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villainsandvictimsalliance · 3 months

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Whenever I remember that Tenya almost went full vigilante mode for Tensei I want to scream so bad like it's not even funny.

Bnha somersaults its way into saying "maybe heroes are just good citizens with the power to do good things" and "maybe heroism is not in the big notorious acts but in being kind and fair in the day to day details" AND THAT'S ALL TENSEI.

AND THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATES TENYA TO GO FULL BLOODHOUND ON STAIN.

I'm not denying that the world needs the big ass heroism acts like defeating AFO or saving a city or all those flashy notorious feats. All Might is very needed, because there are threats that are too old and developed and have accumulated too much hatred and damage over the years. You cannot always prevent those things from happening and to believe so would be naive, right?

What I'm saying is that those big events are the lowest percentage. They are the consequences of a systematic failure.

Take two of the biggest evil plots in the manga: AFO planning to still OFA and Overhaul with his quirk-erasure bullets. Both plans depended on an abused child being used as objects, Eri because her quirk was the base of the bullet working and Tomura because he was just meant to be AFO's new body in the future. In both cases, AFO and Overhaul were cornered after losing the child they were using for their plots. In fact it was the kids resisting the abuse that contributed the most to their failure: Eri prevented Overhaul from hurting Deku and Tomura prevented AFO from escaping his decaying body.

In that sense, the little unknown pro-heroes taking care of their neighborhood's children do a lot to prevent cases like Tomura or Eri from happening. Hell, AFO and Overhaul were also kids who went the violent route to survive.

Ingenium's silent heroism is probably the best example of what a hero looks like. They don't seek fame or glory. They regard heroism as their duty, their responsibility. No matter how little the act is, it's still important to do it.

At this point, we must admit the Tenya's crisis over what happened to Tensei is not only about their bond as brothers. Yeah, that was Tenya's big bro, but it is no less than when Deku and Bakugo saw All Might fighting AFO for the last time— the last moments of their role models.

The Iida brothers' crisis was deep rooted in the main issues of the story, so I'm still baffled at how people just tend to ignore it.

Before Stain, the "League of Villains" was just a minor threat. Dabi was a nobody with no real crimes to his name. Toga was just a lost little girl trying to survive the streets. Spinner didn't even think about being a villain. Before Stain, things were bad, but no one really thought they could change the status quo, you know?

The USJ incident was not the big deal because 1) how was attacking kids the answer? and 2) going for All Might was expected, since he was almost invincible and the biggest hero in the world and blah blah blah.

When Stain started attacking minor pro-heroes...

Stain was the opposite of Tomura. He admired All Might and saved those kids, but went after the pro-heroes with less powerful quirks. He gave the population a sense of control. It's like he said "hey, you don't have to go after All Might to change the system and why would you? The real problem are the ones on the lowest part of the pro-hero chain".

Suddenly, they could go against pro-heroes and win. Divide and conquer. Suddenly, there was a ladder to climb. Suddenly, you could target not the institutions responsible for the rotten ideology of your society, but the people who enforced the ideology with their daily work.

Stain defended his posture by saying that those people didn't want to be real heroes. They just wanted the money, the fame, they were not really committed to their duty.

And then attacked Tensei, of all people.

If big crimes are built from little crimes that are accumulated over time, what would happen if you decided to eliminate the people taking care of the little crimes?

The crisis of belief in pro-heroes was triggered by Stain. When Stain pointed out at Ingenium (the one in the suit was Tensei) and accused him of false heroism, it's when shit started to go south. He created the idea that pro-heroes should be punished if they don't perform correctly and that they deserve to die if they don't have pure ideas of their job— or whatever.

Tensei being the victim is supposed to show how hypocritical Stain is. Tensei is probably one of the only pro-heroes that never did anything wrong in the manga and one of the best family men to be presented. A man who was loved by everyone for being good in every sense of the word.

Stain projected his own fantasies on Tensei in order to accomplish his witch hunt, not truly caring to figure out who the person was. He just attacked for the sake of attacking, which explains why he was so popular: anyone could do the same and project their issues on him, fighting different battles disguised as just one cause.

When Tenya went after him, it could only make sense. The little of the Iidas is too righteous and noble, quick to judge and act, prone to making mistakes and getting carried away by the looks of it all. So easily his justice turns into revenge and he falls into the trap Stain set. Who knows what a hero student killing Stain would have caused...

At this point it's obvious I'm just ranting for the sake of ranting but 😭😭😭 give the Iidas the respect they deserve please.

#bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #league of villains #lov #shan's bnha rants #shan's mha rants #iida tenya #iida tensei #Ingenium #pro-hero ingenium

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magewritesstories · 1 month

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Guys, I need Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia requests, I'm itching to write about them but need ideas! Send in some requests—fluff/headcanons/smau/chatfics—literally anything.

── MAGE

references: my jjk masterlist + my mha masterlist (its a wip) + my main masterlist

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zestirial · 2 months

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I've honestly only just realized...

That without Izuku, there would have been no Mha at all.

Let me explain: I imagined what the universe would have been like without Izuku's presence. Whether he committed suicide or simply changed profession.

Well, you know what? They would have been in deep shit!

To start things off, we have the SCA attack. Who allowed Mineta and Tsuyu to escape thanks to their quirks? While they were trapped on a boat surrounded by water, with villains at their heels? And who literally saved All Might? I'll leave you to stir it all up, and think of the disaster that could have been even greater if he hadn't been there.

Several injured students would have been the last straw for U.A.! At the beginning of the year, no less.

Let's take the sports festival a step further. I'll keep it simple. If Izuku hadn't been there, Shoto would NEVER have accepted his left side. So he's going to rot to the core because of his rage. And who went to see Endeavor after that to set him straight?

And then, of course, there's the internship part. Iida decides to take revenge on Stain for what he did to his brother.

In the anime, we have deku who arrives in time to save him. But here, no one will be there to help him, and above all, Shoto won't be coming as backup, as he had joined the position sent by the green man.

No Izuku, no location, no location, no rescue.

So Iida must either be dead, or so injured that he can't continue his heroic course, so bye-bye!

Then it's off to training camp. To cut a long story short, Kota would never have accepted the heroes, and there was nothing he could have done since Muscular would have already killed him.

Then it's Eri's rescue. Since Mirio would have inherited the One for All, things wouldn't have turned out the same way at all. So I can't really put an opinion on it, since I'm only basing my opinion on my memory.

But anyway, you get the point.

Izuku midoriya brought back a lot of precious things to his entourage.

He saved and protected many things that he himself neglected.

I've based this summary on the things that struck me most in general order. Clearly, if you ever watch the anime again, you'll find a lot more details! But it's clear that he did more than that. Whether for his friends, his elders or his teachers.

The things he's done are gears for the future, so of course I'm not saying everything. But one fact that's easy to admit and notice is Shoto Todoroki's evolution.

Without Izuku, he would have achieved nothing, and an immeasurable hatred would have reached him by season 6.

Izuku helped him to find inner peace, to reconnect with his family and to make him what he is now.

I say that for him, but it applies to everyone who crosses his path. And who have decided to follow in his footsteps.

So... Thank you for everything Izuku Midoriya! Our hero!❤️

#mha #my hero academia #deku #izuku #izuku midoriya #u.a. high school #class 1 a #pro hero #one for all #bnha #shoto todoroki #tsuyu asui #endeavor #mineta minoru #iida tenya #stain #villains #koda

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simp41ida · 1 year

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Hi hi hi hello uh I saw that requests were open so could I request a iida x villian!reader?

Like reader sneaks into iida's dorm, and someone *cough cough* Mina *cough cough* barges into iida's room on a dare and finds you two doing like a lovey dovey couple thing?? Like a panic to relief situation. I don't know if I'm doing this right though

warnings: swearing

notes: hi!! this is a great idea!! you didn't specify the reader's pronouns, so i just made it gender neutral. i think you've just sparked my creativity so i'd be happy to write this for you. y/v/n is your villain name so you could do whatever you wanted. requests are open!!

iida would be scared to date you at first

then you guys started talking to one another more

and one thing lead to another

so here you guys are

and he's just staring at you through the window (you're on the outside)

and you're mouthing to him 'let me in, asshole, do you want me to die out here??'

and he obviously panics as he fumbles with the window lock to open it for you.

"i'm sorry for putting you into this situation, iida. if you get in trouble for having me here, i'll take full responsibility." you tell him

you know how much he likes to follow the rules, which just makes you feel worse

he tells you not to worry about it even though he knows you have every right to because if either of you get arrested (iida for harboring a fugitive, you for being an accomplice to shigaraki) you know neither of your lies will be complete

so after you sneak into his room, you give him a bear hug

just from that he could tell how much you love and trust him

he think's trust is important because he wants you to know that no matter the bad things you've done, he still won't rat you out

while you guys are bear hugging, iida shuffles closer to the bed

this way, the two of you are hugging while laying down on the bed (there is nothing he adores more than laying with you in the time you have together)

and you always grab onto his torso tighter when you're laying down

^ just a personal observation iida took of you as you guys started to get touchier

while he's telling you how much he loves you in whispers into your ear, you hear the door slam open.

"mina! how could you do that. that is a violation of privacy." he said and the both of you quickly sat up.

you looked away because if she can't see your face, she doesn't know who you are

mina gave the two of you an extremely shocked expression. she was so confused

how could tenya iida of all people get a partner before she did?

she just wouldn't have expected something like that

then she saw some of your face and she could tell who you are from the headlines and news

you're a villain

iida could pull a villain?!?

oh yes he sure could

"guys iida has a lover in here!! they were both practically making out!!!" she tells the four boys who were standing outside of the door. you had no clue what was going on

"HUH?!?" you watched with your peripheral vision to see a boy with ash blonde hair yell

you flinched at the sudden (and highly unnecessary) shouting

iida stood up to shield you from the rest of the people in his dorm room so they couldn't see you call mr. aizawa or something

he loves you too much to let that happen to you <33

"could you please explain the meaning of the sudden barging in my room thing, mina?" he asked, while putting his hands behind you so he could rub your shoulder to maybe tell you that it'll be okay in the end

he knows that the four boys and one mina wouldn't do anything to hurt him on purpose (they're training to be heroes after all) [what kind of heroes would they be if iida became depressed and didn't want to continue his education at U.A.?]

"let me see them. i have to see them. move out of the way. i can't see." denki rambled.

he figured that if he just annoyed the shit out of iida, then he'd have no choice but to move due to wanting to slap him across his face (at least he knows when he's annoying)

"no. you guys should leave." he stated. they had never seen him as serious as they did that day

"mina, are you lying? is there anyone even in here?" denki asked.

it would be a funny joke coming from mina

that is if she was joking

"no, i saw them as clear as day. isn't that right, y/v/n?" she asked you through iida.

the rest of the boys faces in the room dropped and it got silent. denki, kirishima, sero and bakugou all burst out in laughter at the same time.

"the joke has to be over mina. there's no way a person as good looking *and as dangerous* as y/v/n could like iida."

you didn't like how they thought of iida. they were hurting his feelings. his fists were even clenched at his side.

if he wasn't holding you back by standing in front of you, you would have given each and every one of the colorful haired boys (at least) one punch to the face

you stood up and stood next to iida, no matter the danger and severity of it all. it was the rest of your life, relationship, and childhood on the line.

not like you cared too much. becoming a villain is just as risky in the first place. it's fine as long as you don't get caught, though.

right now, your practically giving yourself up to four heroes.

it's worth it though. then they'd never get to talk down to iida again. and he knows that if they do it again, he can call you. you'd definitely ought to teach them some manners.

their faces dropped again, but they didn't recoil back into laughter this time. they finally take iida seriously

"next time you want to backhandedly speak about iida, don't do it. it may seem funny because he seems like he wouldn't understand, but he does. and i will personally come find all of you for saying that if you don't take it back."

you seemed so scary and cool, but on the inside, you were sweating and throwing up and coughing.

you've had practice with not showing skittish emotions.

"by the way, please don't tell anyone i was here. i won't do anything to hurt you guys if you don't do anything to hurt me or iida." you tell them as you climb back out the window

"bye iida!! i love you! until we meet again!" you yell as you sprint outside of the school gates before someone can catch you or use your presence as evidence that you were there and get you arrested.

back in iida dorm, they were all jaw dropped. they didn't understand how the most rule-following guy at the school could date one of the most known villains at the moment

"sorry for not believing you, dude" sero spoke up. kaminari and kirishima nodded.

"we won't tell anyone if they don't get caught. you guys are nice together." denki confides

bakugou was still trying to figure out what was going on and how iida could possibly date someone before he could get his first kiss. he was more angry about that then iida dating a villain.

"yeah, whatever" bakugou agreed with whatever pride he still had left after that interaction

he started the line to get back to the dorm that they were coming from.

then followed kirishima

then followed mina

then followed kaminari

then lastly followed sero

and iida was left to think about you and how amazing you looked while you were being protective over him and how he'll probably never have to hear a backhanded insult by those boys ever again thanks to you.

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nykie-love-anime · 6 months

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Future Heroes

Villain!Y/N: - stumbling upon UA students - Villain!Y/N: Well, well, well aren’t you all a rag-tag group of heroes with unclear goals and good hearts Villain!Y/N: Oh, let me guess - you’re out to save the world Izuku: Well actually... that sounds like a pretty fair assessment Uraraka: More or less Tenya: That sounds awesome, let’s do that Tsuyu: I’m new here, but I am open to the concept Shoto: I thought that’s what we were doing

Masterlist

#y/n #reader #mha incorrect quotes #bnha incorrect quotes #my hero academia incorrect quotes #midoriya izuku #iida tenya #todoroki shoto #tsuyu asui #villain!y/n

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yourllocalaroace · 6 months

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DAY 18 - Magic

Lee!Iida

Ler!Villain:Mr Magic(creative name I know)

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Stop right there villain!’ Iida ordered. ‘I’m going to catch you!’. He was currently in the middle of a chase with a villain who was causing chaos in the city. He seemed to be pulling ‘Magic’ tricks on people, for example turning people’s cars all furry and fuzzy, objects grew legs and ran away, doves were appearing out of nowhere etc. and although it didn’t seem to hurt anyone he was being a nuisance.

‘For my next trick, watch me disappear!’ He replied to Iida, making a big puff of smoke appear in between him and the child. He then sped off. Finding a small alleyway to seek refuge in. ‘These UA kids.’ ‘Always meddling.’ He huffed.

‘What about us UA kids?’ A familiar voice spoke behind him.Mr Magic swirled around to see Iida standing there. He still caught up to me?! Damn I need a new strategy.

‘If you know what’s good for you, you’ll come with me peacefully.’ Tenya warned, ‘Your tricks may be harmless, but you’re still causing distress for people.’

The villain knew he had to come up with something, and quick. He could already tell he wouldn’t win a 1v1 against the hero, so he had to create a new plan. Iida was blocking the exit, making escape impossible.

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Unless… he could find a way to move him. A smirk appeared on his face when he came up with an idea.

‘Speaking of Tricks, you’re in luck because you get to see a magic trick specially made for you!’ The man chuckled. He took off his hat and reached deep inside. Iida got in a ready stance. Preparing to fight whatever came out of that hat. ‘Ta-da!’ The villain produced a small doll that looked scarily exactly like Iida. The engine hero looked in both confusion and intrigue as to what would happen next. Mr magic gently poked the doll’s side. Smiling when he saw Ingenium jerk like he’d been touched. ‘Hehe! I’m going to have lots of fun with this.’ He then moved his fingers under the dolls armpits, and Iida let out a small giggle and crumbled to his knees.

‘Ahehe! Whahat do you think you’re doing!’ The hero tried to keep up the menacing act,but it didn’t work with the giggles he was letting out. ‘Aww what’s the matter little hero? Something funny?’ Mr Magic changed to tickle the doll’s stomach, and Iida burst into rich laughter. ‘PFFT- NAHAHAAHAHA! STAHAHAHAHAP THAHAHAHAT AT OHOHOHONCE!’ Mr Magic ended up escaping, but it would take THE Iida Tenya took long to catch up.

End

Hope you enjoyed 🤍🫧

#mha tickles #my hero acedamia #Lee!iida #Ler!villain #iida tenya #tickletober 2023

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thebnha-auhoard · 1 year

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You know what’s fun to think about? Any and all possibilities where Shirakumo Oboro was the one who survived the Garvey attack and Aizawa Shouta was the one who died.

You know what’s even more fun to think about? If Shirakumo Oboro was one of the only people left of the Rooftop Squad and had to be a hero on his own. All while he was still in UA. Him and Tensei are the only ones who made it out of UA.

Maybe in another time things would have been better. Maybe in another time he would have all of his friends. Maybe in another time it wouldn’t have ended up like this.

He can’t get stuck in the past though. He has to move forward and focus on the future. He needs to be the hero that his friends could have- should have been. He needs to make sure that no one goes through the pain of losing their friend. He needs to ignore the burning anger in his chest screaming “Why” every time he remembers that he’s alive and the rest are not.

So he moves forward. He moves forward and becomes the Silver Lining Hero: Loud Cloud. And things are good. Things are actually better than he thought it would be when he first graduated.

He became a hero, he became a teacher UA, Sushi is still around, he somehow got a boyfriend, he locked away all feelings of anger and grief deep deep inside where no one will ever see it again, Tensei and him remained good friends, and he’s basically an uncle for Tenya.

Everything is great and life is good.

He especially excited about this year’s class! They all have so much potential and are all motivated to become heroes! Yeah one of them broke his bones and the other has some major anger issues but with some practice and help from Kan and him, he’s sure that they’ll all become great heroes.

This is going to be a good year for these kids. He just knows it.

And nothing will stop that. Not a villain attacking USJ, not a villain crippling his best friend, not a villain almost killing his nephew, not his boyfriend joining the villains, not his students getting kidnapped, not the boogie man of the underground opening up more and more wounds, not the HPSC president trying to recruit him for their own goals, and definitely not the three villains that keep on reminding him more and more of his friends who are dead. He knows they’re dead. Two of them died in front of him and the other was spirited away without a trace. They’re dead. They’re dead.

Everything is going to be fine and everything is going to be okay. It will all be okay.

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So welcome to Three For A Cloud au! The au where the price of Shirakumo Oboro living is at the cost of Aizawa, Yamada, and Kayama’s lives. Equal exchange and all that, and as it turns out, the gods believed that his life was worth three people’s lives.

It’s great. Definitely doesn’t cause him guilt at all /s

Now, they’re the Noumus and Shirakumo is the UA teacher!

Speaking of which, Aizawa, Yamada, and Kayama all were given name changes! Can’t have them remembering about their past and possibly turning against the Doctor and All For One! After all, they already put so much effort and so many Quirks into them, it would be an awful waste if they were to betray them!

So Aizawa becomes Noriaki, Yamada becomes Hayate, and Kayama becomes Kasumi. All of them has seen and experienced the horrors. Managed to get rid of all the memories concerning them being heroes and what they had in the past but apparently, the Doctor couldn’t get rid of everything. For some reason Noriaki and Hayate have an attraction to each other.

Often times the two of them interacted with each other in an almost...romantic way. Odd but nothing that will impact their development too much.

They’re also all the caretakers for Shigaraki Tomura! I’m sure that won’t cause any mishaps that will potentially cause

As for Shirakumo’s boyfriend, that would be one Sako Atsuhiro. Blackmagic is canon here and has been canon since Sako got chased by Loud Cloud and thought “Holy shit that’s hot”. Tensei and Magne both see this as an absolute loss and think the their friends can do better but they’re happy so. Let’s get back to stopping this robbery and not flirt each other okay?

Iida Tenya also is honestly going to be the one and only person with the braincell in this au. Just by proxy of knowing nothing and everything all at once.

He knows that his Brother used to have a lot more friends and one day, he just didn’t. Shouta, Hizashi, and Nemuri just weren’t there anymore. For a while Oboro wasn’t there either but eventually he came back, albeit with more tired eyes and prone to snap more. It wasn’t hard to piece together the that the other three died. He was five, not dumb.

He knows that his uncle Oboro is probably dating a criminal which. He doesn’t know how that happened and that’s concerning but at the same time Tenya saw Sako apologize constantly to Sushi when he accidentally stepped on her once so it’s probably fine. Hopefully.

He knows that Tensei and Oboro struggled so much when their friends died and he remembers how useless he felt. His brother could barely get out of bed at times and from the few times he saw Oboro before he came back, he saw Oboro snap at everyone and so willing to fight with everyone. He didn’t know what to do to make it better and he shouldn’t be focusing in on that. He was five. But it was hard. It was so hard to not to feel like he’s doing something wrong. Especially when their friends were also his family.

And now ever since USJ happened, he’s watching it happen all over again. And once again he feels useless.

Anyways, welcome to the Three For A Cloud au! No one’s okay! Now buckle up because we’re going to be on a ride!

#my hero academia #boku no hero academia #my hero academia au #three for a cloud au #erasermic #blackmagic #shirakumo oboro #ingenium #iida tensei #iida tenya #aizawa shouta #yamada hizashi #kayama nemuri #sako atsuhiro #mr compress #idk if his actual tag is his villain or civilian name help.#mod kiwi

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5eraphim · 1 year

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i haven’t kept up w MHA in a hot minute, so forgive me if my characterization isn’t quite right, but im in a spiral thinking about yandere villain tenya iida

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The boy who was brought up to follow all the rules, to be disciplined and unscrupulous, who wanted to become a prohero more than anything. Think of him as a jaded adult, broken down by years of cynicism, feeling as though they'll always come back no matter how hard he works to fight villains. He feels like he just can't make it as a hero, and everything he's strived for and his plans are falling apart.

You, on the other hand, were trying your best to snap him out of his despair. You studied with him and knew how hard he worked for his hero license. You wanted to think this would pass. Surely every hero felt this way when they learned how grueling the job can be. But all your encouragements and efforts to cheer him up came to no avail.

Tenya can't help but see you as the living embodiment of everything he'd grown to despise. The way you promised a brighter tomorrow was right around the corner. How you would always watch out for him. all these sweet words were seriously starting to get under his skin. Until he realized if you promised you would always stay with him no matter what, then he was well within his right to test this.

Imagine Tenya inviting you to join the league of villains with him, to forget about the hero's life, and finally feel truly liberated. Life felt empty, shallow, and pointless for so long, but now he finally found something to work towards! He finally found a cure for his melancholy and was ready to bring you along with him.

It made sense you were scared to join the league at first. You were so blinded by the fantasy of making a difference as a hero he saw it as his personal mission to liberate you. Or rather, to keep you locked up as a hostage, locked away indoors, unable to socialize with anyone but Tenya. No matter how hard you beg or try to reason with him, once he has his heart set on something, there's no stopping him, and he knew it wouldn't be long until you felt the same way.

#this isn't a vague at anyone i swear!#but MAAAN i HATE how so many peope write him as a college-aged guy- like i just feel like hi character is much more interesting as #either a prohero or a villain #iida under 30 does nothing for me tbh #x reader #yandere #yandere my hero academia #my hero acedamia #bnha #yandere bnha #tenya iida x reader #villain tenya iida #bnha villains #bnha x reader #bnha x reader #mha x reader

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yellowbluemoonshine · 1 year

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Main Hero Trio Potential

I would like to talk about Izuku, Ochaco, and Shouto and why they deserve better as characters. The theme of Bnha is about true heroes, asking the meaning of hero, and it's a story about how kids should learn to be better heroes, not just as jobs but as real heroes. Deku, Ochaco, and Shouto are characters who are shown their overwhelming empathy abilities, and kindness. The meaning of hero is saving others so it fits, they are naturally kind people who want to people but at the same time, they are more than that. They are not just good kids who always do right. Their characters are more than that and I would like to focus on how the story could/can/should focus on that.

Izuku;

Izuku is a character who is always shown as a kind kid but his main flaw is he is really obsessed with heroism too much. On one part; he hurts himself and makes him unable to see the flaws of society but on another part; this is the reason he could see Shigaraki as a victim. He didn't just magically see Shigaraki’s childhood/past, his one look was enough for him to want to save. Once again, let's remember that Izuku is the only one who talked about ‘saving the villain’. Not even Todoroki’s or Uraraka’s thought about it. It's just Izuku finding an excuse to save anyone.Another interesting detail is the difference between class 1 A and Deku. Compared to blessed kids or ‘normal’ kids, Deku doesnt seem to belong in there because he is an outcast. He is not golden child, a not lucky kid who was born with an amazing quirk, he is the kid who is constantly rejected and bullied by society and people for something over which he had no control.

Deku is a lot like league of villains. Shigaraki is literally his foil. Deku is like Toga who obsess and imitate their idols. Both Touya and Deku idolized their abusers and it lead them to self destruction because they feel worthless and they do everything they do feel worthy. Deku is like Spinner who is just ‘normal dude’, bullied for something he had no control. Deku is like Twice, failed by hero system.

The thing about Deku and what makes him different is he is or at least he was written to be challenge against system and even the world. He would save Shigaraki even whole world said No. He would speak up for abuse victims and started questioning the system he blindly followed and even Allmight. I mean remember the time Deku call Allmight out for hiding things. Remember the time he called put Endeavour for what he did at spor festival. Remember the time he asked Allmight what Shigaraki said about not being able to save everyone.

Since Deku is written to be outcast, it makes more sense him to empathize with people like league, just like Batman who had ‘one bad day’ and wants to help people/even villains because they had ‘one bad day’ too, just like him. If Deku’s unable to criticize the system challenged and let him have the great potential he always has would be amazing.

Ochaco;

Ochaco gets less screentime she deserves, she gets shine whenever she gets involved with Toga and thats the thing. Even though, Ochaco seems to have character flaw (that her repressing her own needs), for some reason, story doesnt focus on it enough. The parallels between Ochaco and Toga is more than just ‘romance’. Ochaco isnt just repressing her romantic feelings, Ochaco is repressing any kind of ‘negative feelings’ to not be burden to others. She displays toxic positivity, she always notice people’s feelings because she pay attention to them all the time because she cares. Story should’ve this part of Ochaco more. Same as Toga who was once just like good, well-behaved girl like Ochaco but had mental breakdown at some point. Its fine to talk about romance and honestly, IzuOcha can be great, if it gets developed properly but their story is more than that and deserve focus on how to neglecting your own needs for others make you end up crazy.

And another interesting detail that wasnt talked enough. Remember when Shigaraki talked about ‘how heroes hurt their families only to help strangers’ and guess who isnt doing that? Ochaco. She always prioritize people around her and honestly, that actually makes her true hero but its hardly mentioned. Deku and many heroes should learn this from her. Ochaco is kind of hero who is also reminding of the humanity of heroes and honestly, let her interact with Shigaraki or Dabi, let Deku interact with league of members more, they have so much potential in there.

Shouto;

I think the most important part of Shouto’s story and the difference between him and other kids is his goal isnt really getting stronger. Every hero kids focus on trying to be more tough, stronger (well, thats how heroes are raised in this society like soldiers) while Shouto is getting softer because he was already treated like a tool as child so he knows thats not gonna work to be better heroes which is something Deku and Ochaco lacks. Shouto desperately wants to be invidual, just a person with feelings and by focusing on that, thats why he could easiely see the similarities between him and his villain brother. He can speak up his mind more than others. He is a lot more honest and his dark feelings than other characters.

I think this is why his character arc is a lot about inviduality. He is one of the prime examples of why kids shouldnt used as child soldiers and groomed. This could go anywhere. He or other characters who knows his story could speak up about why they shouldnt use kids for this.

Just like Ochaco, Shouto is kind of hero who prioritize family and invidual feelings over strangers, something Deku needs to learn. Tododeku has potential there. Honestly, Shouto and Ochaco would get along well since they have so much in common and Ochaco would realize when he was in trouble and Shouto would know how to show his graditute.

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Of course, other hero characters and hero students have interesting potential too. Bakugou doesnt need villain foil, his dark foil is Endeavour, he is supposed to learn not to be like him and him learning Todoroki story and being called out for his actions could actually be good start of his change and redemption. He could learn the real meaning of winning and be the one who can turn toxic competition to healthy one.

Aoyama and Deku’s quirkless arc could’ve exlpored with this tratior plot, instead of ‘you being quikless is the reason you can hold one for all’. Iida’s obsessions with rules eventually could turn into questining them so that he can help his friends. And honestly characters like Monoma and Shinsou’s story would be really interesting to explore. And honestly Endeavour’s story makes more sense as villain. Dark heroes like Hawks and even Lady Nagant or corrupted side of hero society hsould’ve explored and adressed more.

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What getting away of their potential is simply author’s writing story as black and white. Story stopped adressing the social issues which became the biggest fall of almost all charcters. At some point, kid heroes vs adult heroes shouldve happen, not necessarely as fight but as mindset. Deku’s getting bullied because of being quirkless isnt exlpored and since heroes have to be right, heroes lost their character flaws. Deku used as narrative tool to make heroes better, you can tell its not Izuku is talking, it is author’s talking and defending bad heroes. Since Izuku is good person and mc, he always is right so he is used for this purpose. It ruins Deku’s character more than Ochaco and Shouto because Izuku is the kind of character who supposed to empathize with villains side because he was once outcast too.

- The scene Deku rejected Toga only happenned to make Toga-Ochaco interaction. Dabi doesnt need Endeavour’s appravol. We could get a scene where both Toga and Dabi give up on their obsessions to help league and Shigaraki since league is exist in story for a reason.

Ochaco isnt explored well because author doesnt know how to handle female characters. I think Shouto is luckier compared to those two since he is not written to be outcast like Deku so it makes sense for him to not think about saving them and he is not female character so he gets better fihgting scene and more screen times but his character is not explored and his feelings is not explored enough, despite being one of the main characters. Other than this, someone else already mentioned this before, i think Shouto’s liking and worrying abour Endeavour doesnt make sense. I mean, how could you care about someone whom you doesnt have one good memory with? I didnt think about this before but they are actually right. I always saw Dabi as proof that Shouto still secrelt despises his father but respressing it because of system and eventually confronting it which would be better writing, in my opinion. Unfortunately, story started to focus more on power and less on characters.

Well, we dont know how story will goes or end up but at least, i really wanted to talk about their great potential as heroes. Especially Deku, Ochaco and Shouto. Their characters is actually interesting and they have great potential both as heroes and characters. I also want those three to hang out together with villains at the end.

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What is a smile to a war? : bnha 367

Have you ever wanted to die? Wish for the world to end? Have you ever lose yourself for a couple of minutes and felt like you wanted something really bad to happen to yourself or everybody else?

Has someone ever made you laugh in one of those cases— and just by that you realized how much you didn't want any of it to happen?

You were just upset.

Hold this concept in your mind, would you? Because the heart of the pro-hero thesis of bnha is that a hero not only saves your body or gets rid of the villains threatening you— they also save you from yourself sometimes, from the darkness within you; they prevent future tragedies with the force of their kindness.

Kid Deku watching a video of All Might's debut:

And he's smiling!! Mom... no matter what kind of trouble you're in... he'll save you with a smile.

⠀When we were first introduced to Deku and his admiration for All Might, the one thing the story made emphasis on was All Might's smile. Why?

Because if you're afraid and you see the person rescuing you smile, you relax, it makes you feel better, it tones down your fear and anxiety.

It gives you hope.

I won't be able to put all the panels I wish I could show you to support this meta, so I'll rely on your good memory about the manga, okay?

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During the Hero License arc, we learnt that being a hero is much more than just knowing how to fight. We already knew part of it from All Might's first session (take care of the situation with the minimum amount of damage to both the property and the people surrounding the fight).

We learnt that the way a hero saves a person matters. Their words, their attitude, how they carry themselves and how they approach the victims and situations, it all matters.

With Bakugou and Todoroki we learn that the job of a hero also implies daily services, like helping kids and guiding others, stuff Iida Tensei (former pro-hero Ingenium) used to do.

That's an idea that finds its development along many arcs, the maximum point being after the War arc, with Ochako's speech. When heroes were giving up, she reminded them it was not only about defeating the greater evil, but also about wanting to see everybody smile together again.

It is an echo of Nighteye lessons to Deku and Mirio, of course. An echo we see in bnha 367:

A world without smiles or honor... has no... bright future.

⠀As you know, my thesis is based on the idea that the major problem with the hero society was how they forgot what a real hero was, but not because everything was exclusively monetized (it was still part of the problem, I gotta admit). No, the major issue was exposed by Tomura Shigaraki in his first speech in front of the UA staff and students:

Violence became comfortable for the bnha world, mundane even, to the point heroes stop trying to find the root of the problems so they could treat it and the civilians stop trying to help because they thought it was the heroes jobs, not theirs. Serious issues were getting overlooked, the system was getting corrupted and the effort of the heroes was shallow, superficial, even if well-meant.

Tomura/Tenko in his thoughts:

Everyone just passed by, pretending not to see, thinking that some hero would save the day. Who decided to make the world this way?

AFO "rescuing" Tenko, kneeling down to hug him:

You'll be okay now... I am here.

⠀Let's take Nana Shimura as an example; she was a great hero, we all know, the one who trained Toshinori and taught him that the people who smiled when they were afraid were the strongest. However, she was not perfect and she shouldn't be regarded as such. She failed her son and her family, something Kotaro was right about.

Can a hero talk about justice if they sacrifice their families to save others? Why some lives matter more than others? Why are heroes allowed to decide who lives and who dies, instead of helping everyone they can equally in the measure of their context?

Bnha narration:

People... are not born equal.

What is a smile to a war?

You could ask what is the sacrifice of a kid for the safety of the world, right? A life for the safety of the entire planet?

For Endeavor, what were his children and his family for the glory of his name and the glory of the hero industry, for example?

What is Tomura to AFO? Toga to the media?

What is Deku —a quirkless kid— to an entire society of people with quirks and cool abilities?

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We learned it through Kota in the Summer Camp arc and with Eri in the Overhaul arc. Both kids. One of them was a direct victim like Tomura of the hero society, the child of a broken family who had many reasons to hate what pro-heroes were; the other was a kid victim of the discrimination of quirks, a baby abandoned by her mother and used by criminal organizations for power and gain, just exactly what AFO did to Tenko/Tomura.

Deku could save Kota and Eri because he individually cared about them. No one told him there was a problem, he was actively looking. The same with Bakugo at the beginning, Deku didn't need a reason or a command, he didn't need the title or the suit, not even the quirk. He was doing the right thing.

Deku helped Kota because Kota was upset and he wanted to change that. He payed attention to Eri because she was crying. Same reason he found his way to help Bakugo, Todoroki and Iida.

What are they to Deku's journey of defeating AFO? Nothing. And everything.

Tomura talking to Doc Garaki and the LOV:

Every living, breathing thing just rubs me the wrong way. That weight in my heart is never gonna go away. So why not destroy it all?

⠀During his fight with Endeavor, AFO asked Hawks what was evil, what could be categorized as "wrong", why everybody got so easily offended. Then revealed that his main motivation of being a villain was because he wanted to make everyone bitter, everyone, inspired on those comic books villains.

In a way, it means "I am bad, everybody's bad too"

On the other hand, Tomura's motivation to destroy it all comes for the trauma of not being rescued. Why? Didn't he deserve it? Why people wouldn't help him? Isn't it because he must play the part of a villain?

Tenko asked his mother why his father hated him. Tomara also asked the UA staff what was the difference between villains and heroes using violence, the same way Toga asked Uraraka why people wouldn't help or save them (the villains).

There is real inequality in bnha: you have people like Spinner, Shinso, Hawks, Toga, Deku, Aoyama, Dabi, Tomura, Shouto, Hatsume, Aizawa... The list keeps on growing.

There are differences. Preferences even.

If you're a pretty metahuman to be used by the hero commission or a filthy "mutant" with a weak quirk, if you have a spooky quirk or a "villain" quirk, if you're quirkless or your quirk is not flashy enough or powerful enough, if you look creepy or are not "hero material", if you are hero material even if you don't want to be one...

Inequality. Discrimination. Society prescriptions.

AFO almost won, he almost made everyone mad and bitter, including Deku in bnha 367.

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Go read what Nighteye told Mirio again.

The fight against AFO (and what he represents) isn't a fight of just weapons. It was a fight with the hero society itself.

Their indifference, their apathy, their prejudices...

A smile matters in a war because why the fuck would you fight for if the only thing your gonna leave behind is a bunch of broken people who wish they were dead.

Why would you rescue Eri if you're not going to fight everyday with her trauma so that she can be happy? Why would you leave Kota to live in pain and anger without his parents when you can make his life full of light again?

What about the Cultural Festival arc?

Or rescuing Deku from his suicidal mission?

Going for Bakugo and Iida and fighting for Shouto to melt his heart??? Shouto going for Dabi???

This is why what Hawks did to Twice was wrong, because he forgot the principle of a hero:

Every lives matter.

Every smile matters.

The reason Tomura doesn't see a future is 'cause no one has ever showed him otherwise. No one saved him back then and no one has saved him (yet) in 20 years. No one told him he deserved to live and be happy, no one ever stopped and tried to make him smile or laugh or ask him if he had friends or if he liked dogs.

AFO killed Tenko the day he put those hands on him and has been dragging his body around in a parade— and even when Tomura was screaming about pain and injustice and screaming about the problem of the hero society, no one listened to him, no one tried ro reach him.

Dead.

Except Deku sees him.

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Every moment of the manga, every mission and arc, every panel and interaction, it has brought us here: to Deku asking AFO if Tenko/Tomura is still in there.

What is Tenko's smile to the bnha war?

Maybe the end of it. Maybe the defeat of AFO. You have a wounded animal that will try to attack you because it's in pain. Here are your options: you can kill every wounded animal you encounter or you can go search for the cause of their pain and treat it, so the next generations won't arrive at your door full of desperation and rage.

Everyone can be a hero, because everyone can do the right thing, everyone can make others smile, everyone can save someone one day just by telling a joke or being gentle.

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A smile can prevent a war.

Which is more powerful than any weapon which could stop at war.

In summary, bnha is about a society ruled by violence and miscommunication learning that if they don't reach for each other, if they don't try to understand, if their only solution is to erase what make them uncomfortable... they're doomed to dissappear.

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