#⊰ ° ‧: ｡* ⚘ 🥀 ━◞ ℳ𝓊𝓈𝑒 ↝ Dabi ⊱

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@newsave 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; "It's too fucking cold to be out here. You can smoke inside too you know."

❝ I'm  not  out  here  smokin',  ya  noid;  I'm  out  here  enjoyin the  peace  n'  quiet, ❞  He  said  before  giving  a  big,  tall  stretch  up  the  sky  as  if  he  were  a  very  contented  cat  for  emphasis  on  what  he  says  next. 

❝ 'Sides,  'm  fine.  I've  always  liked  cold  weather,  so  the  winters  my  favrioute. ❞ 

Yes,  it  was  blistering  cold;  no,  he  apparently  didn't  mind  because  even  when  he  had  the  full  spectrum  of  sensation  in  his  skin,  granting  him  the  ability  to  detect  temperature  appropriately,  he  was  partial  to  the  cold. Something  to  do  with  his  quirk  being  fucked  backwards  and  giving  him  a  body  that  better  withstood  freezing  temperatures  like  his  mom. 

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@wingeatersblog 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; ❛ ah, so you aren’t heartless after all. ❜ -Hawks, for Dabi

No,  he  didn't  expect  Hawks  to  find  him  here. He'd  sat  behind  a  dumpster  in  a  back  ally,  his  back  pressed  to  the  wall  as  he  opened  his  bag  of  chips  that  he'd  yoinked  right  off  the  shelf  in  the  last  convenience  store  he'd  visited.  BBQ  chicken  flavour.  Simple  but  reliable.  As  he  sat  to  eat,  a  stray  cat  approached  him, a  ragged,  tatted-looking  thing  that  it  was  with  a  sad,  raspy  meow. 

He  couldn't  say  he  was  really  a  fan  of  animals,  even  ones  that  might  have  resembled  him  if  he  looked  hard  enough,  and  so,  at  first,  he'd  tried  to  shoo  it  away  by  kicking  his  foot  at  it  a  few  times. When  that  didn't  work,  he  gave  in,  offering  it  one  of  his  chips  with  the  condition  that  it  get  lost  after  that,  as  if  it  could  understand  what  he  was  saying  as  he  told  it  this. 

That's  when  Hawks  arrived;  his  landing  seemed  to  scare  it  as  the  cat  took  off  in  a  hurry,  and  Dabi  rolled  his  eyes,  a  hand  that  rested  on  his  knee  rising  and  falling  at  the  wrist  in  a  resigned  gesture  to  the  fact  Hawks  had  accidentally  scared  the  cat  away even  though  he  wasn't  able  to  do  that  upon  actually  trying  as  he  mustered  an  irritated  answer. 

❝ Whata're  you  stalking  me  now,  hero ? ❞ 

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𝓓𝓪𝓫𝓲 ; Sunday headcanons from discord.

• Toya's  nervous  system  was  destroyed  after  his  childhood  accident,  which  has  dulled  and  jumbled  his  sensory  perception.  This  has  a  particular  impact  on  his  ability  to  detect  and  understand  pain  /  painful  sensations.  As  it  stands  right  now  Dabi  resembles  someone  who  suffers  from  CIP,  however  he  doesn't  actually  have  CIP  since  he  was  able  to  feel  pain  normally  before  his  burning,  but  yeah,  in  a  nutshell  his  current  condition  looks  very  much  the  same  as  CIP.  However,  this  doesn't  just  affect  his  perception  of  pain  but  also  other  senses  like  his  sense  of  taste  and  smell.

• This  also  means  he  doesn't  really  have  "erogenous  zones"  due  to  these  dulled  /  ruined  sensors  so  theres  not  really  any  physical  hacks  to  getting  him  aroused.  However,  since  sexual  simulation  is  more  complicated  than  that  and  the  human  body  is  determined  to  fuck  no  matter  the  condition  its  in,  he  can  still  become  aroused  and  feel  "pleasure"  psychologically  (  Finding  someone  attractive/finding  something  sexy  )  and  through  genital  contact/stimulation.

• He's  a  virgin  because  frankly  he's  been  busy  fighting  mental  illness  and  living  with  his  serious physical disabilities,  which  haven't  been  his  only  deterrent.  He  was  also  alone  on  the  street  as  a  teenager.  Being  in  a  coma  since  13  meant  he  was  still  13  when  he  woke  up,  despite  his  body  aging  on  him  which  also  caused  some  real  emotional  scarring/trauma.  So  the  fight  to  just  live  each  day  has  always  made  him  feel  like  he  doesn't  have  any  use  for  those  kind  of  thoughts. 

• He's  only  "clueless"  in  the  sense  he's  a  Todoroki  and  he's  dense  as  hell.  He  doesn't  really  pick  up  on  people  flirting  with  him.  Its  not  and  has  never  been  a  normal  experience  for  him.  In  fact,  he's  more  used  to  people  treating  him  with  fear  and  repulsion.  This  being  said,  he  has  had  men  proposition  him  when  his  scars  were  in  better  condition  in  the  past and he was extremely young  because  of  his  scars,  so  he  was  quickly  made  aware  this  was  part  of  a  strange  dehumanizing  fetish  these  men  wanted  him  to  be  part  of  and  that  quickly  made  him  weary  of  advances  in  a  whole  new  way.  If  someone  flirted  with  him  they'd  have  to  be  very  direct  about  it  and  even  then  he'd  probably  think  they're  just  joking  /  making  fun  of  him  or  maybe  also  looking  at  him  as  a  fetish  object  which  would  result  in  his  scorn  and  disinterest.  So  no,  Dabi's  not  one  for  hookup  culture.  If  you  flirted  with  him  he'd  have  to  trust  you  actually  mean  otherwise he has better things to do, like suicidal ideation. • Obviously  he  knows  what  sex  is.  Despite  all  this  he  knows  a  fair  bit  about  sex,  from  word  of  mouth,  environmental  things  and  from  his  phone.  This  is  also  part  of  why  he  tends  to  think  sex  is  useless  to  him  because  he  has  looked  at  porn.  He's  also  masturbated  once  or  twice. He  tends  to  think  he  gets  more  enjoyment  out  of  lighting  things  on  fire  than  he  does  yanking  his  noodle,  but  this  could  just  be  because  he's  never  been  dedicated  to  it.  This  said  watching  porn  and/or  masturbating  are  very  different  from  actually  having  sex.  This is also how he knows he's bisexual.

• He's  lived  in  net  cafes  on  and  off  due  to  their  low  cost  and  the  fact  they  provide  almost  free  food,  drink  and  access  to  showers.  One  of  the  focuses  of  these  "affordable",  often  seedy  cafes  however  is  hentai  and  porn,  to  such  an  extent  that  condoms  and  panties  were  offered  as  part  of  the  stay. Sexuality and very sexual things have been very common in Dabi's general vicinity so  Dabi  knows  about  sex.  A  lot  for  a  guy  who doesn't  consider  himself  that  interested. 

• Needless  to  say,  Dabi's  also  not  very  kinky.  Its  not  something  he  puts  a  lot  of  thought  into.  This  said,  and  as  briefly  mentioned  above,  he's  got  a  bit  of  an  issue  where  flammable  shit  is  very  appealing  to  him  and  if  it  happens  to  come  with  someone  he's  attracted  to  yeah,  wires  get  crossed  and  it  gets  erotic  for  him  pretty  easy.  In  fact  I'm  sure  some  part  of  him  realizes  that  if  he  "likes"  someone  and  still  wants  to  "burn"  them  he  probably  actually  wants  to  fuck  them. Quirks are weird like that.

• He  could  do  the  shit  out  of  some  fire  play  but  he  wont  because  his  fire  isn't  even  just  normal  fire,  given  it  tends  to  burn  at  the  temp  of  lava  by  DEFAULT,  as  in,  it  can  get  hotter  and  its  intensity  is  reliant  on  his  emotions,  and  he  struggles  to  control  it.  This  would  and  could  never  be  safe  for  a  partner  and  would  be  more  likely  lethal  than  even  just  causing  harm. 

• Its  not  really  a  kink  but  since  pain  is  jacked  up  in  his  dead  sensory  perception  if  he's  aroused  it  registers  as  pleasure  so  rough  sex  involving  things  like  scratching  and  biting  would  go  down  well  with  him.  The  problem  is  he  wouldn't  fully  notice  it  or  any  cuts  or anything sustained  during  to  have  a  proper  handle  on  aftercare  for  himself. 

• He'd  probably  be  considered  to  be  someone  with  a  praise  kink  as  long  as  it  wasn't  laid  on  too  thick  because  then  he'd  get  really  embarrassed.  This  said,  he  doesn't  want  to  confront  this  or  think  of  that  as  a  kink  because  it'd  force  him  to  know  why  that  does  it  for  him  and  he  does  not  wanna  go  into  that  because  he'd  just  find  it  too  cringey  on  his  behalf.  • He  kinda  likes  hero  costumes  too.  He'd  never  admit  it  but  yeah.  Some  of  them  are  intentionally  very  sexy  so  thats  not  a  shock.  Maybe  he  just  gets  a  little  turned  on  at  the  idea  of  fucking  heroes  in  general  ━  like  the  forbidden  fruit  factor,  the  risk  factor,  the  ego  stroke.  He  may  have  had  a  crush  on  Miss  Midnight  when  he  was  a kid,  but  that  was  probably  because  he  saw  her  on  the  news  almost  ass  nude  and  that  was  his  first  boy  feeling. 

• Maybe  he'd  be  into  some  endytophilia  /  clothed  sexual  activity  especially  for  himself  because  he'd  feel  very  antsy  about  people  seeing  the  full  extent  of  his  scars. 

• He  became  very  self-conscious  of  his  scars  in  that  way  in  general  given  there  was  a  point  where  he  was  literally  rotting  so  they  smelt  terrible  and  would  sometimes  weep  and  ooze.  The  mental  trauma  of  living  like  that  always persists  even  though  his  body  and  scars  are  in  much  better  condition  in  his  future  verses.  • He'd  probably  act  as  a  service  top.  Technically  he'd  be  a  switch  but  theres  a  lot  of  complex  things  to  unpack  here.  He  has  severe  issues  with  being  vulnerable  /  letting  himself  be  vulnerable.  *coughitstheavoidantattachmentcough*  He  also  has  some  internalized  issues  and  some  sort  of  toxic  masculinity  mixed  up  in  this  stuff  so  its  kinda  not  as  simple  as  what  position  he  likes  to  be  in.  He  COULD  bottom,  he  would  probably  really  enjoy  it  if  he  tried  it,  could  be  a  power  bottom,  even,  particularly  due  to  his  inability  to  perceive  pain  or  the  discomfort  that  is  sometimes  associated  with  bottoming,  but  he'd  have  to  feel  a  lot  of  trust  for  the  partner  he's  with.  He  couldn't  be  patronized  or  feel  patronized  in  any  way.  He  also  doesn't  really  feel  like  he'd  make  a  good  bottom  because  he  thinks  of  himself  as  kind  of  an  ugly  asshole  so  he  doesn't  view  himself  as  having  bottom  qualities,  which  he  considers  are  kind  of  like,  being  cute  and  actually  desirable. 

•  As  for  other  "position  preferences":  From  behind.  Cowgirl  too.  He'd  be  sooo  into  being  ridden  because  it  also  means  he  gets  to  be  lazy  and  just  lay  there  and  enjoy  the  view.  Thats  very  appealing  to  him  given  he  knows  he  wears  out  easy  and  giving  a  poundings  a  lot  work,  ok. 

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@fightaers ❤️'d for a starter for Fuyumi.

It's  hard  to  believe  it's  been  around  12  years  since  he  last  saw  her,  not  counting  that  day  on  the  battlefield  when  she  followed  Mom  into  the  fray  to  help  save  his  and  their  father's  lives.  Or  maybe  it  wasn't  that  hard  to  believe  at  all,  given  the  last  time  they'd  seen  one  another,  they  were  just  hopeless  little  kids...  And  now,  when  she's  standing  here ...  He  can  see  she's  an  adult.  A  grown-up  woman,  though  he  couldn't  say  she  looked  less  hopeless. 

She's  a  teacher  or  something  if  he  remembered  right,  based  on  the  distant  tabs  he'd  kept  on  everyone.  Strange  job.  He  always  hated  teachers  when  he  was  young,  but  then  his  sister  had  always  been  an  enigma  to  him.  He's  surprised  she'd  come  to  see  him.  All  alone,  too.  That  may  be  why  she  looked  so  out  of  place. 

Of  course,  he  couldn't  say  he  looked  any  better.  Sitting  here  in  his  restraints  and  all  his  bandages  from  his  ever  'healing'  scars  and  the  endless  reconstructive  surgeries  that  helped him to  look  even  slightly  normal  again.  Dad's  pockets  were  always  good  for  something.  ❝ Hey,  sis.  Long  time  no  see,  huh ?  ❞  He  greets  with  a  catlike  grin pulling  against  his  tight,  scarred  skin of his face.   

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Handling  it ?  Did  that  mean  he  didn't  want  to  be  apart  from  mom ?  Was  it  her  idea ?  Did  she  finally  stand  up ?  She'd  been  doing  some  of  that  lately,  it  was  pretty  cool  of  her  so  he  supposed  that  made  sense.  If  he  didn't  wanna  be  with  her,  he  could've  just  divorced  her  and  moved  on  while  she  was  in  hospital.  He  had  plenty  of  years  to  do  that,  right ?  Not  that  he,  and  he  was  sure  his  siblings,  too,  wouldn't  hate  him  for  it  if  that  happened. 

Still,  it  felt  like  a  bummer  that  even  after  all  these  years,  all  this  patience,  and  how  far  they'd  all  come,  things  could  never  be  normal  again.  Then  again,  he  guessed  he  didn't  know  anything  about  his  parent's  relationship  or  what  really  went  on  in  their  heads.  He  always  thought  if  he'd  become  the  son  they  wanted,  he  could  have  fixed  everything,  that  it  was  all  his  fault  that  things  had  gotten  so  warped. 

Sometimes,  he  still  thought  things  would've  been  different  if  he  could  have  been  what  they  wanted.  Guess  him  and  his  dad  were  just  stuck  in  some  kind  of  endless  loop  of  never  really  getting  what  they  wanted  or  being  what  they  wanted  to  be.  And  that  was  the  real  problem,  wasn't  it ?  His  dad  was  as  broken  as  he  was.  He  thought  having  a  kid  would  fix  it.  Instead,  he  just  broke  the  kid,  too.  ❝ Oh,  re-eelly ? ❞  He  croaked,  trying  to  keep  the  mood  from  going  bitter  despite  his  recent  thoughts.  ❝ Ha-ah,  I  hope  I  get  to  see  it  ag-aain  one  day;  guess  it'll  be  completely  different  from  how  I  remember  i-it. ❞  he  mused. 

The  truth  was,  his  house  was  one  of  the  things  about  his  childhood  he  remembered  quite  well.  He  dreamt  about  it  all  the  time.  In  his  dreams,  no  matter  where  he  was,  how  old  he  was,  what  was  happening,  who  was  there,  someway,  somehow  his childhood home was  often  there.  Speaking  of  memories,  he  huffed  a  little.  ❝ Thats  n-iice  of  them...  I'm  glad  they're...  Good...And  ki-ind  like  that,  y'know ? ❞

Enji remained quiet when it seemed Touya was thinking about something. Given what they had been talking about, he had a few questions about what his son was thinking about. But what he ended up saying took him a little by surprise. Fuyumi tended to be the one to check in on him with Shoto doing it every now and then. But even they never really asked him if he was enjoying it. If he was doing better now that he and Rei were separated. Maybe it was because they could see the change more easily but he sort of wished they had asked. Then he wouldn’t be sitting there trying to form the words.

“I’m…Handling it…” He didn’t know if he could say he was enjoying it. He was still dealing with the fact that it was because of him that their family was still a bit broken. In the grand scheme of things, he did feel a bit better since he and Rei separated. There wasn’t the weight of him making things worse or going home to a house with a curtain of gloom hanging over it. Enji did find he missed the early days of their marriage though. When the two of them were still trying to figure out how their relationship would work and the trials of taking a baby along with Rei being pregnant once again. “I’ve been slowly redecorating the estate so that has been helping…” His therapist thought it would help and Fuyumi had been more than willing to help him. 

He frowned a little at that comment. Of course, he knew that it was there for safety precautions but he also thought there could be some exceptions made. Regardless he would talk with the warden and see if something could be done. Enji was concerned that it may be bothering the bandages and surely the warden would understand that. Getting another treat for Touya, he smiled when Touya mentioned them being good. “I’m sure she will be glad to hear that when she comes to see you. She did try to make things she remembered you enjoying. I believe Natsuo also tried to buy things he remembered you liking.”

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A  fine  mess  this  had  all  turned  out  to  be  ━  the  loss  of  the  Mountain  Villa  and  plenty  of  PLF  members  to  boot. Like  Hawks  said  they  would,  those  damn  heroes  came  for  them  with  everything  they  had. Though  it  wasn't  near  enough,  the  damages  were  pretty  substantial,  and  the  battle  survivors  were  pushed  to  withdraw.  That  would  mean  him  and  the  other  league  members,  as  well  as  some  liberation  front  soldiers  and  Hawks,  though  as  far  as  the  public  knew,  Hawks  was  a  brave  hero  who  had  been  defeated  and  'captured'  during  the  struggle.  A  prisoner  of  war,  so  to  speak.     

 That  part  went  entirely  according  to  plan,  at  least. This  new  hideout  was  less  nice  and  far  less  luxurious  than  the  mountain  villa;  in  fact,  it  was  little  more  than  a  repurposed  cave  furnished  with  'rooms'  and  most  things  humans  needed  for  living  on  a  fundamental  level. One  of  these  such  rooms  was  where  Keigo  was  being  kept. Though  he  wasn't  tied  to  a  chair  or  chained  to  a  wall. Instead,  he  was  perched  up  with  a  mattress,  blankets,  furnishings,  and  a  TV.  He  wasn't  in  real  danger,  either,  but  he  hadn't  escaped  without  some  injuries. Things  had  to  look  totally  real  and  believable,  after  all.     

 The  dark  room  door  opened,  and  Dabi  stood  in  the  light  from  the  outside  with  a  grin,  likened  every bit to  a  cat  who  caught  the  canary  ━  which  was  possibly  the  most  accurate  analogy  here. It  was  the  first  time  he'd  seen  Keigo  since  the  raid a  day  or  so  ago,  where  the  two  of  them  had  managed  to  use  a  "fight"  between  them  to  conceal  his  "triple"  agent  act.   

❝ Heeyy,  how's  my  little  "hostage"  doing ? You're  lookin  pretty  comfy. ❞

𝔒𝔭𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔱𝔞𝔯𝔱𝔢𝔯 !

Premises: Hawks and Dabi's fight is a setup by the two of them to aid Hawks escape from the commission. As far as the public and other heroes know, however, Dabi brought down the Wing Hero during the Gunga mountain raid and has taken him hostage. Doesn't have to be Dabihawks but obviously it was originally meant to be !

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Questions for muns of canon muses

@novinare 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; Do you have any controversial headcanons that go against what is generally accepted by the fandom? Do you incorporate this into writing your muse or keep it to yourself? What is an aspect of your muse’s canon material or canon existence that you never had the opportunity to explore but really want to?

Ohh, yes !! I think I have something that fits for both questions for Al right off the bat kinda. If I could make art of the stuff in my brain it'd be over but since I can't, yeah, I'll have to just talk about it. I really imagine Alastor's true demon form to be something grotesque and horrifying, more so than what we see in the show since I don't imagine that as his complete true form. My Alastor's true form would be a nightmarish amalgamation of the creature in Antlers, the Xenomorph Queen and a hint of the gaping dragon in Dark Souls.

He has monstrous features of a huge, "rotting" stag and something more crocodilian because another, I guess, "unique" feature of my take on Alastor is that his deer aesthetic is very off putting, this is very much in the realms of the "not deer" rather than an actual deer and I personally also relate him to a crocodile more than a deer internally so thats kind of a dual/hidden motif for him. This is kinda the supernatural representation of Alastor appearing to be a kind, charming gentleman but actually being a savage, unnatural killer underneath that.

Tbh, I've gone back and forth on it because I think the fanon of Al having a little deer tail is super cute but I don't think mine has one. His true form has a tail, but its long and reptilian and not deer-like. So I guess if I give my Al a little hidden tail it would more reflect this and instead of being a cute deer tail it'd be more like a velvety nub, so not cute and fluffy like the way the fandom depicts it.

It also kinda ties to Al's swamp aesthetic and I personally have an idea that Al's "serial killer name" or at least one of the nicknames that the public gave the supposed perpetrator of his killings was "the bayou beast." So yeah, that all kinda ties and links together for me but since this is my first time getting to actively write Alastor I haven't been able to really explore any of that too much until hopefully now ! Something I'd like to also go into is the esoteric / occult aspects of him but I'm sort of waiting to see what the canons gonna do with this first.

Also, as far as Dabi's concerned I tend to go against fanon with him pretty hard in general, and yeah, no, I'm def someone who likes to make this clear and obvious as possible. I understand a lot of it got popular before the major background reveals but to be honest as someone who watched and read the series with no spoilers my headcanons and thoughts about him developed pretty early on so I'm still kinda left baffled as to where and why fanon developed certain ways for him, like, outside of people just being wildy horny, kinda stereotyping alternative people in a grossly negative way and just sort of lacking narrative awareness in general, I guess ? So actually I guess I'm not baffled, more just irritated by it, actually. While Dabi IS alt, and I portray him as majorly a crust punk personally, the fandoms take of Dabi's altness is very shallow/inauthentic and focuses on shit that has nothing to do with punk/alt subculture or no more to do with it than mainstream culture ( Like being a junkie/drug addict and a sex fiend fuck boy ). So yeah, I pretty much headcanon Dabi as the complete opposite of what is popular and expected of him in fanon.

As for things to explore ? I'd love more Todoroki fam stuff !! And more stuff with the LoV, like just general stuff honestly but this can kinda tricky because both the LoV and the Todoroki family outside of Shoto can be hard to find as muses. The threads I have with the Todo fam rn are so special to me, I love them so much but I do hope the fandom livens up in May maybe.

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Anonymous 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; Do you think Dabi will live or die?

Honestly,  anon,  I'm  super  bias  about  it, so I might be totally wrong  but  I  think  (hope)  he  will  live  and  I  think  the  fact  he  hasn't  died  yet  is  a  good  sign. When  I  really  think  about  it  there  is  actually  no  reason  why  Dabi  should  die.  Taking  aside  the  stupid  missing-the-point  moral  posturing,  the  other  "logic"  I've  seen  for  why  he  should  die  has  already  been  invalidated  by  the  canon.  As  a  child  Dabi  was  cremated  to  such an  extent  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  not  only  live  through  it  but  to  actually  have  his  body  reconstructed,  and  yet  thats  what  happened.  Thats  as  far  as  real  world  logic  goes.  But  the  logic  of  MHA  being  set  like  150+  years  in  the  future  and  the  presence  of  supernatural  powers  negates  this. On  top  of  this  we  have  the  heavy  themes  and  tropes  present  in  Dabi's  character  which,  imo,  are  important  to  Dabi  "living"  through  both  of  his  self  immolations.  He  is  based  heavily  on  the  idea  of  the  Revenant  Zombie  and  the Onryo,  which  I  talked  about  in  this  post,  along  with  the  fact  he  parallels  Frankenstein's  Monster. 

So  in  a  way  I  think  its  very  much  suggested  Dabi  is  and  perhaps  always  has  been  some  type  of  pesky  undead.  This  isn't  way  out  with  the  presence  of  the  Nomu,  given  undead  bioweapons  are  exactly  what  the  Nomu  are  so  if  the  MHA  world  can  have  that,  theres  no  reason  it  can't  have  a  functioning  Revenant.  It  kinda  just  makes  Dabi  a  kind  of  proto-nomu.  Garaki  does  say  that  while  he  was  able  to  reconstruct  most  of  Dabi's  body  ( We  can  only  thank  whatever  medical  advancements  humanity  has  made  in  the  last  150  years  for  how/why  he  was  able  to  do  this )  he  ultimately  failed  and  Dabi  was  dead  but  he  somehow  "came  back  to  life"  and  that  it  was  obvious  it  was  Dabi's  burning  grudge  that  brought  him  back  and  has  kept  him  alive.  

So  we  have  that.  Which  means  I  can't  see  why  Dabi  couldn't  live  through  this.  So  far  he  has,  so  far  he's  still  alive.  The  last  time  we  saw  the  Todoroki's  Enji  and  Natuso  were  using  their  bodies  as  shields  to  protect  Dabi  from  further  harm  when  the  Twice  Clone  Army  were  closing  in.  This  suggests  Dabi's  still  alive.  And  if  Dabi's  body  could  be  restored  after  his  first  burning  why  couldn't  it  be  restored  now ? Theres  nothing  saying  it  couldn't  so  overall  theres  nothing  really  saying  Dabi  should  or  has  to  die  and  that  he  can't  come  back  from  his  current  condition. 

My  only  concern  is  that  the  tropes  of the  Revenant  and  the  Onryo  often  see  them  finally  "dying" or "moving on"  to the afterlife once  they've  settled  their  grudge /  did  whatever  they  had  to  do  to  find  peace. Thats  when  the  spirit  finally  moves  on  in  most  portrayals  of  them  in  popular  media.  This  could  be  Dabi's  case  too  but  I  don't  know  that  Hori  intends  to  throw  it  that  way.  I  think  he's  planning  to  invert  the  ending  of  Frankenstein  and  rather�� have  the  monster  and  creator  heal  from  the  suffering  they've  inflicted  on  each  other and have neither die in the process  because  I  really  think  its  Hori's  intention  to  "save"  the  LoV .  (  Not  just  Dabi  but  all  of  them  and  current  canon  is  looking  real  good  for  this,  and  NO,  I  don't  believe  Himiko  is  dead  or  going  to  die  either.  The  way  Hori  set  her  story  and her  "redemption"  up  would  turn  her  dying  into  a  really  ugly  cliche  and  so  far  I  have  faith  in  him  to  avert  that  too. )   

Its  a  way  more  compelling  and  satisfying  story  than  "Villains  bad,  they  all  must  die  cause  villains  bad"  cause  thats  really  not  what  the  stories  about.  I  feel  like  if  they  were  going  to  die  we  would  have  obvious  and  explicit  confirmation  that  they're  dead  already  as  was  the  case  with  AFO.  The  stark  difference  in  the  climax  of  AFO's  battle  and  the  way  we  had  his  story  and  motives  shown  to  us,  showing  us  that  he  was  rather  NOT  a  very  sympathetic  character  and  was  more  or  less  born  a  monster,  and  the  way  he  was  finished  is  another  good  sign  that  Hori  doesn't  intend  to  just  kill  off  Dabi,  Himiko,  Tomura  and  I  hope  not  Spinner  either. Surely  if  he  did  it  would  have  happened  already. 

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No  offence  was  taken.  The  truth  was  Dabi  had  no  idea  how  he'd  handle  dealing  with  Loan  Sharks,  especially  if  they  gave  him  trouble.  He  just  imagined  it'd  end  in  flames  like  everything  else  in  his  life  tended  to  do.  ❝  I  wouldn't  be  mad  if  ya  did.  We're  supposed  to  be  a  team,  right ?  ❞ he  offered  with  an  empathized  shrug,  though  it  seemed  Twice  was  quick  to  decide  against  the  idea  nonetheless. 

His  unenthused  expression  remains  as  Twice  continues,  but  he  gets  the  predicament.  Guys  like  them  didn't  have  many  options  when  it  came  to  getting  money.  He  hardly  had  enough  to  survive  at  the  best  of  times. If  it  wasn't  for  that  old  man,  he  was  sure  he'd  have  starved  to  death  or  been  eaten  by  rats  on  the  street. Hell,  it  was  obvious  the  League  was  probably  the  only  available  option  for  many  of  them.  The  last  stand. 

❝ Yeah,  I  get  it.  Thats  kinda  what  being  here  feels  like.  What  are  you  tryna  buy,  anyway ?  ❞

Of course, how could he expect anything else coming from the local pyromaniac?! " You know you're really not creative. " Twice blurted out immediately without any regard for whether it may hurt any feelings. " Can't burn 'em I don't got that crazy fire like you do. Maybe I'll make your clone do it. " Immediately after the words left his mouth Twice shook his head vehemently. " No... no. Can't do that!! It's that-- " Wringing with his own hands he tried to figure out how to explain himself.

" I don't... like owe them stuff but I wanna borrow money, that's it. But they are creeping me out, man. I feel like a rat trying to grab cheese from a trap. Like you know you're gonna get fucked over but you're still considering it. " Did he think Dabi had experience? Absolutely!! Dabi seemed like the kinda guy who's been around a lot of places, at least in Twice's mind!

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𝕯𝖆𝖇𝖎 ; Fandom stuff.

How do I tell the fandom that Dabi was a useless, weepy, ill adjusted little runt ( AFFECTIONATE ) who wasn't allowed anywhere near Shoto and not a tall, responsible but troubled older brother figure who mother hen'd his younger siblings, especially Shoto, and that Dabi wasn't close to Shoto or particularly close to Fuyumi either but him and Natsu had a toxic codependent sibling thing going on hard core and I'm so sick of the Natsuo erasure and/or Shoto being put in Natsuo's place when that makes no fucking sense w/o pissing off the Horny Dabi simps who cant let go of bad/outdated flavorless wooby fanon characterization. How do I tell the fandom that their portrayal of the Todoroki family dynamic is severely wrong but can be drastically improved by understanding that while Endeavor ( and to a much lesser extent Rei ) were not actually narcissists, the parenting style at the forefront of the family is almost identical to narcissistic parental abuse and looking into this, along with things such as "Narcissistic devaluation" and the "Scapegoat" and the "Golden Child" explains so much that this fandom can't wrap its head around in regard to the extreme emotional / psychological abuse suffered by the Todoroki children without pissing off the Enji simps neck deep in abuse apology cause their fav has fat dilf tits.

Anyway on that subject children who grew up in households that were heavy on the narcissistic parental abuse often fall into "types" with particular traits and heres the Todorokis to a T ( Not including Shoto because his role is very obviously golden child (Masterpiece) and wasn't ever one of the Scapegoats ("failed creations") I mean I could def put him under "Problem Solver" but since he was never actually a scapegoat child its more complex than that for him so heres just my fav little failures ):

Fuyumi - the caretaker

Scapegoated children may provide emotional and/or physical caretaking to one or more parent/stepparent, functioning as a stand-in best friend, spouse, therapist, or nurse. They may be given household responsibilities such as cleaning, cooking, and caring for siblings, while also being targeted with anger and blame for the family's woes. Often intuitive and empathetic, caretaker scapegoats can become powerful healers as adults. But if they continue to prioritize the needs of others over their own they are likely to experience anxiety, poor self-care, resentment, and burnout.

Natsuo - the protector

Children in the protector role step in to defend a parent and/or younger sibling(s) from the dominant narcissist's verbal and/or physical abuse. Such children may be driven to try to protect family members because of their own experience with being scapegoated, or they may become scapegoated in the family system as a result of standing up to the abuse. As adults, children who have confronted the aggression of abusers may become fierce and compassionate advocates for justice and the underprivileged. But they often struggle to recognize their own limits, vulnerability, and need for support.

Toya - the collapsed

Some scapegoated children experience such harsh neglect and abuse, with few sources of support to build resiliency, that they fail to thrive and become mentally unstable, chronically ill, suicidal, institutionalized, homeless, consumed by addiction, and/or incarcerated. As adults, they may experience a trajectory of low functioning, repeated crises, or collapse that ends tragically in early death by illness, addiction, suicide, or violence. Kids who are "different" in some way, such as queer or neuro-atypical, are often targets of extreme scapegoating, both within their family and society at large.

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𝓓𝓪𝓫𝓲 ;

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@kisumshi 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; “  i really wish you hadn’t said that...  ” nat to dabi

Ah,  shit.  He  only  has  one  hand,  one  hand,  to  make  it  to  the  back  of  his  neck  sheepishly  as  he  realizes  his  mistake.  ❝ Didn't  mean  it  in  a  bad  way. ❞  He  offered  with  a  bit  of  a  pout.  Of  course,  their  dad  was  always  gonna  be  a  sore  subject,  and  of  course,  Natsuo  hated  being  the  guy's  spitting  image. It  must  have  been  unpleasant  to  feel  all  the  strange,  complicated  things he  felt  about  their  father  and  to  see  his  face  looking  back  at  him  every  time  he  tried  to  look  at  himself.  

Though  he  got  it,  the  same  thing  couldn't  have  really  been  said  about  Toya,  but  he  guessed  he  understood  because  he  felt  a  similar  discontent  with  himself  and  the  person  he  once  saw  looking  back  at  him  every  time  he  came  face  to  face  with  his  reflection. Oppositely  to  his  brother,  he  looked  just  like  his  mother  before  his  scarring. The  woman  who  avoided  him,  who  looked  at  him  like  he  was  a  damn  stranger  all  the  time.  He'd  say  something,  and  she'd  act  like  he  grew  another  head.  It  was  always  in  one  ear  and  out  the  other  with  her.  Life  really  was  a  cruel,  fucked  up  joke  of  some  sort,  wasn't  it ? 

❝  You're  still  mad  at  him,  huh ?  Me  too,  I  guess. ❞  With  that,  his  hand  fell  on  the  thin  blanket  that  covered  his  lap,  and  so  did  his  eyes.  A  difficult  situation.  In  one  way,  he's  glad  his  family  has  come  together;  he's  glad  his  dad  really  seemed  like  he  wanted  to  change   ━  but  it  was  a  feeling  so  bitter-sweet and  sometimes  the  notes  of  venom  from  their  past  were  all  he  could  taste. 

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𝕯𝖆𝖇𝖎 ; Discrimination.

Woke up thinking Dabi thoughts so heres a hodge podge of things on my mind that I can't remember if I've talked about on tumbluh before but I know some things were brought up on discord ;

Made a post on Dabi's blog the other day mentioning the interaction between Dabi and Nejire in One's justice where Nejire asks Dabi is he's in pain/if he's okay due to his burns and honestly ? This is soooo important and Its wild to think that she's one of the few/only people who have shown empathy/concern about Dabi's condition. Like Dabi's burns are very gruesome and very obvious, they don't go unnoticed by people. While I do HC that some people initially think he's some kind of heteromorph, the fact that even when people realize those are wounds or that theres something "wrong" their usual reactions are disgust / shame toward him or fear. Their general approach when Dabi was homeless before he joined the LoV was to pretty much just shoo him away so he can go off and die somewhere like a diseased animal because whatevers wrong with him isn't their problem and they're disgusted and frightened by it. And tbh this hasn't just been the civilian reaction to Dabi either. Heroes have reacted very much the same. Theres two different things Hori did that I can recall that emphasize this. One is Hawks report, where Dabis smell is mentioned by Mirko and where he gets the "thoroughly wretched and unpleasant creature" treatment outright according to Hawks. ( Bombastic side eye bird boy. Like its hilarious and kind of understandable but also smh ) And the next is a doodle Hori did where Endeavor, Hawks and Mirko all mockingly react to Dabi smelling bad much to Dabi's frustration. And like wow, it might just be a joke image but its... Yeah. Because that's not even technically two strangers shaming him for something he can't help, one of them is his own dad, even though Endeavor had no idea Dabi was the remains of Toya at this point and the image isn't really canon, you get the idea.

And I think imo this further highlights the fails of Hero Society because, yeah, heroes are supposed to just be kind people who wanted to use their abilities to help others in need but society sucks and twisted heroes into tools for governments and bodies of power to ensure the continued oppression and control of their people in the wake of humanity growing beyond its human constraints ( side note the fact that so few people grasp these aspects of MHA blow my mind like its explicitly spoken about in canon on multiple occasions, the whole series is deeply xmen and similarly makes commentary on oppression, bigotry government corruption etc. Quirks are 1 for 1 allegories for Racism (Spinner), Ableism (Dabi and Twice), Queerphobia (Himiko and Magne) and Compress, Tomura and Stain working as robin hood-like figures who stand up for the common folk against these injustices and help / support / spur rebel groups to fight back. ) All the League are people who hero society has explicitly failed and oppressed, they've all been discriminated against and harmed for very unfair reasons that spit upon the virtues Hero society claims to uphold, and Hori very much displays this as a wrong that needs to be righted and it flies right over peoples heads but, anyway, I digress.

Dabi's own experience this way is similar to Tomura's, who was rejected and ignored and left homeless to have who knows what happen to him by everyone but AFO in his hour of need as a literal five year old child. A whole five year old child wasn't considered worth saving or helping because he simply "looked scary" and anyone who encountered him figured it wasn't their business and heroes could take care of it except none of them ever did.

Mentioned in one of my other hcs here, Dabi did have a kindly old man who helped him when he was younger, but he was one of the very few people who did. As far as my Dabi Lore goes, yeah Dabi did actually go to the hospital on the old mans advice with the money he gave him but ultimately ended up running away again before he could be properly seen to by doctors. He didn't know what to tell them about his burns, how he got like this or who he was. It was a scary unknown to him that could lead to things he didn't or couldn't deal with and he'd already had a pretty weird experience with a doctor and people that claimed to want to help him but obviously didn't (Garaki/Afo) so Dabi never got that medical attention and continued to not seek it.

Which brings me to thinking about the time my friend brought up their HC in an IC chat about Enji being very resilient to sickness thanks to his quirk and Dabi lamenting how he wished he got that part of Enji's quirk because he always feels kind of sick But the thing is Dabi does kinda have that factor of Enji's quirk he just doesn't know it. Its probably why Dabi has never got a severe infection. Aside from the supernatural literal zombie aspects of Dabi I've mentioned a few times, Dabi's stayed safe from unpleasant things he'd otherwise be a playground for if he didn't have Enji's quirk as a zombie boy.

Kinda gross so don't read on if you're easily grossed out A particular example is Dabi's heat/flames are also why he's never been flyblown despite the condition of his rotting burns. He's mentioned rats have tried to eat him in his sleep a few times but ultimately despite the fact a lot of his body is made up of dead tissue hence the funky smell he has, thanks to his flames, he's been kept clean of maggots and other nasties living in his dead skin. So yeah, in a weird, dark way Dabi's flames have worked similarity to Enji's in keeping him """healthy""".

And yeah, like, no Dabi doesn't like this part of himself. He's not cool with it. His apathy isn't because he really doesn't care or things aren't as bad as they are but he can't change it. He feels his own shame and guilt towards his burns and the state of his body. He's comforted by the idea that he's not going to live much longer and has romanticized/idealize his own death with this concept of the fact that when he goes all out all his rotting skin will all be burned away and he'll become nothing but a pretty, pure blue flame. Thats an appealing, comforting death to him with everything he's living with now. And on a similar note I wanna say despite all this Dabi doesn't hate his quirk. He doesn't even hate his disability. He's cool with these things. Hell, he loves his quirk. He's not really ashamed that it burns him and he doesn't feel as if he can't do as much as the able-bodied quirk haver can, he just knows or knew he needed to do things a little differently or a little less which doesn't bother him at all. The shame he feels is largely because of the blame he's been forced to feel by the people around him. By his dad who instantly pulled the rug out from under him when his disability was discovered due to his own Issues ™️ which were also largely thanks to workings of Hero Society, to the way other people have treated him ever since. So while he does feel shame and feel some things are his own fault when they're not, he's also generally aware society is the real "big bad" here and its a huge factor in why he so strongly follows Stain and why Stain and his ideology is so important to Dabi.

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@kisumshi 𝖜𝖍𝖎𝖘𝖕𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖉 ; "Hi bAbyGirl, been slaying much pussy today?" Natsu to his bro

Almost  by  reflex,  he's  picked  up  the  fresh  compression  socks  that  had  been  rolled  over  each  other  and  left  at  his  side  on  the  bed  and  pegged  them  straight  at  Natsuo,  his  face  twisting  with  the  shock  and  horror  of  the  words  that  came  out  of  his  mouth,  the  knowing  where  they  came  from,  the  violent  flashback  to  that  weird  woman  that  saw  the  two  of  them  out  together  in  the  rehab  garden  and  began  to  scream  it  toward  them  through  the  fence the other day. 

❝ Shut  the  hell  up,  Natsuo !!  For  all  we  know,  she  coulda  been  talkin'  to  you !! ❞  He  shot,  horrifyingly  embarrassed  by  the  weird  encounter.  Funnily  enough,  he'd  put  little  thought  into  the  idea  of  (ex) villains  having  fans  much  the  same  way  heroes  did  ━  or,  perhaps,  in  this  case,  a  little  worse.  It  was  an  entirely  new  experience  for  him,  a  shocking  one,  too.  Who  just  yells  shit  like  that  at  a  random  stranger ?! 

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Bars,  cafes,  and  restaurants  ━  when  you're  hungry,  homeless,  and  without  a  stable  income,  you  learn  how  to  use  these  places  to  your  advantage.  Anywhere  that  served  food  meant  people  would  buy  food  and  sit  at  their  tables  to  eat  ━  and  often, they  would  then  get  up  and  leave  it  behind  when they  were  finished-  even  if  the  meal  itself  wasn't  wholly  eaten.  You'd  only  know  how  much  food  was  wasted  once  you  were  starving. 

Dabi  had  learned  to  quickly  swoop  in  on  these  discarded  meals  before  the  barmaids  could  come  and  clean  them  up.  This  time,  he'd  been  lucky  enough  to  land  on  two  whole  yakitori  sticks,  some  leftover  fried  rice  and  the  remnants  of  a  hotpot.  It  was  a  good  lunch  if  you  were  to  ask  him. He  wasn't  paying  much  attention  to  anyone  else  in  the  bar; he  tended  to  keep  his  head  down  to  draw  as  little  attention  to  himself  as  possible,  and  he  tried  to  stick  to  the  outskirts,  places  close  to  exists  and  away  from  most  of  the  other  people  in  the  bar. 

But  he  did  notice  the  guy  approaching  him,  a  sight  that  made  him  curse  under  his  breath.  Was  he  an  owner  or  something ?  Probably  wanted  to  tell  him  to  get  out.  And  then  he  mentions  the  league,  and  surprise  flashes  across  his  charred  features  for  a  moment,  a  surprise  that  slides  into  a  smug  little  smirk.  He  had  to  put  up  a  nonchalant  front,  and  it  didn't  seem  like  this  guy  wanted  to  fight  about  it,  so  he  was  interesting.

❝ What  all  guys  do  in  bars  -  eatin'  and  drinkin'. ❞  He  said,  holding  up  one  of  the  finished  yakitori  sticks  that  he  wiggled  for  emphasis,  his  smirk  growing  just  a  little  as  he  did.  There  were  a  few  empty  glasses  at  his  table,  too,  but  those  weren't  his.  Still,  the  scene  made  his  point  nicely.  ❝  Who're  you,  anyway ? ❞ 

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Disgusted. Overhaul stared with utter disgust at a certain villain, a frown hidden under his black mask yet his glare was evident. He had meticulously planned the bar he'd go to, researching and asking his subordinates to go out and find the most... appealing and clean bar in Musutafu that was welcoming to the more villainous types (in which there weren't many).

The previous bar he went to shut down (something about tax evasion?), so here he was- in a new place for the first time. Yet to his disappointment, so was he. "You." His voice was sharp as he readjusted his gloves, ensuring that his sleeves were fully down to reduce any physical contact and contamination- he often found himself struggling when attending new places. "You are with the league?" His statement disguised as a question, no matter the answer he had seen of this villain before- he had seen this man before he was sure of it.

If he remembered correctly the man went by the name 'Dabi', a villain who had proven to be a continuous problem for the hero commission. Yet to Chisaki he was all the same as others- cursed with the disease of having a quirk. Despite the slight feeling of disgust (albeit an emotion he often felt), a sudden thought that this meeting wasn't as unfortunate as he originally thought.

Maybe, just maybe, he could use him to get more intel on both the league and Shigaraki. His frown, whilst still there, became less prominent. "Now, what is a member of the league doing here?" Whilst part of him was looking for intel, the other part of him couldn't help but feel slight curiosity.