#bakugou bashing

[just-another-mha-blog]

Tenya & Mei: (minding their own business)

Bakugou: Hey, nerds! I bet you can't make an English sentence without an "A!"

Tenya: ... yooooooou thought you just did something clever, didn't you? Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but plenty of English sentences could be formed without using the first letter of the English lexicon!

Mei: FUCK YOU.

[theimmortalprince]

A common theme I see in comments under a Bakugou critical post is "He's more interesting than Deku who is a plain and boring character." And it was odd? To perceive Izuku as boring or plain. He was an interesting character for sure, with him being a literal minority in his society and being discriminated against for it. Honestly Hori could have done a lot better with the overall plot if he explored more of the societal hierarchy and gone with it, it would have gone over so well especially while giving insight into the LOV members. But that's not the point. The point is people look at Midoriya Izuku, a victim of severe bullying (please, Bakugou singed his shoulder and acted as if it was an everyday thing), objectively he should have been an emo character, yet he is always so determined and kind hearted and people think "Boring"?! To be so determined that you break your own damn bones to help a boy with daddy issues. Honestly, it's okay if people like Bakugou, but defending Bakugou like he was a saint and sometimes, insinuating that Izuku deserved it, it's just disrespectful. Because art is often a reflection of real life. And Izuku is a representation of a teenager belonging to a minority, being bullied, somehow making his life better (not exactly but kinda) and all some people see is "Boring".

[theloganator101]

I’m about to share my unpopular opinion here. Bakugou’s kidnapping should have been the beginning of the end of his hero career, his fall from grace.

Why?

Because the literal scum of Japan view him as one of them. They saw themselves in a hero student.

That should have been enough to get the (trashy irresponsible neglectful) faculty to do some investigations into Bakugou’s behavior and reflect on how much let let him slide without consequences.

And let’s face it, even with Aizawa vouching for him, social media is a place where scandals, incidents, theories, and opinions thrive. We were already introduced to the world of journalism in MHA when the camera quirk journalist wanted to do interviews with class 1A students and how they were willing to breach UA’s security defenses when they heard All Might was teaching there. So it wouldn’t be far fetched to assume that journalists would be interested in an inside scoop.

Articles, meta analysis, and social media posts would be likely to surface, all commenting on how villains sympathize with a person who is supposed to be an aspiring hero, before they all reach the same conclusion; the sports festival.

Disdain would follow soon after. Because to the general public, the LOV targeted Bakugou because he very much acted like a villain. And then things will slowly begin to make sense.

I know this seems like reaching, but I find it very likely for UA to be blamed as well. Not only for the kidnapping taking place but also never stepping in or making any progress in shaping Bakugou up. People will see this and begin to wonder ‘How many villain hopefuls is UA responsible for creating. This will lead to UA having to change policies. To what exactly, I’m not sure.

But one conclusion is clear, either Bakugou is put on academic probation until a police investigation is complete (Again, this is a student who villains thought would make a great addition to the team. That should have been taken more seriously other than a gloss over by Nedzu), or he is removed from the hero course all together.

Either way each result will end in the same way, Bakugou’s reputation would be in shambles (if it wasn’t already due to the sports festival), no one would be able to trust him, and his PR would crumble before it even started. And PR ratings are an extremely important part of heroics that people don’t give enough credit. It doesn’t matter how strong, skilled or smart his is or how much potential he has. A poor PR rating is enough to keep him from rising through the ranks. So his dream of being number one will likely never become a reality.

This incident will very likely follow him for a long time. Even if the hype dies down, any wrong move cause him to lose everything. Let’s be realistic here: we all know how prevalent cancel culture is around the world right? Well, I think it’d be the same situation Bakugou finds himself in. The media will likely watch him like a hawk. Waiting for a mistake or slip up. At any given moment, Bakugou can find himself cancelled just like that. It’s like a metaphorical sword above his head.

On the topic of his friendships and how the class perceives him? I don’t think they’d think badly of him right away. I mean they were all worried about him and some were actually willing to save him. But, they’re bound to be exposed to some mainstream media. They’re teenagers, so they probably have a lot of social media exposure. Just imagine the realization and then the horror.

I’m not saying hear me out, but hear me out.

I think I already seen this ask answered by @anti-bakugou-memes, but I'm willing to throw my opinion in.

As someone who watches commentary channels and seen people getting cancelled, I could see this happening if Hori wasn't playing favorites.

Bakugou's kidnapping should've raised red flags to the heroes and have them look deeper into what led the villains into coming to the conclusion of "Hey! This kid is villain potential! Let's recruit him!"

It would serve as acceptable consequences for his actions and that this whole situation would lead to him leaving UA for good due to the backlash both he and UA would get.

Plus: it could lead to an interesting conflict for 1-A of them not noticing Bakugou's disgusting behavior until now. Leading them to question if they would even make good heroes if they couldn't see their own classmate suffering from an abuser.

[tardigradetheking]

Can't wait for someone to beat bakugou Katsuki to death

[anton-the-cock]

// bakugou stans scoll past this

Now when I think of it, most Endy stans took a liking to him after he began his redemption (and those who didn'tloved him for being messed up) but Bakugou was beloved from the very get-go. Like, people just looked at this bitch telling his bestie to off himself and went "ah yeah you are my babyboy". The bitch did nothing but screamed and flaunted his ego and somehow people were into it????? Talk about different taste

Like, at the first popularity poll Baku scored 3rd with a huge difference from Ochako (a thousand votes) and the poll was conducted on Hero Killer Arc. Basically, we saw him bullying Deku, being a bitch during Battle Trial and USJ and then whatever the heck happened at the Sports festival. Zero redeeming qualities for real

I just don't understand why or how. Are people into bullies? lololol

[ultrawavesstars]

Bakugou slander

There are too many fics about Izuku not getting into UA because of quirklesness and not enough about Bakugou not getting in or getting expelled because of aggressiveness. In the first episode they introduced rescue points, which make sense you can’t be a hero if you only know how to attack, what bugs me is that Bakugou got 0 rescue points in comparison to Izuku who got only rescue points. He’s also the only one on the list who got 0 rescue points, which says a lot about his personality. Plus he has been agressive and payed no attention to the safety of others around him. I respect his character development but he honestly should have been kicked out our faced some sort of consequences a long time ago. Plus the show shows us multiple abuse victims and focuses on the victim, except for Izuku who shows no anger towards Bakugou which makes no sense.

[alien-slushie]

MHA as SIX the Musical because I felt like it.

No explanations because I am lazy, and I'm pretty sure it's all selfexplanitory.

King Henry: Bakugou Katsuki

Catherine of Aragon: Monoma Neito

Anne Boleyn: Ashido Mina

Jane Semore: Kirishima Eijiro

Anne of Cleves: Uraraka Ochacko

Kathryn Howard: Aoyama Yuga

Catherine Parr: Midoriya Izuku

[violetlunette]

Something’s been on my mind for a bit, so I decided to get it out. I’m going to talk about the fight Bakagou vs Uraraka at the sports festival, the effects on the story and his arc, and whether it would have been better if he lost.

Below isn’t exactly Bakagou bashing, but there is some Bakagou critical, though no harm is meant here. Still, if that’s not your cup of tea I would move on.

Before we get into the meat of it all, I want to talk about something that irked me; the out of nowhere gender inequality. Where did the hell did that come from? Even Tenya is like, “surely Bakagou will take it easy on a girl!” What the hell? Before this point, there were no gender discrepancies whatsoever. Lady heroes such as Mt. Lady, Midnight, and Miroku were all on the same level as their male counterparts, so where the hell did this come from?

This is just a trope that I hate in general. Unless your story is actually talking about and dealing with gender inequality and you’re willing to go all the way, don’t even bring it up. It feels like it’s only there so Aizawa can give his “why Bakagou is awesome speech” (ugh) which they could have fit in another way if they wanted it in so bad. I think almost everyone could agree that gender thing wasn’t needed and is annoying.

Anyway, time to dig into why you’re all here; Why I think Bakagou should have lost against Uraraka.

First off—HOW did he win? I can accept Bakagou winning against Monoma as it’s established in-universe that the hero teachers are willing to bend the rules for creative thought, even if it’s unfair. (Makes sense as they’re training these kids to fight villains who don’t play fair at all.)

However, where’s the logical explanation in his fight with Ochaco? How did he manage to make that big of an explosion? If I’m understanding his quirk correctly the size of his explosions coordinates with the amount of sweat he produces. That’s what the grenades are for; they basically collect his bomb sweat and his palms light the spark to set it off. In the fight with Uraraka, he doesn’t use anything to pool his sweat. So how did he release the explosion that size? It’s never been established that he could make a boom that big just with his palms. And if it was his first time, then he should have been injured at least, had some side effects as he’s not used to an attack that size. It wouldn’t take him out of the tournament as Recovery Girl could heal him, but it all would make more sense. (Not to mention take away Gary-Sue points.)

The biggest irritant though is that there was a perfect workaround that could have been used; HIS SHIRT. Bakagou could have torn off his shirt at the last minute and used the sweat collected to create the blast! Not only would this be a decent explanation for his attack but it would have shown Bakagou’s resourcefulness and cunning. (Such a simple solution!) If he did that I would easily accept that he won on his own merits. As is though, I need a legit in-universe reason to accept his victory was won by anything other than the narrative being unfair.

Another reason Bakagou should have lost is that it would have been an interesting twist to his arc while staying inline with it. All his life Bakagou was a big fish in a small pond. As a result, all his victories came easy leading to constant praise. Now he’s at UA where he’s finally fighting people on the same level as him, some even higher. However, the only people he sees as a threat are Izuku and Todoroki. The rest are nothing. He doesn’t see Ochaco as a threat at all. In fact, before their match, he looks down on her. If he lost to Uraraka it would have been a huge hit to his pride while opening his eyes. Bakagou made a big speech about how he was going to defeat everyone, yet he was beaten during his first match against someone he never even considered a challenge.

This works better in the story as well. Now Bakagou doesn’t want to face All Might head-on because he’s a cocky prick nor is he charging the villains because he’s being an arrogant idiot. Bakagou is doing it because he thought he was hot stuff, yet he keeps losing—to the Sludge Villain, to Deku, to Ochaco. Then his one victory only happened because he was forced to work with someone else. Even though he was always the best, always the winner, always being praised for every little thing. This causes conflict with the narrative he’s created in his head all his life. I’m the best! So why am I always losing? Out of desperation to prove something to himself, Bakagou charges headlong into the villains, not because of his pride. It’s still an idiotic act, but the reason is more sympathetic, to me anyway.

That being said, I would miss what originally happened; The only reason the villains took an interest in Bakagou was because of the way he acted after Todoroki lost. Without that, they would have no interest in capturing Bakagou and we would lose what’s arguably Bakagou’s best arc.

This is a rare moment where I gush about something concerning the boy, but I love everything to do with this; 

Bakagou was so arrogant and bloodthirsty that despite knowing he was the target, he charged the villains. This leads to the obvious, “what did you think would happen moment” where he’s captured. 

The events that follow aren’t necessarily Bakagou’s fault, but they did happen because of his actions. Long story short, All Might fought All For One leading to an amazing fight that ends in All For One getting captured—but also to All Might losing his powers. This means that All Might can no longer be a hero. As such the crime rate goes up by 3% and new villains appear.

Let me be clear; it’s NOT Bakagou’s fault All Might lost his powers. Nor is the crime rate going up. I am absolutely not blaming him for those. All of this would have happened anyway eventually, whether or not Bakagou got caught. And before anyone says it I am NOT saying Bakagou deserved to be kidnapped by the League of Villains. Of course, he didn’t deserve that! However, the fact is all that happen because of Bakagou’s choice and actions.

Bakagou was warned that HE was a target, yet rather than being smart and getting to safety, he decided to fight. This not only placed him along with his classmates in danger but also got himself captured. 

Bakagou made a choice and he paid for it, along with others.

THIS is what I live for—no, not Bakagou suffering! The arc has the right amount of setup with EARNED angst and drama. Not only that, but there’s finally a lasting consequence for Bakagou’s actions (society’s as well, but that’s another post). Most of all Bakagou realized he was wrong and tried to learn from it (till later, but I digress). This arc, plus another event, lead to him having a break down with Izuku that could have led to him finally realizing the error of his ways in a narratively satisfying way. (Before Chapter 120 fucked it up, but I digress yet again.)

None of that would have happened if he lost to Uraraka and that would have been a damn shame.

So, what do you all think? Whether you like or dislike the angry porcupine, which path do you think is better for the story and Bakagou’s arc? Would it have been better if he lost to Uraraka and had his pride damaged to the point where he charges the villains to prove himself?

Or is better that he won and was then punished for his arrogance by thinking he could take on a group of villains? Or do you think the villains would still be after Bakagou even if he lost to Uraraka? Or maybe the villains wouldn’t have turned up at the camp at all as they wouldn’t think to kidnap Bakagou?

(Please try to set aside personal feelings for the character as much as possible if you decide to reply, and answer honestly.)