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bnha reclist 4 🎉

this one is pretty dang short because i haven’t done a ton of reading this last month, but c’est la vie. list is organized by rating, then ship.

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✧✧ = highly recommended | ♫  = wip

rating: G

✮jupiter and the sun ✧✧ | genfic: all might & deku-centric | count | found family

A sad, lonely old man and the bright-eyed kid who makes up a lifetime’s worth of pain to him. If family is created by blood, then what is created by gentleness?

✮different | erasermic | yaanchan | soulmate AU

In a world where people are born with the first words their soul-mates say to them during their first meeting, Aizawa Shouta is born without anything on his body. By high school, he’s resigned to his fate.

And then he falls in love with the deaf Yamada Hizashi.

rating: T

✮dance around in your smoke ✧✧ | tododeku | thehibiscusthief | dance AU

Todoroki Shouto is a ballet dancer, and an excellent one at that. So when he’s offered a class at a studio that focuses on modern dance, he’s…a little out of his depth.

Especially since Midoriya Izuku is around.

✮hold courage to your chest | bakushima | onceandforall | canon divergent AU

Bakugou hates the new roommate system.

or

Five times Bakugou can’t stand his roommates and one time he can.

✮a caramel macchiato for catsuki :3 | bakushima | Remmy-BnHA (Remembrance) | coffee shop AU

Bakugou sighs and looks at his paper coffee cup. “The fuck is all this?” He takes off the sleeve to see more cats under it. There must be at least thirteen cats, all pretty well drawn, all over his cup. He sees, written near the bottom, as if the barista had run out of space, Catsuki. “Are you fucking with me right now?”

✮without hesitation ✧✧ | bakutodo | XenophonSpeaks | hurt/comfort, future fic

The first time Bakugou told Todoroki he was in love with him, he thought he’d die.

✮better late than never ✧✧ | bakutodo | bonnia | body swap AU

“I’m sorry, but I’m not letting you go. I quite like being in my own body.” Todoroki’s next breath comes out icy cold, and Katsuki leans as far back as their joint hands will allow.

“Are you fucking hearing yourself?” he sputters, feeling heat crawl up his neck to his ears.

(or: bakugou and todoroki get hit by a body swap quirk, and physical contact seems to be the only answer to their predicament)

✮not doting | bakutodo | Esselle | future fic, domestic

‘So. Here Bakugou is. In his fucking hero outfit, because he’d stopped by on his way home from work rather than have to double back. He has a little shopping basket in one hand, and Todoroki’s list in the other, and not a shitty god damn fucking clue where half the crap on the list is actually located. He is aware that people are staring at him, and he is going to continue to pretend like he doesn’t give a fuck. Let them stare. It’s not his fault he looks so awesome.’

–

Todoroki suffers a minor injury and ends up stuck at home. Bakugou is on shopping duty.

✮don’t fuck this whole thing up ✧✧ | bakutodo | felinedetached | hanahaki AU

Flowers are weakness. They’re a love that will never be returned, the end of life and the beginning of a slow and painful death.

Katsuki doesn’t understand what it is about fucking flowers.

Now, with blood a light splatter on his hands and the petals a gentle tickling in the back of his throat, constantly there but not enough to make him cough, he thinks he understands a little less.

In which Bakugou Katsuki is a bit of an idiot (and also very gay), Hagakure Tooru and Uraraka Ochako suffer (because of their choice in friends) and Todoroki Shouto is oblivious (as always).

rating: M

✮what love is (i think) ✧✧ | bakutodo | capncapnk | future fic, pining, slow build

“You should go to bed. I can take it from here.”

“That’s certainly the plan after this,” Todoroki responds, putting the bag into the evidence kit for future examination.

“You know, mine’s not too far from here—“

“I’m going to be frank with you, Bakugou,” Todoroki cuts in sternly, preventing him from finishing his sentence. “I find it hard to believe you manage to get anyone in your bed with the garbage that comes out of your mouth.”

–

In which the Wonder Duo hires Todoroki to help solve a case, and Bakugou doesn’t know when to quit.

rating: E

✮all the choirs in my head ✧✧ | tododeku | pyrophane | pwp, future fic

“You don’t have to hold back,” Todoroki rasps. “I won’t break.”

✮starved ✧✧ + ♫  | tododeku | Esselle | royalty AU

The prince’s fingers were cold, and his touch was firm but not rough—yet every brush of his skin against Izuku’s felt like liquid fire, dragging over and inside him. He had held himself together fairly well as the other guards had taken out their anger on him, but now he found himself utterly lightheaded. He swayed forward unsteadily, and had to grab onto the prince’s arms to keep from toppling into him.

“I’m sorry,” he whispered; his voice seemed stolen from him. “F-forgive—”

“Quiet…” Prince Shouto said, and Izuku’s voice truly left him. It belonged to the prince, now. “It’s fine. I’m checking to make sure you weren’t severely injured.”

“I’m not—” Delicate, Izuku wanted to protest. But if he did… surely, the prince would move away again. Would stop touching him.

Izuku did not want that, at all.

–

There was a kingdom with a prince, a Wolf with two-toned eyes, And a Lamb, a lowly castle guard, who took him by surprise,

Their first meeting in the mountains left them warm despite the snow, As each new touch caused sudden need to waken and to grow.

✮you and me (together) ✧✧ | tododeku | SpartanSiren | porn with feelings

Months of cozy, domestic life lead to new challenges and realizations for Todoroki Shouto. Thankfully, Izuku is always there to remind him that he is never alone in anything.

✮two hour vacation ✧✧ | tododeku | ArgetCross | mutual pining, future fic

“May I join you?” He asked, as if he didn’t expressly text Uraraka and Iida to hunt Midoriya down. Midoriya’s own phone had been off and Todoroki had silenced his own before coming. In a pinch, their friends knew where they were.

Even the life of a hero had to allow them this one night.

–

Or on the day of his father’s funeral, Todoroki Shouto loses his virginity.

✮prince & prince ✧✧ + ♫ | tododeku | Authoress | royalty AU, slow build Note to self: don’t accidentally fall in love with a prince who’s in an arranged marriage keeping your kingdoms from declaring war against each other. Especially when you’re spying on him as his manservant.

✮later | bakushima | daisiesonice | fluff and smut

Bakugou placed his leg on Kirishima’s chest and looked down on him as if he was about to commit murder.

Kirishima was unfazed until he noticed the tent in Bakugou’s pants.

“Your fucking fault.”

✮bad-mouth | bakutodo | capncapnk | established relationship, fluff and smut

Katsuki initially thought it was weird, albeit a little flattering, but the idea of it made Shouto’s blood rush and heat spread through his insides – so Katsuki complies. Shouto’s not really one to make his needs so readily available.

He loves Katsuki’s mouth. It’s filthy, brutal, honest - all snarls and curses and crushing kisses.

✮it’s summer, baby | bakudeku | capncapnk | future fic, pwp

Izuku learns he likes vacation Katsuki— vacation Katsuki lets him do things he otherwise gets yelled at for.

And in public, nonetheless.

Well, semi-public, Izuku argued.

✮a fight to the death | bakudeku | iknewaman | quiz team AU, smut, humor

Izuku isn’t competitive by nature, but when the blond, cocky asshole from the other table’s team gets involved he suddenly becomes hellbent on winning.

✮author recs:

@bishounen-curious​ @capncapnk​ @esselle-hq​ @xenophonspeaks @feels-like-fire​ @arihanagrande​

that’s all for the moment - thank you to all these lovely people for writing fics! also feel free to check out my full list of bnha bookmarks, too. happy reading! ♡

Reblog the writers’ fortune cookie for luck!

Hey ya’ll!! It’s been a LONG time since I did an art giveaway for a follower milestone so I figured now would be a good time as any to do one again ^p^

Rules

*You must be following me (this blog, shima-draws) to qualify.

*Please don’t follow me just for the giveaway and then unfollow right after! I’ll be checking to see if you follow or not so don’t try to pull a fast one on me.

*Likes AND reblogs count! (Replies, however, do not.) You can reblog as many times as you’d like to up your chances of winning, but be considerate!

*Have your DMs open! If you don’t respond within 24 hours, I’ll choose somebody else as a winner.

*If you win I have the right to refuse your request if it’s something I’m not comfortable with drawing. Just a heads up, I won’t do anything NSFW or with offensive material (this also includes any ships I might be uncomfortable with).

*If you win and you want me to draw an OC or a character I have not heard of, you must be able to give me a reference. I’m not going to draw someone based off description alone :’)

*NO GIVEAWAY BLOGS ALLOWED. That should be fairly obvious lol

*I’ll be choosing the winners from a random number generator, so don’t start complaining if you don’t win. I’m not choosing the person who reblogs the most or my friends/mutuals, it’s all random so everyone gets a chance!

The prizes are listed up above, but in case it isn’t clear you can come talk to me and I’ll clarify it for you!

The deadline is June 10th, 2020! You have one month to enter!

Good luck to you all and thanks SO much for 22k, this is wild! I never thought I’d hit this milestone and I’m so grateful 💖

Tanya gives warning to Dachia - dubbed.

Even if you don’t like dubbed animes, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS ONE CLIP.

Group ending pose 

Hey ya’ll!! It’s been a LONG time since I did an art giveaway for a follower milestone so I figured now would be a good time as any to do one again ^p^

Rules

*You must be following me (this blog, shima-draws) to qualify.

*Please don’t follow me just for the giveaway and then unfollow right after! I’ll be checking to see if you follow or not so don’t try to pull a fast one on me.

*Likes AND reblogs count! (Replies, however, do not.) You can reblog as many times as you’d like to up your chances of winning, but be considerate!

*Have your DMs open! If you don’t respond within 24 hours, I’ll choose somebody else as a winner.

*If you win I have the right to refuse your request if it’s something I’m not comfortable with drawing. Just a heads up, I won’t do anything NSFW or with offensive material (this also includes any ships I might be uncomfortable with).

*If you win and you want me to draw an OC or a character I have not heard of, you must be able to give me a reference. I’m not going to draw someone based off description alone :’)

*NO GIVEAWAY BLOGS ALLOWED. That should be fairly obvious lol

*I’ll be choosing the winners from a random number generator, so don’t start complaining if you don’t win. I’m not choosing the person who reblogs the most or my friends/mutuals, it’s all random so everyone gets a chance!

The prizes are listed up above, but in case it isn’t clear you can come talk to me and I’ll clarify it for you!

The deadline is June 10th, 2020! You have one month to enter!

Good luck to you all and thanks SO much for 22k, this is wild! I never thought I’d hit this milestone and I’m so grateful 💖

Why Modern Cartoons is Not Great as it Used to be in this Decade

As 2010′s draw near to the end and begin a next-generation, cartoons have changed from being a fun episodic adventure with a meaningful message and can get dark sometimes to a story-driven show with deep messages. While cartoons have a great start in early 2010s such as Adventure Time, Regular Show, Gravity Falls, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, however as time passes cartoons are becoming less interesting and not many aren’t talking about it. So what the hell happened with modern cartoons? Let’s get to the bottom of what happened to this decade of cartoons and why isn’t anyone talking about it anymore 

The Animation Quality 

The quality of the animation of cartoons back in 2000′s were amazing, so many variations of animation styles that look very appealing such as 

Samurai Jack 

Avatar: The Last Airbender 

Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends 

Recess 

Proud Family and so many more

But now in modern cartoons, most cartoon shows are using a similar style of animation which many people called it “Calarts style”. Most cartoon shows are using because it’s cheap however it takes away creativity, more detail nor being organic. Look at Infinity Train, compare from the pilot to the release 

It looks very boring having most cartoons look the same. Then there’s artistic freedom where creators let them draw whatever they want such as Steven Universe and OK KO. That sounds good but really though it just looks lazy and unprofessional. This is very distracting that most characters go off-model every scene like why Rebecca and Ian-Jones Quarry think it was a good idea! 

Great to Below Average

So now let’s talk about the three shows that were once popular Steven Universe, Voltron, and Star vs The Forces of Evil. The trope I’ve been seeing as of late about these shows that it was pretty hype and they deliver on that. All they need to do is conclude it and call it a good cartoon but then crash and burned in later seasons. 

Steven Universe didn’t get popular until “Jailbreak” and that was when everyone was watching it. It had character development, an interesting world of gems, a gorgeous background and has one of the best soundtracks. This isn’t surprising because the creator is the same person who wrote Marceline episodes in Adventure Time which was Rebecca Sugar that created the series. Then season 4 and season 5 happened which the show drop in quality like mostly the show prefer showing filler which makes the plot go too fast and made arcs underwhelming, crystals gems and Lapis Lazuli and Peridot aren’t being used that much in the show and having each villain being beaten by simply talking to them. While there is Steven Universe Future but that hasn’t gotten interesting in my opinion. 

Star vs The Forces of Evil is a show used to be interesting for the two seasons and “Battle for Mewni” arc but then shipping drama got out of hand and that resulted to fell from grace 

Then there’s Voltron and we all how that turned out for the last two seasons

What these three have in common that they set up this interesting premise and world in the first few seasons but they all went downhill. Awful character writing, insane plot twist, and terrible pacing. I did wish that those shows would get better like how Adventure Time and Regular Show had one bad season but after that, they both got better but they didn’t and it went from being great to disappointingly average. 

Comedy Over Messages

Now that’s got the most hype shows, let’s talk about shows that not many people talk about because the premise and world aren’t engaging enough to watch and which they are We Bare Bears, Craig in the Creek, Clarence, OK KO, and The Loud House. While I’m not saying they aren’t bad but it is just not interesting to watch, it’s just that it’s too tame and too comedic. The main issue I have it doesn’t really teach viewers like they used to anymore 

OK KO was about to talk about gun violence but they turn it into a comedy. In “Let’s Not Be Skeletons” people overuse the gun and resulting everyone to turn skeletons and KO tries to stop it but fails. By the end of the episode, it was a dream and calls Congress to stop it from happening. I really hate how writers of this episode of making a serious issue turn into comedy and that’s a pretty awful way of doing it. 

Look at Static Shock and Fat Albert, instead of making Gun Violence a joke, they talk about how serious it is by having someone shot and that devastated the characters a lot 

Then there’s Hey Arnold, it really dives into serious issues such as 

“Pigeon Man” showcases that some people are meant to be with other people while others like Pigeon Man are just different and can’t be with other people. 

“Helga on the Couch” showcases Helga’s anger issues and those issues manifest because her family ignores her because of her sister. Never truly cares for like no makes her lunch for school and no one brought her to school when she was a young girl. The only person that cares for was Arnold.

Then there’s my personal favorite, “Arnold Christmas”. Mr. Hyunh is always sad at Christmas and this episode revealed that he had a daughter and all he wanted was to see her grow up but there was a war coming near his village. In order to do so, he had to give her up so she can have a better life. It took 20 years to get out of the country and he almost gave up hope to find her until Helga helped Arnold to search for her and be reunited with her father. 

Modern cartoons don’t show those kinds of messages anymore and there’s something worse than that and I hate how cartoon shows keep doing this. 

Today’s Villains

I” ve been seeing a lot lately that the main antagonist isn’t handled well in cartoons as of lately. Most villains have been getting redeemed lately and not paying their crimes. While show creatures try to make them sympathetic and the victim however it doesn’t excuse them for their crimes. 

White Diamond who caused multiple mass genocide on worlds, brainwash any gem that stands in her way and shatter gems gets easily defeated by simply getting talk to and just not gonna do it anymore because Steven said so. 

Mina Loveberry and her Mewni soldiers wanted to destroy monsters. When her and her army magic depleted, she just goes in the wilderness and no one stopped her. 

Moon Butterfly helped Mina create her soldiers so she can retake the throne from Ecipsa. Instead of having the monsters and her surrendering the throne that she was attending to do, however, her plan backfired when Mewni Soldiers and Mina wanted to kill all the monsters. Why didn’t Moon saw that coming, they were clearly racist against them. Then by the end of the show, she never once apologized for what she has done. 

Starlight Glimmer created a cult that no one has cutie marks until the mane six defeated her in “Cutie Map” She returns and her revenge on Twilight by going back in time and making sure Rainbow Dash doesn’t perform the Sonic Rainboom. After multiple going to multiple timelines, she finally catches up to her and then her tragic backstory been revealed and it was very disappointing. The reason she caused all of this because her friend moved away and that’s it. That’s not all, instead of her facing her crimes like most villains such as Tirek or Queen Chrysalis, she gets off the hook and she became friends with Twilight in a matter of minutes 

A good example of a good antagonist is Aku from Samurai Jack. When he first appeared in the show, he’s pure evil, destroying anything that stood in his way and ruling over the weak but as the show progresses, the serious villain became more comedic villain but that doesn’t mean he’s a silly character, he’s far from that. He’s still all-powerful and should be taken seriously. This is what I want from a villain.  He’s powerful, he’s truly evil and has a personality. 

Villains can be sympathetic and relatable however shouldn’t be forgiven so easily. When a character crosses the line by taking multiple innocent lives should never be redeemed, even if they have a sad backstory 

Cartoons lately have become less popular in this past decade, the glaring problems about cartoons are its animation, comedy over messages, messy plots, and terrible villain. People will only talk about cartoons from the late ’80s to 2012. I’m afraid that this day of age that it isn’t appealing anymore than in previous years. The only animation that people will talk about is anime shows which I can’t lie, is far superior to cartoons as of now. I feel that the only way it can make it back on top is it needs something like Adventure Time or Gravity Falls moment that reinvent it more relevant and view to modern audiences. I really do like to watch cartoon shows for animation, message, and characters but I keep seeing issues in modern cartoons and I hope that it will change in the future.