#i'm just... so sick of stories trying to mend the relationship between children and their abusive fathers

[kurokoros]

thinking about how horikoshi really went the route of making endeavor redeemable while in the same breath making dabi/touya psychotic because of deep-rooted jealousy instead of having the balls to address the fact that men in positions of power are frequently able to use wealth and celebrity status to avoid facing consequences for abuse

you really mean to tell me that "enji is trying to be better and dai/touya is deeply unhinged and needs to be defeated by the collective effort of his family" is somehow narratively more interesting than "touya resorted to exposing his father's crimes and attempting to kill him after years of abuse that no one would believe actually happened because said father is a hero that has enough public influence to cover up said abuse" ???

#it's about the framing!!! #enji is portrayed as just pathetic enough for his actions to be waved off #while touya is portrayed as unhinged to distract from the fact that hero society ALLOWED for this to happen #and the 'villains' are right to criticize society #i'm just... so sick of stories trying to mend the relationship between children and their abusive fathers #sorry. i DO in fact think enji deserves to be punished for abusing and neglecting his kids #beyond just them not wanting to have much to do with him #jail for shitty dads. jail for shitty dads for 1000 years #fandom.bnha