I think there is something to he said about Dabi building a life for himself before meeting up with Shigaraki again in Intox.
He makes sure that he isn't dependant on the other, he makes sure that people would come looking for him if he went missing, he makes sure that people have his back. He makes sure that the power imbalance is as small as possible.
He spends an entire year making sure he has his own life, making sure Shigaraki won't get impatient and come after him.
I really like how you write these dynamics, especially when the universe is closer to canon. (The same goes for your abo fics, which is probably why Haven is one of my fav fics).
Since we read from Dabi's perspective, all the mistrust he holds against the world seems natural, for him at least. He grew up in a world where almost everybody could be a threat to him, either killing him or worse.
And as much as Shigaraki grew up in a world where many people would love to kill him too, he doesn't quite understand what Dabi is going through. It isn't second nature to think of the same threats that Dabi had to think of in these universes. And it shows in their interactions.
Shigaraki is being polite, he is giving Dabi an option for an out, he is trying to make sure Dabi feels safe. And I love how affected he is when he realizes just how paranoid Dabi is, how paranoid he needs to be to survive. He will always keep in mind that Dabi thinks him capable of the worst.
They're both fucked up by how their world works in such different ways but I love that for them. I love even more that they make it work, no matter what. Shigaraki will support Dabi, but he will also give him space. He will make sure Dabi knows he isn't trying to bind him to himself. Dabi will give Shigaraki his trust. Both of them give the other loyalty and love.
Barely anyone else would dare talk to Shigaraki the way Dabi does. Nobody else looks at Dabi like Shigaraki does. They make for quite the pair.
(also, on a completely different note: I love Compress here. "Oh noooo, looks like I can't keep as close of an eye. *Wink wink*". I love this man. He knows Shigaraki isn't happy having to meet those three and would always be happy to see Dabi, so he'll take oit two birds with one stone, lol. And Magne and Twice as bouncers are nice, too)
Okay, be honest with me, did you steal any of my internal organs while you were rooting around in my chest? Because god damn did this comment throw me on an operating table and open me up from chest to pelvis!
I don't even know what to say except you GOT IT anon, you took everything I had, and you read it for absolute filth. The way they've experienced the world, how that impacted their first meeting, how they grew from that point and why it was important to the rest of the story, you really grabbed the themes I was working with and strangled them lovingly
And Compress is the MVP of this story (though he's fighting viciously for it with Spinner)
Thank you so much for commenting!!!
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My personnal Review of Wish (2023)
(Spoilers, obviously)
•Spending ⅔ of the movie singing is not what I consider a plot.
•yet another Quirky Disney Heroine™
•"Hey! Hey! Look! Did you get that reference? Hey! this is a reference to an older Disney movie! Did you see it? HEY! DID YOU GET IT?!"
•Why does that animation look half baked? Even the Amazing Digital Circus episode that came out this year look smoother and way more polished, and it's from an independent studio, not a BILLION dollars company.
•That cartoonishly evil villain gatekeeping wishes and sucking hope out of everyone is ironically a good personification of current Disney.
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The stranger introduces himself as Leighton Sekemoto, a Toddler Sports Coach.
Given the locale, Gaby tries to lead the conversation by praising the cooking manual she's studying. Leighton's not into it, though. In fact, he tells her that's kind of boring.
It's a bit of a blow for a book worm with a penchant for cooking like Gaby.
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As much as I appreciate Tony Gilroy's investment into telling Cassian's story, as well as care into it as far as we know so far, defining Cassian Andor as a "seducer" feeds into anti Latine stereotypes rooted in fetishism and sexualisation of Latines. The word choice is unfortunate at best and insidious at worst, particularly when you factor in the way Latine actors and their characters are viewed, and treated, by the majority of fans and the way they engage with them.
If what Gilroy was going for was to imply Cassian excels at persuading and recruiting people to fight against the Empire, he could have simply said "recruiter". There was honestly no need to perpetuate a biased and sexualised perception of Cassian Andor at all.
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