GEE BAKUGO, I WONDER WHY?

The way shouto consistently empathizes with other people through comparisons to his own experiences and worries about everyone else before himself. God you are so nd its unreal

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we can't see Spinner's left hand and Shigaraki's right hand. they're secretly holding hands.

this wouldn’t leave my head (version without dramatic shading underneath!)

Redrawing of the touya portrait for a zine piece im working on, it wont be super visable so i wanted to post it separatly

Dabi is a very Tim Burtonish character if you ask me

the band au art is so funny because why does mr compress still have his hat on

i knew i wasnt gonna like this fight very much lol shouto barely reacts to the shit that happened to touya and is instead is like "u shouldnt be dragging other ppl into this!!" like?? if i found out literally any of that happened to my siblings (or even just people i know??) i would react very badly and i dont even get along with my siblings!! idk this has like no emotional weight to me for some reason idgi

i've been getting the feeling that bnha is written in a way to primarily impart lessons (*but only on people who are not related to law enforcement). that's why we keep getting bludgeoned over the head with how aoyama is still responsible for endangering his classmates or how dabi still made his own choices to kill unrelated people; while true, the story seems to prioritize making sure those lessons are learned first, while what is perceived as excess sympathy is excised so it never comes across as ""condoning"" the person who did wrong.

which is probably why a lot of these scenes feel like they have no emotional weight. often the only person sympathizing with characters like dabi or aoyama is the reader, and there is no outlet for the reader's feelings because characters aren't allowed to sympathize overmuch with the villains. for us there's no emotional payoff because we'll read something like dabi's backstory, but the reveal just gets followed up with a lecture, which is obviously... not emotionally impactful at all. the scenes don't read like a moving or memorable moment so much as the heroes engaging in debate class.

okay so yes, fine, i've got my shippers goggles on

but you can't tell me that Spinner holding onto The Hand doesn't have all the vibes and imaging of a -Longing And Worried Fiancé- clutching a Ring for -A Promised Wedding One Day Soon- that has been -Derailed By Tragedy-.

Me watching medical dramas