#All Might critical

[nutzgunray-lvt]

Not to sound too inflammatory, but how the HELL did Horikoshi write Bakugou vs Izuku 2 the way he did and think that's good writing?

This was supposed to be Bakugou's #BigMoment where he stops being a bully to Izuku and instead becomes his rival. This is supposed to be where he starts to actually develop past his abusive egoist (Hori's words, not mine) personality and realize that he's not the main character and needs to get his head out of his ass.

Instead of getting that, we get this utter hot mess where Bakugou is once again put on a pedestal over Izuku, and Izuku's the one having to make nice with him because of course he is.

To outline, Bakugou up to this point has:

Mercilessly bullied Izuku for 10+ years for being Quirkless, while simultaneously acting offended that Izuku never told him about OFA during the QAT

Was an ungrateful asshole to Izuku after he tried saving him from the Sludge Villain

Attempted to torture him and nearly killed him during the Battle Trials

Nearly got Thirteen killed when he ruined her plan to subdue Kurogiri at the USJ

Toyed with Ochako during the Sports Festival

Accossted an unconcious Todoroki during the Sports Festival, which got both him and UA immense public backlash

Was an ungrateful, aggressive asshole to Best Jeanist both in and out of public to the point where Best Jeanist remarks on Bakugou's complete lack of growth

Backhanded Izuku and outright said he'd rather fail his final exam rather than work with Izuku

Deliberately disobeyed orders to run back to camp and instead ran straight for the villains (twice!)

Had to be reminded over and over again to not use his Quirk due to collateral damage reasons (not that he understands or cares about that, but whatever)

Was an ungrateful asshole to All Might and the tean during the entire Kamino Ward mission

Failed the Provisional License Exam due to his horrible attitude towards civilians

You'd think that with how complex and three-dimensional we're supposed to believe Bakugou is, he'd realize that the public and his mother have a point in regards to his attitude. You'd think that he'd reflect on his behavior and realize that heroes SHOULDN'T act like this, especially as someone who's such an All Might fanboy (gag).

Similarly, you'd think that UA would realize that even if it's solely for PR's sake, they need to crack down on Bakugou's behavior and stop enabling him at the expense of Izuku and everyone else. It's already landed Aizawa and his teaching in hot water, since it makes it look like he couldn't care less about his behavior (which he proceeds to confirm is indeed the case). Should Bakugou vs Izuku 2 still happen, All Might could have given Bakugou a reality check and told him that:

OFA is none of his business

Bakugou doesn't have the attitude All Might wants in a successor

His bullying of Izuku is awful and needs to stop effective immediately

All Bakugou is doing is making himself and UA look bad with his attitude

Bakugou can get people - including himself - hurt and/or killed with his attitude and actions

Crying and pitching a fit about it isn't going to change anything

Have Bakugou and only Bakugou punished since he not only started the fight, he wouldn't let Izuku leave

But nope. We get this instead:

Bakugou coerces Izuku into breaking curfew

Bakugou demands to know why he failed his exam while Izuku passed his

Bakugou demands to know about OFA and why Izuku didn't stay inferior to him like he was "supposed to"

Bakugou then segways into his whiny proclamation that he made All Might retire

Bakugou then makes Izuku fight him

Bakugou pitches a fit to All Might about not being chosen to weild OFA and cries like a toddler being denied candy at the checkout line... leading to All Might COMFORTING HIM and leaving Izuku by the wayside

Aizawa proceeds to not even TRY to get the full story and Bakugou gets house arrest, but Izuku does as well which negates the whole fucking point

How the HELL is any of this good writing? How the HELL is any of this positive character development for everybody involved? All it does is further show that a) Hori really wishes Bakugou was the main character, b) Bakugou is a walking talking example of why Tell Don't Show never works, and c) everyone else's characterization suffers because of this.

[mikeellee]

I have said this before to @doodlegirl1998 but Izu knows nothing about the Shimuras....of Hori makes Izu see MONCHAN's death....it will be awful but also empty.

It's sort to retcon how they now so have a relationship when...it fails. Shig and Izu don't know each. I know the fandom screams "they are sibs" for whatever reason but the reality is they are more acquaintance than anything...

That out of the way....got to say: one person one said-one of those fans™- how it's good Izu is struggling to Save Shig....he should struggle bc being a hero and saving people can't be easy....which I get the meaning, I do. Except, people forget Izu is constantly struggling...all his step is incredible hard and unfair to him (no that I want his journey to be smooth but people need to understand how Izu is unfairly treated since chap1. Why Aldera was like that? "Quirkless discrimination"besties...he was the only quirkless kid ever, and BK was already horrible to him before the reveal)

Here my take I think Izu saving BK on chap1 was his hardest saving....bc he almost died to save his abuser.

(hate how am let Izu being mistreated by the heroes, yes, they aren't wrong per se, Izu was reckless and he was a civilian...but they went to praise BK for why exactly? Like AM was inspired by Izu and did shit to defend him)

"it's to humble him"

Ah yes I totally forget...Izu is so arrogant and thinks the world circles around him 😒 which Izu are they really reading? Canon Izu thinks he is worthless...more "humbling' and he may take his life.

@bibibbon

@palesweetscherryblossom

[pixiatn]

There are times where I lowkey wish midoriya told Iida and Uraraka about OFA way sooner because he deserved to have support from his first real friends instead of a guy who literally put down all of his accomplishments for no fucking reason. Also cause like 6 different people in All mights lil circle knew about OFA so why the hell not

[mal3f1cent]

rewatching bnha and...

why the fuck is aizawa such a jackass in the start of the series? like i imagine his class grows on him but bakugo's behavior Is Not Healthy Or Even Joking. midoriya could've died multiple times due to the negligence of his teachers (all might i am looking at you). and of course that isn't even touching on midoriya and bakugo's dynamic. all of it's really fucked up and normalizes abuse and bullying even from teachers who are supposed to protect their students.

[bnha-more-like-bnh-gay]

I have a had a total of 2 hours of sleep over the past two days, so I’m sorry if this doesn’t make sense and/or sounds dumb, but like. UA failed izuku.

Like, it failed in general, but it failed izuku, specifically.

No bullying policy? Bakugou literally tried to kill him the first day there. Not to mention mineta, who has fucking assaulted his classmates.

“They’re rivals”

- all might 2xxx

Bitch? Because rivalry is so one sided? Have you ever seen izuku “challenge” bakugou? No. Have you ever seen izuku match bakugou’s violence? No. Have you ever seen izuku return any of bakugou’s threats/insults/jabs/etc? No. We’ve seen bakugou being an explosive asshole and berating all of his classmates.

Aizawa? Mr. I observe shit? Has he not seen the way izuku flinches around bakugou? Has he not noticed mineta’s perverted and downright unacceptable behavior?

All might? My dude, my bro, my pal. Tf are you doing during the first training session? Like, that fight should’ve been stopped Way earlier.

Aizawa? Buddy, sir fam. Like, I’m not sure if it’s just like, I’ve convinced myself somehow that he prides himself on being observant or if it’s actually canon, but like. There is SO much this dumbass is missing so much. Likd, not just with izuku and his trauma, but with his other students too. Like, Shouto? Trauma central. But does it get addressed? Nope. Thank

Nezu? Sir? Again. “No bullying policy”

Are y’all seeing this shit?

Bakugou: *telling izuku that he’s worthless and attempting to literally fucking murder him during the first day of classes*

Everyone: yup, nothing to see here. Just some friendly rivalry. Two buddies. Being pals. Such good heroics. Healthy, excellent.

Mineta: *literally fucking groping tsuyu*

UA: I pretend I do not see

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Present fucking mic on the other hand.

Does not like bakugou, does not stand for his shit (or at least doesn’t stand for it as much as the other teachers do) and supports his female students.

I am proposing that mic steal the students and make a little vigilante squad.

[thelittlegirlinwonderland]

there’s a lot of reasons i dislike all might, but there is one moment in particular that really seals it. 

i can’t remember the exact episode, but it’s after kamino on the beach. izuku is so happy to see him after his big fight and all might just hits him. not a gentle shoulder punch or arm smack like usual teasing. all might full-force sucker punches a sixteen-year-old child. that’s not funny or cute. 

you don’t hit kids even when they do stupid shit. that’s what kids are meant to do and adults are meant to guide them. and then izuku flinches from him after the hit and all might doesn’t even notice(and if he did, he certainly didn’t do anything about it)

but it’s not like that was the first time all might hit izuku. at least with the final exams you could argue he was just doing his job(he still went way too hard on them. he’s the number one hero and izuku and bakugou were just kids trying their best. he seriously injured them both). all might had no excuse for hitting izuku on the beach.

[maybabiii]

During the vigilante arc when Izuku abandoned All might, I lowkey wanted Izuku to separate from all might for a little bit longer. It would have been effective if he did some more self reflection and realised that he was the one who lit that fire in Izuku and encouraged his self-sacrificial nature + constantly letting him break his limbs. It just seemed that he “reunited” with Izuku all of a sudden with unresolved issues and he left without saying what he really wanted.

[shorthaltsjester]

when people think delilah just completely takes over and laudna has no control. when people think jester is just an uwu child who has been manipulated by every man she’s met. when people think vex is an empty husk of daddy issues without her brother by her side. when people think fjord is an arrogant asshole who doesn’t pay attention to the party around him. when people think scanlan saying that vox machina doesn’t care about him is an accurate assessment.

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

the way I would be so excited to put dead boy detectives on my watch list if I had like. any confidence at all it would get more than one season. like. congratulations to the "we cancel all of our cool and interesting new shows after one season" company for making me not wanna watch your cool and interesting new show because you'll cancel it after one season. gotta hand it to ya

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

‘Poseidon left a party in Ethiopia because the sea vibes went rancid after Odysseus set sail’ feels like a bit I would make up, but no. That actually happened.

[nutzgunray-lvt]

Aizawa on his way to berate Izuku for daring to use OFA in a life or death situation:

Izuku after being beaten up by Bakugou, left on the ground as All Might comforts his bully, and Aizawa yells at him in Bakugou vs Izuku 2:

UA faculty when Izuku drops out of school and sacrifices his physical and mental health to protect them and the rest of Japan from AFO and Shigaraki:

Sir Nighteye meeting Izuku for the first time:

[dying-suffering-french-stalkers]

The Boy and the Heron How Do You Live? (2023) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[coulsonlives]

This has been a reminder

[ingoodjesst]

have you put the pieces together yet, detective

[leafspiritz]

imogen’s new outfit my beloved

[c-kiddo]

from a wee bit ago, while watching the cr bg3 vod ^_^

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