#it's part of the spinaraki foreplay

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btw if I haven’t somehow made myself clear: Tartarus is a terrible, terrible place, and no one deserves to be in there. IMO, if you think Heroes - who, tho fictional, are held to similar standards of morality we have in modern irl - are in the right, Heroes are/should be considered the good guys and they’re justified in how they handle Villains, then Tartarus is a blight that Heroes cannot support. If Hero society aims to be heroic, then they should/must do so in all aspects of the system they serve.  

Doesn’t matter if you have no sympathy for the prisoners, doesn’t matter if you think they should rot in hell - I also very much think some of the characters do. But on principle, in a just and humane society that the Heroes supposedly strive for, Tartarus should not exist. It’s called the darkest corner of quirk society for a reason, the text pointing out it’s not actually even a prison, just a place to dump people in indefinite detention.

Being locked up 24/7 - or worse, also strapped to a chair - in complete solitary and isolation is terrible for humans who are social creatures. (Well, that is if you consider the prisoners human...) It’s harmful and traumatic, mentally and physically, to be kept away from other people, confined to a small space, and not allowed interaction, not allowed any stimuli. That’s not rehabilitation or punishment - it’s just another form of torture. 

If you think Tartarus is great fun, that’s fine! If you think Tartarus isn’t enough, the inmates should suffer more, sure! I think Tartarus is an incredible piece of worldbuilding that I enjoy reading about, in a story exploring dark themes. However, I think that requires acknowledging the series has actually grey/black morality, that the Heroes are the protagonists we root for but aren’t ‘good guys’. 

They’re better guys! But the world of HeroAca is then a dystopia where the Heroes as a whole support a corrupted system because they can’t find a better alternative. Should the story ends with Tartarus and/or Tartarus-esque facilities still existing, nothing has changed and it’s still a maybe a little nicer dystopia. I think that would mean it’s less ‘i’m supporting the unquestionable good side’, and more ‘my favs made it out okay’, which is cool. it’s just I don’t think an argument can be made based on ‘deserving’ in like being just/right or wrong? just agree with the wardens and have fun. 

#anyways stop telling me tartarus is justified and the inmates deserve it #and it's a good thing #not even gonna look at those asks #i feel like this is my most direct post yet #hm #sorry if I sound hostile or rude #anyways as a villain stan i just gotta admit my fav is wack #and I totally want him to do a karma houdini #and even then after retiring from supervillainy #should keep dusting people to keep things interesting #it's part of the spinaraki foreplay #also I would love to see BnHA as more of a dystopia #Tartarus #Quirk Society #unfortunately they live in a quirky society #BnHA Society #nalslastworkingbraincell #Hero Society #Heroes and Villains