#I was gobsmacked

[dogwaterdish]

I saw someone say that Midoriya only let himself be called "Deku" because he had no self respect and it hit a rant nerve in me, so...

It is a lot more than that.

Uraraka was Midoriya's first friend at UA. She helped him during the entrance exams, and was immediately open to being his friend and talking to him kindly. Since day one she's helped midoriya gain confidence and he's helped her get stronger too. Before that, he was alone, had no friends, and was bullied for everything, to the point of being told to kill himself. "Deku" was an insult made from his own name, the essence of who he is, and used to taunt and ridicule him since he was ~5 years old.

Then, time passes, and he's in a new school with new people, and these people treat him like an equal, with respect and with dignity. When they look at him they don't see a quirkless loser with impossible dreams, but instead they see a classmate, a kid with the same hope as them and with real, tangible aspirations. The first day of school in this new environment goes by, and Midoriya's walking home with two of his new friends, Iida and Uraraka. Uraraka asks about the nickname that Bakugou used, and after being told it was used as an insult, manages to twist it into a good thing by saying it sounds like a motivational word instead of something bad.

He accepts the new nickname positively, and later when he's going toe to toe with his old bully, a kid he thought he would always be under, who he would never surpass, he tells him that he can no longer use that name against him. Instead, he's reclaiming it and redefining his future, his worth, his everything. He's not letting Bakugou hold things like that over him anymore, and that's important. Because of Uraraka and the new confidence she gave him about himself, not just with the nickname but through the nickname, Midoriya is able to free himself from being brought down by Bakugou and bullied with that nickname.

If he continued viewing it in a negative light, it would be a weight over his head, something Bakugou would always be able to use against him to push him down, bully him, and ridicule him. It would be a weak point, and he wouldn't have control over it. But, by taking it and changing how he perceives it, he's now able to fully shake off the negativity.

So it's not just that she's cute, or that Midoriya has no self respect. It's indicative of a new page in Midoriyas life. A time where he can be confident in himself and who he is, enough so to reclaim an insult and use it as a positive, and a time where he's not being brought down or bullied by people like Bakugou. The name "Deku" means so much more than that, and it's crazy that this person likened it to him not having self respect. It's the opposite, really.

I don't want to rag on this person too hard, since I can see where they're coming from, but it's such a surface level "analysis" of MHA and Midoriya that I really was surprised when I saw someone understood it that way.

[philshotcocoa]

Seattle crowd was so good I literally felt rumbling in my chest when sister daniel appeared from all the cheers and screams of pure excitement.

[dangerclaw]

I was not expecting Odysseus to make a friggin’ Aeolus-powered jetpack

#short kings in stem

[soni-dragon]

HELLO???

[therealannabellee]

talking to straight people is really like…you’re sure you don’t know david tennant? positive??

[andrwgarfields]

lovely to see people being all “love joe in agatha as billy, wanna watch his other stuff which is heartstopper” and im like thats so nice cause theres me who watched hs first two years ago and tried to find out what other stuff joe was in and found nothing 💀

[sunrisemill]

I just saw a cyber truck in person for the first time

No fucking way those things are real

[butterflies-anonymous]

Finally some good fucking television

[997]

this might be mitski's best album. imo.

[falthiere]

i was looking at the genius lyrics page for love me dead by ludo (as you do) and

WHO THE HELL IS HOMESTUCKING IN THE ANNOTATIONS FOR THIS FUCKING SONG

[apricusapollo]

today I was thinking about omega making an appearance and becoming friends with 4 years old rey in my current wip but then. I calculated her age and she would be 38??? because if she's around 12 years old when the republic falls and the twins are born, that obviously makes her 12 years older than luke and luke is 26 years old in this fic, it would make omega THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS OLD???

[anonsally]

I knew that Santa was not really a thing in Germany. What I didn't know until today was that kids in Germany are told that the Christ Child, who is depicted as a blonde teenage girl, delivers the presents.

[crownkillers]

also i think it's so funny that after i made my bf watch black sails with me on my Annual Rewatch™ he was like "oh i know this show was for the "shippers" people you've told me about. the ship is flint and vane, right?"

[disneybrandautism]

i was today years old when i realized strahm is the played by the same guy who plays LUKE IN GILMORE GIRLS????

[seffius]

Only by the grace of God have I yet to watch hazbin hotel because this blog is going to get exponentially less pleasant when I do— the fuck do you MEAN they're romantically shipping alastor with other characters WHAT???

[4amwon]

random thought of the evening!

i need someone to bring back black slicked hair, black jeans, black tee combo manifesto concert heeseung

RIGHT NOW.

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