this is my final post! the past few years have been amazing - thank you for everything <3 (more info below the cut)
I will no longer post on this account and wanted to write a note to explain and say goodbye.
Bnha and the bkdk fandom have been a constant source of joy and excitement in my life since 2018 - you were all so kind and encouraging towards me, and I grew so much in skill and confidence as a result! Iāll really treasure my time in this fandom. I loved experiencing so much incredible fanwork and freaking out over exciting moments from the series with everyone in real time. (I still remember choking on my drink and falling to the ground when I saw the vol.29 cover on my tl omgā¦ it was life changing.)
I went on hiatus last year to reconnect with my passion for making art outside of bkdk and learn what I wanted to create without the influence of external validation. I had time to reflect on how much I was influenced by numbers on social media. I thought they didnāt affect me, but in truth, they completely ruled my artistic judgment and decisions. I found new hobbies, new media, experimented with different mediums and subject matters, and in the endā¦ I rediscovered my joy for making art!Ā
This year, I gave myself a fresh start instead of returning to this account. This is partly because I really enjoy exploring erotic and transgressive themes and I donāt want to share it on a large account to people who followed me under a different pretense haha. But the main reason is that I wanted to create a space without any expectation for what kind of art I should make based on my previous work (since I know the majority of people follow me because I draw bkdk, and I mainly draw ocs and unrelated fanart now).Ā
All this to say, I hope we can cross paths in the future, but if that day never comes, thank you for the wonderful memories and support youāve given me over the years! This fandom has so many incredible people in it and I sincerely wish you all the best. PLUS ULTRA!!!! and farewell! :ā3
Lots of love,
Rikki <3Ā
[This account will stay up, but I won't be checking it much. If you have any questions or would like to get in touch, email me at [email protected] and we can go from there!]
AU in which neither of them becomes a pro-hero ā”
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Set 10 years after the final battle (manga 424), Deku left the UA and Bakugou's heart couldn't stand the pro-hero life. They meet again by chance and re-build their friendship as they support each other through their shared disappointments.
i think we all need to complain about LED headlights more. please can we all complain about them more. night driving is nearly impossible for me to do now without having to white knuckle my way through a thousand evil suns. every time i see those headlights in my mirrors i take 2d6 radiant damage. i want to destroy every single LED headlight under my feet like theyāre goombas
Previously on BnHA: You know what, fandom is way too heated about this still so weāre just going to leave that be that for now and not get involved. I have some conflicted feelings about it, but this is not the place or time. This is a happy post.
Today on BnHA: Oh right, Horikoshi still owns the rights to my soul. And Iāve just been reminded of why I willingly signed them over to him so freely.
Quick heads up that this isnāt going to be my usual style of chapter reaction post, in that itās really just going to be a ton of rambling about That One Scene. Partly because Iām only halfway caught up with stuff, but mostly because tbh, this is the only thing that matters to me right at this moment.
Also this is your friendly neighborhood spoiler warning that Iām posting about a chapter which hasnāt officially been released yet! So proceed at your own discretion. This reaction is based on @pikahluaās excellent spoiler translation writeup here. Iāve officially lost all of my fucks about spoilers and itās extremely liberating.
Iām glad that Kacchanās arm isnāt just magically better and that heās never going to be 100% again. and also that the doctor mentions him needing to rest his heart as well. because I did feel like there needed to be at least a few lasting consequences from him LITERALLY DYING AND UNDERGOING OPEN-HEART SURGERY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BATTLEFIELD. but Iām also glad they established that it wasnāt career-ending or anything. heāll probably have some chronic pain and occasionally aggravate his old injuries while fighting, all of which is great for angst purposes. but it was good to see him being calmly accepting of that while also being determined to put the work in to rehab it as much as possible.
also enjoyed the doctor summing up Kacchanās highly improbable main character resurrection and subsequent antics as basically being some wild bullshit that nobody can explain. lampshaded the shit out of it. āI donāt really understandā lol. nobody understands. in truth itās that his secondary quirk is bending reality to his will in order to kick ass.
moving on to the main event now! so Kacchan and Izukuās reunion was obviously the highlight of this chapter and of my life, probably. Iām not gonna sit here and pretend like it wasnāt. yāall know how it is.
what really made this scene for me was Kacchan being more upset at Izukuās loss than Izuku himself. all those callbacks and all that guilt. that careful selection of flashback panels. the fact that Kacchanās past bullying of the quirkless Izuku wasnāt glossed over or forgotten, and in fact is the emotional core that fuels Kacchanās reaction here. Horikoshi didn't have to cut that deep, but he knows what he's about.
and then the crying. I need to write a lot of words about this right the fuck now. first off, having Kacchan just flat out sob while Izuku for once is the calm one (at least until All Might goes in for the emotional kill later on), is such a beautiful reversal and really shows how far theyāve come. even better is that none of it was even remotely out of character. Iām always appreciative when an author can produce top tier emotional hurt/comfort like this and have it feel earned and authentic rather than forced. well done.
also, āNa--cchan!!ā fuck yeah Izuku. weāll never let him live this down. (but also, him later trying to reconcile his forever-tough image of Kacchan with the crying, hiccupping version standing in front of him, by blaming it on Kacchanās weakened physical state... oh, Izuku.)
also the fact that Kacchan so easily reverts to this smol crying boy even after defeating the worldās greatest evil pretty much activated every protective instinct that I have. heās seventeen. heās practically a man now. heās objectively one of the strongest and toughest people in the entire world. and yet his eyes still go so wide and his face is still so young and Horikoshi still draws him so tiny and vulnerable whenever heās like this. goddamn gets me EVERY single time. letās be real, itās been this way ever since the āyou looked like you needed savingā scene back in the literal first chapter. just, omg. heās still just a kid and heās too small to contain all these feelings SOMEONE HELP HIM.
anyway so NEEDLESS TO SAY, Kacchan full on mourning in between sobs because he wanted to keep being rivals with Izuku cut me to my core. I cried too, goddammit. because in Katsukiās mind itās like. he wasted a dozen years of potential friendship by being a giant asshole. and they were only able to start getting things back on track less than a year ago. and that was probably the best year of both of their lives. and that rivalry meant so much to both of them. pursuing their dreams together as equals. and he wanted it to continue!! he missed out on so much, and it was his own damn fault, and now itās all being taken away again maybe!!
and I think itās especially devastating to Katsuki because he was trying so hard to make up for how he treated Izuku, and then this comes along and now heās worried it was all for nothing. heās scared that Izuku will maybe have to quit being a hero. (we know that wonāt happen, obviously, but Katsuki is living this and not just reading it. heās never met narrator!Deku and doesnāt have the benefit of all that foreshadowing and stuff.) but even more than that, I think heās scared that it will undo all of their progress toward mending their relationship. not because Katsuki thinks any less of Izuku now, quirk or no quirk; but because of how Izuku might feel about being quirkless again, and because of the memories it might bring flooding back to the surface. I donāt think Katsuki fully believes that Izuku has forgiven him. so thatās a major fear potentially rearing its ugly head once more now.
and of course, heās also just sad and upset on Izukuās behalf, because he knows Izuku is sad about it too, even if heāll never show it and will just downplay it because of his selfless nature. itās a major loss, and one deserving of tears being shed, even if Izuku wonāt shed any of his.
so yeah. itās a lot. in Katsukiās mind itās the potential loss of a partner (if Izuku quits heroics), and a friend (if Izuku does cool toward Katsuki as a result of being quirkless again), and a dream (of them reaching the highest heights together), and his friendās dream. so it makes perfect sense that all of that would overwhelm him. all of this is stuff thatās broken him down on past occasions as well.
so anyway itās going be very cathartic when all those fears prove to be unfounded (because they better be unfounded lol). but in the meantime itās a very moving reminder of how much he really does care and how far the both of them have come.
also Horikoshi really couldnāt resist giving Nobu one last chance to destroy everyone when this scene rolls up in the anime. thatās so reckless of him. there will be no survivors.
All Might telling both of them theyād become the greatest heroes was also the perfect chefās kiss moment on top of everything else. we already knew it, of course. but it was good to hear him say it. and they needed him to say it. they needed and deserved to hear it.
and I really love that the qualities he specifically praised them for were the same things that each of them had struggled with the most in their respective journeys. he tells Izuku, who had such a difficult time learning how to tell the world āI am here!!ā, that he inspires everyone and has become everyoneās hero. and he reminds Katsuki, who struggled with learning how to save people, and has especially struggled with his guilt over what happened to All Might at Kamino, that he saved All Mightās life and is the reason heās able to still be there with them. both of them just really needed to hear that acknowledgement and encouragement, and it was such a powerful passing of the torch moment. All Might gets so much shit from the fandom, but he really is a phenomenal mentor when heās in the zone, and Iāll die on that hill.
also a nice touch keeping the focus of those panels on the two boys and their reactions. even though I would have liked to see All Mightās face when he thanked them at the end, it definitely felt deliberate. this is their moment. their soft little tearful smiles afterwards punted my heart off a cliff and then picked it up and held it gently.
lastly, let it be known that Iām still convinced Katsuki has OFA (All Might vestige explanation when??), and itās not lost on me that that would be a mighty convenient way for Izuku to potentially still go on a-quirkinā in the end, if thatās how Horikoshi wants to play it. I'm just saying.
also before I forget, just a quick shoutout to Horikoshi for FINALLY showing all three members of the Bakufam in a scene together in which they finally managed to not be completely dysfunctional lol. my deepest darkest BnHA secret is that Mitsuki is secretly super high up on my list of favorite characters. and she was great in this chapter, and I love how she was just āWHAT THE FUCKā aghast at Katsuki using his main character powers to continuously ignore his injuries. and then she and Masaru kind of silently agreeing to step outside the room and let the boys and All Might have their moment. while still secretly listening in. because you know they were. good for them.
lastly for reals, I just want you all to remember that as great as this chapter was, the one thing that it was STILL missing which we have STILL not gotten is a HUG. we demand HUGS. Iām not leaving this manga till I get a bkdk hug goddammit. I will stay here all night if I have to.
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