it’s okay. they probably wont remember this
Once upon an afternoon stroll in Paris...
Alya: Hey girl, you alright?
Marinette (sighs): You know what? Fine. If the universe is so adamant to keep me busy that I am practically living on caffeine, fighting akumas while having no social life whatsoever because I have to juggle being Ladybug, graduating student, MDC and guardian of the miraculous all at once, then I'll just own it! Yes, you heard right. From now on, I'd be single. Yes, ma'am. No dating for Miss Marinette Dupein-Cheng starting today. I'm going to focus on myself and my designs and--
Meanwhile, all across the globe, several someones feel the chills at the disturbance in the force...
Adrien (freezes, stopping to feed Plagg cheese): Wtf universe-
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Luka: I sense a disruption in the universe's music.
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Damian (suddenly feeling thrice murderous): Beg your pardon. Jon, who do I need to kill?
Jon: Aww, come on!
Tim: Oh, no. Not this again.
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Felix (hands an entire bag of cash to the saleslady): Get me your biggest, brightest and most beautiful diamond ring ASAP. I need to catch the soonest flight to Paris.
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And then there are those in the J.L. Headquarters..
Alfred: No Master Bruce.
Bruce (doing paper works): Yes Master Bruce. Come on, Alfred! She doesn't want to get tied by marriage. That leaves adoption!
Dianna (on a phone call with Sabine): Bold of you to assume I didn't beat you to it.
The grip these brothers have on me is crazy
yoooo guys these wings my dad made look INSANE i can’t wait to try them tomorrow
heroes are just the governments way of ensuring that any person with a quirk powerful enough to kill them is either entirely subservient to them or killed by those entirely subservient to them and that is the reason there's no villain prevention programs in this essay i will
I just can’t get it out of my head how Shouto, who was introduced as “The Boy born with everything” - the perfect quirk, a rich family, groomed from an early age to become the strongest hero - by his mere existence is indirectly causing the collapse of hero society.
In a way, his birth is a culmination of many things that are wrong with hero society - the over-emphasis on strong, flashy quirks, the ranking system which assigns worth to heroes based on results and popularity, disregarding their moral characters and makes heroics a zero-sum game rather than a team effort for the greater good.
And it’s so ironic, because the entire Todoroki-family is a mini-version of hero society. The children with weak quirks are immediately discarded and ignored (and let’s not talk about how both Fuyumi and Natsuo end up in professions where they truly help people), Touya is strong, but his body is imperfect, so no matter how hard he works, he can never fulfill Endeavor’s ambition to become No. 1., for which he is cast aside, when the “perfect child” is born. And how that causes resentment to the point where he turns not against his abuser, but against his fellow victim.
And how twisted that Touya is every way the one true heir of Endeavor. He is completely wrapped up in his selfish goal, using people around him, including his own family (both his birth family and his found one) as mere stepping stones and puppets to further his goals, just like Endeavor taught him to. He is in every way the creation of “old” Endeavor’s values.
While Shouto who rejected and resisted Endeavor’s attempts to mold him kicking and screaming every step of the way, who never subscribed to his father’s goal ends up being the one standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him, in almost matching hero gear, looking on with horror as Touya is dancing on the ruins of everything Shouto was born to protect. Because heroes save everyone.
And I’m guessing the question will be asked again. Who is everyone? Does it include abusive fathers who destroyed your family? How about villainous brothers who murder innocents out of spite?
dr. stone is back, baby!
this was supposed to be done for stone day but i procrastinated :p
Winter strawhats! (Another header for myself hehe)