say what you want about woobifying villains, but i think tragic backstories and redemption via love are staples for good reason. we want to believe that people are fundamentally good, just hardened by a harsh world. that suffering earns you a happy ending. because then it means something, then pain isn’t just senseless and futile.
people don’t ‘excuse’ the actions of villains because they just don’t take those actions seriously. i think it’s a kind of projection - we forgive them because we want to forgive ourselves, and we look for the good in them because we want to see that in the world, even in people who have wronged and hurt us. because earth is a goddamn terrifying place if other humans really are evil, if they’re really monsters.
and idk, i just think it’s kind of beautiful that we all want to believe that the scariest mass-murdering motherfucker alive can be brought down by something as pure and innocent as love. that love is the answer, not violence. i don’t think that’s cheap or ‘problematic’ or a bad influence. i think it’s human, and profoundly optimistic in a way that few people are brave enough to be.
“smile, kacchan!”
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*deku panicking*
Creds to bakuqou for the ideaaaa!!
anyone else remember being like 13 years old and watching that scene in how to train your dragon (2010) where hiccup carefully navigates the maze of lines toothless has drawn between them without breaking or stepping on any of them and with his back to toothless and eyes shut to demonstrate how he’s willing to put total faith in him not to harm him or run away and to show humility and a desire to establish a natural bond of mutual trust instead of the arrogance to try to force toothless to submit to his will and hearing the music crescendo and fade into silence as he finally crosses the last obstacle so that they’re standing mere inches from one another, tension built on years of bad blood between their two races, so immense it’s almost like a physical barrier, separating them, and after what feels like forever toothless presses his nose gently into hiccup’s outstretched palm and it fits perfectly like it was made solely for that specific purpose, and feeling all the hairs on your neck stand up and a stifling sensation that brought actual tears to your eyes rise in your throat as it touched something profound and full of unspeakable yearning inside you
okay so now that we know Kacchan -goes to bed early -studies a lot -is mindful of his money -etc
can we agree that he would be the OCD perfectionist to Deku’s chaotic, sleep-deprived genius in a relationship? because i have some ideas:
First date: They go to the movies. Kacchan shows up with a suspiciosly big backpack. “Are you fucking kidding me Deku, I’m not buying some rip-off tub of stale popcorn when I have a microwave at home” “B-But… I can pay, I don’t mi-” “It’s about the principle of the thing, Deku!!!!”
Sleeping together: Deku, fresh from the shower: “Kacchan~ do you want to, y’know >////>?” Kacchan, pissed-off: “If you hadn’t taken forever in the shower, then yeah, we could be fucking right now. But you did, and it’s after 10 pm, so turn off the fucking lights and sleep.”
Grocery shopping: Deku: “So, for the hotpot we need-” Kacchan, spreading out a map on the kitchen island: “Alright nerd, here’s the battle plan. Konbini A is having a chicken breast sale at 1 pm, but Supermarket B at the other end of town has 2-for-1 eggs at the same time. Market C has an all-day vegetables sale, but we gotta go early anyway, the good shit always sells out first. If we jump over the rooftops, we can save at least 20 min each way, so while I fly to Konbini A, you-” (half an hour later) Kacchan, dumping a heavy stack of coupons in front of Deku: “Now go.” Deku, already climbing out the window: “But we’re rich….” “It’s about the principle of the thing, Deku!!!!”
Class 1a: *playing truth or dare*
Kaminari: Midoriya, I dare you to call your dad
Midoriya: Hey siri, call dad
Siri: calling daddy
Midoriya: WAIT NO
Bakugou: *phone starts ringing*
Class 1a: ...
Looking down at the exhausted, but finally clean, kitten in your lap, you smiled softly. You had found the little thing half frozen and incredibly ill, some monster having tied it up in a plastic bag and abandoned it in the dumpster. It was only the slight movement from within the bag, that had caught your attention, part of you having assumed it to be a rat of some sort.
You were glad you had checked.
Though the kitten had stunk to high heaven, you were more concerned about warming it up, and had spent a good couple hours slowly warming up the tiny fur ball in the sink, not having wanted it to go into shock by warming it up too quickly. Once it had warmed properly and was moving a little more, you had hastily washed what you could from its body, before gently wrapping it in a towel, wishing you had a hair dryer.
Much to your relief, the kitten had eaten quite well as you fed it by hand, keeping it wrapped up until it dried. By the time you had unwrapped the tiny little thing, it had fallen fast asleep, little belly full and body finally a safe temperature.
Running your fingers over its soft belly, you snickered softly, watching the way its little paws twitched as it dreamed. Who could possibly harm such a sweet little thing, you would never know.
Deciding that you should probably find something to let it sleep in, you carefully started to pick it up from your lap, only to freeze, feeling something odd on its back. With careful, slow movements, you rolled it over, lips twitching as it simply remained asleep.
You were gentle as you ran your fingers over the strange growths on its back, trying to figure out what they were. As if in answer to your question, the tiny kitten stretched sleepily in your palm, both growths abruptly spreading wide with a tremble, before tucking back into its side as it drifted back off contentedly.
Dumbfounded, you stared down at the “kitten”, trying to absorb the fact that yes, your new little furry companion did in fact, have bat wings of all things.
You needed a drink.
Compilations: Midoriya Izuku + silently judging you
I just want them to be happy
headcanons of adult kirishima with long or short hair are a blessing
but pls consider: mullet
also bonus: