the thing with deku and tanjiro is they’re parellel but also so different to me. like tanjiro is genuinely such a good wholehearted person. not to say deku isn’t but tanjiro does a lot of kindness without thinking and he seems more dense than deku. i see deku as someone who is doing good kind of for himself in way if that makes sense??? it makes him feel good to do good instead of just doing good just to do it. i also account that tanjiro is an older sibling so that also makes him different in more ways than one than izuku. love them both very very much tho 🥹 sunshine boys 💚
i agree!! like you said tanjiro is a wholeheartedly good person and deku isn't, at least not in the way tanjiro is. these are central parts of there identity. it has a lot to do with their setting and environment.
it does make sense to me tho!! i don't think izuku necessarily does things for himself but what you're saying makes sense to me in that izuku isn't doing good because it is good. i definitely think he's more 'selfish' than tanjiro because tanjiro is the embodiment of selflessness.
a lot of people find izuku polarizing for the reason that his sense of martyrdom also interacts with his sense of inferiority. izuku is a minority in the world of bnha. he carries a lot of shame and a lot of responsibility to catch up to those he thinks were born superior to him. that part of him remains even now, and he hasn't emotionally developed in a way that allows him to understand other perspectives.
tanjiro's different kind of person. he is the embodiment of selflessness and a big part of his journey is only possible while taking on the idea of coalition, of together-ness and wielding the will and love of the dead to drive him forward. the biggest aspects of their character journey that make them so different yet so alike is this.
in izuku's arc, we're only just now getting to the point he's able to unravel his sense of sacrifice. in the most recent season is the first time we get to see class 1-a band together to support him.
for tanjiros journey, he's easily able to accept the help of others. he was raised in a family environment, he spends the story by nezukos side. he accepts that receiving help is necessary.
for izukus journey he's unable to accept help from others because he was quirkless. because he had no siblings or rolemodels until he was chosen by all-might and because he is deeply isolated even form his classmates. he is a very solitary character from the beginning of the story.
the stories also are in the first place fighting different things. kny is defeating a great evil and izuku ultimately is fighting the consequences of system. in that way i don't find them to be comparable and i think it makes sense of izuku to be perceived as not selfless. selflessness is a quality that requires utter acceptance of self and izuku has yet to reach that point.
they also live differently in the sense izuku is primarily looking to understand the world around him to live and tanjiro is living in the world around him to understand it if that makes sense.
some aspects of them are definitely similar, primarily the self-sacrificial nature and wanting to see good in everyone. the general gentle and care-taking nature etc. they connect to other peoples emotions and prioritize them more than they do themselves but they are very different to me all the same.
sorry this was an essay djksdfdk people just compare them so often and having read like i get why but they r So Different to me
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there's always a fair point to be made about people becoming fans of something from a country or culture they don't belong to and then being entitled and not understanding different little cultural contexts and it's always good to think about that and keep that in mind when you're in that position and yeah! You should try to learn and listen when you're the fish out of water! but it will never stop being bizarre to me when i see people just totally towing the line on bizarre shitty ideals because supposedly that's just whats normal in X place, okay? like yes I do enjoy a lot of Asian dramas, no I don't think it's okay to act like an actor having a drug problem or even just. yk. smoking weed for fun is a disgusting and heinous person? I don't think they should have their careers wrecked? Yes, a lot of countries have deeply entrenched colourism but that doesn't mean I'll shrug off a pop star saying dark skin is ugly or wrong because I fuckin well care about all the people who have dark skin hearing that bullshit? like yeah cultural ideals exist but sometimes they're WRONG. and BAD.
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i really love your lbfad posts, You really Get the characters. I'm so fond of the mortal arc in particular because it shows the characters being able to goof off and have some silly fun. It's wild but I once saw someone get through the entire mortal arc of the show and somehow come to the conclusion dfqc is just awful and abusive? Truly bizzare takes on the wider internet.
Aw, I'm glad you enjoy my posts- I appreciate knowing 💗 but yeah the wider internet can be Very interesting.... I think one of the first things I saw outside tumblr about the show was a decent review that I was enjoying reading up until the point when the author just started in on how terrible and annoying Xiao Lanhua was and how she only watched the show in spite of her and I was just ??????? like at the end of the day we are all entitled to our own opinions and feelings but there's a lot of opinions and feelings I do not agree with <3 to put it nicely <3
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