I think the fandom misinterprets Hawks the same way the LOV misinterpreted Bakugou.
The mistake the league made was thinking Bakugou’s desire to win out weight his core values on WHY he wanted to become a hero.
As Aizawa pointed out. Bakugou could never turn into a villain, because it would mean giving up on becoming a hero.
And Bakugou does not give up.
This is why the league’s plan back fired. They took Bakugou at face value without knowing anything about his real motivation.
How this is the same misinterpretation some have about Hawks
Similar too the league and Bakugou, I think some don’t think about WHY Hawks wants to be a hero.
There are some that are disappointed that Hawks continues to be a hero. This ranges between those who thought he would turn into a villain, a vigilante or quit hero work all together when; in reality this was never a possibility.
The idea that Hawks would ever stop wanting to be a hero or turn on hero society is pure fanon.
This is due to two reasons.
1. People misinterpreting Hawk’s line about wanting an easier life as him wanting to quit.
2. People thinking Hawk’s is vengeful about his situation with the HPSC and hero society.
That last one is interesting because there is so far zero evidence that he feels that way in canon, yet it’s taken as a canon fact by a large part of the fandom.
Did Hawks want to be free of the HPSC? Yes.
Did he want to harm anyone to do so? No not at all.
Does he want to change things about hero society? Yes. He’s made active moves to do so.
Has he shown any signs that he ever wanted to turn on it, harm people involve, quit, lose faith in the ability to change it? No.
Similar to the league’s misinterpretation of Bakugou, the misinterpretation people put on Hawks is believing his distain for the HPSC should out value his desire to help the public.
This was never the case and was never a possibility. Because Hawks wants to be the hero that he saw when he found out heroes were real and not just fictional characters.
A beacon of light for a little kid who thought such things didn’t exist.
This is what a hero means to him. It’s why he works so hard, sacrifices so much, puts in any amount of effort to the public he can and why the idea of him switching to the villain side or quitting is a fanon concept.
Hawk’s desire to save people out weighs anything. He’s been this way since he was a child and it’s just gotten stronger as he’s grown.