a thought/opinion about One For All:
one for all was more of a generational curse than a gift, but both things can exist in tandem. you gotta hear me out on this one.
midoriya did not deserve to suffer with the power any longer than he had to, even if it may have given him, a self destructive, entirely insane teen a purpose no one could have ever dreamed of, it doomed him from the beginning.
as sad as it was to see it go, to watch the embers fade, it was always going to happen. the authors MADE it sad for a reason. you are allowed to be sad he lost his power but that burden was not something a TEENAGER—please note that the only other teenager that wielded OFA was Yagi himself, and look at him and his crippling martyr/savior/Symbol of Peace complex now—should have ever had to carry on his own.
yes, on his own. i said it.
toshinori (my baby, my boo, i love him but god) didn’t have enough information to properly help him and he, being the silly little guy he is, told him to keep it a secret, therefore cutting off any other ties to any other potential support systems he could have had to deal with the toll that comes with having a power destined to save or doom the world.
but, at the very same time, it was beautiful. it was human. it was raw unadulterated humanity and izuku must feel so grateful to have been able to experience that beauty for himself. to be able to hold it in his hands and cultivate it like a flower in a garden, his flower, his magnum opus.
what a gift it was, really.
but like I said. it’s all two sides of the same, flicked-into-the-koi-pond coin.
this does not take away from the fact that izuku deserves to be a hero though!! the suit is wowie and wowie and did I mention wowie? just the burden of holding a like generations old power and the expectation to literally save the world all at sixteen—>seventeen feels like a lot to put on a kid. yagi not telling him about AFO from the beginning was also a pretty lowballer move but i digress
