#evil--endeavor

[marzipanandminutiae]

man I wish there were a more nuanced way to talk about dress history’s darker sides without like.

making people feel guilty for thinking the clothes were pretty.

to be clear, I don’t mean this in the Conservative Pundit sense where literally any criticism of white/cis/straight/male privilege and its negative effects on society makes them cry about being Laden With Unfair Guilt(TM). I mean like...I don’t know. this Gotcha attitude I see sometimes that’s like

“think this dress is pretty? well IT CAME FROM A HORRIFIC SYSTEM SO THINK AGAIN, BOZO! BET YOU DON’T LIKE IT SO MUCH NOW HUH???”

obviously we should talk about the horrific systems (many many of them) in the past. if a garment was made from fibers processed by enslaved people, and sewn by teenage seamstresses making a pittance, that needs to be discussed

but I feel as if it would help to contextualize that with like

“who makes the majority of our clothing today? what conditions do they work in? what difficulties prevent us from simply opting out of having our clothes produced this way? who sets trends, and do people outside their social echelon also enjoy those trends?”

so that people get that they should be thinking about the past and how its legacy impacts us today, rather than tearing themselves up for Finding The Early 19th Century Cotton Evening Gown Pretty

there is no unproblematic period to enjoy clothing from, including the one we live in now. and it’s not productive to rip people a new one for Bad Fashion Preferences. to me, it’s the same as claiming that someone supports sweatshop labor because they said a Shein dress was cute once

[yugiohz]

they could've given endeavor's spot to another female character but nah they had to include the domestic abuser this is crazyyyyy

[donkeys-waffles]

Warning! THIS IS A LONG RANTISH POST ABOUT A HEAD CANON.

One of my favorite head canons about All for One (Dad for One specifically,) is that AFO HATES Endeavor. Not as much as he hates All Might, (I mean that's the man that stole his son away from him and turned him into his enemy with One for All,) but close, very close.

More in an envious way compared to his hatred for All Might.

Endeavor forced Rei into a quirk marriage with him so that they'd produce children potentially rivaling All Might. His whole goal was to surpass another in strength, neglecting and abusing his wife and children in pursuit of his own pride. He neglected his other children because they didn't have the 'right quirk'. Endeavor DECIDED to not praise his other children's accomplishments. He DECIDED to pit the children against each other by separating Shoto from his siblings because he was 'stronger' than the others, (even though he was a little kid.) We can easily assume that Endeavor didn't help his kids with their homework, comforted them when they were sick or scared, had breakfast with them, etc... He was a man, known for putting his own selfish desires and work above the needs of those relying on him.

Now we have AFO, Hisashi Midoriya, who sent Gigantomachia away after deciding to mention retiring for the first time in 200 years (why would you want to suddenly leave your work of being a massive dickwad so suddenly, unless you had a little family that became more important?) Hisashi who HATES All Might so much because he took this 'very important thing' away from him. Hisashi, who's main criticism of All Might is how he teaches heroics to children (Izuku,) which leads to them hurting themselves. Hisashi, who locked his brother in a bank vault, in this crazy attempt to protect him. He's a man who's obsessed with his family. And I like to picture him leaving zero traces of himself in the Midoriya's lives to protect them from his enemies. I like to believe he yearns for a peaceful, domestic life with his family. Afterall, this man has been through such a turbulent life thus far (being born into the dawn of quirks and being viewed as a freak, a demon, and then living life as a supervillain.)

I can see him wanting to analyze quirks with Izuku, reading to him, helping him with homework (especially history homework,) and comforting him when he's sick or scared. So, to him, Endeavor (while he also might have to had to deal with his family being targeted, we haven't heard of any occurrences when they were children instead of adults,) who DECIDED to not put his family first, and threw all of the experiences away for his own stupid obsession with a coworker. To All for One, Hisashi, Endeavor had everything he ever wanted and still DECIDED to reject it.

Now, in no way am I trying to make All for One the victim, he's a rotten potato that deserves worse than what he got from All Might. All of the villains in MHA have been humanized, we've seen their backstories, what they love, what they lost, what their goals are and where they originated from. All of the villains have had a backstory, aside from All for One. We know very little about him aside from what we've seen in Vigilantes and MHA, and the idea that all this man wants to do is be a father warms my heart. Like it's an obsession as you can see.

[animehime94]

I caught up to the manga!

Here are my thoughts and predictions of what might happen:

Media broadcast reminds me of Kamino arc and Dabi reveal. Kamino arc revealed All Might's true self and health issues. Dabi reveal outed E-word as the abuser he is. Both reveals caused a great shock in public. Since the patterns are similar, I expect another shocking reveal in a few chapters. Possibly around 398. And that would be AFO outing himself as Hisashi to All Might, Izuku, or both 👀

I'm worried about All Might. Nighteye predicted he would have a gruesome death, and he had several death flags in this arc alone. Trying to fight prime AFO as a quirkless man is so dangerous 😭 I want to believe he will stay alive. He HAS to keep living.

I'm not sure how many spies AFO still has in UA. They might sabotage the system and take civilians hostage. Especially because one of the parts (cabins) is unable to move to the safe grounds.

Toga's villain name... she drinks blood to transform. I think it will be something like Bloody or Blood Lover 😅

E-word will die. I want Touya to return to his family, but he's so burnt he probably needs Rewind to survive.

Quirk rebellion is interesting. AFO and Shiggy will lose their stolen quirks if they are able to break free from them.

I find Izuku's condition very sus. His hands are always covered with gloves, what if he has holes on them like his dad?

If Izuku has his own version of AFO, he might be able to borrow quirks from his classmates. OR he can fight in that mind dimension to set the stolen quirks free. Just like how Yoichi and Nana defied AFO.

Speaking of Nana, I wonder if she's related to Inko? They do look similar, and Nana being Izuku's grandma would make Shiggy his cousin. I hope Hori can give us Inko's backstory after the DFO reveal.

[fuluv]

for some reason i never posted the fanart i drew of @azzandra's wonderful moontoffee fic so i'm doing it now to correct my sins

[flowersforvax]

YES YES YESSSS @thequeenofmyownscreen

I TRIED TO GIVE YOU ONE BACK BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT. STILL VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.

[incorrect-league-of-villains]

Twice: Do you guys have any book recommendations that'll make me cry?

Sako: All The Light We Cannot See.

Hawks: The Song of Achilles.

Spinner: Your Lie in April.

Toga: General Mathematics 8th Grade Edition.

Dabi: Twilight.

[tonya-the-chicken]

Wait a minute. I don't have to like everyone. I can hate them, and I can despise them. And I can let my hatred motivate me to be better than them. I'll succeed out of spite

[ultraericthered]

Hero, Villain. Hero, Villain.

....What do you mean you can’t tell the difference?

[mxwhore]

the tess has actually started writing their thesis

[yugiohz]

under different circumstances i could see dabi and bakugo getting along really well, like if dabi still lived at home and bakugo met him as shotos angry big brother, they might have hit it off

oh I’ve def given this some thought for a while now, they’d def get along in a funny way

[hella1975]

hmmm consumption as the ultimate form of devotion but ‘am I making you feel sick?’ the fact that it could be about dying and her only consideration is if she tasted good OR she’s dead and it’s the only act of revenge she can get. she’s dead now she has nothing but she made him ill. that’s it that’s her legacy: a polaroid in evidence and making isaiah sick. the emotion in her voice when she asks ‘am I no good?’ because after all this, 76 minutes and 13 songs, after being drugged and murdered and eaten, that’s what her story is down to: the human desire to be good. and it killed her. she tried to be good and she died for it. anyway tell me about this tragic villain failed by his family hella

oh he's just some guy that was born with the sole purpose of fulfilling his father's wish of becoming the number 1 hero and beating his dad's nemesis and his dad spent his formative years instilling that idea into his head and 'training' (abusing) him to be a fighter and a hero and never once letting him be a kid but he didn't have the right ability for it because he burned on his own flames so when his younger brother was born with the perfect ability he was just thrown aside and his father never bothered with him again like all of that pain and false love never meant a thing and it drove him to the brink of burning himself alive and coming back with his skin barely held together by staples some atrophied, monsterous villain and he made it his life's wish to kill his father for turning him into something so ugly and in his own hatred he destroyed himself enough that even his siblings became subject to his fury despite also being victims of their father and he's one of the main villains of the entire show but he was literally just a child who wanted to be good

[smoshidiot]

this ended about as well as you’d expect

[grimfantas]

inspired by resident evil 2 classic (back of the box)

[darabeatha]

...A certified genius. The king of the criminal underworld who's established a network that stretches all across of Europe. No step will fall unnoticed by his cold calculating eyes-

poke. poke. poke.

wh―?? Who even dares!? he meant metaphorically goodness gracious―!!

...O-

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤA

―But when a butterfly gets caught on the web...

/ @kirakiras

[wolfgiselle]

Summary: Five years ago, fourteen year old Touya Todoroki's name was buried here. Today, Dabi has come home to make them all remember. He's gonna make them feel just what it's like to wish for death so the pain can stop. He's gonna destroy the little prodigy that took his place. He's gonna make his father say his goddamn name until he chokes on it.

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Or; Dabi breaks into the Todoroki house one night to kill his little brother. Things don't go as planned.

Dabi and Shouto go on the run together, with Dabi raising his little brother to become the weapon that will destroy Endeavor.

(And then the League kidnaps a UA student and a bird shows up.)

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(REVIEW)

This is one of the best Dabi / Shouto Todoroki brotherhood-centered fics I've ever read! It manages to keep them both in character. Dabi's portrayal is the true accomplishment here, though. He isn’t written as a saint or a perfect brother. He starts the story off exactly the way he starts it in canon: Fully willing and capable to burn through anything and everything in order to get back at Endeavor. He fully plans to kill Shouto at the beginning of this story and series. Even when he changes his mind and decides to take Shouto away with him to raise instead, it wasn't initially out of any newfound change of heart or love but to turn Shouto into his 'own' weapon to use against Endeavor. The love and relationship between the two of them builds throughout the story without making either character something they're not. This story doesn't shy away from their collection of mental and emotional issues.

Hawks' and Dabi's romance was also a treat to read. It was the next best part of the story, and the greatest relationship after Dabi's and Shouto's. I've always loved how their backstories and place in life parallel each other's (the hero's kid becoming a villain / the villain's kid becoming a hero). It's a shame such a relationship couldn't work out in canon. They had a capacity for true understanding of each other’s circumstances. Them finally confessing their pasts to each other was one of my favorite scenes because of how intimate it was. They each deserved to have somebody like this they could confide in about such things without judgement. These talks went a long way towards both of their recoveries.

BakugouXTodoroki is not a relationship I am a fan of. Mostly because I am not at ALL a fan of Bakugou, and also because I see a lot of Endeavor and some of his worst qualities reflected in Bakugou (his obsession with winning and being number 1, above all else). I think it's understandable that I wouldn't typically ship a character that has a terrible/abusive relationship with his father with a character I think emulates some of those father's characteristics. This story makes their relationship work, however. I think that's one of the true miracles of this fic - it was so well written I loved  even the shipping of two characters I would usually hate together.

I love the Commission being the true main villain of this story. I've hated the commission since we got Hawks' backstory. That organization deserves to die a public and painful death. Rei Todoroki also gets to be a brief badass. Toga is pretty much the sister neither Dabi or Shouto asked for. ShinsouXKaminari, EraserheadXPresentMic, and OchakoXToga are all a sideline thing.