Iwa

the broadcast chapters hurt a hell of a lot more in retrospect, once you realize how hard it was for Dabi to discard that shirt and show the whole country his scars. This was him whenever the topic of the burns was brought up:

even as an adult, he hates when attention is drawn to how easily he burns

and after the flashback chapters, we know exactly why. The scars are what marked him a "defect" in his father's eyes, and the beginning of Touya's downwards spiral. It's because of those burns that Touya's life lost its "purpose", that he ceased feeling like his existence had a meaning. Whenever they were brought up, it was always with the inherent message to "stop" the training, to "stop" begging for attention, to "stop" trying to be "special".

Those scars are what literally branded by fire the world "failure" onto his skin, permanently, for everyone to see and for himself alone to suffer.

He always felt despair, anger, frustration well up inside of him whenever his burns were acknowledged by someone else, whenever his shirt was lifted for his father to freely yell at him. And yet—

He chooses to do the broadcast shirtless. To let the whole country see. To be so vulnerable, so exposed, to show off that weakness and to finally own up to it, to force himself to not feel any of the shame he was conditioned to feel around it. And we know how difficult this was for him, how it took genuine effort to unveil that part of himself he always wanted to pretend didn't exist, that part of his genetics he thought he could overcome with sheer determination. The way he's shown to be psyching himself up, his posture closed off, his hands in prayer as if to gather courage, finally makes sense.

This panel was him finally accepting his scars. Accepting that what was done to him was never in his control. This was him refusing to see them as a handicap, because those burns are his father's fault, so the shame attached to them isn't Dabi's to bear anymore

And I want us to take a moment to let it sink in just how brave that was of him. How much balls it takes to redefine yourself like that in front of your whole country. To say I'm not weak, I am a victim. And my silence only benefits my abuser.

This is for all of those people who genuinely think he's past the point of healing

taka is confused by gen z.

based on random tweets.

pov: kanna imitating her brother

𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐒𝐃 𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐒

✧ Characters : Dazai, Chuuya, Akutagawa, Atsushi, Ranpo, Fyodor, Nikolai, Poe, Kunikida, Tachihara

✧ Word Count : 6K

✧ Warning : These can be triggering although I don’t know whether they’re accurate since these are simply my analyses, observations, and character study.

Disclaimer : This is a mini project to challenge myself to understand people and characters deeper. There is absolutely nothing personal against those who kin these characters. If I offend/hurt any of you, I apologise in advance.

— 𝗗𝗔𝗭𝗔𝗜 𝗢𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗨

Nihilistic. Commitment issues. Dubious.

You enjoy putting on an act or mindset that chips off pieces of you and it comes both deliberately or by instinct. It can be acting like someone you’re not, forcing yourself to fit into the definition of what’s “normal”, actively having self-destructive thoughts, making yourself hang around people you don’t click with, or sometimes all of them. You’ve lost your sense of creating meaningful bonds with other people because you can’t even be at peace with yourself.

What is self-fulfilment is to you? You place everyone at a safe distance and don’t mind if they leave because of your (artificial) antics. In fact, you foresee it happening. You see no point in connections if everyone is ultimately doomed because of themselves. You feel relief when you find out the hidden sides of other people because you’re uneasy if you don’t. That’s how you fidget. You have to know what’s incoming so you can brace yourself. The wariness is never gone, it’s as if you’re anticipating the exact moment they hurt you. You’re distrustful, never letting your guard down when interacting, even with those whom you like. You don’t want them to know that you know much.

Your awareness that everything lacks permanence combined with your wariness about everyone makes you pessimistic in forming new meaningful relations. Everyone is bound to either leave or screw things up, you see the lack of urgency to make amends to broken relations or to create new ones. You’re happy with who and what you have now, you’re satisfied with your stagnance. Nothing has to change. It’s comfortable this way.

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Little Things The Protags Do

Naoya Toudou

Play with his earring.

Sigh whenever he sits down.

Squint when confused.

Tatsuya Suou

Flick his lighter.

Immediatly cross his arms when he sits down.

Put little objects, like pebbles or erasers, on top of each other.

Maya Amano

Draw stars and hearts in the corners of any piece of paper she gets her hands on.

Bit her lip under stress.

Glance whenever someone new stands by her side.

Minato Arisato

Hum his current favorite song.

Fiddle with his headphone cables.

Hover hand where the Evoker should be.

Minako Arisato

Tap her pencil to some tune.

Draw a little smiley face on a friend's notebook when they're not looking.

Put wild hair strands behind her ear every two minutes.

Yu Narukami

Fold the corners of the notebook page he's currently using for no reason.

Pass his weight from one feet to the other every minute.

Tap finges on the desk.

Akira Kurusu

Twirl his pencil.

Play with a wild hair curl.

Push back glasses whenever he looks down.

it’s their love language

not cool Hajime

"call me a shrimp one more time you filthy scum"

<some random hunting dogs + doa (+ sometimes dazai) alignment charts bc i can>

You’re a mimic. You were disguised as a chair in a dungeon when an adventurer decided to take you as loot. You’ve actually enjoyed your life ever since as furniture in a jolly tavern. So when some ruffians try to rob the now-elderly adventurer’s business, you finally reveal yourself.