#mha discourse

[flushed-for-the-trolls]

So one things been niggling at my mind whenever I read All Might Critical posts and I wanted to throw my opinion in the ring.

All Might was NOT in the wrong for telling Izuku that he could not become a hero without a quirk.

The proof? Literally every fight Izuku has been in this far. Tell me that Izuku could have survived even the villains at the USJ, not Nomu and Shigaraki, but the gutter punks. He wouldn't have. It wouldn't have been safe for him to enroll into UA as a hero course student, he wouldn't have even gotten in. At best it would be as a non-hero class course, but of course, that's not his dream, it's to be "someone as great as you [All Might]".

It's not cruel, it's realistic.

On top of that, people bash him for leaving Izuku on the roof, but this makes no sense because if he was left by a tall tree, or a deep pond, no one would jump to "this kid is going to commit die". It's ONLY because of the very specific set up from Bakugou. But AM has NO reason to assume Izuku is depressed or suicidal in the slightest.

AM has made some really bad decisions, yes, but these aren't it, they're massive projections from fans.

I'm in a bit of a rush so this might be slightly edited but I felt the need to comment on this.

#bnha #bnha all might #pro all might #bnha fandom #mha #bnha discourse #mha discourse #mha all might #mha fandom

[rirururu]

Can we talk about how this entire My Hero Academia season 7 stage preview panel was just the voice actors/actresses of Izuku, Katsuki, Toga, Ochako, and Shigaraki discussing Bakudeku and Togachako for 50 minutes? 😭 These screenshots were certainly a choice.

We're getting close to endgame. Season 7 or 8 will probably be the last season. We know Horikoshi had recently confided in Bones on what the ending of MHA was going to be so they could start the production process sooner. Now there's a sudden shift of promotional material and interest towards these two ships in particular which is-- interesting.

Izuocha also briefly appear in the stage discussion but only at around the 40 minute mark near the end. They also made sure to put those screenshots below the Bakudeku apology scene. No hate towards Izuocha of course. I'm just saying: this is not how you treat a pairing in marketing if they were meant to be endgame.

Does this mean anything? Probably not. We've all sung this song before with shounen manga and been hurt in the past. But Bakudeku and Togachako might actually stand a chance here. Regardless if this comes true, I'll still love both pairings and appreciate the time these VAs took to discussing them.

#bakudeku #togachako #my hero academia #bkdk #mha #izuku midoriya #katsuki bakugou #ochako uraraka #himiko toga #meta #analysis #discourse

[deranged-fandom-quotes-archive]

Children throwing tantrums when adults read material made by/for adults in a fandom space made by/for adults about objects that don't exist. You are a guest here, mind your own business. Your tantrums aren't going to change a thing in regards to fandom, bkdk or mha.

#fandom discourse #anime #anti purity culture #antis #disgusting #fandom #twitter #mha midoriya #mha #mha bakugou #boku no hero academia #bnha #midoriya izuku #my hero academia #mha izuku #izuku midoriya #bnha izuku #bkdk #mha bkdk #bnha bkdk #bkdkbk #tantrum #boku no hero #bakudeku #bakugou katsuki #bnha bakugo katsuki #bnha bakugou #bakugo katuski #katsuki bakugou

[birf]

#LMAO #ah i missed my hero discourse #needed some in these trying times #mha

[moonliithe]

Them

#bnha #afo #yoichi shigaraki #mha #all for one #one for all #captain hero #moonmakesapost #Captain hero discourse #fsfs #i just know they beefed over the most insane takes #~ nooo big brother it isn’t copaganda!!! #- completely selfless? you’ve been fooled by his flowery words! that man obviously wants power!

[bakudekublogblog]

god i dont want to do this i dont want to talk shit on anyone especially translators bc i know it's an art and it's subjective but there's something so detestable about being like "even the most vile amongst us" and showing a five year old boy caleb what is wrong with you

#discourse /// #mha spoilers #mha #bnha #bnha spoilers

[k1-b0kuma]

honestly some togachako shippers have a real biphobia problem,,, like neither of them are canon lesbians, both have expressed romantic interest in a man before (Izuku), and erasing their attraction to him is actually kinda bad !!

#mha #bnha #biphopia #shipping discourse #togachako #izuocha #izutoga #izutogachako

[midgardianqueenreturns]

Pretty sad how it took All For One literally possessing Tomura’s body for most of the fandom to realize he is an abusive parental figure.

And even then I see a lot of fans say he was “retconned” into being abusive. I’m not talking about the “Was AFO planning to take over Tomura’s body the whole time a retcon?” discourse (I don’t want to get into that) but those who say “AFO was supposed to be a good father figure to Tomura despite being evil but it got retconned”. Even if the possession plotline is indeed proven to be a retcon, AFO being abusive towards Tomura is most certainly not. Even if it never happened AFO would still be an abusive parent to Tomura. Just because he nicely encouraged him after his failure in Kamino and didn’t directly physically hurt him like Kotaro did doesn’t mean he was supposed to be a good dad whose only real parenting flaw was that he taught his adopted son to be evil. I know we all love the trope of the villain being a good parent (I do too!), but AFO was never meant to be that. How do you look at the malnourished state Shigaraki was in at the start of the story and think AFO was originally intended to be a good, healthy foster father?

#Please don’t discourse about whether the body snatching plot was a retcon in the notes that’s not what this post is about #I understand believing it’s a retcon or hating it but I don’t understand thinking AFO was retconned into being abusive #he always was #All For One #AFO #Tomura Shigaraki #Shigaraki Tomura #afo mha #shigaraki mha #mha tomura #Tenko Shimura #Shimura Tenko #cw abuse

[katsukidynam1ght]

~ KATS RANT TIME ~

i really really really really really really really hate when people’s sole reason for not liking a character is because they cannot imagine that character being an actual human being. they look at this character and go “what a bitch” instead of processing that oh, maybe this character is a human person too and feels things the same way everyone else does.

this is about bakugou. specifically. everyone else too but explicitly him rn. because so many people look at this little bastard of a guy and say “he’s so cocky and shallow and rude and prideful” YEAH! YEAH HE FUCKING IS! Y’KNOW WHY? because he’s a human being who has experienced life in a way that led to that kind of behavior.

why in the world does it take him Reaching His Fucking Breaking Point for you to look at him and realize he’s human, too? why? why does he have to cry and express shame and guilt before you finally understand that he isn’t the untouchable god he’d have you believe?

and it makes me so upset because it’s clear as fucking day to me. he’s like that for a reason. a reason that makes complete and total sense given his circumstances. does that make everything he’s done okay? of course not! but it means he’s Human, for crying out loud. and you’d all have him burnt at the stake before understanding that.

i’ve been through it. i understand why he’s like that. and it makes me so upset to see people acting like he’s unlovable or irredeemable. because i know people have looked at me the exact same fucking way. why is it so hard to believe we’ve got feelings too, huh? can you not see the humanity in anyone’s eyes but your own?

i don’t usually get heated about stuff and i try to be mostly chill in fandom whatnot. but this is an issue that really gets me pressed because damn, is that how you think of people in real life too?

anyways. moment of vulnerability over, stepping down off the soapbox.

#kats rants #mha #bnha #bakugou katsuki #katsuki bakugou #bakugo katuski #katsuki bakugo #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bakugou mha #mha bakugou #rant #fandom discourse #fandom #this is @ bakugou antis #series where i try to be polite and fail #bkdk #Kacchan #bakudeku #deku #midoriya izuku #izuku midoriya

[sparkles-and-trash]

mha 370, but no spoilers really

I’m sorry that people hate complex stories outside their favorite character, but this is actually such an interesting part of the story and have been a present theme from the start and I, for one, is very happy to see it explored.

#mha 370 #mha Manga #mha manga spoilers #bnha Manga #bnha 370 #bnha #once again people on Twitter are being horrible #sorry but calling it furry discourse and laughing is… weird #considering what it represents? #but idk i might be reading too much into it #my hero academia #boku no hero academia

[madmadmilk]

lol to the people who keeps leaving hate comments on my dumb anime ships,,. thanks for reading 10K of gibberish, i guess?? i hope u continued to be haunted by them 👍

for reference i started writing for my hero academia, for ochako uraraka x bakugo katuski [kacchako] (i am already writhing in embarrassment, ok)... and it's just for fun.... i'm not like expecting anything but omg very chapter is just SPAMMED....

is this normal in anime fandoms?? is this normal anywhere????

like can someone just confirm with me that this is crazy:

like oops sorry to put these people on blast but like... is this normal.... ??? i'm scared to block them cos if what they just post more??? i'm so lost bruh

i've hesitated making other anime-fandom-centric friends cos of this lol, so yeah anyone well versed and like... reasonable, can you just like tell me what to do LOL

anyway for now i've gotten this on all my (TWO) fics:

#lol i've never really posted on AO3 but like this is sincerely the firs time i've gotten mean comments lmao #their analysis is irrelevant but the fact that they're spamming my account is what hurts my feeling slmao #WHY DO YOU HAVE SO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS TO HATE A NON CANON JUST FOR FUNSIES FIC #i'm kind of scared to block or delete the comments in case they come back to spam more like.. they're THAT crazy #am i even writing something controversial? no #continually just shocked at the fact that people are just commenting huh #mha #personal #madmadmilk #kacchako #ao3 #ochako x bakugou #bnha #discourse #long post

[eyeaesteria]

I really hate when a mangaka specifically writes a scene that basically broadcast one of the main points of the whole series just for people to dismiss it so easily.

Like in haikyuu with kita's speech about hardwork vs talent. Because, hello!!! Furudate's opinion about the whole thing is very clear but people on TikTok and twitter are still using it to their little fanwars. Or even Horikoshi, whose whole series is just a big argument about hero propaganda and how is so wrong for children's to be in the frontlines, specifically drawing a scene of Eri trying to go and save Deku and Ectoplasma stopping her. And then people go all "Oh the heroes should have just brought Eri with them" as if they weren't talking about bringing a FIVE YEARS OLD to a battlefield. Be ffr.

#mha #bnha #twitter discourse #haikyuu

[deranged-fandom-quotes-archive]

This just in! Local MHA psycho thinks calling people out over objects is acceptable! Further dehumanizing children, claiming that they are nothing more than objects by making such a comparison! Oh wow, are we ever surprised! Shock! Horror! Antis think children are objects!

#anti censorship #censorship #fandom discourse #anime #anti purity culture #antis #disgusting #fandom #fucking disgusting #twitter #mha bkdk #mha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #bnha #antis are stupid #antis are weird #antis are predators #antis are hypocrites #antis are a cult #fandom problems #fandom police #ship and let ship #proship #proshipping #Fandom Predators

[blazetothestars]

Defending Erasermight (Part 1)

“Erasermight has no chemistry…”

Yes, Aizawa and Yagi originally did not have that moment where they clicked like Yamada and Aizawa. Slow burn is a popular fanfic trope which means the shippers don’t mind Aizawa’s initial coldness towards him.

Some people complain about never letting anyone be best friends because lots of ships are exactly that. If you are one of those people, then you can also agree that being good friends doesn’t necessarily mean they are together. They’ve been friends since high school and nothing happened between them yet? It’s doubtful that someone would wait that long to confess romantic feelings.

“Why is it so popular?”

Compared to other MHA ships, Erasermight isn’t too popular. Especially amongst the younger fans who usually ship Erasermic. Fans over the age of 18 tend to be the demographic for them.

“Aizawa also literally hates All Might…”

In the beginning Aizawa shows a distaste for Yagi. His reasoning is because of how he portrays himself as All Might. Pointing out flaws in the hero society that were heavily influenced by the symbol of peace. From the bench scene alone you can tell that Aizawa doesn’t hate Yagi as a person. After the USJ Aizawa, Yamada, Kayama, and Yagi went out for drinks. Towards the end he holds him back to say thank you for saving him back then. Aizawa showing affection isn’t common anyway. At the beginning he wasn’t too nice to Midoriya, yet no one talks about that anymore.

“Erasermic>>>”

Every ship is valid. I may not ship Erasermic personally, but I can admit that they do make sense.

(This is an opinion!! You are allowed to disagree!!)

#erasermight #shipping #all might #eraserhead #mha #my hero academia #toshinori yagi #shota aizawa #rant #ship discourse

[spinji]

I'm just gonnna say it since the manga is almost over. If bakudeku isn't canon by the end of the series, I am begging all of you guys to do one thing.

One

fucking

thing.

Do not, under ANY circumstance, try to frame it as Horikoshi queerbaiting or intentionally being homophobic.

Would it be a more satisfying payoff to their character arcs? Yes.

Is the currently foreshadowed boy-meet-girl lazy romance one of the weakest parts of MHA's writing? Yes.

But you cannot assume that Hori has genuinely considered bkdk in a romantic context, or that Jump would even allow it. There's a lot built for an intimate relationship between Bakugou and Deku but unless Hori says that's where the story is going and then backs out that does not count as queerbaiting.

If the manga ends and the entire fandom devolves into just that argument, I will not forgive you guys. I'm just asking you guys to use just a fraction of the brain power you apply to bakudeku meta posts to this possibility.

I'm trusting you, okay?

#mha #bakudeku #bkdk #discourse #i guess #premeditated discourse?? #this has happened to me too many times in the last few years in other fandoms do not let it happen here i swear to god #also I'm not saying don't hope for bkdk i think there's a genuine chance #just don't go haywire if it doesn't happen #no hate on izu////ocha either #people just loving dorks being shy and cute ain't a problem to me #the writing is just objectively lacking

[poppy5991]

Well, it looks like I was immediately blocked from replying but in case anyone migrates over here from it. In response to this reply…

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Obviously, I don’t condone it or think that Endeavor’s actions are correct or good in the source material. But we are playing with the medium of fiction here. In the form of a distilled short-form joke.

It’s meant to reflect the observation that other people have made: that Dabi’s personality and affect can occasionally remind them of a cat, specifically the tumblr joke variety like Miette. Not any serious discourse on either character or their relationship.

I think it’s important to remember that when discussing fiction that fanfic/fanart/jokes/headcanons jokes etc are in some ways removed from the actual canon. And that’s fine.

For example, I haven’t watched the anime yet, but I’ve seen people discussing the characters in Bungo Stray Dogs who are based on actual historical authors. If you read the real Dazai’s No Longer Human, it has both merits and drawbacks. Including misogyny and very flippant writing about violence against women. Now, re-envisioning that author in the anime doesn’t mean they are condoning misogyny (and it doesn’t mean the book itself has no value). The same way users who make fan edits of Hannibal likely don’t condone serial killing.

You can engage with media in a critical way, but also playfully do so without explicitly supporting the totality of a character’s actions.

A mutual on my other blog once said it way more poetically than me when talking about literature here if you’re interested:

#I dont love the concept of the weighting of fiction on moral scales #reminder that you can like and enjoy characters who in real life you wouldn’t actually condone #the point of fiction as a medium is in fact catharsis #don’t get me started on Lolita and Nabokov #media literacy #mha #boku no hero academia #bnha #fandom discourse