No Srsly Tho There's A Difference Between Just SHARING Your Opinion And FORCING Your Opinion On Others

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save me teenager dabihawks hanging out and shoto just tagging along

i reallyyyyyyyy like zuko

My Hero Theory: What is Hawks?

In the never ending debate of exactly what type of bird-heteromorph Hawks is supposed to be, and everyone's theories are fascinating, I want to throw out an absolutely bonkers theory.

First, something that confused me about his character design is why he has slit pupils. That's not a noted bird trait. It's more commonly found in ambush predators like small cats, snakes, foxes, etc.

I admit, the most likely reason he has slit pupils is Horikoshi just thought it would look cool and didn't care how accurate it was to general bird anatomy. And honestly? Fair. Nobody's saying the slit pupils didn't look awesome. And there is one bird species that has slit pupils and it's the black skimmer. (Also fun fact, the only other bird that doesn't have round pupils is the penguin, which has square pupils. The more you know.)

Anyway, I guess since Hawks has slit eyes, headcanon he shares the same vision advantages Toga has which I discussed in this post.

Second, though, is I'm kinda skeptical of the idea that he's strictly a 'bird'-heteromorph. In spite of the fandom occasionally adding fangs and talons to his design, his only canon non-human features are his wings and his eyes, only one of which is primarily an avian trait while the slit pupils are a rare exception in birds. The Quirk itself is just called 'Fierce Wings' and Hawks is a name he gave himself, which could indicate he simply identifies as a bird and we could move on.

But for the sake of argument, think about this:

Personally, when I hear the words 'slit pupils,' my brain goes to cat.

Wings = Avian

Slit pupils = Felidae (small cat)

With the existence of Ryukyu in the My Hero world, we know that Quirks can be mythical in appearance.

So with a combination of feline and avian qualities in a single person and folklore being at play...

...I'm gonna throw out the theory that Hawks is a griffin-heteromorph.

Yes, lions and eagles both have round pupils, so it's not a perfect theory, but I've seen modern depictions play with the griffin designs that are different type of bird/cat combination.

Admittedly, this theory is probably more shitpost than theory, but I think it’s fun.

kny if the Kochos were the main characters

hmmmmmm I wonder what would be the breaking point for keigo...

I feel like it would be something along the lines of everything being too much at one moment (don't we love the academic lifestyle), and touya's unwanted commentary is the last straw lmao. cue keigo's crashout </3. touya watching and realising that he's high-key way more interested in this side of keigo bc why wouldn't touya be infatuated with keigo's facade falling apart.

the label is there to force touya out of the idgaf trenches lollll and to confirm that keigo is really his, and he's really keigo's, but it's not like it changes anything that was happening before ヽ(*´∀`)ﾉ pre relationship they were already claiming each other, the label just gives them the excuse to do it more lmao

and I know everytime keigo effortlessly proves his devotion, touya's heart skips a beat but he has to hide it beneath a mutter of "that's bare minimum" and a huff LMAO keigo sees right thru it and just smiles knowinglyyyyy

I agree with the fact that kei happily obliges to prove himself lmao. he would do anything to make touya see what he sees, touya is the most interesting person he's ever met.

ALL MIGHT MAKING AN APPEARANCE ? sign me upppppppp (*^▽^)/★*☆♪ how does all might fit into the college au :D ? (pls enlighten me, I love the bond you've created between touya and all might </3)

lollll I feel like keigo sometimes gets fed up of touya constantly bringing up the argument that it could be anyone else, but there's a fondness that accompanies it since u could boil it down to touya thinking keigo deserves the best. so keigo will gladly prove to him that touya's the best thing in his life.

they're so possessive over each other omy goshhh

oh gosh college au keigo gets a job as a tour guide and it’s his least favorite thing ever but he wants the spending money (his parents (adoptive) only fund certain activities and he wants to have more of a life than that (and buy touya things what who said that))

just picture it. keigo takami. gorgeous guy. walking around campus (even when it’s cold) having to tell all these people he doesn’t know and doesn’t like how awesome this university is (is this not just propaganda his “mother” is the university president)

and when he’s not working and encounters other tour groups he’s all but seething because they’re loud and take up space and he does not want to deal with it

headcanon that Rei used to freeze part of their garden for the kids to ice skate. Natsuo was a little clumsy, Fuyumi loved it and looked perfectly graceful, and Touya thought of it as a useless distraction (he still had lots of fun though and was very good at it). Shoto was never allowed to participate, but he did it by himself a lot.

Years later, Fuyumi picked up figure skating as a hobby, Natsuo loves to go on dates at the rink with his gf, Shoto still freezes up the ground to skate with his class, and Touya stuns the lov bc they’re watching yuri on ice and he’s constantly arguing that it can’t be that hard, he could jump like that at ten years old.

can we talk abt touya's medical trauma more please

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