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No I will not stop talking about this. Hawks didn't even know heroes existed. When he got out of the house, he wanted it to stay that way. When his father was taken, he did not make a single comment on it, let alone cry over it. He was a freakishly stoic child. The HPSC took him as a child and he stayed with them and became a hero. To be that hero, Hawks let Keigo die.
Dabi trained from the moment he could walk to be a hero. He lived with one of the best heroes and wanted nothing more than his dad to love and be proud of him. When he was taken away from home, all he wanted was to go back. He was such an emotional, expressive kid. AFO tried to recruit him as a child, and failed. Dabi did not want that. He wanted to be with his family. But he couldn't. Because of what he saw, Dabi let Touya die.
Hawks fakes his expressive and carefree personality, until recently. We repeatedly see more of him being honest and real. Dabi fakes being heartless and uncaring, until recently. We finally see him loud and expressive about who he is, about who Endeavor is. But the most interesting part, is almost every case of Hawks' being real is because of Dabi. Either because of the wing burning, or because of the broadcast. Hawks had no desire for anything about him to be shared, yet Dabi could not wait for this moment, to bring the past back and shove it in everyone's face. When Dabi revealed Touya Todoroki to the world, he also revealed Keigo Takami.
So, yeah, Dabihawks is the best duo in existence and nothing you can say will change how fucking top tier their entire dynamic is.
He came home that day.
Oh they're animating the war arc haha I hope things go better this time around :)))
Someone becoming better for the sake of just one person is such a good trope, not only in romance but also when it comes to friendship (my favorite) and family. Reminds me of this (beloved) quote from The Bane Chronicles: "He had seen many monsters who could love, but only a few who had let that love change them, who had been able to alchemize love for one person into kindness for many."
You know, I actually like the thought of Dabi being a genuinely shitty person until he sees how it negatively affects Hawks and is then like auujajhhh nevermind I love boundaries and respect
Oooh but like. What if his confidence when it comes to flirting is because he's still playing a role and is used to doing these exact things. But then, it works a little too much, and the closer they get, the less smooth and flirty and cocky he acts (with Dabi) and at first Dabi is like "wow he's very different" but it's just because he's slowly shedding his mask. And now he appears both more guarded and shyer than he used to. More vulnerable and honest.
I love Hawks being flustered because Dabi is a lil shit, but I love the opposite more. Dabi getting pissed and shoving Hawks against a wall to threaten him but Hawks just looks up at him and smirks, totally relaxed, and Dabi is like fuck fuck fuck fuck abort
"Crack-ish" this is incredibly angsty. I'm gonna write it.
Thinking about a crack-ish fic where another Hawks comes in from another world, except he's a villain. And Dabi thinks this is the best case scenario. He just won the lottery. Until he realizes he was completely wrong. Hawks isn't a build-a-bear where Dabi can isolate these qualities about him that he likes. Because he doesn't, in fact, like this Hawks. He likes his Keigo.
Except his Keigo is beyond pissed at him for this stunt and will barely even look at him now. Villain Hawks notices what happened, obviously, and thinks this is fucking hilarious. Just entirely unhelpful comments the whole time. "Ooooh you fucked up so bad. Do you know how much we love attention? And you ignored him for a different him? He'll never forgive you."
(I love this in general and in particular as someone who doesn't like the Villain!Hawks trope.)
Thinking about a crack-ish fic where another Hawks comes in from another world, except he's a villain. And Dabi thinks this is the best case scenario. He just won the lottery. Until he realizes he was completely wrong. Hawks isn't a build-a-bear where Dabi can isolate these qualities about him that he likes. Because he doesn't, in fact, like this Hawks. He likes his Keigo.
Except his Keigo is beyond pissed at him for this stunt and will barely even look at him now. Villain Hawks notices what happened, obviously, and thinks this is fucking hilarious. Just entirely unhelpful comments the whole time. "Ooooh you fucked up so bad. Do you know how much we love attention? And you ignored him for a different him? He'll never forgive you."
This is absolutely incredible. The writing is really intense and this short look into Touya's feelings and thoughts was beautifully worded and unbearably sad. The childish voice and the desperation in it, the starvation for fatherly love, the helplessness and yes, the terror, that are conveyed through the text fit perfectly the idea I have of the character as I read about him in the manga, which made this even more painful to read -and reread.
Obsessed with this paragraph that makes my heart hurt for multiple reasons.
"Dad's anger didn't scare him. He could always read something.. not loving but caring and gentle, buried deep, deep beneath the surface of the anger. Not to be exposed to the open, but still as elemental and firm as an old tree's roots. His science teacher once mentioned that the deeper the roots of a tree are; the harder to pull they become. Something is stronger and truer the more it's deeply hidden. It was a fact. Besides, truly valuable things are kept away, aren't they? Mom never wears her grandmother's neckless, even though it was the last birthday present she gave her before she died. Before she married dad. She says it's too precious to be put on display."
I'm not much of a fanfic writer, but I was challenged to pick a fandom and write a one-shot fanfic for it. And of course; I chose baby Touya Todoroki and his dear old dad, heh. I just started writing but it's going great so far. I think I'll be done with it tomorrow, hopefully. Here's a quick, unedited snippet:
Edit: I finished it!
I finally listened to "What could have been" and more than anything else, I associate it with Dabi and Endeavor. All of it. Every word, from "I am the monster you created/You ripped out all my parts" to "I want you to hurt like you hurt me today and/I want you to lose like I lose when I play/What could have been", without forgetting of course "I couldn't care what invention you made me"
And the part that hits the hardest, because he isn't there yet
"And worst of all, for me to live, I gotta kill the part of me that saw
That I needed you more"
Thinking about poor 16 years old touya who was just a kid on a street at night and no heroes helped him...
What if 20yo!reader who was a small hero saved him and took him home with her and took care of him and him slowly become obsessed with her as 3 years went by bc she was the only one who saved him, stood by him. While the reader is so clueless to his obsession <3