Random facts about Bakugou Katsuki
- the kid seriously never got over his 2009 emo/punk phase. He owns far too many black clothes for his own good. Even when he wears more colourful ones, he always puts on something black along with it. And all of these don’t take into account all of his skulls shirts.
- … Because those deserve their own point: he owns at least four different ones, and he’s been seen wearing them since he was a preschooler, meaning that he’s pretty committed to that aesthetic. (and he calls Izuku a nerd… Unbelievable)
- He’s awfully intense about personal hygiene and cleanliness. Tho it makes me wonder at which rate he goes through toothbrushes tbh :’D
- He could read since the tender age of 4. He liked to be an insufferable smartass about it.
- If he doesn’t like someone, he takes literally everything they do as a personal challenge. Even walking in front of him.
- he doesn’t like lying, and he never does anything he doesn’t mean, not even when it could literally save his life.
- people say that he acts too villain-like all the time, but his moral compass is pretty darn strong if he was willing to die fighting instead of, you know, lying through his teeth to buy himself time and I think this needs to be discussed a lot more.
A headcanon I like to think about All Might is that, even after losing the power of the one for all, he is still really dangerous. Like, even though he lost most of his power and muscles, he still has the technique and ability to put someone down because his hero work was not just about strength, he had good skills in battles and strategies.
Shoto upgraded, soz Endeavor
I know you like Bakugou and all, but like...I wish he'd gotten off a little less easy for this, sorry. It's getting frustrating for me to watch him being coddled and all of his abusive actions being excused (a bad mental health day/week/month/whatever does NOT excuse the harm someone does to people) and him constantly getting off with a slap on the wrist or no punishment at all for bullying people. Kind of wish the school would just tell him they'll expel him if he doesn't get his act together.
Bakugou has been kidnapped, used as a hostage, all but molested (i mean, what else would you call what the Sludge villain did to him?) all at the age of 14, then he lost to someone he had a superiority complex over for nearly a decade and nearly (or did, depending on your point of view of how that scene went) had an emotional breakdown because of it, won the Sports Festival only because Todoroki couldn’t use his full power against him and Bakugou won in a way that was utterly unsatisfactory to him and felt like Todoroki couldn’t even bother to fight Bakugou at his fullest b/c Bakugou wasn’t worth it, went to Best Jeanist to train and instead basically wasted time and had his hair and clothes styled/changed for him, was forced to swallow his pride and work with Izuku to beat All Might which frustrated him to the point of tears (and he nearly gave up instead, which, for a boy who’s very model of what a hero is is based on Always Winning, this is a Big Thing), was kidnapped AGAIN by Shigaraki and was terrified out of his mind during it, was kidnapped IMMEDIATELY AFTARWARDS by AFO and had to be rescued by his classmates so he wouldn’t become a burden for All Might, and then blamed himself for All Might losing his powers and retiring, failed the Provisional Licence exam because of his bad behavior, breaks down again because all the guilt, the shame, the frustration to losing to Izuku, and confusion and struggle and everything, was finally too much for him to handle and he literally had no idea what to do until All Might showed up and explained everything.
from the very first chapter, Bakugou has been systematically punished by the narrative, over and over and over again. not specifically for his treatment of Izuku, but it’s not as if he’s been unpunished for his actions, either, and i’m sure that this is Horikoshi’s intent for having all of this happen to Bakugou in the first place.
Bakugou is going to apologize and make up for his actions towards Izuku, i know he will. but you can’t force him to do it because he’s not ready to as of right now.
but he is going to make up for it somehow, because that is where the narrative is heading, and he’s already heading there as of the last chapter.
he’s giving Izuku advice. he’s framing it in an insulting way, but he’s giving Izuku advice on how to improve his fighting style. he never would have done that before all of this.
the narrative is basically hitting Bakugou where it hurts constantly, over and over again, and forcing him to change and learn from his behavior, whether he wants to or not.
i’m not excusing what he did to Izuku, because he did a lot of horrible things and he needs to make up for his actions. but in the span of just a few months, this kid has been through a lot and he has indeed been punished and put down by the narrative in many, many different ways that are specifically designed to hit him in the places it’ll hurt him the most
i’ve never excused his actions, but he’s just a kid, and kids can only take so much before they begin to break. god, he’s just a 15 year old child.
and again, it’s not as if he’s been unpunished by his behavior. he was absolutely punished for his bad attitude during the Provisional License exam by failing it, and he’s going to have to take extra classes in order to make up for it. if he were being coddled, he would’ve still passed regardless his bad attitude towards the victims.
Horikoshi does him no favors.
he’s been punished enough by the narrative, and i do think that Aizawa gave them a fair punishment for their actions. their whole fight was framed as a schoolyard fight between two frustrated kids, after all.
it wasn’t really about the fight. it wasn’t about who beat who. the whole fight was there just so that these characters, these two children, could finally have an outlet for their emotions because they’ve never tried to talk to each other before, and this was the only way.
they’ve never tried to express their emotions to each other before. they’ve never tried to listen. this is something both of these characters needed.
being told that he’ll be expelled isn’t going to help his behavior. it’ll do the opposite, if anything. any more punishment than what they received would be overkill.
they acted like children, so they’re being treated like children. they’re doing chores and cleaning just like any kids who broke the rules would.
Aizawa gives fair punishments. if he doesn’t think someone has potential, he expels them.
and also, please note: neither Izuku or Bakugou were seriously injured from their fight. otherwise, Aizawa would’ve sent them to Recovery Girl. all they got were some scratches, cuts, and bruises.
when Bakugou challenged Izuku and Todoroki, i wouldn’t be surprised if Aizawa was considering the idea of expulsion. however, Izuku and Bakugou were forced to be partners and, after a while, they were able to work together and pass the End of Term exam, so whatever might’ve happened otherwise was dropped.
but make no mistake, Bakugou’s behavior here was noted by Aizawa, and Bakugou was forced to move past this attitude and work with Izuku as punishment.
back to the events of the recent chapters, All Might even says that the events that happened between Bakugou and Izuku were just as much the adult’s fault as it was the kid’s. the children’s mental and emotional health is just as important as their strength and growth as heroes, and Bakugou seriously needed some help with that.
and, not to mention, All Might let them fight it out. he eavesdropped long enough to know about Bakugou’s guilt, and let Bakugou and Izuku fight and express their emotions this way, because honestly, i don’t think they could’ve been able to talk it out in any other way. i’m not saying this is healthy behavior, because god knows it isn’t, but for these two it may have been the only way for them to clear the air.
and it worked.
they’re both on their way to having a much, much less toxic relationship than what they had before. they might not be friends, but their relationship is much more positive compared to what it was before, because they finally let out all of those nasty emotions.
Bakugou and Izuku are much more calm, and are able to have a conversation now without it turning violent or angry. they got all of those complicated emotions out of their system and finally talked it out, if at least a little, and both are going to be better from it.
hell, Bakugou even fully admitted that he threw the first punch. in no way is he blaming izuku for what happened. Bakugou is taking full responsibility for what he did.
and again, Bakugou is giving Izuku advice. he’s helping Izuku in a very backwards, round about way, because it’s the only way he knows. but he’s still helping Izuku, something he absolutely would never have done before.
Bakugou is growing. he’s learning. whether he wants to or not, he’s changing for the better, and he’s starting to realize that he is changing. that maybe he has to change. maybe he needs to.
he’s already showing a positive change after this fight. he’s taking responsibility for his actions, he’s not blaming Izuku, he’s giving Izuku advice, and he’s worrying about All Might’s secret getting out. punishing him for any more would be overkill, and it wouldn’t have anymore positive outcomes then what’s already been achieved.
he’s just a kid. he acted like a kid. he’s getting punished like any kid would be.
related metas:
- [A meta about Bakugou’s emotional state after his first fight with Izuku]
- [A meta about Bakugou and Izuku’s relationship throughout the series and how it was abusive]
- [How Bakugou isn’t ready to apologize for what he did to Izuku, but the narrative is working towards that]
- [How Bakugou and Izuku help inspire the class without realizing that they do]
- [Why Bakugou failed the Provisional License Exam]
- [What Bakugou is looking for in his and Izuku’s fight]
- [A meta about Bakugou’s development and how he’s starting to feel guilt about what his actions led to and may begin to regret what he did towards Izuku]
- [A meta about Bakugou’s building guilt about what his actions caused]
- [A meta about how Bakugou has feared Izuku and his potential for most of his life]
- [Bakugou is giving Izuku his support in a round-about way after his and Izuku’s fight]
Is it too much to say I love your writing analysis of the MHA meta??(And I really thankful for you writing them)
Cute future image; Pro Hero Midoriya becomes a father for the first time. All Might comes to visit and after the tiny new born is placed in his large arms he asks what the baby's name is and Midoriya bashfully admits that he's named his child after Toshinori.
Oh my lord yes and then Toshinori just starts bawling and trembling and is afraid to hold his grandchild for fear of dropping or hurting him and AHHHHHH
𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐝𝗼𝗺 𝐛𝐧𝐡𝐚 𝗼𝐜𝐬!
bonk
HOW MANY FUCKING TIMES DID TOSHI CALL HIM OH MY GOD…CONCERNED DAD ENERGY IS CLIMBING OFF THE CHARTS
Just a Dad teaching his sons the way the world works
(Credit to @incorrectbnhaquotes and Brooklyn 99 for this scene)
BNHA Boys: DAD GIF-SET
This was by no means a request, but was instead something I just wanted to create because I wanted to! I hope you all enjoy! \(^ヮ^)/
AIZAWA
“Hey sweetheart, I’m going shopping for a little while, can you watch the baby?”
“Sure thing honey.”
*Comes home to this shit*
ALL-MIGHT
“Daddy, do you have time to come to my tea party?”
“I WILL ALWAYS HAVE TIME FOR YOUR TEA PARTIES PRINCESS.”
*Proceeds to enjoy the tea party and immerses himself fully in his role as Ms. Sparkle Fluff*
BAKUGO
If Bakugo is babysitting then you better bet your ass the brat is gonna be helping him exercise.
“Oh my god, honey, what are you doing.”
“UM, UTILIZING THIS LITTLE FLESH DUMB-BELL WE MADE.”
HIZASHI
That baby is gonna be one groovy little fucker. Hizashi swears its good exercise for the baby’s little baby legs.
“I feel like you’re doing this more for you than for the baby’s legs, dear.”
“PSH- whatever, look at her! She’s enjoying it!”
IIDA
Childhood development is a big deal in the Tenya household.
Iida will read to the baby all the time, and if they get restless he’ll walk around to calm them down.
“Iida, I love you, and I know our little pumpkin is capable of anything, but don’t you think it’s a little early for calculus?”
“Oh, well, my father read math books to me when I was younger!”
“Ah- it all makes sense now.”
KIRISHIMA
If it’s a boy, its learning Kiri’s teachings to becoming a real man.
If it’s a girl it’s learning Kiri’s teachings to becoming a real man.
Either way, they are gonna be some tough, but kindhearted, little devils.
“WHO’S GONNA BE BIG AND STRONG LIKE DADDY?!”
“I AM! I AM! I AM!”
TODOROKI
“Why are you crying angel?”
*Through sniffles* “I was hoping that it would snow so school would be cancelled.”
*Todoroki and wifey exchange glances*
“Honey. Honey no.”
“Honey yes.”
SNOW DAY!
IZUKU
It doesn’t matter what silly, crazy, or childish thing that kid wants. You better believe that Deku is going to make it happen.
“You’ll always be my prince charming Daddy!”
*WIFEY AGGRESSIVELY RECORDING FROM BEHIND THE SOFA*
*IZUKU - TRYING NOT TO CRY FROM ALL THE EMOTIONS*
If you liked this and want to see other characters in Dad-Gifs, then please let me know! Thank you all and love you bunches! (*¯ ³¯*)♡
xoxo,
Mama Smutsy (o´▽`o)
Eri’s smile and survivor’s guilt
I wrote before about the parallels of Eri’s and Shouto’s isolated, smile-deprived childhood and how Shouto learning the importance of fun and coming up with the idea of the live-show helps bringing the smile back to Eri’s face.
I realized that Eri is also a parallel for Bakugou - in that their personal hero loses their power in the process of saving them.
Watching Eri’s survivor’s guilt surface, reminded me how Bakugou felt responsible for All Might losing his power:
There is a quite striking difference though between how Eri’s first meeting with Mirio and Bakugou’s first meeting with All Might goes down afterwards.
I’m going to complain about one more thing (sorry about it) and that’s the ending of the Remedial arc in the anime.
In the manga, this is the last bit and it shows very well Shouto’s ambivalence over everything he heard - as well as both All Might and Bakugou sort of checking to see if he’s ok.
In the anime, we get this.
Th cold, judgy look from Shouto’s ice-side is sort of there.
This expression is already very different though; something soft and concerned that is not there at all in the manga.
Then the worst decision of the anime - this lingering shot on Shouto’s feet. Something that is not at all in the manga, but draws a direct visual parallel back to the scene at the end of the sport festival, when Shouto visits his mum for the first time. They even gave him the same shoes!!! (in the manga, his shoes are mostly out of sight)…
This visual parallel in my view is completely uncalled for. Shouto “saving” his mum who was a victim just like him is a completely different context than Shouto keeping (maybe) an open mind about the possibility that his and his mom’s abuser may change for the better.
Finally the tiny hopeful smile - which is kind of there in the manga as he looks forward, away from Endeavor, but which creates a whole different mood without the last panel. The anime makes it look like Shouto is happy about Endeavor, when more likely, he’s going through his day in his head and has this soft, tiny smile thinking about the kids, then has that head-lowered moment as he thinks back to his conversation with Endeavor.
Plus, the anime cuts the concerned look by All Might (!) who hardly ever seemed to care about Shouto at all until this point and Bakugou with whom his relationship has improved by leaps and bounds during this day - signalling that even if things go wrong with Endeavor’s redemption, Shouto essentially has a new family looking out for him already.
The anime is giving the impression that Shouto is more open to Endeavor’s redemption that he seems in the manga, probably in anticipation of his reaction during the Endeavor vs. Nomu fight. But the thing is that those reactions are so powerful exactly not because something fundamental changed on this day (in the manga Shouto still hasn’t forgiven), but because it shows that Shouto cares about his father despite everything, even if he doesn’t really want to.
He’s living his best life.
it’s beautiful
You know what could help give some additional realistic angst to Izuku and Ochako’s relationship to the actual plot? When Deku at some point realizes his feelings for Ochako, he goes to talk with All Might about this, where the latter would then give out details of what his master Nana told him what her husband was like, and warns him to be careful of the burden and weight his feelings may hold to his role as a user of One For All in the future, as he feared and didn’t want him to suffer the same tragic fate Nana had to go through when she lost her partner that also lead her to unintentionally create Shigaraki by leaving her son.
Like with every superhero, with great power comes great responsibility. A LOT of responsibility.
“Support” - Part of Dad-Might and Mini-Deku AU (Premise)
Someone please sit this man down and make him rest. I feel like every other time I’m drawing him he’s spewing blood
(Random AU Note: About halfway to Recovery Girl’s, Toshinori had to carry Izuku on his back and continue the journey because Izuku tired out quickly. When they got there, they both looked half-dead and Recovery Girl couldn’t help but note that they had the same appearance. She added, “and that’s not a good thing” when she sensed Toshinori’s Happy Dad aura. She didn’t exactly appreciate the fact that they were both half-dead in her office, but she sat them down in chairs and threw a blanket over them anyway.)
There was going to be another panel but my wrist started to hurt. I will never stop though. You can pry this Dad-Might & Mini-Deku friendship/headcanon/AU from my cold dead fingers