Kacchan Becomes Rather Quiet For A Long While After That.

Kacchan becomes rather quiet for a long while after that.

He still uses his quirk, but as far as speaking, he kind of goes a bit mute.

What were the last things he was going to say to Deku? He wasn’t sure, but he knew they weren’t kind. What was the last thing he said to him, anyway?

Of course, he knew what Deku’s last words were.

“Kacchan!”

In a panicked tone, a little breathless from running up to him so suddenly and shoving him.

Right before a near deafening thud and the feeling of something wet on his cheek.

It just…

It really happened so fast.

And it all ended with Deku saving his life.

Usually, he’d be angry. He’d throw a tantrum over the uppity idiot thinking he needed saving.

But that could’ve been him.

That could’ve been him.

That should’ve been him.

A splatter on the concrete. A little arm, separated from the rest of his flattened body.

They had to scrape him off the walls and ground.

Deku saved him. Deku died saving him.

And where he’d usually be angry, he was only empty.

Because if “useless” Deku could save his life and die, how much more useless was he, someone with a quirk, that someone quirkless had to die for him?

…Katsuki doesn’t talk about heroes for a long while after that.

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“Bakugou-san, your quirk is amazing!”

“Bakugou, you made it to the top of the class again. You’re very smart!”

“Bakugou-kun, you’re a very good student with a strong quirk. Have you ever been interested in being a hero?”

People tell him these things often, now that he thinks about it.

But every time they mention these things, he imagines himself below the debris that should’ve fallen on him.

“Your quirk is amazing!”

It wouldn’t have saved me.

“You’re very smart!”

But too stupid to avoid getting someone killed.

“–Interested in being a hero?”

…He made a great one, in the end.

Perhaps it wasn’t healthy, being so preoccupied by thoughts of someone who could never come back. Someone that Katsuki himself basically killed. He wasn’t strong or smart enough when it counted most, and Deku picked up the slack when no one asked him to.

…Now that he thought about it, Deku didn’t have a quirk, but other than that, there wasn’t anything to excessively bad about him. In fact, he saved him even without one. So what exactly was so bad about Deku?

What had been bad about him?

…A lot of things.

He was nosy. He was a creep. He didn’t know better when it counted. He couldn’t leave people alone. He always tried to be a hero, practically obsessed with it when people kept saying he couldn’t be one. 

Deku proved them all wrong.

Deku proved him wrong.

Maybe…if he hadn’t tried so hard, things could’ve turned out differently.

Katsuki knew he was part of the reason Deku tried so hard. After Deku turned out quirkless, Katsuki was among the first people to tell him he couldn’t be a hero. So he kept trying, over and over again.

…Well, he proved him wrong.

But Katsuki, when his spiraling thoughts went especially far, wasn’t sure he was quite worth saving.

I just finished sonic prime and I am inconsolable

And not just for the ending

I'm trying to find shadow and sonic stuff but....not ship. Don't get me wrong, I totally see the parallels and I get why it's propular

Which is why I'm beyond devastated that no matter how much I twist and turn, I simply cannot ship them, which is new for my multishipper ass

I can only seem to see them as brothers and nothing more, shadow being an older brother to him is just....idk comforting

And there isn't enough content for that, in 1 hour I already read all the fics there were of them in ao3 that happaned post prime that were platonic, my sister is looking for fanart maybe but only finds ship art and we are both beyond sad

Again, this isn't a dunk in the ship, and more frustration that I cannot join in on the hype 😭😭😭

I'm am inconsolable mess and I wish that there was a balance between the ship and brotherly relationship. I do not wish to abolish the ship, I simply ask for more brotherly stuff between them 😭😭😭

I'd do it myself if I wasn't already piled with work

But I guess I'll just have to find a way to cope harder 🥲🥲

It was an absolute mistake to watch prime right when the biggest events of my life are happening and I'm emotionally unstable, I did not think it would ruin me this badly

Idk why I'm making this post, I think I just wanna find someone who feels the same way that I could talk to maybe? Idk I don't think I'll find anyone besides my sister and a close friend 😭😭

But if anyone DOES see this, and know of any fics on other websites that has this brotherly theme between them, I'd be beyond grateful, or fanart/fancomics, DM or send me an ask with them, it is 2:30 in the morning, I really gotta sleep

KYLE CROUSE: Here's a question from Blue Dragon! "​How would Shadow react if Maria was resurrected? How would the cast interact with her and would Shadow change with her being there?"

IAN FLYNN: Uh, it would definitely be shock initially. A degree of disbelief and probably distrust, because... he's probably of the mentality that he can't have nice things. So, how is she back? Is she a robot? Is she a clone? Is she a hallucination? Is she a phantom... thing? Is this a trick? Everybody else only kind of knows of her tangentially, so I think they'd be more accepting once they realize, y'know, what a big deal her return would be. And once Shadow got over himself and acknowledged that she's here and she's back -- assuming, y'know, assuming that she's just here and she's back now -- I think too much time has passed. He can't go back to who he was when they first met up on he ARK, but he might loosen up a little bit. Oh, now Maria has a kind of twenty-four-seven guardian angel just on the fringe. KYLE: [chuckles] Nice.

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i thought i posted this one but apparently not.

You know, I would love it if we get to see shadows medical failure guilt expanded on, it makes sense he would have a lot , he has a lot of deadly, raging guilt inside of him, survivors guilt, creation guilt, the guilt of past mistakes that almost destroyed entire planets ect, and the guilt of failing someone you were medically responsible for. I want too see that guilt of failure expanded on, Shadow is the ultimate cure, he sees himself as a tool, a weapon, a twisted distortion of a miracle for someone else, a creation to surpass all else for no one but his friend, pushing himself through endless tests, doing anything he was told to do for the sake of his only friend, his best friend, the only true friend he’d know for a long time. The weight of pressure and anxiety crushing him out of fear of failing Maria , not being able to save her from the conditions she faced, not being able to cure her, not living up to the only worth he was created to have. I want to see that expanded on , I want to see how absolutely crushing that guilt of failure is, during their time on the Ark, and the awful , doubled up guilt of the aftermath , the guilt of it all rooted in his most familiar failure. its a important part of his story, and I for one would love to see it expanded on .

SHADOW ANGST, it was very comforting to make this since its heavy self projecting. i love shadow🫶