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justatalkingface · 6 months

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I saw your answer for the ua sending kids to danger, especially war, and I raise you a different possibility (100% speculation on my part) "can we say for sure the others schools were asked the same thing but said no?"

Yes. We dont know anything about the others schools. Maybe they offer and Hori never show as we saw them entering in the war part 2: the eletrical bangaloo....but to be fair, it would be hard for them to sit in class and doing homework as war is literally in their grounds, streets and so forth.

But on part 1. We dont see the others students there. So again, my especulation, what if they had put feets down and said no?

But Nezu said yes? I can think of a few reasons for that. (Keep in mind I dont think Nezu is a smart as Hori and the fandom wants us to think)

1) could have been a power play of sort. "Only mys students can handle this" which well...could work as Nezu is not human and doesnt seem to care about the students on a whole (remmeber Mina and Kami vs Nezu? How fair was that?)

2) he genuinely thought his students would be an asset to the heroes and said ok. Which makes me believe even more he doesnt care for his students's safety.

3) he was forced. Ok, what could have made him agree to this? Blackmail comes to mind but what secret is si damn important you are willing to send kids to war?

Those are my top 3 reasons. And not sure if is canon this but I think the class A1 didnt know they were sent to a war...if this is true, then is anothet adult(non human) who failed Izu.

Like MHA is an accidental dystopia.

The thing is with Nezu is the age old standard of Int/Wis; Nezu is book smart, he has a lot of knowledge, facts, and ability to apply those facts to make a thing happen. That's Intelligence, the ability to use your mind, and he's probably only has even faint in his sheer Int score with Dr. Diabolus Ex Machina.

Wisdom, on the other hand, is when you go, 'But should I do this'?

At a memetically extreme example, a High Int, Low Wis character could find a door somewhere, decide to open it, and make a siege engine out of, I don't know, hamburgers and coat hangers to bust it open. This is certainly a thing they could do, and it'd work because they are, in fact, that spot.

Meanwhile, the character with higher (any) Wisdom would walk up to the door... and then try to open it like a normal person.

Intelligence is ability to use your mind, and Wisdom is what tells you how you should use your mind, and when you look at Nezu, you only really see Intelligence, and then no one in story ever seems to question his decisions, really, because he's really smart, but there's a real question if he uses his intelligence well? Because there are a lot of 'I can do this, but no one, including me, ever asked if I should do this' kinds of choices in UA, and if we're not just blaming it on bad writing, all of that comes down to Nezu, in the end. The literal cities they just... have? The robots that probably have killed people? The Sports Festival? All of those are thing with very questionable elements that UA does anyways, seemingly because they can and no one's ever stopped them from doing it.

That's looking at the question from the angle of 'Nezu, while well meaning, made a bad call'. There is, however, one other major option, and it starts with this: why does Nezu run a school? On a fundamental level, I'm not sure Nezu's goal in running UA is for the students, so much as he views the students as a step towards his goal.

Unironically, he's a sadist who enjoys low-key torturing human beings because of past trauma, which... before anything else, begs a question: is it just low-key torture he likes? Or is he just practical enough to realize than anything more would be more trouble than it's worth?

But, beyond that problem, let's look at his position: he's the head of UA, the biggest, bestest school for Heroes, which is a job that comes with a lot of publicity/power, which, inevitably, rolls back to him. His job allows him massive amounts of control over the development of the cutting edge of heroism, who by dint of their fame and success influence other heroes, all of which collectively influences Japanese society as a whole by a pretty significant degree.

Meanwhile, Nezu is: brilliant, deeply traumatized, likes torturing, and through that defacto controlling, humans. He's also not a human, and takes pains at times to point out that others are humans and he's not, while also having assumably inhuman instincts and priorities; almost certainly he has some level of anti-human bias.

There's... there's an obvious correlation here. Fundamentally, Nezu is a character who seems to be made to be complicated, imperfect, with dark depths to him. The way he's written, Hori clearly doesn't want him to be, but, well, he writes a lot of deeply flawed characters we're supposed to find no wrong with.

If you look at Nezu that way, where he views students more as an asset, or an investment, than as, well, students, or as people, then your point takes on a different light. Looking at it with cold logic, the students can contribute to the various conflicts; even if they die, for the greater good of society (which he lives in and benifits from), heroism as a career (which he is in a position to benefit from greatly, as well as influenced greatly), and quite frankly as a living being on Japan/Earth, that cost is more than worth the price if they help support the status quo; its not like there's not going to be more next year, right?

And that's the thing that really interests me; what the hell was Hori thinking when he made Nezu? With Bakugou and Endeavour, for example, you can see where they started off one way, and went another? Nezu though? His entire point as a character seems to be firmly as the 'nice but somewhat manipulative' principal, but it's a waste of his fundamental characteristics. Did he have a different role in the prototype? Because if I was writing Nezu as a character, here's what I'd write him as:

An enemy. Not evil, not a villain, but a obstacle for Izuku to surpass in UA; it's not that he's bigoted, like Aizawa is (or at least to the same extent), he just well and truly doesn't care about people and what they do as long as his bottom line is met. And Izuku isn't there to be a new hero, like Bakugou, about fame and wealth, he doesn't fit. Worse yet, if we're working off of the original, 'Quirkless Hero' framework? Fundamentally, he is a threat to the concept of heroes that is established, that makes people want to think outside the box, and the thing is? Nezu likes the box. He's one of the people who designed it; he'd like everyone to stay in the box, please and thank you.

There's this epic story we're never going to get of Izuku being a little revolutionary, fighting against the heroic establishment to change heroism for the better and for the rights of the Quirkless, and his first major enemies are: Bakugou, the bully, Aizawa, the biased teacher who enables Bakugou and attacks Izuku, and Nezu, who enables all of them, and barely gives a shit about Izuku at all but would absolutely murder him in a heartbeat if he thought he could get away with it, but is resigned to fact he can't just kill people because they mildly irk him.

To your last point, though, fundamentally MHA is exactly a dystopia, by design; it's dystopian nature is one of the main causes for almost all conflicts in the story, from the villains, to the heroes, to Izuku's core personality traits, but for some reason Hori got really scared to admit that so he covered all the bars and locks with confetti... only after he got all the ways he purposefully made it a dystopia looking all harmless and fun, he missed all the ways he accidently made it a dystopia. To this day, I'm still not sure if he designed the heroic pay system, what little of it we know, to be purposefully that fucked up, or he just did some basic work to support what happens in the story and missed how deeply disturbing those implications were.

#ask #bnha critical #mha critical #nezu's kind of super interesting if you stop to think about him #incredibly sus #but interesting #its an injustice he's not an amoral authority figure Izuku's supposed to rebel against #hori's deeply disturbing world building #and hori's accidentally deeply disturbing world building

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feyhunter78 · 1 year

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Hey just came up with another apprentice fic. Helaena falls for the apprentice of sir criston whose a ‘legitimate’ son of Lord Strong. He likes birds the same as Helaena loves her bugs so they bond over that. Alicent even encourages the courting as it would get the strongs on the greens side.

Also since I have many more apprentice themed one shots for house of the dragon characters it’d be funny to have an apprentice master list. Do whatever you think is best I literally came up with this in the shower 😅

So this one is much shorter than the other ones!!! Sorry about that!!! I haven't written a reader insert from the male pov before, so I was a little nervous about it. XD Also, I went ahead and made a separate masterlist for these, so keep them coming! I'm enjoying the challenge of trying these different characters and scenarios!

Apprentice!reader masterlist

Doves and Spiders

Helaena notices the way Sir Criston’s apprentice looks at birds, the way they draw his warm brown eyes away from his sword. How he leans down and feeds them crumbles of bread from his pocket, the way they flock to him, singing sweetly as he sits in the gardens.

Sir y/n Strong, his name was, a son from Lord Strong’s current wife, only a year or so older than Helaena herself.

Sir y/n is kind, that is the first thing she notices. Not just to birds, but others as well. She often spots him helping his half-brother Lord Larys make his way around the Keep, and he speaks up against any whispers about him.

Y/n also defends his nephews, taking them under his wing, and challenging any who dare to speak about their parentage.

Helaena finds herself surprisingly entranced by his brown curls and bright smile, enough that she finds herself approaching him in the Godswood.

“Princess Helaena, good morn, I will take my leave if you wish to be alone.” You say, bowing to the silver haired princess.

She shakes her head. “Please, stay, I wish to ask you something.”

You incline your head, and remove your cape, placing it on the ground, so she does not have to sit in the dirt. “I am at your service.”

She sits and pats the spot beside her.

You sit, leaving enough space between you that no one would deign it improper.

“I have seen a little red bird outside my window, its song is quite sweet, and it often follows after a similar sized bird with soft gray coloring. Do you happen to know the name of my new companion?”

You think for a moment. “Perhaps it is a cardinal? Winter is approaching and, they will be settling in with their mate soon.” A flash of red catches your eye and you point to it. “Did it look similar to that?”

Helaena follows your pointing, and nods. “Yes.”

“Then, it is a cardinal, the males are red to attract their mates.” You say confidently, enjoying the opportunity to speak about your greatest interest.

“How interesting, one would think the females would be adorned in bright colors.” Helaena says, her voice dreamy and lilting.

“One would think, but the males must compete to attract a mate, much in the way that knights fight in tourneys, hoping perhaps their skills will attract a wife.”

“Will you participate in the upcoming tourney?” She asks, worry filling her voice.

You shake your head, and in a rush of courage place your hand upon hers. She doesn’t remove her hand, and you give her a small smile. “No, my eldest brother Harwin will be competing for our house.”

“That is good, then, I would not wish to see you harmed.” She says, lilac eyes meeting your brown ones.

“Princess Helaena, I must ask, and please do not hesitate to chastise me if my inquiry is inappropriate, but I have noticed your gaze upon me as of late. Have I done something to offend you?”

She shakes her head, pink tinting her cheeks. “No, not at all, Sir y/n.”

“Then may I ask why I have been honored so often with your gaze?”

Helaena’s heart was racing, and her eyes darted to the ground. “I apologize if it has made you uncomfortable.”

“No, it has not, in fact, if I may be so bold to admit, I find it rather flattering.”

Helaena’s stomach flips. “I find myself drawn to you, much as a moth is drawn to a flame.”

“I am pleased to hear that, Princess, as I often find myself caught in your gaze, similar to a fly in a spider web.” You lean down to whisper your next words in her ear. “Though unlike a fly, I would not struggle if you wished to devour me.”

Her face blooms bright red, and you sit back, a teasing smile on your face.

“What if I am a black widow and will be the reason you lose your life?” She asks, a far away look in her eyes.

“That is a risk I would be more than willing to take.” You reply honestly, eyes drifting to her perfectly formed lips.

Her hand finds its way to your tunic, and yours finds its way to her waist. The wind ruffles her hair, and in that moment you realize why Mourning Doves mate for life.

You cannot imagine anyone surpassing Helaena. She is a divine being, nature herself incarnate, and you lean forward brushing your lips ever so gently against hers, pulling back to see her expression.

It is one of the sweetest things you’ve ever seen, and the urge to kiss her senseless surges through you.

Helaena beats you to it, pulling you forward and reconnecting your lips. She tastes of sun warmed honey, and you pull her closer.

Helaena’s head is spinning, y/n’s soft lips take her under, making the butterflies in her stomach erupt, and she giggles when she pulls away.

You caress her cheek, about to say something, when you’re interrupted.

“Y/N.” You hear your master Sir Criston calling your name and look up, hands removing themselves from Helaena instantly. He is accompanied by the queen, who has an odd look on her face.

You stand and offer your hand to Helaena. She takes it gracefully and wanders over to her mother’s side.

“I have noticed you growing closer with the Princess Helaena.” Sir Criston says, as he swings his sword.

You block the blow. “The princess is kind and does not mind me filling her ears with knowledge of birds.”

“I assume she does the same to you with bugs?”

You smile. “Yes, it is all quite fascinating.”

Sir Criston stops, and you stop as well. He claps you on the shoulder and pulls you closer. “The queen wishes to betroth you and Princess Helaena, it would bring House Strong further within the fold, and Helaena would be happy. Will you accept her offer?”

You can’t believe the words, coming from his lips. “Of course, I would be honored.”

He releases your shoulder and resumes a fighting stance. “Good man.”

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