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give the people what they really want

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So they say that how you show affection reflects how you've been raised. And wellllll let's say that Bakugo didn't exactly learn how to show his affection in a healthy manner.

As we've seen so far, he and Mitsuki usually just scream at each other and his mom often boinks him or shoves his head down. Ahh such motherly love

But all this rough handling doesn't mean they don't love each other right? It's just their way of showing their love. And we also know Katsuki isn't exactly good at showing his emotions and telling people he loves them, but that's just something that he hasn't learned through his childhood.

So if children learn how to show their affection for the people they care about from their parents, then Bakugo probably expresses his love in a similar way to Mitsuki. Or to put it simply, through ✨violence✨

A prime example

To a stranger who doesn't know him, it would seem like he's actually mad, but no. This is actually his way of showing that he cares about his friend. He sat down with Kirishima to tutor him which he definitely wouldn't do to people who don't matter to him, so act of service is definitely a big one for him, and also physical touch in a way, apparently. Of course, this doesn't mean he cares about everyone he hits, but these are harmless and this is just how he learned to express himself through childhood.

But this doesn't happen a lot, EXCEPT

aaand here it goes

EXCEPT with Deku.

Like you literally don't see a single interaction between the two of them without Bakugo in some way hitting Deku. Or just shoving him. Or really anything. Like my dudes, this guy CRAVES physical contact when it comes to Deku I SWEAR.

Just look at a couple of them

He literally goes out of his way to shove or make physical contact with Deku in some way even when Deku is just minding his own poor f*king business. And he sure as heck likes to shove his head especially, kinda like how his mother does to him too. Like he just wants to reach out and touch his hair a lot...we all know you want to Bakugo, don't deny it

I swear Bakugo is like one of those kids full of testosterone that push and pull the hair of their crushes cause they don't know how else to express that they like them and they don't know what to do with those feelings

He initiates contact even when it's not necessary, and mostly with just Izuku. If violence is really the way Katsuki shows his affection then he basically showers Deku with it 🚿

And yeah, he shows that he cares to his friends too, but he seems like he cares about Deku a lot doesn't he? When we look back at all the interactions that they had, and how Bakugo generally gets ticked off by the mere presence of Deku, that makes him want to scream at him and shove him all the time..all that might just be him not knowing what to do with all that affection inside of him that he wants to express, because he never learned how to express it.

When we look back at everything, it just looks like a boy who doesn't know how to show that he cares about the people he loves in a healthy way, and it's very easy to misunderstand that and think that he dislikes everyone around him. But in reality he's just a boy who very much craves that affection too, just doesn't know how to give it and how to ask for it, so he naturally does what he has seen his parents do.

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honestly, i love it when people REALLY get bakugou. and i mean REALLY REALLY understand him. Bakugou was NEVER evil but instead had the largest inferiority complex i have ever seen, he had a genuine fear of failing or disappointing others which made him act with that cocky and egotistical mask. i also like to think that this is the reason why Izuku never hated him

like in that one quote "the idea of victory was so tied to the image of you in my head", it is undeniable that Bakugou is a victorious person who always wants to win, but that is also his biggest downfall. Bakugou wants to be the best but how can you be the best while treating others poorly?

His growth in the anime and manga is seriously one of my favorite character development arcs i have ever seen.

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drew the big three as the ICONIC pinterest reference

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had a burst of creative energy and decided to draw ProHero Bakugo as that one John cena pic

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sans

just an observation.

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just an observation.

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his nosy ass 😭

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itafushi deniers are so funny because they are always like "yuji's into women its canon" but they cant say anything to defend megumi. look at the official art. that's a yearner right there. even todo knew it

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Why do you think we never got a conclusion to Ochako’s feelings for Deku? I thought her resolution was to stop hiding her feelings, something her talk/fight with toga taught her. While I don’t think she necessarily needs to confess, I do think it leaves some of her story unfinished by not even having a small moment of her accepting or letting go of those feelings. I guess there was the small moment during her fight where she mentions she “fell in love with izuku” but it was never followed up with anything. Just thought it was curious.

Honestly, in my opinion, it would be in poor taste. It would make it seem like everything Toga went through and her sacrifice was all for the sake of Ochako admitting her crush on a boy. That's some trite tragic yuri shit. This is way classier. Besides, anyone who wants to can take these panels the distance for their IzuOcha moment.

Anyways, Ochako DID accept her feelings, she just decided not to act on them OR she did off-screen and we'll never know. Good for her. Best ending for a shounen lead female protagonist in a hot minute.

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I found it interesting that we don’t see Uraraka confessing her feelings, since it felt like her arc was culminating in her learning not to suppress those emotions. (Or possibly growing out of them?) I appreciate it, though. Tonally, it would have felt out of place to focus on that given the much more heavy events that were weighing on her that she needed to discuss. Still, I wish we got some closure on that front. What do you think?

In the end I didn't get the sense that her arc was about learning to not suppress her crush. It was a possibility, but a subtle one if so. I think the western fandom has a hard time seeing the way emotions are expressed in MHA nonverbally for whatever reason and so a lot of characters get painted with this "repressed" brush that really isn't there to the extent they think it is.

What I get from Ochako's arc is a growing understanding of what it means to smile genuinely. She admired Toga's smile and her ability to express herself and love so wholly. Meanwhile, Ochako used her own smile to mask the ways in which she hurt. The emotion Ochako suppressed was that pain. Ochako, and a lot of characters, had to learn to be open about how they were feeling, even when those feelings were negative. It's about vulnerability. It's about being ready to accept a helping hand.

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She followed because of the feeling in her gut. Something told her that this time... this time it had to be her, didn't it?

Himiko had to be alive.

Ochako didn't even put up a fight when the masked woman turned on her.

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SPOILERS FOR SEASON 7 EPISODE 13 OF MHA!

HELLO???? IZUKUS LITTLE KAC-...-HAN IM GONNA THROW UP THATS SO SAD

ALSO he didn't even scream. like he was too panicked to make a sound GOD. EVERYONE WAS SAYING HE WAS GONNA SCREAM BUT HE WAS SO PANICKED HE COULDNT

also also the lack of the broken blackwhip heart is, funny to say, disheartening to me

rip blackwhip heart 💔

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10 things I hate about you AU with Andrew as Kat, Aaron as Bianca, Neil as Patrick.

fanfic writers yall can figure the rest out this is all I’m asking for

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aizawa watching izuku enter the staffroom as his coworker

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all I thought about making during the leak releases was this