About That Post Where You Were Responding To A Bad Take Made On Twitter About Endeavor. Honestly What

Omg i don’t know if you already have an idea for what to do.. but if you don’t yet could you make Dabi a winged dragon like creature for Dekus creature chronicles? your art is so amazing and i’ve always loved the dragon dabi aus and i’m curious to see your take on it. if not that’s totally okay i’m sure i’ll love it no matter what you think of since i’ve loved everything so far the details are so amazing 🥹💕

This is very sweet- I am afraid I'm not in the fandom to be familiar with AUs, but dragons are always a favorite pick amongst reimaginings. There happens to be only one true dragon in this particular story... but I can show you the Todoroki's now that I have them finished- (I plotted them as a unit)

You can learn a little more of the myths under the cut if you like :)

part 9! Nav: 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8

tidbits under cut

Dabi was the lynchpin design-and his family was built around him! They are all creatures of reincarnation, but with various meanings-

Canon Touya threw around some strong words about being reborn. The way he seems mentally stuck to his childhood, felt like a Phoenix who can't (or perhaps won't) allow himself to grow beyond a certain point, doomed to repeat his self-destruction. Like the other villains though - he's a little more morally grey in this story.

Firebird (Slavic) are often harbingers of either good fortune, doom- or unattainable goals in their tales. If that doesn't sound like Endeavor I'm not sure what does. They differ from phoenix in which they are 'always on fire', but they don't self immolate - they're just 'built like that'.

Tsurara onna (icicle woman) are created from the loneliness of single men during the winter time. When a man gazes longingly at a strong, beautiful icicle, they may appear. They disappear in the summer, and may reappear in winter. The love stories invariably end in tragedy. Considering Rei's dynamic to Enji, it felt fitting.

A Snegurochka (Russian- Snow Maiden) the fairytales often echo tsurara onna, of maiden that melts due to "shenanigans" (not always tied to love stories). 

Simurgh (Persian) is more of a reach - you can really dive into their different lore and variations, but they are similar to phoenix in which they also immolate to reincarnate after a very long time. They have connections to both fire and water.

There's no myth creature equivalent of both fire and ice. Yet in canon, Shoto is the only one who doesn't provide himself a hero title. His name is his identity. So- he's the only "undefined" creature. There's a number of myths you could read him as if you wanted (he doesn't care).

... Dabi's pheonix fire also plays into forming the character Juzo (Not that anyone asked- this is reaaaaaaaallly reaching into the semantics on the yliaster, or prima materia that forms the philosophers stone- which mentions pheonix fire purification as a metaphor... ah don't worry about it).

Gashadokuro's are the scariest creature I could think of for a nomu.

the trolldorokis

A rare moment when Endeavor recognizes he does in fact have more than one child. He immediately regrets it.

What happened few minutes prior to this:

Endeavor:  Move your feet.  I want to sit.

Rei:  Make me.

I AM HERE vs JUST WATCH ME

maybe I’m thinking too much. But as I wrote snippets of Enji’s fanfic with whatever ideas that came to my mind, All Might’s and Endeavour’s catchphrase comes to my mind rather abruptly. It’s just my perspective on the matter. 

You know how All Might’s catchphrase is “I AM HERE” , whereas during the hero ceremony when Endeavour gets the title number one, he simply says “JUST WATCH ME”. At first I thought, how reassuring All Might’s words are, and how proud Endeavour sounds with his. My mind goes “right, Enji. Like you’re that great to deal with everything ON YOUR OWN”. 

Then I began processing those thoughts, relating it to my day to day interactions with others and in what kind of situations do I hear those phrases from. 

All Might’s “I AM HERE” is the kind of words I’d usually receive and offer when we’re shouldering a burden together. Words of assurance as I hold someone’s hands and go through the tough times with them. In a way, it’s a phrase that meant we are doing it together. It’s not a bad phrase. It’s comforting, it’s lovely, it’s encouraging. In other words, you are not alone. 

How often do I hear the words “JUST WATCH ME”? It is when I learn by example. In a class as the teachers demonstrate, during my internship when my supervisor guides me… and especially when my mother would shoulder a burden all on her own, refusing to share it with me, she’d say “just watch me”, followed by the words “everything will be alright”. “Just watch me” seems like a proud phrase at the beginning, but it made me realize how lonely it was to walk alone as others watch. 

just my thoughts!!! made myself sad when all i wanted to do was write jkhsdkfhkjsd

Enji: Uneventful

Keigo: What?

Enji: What?

Keigo: I asked if you’re close with your father and you sat here in silence for five minutes and then said “uneventful”

Bnha episode 129 “The Hellish Todoroki Family, Part 2” || Onion Headlines

This is from the anime so I trust it less, but they’re making the same expression both while looking at their father

Heavenly Delusion Character Chart

A useful character cast chart for Heavenly Delusion that can be used to hopefully help manga readers (and anime watchers eventually) keep track of the statuses of the characters in the series (both explicitly shown statuses and ones that are implied).

Current to the most recent chapter of the manga: chapter 55

Chilling