Simon

i dont really post much art. idk why but i reblog a lot

[khorale]

Bnha 235

That was a very heavy chapter.

Every single arc where a villain looks down on Shigaraki, there's always that moment where they get spooked by him (Stain, Overhaul, etc.). Nice to see we're carrying on that trend.

I'm surprised that Re-Destro isn't dead after receiving the attack from all 5 fingers. The disintegration didn't spread?

I still worry for Shigaraki's dream, because he isn't aiming for a future. He's still after pure destruction without knowing what will happen afterwards. What society will rise out the ashes? Will it be a better or worse world that he and his comrades will live in? Everything Re-Destro said in the previous chapter still holds true, and I wonder if he will ever have a long term plan. Because this aim for total destruction means that Shigaraki as an antagonist must be defeated for the sake of everyone else in the series to live, and I don't want it to end that way.

By the way, Shigaraki's expression reminded me of Toga's when she asked what is a normal life.

Both of them were challenged in their beliefs, and responded as if their way of thinking should be obvious. They refute what they "should" be doing, the "right" way, and how their actions are viewed. Toga's actions are byproducts of her love and not the actions of her family. Shigaraki just wants to destroy and leave nothing behind.

"Let's not get violent" implying he has been in the past and the current mishandling of Tenko mirroring Endeavor with Shouto back then.

Baby Tenkoooo...

He looks so much like Midoriya, and the theory of his hair being black was right. He also seem to have allergies due to something at home, but no one knows what.

"Kotarou-san" the suffix is formal and less intimate than just calling him by name. This shows that there is a distance between them, and the fact that he's order everyone in the household around while dismissing their complaints. Really strips away the illusions of a happy family we thought we had last chapter. His in-law's interaction with him also seemed strained and with hints of nervousness.

Kotarou passes his action off as preventing disappointment from Tenko's quirklessness if he can't be a hero. But we all know the real reason and the resentment he harbors for heroes. So he ignores the part he plays in Tenko's unhappiness, justifies his actions as "rules are rules" like it's Tenko's fault for breaking it and absolves himself of responsibility.

Everyone is scared of Kotarou, but nobody stood in his way. We don't know how he found out, but the first thing he did was to look at Hana.

I really don't want to think Hana told on him, after saying she would support him. I believe they didn't put things back exactly like before, and Kotaro intimidated them into revealing who did it.

I know a lot of you out there are angry at Hana. But she's a kid. She's scared and she knows how mean he can be and doesn't want it directed at her. It takes amazing strength to stand up to someone you're afraid of all your life and not everyone can do it. From what we seen before, Kotaro's mostly verbally chewing Tenko out, and nobody in the household realized it would get physical.

Nobody came to help. Nobody saved Tenko like the heroes he admired. (Also Tenko's inner thoughts are just like what AFO said to him in the alleyway. Who can bet he's watching this unfold right now?)

And does anyone get reminded of Kouta? The boy who hates heroes, back in the training camp arc. (Even their names are similar)

Kouta and Kotarou believed that their parents abandoned them for the sake of others. They were hurt, but society praised these heroes. Kotarou is what Kouta might have become if Midoriya didn't come along. Also right after that page Midoriya thought back to Shigaraki's words of All Might acting like there wasn't anyone he couldn't save (WHICH is spoken alongside a flashback of that day Tenko killed his family). Wow.

Nana did it with good intentions, but Kotarou never understood or accepted her decision.

The only rule in the house: Never talk about heroes, mean to be a chain that stops anyone else from leaving him.

It does show that this was the first time he resorted to violence, and he regretted it. But has he ever apologized to Tenko? Did he ever admitted he was in the wrong, that his family is scared of him and the opposite of happiness? Maybe he thought if he can keep them(and Nana) from abandoning him, he could have had a happy family. Like the reason for his unhappiness was being abandoned. But the fact is, he could have had happiness if he could just let go of his resentment and give his children the love Nana gave him.

But it's too late.

[khorale]

Bnha 237

Oh no, he’s punishing himself and couldn’t call for help ;_;

He’s even justifying other people’s actions on why they wouldn’t help him, even though all they really needed to have done was dial the police. But now Tenko thinks that even society is punishing him (creating a connection with his father, who he killed.) It’s no wonder how he ends up wanting to destroy them.

If only someone showed him some sympathy or kindness, it would have eased his growing hatred and itch for destruction. How it must feel, to watch the indifferent society talk about heroes and how they saved others, how they all cheer for All Might “As if there’s nobody he couldn’t save”.

It is so odd to see Shigaraki/Tenko hesitate to kill someone back in the beginning. You see the anger and the urge to lash out, but then he faltered and had second thoughts. But All For One managed to direct Tenko to a new train of thought:

“Just follow your heart.” I have always heard that saying for the good guys. Like following your heart is always the right choice, because the good guys care for other people and enact what they believe is right. This was always shown in a positive light. I’m impressed that All For One is able to spin it into “Do whatever you want, and kill whoever you want.”

Ethics, morals, these are all to establish a stable society. But this society had done nothing for Tenko, so he hesitates and suffers without anyone caring. All For One makes it so that Tenko places what he desires (destruction) above all else.

Tenko’s desire is to kill the two guys who hit him earlier. Although he can’t recall what happened back home, he still had snippets of Kotarou hitting him and how hurt and helpless he felt. It also brought back memories of nobody doing anything to stop it, both the Shimuras and the bystanders in the street.

So that leaves only Tenko to hit back and fight for himself, because no one else would.

In Jaimini’s Box translations, it looks more like the Doctor and AFO sealed his memories, but in the Mangastream it seems less likely.

And on the bottom panel her, the Mangastream translations said that AFO made Tenko wear the hands to keep him from forgetting more of his past, and make sure he constantly feels enough anger to use his quirk. It sounds like AFO wouldn’t have had Tenko lose his memories as it creates less potent emotions for his quirk.

Whereas back in the Jaimini’s Box transation on the previous image, it was Tenko himself who wore the hands as a way to punish himself for killing his family due to his guilt.

Tenko wore the hands also as a reminder, (now this is all my speculation) because he thought killing his family was the worst thing he did, so anything else pales in comparison. Whatever he does, his family is here for him. 

Also, what kind of action figures do he collect? I’m really curious!

Now then, Shimura Tenko is officially passing away to become Shigaraki Tomura. With no past memories and newly adopted, it is as if he is a newborn child. A different person.

*shocked pikachu meme*

How did I never saw this coming?

Anyway, this is so weird now, and I think I’ll hold off on calling AFO ‘Shigaraki’. Just… give us your first name or something. And someone suggested that ‘Tomura’ could’ve been his little brother’s name. (That would make it super awkward once Deku talks to the vestige of the first OFA holder and asks for his name LMAO)

So now that Shigaraki remembers everything, he actually rationalized everything using what AFO told him: What your desire is the right thing, and follow your heart. This leads to him finally resolving his guilt, and think that it wasn’t a tragedy after all - he felt good while doing it so he must have wanted it (oh boy that’s not it at all).

I am also reminded of Toga’s fight where she said she’s been living a normal life and what defines as a tragedy is only thorugh the lens of others. She acts the way she pleases, and what her quirk desires is in her nature.

Shigaraki does not care much for a future or what others do with it. He just wants to take down the present, possibly thinking anything would be better than the current society.

Anyway, we’re finally seeing what’s going on with the rest of the league! :D (Dabi has finally returned from his tea break)

But it looks like their plan for Gigantomachia isn’t working out… Soon Giganto would reach Shigaraki and who knows how things are going to turn out. Shigaraki don’t need his guilt to drive his emotions anymore, and he crushes the hand that he used to fly off the handles if someone puts a scratch on it. He isn’t reliant on it anymore. The thing his character is known for doesn’t define him anymore. He’s grown and steadily developing further into his own person.

[leagueofidiots]

The amount of times my editing app crashed while making these...

Tag yourself, I'm all of them, but especially Gecko if I'm being honest.

[matchacreamlatte]

Protect them

[angie-roselli]

“He’s in the bathroom of a homeless shelter when he works the dye through his hair, watches as the black begins to mask the red. It’s a drastic change, and the only reason Touya recognizes himself in the mirror is his eyes and the terrible burn scars.

When he puts in the contacts, they burn his eyes, and he can’t keep them in for more than a minute at a time. Swearing to himself, Touya removes them and throws them into the garbage. He guesses he shouldn’t have expected good quality from something so cheap. Still, he’s frustrated that he still has to look at the eyes of his father every time he looks into the mirror.”

Some small illustrations inspired by the fic “forgotten son” by @koganewest which you can read here!

[araminakilla]

This shadowy guy has caught my attention

Why?

BECAUSE HE’S A BATMAN!!!

Also I think he is Sir Pentious’ crush

[goldentrapz12]

Now i ship them

[thewiglesswonder]

IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT ALASTOR MOST LIKELY DOESNT KNOW WHAT A BALLPOINT PEN OR A MICROWAVE IS MY DIGESTIVE TRACT HAS EVAPORATED

[poke-scandy]

I love them ♥

[melatolyn]

Stuff I posted on my twitter!

[goldentrapz12]

The 3rd drawing asks a good question

Does alastor like his women THICC like mimzy

Or thin (but still thicc) like rose? (thats her name right? Or is it rosie??)

Just asking this cause ive seen viv (im pretty darn sure but most likely not) draw mimxy x alastor and alastor x rose (or rosie)

[socially-introverted-dumbass-de]

Like father & child

[vivziepop]

the funniest part of this one too me is that Charlie is actually slightly taller then her Father haha!!

[lorlyn-the-demon]

Reasons why I’m against the Varlie

I mean, if you ship it, it’s fine. But I sincerely hope that this couple is not really going to become cannon, and here’s why :

First of all, it doesn’t make sense. I haven’t seen a lot of them, but I have the feeling that if it ever becomes cannon, it will come completely out of the blue. A romance between these two would feel forced to me, and completely out of place in the context of the story. And I don’t want Vivzie to pair them just for the sake of having LGBT representation. We really don’t need another Gay-Ra and the Lesbians of Color.

Because, and that’s my second point, I don’t really see them that way. In every picture where they are together, and looking at each other, there don’t seem to be any actual «couple chemistry» going on between them.

As you can see, in all of the pictures above, Vaggie is looking at Charlie, but not in a romantic way, I wouldn’t say so. Vaggie is not blushing, nor being shy or tense (and neither is Charlie) I’m sorry but I don’t see that chemistry between them. It’s more a look of affection/complicity, but no love. I see Vaggie as Charlie’s overprotective big sister, but I just can’t see them as lovers. It feels just kind of wrong to me.

And third of all, this is madness. Long before Vivzie even said anything, everyone was already assuming that they were dating, just because one of them is supposedly a lesbian and the other a «tomboy» :

This comment comes from the comment section of the Speed Draw «Gal Pals» on YouTube. It’s one of the rare comments in this comment section that haven’t been written by some mad shipping fiend and as soon as it was posted it was attacked by one of said mad fiends. What bother me is a)the fact that this person felt the need to apologize for daring to assume that Charlie and Vaggie were actual gal pals (it’s almost as if it was the very title of the speedpaint) and b)the fact that when the other person responded, it haven’t even been confirmed anywhere that they are dating, or going to.(And in my opinion, it’s still isn’t confirmed. The wiki is BS written by the fandom and when it comes to the «stream», what Vivzie said was barely audible anyway.) Also I feel like this is kind of rude of this person to tell the other how they should think, so in my opinion they’re the one being the most toxic here.

So yes, the Varlie is cute, but it isn’t really anything other than «cute». It’s irrelevant, it makes little sense, and it feels like people are so desperate for LGBT representation that they’ll start to insane fangirling over anything that look remotely gay. I personally think that Charlie and Vaggie’s friendship is beautiful just the way it is and that Vivzie should let it remain that way instead of forcing a romantic relationship on the two of them.

(And for ghosts’ sake, I don’t want to hear anything along the lines of «They’re cannon !!1!! Vivzie confirmed it herself !11!!1!!! ». There is official character sheets out there with everything you need to know about them on it, that say that Vaggie is, quoting word for word, «Charlie’s responsible manager and best friend». That will be all.)

[vivziepop]

Ok! I’m not addressing this because there is anything inherently wrong with this opinion! It’s a valid opinion but I’m addressing it because I believe theres something to add to the discussion. ^^

I’m gonna cut to chase though and say, actually yes. Vaggie and Charlie are being written as an established couple.

My original intention proceeding any discussion of a pilot or realized cartoon was for Charlie to gain a female love interest while also having a male ex and many male crushes (a bi sexual character) it wasn’t originally Vaggie but over time their chemistry through development became impossible to ignore. To the point a few of the board artists who were working off the eventual pilot script told me they were boarding with the mindset the characters were together because they assumed they were. Chemistry isn’t really an easy thing to depict because relationships are not ever the same, but it is intentionally there! Vaggie isn’t blushing or acting coy around Charlie because that is not what their relationship consists of, when I say they are best friends I mean it. Charlie and Vaggie have reached a place in their relationship where it is a partnership, and they carrie themselves on equal footing at almost all times. They feel 100% comfortable around each other, and they have a lot of things they are doing that take up most of their attention. Mostly working together to actually get the hotel up and running. I realized the story had way more to work with with them as a couple already then just being close friends. It gave a level of reason and depth to a lot of what events in the story- it just makes sense.

The reason I do not make a big show of their relationship however is because it is not at all a plot point, which is why I don’t mind addressing it now as it’s not really a spoiler! I really didn’t want it to be a thing people focused on, I wanted the characters to really be experienced and enjoyed as their own and not just because of shipping. That said, I do plan on delving into their relationship more in prequel comics or backstories, but as the narrative unfolds their relationship is more of a dynamic then a plot point. So don’t worry. No ship teasing, no dangling. They simply are who they are. This is because there are in fact other love interest storylines in the show planned, and I really don’t like focusing too much on shipping or romance storylines unless they really need to unfold on screen and serve to make a character’s arc stronger. I wanted Charlie and Vaggie to have a solid and connected partnership set in stone from the word go, not something that would be lead up too over the story. The narrative planned for these characters challenges them as people, challenges their relationships but as life does with anyone. I really just wanted to depict a pre-established relationship, I’d like to see more of those, and they give a different kind of dynamic from a writing perspective!

In short I’m sorry to the poster if it’s disappointing to learn they are very much so canon. But I hope it’s some solace to know the reason for them being so isn’t “forced representation” - it’s simply knowing the characters the way I do, it just became impossible to ignore how deeply they cared about each other and who they were. Instead of making their story all about falling in love when that really isn’t what their arcs were meant to be, I said “ya know what, I think they are already in love” and moved on with the story. I hope their chemistry will become more clear the more of the story we get to show. But their relationship doesn’t define them, which is why we didn’t want to bother with a love-interest storyline. They are simply already partners, and best friends. <3

On the subject of “forced diversity” I personally don’t see why just having lgbt characters needs to be classified as “forced”. Is it “forced” when theres a strait couple? No? So who cares if they aren’t haha. What matters is the story told, not who is dating who.

Plus I really wanted to do the Vaggie-having-a-best-platonic-friend story with someone else in the main cast ….. (thumbs up emoji)

Edit: You don’t need to like what’s canon, and you can ship whatever you want! please do, it’s all fiction and nothing you do will change what I have set for these characters! Just enjoy what you enjoy! <3 -and sorry to poster for the big response, I honestly just felt compelled after reading that take, and this has been something I’ve wanted to address for a hot minute! sorry!!

[creaturecandies]

Inktober 2019 # 26 Dark

Anything you can do, I can do better. I can do anything better than you~

[petitprincess1]

[zatyrlucy]

A lot of people was thinking that Charlie was so pure to fight and she has to be protected but NOPE this girl knows how to protect herself. 

[clownmoontoon]

viv did apologize for the stuff she did in the past, but her show still has plenty of mistakes. the only gay character is shown as a sex and drug addict, and violent person, and he’s also drawn to look transphobic. the only latina character in the show is shown as stereotypically angry and snappy, and she’s also “protective over the white girl” ( AND she’s a lesbian with a name similar to “vagina”). there’s also “i don’t touch the gays” viv apologized for the past but she continues to be awful.

OKI I TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE IN OTHER ASKS BUT I WASNT SUPER SPECIFIC SO LETS GO ONE BY ONE \OUO/

ANGEL

angel is a sex worker not a sex addict, theres a big bIG difference!! someone who has a lot of sex and talks about sex/makes sex jokes isnt a sex addict. they might be a slut but angel doesnt do anything for free so hes probably not that either! ALSO WE DONT SLUT SHAME ON THIS BLOG!! if ppl wanna do the do w lots of ppl thats their choice!

i dont think hes a drug addict either, when his drugs got ruined he seemed irritated but not like.. on the verge of a breakdown.  

an addict wouldnt say “aw dammit” and then move on, theyd be a wreck. 

be careful not to play it too fast and loose with terms like “addict”, thats a mental disease not a character quirk. 

angel definitely does drugs but based on what we know from one episode it just seems recreational (not saying its a good thing obv but this is hell so drugs are easy to get)

“drawn to look transphobic”…..im…incredibly confused how u came to that conclusion. vivzie draws lots of male characters skinny and if theyre furry (meaning literally covered in fur, not necessarily anthro) they have some chest floof! alastor, pentious, and other skinny male charas have almost the same body type but since theyre not as furry they wont have the floof! angel is just the floofiest boy! 

also said this in another ask but angel is not trans and im not sure why ppl keep thinking he is?

an effeminate male character =/= trans

a trans guy CAN BE effeminate but the two are NOT mutually exclusive and if u think so pls ..dont ldslkjds

VAGGIE

im seeing the “angry latina” thing spread a lot about vaggie and tbh i didnt get that at all from the show? shes kind and caring and when it comes to charlie shes incredibly soft ;; she gets angry in situations that well…anyone would get angry! 

“protective of the white girl” also feels like a stretch, charlie is her girlfriend! its not “the white girl” shes protecting, its the gf! if youre upset about a latina dating a white girl then…unfortunately thats a little racist of you,,,

a mixed race, gay, female couple AND THEYRE THE MAIN CHARACTERS?? thats pretty damn awesome if u ask me ; v ;

im latina and i didnt find her character offensive at all tbh i thought she was cool and i rlly dig her design!

and even with angel, a character that does and says insulting things to her to make her mad on purpose, she still takes time to explain things to him about how what hes doing is wrong or about things he doesnt understand

ALSO HER NAME IS A NICKNAME SLKLDKS i mentioned that in another ask too, only charlie calls her that and im p sure we all know her real name isnt vagina

LASTLY,

“i dont touch the gays” was said by a character we as a viewer are supposed to Not Like

SOME TIMES VILLAINS DO VILLAINOUS THINGS, antagonists will antagonize..

im mostly posting this for other ppl who may not know what to say/might need help defending why they enjoy this show when asked similar things , but if you truly feel this way about it then its ok not to watch or find enjoyment in it!

i dont think vivzie is awful but if you do thats entirely your right. we simply disagree! \ouo/

[hazzbinhotel]

Charlie’s face after realizing she said “cool beans” to the Very Powerful Radio Demon never fails to amuse me

[petitprincess1]

[frenchiefieart]

Y'all know this would happen tho 👀