#plus since she’s invisible hori could be like

[violetlunette]

Your review for chapter 4

The exam is fine in isolation. You can tell by looking at it that the purpose of this exam was so that Izuku could punch a giant robot, break three of his limbs, and save and be saved by Uraraka. Bakugo also got a high score in a test that catered perfectly to his quirk. It succeeded in its goals and was a very memorable moment. The first time Izuku ever went SMASH. MHA really hit at the perfect time when superheroes were big and it provided constant action. Maybe a bit too much in retrospect, since we never got much Academia in the My Hero.

The problem comes with Shinso in the sports festival.

An invisible girl managed to pass it. That same invisible girl got a higher score on Aizawa's physical test than Izuku, despite her quirk doing nothing for her. What's Shinso's excuse? The logic here is that Toru was either punching robots or rescuing people, and Shinso failed to do both. I think we're supposed to care about and feel sorry for this kid though? The only message you can take away from this is that he's lazy and wanted to coast through with his quirk. But we're meant to want him to get into the hero course and feel hype when he's training with them. He wasn't mad because the test was unfair, he was mad because his quirk didn't work on robots. There's persistent fanon that the robots had secret off switches, which despite all the years of the MHA fandom being a thing, nobody's been able to dig up where that was stated. I don't believe statements without evidence, and nobody's ever been able to provide proof of this. But even if we assume this is real...

It makes Shinso even more of an idiot. Apparently UA provided a back door to help kids who couldn't punch robots get in, and he was too daft to see it. So the story wants us to see that the exam was unfair, but someone who gets literally zero advantages from their power in the test passed it. He spends a lot of time griping about other people having perfect quirks and living a charmed life. Toru destroys his argument entirely. I bet she wishes she had Brainwash. There's also Koji. It wasn't until the Joint Training Arc that we learned that Koji has enhanced strength from being a rock person. I don't recall a moment before that which we could know this. Tokoyami for example has a bird head. But he doesn't display any crow traits, such as mimicking sounds or having superb eyesight. His are just cosmetic. Koji's personality isn't the type to have animals get hurt fighting robots, and it's unlikely that there were conveniently placed bears for him to use nearby. So he must have punched robots too, I guess. We know NOW he's enhanced, but at the time of the sports festival he'd be another person whose quirk wouldn't have helped him much, because he doesn't see animals as disposable tools. None of this matters or would be thought about by anyone if not for Shinso bringing attention to it. By the way, since I'm talking to you right now, when are you doing another poll? I like those.

Oh shoot, I forgot to mention the punch! Yeah, Hori really does do well on the action scene when he pulls them up. (Though there’s a little much lately, but I guess that’s the audience.) I’m with you though. If it ain’t in the manga or official work, it doesn’t count, especially if it’s an important plot point, like in this case. Some may argue that Shinso didn’t get in because he has a “villainous” quirk but we’ve never seen anyone bothered by that, especially the heroes. What they do say is that he failed the hero course because his quirk isn’t a combat quirk. But that always raised the question; how the hell did Toru get in then? She’s not strong physically and, at this point, has no way of disarming anyone. We’ve seen she’s not an academic genius, so it wasn't her brains that got her in. Fans can speculate all they like about buttons or whatever but without proof, it’s just a plot hole. (Plus, buttons were never mentioned so how would Toru know about them? It’s more likely she got in the way Elle Woods did without the GPA backing.) But I’ll talk more about it when I get to the sports festival and not sporting a fever. I think I’ve touched on this in previous posts if you want to look it up. Just search the Shinso critical tag, and you’ll find it. As for the polls, I’ve been playing with posting one, so I’ll just do it. Just keep following!

[groglegungle]

Ok hi tumblr I never post but I wanna drop my 2 cents in on ch 335…so spoilers ahead.

BASICALLY, we all know that Hagakure being the traitor was underwhelming (maybe a bit surprising at best) but she makes the most sense to be the traitor.

((EDIT: LMAO THIS AGED BAD. BUT ILL STILL LEAVE THIS HERE BC ITS STILL AN INTERESTING THINK PIECE))

Out of everyone in 1A, she’s had the least screen time, the least amount of interactions with everyone, and she’s always the one not a part of the action. She is literally detached from us as an audience and the class. She’s been kept at a distance from us on purpose. We were never meant to pay her any mind and that’s what makes her such a good candidate to be a traitor.

With Denki (the most popular choice for being the traitor) he’s never really given us any reason to not trust him. He’s actively engaging with his classmates, he has a close relationship with the main cast, and he was key in helping fight in the war arc. Plus we get to see him get really close with people like Jiro, Kirishima, and Bakugou. We as an audience formed a connection with Denki and we know that he cares a lot about his friends. (This all can be said for Kirishima as well)

Hagakure on the other hand has never given us a reason to trust or not trust her. She’s always been in the background.

But that’s not all, what’s been pointed out by many people are two key events in the early arcs: the USJ incident and the mall incident.

In the case of the USJ, Todoroki comments he never heard or saw Hagakure where he was fighting. Which ok fair enough, he didn’t see her. But we’ve also seen her talk so people know she’s around (I.e the early training arc). So why wouldn’t she want to make herself known so Todoroki doesn’t accidentally freeze her?

As far as the mall incident goes, she’s the one who points out that they should go there in the first place. And what happens? Izuku is conveniently approached by Shigaraki. How would he have known to be there?

So yeah. Those are my two cents. I’ll probably add in if I think of anything else.

[hamliet]

Hi!

Never stop posting please!

Ok about the traitor in MHA.... like I read tons of theories. Maybe you mentioned already? Tried to look for some post of yours but had any luck up until now or maybe you hadn’t written already? Don’t know but the question is rather simply: who it might be?

If you like it / have time I’d appreciate wether you can set some criteria about who it might be and who you think it might be (by exclusion or something) and their motivation (any ill attemp or if they don’t know they are feeding villains with infos unintentionally). Right now I lean more into thinking it’s a student cause the whole PLF was unaware. To prepare such an ambush I think the more important Pros were told while Hawks’s info put the heroes who followed Re-Destro out of the game.

A student however would have been informed last minute , and thus the front was unprepared. Those theories about Koda or Hagakure are interesting, and I’d agree that Hori can even rely into emotional pain due to class confronting the traitor , but... those characters where never in the spotlight so it wouldn’t be that painful for the reader as, for example, the traitor would be a total sweetheart and loved character like Kirishima (not saying it’s him but the impart is totally different.

So : who you think it is ? Why? What narrative criteria the traitor should fill? Why are they doing this? And eventually this will play out ?

Thanks in advance !

Hi! So, I think I’ve said it before, but I think it’s most likely not an important character and I’ve always thought this. I know people create lists about narrative impact, etc, and they’re completely right about how it being someone important would be much more compelling writing. 

However, Horikoshi like... doesn’t go for shock very much. His foreshadowing is usually extremely obvious. Which is also fine, and not in any way itself bad writing. It might not be as edge-of-your-seat nail-biting, but it largely makes sense, and that's kinda the basic foundation of good writing: whether it makes sense. (See: GoT season 8 for twists that make no sense.) It’s not groundbreaking artistry, but it’s good technique, and it gets the job done. 

So let’s look at the options. I know everyone’s like IT COULD BE STAFF or IT COULD BE CLASS 1B! No, it couldn’t be. That’s just world-building plot-hole stuffer to keep the answer from being obvious to the cast. Okay, never say never, but it’s extremely unlikely. Class 1A is our focus and therefore they have the narrative impact a member of Class 1B or the staff would not--even a member we don’t care about. It’s a student from Class 1A. (I’ve also seen theories that the traitor doesn’t know they’re a traitor and... yeah, also unlikely.  The narrative impact there is negligible.)

Of the students, from those whose internal motivations we’ve seen and whose arcs are developed... clearly Deku, Todoroki, Iida, Bakugou, and Ochaco do not make sense. Ochaco had potential, but the narrative is clear that her ending is saving Toga as a hero. She’s not the traitor. 

Otherwise, let’s look:

Tsuyu: Shigaraki tried to kill Tsuyu at the first attack on UA. Not her.

Momo: I actually think this could have worked (like Ochaco), but it’s unlikely because of her assistance saving Bakugou, tracking the nomu, and because Todoroki’s arc will conclude with saving his brother; he doesn’t need to save her too (as he’s the main character she’s linked with). 

Kirishima: same deal as Momo; his actions both in Kamino and in the Gigantomachia battle make it unlikely.

Mina and Jirou: also unlikely based on the Gigantomachia battle and what we’ve seen of their internal motivations.

Kaminari: seemed like a good candidate, except the latest arc wherein we see his internal motivations and him fighting on the front lines. Thus,  very unlikely. 

Mineta: would be satisfying, but I doubt it because then no one would want to save him because he sucks. 

Aoyama: again, there’s some evidence, but his last minute attempt to save Bakugou and Tokoyami makes him unlikely, and his fear during the UA Raid was not feigned since no one else was around. 

Tokoyami: almost got captured and saved Hawks. Not him. 

Koda, Sato, Sero, Ojiro: no one cares about them and there’s no evidence for or against.

Shoji: saved Tokoyami, but could have been a trick. Seems like it could work until you remember Shoji helped Iida flee the first attack to get more teachers... and the teachers were not supposed to show up in the villains’ plan. 

Hagakure: again, I could easily say no one cares. But the difference between her and the other four on my “no one cares” list is that there is some weird circumstantial evidence around her. (Look, critiques of translations and narrative comprehension aside, Caleb is really great at noticing details.) Plus, let’s face it: for everyone saying “it’s too obvious to make the invisible girl the traitor”... it er. Fits with Horikoshi’s particular writing style, in which subtlety is dead. 

[franeridart]

WHOA BLACK CLOVER HAS AN ANIME NOW I GOTTA GO WATCH IT

Well, only the first episode for now but yeah!!! I can’t wait for my favs to show up aaahhhhhh!!!!!! 

Anon said:Omg, Kirishima, please teach me how to put on eyeliner, your eyeliner game is on point! (Seriously, tho, I love how you draw their eyes and how you draw Kiri in general. He seems so soft. Damn, Bakugou, I'm jealous that you can cuddle him)

THANK YOU!!!! And Kiri has really really pretty lashes in the manga too, doesn’t he? Bakugou too! They have seriously pretty eyes I spend a lot of time trying to get that right when drawing haha still not as good at Horikoshi tho after all, but what can we do~

Anon said:Every time I get a notification you posted something I get extremely happy! That's what your drawings did to me. How can one be so talented.

SOB thank you so much!! You being happy makes me happy so it’s happiness all around!!! What a good!!!

Anon said:Heey!! So I've been wondering... if Aizawa used his quirk on Hagakure would she become visible?? (Btw love your art)

Oh my what a question, I was actually talking about this not too long ago with a friend! And the conclusion ended up being that if her invisibility is a permanent mutation he can’t, but if she can turn it off at will then probably he can too! Right now we still don’t know how exactly Tooru’s quirk tho, so we can’t be sure which is the truth! (I like to think she can turn visible if she wants, but that’s just an headcanon with very little basis haha)

Anon said:Your erasermic art has blessed me 4ever thank u

NAH thank you for liking it and letting me know, man!!!

Anon said:I DIDNT KNOW YOU SHIP ERASERMIC OH MY GOD but seriously you're one of my favourite artists and the fact you like pretty much all the same things as I do is so amazing to me and it makes me so happy because I know that you may draw more of it in the future and I'll get to see more beautiful art if that makes sense lmao thanks for creating stuff 👌👌

Hahahaha yeah it’s one of my top ships in the fandom! Also the only one I read fics for aside from krbk I love them A LOT (and it’s all thanks to my sister who directed my attention towards them a long time ago now, thank you sis) so yeah I’ll definitely draw more of them in the future!!!! And thank you so much for liking my stuff!!!!!

Anon said:Hi! I just want to say I love your headcanon of Aizawa becoming a mentor/role model to Bakugou! Thank you for introducing me to that idea!

YOU’RE MOST WELCOME I’m just a huge huge huge fan of the Aizawa&Bakugou interactions and how much Aizawa cares for him and how much Bakugou respects and trusts him in return, so!!! I’m mostly just pushing on that canon stuff hahaha

Anon said:HORY SHEET BOYO THAT ERASERMIC SHIT IS GOOD SHIT

THANK YOU FRIEND!!!

Anon said:i came to love erasermic thru kiribaku tbh. like i saw erasermic fic in the kiribaku tag on ao3 and i read it for the bg kiribaku (kirishima was such a good boi in that fic ngl) and i was like hey erasermic isnt bad. then i saw your art of them comparing them and i was like hey this is good shit 😁👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌 keep it up pal

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll t r y !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :O

Anon said:Do you think Kyoka and Katsuki could get along? Over their like for punkrock maybe, and their gayness. Kinda like Todoroki and Momo's talks about their tiny crushes.

WHY YES ANON I think they could be the bestest of pals, I’ve actually drawn them together now and again cause I like the idea of them being friends so much - a list of some of the things Bakugou and Jirou do together:

make fun of Kaminari (Kaminari feels attacked and liked it better when Jirou was convinced she didn’t like Bakugou)

share music recs and go to concerts together (when it’s big ones they particularly care for they stand in line The Whole Day and at first it used to be sorta awkward but now being together makes the hours fly)

mutter sass and snark under their breaths to themselves in class and without meaning make the other snort or have to hide an actual laugh (they sit next to each other in class did you know that that’s my fav thing tbh)

say “god, I’m so fucking gay” and answer “mood” whenever Kirishima and Momo, like, exist or do anything equally outrageous

sit next to each other with their phones in hand in silence and at the same time look up with an intense/bored/obviously-judging-sero-come-on-look-at-them expression whenever anyone walks past them (they’re actually playing bullshit app games)

play bullshit app games in co-op or having each other as friends to earn more rewards cause they have a No-Judging policy going on between them that makes sharing this sort of otherwise embarrassing stuff with each other okay

Anon said:Hi!!! I love your art and I just wanted to ask....what band were you referring to when you said Mic named him after the band "eraserhead"? Could you possibly be talking about the filipino band "Eraserheads"?

Yeah!!!!! Tho I’m sorry to let you down anon, but I haven’t actually ever heard much from them (justttt one song two days ago cause I got curious) - I found out about them while looking up the movie!

Anon said:I love how you draw mic with his hair in a bun. It's super cute

THANK YOU!!!! But I can’t really take the merit for that, since that’s how he actually wears his hair (more or less) when he doesn’t gel it up for his hero costume!

Anon said:What is your favorite kiribaku au? :D

Oh boy, I sort of love everything and anything I’ve ever seen/read tbh, I’m a HUGE AU lover!! At the moment to anything with the fantasy AU (and dragon!Kiri is always a super welcome plus) is gonna make me go :O !!!!!!!! hahaha so maybe that, who knows! It’s for sure the one I think about the most!

Anon said:Hellooooo i love your art so much? Especially the bakushimas oh my god (also do you plan on drawing more soul eater *coughs*-deathstar-*coughs* in the future?) Have a good day!!

THANK YOU! And I dunno, maybe! If inspiration strikes, why not!

Anon said:hey guess what i just did... went through your ENTIRE art tag (all the way back to the knb and one piece), i found it really cool to see how your art has developed and see what your fav ship is at a certain time (and how you always come back to bokuroo)

Ah man thank you for spending all that time on my blog hahaha I wouldn’t say I always go back to bokuro though? It’s more like... whenever the manga brings the bokuros back I’m ready to start hyping all over them again hahaha my bokuro periods always happened while they were doing things in the manga, after all~

Anon said:u said u couldnt draw iida, lie of the century. i lvoe u

AHHHHH I’m glad you liked him!!!! I spent lotsa time on him in the past month or so trying to get a grasp on him, so I’m really seriously happy it seems to have paid off!! to quote Todoroki

Anon said:where’s ur faq i’m on mobile

SORRY maybe you already noticed but I added the link in the description! 

Anon said:have you ever thought about if eri-chan can... erase her own quirk?? and would how they might handle it

Actually that’s the first thing I thought when Mirio got his own erased... well, it still depends on what exactly Eri’s quirk does? We sorta assumed she had the same quirk as Chisaki, but they aren’t actually related so who knows? I sure hope she can fix the damage done on Mirio, tho!

Anon said:I ADORE YOUR ART SO MUCH OH GOD HAVE A NICE DAY FRAN

OH MY GOD THANK YOU I HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE DAY TOO!!!

Anon said:Usjeiwiwj oh man, i love cats, my cat relates to urs big time ajsjehej

Cats are such a mess and I love them with all of my heart to be honest hahaha

Anon said:Do u have any, idk idea about traitor!Kaminari? I just imagine how would others react? I think it's hella sad, and still Denki never wanted this, something just go wrong in his life and it's breakin my heart... ARGH, sorry for interrupt you with something like that...

It’s okay, don’t worry about that haha but I can’t say I find the theory possible in the least, so I haven’t really spent time thinking about it at all? I mean, I can imagine it would be full of angst and regrets and a lot of tears and anger mostly from his close friends, but since I just can’t believe this theory I can’t say I have anything specific I can give you on this orz sorry!

Anon said:Who's get jealous and possessive between bakugou and kirishima?

Actually I dunno man, are they possessive and jealous? I feel like they both would like it when the other told them stuff like “I’m yours” or “you’re mine”, but being there complete and utter trust between them they wouldn’t actually be jealous or act in a possessive way... does that make sense? At most I think they’d be insecure in the beginning of their relationship, but once they managed to make it clear that yes, you’re the one I want, no one else, just you then they would have little to no problems in that sense haha

Anon said:So many people seem to misunderstand bakugou and I just really like how you portray him. Good characterization and good art! 💖✨

SOB THANK YOU !!!!! this means the universe to me oh g o d s!!!!

Anon said:Wait!! This isn't your main blog? Omg how did I not know this. What is your main blog (if you're willing to let people from this blog follow it haha)?

AHHHH yeah I have a main one this one is just for my doods!!! the main is @franeridan, if you wanna follow it! I’m mostly just crying over bakugou and kirishima and complaining a whole damn lot about... everything, tho hahaha

Anon said:I'm not the anon but u know the concept that kiri n Baku would meet when they were younger and when Baku was more... violent? (i know that's not the right word, I'm not a native speaker sorry!) Like I think kiri could actually make Baku less of a bully? Considering how much positive impact he had on his personality AFTER it already developed (like idk if this ask makes sense? What do u think?) ◇ (btw putting smth like ◇ was a genious idea ty, idk if u remember that ask tho?)

Yeah yeah yeah yeah!!!!! Actually I’ve been thinking about this A LOT in the past couple of days and my conclusion ended up being that the key would be either for Kirishima to know Bakugou since they were really young OR for him to not attend Bakugou’s same middle school? Like, if they developed their personalities together, having someone like Kirishima around since they were kids could have made Bakugou develop differently, but if we go with the “they met in middle school” scenario then I think Kirishima would have had the same sort of...soothing? Effect on Bakugou only if Bakugou didn’t see him as a threat to his dream of being the only kid from that middle school to enter UA. Well, a scenario in which they had known each other since they were small young babies and Bakugou reached middle school going “the only one from this middle school to enter UA is gonna be me and Eijirou”, that would have been hella cute wouldn’t it hahaha growing up with a notion of us instead of just me would have changed Bakugou a lot, I’m pretty sure :D