#i just really like the idea of shouto being raised to be like

[willowser]

HMMMMMM interesting to think about arranged marriage with prince shouto...............

i think he wouldn't know. what to expect with you. i think he'd have an idea, as in, what his father, the king, has taught him; the duties of a wife, where your importance ranks in relation to his duties. what he's not meant to discuss with you, like politics and matters at court and foreign relations. how you will speak to him. what to buy in the event that you become...unhappy. a nuisance.

("and she will," enji had muttered, briefly glancing up from the parchment on his desk to fix shouto with a look he didn't understand. "they always do.")

you don't meet until the royal wedding, when you're coming down the long aisle of the grand cathedral, dressed up in a swathe of silk and lace. a thin, gossamer veil hides you from him, but he can feel the ardor in your eyes, the intensity burning through the material. it doesn't seem real until your bare face is only a breath from his own, until he has to see the earnestness in your stare, too.

your kiss is simple and chaste, nothing spectacular, something that leaves his mind as soon as it's over. ever a todoroki, a hundred other things enter his mind, all regarding his now iron-laid obligations: it's vital he meet with advisor keigo to reiterate the plan to establish his authority among the council; general aizawa is in attendance to the wedding, and shouto has not yet received word on his opinion of the new king's ideas to modernize their armed forces; midoriya is somewhere, no doubt wanting to go over state affairs again.

truthfully, shouto doesn't spend long "celebrating". there's already too much that's required of him, hardly enough time to even scarf down a few bites of the banquet laid out before he's being chartered off into discussions on foreign relations and infrastructure development. maybe once or twice does he look back to check on you, chatting pleasantly with his mother and sister at the front of the great hall, and that's satisfying enough.

it's not until much later that he sees you again; freshly bathed and wearing something sheer and long and white, atop his bed.

or his marriage bed, he must remind himself.

enji didn't spend long going over consummation, with him or either of his brothers—natsuo, red-faced and annoyed at the very subject, always storming off, and touya had seemed well-aware of the process, at the time (back before he'd been ex-communicated). it had sounded simple: strip off your dress, get his cock out and into you, and only retreat once he was sure his seed had been spilled.

—so he's not exactly sure what to do or think or how to feel, when you're laid bare and reaching up to hold his face.

it's so startling that he sits back on his knees, to frown where he's looming over you.

you stare at him quietly, like you're expecting him to say something, and he only has a moment to wonder if this is you becoming an unhappy nuisance—what had been the answer, to solve this, anyway?—before you let out a soft laugh.

"c'mere," you tell him, sitting up, too, when he keeps his distance. "i want you to kiss me."

"i already have."

"yes," you laugh again, amusement glowing in your eyes, like the warmth off the fireplace, as you reach for the ties on his trousers. "but you're meant to do it again."

and up until then, he'd felt confident in his achievements, his executions; he'd managed a lot today, in one evening, and he had a lifetime to manage more. it was a good a start as any, he'd thought, but now—

shouto almost can't get the words out when he feels your hands ghosting up the inside of his shirt, nails tickling over his ribs. "a-am i?"

you wrap your arms around his waist in what could be a hug, scooting forward to look up at him with your chin against his chest. "yes," you smile and—it's familiar in a way, how touya would whenever he was teasing. "you're my husband, you're meant to kiss me whenever i want."

that—was not something his father had ever said, he was sure, and it was a too-rare exchange between his own parents. now that he thinks about it—and he does, then, because he's faced with the reality that he doesn't know as much as he should—he's not sure the former king and queen even sleep in the same room, much less the same bed.

much less hug and touch and even smile, the way you do now.

there's no argument he can make against it, aside from finding keigo to find his father to verify the truth to such a statement, and he's only meant to retreat from this bed on one condition.

and if this is what it takes to meet that—then shouto supposes he'll have to do it, for now. he's a brand new king, after all, and it would seem he still has much to learn.

#i just really like the idea of shouto being raised to be like #alright. meet with advisors. council meeting. get married. consummate. find general aizawa. #like it's just another stepping stone #to be married #and you are very much like oh 😊🩷 my husband 😊🩷 #and he's SOOOO thrown by that #that's not how he was taught it would go LOL #and you want to hug and kiss and hold hands 🥺 #if he spends too long in meetings you take the dinner from the royal dining table and march right into that room #to have dinner with your husband god damn it #LOL #and maybe he even asks his mom like 'is this right ???' and she's like #yeah 🥺🥺 it is 🥺🥺 #and then he finds this weird odd unexpected happiness with you that he was never taught to expect 🥺 #✿ thoughts: shouto #✿ willow writes

[vampyrsm]

'let me make you feel good' (5.2k) shoto todoroki x female reader ft. izuku midoriya

warnings: cuckolding, izuku is the cuck, humiliation sorta for izuku, blowjob, light degrading with a lot of praise to balance it out, vaginal sex, creampie, overstim.

➼ 'kinktober 2022 masterlist'

"Sure,"

"And I promise it won't be weird—" Izuku pauses. "Wait, really?"

Shouto shrugs a little, long careful fingers flicking through a stack of paperwork. "Sure, I don't see why not. As long as she's okay with it." Mismatched eyes finally look up from his desk to the large burly green-haired man who had stopped by.

Izuku is quick to nod, curls bouncing away from his forehead. "I mean, it was her idea for it to be you. I suggested Kacchan—" he watches Shouto raise an eyebrow at that suggestion, it wouldn't have ended well. "Yeah, I know, she gave me the same look."

Relaxing into the big office chair, his legs spreading slightly as he finally takes in the blush on Izuku's face. "I never would've put you as the guy who likes to watch other people fuck his girlfriend." The reaction from Izuku is almost immediate, the man somehow blushing more furiously than before at the casual tone, and volume, of the half-and-half hero.

"Todoroki-kun!" Izuku hisses, hastily shutting the door he had left open himself. "Don't say it so loud, I don't need some sidekick overhearing that." He turns back to see Shouto with a shit-eating smirk on his face, oh, he was enjoying humiliating Izuku it seems. Still ever the pot-stirrer when it came to things that probably shouldn't be meddled with.

Shouto shrugs. "Just text me with the details whenever you both want it to happen." Shouto may look calm and relaxed on the outside, shrugging off the idea of fucking another man's girlfriend in front of them but his heart is tattooing itself against the inside of his ribcage. Hammering away in a mixture of excitement and anxiety, he'd always loved being around you when he hung out with Midoriya but to know you picked him? He just hopes he's up to your standards.

It was just over three weeks later when Shouto received a text. He figured perhaps it would be done in a hotel room or even Shouto's own place to ensure he didn't 'invade' your personal space. But the butterflies returned with renewed vigour when he received a text from you, not Midoriya, asking if he wanted to come over on Saturday night if he didn't have patrol or any important work that needed to be done. He responded almost too quickly, informing you he wasn't busy.

He neglected the fact he would cancel attending the monthly dinner his father insisted the entire family attended.

So here he stood, a crisp white dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, black slacks and shiny black shoes. He looked every bit the "rich boy" the media often painted him as, a man with killer looks but was often seen as 'too gentle', 'too much of a gentleman'. If only they know the real reason why he was standing with a lump in his throat before someone's front door, maybe from the outside it would just look like he was coming over for a dinner.

The door finally opened, and as expected it was Midoriya who answered the door. The usual friendly smile on his face, "Shouto, hey, come in!", Shouto tries to not notice the band of blush across Midoriya's face, and instead steps past the other pro into the warm home. His eyes immediately dart over the various items, it's a different feeling than Midoriya's own apartment. It's more homely, more welcoming, an old warmth in his chest blooms at the thought.

After toeing off his shoes, he follows Midoriya through the thin corridor before it opens up into the rest of the house. It's smaller than most but he figures that's the point, it's a humble place to live. "She's upstairs already, she figured it might be a bit weird if we both greeted you at the door." Midoriya scratches at the back of his head, clearly just as out of his depth as the Ice and Fire hero. Shouto just nods, allowing Midoriya to take the lead once again to take him up the stairs and into your bedroom.

The door opens, Midoriya stepping out of the way to stand next to the bed and Shouto is certain his heart stops for a second at the sight before him. He had never been in any situation before where he had seen you in anything less than clothing except maybe the one time he had seen you in a bikini but even then that didn't feel quite as sexual as this. The lump in his throat is back with vengeance, tightening as he continues to ogle at you openly.

His eyes start at your feet, skin nearly showing through the sheer material of the stockings you were wearing. It makes his toes curl against the thick-carpeted floor the longer his eyes glide up the glossy material until he meets the apex of your thighs, the pudge of your thighs just spilling out over the top of the tight material has him salivating. Nothing has quite looked as biteable as your thighs. He follows along the suspender belt holding up the stockings, eyes briefly grazing over the thin piece of material hiding away the very thing he would be buried inside of at some point tonight. But before he could eye the rest of what you were wearing, Midoriya speaks.

"Angel, why don't you stand up and show Shouto what a pretty girl you are, hm? Got all dressed up for him and everything." Shouto finally looks at your face, the bashful look on your face is adorable he thinks. You look just as shy as he feels but you do what you're told. Sliding off of the bed until you're stood not too far from the man himself, he has to tilt his head down to look at you properly and for some reason, the size difference has something stirring in his stomach.

He does his best to slow his heart, to stop the butterflies from bursting from his chest at the way you look at him through your eyelashes before you do a slow spin for him. He thinks he can hear Midoriya groan over the blood pounding in his ears when his eyes instantly dart down to the ample amount of skin on display when you give your back to him. He was right about the thin material of your panties, but this was much more than what he imagined. The thong was doing nothing to hide anything from behind, the string buried deep between your asscheeks and something in the back of his mind tells him he wants to definitely have you on your hands and knees at some point tonight.

When you finally turn around again, he has to clear his throat and look away. The heat on his face must be obvious because you laugh, not a condescending one but one that's more like bells chiming. "I hope you like it, Todoroki-kun." He tries not to think too much about the honorific, clearing his throat again.

"You can just call me Shouto, just sounds like Midoriya is the one trying to seduce me when you use that name." This time you do laugh, genuinely and his eyes snap back to your own, just for his hands to grow a little bit more sweaty and the racing in his heart to pick back up. You looked beautiful.

"Sorry, of course, Shouto." you smile, half turning back to look at your boyfriend who is smiling himself, before Midoriya switches his gaze away from you and onto Shouto.

Shouto shuffles a little on his feet, trying to give himself a little more breathing room in his pants before he speaks. "Uh, are there any rules? What's on the table and what's not?"

You step aside, letting Midoriya speak whilst you seem to busy yourself off to the side somewhere and it's taking the years of hero work for him to keep his eyes on Midoriya and not you, as you bend over to grab something off of the floor. "Uh, well, we did talk about it and there're not too many rules, I guess. She said it's a hard no on things like piss, scat, that sort of thing..." Midoriya has to look down at his feet, this conversation was clearly neither of them had ever seen happening in their lives.

"And for me, I may have taken some quirk cancelling cuffs from the agency—"

The two heroes glance over to the sound of giggling, Shouto's eyes shamelessly roaming over the front of your lingerie set. It's a beautiful red shade, and the colour choice is definitely not lost on him. "Sorry, you both just look adorable blushing over it like two school girls." Your eyes meet his own when his lips lift into a gentle smile, he can't help but be thankful you're at ease with the idea. He worried that maybe Midoriya had pushed this kink onto you but you seem just as relaxed and at home with both men just feet away from you whilst you were in nothing but underwear.

Finally, you come back over, stepping past Shouto and towards Midoriya who follows your own steps backwards until his knees are forced to bend when he hits the futon. Shouto can't help but watch the expression on Midoriyas face, he was so enraptured by you even as he offered up his wrists, allowing you to click on the metal and strip him of his quirk. "Love you," you murmur before pressing a gentle kiss to Izuku's lips, smiling at the obvious heart eyes the green-haired man was giving back.

And then suddenly, all the attention was back on Shouto as you turned around to face him. The space between the both of you seems to dwindle in a matter of seconds, and he can now smell the sweet perfume you have on — it's making his head feel fuzzy and eyes lower until he's giving the exact same look back; the look of absolute desire. The warmth of your hand on his chest has him jolting, body strung high and muscles were drawn tight as he watches the way your fingers delicately dance over his shirt until you reach the buttons on his shirt.

"We know all about my rules but what about yours, Shouto? What do you want from this?" your voice sounds like honey, his brain struggling to wade through it when all of his attention is locked onto the way your hands are now moving to undo his buttons, the brief brush of your bare skin on his has his body flaring in heat and toes curling again.

He somehow manages to gain power over his tongue again, eyes however still unable to break away from your now roaming hands as they brushed over his pectoral muscles. "I'm not sure," he admits and his heart flutters when your eyes met his, a little wide and almost shocked? "I mean, I don't know if I have any rules. I'm just here for you, and making you feel good." His admission even has him stumped, was that the truth? Was he really just here for you?

Yes. His mind supplies, he is most definitely here for you.

You swallow thickly, the subtle squeezing of your thighs not going unmissed by the man who was watching you like a hawk. Shouto figures that you're probably more used to Midoriya taking control in the bedroom, so his hands raise finally from the place they were frozen at. Both hands cupping either side of your head delicately, tilting you up to look at him and he can't stop himself from leaning in, a gentle "You look beautiful," passing by his lips before they're pressing into your own.

He feels your fingers curl against the undone material of his shirt, pulling on it gently to press the entirety of your upper body against his abdomen and chest, the warmth of the skin-on-skin contact having him suck in a harsh breath through his nose. Faintly he can hear Midoriya groan, a thump of what must be his head hitting the wall whilst Shouto opens your mouth carefully with his own, letting his tongue test the waters by brushing against your own. You're so receptive to his advances, letting him take control of the situation entirely and just becoming complete putty in the palm of his hands when his tongue drags along the roof of your mouth, flicking against the back of your teeth before he's diving back in for more.

Something clicks in Shouto's mind, something deep and primal telling him to consume you whole. That he can't rest until he has you shaking and sobbing beneath him whilst he bullies his way through your walls. The thought has his cock twitching between the tight constraints of his slacks, so he takes action. He keeps the hold on your head, lips still attached to your own as he carefully manoeuvres you around until you're forced to pull away from the kiss before falling onto your back on the bed.

It's sinful, the way you're looking up at him, propped up on your elbows and chest heaving in shaky breaths. He feels powerful, too powerful, as he stands over you. Your eyes don't leave him as he starts to peel off the shirt, tossing it onto the floor to be forgotten about for now before his hands are on the black leather belt at his waist, deft fingers undoing and ripping it free from his trousers with a quick snap that has you jumping in place. Just as his hands move to undo the button, he watches you hastily sit up and place your hands against his thighs. A raised eyebrow asks you a silent question.

"Let me," your hands smooth over the expanse of his thighs, feeling the muscle tense the further you slide up. "Please? Wanna make you feel good first." How could he say no with the way you're looking up at him and steadily pushing him back enough to make room between him and the bed so you can kneel in front of him. His eyes flutter at the release of pressure when you undo the button and the fly of his slacks. The tip of your nose drags along the bulge in his boxers, nuzzling into it as your hands continue to stroke up and up along his deep-set v-line, fingers dancing over his abdominal muscles and down through the mixture of red and white hair.

The groan comes from somewhere deep in his chest when your soft warm hand reaches back down to his boxers, easily pulling him free and the air feels cold against the sticky tip of his cock making him twitch as you stare at him with no shame. The warmth of your breath has his hands moving up into your hair, brushing it away from your face just in time for you to flick your eyes up at him. He would've believed it were just the two of you if it weren't for the shift of something off to the side and just as Shouto glances to the side, it's like he's been punched in the gut.

The warmth of your mouth around the tip of his cock has him flinching, fingers digging into the scalp of your head and when he looks back down at you, you have the audacity to smile up at him as if you knew exactly what you were doing. Your tongue swirled around the leaky tip, lapping up every drop of pre that he couldn't seem to stop drooling before you took ahold of him at the base, holding him in place as you slowly tortured him with your tongue. The pressure of the tip of your tongue dragging along the prominent vein had his head spinning and he expected you to retrace the path you drew with your tongue, so when you slipped down enough to draw his balls into his mouth he moaned, pretty lips parting to let the noises free unabashedly.

Finally, you returned back to the tip of his cock, angling yourself just so that you could spit against the tip, gentle fingers stroking him up and down to spread it fully all the whilst you were staring up at him, eyes blown wide and he imagines he's mirroring the exact expression on your face. He watched as you leaned closer, not once breaking the eye contact as your lips parted to let his cock slip deeper into your mouth, tongue wiggling to accommodate his length.

"Oh, fuck," Midoriya moans off to the side, and Shouto does glance over this time without the fear of being caught off-guard. Izuku seems to be in no better shape than himself, his hands desperately trying to grab at himself through his loose basketball shorts despite being restrained by the cuffs. "Hah, she's too good with her mouth."

Shouto can't dispute that, the way your tongue is welcoming him further and further into your throat has his quirk threatening to misfire, his toes curling desperately into the carpet every time you gag and pull back. He sweeps his hands through your hair again, gathering it the best he can to hold it out of your way at the back of your head and he angles his body back so Izuku had a good view of what his girlfriend was doing to him, how her throat constricted and how her cheeks were streaked with tears every time she tried to take the entirety of his cock down her throat.

But he wasn't here just to be sucked off, the reminder of the hot coil tightening in his stomach being enough for him to pull on your hair to get you to release him from your mouth. The string of saliva is lewd, downright dirty as it snaps and sticks to your chin, dripping down onto the top of your breasts. His hand automatically comes down to the base of his cock, squeezing as hard as he can to stave off the need to cum on your face right there and then.

"On the bed, beautiful." he smiles at you, and you're quick to stand up and wipe off the excess saliva from your face before you're clambering onto the bed. He watches you kneel there for a second, unsure of what position he wants you in until he speaks again. "Hands and knees, let me see that pretty ass of yours." He loves how obedient you are, immediately moving to get on your hands and knees, arching your back just enough to present everything to him in a beautiful lace package.

He edges closer to the edge of the bed, his hands unable to stop themselves from reaching out to slide along the exposed skin of your hips and down to your ass. For once he was thankful for having big hands, stretching his fingers as much as he could to grab handfuls of your ass to watch the fat pool between his fingers before releasing it to watch it jiggle back into place. His hands slip back down over the curve of your ass, thumbs tucking against the top of your thighs to spread you open for his greedy eyes despite the material of your panties still being there.

If you could even call them panties that is, he watched the way your pussy swallowed the material until it was rubbing just right against you when you swayed your hips in his grip. "So wet already," his voice is low, dripping with needy lust when he focuses on the glisten of your lower lips. He can't help but lean in, mouthing at the exposed skin as well as the black lace that had been pushed deeper against you. You moan, finally, loud at the pressure of his nose pressing against your clenching hole whilst his tongue lapped against your sticky arousal. It was filthy, the way he was lapping at you like a man who hadn't had a sip of water in weeks but you tasted so good. So sweet. He wanted to drink at the oasis between your legs for eternity.

God, he wants you so fucking bad and every second where he isn't buried inside of you is agonising. How did he not know Midoriya was into this earlier? How many times had he missed out on being buried inside of you for the sake of his best friend's dirty perversion? He can't help but feel the need to make up for "lost time". So he pulls back, much to your whine at the loss of pressure and warmth against your clothed pussy but that's quickly forgotten about when his fingers unclip the clasps of your suspended belt before tugging down your thong. He helps you out of it until the sodden lace is forgotten about with his shirt on the floor.

The bed dips when he kneels behind you, and it must be an instinct for you to drop to your elbows and raise your hips up for him, the arch in your back well trained. It has his cock twitching against his stomach, abs tensing when he nears close enough that he can feel the warmth between your legs against the length of his dick. His hands spread against your ass again, spreading you open for his eyes whilst he rolls his hips back and forth. The sticky squelching sound is obscene when his cock rubs up and down your slit, and he isn't even inside of you yet. Did it turn you on just as much to be fucked by another man?

He looks up from the space between your legs just to catch your eyes looking at him over your shoulder, your hair was a mess and the look you were giving him was pleading. Your hips bucked impatiently backwards when he caught your clit again against the tip of his cock before he's angling himself with the help of his hand, the head catching against your entrance. This time he watches the way your mouth opens, the sweetest of moans dripping from plump lips as he inches deeper and deeper.

"Oh, fuck, shit." Shouto groans, eyebrows furrowing whilst he watches every last inch disappear deeper and deeper inside of you until his hips were flush with your ass. He can feel everything with how tight you're wrapped around him, the way you squeeze and flutter when his cock twitches with the need to cum. "Stop squeezing so much princess, 'm not gonna last..." he sounds breathless, mostly because he is. It feels like he's run a mile, all his muscles drawn tight and a trigger away from failing to satisfy you.

"Sho..." you give him a minute to recuperate, to let him get used to the tight wet heat wrapped around him until you impatiently wiggle your hips enough to elicit a low groan from the man. "Fuck me, please, Shouto."

He doesn't need to be told twice.

He gives an experimental roll of his hips, stomach flipping at the way you squeeze at him again when his hips bump back against your ass. His hands find their way to your hips, flexing his fingers until he has a firm grip against you and you seem to know what's coming as you lower yourself down until the side of your face is pressed into the bed sheets.

And then he isn't holding back, the rhythmic pat, pat, pat of his thighs hitting your own is loud. The low moans coming from his left is enough to know that he's definitely fulfilling his best friends request but also your own with the way you're babbling nonsense, talking about how his cock is so big, "Feel so full, 's too much," and he briefly wonders if you're just talking him up in front of your boyfriend. Was that a part of the kink? To degrade your partner because you had to get another man to please you? He blinks a little at the realisation, earning himself a peek over to see how Midoriya was holding up in the whole situation.

And it's no surprise to see he had somehow managed to wrangle himself out of his shorts, big hands struggling to stroke himself properly with the restraints on his wrists but he doesn't seem deterred in the way he's stroking himself, moaning when you speak dirty about how good Shouto feels. The tiny devil on Shouto's shoulder tells him to engage in this, to see just how far he could push Midoriya whilst balls deep inside of the other man's girlfriend.

With a new goal in mind, Shouto leans his body over your own and hooks a large hand around your throat to pull you up into an awkward arch. You're looking up at him through your eyelashes, lips parted in a silent moan at the new angle he's forcing you to take his cock in. "Is it really too much for you? Your boyfriend not big enough to satisfy a pretty slut like you?" he watches the way your pupils expand, swallowing the beautiful shade of your iris whole. Seems he hit the nail on the head too with Midoriya who grunts, a loud thump of what must be his head on the wall but Shouto can't take his eyes away from you.

"Why don't you show your boyfriend what a good little slut you are, and ride me?" It's a rhetorical question you realise as he pulls out, the cool air of the room sticking to the sticky slick coating his cock whilst he moves around you to lay on the bed, angling himself so Midoriya would have the perfect view of just what he wants. You move to straddle him before he holds up a hand and uses his index finger to indicate for you to face the opposite way—to face your boyfriend.

His hands find their place back on your hips when you settle over him, hand wrapping around the length of his cock before you're guiding him back deep inside of him with a pretty moan. He does wish he could see your face, to see just how good he's making you feel on your cock but this angle, the way you're leaning back to press your hands against his chest, has him seeing stars. And clearly, it must be doing the same for you, it feels like he's drowning in just how wet you are when you lower yourself down and raise back up to reveal a creamy ring at the base of his cock.

"You look so sexy, angel," Midoriya comments from somewhere Shouto can't see, but he can hear the way his hand speeds up at the new view Shouto has given him. "Takin' him so well, look at you."

His words seem to inject more adrenaline into your veins as you start to bounce up and down a little faster, but he can feel the way you're starting to falter, the way your feet keep slipping against the sheets so Shouto lets his hero stamina take over, gripping your waist hard before he's bucking his hips up hard enough to plant his feet hard on the bed. Then he's fucking up into you, pounding at a pace that has you nearly screaming, head lolling back as he continues to bully the tip of his cock against the one spot that has you twitching, thighs tensing and jumping each time he hits it.

And he knows it too, Shouto knows you're close, so he doesn't stop. Keeps the brutal pace that has even his thighs burning, and his balls drawing up tight as he throws both you and himself over the edge of the orgasm that he had been holding back from the very second you pulled him into your mouth. The way your walls milk him has his head dropping back, bi-coloured hair falling away from his eyes as he stares up at the ceiling trying to suck in a breath deep enough to steady himself. But he can't, not with the way you remain sat atop of him even when his legs relax back down onto the bed.

Especially not when you lean forward, hands planting against his thighs and you fucking grind against him. The whine in Shouto's throat is unsuspecting, catching himself off guard but you don't seem deterred, if anything you're moving with a little more vigour in your hips as you raise up, just enough for him to watch the way his cum spills out from your still clenching pussy and dripping down the length of his cock before you drop down again.

"Fuck, wait," his hands try to push against your hips to get you to stop, to just let his sensitive dick relax but you're not listening, rolling your hips back and forth perfectly and he can feel his cock twitch again, another hot stream of cum painting your walls. His toes curl painfully, every muscle in his body unable to relax as you continue to milk him for all he's worth, to have every drop of his seed buried deep inside of you. Shouto knows he could easily push you off, but he can't find that strength to stop you—in truth, it feels too fucking good.

"'m gonna cum," he hears you moan, but he can't see past the stars behind his eyes, can't really hear much over the sound of the blood in his veins running a hundred miles per hour. This time your orgasm is much faster, squeezing and clamping down on his cock which has the man jolting, fucking himself deeper into you despite the ache in his balls and the prickly pain of overstimulation that is making him feel lightheaded. He lets you ride out your orgasm until finally, finally, you roll off of him and onto the bed next to him.

For the first time in what must be ten minutes, he can finally breathe, taking in greedy breaths and letting his head fall to the side to watch you. You're in no better shape, sweaty and taking in uneven breaths. So he reaches over, cupping a hand on the back of your neck and he watches the relief hit you almost instantly, the coolness eliciting a gentle shudder down your spine. He's about to speak before he hears someone clear their throat, and he lifts his head enough to look over the mess of his own body to see Midoriya is in a bad state.

The man had came all over himself, reaching as far as his collarbone and his face was glistening with sweat. He was beet red, eyes unfocused as he continued to stare at the two of you on the bed. "Fuck, I," he clears his throat again with a gentle laugh. "We have to do that again sometime, can't tell you how fucking hot that was."

And Shouto looks over to you, to see your response but you're already looking at him with a gentle smile, a tired look in your eyes. "Only if you want to," you say, and you cringe a little at the way your voice is hoarse.

"Of course," he relaxes into the bed again. "Maybe next time Midoriya can join me."

➼ 'kinktober 2022 masterlist' disclaimer: i would totally fuck katsuki if izuku asked me to lol, dont need to tell me twice

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This might be an odd question, but do you have any tips or preferences when it comes writing Natsuo? Asking for *ahem* reasons...

Ok well I guess like with all fanfic writing I use canon as a jumping point. He’s not exactly a flat character because the few moments he’s given imply a lot of depth, and it’s pretty fun to tease out that depth.

What we know from canon:

Out of all his siblings, Natsuo is the only one who appears to have a “normal” social life. He has a girlfriend who he presumably met during a university class, and he’s implied to prefer hanging out with her and his other friends instead of going back to visit his childhood home (much to Fuyumi’s annoyance lol). Based on his interactions with others he seems to be a sociable and friendly person (when Endeavor isn’t around to sour the mood at least). Personality-wise he also seems to be a confrontational person, in the sense that time and again he doesn’t shy away from uncomfortable conversations or topics- he prefers to air out all the grievances instead of letting them fester.

Currently, he and Fuyumi are the closest out of all the family members. They grew up together and they have the most normal sibling relationship out of everyone (the bar is on the ground tho aljsbd). In the scene where we first see them visiting Rei in the hospital together we also see them bantering and playfully poking at each other and he loves and respects her enough to put up with Endeavor for her sake.

It is no secret that Natsuo despises Endeavor—for being responsible for Touya’s death, for his treatment of Rei and Shouto and most likely also for the way he left Fuyumi as the responsible “adult” in charge of the home. The latter is implied from the way Natsuo spoke about how he tried to help her, ie with the cooking, but he was forced to stop when Endeavor complained about his cooking so it became Fuyumi’s responsibility again.

Then there’s all the trauma surrounding Touya, the way he feels like his brother wouldn’t have had to die (and become a villain) if only he’d listened to him when he needed it and maybe talked him out of some of his more extreme beliefs. It’s implied that he’s studying his current degree (medical welfare I think?) because of Touya, because he wants to help more people like his brother. There’s a lot of (irrational) guilt wrapped up in his feelings about Touya, but as seen in recent chapters he’s willing to put in the work and walk the long and difficult road to mend things between Touya and the rest of the family.

Now onto headcanon territory (most of which are extrapolated from canon):

I think that he has extremely low self esteem, due to the neglect he suffered while growing up. Not just from Endeavor, but from Rei too—here’s some thoughts I’ve already had about this, copy-pasted from the end AN of ch13 in WHFO:

I've always gotten the feeling that she and Natsuo were never particularly close, especially before she was hospitalised. Because he must've been what, 3 when she had to pass him over to be raised by the housekeeper while she completely shifted her focus to Shouto? Not to mention that his physical resemblance to Endeavor would've made it hard for her to even look at him, especially as her mental health spiralled. I just feel like Rei never really got much of a chance to get close to him the way she did with her other children, which is sad because that means Natsuo didn't have much of a relationship with either of his parents when he needed it most during his formative years faksjdlfs that is most definitely not going to have an impact on him at all, nope :)

Expanding on that I think he is also incredibly affection starved, and even as he strives to make a life for himself outside the family a part of him might always find it hard to accept praise or even just the idea that people would genuinely think he’s great to be around or good at things in general. Just you know, general symptoms of someone who had a childhood of emotional neglect.

Because of the whole thing with Rei I also think that he’s hyperaware of how much he physically resembles Endeavor. Does this mean he’s probably insecure about his looks as a result? Yes I do like to think so, especially for the Angst™️. It also doesn’t help that all of his other siblings look like their mum so he’s got that extra dose of feeling like the odd one out.

I also really like the headcanon that he inherited Endeavor’s short temper and general anger issues. Not only because that’s Angst Deluxe, but also because it would be interesting to explore how he grapples with it, and the internal conflict he feels about how scared he is of becoming like his father. This is why I love writing scenes where he’s arguing with his siblings or shouts at them only to watch them flinch because the psychic damage + self-loathing that would follow? Impeccable. Unparalleled. 👌

#asks #laarbybarbtbox #bnha #todoroki natsuo #sorry I just realised how angsty all the hcs are akdhdjdk #I hope you find this helpful anyway

[yellowbluemoonshine]

Little Touya’s Trauma

I see a lot of takes of Touya being the ‘selfish kid’ and honestly, i think thats very unfair thing to say because he is not like Shouto or even Shigaraki, of course because simply his trauma is different. Before i start, i would like to remind that i love Shouto a lot and Shigaraki is one of my faves but this post is gonna be about Touya.

Shouto and Touya have many similarities and even differences with trauma and all but i think the biggest difference between Touya and Shouto is simple;

One of them is eldest and other is the youngest child. This is important because Touya being the oldest and Shouto being the youngest tells a lot about their story because it changes their position and dynamic with their faimly.

The thing with most parents is their first child is their first experiment. Since most of them dont know how to deal with children or raising a kid, they messed up and instead of trying to solve the problem, they avoid the first child and try to not make the same mistake with other one. When i say ‘inexperienced parent’, i am not talking about Endeavour, really because Endeavour never intented to be parent and he always put his own ambitions above well being of his family. I am talking about Rei and even children.

The tragedy of Touya is not just him being burned to death and abandonded, its also his ‘training’ with Endeavour isnt considered as abuse by anyone, unlike Shouto who was crying. Endeavour may’ve not beat Touya but he was forcing Touya to push his limits at some point. (Most likely the reason Endeavour didnt beat Touya because Touya would obey and does anything his father said but Shouto wouldnt).

Endeavour didnt even care what would Touya want, HE decided Touya to be hero because in the end, what Touya wanted didnt matter. Touya didnt cry because he didnt know it was abnormal. Touya didnt cry because he wouldnt want to make his father disappointed. He was used as ‘tool’ but how he could know thats not how most fathers raise their sons? He already internalized the idea of his worth in his family, thats why, he wouldnt mind burning himself.

Rei and his siblings actually cared about Touya but i think i understand why he felt so unseen by them.

Rei knew that Endeavour wanted children only as successor but i think she never thought how this will end up ruin her children or how much it would hurt and ruin them. Which is why she was so protective of Shouto when it comes to training, she even would show Allmight as a good example so that he wouldnt turn out like Endeavour. Also, by focusing on Shout too much, she also (unintentionally) neglected her children. She wouldnt talk with touya about his issues, until Touya was already self destructing. She seems to understand that he is somehow struggling with issues with his father but she doesnt seem to udnerstand why Touya is so ‘obssessed’ with ‘training’ or why he wouldnt stop. Just like other members of Todoroki family.

Rei, Fuyumi, Natsuo. Rei seems surprised when Touya had mentalbreakdown. Fuyumi doesnt understand why his brother would go so far to hurt himself for the sake of ‘training’. Natsuo doesnt understand why his brother would cry and talk about this at the middle of night. Though, Natsuo changed his narrative after Touya’s death but Rei and Fuyumi saw as accident. ‘It wasnt Endeavour’s fault, it was Touya’s fault for being stubborn’. But it wasnt accident. It was Endeavour’s fault because that was the only way he gave to Touya.

Compared to this, the way they see Shouto and his ‘training’ is opposite. Fuyumi feels regret for not being able to protect his brother. Natsuo cant forget about the night Shouto’s screams when his face was burnt, he blames himself for not being able to do anything (in novel). Rei feels sorry for Shouto, seeing him as ‘the one who suffered the most’, ‘hero of the family’. Even Endeavour thinks this way. Whole family would avoid even talking about Touya, until he became a villain and made his story public. But even so, his family doesnt seem to understand. The one who needed to be isolated or changed wasnt Shouto or Touya, it was Endeavour. They all have regrets for Touya but it looks like they try to get rid of those regrets with Shouto more than Touya did because it was ‘too late’ for them to do it for Touya. Or maybe, they couldve seen Shouto as victim because of what happenned to Touya.

Curse of being first child of the family. Their thought process is even opposite with Shouto. For Touya, his father was like god like an existence, he would go far to excuse his father’s wrong actions, he did try everything for him but nothing changed and for Shouto, his father was monster but later, he saw him ‘change’. Shouto didnt love Endeavour, he didnt expect anything from him, thats why it was eaiser for him to accept him but that wont the case with Touya because Touya loved Endeavour more than anyone and it wasnt enough for Endeavour to change. I hope Shouto realized this too.

Touya does somehow understand what happenned to him and Shouto was abuse but in his mind, he internalized his abuse, that he is failure too much, he cant see himself or Shouto as victim. Even with Shigaraki, even he understand Afo’s horrible intentions, to him, ‘training a child’ is raising so he wouldnt see it as ‘that weird’ enough to do something.

Yes, Touya wasnt shown as kind as Tenko or even Shigaraki. And he is not like Bakugou either. He wasnt bully and he would repress his negative feelings towards Shouto because he knew it was wrong. Touya is a lot like Deku who would do anything, break himself over and over to prove his worth. And he was crybaby like Deku but at least, Deku had Inko and had a chance to be hero with power and well, Deku didnt have Endeavour as father. (We would learn more about Deku’s feeling worthless, if author allowed his characters to call out Bakugou and adress his bullying.)

Touya would cry easiely, he was drowning in his own feelings. His tears literally turn into fire and burn him to death and he lost his ability to cry. It would make sense for Touya to scared of his own feelings, distancing himself from everyone as trauma response. Similar to Tenko who cant hug anyone after he tried to reach out to his family but end up killing them.

But the difference between them is their father. Koutaro and Endeavour. They both had abusive fathers but Koutaro actually cared about Tenko and his family. Before the tragedy, Tenko was a lot like Shouto but even in better sitution because he wasnt isolated. Tenko had friends, he had cute dog and supportive big sister. Despite the abuse he had at home, his life was almost close to normal. Touya before his tragedy, he never had normal life. He felt distance with his family. He didnt have friends because Endeavour made him believe that Touya was living in different world from other kids. And after his death, he lived in streets, most likely never connecting with others.

Yes, Dabi is the most distant member in league but its not his fault. Members like Shigaraki and Twice show their care more than others because they know what it is like to loose someone they love to death. (Skipping Spinner and Compress but i think their family most likely cared them too). Unlike Toga and Dabi whose families are alive but abandonded anyway. At least Toga know how to fake it because she knows if she behaves well, people will be kinder to her. She wasnt raised like a soldier like Dabi and Shigaraki. She also lives for connections, unlike Dabi who always raised to believe connections are unneeded.

Basically, this boy never develop his social skills, he doesnt have manners, he is rude, he is distant but its not his fault. Its his trauma. He actually cares (in a distant but he cares). He doesnt much show his kindness as others (he showed it when he saved Twice, like hero and when he burnt Toga’s house etc) but that doesnt mean he isnt kind or he is selfish. Mercy, boy literally wants to die.

Bonus; He would also be friends with Tenko and his little group because he is just like Shouto ‘i dont need any friends’ kind of kid, well, Deku reach out to Shouto so Tenko would reach out to Touya too, just like how Shigaraki reach out to Dabi and gain his respect (and his care and loyalty, even he doesnt show it much).

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[kaiapaia]

at the last stroke of midnight (pt. 1)

Pairing: Shouto Todoroki/Reader

WC: 2,021

Content warnings: aged up characters, everyone is in their 20s or older. fantasy au. no real content warnings for this part, mostly just fluff. no pronouns used for reader, but they are described to wear skirts and are referred to as 'my lady'.

i've had this idea kicking around for a while, and finally decided to finish it for shouto's birthday this year! i have this mostly written, so updates should be consistent, with the last part hopefully coming out on his birthday next week.

soundtrack for this: the whole story was written to the 2015 Cinderella soundtrack by Patrick Doyle. 10/10 recommend.

part 1 (you are here) : part 2

Curse these southerners and their confounded layers,” you muttered angrily as you tried to situate your skirts and petticoats so you could lay down. After some pulling and twisting and more grumbled swearing, you sank down into the soft grass, a sigh of relief escaping your lips at the cool shade underneath the sweeping branches of the trees. You fanned yourself, trying to create any sort of breeze as the haze of the summer afternoon rippled in the air. 

You were still close enough to the palace gardens that you could hear the chatter of passing courtiers and servants, the hum of conversation blending with the buzzing of the cicadas to create a soothing kind of white noise. You had time yet, you mused. Time enough for a nap, before you were summoned back to your duties in the castle. Settling your head on your arm, you closed your eyes and began to doze off in your woodland bower.

Crashing sounds rudely roused you from your peaceful rest. There’s no time to react before a form hurtled through the bushes, landing on top of you with a grunt. You catch a flash of red and white hair, and you come nose to nose with surprised blue and grey heterochromatic eyes. You raise your hands to shove him off of you, but a loud noise catches both of your attention.

“GET THE FUCK BACK HERE, ICY HOT!” comes a bellow from somewhere in the palace gardens, accompanied by a crackle of something that sounds like… firecrackers? 

The man above you smirks faintly, and you push at his chest, meeting surprisingly solid muscle. Unfortunately, all your shove really does is remind him of your presence, and he turns back to regard you with a curious look. You open your mouth to scream, and he quickly raises a hand to cover your mouth. “Quiet, just for a moment. Please?” he murmurs, his voice low and soft.

You glare but remain silent. The two of you listen to the angry man’s footsteps and grumbling recede, and the moment he fades out of your range of hearing you open your mouth and drag your tongue across the palm still covering your mouth. He recoils immediately, and you take the opportunity to push him again. This time he goes, rocking back to kneel on the grass in front of you. He offers you a hand, but you brush it to the side as you sit up. 

“Did you… lick me?” he asks, looking at you incredulously. 

“Would you rather I bit you instead?” you retort, focused on righting your dress. “Both are justified when a strange man puts his hand over one’s mouth.” 

This startles a huff of laughter out of the strange man. “Ah, no. I am glad you did not bite me.” He looks you over with a strange glint in his eye. “What is your name, my lady?” 

You examine him in return. He’s dressed in loose clothes under leather armor, and has a fine dusting of dirt that suggests he’s come from the training yards. A knight, perhaps? “I’m no one of consequence,” you say airily, leaning on the tree behind you for support as you stand up.

 He rises with you, his hand moving on instinct to offer you assistance, hanging in the air between the two of you. You brush the grass blades off your skirt and look up, surprised to find his varicolored eyes still watching you. There’s a moment of stillness as your eyes meet, and a shiver runs down your spine at being studied so intently. 

The sound of distant bells breaks the atmosphere that has settled over the two of you. Tearing your eyes away from the stranger’s face, you look towards the clock tower and count the bells. You curse under your breath, realizing that you’d taken a longer nap than you’d meant to. As you turn to push through the bushes, a cool hand wraps around your wrist. 

“Will you be at the tournament tomorrow?” 

“Perhaps, if my lady wishes for me to accompany her.” You pull your hand from his grasp and turn to push through the bushes, returning to the manicured paths of the palace gardens. His gaze remains on you as you walk away, and you can feel it on you like a touch. It sends shivers skittering down your spine, and your skin tingles where his fingers wrapped around your wrist. Discreetly, you shake out your hands and tip your chin up, making your way to the queen’s apartments. 

The queen is seated at her vanity, and her grey eyes twinkle at you in the mirror. “You missed dinner,” she says calmly, a sly smile curling the corners of her mouth. 

“I apologize, your majesty. I was… delayed,” you say, falling into a deep curtsy before moving behind her. You begin gently removing the pins from her snow white hair. 

She lets you work in silence for a moment, letting you relax for a moment before she meets your eyes in the mirror. “Were you napping again?”

“I would do no such thing, your majesty. I was simply enjoying the weather,” you say loftily, refusing to meet her knowing gaze. 

“Ah yes, enjoying the weather that you’ve complained about since you arrived.”

“Perhaps I would enjoy it more if I didn’t have to wear all these accursed layers in the middle of summer,” you grouse, running a soft bristled brush through her fine white hair. “These southerners have such delicate sensibilities. I don’t know how you put up with them, your majesty.”

“You’ll grow accustomed to them in time,” she leans her head back with a sigh. “You might even come to find their ways charming.”  

“Perhaps. It will be difficult to find them charming while I’m sweating like a pig in three layers of skirts, though.” Your hands still in her hair, and you can feel her eyes on you. “I would kill for a swim in the glacial river,” you joke, resuming your work.

“I know you miss home,” Rei says, her voice gentle. “If you ever want to return, just say the word.”

You let out a distinctly unladylike snort. “And leave you alone to play nice with these southerners? Unlikely.” 

She laughs, the sound clear and tinkling like bells. You tie off her long braid with a silver ribbon and do a once over of her room, checking to see if there’s anything you missed.

“You’re free to go,” Rei stands from her chair, pulling a soft blue robe over her nightclothes. “I can take care of myself for the rest of the evening. You’ll need your rest before you attend me at the tournament tomorrow,” she says, a sly look in her grey eyes. 

You let her see your eye roll as you dip into a curtsy. “As your majesty wishes,” you say, voice saccharine sweet. 

“It’ll be fun,” she tells you. “This city knows how to put on a show.”

“Ah yes, people in metal suits bashing each other over the head with sticks, my favorite.” 

“There’s more to it than that,” she admonishes. “You’ll understand once you see. Now run along,” she shoos you out the door with a flapping motion. “I’ll see you in the morning.”

The next morning finds you stifling a yawn behind your hand as you wait in the kitchens for the maids to assemble the queen’s breakfast tray. You hum to yourself as you ascend the stairs to her chambers, where you find her already awake.

You set the tray down on her small table and begin setting out her food. The queen finishes the letter that she’s working on at her desk before she joins you, sitting elegantly in one of  the chairs. Once you’ve finished unpacking her tray, you move to her wardrobe.

“Any preferences for your gown today, your majesty?” 

“Let’s do the light green one that I wore on May Day.” 

You retrieve the requested gown from its place in the wardrobe, laying it out on the bed before you begin gathering the required accessories. Once the queen finishes her breakfast, she stands at the vanity, and you begin the process of dressing. Over her chemise goes the petticoat, then a royal blue kirtle woven with gold. The pale green gown goes last, finely made and patterned with verdant leaves.

You fasten a golden girdle at her waist, studded with emeralds and sapphires. She takes a matching necklace out of her jewelry box and hands it to you to fasten around her neck. Rei takes a seat at the vanity for you to do her hair, which you then place a fine golden veil over, holding it in place with combs. 

The final piece is her crown, a delicate golden thing set with moonstones and star sapphires. It rests on her brow, and it makes her look regal and imposing. 

Satisfied with your handiwork, you leave her to inspect the gown in the mirror while you go to the table and begin gathering the breakfast dishes to take back to the kitchen. Before you can leave, the queen calls your name.

“Come here,” she beckons you. Rei pulls something out from a drawer in her desk and offers it to you.  You set the tray down on the table and approach. The object in her hand is a wreath of silk flowers, bound together with colorful ribbons. It’s too big to be a bracelet, and too small to be a crown. You turn it over in your hands, trying to deduce its purpose.

“It’s a favor,” the queen explains. She laughs softly at your look of confusion. “It’s a token that’s customarily given to a knight of your choosing before their bout at the tournament. As queen, I cannot show favor to one knight over the others, but you have no such restrictions.”

She sees the hesitation on your face. “Just think about it,” she asks, her voice gentle. “I won’t order you to participate in this country’s customs, but  this would be a good start.” 

You tuck the favor in your pocket. “I will, your majesty,” you curtsy. She looks pleased, and the two of you share a smile before you leave the room. 

You bring the tray back to the kitchens and see to your other duties. The favor burns a hole in your pocket while you dash about, finishing chores and preparing the queen’s box. Perhaps she’s right, you muse. Since you arrived four months ago, you’ve avoided every custom and tradition the south has to offer. You’re at court so little that you’ve only met two of the queen’s four children- Princess Fuyumi is the picture of an elegant southern lady, and Prince Natsuo seems like a kind man, devoted to his studies.

The other two princes have eluded you so far. Prince Touya has been in recovery since the whole business with the king, and hasn’t been seen in the capital since. As far as you know, the youngest prince has been away for several months, studying magic under the great mage Yagi Toshinori. You’ve heard that the youngest prince has made quite a name for himself, as he roams the country slaying monsters with his teacher. It’s unlikely that either of them will attend, but you wonder if they’ll make an appearance.

Your mind strays to the strange knight with the heterochromatic eyes. You can’t deny that he’d been handsome, with those blue and grey eyes, delicate features, and a soft mouth. As a knight he’s most likely going to be somewhere in the tournament tomorrow, a part of your mind whispers. 

You quash that thought immediately. Your duty is to the queen, you remind yourself. You have no business getting distracted, no matter how pretty the distraction might be. Besides, most of these southerners are only interested in you because you’re an oddity. They’re curious about your snow woman heritage, and their interest quickly wanes when you refuse to do tricks for them.

The knight didn’t know, your brain points out. And he was interested in you anyway.

#shouto todoroki x reader #todoroki x reader #my hero x reader #my hero academia #shouto todoroki #kaiawrites

[thyandrawrites]

Shouji's logic and reasoning, and by extension the hero's, kind of sucks honestly, if this was all that this plot line was building up towards.

'The next generation will do/be better', really?

I mean, it's not as bad as 'you hurt people so your argument is invalid' but it's still not great.

It's kind of a circular logic that turns baby steps into milestones, that then keeps feeding into itself over and over. The people who are truly against the changes that the mutants (minority) need are just going to ensure their children feel the same way as they do, some may break away but we've seen (even in bnha's story) how powerful a narrative taught since childhood can be. And even when there is real improvement (like written laws), all it would take to undue such slow and peaceful change at a societal level is one too many (or too powerful) A-holes coming into prominence in government to undue it.

Do you feel the same or differently ? And what do you think about it either way?

I am kinda of feeling put off by Spinner and Shoji's treatment these last chapters. it feels weird, like Spinner is being silenced by the narrative when put against Shoji.

Two different asks, but I'm answering them together.

So, my thoughts on this are the same as my thoughts on the Shouto vs Dabi fight. None of this was news (with the sole exception of the added quirk racism angle).

The tl;dr version is that the heroes are responding the way they always respond to any criticism aimed at the system: they're shutting down the argument instead of addressing any of the points that were raised.

Shouji is not an exception. Shouto, Ochako, Deku and Mirio have done it as well. It's a pattern, and the fact that their knee-jerk reaction is always to defend the system without blinking twice is meant to be part of the problem. I'm not stating any of what follows to judge them, or to expect the impossible from them. But the kids are parroting the kind of narrative their society is based on, because they grew up as part of said narrative, and can't see past it.

Shouji roots his argument on the idea that Spinner (and his followers) are not channeling their anger "the right way." Because they've elected to use violence, they've automatically "lost" the debate, because violence is always bad and unjustified.

This idea echoes Shouto's words to Touya. Every time a villain who fell through the cracks attempts to have a dialogue with heroes, the response they receive is the same: your reasons are good, but you dragged innocents into your path, so I won't even pretend to listen to your demand for social justice.

The problem with this reasoning is that heroes routinely use excessive violence, too, and just as routinely get away with it. Even foregoing how the number one and two were exposed as a violent abuser and a murderer respectively, and got no consequences because they're hereoes... There's also the fact that the institution behind heroism has been killing people with opposing political views for decades, and keeps doing so even now. The whole first war arc was set in motion by Twice's extrajudicial murder, and several attempts were made to extend the same treatment to Shigaraki as well.

So. "Violence bad" is a losing argument when both sides have bloodstained hands. Both sides have shown a lack of remorse for the methods they used when they were fighting for a cause they deemed worthy. In the heroes' case, it was "the greater good." In the villain's, some sort of social retribution for their suffering.

But let's take it one step further. In the specific context of mutant discrimination, Shouji's words ran particularly empty imho.

The kid claims that this ambush "sets back their cause 30 years." I find this a malicious scapegoating. Why?

The mutants are *not* responsible for their own oppression. Similarly, they're also *not* responsible for the punishment they receive when the privileged class in change decides they were existing a little too loudly for their liking.

If I'm honest, I found this rhetoric abhorrent when I first read the leaks. I'm still holding out hope that it was a mistraslation because the phrasing was... Pretty bad. Like, echoing real world bigotry bad. But this hope seems pretty thin, considering how Shouji also submits that the solution to that discrimination is to just... Lay down and take it until things get better.

Now, here's where I'm conflicted because Shouji was also a victim of that quirk racism. He was covered in bandages, and now has scars to match. He was called slurs, singled out as carrier of "tainted blood", made to feel like he was lesser, monstrous, and like he had to mask up for other people's comfort as well as for protection from further harm. It's not even fatfetched for him to normalize the bigotry he suffered and shrug it off as something he's just "used to." But I think the mistake he makes is demanding that all victims of anti-mutant discrimination should feel the way he does, and adapt the way he did. But I think it's also important to note his bias here.

[Edit: I'm switching the angle of my analysis a bit here because I realized the flaw in my reasoning. Please share this version of this post instead of the one where I fell for the trap of "who is the more oppressed" mentality that... Leads nowhere because it's not a competition]

Shouji seems to think that since change won't happen during their lifetimes, mutants should all work with their current circumstances instead of working to dismantle them. He wants to affect change from within the system because he believes this to be a better alternative than seeking, and I quote, "retribution."

Basically, like all of class A, Shouji is an idealist. Even if he doesn't have all the answers yet, he believes that individual battles can one day turn the tide for the cause.

He's obviously motivated by a wish to move past senseless violence and bloodshed, and his ideals are not wrong in theory. However, the irony here is that by shutting down fellow heteromorphs and siding with the system over the voices of his people, he's unconsciously promoting in-fighting.

As I've stated elsewhere, he's not offering them a dialogue, but just serving the interests of the oppressors by creating differences between himself and the villains. Instead of acknowledging their common ground, he says "I was persecuted too, BUT." The but is the problem. He's seeing a fundamental difference between them, and blaming fellow victims for the "set backs" of the cause, instead of addressing why would non-heteromorphs want mutants to stay quiet about their oppression in the first place.

For so many people, that prejudice and discrimination is still their daily reality. The threat on their lives doesn't go away simply because some kids in a hero school are determined to make the distant future a better place. It's all nice and well that Shouji aims to be the kind of hero who can affect change for heteromorphs from inside the heart of hero society, but it doesn't stop nazi-coded cults like the CRC from harming people in the present.

When you see how bad things are outside the city, Shouji's words of reassurance about the next generation are just an empty platitude. They might come from the heart, but they don't mean anything to those who need the heroes' help right now. Those people need shelter and security. And the point is, they're not currently getting it.

Chapter 370 shows the crowd parading around CRC masks on pikes. So long as people are granted the freedom to reunite and discriminate against heteromorphs, there's no such thing as advocating for non-violence. It's people like the CRC that threw the first (non-metaphorical) rock. It's not the same thing and it cannot be the same thing when people fight back for their right to live. Protesting, fighting back, even when the circumstances dictate the use of violence for self-preservation, does not have the same magnitude as the violence perpetrated by the oppressors who literally want to wipe you out.

In other words, we're facing what's known as the paradox of tolerance. To truly have a tolerant society, you can't tolerate hate crime.

Incident 6/6 was a massacre against "innocents", too. Heroes don't get to use that word as moral ammo only when it supports their narrative, and elect to ignore it when it doesn't. If violence against defenseless people is always bad on principle, how come the only time they decide to enforce it is when it makes them put villains behind bars?

#Bnha #Bnha spoilers #Bnha meta #Meta:bnha society #Bnha 371 #Spinner #Shouji mezou #My post #Meta:shouji

[hella1975]

DOG TEETH DOG TEETH DOG TEETH!!!!

the first word being fuyumi. help me

“He knew he could be good enough. Fuyumi didn’t have what it took, and that was okay. She didn’t need to be good. Touya would be good enough for all of them.” oh strangers by ethel cain we’re really in it now

“This was just all he had right now.” I’M SORRY. THIS MAY BE ME AT MY BEST.

touya and fuyumi. are going to be the death of me.

“He'd be better. He'd just be better. He needed to be better. He could do that. He could be good. He'd tell Dad as much. He just needed to be reassured. This didn’t have to mean anything. But Dad didn’t come back to the dining room, slamming the front door behind him as he left. By next summer, Natsuo was born.” AHHHHHHHHHH

“He wasn’t entirely sure why, but at seven year’s old, Touya already knew Mom’s hurting was directly connected to Dad’s mood.” they were just kids!!!!!! THEY WERE KIDS!!!

“He cried loud enough for Mom to hear, wanting her more than anything in that moment, but for a long time, no one came.” no one came. no one ever came for todoroki touya.

“For a moment, he forgot about being a hero, about being strong. For a moment, he wanted nothing else but for his father to scoop him into his arms and make everything better.” HE JUST WANTED HIS DAD TO BE A DAD!!!!

“Suddenly, Touya remembered crying in the training room, waiting for comfort that never came, the first scar of many now ugly and familiar down his arm. No one was coming, Touya realised. Everything was the same as that day. Worse, if anything. Mom had started taking pills for her headaches and they made her tired. Dad's temper flared. If Shouto cried, no one would come for him.” no one was coming!!!!!

“He was just a baby. He wasn’t good or bad. He wasn’t anything yet. Touya wished, bizarrely, that Shouto would get the chance to choose.” the fact that shouto and touya get each other in a way that the other siblings just don’t. you can just be shouto

“Touya was good at loving his siblings. He was the best at it.” he was. he really was

“He raised a hand meant for nurturing and slapped Touya round the face. There was blood in his mouth. They were in the kitchen. Mom had looked away, shoulders trembling. Birds took flight outside. It was a Friday.” have I ever mentioned how much I hate endeavour. because it’s a lot

“It got dark and Touya knew he needed to get up. His cheek stung and his eyes were puffy from crying, but he needed to put his siblings to bed.” just. touya continually putting his siblings over himself over and over again

“She was old enough to help him with things, to pick up the slack when Mom had bad days, to share apprehensive looks with when Dad was in a mood, but Touya couldn’t confide in her. She was so... perfect. Fuyumi had no idea what it felt like to be bad. Dad would never have hit her.” this fic is going to kill me dead

“Can you not just admit, just this once, that this isn’t great for me?” Touya whispered, his voice so quiet, so weak. “That this is something that might be scary?” Fuyumi swallowed. Of course she knew that. She’d been horrified when she found out that Dad was shoving Touya into school when he’d never interacted with more than a handful of his peers at a time in his entire life. But Touya could get in his head sometimes, and she was so scared for him. She didn’t want to lose him like she could feel herself losing Mom. “You’ll be fine,” she said decisively. “You’re always fine.” they are so bad at communicating but there’s so much love. helpppp

“It was a lesson he’d been learning since he was a child; no one ever came to save him.” NO ONE WAS COMING TO SAVE ME SO I KEPT PRAYING AND PRAYING AND PRAYING!!!!

insane fic I am in LOVE with it

YOU GET IT SO MUCH

#the first word being fuyumi is still so fucked to me. im still not over it. im still at the restaurant #STOP ETHEL CAINING DOG TEETH IT'S ALREADY BAD ENOUGH HELP MEEE #ask #dt-k asks #dog teeth

[itsnothingofinterest]

Hello! Like your view of what is happening in BNHA. So I am very curious in your opinion on one issue. (And sorry in advance for the mistakes!).

To me, it looks like manga is now trying to actively praise the heroes. And it looks…somehow unpleasant. Very unpleasant. For example, in 386. The speech of All Might for Shouto; what a great hero, ready to sacrifice himself, Shouto looks like against Dabi; Stain, who sees "real heroes" in this situation, although, as I see it, nothing has changed - the heroes still defend the status quo and see nothing in the villains except problem that need to be removed ("stopped")...

What do you think about it? I saw that you wrote about possible second part in such conditions, when the manga is coming to an end. That the end for the heroes should be "on a high note". But somehow this "high note" looks hypocritical, don't you think so?

Yeah you’re right; and that’s kind of the point of my “high note” theory: this hypocritical inconsistency where nothing’s actually changing for the better, but things are being presented to us like a happy ending anyway.

It's true the heroes, for how much they’re being praised as inspiring true heroes, are largely acting just the same as ever (maybe worse in some areas). When it comes to any problem not a villain, they won’t do anything directly about it, at best hoping to be inspiring enough that it solves itself. (Ironically after deriding the villains for their lack of planning and forethought.) And when the problem is villains; The heroes are still using any means necessary, even brainwashing and weaponizing prisoners, except for raising their arms with outstretched hands in place of clenched fists.

Even the guys we’re meant to support the most like Deku, Shoto, or Uraraka are only meeting the bare minimum most of the time; which still puts them well beyond most of the pros and some fellow classmates, but is still a touch disappointing when we expected them all to go well above and beyond by series end. Shoto can reassure people like he wants to, as last chapter reinforced; but that's a normal heroic trait that only really puts him above his dad. Nothing’s looking like it’s going to change under these guys, is the problem.

And really, all that’s why I keep talking about a continuation; the heroes are still full of problems despite how inspiring the manga makes them look. And that look is the “high note” for Part 1 I’m talking about. Because this far is, with everything still so broken, Deku can’t save Hero Society in the long term; his character hasn’t developed into someone who can do that, and if things end here then the system will be as faulty as ever. But he can save the day now, make himself look like the next symbol of peace to the terrified citizenry, and he could maybe spark something in Tomura. Something small, he’s not ready to tackle half of Tomura’s critiques, but something (like he could at least prove he won’t be like Kotaro). Similar story with Shoto & Dabi if he stops the explosion or Uraraka & Toga if they talk about love.

And that moment of accomplishment where the kids at least ease the nerves of the worried people could be a good place for a long interlude (because boy does Horikoshi need at least a few months off), before a part 2 where Deku & his classmates starts a long journey to become the kind of heroes who can save both hero society, and Tomura & the other villains, for good.

That’s the general idea anyway.

#ask & reply #bnha #midoriya izuku #shoto todoroki #uraraka ochako #class 1a #shigaraki tomura #dabi #toga himiko #paranormal liberation front #PLF #hero society #kotaro shimura #my stupid long term predictions #anti endeavor #Horikoshi

[deusvervewrites]

1. Monster Hunter Izuku: For those of us that don’t play Monster Hunter, what’s the difference between a Hunter and a Rider and which is more prestigious? Is UA still a thing? 2. Grandpa Torino: Does Gran Torino find out about Aldera’s shit? What are the consequences? 3. Little Mouse: What is Bakugou like in this one? 4. Sir Nighteye for All: Is All for One still alive or is he also dead? 5. Redoer: Is AFO still in jail? 6. Underground Shouto: What is Enji’s reaction to all this?

As far as I can tell, the Riders only appear in the MH Stories spinoff games. Hunters job is to kill monsters that threaten to destroy the balance of an ecosystem, so if there are too many of a species or a species in invasive for a region, etc. Riders aren't really organized the same way, mostly being a culture from smaller tribes. I could be wrong about that. Riders get their name from how they will steal monster eggs and raise the hatched monsters as partners, who they fight alongside and even, well, ride. I don't know if there's a prestige to Riders at all outside of Rider circles, but there are Riders famous enough that Hunters know them by name alone.

UA would still be a thing is this AU, but as a Hunter training academy

2. He does! And he goes to a parent-teacher meeting. There's no senile act this time. He just verbally decimates the poor bastard and pulls Midoriya out.

3. Midoriya never went with Bakugou to the log incident. As such Bakugou doesn't remember Midoriya at all. As such he doesn't discover his insecurities the hard way until UA, and seeing everyone's powerful Quirks on the first day kind of breaks him

4. On one hand him being dead would give more focus to Nighteye's continued fuckups. On the other hand, him being alive would mean that Nighteye sent All Might to die for nothing.

5. The basic concept of Redoer that we didn't see from her perspective is that each of Midoriya's school years had a different antagonist. First year was AFO, second year was MLA, third year is HPSC. So I don't know if AFO is dead or if he's in jail, but he's out of the story.

6. So the thing is that you don't choose a Hero specialty until graduation, meaning he has no idea that Todoroki is planning this. This is played for dramatic irony, both as comedy and... not.

#asks #wings of salvation au #grandpa torino au #little mouse au #failed foresight au #redoer au #underground todoroki au

[haleigh-sloth]

How do you think Horikoshi will go about giving both the heroes and villains what they want? How does Midoriya become the hero who saves everyone if Shigaraki wants to destroy everything? How does does Shouto become a hero at all when Dabi wants to kill him and have Endeavour's attention to himself? How does Uraraka become a hero who saves heroes when Toga wants to kill all of them to live the life that only makes her happy? Unless this isn't what the villains want at all.

How indeed! You're asking the same questions the story is asking, and trying to answer currently. How? Well, it's a narrative challenge for the hero kids to overcome, so it makes sense that we wonder HOW.

**There is one statement in your ask here I disagree with but I'll get to that.

You listed out all the villains wants, and then raised the idea at the end that this isn't what they want at all. Nice job! Because you basically explained:

What the hero kids were led to believe at first, and are only now questioning those beliefs----->The conclusion/end point that the hero kids NEED to reach, and are currently heading toward.

Let's look at what the villains seem to want:

Shigaraki: Currently Midoriya isn't sure what is really going on inside Shigaraki's head, but the end goal is to learn that. But the only solid, outward impression he got of Shigaraki was of someone who wants to destroy/get rid of things he doesn't like. But the question is, is that actually what Shigaraki wants? I mean, Shigaraki tells us yes, but literally everything else in the story tells us no. First, Shigaraki wanted to make a world without All Might. Well, during Kamino he got exactly what he wanted (or thought he wanted). But instead of being elated about it, he further sunk into the idea that he's just bound to be miserable forever. So was that really what he wanted?

Touya: Shouto knows more, but he doesn't understand it. He sees Touya wanting revenge for the abuse Endeavor inflicted. Which on the surface is actually true. But if only that was the case, then why would Touya not be satisfied with completely wrecking his dad's name and playing a part in wrecking the society that worships him? Or actually, why not be satisfied with just killing him? Why die WITH him? Does he actually want revenge?

Toga: The belief Ochacko has is that she just wants to kill and be allowed to do so. But we see from Toga's actions that she keeps chasing after people who continue to reject her. Why do that? It's because she wants to. So is all she really wants, just to kill people?

Now let's look at what the villains really want:

Shigaraki: No, his deep down desire isn't to destroy everything. That's the result of being manipulated and gaslit into believing that that's all he is capable of doing. That's the result of believing that the only purpose he serves as a human being is to destroy and bring mourning unto others. That's the result of believing that there is literally no other option for him. What does he actually want? He's said it and shown us a bunch of times. Someone to show up for him, be there for him. He suffered a tragedy (that he currently believes he caused purposefully/believes it was inevitable) and nobody gave a shit at all. He wants someone to give a shit. What he NEEDS is another issue altogether. He NEEDS someone to help break free from that belief he has of himself so he can be set free, and also start to actually grieve, move forward, and heal--rather than marinate in a bunch of terrible feelings constantly. How does Horikoshi please both sides? It's easy--Midoriya helps him break that mindset (I can only destroy) and from there, Shigaraki acknowledges that what happened to his family was an accident. And as a result he stops hating himself so much, stops believing he's only useful to destroy, and starts seeing some sort of value in himself as a living person--all of which is necessary to break free from AFO. The answer is easy as to HOW both sides get what they want. Shigaraki never had anyone save him, but he wants that. Midoriya is the hero who shows up when nobody else will (a la chapter 1), and is the hero who wants to save everyone within his reach. Both get what they want, because it's like filling in a missing piece of a puzzle.

Touya: Yeah sure he wants revenge, but we also learned that he currently thinks his family just moved on from him no problem. We learned that once Touya was convinced his family was content without him, he became suicidal. So, is revenge all he really wants? Or does he actually want what he never got as a kid--a family who wants him and showed him that? This includes Endeavor. He doesn't just want to kill Endeavor out of vengence. He wants a moment where Endeavor is fully acknowledging their relationship--father and son. Touya can't die until he gets that. So...this tells me that no, Touya doesn't just want to simply kill Endeavor. But Shouto views Touya's ambitions as vengeful, rather than seeking something he wants and never got. He points out to Touya that he himself acknowledges Endeavor was abusive to the family, and Touya still wasn't phased by that acknowledgement. Because....yeah, Touya is Endeavor's victim, and Touya sees himself in that light. But Touya isn't looking for someone to acknowledge that Endeavor was abusive, he's looking for Endeavor to acknowledge him. And Shouto just doesn't understand that. His life was different from Touya's. He wanted his dad's attention OFF of him, Touya wants literally the opposite. Shouto doesn't get that about his brother, and therefore his first attempt missed the mark. But the next step for Shouto is seeing what Touya's real pain is. Touya wants that acknowledgement, and Shouto wants his family restored. Both get what they want.

**The statement I disagree with though....idk, saying that Touya wants Endeavor's attention "all to himself" is just incorrect. He wanted his dad to pay any sort of attention to him at all. His backstory showed us that his dad basically cut him off. In Endeavor's mind, spending time with Touya was pointless because he wasn't going to be able to excel in training, so he stopped. He also avoided all of the early stages of Touya's mental deterioration--widening the gap even further, damaging Touya even further. I think it's just putting way too much of a selfish, self-centered light on what Touya was actually struggling with to say that. Sorry, I just am not a fan of that phrasing.

Toga: We saw from her past that literally just because of the quirk she was born with, she was outcasted from her family--while she still lived there. We saw in chapter 341 something pretty much a metaphor for self-harm, showing Toga's negative view of herself. Which also results in her just wanting to BE other people she loves. Her feelings toward people have escalated to her wanting to disappear into their identity, rather than maintain her own. Her interest in blood started out as genuine curiosity, but over time began getting combined with her emotions. And when her negative emotions from constantly being talked down to and rejected by her family boiled over, that's when she snapped. So does she actually want to just kill people, or does she want people to accept her for who she is? She keeps fixating on Ochacko, Izuku, and Tsuyu. She relates Izuku to her first crush, the boy she stabbed--the beginning of when her life REALLY went downhill and fast. It's like she keeps trying to seek some sort of validation from that moment of weakness in her life where she snapped and couldn't help herself. She sees how Ochacko and Tsuyu were trusting friends of each other, and she sees how Ochacko and Izuku trust each other, a lot. She wants those things, and she wants those things from the part of society that keeps turning her away. Because she wants acceptance from--you guessed it--the part of society that most people are a part of, the part she was outcasted from, the part her family still exists in, the part she used to exist in. How is this resolved? Ochacko learning what really hurts Toga is a good start. Toga already tried explaining why her life sucks, but Ochacko just heard a bunch of excuses for why Toga hurts others. Ocha now has a more open mind, and based on the last time we saw her, it seems like she's ready to truly listen this time, to why Toga hurts. Reaching that understanding is a good way to lead into them working together, and giving both sides what they want.

Assuming the League end up helping the heroes fight against AFO and whoever chooses to remain on his side (which is what I think will happen), then indirectly--Midoriya did save everyone. Saved Shigaraki from AFO's control, and by proxy everyone Shigaraki helps save can be considered something Midoriya contributed to.

To me, the trajectory is easy to see happen. The details of how I obviously don't know, and can only make guesses at. But the necessary events that are needed for both sides to get what they want are pretty clearly laid out for us.

#bnha #bnha asks #anonymous #boku no hero academia #shigaraki tomura #todoroki touya #dabi #toga himiko #league of villains #it ended up being long #but yeah

[pizzolisnacks]

Fantasy AU hcs for non fankid OCs. Now /j

alright I can do that *cracks knuckles*

Emiko Kirishima

- Being a Kirishima, she is, of course, a Dragon Shifter (Dracodicti). - When Her and Eijirou's mother was killed (She was 12, Eijirou was around 6), she and Eijirou were separated, Eijirou getting sent to a labor camp and Emiko was sent to a breeding camp.

- Ofc, not being the kind of woman to roll over and accept her fate, Emiko remained a headstrong, survival-oriented bitch until she was around 18

- She organized a revolt against the Camp Foremen with her fellow Dragon Ladies (and babies) and they were successful!

- Tragically, this success leads to the Dragon Camp project being shut down and all remaining captive Dracodicti ordered to be executed, which they are (except for Eijirou, but Emiko doesn't know that yet).

- Believing all other Dracodicti to be dead, Emiko kind of just leads her small band of Dracodicti around the Island, rounding up any free or in-hiding Dracodicti, taking refuge in a dormant volcano somewhere in the Dragon Peak Mountains aka Bakugou Kingdom

- Emiko and Eijirou won't get to reunite until 5-6 years after Emiko's original revolt when Eijirou and his pals (bakusquad + dekusquad) hear rumors of Dracodicti in the Dragon Peak Mountains and they go to investigate, eventually catching up with Emiko at Eijirou's old labour camp where Emiko was paying respects to the dracodicti executed there. It's a lovely reunion with A LOT of tears

- a lot of drama happens after that but that's a story for another day :)

- OH ACTUALLY it is very important to me for you to know that she fucking despises Bakugou for all the reasons you'd expect. She actively encourages for Eijirou to break up with him and tries to kill Bakugou multiple times. Queen.

(Crap she was my only really Plot-Relevant OC hold on hold on gimme a sec uhhhhhhhh)

There's a "Cult"? (sorry I can't think of a better word to describe a bunch of Isolated Religious Zealots) That's like a whole bunch of OCs, right?

- So basically the worldbuilding of the Fantasy au includes the fact that Humans are not naturally magical and the inhabitants of the island that our Main Characters live on originally immigrated hundreds of years ago from an artic island up north, where there was No Magic. There were people who stayed behind on that island and are present-day, completely magicless and separated from the "modern-world"

- This aforementioned island is where King Endeavor banishes Rei to after she burns Shouto, so once Shouto becomes king (after a lot of drama involving Natsuo killing Endeavor and starting a war), he goes to try and get his mom back home

- Oddly, since she has ice magic and no one up on that island has had interaction with any sort of magic since the first dragon war (abt 75-100 years ago), she's been worshipped as a low-tier diety this whole time. Good for her?

- So when Fire-AND-Ice magic Prince Shouto rolls up with his INCREDIBLY MAGICAL friends in tow, these people immediately start worshipping them as basically gods, which is all fun and games until they refuse to let them Go Home and get their leader gets the idea in his head that if he kills one of the Magic-Users, he'll get their magic for himself - which is very much NOT how this works

Also I have a Villain Group that are not fankids but are originally made for the Born And Raised storyline, but they're here also? They become relevant in the Fankid Era of the Fantasy Au, but eh, still OCs

Basically, their whole Thing is that they're vehemently unhappy with the changes that Shouto, Bakugou and Tetsutetsu have made during their funny little adventures and since becoming kings (cough cough they're racist against Dracodicti). So, this groups main plan is to kill Shouto and become a ruling council of the Todoroki Kingdom (which they can do, legally, by Killing Shouto bc thats how the law works there) so they can do what Natsuo wishes he could've done and Destroy the Todoroki kingdom from the inside out by waging war against the other 3 kingdoms (Tetsutetsu, Bakugou, and Dragon Kingdoms) and if they end up destroying the other kingdoms and their fragile peace while doing so - Great!

Actually this one vine sums up their motivations pretty well

#bnha #bnha fantasy au #fantasy au #MAN I REALLY NEED TO NAME THE FANTASY AU #Ace Asks #lore tag #yea this counts #insomniac jay

[tonya-the-chicken]

I’ve spoken to someone else how Endeavor’s dad is from the same generation as Gran Torino, a cynical hard-ass man who also used harsh training to the point of his student (All Might) throwing up. All Might even passed on similar kind of training to his own students. But All Might got better about it thankfully. So I think it would be a great parallel if Endeavor received the same kind of training Shouto did with the mindset that if he could endure it then so could Shouto who he viewed as an extension of himself. The question is then why would he train Touya differently. I think maybe they bonded in a way Endeavor never did with Shouto and it made Endeavor gentler with him while Touya also showed great talent with his quirk. That’s my headcanon until canon proves me wrong.

Back then their family was a lot less troubled. I guess it's natural to want to bond with your father but I think that before Enji even started training him, Shouto has only seen his father abusing his mother and forbidding him from contacting his siblings. Obviously, having a negative image of Enji he wouldn't be enthusiastic about training while Touya knew nothing except the fact his Dad is cool

I think that would be the main difference. Touya was loved and treated as the most special little kid. And despite being the "masterpiece" Shouto was always a replacement for Touya, someone Enji wouldn't even have if not for the fact Touya failed to be his successor. Which is why I don't really believe Shouto is Endeavor's fave kid, I know canon pushes this idea so hard but I don't think you can describe Enji's feeling as fatherly love. I feel like it was present too in some ways (sometimes perhaps twisted) but Shouto was more of a tool than other kids. That's pretty dehumanising

Back to the ask, I feel like both Rei and Enji were raised very differently from others, usually younger parents in the story. The majority of their childhoods passed in pre-AM time and life just was crueller back then. I guess that cruelty had an impact on upbringing. And Rei's family would be even more different since it might be more on the traditional side

#asks #bnha #bnha manga spoilers #todoroki family #todoroki enji

[thatforgottenbasilisk]

Security Breach

Words: 2684 (AO3)

Originally Posted on 8/8/2022

Summary:

Case #XXX2211: Statement of Aizawa Shouta, regarding a student's disputed identity. Original Statement given 22 November, 2XXX. Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London. Statement begins.

My seventh bad things happen bingo entry! Prompt: Stolen Identity

 (based on this post of mine from 12 billion years ago)

The tape recorder is clicked on.

Statement of Aizawa Shouta, regarding a student's disputed identity. Original Statement given 22 November, 2XXX. Audio recording by Jonathan Sims, Head Archivist of the Magnus Institute, London. Statement begins.

I'd like to think that I know my students. By this point in the year, I should hope I do, given how long I've had to work with them and their individual quirks, strengths, and weaknesses. I've got enough of a read on their personalities, by this point, that when one of them started acting out of character, so to speak, I took note.

Bakugou Katsuki is not the type of student to pull pranks. He is also generally a very honest person, more honest than most of the students I've had. Knowing these two facts, in combination, led to an instant reaction that might not have been usual for most teachers.

It was only three weeks ago that this happened, that everything unusual began. Most teachers would have assumed that Bakugou was pulling a prank, at that point. Following that, perhaps an exaggerated reaction to a fight. Considering what I knew about him, as well as the things that this homeroom in particular has experienced, I was more inclined towards the more concerning answers- a possible nervous breakdown, for one.

What else could I think, when one day out of the blue, an honest student begins to insist that one of his friends is not who he seems to be?

Kaminari Denki has always had blue hair, blue eyes, and a quirk that allows him to create an antigravitational field around himself. He generally uses it in order to make himself float, and propel himself through the air at high speeds in order to put more force behind his attacks, though he has shown the ability to lift nearby objects with it. He's also a bit of a serious student, with a very deadpan sense of humor, not unlike another student of mine, Todoroki Shouto.

He and Bakugou have been friends since just after the Sports Festival, I believe, though it might have been later. They know each other well enough, and the class as a whole knows that they know each other well enough, that I'm fairly confident when I say everybody in the room was surprised when Bakugou asked who was sitting in Kaminari's seat.

When Kaminari simply responded with a look of confusion and an assurance that he was sitting in his own seat, I expected a scoff of anger or denial, something to support the idea that there had been an altercation of some sort the night previous. I did not expect him to glance around at everybody else, before asking again, "No really, who are you?"

This was definitely unusual. I might have expected something like this out of Sero or Ashido, but not Bakugou. When I simply raised an eyebrow and asked him to stop interrogating Kaminari over his own name, he asked me if he was being pranked. By this point, most of the class had recovered enough from their surprise to either admonish him for wasting time on a joke like that, or else simply ask why he didn't recognize one of his own friends. He seemed to let go of it by that point, and I started class, as usual.

I was still concerned, especially considering the way that he kept glancing at Kaminari, as though he expected somebody else. If Bakugou continued to seem like he was under the impression that Kaminari was not, in fact, Kaminari, I was prepared to send him to speak to Hound Dog, in order to assure him that none of his friends were impersonators of any sort. He seemed to drop it, though, and I was prepared to allow the matter to fade, until a week later when he asked if he could speak to me after class.

I told him that he could, and so when he sat across from me at my desk in my office I was prepared to hear some kind of tirade about Kaminari. Some kind of vehement argument about how he must have been replaced by the villain Toga Himiko or somebody similar, because of this or that or some tiny detail that he deemed uncharacteristic of his friend.

I did not expect the almost hesitant, "Do you really think that- that stranger is Kaminari?"

I wasn't quite sure how to respond. I've dealt with a lot of situations, none of them similar enough to this. He seemed well and truly convinced that his friend was not who he said he was. Still- he might have been just gearing up for an argument supporting the Toga Himiko theory, so I asked why he was convinced that there was a stranger in the class.

Apparently, according to Bakugou, the "real" Kaminari Denki is a bit of an idiot with a powerful electricity quirk, nothing like the studious boy with a mediocre antigravitational quirk that I've known for the whole year. I'd never met anyone of the description that Bakugou was giving me, and I suppose that must have shown on my face, because he interrupted himself with a simple-

"You don't believe me, do you?"

He seemed invested enough in this- I hesitate to call it a delusion, given some inconsistencies that were found later on- this perception that he had spoken of. He seemed convinced of it, so wholly that for a moment I thought he'd been hit with a quirk or something that made him think so. Else, I was going to send him to Hound Dog for something much more serious than I'd initially anticipated.

"I believe that you believe what you're saying."

This might have been the wrong thing to say, if what happened next didn't give his argument an unexpected bit of merit.

He made to stand, seeming indignant, before he stopped himself and sat back down. He took a deep breath, and rubbed both of his hands over his face. Finally, he asked a question that seemed like it was a non-sequitur.

"Does he have any team-up moves with anyone else?"

He doesn't. Kaminari is currently the only student of mine without any kind of team-up move with any of his classmates, which is something that I- I can't believe I never noticed. With an outlier like this, I should have noticed, right? Looked into how his friendships were going, if he seemed to be distanced socially, since he was clearly less in tune with the rest of his class than they were with each other.

Again, the answer must have shown on my face, because he continued,

"Tell me, Aizawa, why I've never used an explosion to launch him even faster across the battlefield? A combination of our quirks like that would've been incredibly useful, and damn near intuitive to think of, so why has it never happened? Why do you consistently pair him up in quirk training with people like Kirishima or Jirou, people who work best with strong emitter-type quirks like mine, instead of someone like Uraraka, whose quirk supposedly matches up very well with his, or someone with a brute-force quirk that would complement his subtler quirk better than the tanks that he keeps training with?"

I couldn't answer any of those questions. I couldn't. I always pair students up for reasons, good ones, never randomly, so why could I not think of even one to support Kaminari's pairings? All of Bakugou's suggestions were logical, moreso than the current arrangements, and the lack of his own quirk being used as propulsion- even before- was something strange in hindsight.

He barely stopped for a moment, before asking that final, damning question.

"Why has everyone he's fought with this week seemed completely unused to his fighting style?"

I had noticed that, and believed it unusual. Kaminari wasn't doing anything differently from his normal fighting style, though everybody around him seemed to anticipate completely different moves. When they'd slowed down, Kaminari's sparring partners seemed to know his style well enough, but when they moved quickly enough that most of his opponents depended on muscle memory, it was... brutal. They would move directly in the way of a hit, all claiming that they expected it to land somewhere else, or they would move to dodge a punch that never came, again all claiming that they expected one.

There was no outward reason to expect a sudden change in style like that, none at all. That week, having Kaminari training with the rest of the class had set them all off-kilter, though I doubt that all of them noticed.

This spoke of something being wrong. Bakugou's theory might not have been entirely incorrect- though I doubt that there could possibly be a single quirk powerful enough to alter all memory and evidence of someone to reflect someone else, and it seemed to be quite a bit of effort if it was an organized attempt at infiltration. There was merit to the idea that something had changed about Kaminari, though, especially considering the quirk of Toga Himiko of the League of Villains.

It would not be inaccurate to say that this type of quirk is common enough that the concept of another villain being in possession of something similar would be quite believable.

I was going to say something about looking into it, bringing this evidence to Nedzu, but he'd already started digging in his pockets for something, I didn't know what, not yet.

Finally, he pulled out five physical photographs, clearly having been taken with one of those retro-style Polaroid cameras that are coming back in fashion for some strange reason. He laid them all out on my desk, facing me.

They all contained the same person that I'd never seen before. He had mostly blond hair, with a single black lightning bolt dyed in, and he was always smiling brightly in the pictures.

In one, he was squeezed between Sero and Ashido in a photo that had clearly been taken in the dorms. In another, he was in what looked like a very casual-looking hero costume, with Bakugou also in his hero costume- and he was giving Bakugou bunny ears in the photo.

In another, he was sitting on Kirishima's shoulders in the hall just outside the 1-A classroom, both of them in first-year Hero Couse uniforms.

I didn't get much of a chance to look at the other two, because Bakugou took the photos back the moment I reached out to touch them. He seemed very protective of them, unwilling to let them too far from his person.

"Those are the only photos left of the real him."

At that point, I didn't know if I could believe him. I still don't, not really. The photos might have been altered, maybe, though I sincerely doubt it. Physical photos are difficult to manipulate after they're printed, especially to the degree that they would have had to have been, to look as realistic as they did.

I had no idea who was in them, I had never seen that boy before in my life, though what scared me most was the tiny, almost inaudible voice in the back of my head that seemed to say, "Of course Kaminari took goofy pictures with his friends."

That- the pictures did not show him. Kaminari Denki was not in them, I don't know why something in me seemed to think he was.

"Everything digital is gone. Everything but the stupid Polaroids Pinky took with her camera that she used for a week then forgot about. I had to sneak around to get all of these, I think- I think there was one more, but that- that thing that isn't Kaminari probably destroyed it by now. So this is all I have left. Nobody even remembers him anymore, so I'm not letting anyone touch them, not ever."

I understood the instinct, to protect the remnants of who you've lost with everything you've got. I've done it myself.

All of this, together, painted a picture that I didn't want to see. Somebody must have had the power, or the connections, to impersonate a student and get into UA with almost no one the wiser- all the while, the real student was missing with almost nobody to miss him.

I don't know what made Bakugou immune to the alterations, but I'm just thankful that he was. I alerted Nedzu to the situation immediately, but it was too late.

Kaminari Denki was gone already. The impersonator, I mean. Vanished without a trace. One moment, he was on one of the security cameras, the next, he'd walked out of frame and into thin air.

He's been officially missing for two weeks. We haven't alerted anyone to the theory that he was an impersonator of some sort, though Bakugou did allow one of the photographs to be scanned so that the other- the real- Kaminari could be reported missing, under a different name, of course.

We're currently looking for any information on this situation, or something similar, so even though it's a bit of a long shot, I came here. I had other business in the vicinity, of course, I'm not travelling internationally just in the vain hope that maybe you know of a ghost or something that did it, but... if you do know of a ghost or something that could do this, my contact information is on the paper I gave you, as well as the contact information to the school. Just say you've got information on Kaminari, they'll patch you through to the principal.

I hope that there is some way to reverse this. I don't like knowing that all I remember of a student is actually the villain who pretended to be him.

Statement ends.

- Tim found this Statement in a previously sealed box, filled entirely with statements, real and fake, that were all written in non-European languages. This one in particular is entirely in Japanese, which I do not speak. I'm not sure who sealed the box, or even who filed all of everything in there, given that this Statement in particular was given only a few months ago. It might have been sent here from the Institute in China, though I haven't seen any records that indicate as such. I'll need to ask Rosie for confirmation.

- There was contact information in this folder, for one Aizawa Shouta, with the explicit instruction to contact him or the high school, UA, if any additional information is found. We- I- know exactly what happened to the student in question. Would it be unwise to tell them to call off the search? They won't find Kaminari. He's long dead.

- Of course, we don't know if that particular incident was caused by the same Not-Them that took Sasha, or if there are more of them running about. As loathe as I am to think it, I'm personally leaning towards the latter. It seems to have gotten what it wanted, though, so it shouldn't be tempted to go back, right?

- There's no guarantee that anybody at the school will believe me, but I think I might still say something about it. It's the decent thing to do, instead of leaving all of them in the lurch for the rest of their lives. I won't go into specifics about the Stranger, of course, but this was an individual monster. Given that a Statement was given here at all, I think that they might have accepted that monsters exist, and besides- I don't think that knowing the name of the thing will attract it to come back.

- I'll ask around, see if anyone else agrees.

The tape recorder is clicked off, before it is clicked back on.

- The decision was unanimous, so I called the number that was given and gave a somewhat abridged explanation of what exactly had happened to the boy in question. The reaction was... understandable.

- At least they have some photographs of the real Kaminari. Thank god for Ashido's Polaroid camera.

- End recording.

The tape recorder is clicked off.

#tma crossover #mha crossover #crossover fic #my writing #security breach fic #not fnaf #in case any fnaf security breach fans are trawling the tags

[missteavious]

dad hc's: natsuo & aizawa

AN: hey…. so i’ve been gone for a year, i feel super bad, so sorry shawties. hopefully i can get back on a sorta schedule on tuesdays/saturdays (key word HOPEFULLY) i'm going through a lot right now in my real life and i have school, so we’ll see :) send in ur requests and as always, enjoy -tea

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Natsuo

100% College dad/husband Natsuo

The Todoroki trust fund + studying to be a doctor just encouraged Natsuo to want to start a family with you as soon as possible, even if you guys are still in college

Natsuo definitely uses the baby as an excuse to get married

(He wanted to start a family with you and get married anyways, you wanting a kid/getting pregnant is just convenient)

1st baby turns out to be a big healthy boy

Natsuo loves his chubby baby, and he gets carried e v e r y w h e r e

If you’re too busy to take the baby during the day he will be more than happy to take the baby with him to class

(And anyone who looks at his baby funny gets the death glare)

Baby loves to hangout with his uncle Shouto— despite Shouto literally holding the baby at arms length because he’s scared of him

“What do I do with it nii-san?”

“He’s a baby Shotuo, just cradle him in your arms and talk to him”

“The weather today is lovely isn’t it”

“He doesn’t understand the concept of weather yet, try something more simple”

“.... Stocks?”

“—No.”

Enji has no idea the baby exists, Natsuo refuses to have his child to interact with Endeavor no matter how young he may be

Prepare yourself to have 3 kids by the time you're 30 because once Natsuo has one kid you guys will have more

He loves being a dad and raising kids with you is his dream

Family is his #1 priority and Natsuo can’t thank you enough for giving him the privilege of starting his family with you <3

Aizawa

His first adoption with Eri really put into perspective how much parenting meant to Aizawa

The amount of time and patience put into making sure Eri is happy and comfortable is really admirable

Using the title ‘dad’ didn’t come natural to Eri at first, so her go to name for Shouta was “Dadzawa”(hehe), she would refer to you with an endearing nickname as well

Eri has been caught multiple times sleeping in Aizawa’s sleeping bag when he incomes home late from patrol (AWH </3)

Sometimes when Aizawa sleeps with his sleeping bag at home, Eri slips in with him

This leads to a mini-sized yellow sleeping bag in your home next to his

He started to notice Eri’s shyness early on in her adoption, and considering her childhood he can understand why

With Shinsou however, Eri was like a moth to a flame

Shinsou made sure to spend as much time with Eri as possible, he wanted to be there for her in the way he wished someone was for him when he was her age

You and Aizawa can clearly see how much Shinsou and Eri love being around each other, and you both encourage her and Shinsou’s wholesome sibling-esque relationship

Aizawa’s training with Shinsou has made him already develop a soft spot for his student, Shinsou is a frequent guest at your home

Shinsou is over for dinner plenty of times and Eri is ecstatic every time he’s around

As Eri start to spend more time around Shinsou, she slowly becomes more comfortable with her quirk

Aizawa’s family structure may seem odd to many, but he loves his odd little family nonetheless :)

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[yellowbluemoonshine]

First of all, I want to clarify that I'm not sending an ask trying to bashing Bakugou, however I would like to know your opinion about what his role would be in this ending, since we supposedly entered the final arc a lot has happened and there is still a lot to happen, Toga and Uraraka haven't had their real showdown yet, Touya, Shoto and Endeavor's role isn't done yet and Midoriya and Tomura haven't had a lot of panels focused on themselves yet, but we can see that Horikoshi is leading them to the expected confrontation. However, I still can't see Bakugou's role in all this, taking analysis that says he must have a role in all this saving Tomura, the truth is that such a role is more of a demand seeking to give him prominence than something that It has truly raised the story, beyond the fact that Bakugou's redemption and him learning another way of being a heroe. But even so I can't find his role beyond this, giving him prominence involving him with Tomura is only for the good of his character and his fans who want him to have prominence in the story, I imagine that Horikoshi is going to work the character from the point that he should accept Midoriya's decision to save Tomura, because there is no way that this thought of saving the villain sprouts out of nowhere if we consider that the closest thing we Bakugou understands that it's necessary to save the villains was when he didn't oppose Todoroki's plans, which makes sense since he isn't involved or has personal feelings about Touya, but he has it with Tomura, which is why Bakugou's idea was to fight to kill, since he said it himself, he didn't care if it was AFO or Tomura, it makes no difference to him.

Bakugou's Character Plotline;

Thanks for the ask anon.

Honestly, i am not really sure how author is gonna add him but one thing we know is he is definitely gonna have important plotline since he is fan favorite and author's favorite.

Before making theories, i want to talk about what i was expecting Bakugou as character ;

1- Bakugou and His Potential as Character;

I really want story to focus on bullying that happenned in their past but not just Bakugou's part. I wanted story to explore Deku's feeling for his own pain.

Logically, there is no reason Deku to like Bakugou as friend because they were not friends, he bullied him and Bakugou didnt even like Deku, until he had one for all. Their feelings should've explored more. Only explanation can be Deku has stockholm sendrome towards Bakugou which is never really adressed. Same as Shouto who has no reason to be friends with Bakugou. I mean, why would Shouto want to be friends with someone who acts like his abuser? They only get close because those three are the strongest as heroes. I am not saying that they should never be friends but it feels so ooc and forced. Because their friendship isnt earned but forced. They could be friends after Bakugou started working on himself without abusing others, that would be nice. Though, they dont even have to be friends, not everyone has to get along with everyone, thats the thing. And honestly he definitely should be punished and face consequences for his actions, just like any other characters.

Because Deku clearly felt anger and fear towards Bakugou and he and society is the reason he view himself as worthless and became self destructive but as story goes, most BakuDeku moment focused on Bakugou's feeling and whether Deku just had to accept or endure it. And only thing Deku said about their past is 'You were so cool thats why i chase after you.' And they started working together only Allmight told them to because of 'win to save' and 'save to win'.

Personally, i dont like 'win to save' plotline because only reason a person would prioritize winning against others would be for their ego which is not a good thing. Except if that winning turn into winning against myself to be better version of me, instead of competiting with others, if you race with yourself, thats when you can truly improve. That would be really good lesson for Bakugou and he can be the one who turn toxic competition between heroes to healthy one. That would be amazing.

Bakugou is gifted child but since he is supposed to learn what he did to Deku and kids like him is wrong, that he shouldnt put himself above on others, maybe he can be the one who would see toxic parts of the system, such as hero community. He doesnt necessarely need a villain foil, he is not part of the 'saving villains' group so adding him there without build is not good and Bakugou already has dark foils. He is parallel with Endeavour, which Bakugou supposed to learn to be better to not turn out like him. He is parallel with Hawks, gifted childs. He is also parallel with Kouta and Koutaro (Deku's relationship with Bakugou is parallel with Tenko's relationship with Koutaro). Since hero society is messed up, even heroes, i really want to see conflict between heroes, especially between kid heroes and adult heroes. Bakugou would be one of the main ones who fight against adult heroes or system.

Those are my general expectations from Bakugou and his character arc. But well, lets focus on what most likely can happen with Bakugou in story.

2- Problem with Writing;

I think right now main issue with bnha is not just writing with Bakugou but generaly writing hero characters. It seems like author is trying to make them look good person as possible that it ruins their characters because they feel less human, they become more predictable. The only difference between heroes and villains supposed to be just luck. Story showed us many times but it like its all gone.

- Both Bakugou and Deku's character arc is ruined because author didnt explore it properly. Worst part is Bakugou's biggest flaw, his toxicity, his abuse towards Izuku used as humor. And story didnt let Deku to have negative feelings towards Bakugou, its like it erased Deku's anger and what happenned to him and suddenly, they are okay now because they are both heroes who should work together because Allmight said so. This didnt just ruined Deku's character, it also ruined Bakugou's redemption arc because its not earned. Though at least Deku had interesting potential plotline with his saving villains mission while Bakugou doesnt even have that one.

- Not just Deku and Bakugou. At some point, story stopped focusing on corruption of hero society and flaws of heroes. And heroes always win. Deku used to loose almost every fight he had. His biggest flaw is self destruction and he would face conseuences whenever he self desructs but after Overhaul arc, its literally gone. He still doesnt care about himself but story isnt punishing him for it anymore. The way Deku deal with villains seems forced too, the way he empathize with them. It almost like story is trying to say that heroes are always right.

Bakugou's arc is worse than Deku's because he always win even against Afo, he somehow can fight back and characters in story isnt even allowed to criticise him, he is always right because he is Bakugou.

Class 1 A has no confict between each others. Heroes dont really have confict between each others. They all seem to think same thing and uncontidionally support each others.

Deku, Ochaco and Shouto has a few small panels of talking about wanting to save their villain foil, even though thats the most important thing about their characters and story, we hardly even see what they are thinking and since they dont mention to anyone, they dont even seem to have confict with other heroes. Traitor problem was one of the biggest problem in story but we only get a few chapters, honestly we could get whole arc for it.

Endeavour's story became 'he wasnt that bad'. Even though, he didnt actively do much as father, story portrays as he did too much. His victim Rei used as readers to sempathize with him with 'he changed because he got me a flower' scene which is horrible. Hawks was one of the most ineteresting characters on hero sides because he was allowed to be dark. Thats what makes his character shine. His relationship with Twice and how dark he was. But after he killed Twice, something about his character just gone because you can tell story is tring to make him look better than he actually is. Not saying that he is bad. It almost like heroes are still heroes so they are not bad, they will always be better than villains, even though being hero is just a job in their world.

-Also there is so many things that didnt explored and adressed, so story's ending here doesnt fit it. It feels like rushing it or maybe, we later will get shippuden style, second part bnha story, idk.

3- What might happen at the end;

Story portrayed Bakugou's desire to winning (his ego/ambition) as good and heroic thing. Thats most likely why Deku, Ochaco, Shouto, Kirishima and others starts to admiring him and wanting to be friends with him etc etc. Since winning is always core of Bakugou's character, of course, his plotline will focus on that.

He is written to be one of the main characters so he will get big moment, big victory moment that will save everyone, who knows? Maybe, Bakugou will be the one who defeats Afo while Deku, Ochaco and Shouto try to save Shigaraki, Toga and Dabi.

Bakugou's plotline is also parallel with Endeavour so once again, his character arc might focus on helping Deku so he might support Deku for his decision or try to save him at some point. Maybe he can get some kind of connection with one for all plotline, maybe try to save Deku from self destruction or something.

Bakugou is not part of the 'saving villains' group, there is no set up for him to empathise with them. Especially with Toga, Dabi, Spinner, Twice, Mr Compress. Only progress could be wondering why Shigaraki chose him to kidnap him. Shigaraki gave that speech to him but since Bakugou is the gifted child, he cant relate to 'losers' but he can figure out that villains and heroes are not different because they both are violent in the end. Maybe he can relate to Afo and he might get some epic line.

I think mainly he will get the big victory moment. Heroes winning will happen with most likely teamwork so Bakugou will be part of it. Thats all can think right now.

#anon ask #bakugou katsuki #midoriya izuku #bnha analysis #mha meta #mha theory #endeavour #bnha critical #bnha criticism #writing criticism #todoroki enji #bnha parallels #afo

[guardianspirits13]

Okay so with everything going on right now and all the exciting new information, there is one thing I see being overlooked a lot, and that is something I want to talk about: Natsuo Todoroki.

In almost every scene he appears in during the manga, he mentions Touya, and I really want to try to imagine the sort of effect this new information will have on him.

Natsuo and Touya have a clearly established relationship as kids, and while Fuyumi says they played together a lot, in one translation of a the scene in 253 Natsuo says that Touya used to tell him everything, implying that they also talked openly about what Endeavor was doing to their family and how they felt about it.

Natsuo was entirely ignored by Endeavor as a kid to the point where his existence was hardly acknowledged, and with information from the new light novel we know that Rei hardly took care of him either after Shouto was born. Natsuo would have been about four, not nearly old enough to do things on his own and was likely raised mostly by his older siblings.

Now imagine what it was like for Natsuo when Touya died. He would have been 10 at the most, and however Touya died (and I say died because it was considered a hard fact to the Todoroki family for almost a decade) and wether or not he witnessed it does not change the fact that it has been one of the most traumatic, defining events of his life so far. Not only was he still very much a child, Touya was likely his best friend and the single person he could rely on. Touya and Natsuo helped each other through the trauma they were both experiencing, so I can’t even imagine how devastating it would have been for Natsuo to lose his sole support system so suddenly without any grief counseling in sight.

If you think about it even now, at the core Dabi and Natsuo share strikingly similar viewpoints on hero society as a whole, and they both despise Endeavor for the same reasons. They also both seem to be very emotionally driven and have internalized their feelings that show only under stressful circumstances.

I am going to attribute the different outcomes in who they are now to Natsuo still having a stable home and Fuyumi to help him cope, and whatever happened to Touya he was almost definitely homeless and alone so it was easy for him to fall in with a group of loveable societal rejects (although I very much want to know exactly what he did for the years between ‘dying’ and joining the league).

So now finally, I will try my best to predict how Natsuo might react to the information that his brother is alive, especially assuming he finds out through the same video that Rei does. Horikoshi went out of his way to establish a relationship between the two, so either way it will definitely be heartbreaking.

First off is knowing that Touya is alive. Even with that information alone and nothing about Dabi himself, it would not explicitly be joyful. A huge part of who Natsuo has become is because of how his past-e.g. losing Touya- has shaped him. A significant example being that in the new light novel we learn that he wanted to be in the medical field to help people in situations like his mother ‘whose hearts have been hurt’. I think before any sort of positive emotion this information will definitely rattle him to the core, as it has Shouto and Endeavor. This is not just about Touya being alive, but it’s about how much of Natsuo’s life has been shaped by his death. I’d imagine under normal circumstances some form of joy or excitement would set in after the initial shock, but judging by the content of the video I can’t imagine that.

And finally we get to Touya’s status as a criminal, terrorist, and his admission to murdering over 30 people. I’m going to re-iterate what I said before, that Natsuo obviously looked up to his brother, and the image of teenaged Touya that he has been imagining and hearing in his head for the past decade is so drastically different from who he is now. **Now we have no reference point for how Touya was as a kid, wether or not he exhibited early antisocial tendencies or wether he was as kind and protective as the fandom seems to think of him. My point still stands that Natsuo looked up to him as a kid and immortalized him in his memory, so the cognitive dissonance between the Touya he knew and the Touya that we see now will also be destructive.

**Another side note, I wrote this before I saw the translation that Touya considered kiling Shouto while they were kids, which is certainly chilling and adds a whole nother level to this mess, so take that as you will

I honestly have no idea how he will react based on this last point.

One one hand, Natsuo is known for his brutal honesty in expressing how he feels, and this could be no different. There is definitely the possibility that he could blame Touya for abandoning them and betraying them, along with the horror of knowing how many people he murdered.

There is also a much different response to anticipate, mainly because Natsuo is also a very sympathetic person with a particular soft spot for his older brother, and may choose to view him as more as a victim.

Horikoshi is an incredible writer and is very capable of portraying subtle and complex emotions in his characters, and he is also well known for uncanny parallels and coming full circle in his writing, so I have theorized for a while now that the sibling’s responses to Touya’s return might be opposite to their willingness to forgive Endeavor, based mostly on their relationships with both of them. I think it would be poetic if Natsuo (who again is very emotionally driven) would have an initial response of just wanting to reunite with his brother and willing to overlook his transgressions in the moment, Shouto would still walk a middle line of being very conflicted and unsure, and if Fuyumi would blame him the most, for abandoning her and inadvertently leaving her to sacrifice most of her childhood and getting a higher education to look after the house and her younger brothers, as that had been a shared responsibility previously.

If you made it this far in the post, thank you so much for reading! Most of this is just speculation, but it’s been on my mind for a while so with the final reveal out of the way I have long been prepared to rant about the significance of Touya in Natsuo’s life and how his return would affect him. I’d love if you’s be willing to share your thoughts on all this before the next chapter.

Peace!

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