Kacchan

On Death’s Door

Chapter 293 solidified for me that bkdk is always gonna stay winning, no one can ever convince me otherwise at this point. To be fair, you wouldn’t have been able to convince me otherwise before, either. 

But let’s get down and funky with our little gremlin boy and all of his complex emotions relating to Deku, yeah? Cause 293 gave us something phenomenal, and that was Bakugou essentially realizing he had a quirk evolution spurred by the fact that Deku was about to die, and he needed to save him. 

I’m gonna focus on these two first cause they’re the big boys. 

He states that his explosions were never like that before. When he was facing death, about to witness someone so important to him about to die, his power changed. It became faster, stronger, more of what he needed in that moment for him to save Deku. His need to save Deku made his quirk stronger, and it was because it was Deku. 

“Like being on Death’s Door” 

That’s the line to beat, folks. Bakugou wasn’t at death’s door in that moment, Deku was. So then why would Bakugou feel that way? 

“In total crisis”

A crisis indeed, but for who? Again, Bakugou wasn’t the one in imminent danger, but just witnessing Deku about to die made him feel like he was. It was enough to make him feel like he, himself, was on the brink of death.

Because one can’t exist without the other. Just as Deku can’t envision a world without Bakugou, we now know that Bakugou can’t envision a world without Deku. So much so, that he threw his body in the way to make sure Deku didn’t die. He would have rather ended up the one dead, than to have a world without Deku in it. 

And on top of all of this, now we have Bakugou CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSING TO REMEMBER THAT MOMENT in order to gain that strength from before. That desperation and urgency.

We went from a boy who couldn’t comprehend anything other than the desire to win, to having him act without thinking to save Deku, to now CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSING to put himself out into harms way in order to save someone else that he cares about. 

Because remember, Bakugou is close to fatally wounded. In fact, if he keeps it up, the situation could end up really dicey, as much as I don’t want to think about it. But he isn’t thinking about that right now, he’s thinking about saving Best Jeanist and the people important to him. 

HE’S THINKING ABOUT SAVING. 

In all of my time spent watching anime and reading manga, I have never encountered a character with such brilliant and beautifully written character growth and development. Horikoshi has done something truly outstanding with Bakugou’s character, and I will forever be grateful for that. 

But it can’t be ignored that the entire reason for this growth and development is DEKU. 

Every way Bakugou has changed and continues to change is because of Deku, and I absolutely refuse to acknowledge anyone that can’t see that. 

Like, we seriously just witnessed this boy have an entire quirk evolution because his feelings for saving Deku were so strong. Do you know how powerful that is? That’s not just ‘oh he’s my rival’ kind of feelings. That is fucking LOVE. 

Say it with me now;

L O V E

And this love for Deku he has is changing him, it’s allowed him to understand how it feels to want to save someone, and he uses the idea of losing Deku as a way to push him forward to do that. Which..in and of itself is so fucking monumental I don’t think I can even properly express how it makes me feel. 

All I know if that we went from this;

Bakugou subconsciously rushing forward in order to save Deku, to this;

CONSCIOUSLY RUSHING FORWARD TO SAVE BEST JEANIST WHILE THINKING OF DEKU IN DANGER IN ORDER TO GAIN THE STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD

Mind you, this is all happening within the span of 8 chapters. I don’t know how quickly a lump sum of you want Bakugou to change, but I would think this is pretty damn fast, if you ask me. 

But anywho, my entire point is that Bakugou’s incredibly strong emotional connection to Deku was able to not only cause a quirk evolution for him, but also enough to show him the vitality of needing to save someone. 

And that’s on being in love. (✿◠‿◠) 

Fan scans are out ✌

"But that just now had to be the most useless of all."

That was a direct insult to Bakugou and I have a theory that he did it in purpose to get Deku close. He has witnessed Deku's affection for Bakugou before, so it only makes sense he would say something cheap to get Deku riled, since the kid doesn't know how to fucking control himself.

Like, my dude you're going ham over an insult my guy. Enough to go fucking rabid just to say this.

I dont know why but it makes me think of Bakugou's kidnapping.

GIVE HIM BACK!

But he isn't Deku's, right?

TAKE THAT BACK

Deku wasn't the one insulted, Bakugou was.

He has thrown himself into an unbridled rage because he refused to accept the people he cared about being insulted on top of being horribly wounded.

But it was the comment about Bakugou that really tipped things over the edge.

The surprise in Shigaraki's face also tells me he may not have expected the reaction, but part of me also thinks it was AfO who said those things, not Shigaraki. So AfO gave Shigaraki the closeness he needed to be able to touch Deku, essentially.

Either way, my entire point to this is, Bakugou being called the most useless drove Deku into a completely unrestrained, hysterical, enraged state and if that doesn't show some kind of unconditional love 😩

Deku and Kacchan: Origin (?)

Horikoshi I beg of you please tell me how these two met!

For now, this is a theory. Basically, before Quirks, before "Deku", when they were just small, What if it was a chance meeting at the neighborhood playground?

(Part 1)

** PART 2! ** Because Tumblr's 10 image limit**

I remember the one panel of Izuku reflecting of their old relationship, how everyone followed Kacchan as a kid because he was so confident....So I used that as inspiration and had him initiate.

(Katsuki said "follow me" and LORD did Izuku do so)

Also, we all know and love the idea/headcanon of Inko and Mitsuki being previous friends(and they have been shown in the background in a few panels when the neighborhood kids are playing/teasing Izuku so I do think they were or at least became mom-friends), leading to Izuku and Katsuki hanging out as little kiddos, but WHAT IF it was the dads? They just happened to bring their boys to the same playground the same day....The rest is history.

Bonus below shows Masaru Bakugou and the elusive Hisashi Midoriya watching their boys run around the playground playing Heroes. Which I think would be an interesting way to introduce Hisashi to this story, as well as giving Masaru a little bit more personality.

...I'm sorry I may have made him a Hot Dad. Or a Cute Dad?

some sad kacchans for @majjale‘s lovely bkdk fic Imagine Glass!!

Ok but what if Bakugou is very sensitive when it comes to people calling Midoriya by his first name?

Todoroki: Can I borrow a pen, Izuku?

Deku: *blushes and is all flustered* S-sure.. Todoroki-kun.

Bakugou from a mile away: WHO GAVE YOU THE RIGHT--

Idk. I just love it.

There's a very distinct difference:

Bakugou

Katsuki

And freakin Kacchan

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk

Missing you

Like a river flows Surely to the sea Darling, so it goes Some things are meant to be

Take my hand Take my whole life too For I can’t help falling in love with you

the chronic Deku wingman

NO THOUGHTS… ONLY DEKU BEING WHIPPED FOR KACCHAN