Have y’all ever seen a fic where you think it seems pretty cool, but then you see Monoma Neito buried deep down in the tags, or “past Monoma Neito/[main character]” and you just KNOW it’s gonna be a Monoma hate fic.
Or you start reading something but then there’s like ONE interaction where they write Monoma as some kind of dumb, selfish, insulting brat and have all the characters calling him a psycho and you just have to stop reading???
I literally CANNOT handle fics that have people characterising him like that, is this what it means to have a problematic fav? People just terribly characterising them and making them the antagonist in every situation? Thanks but I hate it. Like he’s ALWAYS the abusive ex or the manipulative predator or the pathetic, self absorbed idiot and he would literally NEVER be ANY of those things! Monoma is smart, he’s capable, he’s self aware, he’s considerate of his classmates, he has feelings and he isn’t just an asshole for no reason!
He recognised that Bakugou had changed in the joint training session, he hadn’t been just blindly hating them, he had valid reasons! He based his opinions on what he saw, and the fact was that all anyone sees of 1-A is them being cocky (Bakugou during the sports festival), insane (also Bakugou during the sports festival), causing trouble for the school (going after Bakugou after he got kidnapped, etcetera), and getting so much fame and attention that Monoma knew his class had earned too.
He comforted Tokage after she lost her match in the joint training arc, he’s considerate and he builds up his classmates because he knows they deserve it! He’s cooperative, he confronts people when they’re shitheads and provokes people for strategy but that is IT! He revealed his backstory and he talked about how he isn’t ashamed of his quirk or the things he has to do to be successful, he isn’t insecure and pathetic, he’s capable and he’s working hard to do well with what he’s got.
Just because he isn’t self-sacrificing and one-track-minded doesn’t mean he isn’t a good hero and a good person, he’s just smart. He finds the balance between getting results while doing as little as possible because he doesn’t need to over exert himself like an idiot, and he knows that! He doesn’t feel the need to be the best, and that fact makes him more stable than the majority of other characters!
Literally just,,, do a bit of research on a character before you write them, it isn’t difficult. I just want people to stop mindlessly making him the villain just because he was mean to Bakugou a couple of times. He’s not a bad person, he’s a logical, observant, confrontational and resourceful person. I know a lot of people like that IRL, and those are character traits of a hero. A real one, who notices when things are wrong and does whatever it takes to help.
Everyone’s always whining about how Bakugou has depth, why can’t they accept that Monoma is well designed and multi-dimensional too?
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