#winged afo

[melatien]

tiny yoichi (unwillingly) lures out soldiers by being his helplessness little self so his brother can strike

#bases are the most reliable way to find food afo found! #yoichi is crying bcuz he pitys them <3 #not because hes nervous #im gonna be honest i made this idea up on the spot when drawing this #pewdiepies new art video awakened something in me I NEEDED TO REMIND MYSELF I CAN STIL DRAW BANGERS TOO #i didnt disappoint myself!!!! competitiveness is my enemy and my bestie literally #anyways his right eye was an absolute horrendous nightmare to draw it was going so well until i did the hair then it ruined the eye #i actually thought yoichi was wearing shoes at this age but then i looked back at those chapters and realised yoichi was shoeless #WITH ONLY A BANDAGE ON HIS FOOT??!?!!?!? agony #can yoichi not make me wish he had something good in life for ONE SECOND #think of this as like how he responded to afo killing those people that (presumably) beat yoichi up beforehand #we dont know if hes crying because his brother is killing or if he was crying before being 'saved' #ill try do some fluff art soon ive been really interested in body horror related art lately so i wanted to play around!!! #i have a BUNCH of ideas written down ive yet to do #i just keep doing whatever i feel like #i am the master of ignoring the instructions and winging it #mha #my art #yoichi shigaraki #one for all #my hero academia #first ofa user #shigaraki yoichi #mha yoichi #tiny yoichi #tiny yoichi in his shabby little clothes #ive actually been dying to draw tiny yoichi again but KIDS ARE SO HARD TO DRAW!!!!! #i had an art moment though #HALLEJUHAH #art gods had my back fr

[mayunagioia]

BNHA 409 LEAKS

Baby Kacchan is a gremlin

ALSO HAWKS' VESTIGE! BRUH, STAPH FOOLING AROUND WITH YOUR FANS GO BACK TO YOUR BODY COME ON i wanna see those red wings again sob

#Bnha 409 #Mha 409 #katsuki bakugou #Bakugo Katsuki #My boy is roasting AFO #YESSSS #Explode his ass #Make him pay #but also #hawks #Hawks vestige #takami keigo #GIVE HIM HIS WINGS BACK HORIKOSHI PLS #Like I can't #boku no hero academia #bnha #mha #my hero academia #bnha leaks #mha leaks #boku no hero academia leaks

[rain-coat-killer]

"Found you."

#all for one #bnha #afo #izuku midoriya #dad for one #dfo #that moment when your dad/sworn enemy is the same age you are #what a kooky situation #mha #my hero academia #spoilers #bnha spoilers #technically #god it feels so good to finally say that and mean the wings #i win -insert the wicked witch of the west laughter-

[mishy-mashy]

On the note of Banjo, it makes more sense if he were a Vigilante. I believe he actually was this, rather than a Pro Hero.

Daigoro Banjo, AKA Lariat. It's not explicitly stated he was a Pro Hero, and he recognizes Japan during the first appearances of Abilities.

In the anime (ep 133), the subs translated this as:

"This devastation... it's like we've gone back in time... Trying not to catch the eyes of villains, just hiding every day... it's like when superpowers first appeared."

Banjo recognizes Japan's disarray, and from brief flashbacks of the vestiges, including All Might talking about his dream for a symbol, we can see Japan really was as Banjo recognizes.

But Tomura, in the mall, says people just smile without concern. They've forgotten, or never experienced, that past. Banjo can clearly identify it, and when we get his full name, he definitely lived during that turmoil (neverminding his age, I think of him as 36 or somethin, and Shinomori died at 40).

This would actually make Banjo a Vigilante. They mention that back then, Vigilantes and the first Villains used codenames like comic books, so Banjo being Lariat could easily just be that.

(Not so related, but references to recognizable things like Pokémon and superheroes like Spider-Man appealed to the masses as familiar, so when Abilities first showed up, it would've been around our time [2000s].)

Look at when the League of Villains asked Toga why she had no villain name;

When we see Banjo using his Ability and we get his name, we see that Japan isn't in the best state. Look at all the damage and fresh smoke below him.

All Might says that during this time, All For One's power ran unchecked, and he stole many powerful Abilities, if not crushed the users. Other than simply being first/second-generation, this also explains why, individually, all the OFA vestiges had weak Quirks. Even Kudo's was weak. It's just that it evolved with One For All and had enough nuance to become something more. Abilities like Float and Danger Sense didn't change at all, and Smokescreen only increased the amount of smoke Midoriya could make.

Since Banjo lived in the same time as when Quirks had started appearing, he knows the turmoil, but also was around long enough to be a Vigilante. Pro Heroes hadn't come into play immediately; Vigilantes were where they started.

Even Gran Torino was a Vigilante. It's why Midoriya found nothing on him when he looked him up. Gran Torino only became a Pro Hero to get his teaching license so he could teach All Might for a year, but that didn't stop him from being a hero, per se—he just did it through vigilantism. Gran Torino still did hero stuff before the hero license, and we see him flying and talking with Nana in a costume before he ever taught All Might.

Banjo doesn't strike me as a guy willing to jump through all the hoops when he can just go out and do it himself anyway. And with Japan in chaos still, does he – or the officials – have time for that?

Bakugo even describes Banjo as a nobody, because he doesn't recognize him. This would make sense when remembering Gran Torino was also unknown; because they were Vigilantes. I don't think Bakugo is referring to not knowing them just because their Abilities are weak. Heroes back then would be well-known as retro (ex. Crimson Riot, who Midnight recognizes immediately, despite his not-so-strong hair-hardening Ability), even if they weren't powerful.

Blackwhip is a useful Ability, and back in Banjo's time, considering Abilities in the first generations included Smokescreen, Danger Sense, Float, and Air Jet, Blackwhip is actually higher up in power and usefulness. And he's still unrecognizable.

If he were a Pro Hero, he'd be considered pretty amazing. But he's unknown, has a codename, and acted as a hero when Japan was troubled; his being "nobody" makes sense as a Vigilante.

Heroes didn't happen immediately. They began as Vigilantes; so for Banjo, at the start of using Abilities to bring some sort of order, he would've been in the Vigilante age. Or where heroes are just starting.

Nana was a Pro Hero. Kotaro resents heroes because she was one. Her friend, Gran Torino, was not a Pro Hero until he had to teach All Might for a year. People were more likely to be Vigilantes than Pro Heroes at their time, just because Vigilantes are where they started first.

Being a hero meant courses and licenses, and in a time where Pro Heroes were barely existing, with people still using their Abilities as they pleased? Banjo was probably a Vigilante.

Look at how America handled Vigilantes and starting the Pro Hero business;

Out of 189 Vigilantes, only 7 were recognized as heroes.

America wanted to make a divide between how people should use their Abilities for good. That's why so little people got to be heroes; Vigilantes were too destructive, and that wasn't proper behavior for those protecting the peace. We even see that UA teaches to keep damage to a minimum.

And whoop-dee-doo, look at how Banjo uses his Quirk.

HE'S DESTROYING STUFF. JUST TO GET AROUND. NO NO NO.

He was never actually called a Pro Hero. It was assumed because he has a codename; and codenames were just customary back then, to make identification and classification easier between Vigilantes and Villains while hiding their real identities.

He wouldn't have made the cut as a Pro Hero, lived during a time of rising Vigilantes against society's chaos, wasn't known at all (typical of Vigilantes) despite his good Ability, but had a codename (Lariat), and lived at the same time as Nana and Gran Torino.

So yeah, I consider Banjo to be a Vigilante rather than a Pro Hero. There's more things that push him toward being a Vigilante, compared to just having the alias Lariat being why he's called a Pro Hero by the fandom.

#timing yknow #banjo did this vigilante stuff when the following also existed: en nana gran torino all might UA shinomori #a mix of heroes vigilantes and memory/ruling of AFO #hes considered a Pro Hero by the fandom but where did it say he was that? because he had Lariat? #am i missing something and just said all this for nothing? #but it makes more sense if he were a vigilante #just look at the time range of when he was alive #banjo daigoro #bnha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #mha #spoilers #gran torino #sorahiko #lariat #vigilantes #banjo the vigilante taking a new pro hero en under his wing is a fun concept #tho we dont know if en was a pro hero either #but they refer to each other as senpai and kouhai #so imagine the different approaches #en: by treating my Quirk as a tool in my kit ill obscure their vision first so i can- #banjo: PUNCH EM. PUNCH EM RIGHT IN THE FACE. #en: *tries to be logical* banjo: WHOO-HOO!!! OVER HERE YOU BIG OAF #as a pro hero en shouldnt be associating with characters/vigilantes like banjo but. he keeps sneaking out #banjo keeps kidnapping him. they dont stop. darn it. #fun times #banjo reminds me of knuckleduster from the vigilante manga #even the “no way does this guy look like a hero” thing

[epickiya722]

I forgot AFO even took Hawks' quirk...

#i was so confused for like some moments and then i remembered oh yeah he got his quirk stolen #and barely even used it #it was like one second and that's it #granted since he already was like flying about without it anyways #i really thought afo was gonna do like some crazy ass stuff with wings but i don't remember anything like at all #just kiya's thoughts #bnha #mha #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #bnha 409 #bnha manga spoilers #bnha spoilers #hawks #takami keigo #afo #all for one

[fra080389-2-me]

Hawks going for the kill physically AND verbally. ("This is OUR story." Because AFO is so adamant the reality is like a comic book with him as the main character.)

Dude is really cool. I know Deku is the biggest hero but if ranking are still a thing for the end, Hawks should be the Number One, at least for a while. 'Cause Endeavor is definitely retiring, his inner dialogue with his origin was pretty clear about that.

#bnha 380 #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #bnha #mha #wing hero hawks #takami keigo #keigo takami #bnha spoilers #bnha leaks #afo #all for one

[shih-coulda-had-it]

insp from @redoaktreehill, based off @gentrychild‘s kitsune afo fics, because i wanna enable more afohiko in these starving times

#bnha #afohiko #all for one #gran torino #torino sorahiko #gentrychild kitsune afo au #kitsunetengu afohiko verse #shih's art #just uhhh imagine the mythological tails and wings #:DDDD

[veg-hotwings]

Hawks, Shigaraki and their abuse

I was thinking about Hawks (what a surprise!) and how much people tend to mischaracterise him and minimise the abuse he went through at the HPSC since he was fucking six years old.

He was literally groomed to be a weapon, grew up alone with no friends, forced to use his quirk in an unnatural way (you can't tell me this picture is not disturbing, that this is not abuse), ripped of his own name and identity, guilt tripped into being ashamed because his father was a villain so much he apologised for it like it was his fault, and probably do some pretty dark shit too.

Plenty of people argue that Twice was his first kill, but I doubt it. He desperetely tried to save Jin because he thought he was good and he admired him for it, implying that Hawks doesn't think the same of himself. After all Lady Nagant was his mentor, and she was a sniper. It's said multiple times in the manga he was raised, among other things, to be her successor, so he should have been able to take down high profile villains etc. Let's not forget that he freaking aimed for All for One's head as soon as he flew on the battlefield. He wasn't trying to block him, he was trying to kill him. Killing is engraved in him.

He says "If corrupting myself is enough to put everyone else at ease, then I will gladly take on this job" while mockingly bowing to the HPSC President, like he is resigned to this life, to his role.

At the same time, he fails to recognise he was abused, because he just doesn't know any other way to live. He hasn't known anything else apart from the HPSC and violent parents back in Fukuoka.

He didn't even dream of becoming a hero (he didn't know they were real in the first place!), the HPSC just took advantage (again, isn't this abuse?!) of him saving some people from a car crash to mould him in the perfect asset, the golden hero to embody everything Stein and Dabi hate: something fake, a facade.

A proof of this is his actual wish: doing some good while enjoying life around the 20-30th placing in the hero ranks.

The HPSC played so much with his mind he thinks he wasn't alone in this when he was, when his "not being alone" was just holding a fucking stuffed toy of another abuser. Isn't this just fucked up?

Psychological abuse IS abuse as much as physical abuse is.

All of this IS abuse, I won't accept other opinions on this matter.

Now, to Shigaraki.

I realized he and Hawks have a lot in common.

Plenty of people loathe Shigaraki. That's ok, he's a villain and of course did some pretty bad shit.

At the same time, they seem to forget that hasn't even been Tomura himself for plenty of chapters now. That's not him, it's All for One.

This doesn't justify his previous actions, but it's still an important thing to bare in mind (here for a deeper analysis).

Most of all, I think I've never read anywhere that he was abused in the same way Hawks was. And of course, since people fail to see Hawks' abuse (and he's a hero), understanding the same happened to a villain is just too hard.

(It applies to Dabi too, 'cause yes, there are still people thinking he just threw a tantrum because "DaDdY diDn'T GiVe Me AtTeNtiOn!!11!1!". That's concerning, honestly, but I'm not going to talk about him now).

Tenko grew up in a household that hated heroes because his father believed Nana abandoned him. He already had health issues, which piled up with the frustration and fear he felt towards his father, who couldn't accept his dream of becoming a hero, of his grandparents ignoring the fact he was beaten for this, and his mother and older sister who failed to protect him.

When he unleashed his quirk for the first time he was terrified and calm at the same time, but it was such a traumatic experience his mind just closed up on itself and made him forget about it (a typical trauma response).

Then, while roaming alone, ignored by everybody while pleading for anybody to help him, he was found by fucking All for One because life is just that fair, who exploited his fear and anger to mould him in the perfect weapon to use against All Might and the hero society.

Do you see the resemblace? He was ripped from his name and groomed by AfO after escaping somehow a violent household the same way Hawks was ripped from his name and groomed by the HPSC after escaping a violent household, just with a different objctive.

Cherry on top, when he finally got the power to destroy everything he loathed, to give his companions what they wanted too, AfO took over his mind. I'll say it again: isn't it just fucked up?!

Tomura is unable to free himself from his grip yet the same way the HPSC teachings are so engraved in Hawks he believed killing can be accepted if it's for a superior cause, that he believes he is responsible for his father's crimes.

I really really hope Horikoshi will grace these two with some justice.

I hope that Hawks will finally realise what his life really was and get some peace and rest, and that Tomura will free himself from AfO's grip and reunite with his friends before or after the end.

Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

#thank you for coming to my ted talk #character analysis #ranting #tenko shimura #tomura shigaraki #all for one #league of villains #dabi #touya todoroki #hawks #pro hero hawks #winged hero #keigo takami #hpsc #fuck the commission #fuck afo too

[paintsplash1712]

I'm glad Fantasy Todoroki was able to break his curse/nomuification/demon-side, good for him.

True love can break any curse but not fix his awful fashion sense

#Still mad we got 3 fanfictions they call movies but nothing for this AU! #IT WRITES ITSELF! #Izuku could be a fairy boy without magic or wings #Uruaka is a witch is training #Iida is a knight in training with a family full of famous knights and body guards #todoroki could be the beast from beauty and the beast! #his anger and turn to darkness we see in S2 could manifest literally with a curse #or AfO could've turned him as a way to hurt Izuku #SOMETHING! #Bones hire me! #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #mha fantasy au #tododeku #izuku did a true love at Shouto

[tiredpaladins]

Plot twist, Twice isn't dead they just needed everyone to think that so they could figure out how to negate AFO's bombs. That glow in Dabi's chest is one of those bombs, except Hawks is going to swoop in and stop it and then wink at Dabi like an idiot and tell him "got ya twice now" (Jeanist and Twice not dead. Pun. Get it.) And then Dabi is going to be so relieved when he finds out Hawks didn't kill his best friend he's going to kiss him

#hawks #keigo takami #dabi #dabihawks #mha hawks #takami keigo #bnha hawks #hawks bnha #my hero academia hawks #wing hero hawks #mha spoilers #dabi realizing Hawks dealt with his anger #and dragged his own name through the mud #just so they could stop afo from killing more people

[mayunagioia]

MHA 408 SPOILERS

FEAT. HAWKS?!?!

#Bnha 408 #Mha 408 #bnha manga spoilers #mha spoilers #bnha leaks #mha leaks #boku no hero academia #bnha #mha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia leaks #AFO #all for one #hawks #takami keigo #OMG #HAWKS NEEDS HIS WINGS BACK #I can't #Help #good lord

[grimalkinmessor]

who fell first afo or yoichi?

All For One. No cap.

The moment Yoichi opened his lil eyeballs for the first time All For One became his biggest fucking simp. He fell first AND harder. Took him a long time to realize it though.

#asks #anonymous #afofa #all for one #but as long as yoichi's been cognizant he's known that he loved afo #he didn't have to realize it he just always knew #the sky is blue. birds have wings. yoichi loves takashi.

[suguru-getos]

I stopped reading mha a long time ago ıt looks like I need to catch up like what happened to hawks?

i don’t read the manga either, i just keep up with hawks and what’s happening to him lol. so basically all for one took his quirk and the vestige of hawks is living inside afo at the moment. yep — keigo is quirkless as of now.

#sad huh? i fucking love his wings but he is being an absolute cunty menace inside afo and causing a mutiny inside him with all his vestiges #bnha spoilers #mha spoilers #hawks spoilers #hawks bnha #[ena’s nonnies]

[rain-coat-killer]

Flight of the Fallen Angel

Whole two page drawing down below 👇

You know he would make a halo with a quirk just to be extra -_-

#Afo yoinked Hawks wings #whoops #obligatory religious symbolism #at least he's having fun #no one else is tho :I #especially hawks- #all for one #afo #bnha #my art #bnha spoilers

[mettywiththenotes]

If the quirk factor is damaged (as in Hawks case) do you think when AFO steals it, he will be able to use it as though it was never damaged before or will it still be damaged? Seen some argue that it'll be normal again and AFO would be able to use it normally. While others say no it'll still be damaged even if AFO steals it and tries to use it for himself. (hope this makes sense)

I'm so sorry I'm late to answering this ask

I'm not sure tbh

In the case that AFO has the restored wings, then it'll be another quirk to use against the Heroes and another thing to worry about. In the case AFO has the damaged wings, I suppose there's nothing stopping him from combining another quirk with Hawks' damaged one and making the wings useful again that way

I guess it's just one of those things we'll have to wait and see which one? Either way, there's a chance the quirk will still be a threat to the Heroes

#like it could be something that is a threat against the heroes on its own #or it could be an important ingredient to a combination of quirks that makes afo even more difficult to deal with #altho... i would love to see afo with full wings #just like aesthetically yk lol #thank you for the ask!😊 #asks with metty #bnha asks #anon asks #bnha manga spoilers #bnha spoilers #all for one

[veg-hotwings]

OH NO. Nononononono-

I've just realized AfO could take advantage of Touya arriving on the battlefield to play with Endeavor, so Hawks will have to fight AfO, save Touya from himself and AfO (because sure as Hell Endeavor is not gonna do it) and protect the children at the same time.

Please give him a break. Please.

Or either I want the arrival of Touya to be his last straw to snap.

On a side note, it would be beautiful if Hawks actually saved Touya, it'd be their umpteenth foil thing (Dabi trying to burn Hawks/Hawks saving him) 😭😭

#mha manga #bnha manga #mha manga spoilers #bnha manga spoilers #hawks #bnha hawks #mha hawks #dabi #keigo takami #todoroki touya #cremation #blue flames #fierce wings #all for one #afo #endeavor #todoroki enji #dabihawks #hotwings #bnha hotwings #mha hotwings #toukei