I want to get a crazy big master list of everyone's favorite BakuDeku fanfics for people to use to get recs
Chapter 293 solidified for me that bkdk is always gonna stay winning, no one can ever convince me otherwise at this point. To be fair, you wouldn’t have been able to convince me otherwise before, either.
But let’s get down and funky with our little gremlin boy and all of his complex emotions relating to Deku, yeah? Cause 293 gave us something phenomenal, and that was Bakugou essentially realizing he had a quirk evolution spurred by the fact that Deku was about to die, and he needed to save him.
I’m gonna focus on these two first cause they’re the big boys.
He states that his explosions were never like that before. When he was facing death, about to witness someone so important to him about to die, his power changed. It became faster, stronger, more of what he needed in that moment for him to save Deku. His need to save Deku made his quirk stronger, and it was because it was Deku.
“Like being on Death’s Door”
That’s the line to beat, folks. Bakugou wasn’t at death’s door in that moment, Deku was. So then why would Bakugou feel that way?
“In total crisis”
A crisis indeed, but for who? Again, Bakugou wasn’t the one in imminent danger, but just witnessing Deku about to die made him feel like he was. It was enough to make him feel like he, himself, was on the brink of death.
Because one can’t exist without the other. Just as Deku can’t envision a world without Bakugou, we now know that Bakugou can’t envision a world without Deku. So much so, that he threw his body in the way to make sure Deku didn’t die. He would have rather ended up the one dead, than to have a world without Deku in it.
And on top of all of this, now we have Bakugou CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSING TO REMEMBER THAT MOMENT in order to gain that strength from before. That desperation and urgency.
We went from a boy who couldn’t comprehend anything other than the desire to win, to having him act without thinking to save Deku, to now CONSCIOUSLY CHOOSING to put himself out into harms way in order to save someone else that he cares about.
Because remember, Bakugou is close to fatally wounded. In fact, if he keeps it up, the situation could end up really dicey, as much as I don’t want to think about it. But he isn’t thinking about that right now, he’s thinking about saving Best Jeanist and the people important to him.
In all of my time spent watching anime and reading manga, I have never encountered a character with such brilliant and beautifully written character growth and development. Horikoshi has done something truly outstanding with Bakugou’s character, and I will forever be grateful for that.
But it can’t be ignored that the entire reason for this growth and development is DEKU.
Every way Bakugou has changed and continues to change is because of Deku, and I absolutely refuse to acknowledge anyone that can’t see that.
Like, we seriously just witnessed this boy have an entire quirk evolution because his feelings for saving Deku were so strong. Do you know how powerful that is? That’s not just ‘oh he’s my rival’ kind of feelings. That is fucking LOVE.
Say it with me now;
And this love for Deku he has is changing him, it’s allowed him to understand how it feels to want to save someone, and he uses the idea of losing Deku as a way to push him forward to do that. Which..in and of itself is so fucking monumental I don’t think I can even properly express how it makes me feel.
All I know if that we went from this;
Bakugou subconsciously rushing forward in order to save Deku, to this;
CONSCIOUSLY RUSHING FORWARD TO SAVE BEST JEANIST WHILE THINKING OF DEKU IN DANGER IN ORDER TO GAIN THE STRENGTH TO MOVE FORWARD
Mind you, this is all happening within the span of 8 chapters. I don’t know how quickly a lump sum of you want Bakugou to change, but I would think this is pretty damn fast, if you ask me.
But anywho, my entire point is that Bakugou’s incredibly strong emotional connection to Deku was able to not only cause a quirk evolution for him, but also enough to show him the vitality of needing to save someone.
And that’s on being in love. (✿◠‿◠)
Midoriya: I’m going to commit a crime
Bakugou, smirking: Is it being too cute?
Midoriya: No it’s murder
Bakugou:
Bakugou: In that case I can help
☀️Summer Camp Au ☀️
( ish inspired by a moment from the fic Summer Camp From Hell )
Katsuki spent 8 years funding izuku's high end mecha suit so he could keep chasing his dream and competing with katsuki... Oh I can only dream of a love like this
Very young and brave, he went in adventure in a search for his old friend, who managed to train the dragons and brought peace to the kingdoms. He searched, searched and searched and almost lost hope when once… he stepped onto the land of the dragons.
Deku doesn't consider Kacchan when Toga says imitation = love
Deku immediately imitates Kacchan after escaping
If this is how Deku reacted to Kacchan being taken from him
And this is how Deku reacted to Kacchan getting stabbed
THEN HOW THE HELL IS HE GOING TO REACT WHEN HE SEE KACCHAN LOOKING LIKE THIS
Not to mention the fact that when Kacchan got captured from the L.O.V Deku was close to Kacchan
As well in this this moment Deku was close to Kacchan
So now how is Deku going to feel that he was pulled away from the fight he needs to be in (and is currently returning to). That the fact that Kacchan is f**ked up all because he wasn’t there to do what needs to be done.
To Deku his feelings for Kacchan are on another level. Deku can’t control his heart when it comes to Kacchan. Deku gets extremely emotional when it comes to Kacchan. AND the first time we see this is with the sludge incident, Deku is in f**king tears claiming he couldn’t see him (Kacchan) die. That he couldn’t just stand there. Deku ran in trying to save Kacchan WITHOUT A DAMN QUIRK! And now that he has the power to help Kacchan, especially right now in this moment, isn’t there and is trying to get back he is now going to have more motivation to beat/defeat Shigaraki because Kacchan, his childhood friend his rival his image of victory his Kacchan, is extremely injured.
Haven’t they figured out that Deku has no control when it comes to Kacchan yet? Almost everyone has seen it yet they act almost slightly blind. Like hello wake the hell up and smell the damn roses. Deku’s body moved on it’s own, no other thoughts, no thoughts about other people, no thoughts about his own safety, no thoughts on wether he could die or not just Kacchan.
It’s just pure hearted Kacchan! Nothing else nothing more just,
now this is character development
Creation of Adam
circa: 1512
('Creation of Adam' by Michelangelo)
Creation of OTP (Wonder Duo)
circa: 2019
('Bkdk BNHA movie 2: Heroes Rising' Visual by Studio Bones)
so i did some math today, and guess who the real zasshu is