A quick vent but this really bothered me

Why do people like All Might bashing so much? Like, what's the point? Especially since most of it is so out of character that it's just painful to read. Like, he's not flawless (that's kinda the point of his character - breaking the illusion of perfection.) But writing him as abusive/mean is just ridiculous, taking into consideration that his big *thing* is wanting good for others.

Today I saw a fic where the whole plot was basically "Aizawa is a good dad to Izuku who's diagnosed with autism, while All Might is horrible and ableist." Excuse me, but WHAT?? Ah yes, that man who's famously DISABLED, would totally be ableist and think that accommodation for a disabled student is "too much" and "unnecessary." That man who needs constant medical assist, who had to change his whole life to accommodate to his disability. Yeaaaaah, right.

Also, why are so many of AM bashing fics at the same time putting other teachers on pedestal. Aizawa was pretty awful to Izuku at the beginning, because he's a very judgemental person who needed to learn that he's sometimes wrong about others and that Izuku had a lot to offer. He certainly wasn't a perfect teacher, none of the UA teachers were. Aizawa got a great character development and later on was a good, dedicated teacher who sacrificed a lot for his kids. But treating him like he's a total angel who would never do anything wrong is just incorrect, especially considering that he's rough on students that are different from the rest in the way he considers "bad".

It really rubs me the wrong way when people literally ignore canon personalities of characters, break and reshape them into something those characters never were. You want a bad mentor for Izuku? Write an AU where his mentor is AFO. Write a villain AU where All Might is the bad guy and he's using Izuku as a tool. Or literally make an OC at this point. Just work with a different character that actually matches what you want to portray. Make Endeavour Izuku's mentor. Literally anything works better than trying to make All Might into a bad, cruel and abusive person. That's exactly the thing he'd never do.

I'm all for interpretations that focus more on the negative side of various characters - it can be very interesting. But some of y'all really just decided that you don't like AM for some reason and decided to rewrite the whole character, turning him inside out, to fit your personal issues with him. Issues that simply aren't there

All Might bashing continues to vex me

Elaboration

I hate when you can tell how young a fandom is. MHA for instance is so full of youngins and their views of black and white mentality.

If I see another quirkless vigilante Deku and All Might bashing on my feed imma scream.

Was All Might supposed to tell this quirkless kid who almost got killed by sludge yes you can be a hero be fucking for real.

Deku would’ve got killed by the first villain he fought come on now. He’s smart but that isn’t a quirk he’s just smart so is Bakugo and even he almost got killed by sludge with quirks.

Can you imagine Deku going up against Stain or Dabi with no quirk in what world is he surviving?

Just because he’s quirkless doesn’t make him Batman and let’s be honest Batman only wins through plot armor if Superman randomly decided to flick Batman into space because his voice was annoying him in a meeting he’d be dead.

Also bashing all might and not aizawa who was canonically an asshole is questionable. Will never understand or his mom who legit said sorry and was crying for him.

May not have been what he wanted to hear but she was being realistic parents fuck up it doesn’t make them bad parents.

Aizawa, a tired dad and king of sarcasm: What horrible thing has Izuku done this time?

All Might: he committed multiple crimes! He's committing vigilantism right now!

Vigilante Izuku: So?

Aizawa: Izuku, please.

Aizawa, turning back to All Might: So?

i had an itch. i scratched it.

Quirkless Future pt 1!

Pro hero Izuku goes back in time and decides not to take one for all. He’s 18 when he goes back :P

Part 2

Shouta: I had a terrible dream last night. You were in it.

All Might: and?

Shouta: what do you mean "and"

i just really want to see a fic where 1-a has a unit on dealing with civilians in the aftermath of a villain attack, and midoriya starts asking questions like “are there any special circumstances where you don’t have to stick with the civilian after the attack and take care of them, take their statement, make sure they’re alright, etc?” and aizawa being like “literally. none?” and being surprised that midoriya of all people asks about not prioritizing rescue and civilian’s wellbeing and then midoriya’s like “but that one time all might-“ and actually realizes that all might violated hero codex by just leaving him immediately after he was literally fucking drowned in most likely toxic sludge and then, on top of that, left him alone on a roof after breaking his childhood dream and didn’t even make sure he had a safe way of getting down and that was absolutely inexcusable, illegal and not okay, and then aizawa connects the dots and goes absolutely fucking feral.

Me: "I really adore characters having older figures they feel like they can actually trust to mentor them and look out for them"

Also me: looks up fics that specifically have the "all might bashing" or "Dumbledore bashing" tags

"Insomniac Club" on AO3:

Ever since All-Might crushed his dreams, Izuku has had trouble falling asleep. When he goes to dump his merch into the ocean, he runs into a fellow insomniac. Together with Todoroki, they form the "Insomniac Club", a group of sleepless teenagers who don't think they're cut out for heroism. But between late-night convenience store runs and encountering thugs in alleyways, the Insomniac Club is confronted by the idea that a future in UA's hero course might not be as implausible as they thought.

Devourer

Devourer by TripleBerry (Rieka)

Izuku will be a hero, because there is no other option.

He will save everyone, because there is no other option.

And he will eat them whole, because there is no other option.

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“This interrogation is classified, only to be viewed by those with information clearance Class 11 or above. If you do not have the stated clearance, please do not continue to listen to this interrogation. Failure to comply with these restrictions will result in a fine of 66% of all assets, income, and accounts, as is stated in the Selective Information Act of 2151, section B, subsection iii. Criminal charges may also be pressed.”

The recorder sputtered, before beeping.

“Hello, my name is Tsukauchi Naomasa, detective of the Major Crimes Division of the Shizuoka Prefecture, serving at station 577 in Musutafu. My quirk is called Lie Detector, registration number 321459301. I will be explicitly stating whether a given response is a truth or a lie. Alright, All Might. Let’s begin. For the record, can you please state your name, age, quirk, and date of birth…”

The hand-held recorder popped and sputtered. A gloved hand slammed down near it, causing it to jump. It popped once more, before continuing to play.

“Toshinori Yagi, age fifty-two, quirkless, birthday, June 10th.”

“Thank you,” papers rustled loudly, and the voices after were muffled. The detective had placed a file over his recorder, “Now, will you please state your relation to the villain All for One?”

“He’s my son.”

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Also known as: Izuku was born to fight All for One.

Fic search - All Might bashing, dadzawa I think, uhhh all I remember is that after he got told he couldn't be a hero, he went home and tossed all his All Might merch including bedsheets, and replaced the bedsheets with a black and gray pair with yellow pillowcases (I think) that reminded him of Eraserhead. Might have been a vigilante Izuku fic.

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Small rant about All Might bashing fics:

One thing I hate about All Might bashing fanfiction is that sometimes they make him so out of character. I can give soft Dadzawa fics a pass because its practically canon and fanon Dadzawa is basically Aizawa's already protective nature being exagerated.

Legit most of the All Might bashing fics that make All Might OOC make him biased and quirkist based on a single harsh line that he said to Midoriya at the start of the show.

He's not even that bad. There is not a single ounce of bad in him and at this point its the kind of OOC that I find unbelievable.

I get that the point of making a character OOC is to have them fit in your story better but even when writing All Might as a seemingly biased and judgememtal character in fanfiction, most fanfiction I read have him just be this one-sided, biggoted character.

If that's how you want him to be then fine. But if we're sticking to canon rules and All Might was born quirkless, then give him a reason to seem biased and biggoted. Maybe its self-loathing, maybe the reason why he tells Izuku that he couldn't be a hero without a quirk is because he has witnessed the deaths of so many people who were powerless to save themselves; anything that makes him not just a one-sided biggot.

Hell, I can make more sense if Aizawa was the one who's more biased than All Might because of what happened to Shirakumo. Like its canonically the reason why he's so harsh on his students.

Why can't All Might be written in the same way?

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I want everyone to know this is a All Might and Midoriya Izuku hate account.

Will I be posting hate for them? Probably not.

Is it vital for me to make sure the All Might and Midoriya stans dni? Also no.

Is this the hill I'm going to die on? Fucking Absolutely.

more all might bashing. happy 1:18 am.