Kirishima Is Izuku’s Personal Cheerleader And No One Can Convince Me Otherwise.

I feel like a thing I wish was more generally acknowledged across fandoms is that "I don't find this character sympathetic" and "This character was not intended to be sympathetic" are obviously connected but are, ultimately, two completely different statements that may not overlap at all.

Ultimately what you think about any given character is a completely subjective issue that has no right or wrong answer. The narrative may be trying to evoke sympathy for them, and you may just feel that it flat-out was not successful in doing that. You may look the author straight in the eye and say "Nope, I see what you're trying to do, but f*ck this guy actually, he's The Worst and that's all there is to it". And no one can tell you that you're wrong for doing so.

But when it comes to picking up on what the story is trying to do, whether you ultimately think it did a good job or not, I would argue there's at least some measure of objective reality. And I feel like people sometimes end up conflating them, so you end up with these posts like "I can't believe people sympathize with this character when the story clearly just wants you to hate them!" and it's like... yeah, I think people sympathize with this character because the story is very clearly and intentionally painting them as sympathetic. I could point you at a dozen different scenes that are clearly meant to evoke sympathy for This Character. You don't have to have found any of it compelling, but at a certain point recognizing it's there is a simple matter of reading comprehension.

Lil thing I made to relearn how to draw these guys <3

[on twitter]

some MHA doodle pages from my sketchbook~

i’m rather fond of the Izuku and Ochako pages, haha

the most good and pure man in anime history

and some tokoyamis from the twitter he is great and i love him

came up with the headcanon that Fuyumi likes to knit and well, one thing led to another…

woah this character is so cool i wish they were covered in blood their whole body trembling with a look of absolute horror on their face as theyre struggling to breathe in panic

i cant find the post talking about the league character designs anymore but they should have really kept the pink bandana twice got from toga during the overhaul arc as a permanent part of his character design

like aside from slightly better communicating "oh yeah, this suit is Literally the thing holding this guy together" it also looks really heckin cute

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