Maybe I’m viewing this through the “abused oldest sibling having to watch their younger siblings be treated nicer” lenses but like-
It’s the idea of Shoto being the one to save Touya that causes me to cry.
People who see Dabi and think “he’s just jealous of Shoto” don’t even see the tip of the iceberg because it’s so much more than that-
It’s the ‘being cast aside for the new favorite’
It’s the ‘resentment growing and being scared because that’s your sibling’
It’s the ‘never going to therapy for said resentment and it taking over’
Any sort of attention is good, even the bad.
If I had to pick a parallel- I’d say Lucifer. He was God’s favorite until humanity was created- and then God said to worship humans, and Lucifer rebelled. Started a war and was cast out.