is trying to spout. the themes that tell you that if you're mistreated by society and want to do something about it, you're a villain. that disrupting the status quote and refusing to repent to some random teenage boy spouting empty platitudes at you means you deserve to get sent to fucking superhell. the themes that portray people fighting for civil change as mass murdering supervillains. the themes that look the audience dead in the eye and can call deku the greatest hero to ever live.

deku, who barely spared a second thought to lady nagant telling him the truth about the hero commission. who spouts meaningless platitudes about heroism and morality at nagant, and aoyama, and toga and shigaraki, when even the thought that he should question the world around him comes up. who's constantly talked about as this truly kind, empathetic person, but hasn't spared an empathetic thought to literally anyone who is classified as a villain. who listened to every authority figure around him except the ones who asked him to question his worldview. who saw la bravas tears, shigarakis various breakdowns, himikos plead for understanding, chisakis catatonic state, lady nagants truth, and barley batted a fucking eye. deku, who killed tomura shigaraki.

people don't criticize deku for failing shigaraki because they just hate deku. people criticize deku because of what he represents. because hes a mouthpiece for the atrocious morals and themes of this ideologically rotten manga. because any character he had was chopped up to bits in favor of the incomplete husk we have now. people criticize deku because hes the main character of my hero academia. theres nothing more damning then that.

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300 + 5 Follower Giveaway!

Now that it's the summer we have time to do this finally.

What are we giving away?

3 commissions! Winners will get to choose if they want either a 1500-2000 word written work or a drawing with simplified colours!

How do you enter?

Reblog this post AND be a follower at the time the winners are selected! This giveaway is open to all current followers and anyone who follows between now and the selection date!

When does the giveaway end?

June 13th 2024 around 7PM EST! Winners will be drawn randomly and contacted within the day, and then they'll have 3 days to reply or risk losing their commission.

See below for additional info

Additional info

Do multiple reblogs give extra entries? No, you just need the one! But we won't stop you from reblogging more than once.

Does liking the post give extra entries? No, but go ahead if you want.

I want to reblog the post but not to my main account that I follow from, is there something I can do about that? Leave a comment AS THE BLOG YOU REBLOGGED AS and @ the blog you follow from, like so:

Is there any content you won't draw/write? Giving a tentative no on this, but we hold the right to deny certain elements that might be uncomfortable to write/draw.

How complex of a drawing would you do? Could you do multiple characters in one picture? Gonna say that two characters is the max, but it depends on how much detail you're hoping for and the characters themselves.

Would you be willing to write about a fandom/character/setting you're not familiar with? Willing, yes. Able to properly do it justice, that'll depend on how easy it is to understand.

Will you draw/write 18+ content? Depends on the content, but generally yes.

Will you post the works after they're done? Preferably yes, but that can be discussed if the winner is concerned about it.

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Soul With Sorrow Laden

Alastor made it out alive but has to deal with the consequences of the battle in the confines of his fractured mind alone.

I just needed an excuse to write Alastor having a panic attack on top of his mental breakdown that we blessedly got to see :)

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Okay what if during the Hazbin Hotel finale whoever is the main antagonist (Lilith? Eve? Someone else entirely?) is the one who has Alastor chained and they use him to fight against Charlie and the hotel crew. He goes along with it because he wants his freedom and he hopes that is how he gets it.

But it's a delusion, he won't be set free even if he kills them, but he is so desperate for it he had grown hostile to the few people who called him an actual friend and cared for him.

Lucifer almost kills Alastor during the confrontation but Charlie stops him in the last moment. She saw through this charade of selfishness and sees someone who needs help but it too proud to ask for it.

She goes to a almost beaten Al sitting on the ground, panting, and kneels down next to him. His smile is stitched in place but his eyes betray how he feels. She reaches a hand down for him to take and says "You know we still have that deal going, right? Just say the word."

And he hesitates for a moment, they look at eachother and he knows what she is talking about. He has not yet cashed in the favour from her from the deal they had struck before the last extermination.

She can save him from this if he just swallows his ego and asks for help.

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Bone apple teeth 🍴

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I love Gorrik and his VO.

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Thought I’d post the final images from this video:

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sometimes a family is a goth, her femme girlfriend, a wolfman, a sapphic plant, a cactus convicted of several felonies, an edgy cat monster, a catgirl, her scorpion, a gremlin prodigy, the prodigy’s college roommate, a beleaguered hero, and a dragon

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when you accidentally pick up a warrior's banner in the middle of battle

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I love you gw2 charr. I love you monster race with monster females. I love you wearing the exact same armor as the males. I love you unmatched 2012 female character design.

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having a uterus SUCKS man bc all day you'll be feeling the "hey bestie check your pants 😃 check it right now 😃 you might be getting your period 😃 hey bestie i think youre bleeding 😃" and then when you check if you got your period and your body is like WRONG ❌️ its The Slime

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As soon as I saw this crystal design, I realized that I wanted to draw it! The design belongs to @vannahgw2

He is beautiful in any form~

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okay due to experiencing my less than proudest moment i have to ask

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The response to "ace people are just virgins who can't get laid!" Shouldn't be "ace people can still have sex!" but instead " being a virgin isn't a bad thing."

The response to "aro people are just heartless freaks!" Shouldn't be "aro people can still feel love!" And instead be "not feeling love or other emotions doesn't make you a bad person."

Instead of pushing the idea that aspec people can be "normal like allos" we should instead be trying to normalize aspec experiences. Yes aspec people can be normal because aspec identities are normal. Some aros fall in love. some aces have sex. but they should not be the only valid aspec experiences. We should not use these experiences to make the aspec identity more palatable to amatonormativity and allos.