#bkdk brainrot

[dekusleftsock]

I think about this sometimes but I personally love that Horikoshi took the Yandere trope, split it in two, and gave one half to Izuku and Himiko.

Like it’s so fascinating how you can just SEE how purposeful Himiko was as a character in hindsight standing next to him.

Himiko is a really interesting subversion of her trope for two reasons:

She hurts people because she loves them, not for isolation or destruction of the competition (gore/blood is love to her, not necessarily a means to love someone)

She’s not possessive. Like at all.

I’ve seen that hc a few times and it always bothers me. Ochako is for sure a possessive character (we saw that with Hatsume around Izuku way back at the sports festival arc), but Himiko? Really?

You mean the girl who had a crush on a boy AND the girl who also had a crush on the same boy? Her?

You mean the girl who doesn’t hurt people who love who she loves, rather actively encouraging it in the first place? That one? Really?

Like it’s such an integral part to her subversion too. It’s what makes her such a weird and fascinating character. Possessiveness is supposed to be whats ugly about love itself, yet her love remains ugly without it. She is ugly because the fundamental ways in which she sees and feels about the world are considered “wrong”, “dangerous”, and “deviant”.

But Izuku… ohhhh Izuku…

He holds this trait like a badge melted to his skin. My man cannot escape these allegations. It’s to the point where it’s honestly a fundamental to his narrative. Izuku does not act nor feel the same without it.

Izuku holds a cutesy nickname that literally every other childhood friend of Katsuki’s has long left behind, saying his real name instead (this is honestly why I’m also uninterested in a scene where Izuku calls him “Katsuki” instead of “Kacchan”, Katsuki doesn’t represent the same things the name Izuku does, imo at least), izuku “give him back to me” midoriya, holds his dead body to his chest on a cover, freaked out on someone either hurting/offending Kacchan.. 3 times(?), keeping big boy ofa secrets…. The list goes on.

So it’s this main reason that I think their characters are just so. Fucking. Intertwined. I’m glad this has become a more common interpretation because there’s just so much that aligns between them.

Both of them call their “special people” with -chan endings, both by their first names, both deemed deviants/irrelevant by society. It’s no wonder Ochako fell in love with Izuku, just like she did toga, they’re fucking freaks. They’re interesting. They’re weird. They’re overly friendly and socially inept and a little beaten down by the world yet have too much passion to stay on the ground. They’re envious of the ones they love (Ochako of her freedom to be a normal girl, Katsuki for his raw power and harnessed skill), and I guess I just wanted to make this post because I adore how it’s all done.

I LOVE how the yandere trope is used as societal commentary here. Not necessarily as a way to make the main love interest jealous and feel she must protect the main character, nor for some kinky reason surrounding her character, but because the trope is built off of real, ugly feelings that can and do happen. That love can and is considered truly beautiful in all its forms, especially those of queer people.

So I especially love it because it isn’t just limited to Himiko, but Izuku as well. He may never hurt the ones he loves, but he would hurt for them.

A perfect narrative foil on queer and deviant forms of love. Big fan Horikoshi.

[loverln]

i was imagining a little polaroid of bkdk’s first date so i drew it <3 they’re both so excited/nervous but would never admit it.

[comfortyart]

Comfort doodles of today 😌💖

[katsuizu-stuff]

now that izuku ties his tie properly katsuki grabs his tie and pulls him forward making their face come close in proximity and izuku instantly flushes pink but katsuki, being the bastard and tease he is, can’t help himself by saying “izuku-sensei” in a teasing flirtatious voice and that immediately makes izuku turn bright red brighter than kirishima’s red hair

[jinkushiroll]

pining kachaan save me. save me pining kachaan. pining kachaan.

[stunt-fia]

it only took them 10 years

[chandralia]

Deku doesn’t “borrow” Bakugo’s chapstick, Bakugo puts it on first, grabs Deku’s face and smooshes their mouths together because Deku has repeatedly lost the past 4 he’s given him so this is their foolproof plan

[thoughtssvt]

somewhere out there in bkdk's childhood bedrooms are a set of torn, frayed, destroyed photos and an identical set of pristine, crisp, intricately stored ones.

the first set is izuku's: worn and loved from all the times he held them, stuffed them in his pocket wherever he went, and clutched them close to his chest as he slept.

the others is katsuki's: cherished and tucked away from the elements. neatly sandwiched between two plastic sheets in a hardcover album. a bittersweet sentiment of who he was and strives to be from now on.

bkdk masterlist

[edenthesuperstar]

i apologize for all the bkdk reposts, i currently suffer from bkdk brainrot and cannot think of anything else and im slowly going insane!!!!!!!

[benevolentspidey]

Kacchan Bakugou is the reason why i still think bkdk would be the most annoying clingy couple in class, and that Katsuki would be a damn good boyfriend.

the way i NEVER got a notification for this has me big mad. sorry anon. but omg 1,000% YES like in the little spot in my mind dedicated to bkdk and bkdk only they're like the complete opposite of what their personalities would suggest

like okay

bakugo personality-wise gives off the vibe of being the very jealous and overprotective type as in "breath-in-his-direction-one-more-time-and-I'll-slit-your-throat" type of vibe and deku just screams clingy "i-cannot-think-straight-if-you're-not-in-my-direct-line-of-sight"

but idk man i think after everything they've gone through (ESPECIALLY the final war arc) that deku just goes feral if anyone even gives a sideways glance to bakugo because like homie already died once he cannot risk him dying again and bakugo can't breathe if izuku isn't in front of him because he already up and left him (everyone) once before and what if he does it again???

lowkey they're both so traumatized and will have serious co-dependancy issues but it makes for a really cute and vomit-worthy couple and bakugo would make it his goal to date the SHIT out of deku. #boyfriendoftheyear

[dekusleftsock]

Someone described Katsuki’s thoughts on their future as this “catch and chase” esc game and I can’t stop thinking about catch-a-Kacchan now. The symbolism of that now is so telling with Katsuki’s new admission. Oh my god.

Like of course izuku could never catch Kacchan: that was the game. The hope that their rivalry and therefore their new found relationship could stay this way forever. He would never lose Izuku because they were always trying to catch each other—chase, grab, hold, let go, and chase again.

IT EVEN PUTS A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON KATSUKI’S PHRASING OF CALLING OFA A “CURSED POWER”

Honestly it almost feels like the end to this statement, one he never quite articulated to himself, and especially not to the world. Ofa gives power, ofa gives hope, and ofa ties itself to the people it interacts with. Ofa breathes the life into the game of their lives, catch and release.

Ofa may be a cursed power, but I just thought we’d be competing, and I’d be on your heels, for the rest of our lives…

Because ofa is the beacon that, on a very literal level, allows catch-a-Kacchan to exist. What do I do if I don’t have an excuse to be with you? What if I don’t deserve it?

AND THE NUMBER ONE RULE OF HOW KATSUKI ALWAYS WON CATCH-A-KACCHAN WAS THAT HE HAD TO TAP IZUKU ON THE BACK… HE HAD TO MANEUVER HIMSELF BEHIND IZUKU TO WIN…. WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME

And it’s such a small detail of symbolism, and idec if it’s purposeful, it’s just the fact that it exists at all that I love it so god damn much.

As Izuku tries to comfort him in the only way he really knows how (“well I still have the embers! It was a nice dream while it lasted! Please don’t cry you’re just overly sensitive right now, I’m sure you won’t feel this way later..”), and as Katsuki believes that the only way he’s allowed into Izuku’s life is this small glimpse into their rivalry—and, in spite of it all, allmight reminds them that they have changed.

The world, it has changed. The winds still blow high across the country, and we are reminded that the most important part of despair is the connection we have with each other. They are not just heroes, they are the greatest heroes—together.

The world will never be the same—and isn’t that the most beautiful part of it all? That we have changed, together?

[amesmclames]

Happy birthday Izuku!! 🤧💚💚

[loverln]

can we all share our favorite bkdk fics?? mine is “chasing the rabbit” by mimiwrites on AO3 <333

[crookshallowao3]

“I don’t want you to go,” Katsuki mumbles.

A little bit of the tension floods from Izuku’s shoulders. He can breathe a little better.

“Okay, good. Look, I don’t know how you’re feeling. Can we talk about it?”

Katsuki balls his hands into fists, and his answer is practically a growl, “I Don’t Kno-“

“-Annd that’s a no. Got it,” Izuku says brushing past Katsuki in the doorway to pass into the living room. “Or at least a not yet. Ignore each other on opposite sides of the couch for a while and see how it goes?”

Katsuki’s answer is an undecided grumble, but Izuku can hear him shuffling along to follow behind him.

They settle into the couch. Sitting on very opposite ends. Izuku can feel every inch of space between them. He tucks his knees to his chest and turns his back into the corner of the couch, so he is facing Katsuki, trails his eyes down to his phone and keeps them there so Katsuki doesn’t feel pressured.

After a few minutes Katsuki lets out an irritated rumble. Throws himself off the couch to head for the kitchen. He returns with his own phone in hand.

The silence feels like it goes on forever. It’s hard for Izuku. He wants to talk and touch and plan and fix. He wants to throw himself headlong at the problem and offer out his hand to help Katsuki up from where he’s fallen.

Sometimes that isn’t what Katsuki needs.

Izuku hates the way it feels stagnant between them. He hates not knowing what is going to happen. Hates letting it sit.

Sometimes Katsuki needs the space.

Ten minutes pass.

Thirty.

Nearly an hour later Katsuki speaks up again.

“I’m sorry.”

“Two in one day, huh? You’re really going for broke.”

[redaart]

maybe they’re made from the same star

(redraw of a piece from 2021)

[jinkushiroll]

katsuki being taller but having short gremlin energy while being secretly very sensitive and izuku being shorter but with tall angel energy who is absolutely fucking feral saved my life. thank you for coming to my TED talk.