how do i even explain that i, the og bakudeku shipper, don’t even completely ship them romantically but as a qpr soulmate deal that transcends any label.
ofc i love every version of them but i am the staunch bakudeku defender and supporter simply because i was in the trenches when people were denying that they were one of the most, if not the most, important and compelling relationship in the whole series.
and now im labeled crazy and a weirdo who’s mad they didn’t kiss.
bro you can’t even acknowledge the intertwined fates and canonical friendship they got going on. why would i ever trust you to understand queer platonic relationships and the inherent romanticism that bleeds from their storyline
hot take: idk if the heroes would have won the final war if bakugou didn’t come back. take afo out of it, i don’t think deku would have been able to have the fight in him to push through.
seeing kacchan was alive fueled his final battle and gave him back his hope and light in his eyes. i genuinely don’t know if he would have even gotten close enough to shigaraki, let alone endure what he went through on just rage.
he needed his belief and hope and love to win the fight. and kacchan restored that.
The original concept for the manga comes true; it all comes full circle.
Deku gets support items. They mimic the quirks of ofa. He uses up his embers and continues to be a hero quirkless. He does not falter and continues to grow and improve. His power is never like it was but his experience and determination are what made him a true hero.
He and Bakugou still compete and they do not give up hope on being a hero duo.
They get a hero agency together and Deku is extremely popular as not only the new symbol of peace but as a true embodiment of how anyone can be a hero. He is an inspiration to quirkless kids and normalizes it. Kids who think they have useless quirks or are quirkless realize that they can do and be anything they want to.
Deku becomes the number one hero and competes with Bakugou as to who can maintain that rank the longest (their ranks are constantly shifting and they are always battling for who’s one and two,, Todoroki gets number one for like a month and both of them lose their minds)
It comes out that All Might was also born quirkless and he opens about it in an interview for a retrospect. He explains how proud he is of Midoriya and how he admires how he continues to fight as he, himself, had lost his spirit to keep fighting after he lost his quirk.
Deku continues to be a pillar of hope. Of the belief of good. Of reform and understanding. And under his influence, the world becomes more like what he embodies.
watching the bnha dub with my mom and sib and i forgot how much i HATED BAKUGOU. actually no i never fuckign forgot. S1 bakugou was the biggest piece of shit and i will never excuse his behaviour oh my GODDDDDD. hope he dies