I don't get the hate all might recieves from this fickle fandom while Aizawa gets praised over the moon.
Yes All might have told izuku to give up first but I don't see anything wrong now or even when I first watched season 1. The man has more experience and has already seen his fair share of cruelty over the years. He knows the difficulty of being a Hero with a quirk and even with all of that power, It took him losing his stomach to beat AFO. All might was being realistic here. He didn't want to be reckless & give false hope or encouragement here. Also he didn't laugh or outright tell him to quit. He told izuku who had no power to try other ways to become a Hero which was being a policeman.
2nd what did izuku do before meeting all might?. Absolutely nothing. On top of being quirkless He didn't have a strong physique to back it up. Sure he wrote analysis on quirks, heroes and villains but that's not gonna help in the longer run. All Might wouldn't know what Izuku would've gone through in life till this point. He doesn't know izuku was suicide baited. I'm not bashing Izuku but trying to see this from AM's side as well. Maybe he could've seen Izuku's behaviour to determine that the kid was abused but then again the man was also in a hurry and probably wasn't in the right frame of mind after displaying his long kept secret to a middle school kid.
Still All Might fckin apologized for his earlier comments and approved Izuku. He helped izuku get in shape, and gave his quirk. Encouraged him time and time again positively.
Wtf did Aizawa do? Ridiculed Midoriya infront of everyone. Never apologized. Never once supported him and always put izuku's abuser on a pedestal. Heck izuku should've been in top 10 in the apprehension test. He had better physical stats than Denki, Jiro, uraraka ( yeah she wasn't OP with her quirk during that time and had a lot of stamina issues), Koji, Mineta, Toru, Ashido to name some. Are we sure Aizawa didn't rig the exam?. Narrative protected that POS. Never once encouraged Izuku, never helped him when he was struggling with his quirk. Never even bothered to train his students in quirkless combat but went out of his way to tutor Shinso. His only good points are being a good hero and a good gaurdian for Eri but that ain't enough for getting this much praise. He knew Iida was going after Stain but didn't do anything.
All Might has flaws being a teacher but he at least tries his best to help Izuku with his problems and always been there for him. He encouraged his students every time. Trains them and has always been there for them unlike a certain someone.
All of All Might's good points outweigh Aizawa's by a higher margin.
End of my rant, i just see this as too unfair how fanfics bash All might for no fuckin reason while it coddles Aizawa. Especially the Dekuverse fics. Heck Hori himself treats All Might like shit in canon. The Izuku solo arc is a good proof.
All Might deserved better both in Canon and in Fanon.
Hi @bakutrash 👋,
I get it in the sense that the fandom follows suit of what the story itself is doing - AM gets critiqued more than Aizawa by the narrative (since Aizawa is Hori's favoured mouthpiece) and the fandom follows suit.
Dadzawa as a trope is also largely wish fulfilment. The wish to see 1A as a family and the wish to see Aizawa as the 'stern mentor/ father figure with a heart of gold' archetype. When Aizawa is not this - especially not to Izuku.
If anything All Might is Izuku's key mentor / father figure in the story. He made his mistakes in regard to Izuku but made up for them and apologised. AM also does his best to learn how to be a teacher and be supportive to Izuku and take care of him. Aizawa never does and Hori parades all of his actions as logical so the fandom (at large) doesn't critique him for them.
All Might is traumatised but Hori rarely focuses on it (unlike Aizawa's trauma), so it gives him less sympathy and exploration from it by the fans.
All Might fought a battle only his power in OFA could win. It was quirkless Izuku acting to save Bakugou that made All Might aware that Izuku had potential and that he shouldn't have been so hasty to judge him. All Might also didn't know Izuku took to analysis and suggested alternatives to heroics he felt more suited to a quirkless person.
Adding to this, All Might also began Quirkless himself so it's unlikely he would actually hold extreme Quirkist views like I've seen in some bashing fics (actually looking at Canon Aizawa displays more quirkest attitudes than All Might*.)
Yet the majority of the fandom focuses on All Might's intial refusal of Izuku's dreams and scapegoat him for Izuku's lack of self worth. - The narrative does this too, disgustingly through Bakugou's mouth, not acknowledging once that Bakugou and poor Teachers to Izuku (like Aizawa) are the cause of it.
Did Aizawa rig the exam? I think (and a lot of others critical of Aizawa) think he did. As you rightly pointed out Izuku should have been higher in the quirk apprehension test than he did (especially since he trained religiously and followed a training plan made by the Number One hero for months!)
Unironically, Aizawa at the beginning of the story seemed to dislike Midoriya, and consistently he has favoured Bakugou over him (more on this point later.)
He also viewed Bakugou's bullying as a "rivalry."
Why is this?
Other than the actual reason - Aizawa is Hori's Mouthpiece and therefore have him be Bkg's biggest simp to try to make us like him - there are two options.
1) Aizawa is either not as observant as he thinks he is (supported by him falling asleep all the time - so obviously by doing this he would miss things.) 2) OR Aizawa is malicious and thinks Midoriya needs to toughen up and deal with his bully like he did.
Neither of these options make Aizawa look particularly good. But 1) has room for growth and 2) does not.
Where is the logic in the Quirk Apprehension test? It favours those quirks that Aizawa claims he dislikes that the entrance exam favours - those flashy and combattive quirks such as the ones that belong to Bakugou, Todoroki and Yaoyorozo.
Additionally, singling out Izuku like that, on the first day would be realistically massively damaging to a student and to the classes morale overall.
Would you be comfortable with a 'third parent' (as these homeroom teachers are meant to be) or a teacher in general who does that to a classmate or to you the second they show they need some help? I wouldn't be...
Where is the logic in favouring Bakugou (who essentially a worse version of Aizawa's bully at U.A - Sensoji) or Shinsou who didn't work for his dream of Heroism and only attempted to skate in on his powerful quirk? These should both be characters that Aizawa (from what we are narratively told about him) dislike. Yet Hori does not allow this to occur as Aizawa is Hori's favoured mouthpiece and Hori wants him to have a mini me in Shinsou.
*- There appears to be a degree of quirkism ironically at play here. Bakugou is favoured because he is confident and has a quirk that is "perfect for heroics".
Whereas Shinsou is favoured because Aizawa sees someone like himself. The other students - Aizawa isn't shown to care all that much (aside from the additional to the story artworks.)
And as for Eri, Aizawa seems to care for her but honestly we don't see her nearly enough to judge whether he's actually a good guardian. There's also the fact of Aizawa seeming to struggle to take care of himself and how he treats his students so realistically, would he be a good guardian to her?
In universe, in spite of all logic, Aizawa has apparently been teaching as 'hardass ExpellZawa' for years without consequence - against himself or UA as an institution .
And Aizawa has never once reflected on the long term damage that all of his trauma response methods would do on all his students - not just the ones he expelled.
Hori never even had Aizawa question himself at any point - because the fact that he's Hori's mouthpiece means Aizawa is never meant to be wrong so he never believes himself to be. That stunts him as a character.
Even the revelation of Kurogiri as KurOboro didn't make him do this.
Aizawa, as he is in canon, is heavily traumatised, too set in his ways and too much of a mouthpiece for Hori. Hori also either doesn't see the point of or the interest in having Aizawa grow from his mistakes and heal from his trauma - which is a shame.
Whereas All Might, as he is in canon, is also heavily traumatised, has been crapped all over by Hori but is shown to do his best in learning and growing from his mistakes - both as a teacher and mentor to Izuku.
Final thoughts:
Sorry I responded with a rant of my own!
Personally, I find Dadzawa fine in a fic, as long as it has DadMight too OR has Aizawa make up for his mistakes to the class and grow as a mentor.
However, as time has gone on and I've got more into MHA, I find it really irritates me to see a fic bash All Might. Especially using Aizawa to do so, when in canon Aizawa has done much worse as a teacher - especially to Izuku and his past classes.
I stand by the opinion that although Canon!Aizawa may care for Class 1A as he currently acts - he should not be a homeroom teacher or have his trauma responses be praised as 'logical teaching.'
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Imagine finding Bakugou when he’s at his lowest point— absolute rock bottom and maybe you are too. You find each other when you need each other the most, and you remind each other that life is worth living.
Warnings: angsty, bionic/metal arm Bakugou, he loses half his quirk.
You come to this rooftop to think, it’s the only place you’ve managed to find that allows you to escape from the hustle and bustle of the city down below. It’s a welcome solace whenever you’re having one of those days where everything feels like it’s too much. Your friends sick and tired about hearing you talk about your problems, but of course they brush you off in the politest way possible. “Things will get better,” “try taking a warm bath?” “Don’t worry, you’ll be okay.” “We’ll meet up for dinner soon yeah? We can talk about it then-” Hollow words and empty promises when you feel like you have nothing else, an emptiness continuing to eat away inside of you— taking all the positive parts of you and infecting them with darkness.
“What you doin’ up here?” The voice is harsh as you notice a guy perched precariously on the edge, legs dangling towards the bright traffic lights below. He doesn’t bother facing you, but you can just about make out the blond tufts of hair peeking out from beneath a black hoodie.
“Didn’t realise it was your building.” You snap back in irritation.
“What floor do you live on? I haven’t seen you round here before.” He takes a swig of his beer and you wonder whether you should even answer him, to tell a stranger where you live.
“I actually don’t live in this building,” You shrug, sitting down near him, in your usual spot overlooking the city, “I live across the street.”
“What? You ain’t got your own roof?”
“This one’s nicer,” You smile, staring down at the cars below.
“All the fuckin’ same to me, sweetheart.” The man takes another sip of beer and it’s then that you notice it- his hand glistening in the glow of the streetlights below. His metal hand tight against the can as he pulls back to look at you.
“Fuck me,” You breathe, standing there in shock as you look across at Pro-Hero Dynamight.
Ex Pro-Hero Dynamight.
“What’s the matter, sweetheart,” He scoffs, “You look like you’ve seen a ghost.”
You couldn’t remember the last time you’d seen him on the news or in the papers— probably before his big accident. The fight that took his arm and ended his Pro-Hero career before he’d even really gotten started. The day Dynamight lost half his quirk— the entire city of Musutafu were distraught, until the latest up and coming Pro came into the picture to replace him.
It proved that Pro-Heroes weren’t immortal, but they were expendable. The city that had once proclaimed its love for the powerful Hero now content in finding a new idol to worship, Dynamight merch discounted to be replaced with whoever was next on the publicity roster.
It seemed the man had faded into obscurity, no longer an interest for the paparazzi or the fans so no new images appeared of him on social media.
Maybe you were looking at a ghost, his vermilion eyes seemed sunk into his cheeks as a dark blond stubble began to grow into a beard against his cheeks. He looked tired, disillusioned— broken.
The once revered number two hero now just another faceless crowd in a sea of people.
Just like you.
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How about IiDeku with Quirks are weird? Mix in some one sided BakuDeku as a treat for yourself.
(I love you anon)
Izuku likes Quirks. He really does, and he loves to discuss them at length. He just also thinks that sometimes they're actually kind of awful. As a teenager, Izuku had been affected by multiple Quirks thanks to his father's job as a Quirk counselor. Izuku was good at figuring them out, and he'd enjoyed hanging out in his father's office. He just got hit a lot.
Now, entering UA university, Izuku could safely say he loves Quirks. He just hates being hit by them. A part of him was reminded of being a child when he lived with his mother and being tormented by his 'friends'. Izuku had happily gone with his father after the divorce, when Inko did not want to admit her friend's son hurt Izuku. They kept in contact, though Izuku made a point to hang up when Inko pressed about what a fine young man Bakugou Katsuki was, how the 'boy still had his childhood crush' and how 'pigtail pulling is mean but-'.
Izuku loved his mom, but her rose tinted glasses were annoying.
Still, back to Quirks. Izuku liked Quirks, he did.
He just also found that the fact the entire university being affected by a younger sibling activating their Quirk after their brother had a nasty break up with his boyfriend was annoying as hell. Red String, the ability to find your soulmate. The family made a killing on matchmaking, and people were pleasently surprised by the boy affecting the entire school. Except for Izuku, whose phone kept ringing with his mom's texts and his dad's excited rambles about the Quirk. The second wasn't bad, Izuku liked texting about it, it was so much fun to discuss.
Izuku sighed, walking into his classroom where everyone was exclaiming over the connections. He barely looked up as the familiar steps of Bakugou sounded, at least until someone else spoke.
"Midoriya?" Izuku looked to see Iida, one of his best friends and one of the members of the class who nearly hit Bakugou when the guy sprouted anti-Quirkless rehtoric. The taller man held up his hand nevously, the red string... connecting right to Izuku.
"Oh!" Izuku blinked and them smiled at Iida. "I... was actually going to ask you out this weekend." he admitted. Iida smiled softly.
"Same," the blue haired man said. "Should we... talk about it?"
"Yeah, I'd like that."
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