Some Shippers Really Make You Question If You Both Watched The Same Show...

You can pry the other Stellaron Hunters going out of their way to be kind to Blade out of my cold dead hands. Every time they mention Blade it's always in a kind way, he's a person to them no matter how much he isn't one to himself. Kafka calls him a cute nickname, Silver Wolf tries to get him to game with her, and Firefly brings him oak rolls because she knows he'll appreciate it. When we make a little cat cake that looks like him, Silver Wolf knows he likes it. They steal his phone all the time and he lets them. Yingxing is dead but he is still so loved even if by different people.

You up-keep a blade because you care about it

something that never fails to make me sad about touya, and something that puts him apart from his siblings, is that he did have some semblance of love and affection from enji early on (even if that affection was mostly his dad training him), and he was the only todoroki kid to know that version of their father. to give a young child all your attention and passing down your aspirations to them, putting in their head that that is their purpose, only to then rip it away in the blink of an eye while saying it's for their own good without actually talking to them about it. there are so many things wrong with that.

was touya's quirk compatible with his body? no. but there is support gear that could help lessen the damage, even if only a little, that endeavor would have been able to invest in if he cared but he didn't, he saw that touya wouldn't be able to be what he wanted him to be on his own, that the expectations he put on his eldest child didn't disappear, so his solution was to replace him.

his face when natsuo is born is not an expression a 5 y/o should have when they get another sibling (look at fuyumi), but he does because he knows the purpose of why natsuo was born, because it's the same thing he was told was his purpose basically since he was born until he couldn't fulfill that role. then when shouto was born it just got worse, because all touya knew was that if his quirk wasn't enough, if he wasn't enough, wasn't better than shouto, then he was a failure and useless to his father. half of the time when you see young touya it's of him begging his dad to just look at him, because he knows his worth to his father is based on his quirk and it's strength, knows that it's the only reason he's alive and his parents are married.

to him, shouto being trained, no matter how brutal, meant their father cared about him.

(i know this has probably been said so many times before but i was rereading the todoroki family chapters and had Thoughts and Feelings)

Izuku asking “would you love me if I was a worm?” as a joke and Shouto very seriously replying, “yes. And I would buy you the finest dirt to live in”.

Izuku just blushing bc that’s so unexpectedly sweet Shouchan omg

Behind them, Katsuki makes a gagging motion because he’s so sick of their gay shit

something very lgbt just happened to me *visibly shaken, haggard and covered in blood *

the thing about han sooyoung is she actually likes kim dokja so much its embarrassing. hes like her favourite guy. she stays up late writing just so he can have something to read in the morning. she gives him her candy when he's feeling upset because she hates seeing him sad. he walks into a room and she has to catch herself to make sure she doesnt start smiling too obviously. and all of this is of course perfectly normal behaviour between two people who are close but han sooyoung is soooo embarrassed of it. shes like yeah he's my favourite guy on earth. he's ugly and lame and has shit taste in novels and we havent even spent that much time together but i miss him when he's not in the room. tch. WHATEVER. if anyone references my feelings for him im gonna start killing the hostages

Hey, Todoroki, ...

… your infatuation is showing.

Some instances that I feel show how some messages in MHA are detrimental, especially on how victims react to their abuser, can be gauged by responses that tend to be highly prevalent in the fandom.

(Definitely not every fan, but a great majority).

Endeavor is a great example. Whenever you post criticizing his approach to atonement (and ultimately criticizing Horikoshi’s writing), you get BOMBARDED by people either belittling you for not liking his character or essentially forcing you to like his character by frantically writing “at least he tried” arguments.

If I have the CHOICE whether to forgive his character or not, especially given he goes through an atonement arc and not a redemption arc, why is any form of criticism about his abusive behavior and essentially his abuse of power practically ignored by the story unacceptable?

The message was detrimental because people operate on the notion that for victims to be good people, they must forgive and even help their abusers. MHA presents people who choose not to forgive him as either a monster (Toya) or inconvenient (Natsuo). And if they are still unforgiving, they must admire the abuser for doing the bare minimum (taking responsibility; this is also about Natsuo).

Essentially, they are considered "imperfect victims" because they weren't merciful in their approach to their abuser.

The majority of the fandom tends to ignore the lack of actual consequences for Endeavor's actions because he vows to talk to Toya every day. Insisting that doing the bare minimum, which is recognizing his son's existence and suffering, became his "hell" is a wildly fucked up message, in my opinion.

It harps on the issue mentioned above that if a victim isn't receptive to forgiveness or doesn't act "demure," they are seen as an inconvenience—which is how the Todoroki family ultimately views Toya.

On a less critical note, I'll vent, so if you don't like this, just ignore it.

I'm so fucking tired of stories depicting imperfect victims as people who deserve death and torture. Plus, having to be on the brunt of so many people acting like you're morally fucked because you're not impressed with how a writer handled abuse. Horikoshi is not the first writer to try to atone a character who is an abuser (and he isn't the first to fail at that, either).

I'm not about to dick-ride every decision every author makes. Especially if the message convinces some audience members that victims are inherently broken if they can't bring themselves to forgive and/or admire someone who hurt them.

i fucking hate it when a movie or a tv show does some shit where a character has a shitty dad and another character tells them to forgive him because. "it's your dad". that means nothing. more people should be killing their fathers.

autumn.

i watched madoka magica because of a tddk au fic. there i said it