Not to sound too inflammatory, but how the HELL did Horikoshi write Bakugou vs Izuku 2 the way he did and think that's good writing?
This was supposed to be Bakugou's #BigMoment where he stops being a bully to Izuku and instead becomes his rival. This is supposed to be where he starts to actually develop past his abusive egoist (Hori's words, not mine) personality and realize that he's not the main character and needs to get his head out of his ass.
Instead of getting that, we get this utter hot mess where Bakugou is once again put on a pedestal over Izuku, and Izuku's the one having to make nice with him because of course he is.
To outline, Bakugou up to this point has:
Mercilessly bullied Izuku for 10+ years for being Quirkless, while simultaneously acting offended that Izuku never told him about OFA during the QAT
Was an ungrateful asshole to Izuku after he tried saving him from the Sludge Villain
Attempted to torture him and nearly killed him during the Battle Trials
Nearly got Thirteen killed when he ruined her plan to subdue Kurogiri at the USJ
Toyed with Ochako during the Sports Festival
Accossted an unconcious Todoroki during the Sports Festival, which got both him and UA immense public backlash
Was an ungrateful, aggressive asshole to Best Jeanist both in and out of public to the point where Best Jeanist remarks on Bakugou's complete lack of growth
Backhanded Izuku and outright said he'd rather fail his final exam rather than work with Izuku
Deliberately disobeyed orders to run back to camp and instead ran straight for the villains (twice!)
Had to be reminded over and over again to not use his Quirk due to collateral damage reasons (not that he understands or cares about that, but whatever)
Was an ungrateful asshole to All Might and the tean during the entire Kamino Ward mission
Failed the Provisional License Exam due to his horrible attitude towards civilians
You'd think that with how complex and three-dimensional we're supposed to believe Bakugou is, he'd realize that the public and his mother have a point in regards to his attitude. You'd think that he'd reflect on his behavior and realize that heroes SHOULDN'T act like this, especially as someone who's such an All Might fanboy (gag).
Similarly, you'd think that UA would realize that even if it's solely for PR's sake, they need to crack down on Bakugou's behavior and stop enabling him at the expense of Izuku and everyone else. It's already landed Aizawa and his teaching in hot water, since it makes it look like he couldn't care less about his behavior (which he proceeds to confirm is indeed the case). Should Bakugou vs Izuku 2 still happen, All Might could have given Bakugou a reality check and told him that:
OFA is none of his business
Bakugou doesn't have the attitude All Might wants in a successor
His bullying of Izuku is awful and needs to stop effective immediately
All Bakugou is doing is making himself and UA look bad with his attitude
Bakugou can get people - including himself - hurt and/or killed with his attitude and actions
Crying and pitching a fit about it isn't going to change anything
Have Bakugou and only Bakugou punished since he not only started the fight, he wouldn't let Izuku leave
But nope. We get this instead:
Bakugou coerces Izuku into breaking curfew
Bakugou demands to know why he failed his exam while Izuku passed his
Bakugou demands to know about OFA and why Izuku didn't stay inferior to him like he was "supposed to"
Bakugou then segways into his whiny proclamation that he made All Might retire
Bakugou then makes Izuku fight him
Bakugou pitches a fit to All Might about not being chosen to weild OFA and cries like a toddler being denied candy at the checkout line... leading to All Might COMFORTING HIM and leaving Izuku by the wayside
Aizawa proceeds to not even TRY to get the full story and Bakugou gets house arrest, but Izuku does as well which negates the whole fucking point
How the HELL is any of this good writing? How the HELL is any of this positive character development for everybody involved? All it does is further show that a) Hori really wishes Bakugou was the main character, b) Bakugou is a walking talking example of why Tell Don't Show never works, and c) everyone else's characterization suffers because of this.
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A big deal #tbt to my twinning friends Ashley and Thomas. Yesterday Ashley gave an amazing doctoral defense that I got to attend via zoom and she became Dr. @ashleyminnerart ! It’s been inspiring to see her work so hard and so passionately the past few years with her community, in archives, and on her laptop. I had never watched a doctoral defense before yesterday but I imagined the process to be impersonal, above my head, and rigid. But her presentation about Baltimore’s Lumbee community, identity and place was brilliant, thoughtful, thought provoking, heartfelt and human. I’m proud of you Ashley and proud to be your friend! You make this world a better, more thoughtful place. I’m excited too see what you’ll decide to do next, after a well deserved break. Cheers! #doctorate #congratulations #powercouple #coupleportrait #customportrait #drawing #illustration #etsy #bigmoments #etsyartist #etsysellersofinstagram #etsyshop #twinning #standwithsmall #peopleyoumaymeet https://www.instagram.com/p/CC_HUaCh6fE/?igshid=do1ehtg0tmtc
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