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On this note, I want to express my personal thoughts on the theory itself if it is true. As I’ve said in my other post, I’m not 100% sold on the theory due to it being something that has not been a theme implied or otherwise in Horikoshi’s writing.

BNHA spoilers chapter 296. Tw: Rape. Sexual assault.

If it is true, I wouldn’t consider it misogyny from Horikoshi as wartime sexual violence does frequently happen. Given that Midnight, is a woman who does own her sexuality, it isn’t unrealistic that villainous men would take advantage of that to “take her down a peg”. However, if anything, it reflects more horrifically on those villains rather than a strike against Horikoshi.

At no point, does Horikoshi portray Midnight as some single minded slut who is “asking for” sexual violence. He portrays her as a woman that is fully in charge of her sexuality even if she provides comic relief. People who were around her, loved and enjoyed her for her easy going, laid back, and encouraging nature not just because she’s tits out all the time. Sure, a lot of men were salivating but it’s unlikely that all of them would have jumped on the chance to sexually assault or rape her. She isn’t portrayed as the most Sterotypical Bimbo (TM) that is so stereotypical that it only exists in a parody. Even though we don’t see all of her character, for what we do see, she is portrayed as a person.

If the theory that she was raped/sexually assaulted is true, then it shows how far some villains are willing to go. They didn’t assault her to show the audience that “this is what happens when you ask for it”, but rather because they are depraved. They didn’t assault a woman that was a “she’s asking for it” trope, they assaulted a person.

It’s important to note that not every villain is a Toga, Twice, or even a Shigaraki or Dabi where all they needed was for someone to help them in their time of need or teach them how to effectively use their quirks in a non destructive manner. Or even a Stain where his goal was to take out “fake heroes” who were only in it for the money.

Some are just evil and want to hurt people. Some don’t care about being good and even if offered the chance, reject it because they take more fun and pride in hurting people. Some lack any feelings or compassion for others.

Sometimes bad and horrific people do... bad and horrific things. Rape and sexual assault given the opportunity being one of them. If this theory is true, then it is clear that it is done in a way that is very much meant to make you hate the ones who did it.

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Like I’ve mentioned in another, I feel like her death is closer in line with Shirakumo’s. Horikoshi in some way has always portraited death as gruesome. The one who has likely had the most clean death that I can remember has been Sir Nighteye, and I feel that was largely because they were at least able to get him to the hospital.

Out of many of the death’s, I feel like Midnight’s has been the most real. Even though we (as an audience) may not have had in depth knowledge of her, from what we do know, she was beloved and looked up to by her students. That in and of itself is enough to make her death sobering without knowing her connection others in depth. Her students lost someone who was an important role model for them.

With Midnight vs Sir Nighteye, I feel like there is a theme of time. Nighteye had a time based quirk and Midnight is a reference to well, midnight. Which can also be considered the darkest part before the dawn or the “darkest hour” and her death really shows that. For the heros, this is their darkest hour.

BNHA chapter 296 spoilers

I think that Midnight’s death was a calculated decision by Horikoshi. Ranging from her death off screen to it being the students who most looked up to her finding her. 

It shows that she was one of many. She put up her best fight, even when she had nothing left and may have not even been able to fight at all before being unceremoniously killed. Think about how many others met the same fate. 

What Mina, Kirishima, Momo and Sato experienced was what many others had seen and felt. Seeing finding the dead bodies of their parents, heroes, friends, mentors, etc. lying dead. Given that we don’t know the extent of the damage, we can assume that it wasn’t pretty. 

It wasn’t a death where they die cleanly and peacefully. This. was. war. It was bloody, gruesome, etc. It was traumatic. 

Despite her flaws, she was still someone the students looked up to. She was still someone that her colleges and students still cared about. And of course, she cared about them in return.

For the students who found her, this is the same lose of innocence that Ochako has experienced listening to a pro hero say everything was a mistake and that he might look into a different line of work. 

I feel like many people have been spoiled by being able to see anime deaths in a “clean” manner. At most, there is some blood from the mouth and blood puddles, maybe some missing climbs. The dying person gets to say their famous last words and bid their loved ones goodbye before drifting off to a peaceful eternity. 

It wasn’t misogyny or terrible writing. It was a calculated decision to show the absolute trauma of war. Almost every hero who has died had died off screen. Not every death will end with being able to say goodbye to your loved ones and far too often, many people die without even being able to say goodbye, especially during war. Every time you see them, every word from them, it may be the last time. 

The reason why it was Sato, Momo, Kirishima and Mina is because they were the last ones who had seen Midnight. The last thing Midnight was able to tell Momo was that she’d be a great leader. It conveys the feeling of hopelessness and the extent of the trauma that everyone is facing. And it’s likely they were not the only ones who had found a dead hero’s body, or the body of their loved one. Many heroes are likely experiencing the same thing… Think about how many children and civilians they’re coming across that’ve been crushed by the rubble. Had Ochako and Tsuyu not came, those two kids they saved would have been part of it. There were numerous people who died trying to save a loved one or just caught in the crossfire. One hero is so traumatized by the devastation, he’s not even able to do anything other than lament that he might find a different job. 

Midnight’s death is particularly important because all of the students have lost someone important. When a teacher dies, it’s felt throughout the entire class, even by student who weren’t close to them. Someone you know, someone you heart, someone you spoke to possibly everyday is no longer going to be there tomorrow. 

It shows the fragility of life and in this case, not every death is going to be a clean one where they get to say goodbye. There’s a significant chance that her body was mangled beyond recognition and the students only recognized her because of her cuff and mask nearby. 

And it was the fate of not just Midnight, but many heroes. Crust was disintegrated right before Aizawa’s eyes by Shigaraki’s quirk, no one was even able to see Native fight, etc. 

For the heroes, there isn’t even a glimmer of hope. They’ve lost their colleges and numerous civilians, the cracks and flaws of their current system have shown and they have no means or stability to fix it. Ultimately, the villains won and this chapter shows that. 

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I feel that a lot of people are spoiled by flashbacks, final monologues, etc. before a character dies. Even though I would have liked to see her developed more as well, I also recognize that it isn’t realistic to expect full character development before a character’s death, especially with a cast as large as MHA. On a more meta level, you also don’t know or get to see all the aspects of someone’s life before they die. You know and see them as who they are now. In real life, there are no flashbacks and especially during war, the person may not even have time to reflect on their life.

And now that you’ve said it, I do feel that her death was intended to be a parallel to Shirakumo’s. I don’t recall a single death in MHA that has been clean or not portrayed as gruesome in some way of the cause of death was another person.

BNHA chapter 296 spoilers

I think that Midnight’s death was a calculated decision by Horikoshi. Ranging from her death off screen to it being the students who most looked up to her finding her. 

It shows that she was one of many. She put up her best fight, even when she had nothing left and may have not even been able to fight at all before being unceremoniously killed. Think about how many others met the same fate. 

What Mina, Kirishima, Momo and Sato experienced was what many others had seen and felt. Seeing finding the dead bodies of their parents, heroes, friends, mentors, etc. lying dead. Given that we don’t know the extent of the damage, we can assume that it wasn’t pretty. 

It wasn’t a death where they die cleanly and peacefully. This. was. war. It was bloody, gruesome, etc. It was traumatic. 

Despite her flaws, she was still someone the students looked up to. She was still someone that her colleges and students still cared about. And of course, she cared about them in return.

For the students who found her, this is the same lose of innocence that Ochako has experienced listening to a pro hero say everything was a mistake and that he might look into a different line of work. 

I feel like many people have been spoiled by being able to see anime deaths in a “clean” manner. At most, there is some blood from the mouth and blood puddles, maybe some missing climbs. The dying person gets to say their famous last words and bid their loved ones goodbye before drifting off to a peaceful eternity. 

It wasn’t misogyny or terrible writing. It was a calculated decision to show the absolute trauma of war. Almost every hero who has died had died off screen. Not every death will end with being able to say goodbye to your loved ones and far too often, many people die without even being able to say goodbye, especially during war. Every time you see them, every word from them, it may be the last time. 

The reason why it was Sato, Momo, Kirishima and Mina is because they were the last ones who had seen Midnight. The last thing Midnight was able to tell Momo was that she’d be a great leader. It conveys the feeling of hopelessness and the extent of the trauma that everyone is facing. And it’s likely they were not the only ones who had found a dead hero’s body, or the body of their loved one. Many heroes are likely experiencing the same thing… Think about how many children and civilians they’re coming across that’ve been crushed by the rubble. Had Ochako and Tsuyu not came, those two kids they saved would have been part of it. There were numerous people who died trying to save a loved one or just caught in the crossfire. One hero is so traumatized by the devastation, he’s not even able to do anything other than lament that he might find a different job. 

Midnight’s death is particularly important because all of the students have lost someone important. When a teacher dies, it’s felt throughout the entire class, even by student who weren’t close to them. Someone you know, someone you heart, someone you spoke to possibly everyday is no longer going to be there tomorrow. 

It shows the fragility of life and in this case, not every death is going to be a clean one where they get to say goodbye. There’s a significant chance that her body was mangled beyond recognition and the students only recognized her because of her cuff and mask nearby. 

And it was the fate of not just Midnight, but many heroes. Crust was disintegrated right before Aizawa’s eyes by Shigaraki’s quirk, no one was even able to see Native fight, etc. 

For the heroes, there isn’t even a glimmer of hope. They’ve lost their colleges and numerous civilians, the cracks and flaws of their current system have shown and they have no means or stability to fix it. Ultimately, the villains won and this chapter shows that. 

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BNHA 296 spoilers. Tw: rape, sexual assault

While I don’t want to criticize people for their theories because they are allowed to have them, I take issue when people come up with a theory and then use it to either hate/criticize the author based on their own interpretations.

If the theory that Midnight had been raped or sexually assaulted either before or after her death makes her death hit harder and more horrific for you because it shows how depraved some villains can be, by all means. I’m not heavily against it.

However, if you are using this theory to say that Horikoshi is a misogynistic bastard or something, I think you need to seriously re-consider the theory and where it comes from. Rape and sexual assault have rarely, if ever, been part of the storyline or themes in BNHA. Some of the writing and fan service can be pervy, but graphic rape (implied or otherwise) and sexual assault have almost solidly been off the table.

As it currently stands, it is a fan theory/interpretation and should be treated as such. I think that it is absolutely asinine to criticize the author for something that fans had came up with. There is little to no actual canon evidence to support this, especially given that such topics have been pretty much off the table. The lines spoken in the panel only imply sexual violence if you look at them that way, especially given that a heavy topic such as that has almost never been present in the themes or writing. “She’s mine” or “I’ll take care of her” are not sexual or terms that inherently indicate sexual violence. Given that killing heroes has been a far more common them, it’s more than likely him saying she’s his to kill or that he’ll kill her, not sexually assault or rape her.

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BNHA chapter 296 spoilers

I think that Midnight’s death was a calculated decision by Horikoshi. Ranging from her death off screen to it being the students who most looked up to her finding her. 

It shows that she was one of many. She put up her best fight, even when she had nothing left and may have not even been able to fight at all before being unceremoniously killed. Think about how many others met the same fate. 

What Mina, Kirishima, Momo and Sato experienced was what many others had seen and felt. Seeing finding the dead bodies of their parents, heroes, friends, mentors, etc. lying dead. Given that we don’t know the extent of the damage, we can assume that it wasn’t pretty. 

It wasn’t a death where they die cleanly and peacefully. This. was. war. It was bloody, gruesome, etc. It was traumatic. 

Despite her flaws, she was still someone the students looked up to. She was still someone that her colleges and students still cared about. And of course, she cared about them in return.

For the students who found her, this is the same lose of innocence that Ochako has experienced listening to a pro hero say everything was a mistake and that he might look into a different line of work. 

I feel like many people have been spoiled by being able to see anime deaths in a “clean” manner. At most, there is some blood from the mouth and blood puddles, maybe some missing climbs. The dying person gets to say their famous last words and bid their loved ones goodbye before drifting off to a peaceful eternity. 

It wasn’t misogyny or terrible writing. It was a calculated decision to show the absolute trauma of war. Almost every hero who has died had died off screen. Not every death will end with being able to say goodbye to your loved ones and far too often, many people die without even being able to say goodbye, especially during war. Every time you see them, every word from them, it may be the last time. 

The reason why it was Sato, Momo, Kirishima and Mina is because they were the last ones who had seen Midnight. The last thing Midnight was able to tell Momo was that she’d be a great leader. It conveys the feeling of hopelessness and the extent of the trauma that everyone is facing. And it’s likely they were not the only ones who had found a dead hero’s body, or the body of their loved one. Many heroes are likely experiencing the same thing... Think about how many children and civilians they’re coming across that’ve been crushed by the rubble. Had Ochako and Tsuyu not came, those two kids they saved would have been part of it. There were numerous people who died trying to save a loved one or just caught in the crossfire. One hero is so traumatized by the devastation, he’s not even able to do anything other than lament that he might find a different job. 

Midnight’s death is particularly important because all of the students have lost someone important. When a teacher dies, it’s felt throughout the entire class, even by student who weren’t close to them. Someone you know, someone you heart, someone you spoke to possibly everyday is no longer going to be there tomorrow. 

It shows the fragility of life and in this case, not every death is going to be a clean one where they get to say goodbye. There’s a significant chance that her body was mangled beyond recognition and the students only recognized her because of her cuff and mask nearby. 

And it was the fate of not just Midnight, but many heroes. Crust was disintegrated right before Aizawa’s eyes by Shigaraki’s quirk, no one was even able to see Native fight, etc. 

For the heroes, there isn’t even a glimmer of hope. They’ve lost their colleges and numerous civilians, the cracks and flaws of their current system have shown and they have no means or stability to fix it. Ultimately, the villains won and this chapter shows that. 

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It’s been a while since I’ve posted a meta but I’ve seen a lot of people justifying Shigaraki’s actions towards the hero’s lately and...

He’s 100% justified in his anger towards the system, however, he’s now using it as a means to hurt other people as a means to tear it down. If Shigaraki truly wanted to fix the system of heroes, he would be one himself. He wouldn’t allow a bunch of high schoolers to put themselves at risk, he wouldn’t allow for cities to be destroyed and innocent people to be killed in his crusade. He himself wouldn’t have attacked high schoolers... and he’s done that not once, but at least twice. He would not go out of his way to hurt innocent people.

Shigaraki is valid in his anger, but he is no hero. He’s a villain through and through because all he’s doing is using his anger to unleash hurt into other people. He would have helped Twice and Toga become heroes in their own right rather than encouraging and allowing them to hurt innocent people.

All he’s doing is creating a system where it’s okay to hurt people. Where it’s okay to hurt someone as long as you aren’t a hero. He’s just recreating the same system that he’s justifiably angred and hurt by, except now he’s the one with power to hurt others. He claims the heroes are no better than he is, but the difference between him and them in this moment are the fact that they’re putting their lives on the line to protect people from being hurt.

There are other villains such as Gentle Criminal and Lady Brava who have been hurt by a similar of not same one as Shigaraki... and neither of them went out of their way to actually hurt people. They didn’t want to fight high schoolers. Gentle gave himself up because he didn’t want La Brava to suffer a punishment along with him. He gave a damn about the person he was working with unlike Shigaraki who couldn’t care less whether Dabi, Toga, or Twice have been hurt or even killed going along with his plans.

In fact, the only one who genuinely cares that Twice is dead was Toga. She viewed him as a friend, she genuinely cared about him and his feelings. Unlike Dabi who more or less brushed his death off and Shigaraki who hasn’t even acknowledged it. Even Hawks cared more about Twice’s death than Shigaraki. And he was the one who killed him.

Even Endeavor realized the error and hurt he was causing other people. Even Bakugo realized when he was hurting people. What did they do unlike Shigaraki? They decided to change. They made a choice that they wouldn’t hurt other people. They decided for themselves that they wanted to be better. To do better. To care about the people around them.

And they may even explain why or express their thoughts or feelings during that time because they’re reflecting on who they are and were as people. But at no point have they ever said that they were justified or that their actions at the time were the right or justified thing to do.

Shigaraki is what they are not.

All Shigaraki is doing is continuing a cycle of abuse, mistreatment and hatred. He isn’t making the world a better place, he’s using his criticisms of it to justify himself in hurting others.

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It’s been a while since I’ve made a post on this blog but

I am incredibly disappointed in the BNHA fandom, as a fan of BNHA and as someone who is LGBT+.

People have decided to take it upon themselves to appropriate a LGBT+ concept such as Pride Flags in order to spread hate and alienate people that are often LGBT+ over petty ship discourse.

Anti ship pride flags? Anti horikoshi pride flags? I’m both sick and disgusted with the amount of immaturity in this fandom. Why would you take pride in hating something or hating a person? And if you hate the person, why are you giving any measure of attention to a work that they are widely known for and created?

As someone who is bisexual, seeing anti ship/character pride flags makes me feel sicker to my stomach than the ship or character itself. It alienates a large portion of the LGBT+ fandom that has any measure of maturity. It makes me sick that people use LGBT+ things and concepts in order to spread hatred when the purpose of them was to spread love and kindness.

If you cannot reasonably interact with people, then do not partipate in fandoms or fandom discourse. Sending death threats, gaslighting, and abusing people are not normal ways of interacting with people over liking fictional ships and characters that you hate. I don’t know what cave some of y’all grew up in, but that is not normal. No matter how many times that you say it is. Abusers and bullies constantly justify their actions and behaviors with saying that “its normal” and that if their victim would just “act normal” then they wouldn’t abuse them.

For all of the accusations of abuse and abuse apologism, I find it ironic that a majority of people who decry such things are abusers and abuse apologists themselves. For as “anti-abuse” this fandom is, I find it ironic that many of those people that are “anti-abuse” are abusers and/or bullies themselves.

If you have to send death threats to people or tell people to die, choke, harm themselves, etc. you are not normal.

If you have to tell people that their trauma was not real or that they must have enjoyed it, you are not normal.

You are not normal if you incite harm to another person whether it be physical or emotional over fictional characters.

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The Todoroki family situation is a lot more complicated than people make it out to be, particularly between Natsuo and Fuyumi.

In the situation, to be quiet honest, they both ignored each other’s feelings regarding the situation. I sympathize with both Fuyumi and Natsuo, Fuyumi because she wants to have a happy and complete family and Natsuo because he wants nothing to do with the person that broke their family.

It’s possible to recognize that in the situation, neither Fuyumi or Natsuo are truly wrong, for their feelings or how they reacted.

However, it’s wrong to “call out” how selfish Fuyumi is acting by not considering her brother’s feelings and saying that her brothers “had it worse” than she did while not acknowledging that her brothers are also acting selfish and not considering her feelings. All of them, Fuyumi, Natsuo, and Shouto are all victims. Why is it that only Natsuo and Shouto are “allowed” to be selfish and disregard Fuyumi’s feelings while Fuyumi gets criticized for the same thing? Why is it that Fuyumi has to take into consideration the feelings of her brothers while they do not have to do the same thing in return?

Saying it’s because her brothers have “had it worse” would be wrong because we don’t know what Fuyumi has been through. She was likely carrying a lot of guilt over not being able to protect them and forced into the role of “parent” with Rei being placed in a hospital and Endeavor likely working. Something like that would be incredibly difficult and taxing on someone who is just 10 or 12 years old.

To say that it is because her brothers are “right” would be to invalidate her feelings on her own home situation. It would invalidate everything she feels and likely even invalidate the hardships she had to endure.

None of them acted with consideration for the others feelings. However, they also aren’t wrong in their feelings or how they reacted. To say that one of them should have been more considerate without saying all of them should have been more considerate is justifying invalidation of someone’s feelings and in this case abuse.

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My abuser did similar things to me. However, disagreeing with character meta or analysis isn’t the same as invalidating someone’s abuse.

Y'all wanna know why I hate Mitsuki?

Because I’ve been in Bakugo’s shoes. What Mitsuki is seen doing to Bakugo is EXACTLY what my abuser did to me. He pointed out my greatest insecurities in ways that gaslighted and blamed me for them (Mitsuki calling Bakugo weak), “disciplined me” by “spanking” me and hitting me when I was 13 and no longer needed to be disciplined (Mitsuki punching Bakugo’s head, forcing his head down [which really hurts btw]), and he yelled at me when I made one mistake (this should be self-explanitory. She yells 99% of the time).

So don’t try to argue about me about what Mitsuki is doing isn’t abuse. It is. Because I’ve been there and saying it’s not abuse directly says to me “What you have experienced is not abuse” despite having lasting trauma from the 8 years I lived with my abuser.

Also like. Seriously. Don’t be a dick. If you don’t agree with what I said, don’t act like an asshole and get on a high horse just because you don’t think it is abuse. I don’t want people arguing about this on this post with me. Be respectful. If you don’t agree, don’t act like an ass about it.

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It’s always frustrating to discuss meta regarding certain characters in this fandom because people always say “I’ve experienced x and therefor, this is x and anyone who argues otherwise is saying what I experienced isn’t x.”

Like, when people rebuttal or try to discuss meta or characters and they disagree with your views, it isn’t always about you or your life personally. People can disagree with Mitsuki being an abuser without it being about you personally. Saying so isn’t saying “what you experienced isn’t abuse.” Because thy don’t view a character as an abuser. People can debate about whether or not Enji deserves a redemption arc without invalidating the fact that you have/had an abusive parent.

There is nothing wrong with imprinting or seeing things in characters, but there comes a time at which you have to be able to separate yourself and your experiences from the characters and what people say about characters is not inherently a reflection on you or your life.

Disagreeing with how you view a character =/= disagreeing with your personal experiences or invalidating them.

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Complete seriousness @juggsgotya there are people who like or feel neutral towards Mineta / who don't want him dead.

Its unfortunate but one of the things that annoys and frustrates me about this fandom is the idea that if they have certain views or opinions about a character it is a reflection of their personal lives.

Enjoy Bakugo? Then you must have never had a bully or abuser.

Like Mineta or even don’t hate his character? Then you must have never met anyone like him or have been sexually assaulted or harassed.

Think Endeavor deserves a redemption arc? Then you must have never had an abusive parent.

It is, in all honesty, disgusting and invasive. It forces people to reveal intimate and personal details about their real life in order to justify their views or opinions on a fictional character.

No one should be forced to express whether they have or haven’t experienced sexual assault or abuse in order to explain or even justify that they aren’t that bothered by Mineta or like him as a character.

No one should be coerced to express whether or not they were bullied or told to kill themselves in order to like Bakugo as a character.

No one should have to explain intimate detailes of their personal life to like Endeavor or be interested him in a character.

No one should have to reveal personal details about themselves in order to like, enjoy, or even feel neutral towards any characters or stories.

People can like things or characters and it not be a reflection of their personal life. Fictional characters and stories are one of the worst things you can use to shame and make assumptions about someone’s very real, and personal life.