#also yes I know La Brava was already a hacker - but only quirk crimes officially get the villain label in bnha

[delawaredetroit]

Here's La Brava, a character who found meaning in playing a part in a villainous loved one's destructive dreams, running headlong towards her own corruption. There is one other BNHA character who later parallels La Brava in this way:

It's Spinner. Spinner and La Brava found a sense of purpose in Gentle and Shigaraki's conviction. Each of these panels were preceded by aimless teenager/young adult La Brava and Spinner before they met their person followed by joyously running left stage to fulfill their role in their loved one's destructive plans.

But continuing down their chosen path would only end in their corruption. In La Brava's case, it was more of a reputational corruption. If Gentle hadn't stopped her and covered for her misdeeds, she would have lost her freedom and would have been branded with the label "villain" for the rest of her life. Being convicted of a quirk crime was the start of Gentle's downfall and so Gentle saved La Brava from that fate.

In Spinner's case, the corruption was more literal. The quirks from All for One were destroying his consciousness (his individuality) in this moment. Being controlled by All for One was the beginning of Shimura Tenko's downfall, and Spinner followed Shigaraki into the same abyss. Shigaraki may or may not have loved Spinner as much as Gentle loved La Brava, but Shigaraki didn't have the capacity to stop Spinner from falling with him (because unlike Gentle, Shigaraki could not believe in the concept of a better future)