#i KNOW his relationship with afo is meant to mirror all might and midoriya of course but i wish they had done more there

[dimensionhoppr]

Had a galaxy brain moment the other day ab how mha tries to tackle cycles of abuse n I haven't gotten my thoughts about it together yet but Something about shigaraki and todoroki mirroring each other. hawks and nagant too. The unnamed person at the end and how they mirror shigaraki also and how that whole thing could have hit harder if you know. shigaraki had actually been saved in a meaningful way....idk I'm just making connections....

[epickiya722]

Okay that recent image got me thinking. AFO probably holds grudges. Like really, really hard. Especially against the 2nd User. In fact, he probably hates him the most.

Just going off by the images, he sees Bakugou and is reminded of the 2nd. They're nearly identical in appearance and you know what else?

The 2nd User was a leader of the resistance against AFO. Bakugou declined joining the League of Villains and is currently fighting this war against AFO and the bad guys. Both the 2nd User and Bakugou opposed AFO.

Then there's their connection to OFA, more so Yoichi and Midoriya that makes them similar.

The 2nd User had intended to kill Yoichi, but saved him instead. Bakugou treated Midoriya like crap when they were younger and now their relationship is better. Ill intentions, but ah ha! Change of heart!

There's little about the 2nd, but what is shown kinda mirrors Bakugou. Because of that, AFO doing all he's done so far from kicking him around and now piercing his heart doesn't just seem being a complete evil ass. And he is an evil ass. All that torture was probably from a grudge, too. When AFO!Shigaraki said "corpse", he meant that. And you know what? And this is just me fanfic-ing here.

Could you imagine what that battle between 2nd User and AFO was like? I don't know if Yoichi died before or after the 2nd (and 3rd) User given they seemed to have lived around the same time, but I can imagine a scene where in their final moments before Yoichi dies, AFO probably killed 2nd in front of him and made sure his death was as cruel as possible similarly to the "you're gonna be a corpse when Midoriya gets here" scene.

What's insane to me is that AFO focused on the 2nd. The 3rd, too, was around to save Yoichi yet has he been brought up with such distaste in this chapter (this is a guess, again going by images)?

In fact, even with All Might AFO isn't as angry. Their last battle, AFO taunted him, teased him as he has done before with everyone else.

But the moment he gets to Bakugou, it's just pure undignified, torturous behavior. Bakugou who mirrors the 2nd enough for AFO to even think about him.

The 2nd had to do something else to have AFO have this grudge against him. He was the leader of a resistance and he saved Yoichi from him. Hell, I don't think the 2nd User is just the second person to have OFA, but also the 2nd person to oppose AFO.

He took his only family away and build a resistance against him. AFO does what he does with quirk exchanges and all that to have people be in indebted to him. He wants power. He had a lot of people convinced he could help him. And yet, imagine having this one person oppose you, build an opposing force and then cherry on the sundae? Take the only family you had left.

AFO has a deep grudge, he's gotta. A deep grudge against the 2nd.

Shoot, if Yoichi died first, imagine this. AFO probably killed 2nd User brutally because he'll probably think and say things like "He's my only family", "He was safe and you let him out", blaming the 2nd User. Remember, AFO still cared for his brother in his own sick twisted way. It's why he wants to take OFA to probably be reunited with him.