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ok fine they ARE kind of cute together.. :3 🦎🔥

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Dabi | Todoroki Touya

↳ through the years

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I've been thinking a lot lately about how Dabi feels post dance and the Paranormal Liberation War in regards to losing Twice and Compress all in the same day.

Obviously he's ecstatic that he finally got to reveal himself, got to see his father face the consequences of his neglect, and tell the whole world about what a piece of shit the Number One hero is to his own family.

But after those scenes, despite all the recent promotional art of him smiling, he doesn't actually seem happy. In some cases it even seems like he's doing worse mentally.

We missed out on a lot in not getting to see how the remaining League members feel immediately after that battle. We don't even get to see Shigaraki acknowledge losing Twice and Compress, if he even knows what happened to them with AFO trying to take him over.

All we really get are these panels when AFO is breaking other villains out of prisons around Japan. And he and Spinner just look so exhausted.

Dabi is clearly upset about losing Twice given his confrontation with Hawks, but after that we don't see him talk about it at all. We do see him with this look when Compress brings up that he believes Twice died, but Dabi doesn't even mention that he was there with him in his final moments.

He just immediately switches gears and decides to focus all of his energy into hunting down Endeavor, kickstarting his plans for revenge much earlier than he expected.

The only other time we see him mention Twice is this moment with Toga (this scene is also the only time we see him smile post reveal and before the war).

We get even less when it comes to Mr. Compress, even though Dabi seemed the closest to him out of everyone in the League. Nothing gets said at all about him. Compress helps Dabi escape and tucks him away with Spinner before he sacrifices himself for them. But I don't think Dabi knew what Compress was really doing, that he wouldn't be coming back with them.

I also don't think the world had the reaction Dabi was hoping for after releasing his reveal video. Sure some people lost faith, and there was a press conference, but ultimately Endeavor didn't face any consequences. It confirmed what Dabi already knew, that nobody cares and heroes will continue to get away with anything in this society.

After this, in the few scenes he's in before the war, he just has blank stares.

Or he's annoyed that AFO isn't letting him go after Endeavor immediately.

He doesn't care about taking down the world, or AFO's plans, he's just impatient to kill his father and ultimately himself. Like Shoto said, he's been ready to die from the start. And I think losing the people he was closest to in the League only exacerbated his fatalistic mindset.

With Twice dead, Compress in prison, Shigaraki being possessed, and with what happened to Spinner, it's really just him and Toga left. He doesn't have a reason to really stick around for anyone anymore.

Which just makes me wonder if he blames himself. He's the one who brought Hawks in after all. If it wasn't for that, Twice and Compress might still be around, they might still have their base, their army. They lost everything, and he's partially to blame.

He's been deemed a failure since he was a child, by Endeavor, by AFO after his three-year coma. And then he failed in protecting the League, in judging how much of a threat Hawks actually was. He only brought Hawks in once they had formed the PLF. He thought with numbers behind them Hawks couldn't touch them when/if he turned on them. And he definitely didn't think that Hawks would actually kill anyone. But he was wrong.

In the end, he got exactly what he wanted, but I don't think he ever expected that the League would pay the price for it. Along with everything with his family, he might think that he deserves to die for what happened. For failing the people closest to him one last time.

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I'm watching Kung-Fu Panda and I realized that Dabi and Tai Lung are the same character.

They both had a father/father figure who raised them in hopes their protege's accomplishing things that they never could. (Dragon Warrior and defeating All Might)

Their mentors raised their hopes and dreams so incredibly high, then told them that they weren't capable of doing the very thing that they had been striving for their entire lives.

Both Tai Lung and Dabi have it out for the next in line, their father-figures "true" successors (Shouto and Po)

They both destroyed themselves going after their dreams (even if Dabi was in a much more literal sense), pushing themselves in hopes of their mentors just seeing that they were wrong.

And, of course, the blue flames

Obviously their stories are going to end differently, but it's interesting to look at anyways. I love it when characters could possibly be inspired by other characters, even if that's not the case.

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the category is "child who was trained from a young age to be the best fighter in the world but their mentor/father figure didn't think they should continue this path, refusing to continue training them and ultimately turning them to villainy"

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it's 2025 why i am still seeing ppl dismiss dabi's trauma.

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maaaan.............

spinner consisntely calling out dabi.

dabi pretending he's this bad boy, loner when he's, in fact, probably actually the most emotional guy in the lov, and how he hides behind a detached mask because bro does not wanna get hurt again.

that held to him almost taking his own life and when he tried to make amends, nothing changed, and nothing changed for the better.

same thing with spinner.

he was bullied into being a recluse for just being himself, because his society deemed he wasn't good enough which lead to him treating into himself, and probably wandered from place to place as dabi did.

spinner thinks he's just a follower, when he's the glue for the lov and prolly one of their best strategist, but he still sticks to his guns.

then there's dabi whom seemingly just doesn't give two shits about agenda, but is ultra obsessed with endeavor. they butt heads, they push, shove, and fight each other.

dabi is actually pretty fucking smart. he's actually also very experienced. like he's been training for awhile. spinner just wants to know wtf is this guys' deal is. why is he this way.

the bottomless pit of feeling never good enough grips them both and the slow realization of that takes hold

SORRY I HAVE SO MUCH THOUGHTS ON THEM THEIR DYANMIC IS SO WASTED

spindabi is such an overlooked rivals to lovers ship

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spindabi is such an overlooked rivals to lovers ship

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a reminder.

if you are interacting with my content or following me and you are proship, i am blocking you.

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man all i just know is....

spinner would hate the fuck out of endeavor.

like dabi/toya just finally venting all of his frustration and hatred of just society as a whole, and it stemming from the fact that he'll never feel good enough for his dad.

how he did everything for his old man and he just got nothing out of it return.

spinner just being quiet and soaking it all in.

because he feels like he's never good enough, and no matter how much he tries to prove his worth to society and to himself, he feels like it's never enough.

much akin to dabi.

they just stand there. or sit, in a comfortable silence, with a new understanding.

the stans shone tonight, just like the nights beforehand in rural aspects of where they grew up.

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MORE SPINDABI CONTENT COMING UR WAY TRUST

AUGUGHU..... next is finals month but i'll be fine chat

the only thing i rlly wanna get done and out of the way is this fuck ass final essay

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AUGUGHU..... next is finals month but i'll be fine chat

the only thing i rlly wanna get done and out of the way is this fuck ass final essay

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y'all................. i'm 23 now

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still thinking about how natsu was right all along.

enji is the reason why toya is dead.

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spindabi stargazing

toya rlly liking to stargaze as a kid after training in the forest and for a movement feels at peace. like he doesn't have to approve of his existence to anyone

spinner stargazing out in the wilderness. staring up at the sky with heavy eyebags, and just wondering if there be any peace for someone like him.

spinner cuddled up towards dabi, eyes heavy and dabi slumps against spinner because he's also tired. pure silence, basking in each other's warmth

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Will be posting some things on the weekend!

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SORRY I SAW THESE MEMES AND NEEEEDED TO DRAW IT AS THEM. second one is reaaally rough don’t look too hard..