#elo talks

So anyway, yeah, that's what I've been doing and what I will be doing for the foreseeable future. Would really like to get back to writing and art and stuff, but wouldn't ya know, it's incredibly hard to focus on art when you have a baby to worry about and a really fussy toddler who hates when you don't pay attention to him for 1 minute. So, maybe one day.

Also seeing what my friends have liked *can* be nice, but look, if they wanted me to see it then they'd have reblogged it.

"Hey, Elo, do you ship the thing you've written like 300k words about?" 😏

Ship It? Yes. (Although less fervently than in years past.)

What made you ship it? -- Literally the hair eating scene lmao. But also like... The way they animate Izuku's eyes when he looks at All Might, especially in the opening themes? Come on. He's just overflowing with pure adoration (built on old hero worship, but grown stronger), while All Might is staking all his hopes on Izuku. It's like... the starting premise of the entire series.

What are your favorite things about the ship? -- The mutual dependence on each other; the enthusiasm they have together; the way Izuku still loves him even in his weak form, no hesitation. The way that they're intensely important to each other. From a fic perspective, they have such an intense vibe and so much potential; the hurt/comfort potential inherent to their "problematicness"; the potential for "us against the world"; the constant moral dilemma of wanting to be good moral people while desiring something that could be seen as harmful; the future-fic potential of All Might wanting to stay in Izuku's life but not wanting to "drag him down"; just... all the dynamic, full of love and hope and guilt. ...I may not have been actively into this ship for years but I could go on lol

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? -- the shippers are pretty split in what kind of things they like, but as for me, don't fucking come near me with daddy kink 😂 don't. Go ahead and lean into the student/teacher, or the mentor/trainee, or the boss/underling, or whatever, but 🚫🚫🚫no daddy kink🚫🚫🚫 lmao. Also while I'm fine with underage stuff, I don't like to get kinky about it. It's like, yeah okay they're into each other *despite* the age difference, but not because of it. They can feel guilty, or even neutral about their feelings and actions, but I don't like them being creepy about it (unless for comedic purposes, in which case anything goes).