#but NO ONE ever points out Mirio didn't do it either afsffd and we literally see it!

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The Thought™

“Izuku isn’t worthy for OFA bc he didn’t take training to be a hero serious in middle school, Mirio is a better-” and here’s where i cut you off and explain why you’re wrong

Mirio didn’t take it serious in middle school either

And we actually see this, thanks to his life partner’s flashbacks. Tamaki’s recollections tell us a few things:

1. In middle school, they actually had a class provided for them to help train out their quirks

2. mirio didn’t take it seriously and really sucked at it, honestly, as a result.

3. mirio dressed like a delinquent (i’m not kidding, the open shirt and ponytail is delinquent thing for middle schoolers)

4. not only did he not take the school-provided classes seriously, he also wasn’t great in classes. perhaps not for lack of effort, but it stands as something we know

ergo, five, which comes up in mirio’s flashbacks:

5. Mirio didn’t take it seriously or improve as much or EVEN KNOW HOW to improve at this concept UNTIL Sir Nighteye took him on to personally train. He only got as good as he did after months of this starting from his first year (And thanks to Izuku, we know he didn’t even get good enough in his first year to do well in his second sports festival. By the way, thats about the time that All Might would have turned him down and Sir cut him off a second time.)

So, to recap

People who make this argument do so in bad faith, because not only is it fine for them that Mirio not take it seriously in middle school, but that Izuku had to- they have further demands.

It’s fine Mirio slacked off in a class that was just handed to him to get stronger, but How Dare Izuku not figure it all out by himself and train harder physically alone! Izuku can’t be worthy after ten months of training because that was thanks to All Might, but yes its fine that Mirio has about two years of one-on-one training with Sir when we compare them, plus the additional years of training both in his middle school and at UA.

i’ll give them one thing they’re consistent about at least- not listening to people about what they actually want. Like not listening to Toshinori about how its his quirk and his choice and why he picked Izuku- And also not listening to Mirio himself when he said, point blank, he absolutely would not want it. Like, he straight up said “no thanks” just to the hypothetical, he wouldn’t want the real thing.

And he certainly wouldn’t want any bs on his behalf of the hypocrites who choose not to read when it comes to touting him as the ‘worthy option’

also, please spend two months in a classroom with actual middle schoolers before you say something dumb like that. they’re kids. the only excuse i can accept is if youre also a middle schooler and therefor cant see why its so dumb to expect that of you. the whole point is that they’re kids and that kids NEED support to do well. thats. thats the whole point.

#dont see anyone throwing toshi under the bus for being a toothpick in middle school #its almost like its actually just an excuse touted by people who dont want to admit other biases against izuku or something....... #this Thought has been stewing in my head since the last time Certain Person brought up the Mirio thing in a server #but student teaching at a middle school really kept making me think about it more recently #anyway. imagine liking Mirio but not izuku. #when Mirio could and would bruise you over izuku dgfhgh he likes him! #he thinks the kid is neat! #they're brothers! #why do you pit them against each other in a field of lies like this! #anyway i just feel like every time i see people bringing up 'not taking it seriously as a middle schooler' #tons of people will jump on the defense and talk about what izuku did have #or invent reasons why he maybe couldn't have trained physically which we just don't know #but NO ONE ever points out Mirio didn't do it either afsffd and we literally see it! #surely the suneater chapters aren't That slept on....