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on bakugous hero name

[ SPOILERS FOR MY HERO ACADEMIA CHAPTERS CHAPTER 293 maybe beyond ]

Okay so like I said I was going to write that post about Katsuki Bakugou’s hero name some time ago, anyways I’m getting around to doing that right now! So we need to address something vitally important that I should’ve done earlier but now is an apt time as any. 

“Ground Zero” as a fandom hero name for Bakugou is something I am personally chill with. It is, however, no longer chill with it when people say things like “Bakugou’s hero name should have canonically been ‘Ground Zero”. 

I really don’t think I need to get into the reason why, but I’ve been proven wrong already so we have to do this now. 

My Hero Academia (Boku no Hero Academia) is a JAPANESE anime and manga series.

“Ground Zero” is defined as “the point on the Earth’s surface closest to a detonation“ when used in relation to large bombs and nuclear weapons

For those who do not already see where “Ground Zero” maybe being an issue as a canonical hero name I will go more in-depth.

Japan suffered two nuclear bombings in August of 1945 at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Furthermore, as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, the cooling system at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant had a meltdown causing everyone within 10km to have to be evacuated (at the time of writing, I do not believe people have been allowed back into this area). 

Alright now lets get into the meat of this.

“Ground Zero” is a term highly, highly associated with nuclear weaponry and other weapons of mass destruction when discussing bombs and such. Guess which country has actual generational trauma relating to the destruction of their cities and home via bombs? Japan!

Guess which hero name would be the WORST name that has bombing connotations to give to an audience that in recent history of having to live through horrible nuclear events, and have a horrible history regarding bombing and nuclear bombing in particular? Ground Zero!

And before anyone! Brings up the prototype design sheet of Bakugou, this picture! 

Just because this prototype design says “CODENAME: 爆心地” which does indeed translate to “center of explosion; hypocenter; ground zero”, that does not give you any reason to not consider the emotional impact that it potentially has towards a full on generationally traumatized society. 

Unless, of course, you truly do not care about people for who this media is directed towards because you know insensitive western-centric mindsets who don’t actually care about people other than themselves and their own enjoyment topped with a likely, extremely U.S. mindset that nukes are just “good”. 

Frankly, I would like to also discuss the implications of this mindset possibly stemming from anti-Asian discrimination or a fetishization of some sort or general disrespect for the literal people that this work of media is intended for, but I don’t quite know how to word it nor do I have the patience to make it easy for everyone to understand. Hopefully people still understand it anyways.

tl;dr: it’s a highly self centered and culturally ignorant thing to say that “Ground Zero” should’ve been canon for Bakugou’s hero name, which takes absolutely no care for the generational trauma of the Japanese who have suffered due to horrific bombings. fandom name? a-okay by me. Bitching that the name isn’t canon? leave!

Happy Birthday Shimi!!!!

Shimi’s birthday was on June 26th, and I had this ready by then, I just forgot to post it here! :p

It was heavily inspired by the imagery in the 6th Opening for BnHA (Polaris) and by Rush Garcia’s Surf orchestration!

since it’s a scary time to be trans: refuge restrooms is an app which maps gender-neutral/single-stall restrooms. it’s community-mapped, so it’s possible you might be the first person to log the restroom locations, but hopefully it’ll help some people.

please reblog this post if you’ve got trans followers. stay safe.

Would YOU like a casual hangout/rp server with a focus on BnHA OCs?

Come join my server! It's all about casual RP and accepts both canons and OCs (dupes are okay, literally no issue with those) and strives to provide a place for anyone to just vibe in!

This blog is kinda retired now, because I'm not really working on the Made Not Born story anymore - I still love all the characters I created but the story was just too big and unwieldy and I never found a way to tell it that I'd have been satisfied with. I might come back and do some short fics of certain events, or some mini comics, if I get the inspiration to do so. I'm also going to be putting everyone's profiles on Toyhouse (@/jamscandraw) where I'll be writing up a TON of lore that I don't think I've ever posted anywhere else

That being said that now means that because there's no story coming out, there's no such thing as spoilers anymore! You can ask me absolutely anything about the characters or the story I had planned, and I promise I won't say "you'll have to wait and see ;)" like I usually do. No limits, ask whatever you want!

The run-up to any big event is surely nerve-inducing.

Especially when that event is going to be broadcast across the entirety of your country.

Shimi finds different avenues to prepare her body and mind for the Sports Festival she had become so accustomed to being a spectator for every year, with all the more pressure on her when people are bolding proclaiming "war" on other classes.

Chapter 3 of Resilient (the Shimi fic thats gonna span at least UA year 1 is up now!)

Tetsutetsu + Ambidextrousness 

// I’d like to think that Tetsutetsu is actually ambidextrous!

From the manga and anime, he’s seen using his right hand more, giving the impression of being right-handed, but there are some scenes where he clearly uses his left where he could be using his right. 

He would be ambidextrous but favors his right side, maybe what he grew up knowing before training himself into using the left side as well! It would make sense, after all, being able to throw punches just as powerful with either hand would be a great skill to have! 

How did you two meet?

Tetsu: If it means anything, I did invite her to play the game with me.

// I don't update this blog a whole lot, but I do make way too many AUs! Here's a few that I had made in the last months.

Kimetsu no Yaiba - Homestuck - RWBY (AUs in order)