FLAME KING.

        i DO NOT agree with what enji did AT ALL ,   i condemn it really .  he fucked up ,  and i’m sure we are all aware of so .  he might have not meant it ,  but it still happened and it still heavily affected those around him (   even if he is trying to get better ,  one can’t and shouldn’t ignore the clear signs of abuse to which his family went through ,  mental and physical   ) .

        however ,  i can enjoy the way his character evolved from an utter asshole to someone i can even find myself in on some parts .  to me ,  it’s clear that not even horikoshi knew what he wanted to do with him in the beginning ,  and you know ,  that’s alright by me :  it’s his story and creation (   to which i believe some people sometimes forget ,  but i won’t be getting into it in this post   ) ,  and you don’t have to know everything in detail right away .  i can enjoy the fact that enji is wanting to change and working towards that change ,  and that isn’t forcing anyone to be okay with it / forgive him / etc .  in my opinion ,  it wouldn’t be a genuine change if he did force it upon others ,  to which it doesn’t seem to be the case with his character .

        i don’t consider his arc a redemption arc :  mostly because he isn’t asking for redemption ,  which i can appreciate he is just trying to be better ,  and i enjoy thoroughly that he accepted that yes ,  he fucked up BIG .

        i’ll continue to enjoy his character development ,  but before i go i must say that my enji is slightly canon divergent :  basically all that happened in canon is part of my canon ,  what changes is the fact that enji has been trying to change for 2 years canon time (   that’s when he started to send rei her flowers   ) ,  and that what happened in the festival arc didn’t happen (   because again ,  i can see that horikoshi back then didn’t know what to do with him yet ,  and he has changed a lot later on ;  something i believe people are still stuck on because at the end of the day ,  it was canon what happened   ) .  i also gave him a bit of backstory ,  but that’s about it to be honest .

        i am okay with speaking about the things that happened in the past ,  i’ll even write headcanon posts about those times if i see fit (   to which i already did in enji’s archived blog   ) ,  however i am not comfortable with writing those times (   as a victim of abuse myself ,  it doesn’t sit right with me ,  and this is for my own comfort on the subject   ) .

        for enji ,  i try and stay with canon the most ,  since i genuinely believe that horikoshi is doing a wonderful job portraying him ,  however i’ll budge slightly as to fit with people’s canon (   that involves plotting ,  though   ) .  to which i shall mention :  this means that while i’m more than okay with the famous good brother touya au and am okay with writing with those who go with it in their portrayal ,  i would appreciate that it’s not shoved down my throat as the only canon that is valid .  because while i feel immensely bad for TOUYA ,  i do not feel that same remorse / sympathy towards DABI .  and with some experiences i had in the past with people trying force it on me ,  it made me dislike the character in itself (   meaning that it will be hard and perhaps even unlikely for i to rp with any dabi out there   ) .