I already made the point that while Shigaraki, Dabi, and Toga got a symbolic moment with their hero counterpart as children reaching out to them
Spinner is shown to be all alone during his moment
Initially, I made it as a sad post to highlight the fact that Spinner has no one by his side. Like "Oh how terrible it is that no one is reaching out to him to understand what caused the little kid inside him to become who he is today"
But then I noticed how different his moment was compared to the other 3 moments. He is not just alone, but also behaving differently.
Shigaraki, Dabi, and Toga are either crying or begging for help in some way as children while Spinner is cheerfully running.
(If it's supposed to be different on purpose to highlight the difference between his character and his assigned hero compared to the other 3, then that's a post a smarter person should make).
That made me realize that he is not the Spinner we should see in a moment like that.
It's this one. The poor Shuichi Iguchi who had to hide in his room to not be sprayed with pesticide for the crime of walking down the street.
And reading further ahead made me realize that he already had his symbolic moment. It's just that the "kid" version of him happened months ago.
thank u for giving tomura massive boobs whenever u draw him 🫡
You're welcome 🫡💝
Big booba Tomura is what we all need right now in this hard times, big booba Tomura is best. Ya just wanna squeeze his milkers or motor boat em' haha! I will always draw him with big boobas 😏😎
Happy Halloween from this Shigaraki fan! 👻 I feel like this is an especially important time for us because, well, symbol of death and decay. He's the embodiment of spooky and I love him for it! ❤️❤️
Unfortunately, wrote smut for both of my other blogs for the time being and I'm a bit burned out. *Sigh* Will try to scribble down something but since I'm not sure I will manage to do it today...
Here's some canon Tomura tidbits! Helpful for writing, and very cute~✨
Prefers quiet atmosphere (MHUI)
Likes to be talked to with respect, despite the fact that he often doesn't return that courtesy (lol)
Surprisingly open-minded; Will listen to the point of view of others, even if he disagrees with it
Likes playing games where he can figure out the strategy and win, but will get bored if it's too easy (MHUI)
Very good at reading people
Short tempered but able to rationally think through the situation once he calms down
Obsessive about research. Kind of a workaholic if you think about it??
He itches less if he's in a situation he can control
Feeling out of control may cause him to experience traumatic flashbacks
Likes to go on walks around the city
Especially if agitated?? That's how he (sort of) deals with anger which is surprisingly healthy??
Despite that, he hated going on nature treks in Smash. May be because it was hot.
Also in Smash, Tomura seems to hate being perceived as "cute" (too bad~~)
Doesn't wear socks, as we all know
Seems to prefer verbally talking through his thinking process to sort his thoughts out, and to bounce the ideas off of someone
Likes Green Tea
Often thinks up his current philosophy on the run, and is able to argue its points without believing in it. Basically, a debate lord lmao.
Which also (along with his room being full of books) suggests that he's pretty well-read
Stays up to date with the current events (boomer newspaper Tomura supremacy)
Seems like some kind of movement helps him think - most often seen scratching himself, or just moving his fingers. Stimming Tomura confirmed??
How do you feel about the recent chapters? It's quite exciting for me since it confirmed my theories on how afo truly felt about yoichi (how he needed him more than yoichi does and only caring about him in a more personal level than garaki and tomura)
@yoichi-supremacy I just finished catching up today! And I actually have a few problems with the new chapters, like the whole thing with Eri and that theory about Tomura's Quirk being confirmed, but eh, I'll rant about that later—but yes! AFO always needed Yoichi more than Yoichi needed him (though we still haven't gotten a good look at Yoichi's thoughts about his brother beyond stopping him so that's sliiiightly more up in the air) and it's nice to have it spelled out like that :D AFO feeling love only for Yoichi and thus being rendered into a "pointless existence" by his death is obviously something I'm a fan of, given the circumstances 💅
HOWEVER. I do think something's off with the whole thing. First of all, we never get shown how the vestiges "shatter" and what that means for them. Kudo said that it means they no longer exist, but really, if they were truly dying then I think a lot more fanfare would've been made about their secondary deaths. The handwavey-ness of their disappearance combined with the fact that we don't see them shatter leads me to believe that they're not actually gone. Just like All For One's vestige wasn't truly gone when Shigaraki dusted it—and just like Tomura's vestige likely isn't gone :3 So it's interesting to hear AFO speak of losing Yoichi without seeing: 1) the loss of Yoichi by his vestige shattering, and 2) All For One's inner emotional reaction to it through his own vestige. All For One is saying these things, but we all know how reliable the truth is coming out of his mouth, right? I think his reaction would've been more extreme if he truly believed that he'd lost Yoichi completely. Plus, he did the same thing earlier when Izuku asked about Shigaraki's vestige! "He's gone and only I remain" etc etc and yet Tomura made a helluva comeback. I very much could be wrong, but I think it's a ploy to try and destroy Izuku's hope at this final hour of battle. Too bad for AFO though, our boy is the Symbol of Hope 🥰
I know it was never gonna happen but I think it would have been cool if instead of Kirishima and Shinsou it should have been Hoseface on Gigantomachia telling AFO that that “we serve the true liberator” before tossing a mountain at him
You are so right, @plf-advisor-stan. You have blown my mind with how right you are. Everyone look at this incredible plot we could have had. My god, that would have been so incredibly good.
I wanted—so, so wanted—for Gigantomachia to have an actual character arc about choosing between Old Master and New Master. He loves AFO so dearly, of course, far more than he does Shigaraki, but AFO transparently doesn’t care about his minions once he’s had his use of them,[1] whereas Shigaraki’s care for his team is repeatedly shown in scenes like him remembering Mr. Compress’s desire for sushi or reflecting out loud that he wants his comrades to get what they want.
There’s obviously a difference in the levels of Shigaraki’s regard for the League and for the rest of his followers, but all the same, I can’t imagine a Shigaraki who’d gotten to spend any significant time with Machia as a follower being willing to leave him in the dust the way AFO does in Jakku—indeed, calling the lonely Machia back to him is one of the first things Shigaraki does after getting out of the tube. Shigaraki wouldn’t have left Machia alone in the mountains for 15+ years if Machia didn’t want to go, either.
Machia, as he was originally written, was not a mindless Noumu. He spent the entirety of MVA vehemently not blindly submitting to Shigaraki because it’s what AFO wanted him to do, but rather testing Shigaraki’s worthiness, telling Shigaraki the kind of master he, Gigantomachia, would bow to, and insisting that Shigaraki rise to that level. Shigaraki did, and Machia accepted him—it’s such a letdown that all of that effort on both their parts has, thus far, come to nothing. Machia chose Shigaraki as his master once. He deserves the chance to do so again.
And, of course, the same goes for the erstwhile MLA. All that bleeding Shigaraki did, all the work the League put in while he was in the tube, and we just get nothing at all about what the PLF think about being repurposed to serve AFO. Good lord, the higher-ups were so open about their disdain for the League when they thought they were just villains with no larger goal for societal reform, but how does their vision of liberation work at all with AFO at the helm? As recently as Chapter 363, Skeptic—who’s nominally still giving the PLF remnants their marching orders!—spoke rather dismissively of AFO, instead citing Re-Destro’s desires, Shigaraki Tomura’s interests, and the intent to bring about anarchy that would contain neither heroes nor villains.
AFO is, consciously and intentionally, the ultimate villain. And even if we’re meant to believe the MLA is all about the quirk supremacy,[2] it’s not like AFO’s even doing a convincing job of being An Strongest, given that All Might has defeated him twice!
The MLA never chose AFO as a leader; they followed Re-Destro in choosing Shigaraki. It’s maddening that the story seems to want me to view that loyalty as so interchangeable.
Anyway, yes, your scenario is good and you should feel good; A++ thanks for sharing it with me, and it’s my pleasure to share it with my followers.
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[1] AFO, you cad, rescue your danged husband from prison!!!
[2] They weren’t all about quirk supremacy, of course, which is what makes their lack of on-panel reflection even more exhausting. I’ll spare the full rant on that until I eventually get around to that What Does the MLA Believe post, however.
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