Hot take. Endeavor is a product of Hero society just like hawks and other pro heroes. He has immense pressure out on him by society to be as good and reach all might. Also he was extremely enabled by someone literally selling his wife to him. On top of that I also feel like there’s no way All Might had no idea what was going on in that household. He was allowed to do all these thing and become worse and worse because no one stopped him. Not justifying what he did to his wife and kid, but I like to think that he’s as much of a tragedy of hero society as some of the other characters. Even now when his crimes came to light no one has cared! The only one making him take responsibility are himself and his kids. 🔱
first of all. make your own dinner tonight <3
second of all. no.
Nobody forced Enji Todoroki to become a hero. He did that of his own volition. Nobody forced him to literally purchase his wife. Nobody forced him to have a kid with her. That was all him and him alone. His big idea to have a child who could do what he knew he couldn’t. Which is shitty in and of itself.
No one forced him to abuse and traumatize his wife and kids. He made that decision by himself too. Consciously. Day in and day out. Over and over and over again. No one physically pulled him away from his eldest son when he was no longer useful to him. He abandoned him and willfully ignored him instead of offering his son—who was obviously suffering—the support that he needed.
He locked his wife away. Left his remaining two kids with a nanny. Didn’t allow them to interact with his perfect child. Fucked said perfect child up royally with his abuse and neglect.
Did he do all of this in the name of becoming number one? Yes. Was it worth it? I don’t think he thinks so anymore. In that way, yes. I think he’s another tragedy of hero society, but he is not a victim. He ushered in the tragedy for his own selfish gains. Those who he hurt are the victims of hero society. Endeavor is an abuser.
Hero society is fucked up in a lot of ways. But Endeavor had plenty of choices to make and he constantly made the wrong ones. I understand he’s trying to atone for that now, but he won’t even call his son by his actual name and to me that’s incredibly telling. He’s still Dabi to him when everyone else has immediately reverted to calling him Touya, because they recognize him as their family. As a person. I think Endeavor is sorry, sure, but I don’t think that he has accepted what he did to Touya and I think that’s why he won’t use his name. I think it’s one last defense in order to keep the weight of that responsibility off of himself, which thank GOD Shouto has decided to shoulder the burden of, because I think if anyone can save Touya, it’s him.
But no. Endeavor sucks. Maybe his redemption arc will redeem him, but it hasn’t in my eyes. He’s not a victim. He makes victims. He can cry about that now, but that does very little to change the harm that he’s caused. A lot needs to be done for him to truly atone for his bullshit.
I understand that the pressure to want to be number one drove him to this and in that, I can see how hero society contributed to his
