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You couldn’t convince me this isn’t how these morons would travel in sudden rain showers.

My relationship with my cat. <3

Leviathan, the mysterious sea serpent was captured on camera in his natural habitat.

I wanted to try a trail cam footage aesthetic for this one, idk why.

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IDK IF I’LL EVER SHUT UP ABOUT THIS, BUT Y’ALL KNOW HOW MUCH WE BKDKS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS MOMENT! BONES DID SUCH A GREAT JOB AND ESP THE VOICE ACTORS ;;; THE TRANSITION, KATSUKI’S “Izuku” AND THE “I’m sorry for everything.” I JUST- ASDFGHJKL 

My pieces for the Thread of Fate tarot zine!!! 8 of cups and The Tower! I had fun with these~

Alrighty guys. It’s time once again for me to discuss AFO and his “feelings”.

First and foremost: it’s quite disappointing how many fans discount anything to do with AFO. There’s some unbridled anger that seems to be derived from a love for another character(often Tomura/Tenko) which is a shame because these people are missing out on some amazing context clues, possibly on purpose, because they don’t want to acknowledge the possibility that AFO isn’t a one dimensional villain.

At the beginning of MHA, the same could be said of All Might. He seemed to just be a one dimensional hero until we started to get his backstory. That’s when he became relatable and no longer just All Might, but Yagi Toshinori. AFO is supposed to be his antithesis, so it would actually be strange if AFO didn’t have something that made him relatable as well. For All Might, it was a student teacher bond and the experience of him having lived a life as a Quirkless individual(like Deku).

AFO is evil, but how does one become evil? Is an individual born that way or does circumstance cause them to embrace something that is considered evil by everyone else. Prime AFO(the now regenerated original AFO) has spoken briefly about why he does things and it seems to point in that sort of direction.

In the flashbacks to AFO and Yoichi, AFO makes excuses for his actions as bringing “order”, an obsession reiterated by TomurAFO. When speaking to his brother, AFO never states he is evil. He even makes it clear that what his followers have done wasn’t by his own hands, so there is no blood on them. Obviously, we know that isn’t really true, but the man is trying really hard to make his brother, and perhaps himself, believe it is true. What’s interesting is that AFO has embraced the title of “evil” in the present time. What changed between the past and now? Hmm….

With the excellent flashback Hori gave us in the last issue, we are presented with a sad AFO. So much so, that the tears don’t stop even while he kills the 2nd user. Just through art, there’s a fury there. One so deep, that AFO is eerily calm. The most dangerous he could be. Why is he crying? It’s fairly obvious: the only thing that could invoke such an emotion in the “Demon King” would be the death of his brother. Though long ago now in terms of the MHA manga, the one time we get a hint of humanity from AFO is when he states that he loves Yoichi. A being like him loving anything is already quite a feat and, of course, there’s been both outer and inner dialogue concerning his brother ever since. AFO considers OFA itself as “little brother” and his obsession with taking it back means a lot in the story.

This is because, for a villain that wants to rule the world, the only power that could counter him is OFA. However…he’s obviously allowed every prior OFA user to transfer the power, even though he killed them all(except the 4th if I remember correctly). We can theorize that he may not have known very early on with 2nd and 3rd and even 4th that what is left of Yoichi resides within the power, but he attempted to take the power from Banjo and En. It is those interactions that seems to have propelled him to the ultimate plan of molding a body with hate so strong he can overpower OFA’s will. AFO allowed the users to give the power away before killing them as doing so otherwise would “kill” what was left of Yoichi. It would be incredibly easy to just kill these users WITH OFA still a part of them as that would take away the ultimate threat to his desires. But we know there’s another, deeper desire: AFO wants Yoichi.

Now, let us again reference Darth Vader, the character that is obviously, in some ways, an inspiration for AFO.

Darth Vader was considered the ultimate, badass villain ever…before the end of Empire Strikes Back. Fanzine fanfics, fandom talk, and etc, in the early days of Star Wars shows this. However, Empire Strikes Back does something many regular viewers miss: the mannerisms of Vader, as much of his emotion is derived from body language, shows the viewer that there is much more behind the mask. After revealing Luke’s parentage, his son is able to escape, even with all of Vader’s plans in place. With the Falcon escaping, Vader attempts to reach his son through the force and his words hold a weight that fans at the time may have been confused by. There’s a want there. He is desperate. He’s begging. After the Falcon hits light speed and escapes, Vader’s mannerisms in front of the window of the Executor speaks more volume than words: he can’t believe it. He lost the only thing he has left of a wife he loved so much he gave up his humanity. He turns away then back. Then we have Admiral Piett, expecting to be force choked out of existence, but Vader’s sadness causes him to not even care. It is this introduction of emotion from an otherwise terrifying villain that started to cause the fandom to rethink this character. Mind you, there was nothing else besides this other than the novelizations.

Little things like mannerisms can mean a lot in the long run for villains. With AFO, we are shown his tears, the crying purposefully highlighted by Hori reversing the usual shadowing of AFO’s eyes to shadowing the lower half of his face instead. Hori wants you to concentrate on AFO’s eyes. He wants you to internalize AFO’s tears. They matter.

Now, harking back to my statement about what “makes someone evil”: Vader fell to the Dark Side because he wanted to save someone he loves. This love transformed into obsession and possession as he continued down the black hole of the Dark Side. Anakin was already about Order, but it became an obsession as Order would mean that he had CONTROL over everything around him, something a once slave boy would need in order to mentally survive. The Jedi Order gave him that, for a time, before he became jaded as the love he felt for his wife was considered abhorrent.

So, was AFO’s idea of Order and desire to rule just a whim? Or did he experience an insane upheaval of humanity when Quirks manifested? There was no Order and it probably affected the brothers as they tried to survive in a world turned upside down. Although there is obviously selfishness behind it(same as with Anakin), AFO still tries to rationalize his reasoning as being a means to create Order in the world. However, his brother knows him intimately, as a family member, and can parse through his brother’s words. For someone that probably made Order an excuse for all his actions, this would be quite annoying for AFO.

But why does he readily call himself evil now? Because “good”, because “heroes”, were why Yoichi died. The idealism of them already turned Yoichi against him with what he considers foolish, but it was also vigilantes, heroes in their day, that took Yoichi away from him and filled his head with more idealism. It probably caused Yoichi’s death. With tears presented as such, we can easily accept that Yoichi’s death was not purposeful, but probably a, what AFO considers, symptom of this heroic idealism. So what is one to do when they believe this is why their loved one died? Especially if they can’t accept the fact that their own decisions caused the death in the first place? Blame the heroes. And what is the opposite of the hero? The villain. AFO takes on the mantle of evil, not because he just wants to be evil, but because it’s the opposite of the ideals that caused his brother’s death.

I’m hopeful, especially with this flashback, that we’ll get more of the brothers’ backstory and also a better understanding of why AFO became the Symbol of Evil he is now. I feel that revealing it and examining it would fit more with the messages of MHA than the usual Shonen fair we’re used to.

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk.

EDIT: In case people missed my post about it…I often do theory dumping when I’ve had a “bit” to drink. So, yeah, you are partly reading the drunken thoughts of a nerdy person.

Omg I just realized smth (bnha spoilers)

After reading the latest chapter, this exchange from 406 kinda confused me.

When I first read this page, I thought it was saying that AFO accidentally killed Yoichi.

However, we see in the latest chapter that AFO was definitely aware that he just killed his little brother.

BUT

According to this last chapter (408), he didn’t know that the quirk factor he gave to Yoichi was missing, and what *I* realized is that AFO was going after Kudou in that flashback to get Yoichi’s quirk back in his possession. But unfortunately for AFO, Kudou had already passed on Yoichi (his quirk and his “will”) to Bruce.

Which means that in that panel, AFO is asking Kudou where Yoichi’s quirk went.

Which also basically means that Kudou’s words

“Yoichi? He’s gone, demon lord… You killed him”

is him going

“I hAvE nO iDeA wHaT yOu’Re TaLkInG aBoUt, mIsTeR dEmOn LoRd. LaSt TiMe I cHeCkEd, YoU kInDa DiSiNtEgRaTeD hIm.”

Even though Kudou definitely knows AFO’s talking about Yoichi’s quirk.

bnha 407

good to see AFO has always been an incredibly well adjusted individual

the parallels i just can’t anymore ✋🏻😭

ib: @/vantaeprod on tt

Think we're the only planet with life? 350mp quality. Remember to download to your phone and zoom in. Gets even more beautiful

"Hopeless Love"

Fuyumi teases Shoto about his new crush, and Enji and Tenko struggle to figure out what to do with their own - respective - crushes.

[Shiggy-Endeavor Agency AU]

Turn everything to dust

All for One and One for All

It's been awhile fellow people.

can't believe kudou and yoichi invented gay people

his body moved without thinking guys!!

HE KILLED YOICHI RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM WTF

GODDD the fact that Yoichi had TWO months of being away from his brother. TWO MONTHS OF YOICHI LIVING WITH THIS MAN WHO SAVED HIM FROM THE GRASP OF HIS TOXIC BROTHER. TWO-FUCKING-MONTHS OF THEM THINKING SO DAMN HARD TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET RID OF HIS QUIRK WHILE ALSO TRYING TO AVOID ALL FOR ONE AT ALL COSTS

...Horikoshi. HORIKOSHI.

They fucked without protection didn't they-

I think we don't understand the dimension of HOW GAY this chapter was. I have so many things to say, like little Yoichi being manipulated and abused by his twin brother whose companion is the only kind of relationship he knows, but then one day a completely stranger decided to take afo's twin twink brother away from him (with him) and afo has an absolute incestuous breakdown. The craziest thing about all this is that Yoichi accepted this stranger's hand immediately and ran away together still holding hands. Also, the moment Kudou saw Yoichi he knew exactly what he wanted to do? Like, I'm gonna take this person with me and he is gonna stay by my side. Because, think about it, Kudou never took Yoichi to a shelter where someone else could take care of him, no, Kudou decided it was best Yoichi stayed with him. Now, imagine how furious afo was after seeing his brother running away with another man, his brother, the closest person he ever had (and vice versa) escaping from him with someone he has never seen before. Afo must have been so pissed because his possession didn't think twice before leaving him forever. This chapter was kind of out of the blue taking into account the previous ones but it was magnificent nonetheless✨💫. And the last thing, this chapter was not about the quirks AFO and OFA themselves it was purely about the relationship between the holders.

Afo hated Kudou so extremely, he hated the fact that Kudou stole Yoichi from him so, so, so much that he killed his own brother in front of his eyes. This is so sick and twisted. I know, I just know Kudochi were so deeply in love, just look at those tears forming. Now I know why Kudou was smiling right before dying because he knew he would see him again, he didn't mind dying at all💔

If only...

(have you catch up with BNHA recently)

“Let's play together again tomorrow!”

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