#Plus; kids are arseholes and I refuse to believe he didn’t fall victim to the ‘Ew you’re just copying me’ individualism argument.

[saturnsorbits]

Monoma doesn’t know who he is…

While all the kids where busy getting their quirks and discovering things about themselves, Monoma found out that he’d only ever be as good as what he could steal… Learned that his quirk, quite literally, was to become something else, someone else: someone better.

It’s hard, learning that you’re not really you, but always part something more. He never really understood it, but life was always there to teach him not to question it.

He was taught this on the playground when he could only overcome a bully by stealing his levitation quirk. Had it beaten into him when new friends would ask to see his quirk and he just… Couldn’t, because he hadn’t copied anything for a while. At first he made excuses and tried to explain, but no-one is interested in being stolen from in theory or in practice.

So, screw him if he learned to deal with the fact that on his own he is nothing more than his ability to steal. Fuck him, for becoming harsh, for beginning to transform into the thing everyone else had already decided he would be…

#Marquie has me thinking so I’m climbing out of my Monoma-fucker box for a hot second… #I just think he’s a prick because he’s had to deal with so much shit; y’know? #Quirks; in essence; are an extension of one’s-self - so I can understand how someone ‘stealing/copying’ that would be uncomfortable. #Plus; kids are arseholes and I refuse to believe he didn’t fall victim to the ‘Ew you’re just copying me’ individualism argument. #So… At some point; he stopped caring. #Stopping trying to create his own identity in the ashes of everyone else’s… And just became what was expected of him. #And if it was expected for him to become a prick - Well; he guessed that was who he was. #(I think this is why he draws a super interesting contrast to Bakugo and Shinso… #Bakugo bc; One: We all saw how hot that scene was when he copied Bakugo’s quirk for the first time during the sports festival… #That was sexy shit. Don’t lie to yourself. Love him or hate him. That was fucking delicious; but anyway - #Bakugo is naturally brilliant and strong; embodies his quirk perfectly and he’s so fucking ungrateful - #it’s a wonderful contrast to Monoma who is ill-fitted to everyone else’s quirk and constantly on the back foot. #Also; they’re both the same ass for different reasons. #And Shinso; bc both of their quirks are ‘villainous’ they both take things from others [Quirks vs Control] #and have suffered in an individualistic way because of their quirks. #The only main difference between them is that Shinso is still rebelling against this ideology whereas Monoma has accepted it). #(He’s also super similar to Kaminari if we’re talking insecurity masking bc: over confidence vs humour) #Anyway. I’m going to shut up now; but I love him. Okay.