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You know what I realized yesterday through an event that I desire to never deal with again in my entire life?? Toga’s parents really did suck.

Today’s Rambling Thought: Toga, and why her parents deserve hell.

Picture this, it’s the evening, I’m getting ready to get on a discord call with my friend because we’ve been watching MHA together and we usually chat between episodes (it’s their first time watching the show, we’re in season three). I go to use the bathroom and what do I find?? Remnants!!! Of a bird!! I’m not talking about a few feathers here, I’m talking bones, a pile of internal organs, and a half mutilated wing covered in blood and God knows what else. Completely dismembered. Of course, there are two potential culprits in this crime scene, both cats. (I should mention these aren’t my cats, I was watching them for a friend), but I’m pretty sure the one circling my feel and meowing proudly is the one. So, I get to clean up bird guts at like 8PM, trying my hardest not to gag.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I DID TO THE POTENTIAL CRIMINAL??

Nothing. I patted his head and gave him a scratch.

All this delightful context to put into perspective this realization that came to me later that night, how is it that I - someone who actually had to clean up a mutilated bird - nicer to a cat that ISN’T MY OWN than Toga’s parents were TO THEIR OWN DAUGHTER. Now I’m no saint, and I realize a cat and a human are completely different, but come on, for real guys?

I don’t think we’re told how old Toga is in the scene where she’s offering her parents the bird (if you know please share) but we know she’s a little kid. Like I’ve said before, I’m studying psychology in college and I worked with kids in foster care, so if I know anything at all it’s this: Children are little sponges, and they automatically want to do whatever it is you tell them not to do. It’s a natural part of development, and actually something we don’t really lose as we get older (the specific term is rebel psychological reactance I think). So it’s really no surprise that after years and years of being told nothing but no when it came to these urges she had, she eventually just snapped. The kids I worked with were the same, the longer they were in the shelter I worked at the less they felt inclined to listen when we told them no, and I don’t think I need to explain why that’s dangerous.

Now, I’m not saying that consuming another’s blood as a child or gnawing on yourself in your sleep is normal behavior or something a parent shouldn’t be concerned about, but there’s a reason therapy focuses on replacing negative coping skills with positive ones. Did they ever go beyond just calling her weird and creepy? Did they take her to a doctor get a blood test and find out if maybe there’s a reason she was doing this beyond just being freaky? Does she have an iron deficiency?? I’m just rambling now and that’s pure speculation, but no, they just kinda insulted her over and over, told her not to, and sent her to quirk counseling which IS NOT a substitute for actual therapy I’m sure. The bottom line here is that you can’t take something away and not add anything in. You can’t tell someone not to do something and not supplement it with something else.

It’s little wonder that once she snapped, she went straight to “I just want to do whatever I want”, because she spent her whole life being told not to be something. I think it’s easy to forget that Toga is still legally a child at the start of the series, one who has not been taught how to safely deal with her urges. No wonder she felt more at home with the league of villains, they gave her what she never got. No wonder Ochaco’s actions in the final chapter shocked her so much. She was never accepted for who she was until then. She was never treated like she was a normal person.

The people who were supposed to love her most in the world saw her as a disease to be rid of, and I that disgusts me more than a dead bird ever will.

Thank you for coming to my ted talk, I’m gonna go ramble about how, as an author and a fan, I love her end even if it makes me so sad, and Ochaco’s part in it.

Okay, kinda shocked by the positivity on the last post. 😅 So I guess here we go again??

Today’s MHA thought: Katsuki Bakugo (or Bakugo Katsuki, whichever tickles your fancy) and why I think he’s an incredible character despite hating him in the beginning.

Some context: I was a teenager when the anime came out, so the only thing I knew of him was what we were given there. So like, seasons 1-4 my hatred for him was STRONG. It let up a little at the end of 3 with his and Izuku’s fight, and again with the class a/class b fight in 5, but it wasn’t until I put the series down for a few years then came back this as an adult in April and binged the entire series before 7 started airing that I really started to love him as a character.

Now, there’s a few reasons for this, but a lot of it boils down to this: He has NO REASON to be an asshole.

As far as we know, he has good parents, had a mostly-healthy home life, and doesn’t start being actively traumatized till he joins UA. He’s just genuinely a bad person at the start, like he literally tells Izuku to go take a swan dive off a roof AND HE HAS NO EXCUSES. (Side note, not saying being traumatized gives you the excuse to say these things. NO ONE has an excuse to say this no matter what they’ve been through). He had no past trauma to explain that response, no real good reasoning behind it other than he’s just being mean. We learn later it’s because Izuku made him feel inferior and he didn’t know why, which makes perfect sense and we see the evidence of this long before it’s said, but that doesn’t make it any better.

But that’s the beauty of it, for once this asshole-ery wasn’t born of trauma it just kind of…happened. He’s almost like All for One and Endeavor in that neither really had a good reason to be mean, they just got so wrapped up in themselves that they lost sight of everything else. However, that’s why I love Bakugo’s arc because it’s so satisfying to see him slowly come to that realization himself and change even though he really doesn’t have to. (It also begs the question why Endeavor and Bakugo and really any of the villains are seen in such different lights despite having similar stories, which is a theory for another day that I have brewing).

His change wasn’t necessitated by abusive past that held him back like Todoroki or even having to figure out how to manage a new quirk like Izuku, because say what you will he is SMART and he is TALENTED and he was doing great on his own. He could’ve climbed his way to the top without having a good personality, I mean just look at Endeavor. But he saw Izuku, his classmates, his FRIENDS and realized that wasn’t what he wanted.

And it all culminates in the end of season six when the class goes to retrieve him, instead of rushing to Izuku to yell his apology, he sends Iida after him because Iida is built for speed (these two/three episodes are my favorite part in the entire damn series and I’ll probably make a whole post about them eventually). But then, after that, he genuinely apologizes. He recognizes what he did was wrong, and what gets me about the dub of this episode is the way they chose to phrase the line:

“Saying this out loud doesn’t change a thing”.

He KNOWS that apologizing doesn’t make it okay, and he accepts that Izuku may never forgive him, but he does it anyway, and that’s how you know he really meant it. We see his convictions through the whole series, that boy doesn’t say anything he doesn’t mean. But it doesn’t stop there, he goes on to prove it with his actions, starting by calling Izuku by his real name, and his first name at that.

And in all of that, we still don’t lose his personality. He’s still loud, brash, mean, a bit of an asshole, and determined to be the best, but instead of looking down on Izuku, he sees him as an equal...an actual friend, someone to race against so they can both be better. It’s no longer all about him, he’s learned to see the world through a different lens, one we see him create during the entire series. He has truly changed in a way that feels natural and authentic to him as a character, and that’s something you don’t see every day.

And, we can see in the end, he continues to think about others, striving not for the top, but for Izuku’s happiness, and I think that’s beautiful.

I have so much more I could say about this, but I’m gonna stop here because this post is long as hell already, but if anyone is curious about anything don’t be afraid to ask, I’m an open book!😄

I have so many thoughts I literally just want to get out there about MHA because I don’t currently have someone who’s like, as into it as I am. So here I am, to scream my thoughts into the wind since I can’t draw for shit and have a hard time writing fanfics. I want to participate in the fandom somehow damn it. 😂

Tonight’s thought/Ramble: Touya Todoroki.

Now, I worked in foster care for a while, I worked with a lot of abused and traumatized children. It was hell, tbh, but that’s a story for another day so stay with me. One thing I learned from that and my time studying psychology in college is that abuse can literally change the chemistry of your brain. One thing we used to be told where I worked was that, when it came to the kids we took care of, we had to think of them as half the age they were (not as an insult, but more for when thinking of solutions or trying to reason with them).

So, with that in mind, Touya really starts to make way more sense to me. ESPECIALLY when you put together that he was in a coma FOR THREE YEARS. He basically lost three whole ass years of vital development on top of all that.

Because like, I look at him at first and go “why tf would you try to kill the rest of your family when your parents were the problem, why go after the other victims?”

Because he’s effectively a vindictive child/teenager, that’s why. Deep down, he WANTED to be acknowledged and seen and loved by his father, and what does a child who was never given healthy attention do to get that? They act out. They don’t know the difference between negative attention and positive attention, or maybe they do and they just don’t care.

In the end, Touya/Dabi just wants his dad’s love and attention like he always has, no matter what form it takes.

(And boy do I have so much to say about Endeavor and his arc but that’s also a rant for another night).

I don’t know what it is about the second MHA opening in season 7 that gets to me, but every time I listen to it I just get the feels. Maybe it’s because it’s called Curtain Call and the vibes are just so…conclusive. It somehow manages to wrap up a lot of the emotions I have about it ending in one big bittersweet song.

Omg what 🥰 @thatnerdyfairy

If telling myself that “if Izuku can break all his bones and keep fighting, then I can finish this run” is what it takes for me to workout then so be it.

if your harmless fixation helps you heal, go for it. get engrossed in what could save you.

It makes me so irritated that people keep using the ending of MHA to hate on Deku. “This is the story of how I peaked in high school blah blah blah” bitch he literally saved the entire goddamn world, what more do you want from him?!

Is the ending perfect? No, of course not, no ending is, but I genuinely think what happened with him made sense, even if it makes me sad. I do wish we’d gotten a little more elaboration in the epilogue, and I can hope just a tiny bit that we will, but geez people leave him alone. 😂

it’s a wrap!!

Greetings bugs and worms!

This comic is a little different than what I usually do but I worked real hard on it—Maybe I'll make more infographic stuff in the future this ended up being fun. Hope you learned something new :)

If you are still curious and want to learn more about OCD, you can visit the International OCD Foundation's website. I also recommend this amazing TED ED video "Starving The Monster", which was my first introduction to the disorder and this video by John Green about his own experience with OCD.

The IOCDF's website can also help you find support groups, therapy, and has lots of online guides and resources as well if you or a loved one is struggling with the disorder. It is very comprehensive!

Reblog to teach your followers about OCD

(But also not reblogging doesn't make you evil, silly goose)

Nat is a being of pure chaos and we love him for it.

💚 Meet Nathan 💚

🪲 “Me? I came to this school so I could legally cause explosions and for literally no other reason whatsoever.” 🪲

Nathan, better known to his friends as Nat, is an uppity little bastard who made it into Sankari Tech the same year as Alex and Serenity. Despite rocky beginnings with Alex, he and Serenity became fast friends and the three of them can often be found together both in and outside of class. He has a tendency to feed into Serenity’s chaotic side and lives for the natural entropy of the universe. No one is entirely sure why he decided to become a hero, he gives a different answer every time he's asked, but no one can say he won’t make an incredible one regardless.

His ability is a body type, primarily composed of a set of insect-like wings that let him fly through the air with ease. There are probably other parts to it, but it seems like not even the professors know what they are. It’s a set of cards he prefers to keep close to his chest, but Alex is determined to figure out what it is and nothing is going to stop him.

Who’d you like to meet?? 👀

You've met Serenity, our female MC and Lizzy's pride and joy, but there are plenty others waiting to be introduced! Who of these four would you like us to introduce?

Look I came here for a good time not to be called out.

Am I admiring a hot guy??? Or am I about to murder him?? Who’s to say? Certainly not I.

Looking through the scope of your sniper rifle to read someone’s pronoun pin so you can gender them right before you take them out (on a date)

Please welcome my beloved girl, my child, I love her so much and will die for her. 💜💜

🩵 Meet Serenity 🩵

☀️"You know what they say, any eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind! Why would I make the world worse with revenge when I could put that behind me and make it better?" ☀️

Serenity is a hardworking, bubbly person with very little to complain about in the world. She prides herself on being a supreme teen wrangler, directing her circus of young employees better than any manager of Tango Bistro who came before her. When she's not working, she spends most of her time hanging out with her cat, Strudel, jogging on the beach, and helping her younger brother plan out his latest DND session.

Her respect for heroes is boundless, though despite living in the heart of hero society all her life, she's never found herself wanting to be a hero. Perhaps that's because her ability, dubbed Insight, has a habit for giving her an awful migraine when used around a lot of people. Not to mention, it seems rather useless in combat.

If you have any questions about our female MC, don't hesitate to ask! She won't give you spoilers, but she'd love to chat!

I guess I best get to introducing, huh? 😂

Me except when I say the gang it’s just me and sometimes my brother

How me and the gang watching season 7 of MHA

Can someone tell me when I got so old??? I used to be able to stay up till the wee hours of the morning and sleep until whenever. Now, I have to be in bed right on time because you bet your ass I will be awake before 7 whether I want to be or not. 🫠

They’re practicing

🚨New project alert!! 🚨

Introduction: Welcome to Sankari

You find yourself at the front door of an apartment building, and something draws you to the elevator. As you zoom upward, you can see through the glass window, the city down below, pink streetlights glowing in the twilight as rain pounds down. You recognize it, though you’re not sure how.

This is Sankari, the city of heroes.

The elevator opens into the penthouse apartment, floor-to-ceiling windows cover the far wall, looking out over the city. You turn around to see more floor-to-ceiling windows, this time divided by a balcony with doors open wide, looking out over a calm empty beach, the rain and the ocean blending almost indecipherably. Warm salty air blows in from the ocean. 

A huge armchair and an overstuffed recliner sit facing the balcony, each with a side table with what seems to be writer’s accouterments as well as beverages. Music plays gently from a speaker between the two chairs, just loud enough to be heard over the rain. 

Parallel to this scene, across the room, is a wide kitchen where someone is standing at a counter chopping veggies. There’s an open laptop to one side of her, and she periodically looks up from the cutting board to squint at it, sometimes abandoning the vegetables all together to hit a few keys.

You clear your throat and she looks up, eyes wide. 

“Oh, shit! Sorry, we’ve been expecting you!” She dries her hands off, shutting the computer as she shouts. “RORY!”

”WHAT LIZZY?” Another voice replies.

”C’MON, THEY’RE HERE!!”

”OH, SHIT, REALLY? HANG ON, I’M COMING!”

A quiet crash can be heard from another room, and a second person appears. They see you and wave. “Hey! Welcome! Glad you made it alright, we can be kinda hard to find. I’m Rory, they/them, and you met Lizzy already.” They gesture to Lizzy as she rounds the counter. “We made Sankari, and everyone in it.”

Lizzy, alongside Rory, beckon you towards the chairs. You have a lot of questions, but you can’t seem to find it in yourself to ask them yet. Instead, you sit down between them, in front of your own laptop.

”We made this place to be a world that people can get lost in, a place to feel safe and loved and to learn to be safe with themselves.” Lizzy hums, logging in to your computer as she leans over your shoulder. “It means a lot to us, so thanks for stopping by.”

”We want to make a place that is inspiring, exciting, and beautiful, despite being broken.” Rory nods, taking over the computer as Lizzy steps back, “we wanted to inspire you, so we’d love for you to stick around and let us do that.”

The two fade away and you are back, simply staring at your screen.

 <3 Lizzy

<3 Rory

I got my first tattoo and dyed my hair today, one after the other, and I feel like the most adulty adult that ever did adult. This is it. I’m evolving into my final form. You can’t stop me.

survived the semester

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