#idk if i succeeded but this was supposed to be the connection between the quote in the caption and the cool girl quote

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 190: Standing Tall

Previously on BnHA: Endeavor died! But it’s okay because then he got better! In the meantime, the High Definition Noumu managed to destroy a whole lot of the city, to the point where it reminded a lot of people of the Kamino attack three months prior. There was a lot of meta about why Endeavor couldn’t quit. Part of it is because the world still needs a Symbol, and he’s what they’ve got right now. But as Hawks and Fuyumi also observed, Endeavor is also just really bad at giving up. As Hawks observed, back during All Might’s heyday, Endeavor was the only one who even attempted to try and surpass him, despite knowing he had no chance. And that’s exactly the kind of bullheaded tenacity that allowed this crazy fire man to force himself back up, use his flames to propel himself, and chase after the Noumu while the world (and his son, who’s watching in the U.A. common room with his classmates and Aizawa) looked on. Then Hawks finally showed up to help out, and lent Endeavor some of his feathers to aid him in his speed and movement. And with that little boost, Endeavor launched one final flaming fist attack. Hopefully it’ll be enough.

Today on BnHA: Endeavor punches the High Flying Noumu with his flame fist and tries to burn it from the inside out. Somehow it still doesn’t work. Everyone watching is like “AHHH” and Shouto is like “DAD D:” and Hawks is like “dude you burned all my feathers, I can’t help you out anymore.” But Endeavor is all “it’s okay we good” and he grabs the Noumu and blasts way up into the sky where he can unleash his full power without having to worry about hurting anyone in the vicinity. And then he unleashes another Prominence Burn attack, but this time with Plus Ultra. Everyone is like “holy shit” and it’s fucking tense as hell, and then a moment later Endeavor comes plummeting down from the sky still on fire and goes splat on some random car. And then he stands up and does the All Might victory pose. Goddamn. So everyone is all “YESSSSS”, and Hawks goes to help him because he’s still barely fucking conscious, and for just a moment it looks like everything’s going to be all right. And then Dabi shows up. And is all “hey there Endeavor. it sure is nice to quote-unquote ‘meet’ you, lol.” Oh fucking snap.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through chapter 209 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.)

lol

for a solid moment there I read this as “the beginning of Horikoshi Kouhei” and I was like oh no my man you did not just pull a goddamn Steven King and insert yourself into your own fucking manga

so here’s the full dramatic first page

poor Hawks, caught in the crossfire

oh for fuck’s sake, now we’re moving on to page 2 and Endeavor’s fist is still rushing toward this fucking Noumu. just die already please

okay it looks like it is indeed dying

this is actually pretty anticlimactic after all of that. but okay

aaaaaand it’s still regenerating. even though Endeavor has his fucking hand inside of its skull and is burning it from the inside out

shit you guys

so they are being burned up, then. not good, not fucking good at all

Endeavor is shouting Hawks’s name!

and now he’s addressing the Noumu

idk what’s going on, he’s just describing the Noumu in his mind I guess. saying shit we already know. “modified human, manufactured one, holder of multiple quirks, obsessed with the pursuit of strength”

like, what is the point of this

oh I see, it’s simply to be as dramatic as possible so as to build up to this moment

Shouto. that’s very sweet. but. he can’t hear you, honey

he doesn’t actually address him as “dad” very often though does he? in fact, I don’t recall him ever directly addressing him by “name” at all. in the handful of face to face conversations that they’ve had with each other, he’s avoided using any sort of title and has been really brusque. and whenever he talks about him, he simply refers to him as “my father” (I forget which word it is he’s using in Japanese, but it’s something fairly casual and borderline disrespectful, I’m sure)

(ETA: so he normally uses the word “oyaji” (which does mean “father” but has more of an “old man” connotation though) when addressing Endeavor, and apparently that’s the word he uses in this scene too. so there was actually no change there. I’d be annoyed at the translation being a bit misleading, but I guess “old man! I’m watching” wouldn’t have quite the same emotional impact, so that’s fair.)

anyway, so yeah, that makes this outburst even more meaningful than it initially appears to be

Hawks says his feathers are all burnt up now so he won’t be able to help any more

but Endeavor says it’s enough

and he’s flying up higher, somehow. not sure if that’s the remainder of Hawks’s wings boosting him or if he’s just using his fire again somehow. that still makes no fucking sense but okay

he’s trying to put some distance between them and the people and buildings below so as to not cause any further damage

okay here we go. one more time

odd that he would hate that motto given how obsessed he is with strength. maybe it just never clicked with him. or maybe he resented it because no amount of “plus ultra” was ever enough for him to catch up with All Might

but at any rate, this is certain some plus ultra shit right here

looooooool Horikoshi you sneaky little shit

SO THIS SHIT IS REALLY ALL BUT CONFIRMED THEN, HUH

damn it just what exactly is the story behind this. I want to know already

so now Endeavor is plummeting from the sky presumably unconscious and still very much on fire

and the guy with the air gun hands says he’ll catch him. and he’s shooting his hands out toward him

and his buddy with the chopped up floating limbs is helping too. gross

eeesh

I winced

and now there are more reaction shots, with Fuyumi’s hands over her mouth, the people from the newscopter looking on in shock, and Shouto still standing there with that same frozen “oh shit” expression as before

can anyone give this poor kid a hug or even a hand on his shoulder or fucking something already. jesus. Aizawa you’re right fucking there. what happened to all of your dad instincts

Hawks is running over now

ahhhhh yes here we go!

I expected there would be a slower, more dramatic build up to this, but he just like bounced back to his feet and fucking did it right away lol

well whatever. he earned it. he earned this

all right, Enji. I’ll admit it, you are making some great strides here. none of this is gonna get me to actually forgive you, mind. but I have done quite a bit of essaying on redemption at this point, and I gotta say, you meet those criteria. you are learning and trying to be better and actually succeeding. it doesn’t undo any of the shitty things you did, but that’s up to those characters whether they’re okay with moving past it or not. in the meantime you seem to be doing what you can to make up for it now, and while it would have been preferable for you to have learned this lesson some 25 years earlier... better late than never

and now everyone is cheering!

goddammit, they really needed this. a victory like this. something to help restore their faith

All Might’s sitting and looks kind of blown away. like his hair is literally blown away. did someone turn the fan on in this room or

ohhhhh my god

oh my heart. whoa there. I wasn’t ready for this

is he praying?? is this a thank you? or is this just relief and he just kind of slumped for a second and just happened to clasp his hands like that for lack of knowing what else to do

either way it’s giving me a lot of feels

although even now they’re all just standing around him hovering like they want to comfort him, but they’re afraid or there’s some invisible force field there or something. JUST PAT HIM ON THE DAMN BACK ALREADY. jesus he was so tense. that was so intense can you please give him some support please and thank you guys

by the way they seriously need to turn up the heat in the dorms it looks like. holdover thought from the previous chapters that I forgot to remark on because I was binging the rest of this arc. but they’re all bundled up quite a lot for being indoors

awwwwww

what is this. I thought I was supposed to come out of this arc shipping Dabi/Hawks?? I have yet to understand that? but Endeavor/Hawks (or more like Hawks/Endeavor) is certainly coming off very strong

(ETA: to be clear I don’t ship this romantically, because Endeavor is old enough to be his dad. which is kind of the point, actually. Endeavor fucked up with all four of his actual kids, but now with Hawks he has miraculously been granted the chance to make a new start with someone who’s disconnected from all of that. basically this is the first bond Endeavor has ever formed that isn’t fucking toxic, and I think it’s important for him on his path to making amends in whatever ways he can. this is a chance for him to actually try and be a good father to someone, and better late than never. 

because Hawks is also someone who has relatively few close connections with people, because he keeps all his true feelings bottled up for self-preservation reasons, and keeps people at a distance by being casual and aloof with everyone (though in a friendly way). and yet for whatever reason, he’s gone and adopted Endeavor. maybe it’s just that he sees Endeavor as the best hope the world’s got right now, and so mentoring him to be less of an ass gets him closer to his goal of one day not having to do this job anymore. or maybe something about Endeavor’s asshole nature makes Hawks feel more at ease being open with him, because he doesn’t need to worry about making Endeavor worry, because Endeavor will just keep on not giving a shit no matter what, so that’s nice. except that Endeavor does perhaps give the tiniest of shits, shockingly. and I think that’s something that came as a surprise to them both and caught them both off guard.

anyways. so somehow this relationship between a hot pile of garbage and a character who was only introduced six chapters ago became one of my favorites in the series in a staggeringly short amount of time. sometimes life is strange like that.)

LMAO

I USED THE OTHER ARM. SO IT’S NOT THE SAME. SHUT UP

(ETA: also would you fucking look at this fucking fanboy knowing which arm it’s actually supposed to be and still bothering to be all “HMPH!” about it. how does it feel to be a 45-year-old chuuni, Endeavor)

damn he is harsh on himself

jesus christ Horikoshi. I keep thinking this, but it really is like a textbook study of how to redeem a character. he ticked off every single box. give them everything they wanted only for them to realize it wasn’t what they wanted at all. make them remorseful for their past actions. make them strive forward with new purpose. make them suffer but refuse to give in. give them an eyepatch. (ETA: dammit.) give them new relationships that aren’t tied to all of the horrible shit they did in their past, so we can see them interact with someone without that for once and get a glimpse of who they could have been and maybe just maybe still could be with a lot of hard work

like, I know when I’m being manipulated, but damned if it isn’t a masterful fucking job

anyways. Hawks says that he still did a good job and this will definitely be huge

and he says that first off “we have to do something about your injuries” and lol, duhhhhh though

SJSLDFKLSKHGK

YOU HOLD UP!!!! DON’T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE

I FEEL LIKE I SUMMONED HIM LMAO

okay Dabi. meet Hawks? unless you already know him? I don’t know, actually and I’m very curious as to what’s going on here

because it now occurs to me that my earlier suspicion of Hawks still could be right on the money and it’s possible that he was even working with Dabi. because idk but people ship this something fierce so there must be some connection, either past or future. and that attack was no fucking coincidence, and it certainly was no coincidence either that it ended up doing exactly what Hawks wanted it to do

but anyways. I’m getting ahead of myself now and I’m sure we’ll find out more about this shortly!

and look at Dabi greeting his old man like he’s never met him before, too. you think you’re so fucking smooth, huh

(ETA: so the “I guess” part here is actually very significant. I’ll just let Viz’s translator Caleb Cook explain:

basically, your two options are (1) Dabi is a fire-user whose true identity is still being deliberately withheld and whose physical appearance (hairstyle, eye color, approximate age) just happens to match up near-perfectly with the missing Todoroki sibling who was coincidentally mentioned in this same arc for the very first time, and who has apparently met Endeavor before, but in spite of this he somehow is not Todoroki Touya; or (2) Dabi is Todoroki Touya.

I don’t know about you guys, but I know where I stand with this one lol.)

shit. what an ending. what a fucking arc this is turning out to be

[rreader]

HEY!!! I love your blog!! Anyway, could you do a fluffy Peter Parker x Reader soulmate au? I really love the ones where their first words are somewhere on your skin. Also: maybe reader had bad experiences with relationships in the past (parents fighting through childhood or something) so she hides her words and kinda ducks out of the situation when she realizes. I just. Really love fluff and Peter Parker is. My favorite.

Pairing: Peter Parker x ReaderFandom: MCUWarnings: bad childhood memories (divorce of parents) ; language

A/N: oh boy, I feel like this is more angst than fluff, lol. I tried to make it fluffy towards the end, but idk if I succeeded. hope you like it, darling

                                                           *****

Soulmatemarks have been around for eons.

Thefirst words your soulmate would say to you, would appear somewhere on your skin, pretty much right after birth.

Somepeople never had any words on their skin, meaning they didn’t have asoulmate. Other people might have the words of their soulmate on their skin, but their soulmate didn’t have their first words on theirs. It was a tricky thing, that often led to disappointment and heartbreak.

Buteven if two people were soulmates, it didn’t necessarily mean that theirsoulmate was the right person for them.

Yourparents, were the best example for that.

Theyhad been supposed to love and cherish each other for the rest oftheir lives. Because that’s what soulmates did, right? But thememories of your childhood were overshadowed by arguments and fights.You doubted, that they ever really loved each other and then, aboutone year ago, they couldn’t take it anymore and got divorced.

Youwanted to say, that all of these memories didn’t scar you, but theydid. You didn’t believe in soulmates anymore, because if this is howsoulmates were acting around each other, they were not destined to bewith each other, you were sure of it.

Soyou’ve been covering up the words that marked your forearm, trying toconvince people that you didn’t have a soulmate, just because youdidn’t want to end up like your parents. You’drather be on your own for the rest of your life, than be trapped in aloveless relationship, that you felt like you had to be in, because, after all, the other person was your soulmate.

After the divorce, you had decided to stay with your mother, who had gotten a better job in another state, which meant moving. And moving, meant going to a new school.

Yourmother stopped the car in front of the building and sighed.

“Areyou okay?”

Youlooked up and smiled encouragingly.

“Yeah,mom. Don’t worry about me. I’ll be fine.”

Sheknew that you were hurt and that none of this was be easy for you,but you had always tried to be strong for her. To let her know, that you always had her back and that you’d always be there for her.

“Alright.I’ll pick up at 2. Love you, honey,” she leaned over and kissedyour forehead.

“Loveyou too, mom,” you got out of the car and waved, thenwaited till she was out of sight, before making your way into the newschool.

HighSchools were scary enough, but being the new kid at a High School waslike a Stephen King movie for you. There were dangers waiting around every corner and the biggest one, was accidentally running into the person that could be your soulmate. 

Nevertheless,you picked up your schedule, got a locker and then walked toyour first class.

And,as luck would have it, you were the last to enter said class and bothpupils and teacher were staring at you like you were some kind of alien.

“Uhm..hi. I’m (Y/N). I’m new,” you kept it short and hoped the teacher wouldn’t force you to reveal something about yourself. 

Theteacher only smiled at you and introduced himself to you, then he pretty muchbegged the others to be nice to you and pointed towards an emptytable at the end of the classroom.

Thankfully, most of the others - actually, all of them - ignored you, which was more than fine with you.

Afterwards,you apparently had gym class, but had no idea where to go andbefore you could ask for directions, everyone had disappeared into theirclassrooms, leaving you standing all alone in the hallway.

“Ifucking hate my life,” you murmured to yourself.

“Should use that as your yearbook quote.” Peter appeared next to you, smiling at youlike an idiot, but all you did was stare at him, because..

Oh,fuck.

Thewords.

Thosewere the words on your forearm!

Your mouth fell straight open and you must’ve come across like some droolingteenage girl, but he only cocked his head to the side and musteredyou.

“Areyou okay?”

God,this could not be happening.

Youwere trying so hard to ignore everyone, so you’d never find yoursoulmate, so you didn’t have to deal with it.

AND YOU FOUND HIM ON THE FIRST FUCKING DAY OF YOUR NEW HIGH SCHOOL?!

And not only that, but he was handsome. And the way he looked at you made your stomach do things, you never wanted it to do.

Sowhat did you do?

Exactly.

Turnedaround and ran away from him like an idiot.

Peterwas dazzled and actually looked down, afraid that he might’veforgotten to put off the suit, but that wasn’t it.. He was in hiscasual clothes.

Weird.

                                                            ***

Youhad missed the most of your classes that day and had sat on thestands of the football field all day long, staring at everything andat the same time, nothing.

Yourhand was on top of the markings.

Ontop of the words your ‘Soulmate’ had just said out loud.

Andyou didn’t even know his name.

Maybe you should’ve asked. Now he’d think you were some kind of weirdo, for sure. 

You quickly pinched your arm, trying to get these thoughts out of your head.

You had to stay strong! You didn’t want to have a soulmate!

Right?

“Hey!”a voice called out from a few feet away. You turned your head andstared into those same eyes you had stared into before.

“Areyou a fucking stalker, or what?!” he might be your soulmate, orwhatever, but you didn’t appreciate him following you around like that.

Butinstead of replying, Peter only stared at you, like you had stared athim earlier.

Absentmindedly,his right hand reached for his left biceps and you immediately knewwhat that meant.

Notonly was he your soulmate, but you were his. How fucking convenient.

“You’remy..!”

“Don’t!”you got up and quickly ran over to him, putting your hand over hismouth. “Please.. don’t say it.”

You weren’t ready for him to say it out loud.

Onlywhen he nodded did you remove your hand.

“Is.. that why you ran away?”

“Mhm.. Don’t have the best experiences with this entire soulmate crap..Thought if I kept to myself, I’d never have to deal with it. And thenyou show up and ruin all of it.”

“I’m..sorry?” it was more of a question than a statement and even if youdidn’t want to, you started chuckling, which put a big smile on his face.

“Betterbe,” you sat back down again and he joined you. “But hey, atleast my words don’t involve the word ‘Fucking’.”

Now, he fully started laughing and sat down with you.

“I don’t even know your name.. can I at least know that?”

“(Y/N). My name’s (Y/N),” you pushed a strand of hair behind your ear.

“I’m Peter. Your soulmate!” he just had to say it, didn’t he?!

You punched him on the spot, where his marks were, but laughed.

You had only just met him, but there was this connection between you two that you haven’t had with anyone yet. And as much as you’d like to pretend that you were okay with being alone for the rest of your life, the thought of having Peter in it, in any way, kind of made you smile.

Like.. the future would be a bit brighter with him in it.

God, you sounded like your grandmother.