#i just want to shake people like maracas. bad people are human too !!!!!!!!!!!! the manga HAS been trying to make you see this !!!!!!!!!!

[theophagie]

Obviously Horikoshi is also using creepy infant/child horror imagery with AFO but it’s weird how resistant the fandom is to admitting that being a homeless orphan also in charge of another kid may have been traumatizing and impacted his worldview

All of that + growing up during a time when people with quirks at best were considered sick, at worst weren't even considered human, but no, surely what we must get out of this is that his evilness was completely innate. Stuff out of a dream [insultingly]. And. The official translation isn't out yet, but his backstory being narrated in third person and with so many gaps really is telling enough already (almost as if it was perfectly in line with AFO's rejection of his humanity/his desire to embody a fictional archetype :) )

Like. Gee performativity sure is a theme. Having to get off the stage in order to fully acknowledge your inherent complexity as a human being and getting in turn acknowledged as such by others sure is a theme. I don't see why it's so hard to make a jump and understand that heroes were on "the stage" for so long only because there were people playing the part of villains as well, people who have to get down from it as well. How cool would it be if only there was a main villain who desperately clung to/made Roles his whole thing because his worldview was entirely shaped by negative experiences which he gave a frame to through escapist comics... :)))

#sorry anon i progressively got more and more frustrated obviously none of it was directed at you ajsjdjfkg T-T #i just want to shake people like maracas. bad people are human too !!!!!!!!!!!! the manga HAS been trying to make you see this !!!!!!!!!! #bnha #animanga #char tag #afo #myasks