Honestly I've seen WAAAY too many people just...like make Ace like some sorta Yuu simp in a way and the way they make him fumble like....I have no idea why honestly, why do they even do that???
Like okay, I can see it but when they make it the only thing, that's when it gets too much. He's not always a fumbler, the other 'more desirable' characters are not so perfect, he seems like a guy who would focus on the small things not the big ones.
Like I always see Ace being pit against some other love interest (usually Malleus) and he is always shown to be SO lacking and painted out to be this inferior option who always says the wrong thing and makes the Yuusona or OC upset always by pulling pranks or being overall careless with many things.
That's not who Ace Trappola is.
He's not just a prankster or an 'idiot' (he's actually very smart, he's just too lazy to use his smarts...like me) or some awful, rude guy.
He's a regular teenage boy, with regular teenage boy interests and feelings.
He's actually the most normal out of the TWST cast and frankly, I am saying this with absolute honesty, if I were Yuu I would be most comfortable with Ace BECAUSE of the sense of normalcy that he has.
I'm not saying the others are abnormal or anything, Ace just seems to be having a less eventful backstory so far, I don't even know if we'll even get a backstory for this cheeky guy.
Ace has feelings and he seems to have some level of emotional intelligence, he just chooses to be like he is. Ace very quickly figured Riddle's whole deal during the fight and he made some damn good points about both Riddle and his sk called mother (She is the true villain of Book 1 idc what anyone says)
Ace also does care. He cares so damn much.
We can see how worried both Ace and Deuce were in Book 4, damn near being mother hens if I do say so myself.
In his dream, we see just how much he truly cares for Yuu. Not only is Yuu still with them but Yuu can also go back to THEIR home whenever they want in Ace's dream. He wants Yuu to stay but he also wants Yuu to be able to go home because he knows Yuu wants to go home, he WANTS them to be happy. Ace cried, he fucking cried.
He cried like 3-4 times in Book 7. He also cried because he was scared for Riddle, he was mad that Riddle thought himself disposable and just...cried, he made himself vulnerable in front of his dorm mates simply because he was so worried for Riddle.
So when people paint him out to be this purely careless asshole who is only self serving, I also want wonder from where are they getting that...
Ace Trappola is not like that.
He's so much more than the single personality trait the fandom have characterised him.
When people pretend a character who did so Yuu some level of harm or who doesn’t truly care for Yuu would be a way better boyfriend than Ace would be...it just ticks me off.
Dare I say, he cares the most.
Yet people don't see it and doesn't that show you just how perfectly he managed to hide it.
I keep away from Aceyuu/Ace × OC most of the time because I don't like how poorly they depict him in favour of some other TWST boy. Some blogs here have some cute Aceyuu/Ace × OC though, I will say.
Ace Trappola will always be my favourite character because I can see just how much he cares and just how much he loves his friends. He's average sure, but what truly matters is not the looks or the status but the content of one's character.
It's apt that he's the Heart Soldier, don't believe the front and instead look past it, then you can see just how big his heart is.
So to all the people who love to dunk on him:
Ace Trappola is not like that...
And well I guess...I care about him too
