#jeanist: maybe i should fake my death again

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petty exes au bets jeanist is downright enthusiastic when dabi tells him that his test of loyalty is to fake his death (and subsequently giving up his presence as a hero and his ability to put people at ease with his presence cause he will nonlonger be there to put them at ease) because hes had to deal with months of listening to hawks rant about his ex and hell finally have some peace cause there's no wya villains have to time or focus on silly little things like their ex, right???

he gets to the league base afterwards, dabi dissapears somewhere and jeanist is acquainting hismelf with the rest of the league

then dabi comes downstairs a package in hand and mittering something to himself

and jeanist, who's talking to toga, and she explains: yeah he's like obsessed with bothering his ex, theyve been having this weird prank war that i think is just him refusing to move on cause hes secretly still into his ex and i keep getting pulled into it and im so tired of it

and jeanist has the abrupt realization that there truly is No Escape from this bullshit

[amethystcria]

AFTER 291 - Revisiting Twice: Was Dabi listening the whole time?

Lmao I’m so mad I didn’t post this before the leaks because wow...I was right. 

Had to re-edit some parts here but here are the evidences I believed Hori left to implied that Dabi was in fact using Twice. Whether his death was plan or not is still to be decided but... Twice was bait.

I am of the unpopular opinion that both Dabi and Hawks are responsible for Twice’s death.

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR 291

(FYI: This is rather long bc I haven’t done theories in awhile so I don’t know when to shut up and overdramatic as Dabi sometimes lol.)

It could be just a plot hole Horikoshi didn’t realize he left but it’s been simmering in my mind since all the foreshadowing of Dabi’s upcoming broadcast. And with Dabi admitting how he did think of killing Shoto, his brother, for his goals... This theory doesn’t seem so crazy now. 

Now that we know of the elaborate scheme Dabi has been planning for many years (and good for him!) coming to fruition at last! I have to wonder what role was Twice gonna have in his plan? Was Hawks apart of it too? Had they been playing their part this whole time? (Edit: With the leaks 291 the answer is yes.)

When the mansion got invaded it was so strange to me that while everyone was heading to battleground, Dabi, turned the other way. He was heading toward Twice. Why? How? We all knew that when the raid started Skeptic put the blame on Twice + Hawks and tried to find them. He couldn’t because Hawks had removed the mini cams by then. So how did Dabi know where Twice was located and that he was being targeted?

The only way Dabi would know is if he had been keeping tabs on Twice and Hawks. Becoming familiar enough with their habits and thinking to make the conclusion that Hawks would trap Twice in that specific room. We already know Dabi never trusted Hawks and yet he allowed him to get close to Twice. Why? Especially if he could guess that Twice had become Hawks intended target in his double agent agenda. Unless this is what he wanted...

Which is already pretty bad using an ally like this. If Dabi didn’t want Hawks to get Twice he would have mention it beforehand. He had to have wanted this. But hey let’s give Dabi the benefit of the doubt that maybe he allow this because he thought he had high possibility of avoiding the worst outcome: Twice’s death

But then that would mean Dabi was willing to risk Twice’s life in luring Hawks which is what I think he did. 

But did he really?

(I’ll be using the official viz’s translation for these lines quotes but the japanese raws to show there’s no differentiation between word usage in the images itself.)

Chapter 265 Dabi: Looks like sentiment tripped you up after all, hero! Hawks: I could never allow mere sentiment to trip me up.

We know that when Dabi finally reached Twice’s location that he did not immediately come to his rescue. He waited for an opening and him throwing Hawks’s words back at him then always seem like an indication of his arrival time.

However in the following chapter, 266: Happy Life, Dabi retorts one of Hawks’ line again. It’s easy to miss since it’s only one word this time and not a whole sentence. I didn’t catch it until several rereads later.

Dabi: He was just 'unlucky,' huh? Maybe by your screwed-up standards

Hawks: You've just been unlucky, but you can make a fresh start once you pay for your crimes.

We can see that Dabi is quoting a phrase in his thoughts. He is not saying this. And ordinarily this would be fine except when Hawks said this line to Twice, Dabi was nowhere near to hear this. We see at the end of chapter 264 that Dabi is still running up the stairs...

Unless Hawks was yelling this line which I doubt. Or the time passage between these two panels are different somehow, again: press doubt, Dabi should have not been able to hear this line but he did. How? Either this is an overlook on Horikoshi’s part or Dabi somehow had bugged the room. Pretty wild of a guess especially when Hawks would have taken out any cameras I think...but if Dabi had been overhearing their conversation this whole time then it make sense why he had certain trail of thought passed his mind in this panel.

Panel Above Dabi: Twice. This isn't your fault. As always... scummy heroes are to blame.

Twice was despairing in this chapter blaming himself for once again falling for a trap. I always thought it was very nakama-like that Dabi could SOMEHOW sense Twice’s plead and reply to his soul. “This isn’t your fault” is the closest to an apologize from Dabi, because really isn’t his fault. It’s Dabi’s. And god if he had been listening this whole damn time no wonder he thought this when he did. Of course he could’ve also just heard Twice’s agony scream (sfx seen on the top)...

I could go on longer about how Dabi faked shock on Hawks escaping his hold, how his little show of comradery with Twice in combating Hawks was an act in itself. And his reaction toward Twice’s death, the word choice usages, the tone of it all was quite theatrical. Good show, Dabi!! 

It had to have been if it was being recorded. Gotta play the good ally, right?

I always did wonder why there was such a focus on his hand on these panels in the infamous black speech bubble chapter. It’s not like the other panels where the focus is there because of his burns. He had something in his grasp to hide.

Chapter 291 Spoiler:

It was one of Skeptic’s cameras. 

That makes me wonder something though. Was this when he cut off the film? And if so, why? If he knew Skeptic was gonna see it and the world why end the recording there after torturing Hawks? Y’know aside from obviously saying he doesn’t care about the league, etc.

Are we really so sure that this bubble had his name? Or could there be something else? There’s a good chance this censor wasn't just a tease but indication of when the camera stop for a moment.

I gotta say if Dabi’s pre recording still going on then I fear for his next card drawn. What are the chances he recorded some students on the battlefield as well? Students who shouldn’t be there in the first place whose parents have no clue their child/ren are a participant of war. As far as they know they’re suppose to be on a field trip for their work study program. Oh man are hero society gonna have a field day if that’s reveal~

One thing for sure though. Twice was bait. Whether it went according to Dabi’s original plan can be up for debate(as in his death being the goal...since 291 SPOILER: Dabi’s pre-recording voice only mention Hawks killing Jeanist, not Twice) but Dabi was satisfied with the end result either way. R.I.P. TWICE You were such a swell guy but too easy to use. It happens. You had a good life.

[silvana-fangirls]

Target [Dabi x ua!Reader] Chapter 9

Hey guys! Sorry for taking so long. This chapter feels like a big leap of faith, and I'm kind of nervous about it.. So, hopefully you'll like it. Also, I don't wanna sound demanding or anything, but I know a lot of you read this fic, and it's kinda underwhelming and dissapointing that most of you don't comment or tell me your thoughts about it, mostly because this fic does make me so selfcouncious and it's much harder for me to write it than any other fic I ever did... So, I'll really appreciate if you let me know what you think. Even if it's just a word or constructive critisism.

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When Dabi finally got into her room and closed the door behind him, her confused gaze instantly lifted up from the book Twice gifted her. Once her eyes landed on him, they instantly widened as her whole body visibly tensed up.

Dabi tried to keep concealed the smirk that has been threatening to show ever since Shigaraki decided to spare the girl’s life.

It was obvious that this was not the usual time he showed up the past few days, and her terrified reaction was obviously regarding the fact that Dabi wasn’t carrying any food with him. It was the very first time he entered the room for something other than meals ever since he dropped her here, so he could imagine the scenarios that were probably going through her mind right now.

Did she think he was here to kill her? Torture her?

The corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly at the thought. He almost wanted to laugh out loud.

There was no way this girl was dying.

…At least not until he knows everything.

He started walking towards her, same bored pace as always, making her drop the book on the bed and back up against the wall like a cornered prey once she saw him at the edge of the tiny bed, towering over her.

“W-What is it?” She managed to squeak out.

He didn’t hold back the low chuckle that came out.

“You’re really somethin’, you know?” He said, lowering himself to her level to get a better look at her. He wanted to see every single detail of the reaction she’ll have. “You really had me fooled, I’ll give you that”

Her terrified state calmed down a bit, only for her to look at him in confusion.

“What are you even talking about?” She said, still pressed against the wall to keep her distance.

“I’ll have to say I knew there was something odd, though.” He said while eyeing her. This girl. This girl was the one who stopped two of the worst villains ever. This girl was the one who saved the country. This girl was the one who turned against her own blood. This innocent looking school girl was the one who murdered her parents. “I’ve had some ideas about what it might’ve been, but holy hell... it was nothing compared to the real thing”

She was glaring at him now.

“If you told me what you’re even talking about maybe I could give you some sort of answer” She nearly spat, irritation showing.

“I know what you did, doll face” He said, but she didn’t even react. “I know about your parents” That did the trick.

Her complexion suddenly went white and her eyes almost popped out of her sockets while blinking several times, clearly not giving any credit at what she heard.

She shook slightly, before darting her eyes away from him.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” She said, and turned to pick up her book with a shaky hand, that Dabi obviously caught on.

“You might’ve been good at hiding it, but you’re terrible at lying, princess” He pointed out with a smirk on his face. “Plus, everyone knows now”

She was skeptical, he could see it. Maybe she thought this was a test and he didn’t really know exactly what happened.

“Knows what?” She asked, with a fake innocent smile.

He chuckled again.

“Don’t bother” He said. “It’s been all on national TV”

Her facade visibly cracked, and Dabi could almost feel the panic beginning to rise in her.

“That’s not possible” She whispered shakily.

“Oh, it is” He instantly replied, smirk visibly growing. “Footage of your first visit to the police station and all” Her terrified face returned once again.

“Y-You’re lying!” She was quick to accuse “Best Jeanist would never-“

“Best Jeanist is currently unconscious in a hospital fighting for his life” He quickly interrupted. “I remember him being in charge of the case…” He commented. “…He was also apparently the one who decided to keep the truth under the wraps. Your truth”

“Even so” She said stuttering but with a determined gaze. “No one would dare to go against his orders-“

“It was Eraserhead the one who gave the press conference”

She turned quiet at that, almost suddenly understanding and believing him.

Her gaze was lost on her hands, as Dabi waited for her to react with narrowed eyes.

“O-Okay” She said quietly. “Just get on with it, then” She sighed, but he could tell she was afraid.

Dabi blinked in confusion at this, eyes not once leaving her.

“Get on with what?” He asked.

She seemed to huff in annoyance and her gaze left her hands to give him a death glare.

“You know? I’m fucking tired of your little games and pretended aloofness!” She growled. “Now that you and your friends know what happened, you obviously know I won’t join you! You’re obviously here to kill me. So, get on with it!” She hissed through clenched teeth.

He was surprised at her outburst, but not even as near as her words. It was logical, thought. Still, he couldn’t help but let out a loud chuckle.

“I’m not here to kill you, babe” He assured, and shifted in his crouched position. “Shigaraki was about to, though. I guess you owe me one”

She flinched a bit at the nickname, Dabi knew it was her least favorite of them all, but that didn’t stop her from glaring at him even more.

“Torture me, then?” She asked, and he smirked at her.

“I suppose that’ll be fun, but no unless strictly necessary” He said mockingly.

“Then what?!” She said irritated.

“I won’t let you die until you tell me” He replied, all mockery vanishing.

“Tell you what?” She was starting to get nervous, he could tell. It was for the better, though. She’ll probably quickly blurt out everything he wants to know to get this over with.

“Everything”

She blinked several times, her mouth moving trying to find what to say.

“You already know everything!” She said overwhelmed “You said they showed the police station footage. That’s everything. What is left to know?!”

Dabi maintained his composure at her panicked words. She was upset and scared. Probably thinking he was searching for an answer she couldn’t provide and condemning her life because of it.

“I wanna know everything, doll” He calmly said, hand reaching out to softly move the bangs out of her face. She didn’t flinch at his touch; she stopped to about a week ago. Dabi didn’t know exactly when it started: subtle touches here and there. It probably was that day she made a scene about wanting Twice to be the one to bring her the meals and stuff. He remembers that was the first time he didn’t touch her in a menacing way. Since then, he hadn’t stopped. At first she would flinch away (not much, because she didn’t want to anger him and get burned in return) but after a week she mostly stopped. Almost every meal came with a subtle touch that mostly remained around her face and hair area: he’ll brush her hair aside, or lightly tousle a strand of it; he’ll grab her chin to make her look at him or even booping her nose to mock her.

“I wanna know how it all went down” He said once his hands were off of her. “Tell me, how does a girl like you decide to send her parents to the slaughterhouse?”

A flick of hatred crossed her eyes, and he knew it was directed to him. He didn’t care, though. His entire body was itching for answers. It was almost too hard to remain still, his veins pumping so much adrenaline from the expectancy.

Feelings that mirrored his own almost perfectly... He needed to know what drove her to give her parents such destiny. Same destiny he wanted for his own father.

“Did they hurt you?” He asked, noticing she was taking too long to answer.

“They’ve never laid a hand on me” She said, lips quivering almost imperceptibly as she spoke. “Never touched a single hair of my head” Dabi looked at her almost disbelieving and she let out a dry laugh. “Yeah, I suppose that’s hard to believe considering how… creative they were when killing their victims”

Creative was not the word. Gruesome, maybe. Unbelievably wicked. Not even Toga’s mind would ever dream most of the things they did, and that’s saying something.

“I’ve only realized about what they were doing a year before they finally got caught” She continued “I still wonder how I didn’t manage to catch on sooner. All the red flags where there. I was homeschooled, wasn’t able to talk to anyone, wasn’t able to leave the apartment. If there was ever an emergency I wasn’t to contact the police, I should just lock myself in my room and hide. They never talked about their crimes even though the News channel was always on. They always came with expensive stuff even if we lived in the worst part of the city. They hated heroes” She listed and sighed. “The more I think about it, the most convinced I am that my father’s quirk was activated on me most of the time. Most of my life” She explained. “They made me believe I was quirkless the entire time. I only found out went I finally realized who they were and what they did” She added. “It was when I asked them why they were so brutal and sadistic when they needn’t to that I decided to take them down” Her eyes finally looked straight at him “You say you hate heroes who are in for the fame, for power, for money. Heroes with selfish and unworthy convictions”

He didn’t answer her, he didn’t need to.

“I understand your point of view. I understand there are selfish and shallow heroes” She said looking straight at him. “Just like I understand there are villains that do what they do out of need. To feed their families and survive, and while they’re not to be excused for their actions, they’re nothing compared to the sadistic, sociopathic villains that do what they do for fun” She said with almost venom in her voice, directed to him, of course. “That’s why I did it”

He was biting down a chuckle. He wanted to laugh, so bad… Because the coincidences were just so ridiculous. The only difference was that she wasn’t trained to be a villain, and her parents didn’t physically abused her, it was only psychological abuse, considering her father probably took advantage of her own mind with his quirk her whole life.

But everything else?

“Same point of view from different perspectives” He said with an almost teasing smirk. “Cute oxymoron” She smiles icily in return.

 “With the difference that you want to condemn people that, whether they’re selfish, they’re doing the right thing” She said with the icy smile still present.

“You’re not ready to have that conversation with me just yet, babe” He said and booped her nose, only this time she did move away from his touch almost instantly.

“Are you going to kill me now?” She asked him with clenched teeth.

“Hadn’t we discussed that already?” He said, finally getting up from his crouched position.

“We did” She said. “And you said you wouldn’t let me die until I told you everything, and I already did” She was challenging him again. “So?”

“Do you really want me to kill you?” He said teasingly, but her serious face didn’t falter for a second. In fact, her eyes seemed to be piercing right through his soul now.

“Why would you keep me alive? You know I won’t join you.” She said, eyes not leaving his. “And we agreed before, that if you kill me, it’s still a win for you and a loss for the Pros” Dabi felt the weird need of backing up, even though he didn’t. “Shigaraki told you to, and while I know how much you seem to like to annoy him, this is a bit unnecessary, even for you. So why did you stop him? To satisfy your curiosity?” She asked and he was about to reply but she was quicker. “Well, you already did. So why am I still alive when you know I’m not of use anymore?” She continued pressing on the matter. “Why do you want me alive, Dabi?”

It was the first time she used his name. And it shouldn’t have affected him as much as it did.

He kept his well-rehearsed cool, though. If he gave a reaction, it was probably so imperceptible that she didn’t manage to notice.

He still cursed at himself in his mind. Not only for letting something as trivial as his name coming from her mouth affect him, but because her question had him frozen in place even if he pretended to be fine.

Why did he want her alive? A now useless (if kept alive), ordinary wannabe hero?

‘Not so ordinary, though’ His mind quietly pointed out.

He tried to consider her death in his mind. He knew that, if being rational, he should just go for it. It’ll save the League quite some trouble. They wouldn’t worry about keeping her alive any longer and it also would bring them such satisfaction once the Heroes realize she’s dead. It’ll be a big win. A safe win. Secured win, since they wouldn’t have to worry about potential rescue missions from the heroes any longer.

He should go for it. Shigaraki wouldn’t mind. He wants her dead after all. He’ll probably bicker about it for a while, because Dabi knew that Shigaraki probably wants to be the one to do it, but he’ll get over it and the job will be done anyways. Also, if he killed her right now, Shigaraki wouldn’t have any of the ridiculous suspicions he probably has now. He wouldn’t have anything to hold against him. He wouldn’t bother even more than he does now.

... But he can’t.

And damned be him, he didn’t know why.

Why does he want her alive? A question he didn’t have the answer for, either. He was just as curious as she was.

He knew he was intrigued about her in before, he wanted to know about her, about her past. That should’ve been it. He got his answers. He got what he wanted… and he still couldn’t kill her.

It was just unthinkable.

He didn’t understand what his deal was, but he needed to figure it out and quick.

He needed to get out of this situation first, though.

Her eyes where still on him, unwavering, waiting for an answer… a reasonable one.

He’ll be damned if he let her figure out how affected he actually was.

One of his many gifts was being quick at comebacks and excuses and while he never been in a ‘deer in the headlights’ situation for years like he was now, he managed to pull it off again.

“I just think is fun to have you around” He said with a devilish smirk.

She blinked at his reply, her mood deflating and she almost looked defeated. She obviously didn’t buy his excuse, though.

It didn’t matter. He saw an opening and went for it. With his same bored pace as always, and his ‘pretended aloofness’ as she called it, he excited the room without another word.

He needs to figure his shit out.

X

“How incompetent can heroes be?” He said while quickly analyzed several shits of paper scattered on his desk. Several pieces of evidence, information and profiles where amongst them. “And they dare to call themselves Professionals” He almost growled out.

Pissed off was not enough to describe how he felt.

Endeavor knew… he just fucking knew.

He should’ve been at the front line that damned day of the failed rescue mission. He should’ve been dealing with those heroes first-hand, and not backing up All-Might’s ass.

If he were to be there that day, looking at the villains in the eye, he wouldn’t have let them escape, let alone with one of the students still with them.

Every single one of those villains would’ve been in jail by now, and both students safe at their homes.

He wouldn’t have failed like All Might did.

Just remembering about it angered him enough to want to burn the whole building down.

He knew it’ll only be a matter of time before they came begging for his help. He figured that it was only pride that kept them from coming to him for so long.

They didn’t have a choice: The Pro Heroes in the case were as helpful as nothing, the police were even worse… And now that Aizawa dropped the bomb about that girl’s they didn’t know if time was on their side or not. The move Aizawa made was risky, but he knew somehow it was necessary.

‘Villains will start to get desperate. They won’t be as careful now that they know the truth’ Aizawa said when he called him, and nearly begged him to take the lead on the case.

He was right.

He picked up one of the pictures one of his team members took just hours after he decided to take the reins of the case.

A blond haired guy could be seen in it, and it was obvious that he was in a panicked rush by the look on his face and his tensed up state. For most, it wouldn’t look like much… if it wasn’t for the big scar right in the middle of his forehead.

It only took a few hours for him to get the first, big lead on the case. He couldn’t help but smirk.

He’ll prove that he’s a much more competent Number One Hero than All Might ever was.

Unlike him, he’ll get the job done.

A.N.:

We have Dabi struggling already... and Enji's taking care of the case now. How long do you think it'll take him to rescue reader? Idk why it felt a little awkward to use 'Enji' so I settled with Endeavor instead. We'll get reader's perspective next

Silvana :)

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