some thoughts under the cut
I love the hellish todoroki chapters so much, i find endeavor's consistent lack of understanding so fascinating, Rei and Touya tell him that Touya just wants to be seen, yet Endeavor can't be bothered & i think it's crazyyyyyyyyyyy that he trains shoto at their house where Touya is bound to see and compare (as if endeavor himself didn't compare & hierarhcize his children enough) like ofc touya couldn't move on his replacement is right in front of him and he sees his dad do all the things he used to do with him with shoto now like touya has never been special woah y/3
anyway Shoto is wearing the shirt that touya wears in the manga because i think Endeavor is a dense, insensitive asshole who doesn't consider how shoto wearing touya's hand-me-downs could affect touya (it makes the abandonement/replacement even worse Touya feels like a ghost overstaying its welcome in his own home)
I also drew endeavor grabbing shoto's wrist instead of his hand, both to show how this guy simply cannot interact with children appropriately and their lack of emotional connection, sth sth the irony of endeavor spending sm time with his successor but there's still no genuine connection
Dabi is very theatrical and I think endeavor's refusal to acknowledge Touya's pain as genuine plays a huge role in that, sth sth a neglected children will do anything to get noticed like yes enji your son is theatrical esp as an adult but that's on you
the "man up" just feels right for endeavor #hewouldfuckingsaythat and i loveeee to think about how endeavor's abandonement of his eldest son probably affected Touya's ego as a man let's not unpack dabi's gender here
and shoto isn't wearing his flower bracelet because endeavor made him take it off because it would be in the way of their training
but who gives a fuck about bnha i sure don't
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