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i watched madoka magica because of a tddk au fic. there i said it

something that never fails to make me sad about touya, and something that puts him apart from his siblings, is that he did have some semblance of love and affection from enji early on (even if that affection was mostly his dad training him), and he was the only todoroki kid to know that version of their father. to give a young child all your attention and passing down your aspirations to them, putting in their head that that is their purpose, only to then rip it away in the blink of an eye while saying it's for their own good without actually talking to them about it. there are so many things wrong with that.

was touya's quirk compatible with his body? no. but there is support gear that could help lessen the damage, even if only a little, that endeavor would have been able to invest in if he cared but he didn't, he saw that touya wouldn't be able to be what he wanted him to be on his own, that the expectations he put on his eldest child didn't disappear, so his solution was to replace him.

his face when natsuo is born is not an expression a 5 y/o should have when they get another sibling (look at fuyumi), but he does because he knows the purpose of why natsuo was born, because it's the same thing he was told was his purpose basically since he was born until he couldn't fulfill that role. then when shouto was born it just got worse, because all touya knew was that if his quirk wasn't enough, if he wasn't enough, wasn't better than shouto, then he was a failure and useless to his father. half of the time when you see young touya it's of him begging his dad to just look at him, because he knows his worth to his father is based on his quirk and it's strength, knows that it's the only reason he's alive and his parents are married.

to him, shouto being trained, no matter how brutal, meant their father cared about him.

(i know this has probably been said so many times before but i was rereading the todoroki family chapters and had Thoughts and Feelings)

the thing with dabi is that his actions speak louder than words. he contradicts himself every other sentence, which is common with trauma. he SAYS he doesn’t care about the league but he ran up like 8 flights of stairs (and he NEVER runs) just to try and save twice, and stated five seconds before he claimed he doesnt care about them that he was upset at his death (bc he wanted to use him, yeah yeah. personally i have no clue how twice would have fit into his plan so i think he was just bsing there but thats up for interpretation) and then right after said that h*wks should have focused on him instead of anyone else (ie. tried to kill him instead)

like... its pretty clear that he’s an unreliable narrator. he claims he’s just using the league for his own goals but why fight with them in the mla arc? they’re outnumbered, weakened, and lack resources. wouldn’t it make more sense to just join the mla instead? clearly he has some modicum of trust and care for the lov, even if he himself doesn’t realize it.

Yes! He definitely is the one person in the League who very obviously tries to keep a distance as shown when he is missing in big moments like when Magne gets killed and Compress loses his arm, but then despite the fact he never even met Overhaul, he helps take him down later on in the arc.

What's really important to note, too, is the fact that his biggest weakness is his own quirk and yet he fought Hawks to try and save Twice.

He clearly put a lot of faith in the League, considering he joined them after the only noteworthy achievement they had was the USJ incident. But even when their hideout was taken away from them and they had nothing, he still stuck around.

Yes, you can claim everything he does is because he wants to use them, but he's also shown on several occasions that he respects Shigaraki.

If you compare his usual speaking patterns with that in the broadcast in Japanese, he speaks really polite instead of having that typical rough way of speaking. Dabi is his villain persona. He literally admits that everything he's done was to ensure making Endeavor fall as hard and deep as possible; not just by boosting Endeavor's career, but also by building himself up to be this awful villain.

If he wants to shock the world by showing that Endeavor's own son has become a villain, he can't just be a random criminal, he needs to be a big threat.

And I think to him being rough with everyone and keeping a distance is part of that. Besides, we saw that he is willing to die during this, so what's the point in trying to build up a relationship, when you're gonna die soon anyway?

The problem is that it's natural to form a bond. People, the more you learn about them, become a part of your life. They make their way into your brain, whether you want them to or not.

Besides, people have an easier time getting close to those they can relate to, so the League all being people who have been through a lot of pain, who have been judged, pushes away, and hurt all their lives? I think even if he tries really hard not to, he can recognize himself in them, too, and wants to save them because he would want to be saved also.

And can I just say I like that first piece of evidence you gave? Dabi's love language is running up multiple flights of stairs!

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