#anyway what fucking citizenship does he have. i dont even know

[unnonexistence]

an important writing question to ask yourself is "how much time and effort do i want to put into figuring out what this character's legal documents would look like"

[anti-katsuki-lounge]

idk if you've already gotten this question, but what's your opinion on nezu? imo, he's got GREAT potential that is completely WASTED. i mean, come on- we're told in canon that he is literally not human, that he was literally created through quirk-animal experimentation, and that the only reason he's alive today is bc he escaped from the lab where he was being experimented on and forced a corrupt society to not only acknowledge him as alive but intelligent, to the point that he got a hero license and (presumably) citizenship and a fucking job as president of one of the most prestigious institutes in the country??? that's such an amazing concept, and MHA does NOTHING with it!! this character with a background that is literally perfect for a delicious hurt/comfort rags to riches storyline is relegated to 'eccentric principal' and nothing more?? i really thought he was gonna be more involved in midoriya's education when he was first introduced, bc theyre both shown to be smart and good at planning (do not even get me started on how midoriya basically stopped fighting intelligently after the sports festival, or how nezu keeps getting pushed aside so the audience doesnt go 'hey, why dont they just ask that genius rat they have in their back pocket for help?' whenever theres a problem....) and i thought that while midoriya was shown doing a lot of physical training, surely theyd want to show him doing some mental training too bc his smarts were made out to be a big part of his character, right?

anyways, sorry for the rant, back to the original question- thoughts on nezu? does anyone care about this as much as i do?? lol

I think I made a post on him before but to summarize: the foundation of his character is extremely solid and it would’ve been interesting to expand on it, but due to Hori’s writing, he displays the most amount of selective intelligence I’ve seen in MHA. Someone of his caliber should, for instance, know how dumb the entrance exams and Sports Festivals are design wise and should’ve canceled the USJ after realizing the schedules were stolen. Nezu as a character is someone who should’ve gotten more exploration, but has kinda been shoved to the sideline despite being the third most intelligent character in the series (behind AFO and Garaki)

[piduai]

man. i dont like tsukishima very much cause unlike ogata and usami (cycle paths) or koito (blinded by hero worship) he Knows that hes doing rlly fucked up shit and Cares that hes doing rlly fucked up shit but he refuses to stop bc then he would have to actually reflect on all the horrible stuff he's done as His Own Actions instead of kinda dumping the blame on tsurumi (who admittedly did give the order) and living that guilt free life. anyway i think this is cowardly behaviour and i dont like him.

plus hes ugly and gives off cishet man vibes

you're so valid, glad to see other haters. only moment in the manga i managed to focus my attention on him was when he admitted at some point that he's aware that he's being used and manipulated but goes along with it because he wants to witness tsurumi's antics from the front row. i was like hmm for 2 minutes and then forgot about it. you're absolutely right though he's a spineless coward. he'll do anything to keep the status quo because he's terrified of being held accountable for his actions. he threw his sense of identity away and dedicated his life to serving tsurumi because he couldn't see what else he could live for, and he became comfortable in his position of impartiality; if you follow orders you can pretend that you're dirtying your superior's hands by proxy and not your own, and therefore your conscience shall be absolved of guilt because you were following orders. really reminds me of milgram's research, wouldn't be surprised at all if part of inspiration for clitface's character came from there - stanford prison experiment is super duper famous and milgram's original interest WAS the behavior of soldiers who committed horrible atrocities during the war excusing their behavior as following orders.

not that he's not riddled by guilt, he's consumed by it. it's his driving power partially - makes him project on people a bunch, gives him severe anger issues, and kills any trace of decisiveness at the root.

i personally don't consider any of this character flaws though, he's the way noda intended him to be and i have no problem with his writing or his actions at all. my problem is entirely based in preference - i simply find him boring, uninteresting and lacking flavor. his conflict and drama and trauma and the way it manifests and whatnot does not intrigue me by a iota, i see through him each time he's on screen. i don't care what happens to him and i have no interest in his story or development. i find it bizarre that in a cast so rich and diverse as gk he happens to be a fan favorite, though it's easy to explain why - he's less eccentric and idiosyncratic than the rest of the cast therefore it's very easy to project your personal wants and whatnot on him, this is why bland straight man characters are often popular lol. i'd continue seeing right through him if it wasn't for the disgusting menace and bane of my existence that is ktsk and to a lesser extent tsrtsk, which are absolutely inescapable no matter where you go. i find both revolting and i'm sick to my throat of seeing that content everywhere and especially being unable to get any solo koito, not even mentioning koito with characters who are not him. ending up hating the dude himself is simply collateral damage.

and yeah he's definitely a core heterosexual and ugly as shit to boot. and not a based str8 like tsurumi who is actively trying to start an armed international conflict just to get his wife a citizenship post-mortem, he's so cringe he's too afraid to find out for sure whether his honey is alive or not because oblivion and ambiguity is sweeter and easier to deal with, it allows him to live in denial. what a loser.