#please everyone come pray with me that Spinner will not thank Deku

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If Deku shows up next chapter and Spinner thanks him I’m going to be so mad

After mulling it over for a while, I will tentatively say... I don't think Spinner will thank him. I think the two of them will be able to provide some closure for each other, but I think/hope/cope that Spinner won't thank Deku, because after all, Deku failed.

Judging by the saves/resolutions of Shigaraki and Dabi, even maybe the heteromorph arc, the pattern so far is that the Heroes have stopped the Villains and gave them a bit of relief, but the Villains were still ultimately right to a degree. Heroes did not manage to achieve a True Save, a complete happy ending, they are being dealt with some lingering consequences. Deku shattered Shigaraki's hatred - but Shigaraki still didn't renounce destruction, instead entrusting to Deku the rest of it, and as seen in Chapter 424, Deku is uneasy about how things ended. The Todorokis have stopped Dabi's rampage and reunited as a family, finally looking at him and willing to talk - but Dabi was right to have destroyed the Hero Endeavor, and they acknowledge that everything right now is patch-up, because it's too late. Stretching this pattern a bit, the Heteromorphs have been stopped, but it's because their anger has finally been acknowledged, thus giving them some relief, and this is admission on the Heroes' part that they 'never knew', they had failed to shine their light on heteromorphs, and they've got a lot of catch-up to do.

So. Spinner. He just lost the horizon/the changed-through-destruction world he sought, and likely his freedom now that he's been caught, and maybe his health after the extra quirks. He just lost his friends, the League. Shigaraki, who he fought for, who he loved, is gone. I think we can say that Spinner is grieving, and thus has not been saved.

What can help him now is Deku coming to give him closure, to give him Shigaraki's last words so that he can at least receive this final gift from his friend. However, like the other resolutions, this will not be a true save. Shigaraki is still dead, because Deku's actions caused his death. Deku can alleviate Spinner's pain a little, but ultimately, he'll be carrying the burden of having contributed to Spinner's grief. You don't get thanked for that. At best, you get 'coming to an understanding'. I hope. Dear god, I am hoping.

(the other possibility is that Deku already gave Spinner Shigaraki's last words, which we see in a flashback, and the visitor is someone else. Spinner is grieving that all he knows and love is gone, and he's empty of purpose again. The visitor will come to give him a purpose, thus giving him relief, but this is also a patch-up, not a true save, and this is what they all have to live with.)