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Ugly ass

Y’all know Izukus stupid ass students be calling him (both Izuku and Katsuki) simps

One of the main reasons why everyone calls Dynamight a “simp” because he’s always staring at pro hero Deku like that.

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This is the vibes I want/need in my life

Omg I literally went to the bass pro pyramid today

woahh tell me all about it :0

I still ship them tho

YOU MONSTERS WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS

Me randomly thinking about the fact Tails is blond with blue eyes

wait guys… why the hell can parrots talk?! AND WHY IS NORMALIZED y’all know if any other animal started talking the world would end

Everybody always so bold when dunking from the other parallel dimension 😔

"Redraw tumblr post" time of the year again, based on this one specifically that i found weeks ago but I needed to do something with it hfgjdh (with the original post being on tiktok). I just love canon Blaze being absolutely ass at cooking💜

cursed mark sasuke sketch

does anyone have any Bakudeku ao3 or Wattpad fanfic recommendations? I literally don’t have any to read and even if I do they aren’t finished yet and I’m waiting 😭

I thought Nana would look really cute in All Might's yellow suit, I bet he gets his fashion from her lol😭

Torino should be glad Nanas taking over, Toshi's class was about to revolt

autistic folks when their routine gets disrupted, and they don't get alone time when they're supposed to get alone time

current mood

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me n the homies robbing some back alley convenience store for goods

drew this helpful diagram for mha fans who don't understand what a character arc is

Thee kiddos

If Izuku Were a Girl, Bakudeku Would Be Universally Shipped

Alright, let’s break this down. If Izuku Midoriya had been born a girl, the entire conversation about Bakugo and Izuku’s relationship would be completely different. The ship wars? The debates over whether it’s platonic or romantic? They wouldn’t even exist. Instead, Bakudeku would be praised as one of the greatest slow-burn rival-to-lovers stories in anime history.

Why? Because fandom—and honestly, media in general—has a massive double standard when it comes to male friendships versus male-female dynamics. If two male characters have intense emotional ties, it’s almost always framed as “just friendship,” even when the relationship is filled with deep emotions, personal growth, and the kind of tension that would make any heterosexual pairing an obvious romance. But when a male and female character have that same dynamic? It’s immediately viewed as romantic, or at the very least, something that could become romantic.

Now, let’s apply that logic to Bakugo and Izuku.

The Classic Rival-to-Lovers Trope

Rivals-to-lovers is one of the most beloved tropes in fiction. People love the idea of two characters who start off on opposite sides, clashing and challenging each other, only to grow in ways that make them understand one another. It’s a dynamic full of passion, tension, and deep emotional shifts.

Bakugo and Izuku fit this trope perfectly. They have history. They have misunderstandings. They have emotional wounds tied to each other. And most importantly, they push each other to grow in ways no one else can.

If Izuku were a girl, their dynamic would be seen as peak shonen romance. You’d have the stubborn, fiery rival (Bakugo) and the determined, compassionate protagonist (Izuku). Fans would swoon over the idea of “childhood friends turned rivals turned lovers.” The same way shonen anime often teases romance between a male protagonist and his female rival, people would fully expect Bakugo and Fem!Izuku to end up together.

Instead of people saying, “Bakugo hates Izuku too much for it to be romantic,” the conversation would flip. People would say, “His anger comes from deep-rooted feelings he doesn’t understand,” or “He pushes her away because he actually cares too much.” You know, exactly the way people talk about every male tsundere love interest in anime history.

The “I Push You Away Because I Care” Trope

Speaking of tsunderes—Bakugo is one. He’s emotionally stunted, struggles with vulnerability, and lashes out instead of expressing his feelings properly. But that’s part of why his relationship with Izuku is so compelling.

If Izuku were a girl, the narrative of “I’m cruel to you because I don’t know how to deal with my feelings” would be obvious. It’s the same thing we see in dozens of other anime relationships. If we swapped Izuku for a female protagonist, Bakugo’s behavior would be framed as frustration at his own feelings—because he sees this girl, someone he once thought was weak, surpassing his expectations and making him feel things he doesn’t want to confront.

People would romanticize the idea of Bakugo slowly realizing that his anger isn’t just about rivalry—it’s about admiration, about the fear of losing the person who has always been by his side, even when he didn’t deserve it.

The Moments That Would Be Seen as Romantic

Now let’s talk about specific moments in My Hero Academia that would hit completely differently if Izuku were a girl.

1. The “Stay Out of My Way” Scene

• Right at the start of the series, Bakugo tells Izuku to stay out of his way, acting like he doesn’t care. But the moment Izuku does get stronger, Bakugo reacts with frustration, jealousy, and confusion. If Izuku were a girl, this would immediately be framed as the classic tsundere doesn’t know how to handle his crush getting stronger than him trope.

2. The Training Camp Rescue

• When Bakugo gets kidnapped, Izuku loses it. She throws herself into danger without hesitation. In anime with male-female dynamics, this is always romanticized—the idea of someone willing to risk everything to save the person they care about. If Fem!Izuku had done this for Bakugo, shippers would be screaming about how much she loves him.

3. The Rematch at Ground Beta

• This is the moment that solidifies their relationship as something deeper than just rivalry. Bakugo finally opens up, revealing his guilt, his frustration, his fear that he wasn’t strong enough to prevent All Might’s fall. He chooses to be vulnerable with Izuku, something he doesn’t do with anyone else. If Izuku were a girl, people would instantly call this a love confession in disguise—Bakugo breaking down his walls for the one person who has always truly understood him.

4. The “You’re the Best” Moment

• When Bakugo acknowledges Izuku’s strength and says, “You’re the best,” it’s already a huge deal in canon. But if Izuku were a girl? People would be calling it one of the most romantic moments in shonen anime. A rival who once belittled the protagonist finally admitting that she’s incredible? That’s classic love interest energy.

The Double Standard in Fandom

We’ve seen this pattern before. Other anime have had rivalries where, because one character was a girl, the tension was immediately read as romantic. Look at Sasuke and Naruto—people often compare them to Bakugo and Izuku, but because both are male, the default reading is “brotherhood.” Now imagine if Naruto had been a girl. People would have demanded that ship be canon.

Even in My Hero Academia itself, we see this with ships like IzuOcha—because Ochako is a girl, every moment of concern or admiration she shows for Izuku is interpreted as romance. But when Izuku shows the same concern for Bakugo, suddenly it’s just friendship? The logic doesn’t hold.

So Why Isn’t Bakudeku Universally Shipped?

Because they’re both male. That’s it. That’s the reason.

If the exact same story played out, line for line, but Izuku were a girl, there wouldn’t be debates. People wouldn’t be arguing about whether their relationship is platonic or romantic. It would obviously be romantic-coded. Bakudeku would be the top ship in the fandom, no contest.

Instead, because it’s two guys, there’s resistance. People are more comfortable interpreting their bond as “brotherly” because that fits the traditional mold of shonen anime. But in reality? Their story, their dynamic, their growth together—it all fits the framework of a deep, complex, and undeniably compelling love story.

Conclusion

At the end of the day, it all comes down to the way people perceive relationships in fiction. Male-female tension? Always a potential romance. Male-male tension? Almost always downplayed as friendship. If Izuku had been a girl, Bakudeku wouldn’t just be a ship—it would be the ship.

And honestly? That just proves how strong their dynamic actually is. Because even without the gender swap, people still see it. They still feel the connection, the emotion, the weight of their story. And that’s what makes it real.

Truth quirk part 2 :))

Part 1

Posting a part 2 right after this lol

Part 2 here

NO FR 😭

Ok it’s one thing for Deku to cling to Bakugo’s arm like a gay koala but why did they zoom in on it like that ?? Swtg if Deku were a girl this would be considered unambiguously romantic

More BakuDeku Goodness

Late to the party but in desperate need to address this huge BakuDeku delight in the new chapter leaks of My Hero Academia: Team-Up Mission which is a spin-off manga by one of Horikoshi’s assistants, Yoco Akiyama.

DEー IZUKU, DRESSED UP AS KACCHAN. He looks so cute, he does his best trying to mimick Kacchan’s aggressive speech but omg he’s an actual sunshine.

Baby’s trying so hard hahahahaa. 

Then, enter Iida, who has to do the Izuku-impression but lol he looks nothing like him and Bakugou is the one to lecture him for it. LOSE THE GLASSES! NOT ENOUGH FRECKLES! STOP WITH THAT POSTURE!

He helps Iida and tadah, mimick success (the robot recognizes Iida as Midoriya Izuku). Bakugou looks like a triumphant winner, “AAAAaaa!”, and Deku goes: “Kacchan…” probably surprised (WHY ARE YOU SURPRISED BABY) that Bakugou is the one and only Midoriya Izuku expert. 

Can we all agree that Horikoshi’s team is so big part of bakudeku family I mean what the actualー 😍!!!!

Love how the "I'm fine"-"NO YOU'RE NOT" dynamic goes both ways

Bakugou slowly takes the role of Izuku's protector and I love to see it.

During the Tartarus escapees arc, Izuku has been dehumanized so much, it's insane. When I say dehumanized, I'm talking about how many people treat him like the vessel of One for All and not like a 16yo boy or a human being with feelings anymore.

"Nomu", "Number nine"

Meanwhile, Bakugou calls him by his name..

"You're the key to all of this. We can't have you dying on us."

like "If you die it's gonna be bad bc nobody can fight AFO anymore" and not "you don't deserve to die plz take care"

"please let him rest so he can fight properly"

and not "because he suffers so much and deserves rest"

I could make a long list of that but my point is, the more we go into the story and the more people prioritize saving the world over Izuku's well being, treating him like a robot to repair like they're just willing to sacrifice Izuku ('s mental health/life) and bakugou is having none of it.

Ever since he learned about OFA and AFO, he started to help Izuku training out of worry.

While the others want Izuku to be stronger so he can beat AFO, bakugou wants him to be stronger so he can survive. He's worried about losing izuku the most. As simple as that. A lot care about Izuku as well of course, but most still think beating AFO is more important than giving a kid a healthy happy long life.

Bakugou totally noticed it and it makes him mad. He yelled at All Might, his idol and the man he respect the most, for hiding something about the fourth user to Izuku when Bakugou knew secrets might be harmful to Izuku physically or psychologically since even though everyone noticed that Izuku was mentally drowning under pressure, they didn't really do anything worth noting to support him (until class 1A brought him back to UA)

Bakugou never mentioned AFO when he talked about bringing Izuku back because it's not his priority at all.

He's literally just dead worried for his friend.

Please, the first thing he asked him after being separated for weeks, with a war and a coma in between, was if Izuku was able to smile.

He genuinely cares so much about Izuku's safety and mental health it makes me want to cry. Bakugou went from being the boy's bully to his legit protector, so dare tell me otherwise.

During the battle with Shigaraki, he constantly had his eyes fixed on Izuku to be sure he wouldn't do anything risky and the moment Izuku really left his side to attack, Bakugou was pissed.

and he ended up saving Izuku, almost sacrificing for him. Not for a strategic purpose to keep OFA. His body literally moved on its own and all he could think about was everything Izuku and him went through. He wanted to save his childhood friend.

Honestly at this point I can confidently say that if Deku's death was the only solution to defeat/kill AFO then bakugou would prefer not to win. The guy who's obsessed with victory would totally prefer to lose than to have Izuku killed, that's a fact.

Now despite the apology, I dont think Izuku really understands how dedicated Bakugou is to protect him yet. I can't wait to see how their relationship will evolve.

Of course Bakugou isn't the only one who cares more about Izuku's life than OFA (class 1A, All Might, etc) but Bakugou's character development still has me crying.

Nomadic heroes and their spirit animals.


Can we talk about how Deku’s spirit animal is a motherfucking ram? For those of you who don’t know, rams (a.k.a Bighorn Sheep) are not predators, but you just don’t fucking mess with them. Their horns can weight over 30 pounds–more than all bones in their bodies combined and when fighting for dominance they can charge at each other at 20 freaking miles an hour. Their skulls are literally built to violently bash against one another. But they’re also like, not extremely violent–they’re freaking herbivore sheep, like “I’m chill, you’re chill, just don’t mess with me and we good.”


In matters of symbolism they stand for vitality, unyielding courage, wisdom, discernment and as the male sheep, their first order of priority is protecting the herd against threats. Culturally speaking they’re also associated with sacrifice and achievement (hey Izuku, self-sacrificial much?) and wanna know more? They also sometimes engage in homosexual activity. Izuku shouts: has anyone seen Kacchan?!


Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

I really hope we'll get more scenes of Bakugou calling Izuku by his name and not "Deku" because Izuku really needs it for his own well being. People think its only use is for Bakugou to show respect to Izuku but that's not all. It helps Izuku with his sense of self worth.

Let me remind yall why he's so self sacrificial and went on a vigilante solo rampage: he thinks his only value as a person is being One For All's holder.

All his life, he's been treated like shit, called "useless" because he didn't have a quirk. Because of that, he thinks he has absolutely no worth so his death wouldn't matter at all.

In the story, people are only showing love and respect to the hero he is. To his dedication to save people. Ochaco always says she admires how dedicated Izuku is to his dream of becoming a hero, Iida started to respect him after he saw him punch the big robot at the entrance exam to save Ochaco, All might chose him as a successor and almost became a father figure to Izuku since he saw the boy run into danger to save Bakugou from the sludge villain, Aizawa started to treat him better when he saw his potential as a hero, Bakugou stopped looking down on him and their relationship became better after he learnt the whole OFA story. He even helped Izuku train with Blackwip. Not to mention everyone, Izuku just became popular ever since he entered the hero course, which is totally different from middle school where he was mocked and bullied.

No wonder Izuku thinks people only love Deku, the hero, the OFA successor, the one who will save everyone, the strategic and smart hero with an awesome quirk. No wonder he's there and fights like the good hero he's supposed to be when society falls and he's given the weight of the world on his shoulders. No wonder he only responds "I'm strong" or "I'll get stronger" when people say they worry about him. Because if he's strong enough to win everytime why would anyone worry? Why would anyone worry about his mental health if he's being an awesome hero?

He doesn't know people also love Midoriya Izuku, for the human being he is. The "plain looking" socially awkward boy who mumbles all the time and will always stick to his red shoes. He doesn't know that. Or rather, he didn't know. Izuku was legitimately surprised when all class 1A came up in the 319th chapter, asking what even were they doing here because he didn't expect them to try to rescue him. He believed they'll just let him do hero stuff like the good hero he is. Izuku didn't imagine they'll worry for him.

So he almost cried when his classmates started to talk about memories they have with him and say they want him back for his own good. He really cries when Ochaco makes her speech saying Midoriya Izuku is just a high schooler, a kid who has a lot to learn and deserves to rest.

The fact that Bakugou calls him Izuku from now on could be very therapeutic in the long run.

"Izuku, we'll be there when you can't handle it all on your own." didn't only mean "Deku, 9th holder, we'll be there to back you up during difficult fights so you don't lose OFA". It also meant "Izuku, my friend, we'll extend you a hand to stand up when you fall and a shoulder to cry on when you're tired."

It means so much. Please may we see more of Bakugou calling our freckles boy by his name we all need it.

Serotonin.

(My own useless thoughts: Izuku is such a kind and precious person that I associates the name "Izuku" to kindness and softness, it just sounds so beautiful and full of love to me that I legit cry when Bakugou calls him Izuku it feels like a "I love you, precious" each time my heart cant do this anymore)

Some words to use when writing things:

winking

clenching

pulsing

fluttering

contracting

twitching

sucking

quivering

pulsating

throbbing

beating

thumping

thudding

pounding

humming

palpitate

vibrate

grinding

crushing

hammering

lashing

knocking

driving

thrusting

pushing

force

injecting

filling

dilate

stretching

lingering

expanding

bouncing

reaming

elongate

enlarge

unfolding

yielding

sternly

firmly

tightly 

harshly

thoroughly

consistently

precision

accuracy

carefully

demanding

strictly

restriction

meticulously

scrupulously

rigorously

rim

edge

lip

circle

band

encircling

enclosing

surrounding

piercing

curl

lock

twist

coil

spiral

whorl

dip

wet

soak

madly

wildly

noisily

rowdily

rambunctiously

decadent

degenerate

immoral

indulgent

accept

take

invite

nook

indentation

niche

depression

indent

depress

delay

tossing

writhing

flailing

squirming

rolling

wriggling

wiggling

thrashing

struggling

grappling

striving

straining

Omae: Complexity of Self-Expression and Intimacy with the Japanese “You”

The anime adaption of chapter 322 is rapidly approaching, so I wanna talk about something really interesting: as far as I can tell, Izuku is the only person Katsuki has ever used the pronoun omae (おまえ) towards in-canon. Furthermore, he has only used omae towards Izuku on three occasions.

The first time is after Deku vs. Kacchan 2 in chapter 120.

The second time is right after his apology in chapter 322. (Katsuki actually uses omae four times in a row in this scene.)

(We'll get to the third time later, just you wait.)

Why does Katsuki address Izuku differently in these scenes? To answer this, we’re gonna commit some language nerdery.

First, let’s be real about the fact that Japanese pronouns can be complicated. There are a ton of them. You learn the common uses—like you could say that, broadly, omae tends to be used by guys for their friends and romantic partners. But the reality is that in a high-context language like Japanese, pronouns can come across wildly differently depending on who uses it, to whom, with what tone, and in what context.

It is difficult to generalize real-life usage, so to be clear, I am talking about MHA as a piece of media. I could try to tell you that omae is rude but also friendly but also condescending but also comedic but also confrontational but also affectionate—and so on, but that wouldn’t help you understand what Katsuki’s omae to Izuku means and why it feels significant.

The thing is, Izuku and Katsuki can each say omae and mean completely different things, because their normal way of speaking tells us how to interpret their words.

When Izuku speaks, he is polite and considerate. He uses the boyish first-person pronoun boku (僕). In Japanese, avoiding second-person pronouns is the polite thing to do; you use the person’s surname and an appropriate suffix instead, and this is the tactic Izuku uses to address others. When he does say “you,” it is usually the familiar kimi (君) towards Katsuki.

We see Izuku use omae in only a few circumstances: he uses it towards himself during inner monologues when he is trying to figure out what to do or compel himself to act, and he uses it when he faces All For One.

Both of these involve what I think of as “tough talk”—Izuku talks tough to himself to push past his fears and be a hero. With AFO, he is talking to a villain, someone he has to defeat. From someone like Izuku who speaks with such politeness and humility, omae reads as aggressive and confrontational.

Katsuki, on the other hand, is always aggressive and confrontational. He uses the masculine, somewhat boastful first-person pronoun ore (俺) and the second-person pronoun temee (てめえ) towards just about everybody. Temee is an extremely rude, combative word; Japanese descriptions usually point out that it reads like fightin’ words—it’s what you’d call an opponent, someone you are confronting, challenging, or belittling. As mentioned, you’re supposed to avoid “you” words to be polite, so the fact that Katsuki whips out temee constantly and makes up insulting nicknames instead of using anybody’s real name is just like, damn, dude!

Unlike Izuku, Katsuki sounds like he is challenging everyone all the time. This means that, coming from him, omae actually seems gentler.

After Deku vs. Kacchan 2, he opens his sentence with omae, and Izuku looks startled by this.

They just had a huge, emotional fistfight, and Katsuki… isn’t addressing him as an opponent, like he always has before. For once, he is addressing Izuku not as his enemy, but his equal.

This scene is the first time Katsuki properly grapples with the truth of their mutual weaknesses and comes to an understanding about it. It leaves him frustrated and unsure, but he walks away seeing himself and Izuku as being on the same side.

Because he takes All Might's words to heart: they are two halves of what makes a hero. They need to learn from each other and push each other to truly reach their best—as rivals, not enemies.

In chapter 322, Katsuki talks Izuku through how he felt about him all these years. He goes over all the things he's had to face to see how wrong he was, to see his own weakness and Izuku's strength. The whole time, he uses the "you" word he always has: temee.

But when it comes time to tell Izuku his true feelings, he calls Izuku by his given name, apologizes, and then right away he says this:

This is a direct call-back to the core question that Katsuki posed to Izuku during Deku vs. Kacchan 2: "Is my way of admiring All Might wrong?"

The second half to that question has always been, implicitly, "Does that mean yours is right?"

Here, Katsuki acknowledges Izuku fully as All Might's successor and affirms that Izuku's path is not wrong, using omae to tell him so. And then he uses it three more times to convince Izuku to come back with them and fight together, "because saving people is how we win."

To me, omae in this scene comes across with such softness. He's speaking with more humility than we've ever seen, both in what he's conveying and his word choice. (There is a whole other conversation to be had about Katsuki's word choice for "I'm sorry," but that is for a different time.)

This omae is not just a sign that he sees Izuku as his equal, it's expressing care for him. Katsuki sacrificed his life for Izuku, telling him, "Stop trying to win this on your own." He is trying so hard to make Izuku understand: Come back, I was wrong. Come back, I care about you.

Which brings us to the third time Katsuki uses omae: chapter 362.

That's right, the infamous "Can I still catch up to you?" / "Can I still reach you?" line uses omae.

Here's the thing that's unique about this omae: it's in Katsuki's head. This is internal monologue; he isn't talking out loud to Izuku, he isn't trying to convey something to him face-to-face, he is just thinking about Izuku.

The word choice isn't for anyone else's benefit or any external purpose: this is just how Katsuki sees him.

I can't overstate how soft, vulnerable, and sincere this moment is for Katsuki. And what gets me about him thinking of Izuku as omae is, it makes me wonder, "How long has he thought of Izuku this way?"

When did Izuku stop being temee in his head?

Changing how you address someone is a big deal in Japanese. Whether it's a name or suffix change (Deku -> Izuku) or a pronoun change (temee -> omae), it represents a significant shift in the emotional dynamics of a relationship.

It crops up a lot in media as a dramatic moment of intimacy, sometimes even being a part of love confessions. This heightened drama is exactly what we see with Katsuki's apology when he calls him Izuku.

Katsuki addresses only Izuku with his given name and omae, and in the whole run of the series, he only uses omae in a few select instances. I would argue that this is really important, subtle character writing.

Looking at the scenes, at least to me, each omae reads as progressively more honest and intimate. Each time Katsuki uses it, he is reaching for Izuku. Each time, it means more.

i’m sorry but izuku offering another gay blond man his hand and kacchan going wide-eyed is so funny

We know what hes waiting for…