Buckle IN folks cause I NEED to talk about how Deku has NEVER valued his existence beyond his heroing ability.
Not as a clever and quick thinking person
Not as genuinely loving and caring individual
Not as child who’s safety matters
Not as human being with needs and feelings
If that wasn’t enough add the fact that his being a hero isn’t even about him, it’s about what he can do for Other people
Everything he does, every skill he learns, every moment of self care, even his bs’ing around time all loop back to “how can this further me as a hero?” Even the trip to the mall and the pool was rationalized by him for hero stuff. The boy literally does modified wall sits in class and grip strengthening while studying. I have check high and low and the ONLY thing we know about Deku that isn’t hero related is his favorite freaking food!
Heroing could be a life ending career but it’s not a sustainable life long career?!! He’s gonna go down with the ship or be force into retirement with nothing for just himself but some AM merch and KATSUDON???!! Why?!!!
Bakugo wants to be a hero just as bad but he’s got a sense of personhood outside of it.
He wants to be the best at everything he does, not just heroing
We know he likes mt. climbing
We’ve seen that he has some kitchen skills
He values his education for the sake of being educated
He wants to be a hero to prove himself to himself
When Bakugo said Deku “just doesn’t consider himself” he really meant it down to the most barebones of life. We’ve never seen a single moment of Deku doing something purely for himself just cause it sparked joy.
It’s hard to see at first because of Bakugos extreme and unhealthy behavior, but he’s actually not completely at fault for how their relationship broke down. I mean how do you even start to get close to someone like that?
Yes, Deku held out his hand but it’d be like grabbing at smoke. Dekus the kind of individual that they’ll be your everything friend, would give you the shirt off his back, but it doesn’t feel like you can be his(Iida actually says I wanna be there for you like you were for me and we ain’t heard from our speedy boi since) like you wouldn’t even know they’re struggling until it’s too late.
Bakugo has a hard time accepting help but it’s always very clear when he needs it. Deku is damn near in capable of realizing he needs it, just fully accepted that he’d have to shatter his limbs a few dozen times to master OFA and that it was on him to do so and everyone around him except RG and Aizawa(who’s main point was your not useful if your down) also accepted this. If I’d been Dekus friend I’d have lost my fucken mind, and Bakugo DOES in the first Deku vs Kacchan
Look at his face, he’s god damn horrified! Not only did he lose the match but Dekus arm is ruined
He’s clearly upset as he looks up at the disctrution and sees how Deku played him
But when the smoke settles and he sees what Deku looks like he completely freezes, looks like he’s having an out of body experience honestly.
It’s not until after AM victory screeches “HERO TEAM WINS”🥳 and Dekus already being carted off broken and unconscious to the nurse to be safely rebuilt that he actually starts the whole “if we went all out” panic attack rant. I think Bakugo doubles down on his inferiority/superiority complex simply because that’s 3x easier to deal with than trying to wrap your head around whatever tf Dekus got going on with his idol and blowing up his fucken limbs.
Bakugo tries to build a fortress to keep people out, Deku freely gives you a key to his quaint little cottage heart but he’s never home.
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