#boymold

thanks for your replies to my previous post!!

here's my thoughts:

@itslune07 said: Well, Gege said that Gojo is going to tell Megumi the truth about Toji, so Gojo would be released in order to do that. And about Gege VS. gojo… Well, I read in some interviews that Gege hates gojo because they are similar. you are 100% right that gege said, gojou's gonna tell megumi about touji. so.. there's the big chance we will see gojou again. :') {edit: the only source i found for this is this twitter thread which *might* be a case of lost in tranlsation.} regarding "gege hates gojou because they are similar": i personally don't think that's confirmed. what i know is that someone close to gege (don't remember who, though, possibly an assistant?) was asked, which character they feel is most similar to gege and they replied, it's gojou. i mean, this *could* be the answer to the question, heheh, but it's not gege's own words hence not his personal answer. {edit: here's my source.}

@boymold said: from what i recall gege has said they want to finish the manga within the next 2/3 years so i don’t think the manga is 60/70% done? it would be very anticlimactic if it ended with the culling game. so far, at least in my opinion, gege has shown amazing writing and i don’t think they’re gonna disappoint :) yes, i personally don't think either that the culling games will be the final arc. but if the whole story is really 60-70% wrapped up, then there's not too much left. also i agree that gege is an amazing writer!! i just hope that we won't be left with too many open questions... {edit: here's my source about the 60-70% claim}

@ariya-nuts said: Gojo my love dont die agreed

in general: i should really start addings sources to my claims. i'll work on that! and probably update my original post and this one here, as well. sources added! let me know in case you think they are not reliable..

gojo as a (single?) dad with a newborn 

– despite gojo being the loud dork we all know, he gets pretty quiet whenever he holds his newborn

– he coos softly at the tiny baby wrapped in a blanket, watching it yawn

– he sits down on the couch in the living room, the lights low, the fireplace nicely lit

– he has a blanket for himself within reach

– but for now he opts to just spread himself comfortably on the cushions, lulling the baby with soft sways nad hums

– as the baby yawns, gojo has this little smile on his lips and his beautiful eyes are full of admiration

– he reaches to the coffee table for the pacifier he prepared earlier, gently slipping it into the newborn’s mouth and his hand softly traces the white fuzzy hair away

– gojo can’t seem to calm down his frail heart as it thumps against his rib cage, full of love and simple excitement for his child

– he lets his head fall back, resting it against the couch once the babe has fallen asleep, nuzzling itself closer to his warm chest

– and he can’t shake off the sleepy smile off his face, piercing blue eyes closing as he breaths out a soft sigh

– he loves the babe dearly, a tight pang in his chest when he thinks of how the baby is gonna grow up

– this brand new dad is crazy obsessed with skin to skin, parading around his apartment shirtless with the babe at his pecks, big hands supporting the head and the neck as he playfully dances to the song on the radio, loud smooch to the chubby cheeks

– preparing a bottle is a hassle, he’s constantly checking the ratio of formula to water, nervously biting his lip as the babe latches onto the bottle nip because what if he got it wrong and the babes gonna get sick due to malnutrition?

– his least favorite part is the spit up, often times making him gag, but the idea of leaning back on the couch, softly patting the tiny baby’s back to burp it, as it gently holds onto his shirt or hair, it’s just something he anticipates after each meal

– changing the diaper doesn’t phase him, although he makes a funny face at the smell, yet coos at the babe, playing with its tiny little feet, tempted to tickle them

– overall, he’s sometimes clumsy, dropping bottles and pacifiers, struggling with the baby powder, sometimes not being able to differentiate the cries or not being able to comfort the babe instantly

shigaraki learns what “conventionally attractive” means. he decides that he is not.

and the insecurities once again drown him, after all, as your lover, he wants to look presentable. he doesn’t want to embarrass you. even though he is a high ranked villain, and no one really would dare to tell him he is ugly, he just wants to be an attractive young man to you. tomura wants you to find him attractive, but he thinks “how would you ever find this alluring?”

and one silent night, when he decides to share those feelings with you, you promise to yourself, and to him, that you will prove he is beautiful in every way possible. you start off by kissing his eyelids, thumbs gently tracing the roughed up skin on his eye bags as you mumble out little praises. “pretty,” you say over and over again till he falls asleep under your sweet spell that he doesn’t believe yet.

next morning, you offer to shower together. you do, hot water running down your bodies as you once again kiss at his skin; reaching his shoulders and collarbones, with a single loud smooch to his heart. you offer to deep condition his hair and he agrees. after drying and brushing, it feels almost silky smooth under your fingers and shigaraki feels just a little bit better.

and your journey continues, praising his looks every chance you get, kissing him so softly like he is fragile, and just maybe he is, tracing his skin and acts like he is the most beautiful work of art - and he is. you grasp his hand tightly, not afraid of it. you brush his hair and style it in a way that shows off his face that you adore. you stare at him with wide eyes full of awe, and he can’t help but blush and push your face away, a chuckle escaping you, but you still press on. time passes and he grows soft for the praise, he looks forward to it. and everyday he learns that you mean your words and he learns that he is beautiful. he’s far from being conventionally attractive, but he is beauty.