Questions for muns of canon muses
@novinare 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; Do you have any controversial headcanons that go against what is generally accepted by the fandom? Do you incorporate this into writing your muse or keep it to yourself? What is an aspect of your muse’s canon material or canon existence that you never had the opportunity to explore but really want to?
Ohh, yes !! I think I have something that fits for both questions for Al right off the bat kinda. If I could make art of the stuff in my brain it'd be over but since I can't, yeah, I'll have to just talk about it. I really imagine Alastor's true demon form to be something grotesque and horrifying, more so than what we see in the show since I don't imagine that as his complete true form. My Alastor's true form would be a nightmarish amalgamation of the creature in Antlers, the Xenomorph Queen and a hint of the gaping dragon in Dark Souls.
He has monstrous features of a huge, "rotting" stag and something more crocodilian because another, I guess, "unique" feature of my take on Alastor is that his deer aesthetic is very off putting, this is very much in the realms of the "not deer" rather than an actual deer and I personally also relate him to a crocodile more than a deer internally so thats kind of a dual/hidden motif for him. This is kinda the supernatural representation of Alastor appearing to be a kind, charming gentleman but actually being a savage, unnatural killer underneath that.
Tbh, I've gone back and forth on it because I think the fanon of Al having a little deer tail is super cute but I don't think mine has one. His true form has a tail, but its long and reptilian and not deer-like. So I guess if I give my Al a little hidden tail it would more reflect this and instead of being a cute deer tail it'd be more like a velvety nub, so not cute and fluffy like the way the fandom depicts it.
It also kinda ties to Al's swamp aesthetic and I personally have an idea that Al's "serial killer name" or at least one of the nicknames that the public gave the supposed perpetrator of his killings was "the bayou beast." So yeah, that all kinda ties and links together for me but since this is my first time getting to actively write Alastor I haven't been able to really explore any of that too much until hopefully now ! Something I'd like to also go into is the esoteric / occult aspects of him but I'm sort of waiting to see what the canons gonna do with this first.
Also, as far as Dabi's concerned I tend to go against fanon with him pretty hard in general, and yeah, no, I'm def someone who likes to make this clear and obvious as possible. I understand a lot of it got popular before the major background reveals but to be honest as someone who watched and read the series with no spoilers my headcanons and thoughts about him developed pretty early on so I'm still kinda left baffled as to where and why fanon developed certain ways for him, like, outside of people just being wildy horny, kinda stereotyping alternative people in a grossly negative way and just sort of lacking narrative awareness in general, I guess ? So actually I guess I'm not baffled, more just irritated by it, actually.
While Dabi IS alt, and I portray him as majorly a crust punk personally, the fandoms take of Dabi's altness is very shallow/inauthentic and focuses on shit that has nothing to do with punk/alt subculture or no more to do with it than mainstream culture ( Like being a junkie/drug addict and a sex fiend fuck boy ). So yeah, I pretty much headcanon Dabi as the complete opposite of what is popular and expected of him in fanon.
As for things to explore ? I'd love more Todoroki fam stuff !! And more stuff with the LoV, like just general stuff honestly but this can kinda tricky because both the LoV and the Todoroki family outside of Shoto can be hard to find as muses. The threads I have with the Todo fam rn are so special to me, I love them so much but I do hope the fandom livens up in May maybe.
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Anonymous 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; Do you think Dabi will live or die?
Honestly, anon, I'm super bias about it, so I might be totally wrong but I think (hope) he will live and I think the fact he hasn't died yet is a good sign. When I really think about it there is actually no reason why Dabi should die. Taking aside the stupid missing-the-point moral posturing, the other "logic" I've seen for why he should die has already been invalidated by the canon. As a child Dabi was cremated to such an extent that it would be impossible to not only live through it but to actually have his body reconstructed, and yet thats what happened. Thats as far as real world logic goes. But the logic of MHA being set like 150+ years in the future and the presence of supernatural powers negates this. On top of this we have the heavy themes and tropes present in Dabi's character which, imo, are important to Dabi "living" through both of his self immolations. He is based heavily on the idea of the Revenant Zombie and the Onryo, which I talked about in this post, along with the fact he parallels Frankenstein's Monster.
So in a way I think its very much suggested Dabi is and perhaps always has been some type of pesky undead. This isn't way out with the presence of the Nomu, given undead bioweapons are exactly what the Nomu are so if the MHA world can have that, theres no reason it can't have a functioning Revenant. It kinda just makes Dabi a kind of proto-nomu. Garaki does say that while he was able to reconstruct most of Dabi's body ( We can only thank whatever medical advancements humanity has made in the last 150 years for how/why he was able to do this ) he ultimately failed and Dabi was dead but he somehow "came back to life" and that it was obvious it was Dabi's burning grudge that brought him back and has kept him alive.
So we have that. Which means I can't see why Dabi couldn't live through this. So far he has, so far he's still alive. The last time we saw the Todoroki's Enji and Natuso were using their bodies as shields to protect Dabi from further harm when the Twice Clone Army were closing in. This suggests Dabi's still alive. And if Dabi's body could be restored after his first burning why couldn't it be restored now ? Theres nothing saying it couldn't so overall theres nothing really saying Dabi should or has to die and that he can't come back from his current condition.
My only concern is that the tropes of the Revenant and the Onryo often see them finally "dying" or "moving on" to the afterlife once they've settled their grudge / did whatever they had to do to find peace. Thats when the spirit finally moves on in most portrayals of them in popular media. This could be Dabi's case too but I don't know that Hori intends to throw it that way. I think he's planning to invert the ending of Frankenstein and rather have the monster and creator heal from the suffering they've inflicted on each other and have neither die in the process because I really think its Hori's intention to "save" the LoV . ( Not just Dabi but all of them and current canon is looking real good for this, and NO, I don't believe Himiko is dead or going to die either. The way Hori set her story and her "redemption" up would turn her dying into a really ugly cliche and so far I have faith in him to avert that too. )
Its a way more compelling and satisfying story than "Villains bad, they all must die cause villains bad" cause thats really not what the stories about. I feel like if they were going to die we would have obvious and explicit confirmation that they're dead already as was the case with AFO. The stark difference in the climax of AFO's battle and the way we had his story and motives shown to us, showing us that he was rather NOT a very sympathetic character and was more or less born a monster, and the way he was finished is another good sign that Hori doesn't intend to just kill off Dabi, Himiko, Tomura and I hope not Spinner either. Surely if he did it would have happened already.
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Anonymous 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; Do you experience rut, Al?
❝ Certainly ! Honestly, who doesn't ? Yes sir, I tend to think everyone experiences periods of low productivity and general unenthused from time to time; it is a part of existence, but there hasn't yet come a time where I haven't managed to get back on the up and up sooner rather than later ! ❞ He beamed, throwing his arms up in the air enthusiastically as he explained, and then, just as suddenly, his mood changed, becoming cold.
His expression darkens, eyes narrowing. His aura had become menacing with this, his tone threatening as though in warning of a boundary about to be crossed. ❝ That is, of course, what you mean, is it not ? ❞
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