#fuck endeavor lol

[hotwings-incorrect-quotes]

touya on father’s day: roses are red, i hate you. die.

[hotwings-incorrect-quotes]

plot twist:

endeavor: oh my god!! what is wrong with you?!

dabi: my father.

endeavor: ...

dabi: hi dad

Endeavor: Oh my god!! What is wrong with you?!

Dabi: Everything.

Dabi: Except for the way I dress.

[vivika-ka]

Some instances that I feel show how some messages in MHA are detrimental, especially on how victims react to their abuser, can be gauged by responses that tend to be highly prevalent in the fandom.

(Definitely not every fan, but a great majority).

Endeavor is a great example. Whenever you post criticizing his approach to atonement (and ultimately criticizing Horikoshi’s writing), you get BOMBARDED by people either belittling you for not liking his character or essentially forcing you to like his character by frantically writing “at least he tried” arguments.

If I have the CHOICE whether to forgive his character or not, especially given he goes through an atonement arc and not a redemption arc, why is any form of criticism about his abusive behavior and essentially his abuse of power practically ignored by the story unacceptable?

The message was detrimental because people operate on the notion that for victims to be good people, they must forgive and even help their abusers. MHA presents people who choose not to forgive him as either a monster (Toya) or inconvenient (Natsuo). And if they are still unforgiving, they must admire the abuser for doing the bare minimum (taking responsibility; this is also about Natsuo).

Essentially, they are considered "imperfect victims" because they weren't merciful in their approach to their abuser.

The majority of the fandom tends to ignore the lack of actual consequences for Endeavor's actions because he vows to talk to Toya every day. Insisting that doing the bare minimum, which is recognizing his son's existence and suffering, became his "hell" is a wildly fucked up message, in my opinion.

It harps on the issue mentioned above that if a victim isn't receptive to forgiveness or doesn't act "demure," they are seen as an inconvenience—which is how the Todoroki family ultimately views Toya.

On a less critical note, I'll vent, so if you don't like this, just ignore it.

I'm so fucking tired of stories depicting imperfect victims as people who deserve death and torture. Plus, having to be on the brunt of so many people acting like you're morally fucked because you're not impressed with how a writer handled abuse. Horikoshi is not the first writer to try to atone a character who is an abuser (and he isn't the first to fail at that, either).

I'm not about to dick-ride every decision every author makes. Especially if the message convinces some audience members that victims are inherently broken if they can't bring themselves to forgive and/or admire someone who hurt them.

[villainsandvictimsalliance]

Pairing Tomura and Dabi for containment reasons because what do you mean Dabi tried to burn his little bro alive when they were kids and Tomura did turn her older sister into dust?

[darkcomets]

I finally introduced some friends to MHA, and I’m thrilled to finally have people I know to yap about it to

Then I told them about one of my OCs being quirkless, one of them goes ‘Why?! They’ll just be weak and killed off really easily’

I got super confused. My friend thought that quirkless people are physically weaker than other people 😀

Like nooooo, they’re just normal people with magic powers and some funky extra body things

I tried reasoning with him and he just failed to listen, asking how come Midoriya got much stronger with a quirk

BECAUSE HE FLIPPING TRAINED FOR IT AND HAS A STUPIDLY HIGH PAIN TOLERANCE

Also, adrenaline makes people do some crazy ass shit

Me and my friend tried explaining, but failed miserably and now I’m just aghhhhhh

Time to make that PowerPoint I guess

[desired-misery]

in somewhat related news: this bitch is about to have the most productive year of her life

[pens-and-paperbacks]

Endeavor is almost a perfect allegory for what the society in the mha universe does to people who can't be heroes or use their quirks in a way to benefit society, which is cast them aside or pass them over without over giving them a second glance until uh-oh! Suddenly they're worth being noticed because they're a threat.

He apologizes to his family, which is good! If you're a bad person and did terrible things, the first step in your own transformation and atonement should be to acknowledge what you've done and to apologize to those you've wronged. Great!

Thing is, Endeavor set off a chain reaction with his abusive, neglectful and downright irresponsible choices that it damaged everyone in his family for life.

I don't think someone who causes one of their own children to literally go up in flames, crying because they're finally getting attention from their father and family in the very end, ever deserves to be forgiven.

[sword-swordswordsknife]

[marked mature 18+ & general cw stream yeah]

hi hello it's. friday, not thursday. oops! 8/2 6:40PMISH so ISAT stream with my friend squid :]

he’s in act 4, i am in call, AND SPECIAL GUEST!! OUR FRIEND AYA!! we are doing voices, uhh prob gonna guide him thru some more optional content today?

anyway, come hang/lurk/fish if desired! and if not, there's a vods channel (link in parenthesis) if that is preferred!

today's scroll by offering is p2 of a stream-related WIP… wonder what's happening…

…and okay i guess this post can also have. a bonus.

vvv the king breasting boobily or whatever and the related context clip from stream below vvv

two versions as it was important he was bald in one of them u see.

LISTEN!!! SQUID CLIPPED THAT MAINLY OUT OF CONTEXT AND I WASN’T JUST SPONTANEOUSLY SAYING HE HAS BIG HONKERS!!!!

I THOUGHT THEY WERE ABOUT TO SAY IT THEMSELF BUT THEY DIDN'T!!!!! ASDFSAFDSA

he really did me no favors here smh smh /silly

[goblins-riddles-or-frocks]

so btw… I’m reading the drama book

[hotwings-incorrect-quotes]

dabi: you made blue flowers grow in my lungs and although they’re beautiful, i can’t fucking breathe.

[travelingtwentysomething]

I need you to really think about how you said somebody hating ai garbage is "really racist"

Like. Do some reflecting about that. Because that was weird as fuck and has some not great implications about what you think about real racial minorities.

I need you to think about how you're trying to reprimand me for my views while making a whole lot of assumptions, while HIDING BEHIND AN ANONYMOUS ASK BECAUSE YOU'RE TOO SCARED TO PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR WORDS. Take off your glasses, we're gonna fight. And by fight, I mean I'm gonna make you cry while I whoop your ass like your momma should have done. Oh, she called by the way. She wanted me to tell you, that you're a bitch. (Also, she said you need to work on your reading comprehension skills.)

[slydiddledeedee]

i believe they can save the world

Image ID: The four teen protagonists from Dungeon and Daddies Season 2 standing next to each other.  Lincoln Li-Wilson is holding a cell phone with a Hatsune Miku charm high above his head with one hand and pointing at it with the other, asking Normal and Scary, “Anyone else want the phone?”  Normal Oak, wearing a Jimmy Buffet Margaritaville shirt, responds, “I’m good.  Scary, what do you think?”  Scary Marlowe stands between them with her arms crossed and says, “Ugh.  I don’t care.”  To the right of Lincoln, Taylor Swift is clinging to Lincoln’s shoulder with one hand and reaching for the phone with the other, standing on his tip-toes. He is yelling, “It’s my fucking phone!” There’s smaller dialogue coming from the phone, saying “Taylor?  Taylor?”  End ID.

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

I am involved in THE stupidest situation

[intersexalastor]

lots of carefully written fics of civilian touya building a relationship with shouto, not enough of civilian touya finding a path of healing and deciding not to pursue a bond with his youngest sibling. nowhere near enough touya todoroki in so many words saying what amounts to "i've reached a place where i recognize that the pain and rage that i felt growing up comes from how endeavor treated us, and you bear no responsibility for it, and are, in fact, another victim of our father. i know that none of it is your fault. but i also cannot deny that looking at you makes me feel sick to my stomach. through no fault of your own, you are a reminder of a past where i was constantly angry and helpless and in pain. i do not hate you, but i have no love for you either. i have no desire to be your brother at this point in my life. for my own well-being, i am leaving this house and i am never coming back and i will probably never see you again. i hope you find some sort of peace from all the abuse our father has put you through. goodbye."

[essektheylyss]

Me: I am a goddamn professional, and I can sit down and make some progress on editing a piece of writing for a few hours.

The progress, after a few hours: .....a painting?

[bobzora]

acheron so good she makes me want to complete gold and gears to unlock erudition blessings