#but bnha fans who hate him r usually just wilfully obtuse or find him overrated. its always like that w popular characters tho

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why is it overhated tho?? I never understood that. sure it’s not perfect and has problems but I don’t think it deserves the searing hatred that I’ve seen a lot of people give it

i was going to type a long essay about this but in all truth i think it's like three main reasons.

the first one being a lot of the audience in the west is young gay kids and as it became more popular - the bnha fandom was a lot of shounen dudebros first introduction to fandom culture. bnha is not unique in terms of fandom in any way aside from being popular but a lot of that side of shounen associates it as a the "weird fandom." when rlly its just homos galore. like men who don't know sns has existed since 2006 lol

the other part is that both bkg and deku are extremely polarizing characters ajsdkjsd. deku is completely lacking in shounen mc masculinity. he's a crybaby and a pussy at the start unlike most mcs. he's not particularly skilled or athletic like quite literally a loserboy to the core of his core. he lacks any masculinity so dudebro twt doesn't usually fw him

and then there is bkg who is liked by dudebros usually but hated in the fandom space bc his introduction is a psycho bully and people seem to dickride him endlessly. obviously as a bkg fan i understand getting extremely defensive over him bc well. yk. but for most people they're not particularly interested in his nuance after first impressions. there's also a lot of people who find him to represent a personal bully in their life and hate him for that.

( smth similar happens w enjis arc and how people feel about him. normally that opinion is 100% going to influenced by your relationship to abuse and trauma. im much much more understanding w enji tho bc he is a grown man / abusive parent like most hateful opinions of him r validated to me )

the last reason is the art style is very silly and adorable. like a lot of people just dont fw it. i think s6 sort of changes this but the first like 3 season b cute as hell and ppl dont enjoy it like that. this happens to one piece a lot too i think but this is the least troubling reason to me. it contributes but it is what it is fr

pluvi said this and i agree so i will mention that bnha is also just. super mega uber popular so a lot of ppl probably just dunk on it to be different !!!!!