throw your garbage away yourself, shigaraki tomura
the friendship chronicles: kirideku version
Shoutout to Nejire for being one of the only characters to acknowledge Izuku's feats during the Overhaul Arc.
The manga should have let them be friends. For as nerdy and neurodivergent coded as Izuku is portrayed in BNHA, the story sure goes out of its way to minimize his interaction with any weird girls
old inko and shigaraki doodles
au where inko unknowingly befriends the leader of the league of villains and ruins afoβs schemes with the power of motherly love
"This is some gay shit" Good. Silly. Fair enough. Doesn't inherently invalidate other interpretations of the relationship. Honestly yeah, it is kind of gay regardless of their canonical relationship status
"There's literally no platonic explanation for th-" WRONG!! KILLING YOU WITH AMATANORMATIVITY KILLING LOBSTERS π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦π¦
Iβve been trapped in an endless cycle of BNHA thoughts since writing Hand to Heart, but likeβ¦why did the Stain arc have to end so abruptly? Why didnβt the effects of it carry further into canon? Why did Horikoshi bring up a villain motivated entirely by the flaws in the hero system and then just drop him instead of having him escape? That was likeβ¦the best possible world-building opportunity and he just threw it out the window???? Stain was SO INTERESTING. He was acknowledged as being charismatic and influential, someone who had been around for awhile, who was strong enough to operate in and around the LoV without directly involving himself with them UNTIL their goals lined up. Heβs really quality (S-ranked!!!) villain material. The fact that he paralyzed one of the main characterβs siblings is HUGE - whyβd we have to wrap that up so fast? Nobody else in the story thus far had been so close to real extreme injury gained in the line of duty. No other hero in the story went as full-throttle homicidal as Iida did - many of them likely wouldnβt have actually. And thatβs interesting! Thatβs pointing out a newfound FUNDAMENTAL difference between Iida and his classmates in both their experiences and their response to engaging with villains! That was AMAZING fodder for Iidaβs character development inΒ βwhat it means to be a heroβ - Stain even directly challenges Iidaβs self-worth! He also was pretty much acknowledged as not ////really//// trying to kill Iida, Todo, and Izuku, which mustβve done an absolute number on them. Especially Iida! Argh!Β
It wouldβve been so easy to continue the arc into something substantial even if it still ended with Stainβs arrest. Iβm sure he had a list somewhere of potential victims and his reasoning behind them (can you imagine a hero scandal arc? Because I sure can), Iβm sure the fact that he singled out ALL-MIGHT and DEKU (through saving him publicly, but also MAN in one of the first translations of that chapter Stain said the only heroes who could kill him are All-Might AND Deku and honestly??? Quality content) as heroes he would recognize made waves in the hero community, and that shouldβve drawn attention to Izuku. The whole cover up was so lame and poorly reasoned out??? The whole bit with Stain rescuing Hero Deku when NO ONE ELSE did was HUGE and it wasnβt even televised? Lame! He couldβve escaped easily but instead he chose to go after Izuku even with massive injuries!!! The fact that this didnβt give Endeavour an even more targeted hang-up on Izuku (and the fact that he didnβt get roasted for moving to attack despite Izuku being in the line of fire)? LAME! It had NO EFFECT at all despite being HUGE - an insanely interesting villain specifically drew parallels of worth between Izuku and All-Might, not based on Quirks, but based entirely in his attitude towards heroism and its absolute rarity in the hero community!Β
He didnβt say this about Todoroki or Iida!!! AAAH!!!! The Hero Killer was SO OVER THE TOP. Look at him!!! Why let this arc die so quickly!?!? He even CALLS OUT ENDEAVOUR! NO ONE ELSE EVER CALLS OUT ENDEAVOUR ARGH!>!???!?! Also, listen, if the Hero Killer WASNβT caught? Can you imagine?? Him low-key stalking the child heroes who took him down and defending them? How badly do you think that would mess them up - how thoroughly alarmed would Izuku be (βhas he caught on to my secret? Oh god he has, hasnβt he?? I bet he wants me to kill him oh my god I canβt DO that!??!?!β)?? How incredibly furious would Iida be? How much motivation would it be for Shigaraki to go after Izuku more aggressively? What kind of impact would that have had on UA and the teachers? How straight up horrible would it make the students (or Endeavour) look if Stain got away and began to hover around them!? How many UA students he would likely target!?!??! Could the LoV try to coax Iida out using revenge against Stain as bait or simply getting him to stop as bait?Β Stain was a better villain than Overhaul (similar motivations, but Stainβs was easily understood and RIGHT in the heroes faces) and honestly his arc shouldβve had more impact, leading to the Overhaul arc being more meaningful and ultimately having more impact on the story than it actually did.Β (Also a very slight pinch of salt, but why later on in the manga does Izuku seem to struggle so much with ever accepting anyoneβs help with anything when he so easily/immediately calls for Todoroki in this situation and leans heavily on both his and Iidaβs assistance? Izuku post-Stain arc would have just tried to lure Stain out of the alley and set himself up to die in Iidaβs place lmao. I miss Stain-arc Izuku. He was a smart guy)