#mha episode spoilers

[acedcoffee]

guys, they. the light in his eyes are gone, literally.

[ttoya]

DABI x HAWKS x TOMURA ✩ S7E1

[bread-is-my-life]

All might on his way to fight AFO:

Original image:

[fandommothlady]

Something that really got me this episode is how Ochako responded when Himiko finally opened up to her.

Himiko says she falls in love easily, because everyone has beautiful blood running inside of them, and Ochako hums, because she's listening. Himiko says she was told not to smile, that she was jealous, and Ochako hums, shakier this time, because she's listening. Himiko tells her about the boy she liked, about her fear of being seen as something inhuman, about how she joined the League of Villains so she could live unapologetically as herself, and Ochako reaches out to her. Brushes the darkness away. Tells her she has a wonderful smile.

And then we get the quintessential Togachako scene and it hits so hard. And a lot of that is because of the buildup - because of Ochako's desperate need to reach out, to touch, to listen (and, god, the way her voice breaks when she begs Himiko to talk to her), because of the catharsis when Himiko finally opens up, how soft her voice gets, how softly Ochako responds to her. I don't even know where I'm going with this. I'm just in awe. This episode ripped me apart.

And the stark contrast between Ochako and the monsters in Himiko's past. The lack of judgement. The way she embraces her, comforts her, understands her, despite everything. She really does touch the sadness inside of her, feels for her like no one else has. Honestly calls her beautiful, calls her cute, because, to Ochako, Himiko really is the cutest girl in the whole world.

I don't know how to end this post. I'm just. Feelings.

[bianxiee-arts]

Battle Without A Quirk

[ghostlyenola]

What do you mean Bones added a bkdk montage even though we only got like two flashbacks in the manga

What do you mean they made sure to drill it into our heads that Izuku is coming back FOR Katsuki

WHAT'S GOING ON? BONES?

[frostfires-blog]

Me rn:

The thoughts:

[slayfics]

He sit.

[bloomychan]

IZUKU'S RAGE IS SO HEART BREAKING!!!

In those few seconds of silence, I felt my own heartbeat! The eerie is so chilling!!

ALSO IDK BUT something lacks when mirio was explaining. In manga, I visualized it with him screaming his lungs out for Izuku to hear him and calm down.

OVER ALL PEAK EPISODE!!!! IZUKU YOU REALLY ARE GOAT. GEAR SHIFT IS SO FCKING COOL!!!

[touyafootfetish]

what if i just KILL MYSELF.

[swordsandarrows]

Y'all, when Mitsuki said "That kid hates the rain," I fucking bawled. I mean, I cried the whole last 5 mins of this episode but just something about the fact that Katsuki's parents have no idea that their son just died hurt my heart. Watching it was 100x worse than reading it 🥲

[epickiya722]

Best part of the episode? IZUKU MIDORIYA!!

[fluffykitteninabox]

Alright..

If I see anyone blaming Dabi for using the footage of Hawks killing Twice for his broadcast this Saturday I will flip.

If I see anyone even suggest that he let Twice die on purpose, or "orchestrated" the whole thing somehow I will fucking FLIP.

Look me in the eye and tell me that if a cop murderered your friend in cold blood and you had video evidence of it happening you wouldn't fucking share it on any platform you had available!!! Especially if you were already planning an exposé about the exact topic of abuse of power.

GIANT EDIT: I LIKE HAWKS GUYS. I DON'T WANT HIM DEAD. I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED IN HIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A POST I MADE WHEN I WAS ANNOYED. YES THE ANALOGY IS BAD (READ THE COMMENTS). I JUST WROTE THIS FROM HOW IT WOULD LOOK FROM DABI'S PERSPECTIVE. THIS POST SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IT'S NOT ANALYSIS. THE MEME IS JUST A MEME. I'M ALLOWED TO MAKE FUN OF THE CHARACTERS I LIKE. IF YOU WANT MY ACTUAL SERIOUS THOUGHTS ON HAWKS COME TALK TO ME. JUST DON'T BE RUDE. NOW STOP REBLOGING THIS STUPID POST. LET IT DIE!!

[kingkatsuki]

[bluerosety-blog]

So....how many of you cried. 🙋‍♂️ Like I know it was coming, but seeing it animated was a totally different experience! The voice acting, animation, the flashbacks, the rain gosh everything was perfect! 😭 And that soft "Izuku". 🥺💔

I have great expectations when Izuku shows up now! 🥺 Listen, we gotta suffer together so we can enjoy the ending even more. 😌

Here's a soft Kacchan. 🤗

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

Do you know if Riddle, or Tray, ever stands up to his mother? I think i saw it in a Pinterest post once of teen Riddle being slapped by his mom and Tray taking him away.

His background is sadder than Shoto Todoroki from BNHA

We don’t really get to hear about how things are going back home with Mrs. Rosehearts outside of one brief instance. In 4-3, Riddle is leaving for winter break and mentions he intends on speaking with his mother, though he isn’t optimistic about her listening.

Trey states in the same part of the story that he isn’t allowed at Riddle’s house (because Mrs. Rosehearts has banned him). However, Riddle is still invited to visit him and Chenya at the Clover family bakery (though it’s very unlikely Riddle would be able to, since he hasn’t canonically seen Chenya again since the unbirthday party of book 1).

We never get a follow-up on how the conversation between Riddle and his mother went. It’s never touched upon again, and his mom isn’t really brought up beyond this case. (I did happen to write a short piece about Trey, Riddle, and Mrs. Rosehearts interacting though, if you were interested in seeing my own interpretation of this idea.)

Riddle spends most of his time at NRC since it’s a boarding school, meaning there are few opportunities for him to directly interact with his mother. Even if Mrs. Rosehearts were readily accessible to him, I highly doubt we would get to witness Riddle or Trey doing much to talk back to her. As we see in book 4, Riddle is still quite meek and uncertain when it comes to speaking with his mom. Trey, meanwhile, is generally very non-confrontational and may still be dealing with his own complicated feelings about interfering with what are family matters. (Recall that the last time he encouraged Riddle to be adventurous, it resulted in his friend being severely punished and Trey may harbor guilt over this occurrence.) I feel that neither of them would realistically develop the courage to talk back to Mrs. Rosehearts when only like half a year has passed since Riddle’s OB incident as opposed to like seventeen years of Riddle living under her rules.

***CONTENT WARNING: I will be discussing abuse at length under the cut, so please be advised to avoid reading further if the topic makes you uncomfortable.***

Regarding the comic you saw on Pinterest, it is fan art. That is in no way canonical; Mrs. Rosehearts may be very stern and have a temper, but she has never slapped or otherwise put a hand on Riddle. The closest thing we get to a slap is this panel from the manga adaptation, which isn’t even a slap. You can tell from the movement lines and the FWP sfx that Mrs. Rosehearts is just quickly pulling her arm away since Riddle is trying to latch onto it in an attempt to get her to listen to his protests. There is also no mark on Riddle or harsh slap sfx to indicate contact was made.

Now then 💦 There's something very serious and relevant to this ask I'd actually like to discuss, so I hope you'll stick around to hear me out on this.

I know none of us really like Mrs. Rosehearts (which is fair, she has done a lot of terrible things to her son). However, I think it's dangerous for us to speak about her as though she's a total monster and nothing more than a monster. I'm NOT going to stand here and advocate that she has done nothing wrong (she definitely has committed many wrongs). What I'm saying is that I don't agree with her being treated like "just" an abuser.

Let's say we do demonize Mrs. Rosehearts. We see only her negative traits and allow those to define her entire character. This creates a scenario in which she is alienated and dehumanized, left as a caricature of a woman that is solely known for hurting her child. But the thing is, this ISN’T how abuse really works. Few abusers are completely wicked people through and through. Part of the reason why it is so difficult for victims to leave their abusers is because abusers almost never start off abusive. They usually act totally normal, and the abuse often doesn’t come until later or specific situations arise. It creeps up on you in an almost insidious manner, and you don’t expect it coming. I’d also like to mention that abusers often don’t act with the intentional thought of, “Yeah, what I’m doing/saying is abusive”. Abusers typically justify their actions or convince themselves they are acting out of goodness. They don’t do bad things “because they’re bad people”, they do bad things because they think they’re GOOD people. Some abusers may even be victims themselves.

By painting abusers (even fictional ones) as cartoonishly evil, irredeemable, or always cruel, it makes it harder for us to believe the very real danger that we, whom we see as “good” people, could become “bad” ourselves. It makes it harder to believe victims when they report abuse because “oh, the abuse isn’t THAT bad”. It erases the idea that abusers are also human, and that humans have the capacity to be awful sometimes or to perpetuate hurt. It makes it so much harder to identify abuse because we’d only be looking for the most extreme examples of it rather than noticing the small, subtle signs. By “othering” abusers, it’s inadvertently denying so many nuances of abuse... which ultimately is counterproductive.

I would like to point out that even in the example provided of another abusive parent, Endeavor is portrayed with some nuance. He physically and verbally abused his wife, neglected the children he deemed worthless, and pushed the child he deemed to be his successor to the brink. However, Endeavor is also shown to remember a detail as small as his (arranged) wife’s favorite flower when she only told him about it once. He is notably much more lenient when training his first son, who didn’t have the ideal Quirk he sought. Endeavor at one point even confesses to pursuing being a hero in order to avoid the demands of fatherhood, which demonstrates a realistic insecurity and vulnerability… his humanity.

The same could be true for Mrs. Rosehearts. We only assume he is “just an abuser” because we see her in such a limited scope. There are valid reasons to believe why she is a “good” person outside of how we see her acting in Riddle’s recollections, and this may help to explain why Riddle feels so hesitant to “stand up” to her. I would really recommend reading this post, which goes a lot more in-depth about the complications surrounding Riddle’s relationship with his mother. Again, I am in NO WAY defending Mrs. Rosehearts; I am only pointing out that abusers—no matter how horrible their actions—have identities beyond the label of “abuser” that should be acknowledged.