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doodlegirl1998 · 1 year

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hey have you ever made a post about what changes you would make to bnha to make the story more cohesive and less *gestures vaguely*

Hi @trulyisawesome 👋,

Great question! Please be aware that there's some spoilers below and that some of what I have to say may be an unpopular opinion.

It is also rather disjointed as this became a bit of a rant / brainstorm.

So here's a list of what changes I would make to MHA.

Give Bakugou proper consequences - such as having Aizawa expel him right away as soon as he makes to attack Midoriya. It would highlight the message straight away that bullies and abusers can't be heroes as well as the fact that power isn't everything.

Change Izuku's hero name to Dekiru - not Deku. I know some people like the reclaimation of this insult but I'm not one of them. Having Bakugou's insulting nickname meaning 'worthless' be instead changed to Dekiru meaning 'you can do it' fits more with Izuku's character. How he is an underdog who despite the odds never stopped trying with his dream.

Make Shigaraki Tomura the 'rival' as well as the 'villain' of the story. Think about it. What are rivals in these Shonens meant to do? To challenge the Protagonist and inspire them to become stronger. Bakugou in canon just tears Midoriya down relentlessly calling him "Deku" and calling the OFA holders "worthless nobodies" there's nothing inspiring about that. However - Shigaraki. He definitely could challenge Midoriya (both in views and power) and inspire him to become stronger. He's also shown to think of Midoriya constantly (separate to AFO's influence which is huge) so Midoriya could easily challenge (both views wise and in terms of power) and inspire him. Plus more interactions between these two would have done them wonders.

I would have Midoriya be the one to be kidnapped by the League rather than Bakugou. With Shiggy constantly thinking of him I believed this would happen, that Shig would try and fail to recruit Midoriya upon finding out he's a 'late bloomer'. It would also make a contrast between that moment and Izuku trying to save Shigaraki later because at that point they've both reached out to each other. And the whole narrative of 'saving Shigaraki' feels less forced.

Build up Shigaraki either as the main villain taking up AFO's villianous legacy like how Izuku is taking AM's heroic legacy or build up his redeemability by having him question what he was taught by his 'Sensei.' Either of these routes would be better than the inner child that is crying B.S. It neatly sidesteps all of the fact that Shigaraki canonically does not feel remorse or wish to change for any of deaths he caused. It is poor writing to try to redeem a character by throwing a pity party for them because they have suffered rather than addressing 'Do they want to be saved? Do they want to do better and change?' With Shigaraki, he wants to be saved from All for One but does he want to change or feel regret? Canonically, no. He uses Nomu's with no guilt. He kills people with no guilt. All he wants is destruction.

Don't redeem Endeavor - here's the thing. When Hori went down this route several things went wrong. Shoto lost his relevance as a main character and it became 'the Endeavor Show.' So instead, I would explore Shoto's POV growing separate from his Dad as well as reconnecting with both his siblings and his mum again as well as exploring their autonomous POV's. In canon, Hori scapegoated both Dabi and Rei to shift blame off of him which was a mess and muddles the messaging. Endeavor is meant to the symbol of the corrupt heroics 'redeeming him' undermines that.

Make Stain have a point. A controversial opinion but Stain in theory does have a point because there corrupt heroes (*cough* Endeavor *cough*) however the heroes Stain is shown to hurt do seem to be those he should like I.e Tensei Iida (who in the Spin Off Vigilantes is shown to be a good hero.) Give Stain targets that make sense I.e make a hero who is being corrupt, doing bad and being bad and have Stain hurt them. At the moment he just appears to hunt those that aren't All Might and dont emulate him.

Show Heroes / The Hero commission being corrupt more. Sure we have 'the optimist and murderer' Hawks as an example, Nagant who is in a few chapters but this corruption is meant to be a systemic issue. How the HPSC ruled and how the heroes have to bow to them is never fully explored I hate that (I actually wouldn't mind these guys being the actual bad guys of the series and the villians being the ones speaking out against them.)

I would establish Nagant as a character earlier. I would have Izuku be a fan of hers and I would have Hawks be mentored by her to support her place in the story and the impact of what happens to her by showing established characters effected by her and care for her. Since canonically it feels like Hori dropped her in the story out of nowhere.

Don't make Geten a Himura or reveal this earlier. Again. What was the point of this revelation? I could have seen this and been more open to it if it were revealed in the MVA arc. I would either have Geten rant maniacally about the purity and strength of the Himura Ice perhaps to parallel Endeavor's lust for power while Dabi stares at him shocked or not go down this route at all. Since now, it feels out of place and shoe horned in out of nowhere. And the incest stuff... I get that this sort of thing would happen in a world of quirks but what does it add? Rei is now canonically a product of incest - and what does that do? Narratively wise it nothing at all except give Rei's situation a whole other layer of ICK.

I would not give Dabi ice. What was the point of that revealation? His whole suffering comes down to the fact that he wasn't born perfect. That through Endeavor's quirk marriage he was born with a quirk that didn't suit his body and constantly harmed himself with his fire. Yet even so Touya used and continued to train his fire because Endeavor built up his sense of self as only his successor / how good he was with his fire then tore that away. Giving Dabi ice as a reaction to his near death state does what narratively? Shows Endeavor should have kept hurting / training Dabi when his quirk starts to hurt him? The whole point of Dabi's story should have been that he shouldn't have to be born "perfect" to be worthy of love yet the narrative robs him of that.

I would also either erase Dabi's kill count entirely or I would have it so that he accidentally killed those in the orphanage with his escape. And counted them in his 30 kills. This move I feel like would make him more sympathetic. It feels like Hori gave Dabi a kill count of random civilians to undermine him / his point against Endeav. Having him blame himself for the deaths of those in the orphanage (and them be a majority of his 30 kills) helps his redeemability because it proves despite his words that he still feels things and is in fact emotionally repressing things due to trauma.

Build up Toga Himiko as a sympathetic villian from the get go instead of a "Blood Yandere" or just make her a full irredeemable villian. With Toga from the start I would give her internal conflict about killing others, give her guilt about taking lives to feed her addiction to blood, make her try not to take lives /her killings accidental before she loses more and more of herself to the thirst for blood which then Ochaco could 'save' her from by reminding her what she wants is genuine connection/ help. Or I'd have her be a full unrepentant villian that needs to be stopped.

Explore the full consequences of Twice's death on the League and proper rammifications for Hawks. Or Don't kill Twice - redeem him instead. I like Twice, I feel like he's one of the best and most sympathetic villains Hori has ever written. Therefore I am miffed that canonically the League's feelings (outside Toga's) haven't been explored on Twice's death when they all, even Shig and Dabi, seemed to be fond of him at least. I am also annoyed that Hawks isn't even looked down on for this decision and didn't lose anything. No one is sideyeing him for deliberately stabbing a mentally ill man in the back? He gets his wings back despite Dabi burning them off? Or instead of killing Twice I'd have him be captured by Hawks instead and receive therapy.

Explore the process of the creation of an intelligent Nomu. I would either make Shirakumo 'alive' somehow being making Kurogiri an alter of him which the Doctor tortured out of him then brainwashed. OR I would explore Kurogiri's internal thoughts realising that he is a sentient corpse and exploring a full identity crisis for him, still wanting to be a hero and reconnect with his old friends but also wishing to save Shigaraki from AFO. That would be more powerful than what we got.

Give Nedzu, Momo and all the intelligent characters back their brains. Hori doesn't write intelligent characters well, everyone does what he wants them to do for the sake of plot. I would have them tackle the problem and put their characters first when they think things through and make the plot bend to them rather than vice versa.

Make AFO a proper threatening villain and a consistent threat or replace him as the main big bad. - Not sure how to elaborate but some of AFO's decisions in the recent arcs have been laughably stupid to the point of extreme annoyance. So I would either write him off after Kamino or keep him a consistent threat.

I would also explore Dr Giraki / Ujiko as a big bad alongside AFO and the horror of the Nomu condition. These are puppeteered corpses! People's dead bodies! And yet the heroes even upon knowing this are still kicking them around like volleyballs. There's no attempt to save the High ends even after realising Kurogiri's condition. So I would change that. I would have the heroes want to treat these creatures with respect. And only kill as a last resort.

Make Nedzu an actual character. Nedzu has a very interesting premise, a creature, who hates humans, with a very high IQ in charge of a school. Why is this? Because Hori said so in canon. I would actually explore why - does he actually want control and influence over how some of the most powerful heroes will turn out like - I think yes. So I would explore his morally grey tendencies and flesh him out.

Allow all the 1A girls to be both useful and intelligent. Momo especially has an OP quirk, an OP intelligent stat yet Hori never allows her to be as useful or intelligent as she should be. Jiro, Hagakure and Froppy also have OP quirks - yet they are under utilised and unexplored in what capabilities they could do.

Make Aizawa less of a bad teacher and more of a hardass with a heart of gold. (This will be an unpopular opinion.) I am firm in the belief that Aizawa's methods are deeply flawed and canonically he is not a good homeroom teacher at all. I would remove his 'expulsion record' (doing that would literally ruin lives even with the retcon of it only being on paper because that black mark would stay there.) I would change it instead so he moves the classes he deems to have no potential to Gen Ed so that there is no black mark nonsense and the students with potential could earn their way back into the course via the sports festival. I would change the "logical ruse" nonsense which would only breed trust issues in his students IRL to him being straight forward with the goals but having the activities have secret targets too (like the whole concept of hero points in the entrance exam.) I would also erase him falling asleep all the time because that doesn't support the notion that he cares about these kids. These changes would lead to him being a better teacher and would make more sense canonically as his teaching methods are meant to come from his trauma around Oboro's death.

I would either erase Aizawa's mentorship with Shinsou entirely or I would have Shinsou get further into the sports festival and earn his way into 1A that way. Canonically we see Eraser help and mentor Shinsou more than his own students (even the ones who actually need help!) So I would change this by removing the mentorship entirely or having Shinsou join 1A having earnt a spot via the sports festival and having Aizawa help him catch up with everyone else.

Shinsou. I would have him actually be treated as a villain in his backstory. I know we are all used to fanon Shinsou but canon Shinsou isn't abused. Isn't even really bullied bar from a rather justified wariness of 'that quirk is great for a hero. Just don't use it on me, ok?' Which doesn't inspire sympathy if anything it makes you wonder if Shinsou had believed he could coast into the hero course on his powerful quirk and is bitter that he couldn't do that. So I would have him be literally called a villain (literally have his quirks similarities to that of the villain Dictator be called out), I would also have him train outside his quirk to make him more sympathetic. Izuku did with his analysis. Shinsou canonically didn't train at all.

Tone down or Erase Mineta's perversions. I get this is a shonen so there is nearly always a character like this however with Mineta's 'comedy' Hori always goes too far and makes him appear like a budding sexual predator (thankfully he seems to be growing out of this in the later arcs but still.) I'd turn it into him trying and failing to flirt rather than groping people.

Have Midnight only make saucy comments to her peers - this I don't feel like needs further elaboration but the fact that Midnight had said she was turned on by things the students did (even though it's a persona) felt ick to me especially as this character is meant to be a teacher. I would explore her deeper as a character and juxapose her off duty 'more reserved' character vs the hero 'saucy' persona. And have her warn the girls about sexualisation in the hero industry 'women need to use their bodies / sex appeal to get ahead.' Which this new generation of heroes could change that.

I would either not kill Midnight at all or give her a heroic and impactful death. I hated how Midnight died off screen by a meaningless mook, only to be mentioned once again by Mic for Aizawa to shut him up about it. I hated how from here her relevance in the teacher OG friendship group essentially ended as Hori shifted focus hard to KurOboro. I hated how the impact of her death on the students that found her wasn't explored. Midnight died grievously injured and on her knees, Hori didn't bother to even give her a death scene. I would either not kill her at all or have her sacrifice herself heroically to save her students and fully explore the impact of this on everyone.

Explore the UA teachers / how they teach outside of Aizawa and All Might. The series is meant to be 'my hero academia' - So where is the academia? I would have some of the other teachers teaching styles explored as well as the students learning things that come in useful for hero work other than fighting. I.e first aid, villain psychology, quirkless hand to hand fights - all things that would come in useful as a hero other than being good with their quirks. I would also explore these teachers more as characters because I'd love to know more about Vlad King, Mic, Midnight, Thirteen, Ectoplasm and Nedzu.

I would have Endeavor always remain second to All Might. Endeavor in my opinion never deserved the number one spot, he instead deserved to fall from grace after being outed as an abuser. I would have All Might after losing OFA go full 'Iron Man Might' and remind Izuku that he showed Toshi how great of a hero he was without a quirk so Toshi is now taking inspiration from him and showing the whole of Japan how power isn't just from Quirks. It would show AM and Izuku's mentorship and the bond between these characters nicely.

I would either erase Nighteye from the story entirely or change his personality entirely and have him bond with Izuku over being an AM fan too. This I'm not sure if it needs explanation but Nighteye being a bad friend to AM, a bad mentor to Izuku wasn't needed. Aside from his role in Mirio's life and saving Eri he wasn't needed in general- especially not to bring down Izuku's already critically low self esteem.

Eri is too OP - it's narrative breaking. If she can rewind things why hasn't she rewound All Might back to his prime health? Why hasn't she given Aizawa back his eye and leg? Why has Eri only gave Mirio back his quirk? Can she rewind the dead? These are all questions Hori has left dangling because he couldn't be bothered to think of them before he thoughtlessly slotted her into the narrative. I would give her hard limits to her Rewind (such as only being able to rewind a few years or one part of the body at a time) and the drug that Overhaul uses be her power plus trigger to enhance it.

I would leave Mirio quirkless and have him be an awesome hero without Permeation. It would do wonders for the narrative if after losing his quirk Mirio kept working toward being a hero anyway. It would be interesting for both Midoriya and Aoyama to react to this. And for Mirio to have a big brother relationship with Midoriya.

I would give Izuku a proper support group. (I feel like this will be an unpopular opinion.) Class 1A should have been perfect for this role however Hori having them unite with Bakugou against Izuku in the 1A vs Izuku mess, Hori never bothering to develop 1A's friendships most people in 1A don't feel like Midoriya's friends. So I would change that and have them be more of a found family.

I would narratively foreshadow Yuuga as the UA traitor. Yuuga being formerly Quirkless and the UA traitor came out of nowhere. So I would foreshadow it by having him bond with Izuku over "being a late bloomer." I would explore his hesitancy to make friends through this too so Izuku and he would unknowingly bond over a shared Quirkless past. I would also have AFO explode him like he did with Nagant upon finding out Yuuga's treachery. I wouldn't kill Yuuga but this act would make the stakes much more personal for Izuku.

I would narratively develop Midoriya's family. We know so much of the Todoroki's yet so little of the Midoriya's it's criminal. So I would develop both Midoriya Hisashi and Midoriya Inko as people and show the impact of their parenting on Izu. Show Izuku calling his Dad 'overseas' . As well as drop hints about DFO (because I do like that theory but Hori hasn't built up to that well.)

I would tell the stories of the OFA holders instead of having them be plot devices. We know so little of the OFA holders, their motivations, their personalities it's criminal. So I would develop them and tell their stories of what it was like to hold OFA in their time as well as explore First as an actual character. What was it like for each of the holders in their time? Who were each of the holders to each other, all mentees and mentors or best friends, partners? Were any of the holders 'bad' or 'redeemed villains' it looks like everyone was all good which is a waste!!

I would give All Might a proper support group. Think about the people who know his OFA secret, Midoriya, Gran Torino, Nana, Nighteye, Nedzu, Detective Tsukauchi and Recovery Girl. Out of these people; Nana has tragically died in front of All Might, Midoriya is his successor and a child in need of his support and the other four (everyone else except Detective Tsukauchi) supports All Might poorly. (Especially Gran who AM is shown to be afraid of to the point of shaking!) Detective Tsukauchi is the only one who I think actually is shown supporting AM the most. So I would add more supportive characters to AM's circle (like Mic who is shown to be a very good, supportive friend and Inko who is Izuku's mum and is also shown to be a kind and supportive lady.)

I would keep the coherent clear problems in society such as Quirkless Discrimination and Mutant Discrimination shown throughout the story. Hori does a poor job with tackling his themes so I would show more how Quirkless (other than Izu and Aoyama are treated). I would also show Spinner taking offense when Dabi calls him "Lizard" as well as the Police chief taking offence when Shoto calls him a "Mutt." And have more instances like this.

I think this is all the ideas I have for now. Please let me know what you think.

#mha critical #bnha critical #anti bakugou #anti bakugou katsuki #aizawa critical #anti endeavor #Koala dont look #Class 1A critical #im not sure how to tag this #Shinsou Hitoshi critical

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nutzgunray-lvt · 5 months

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This is a very minor hill to die on, but I love how a month or two's worth of Izuku being sleep deprived, injured, and food deprived is resolved with 1A beating him into submission (which would have made his injuries WORSE), one bath and one nap.

There's no hospitalization, no him being sick from being out in the elements, no PT, no Izuku having to take things slow, no him having to regain the weight he realistically would have lost.

It's just "throw him in the bath and move on to the Final War with absolutely no rest or reflection from ANY of the characters."

God, I hate the Dark Izuku Arc so much.

#anti dark izuku arc #izuku deserves better #class 1a critical #mha critical #bnha critical

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sapphic-agent · 4 months

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My problem with 1-A is the way they do nothing about Bakugo’s treatment of Izuku.

I mean, this guy fired an attack on their other classmate, with All Might outright saying it could have killed him, but this doesn’t stop people, like Kirishima, from wanting to befriend him. They at least acknowledge that he has a horrible personality (they used to, anyway), but that’s as far as it goes. Katsuki hits and berates Izuku, sometimes in front of them, and they do nothing.

They either genuinely don’t realize how bad Bakugo’s behavior really is despite the evidence being right in front of them, which would make them idiots. Or, they do realize how bad it is, but still don’t stop it despite training to be heroes, which would make them jerks.

I know that they are mostly just glorified background characters who were lucky to have gotten any spotlight at all, but it’s still frustrating.

Yeah. As much as I like 1A for the most part, them just looking like "😀" while Bakugou is screaming his head off at Izuku for existing tends to really turn me off of them.

I like to headcanon that because Bakugou's strong and talented, he still looks like hero material to them even though he's a dick. Similarly to how the public idolized Endeavor despite him being known for being unfriendly. Although, Endeavor also wasn't public with his verbal or physical abuse. But my thought process is that the people in MHA think that strength=heroism. It's the only way I can justify 1A's indifference in my head

#anti bakugou katsuki #class 1a critical #anon ask

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theloganator101 · 1 year

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Why we arent learning things about clas A1? Well, because if Izu has a support system what would be the fun for Hori.

He made class A1 face Izu in that horrible way in his vigilante arc and..."friendship is the key Izu" only then....it's proven how wrong they are.

But did they aknowldge that? Nope. And never will.

Also warning: wanna bet how Izu will save the world and not get credit again?

And that's the main problem I have with the cast altogether.

Most of them don't feel like characters.

They're cardboard cutout of characters, plot devices to be used for story purposes and never be needed or used again.

They don't have that strong of a connection with Izuku because we don't see him interacting with them as he was pushing them away to focus on controlling OFA.

And you WOULD think after Black Whip appeared, Izuku and All Might would have a conversation about telling 1-A about OFA because: 1) They literally saw it with their own eyes and might get suspicious.

2) Finally realizing keep a secret like this from everyone (even everyone close to them) is starting to do more harm than good.

But NOPE! They're still in the dark about it until AFTER Izuku left them with a note explaining everything!

So yeah, the cast is underdeveloped to where you can literally replaced them with talking bricks and nothing would change.

#bnha critical #mha critical #critical 1a #class 1a critical

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obsidianstrawberrymilk · 9 months

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Rewatching S1E8 it's a shame Kaminari (and everyone else) didn't keep that same attitude when it came to Bakugo. Maybe if everyone had made it more clear he was a piece of shit he would've actually had development.

#mha #mha citical #my hero academia #my hero academia critical #bnha #bnha critical #boku no hero academia #boku no hero academia critical #bnha criticism #boku no hero academia criticism #mha criticism #my hero academia criticism #denki kaminari #kaminari denki #bakugo katsuki #anti bakugo #anti katsuki bakugou #class 1a

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miss-lee-lee-fan · 11 months

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Wait hold on your tags were 100% correct, Hobie would hate how things are run in the Bnha universe omg

Hobie's List of ppl he would hate in BNHA

1. Bakugou

2. Endeavor

3. Aizawa

Hobie would straight up pro test against the Hero Structure and Glorification of a flawed system.

#but he would put Izuku under his wing seeing attributes he saw in miles #but since hes against authority he would hate Aizawa and Endeavor #ik Almight is genuine but it would be something for hobie to warm up to for a while #HE WOULD MAKE B//KG HIS NO.1 TARGET #he would instigate to have all of class 1a to be against him #anti bakugou #aizawa critical #anti endeavor #my post #spiderman across the spiderverse #hobie brown #spiderpunk #spiderman #atsp

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khonaker · 7 months

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That ask you submitted about NO ONE being happy/giving encouragment to Izuku during the interview exercise made me way angrier than I thought.

Like you said, it would have been one thing if a few of 1A didn't (Sero and Kota since they're canonically not as close with Izuku, maybe Jirou since she just don't give af), but for EVERYONE including Tokoyami and the Deku Squad? Absolutely not.

Like Jesus fucking Christ, Hori can't just throw Izuku a win every once in a while? All Might's the only one who consistently praises him and gives him encouragment, and the narrative likes portraying as this being wrong because it "encourages Izuku's self-sacrificing tendancies."

It's bad enough that Izuku has no other talents or hobbies to speak of, he can't even have his friends in his corner?

All this does to me is paint Hori as indecisive about what he wants to do with these characters that aren’t named Midoriya or Bakugou. And it’s absolutely infuriating because Hori wants us to think 1-A is a complete unit and family together yet scenes like this tarnish that idea.

Moments when Midoriya rallies the bulk of 1-A during the provisional license exam and they all back him up with NO hesitation, and Iida and Todoroki wanting to let him know if he needs someone to talk to when they see him stressed about something during the Overhaul arc. I LOVED those scenes because they demonstrated how high of an opinion most of 1-A had of him. At the bare minimum, even those who didn’t canonically interact with him a lot or at all, like Sero or Koda, they trusted and respected him. That’s why, while I understand the feeling and can get where people are coming from, I can’t get behind the notion that Midoriya doesn’t have friends. They are simply acting out of character for dumb reasons, such as, like I said in my post, a very cheap laugh.

Honestly, it’s like the entire dynamic between Midoriya and the majority of 1-A shifted by the time you know who started to get more and more unnecessary screen time.

#my hero academia critical #boku no hero academia critical #izuku deserves better #class 1a deserves to be treated better #dekusquad should have been more solidified #horikoshi should have treated his cast better

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justatalkingface · 1 year

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I'm rather salty about the class 1a vs. Izuku and the aftermath.

Because to me all that arc showed was that only Uraraka, Iida and Bakugou are important to Izuku, meaning that they were the only ones who at the end of the day got through to Izuku. I mean who else got big moments like them. The answer is no one else.

Okay, maybe it's too much to ask of Horikoshi to give meaningful moments for of all of class 1a. But you know there is one other person I wanted to get big moment, but didn't receive. It was Shoto.

I'm just so mad that Shoto, who always supported Izuku unconditionally, more than anyone else in class 1a, didn't get any recognition. Did Horikoshi have to ignore the friendship that he created between him and Shoto to create this arc? He just completely destroyed any hope or expectations that I had in the manga to be honest.

Am I just frustrated over nothing because it seems no one cares?

Oh, you're not the only one upset about how 1A is being treated. Someone posted recently that Kaminari is one of the favorite characters, but his last big significant moment is what, War Arc? And before him being used for only his Quirk... when was he relevant again? Once the power levels started shooting up, the 'elite' 1A (who's Quriks had to be set up before the power cap was set so damn high) has been less and less relevant as the story continued, and they became less able to compete in the big leagues the story was focusing on.

The thing that comes up with that clusterfuck, beyond how badly it treats Izuku, is how badly it treats 1A as a whole, minus Bakugou, of course. They were there as nothing more than Bakugou's backup, and all their actions just served his agenda, not their own thoughts or feelings. They just... blindly agreed, because.... reasons. Yeah.

Shoto, of course, is also being done wrong, but it's worse on him because he was a main character, but now he's just a part of other people's stories.

When we first met Shoto, Endeavour was involved with him, obviously, but the dynamic was Endeavour was a part of Shoto's story. Endeavour was relevant because how he affected Shoto.

After Endeavour became the Number One Hero, though, it started switching around, and Shoto was sidelined to focus more and more on Endeavour. He featured in that story, sure, but it was as a part of Endeavour's story, not his own. Shoto was, instead of being relevant on his own merits, became relevant because how he affected Endeavour, which only got worse over time as his acceptance of his father was more or less tactly stated as fact, even if it was never said, and so Endeavour's story could focus on Dabi more as part of his development.

Here's where it starts diverging from Izuku, though. Originally, Izuku talked some sense into him, and so they became friends, right? As time passed, though, they spent less and less time interacting on screen, and when Shoto was on screen with him? Even then, more and more of that time was about Endeavour.

They interacted when they interned with Endeavour together. When they ate a meal at Todoroki's house, it was about pushing Endeavour's story, how Todoroki felt about Endeavour, not Izuku, and worse yet Izuku ended up supporting Endeavour's redemption as part of Shoto's 'realization' of that fact he wanted to forgive his father.

So, on one end, his connection with Izuku as a friend got less focus, less screen time spent with the two of them together and they, in the author's views of them anyways, started becoming less important by dint of them just being together less, and less time of that time was spent as friends and more as working towards part of a greater objective, while on the other end, he started getting more and more assimilated as a character in Endeavour's story, not allowed to stand on his own, go his own way.

These two factors carved away at, not even their friendship, but how relevant their friendship was to Shoto and Izuku as characters, as both of them focused on different things.

Then, you know, my favorite phrase becomes relevant yet again: Everything Changed When The War Arc Attacked.

Because Post War, characters aren't relevant for their friendships, just their value for the plot, for moving Hori's agenda to the end as fast as possible, because he doesn't want to flesh out anything beyond the most basic necessities. And at this point, for the greater plot, Shoto only exists as part of Dabi and Endeavour story. So of course, under that logic, he's not a big focus when it's about Izuku. Ochako is part of Izuku's plot, as much as anyone not named Bakugou is, only in so much as she's still somewhat hinted as Izuku's future love interest, but by and by large, Izuku, or rather Deku, has moved beyond 1A, beyond friendships, and what remains of his friendship with Shoto isn't important enough to get even a brief nod too.

Hori didn't need to do this, is the thing. This is just the quickest, easiest option for him.

So... sorry to say, but I'd keep your expectations low about Shoto's future if I was you; he's already had his big fight with Dabi, and now it's Endeavour's turn, and maybe they'll fight him together, sure, but that'll be it. And after that, what purpose is he going to serve in the narrative? It's all going to be downhill for him from here.

#ask #mha critical #bnha critical #class 1a #mha shoto #endeavour critical #izuku deserves better #shoto deserves better #1A deserves better

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violetlunette · 2 years

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Would Hizashi be a good Homeroom teacher?

Critics of Aizawa have stated that Hizashi would be a better teacher than him, and it got me thinking. What would Hizashi be like as a homeroom teacher? Well, I thought about it and compiled my thoughts in a nonsense post.

Keep in mind, that everything below is just MY thoughts and opinions. And though I’ve done my best to study Mic, there’s not a lot in canon to work with, so everything is YMMV. I will be explaining my reasoning for everything I say, though.

Okay, so what would make Hizashi good for the role?

For one, his voice quirk would allow him to keep the class under control, as he’s hard to ignore. He’s very intelligent which would help with the paperwork, and he’s just a hard worker.

However, the main that would make Mic a great homeroom teacher is that—unlike his naive, but well-meaning colleagues—Hizashi has emotional intelligence.

The others have some level of this, but their emotional knowledge is clouded by other factors, and they’re usually unable to put their personal feelings aside. An example of this is when the traitor was revealed;

Mic was the ONLY person there willing to set his personal feelings aside to deal with a very dangerous problem. He only stopped pushing because he knew no one would take his side.

Getting back on topic, this would allow Hizashi to handle his students as he would know when to coddle them—like when Momo had her confidence busted—and when to kick someone’s fragile ego to help them learn a few things, such as Bakagou and his attitude problem.

Present Mic is also very willing to interact with the students one on one, allowing him to help them out more. (Not that Aizawa wasn’t willing. He just isn’t one to make the first move which leads to issues here and there.)

I especially think Mic would have been able to help Izuku, Tenya, and Bakagou.

With Tenya, Mic would have pulled Tenya aside after hearing his brother’s attack and would have talked to him about it. Hizashi understands what Tenya is going through because he’s been there. Hizashi saw Oboro’s corpse. He can understand Tenya’s anger and grief. And there’s no way he wouldn’t have reached out because that’s what he always does. When someone is sad (All Might or Aizawa) Mic reaches out and offers an ear. They don’t always accept, and he respects that but lets them know subtly that he’s there. Mic may not have helped enough to dissuade Tenya from pursuing Stain, but the attempt would be made. (Plus, I believe he would have called Manuel to update him on the situation.) He’d also be better at teaching Tenya to relax a bit more and not be so serious all the time.

With Bakagou his relationship would be—rough, but Mic would still be good for the firebomb. First, there’s no way that Hizashi wouldn’t have checked in on Bakagou’s mental state after a kidnapping. But he also would have been good to help with two of Bakagou’s main flaws that others rarely address; his arrogance and recklessness.

This is because in his youth Mic was nice, but also a jack of trades which made him overconfident in his abilities. However, this was something that—from his POV—cost others their lives. Because of this, I think this would make Mic more willing than others All Might to toughen up that “fragile ego” of Bakagou’s. Plus, he actually might have stepped up and done something about his conflict with Izuku.

Okay, I did an entire post on how Mic HATES conflict and avoids it at all costs. However, in that same post, I stated that all goes out the window when people he cares for are being hurt. So, I have no doubt Hizashi man up and do what he needed to do. (Hell, he may have actually done something.) It’s shown he dislikes bullies and is very protective of others, so it’s not out of the question that he would have pulled Bakagou aside after the first battle match and had a one-on-one talk, letting him know that wouldn’t stand.

That being said, Mic may have done a touch more harm as he would poke at Bakagou’s insecurities, which may have made Bakagou lash out even worse. (More on this later.) He also would have put the two together for the finals, just like Aizawa did as he’d want to test Bakagou’s self-control and Izuku’s ability to stand up for himself.

Speaking of which, let’s talk about our sweet broccoli. Mic would be able to help him simply because he would actually talk to Izuku AND All Might about things.

See, Mic knows the power of communication. He does it all the time. Therefore, he and All Might--who’s the teaching assistant?--would always be on the same page, something Aizawa and All Might are very much not. Unlike Aizawa, who was too insecure to question All Might, Hizashi would call All Might out very bluntly. “Hey, you said you were teaching Deku, right? Why are his bones still shattering? What methods are you using to teach?” Aizawa never pushed to know anything for personal reasons, and so he didn’t know anything about Izuku. Mic would push because a) he’s pushy, and b) Izuku would literally be injuring himself all the time and Mic would want to stop that. (I don’t think he’d be in on the OFA secret, but All Might would be on his toes all the time.)

With Izuku, Hizashi would be able to help Izuku with his insecurity as Mic has deep insecurities of his own. And if there’s one thing Mic is excellent at it’s being a hype man, so that would have helped with Izuku’s confidence if even a little bit. (Koda’s too!) Plus, I believe Mic would have directly asked about Bakagou’s issue with him (delicacy isn’t Mic’s strong point). Since Izuku tells everyone who asks—All Might, Uraraka, Tenya, etc.--Mic would know the deal right away. I’m not 100% sure what he’d do, but I think he’d help in subtle ways so as not to embarrass Izuku, or hurt his pride. (A lot of fix-it fics have it that Izuku tells a teacher, and they handle it, however, no one ever brings up how actions like that are embarrassing to the student, especially when they’re over the age of ten. That’s one of the reasons in the real world teens don’t go to teachers. They’re young, but they have pride too. Izuku tells others because he wants to vent, but at the end of the day he wants to handle Bakagou on his terms.) Mic would understand this and has demonstrated in canon that he could help without being obvious.

Other small things, Present Mic is very observant so he’d be able to pick up on his students' strengths and weaknesses. His bluntness may come off as harsh, but in a way, it would be helpful too as he knows to curb his words enough not to dissuade the kids, but is sharp enough to keep them on their toes.

Hizashi would also be a good contrast to all his students and All Might as they’re all naive as heck. They all have a clear black and white view, but Mic knows it’s much more complicated than that. He understands the stakes better than anyone and wouldn’t blindly forgive.

This may be one of his flaws.

Spoilers, but I’m not sure how Mic would react to Aoyama being the traitor. On one hand, this is a precious student whom Hizashi has grown attached to. On the other hand, his actions placed his other students, and friends, in danger. And Mic—as loving as is—isn’t very forgiving of anyone hurting his loved ones. It would especially hurt because they were hurt by someone they and he trusted. Even understanding the situation, it would be hard.

In the end, I don’t think he’d forgive Aoyama, but at the same time—due to the situation—he wouldn’t just abandon him. Like, “I’m mad and I don’t forgive you, but even so, I’ll help you to redeem yourself.”

Speaking of flaws, what else works against him?

Externally, Hizashi already has a full-time job as a radio DJ and Hero, both professions that call him out to host events. As an English teacher Mic shows up for several classes and grades papers, but then he can rest, or do the other things he needs to do. As a homeroom teacher, he couldn’t do that, especially after everyone moved to the dorms.

Internally, I think Mic is a bit too passive. To keep the students in line (especially ones like Bakagou) Mic would have to be able to pull them aside and scold them properly. As stated, Hizashi would if he had to, but I’m not sure how long he’d wait to do so. Plus, he’d have to deal with parents and other factors. Mic likes to keep his life as peaceful as he can and won’t stir things up if he doesn’t have to.

Plus, Mic is the type to pick favorites and makes no qualms about those he doesn’t like, which may isolate students. To be fair though, if Mic had more one-on-one with all his students, I’d have no doubt that while he’d love them differently, he would love them the same. (In canon, he doesn’t have much interaction with the students outside of class. As such, Hizashi doesn’t really know any of the students outside of tournaments and such, so it’s easier to choose favorites as he’s a spectator.)

He’s also the type to poke at wounds and may unintentionally poke too hard at people, causing them to lash out too harshly.

And to anyone thinking Mic wouldn’t be as strict as Aizawa, hahaha—no. If anything I’d say with full confidence he’d be tougher than Aizawa. Mic may come off as easygoing, but I have no doubt he’d run his kids through the wringer while laughing all the way. (I have nothing to back this up, but no doubt either.)

And finally, while his quirk is a boon, it can also work against him. If the students get out of control, the only way Mic can stop them is to hurt them.

In summary;

Things that would make Hizashi a good teacher;

*His emotional intelligence

*His communication skills

*His observation skills

*The fact that he tends to get involved with others without prompting

*His bluntness

*The fact that he can respect emotions, but knows when to call others out

*His Quirk

*Would be more involved

Things that would make Hizashi a bad teacher;

*Busy life schedule

*Passive / Hates conflict

*Too blunt

*May push on some wounds without meaning too

*Unforgiving

*His quirk may make it hard to teach his students and if they get out of control, the only way to stop them is to hurt them.

*Would be way tougher than Aizawa

In conclusion;

Personally, I like the roles as is, though I wish we saw Aizawa spending more time with his class and actually interacting.

Mic works really, really hard and the job of being a homeroom teacher would be too taxing, emotionally and physically. Don’t get me wrong, I think he’d be a bad teacher, far from it. Rather I think he’d be great. But the man needs—and wants--to take it easy. He wants to keep what he can light and doesn’t like taking on more trouble than he has to.

That being said, it would be cute to see him being a fun dad to Class 1-A.

#apologies for grammar this is just a quick burst #yamada hizashi #hizashi yamada #Present Mic #Present Mic as a homeroom teacher #Class 1A #ymmv #bnha #mha #bnha meta #Bakagou critical #not really but I mention his fragile ego

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adobolover123 · 10 months

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bakusquad when they’re on instagram (headcannons!)

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bakugo’s instagram:

-doesn’t post a lot on instagram, but when he does OHMYGODDDJ

-he would post mirror selfies of him flexing with songs attatched. (maybe it’s just the camera angle but his arms r HUGE ASFFF—)

-does he post bakusquad? tbh rarely. bc of his big ahh ego. but since he’s getting better and warming up to them he’ll repost his friend’s posts if he’s tagged in them (hangouts, workout posts)

-he only posts stories

-his username is probably something corny as hell, like:

king.explosionmurder , kb_explosionmurder , imbetterthanyou, LMAOO

or something else like that 😭

-omg. and if ur lucky enough to get on his close friends story, (from time to time,) he’ll post himself lip syncing to audios. DONT EVEN GET ME STARYEDDD

-he knows he’s attractive. like literally post more please.

-only thing on his acc is one highlight of himself.

-his pfp? mirror selfie covering his face 🤷‍♀️

kirishima’s instagram:

-omg y’all this cutie and his instagram.

-most-if not ALL of his stories are selfies with his friends, and he most DEFINITELY has a weekly dump of them.

-his selfies with them r mostly him and his friends working out, but he’ll post even the little selfies like them at lunch.

-he WILL go on a story spam when the baku squad hangs out.

-he’ll post his workout progress on his story fs

-let’s be real he’ll post those motivational quotes

-his username would be his hero name or his regular name with his bday numbers 🤷‍♀️ (redriot1016, e.kirishima1016, )

-his main posts are kinda a pattern; himself, then his friends, then himself again.

-when he posts on main posts of his friends he would attach funny ass videos of them, and dumb challenges the bakusquad would do with each other

-his two main highlights r himself and his friends ofc, but he would have a highlight for each hangout to make it extra special ☹️

kaminari’s instagram:

-out of the whole bakusquad, denki and mina are the most active.

-i think we all know how he would be like fr

-he is definitely that person who reposts EVERYTHING HE SEES ON HIS FEED; REELS, POSTS, MEMES,

— he spams his stories ( he made a gc on insta with the rest of the squad that are MAINLY him spamming them with reels; bakugo kept leaving it but kaminari keeps inviting him back in)

-but waitwaitwait; be careful skipping through his stories bc he WILL post some FINE ass selfies of himself for the hoes

-he also won’t hesitate to post himself lip syncing to songs on his public story

-like kirishima, he posts his friends a lot!

-he’ll post on his story with those add-ons that have to do with friends and he’ll make a mini collage of his squad :)))

-his username?… it’s probably one of those “theyluv___” “theyfw___” type shi 😭

-kaminari. has. a. lot. of. main posts.

-but they come out hella good; he prolly searches up “instagram post ideas” on pinterest

-his pinned post was when he had a whole photoshoot in a parking lot garage which funny story:

(the bakusquad decided to hang out at the mall, and they arrived at the parking lot garage. mina brought up how it was a good place to take pictures here and denki RAN with that. next thing yk;

bakugo was pissed asf waiting for them sitting down on the ground,

jirou was being denki’s photo critic,

sero was helping kirishima get the angles right,

and mina was showing denki what poses he should do. they were there for an hour. )

-he complains how his acc isn’t getting seen but he forgot that he put his acc on private

ashido’s instagram:

-second most active on instagram

-SHE HAS THAT HOT GIRL ACC FR

-she posts a lot, but her three pinned posts are: selfies of herself, a photoshoot of herself, and one of those cool hot photoshoots with the squad

-her highlights are: “💋” (herself) , “🔛🔝” (bakusquad)”, “my loves” (class 1A girls)

-her username is probably “iheart___” or something simple like “minaa_a”

-she posts herself a lot on her story AND EATS IT UP EVERYTIMEEE

-and she posts her friends on her story as equally as she posts herself ♡

-she posts a LOT on her close friends, she posts memes but mainly funny videos and pictures of the squad. including funny gc screenshots

-when her friends post she’ll repost them like 3 times, and spam/hype them up in the comments 🤗

jirou’s instagram:

-this girl got the whole themed instagram acc quickly.

-she only uses instagram to be up to date with music artists so she doesn’t care abt posting

-her username would probably just be her name or something like: “j_kyoka”

-but she does have one main post, and it’s a guitar she got for her birthday 🤗

-she posts reels of her doing all sorts of song covers with different instruments LIKE AHHHH

-her covers get a lot of attention, denki asks her how he could get attention on his acc

-since her acc got a lot of public attention (she’s thinking abt making another one just for song covers) everyone in class 1A is on her close friends so she could post stuff she’d like to keep a little private; like her friends, hangouts

-on her public story she would repost concert tour dates, music artists posts, stuff like that.

-she would post screenshots of songs she’s listening to on her public story

-sadly she doesn’t post herself—unless it’s a selfie of her getting a new instrument or something lol

-there was this one time she posted a cute selfie of herself in her cfs on accident, and denki and mina hyped her up sm fr ☹️

mina:

“YESSS”

“POST MORE 🗣️🗣️”

denki:

“OHMYOGF”

“U POSTED”

“OKAY JIRO I SEE YOUU”

jirou:

“sthu”

-she has a public highlight for covers, and her cf highlights are her friends !

-she doesn’t ask to take that much pictures with them, she usually reposts her friends stories when she’s tagged in them

-but she loves recording denki being stupid lol, she also has a cf highlight of that

sero’s instagram:

-almost like a bakusquad fan acc

-he’s like in the middle of jirou and denki when it comes to posting on his story

-he’ll repost memes, but not as much

-he posts sky pictures just bc 🤗 he has a highlight for them

-he doesn’t post himself ☹️😒 unless it’s a selfie with the squad

-in fact, he has a lot of main posts of JUST him and the bakusquad; he’s also the cameraman

-but he mainly takes pictures and videos a lot with denki, their pictures are funny ASF

-instead of just one highlight of the whole squad, he has a silly highlight for each of them!!

-funny videos, funny pictures, funny screenshots of things they said, you name it

-he also has a highlight for tiktoks the squad do together it’s so funny and cute

-his feed is everywhere tbh; a mix of memes and the squad

-his username is probably a meme quote or something like “notserohanta” 💀

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notes: (i wrote this at like 12am srry if it’s sloppy) those are my head cannons! i rlly don’t know wht to write for a fic anymore lol. i hope you enjoyed though!!

have a good day loves ♡

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itsnothingofinterest · 4 months

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If I may get out one last post for the year, something I thought of when answering an ask recently is that I think I've got why I’m not getting behind the next generation of heroes surpassing their predecessors. The manga’s still trying to make those predecessors so inspiring and right in what they do that it’s stopped acknowledging the flaws that the students are supposed to be surpassing. Like, sure Hawks had his "contributions" to the 1st war; but the manga will still let him get a few cool one-liners off on AFO. He's still presented as someone for the kids like Tokoyami to aspire too. As a result, the students end up doing all the same things as those inspiring current pros would do instead of surpassing them.

I mean I recently saw it said that Deku was surpassing All Might by doing the one thing he couldn’t; saving Tomura. But did All Might not do that because he was incapable, or did he just…get forced into retirement first? We know he wanted to save Tomura. Do we really have reason to say he couldn’t besides not being given the opportunity, and if so, is that opportunity really the edge Deku has over All Might?

And Shoto and Endeavor both conclude their arcs trying to save Touya. They fail at this if you ask me but Shoto at least stops him from exploding…but his quirk is the only reason he manages that. That really ends up being the difference his contribution to the Todoroki finale has over his father's, he had an ice quirk to help cool Touya.

The students have even ended up participating in the really morally grey stuff we'd criticize the pros for, at least on the professional side; like using a hospital to hold Kurogiri, brainwashing Machia, and Deku still seems the only one who wasn't trying to murder Tomura in the Sky Coffin. And they get the same justifications of “but this villain’s so dangerous” and “the greater good” thrown around for them like when the current pros got criticized for doing stuff like this. Which tracks when, like I said, those criticisms didn't stop Endeavor from being shown as a good guy or Hawks from getting a cool one-liner or two off on AFO. Why would Class 1A avoid being like this?

There’s just not a lot of sense of actual improvement going around, I'm finding; the kids are only doing marginally better because the story lets them in this instance (and often in ways not replicable or applicable to their future heroics: I don't think Ochako can date every Toga Himiko-type she'll come across after all. So they're not beating any "treating the League as one-time exceptions" allegations either). Otherwise, they act exactly the same; Deku does what AM would do and (baring Ochako) the rest of the kids do what any general pro hero would do in their circumstance. In the end it leaves me feeling like instead of surpassing the pros, they’re simply ending up standing by their side as equals ready to be the next verse, same as the first. Everything will go back to normal, good and bad, including everything that brought us here in the first place.

It's like the series is now going "C'mon, the old pros weren't so bad, right? All Might wasn't so bad, right?" And strictly speaking that's even correct, All Might wasn't bad. In fact as I went over in that ask, he was frankly the best; the best any hero could ever be. It makes sense how Deku struggles with surpassing him in terms of behaviour while striving the same goals the same way. But All Might also wasn't enough. So if Deku's just acting as an extension rather than an improvement, I don't think he'll be enough either.

And I guess that’s the main problem I’m hoping gets addressed by this series in the new year (or if my part two theory comes true, then in the years to come after Hori takes a long break).

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doodlegirl1998 · 3 months

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your response literally made me realize that they need Izuku more than he needs them despite what Hori wants us to think.

Because think about it, nobody ever acknowledges Izuku unless he does something that benefits THEM! And fuck whatever he needs or wants!

They even make fun of his interests as if he’s the inpy one who does that sort of thing! So again, how am I supposed to believe they actually give a shit about him and his wellbeing?

Hi @theloganator101 👋

All of this. 👆

Now I like the idea of Izuku having friends, I like the idea of Izuku having ride or dies (such as Shoto.)

However, canon has left all of Izuku's friendships with the 'DekuSquad' and Class 1A as a whole to rot or actively does it a disservice in the name of 'comedy', for Bakugou's benefit or because Hori gives no care to them.

Class 1A, we know, never stand up for Izuku against Bakugou, so Hori's golden boy doesn't look bad. However, by consequence, it also looks like they don't care for Izuku apart from some key members like Tokoyami who never stand for Bakugou's shit. (Bless you, Tokoyami!)

However, with Izuku's main friendships in the 'Deku Squad', we have:

Izuku & Ochako - a friendship/budding relationship that is left to rot and actively done a disservice for 'comedy' and Bakugou's benefit.

Izuku & Iida - a friendship that is left to rot and actively done a disservice for 'comedy' and Bakugou's benefit.

Izuku & Shoto - a friendship that is actively done a disservice for 'comedy' and for Bakugou's benefit.

Izuku & Tsuyu - left to rot and done a disservice for Bakugou's benefit.

Izuku & Aoyama - left to rot.

How are we meant to buy that Ochako cares for and 'loves' Izuku when she calls him 'plain' and is so set on hiding her feelings?

When she doesn't stand up for him when he's being abused by Bakugou and when she looks freaked out whenever Izuku is shown to enjoy his hobbies?

Or when she 'who loves Izuku' barely spends any time with him?

From what we see in canon, we can't.

How are we meant to buy Iida cares for Izuku when he barely appears with him now?

How are we meant to buy Iida is Izuku's "best friend" yet when he is so quick to call Izuku "Mr House Arrest" and take Aizawa's side without hearing out Izuku?

Or when Iida is so quick to hit him* after Izuku getting out of the hospital?

Logically, we can't. *Yes, Iida apologised for doing this. However, this moment does rub me wrong, and even if this punch is nullified by the apology, the other criticisms still stand.

How are we meant to buy Shoto cares for Izuku when he thinks nothing of Bakugou verbally and physically berating Izuku now*?

*Yes, Shoto is an abuse victim, and some become desensitised to this behaviour as a result - however Shoto did not begin the series acting this way, so what conclusion can we draw?

How are we meant to buy that Shoto is a close friend of Izuku when he is chasing after Bakugou's friendship (Bakugou, who is openly hateful of Izuku?)

It looks like, through Hori trying to glorify Bakugou, that Shoto doesn't care as much for Izuku as we would like to think.

Tsuyu and Aoyama are barely even there anymore, let alone bond with Izuku.

Tsuyu used to stand up to Bakugou and his bullshit openly - now? Not a peep. She's only here to be an accessory to Toga vs. Ochako and Ochako as a whole. Izuku, who?

Aoyama has strong parallels with Izuku due to both starting the series quirkless and being given a quirk by AFO and AM, respectively. Yet this friendship is barely given any focus by Hori. Hori doesn't want Izuku to think about his own past during Aoyama's backstory, so he fails to give Izuku any introspection and fails to deepen their connection and Izuku's character as a result.

Class 1A as a whole are also done a disservice by Hori having them all gang up on Izuku with Bakugou leading the charge.

To conclude - Hori hates Izuku and it is clear looking at just how dirty he does all his connections in 1A and major friendships.

#mha critical #bnha critical #anti bakugou #anti bakugou katsuki #class 1A critical

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nutzgunray-lvt · 5 months

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I love how people honestly believe that Izuku's unfairly favored by the narrative when:

He can't do any sort of good deed without getting in trouble with UA, his classmates, or the adults in his life

Only got ONE internship offer despite there being classmates who performed worse than him

Has friends/classmates/teachers who sit by and let him be bullied by a fellow classmate

Was LEFT INJURED ON THE GROUND while his bully got coddled

Was put on house arrest for defending himself against his bully

Never once received any thanks for sacrificing his education or health to drive AFO and Shigaraki out of hiding, instead having civillians be scared of him and his classmates beat him into coming back

Is never allowed to view his bully in a negative light, despite having every right to

Is portrayed as being a part of a mutual rivalry, despite the clear bully/victim dynamics being present

Has his literal defining characteristic completely forgotten about because it'll make his bully look bad

Has no hobbies or talents to speak of, and his only shown hobby is a subject of mockery

Has clearly bullshit power, presence, and speed stats (1/5) that blatantly contradict what he's shown to be doing in the fucking story

Has his bully inserted into story arcs with him, even though said bully wasn't even present in the arc to begin with

#anti horikoshi #izuku deserves better #anti katsuki bakugou #ua critical #class 1a critical #i want to take izuku from horikoshi and give him the love he deserves #mha fandom critical

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sapphic-agent · 7 months

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Considering how the series made a point of how 1B not going through the same experiences as 1A was somehow an advantage to them... shouldn't 1A be much further behind them in terms of performance and grades (hospitalizations making them miss school, ect)?

I'm not sure if the question makes any sense, but why bring that up if you aren't going to actually explore that point?

No, I think I get what you're asking.

The point Hori was trying to make, I believe, was that 1A started out more exceptional. Whereas 1B would be the standard hero course class, 1A had the more powerful, intelligent, and standout students from the get-go. They were above average from the start which is why they're remarked on so heavily and get more attention from outsiders. So even though 1B made more substantial progress, that didn't necessarily mean that they were stronger or smarter than 1A if that makes sense.

This is what's implied during the Joint Training Battles. Even though 1B can rival 1A and give them a proper run for their money, they're still not quite there yet which is why 1A ultimately wins. But they're very close.

Something that I just thought about (your asks always get my brain going lol) is consider for a moment that they swapped teachers (or classes if we're speaking technicalities. 1A would have flourished under Vlad, imagine all their raw talent making the progress 1B did. They would have been unstoppable.

Likewise, having Aizawa as a teacher would have hindered 1B. I'm not convinced he wouldn't have expelled them all (or most of them) their first day. I think the only reason 1A survived Aizawa as a teacher at all is because they're 1A.

One thing I feel like people don't recognize about Aizawa is that he doesn't seem to care all that much about progress. He cares (strong word) about potential, sure, but those are two different things. He seems to be of the opinion that you've either got it or you don't. Which would explain why he mostly ignores Izuku's progress (like your meme about him learning an attack that doesn't backfire on him) while vehemently defending Bakugou. He doesn't bother to teach his class because he expects them to either adapt on their own or fail.

Like when he didn't warn them that they'd be targets during the licensing exam🙃

#anti aizawa shota #class 1a critical #kind of?#class 1b #ask

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luffyvace · 3 months

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〜Kats x black gn! Reader〜

Katsuki x black reader seems like power couple so I’m doing it 😎

enjoy<33

Okay so starting off with your drip

he honestly thinks your fits is 🔝 tier!!

but he never says it out loud 😐

if he does it’s at least not directly 🤷‍♀️

words of affirmation isn’t his thing..

but you know what is?!

act of serviceeeee 🤪

soooo..he’ll buy you clothes!

some times he’ll surprise you with stuff he knows you’d like and say he just happen to walk by

(he deliberately went looking for it)

and other times he just tells you to throw some clothes on, takes you to your fav clothing shop and tell you to pick out what you want 🤷‍♀️😊

he’s probably already picked up on AAVE from others he’s heard talking and context clues

so you can use it around him without having to explain

He’ll use it occasionally if the situation calls for it but he always uses it right—and never overuses it when unnecessary

as for your hair he’s more likely to buy you the products than he is to actually help you wash your hair

just cuz he knows you know what your doing

plus you can do it yourself, your not his child 😂

he could if he wanted to, but he chooses to stick to restocking your supply :)

his head massages>>

and by that i mean if you just got your hair braided and your head hurts he’ll gently massage your head without messing your hair up

Your hair is probably filled with oil and cream but he can just wash his hands :P

(If) he can braid hair i feel he wouldn’t have a problem with doing it

his braids and lines would be straight and he’d be quick at doing it after getting the hang of it too

if he can’t for some reason or another he’ll book you a good hair place/hair dresser

he’ll give you his moms hair products not to mention!

certainly gets it for free too

no way he’s paying for his ‘old hag’s” crap 😒

-katsuki

(he probably has his own from her because she forces him to take it. He likely avoided it at first and used something else out of spite, but once he tried it and discovered it works really well he started using hers instead)

besides after mitsuki finds out he’s getting some of it for you he gets extra from her

(partially bc she made him take it and partially because he wanted you to have some as a gift)

your food (let’s say you can whip up some delicious food) is pretty good to him!

he easily prefers cooking with you over any other class 1a student

simply because he tolerates (loves you) way more than any of them

cooking with him is pretty fun since your good and you don’t get yelled at!

you have a good nose for seasoning as well~

another thing ;P

your features are something he admires often

if you sit in front and diagonal to him it’ll be easier for him to not get caught

but he won’t deliberately turn around to stare if not, obv 🤡

he likes how distinct they are, gives him a lot to observe

i don’t know he just really likes looking at you (in a non creepy, romantic, way) 👍

especially when you look so peaceful while sleeping <3

your culture/dancing is something interesting for him to learn

And whether you know it or not yes he likes to learn (nerd 🤓☝️)

he leans more towards your culture tho

and there’s nothing you can do to get him to dance..

but he’ll watch you dance !

ofc not in a weird way, just seeing the dance itself and criticizing it (not in a rude way dw)

btw

Imma tell you right here right now no matter how dark or light your skin is, it was never a problem for him and never will be💗

he buys you bonnets when they rip or you loose them

if you loose them and he finds it after buying you another one he’s gonna smack you upside the head 😆👍

He probably relates with some things as far as if you have strict parents :P

actually, not probably.

so at least you have someone you could talk to about that

moral of the story? you and katsuki are highly compatible 💗👍

Trying to clear my drafts 😛

hope you enjoyed these dear black readers!!

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