#i'm so emotional about their relationship rn

[marimeeko]

Yo why the fuck is Katsuki and his relationship with Izuku getting done so dirty in this epilogue? Like he led the super suit project. He likely started it bc he couldn't dream of doing herowork without Izuku. All Might credited him when giving the suit to Izuku. He held out his hand. Izuku, I'm guessing, took his hand. Fine, good, wonderful.

But suddenly, Katsuki fucking asks him to start an agency with him so they can work together, literally their fucking DREAM SINCE THEY WERE KIDS? AND IZUKU SAYS NO?? What was this entire exercise for? What was showing us how deeply they MEAN to each other, how dependent on each other they are, just for izuku to casually shoot katsuki down with a smile, even FOR?

Please what the fuck. What the fuck am I looking at.

As far as we know yet, we dont know if the two get a conversation specifically regarding katsukis devotion to the suit project, we don't get Izuku getting to realize and appreciate what Katsuki has been doing for the last 8 years, how devoted the man is?

And yeah I know katsuki ain't doing it for clout or recognition or a pat on the back, but that doesn't t mean he doesn't deserve some form of emotional payoff for the whole thing(as well as the audience who was rooting for him!)

Ooof I know I know, I'm angry over a manga(I wasn't mad before) but this part has driven me up a wall bc...

Idk, katsuki just deserves better. He feels like n afterthought in this epilogue.

I know I know, I need to wait out the full release and see everything for myself but DAMN

I feel like he's getting done a little dirty in this.

Technically no izuku doesn't owe him for the gift HOWEVER this is a story with thematic elements and THEMATICALLY, izuku and Katsuki have been so intertwined and woven together, and played as so desperate to keep each other in their lives, to compete, to fight alongside each other, and then the PAYOFF is a SHRUG and a rejection to just that?? Thematically, this is UNSATISFYING AS FUCK.

Like, what is their entire arc if it just ends in a casual rejection?? What the fuck were we building up to and getting so emotionally invested in for their relationship? Please it's so anticlimactic. This was a story about THEM. There was no Izuku without Kacchan, there was no Kacchan without Izuku.

Katsuki Bakugou deserves better.

And 0 percent of this is about the shipping. It's simply what Horikoshi wrote when he wrote them as a duo. When he framed their relationship as the CORE, the heart and SOUL of the story. When he made "win to save, save to win" a running theme, when he made Izuku someone who would kill for Katsuki, and Katsuki someone who would die(and live) for Izuku.

Maybe as more info drops and actual releases happen, this post will age badly. Part of me really hopes it does and there's some sort of misunderstanding or something, bc I did NOT want the thread of BKDK(be it platonic, romantic or other) to end this...unfortunately.

Again. I don't give a shit about the shipping in this moment, in this rant/vent. It's not about that rn. It's literally just the setup not matching the payoff.

[weird-an]

"This town sucks, Maxine. I don't get why you like it here," Billy says, sucking on his cigarette and flooring the gas pedal.

Max rolls her eyes - like Billy would ever like anything. Even in California, he talked shit about the dates he had been on, about how Neil wants him to drive her around, how the waves had been shit that day. She only ever saw him happy when he was hanging around with Argyle, the big dude with longer hair than her, who always smiled so contagiously that even Billy grinned occasionally.

She can't remember the last time she saw Billy smile, she suddenly thinks. Not in Indiana, only ages ago in the Californian sun.

"Because I've got friends," she tells him, thinking of El's shampoo smelling like strawberries and Lucas giving her his cone of blue moon ice cream. "People that really care about me."

Billy's jaw works.

"Wait until they find out you skate like shit," he says finally. It sounds strained and a bit wet, like he's about to cry. Which can't be, because Billy only cries when Neil leaves and he thinks no one can see him. "Wait until they think you're not cool anymore and they've got no use for you."

Is that what Billy thinks friendship is? A farce to get what one wants? She can't take the thought, thinks of Billy always smelling like hairspray and going to every party in town. But Billy hangs out with Steve, right? He doesn't talk about it at all, but Dustin always moans about it when she sees him.

"Not everybody is like that," Max says. Her heart feels funny in her chest, like it's too big to fit in there. "There are people that like you for who you are."

"Grow up, Maxine." Billy turns around a corner with screeching tires and Max grabs the door's handle.

"Steve likes you," Max says, because why doesn't he see it? Does Billy really feel like that? It makes her sick, even though he's an asshole most of the times. "Dustin says you're all he talks about."

"He does?" Billy stares at her, voice unsure and weirdly hopeful, cheeks tinged pink.

"Pretty sure he does." Max stares back, for a second, wondering what she's seeing right now, before she remembers they are still driving way too fast and Billy's big blue eyes are still on her.

"Billy!" she screeches. "Watch the road!"

"Don't be such a chicken, shitbird." Billy snorts and drives even faster, but keeps his gaze fixed on the road. His face is still red.

"I'm not a chicken!" Max flips him off. It's easier to pretend to hate each other. It's easier than to worry about him. It's easier to say he isn't her brother, because if he is, it's too complicated.

"You are." Billy makes a noise. He clucks. "That's what you sound like all the time."

"Fuck you!"

Billy clucks again. What an idiot. "That's all I hear."

But he smiles. It's tiny. It feels precious. Max doesn't want to pretend. Maybe one day she won't.

[greyedian]

MAN I'm seriously so sad about season 2. Bc I wish act 2 had the same emotional impact on me as it appears to have on so many others. But rn I'm just somewhere between unable to care and actively annoyed by some of those writing decisions. Seriously the more I think about it the less I like it.

[welcometogrouchland]

Babygirl I can concieve of stephcass dynamics you couldn't even imagine (arospec Cass not understanding why "probably bi but has a job so she doesn't have time to think about that" Steph apparently needs a man (she doesn't, it would just be nice) and doesn't want to platonically settle down with cass in their old age)

[ukulelegodparent]

Just went to uni and instead of doing anything spent 3h agonising about ending my relationship. I'm sure this is good and normal

[rusalkaandtheshepherdgirl]

hey babes have i overshared in a minute?

[constantlyquestioningg]

i finished. catching up. ha. haha.

[moe-broey]

"I didn't really raise either of you in a gendered way" When I was like 10 or 11 maybe 12 but definitely not 13 yet, one day you asked me if I wanted to try on the wedding dress you married my dad in. I liked playing dress up and I liked hanging out with you, so I said yes. We're in the living room that you would (already have?) marry my stepdad in. You button up the back of the dress, I don't know why this becomes a core memory. You married my stepdad in a sundress, very casual, very small "event", only the barest of minimum people required to officiate and witness the wedding were there. You tell me, "Maybe one day, when you get married, you can wear this dress. Oh, but you don't have to if you don't want to! But, do you want it?" I still have the dress. I'm a man. And I don't think I'll ever marry. "You can get rid of it, you won't hurt my feelings." I can't.

[lesbianfrottage]

Okay but I need to be someone's beloved wifepet and belong to them completely and be able to pour my whole energy into just loving them. When will it be my turn!

[beeholyshit]

They just need to look at each other and everything's ok 🩷

[flowerakatsuka]

thinking about kuroba going through the 5 stages of grief on repeat after remembering who karamatsu was only for him to hit them with a " it's a shame we were never in the same class together! :) "

[hanzajesthanza]

the short stories are actually really provocative and profound, heartrending and disturbing and thought-provoking and funny all at the same time and in such a short amount of space.

but i feel like when n*tflix touched them, they were the first victim of a withering away and soul sapping for me, in which i couldn't bear to be around the kinds of discussions and jokes and everything which were coming up at that time as fundamental misunderstandings of them so it just became very painful and very banal because they were all, in essence, forgotten.

however, that damage is not irreversable.

particularly in the case of a good adaptation, the musical, i have begun to remember all of why i love the short stories so much, just how good and painful to my heart they are, as well as thinking more deeply about some aspects which i had not previously considered or paid a lot of attention to (in lieu of other things which excited me more).

i think the biggest strength of a "good" adaptation and a "good" fandom is that they make you realize things you hadn't, interested in parts that weren't your 'favorite,' and generally expanding your mind and love of the source material. in contrast, a "bad" adaptation or "bad" fandom is that which makes you wish to forget and eventually end up forgetting your love and leaving it behind yourself. "good" is to remember, "bad" is to forget.

[nohkalikai]

every time i talk w my parents i have to remind myself not to get swayed by their doting affectionate act.

[vulpinesaint]

throws a book at the wall i'm SO fucking tired of putting emotional effort into relationships only for it not to be reciprocated

[cha1cedony]

I'm gonna ramble about fic writing (while taking a break from actually writing, but I'm making progress this time! I promise! woohoo. knock on wood). ANYWAY, one of my favorite things to consider as far as characterization goes is self-awareness. Because there's so many different ways and degrees to which a protagonist can be self-aware, and I just LOVE seeing how characters shift (not necessarily 'grow') over the timeline of a story. I love thinking about where a specific character would choose willful ignorance, where they would choose to come to terms with a harsh reality, where they would be entirely oblivious, where they're NOT oblivious but can't even verbalize it in their own internal monologue... chef's kiss. My favorite stuff to write

[onceuponaroast]

Not to sound like an overdramatic sadboi but. I think. It would be nice to be someone's first choice. Just once I would like to be a priority, for someone to specifically choose me. I think that would feel really good.