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Bakugou: are you guys drunk?
Iida: ayyy deku its your cruusshhh~
Deku: shut the fuck up iida
Uraraka: hes shyyyy~
Todoroki: pfft-
Deku: uh kacchan ignore that, they’re just joking i swear i dont like you like that
Bakugou: i hope the fuck you do , we’re married. I came to pick you up dumbass
Deku: oh.....so you know?
Bakugou, absolutely done: just get your ass up, lets go home
The Best Love Story of All Time
Izuku: I thought I was barking back to the dog for the past hour.
Izuku: Turns out it was just me and Kacchan barking back and forth from different rooms in the house.
Izuku: Todoroki still hasn’t stopped laughing at us.
Why did Bakugou see Deku as worthless?
Short answer: He didn’t.
“But doesn’t ‘Deku’ literally mean useless?! Of course Bakugou thought he was a quirkless loser!” I hear you cry but please give my rushed analysis a chance and see if I can convince you of something real quick.
This is mainly focusing on their relationship in the earlier manga but there will be references to newer chapters so spoilers if you’re not caught up!
I’m going to go in a vaguely chronological order and remind you of these panels:
So the first part of this with Bakugou already starting to pick on Deku happens before his quirk manifested and even longer before he finds out Deku is quirkless. It makes me think of when Deku said Bakugou only ‘started down a bad path’ once he got his quirk but it looks like he was being a little shit before even that.
Why does this fit into it at all, doesn’t this just confirm Bakugou has always seen him as a loser? Well, yes and no. With Bakugou having a squadron of children he thought were lower himself that followed him around everywhere, why did he only ever pick on Deku?
That’s something I’ll come back to soon but a few more moments I wanted to remind you of along these same lines are:
When he learns Deku is applying to UA
In middle school, Deku’s classmates finding out that the quirkless kid applying to the prestigious hero school is hilarious and they think that there’s no way he can get in. But the one person who does take is seriously is Bakugou.
He claims it’s because he wants to be the only person from their school to make it to UA but by saying this isn’t he admitting that on some level he thinks Deku has a chance to get in, even without a quirk?
When he sees Deku has a quirk
Now, up until this point, Bakugou has apparently accepted Deku actually is in UA, even without a quirk. In fact, he’s more shocked to learn that Deku does have one but lied to him about it (which only reinforced the belief Deku was intentionally trying to undermine him) and leads me right back to the point that Bakugou absolutely believed Deku made it to UA with no quirk.
He never saw Deku as worthless because he didn’t have a quirk, there was something else at play, hence the meta.
Just to hammer that in further, something interesting I remember from the earlier chapters is Bakugou constantly referring to Deku as ‘a pebble in my path’
That specifically made me wonder why would someone who’s always seen everyone else as ‘extras’ and even went out of his way to remind his teacher ‘don’t lump me in with these losers’ refer to a kid he’s deemed to be useless as having any effect on his path to becoming a hero? It just doesn’t add up.
Though we get a lot of closer looks at Bakugou’s pride and it’s downfall after All Might loses his power, the reason as to why Bakugou was always so quick to hate on Deku is pretty ambiguous until we get to the newer chapters (spoilers for 285+ beyond this point) and we get this amazing piece of insight into Bakugou’s character:
‘I ignored my own weaknesses so I ended up bullying him.’ Not only is he speaking candidly about how messed up his relationship with Deku used to be but he’s admitting that he cares about him.
It’s by no means a rousing declaration of guilt but it does put the blame entirely on Bakugou himself which was honestly very refreshing to see. People aren’t black and white, not every mean character has a tragic backstory to explain their actions.
Bakugou may have just been a kid with way too many expectations put on him but that gives no excuse for what he did and he knows that and then he decides to make it right which is why his character is so interesting.
So why would Bakugou pick on Deku in the first place? It’s because he was scared of him.
Deku didn’t believe that just because someone has a strong quirk means they should be treated like they’re invincible (hence the famous river scene) and he treated Bakugou as he would anyone else which terrified Bakugou.
Bakugou is meant to be a strong hero with a powerful quirk but here’s this kid who’s quirkless, and so by society’s standards should be weak and feeble, showing much more strength and tenacity than he should. It goes against the narrative of the world they live in and Bakugou is worried it’ll effect how he’s meant to be a hero.
Deku excels in every way that Bakugou hasn’t been able to. He’s kind but never hesitates to stand up for what he believes in, he has the uncanny ability to analyse villains and heroes alike in a way that allowed him to beat Bakugou in their training exercise, and to top it all off he has a strength of will that is honestly just scary.
Poetically, it’s only once Bakugou accepts that Deku has always been stronger than him in this way and they start their ‘Save to win, win to save’ dynamic does he manage to overcome those obstacles and start on the path to becoming a more rounded and stronger hero, as well as atoning for what he’s done.
He’s never going to stop being foul-mouthed or aggressive because that’s part of who he is, but he is a much better person than he was at the beginning of the manga. Saying he isn’t is blatantly disregarding so much of the story and just very, very incorrect.
Whether or not he’ll outright say “I’m Sorry.” To Deku has yet to be seen but this route feels a lot more genuine to be quite honest. Not to mention, if he did confront Deku with it the most likely outcome would be Deku saying he’s already forgiven because it’s true but Bakugou wants to earn that forgiveness which is so much better.
Seeing how far their relationship has come since that realisation has been amazing and I can only hope we get to see even more development between the two of them.
This was just meant to focus on how Bakugou never saw Deku as worthless but I’ve already gone off topic. I could write essays on this pair’s dynamic but it’s already long enough so I think I’ll leave it here.
I would love to hear other people’s thoughts on it and thank you very much if you read this far!
But he is OUR disaster ❤️
Tony: hey bucky pepper just called apparently wounded warrior wants to talk to you about possibly being a spokesperson?
Bucky, with the end of a hammer between his teeth, using his open metal palm as a hammer because he can and the hammer was annoying him, his arm covered with fridge magnets peter shoved on his arm this morning: who the fuck thinks I’m any role model have you seen me tony?
Tony: I know babe I’m just as confused as you are
Happy Birthday Bucky Barnes (March 10, 1917)🎉✨🎉✨💖💖
(wakes up at reasonable hour) (stays in bed for two more hours)
(goes to bed at a reasonable hour)(stays awake for two more hours)
ah, the duality
Individual: Tony Stark is a top.
Strange, r*gers, Bucky, Peter Quill, Rhodey, Sam, Loki, Thor, Pepper, Gamora, T'Challa, Wade, Victor, Logan, Bruce, me, and Tony himself :
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Bucky: [compliments Tony]
Tony: [denies it]
Bucky: Listen to me you beautiful piece of fucking shit. Don't you ever talk bad about yourself. I admire and respect the fuck out of you. You are such a good person. I'd give you a hug right fucking now if you wanted it you wonderful shithead.
Sooo bucky is my fiancé and tony is me now but tony is more preasures and need protection ❤️❤️❤️
Tony Stark: the legacy of the Stark name, the son of a weapons dealer, used as a tool by Obadiah Stane.
Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier; asset; a tool used by Hydra to carry forward their agenda.
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Tony: Hey sweetheart, I’ve got a present for you.
Bucky: Yeah? What is it doll?
Tony: Well it’s for you and Winter so you’re gona have to share, but I don’t think that will be a problem.
Tony: *puts new arm down on table* It’s just like your current one but it also has a built-in knife that Steve can’t take. You know just in case you or Winter need to stab something.
Steve: (In another part of the tower) Tony no.
Bucky/Winter: Tony YES.
Tony: If the multiverse universe theory is true, that means there’s a universe in which I’m happy!!
Rhodey, Steve, Stephen, Peter, Pepper, Wong, Thor, Loki, Natasha, Clint, Bruce, Bucky, Sam, Obama, Thanos, God already crying: tONY
Tony: What are you? 5?
Bucky: Yes, 5 heads taller than you
Tony:
Bucky:
Tony:
Bucky: Please don’t kill me
Steve: hey Tony *kisses the top of Tony’s head*
Tony: errrr he-
Bucky: hey doll *kisses the top of Tony’s head*
Tony: hel-
Loki: hey princess *kisses the top of Tony’s head*
Tony: what the he-
Stephen: good morning you little shit *kisses the top of Tony’s head*
Tony: *backs away from the coffee machine and pouts* THAT’S IT! I SWEAR IF ANYMORE OF YOU GIANT MOTHER FUCKERS DOES IT AGAIN , I SWEAR TO GOD!
*tap tap*
Tony: *turns around* WHAT!?!
*Tony watches as Thor stands there looking like a lost puppy. He sighs as he tilts his head towards the taller man*
Thor: *biggest smile on his face* good morning Tony *is about to kiss the top of his head but with a smirk towards everyone who is witnessing this, he lifts Tony’s face up and goes for a kiss to the lips*
Tony: *blushes bright red and stands there frozen in shock*
Thor: *tries tapping Tony’s face* uhhh I think I broke the man of iron
