Okay, this is what I think

I headcanon that the HPSC made Hawks took acting classes so he could have a better control of his facial expressions, body language and just tips in general. He was so good at this that even they had a problem when pointing out the difference between the real Hawks and him pretending. He even has a few videos from the past when he had to practise certain scenes dkdkjd I just think it would be neat— am I making Hawks a theatre kid? Yesn't

theatre kid hawks is so chaotic i love it..

It really makes you scratch your head, right?!

Like damn, even if the fanlations are correct, it’s not like Deku says anything damning or horrible.

He legit says that he cares about Shouto and Endeavor and while Endeavor’s past may never be forgotten, he’s giving him a chance based on the Endeavor that he’s seen, the one trying to atone.

And you know what, there’s nothing wrong with giving someone a second chance to change themselves.

His interaction with Endeavor 🤔 it wouldn't change too much, only Hawks' attitude, I think. Pro-heroes will constantly underestimated him (but less than the public, since they're used to him). Younger ones won't hesitate too much, tho jdjdd.

So... it's settled that the way he presents himself will change. If the facade that Hawks presents to the public is more laid-back, and also has a more attractive look for young adults :p hummingbird Hawks, as you said, is more energetic, with a cute boyish look... So, he appears even more childish, especially with his facial expressions? They would be similar, but the feeling between canon Hawks and hummingbird Hawks is different. Canon Hawks looks more bratty, inmature yet funny, and hummingbird Hawks is just... cute. People will laugh at him because they think that he's adorable. Actually, he probably wouldn't hesitate too much in doing things that could be seen as childish because he knows that people see him more as a kid than a hero, so it would feel more "in character"? The relationships during his infiltration could change a lot, along with his approach to how he convinces them. Like, people may think that since he's cute, he gets a pass to act more insistent— annoyingly insistent and more direct with what he needs (plus being energetic and chatty), unlike canon Hawks (who is more relaxed with this) without a problem, when usually, that would make people inmediately mistrust you. Will definitely play the oblivious card more often than before, too!

I don't think he will do it that much, though, just enough to fit his facade and when he sees an opportunity 👀 he definitely won't use all these things constantly, or people wouldn't appreciate him. I love this au too much, uuuuh.

sorry for a late reply ;; i’m going through my inbox finally!!

oh YES hawks manages to be popular amongst almost every demographic with his hummingbird quirk bc he’s just adorable (but also snarky). u can’t help but love him

oooh his dynamic with endeavor and other pros! he probably gets called a nuisance by endeavor a lot because he’s constantly flitting about getting and up in ur business.... he’s just as playful with endeavor as he is in canon but now more physically so if that makes sense? he comes across as pretty harmless and can get away with buzzing around like an annoying fly.... which endeavour tries to swat away, and ofc hawks is too fast for him lmao but it makes for some entertaining candids

AAAH i love all your ideas so much every time!!! hawks very much plays the fool in canon when he can get away with it, but now that’s kind of amplified. i actually think that canon hawks shows how wise he is pretty often and a lot of other heroes can see that, but i reeeaaally like the idea of hummingbird hawks having a steadfast ditsy persona that doesn’t waver (all the more fun when others realise he’s not what he seemed). not to angst it but.... the footage of tiny, upbeat hummingbird hawks stabbing twice would hit so much harder.

me too me too and now it’s finally happening idk what to do with myself

uuuuh, would he physically change, probably? Maybe his voice be more high-pitched. Or maybe it won't affect his voice lmao

He probably is lighter or smaller... I've been thinking about how his movements would be with the quirk... you know, since hummingbirds move their head and then, their body moves slower-- I can't explain it correctly but... it... sounds cute ;;

Hummingbirds have to eat constantly, way more than other birds, so Hawks is probably eating more than in canon. They rarely stop moving, too. Hmm, usually they don't walk at all and their legs are kind of weak (?) and these creatures are hovering almost... all the time.

My mind has to stop I'll end up writing about Hawks with a hummingbird quirk... but it's so cute ;; I've been wondering if the HPSC would need to control him a little more. He probably was one of those kids that are super quiet but at the same time, physically restless, always in the air or moving his wings even if he isn't doing anything with them dkksjd.

Hey, about that ask of roufus hummingbird (?) Is that how it's called in english? Sorry, I'm not sure about it dkksjd from what I read, they are really territorial! But like, seriously, and more specifically when it comes to their food. They can be quite aggressive too (maybe more agressive than any other species), defending their places of others' hummingbirds and predators that are planning on eating in the same place they are living. It's a duty they take very seriously even when they are resting, I think that they are scared of not having enough food dkksjjsjd oh, they don't interact that much with others either, only when they are courting or migrating. When it comes to humans it's kind of different and they don't seem to have a problem with them? (unless their food is on danger) and... well, that--

my hummingbird hawks propaganda: successful. and if you wrote it i’d be !!! so happy omg (for real i’m glad others like the idea because it’s been in my head for ages and i felt kinda dumb but. eh. i run a blog psychoanalysing an anime man, who’s judging at this point)

i really wanted to get some more expressive drawings down to show how he moves, but for now just imagine toothiana since that’s my inspiration lmao (for those who were lucky and didn’t have a rotg phase she’s at like 00:30 in this clip). physical changes! yes! let’s talk! maybe his voice’s pitch doesn’t change but his speech pattern makes it seems much more light and energetic, rather than the laid back canon hawks

But people rarely hurt others just for the sake of it. More often than not, the way we treat others comes from our own pain:

We have Overhaul as an example, who wanted a world free of quirks, felt repulsed because of his own and wanted a world without quirks, and this manifested on him hurting Eri. Endeavor, who was suffering because of jealousy and wanted to be no. 1, and this manifested on him hurting his family. Bakugo, who wanted to be the best, and proceeded to hurt Deku when threathened. And then we have characters like Uraraka, who loves seeing people happy and who doesn't like to impose people, because of her parents. Aizawa, who is very strict as a teacher and it seems to me that it was because of his experience with Oboro. All Might, who decided to become the Symbol of Peace because of the chaos in the past...

The idea is that once you say that x character is an abuser or perpetrator, then you are crazy or people get offended, because it takes the whole suffering away for them. People mostly relate to the victims, and seeing abusers as the ones who get hurt is kind of controversial. If I say that Endeavor was suffering, the amount of people that will probably come after me is going to be terrifying. I don't even have to give my reasons because most aren't going to listen, and therefore my opinion will be useless. So, when you give the public this man, Dabi, who is attractive, charismatic (the video, I guess), related to this person who was an abuser (Endeavor), and then telling his lifestory, it feels anticlimactic to call him an a perpetrator. And then people start saying that you can be both a victim and an abuser, which I understand where do they come from, I mean, you can be a victim and then become a perpetrator, but oh my God, how much I disagree when others say that you can do it at the same time when it comes to these situations from the manga...

Looking at the LOV vs heroes battle and saying that the LOV are the victims, or saying that Dabi is both a victim and a perpetrator at the same time, takes the whole meaning, official meaning of being a victim and a perpetrator in a situation, that are terms that heavily depend of the context in my opinion. There's also people who say it in an abstract tone, and those are the only ones that I can actually understand. But maybe because I've became too logical, guided by the rules when it comes to these types of words that have such a big influence in the real world because the meaning changes depending of the person, that I disagree so much. I know nothing, but I prefer looking at it objectively because that's how I think we should act when it comes to something that could be, potentially, a crime. When thinking like that, I inmediately enter a zone where my first thoughts are "right now, your feelings do not matter", something that could make me look pretty cold, and... I guess that it's naturally hard for people to do that when you are so emotionally invested on someone. Some people are going to assume that I didn't experienced something related, even. And then they start projecting and... ah, it's a disaster. I really think that humans should stop thinking that just because you didn't experienced something, you can't talk about it. Knowledge isn't completely empirical. Like, have you ever heard of being rational--?

If you are the one hurting others or the one who's going to hurt others, then I think that by logic, you are the perpetrator. You include what happens on the outside, and it may change things.

But once you include what's happening inside of you, your reactions and emotions, it changes the whole meaning for others.

I guess that's why things get so simplified on Law--. When you add what makes us humans, it becomes a huge problem.

I think Twice battle is also a huge example of this... You could say that Hawks was the perpetrator, but once you add the reasons of doing it and the context (protecting the civilians), he becomes a victim and Twice is the perpetrator. But people saw the perpetrator suffering and that changes everything, because the general idea is that they don't suffer at all. Twice became more emotional than Hawks, and it translates into him being the victim and Hawks being the perpetrator, regardless of the context. Throw the fact that people sympathized with Twice and it becomes a disaster.

I don't believe that people are bad from birth and it heavily depends of your experiences as a kid. I think that we are all victims of something, and then, some people become abusers. That's just life...

... Maybe I should just write an analysis about it instead xD

Many people do tend to have a black and white view of victim and perpetrator from what I’ve seen in fandom.

As you said, many can’t seem to grasp that abusers much like Overhaul and Endeavor had genuine reasons why they did what they did and it wasn’t based on the need to cause their victims suffering, rather their suffering was an after-effect that they ignored in order to focus on their goals. What many people I think also fail to understand that having a reason for your actions doesn’t excuse what you’ve done and while many seem to grasp this with Endeavor and Overhaul, they don’t seem too when it comes to the League of Villains.

I’m not really sure why this is the case though my guess is because they are victims in the past unlike Endeavor, who’s past is unknown and irrelevant,  or Overhaul, who still had the family support behind him though he may not have had the most conventional of upbringings.

I would say I’m like you, to be honest. While I acknowledge the league and their past, I view it as mostly irrelevent when it comes down to stopping them unless it can be used as a way to speak them down. Knowing their situation certainly makes me understand why they’ve done what they’ve done but it’ll never excuse them in my eyes. I guess I would be considered cold too.

It’s certainly an interesting topic of debate to think about. Many people do act more with their hearts then their heads and that’s neither a good nor a bad thing (it depends on case by case situations), at least what I’ve seen in the fandom, and while I love the empathy most in fandom have, I feel like they sometimes take it way too far for the League. Especially when they don’t show the same empathy for the League’s victims.

you’re not annoying i could never be annoyed with idol hawks au, i’m so happy someone else loves it so much too!!!! i love all these ideas aaaaah the makeup! dyed wings would b so cool, he could make them iridescent so they reflect the bright lights... and hoooo boy i have been THINKING about his outfits. they can get pretty out there and risqué imo if he feels like it (especially after he’s had a disagreement with the hpsc and wants to do smth to rebel lmao). i think the idea the hpsc initially had for hawks as an idol was to make him somewhat tame or maybe performatively unruly but still doing exactly what they say, but he’s like, nah, you know what sells better? me doing what i want. and he’s right, just like he is in canon when he makes a scene at the billboards and is all the more popular for it. his outrageous outfits and reckless attitude throw him into the public sphere way faster so the hpsc just.... runs with it (but of course he’s still under their control at the end of the day)

Hmm, Toga will probably be helped, but I'm really curious about Dabi and Shigaraki too, because even if I think... they're murderers and, realistically speaking, they could face a capital punishment or a life imprisonment. But it's fiction too, even if it follows a similar line to reality, and Shoto, Izuku and Uraraka have been mostly related to these villains, so it makes me extremely curious how will Horikoshi handle that topic.

Ah, villains. I don't like the heroes vs. villains perception but I understand why it's portrayed like that. It just seems more like... villains vs heroism, in a sense. This influences on why I think that the idea of "the villains lost more than the heroes" doesn't make sense— because even if the heroes lose less than villains if it comes to numbers, it is not about who dies or who doesn't— it's about the concept of heroism destroying itself, slowly. At least, from my perspective.

Villains are mostly acting out of the result of what happened before, so it seems weird, right? Like Shigaraki, who has a warped vision of the world because of what happened to him— mostly blaming it on heroism (civilians, too, but heroism is the main problem for him), and while I think that it makes sense in some parts, I don't share his mentality at 100%.

Following that, people actually have a tendency to moralize characters, which makes us end on moral disengagement because... well, by justifying a bad action. It seems to me that we usually loose our moral standards when watching this type of shows so we can enjoy them, but morality makes others accept us, so we may twist the narrative a little.

I think empathy plays a huge part on this. If we show empathy to someone else— especially by identifying with their possible feelings or suffering, we're prone to defend things against them, even when they are in the wrong. In a sense, an attack to that person or character is an attack to our own individuality since there's a part of ourselves in them even if we would never do the same things they did, because we already empathize with that character. Not everyone is like that— some are unable to do this, but I greatly doubt it's a high number because of how much I've seen people justify other's actions in the past, both online, real life and major events that occurred before I was born, hmm.

By this perception of abuse being worse than murder, fans probably tend to fall in comparisons when it comes to LOV's current actions and Endeavor's past actions, actually. And abuse feels more personal than murder.

I personally think that it's okay to enjoy anything in fiction, but we should be more aware of why do we enjoy it and how it's affecting us, because that can make us better—. It is not okay to justify certain things.

Oh, I think Horikoshi only wanted to give us a realistic take on villains, making them seem more human. Also, we can understand better the pain of others like that, even if their actions aren't justifiable. The problem with those narratives is that... with fame, misunderstandings arises. And if something is implicit or too complex, it gets difficult to understand.

Aaah, I don't study psychology completely, I just... entered college xD I tend to say that I'm a Psych major, but not officially? I really like it, so I guess it's about how much I investigate about it and reflect on related topics.

I have no clue how he’s going to handle Dabi and Shigaraki. I know many of the fandom has said they would be disappointed if they ended up jailed for life or died but like, BNHA has already set up it’s precedent with it’s villains, those who break the law are sent to prison and recieve just punishment. And both Shigaraki and Dabi have committed some of the worst crimes you can commit, I can’t see anything but life imprisonment or at least a long imprisonment for them considering what they’ve done.