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*context is trying to write a fanfic*

Me: *gets an awesome idea from scrolling on MHA TikTok that is featuring our resident blonde hot head*

Also me: *HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU WRITE FOR THIS ANGRY POMERANIAN?!*

I have two fantastic fanfics that I wanna write, but how tf do you write for him??

Maybe I gotta channel my inner Deku lol

tl;dr (bc this got much longer than i expected): bkg is an easy character to write for once you build your own interpretation of him, practice, consider how he would act in certain situations, & ask others for help if you get stuck!

LMAO yeah bkg is a piece of work to deal with. i still grapple with his character sometimes, just in terms of like.. okay, what would he say in response to x? how would he act?! i think "mastering" characterization comes with practice. or at least for me, i feel i definitely got better at writing him the more i did it

before i even started writing for him, all i did was read fics for him. idk how some people are just able to dive right into writing for a character without at least reading SOME fics for said character, they're on a different level frl. i just read and read and then read some analyses of his character. i also looked at authors who i blv wrote him perfectly and took inspo from that. of course, everyone characterizes him differently, has different interpretations of what he would or would not do in specific situations. but when writing fic i think it's important to just build your own interpretation.

bkg is a very complex character that changed a lot in the manga. so depending on what age he is when you write your fic makes a HUUGE impact on how his personality will be. high school bkg is rude and loud as hell. he comes off as aggressive, shouts a lot at his friends, and finds a lot of things to be below him. if his friends want to go to an amusement park, he will most likely not go (even if he wants to) unless they trick him into it or goad him by saying some shit like "he just cant stomach roller coasters lmao!" he is very short tempered, but we all know that already lol

but yet, we also know he studies a lot. he cares about his grades. he cares about how others see him, which is why the comment that he could be a villain hits him so hard. he's organized and he's still an all might fan no matter how hard he tries to push him away. he doesnt do well with any kind of affection at all, which, i think, has to do with the harsh way he was brought up. poor baby doesn't know how to express himself properly. my point is, there are things to him other than how loud and aggressive and rude he is that shows his personality: how neat he is. how meticulous he is when he cooks. how he wants to be the best at everything and will thus put all his effort in.

he does have his soft moments - moments where he's quiet and contemplative and aware of how his friends feel. he is very perceptive after all!! but these moments in hs - particularly early hs - are rare and we only see more of that bkg as he grows up. you could say that he's always had a soft side to him ofc, but it shows up more once he slowly realizes that he is not the best, and the people around him are not looking down on him and that he can rely on them for help.

adult bakugou, pro hero bakugou, tends to be much quieter, more thoughtful, in my opinion. of course, he's still aggressive. still shouts a lot. still gets irritated. still has high expectations for himself. still curses like nobody's business. still wants to do a majority of things by himself. but, if you asked him to go to an amusement park with you, he would simply huff and agree instead of saying no like he's got better things to do. adult bkg has likely overcome many of the obstacles he's faced as a kid and would no longer be a hero just to show he's the strongest. he would do it to save people no matter how much harm comes to his body - something he would've picked up from deku lol

i like to think he gets better with affection, platonic or not, and learns to accept it more as he grows. he's still a hardass, don't get me wrong. he probably still doesn't know how to deal with certain emotions (cough romance cough) properly. but he's trying, and that's what's important

on the surface level, you could probably write him as yelling, cursing, screaming, being stubborn as hell and that's it. but there's more to him than that and this is shown through specific actions of his or specific pieces of dialogue. for instance, that scene in season two where he fights uraraka and goes all out only to say "what part of her was weak?" after all the spectators were saying she was a girl & weaker than him etc etc. like this SHOWS he's more complex than just someone who yells and seems to not think abt his actions.

i could talk more about how i think he would be as an adult bc there's more to him, obviously. but basically i think my interpretation tends to lean to the softer side of how he is haha, while still making him competitive and rude as hell.

idk how this turned into my analysis of his character but anyways KJHSDFKD when writing him, you hv to consider certain factors and apply them to how you think bkg would react. for instance, if the reader is someone he's meeting for the first time he will probably be pretty short with them until he sees them as someone he respects. or someone he can trust. of course, depending on how they meet exactly, i can see him either 1) being rude to their face or 2) being a bit quieter. and then you gotta consider his first impression of the reader, like - does he see them as someone badass? someone gentle that can't be dealt with in his usual rough way? there are just a lot of factors lol and i can't cover everything.

there's also things like... how long has he known the reader for? because with people he's known for a while he knows he can behave in his usual rough way and they'll know it's all just a front he puts up. and depending on how close emotionally he is to this person will determine how much of that squishy interior of his he would reveal to them.

looking back on everything i've said here, there's just no solid way for me to explain to you how to write bakugou's character, i think. there are too many variables LOL. just getting a grasp of how he is, forming your own interpretation, and writing what comes to mind is a good place to start. you could ask others to help you with making sure his character is in check too! writing fanfic doesn't have to be a one man show, you know! getting help is also very sexy and cool B)

[sipsteainanxiety]

Hey not sure if you know this yet, but there's a s6 trailer for MHA and its gonna start airing again in fall of 2022. IM EXCITED, and I just cannot wait. I guess I can start watching MHA again. (I stopped watching it part way though s3 because I didn't want to rush through the seasons and be left waiting for the next season jfjgmgm)

EYE-

THERES A TRAILER ALREADY?!

im ngl i only recently finished s5 LMAO i like to wait until the full season comes out before i binge. which means i avoid tumblr like its the fucking plague cuz spoilers 😭😭 maybe i should read the manga….

[sipsteainanxiety]

Me: *at work doing work things while listening to music*

Also Me: *thinks about fanfic ideas*

Also also me: *FFS STOP THINKING ABOUT FANFICS IDEAS WHEN YOU HAVE NO TIME TO WRITE*

Just on the daily lmfao

Though to be fair my most recent idea that I thought of would be a crossover with CW's Supernatural. Just thinking about the can of worms that crossover can open is crazy HAH

On a completely random note, my parents got me a BNA Fleece blanket on Monday and I love it so much. It was unexpected BUT ITS MY FIRST BNA MERCH :D

yeahhhh i get fic ideas at literally the WORST times sdkfhsdf. and then i only ever wanna work on them around 12 to 4 am or while im procrastinating on something. i hate it ahhh

god, i haven't seen much of supernatural - like... two eps of the first season i think - but it would absolutely be chaos incarnate LMAO. i've thought abt marvel crossovers too for mha tho. bkg would be an excellent thor i think - not based on thor's personality ofc, but on how the first thor movie went haha. mitsuki as odin... dabi as loki maybe... i am thinking chunky Thoughts about it

also yay!! first merch!! it sounds super cozy aww. i don't have a lot of anime merch in general but i do have a mha poster my brother got me for christmas now LOL

[sipsteainanxiety]

I just read that baku drabble you wrote and I adored it so much

All I can just see is us, the reader going, "But you have know this, you will always be my Number One Hero."

Jfjfkgkg

Just thinking about baku's reaction is sending me--

yeahhh!!! OH MANN bc i know he's gonna be fucked up when people start saying deku's gna be #1 despite all the hard work bkg has done so. having someone just say to his face that he's the strongest, he'll be number one when he needs to hear the praise is just.... mmm....