#traitor!uraraka

[class1akids]

have you seen the “ochaco is the traitor” thread on twitter? thoughts?

I haven’t seen “the twitter thread”, but I’ve seen the Uraraka is the traitor thing before - usually the biggest “ incriminating evidence” is that she’s the only one who openly admitted getting into hero school for the money. 

I don’t really believe this theory and even though Uraraka is far from my favourite character and I find the IzuOcha romance somewhat annoying, I wouldn’t like this to be true at all. 

I think that this feeds a harmful stereotype about money-hungry poor people. I happen to come from a family that wasn’t well-off when I was growing up, and I understand this need of trying to find a profession where you can earn enough money so you don’t depend on your parents anymore. It is a factor in the career choice. 

It doesn’t make someone a bad person to have their goal to be self-sufficient. Why is it any worse than wanting to be manly or put people at ease or be the strongest or be as cool as your childhood idol? 

Even if Ochako's main goal was originally to have stability as a grown-up, it doesn’t mean that she would corrupt herself for money or she’s morally weaker than the others. Just like Bakugou wanting to be the strongest didn’t make him accept the offer of the LoV. You can want money and be a person of strong ethics. It’s not like her aim is to be a millionaire, she just wants to have a decent life and be paid what she’s worth. 

I think that shouldn’t be stigmatized. 

She can still be an excellent, selfless hero and I do think her character is genuine in her ambition of heroism.

[tearsandfandom]

Ive seen it mentioned in traitor!Uraraka posts (will reblog with a link to one later once I find it again) that her arc foils and parallels Bakugou’s arc (both call him Deku, opposite personalities, etc). If that’s the case, then it might make sense from a writing perspective to make Bakudeku canon

I can’t believe I wrote that, I’m a Tododeku shipper for goodnes sakes

Part of their foil is their relationship with Deku. Uraraka started out the series instantly becoming his friend while Bakugou was insistent on being his enemy. However, the dynamic is shifting. Uraraka’s been letting her envy (note: not love, but that’s a different post to handle that bit) get the better of her. Meanwhile, Bakugou’s improved on whatever superiority/inferiority complex he had and is on friendly terms with Deku.

If Uraraka continues this negative route and doesn’t get a redemption, there’s a chance Bakugou will do the opposite and grow closer to Deku to make the foil complete, which could pave the way for him foiling Uraraka again by becoming the actual love interest

[bakumood-aesthetics]

Traitor!Uraraka x Mina

[boku-no-boys]

traitor!uraraka moodboard 

[class1akids]

Ochako-traitor-theory: yeastofeden wrote an interesting one and a follow-up - even analyzing hori‘s comment on her profile page about her name.

OK, fine, everyone is entitled to their opinions. Anon asked mine - about the twitter analysis which called Uraraka being poor a “solid motive”, which is the element that I personally dislike most. 

I did read about the name-thing (maybe not that meta that you are referring to) being as “evidence” and at least that’s more acceptable than the money-thing and I’m still very unconvinced. 

I understand the crowd @aurieeeeeenyx that thinks Uraraka needs more development - she does -  but I don’t really see how the traitor plot is a good way to give her depth. 

1. If she’s doing it for money, I think it’s a cringy as fuck narrative choice for the reasons I described in my previous post.

2. If she’s coerced, it’s been going on since before the USJ attack. I would find it terrible writing for Uraraka grappling with / bottling up something like that alone for close to a year and the only things we ever see her do is being bubbly, friendly and worrying about her crush. You can hide bottled-up feelings for a short period of time convincingly (Bakugou between Kamino and DvK2 is a good example), but it helps if the person is already a bit of loner / grump and still there should be signs of that person being on edge. It’s just with Bakugou it could be hidden in plain sight. With Uraraka, you can’t. 

So that would leave the option of her equipment or something being bugged and she doesn’t know about it? OK...

3. The supposed depth: what would it tell us about Uraraka? That she’s willing to do anything to protect her parents even betray her ideals? Or would it be more for Deku’s benefit, giving him angst material about his best friend/love interest being a traitor, instead of the narrative challenging him directly for a reason that is directly tied, you know, to him. And Deku sorely lacks that kind of challenge, he doesn’t need more angsting about bad friends.

4. Horikoshi is already giving an arc to Uraraka - it’s about her crush being a positive or negative force to reach her goals, it’s about how being inspired by someone can be a healthy progression or unhealthy imitation (also contrasting her to Toga). It’s not an arc that I personally enjoy too much, but it has been there since very early on and consistently featured from arc to arc. It would be strange if suddenly it would be flipped - you know what? all that - forget it. Traitor!

So like I said, this is my personal opinion, if anyone cares. So please don’t feel the need to flood my inbox why I’m wrong, because I’m not too invested on this topic and not interested in having endless arguments about it, so I’ll probably delete those asks. You can always argue your side on your blog. 

[bakumood-aesthetics]

Traitor Uraraka moodboard for @fluffy-ashido

- Mod Tokoyami

[crsinclair]

I just broke a friend by telling him the Traitor!Uraraka theory I read once. He now wants it to be canon "just for the sheer ballsiness of it," and he "can't think of a traitor story that good anywhere else."