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Finally it’s done! Small animated scene I was working with @dan_ramos07 I had so much fun doing this one! Also I learned a looot of new stuff that I can’t wait to try with next one! . . . Storyboard + backgrounds : @kogla Animation: @dan_ramos07 . ‐—————————————————- Character: Katsuki Bakugou, My Hero Academia Music: Echo ( Ready for War) Autumn Kings

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Me, reading a great fic I've never read before: wow this was so good, let me leave kudos

AO3:

Me:

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I think I had to draw this at some point

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I tried to draw sexy and hot AFO - All for One. Because why not?

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I thought it was a myth but apparently people putting DNIs in their fanfic is real.

And it's not 'minors dni' (even though I feel like that's kinda pointless anyway because I'm not gonna be age checking everyone who gives me kudos) but, like, their carrd and stuff.

This feels like such a good way to repel and sour the mood from so many people reading through their stuff.

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1) the most biting thing about natant getting blasted like that is that 'that was the intended outcome of the fight.' AFO deliberately withheld the info on Izuku having 6 quirks from nagant, putting her at a disadvantage against him, and loading her with that failsafe simply because he 'knew' izuku would talk-no-jutsu her, and to rub the futility in trying to save a tragic villain akin to tomura in his face. it makes a sick amount of sense though. not only does he get his kicks rubbing the

Pointlessness of heroism in izuku’s face, not only does he prove his point about Izuku being ‘worthless’ in failing to save somebody, but the entire focus he has is in stealing OFA from Izuku eventually. Due to his own sociopathic nature, he has to rely on somebody who can actually get emotionally invested in order to steal the quirk by proxy, hence him using Tomura. Demoralising izuku will just make it easier for him to steal OFA when he finally shows up for the rematch, and until then he’s

gonna get his kicks out of putting Izuku in no-win situations and watching him struggle and flail to try and save others to no avail. Nagant wasn’t sent to capture izuku, she was sent to ‘die’ in front of him, and she’s only the first of AFO’s scheme to break izuku’s willpower before they fight again.

yeah, I agree with pretty much all of this, unfortunately.

so just to get this out of the way first, the one thing I do hate about all this is that it takes away from one of the few bits of agency that Nagant's character had. first she's manipulated by the HPSC into being their hired gun, and then she gets manipulated by AFO into attacking Deku. so her turning against AFO should have been a triumphant moment where she finally makes her own decision based on what she believes is right, without following anyone else's orders. it should have been a moment of her reclaiming her own agency and deciding her own fate.

but instead, assuming that this theory is true, it means that even that moment of her turning on AFO was actually part of AFO's plan all along. so even that small victory winds up being negated, because it turns out that even her betrayal was part of AFO's manipulations. which to put it mildly really sucks, and I really hope Horikoshi doesn't plan to let her character arc end on such a bitter note. she deserves better than just being a discarded pawn in AFO's mind games. I hope she has a chance to kick some ass and get some payback in the final battle.

anyway, but putting aside that gripe for now, I do think this theory makes sense, and pretty much everything in the arc supports it.

first of all, AFO never needed Nagant to track down Deku in the first place. funny how he never mentions to her that he has full knowledge of Deku's whereabouts at all times, thanks to his connection to Tomura (and Tomura's Search quirk).

second, out of all the potential assassins he could have chosen, AFO goes with one who was never a proper villain to begin with. Nagant wasn't power-hungry or opportunistic or just straight up bloodlusty like many of these other villains; she was just tired of the two-facedness of hero society. and she had never actually done anything truly villainous before. the likelihood of her following through on something as unequivocally evil as capturing a teenage boy and taking him to AFO was pretty low, all things considered.

third, as you pointed out, AFO conveniently neglected to pass on vital information about Deku's quirk, something which proved to be a game-changer during the battle. it's safe to assume Nagant would have approached the fight very differently if she'd known about Float and Blackwhip, let alone the other SIXQUIRKS. she was basically set up for failure.

and finally, Horikoshi strangely brought this up out of the blue right before Nagant's introduction:

basically a reminder that the battle between OFA and AFO is a battle of wills. and up till now, it's been a battle which AFO has repeatedly lost. not even Tomura's rage, which AFO spent years carefully cultivating, was enough to subdue his brother's strength of will, and the will of OFA's newest host.

but what if that was only part of AFO's plan? "cultivate a strong enough hatred to overcome OFA's will." that's all well and good, but as a strategy it's kind of limited in its scope. let's say that AFO is a battering ram, and OFA is a heavy door. if you want to break down the door, one approach is to keep trying with stronger and stronger battering rams until you succeed. but if you've tried all that and it still doesn't work, then another and perhaps better approach would be to try and weaken the door. burn it down, pelt it with cannonballs; whatever. in other words, chip away at OFA's will until you finally wear it down to the point where it can be overcome.

and that's exactly what AFO has been doing this whole time. he hasn't just targeted the OFA users physically; he's been aiming to destroy their hearts and spirits as well. that's likely the real reason why he specifically chose Shimura Tenko as his heir. it's more than just a grudge; it's all part of his plan.

and said plan is not just limited to Nana and All Might -- he's already started in on Deku as well.

at Jakku he witnessed Deku's reaction to Aizawa and Katsuki's injuries, and knew he'd found his in. remember how he immediately baited Deku right after Katsuki sacrificed himself, calling it "pointless"? what are the odds he was simply testing the waters to see how Deku would react. and when Deku responds by instantly losing his shit and going straight up feral, AFO knows he's found his weakness, and immediately sets in on widening the cracks.

so yeah. that's his goal. it's not enough for him to just capture Deku, because ultimately he'd still wind up in the same situation as before, unable to actually steal the quirk despite all of his efforts. capturing Deku is meaningless if it doesn't get him what he actually wants. what he wants is OFA. and for him to get that, he doesn't actually need to defeat Deku -- he just needs to find a way to finally break his spirit.

it's funny, because watching this arc play out, I'd been wondering if it might end with AFO laying some sort of trap for Deku. I was picturing a scenario in which AFO took advantage of all that angst clouding Deku's mind right now, and lured him away from his protectors. basically goading him into trying to fight alone, before he's ready. and I was so focused on that speculation that I think I might have failed to see the obvious twist here. the Deku angst isn't going to lead him into a trap -- the Deku angst is the trap.

demoralize Deku until his fears and doubts become strong enough to dampen his resolve. hammer in the futility of his goal until he finally starts to question whether he can really succeed. hurt him where he's most vulnerable. and inch by inch, slowly but surely chip away at his hope. that's AFO's plan. good old fashioned emotional siege warfare.

anyway, so now as always, I will end this latest Deku angst post with your daily friendly reminder that rivals fix everything, and so whenever Horikoshi is finally ready to solve this problem by throwing Katsuki at it, I will be there.

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Me, every time consume a new piece of fictional media: New AO3 Section Unlocked

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it also gets awkward when i follow people who love dr34m smp and and others who are staunchly anti rpf. i'll get some pretty ranb00 or d///nf fanart on one post and right after another blog that tells me not to ship real people

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I think I'm seeing one of my favorite deku stan accounts's takes getting, er... disagreed with... on Tumblr. Not surprised since apparently they got viral on twt as well. Both are deku stans.

I didn't read the interpretation that started it all but this is just slightly awkward.

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deku on the verge of going apeshit is a vibe

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Bruce Banner Syndrome describes the situation where a minor character’s tag (usually on Archive of Our Own) is overrun by fics where they’re a minor character — sometimes so minor that they don’t even have a speaking part or appear in a scene. It therefore becomes difficult or even impossible to find works where they play a major role, much to the frustration of fans who love the character.

This is a typical result of overtagging. It is one of the reasons that many fans have advocated for a secondary characters field on AO3. Overtagging was rarely an issue on FanFiction.Net and other fanfiction archives that only allow limited tags, but Bruce Banner Syndrome may also occur on Wattpad.

this has a name lkasfdhasdl x

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Just want you to know, i will always love you.

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Bakugou Katsuki, and the Value of Being "Genuine": An Analysis

I’ve been thinking about this concept for a while, and the more that I analyze Bakugou’s character and his development, the more it stands out to me.

Bakugou Katsuki places a high level of priority on the idea of being “genuine”, and it is often this attribute in another person that earns them his respect almost immediately.

I will go into more detail on this with a couple of particular characters, but it is this concept of “genuine-ness”, or the ability of someone to be honest and truthful at face-value, that Bakugou values very highly. He is drawn to people who are “real”; people who don’t put on false faces, spout false praise or put on a ‘mask’ for the benefit of others.

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ALSO PIRATE TOMMY??

THIS IS HIS SKIN RIGHT NOW??

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after seeing yet another huge post where young people rail against AO3 and older people have to explain that censorship is bad actually, I gotta say that as someone who reads a fuck ton of books a year, these younger people could really benefit from doing the same for a little perspective. fucked up content is not just a fanfic thing, and with books, you don't get any warnings! you just turn the page and gaze upon the most fucked up scene of your life! these people do not know how good they've got it tbh just filter tags my lieges

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Don't tell other people what they can and can't (or should and shouldn't) read.

You can give your opinion. You can share your own stance and why you feel that way. But when you start trying to control another person's actions, you've crossed a line towards censorship.

People have brains. They can use them. Let them make up their own minds.