#like??? i want to put you into the spotlight??? katsuki dedicating 8 years to make sure izuku still gets to be a hero???

[dailybakudekusong]

Today's Daily BakuDeku Song Is: Follow You - Imagine Dragons

Call you up, you've been cryin', cryin' all night You're only disappointed in yourself, alright Taking those, taking those losses if it treats you right I wanna take you into the sunlight If the world would only know what you've been holding back Heart attacks every night Oh, you know it's not right

[chocmuffinsscones]

BKDK endgame theory

Another highly self-indulgent theory on how bkdk's gonna be endgame canonically

Disclaimer: Since I don't wanna jinx it or feel embarrassed for being so brazen about this mere silly thought of mine, I'll just keep this private until if things similar to what I've predicted became true. Otherwise, this will only be for my eyes alone. - edited 6 Nov 2023

Fuck all of that guess I'm just gonna put it out there and let y'all have fun as I embarrass myself. Just think it's all for lolz if none of these happen, at least I have fun writing to indulge my fantasy - edited 8 Nov 2023

So, what I think is that since hori's gonna keep giving us surprises and +u up his own game, my guess is that to clearly and subtly lock the pair without making it feel forced is to make bkdk make a promise to each other that hinted a lifelong warrant. Refer this to what toga said in her arc

It's not exactly a love confession, but what'll you feel if someone promise to dedicate their whole life in making you feel happiness, loved? I think that's love disguise in a glass case

So, how's this gonna parallel to our favourite dorks who're both so emotionally constipated and verbally poor at confessing?

Me thinks that, apparently when the boys were pushed to the extremes -- to the moment when there's literally no time affordable to think of anything else besides the most important thing they hold in their life, that the moment their body has to move on their own by instincts -- we'll finally get to see, bright as day, where their true feelings lay.

As far as we've seen, it has been clearly revealed (except for those who're illiterate or in a dilemma of spiralling denial) that on katsuki's side, Izuku's the one constantly haunting his head for the rest of his 10+ years. He'd jump into battle with him, rush in front of him to avert the blow, fight in pain to stay relevant in izuku's battle -- to the point of fighting to his death to protect his seniors and to yet remain as izuku's image of victory... all these, to atone his mistakes in mistreating Izuku.

Throughout his character growth, Katsuki had been to the extremes. What are the most extreme situations if not death itself?

After that, however, we see katsuki came back with his heart fully open (pun definitely not intended!), feelings more outwardly shown, saying thanks sincerely without hiding behind his explosive demeanor, smiling straightforwardly at his favourite idol AM 🥺

Katsuki had met his breaking point, met death itself, and came back a new man. A man who wanted to change before everything was too late. As soon as he woke up, he didn't waste time hesitating to allow further regrets, showing gratitude and humility whole-heartedly in any instant he should've done like any decent human being would.

Except, there's still one thing he hadn't yet achieve to reach a complete circle for his narrative.

Pre-war, Katsuki's biggest dread, the constant looming threat choking around his neck, was being unable to be honest and sincere to Izuku.

"But wait! He'd already stated his apology, he has no regrets left!"

Well, if you have that complain, you're not understanding katsuki well enough. Katsuki is a man of action more than his words. It's quite a common habit for Asians too to put more thoughts into action rather than just spewing beautiful words. And Katsuki, through and through, was an all-in-or-nothing kind of guy. He would never stop at just apologising. If his prior intention for reconciliation was to make himself feel better, then the integrity behind his actions and words was nullified, since that would undoubtedly negate the whole building up of his character's motivation. Moreover, it would become a huge flaw in horikoshi's writing as that would depict him in a "fake hero" spotlight as well as contradict the character's self incentive to be the bestest hero there is. I wouldn't bet hori would decide to ruin his writing like this. In fact, this is such a huge plot point for katsuki's character development that such a small blunder at this point would greatly affect the whole endgame story dynamic to his readers. Not that he'd care if he really did chose that path... I mean 🤷🏻‍♀️😬

Anyway, personality-wise, I'd say Katsuki would be the first person to hate that particular kind of people if he sees one. He'd definitely be disgusted of himself if he were one. That's why I wouldn't bet hori will make that blunder, because hori had been writing him as an incessantly growing character, relentlessly pushing his limits to be the best and always showed his results through visible actions.

So then, back to the point, what were left to do if he had already apologised? What more does he need to do then to further compensate?

:) As I've mentioned earlier, nothing beats the offer of a lifelong compensation, of devoting one's own time and energy willingly to the other as long as they need, or provide care and attention whenever they deserve.

"Wait. What does that even sound like tho? Doesn't that seem like a huge burden to bear??"

For Katsuki however, it's as per usual: all in or nothing!

A promise that hinted lifelong devotion though... That truly sounds like a heavy dedication to carry for the rest of one's life. Doesn't that kind of vow ring any bells? That's the only conclusion I could come to unfortunately. Because Katsuki is a perfectionist, he'll never aim at only atoning his mistakes for a "measly" 10-20 years.

But then, at what kind of situation he would promise a life-binding oath like that out of the ordinary?? Knowing our boys, there's no way they would open their ironclad mouths to say something as romantic as that out of the blue, right??

So here comes my prediction❗❗

📢 warning: take everything below with a grain of salt because at this point it's just me wildin' haha

Evidently, it's been awhile we're constantly warned about Izuku's lack-of-oxygen crisis. He was still fighting sAFO alone while Katsuki came back to focus on AFO himself.

There's a few ways things could go south from there. Afo could very well be dealt by Katsuki now with extra buffs(his new cluster moves), but Izuku was still in an unknown critical state. So while Katsuki busied himself distracting afo, Izuku could somehow got sucked into sAFO's vestige space in a moment's hesitation (or something happened that sucked him into vestige space). We might finally get our vestige space fight between Izuku and tenko & OFA vs AFO, or we could get a heartwarming talk no jutsu (as well as some sprinkle of action fights) between Izuku and Tenko. And all of these played out without the involvement of Katsuki -- as he's stuck in the physical world and is still dealing a rampaging afo. The dudebros would be happy about this. Finally they had a chance to laugh at us at being clowns for wanting katsuki's involvement in the vestige fight. But remember, hori is a troll through and through. He could troll us, he could troll the dudebros too. It's our temporary loss for not getting Katsuki fight beside izuku in afo vestige space, but we'll have something better later!

Because while all of those happen in the vestige space, apparently Tomura and Izuku's body will be out of it, falling to the ground and seemingly lifeless, out of consciousness to the eye of the people in the physical world.

I can imagine Katsuki having no time to spare while dealing with Afo as this happen. He's got to finish AFO first to get back to Izuku. And I promise you it'll not take too long for him to do that, 'cause it'll be a combo attack from IN and OUT as Izuku counter both Afo and tenko in the vestige space -- but it'll feel a bit longer in Izuku's pov as timeflow seems to be slightly different in there.

Anyhow, as Katsuki was done with afo, what do you think he'll react then when he reached a passed out Izuku? When he arrived to the scene of Izuku and Tenko on the ground, Izuku probably temporarily *not breathing* and motionless. *not breathing due to the setback of gearshift

Katsuki will be shocked and traumatized. After spilling his heart out to win AFO with/for izuku, how could he stand to win the battle if Izuku wasn't there to claim victory alongside him? He would hold Izuku's hand and kept calling out to him (maybe angrily or threatening but the words are sweet and all of it are very contrasting?👀), calling for his soul to come back. Surely he would start crying and confess all his regrets even more too. *reminder: these are only possible because all his walls were finally broken down after his revival, he's a changed man in and out.*

Then, even better! When the medic units and probably some other heroes arrived to the scene, Katsuki suddenly realised he could give Izuku cpr! He'll do it himself and think it'll work since he learnt it from emergency treating lessons, and he didn't want Izuku to leave his side but also didn't want to do nothing to help Izuku recover.

See? Plus Ultra. Katsuki giving Izuku cpr y'all. Bkdk won. All these too in front of some witnesses and recording cameras. :)

And, yeah, cuz hori is a troll, katsuki's kiss of life actually wasn't the *sole* reason Izuku came to (all for the ambiguity too, ya know ;) and besides, hori likes trolling Katsuki too, not allowing him to get what he wants)-- it was all Izuku's well-deserved victory on defeating afo and saving tenko from the vestige space that allowed him to return to his own body after the vestige world close up. In fact, Izuku didn't actually need it, he was merely away from his body to fight in the vestige space for a bit; if he won, he would eventually come back and wake up by himself, the problem of hypoxia naturally dissolved along with it.

In another words, the "kiss" was just a bonus. It's a heartfelt gift from hori-sensei to his bkdk/grateful manga readers. Because in the end of the day, it's the promise between Izuku and Katsuki that wrapped the deal of bkdk being endgame canonically. For Hori, it's a win-win situation; he could have fun building suspense over his readers, as well as finally letting his favourite boys earn their long overdue peace to be together. Also, completing both protagonist and deuteragonist narrative foil as save to win, win to save. AND not making the whole scene romantically charged, as the reason behind their actions aren't out of sexual desire nor sexual attraction, since tHis Is sTilL JusT a shOuNen mAnGa afterall. Just "bros" devoting their life to each other and occasionally hold hands to get comfortable of each other's touch because they're practicing their next combo move. 😀

[aizawa-single-cat-dad]

What's your opinion on each of your students?

I really shouldn’t be doing this...

No. 1 - Aoyama Yuuga...... well, he is a very insecure teenager, mainly because of his Quirk, sadly that’s common with people who possess highly self-harmful and uncontrollable Quirks, I think of him as an actually strong student for being able to keep up despite having these issues. He’s... unpredictable and looks out for his classmates, he’d rather evade harm and fight but is able to step in if he doesn’t put himself in danger which probably saved his life...  He’s... a good student, but he has some work to do about his attitude if he wants to manage through three years of my teaching.

Ugh, I’m regretting this.....

No. 2 - Ashido Mina....... she’s easily excited and sociable, I’m not saying those traits are bad, but they’re part of why she’s getting distracted all the time from what she came for when deciding to attend U.A., I just think she should focus more on studying. I’m not saying she should sit down and read all day if that’s not how she learns easiest and fastest. She’s definitely an airhead. Despite that, though, she’s truly dedicated to become a hero. She’s handful.

No. 3 - Tsuyu Asui..... is very straightforward, observant and responsible. One of the most honest people I’ve ever seen. She is easily one of the few pillars of emotional support that can be found among all of this years’ candidates. It’s hard to find person that can really keep their head in situations of distress and help others do the same.

No. 4 - Tenya Iida -  he's actually a very straightforward, earnest, intelligent and noble person... but he can be a pain in the ass with his lack of flexibility. He takes everything serious and is quick to jump to conclusions... at least he gives people opportunity to speak when he does. He’s extremly dedicated to become what he perceives a perfect hero model ( @ingeniums-quirk​ I am looking at you Tensei). He appears to be down-to-earth a little bit too much at times, but has no problem with letting emotions take over at times.

No. 5 - Ochako Uraraka - airhead most of the time, the most laidback, thinks about everything positively, though she is objective enough to see flaws and virtues. This student possesses more will than she appears to have among all of her goofing around - that fierce side seems to be creeping out her classmates, personally... yeah, 15 years between Mic and Midnight and they seems airheads but when they get riled up... Lord save anyone who dares cross their paths.

Either way, No. 6 - Mashirao Ojiro - very cooperative, knows his limits, strengths and weaknesses pretty well, won’t accept the results he doesn’t feel he earned - he’s honest and strict with himself, but also very noble and has a lot of dignity. Hard-worker that doesn’t seem to enjoy the spotlight. What I’d give as a definition of a good normal student of hero course.

No. 7 - ......Kaminari Denki........... - he is an idiot. Sometimes I would wonder how is he alive? Or how did he pass the middle school? Other than that, he appears sociable and energetic. He respects and recognizes when his opponent is strong or stronger than him. He seems to not fear death, or Bakugo. I’ve seen him set up half of the pranks that Bakugo falls for, I scold him and convince Bakugo that it wasn’t Kaminari so there won’t be a fight. He’s handful. Makes sure the class sticks together.

No. 8 - Eijiro Kirishima - not too smart either.  Boisterous and outgoing guy with a fondness for the concept of manliness, very honest and kind-hearted, possesses the ability to befriend most of people, which is admirable. Respectful but keen on breaking the rules in name of frienship, goals and just his own low self-esteem as he’s shown when saving the kidnapped Bakugo along with few of his classmates. I need to help him work on his self-esteem. Handful.

No. 9 - Koji Kouda - quiet. Too quiet. Seems more like a pacifist than a fighter. I’ll make sure to steer him in direction of rescuing people and helping people that have been rescued and they’re in shock. I doubt he’s ever hit anyone. He’s brave, I’ve dealt with people who have entomophobia, and Koji seeing his classmate is in pain, has managed to overcome the stress. Good kid.

No. 10 - Rikido Satou - another dumb one who I have no idea how he walked through life so far without getting killed. It seems that to some people, the reality is much harsher than the others. Not that it’s a bad thing. He needs a lot of work at tactical part of the job since he wants to be a fighter.

No. 11 - Mezo Shoji - he’s a surprisingly gentle soul. Really. Very friendly and  will work nicely with anyone. Empathetic, not stupid, quite selfless and willing to risk his life for a friend. Protective. Good kid, he’s developing pretty well personality-wise and needs tactical guidance.

No. 12 - Kyoka Jiro -  pragmatic, unenthusiastic and teasing. Precious little shit. Victim of her jokes fall clueless people and those who aren’t careful enough. She’s clever, and it came as a bit of a surprise for me - she’s cooperative. It took me time to notice she actually enjoys spending time with her classmates and is pretty nice to them, she came off as pretty cold, well I am not the best reader of people. She’s also one of those students who do not hesitate to put their classmates into... “calmer” state. Good kid.

No. 13 - Hanta Sero - another idiot.  He can be loud and showy at times, good but handful kind of kid. One of the few that call out their classmates if they act crazy. Cooperative and social, but he knows which button to push to set someone off. And he’s sometimes like a monkey and smashes them which can make his classmates frustrated with him. At least that’s what I observed is how he acts with Bakugo.

No. 14 - Fumikage Tokoyami -  reserved, quiet, serious, and focused, albeit noble and valiant as well. Fairly logical. He will directly ignore questions or requests that seem in some way pointless. He seems very distant with others, but he will cooperate and let himself be “used”. Very dramatic.

No. 15 - Shoto Todoroki - most people don’t see it, but he’s rude and sarcastic. Understandably disassociated with his emotions. He requires some help I can’t give. Frankly, what he needs the most is the least stressful enviroment and regular rowdy friends, but the safe surroundings aren’t accessible in this reality. Good kid. Very focused on studies, perhaps a bit too much.

No. 16 - Hagakure Tooru - Airhead. Sociable. Not so smart. Easygoing with an upbeat attitude. Handful at times, more so, that I can’t really see-... seem to notice when her behavior gets out of control... I need to talk with her about what kind of hero would she like to be actually... I seem to need to write that down, I keep forgetting that.

No. 17 - Katsuki Bakugo - you all know that already from the press conference. Handful brat. Most of his actions originate from what he considers “ideal strength”. He’s trying harder than anyone to pursue becoming the top hero. He has strong morals, even if he possesses no conversational skills. Uncooperative. Bastard. He’s not exactly what I call a good kid, but he’s not evil... he acts loud and like an idiot... unironically and doesn’t consider his own actions stupid, unless someone else acts the exact same way. Seems to be attracting friends better than anyone else in the class.

No. 18 - Izuku Midoriya - I should’ve known this was coming... ugh, Midoriya is a handful problem child. Timid, helpful, polite, but with a concerning  ability to make the world his enemy. Well, not the world, but most of the people he meets have a weird tendency to desire, sooner or later, to fight him. Understandably reserved and insecure. Frequently overreacts. He’s one of a kind really... Not in good sense. He’s in touch with his emotions a little too much.

No. 19 - Minoru Mineta - if Midnight was a midget. I’m not usually the person to tell others to behave... but I do that around Mineta. Pretty good Quirk, smart kid, unconfident in his skills...well, more like cowardly at times... he wants to be a type of hero I don’t really approve of, but I guess he’s doing well enough to pass. He’s both, unconfident and a little cowardly. Hard to blame the kid.

No.20 - Momo Yaoyorozu - polite. Generally level-headed, very prudent, dedicated person who acts as a natural leader, not above falling into panic over little things, can be blunt with her comments about people's mistakes and miscalculations. Good kid, easily thrown off balance though. Despite amazing abilites and impressive skillset, she is insecure, but she, like all 1-A students, will grow into a strong pro.

I really shouldn’t have done this.