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Whats your ao3 account?

Can you recommend some bkdk fics

Wow, well I wrote a big long post for this but then tumble decided to be a little bitch and delete it 🙄 so I’m just gonna post the links and you can see if you like them bc I don’t have it in me to rewrite the whole thing

https://archiveofourown.org/works/14851355

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26710261

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22334767/chapters/53351608

*DEADICATION* is the fic name idk why it won’t show up

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25394302

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33068086/chapters/82086082

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31911022/chapters/79020766

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32448646/chapters/80461681

*Occupational Hazard*

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29138442

https://archiveofourown.org/works/32412034/chapters/80362501

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27575935

Alright, I’m gonna stop there bc I’m tired and this post is already long enough. I hope you like at least some of these, and please be mindful of all the tags an author provides. Happy reading :P

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thoughts on Endeavor's redemption arc

*sweats* look I know I was supposed to write that Endeavor post I mentioned last week, but in my defense I’m in retail during holiday season working overtime 😅 (someone put me out of my misery plsss)

I first wanna reference this post bc it has the most succinctly summarized version of my thoughts on Endeavor’s redemption way back when it was really starting to get a momentum. It’ll probably be more clear than whatever my tired brain is about to write rn.

But anyway, my thoughts are that Endeavor’s redemption arc is a positive development for both the story and because of the precedent it’s setting. Darth Vader coming back to the Light to kill Palpabitch was great, and we’re all highly appreciative of that deed. But that didn’t make up or even begin to address all the fucked up shit Darth Vader had done himself. He killed Palpatine and then keeled over five minutes later. No apologies, and no chance to make any reparations.

I’m not dissing on the ending of ROTJ or his death, bc it was necessary and that ending was wonderful (yes I cry every time at the pyre scene don’t judge me.) I’m just saying that I think Darth Vader-esque endings where the bad guy has his “realization” moment, saves the hero and then dies, doesn’t and shouldn’t apply to all stories.

I’m not a fan of Endeavor. I don’t like the guy, and I am most certainly appalled and sickened by the abuse he put his family through. It was wrong, no question, and he deserves to face consequences for his actions. So let him face them. Why wouldn’t we want to hold him accountable?? And no, killing him isn’t holding him accountable. It’s satisfying a lust for retribution and a vent for pain and anger. The feeling is understandable, but that doesn’t make it right.

Y’all know my feelings on killing Endeavor, and why I don’t agree with. But it’s not just about the murder aspect. It’s about growth, and change, and finally acknowledging the wrongs he has committed and facing the consequences.

Is it not better for Endeavor to show remorse for his actions, to offer apologies and to work towards being a better person, than for him to simply die and have no chance to change? Why are people so adverse to positive changes in a previously terribly person?

And here’s the thing: Endeavor isn’t trying to demand anything from his victims. As far as I’ve seen in the manga, he has only offered apologies and expressed his desire to atone, and has actively listened to what his family wants. He has shown he is willing to back away if that’s what his family needs to heal. He is considering their well-being and happiness above his own.

This is good and proper behavior!! We should be encouraging this kind of character growth in our media. I was already pleasantly surprised with Horikoshi for presenting us with such a realistic, nuanced depiction of abuse and the damage it causes to families. But then he went and gave growth and development to the abuser himself, and it wasn’t just to kill him off, but to make him accountable and remorseful.

Do y’all know how much I would give to have that in my own life? For my father to finally acknowledge my pain, feel genuine remorse for his actions, and respect my wishes regarding how I wish to interact with him? To give me the space and respect I was denied?

Y’all wanna spit on this character development bc you don’t want to accept that abusers are people too, and people can change. And we should want people to change for the better. Doesn’t mean you ever have to like them or want to be around them. It would be completely understandable if Endeavor’s kids never spoke to him again. But I will never be against genuine remorse and the desire to change for the better.

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I’m about to head to bed bc it’s midnight and I have work in the morning, but I just can’t stop thinking about how many casualties there are going to be by the end of this current arc in BNHA. I mean, for the heroes alone it’ll probably be at least a few hundred, right? That will be a crippling blow to the heroics industry, and with a chunk of their top ten out of commission, who will even be in decent enough shape to take their spot? How will society be able to look upon heroes and place their faith in them, knowing that they can be devastated like this? Small time criminals and wannabe villains are gonna have a field day with the lack of heroes available to patrol.

And the civilians! Their casualties have got to be over 1000+, easy. Plus with the absolute destruction Gigantomachia and Shigaraki caused alone, probably another few thousand will be homeless and without jobs. I just... all this overwhelming death and destruction caused by a few hours of fighting! The clean up will be a monstrous task, worse than Kamino by probably 10x or more.

Can society go back to normal after something like this? Should they go back to normal? I personally don’t think so. The moment a society decides to send literal children to fight in warzones, that society is no longer worth defending. Obviously I’m not saying Shigaraki is in the right, but it is apparent that something in this society has to change. The heroes have to change. And I am both hopeful and fearful of what those changes will be.

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Baby Shoto looks like Stewie Griffin

How dare you make me compare baby Shouto to that gremlin bald child!!! This ask is cursed!!

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Thoughts on Lady Nagant???

I don’t feel much of anything about her tbh. I like her design a lot, and I think her quirk is pretty cool. But overall I don’t care about her. I think I’d feel differently if she was going to stick around longer than this arc, however I don’t anticipate that happening.

Considering what happened in ch 315, tho, I wouldn’t mind her sticking around simply bc I like the fact that Izuku has this way of charming people into respecting him despite everything. I want all these villains Izuku has either beaten the shit out of or simply talk-no-justu’d to get together as a bizarre platonic harem that can and WILL obliterate anyone that looks at Izuku funny

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What is your opinion on Bnha's treatment of female characters?

Ohhhh boy. This is a loaded question, and I’m sure someone is bound to disagree with me, but here I go anyway.

I think Hori does a decent job, but there’s still definite room for improvement. I know I’ve seen plenty of fans spew angry posts and flat out ditch the show/manga bc they think he hyper-sexualizes the girls, but I simply don’t think that’s true. Of course everyone is entitled to their opinion, but in comparison to other popular manga, like Fairy Tail for instance, I’d say his level of fan service and sexualization is fairly tame.

There are some things I wish were different. My biggest issue honestly is the sad fact that he’s gone for the worn out trope of girls only fighting other girls, notably with Uraraka and Toga. He doesn’t go for it everytime, but I really would like some of the 1A girls to fight some badguys, not just girls. Or just, get to have some spotlight in general.

Because I do believe they’re a bit underdeveloped and lack screen time. But the same could be said for half the boys in 1A as well. There can only be so many main characters given adequate screen time when you have 20 kids to manage just within class 1A alone. Such is the drawback of having a large cast.

I personally would like Momo, Ashido, and Uraraka to be focused on more from here on out, and I am grateful Hori gave them some screen time during this current arc, no matter how short of a time it was.

As far as their costumes, I’m torn. I hate Momo’s bc while I don’t disagree with the concept of needing her skin accessible to best utitlize her quirk, there are certainly better designs he could have gone with. But she may get a redesign in the future, and I hope it’s in the vein of Midnight’s sheer covering.

The other girls honestly have either semi-decent or just plain stupid designs, but I think that’s part of their character choices, and the fact that they’re 15 yr old kids who were asked to design a suit. The impracticalities are obvious in most of the designs and it’s easy to imagine it was thought up by a teenager. I mean, for example, Ashido’s fur collar is ridiculous, and like most of the class she has no protective patches or any kind of body armor. It’s legit just a jumpsuit with a cute pattern. Which is exactly the kind of stupid outfit a 15 would design tbh.

And if we really wanna go there, most hero costumes are ridiculous, bc it doesn’t make sense why more costumes don’t have any kind of body armor or even just protective padding. Or fucking pockets!!! But I digress.

So yeah, I really don’t think Hori has done that bad of a job, but of course there are things I wouldn’t mind being changed or improved upon. Let’s be real - no manga is going to meet FMAB standards for how women are portrayed lol

If I didn’t address something feel free to send another ask about it, but I think this sums it up

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Called out by the loml on my own damn server wtf 😤

#I have never been so insulted #I can’t believe you’ve done this #bnha #redrobindetective #gang orca #alderaanbabe talks

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If you think about it, this is the best time for AFO to escape. I mean, who tf is gonna stop him? All the heroes are either KO’ed or assisting with rescue efforts, so he probably won’t meet much if any resistance. He’ll walk outta there like he’s going for a stroll in the park.

Hori really isn’t holding back on this arc. It’s just back to back action and reveals. I’ll be honest, as hyped as I am for an AFO breakout, I kinda was hoping for a bit of a break. Still, I’m eager to see how AfO’s breakout goes.

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The Kacchako fic Seeing Double by knifekirby updated tonight and I am losing my ever loving mind!!! I saw the first plot twist coming but I didn’t fucking see that ending tho holy shitttt

So here’s my mood board to express my feelings

If you like Kacchako and fantastic world building in the Fantasy!BNHA setting, this is the fic for you

#lord help me I will never be free from this chapter’s feelios #bnha #kacchako #alderaanbabe talks #bnha fanfic

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Good god I can’t even look through the BNHA 292 posts bc most of them are all about how Dabi is still somehow in the right, and how the heroes are bad because they’re trying to stop him from murdering them all. Like, some fans deadass expect the heroes, and Izuku specifically, to be having some come to Jesus moment about society and how Dabi is just a poor victim, and he’s the one who is suffering the most right now.

Like, no bitch, Dabi is trying to flambé them all rn, so why the ever loving fuck would Izuku give two shits about Dabi’s sad backstory when he’s watching his friend become barbecue before his very eyes?? I mean Dabi is straight up trying to murder his brother and yet people are still defending this piece of shit.

These fans be wildin’

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RIP Midnight. I was pretty ambivalent to her, but still sad she’s gone. And her death looked pretty brutal too (check I think ch278 again if you want to see her final scene). I especially feel bad for the kids who found her. That’s just another layer on this traumatic onion of a day. Honestly, fuck the system for making those kids participate. And poor Aizawa...

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I was tagged by @redrobin-detective to post 7 sentences from a WIP, so I decided to post a little snippet from Breaking Point (stand-in title). This is more than seven, but it made the most sense to post it like this

Izuku was torn from his spiraling thoughts as Kacchan’s hand clamped onto his shoulder in a vice grip. The fabric of his uniform began to smoke, and he couldn’t help but glance at it as a familiar burning began to scorch his shoulder, but it didn’t hold his attention for longer than a moment. Kacchan brought his face in close, false smile plastered upon it, and Izuku found his physical pain muted by the gut wrenching terror experienced by all prey when in the grip of a predator.

Kacchan grin widened as he spoke, hand sparking even hotter to emphasize his threat. “Don’t you dare get into U.A.”

And in that moment, for a split second, rage overpowered every other emotion within Izuku. How dare Kacchan demand that of him? What harm would come to Kacchan if he tried? If Kacchan was right, and Izuku was indeed as helpless, weak, and worthless as he claimed, then Izuku would never stand a chance to get in anyway. So why bother with the threats, the intimidation? Why make Izuku’s life a living hell if there was no damn point?!

Anyway, idk if I’ll ever finish this WIP bc inspiration is fickle and the subject matter became a bit too heavy for me rn. So who knows 🤷🏻‍♀️

Also I don’t know any other writers to tag so anyone can participate if they’d like

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I think that a lot of fans are kinda very much simplifying the problem of the league of villains because of real world politics. Like hero society = bad, modern day government = bad therefore hero society = modern day government. And that makes the league of villains more appealing because many of the fans, on here at least are fighting that very government so it makes them seem more appealing in contrast. What they fail to consider is that the league of villains isn’t just targeting heroes but is also harming regular civilians including the students of UA. It’s a flaw in the writing that the only people criticizing the government are like actual murders if you ask me. Of course 1-A isn’t going to listen to what they have to say after they’ve been terrorizing them all year. Hero society is flawed yes, but the league of villains is not the answer at all. It’d be really nice if the fandom would engage with this genuinely complex argument in more ways than just choosing a side and saying that one’s the right one.

This is an incredible ask, thank you so much for sending it. Typically manga, from what I’ve read and come to understand, are just the same as most media. Books, movies and other such media are often a subtle commentary on certain aspects of society, whether it be the government, classism, or some other topic relevant to the author and the audience it’s written to at that point in time. In such an uncertain and tension-fraught time in the US and around the world, it is indeed easy for readers to unconsciously make these associations and let it color their view of the story and characters.

All media is subject to the interpretation of the consumer, and the consumer’s interpretation is heavily influenced by their state of mind, their opinion on the subject being commented on, and the current social climate in the real world. With current real world concerns like the US election entrenched so bodily in the mind’s of the readers, it would not be surprising for them to interpret Horikoshi’s text as such, and fail to recognize or engage in a nuanced interpretation of the text. 

As for the league being viewed as more appealing, I can see where you’re coming from, but I can’t fully agree. I do think there are some readers who do view the villains unironically as morally justified, but I think that the majority of fans who like the villains, pardon my crudeness, defend their actions more because they want to get in their pants and are wanting to justify their desire for who are undeniably by any logical person’s understanding terrible people.

Not all of course, but many villain stans who defend their fav are horny on the main, so it follows my reasoning on that subject as of right now. And of course, a seeming requirement of being a villain stan is ignoring their reprehensible behavior, i.e. murdering civilians, so I can’t say I’m shocked by their excuses and blatant, deliberate ignorance. 

Now, to address this statement:  

“It’s a flaw in the writing that the only people criticizing the government are like actual murders if you ask me.” 

I cannot agree with you on this, and here’s why. We see from the first chapter of the manga that heroes are the staple of this society. The society of BNHA is so completely and utterly enraptured with the idea of heroes that it seems to be the only life goal that kids strive for, and if you can’t make the cut then you’re a complete failure and a loser.

The most popular ‘school’ in the country is UA, a military academy masquerading as a school, where it indoctrinates (and yes that’s a strong word but I stand by it) and teaches these kids, fifteen year old SCHOOLCHILDREN, how to fight. Heroes are viewed as practically gods walking among mortals, and this glorification is encouraged and taught in all aspects of life, from their media, their schools, to the government itself. 

There’s many more reasons I could list, but my point is that of course 1A hasn’t voiced any complaints about the current state of affairs or the government. For one thing, regardless of how UA and the populace at large treats them, they are still children.

They’re only just about to finish their first year of high school. Hero students or not, they are still being inundated with hero propaganda. Where and how would they have heard anything to suggest their government or the Hero Commission was flawed, when their dystopian society doesn’t seem to say anything negative about it anywhere they could casually see it?

And the thing is, I DO think society is starting to see that this compete reliance on heroes wasn’t all they thought it to be, beginning with the capture of Bakugou and the subsequent fall of All Might. Their god was revealed to be mortal, and a broken one at that, and their security blanket was ripped away in one decimating battle. Even the Hero Commission seemed to acknowledge that something had to change, even though they’re going about it the completely wrong way.

The League of Villains is unequivocally wrong with their actions, but as you stated above, after terrorizing 1A for the better part of a year the students aren’t going to be sympathetic to them, no matter how valid the LoV’s criticisms of society are. That’s why this current arc is one of my favorites, because as incredible as the fighting and reveals have been, it’s the fallout that excites me the most.

If All Might’s reveal was society’s security blanket being ripped away, then how will they weather the: reveal of No. 1 hero Endeavor’s abuse, his villain son, AND the absolute decimation Shigaraki and Co. have wrecked within the span of a few hours? Can BNHA’s societal worship of heroes survive this?

Honestly, I don’t think it will. I think that Izuku and his class are going to have to brutally reevaluate their decision to be heroes in the aftermath, and so will society have to reevaluate if their current structure and ideals are as sound and good as they once thought. 

I hope this answers your ask, and thanks again for sending it in. Sorry it got so lengthy haha. It is a subject few bnha fans really examine, so it was a nice change from discussing singular characters to instead dissecting the broader society and world building. Have a wonderful night!

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I accidentally glimpsed ONE!! panel of baby Shouto and I’ve never been more tempted to read the bnha spoilers in my life

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I can always tell when someone is scrolling through the #Cardiac Arrest tag for AMournfulHowlInTheNight’s fic bc I end up getting spam notifs from someone liking all the memes I’ve made for it lol

#it’s always like: ahh yes another person has read this fic #makes me smile to know my memes are randomly appreciated for such a niche thing as a fic #alderaanbabe talks #cardiac arrest au #bnha

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To my followers: I am so fucking sorry but I’m on an AoT high rn and I’m hyper fixating to the max

#sorry not sorry y’all #alderaanbabe talks