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Ok so one of my absolute favorite dabihawks takes is that Dabi burnt Hawks wings off (permanently in this au) because he saw that the commission was hurting Hawks and knew that the only way Hawks could get out was if he was useless to the Commission.
Therefore, he burnt off Hawks's wings permanently without telling him or alerting him beforehand because he knew Hawks would object (bc in Dabi’s mind he was brainwashed).
And that being the motivation behind Dabi’s horrendous act fills me with such vindictive joy because think about it:
Dabi resents his father for training him to be a hero all of his life then dropping him when he found someone better.
In Endeavor's mind, he wasn't wrong in what he did. Toya was the collateral to a better future. His quirk hurt him and therefore he would've been happier as anything other than a hero. Endeavor uses the power he holds both as a parent and as the number 2 hero (at the time) to stop Toya's training and then sweep him under the rug. He did what he thought was right without asking how Toya felt nor thinking of the consequences.
And are Hawks’s wings not just the collateral for the supposed happy life he will live after? Is Dabi not just exercising absolute power onto someone whom he does not understand? Dabi is doing what he thinks is right (not what is right, but what he believes is right because there is a difference) and not caring for nor assessing the consequences of his actions.
He is forcing a future onto Hawks that he believes is better just like Endeavor did to him.
He demonstrates the behavior that is usually characteristic of heroes with ignorant savior complexes that Dabi (and all villains) hate.
He mirrors his father's behavior and cannot see that because he is both blinded by his hate for Endeavor and the love he feels for Hawks because Hawks will be getting a better future (he does not have the fucking authority to make that decision).
(I also imagine Hawks in his empty apartment on the floor, struggling to keep himself upright while screaming this at Dabi. And breaking a little inside because Dabi isn't just like Endeavor, he's like the commission, also in this sense.)