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mamapyjama · 3 months

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ダーリン imma need u to react to this

https://twitter.com/MamaPyjama2/status/1755862351021051950

#people dragging Pika into my nonsense again #Pyj’s nonsense #Nobu wrote a bkdk bl #really #go look

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mamapyjama · 3 months

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Thought I ought to bring this over here for the Tumblr crew since it’s making a little buzz in the other place and I want to gather all my thoughts in one place.

So, back in 2022 I was in my feelings about Izuku (when am I not?) and wrote the following little sad headcanon on twt:

Made myself sad thinking about how the original Japanese word for Quirk is ‘kosei’, which means ‘individuality’ or the unique part of a personality. It’s no wonder Deku thought he was plain and useless. Everyone has literally been telling him since he was 4. 😓 Like, there’s no way at that age he could separate people talking about his lack of meta-ability from his own unique value as a person when they’re using the same damn word. That’s the kind of stuff that’s going to stick with you. 🥺

Sad to imagine, eh?

Fast forward to 2024 and chapter 412, and as always, I was browsing the jp fandom tweets for reactions after the official release. They often pick up on things we miss like Katsuki’s childlike language, the NTR implications of the kudoichi plot etc.

As I scrolled, I realised there was a HUGE disconnect between what we in “The West” were experiencing (mostly rage at yet another translation ‘choice’) and the existential questioning that was occurring among Japanese readers.

This is just a tiny glimpse, but you should know that every single one I saw was doing the tweet equivalent of staring into the middle distance with a haunted look.

It’s all about the panel below, which was mentioned by the incomparable Pikahlua, as it is unusual in writing ‘mukosei’ without the speechmarks that signify ‘quirkless’ (to use the English term) rather than ‘lacking individuality’.

Horikoshi always uses speechmarks around “Kosei” when talking about quirks, so the implication here is that Izuku never believed he had actual individuality/personality.

Using this interpretation, Kudou observed that Izuku held the hope that even people who were detestable (Katsuki) and those who had no individuality (Izuku) still had human hearts.

Read that again. Izuku hoped that both he and Kacchan, despite their shortcomings, had human hearts. He thinks his only worth is as a vessel, a holder of OFA, and without that he’s barely human.

Ever noticed how some parts of the fandom complain that Deku is a boring MC, that he’s just ‘nice’, and we never get his opinions on things? Yeah.

Remember how hard he cried when All Might said he could be a hero? That was the first time in his life that someone acknowledged him as someone with potential, with worth. (In ch2 he also says “I have no reason to refuse!!” when offered OFA, which always struck me as slightly anticlimactic but makes way more sense now).

And remember how he cried in a similar way when Ochako told the world that he wasn’t special but that he had a special power? She couldn’t have known she was reinforcing his deepest held insecurity, and for a moment his mask slipped. Or maybe he was touched by her assertion that he was just a ‘regular high school kid’? We don’t know, but it’s worth taking a look at these moments in this new light.

You staring into the middle distance with a haunted look too yet? I know I am.

If you’re interested in the bright side (I needed this, I hope it helps):

Narratively speaking, this is the angst section that will lead to Midoriya Izuku: Rising and the happy ending they all deserve.

And the person most likely to disavow him of this sense of inherent worthlessness is the one person who added to it the most in their childhoods.

✨KACCHAN!!✨

No one else can reassure Izuku that he is special, that he’s worthwhile and—crucially—that he always has been, because he’s the only one who knew that all along.

If you need more reassurance, remember that their Origin and Rising chapters so far have all involved each other and have mirrored the emotional journey they’re both on.

Bakugou Katsuki: Origin: Katsuki struggles to accept Izuku and work as a team to battle All Might. Eventually does the bare minimum to cooperate by lending him his gauntlet.

Bakugou Katsuki: Rising: Katsuki coordinates the pro heroes and sacrifices himself to save Izuku. His body ‘moved on its own.’

Midoriya Izuku: Origin: Izuku is bullied by Katsuki, tries to save Katsuki from a villain—his body ‘moved on its own’, and is consequently told he can be a hero by All Might.

It isn’t a reach at all to pretty safely assume that Izuku’s Rising chapter will also be intrinsically linked to Katsuki, and it is his cooperation, faith and love (however you interpret it) that will finally save Izuku from his own sense of worthlessness. Closing the circle.

So yeah, this bit could be rough for the next few chapters, but I have faith that Horikoshi will wrap it up in a way that will be so rewarding and satisfying.

I’m gonna stop now because I’m ill and I need to rest my head, thanks for reading! 😮‍💨

#mha 412 #deku #please someone hug this boy asap #midoriya izuku #bakugou #mha #bnha #bkdk #bakudeku #bkdk canon #Pyj obsesses #my head hurts

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mamapyjama · 4 months

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Thanks for taking the time to put it in words 😘😘😘

Are you one of the people expecting bkdk to be canon? I just learned that there are people that sincerely believe Hori would have Deku and Bkg have an explicit confession of love. That he's going to be the first popular mangaka to have a endgame gay ship. I am in so many mlm ships of shounen but I've never had the delusion that the author would make them canon despite the evidences otherwise. Like I thought it's fine to ship mlm as long as we stayed in our lane and never harassed the author.

After speaking together, we do believe based on the evidence in the series that BakuDeku being canon is not an even vaguely unreasonable conclusion to reach. We think the story is written in a way you can reach that conclusion easily, so much that even casual viewers who aren’t shippers are questioning the nature/potential conclusion of their relationship.

One of the most consistent and convincing lines of evidence for us has been Katsuki taking on roles/positions traditionally reserved for female heroines/love interests (if you’ve seen anyone call him “narratively androgynous,” this is what they’re referring to). In the context of Jump magazine, we have a number of shonen heroines and love interests to compare Katsuki to. The similarities are so striking that many notable people (including the VAs for the anime) have taken to calling him the heroine of the series.

However, we do think things like homophobia (whether it’s the writer or the audience/consumerbase at large– in this case we’re primarily referring to the audience), the safety of everyone involved, and timing are all unpredictable factors people have to take into consideration when writing/reading a story of this magnitude. Needless to say, if Horikoshi is indeed planning an endgame for bakudeku, he’d also have to take these factors into consideration.

Horikoshi has a record of being pretty in-tune with his fanbase. He definitely keeps some eye on bnha’s reception–for example, he mentioned a while back that both the people who love Katsuki and the people who hate him will have something to look forward to in this finale (we can now see what he meant lol). He’s very likely aware of the people who love bakudeku and the people who loathe it.

Taking into account that he tends to be very intentional with his writing choices, he’s written this story in a way that not only centered bakudeku’s relationship over others (notably Izuku + Ochako’s, the character he’d presumably end up with if things were going predictably?), but also went the extra mile to distinguish their relationship as unique, closer than all their other relationships, the “biggest pillar of the story” (x, x). He didn’t have to do all of this. This extra push is what’s giving bakudeku that undeniable chance at an endgame right now, because it’s come to a point where no one can ignore the implications of scenes like this:

On the flip side, we don’t think people’s hesitation is unreasonable. It’s scary! If bakudeku were to fall flat of all this buildup/our expectations, it wouldn’t be the first time the romantic implications between a pair of boys in a story like this was ignored. Hell it wouldn’t be the first time a popular pair in general, (gay or not) got ignored in favor of what the author just felt like doing, regardless of what any previous developments in the story or interviews or official artwork would have us believe. There’s enough written evidence that canon bakudeku wouldn’t be surprising, but there’s also (at the time of writing this response) still room for things to go another direction, for all of this to be recontextualized and passed as something else.

As per social norms/patterns of behavior, this would be disappointing as hell but not surprising. Especially for people who have been let down before, we completely understand the need/impulse to distance oneself from the idea/hope that bakudeku may become canon.

In all honesty, if it turns out bakudeku isn’t canon or left open-ended (say, an ending where they’re partners of some kind/the closest to one another without that explicit romantic confirmation), we would be frustrated/heartbroken. Not because we feel like Horikoshi shouldn’t do what he wants, he should. But because there’s been a clear effort to bring LGBTQ+ readers into the fold, and tell and portray our experiences in MHA. Horikoshi has done a beautiful, incredible job of writing various LGBTQ+ and marginalized experiences as a metaphor in his stories. Toga is a prime example. This is something that readers around the world have noticed, and it’s something MHA is special for (see this data x, and the further context/commentary on it given here x).

We think it’s intentional. This story and the relationships in it have invoked experiences close and personal to many of us. Things are in a state right now where we wouldn’t just feel baited, we feel like readers would have a right to feel unsatisfied.

That being said, feeling unsatisfied doesn’t equate to feeling empowered to harass or bother others. Especially not Horikoshi himself, and also including other readers who had differing expectations. This is really the case across the board. We should all be able to control our anticipation/expectations without becoming assholes.

It’s not just the shippers, by the way. People who work on the series or work closely with Horikoshi have rooted for bakudeku to go beyond. Izuku and Katsuki have already done what a good chunk of the readerbase thought impossible and became friends. People see their writing, their potential, and they want more. The voice actors (x, x sorry for the crunchy pic it's all i've got atm), academics (x), musicians (x, x) , editors (x) and more have all kind of rallied around Bakugou and Deku’s bond, with a particular sensitivity towards the deeply and uniquely intimate nature of it + how it evokes romance.

We’d like to see MHA exist free of the burdens previous popular shounen series have had placed on them. But that’s a conversation for the ending. As far as the fanbase goes, I think it’s super important people practice humility and caution when speaking to others. We have NO way of knowing what will happen. People who have been traumatized by situations like this in the past have a right to be anxious, people in general are allowed to withhold judgment until we have all the information we need. However, we don’t think having hope or confidence that this narrative might lead us to a canon bakudeku is unwarranted or delusional.

At the end of the day one thing is true, and this was something we had to fight to “prove” much longer than we had to prove Bakudeku had romantic potential - it’s that Kacchan and Izuku’s lives are going to be forever intertwined in this new era of their world that births from the finale.

They’re forever intertwined in a way that’s not replicable for any other character in the series, and that’s amazing all on its own. We’ll just have to wait and see how far they take it! Thanks for reading if you got this far, and Happy Holidays!

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mamapyjama · 6 months

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Everyone say thank you Pika for being amazing and prophetic as always! I have more thoughts on this though. My poor addled brain. 😮‍💨

What if that panel represents the accumulation of hopes and wishes including those that were manifested before the current battle?

I have no bloody clue but I cannot overlook the fact that Horikoshi drew a hand with identical scars to those of his MC, clasping another hand that clearly has a different sleeve. That’s not accidental.

So what if this particular panel is representing the past rather than the present. What if it’s showing the butterfly effect of everyone’s hopes and wishes swirling and influencing the present including theirs before the battle when they confessed and planned and HELD FUCKIN HANDS?!

Hehehe I love this part of the week. Let us dream for a little while more!

Hi pika! What are your thoughts about that repeated panel with the mysterious hand hold? Who are they? Who is holding hands? WHOS HANDS ARE THEY? also on the double spread it's placed just above the text box so it's deliberate. TELL ME YOUR SECRETS

Oof. Sorry I'm gonna have to kill the hype here.

I assume you mean this panel?

This isn't two people. This is one person clasping hands in prayer.

It's definitely not Izuku and Katsuki: Katsuki hasn't jumped down from UA yet.

Additionally, it's in the same line of panels as this:

You see that weird aura in both panels? That's the butterfly effect "wind" that's referenced in the chapter. It's the energy of wishes that Nighteye talks about. This is all made very clear when the panels return later in the chapter:

The text with the clasped hands panel reads "Someone's clenched fist..." It refers to the drawing itself as a symbol of a person watching on and praying for things to turn out well.

The text in the second panel with the person breathing reads "Someone's long sigh..."

These individual actions represent wishes that add up and create the future-altering wave of energy that follows Katsuki.

We can tell those earlier images are connected to this moment because the text matches. The text here reads "Someone's prayer..."

So, the short answer is: it's a single rando.

And you have to have a level 10 relationship stat with me to access my secret backstory--

#my hero academia manga spoilers #deku #bkdk #bakudeku #bakugou #let me dream #bkdk canon

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mamapyjama · 7 months

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Chapter start | Previous | Next | Download the first 2 chapters (for personal use only)

(Shoutout to my proofreader @mamapyjama for making Kacchan's line sound more natural on p78!)

These three will be best friends someday, if they want it or not.

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mamapyjama · 7 months

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Chapter start | Previous | Next | Download the first 2 chapters (for personal use only)

Shouto with his yoyo alone, unbothered, happy. in his zone. flourishing.

Also Kacchan would look pretty cool doing staff juggling, am I right or am I right??

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mamapyjama · 7 months

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Previous | Next | You can download the first two chapters via this post!

Ochako and Mina exchanging the knowing look™. Seems like a small deed for anyone, but Kacchan?

Unbeknownst to Izuku, in his first and only talk with Shouto the day prior he had made a life long friend. Also, these kind of trousers are very comfy!

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mamapyjama · 7 months

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Reblogging here because I was vaguely involved!! If you haven’t read Alena’s adorable quirkless bkdk au comic you absolutely must. It will soothe your frazzled soul.

Oh, and if you’d like me to proofread your comics or short fics the info is in my pinned. ✌️

Next | You can download the first two chapters via this post!

Aaand we're back for chapter 3! Thank you all so much for being so patient with me <3 And big thanks goes out to @/MamaPyjama2 from twitter who proofread the whole chapter (and the last two!), a great and invaluable help! Also, she came up with the amazing name for Kacchan's & Co's group!

Back to some chapter commentary: I'm super happy to introduce Denki and Sero here :D I might be overexaggerating their characters here, but Denki to me is a lovable little chaos boy, Sero is just a super fun guy in my head and together, they are the super fun dynamic. Maybe too much fun for Kacchan hihi. (Also, are you enjoying the chapter covers? Do you see what I'm doing?)

#bnha #mha #my hero academia #bkdk #I proofread this!

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mamapyjama · 9 months

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So, like, should I start posting my ramblings on here in the haphazard manner I do on twt? Why does it feel more formal somehow 😮‍💨

#Pyj rambles

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mamapyjama · 9 months

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My beautiful boys from Late Bloomer!! Look at the gorgeous detail! Thank you sweet friend, I love them so much. 🥰🥰

Excerpt from the fic (mention of nsfw so 18+ only!):

lil bkdk lazy cuddly moment for @mamapyjama :)

#bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #bakudeku #bkdk #bakugou katsuki #midoriya izuku #bakugou #deku #not my art

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mamapyjama · 11 months

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So the bots are liking our posts now, huh. That’s an interesting new development.

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mamapyjama · 1 year

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Oh hey Tumblr sorry I’ve been busy writing fics and my brain can only cope with one stream of thought at a time.

However! Have this lovely little treat of an interview with the Hiroste Bakugou and Deku actors. It sure is something. [The something is Gay btw].

Previously shared here: https://twitter.com/mamapyjama2/status/1659179689708072960?s=46&t=S-tRQd6wr7APcfajqqO7DA

#deku #bkdk #bakudeku #bakugou #mha #bnha #Hiroste #mha stage play #Ryota kobayashi #shin tamura

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mamapyjama · 1 year

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This latest chapter got me thinking about this damn quote about amputations and cross-sections in a Horikoshi interview from December 2019. Oh and by the way, this is the same interview where he talks about deciding to have Deku and Bakugou’s stories intertwine rather than have them develop separately. 🤔

And what has he drawn repeatedly since then? Amputated arms. And legs. And flesh burned to the bone. And open-heart surgery.

Horikoshi is showing us over and over again that being serialised in a shounen magazine will NOT STOP him from drawing and writing exactly whatever the hell he wants (laughs).

It’s such a weird thing to single out as an uncrossable line, just to then repeatedly and meticulously cross. I’m definitely overthinking again but I find it reassuring that he’s not restricted at all by the genre/demographic his manga is being sold within. He’s testing his editors, his magazine and publisher and his audience, pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable in a flagship Shonen Jump property.

And just for the avoidance of doubt—yes, I think he’s going to do whatever the hell he likes with his main characters too, even if that means crossing the apparently uncrossable line that says a shounen mc can’t be gay.

#mha spoilers #mha manga spoilers #mha 365 #mha 385 #bnha spoilers #Pyj rambles #Horikoshi interview

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mamapyjama · 1 year

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Hanami time! 🌸🌸🌸

Proof that they really were sitting in the tree all by themselves 🥹

#bakudeku #bkdk #deku #bakugou #nendoroid #nendography #obitsuroid

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mamapyjama · 1 year

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The boys being sweet

And meeting new friends

#bakudeku #bkdk #deku #bakugou #nendoroid #nendography #obitsuroid

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mamapyjama · 1 year

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Apparently it’s time to reblog this epic ramble/thought experiment/stream of consciousness. WHAT IS OCCURRING

I woke up thinking about vestige Katsuki casually having a chat with vestige All Might. WHAT THE DUCK was happening there if not something seriously fruity and why did we not circle back to it once we’d got over the fact that his heart had exploded?!

What must non-bkdks think is going on? I’m not even sure if we’ve fully discussed what is going on? Whyyy would he have a vestige if he doesn’t have OFA?

It’s not ghosts because a) ghosts haven’t been introduced as a concept in-universe and b) AM is there and he ain’t dead.

SO WHAT IS HAPPENING? Did we just totally overlook the fact that Hori made it canon that Katsuki either has OFA or just has access to the vestige realm for reasons unknown?

Also why is he fully clothed and able to speak, when poor Izuku spent every vestige scene nude and mute? And why is the background white not black? Vestige purgatory? A vestige waiting room?

I feel like when you suddenly realise you haven’t studied and the class has all moved on to new topics and you’ve somehow missed a key, fundamental part of how The Whole Thing works.

If anyone has meta on this please point me towards it because at this point I’m

#mha spoilers #mha #mha 384 #heroes rising #what is going on right now #deku #bkdk #bakudeku #bakugou #bnha #izuku #time to rewatch again I guess!

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mamapyjama · 1 year

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I need to get something off my chest. I am sorry to all fanfic writers who use the phrase, but this is what comes to mind every time I read “carded his fingers through his hair” or some other variation.

#I’m so sorry #look it up #it’s only used in fanfic #but we use it all the time #I dunno #maybe you are imagining them scraping metal pins against the scalp to align all the hairs #but probably not

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