Ch. 374 Leaks
So, I guess Hori is going to paint Hawks as bad for killing Twice now...
First of all it’s a little to late for that. After Twice was killed Hawks wasn’t framed as a bad person for doing so. As much as people say that him getting off scot-free during the press conference is supposed to be another failure of Hero Society, it wasn’t framed that way what-so-ever. It was framed as Enji and the rest of them trying to step up and do the best they could. It wasn’t sinister at all and zero people ever showed any hesitance over what he had done. This makes you think the plot was either dropped or that it was a sad but necessary thing.
Second of all Twice coming back to fuck over the Heroes isn’t a direct consequence of him being killed. Twice would have been on AfO’s side regardless of Hawks killing him or not--he made that perfectly clear when they fought the first time and with his actions during the MVA arc. Hori is passing it off as ‘see, you shouldn't have killed Twice because now he’s going to fuck things up’, but that only works if Hawks not killing him would have caused a different outcome, which from everything we’ve been shown wouldn't have been the case. Hori easily could have set it up to work that way but he didn’t.
Twice was never going to not follow his friends and do whatever they told him to do. He was devoted to them fully and nothing would have deterred him to our knowledge. Twice was never upset with all the killing they did and how much further Shigaraki wanted to go. He was fine with going after and possibly killing teenagers right out the gate because the only thing that mattered to him was that the LoV liked him and they were his friends.
If Hawks hadn’t killed him Twice would have either escaped with the LoV and used his duplicate to help over run the city and kill as many people as possible (as we saw him do in Deika), or been arrested and given how Kurogiri was just sprung, probably ended up on the battle field again anyway. Hawks killing or not killing Twice has zero effect--he’d be here fighting the Heroes anyway. It’s not a fitting punishment for Hawks that he’s back because his actions wouldn't have changed this scenario either way. Twice was always going to duplicate himself or his allies and try and murder as many people as possible because his ‘family’ told him to.
On top of that Hawks is, I guess, supposed to be wrong for wanting to kill Twice again, but like I said above the writing undermines this message. We have never seen someone talk down a villain with success ever. Not even Stain stuck around to actually help out, he just gave All Might a letter, cheered him up and fucked off (plus it wasn’t even useful in the long run anyway). Hawks is the only Hero who even tried to talk a villain. Sure, it wasn’t the best, but it was better then just sticking a knife in his back and calling it a day. If Hori wanted the killing Twice option to be so clearly wrong, he shouldn’t have had Hawks bother to try talking to Twice at all. Now both options look like failures and that neither would work, yet only one is suddenly the wrong choice.
The whole thing is so disappointing because there was a way this plot could have worked but Hori never pulled it of. He just couldn’t have Hawks kill Twice in cold blood, nor could he have Twice (or any of the other LoV members for that matter) show any concern or displeasure at the extreme methods they were being asked to do. Yet, despite not doing those things in the story, Hori is still pushing Hawks’ actions as wrong now. If he was going to do that Hori shouldn't have chickened out and just have made Hawks completely in the wrong to begin with.
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I just know Mulder is following this alien story from one eye because now he’s more dedicated to raising a family than to aliens he doesn’t have to chase them anymore. <3
🥺🥺 anon. yeah even when i made a joke about it on twitter i was like “he’ll just be annoying jackson” lol. i totally agree, i think it’d be like the tad o’malley thing in s10 where people would want him to weigh in as an “expert” and he’d help out, but he’s got babies at home. the little one and the one that’s grown up now. it’s fun to think about how at this stage of life (s11 / post-revival) alien conspiracy might just be fun for them lol. they’re not chasing anymore; all they were chasing in the last finale was jackson, trying to make sure he was okay, and the last shot reveals that he is. they’ve got their family now. he’s writing something for huffpost and home for dinner i’m sure
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I don't have much to say about Magne other than there was an Attempt, but. That time when Twice and Toga got angry with Overhaul for misgendering her was already indicative of what I'm going to get at in a sec, and obviously it was especially relevant because it was a direct show of respect and support from people who very clearly cared about her (and who called her big sis already as it was!!) (×2 imo because Twice was intentionally written to be the readers' insight into the LOV, and the character with whom they were supposed sympathise with the most at/since the beginning, so it's especially important that the first one who spoke up was him), but the story's progression (especially in recent years) is what most assures me that despite a rather poor execution (definitely not the best, but also certainly not the worst) Horikoshi did mean well with her. "People bound together by the chains of society always laugh at those who aren't" :(
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❝Hey man... do you ever think about how much we screwed modern dog breeds over evolution-wise? So, many health problems aand for what? Selfish human desires! We fucked up and we should've let them stay wild!❞
A dismayed cry made while cuddling a pretty blue-eyed purebred Siberian husky lying across her lap.
Tai pets the blue-eyed ball of fluff with pure love in his eyes. thankfully, this gentle, non-verbal communication was better understood by the dog than his words, because those were less flattering: " — hah; right? look at those eyes. bro looks like Smile Dog and Jeff the Killer had a baby ... and then dressed it in a big wool sweater. like some kinda mutant ninja Sheep. what a freak... " his voice is soft and affectionate, though. who said being a freak was a bad thing?! definitely not him.
" did you know, you kind of look like that when go all God-mode on someone. total psycho! but cool as hell. " his head tilted as he watches the dog cutely kick a leg, overwhelmed by joy from the scritches it was getting on it's hind. ( often afflicted by a curse of well-meaning bluntness, Taiyang is far too distracted by the blinding-display-of-adorableness to think about how his words could be misconstrued as offensive or rude. )
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