#endeavor isn't such a shitty father

[mikunato]

Songbird

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synopsis : Touya Todoroki and Kotori Ishida had known each other ever since they could remember. Time healed but time also tore apart the buried scars. As best friends, heroes in training and as pros, this is their journey — Dabi and Saphira's. Because together, they are unstoppable.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

[lovelyladyabsinthewrites]

Pairing: Dabi/Touya Todoroki x Todoroki!Reader

Warnings: yeah i know dabi isn't a teenager anymore, but i like the title so fuck it, also don't fucking read it if you don't like siblingxsibling incest cuz yeah there's lots of hints toward it, actually they're not even hints, minors do not interact, this is not for sweet innocent eyes, dark content, brief mentions of Endeavor being a shitty father, reader is shoto's twin (so 16), robbery, cigarette smoking

Words: 1240

Summary: Just two teenage dirtbags.

The light tracing of a finger along your shoulder blade causes you to shiver. A chuckle answers the goosebumps that rise to your skin. His fingers, unharmed by the heat of his quirk, dance and glide as you bite down on your bottom lip. You keep quiet maintaining your steady breathing. Dabi never showed such tenderness when you were awake. At least not anymore. Not since the both of you burned up Sekoto Peak.

"I know you're up." He mumbles against his pillow, you could hear his little smirk as he taps along the length of your spine; tickling the dip. Lips ghost your shoulder.

You readjust yourself, flopping onto your other side to look at your brother's ruined face. Dark purple pigmented skin was stitched to the human part of him. There was barely any left on his face. Everything held together by staple-like piercings.

Your surroundings were still dark, indicating the time. Grumpily, you glare at him from under your blanket. "Why did you wake me up? Just cuz you can't sleep doesn't mean you have to drag me along."

Dabi devilishly smiles and pinches your cheeks to further wake you up.

He was still handsome. At least that's what you thought even if he was no longer your Touya. He was your Dabi now. Your fingers reach to touch his jaw, the wrinkled skin dry under the pads of your fingers. For the briefest of moments, your brother's harsh blue eyes warm to what they used to be. Only for a second before that cold indifference returns.

Dabi sits up, blankets sliding off of his slim build. You follow suit with a huff though you cringe at the cold that hits your bare chest. Again you ask "What are you doing up?" To wipe the sleep from your eyes, you rub a hand over your face.

"Couldn't stay asleep." He grabs the pack of cigarettes from the bedside table. "I'm itching to cause trouble."

Dryly chuckling, you snatch the cigarette from between his fingers. He halfheartedly grumbles at you but is always willing to share with his baby sister. Instead Dabi sets his feet onto the cold floor and stands.

"Great and you couldn't let me sleep?" You groan knowing you weren't going back to bed soon. Dabi wouldn't let you. Watching him make 'gimme' motions with his hand, you give the cigarette back to him and let the smoke slowly curl from your lips.

There's no answer, rhetorical as it was. Your words drift against the four walls of the dumpy room that you and your brother slept in. A shitty mattress on the disgusting floor with metal coils tearing through to poke you in the back at night.

Trash littered the bedroom floor, bottles and wrappers alike pushed into corners or far off against the wall.

Since childhood, Dabi- or rather Touya- had always been clingy toward you moreso than any of your other siblings. You were his little shadow that listened to him constantly and offered unconditional love. Natsuo and Fuyumi may complain about how he despised their father, but you never did because you held equal resentment toward your prohero father. He separated you from your twin, Shoto. Isolated the natural bond that should have formed between the both of you. Shoto was a complete stranger to you.

You were his person, his safety blanket. That seemed to have translated to Dabi as he never liked being too far from you. Always preferred to have you within his eyesight. It wasn't quite as cute when it involved waking you up during one of his insomnia episodes. While you did bitch plenty about it, you always got up and dressed to follow him out to the deserted streets.

Eerily quiet, you feel like even the soft sounds of your shoes hitting against the ground was deafening. Thick fog blanketing your surroundings.

When Dabi couldn't sleep, he wreaked havoc to compensate. You tag along after him, pulling your jacket tightly around you as if it would offer extra warmth. To help, you breathe in slowly before exhaling small flames of white through your mouth in an ujjayi technique. You feel the temperature of your body grow warmer in response. Desperately wishing to be back in your bed. A shitty bed, but at least you were able to escape the land of the living and consequences for a while.

You refuse to acknowledge the part of you that gets excited while on the prowl with Dabi. Predatory hunger licking at your bones.

It makes you feel like you did years ago when you tried giving Shoto something for your shared birthday but Enji Todoroki tossed your gift to the side and pushed you out of the way.

Making sure you put distance between you and the abandoned apartment building that you and the League called headquarters. Into the nicer area of the city where you could really steal quality goods.

What you often tried to forget was the delight you got when you heard the smashing of fragile glass, or the crackling of your flames as it ate away at both architectural structures and those of the human body. Feeling near orgasmic when your knuckles collide against the crunchy bridge of a nose. You wished it belonged to Endeavor. Wish it was him you were burning. Wanted to watch as his flesh bubbled and burst.

From Enji's disdainfulness toward his family festered inside you until Touya allowed you to release it all. Your white hot flames grew from there. Using hate as fuel.

They dance with Dabi's blue. Pirouetting in the cosmic ballet, casting shadows that dance in tandem with the rhythm of the conflagration.

The destruction you created together was beautiful.

Ruefully you'd acknowledge that one good thing came out of everything your family has suffered under Enji's rule: Dabi. From siblings to lovers you went once both of you hit puberty, a fluid change that was effortless. A godless union that would have Endeavor blanching from horror if the truth ever got out to the media. You waited for that day where all of his accomplishments turned to ash in his mouth. What a delicious moment that would be. But not yet. Dabi had to remind you to be patient ("Though I know it's impossible, spoiled girl that you are." Dabi would comment teasingly).

In the mean time, you'd continue to hone your quirk so one day you and Dabi could live out your dream of taking down Endeavor. You were already so close to it. Could see Endeavor's own unraveling begin during the fight against that highly generated Nomu. Everything was coming to fruition.

You watch Dabi kick open the door to a convenience store, smashing the glass in with his bulky black boot. Alarms blare but you and Dabi walk deafly by. Ribbons of flame whip out from your finger tips as they strike at the ringing bell above, melting it until there was no sound left of its shrill scream.

"Usual rob and raid?" You're already breaking open the cash register to rifle through the till. They kept most of the money in the safe below. Dabi would deal with that. Your fire was far too hot that it might incinerate the money inside. That wouldn't go well with Shigaraki as the League depends on the stolen money to keep afloat.

"And kill anyone who gets in our way." Dabi confirms.

[hey-hamlet]

Indentured for Life au

What has natsuo been up to since he was freed ? What have the other quirkless people done after realease ?Also how have some heroes(Like hawks) and hero students reacted to finding out that the organizatorom they served was using slave labor

Natsuo is catching up on his schooling! He's in an accelerated program and, thanks to an embarrassingly small amount of settlement money from the government, he has his own shitty little apartment in a barely tolerable area. He loves it to pieces. He isn't used to living alone, so it gets pretty lonely, but some of the other workers live close by and they come hang out pretty often. Izuku visits a lot too! He's aiming to be a nurse. Some of the others have gotten work in hero agencies for costume repair (its. ethically strained, but its the only work they know and they are happy to do it, as long as they are getting paid a fair wage.) and some others are working in activism and quirk discrimination charities.

As for reactions?

Hawks

His hands were still shaking. He'd been retching uncontrollably for what felt like hours, his hands shaking as he torn himself out of his costume. How many times had he been grateful for the hand stitched seams on his costume being gentler on his wings? For the warm leather on his googles that had already been shaped for his head, with hand written instructions for leather care tucked into the box. Fuck - he'd thought they were old fashioned for the note, not locked in a factory without so much as a fucking printer. He needed to make a public statement, the faster the better. He had to say something loudly because the HPSC had time to write his statement for him. Just. Just when his hands stopped shaking.

Endeavor

His PR team must be having a field day. Endeavor's own son, recovered from one of the factories? The man himself with nothing to say? What could he say? That he'd kept his mouth shut so his youngest son had a chance at overtaking All Might, that his youngest son could help where he failed? Ha - that'd go over well. He hoped Natsuo knew he still had a college fund. Still had a credit card in his name, a bank account his father put money in once a month, for when he was finally free. Maybe he'd take it, if it was from Fuyumi.

Iida Tenya

His brother had been upset that week. He'd come home early, corralling his parents into a meeting room and not leaving until they'd found a new costume supplier and a public statement beyond repute. He hadn't known why, not until the news story had broken that morning. Tenya had been lost, staring at the television until he was late for his train, only arriving to class minutes before the bell. He'd always wanted to be a hero. But - could he? Knowing what he knew now, about the organization he'd have to answer to?

Bakugo

His mother had screamed when she'd seen that footage of Deku, All Might carefully breaking the metal cuff around his throat. The nerd had only smiled weakly, like seeing All Might wasn't everything he'd ever wanted. He was so thin, his hands covered in small cuts, burns and blisters. He wanted to feel upset, that Deku had ruined his hero costume too - but. It was his fault. He was the one who told those fuckers Deku was quirkless, after auntie had so carefully not commited to putting anything down on paper. He and the idiots had trailed All Might once, before they knew that's who Yagi was. They'd seen the buildings, the lady with the collar. They'd put it out of their minds because they hadn't had a choice. No closure, just a creeping unease that would sneak up on them at night. Deku had been in one of those factories. Deku had been making the blast proof mesh on the palms of his gloves, the sweat wicking fabric of his winter costume, the thick tread of his combat boots. Katsuki stared up at the blank ceiling and tried not to think any more.

[dahvampire]

I'll start this thing with the premise that I've only seen BNHA's anime, so I'm at the end of the events of season 6 and I don't know anything else from the manga. So, that's also a spoiler alert for anyone who isn't at my same point.

God I really, really despise Enji Todoroki.

Endeavor is a great hero, don't get me wrong: always on point, efficient with criminals, saves people and yada yada yada. Public interactions aren't his forte but anyone has his weaknesses, so it's fine.

But boy, boy if he's shitty. A shitty father, a shitty husband, a shitty person in general.

How can you beat your six year old son to the point of making him sick just because you're salty you're not at the same level of someone else? How can you try to erase your first son's suicide attempt that he did because you first indoctrinated him about being the n°1 hero since he was four and then discarded him at eleven because he couldn't keep up with your expectations? Enji told Touya his life was defined only by being a hero, and then he snutched the dream he put in his son's head from him when he was still a child. No wonders Touya didn't exactly take it well, his father just said he's actually worthless because of something Touya can't even control - the affinity that his body has for cold temperature.

And okay, maybe Enji wanted to keep him safe avoiding him to train, but the adult approached the situation wrongly from the start, since Touya's birth, for fuck's sake.

When Touya became useless, Enji focused his fixation on Shouto, feeding sibling rivalry to Touya and making him easily jealous of him because his younger brother became their father's focus of attention - and love, in his mind - .

Let's put the kids beside for a second.

Enji married Rei for her quirk, that's common knowledge, he even admitted it. After he finished using her for his convenience and after probably treating her just like he treated Shouto and Touya, he pushed her 'til the breaking point and then accused her of being unstable while the only reason for her unstableness has always been his presence in her life. We had a snippet of Rei before she married Enji, and she was a perfectly fine woman. Maybe reserved, but fine.

Then, Enji happened. She lost her rights on her body, the man married her just to breed a valuable heir after all. She lost her rights as a mother, because I think Enji hasn't ever allowed her to interfere with Touya and Shouto's education and lives in general, just think about how Touya treated her when she found out he was still training in secret. She lost her connections with the world, too, I guess, because I don't think she would be free to go and come at her will, considering how Enji thinks about his family members as his properties.

Then, she slowly started to lose her mind to the point of disfiguring her own child because his eye reminded her too much of the man she was forced to live with even though she clearly dreaded him, and she lost it. She crumbled under the pressure of what Enji did to her and to her children - that I guess she never actively tried to protect, maybe to save herself from the man's wrath, maybe because scared of aggravating things - and Enji took her out of the picture without even try to comprehend why she did what she did.

I'm not saying that she isn't guilty about the whole situation, I'm saying I can see her redemption arc. I can understand it. Now she's free of the shackles that held her down the whole time she was with Enji, and she wants to try and do something to make amends. I can see it, I can understand it.

What I cannot understand is the thing they're trying to do with Enji's redemption arc.

Like, are you kidding me?

He's an abuser, a manipulative man who hides himself behind a façade of ideals and stoicism, a person who looked his own kid in the eye at the age of eleven and told him he was not enough for his father and should get lost with his other two siblings, casted aside since birth because they too didn't meet his expectations.

Fuyumi is still hanging by the threads of hope that someday they will be an happy and functional family, but those threads started strangling her a long time ago, and I think she didn't even realized it yet.

And Touya.

God, Touya. He attempted suicide by the age of fourteen, being it consciously or not. Maybe he actually did it on purpose, maybe his emotions took the upper hand on him, but his mind couldn't accept the fact that his father's love was so conditional. Touya tried his best to satisfy the man, and Enji never acknowledged him beside to berate him for training without his permission. And Touya still tried, tried, tried to be seen by the man that put himself at the center of his child's universe since Touya was young enough to comprehend what heroes were.

No wonders Touya broke that night on Sekoto Peak, no wonder he died.

No wonder Dabi was born.

He's the incarnation of Touya's resentment after all, of the hate he feels towards Enji, towards the society that idolatries the hero without looking at the man, without understand that the monsters people fear aren't always the criminals and the villains on the streets, but hide themselves in plain sight, under a spotlight.

Touya was fourteen, he had all his life in front of him, and he still chose to trust the man he called father to care for him even without the incentive of his quirk, and his trust, his prayers fell on deaf ears.

I don't know yet what happened after Sekoto Peak, I guess what remained of Touya was find by someone - maybe Shigaraki's doctor himself -, put back together and brought back from the dead. And Touya didn't know what to do with the time that someone else borrowed him, so he set himself on the path of revenge to find some sort of justice for himself.

I'm not saying that Dabi's modus operandi is right. He's a murderer and his ways are almost always extreme, and his mind clearly isn't in the right place, but I can still understand him, his motives.

An hypothetical reception arc.

Before everything else he's a victim, after all, just like Rei.

Dabi wants to avenge what's remaining of Touya, of his inner child, and the only way he finds fitting is to take Enji's life to compensate the life Enji took from him.

Enji, on the other hand, doesn't deserve it.

He has seen that his ways were wrong only when everything came crushing down on him, and he cried on his hospital bed about being a terrible person after all the years he spent without questioning even one single time his actions.

How many times he made Touya cry? And Shouto? And Rei, Natsuo, Fuyumi? And his own fans, for God's sake? How many people he deluded without realising it, without even thinking it was an actual chance of him doing wrong?

Nope. Sorry, nope, I'm not fine with that. I don't think he deserves the pardon of all the victims of his actions, or surely he doesn't deserve to be forgiven so fast.

I don't approve the death of characters only because I don't like them, I know that's not how it works and it's simply stupid wanting someone dead just because, but fuck if i want him dead. Like, actually dead. Maybe it's because what he represents hit a little too close to home, maybe it's because I can't see a possible way to actually redeem him without stomping again on everyone he hurt, maybe I just can't stand him, I don't know.

I don't even know if I actually want Dabi to be still alive, at this point. I really like him, his character, his dramatics, but he's a dead man walking, literally. Maybe death would put an end to his suffering, maybe confronting Enji would be so cathartic to actually help him to recover the parts of his mind that he lost in the flames, in the walls of the house he grew up in, among the discouragements and the conditioned love he almost drown into.

The only thing I know is that I really hope Dabi lives long enough to see Enji's ashes scattering to the ground, being them the ashes of Endeavor's legacy or the ashes of his own body, cremated by Dabi himself.

[x-neurotoxin-x]

the way they had the todofam kinda jump him and downplay his trauma too. your brother was the first abused child, almost died and was experimented on while he was unconscious for three years and ran away when he found that his father wasn’t going to change. who knows what else he experimented while being homeless as a teen/young adult. from his clothes and his medical conditions, we can tell that life hasn’t been going great for him. that and he only sees himself as an extension of endeavor—he doesn’t seem himself as a real person with his own identity but just another form of endeavor.

“we need more complex characters!” you can’t even handle dabi who is one of the most complex characters in bnha. it’s the way everyone else gets a pass but dabi? he’s just as much of a victim as shigaraki, toga, twice, the l.o.v as a whole, but he’s the only character i’ve seen who is constantly invalidated because his “responses aren’t the correct ones.”

So sorry this took so long to respond to

Fr though. Mha hasn't done a great job in handling heavier topics like child abuse and whatnot but especially with the todofam and more specifically Touya they really dropped the ball. I've disliked this current arc in the manga for a number of reasons, but the major thing is just how they handled the todofam plot. Why is Touya treated like hes the root of the family's problems? Why does the whole family act like hes a child throwing a fit for no reason? Then the whole thing with him telling Shouto he was basically kidnapped and experimented on while in a coma for three years then came back home to find the family thought he was dead, moved on from him, and nothing changed so he just basically disappeared to be homeless in the streets for like seven years and Shouto basically went "cool story bro but it doesn't mean you can kill people." And didn't react beyond that? Because what the fuck. Shouto might be the only person that can even SEMI understand some of what Touya went through and you'd think he'd be able to understand and relate to what Touya's feeling and be more sympathetic towards him but he's just... Not. Again, the whole family is kinda just acting like Touya's causing problems and being a bother. It's just... Not good writing.

Especially frustrates me bc the other two of the villain trio are met with compassion and understanding, Toga's fight was resolved too quickly and her sacrificing herself was kinda a shitty writing choice and she is understood and accepted by the end of the fight, and gets a sense of closure. Shigaraki is also sympathized with and reached out to by Izuku, and even got closure from Nana with that one scene, snd hes done arguably the worst things in the series but has still been met with compassion and sympathy and is recognized as a victim by both fandom and narrative/character. 90% of the time Touya isn't even recognized as a victim or shown any kind of compassion at all. Even the bare minimum. It's just kinda fucked up especially when looking at the other two because yes imho Touya's a more complex character than both Toga and Shigaraki (don't kill me but it's true) but their characters were both given closure for their arcs and/or understanding and sympathy, and their traumas are validated and handled pretty well so like... Why not Dabi then?

[purplemys]

Clay Puppington and Cameron Campbell vs. Endeavor : Why I Like Their Character Writing and Not The Latter's

Clay from Moral Orel and Campbell from Camp Camp are from opposite ends of my Shitty Person Character spectrum.

My spontaneously-made scale for these characters include Disgusting But Interesting - Sympathetic (The Golden Area of my Morally Gray Characters) - Entertaining Scumbag.

Disgusting But Interesting

Clay is about as realistic as abusers come. He wasn't born evil, he isn't some spawn of hell, but he's definitely portrayed as a monster. The thing with Clay is that he's an abuse victim. His childish act of rebellion caused his mother to have a heart attack and since then his father resented him for what happened. His substitute for love is physical abuse. It's how he grew up, it's how his brain coped. And he knows this. He knows he's fucked up, he said so many times throughout the show, he's very aware of what his issues are and how to stop it.

You would think a character like Clay (sympathetic, realistic, self-aware) is a prime candidate for redemption and reconciliation with his family, esp Orel, his kind and forgiving son, yes? No. The ending, while somewhat rushed gave me such a good feeling. Orel didn't have to keep his father in his life to be "a kind and forgiving" person. Orel got to live happily ever after with Christina and break the long cycle of abuse which neither Clay nor Bloberta (the wife) broke once they got out of their abusive households. Orel honored his parents by keeping their photos in the new house, next to photos of his brothers who were equally abused and went on to be good people.

That's the main point with Clay, the conclusion to his and Orel's relationship, because this father-son dynamic is the main plot of the show. Anyway, back to Clayduring the entire show's run. Season 1 put a bit of a comedic spin on the scenes where Clay was threatening to beat Orel while he was drunk, to reflect how Orel saw the situation and the world in general, his mind wasn't registering the awful shit going around him yet, esp about his father. As the show goes on, the abuse dawns on Orel eventually. But we as the audience were always supposed to take the punishments very seriously, to see the alcohol, the belt and the twisted lectures Clay gave and immediately think "Abuse". None of that "Twisted form of care/love". None of that "It's a mistake". None of that "It's just how he is." The show makes it clear that this is abuse and this is a choice and he knows it.

Which is why he was never redeemed.

Entertaining Scumbag

Cameron Campbell doesn't really have a sad backstory like Clay but he gets to have a chance at a redemption arc in Season 3 and 4. I just find him to be entertaining as a side character. His list of crimes mean little in a show that's full of very violent or selfish characters (most of which are kids). The characters talk trash about him too. Only one of them really gives him a chance to change (Yes, the kindest of characters, my favorite, David). They even make it a point in the episode "Keep the Change", Campbell would never be able to change for the better because he's selfish through and through. Was Max (the protagonist) right about his assumption?

Well you see, Campbell in that episode when repeatedly urged by David to do good, he kept slipping back into his selfish and narcissistic ways. Like wanting to only give to charity for adoration and fame. All that. David rightfully calls him out for that. That's another thing, they repeatedly give him shit for the things he say or do, to make up for the lack of legal consequences for his crimes.

(One day I hope the thing with Jasper gets resolved though. It was an accident but the fact that Campbell was being negligent was another thing. That being said, another kid died in Gwen and David's care too. Talk about off-screen negligence.)

Anyway, "After Hours" shows Campbell for the first time without Gwen or David telling him what to do or how to run his own goddamn camp. The first glimpse of him doing nice things without thinking much about them. The plotline with Campbell ends with this cute scene here.

When David saw them and woke them up, he was likely about to compliment Campbell about how good he handled the situation or whatever, but Campbell cut him off and started complaining about the campers and grumbled about getting some sleep. Good, I don't want to hear another sappy speech about Campbell! It was a nice episode overall. :)

So that's the main point about Campbell. How the characters act around him.

Now about his backstory, as a contrast to Clay's. Campbell is selfish. Greedy. Self-absorbed. An asshole. Campbell used to have friends, a girlfriend, and a stable job. He was so good at his job that he was eligible for a Camp Corporation(?) Magazine at some point. Point is, he had it all and his greediness made him lose all of that. And he definitely wasn't getting any of that back.

The fame went to his old friends, Camp Corp. founders the Campwells, since he was always in hiding because tax evasion and other crimes. He can't have his camp back because he went to jail and his new punishment is to surrender his funds and services to David, who he wasn't respecting before being knocked down a few pegs. Lastly, when he and his girlfriend reunited and he asked if they could "pick up where they left off", she rightfully called him out for that being such a shit thing to ask after 17 years apart. They banged in the end of that episode but the rest was up to interpretation until maybe Season 5 (if ever).

So his redemption is funny and definitely not giving him things easy since it's not like he has the things he always wanted: Fame, Money, and Control.

Endeavor and Why I Just Hate Seeing Him On Screen and Why The Decision to Redeem Him is Ridiculous and If He's Simply "Atoning", then everything else surrounding this plot is Confusing

I think a lot of you already know this by now but I'm Filipino and from an abusive household. Our culture is all about community. The majority over the individual.

Abusers get away scot-free unless... you broadcast it to everyone. The radio, the television, to anywhere and everyone who will pay attention. What Dabi did was the only way to give his abuser some semblence of repercussions since his family surely wasn't going to do it. Because here's the thing, E slur wasn't just some random jackass breadwinner. He is an authority figure, with wealth to top it off. He had everything in his disposal to manipulate things in his favor.

Like bro, even then, even when everyone in the neighborhood knows your situation, no one is still going to step in because the decisions ultimately lie within the family. And they (my family) sure aren't going to do something because "This is just how things are" "This is how the matriarch is" "This is how our family deals with it"

I wouldn't be upset with E slur not getting legal repercussions if it's clear that the entire family straight up hate his guts and not even bother to associate with him in any way. None of this forced family dinners, none of this getting the family to talk to him. None of this Rei and Fuyumi giving him a chance. None of this invasion of space and boundaries (like hugging Natsuo or acquiring Shouto's number from Fuyumi, and if she gave it willingly, I find that uncomfortable).

Sometimes, we just live in resentment and no one here is happy because we simply can't. How can you when your entire existence revolves around a dream your parents never got or a life they never lived? Who can forgive when your very life hinges upon how useful and cooperative you are? That your presence only matters when you're not a burden? Because I sure can't. I can't get over it. She didn't have to tell me but she did. The only reason why I'm even alive rn is because her son didn't amount to anything they wanted and I'm just a safety net. If I don't succeed in life, they'd be very disappointed.

That alone is awful. ^-^

I can't imagine if they were actual authority figures that will double the pressure on you because they have the media monitoring your entire family~

So how about the opposite? What if the family is indeed willing to give the selfish, extremely abusive, egotistical asshole a chance? (Not Natsuo, never him) Then why not have the media absolutely hound him. Have his coworkers scorn him, yes even Hawks who looked up to him and supported him. Have the entire world look at him and his entire posse with distrust, all of them. And the end of all this? Lose his hero license.

He can't have both.

Hell, he doesn't deserve either.

But if the narrative insists, then I'd rather he be a social outcast, esp by his own family.

Now about how he's treated within the story, you have all these characters pointing out how he's better, less of an asshole, "a changed man". Camp Camp did this for ONE episode. Because this is annoying. The man doing the bare minimum is so laughably sad. Especially all this was before the reveal of the abuse. And after the reveal, nothing. Crickets from the people who know of it. Those who do talk help nothing for this plot, like Hawks for example. 😬

It's important to note that Campbell is to David like E slur was to Keigo. Except Campbell and David did meet 14 years ago when he was 10.

The thing is though, that David grows out of this parasocial relationship with Campbell throughout the seasons. Hawks lately is Endeavor-san this Endeavor that, shut up. Jesus Christ. Like I know admiration. I know obsessive. It's not a cute look when you're 23 and supposed to be self-aware it is painful to watch unfold. Because I think a reveal like your idol (not even a friend) being such a scumbag can't have a Denial/Slow Burn Breakdown Reaction. And if the "It may be true but...I'm sure it's not like that anymore." is the final reaction/acknowledgement then 1) I've heard that before from irl 2) How are you SURE? Some random not-even-close-with-any-of-the-victims outsider? 3) Beyond underwhelming.

😬

Back to E slur, they never should have tried to give this man attention of any kind. He doesn't have a sympathetic background (not that I'd want him to) so he doesn't have anything to relate to. Yes, the """"inferiority complex"""" maybe but not everyone has the wealth and power at their disposal to buy a wife and coerce her to make children-

So he's not relatable, he's heinous, we're supposed to take his crimes seriously, so he's not even entertaining what else? He's doing a good job of atoning for his mistakes? He's a massive invasion of boundaries and that is uncomfortable.

1) Him giving Rei her favorite flowers.

My brother gave me a nice gesture once. Made me cry and everything. Wanna know why? Because this is the same dude who used to beat me with a broom stick! :D

Yes, abusers can do nice things omg shocker, do they deserve to get within 10 feet of you and then leave you presents, maybe even at an attempt at asking for forgiveness? Hell no. God that's spine-chlling. Because it could be genuine, and no one deserves to feel like they owe someone that kindness and forgiveness.

2) Him suddenly hugging Natsuo without regard for how Natsuo would react.

This is after years of neglect and subjecting him to domestic violence. This is him touching him just because, what, he was "scared of losing him"? Your child was just as likely to die from getting neglected or sheer stress and you're only worried now? Laughable and quite pathetic! I personally don't like getting grabbed without my consent, esp if it's someone who's hurt me before. Mother may have never hit me but I know what it feels like to be threatened. She gets mad when I get mad at her for suddenly grabbing me every now and then. I explicitly told her I hate getting physical. I'd hate to think how E slur would have reacted if Natsuo had the reaction time to flinch or shake him off. Again, uncomfortable.

3) Getting Shouto's number then bombarding him with messages.

If your kids don't want to talk to you, maybe stop pestering them? Maybe stop being such a nuisance? Maybe stop inserting yourself in their life whenever you can because you feel entitled to a chance? Or maybe get to know your kid first and that being he doesn't talk much to begin with so knock it off.

Again, if they never should have made him try. And if they insist, not like this.

Aight Im tired. Goodnight.

[autumnmobile12]

Storytime:

A running joke between me and my sister that has officially worn out its welcome:

When she first introduced me to My Hero Academia and we got to the part where Shouto asks Deku if he is All Might’s illegitimate child, I laughed and said in my best Deku impression (which really isn't all that great,)  “Well, no.  My mom has a levitation Quirk and my dad has a fire-type Quirk, so if anything, I’m more likely your dad’s illegitimate child.”

A disturbing concept to be sure, given that Shouto and Deku is a popular ship in the fandom, and my sister and I had an uncomfortable laugh and we moved on.

...

Except now it’s gotten to the point in the series where Japan has gone completely to ruin and Deku has been hospitalized multiple times with severe injuries and this apparently isn’t a big enough emergency that his absent father hasn’t returned to visit or call or check-in in any way.  You’d think at least once this guy heard his child has been severely wounded and dropped everything to return home.  You’d think maybe he has some opinion about this hero career path that keeps hurting his son. A phone call, a word from Inko about how 'I talked to your father yesterday...,' family photos?  He hasn’t even appeared in any flashbacks.

So I’m legitimately starting to think, that despite the creator saying Hisashi Midoriya would appear eventually, this guy just doesn’t exist and the ‘away on business’ thing is just a story made up to avoid societal judgment on Inko Midoriya as a single mother. Which is ultimately allowing the unsettling Todoroki half-sibling joke to gain some unwanted traction. With every other shitty thing Endeavor has done, I would not be surprised to find infidelity also on the rap sheet...

...but for the sake of my sanity, do not! I was joking!

Bottom line, though, if Horikoshi wanted to absolutely nuke the Shouto/Deku ship, this is how he would do it.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk, I will now show myself out the door.

[princess-of-the-corner]

I bought another volume of the bnha manga and here's my thought process with it so far and like. 90% of my thoughts are about Endeavor because he's in this but there's some other thoughts too.

So onto the thoughts!

1.) the realization of 'oh no, this has the Award Ceremony.

2.) Horikoshi's notes on Endeavor's character page is interesting. Saying that he's too much of a one-dimensional powerhouse character to have been a major secondary character and doesn't have much going on and is just there to be a shitty father for Shoto's backstory. This is.... quite interesting given the developments later. And as a writer, I 100% understand the vibe of 'this one-off character suddenly becomes something major'.

3.) I am really re-iterating my feelings that Katsuki's anger in the fight against Shoto is just. A lot of things. A lot of legit reasons. And also like, the fact that Katsuki is specifically trying to goad Shoto into using his fire? Purposely giving what should be easy opportunities that Shoto won't take? Very telling on how calculated and precise he can be.

4.) Honestly /in general/ while Katsuki is very brutal, you can also see that he's incredibly calculating and quick to pick up on is opponents' strengths and weaknesses. He's not just relying on being a powerhouse, he knows how to handle any opponent.

5.) Izuku: "I swear I'm not All Might's Secret Lovechild. But also I'm gonna make a direct parallel comparison to how I'm not All Might just like Shoto isn't his father and surely this has no implications!". Like I know it's about the role they want to play and the 'same Quirk, but it's your Quirk' thing. But still.

6.) the in-universe advertisement on the back is hilarious because it's Endeavor in a coffee ad but the can of coffee is so fucking tiny compared to him lmao! I'm honestly curious if the in-universe ads continue into the current manga volumes because given how the later arcs go? It's giving the same energy as that part of the Truman Show where he's freaking out and one of the actresses goes into a hot chocolate ad.

7.) Swinging back to Endeavor's character notes page: Idk why I'm fascinated by this but you know how there's a category for 'favorite thing'? Some characters list food or items or activities for what they like. But I keep focusing on how not only was his favorite thing listed as a food, but it's a desert food that's known to be eaten on hot summer days (Kuzumochi).

[dabistits]

quick bullet point of 394 thoughts again:

-at face value, the chapter holds up! it's pulls together ochako's changing thoughts throughout the 2nd half of the series and brings them to a conclusion as she's faced with someone else's pain who isn't the ~victim of a villain~ but an actual villain herself.

-himiko is in turn affirmed by someone who is "normal," who has never been abnormal and never been in her shoes the way the league has, who actually adjusts her (ochako's) perspective and admits her perspective was wrong in order to accept himiko.

-i do find this to be a much better turn than the todofam or (jfc) the mutant storyline. yes, todofam is forced to confront the skeletons in their closet and "own" their mistakes (not gonna get into whether or not that's correct given how it's mostly endeavor's fault <3) but i think there's a notable lack of acceptance of the way dabi is now. the focus was on the mistakes of the past and how they failed touya, not about what dabi might want to hear and do now. dabi was fought all the way to the end whereas ochako actually did reach out.

-and this might be bcs of where himiko and dabi's problems diverge (himiko's problem is one that is inherent to her, an instinctually-ingrained drive that doesn't necessarily entail harming people, whereas dabi's is explicitly taking out a bunch of uninvolved people to stick it to a shitty father) but positioning dabi as an issue to be solved by the family, rather than as somebody deeply wronged by multiple people who has a right to his hatred and rage (disclaimer: ~but not to hurt other people~) was weak and unsatisfactory. especially when contrasted with the fact that he has been more harshly judged, scolded, and physically beaten down in comparison to an actual abuser.

-the mutant storyline is just blatant libshit that horikoshi couldn't even hide under the guise of being about interpersonal relationships lmfao.

-in short, himiko's story actually gets a nod about how people were wrong about her and how that led to her mistreatment in a way that todofam and mutant storylines don't acknowledge. there is actually a focus on her feelings and how she was wronged, instead of being preoccupied with listing reason #872 why dabi/spinner are bad people.

-thematically though, does the chapter hold up? i'm still never going to be a fan of a story where the answer is assimilation into a society that scorned them. while this chapter is better than the mutant storyline, it still feels like it'll take a similar path: bnha teases "the attitudes of society has to change," but it also pins the responsibility of incremental/respectable change on marginalized people. idk ig this will either be addressed way into the future or not at all so we'll see.

-himiko's (and the league's) fate is still a huge elephant in the room. you can call her cute but can you be in her (and her friends') corners if the state wants to imprison or execute her?😳 how much is the acknowledgement of the league's importance to himiko worth if we're comfortable putting them all in jail? if i wasn't already a prison abolitionist bnha could make me one.

-being a qwoc myself i can say that a nice girl can call me beautiful all she wants but if she's in favor of putting me in jail her words would mean jack shit <3

-the other huge elephant in the room is twice. like genuinely no one acknowledged that he is dead, he was killed by a hero, and that fact is responsible for 99% of himiko's current rage😭 and then he just dissipates like he's a metaphor for himiko's hate-fueled rampage😭 come the fuck on stop treating this like it's a metaphor with no answer, we know there is a specific person who is responsible for this. hawks🤝endeavor, characters the story can't accept are directly responsible for this bullshit.

-good chapter canceled, horikoshi drew a teenaged girl nude again.

[ruexarchive]

A Tipsy encounter

Touya Todoroki x Tomura Shigaraki

Rating: 18+

Inspiration: I love you like an alcoholic - The Tax payers

summary: During the 4 years in France, there was a hero event being held there, like there always were But this time Tomura was invited. So he attended and met some during the celebration after all the interviews and cameras. Someone he'd heard of, someone who was as controversial as hell and he couldn't be caught dead talking to him let alone look his direction or else his father would shoot him dead.

warnings: Cussing & Smut

Tomura POV:

Touya Todoroki, eldest son of The Todoroki's, and son of Enji Todoroki the infamous Endeavor. What the hell was this son of a bitch doing here? I didn't realise they invited drug-addicted fuck boys here. I rolled my eyes in annoyance Shit, I should probably stay the fuck away from him before he ruins my image. I spent the rest of the night avoiding him.

"hey Tomura dude, are you going to come to the after-party?" Kaminari yelled right next to my fucking ear. "one, I'm not your fucking friend. two, I'll go to the after party if want!" God Kaminari is annoying. "oh Emily said she was going..." "Emily?" what does she have to do with me "yeah your SUPER cool girlfriend" I wouldn't use cool to describe her but whatever. "yo Tomura you there?" Denki had his hand waving over my face like I was an idiot. "Yeah" "yeah like you coming to the party or like yeah your girlfriend is super cool?" "the former" I'd rather die than admit Emily was anything but cool. "wait what does that mean? You know I didn't do well in school, right? "yeah no shit dumbass, former means the first, latter means the-" Wait why the fuck was I talking to him. UGH

I walked away from Kaminari while he kept telling me to come back. I ignored him and went to the bathroom. I went into the empty stall, closed the toilet seat and pulled out my phone. Scrolled a bit and opened genshin. I hadn't played it in a while. Great thing the organizers set up a good internet connection or else I probably would be pissed. After a few minutes I decided to go out again, you know not to look creepy as hell staying in the bathroom for longer than I should have. As I got out everyone was talking about the after-party. You know what fuck it, I need to let loose I'm so fucking tired of feeling stressed.

I went to the after-party and drank a bit, and now I found myself following behind Touya of all people. I couldn't drive home and Emily was going to her friend's house for the night. She's the one who drove me to the event. Touya was at the party but he was completely sober, the only one. So he offered to drop me home but I had no choice but to accept his fate or get into an Uber with some crusty fucker. You'll never catch me dead in a poor man's car. Touya had parked a little far from where the venue was, so we had a little walk to the car. "I still can't understand how a drug addict like you would be invited to an event like this." I think this is the first time I've ever REALLY spoken to Touya before. "ouch, your hearting my feelings," He said in a somewhat mocking voice I turned to him and looked into his eyes. fuck, the rumours were true...he had one of the most gorgeous eyes I'd ever seen. "You like the eyes? I got them from my shitty father" He had a little smirk smacked onto his face. "unlucky, I got my fathers too but lucky for me, mine turned red once my quirk manifested." "You sound happy about that.." Shit, I let myself get too comfortable "I thought it was normal to hate your father? Isn't it?" "Mmm, I guess." I was getting sick of this conversation as much as I loved shitting on my father I wanted to know more about the fucker who was driving me home. He was just too interesting. "so how come you were the only sober person this whole night?" Shit my words were slurring, the alcohol was taking control. "I've been sober for a few years now, I don't take any substances anymore, but I got to admit I miss my cigs." I just nodded my head, that explains a lot.. "guess I should stop calling you druggy fucky boy" SHIT I said that out loud, holy fuck "druggy fucky boy?" Touya had stopped walking. He just started into my eye's with the most confused fucking face I'd ever seen. I was blushing like crazy and I know he could tell. "oh forget it!" I shoved right passed him trying to hide how pink my face was from embarrassment. "oi get back here pretty ass" THE FUCK DID HE JUST CALL ME?! "Excuse me what?!" I spun around and stared at him. "I said get back here." "After that idiot" "What, do you like it when I call you pretty ass? I would've called you bubble butt...but eh whatever." Not a single word would come out of my mouth. "Are you just going to stare at me forever? my car is just a few blocks away. "yeah um lead the way" I was stumbling over my words not to mention the slurring. He started walking so I followed right behind.

We spent twenty blocks talking about good bars and better cities than Paris As we walked through a dark ally, people stared in the shadows like an audience. And even the meanest among them Had a special little shine In their eyes when they saw us walk by. Touya's car was in site and I was stumbling a bit as I walked. Before I knew it I had tripped right into Touya's arms...how cliche. He caught me just in time and looked at me. "Woah there doll, don't want you falling for me already, we just met remember?" He was chuckling, that sly fucking fox. "don't call me a doll~ et je ne tombe pas amoureux!" I was a blushing mess at this point. "you do know I don't speak French right?" "I SAID I DON'T FALL IN LOVE!" I didn't mean to say that so goddamn loud. "I never said that, but good to know" "YEAH SO DON'T THINK I LIKE YOU OR SOMETHING! YOU ARE ALMOST AS ANNOYING AS KAMINARI!" Yeah, I lost it, there was no turning back now. I'm so embarrassed I'd love for him to just burn me alive! God that kinda sounds sexy....NO NO NO NO what the hell is wrong with me?! "Get in the car, Tomura we're here" he said calmly He had opened the door for me and now he was walking around the car to the driver's seat. Without thinking I followed right behind him like a lost puppy. "oi, I'm driving remember?" He was right in front of me now, sitting inside the car while the door was wide open. I guess his quite cute if you squint your eyes.... Before I could even finish my thought I was on top of him, sitting on his lap staring down at him. "doll as much as I would love to fuck you right now, your drunk..." "I don't care... I consent, hurry up before I change my mind." I have no idea what I'm doing right now, I've never had sex with a guy before. I mean I've done blowjobs, the stuff of the sorts but never really had a dick up my ass. SHIT I hate when I'm tipsy! "You sure?" he had a bored expression on his face that I could quite understand. I nodded and he grabbed my neck, to pull me closer and kissed me. He just kissed me and god did he taste good. I don't know what I was expecting but fuck this was better. He eventually pulled away after what felt like hours. "fuck" he said with a breathy voice. Making me melt under him. "One more kiss" I hate myself but fuck I just couldn't help myself. Our lips smashed together, it was hot, and his tongue began to explore my mouth, normally if I was making out with someone I would take control...but I was so caught up in the moment. Fuck I'm hard "mhmm" Touya was hard too, I could feel him as I grinded on top of his cock.

We made out for about 10 minutes, but it felt like a few seconds. Then we stopped, correction Touya stopped. I pulled away, stopped grinding on him and looked at his face. Looking for some sort of answer in his eyes. "I've done this before, fucking in the car...it's not fun. So how about we head to your apartment and finish this there" He had the sexiest smirk. fuck. I can't understand how I got into this mess. I nodded and moved to the passenger seat. "Where do you even live?" "star hotel room 341" "of course you do"

After a few minutes of driving, I fell asleep.

I woke up in my apartment, on my bed. Expecting to see Touya by my side but he wasn't there. I got out of bed to realise I was only in my boxers. What the fuck happened last night?! I walked around the apartment to see no traces of him being there at all. I went to the kitchen to see a note on the counter and it read. "fell asleep in the car. Your so fucking heavy btw." Fucking turd, I wasn't heavy! He was just weak. I picked it up and noticed there was writing on the back with his number. That cheeky bitch.

[mikunato]

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"And again, pro hero All Might saves the day. Do not leave your seats yet, ladies and gentlemen because our channel has successfully secured an exclusive interview with Japan's favorite Mr. All Might! Let us welcome..."

A yawn ripped out from her throat as she stretched her legs, wishing to bury herself further under the chabudai. The humidity of the summer was just starting to hit Masutafu and it pricked every inch of her skin.

A loud wail startled her awake. She craned her neck to find her mother scrubbing the dining table which squeaked as if its legs could give out at any second. "Hush, boy. I'll give you dinner soon", she cooed at the carrier strapped to her back. "Kotori, turn off the TV. That's enough screen time for you today."

Scratching the maddening itch on her back, she fell onto her back with a 'thunk'. "But moooom, All Might’s interview is on air!"

The woman sighed, discarding her apron onto the table and got herself a glass of water. "I'll record it for you. You can watch it later. It's time for bed."

Crossing her hands over her chest, Kotori tapped her feet against the ground. "It's too hot for sleeping. What happened to the table-fan? Is it not fixed yet?"

At this, her mother shot her a defeated look, rushing again to tend to her brother's cries. "You know how Itsuki needs all those expensive medication to help his with condition? Dear, we're not in the best financial situation right now and had to sell some items to afford all that. Your old books, clothes... Plus the fan won't even be necessary once the rain starts."

Kotori could only stare blankly. She wasn't an idiot, she understood these things. Her brother needed all the help they could get him but she was also a kid. She wished her parents could spend time with her more, pay a little more attention to her. Itsuki could be with them as well but all she yearned for was a little bit of affection.

Dejected, her sullen eyes trailed towards the light post flickering outside. "I understand."

A hand placed on her shoulder, her mother kissed her forehead, patting her cheek. "That's my girl. As for the heat, why don't you take a walk outside, hm?"

"Okay."

And that was precisely how Kotori found herself strolling the busy streets of the city, tailed by shadows and guided by the lampposts shining down upon her, mind buzzing from the cacophony of the nighttime bustle.

The sights of street food vendors greeted her, making her mouth water. For all the stress put on protecting the future generation, nobody seemed to mind a tween walking by herself. Sometimes she'd bump into a busy body, earning herself a sharp glare, other times shopkeepers would shoo her away with a dirty look.

Don't get her wrong, she knew she wasn't repulsive. It was that, she was just 'someone else's problem'. Nobody cared enough to bother. Padding through the cityscape, Kotori didn't realize when she had wound up in a familiar neighborhood or that a serene silence had befallen her surroundings.

The rusty swings creaked, making her head snap in that direction. A familiar figure stood beside the swingset, pulling the iron chains suspending the seat with a distracted air about him.

"Touya!" She called out, not wanting to give him a fright. But he didn't respond, merely lifting his head to fix his sunken eyes on her. "Touya?"

"Kotori...", he trailed off, dipping his head down again. "What're you doing here?"

"I can ask you the same thing, you know", she spat, a frown etched on her face, brows creased. She scanned him head to toe, trying to assess just what had made the spirited boy she knew so shifty when her gaze fell on his hands. "Are those burns?!"

From the tip of his fingers to the back of his palm, the skin was a gruesome purple, charred beyond what was salvageable. Taking his appendages into her own, she inspected the wounds, "Who did this to you?"

"Kotori", he repeated, tugging her by the oversized summer dress towards the foot of the slide. "I hurt them."

'Them'? Who did he mean by that? Touya wouldn't deliberately hurt someone. He could never! Right? Shaking her head, she blocked those thoughts from plaguing her mind. "Touya, h- how did you burn yourself?"

Taking a shaky breath, the silverette tried to suppress the tears that threatened to spill out. "Mama and Shoto... I hurt them. I don't deserve to be a hero, Kotori. I'm just...a bad guy."

Kotori's eyes grew wide, half trying to register the information dumped on her and half wanting to comfort her closest friend who was shivering, sobs raking his body ceaselessly.

Her fingers carded through his unruly tresses as she brought him closer to her, her eyes aflame with a strange sort of defiance. "Why did you hurt them, Touya?"

The boy looked up, eyes red and swollen. "It was a mistake! I never meant to hurt them. I- I swear."

Kotori smiled. "Then, how are you a bad guy? The villains we see on TV do bad things because they want to. Touya, you are nothing like them. Because you regret your actions. Villains don't do that."

But the throbbing pain just won't go away. He never should have charged at Shoto, his brother did nothing wrong. How was he supposed to be the No. 1 hero if he didn't hesitate to harm a little child, his own brother!

Then again, Touya never wanted to harm him. He didn't know why he felt so much anger and subconsciously, he had directed that rage towards Shoto and his quirk had acted on its own. Guilt crept up onto his conscience, vining around his heart like a poisonous serpent.

Sitting him down on the steps of the slide, Kotori sighed in relief, seeing his hysteria die down, even if it was by a fraction. "Touya, you can never do something bad by choice. You made a mistake and you can apologize it. We are allowed that much, aren't we?"

Touya sniffled quietly, his bottom lip quivering. Kotori never recalled seeing him so vulnerable. So human. His eyes, a bright azure glow, reminded her of the sky, stretching endlessly wide that they held the universe in them.

"But dad... he hates me, Kotori. I just wanted him to see that I can be his successor too. But all I am is a good-for-nothing monster! Will it be better if...if I just die?"

For a moment, her world paused, tears brimming her eyes. Why was it so unfair? They were only thirteen.

Touya wasn't bad for wanting his father's validation and she supposed she wasn't selfish to want a little bit of her mother's time. Damnit, weren't adults supposed to be the responsible ones?!

Gently cupping his face, Kotori urged him to look at her. "Stop saying that. You are not bad, you are not a monster. If not anything else, you are my Dabi. My favorite hero." Sitting next to him, she leaned her head onto his shoulder, curling up into his welcoming warmth. "I don't know about anyone else but I don't want to live in a world where Dabi doesn't exist."

Touya swore he froze right then and there, even if just for a split second. Whether it his mind being blank or his body refusing to cooperate, not a peep came out of him.

And there wasn't much said afterwards.

Because the comfort that came with the fact that even if the world was to be against him, there would always be that one person who was ready to defy the entire world for him was unparalleled.

It was strange. They were just little drops of water trying to make a difference in the vast ocean. They were all but a microscopic existence, merely drifting with the tide but they weren't insignificant, at least not to each other.

And for now, that's all that mattered.

"Hey...wanna get an ice pop?"

[the-grimm-writer]

hawks was my absolute favs until he was kinda buddy buddy with endeavor which made me lose interest so damn fast fhjaksh. It's the way that he was set up for a corruption arc. Like im pretty sure everyone was expecting Hawk's reaction to endeavor being an abuser like his own abusive drunk father would be of shock and slight disgust. But we got neither. Like I get hawks tries to see the good in everyone before judging- but still... the potential of him having his worldview shaken because his long time idol turns out to be a shitty person,,, and then it not happening in the manga FHDAJSK. To me, I would have been fine with hawks not spitting on endeavors face or something lol, but i just wanted at the very least a reaction from hawks? Like how would deku feel if it was suddenly revealed that all might habitually kicked a box of kittens everyday just for the heck of it.

Although yes, I will say the previous chapters got me falling in love again with him! He's such a genuinely good person AND ALL THOSE MANGA PANELS OF HIM REALISING THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THIS ALONE, THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE FASTEST HERO AROUND BECAUSE HEROES LIKE TOKOYAMI AND THE NEXT GENERATION KIDS ARE THERE IS PULLING AT MY HEART STRINGS SOBSOB.

As cool and composed keigo has been these past few chapters (which is hella cool seeing the natural keigo without the need to do PR and marketing his personality), chapters like 355 and 354 really restores my faith in him. I love that we're seeing more and more glimpses of the real him, which lowkey sparked my interest again.

(also I read a buncha meta posts as to how hawks actually isn't idolizing endeavor, he just idolises what endeavor has which is pure drive and ambition- something keigo lacks as he is okay with just being number 2 and all he really wants is to create a world where he can rest easy. Anyways sorry, this post got long!)

Ah man I completely agree! It was very disappointing seeing how he had such a small reaction to Endeavor being outed as an abuser. It sounds harsh but I do feel like he was more looking at the bigger picture at the end of the day (don't get me wrong I absolutely hate Endeavor and think everything he's done is unforgivable and deserves to suffer for it. But there were a lot of things going on at once while that was happening.

But God Keigo is such an amazing character, he has so many layers and it's so cool watching him go from a pro who was basically dependent on himself to slowly letting other people in and accepting that he's not alone in the fight.

And I'm so happy the Commission is finally gone, they deserved way worse than they got too tbh. How many people like Keigo they hurt and took advantage of. :(

[ressariot]

This probably isn't a new revelation, but I'm thinking about it.

You know, Endeavor was a shitty dad with abusive behaviour towards his family that doesn't match with a hero whose purpose is to protect and save people. Touya definitely has a point there (though his way of "getting justice" for that is questionable). But I don't think it's purely about the abuse and Enji pushing his goal onto his children and what that did to them (primarily Touya and Shouto who bore the brunt of it). Because if it was, I imagine Touya would show some solidarity with Shouto who endured the same gruesome training as him (and arguably for a longer time). Instead Touya is out here trying to kill Shouto as "Endeavor's masterpiece" and that isn't just about getting back at his father. It's about jealousy.

For several years. Touya was the focus of Enji's attention and he was eager to please his dad. But then Shouto came along and was what Enji had been looking for in a successor and Touya was cast aside. He tried to get the attention back by training his quirk and showing it off, but it didn’t work and he ended up so upset about it that his flames went out of control. And the priority he has after waking back up from recuperating is getting back to his dad because only his dad is allowed to train him. (All for One can't even begin to try and manipulate him.) But he comes back to his dad training Shouto and his family thinking he's dead. I don't think he has recovered from that.

At this point I'm not really sure if Touya ever shared Stain's views like he claimed or if he just saw the news about Stain and decided that putting the moral of heroes into question and exposing their failings (especially Endeavor) was a good way to get back at his dad. He's definitely willing to work together with people who have different ideals from Stain that he himself claims to have because to him the League of Villains is a means to an end. Unlike people like Jin or Himiko, Touya shows no particular attachment to his villain "comrades". As Hawks points out, he looks far from upset about Jin's death.

So yeah, Touya's got some issues and I'd love to send him to therapy, but I know he wouldn't cooperate.

[thetrashywritingwitch]

im sorry if this is bothering you but your opinion or analysis over Bakugo made me curious about what you think of Toya's past? i know you despise Endeavor (same here, i call him 'fire trash' rather than his hero name lol), but im honestly curious about your opinion here. do you think that if the .. thing ... didnt happen, Endeavor would allow him to go to hero course, or on the contrary (considering he forbid him to train anyway). let me know what you think pleease <3

so, i know this is a HOTLY CONTESTED THIGN which is why i generally haven't said much because i absolutely don't want to argue with folks or get salty angry anons in my inbox trying to fight me over Dabi/Touya and his backstory

but i'll give a little bit of my opinion on it

putting this under the cut and tagging it with multiple spoilers tags for folks who dont wanna read

so, Endeavor's whole thing was that he wanted the "perfect" child aka, a child with a quirk that was half hot, half cold. He did this through a quirk marriage to Rei, hoping to get what he wanted. This comes down to quirk eugenics, basically, which is incredibly fucked up. to keep having kids until you get the perfect one, and the others are rejects in his eyes. Touya, Natsuo, and Fuyumi weren't what he wanted out of kids until Shouto came along. If i remember the manga correctly, there's a heartbreaking panel of Rei looking absolutely broken and worn down when they find out Fuyumi's quirk and she realizes that she's going to have to have another child whether she wants to or not because it's what her shitty husband married her for.

so, Touya is incredibly complex and complicated because there's a lot to unpack there and many people have done so far more eloquently and with better meta that i could probably do, so i won't try.

Endeavor absolutely, at minimum, helped shape Touya into what who he is now (Dabi) and what became of him as a child. He trained and projected onto Touya to perfect his quirk, to keep going, and i'm sure endeavor wanted to see if he could produce ice or cold like he wanted. This definitely made Touya feel special and had terrible ideas behind failure and weakness. Children are incredibly impressionable and will do exactly what you tell them, possibly 10x if they think they'll be praised or receive something in return.

Touya wanted his dad to be proud of him, to be exactly what he wanted, and endeavor's constant barrage of training and no doubt palpable disappointment in what Touya couldn't do influenced him imo. This began Touya's downfall: a child wanting to please his parent by any means necessary.

but anyway, i think i'm deviating from your ask so hhhhh

do i think he would've allowed Touya into the hero course? no, i dont think so. His quirk is powerful, but we know he has Rei's constitution meaning his quirk actually hurts and burns him, cooking him from the inside out when he uses it too much. his quirk is powerful, but it has a limit, and we see this more when he's a kid and his hair starts to turn white and he's injured while training.

Endeavor would only want a kid in the hero course who he could shape into a vessel, a toy, a weapon. during the sports festival, he refers to shouto, his son, his "greatest creation". he thinks of shouto at the time solely as a vessel for his own gain and fame. Touya, with his quirk and drawbacks in the eyes of his father, isn't suitable to be in the public eye as such a vessel.

i think we could speculate all day on what path Touya would've gone down had the tragedy in the forest not happened. in all honesty, i haven't thought toooo much about it, but i think his life would've been hard either way. especially with living in the shadow of Shouto and knowing he was a rejected child in the hands of his father and he could never live up to unrealistic and cruel expectations.

[le-ophelia]

I always find it so weird when people-

Refuse to see that a person has changed for the better and is trying their best in the present to make things right, no you do not condone or excuse their actions but at least acknowledge that they are trying to atone for their past sins

Or

Realise that everything isn't black and white or that some people weren't just villains for the sake of being villains but we're forced and failed by the hero system, once again yes they are responsible for their actions and no killing is not excusable but you can atleast sympathise with their past experience and understand what brought them to this point/made them who they are,

When I see posts that are like "Bakugou hasn't changed" or "Endeavor is terrible and hasn't changed" or "You can't like Villains cause they've killed people and that doesn't fit into the moral code/compass of characters I like, they suck and are bad guys with no defining feature" I find it so....unusual? Because yes I know that these are valid reasons for not liking a character but to say that they haven't grown or changed is just....baffling

Yes Bakugou suffers from an inferiority complex and is crushed by expectations, yes he bullied Midoriya and told him to commit suicide if he wanted to get a quirk, but- despite all that, he has changed, he's grown past that stage and has acknowledged that yeah, he was a shitty person in the past but he's making an effort now to atone for his mistakes, he's really grown as a character. Nothing is going to ever excuse him for telling Midoriya to commit suicide but like I said, he's making an effort in the present now.

Yes Endeavor when first introduced was an asshole who physically abused his family, who neglected his kids and forced Rei into a quirk marriage simply because he wanted to make a child who could surpass all might but like I said, has acknowledged that his actions ended up hurting his family, which led to the "death" of his first son. Endeavor isn't seeking forgiveness, he's looking to atone for his sins and become a dad/hero that maybe someday his family can be proud of.

And then Tomura, yes he has killed people, he has caused mass destruction, there's no way someone like him can be forgiven but...you realise that Tomura is the embodiment of the failures of hero society, you realise that he too had dreams of becoming a hero but it was squandered by his father, who never forgave his own mother (Nana Shimura) for abandoning him to help complete strangers and protect him from the clutches of All for one, Tomura who after killing his family wandered the streets and without aid from anyone was picked up by All for one himself and manipulated. Like I said , you can't forgive or excuse the actions of Tomura but atleast you understand what made him the way he is.

I find it so funny because it seems that when characters like these start showing that they too are humans, they too make mistakes and try to better themselves or what caused them to be the way they are, that they are complex, it is seen as an "issue", they only acknowledge their "pre-development" time and not their ongoing character growth and how they try to better themselves.

I guess, hate them all you want but you cannot deny that they are complex in their thoughts and in their actions, morally grey characters have always been my favorite type of characters to explore because you know their actions are terrible, there's no excuse for it at all and yet...they always seemed so...human?

There's just something about these characters that I really love, I think these are some of the best characters currently in Bnha and that Horikoshi really did a great job writing them.

Sorry if this didn't make any sense, I feel a bit sleepy but I wanted to get this off my chest.

[weebsinstash]

You did a post rebuking endeavor for being an abusive piece of shit when Valentino is also an abusive piece of shit it isn't entitlement its you being hypocritical. Its like you're no better than those people who are horny for endeavor and wanting a redemption arc for him. This coming from some who has been abused emotionally and physically from my parents for years almost into adulthood

I honestly don't even know how to politely respond to this because you're kind of making a weird argument here. I criticized a character being shitty so I'm a hypocrite for wanting to write for a shitty character? Are we not allowed to... dislike aspects of a fictional character, and especially in Endeavor's case, how the series/creator handles abuse? Is me saying he's an asshole like, me stating he and no one like him is allowed to exist or something? Or that I'd never write for Endeavor ever again? No I was just saying what he did was shitty and I hate his personality and that I didn't appreciate how Horikoshi wasn't addressing how it's shitty, and that was by my own opinion

The entitlement I was referring to was, the entitlement of a large swathe of my followers, of the followers for ANY author or content creator, is the fact that people will read my stories and like them and be totally fine with what's in them UNTIL it's for a character you don't like, THEN suddenly there's moral outrage.

And honestly you know what feels pretty entitled to me? You throwing up your personal history of trauma to... what? Try and make me feel bad? I was smacked across the room by my father to the point he lost custody of me in a court of law and I don't just THROW THAT OUT in an argument as some sort of "ha ha, got you, bet you feel really shitty now!!" you honestly need to take a good hard look and ask yourself why you feel the need to use your experience of abuse as a weapon to attempt to hurt other people, because even if that's not what you intended, it's what you did

I'm really not gonna say much more on this matter if you feel the need to reply because I'm emotionally exhausted and actually, I'm sitting in the ER right now, so please, try and refrain from like.... starting unnecessary confrontations, because I'm pretty sure all of us have better things to do