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azure-arsonist · 4 months ago

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This is such a great analysis if my laptop wasn't broken I'd be able to screenshot your tags too everyone definitely check them out!

I'm super sick right now but I want to put this out there maybe somebody with more energy can take a crack at it

I love Fmab and I've been subconsciously comparing mha to it as the story goes on (afo and father, how well they execute their overalls themes,comparing Roy and Endeavor's atonement arcs, etc) and something that struck me is the similar aspects of the final battle (ie everyone coming to help defeat the big bad, the final punch, the protagonist giving up a power that meant so much to them) and something that struck me is how greed's death compares to Tomura's obviously they're different characters and have different roles in the narrative but both have their bodies possessed by the big bad, both actively help weaken the big bad to aid the protagonist and both die. But greed's death is so much more satisfying as an end to his character than Tomura's, it's so much more impactful.

Idk there's definitely something to expand upon there something to sink your teeth into but I'm too sick right now you guys get what I'm saying though right? Pls I really wanna talk about this with somebody 🥺

#mha meta #fmab meta #prev tags incoming for you guys to read #Unfortunately this has been a bit of a writing weakness of Hori's before #Full cards on the table: I dropped early bnha because of this problem and only got invested later when it seemed to get a bit better #For the first half of its run bnha is really shakey on its on themes imo and has to catch itself from mucking them up often #And it didn't seem intentional at all I actually think Hori was failed by his editor somewhat #Not to let him off the hook for writing what he wrote but narrative conflicts like this is literally an editors job to spot #And im personally just so sad that Hori almost pulled his story out of his worst impulses but alas #Oomfie says it feels like his own insecurities as a writer got the better if him and...yeah :(#Yeah it really does seem like he got cold feet and felt his themes were too cringe and that people would be happier with something else #But he wasn't writing that something else so he just kinda ruined what he had going last minute imo. Oh well.#I think a lot about Hirohiko Araki's book Manga In Theory And In Practice where he outlines a lot of common writer traps and #Ofc there's It Was All Just A Dream and Shocking Deaths and why they usually do not work #And why he killed Jonathan Joestar and why and how that actually worked when he's so actually against those endings normally #And it really just comes down to set up and themes and understanding your duty to the audience a lot of the time #And it's amazing how easy it is to make theses mistakes as a writer even with the best of intentions and a lot of experience #Subverting the audiences expectations does not automatically equal substance in particular #It's a really good read esp for fans of shounen but also just for writers in general imo #A recc for these trying times ig lol #Sorry for hijacking your post stranger you probably could a better and more detailed post mortem than I #dont apologize this analysis is so succulent and flavourful like a prime cut of meat you totally made my day with this

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