#toga: BASED

[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.

[dekusleftsock]

I think about this sometimes but I personally love that Horikoshi took the Yandere trope, split it in two, and gave one half to Izuku and Himiko.

Like it’s so fascinating how you can just SEE how purposeful Himiko was as a character in hindsight standing next to him.

Himiko is a really interesting subversion of her trope for two reasons:

She hurts people because she loves them, not for isolation or destruction of the competition (gore/blood is love to her, not necessarily a means to love someone)

She’s not possessive. Like at all.

I’ve seen that hc a few times and it always bothers me. Ochako is for sure a possessive character (we saw that with Hatsume around Izuku way back at the sports festival arc), but Himiko? Really?

You mean the girl who had a crush on a boy AND the girl who also had a crush on the same boy? Her?

You mean the girl who doesn’t hurt people who love who she loves, rather actively encouraging it in the first place? That one? Really?

Like it’s such an integral part to her subversion too. It’s what makes her such a weird and fascinating character. Possessiveness is supposed to be whats ugly about love itself, yet her love remains ugly without it. She is ugly because the fundamental ways in which she sees and feels about the world are considered “wrong”, “dangerous”, and “deviant”.

But Izuku… ohhhh Izuku…

He holds this trait like a badge melted to his skin. My man cannot escape these allegations. It’s to the point where it’s honestly a fundamental to his narrative. Izuku does not act nor feel the same without it.

Izuku holds a cutesy nickname that literally every other childhood friend of Katsuki’s has long left behind, saying his real name instead (this is honestly why I’m also uninterested in a scene where Izuku calls him “Katsuki” instead of “Kacchan”, Katsuki doesn’t represent the same things the name Izuku does, imo at least), izuku “give him back to me” midoriya, holds his dead body to his chest on a cover, freaked out on someone either hurting/offending Kacchan.. 3 times(?), keeping big boy ofa secrets…. The list goes on.

So it’s this main reason that I think their characters are just so. Fucking. Intertwined. I’m glad this has become a more common interpretation because there’s just so much that aligns between them.

Both of them call their “special people” with -chan endings, both by their first names, both deemed deviants/irrelevant by society. It’s no wonder Ochako fell in love with Izuku, just like she did toga, they’re fucking freaks. They’re interesting. They’re weird. They’re overly friendly and socially inept and a little beaten down by the world yet have too much passion to stay on the ground. They’re envious of the ones they love (Ochako of her freedom to be a normal girl, Katsuki for his raw power and harnessed skill), and I guess I just wanted to make this post because I adore how it’s all done.

I LOVE how the yandere trope is used as societal commentary here. Not necessarily as a way to make the main love interest jealous and feel she must protect the main character, nor for some kinky reason surrounding her character, but because the trope is built off of real, ugly feelings that can and do happen. That love can and is considered truly beautiful in all its forms, especially those of queer people.

So I especially love it because it isn’t just limited to Himiko, but Izuku as well. He may never hurt the ones he loves, but he would hurt for them.

A perfect narrative foil on queer and deviant forms of love. Big fan Horikoshi.

[marlynnofmany]

An interesting journey of discovery

So first I stumbled upon this from Ultrafacts:

Well THAT’S interesting. Some googling confirmed it: John Cleese talked in an interview about when he learned of this in school -- his English teacher seemed to have come away with the impression that “If you didn't give up, you couldn't lose.” And that led to “It’s just a flesh wound!!!” years later.

Then I checked Wikipedia for the wrestler they were talking about, and was brought up short by this image:

I know that statue, I thought. I’ve seen it with wings.

And I wasn’t wrong.

  Yup, it’s the same one! Different angle, but same pose.

  So that’s amazing. Monty Python, ineffable stubbornness, and naked wrestling.

I’m not sure what conclusion to draw from this, but I’m sure there are several.

[sukasshunn]

pinkish Himiko Toga redraw | 2023 > 2020

it's a dirty doodle, it's still weird for me to use the tablet but i can handle it a little better now compared to previous weeks,,,, my brushes no longer work the same with the tablet and i still have to configure their settings smh

[poppy5991]

Toga: Will you peel this orange for me?

Ochako: Yeah! Should I do like fancy restaurant slices?

Ochako: Oh, a fruit salad. I should make a fruit salad. Don’t we have melon in the fridge?

Toga, sobbing: You set a new record in the Orange Challenge.

Ochako: Is that why you asked me?!? For Instagram??? Do you still want fruit salad???

[pyukumeru]

[chiquilines]

Hi guysssssss its been a minute

I havent posted in a hot while due toooo many things one of which being im not that much into mha anymore... i still really really love all my girls, tgchk mmjr midjoke miryumi etc still hold a dear place in my heart, and I'm gonna keep drawing them, just less. I might start posting more art from different media, but regardless im not gonna be able to post much in the coming months cause I am about to have a very very busy time academically, so Im gonna have less time for drawing :( anyways, thanks to everyone whos been liking my my hero art, it means a lot to me and i appreciate everyone who takes the time to look at my silly self endulging wlw!! This isnt a goodbye btw, im just taking the opportunity to be sappy :) see yall in the next post!!

[n0brainjustvibes]

The perfect big sister! <3

Ft. my "Toga Himiko is a Bonesaw" take under the cut:

I'm not very familiar with the superhero genre beyond Worm and MHA, so I might be missing a pre-existing trope - but I think these two share an archetype: Little Girl Villain who juxtaposes extremely gory, visceral acts with a happy and innocent demeanour. Their villain personas epitomise idealised archetypes of girlhood; frilly-dress-and-tea-party '50s little-girl for Bonesaw, and lovesick tween schoolgirl for Toga. These archetypes are anchored to a specific age - the age they were when they lost the chance at a civilian life.

On that note, neither of them got much choice in life, with Toga branded a villain for her Quirk and Bonesaw groomed into villainy by Jack. They both lost their families, and seek a surrogate family in their villain group, whose goal is (ostensibly) mindless destruction.

Is it any wonder that they're frozen in stasis at the age when they were traumatized? I find it interesting that they're both older than their archetypes (Bonesaw, at 12, is pretty much the age of Toga's archetype!) but are unable to move past these personas.

[heronoegg]

shiketsu student Himiko + casual clothes from our AU cause i fall in love with her shes so girlypop

[mymhameme]

Here. Have a sketch dump. Silly little doodles include...

Sporty Teen Hawks

Parkour Teen Tomura

Homeless Squatting in Bathtub Toga

Young Shinsou with a Duck

Smug Fucker Dabi

Lady Nagant and Overhaul Chillin'

[feniverse-unfiltered]

Some BNHA Character Playlists:

Dabi: spotify link | Playlist Graphic

Top 3 Songs: Blood // Water by grandson | Rewired by Gabbie Hanna | Hellfire by Barns Courtney

Toga Himiko: spotify link

Top 3 Songs: Bloodsucker by aeseaes | I'll Make You Love Me by Kat Leon | Breakfast by Dove Cameron

Shigaraki Tomura: spotify link

Top 3 Songs: Stay and Decay by Unlike Pluto | Monster by BB Cooper | Freak (Ft. REI AMI) by Sub Urban

Hawks: spotify link

Top 3 songs: Higher by The Score | Anti-Gravity by RUNAGROUND | Head Up by The Score

Miruko: spotify link

Top 3 songs: Don't Stop the Devil by Dead Posey | Stomp Me Out by Bryce Fox | 321GO by The Mondays

Lady Nagant: spotify link

Top 3 songs: OUTLAW by Neoni | I Walk The Line by Halsey | Never Going Back by The Score

Bakugo Katsuki: spotify link

Top 3 songs: Dynamite by Sam Tinnesz | The Fight by The Phantoms | Going for Greatness by Future Royalty

[gradelstuff]

League of Villains symbols by Lawson (2023)

[pumpkinspiceshiplover]

Toga: Sleepover! Why haven't we done this before?

Uraraka: Because I don't want to die?

Toga: You're no fun.

[skywalkersolos-blog]

The one thing that many people within the My Hero Academia fandom forgets about Toga is what her crimes originally was in the beginning of the series...

Occurring to an interview that Horikoshi did the numbers were in-between 13-25 people that Toga killed.

But there is also a number on a wiki page for her saying it was 6.

But her main problem at the end of the series is that she doesn't want to get caught. Look the saying is; you do the crime you do the time.

Which is the main problem. Her story was not handled well and has so many problems. Especially when in the end she chose the easy way out instead of facing the consequences...

[poppy5991]

Horikoshi: writing a series that explores the impacts of trauma and PTSD on the individual, family, and society with incredible accuracy and poignancy in conjunction with a beautiful meditation on the complexity of morality & the need for empathy to solve society’s ills

People on the internet: this character is irredeemable

Me:

[pyukumeru]

10hp deku dancing for his life