#hmmm yeah

Oh and a few sketches from the past week!! I hope ill finally get into gear and finish the (sigh) 5 pfps and 3 character sheets for art fight .. oh boi

Explaining a little abt this AU, this is basically just a change through Dabi's design and arc, with just a few adjustments of his character. This is all for fun, so if you wanna send death threats or doxx me over this do it already im tired of this fandom.

TW// for sensitive topics such as self-harm, human traffcking, abuse and etcetera, all were already in the Todoroki's backstory but I still feel the need to remind it. Also, I do not condone his character actions, it also may be obvious but still reminding it.

Personality

Ok, so, in a big resume, this Dabi is more cruel and attention-seeking than canon. He leans to be more like Endeavor to prove to everyone and himself how his father is nothing like a hero. His arc revolves around wanting to hurt others and continuing the cycle of abuse, he recognizes it but actively choses to ignore. He self harms and harms others, entirely desintetized. Instead of sympathing with his mother's pain and agony of going through sexual traffcking and abuse, he uses it as a way to gain control, this type, instead of apologizing like in canon, he doesn’t.

He grew up in a toxic environment where the only purpose of his existence was power. Not kindness, not gratifying relationships or even individual pleasure. He doesn’t care if he hurts others, because its also the only way he feels he has autonomy.

He is the most distant from others at the league, he won't accept help in any way or form, he starts off as sarcastic and pooking others insecurities, and as he grow more accustomed to their ways, he kinda starts liking it, but just up to the point to not do (many) harsh comments. The most vulnerable he will be to you is just quiet, where his offenses won't be distracting you from his scars.

Speaking of it, his scars are more apparent all over his body, especially at his left hand — more used for his fire. He had burnt his nervous system to the point of not feeling a good chunk of his hand. He doesn’t care for hiding it, instead, he wants people to see him. It doesn't matter if its "Too ugly", he wants to be perceived and to exist. The same way he danced through his battle with Endeavour, he will do this more frequently. He is more eccentric, humiliates his enemies, uses dirty tricks to do what he wants, and thrives on everyone's eyes being glued to him.

For him, also, I raised the question if he would care if someone else called him Touya, and the answer is no.

For him, Touya died, and Dabi is who he is. It has been a really long time since he has last been called that name, and it became just a stranger, someone else to him. His family used to call him that but that someone was just a innocent, ingenuous boy whose expectations would never be turned real. If you called him that, it would take a minute for him to stop, recognize and just raise a eyebrow just to know how you know that name. No threats, no emotional talks or care, it isn’t who he is anymore, simple as that.

Canon divergence

In this version, Dabi is redeemed — Yes, I know he is worse than canon, but fuck I hate how it ended, I hate it so so much. So I made a big difference.

Shoto can reach out to him before he incinerates himself all over. He loses an arm before that, but otherwise Shoto can talk to him. Shoto's own arc in this version is about his embracing his fire because it means to save people with all he got. He never wanted to be like his father, so he never used it — after all, Endeavor never turned to be n°1, so that means he should do everthing different to be the n°1, but then his father is the number one hero now, so what does it being a hero means? If a horrible man like his father is now representing all the heroes are? So instead of focusing in forgiving or not Endeavor, everything alligns with heroism and how the status quo is shit. Shoto understands Dabi.

So Dabi is send to Rehab and Endeavor is in a fucking cell at the end for all his crimes.

Thats why I did a little bonus:

He is getting better now! Shoto visits him regurlarly along with Fuyumi; Natsuo prefers not, because he can't forgive him; and his mother has severely complicated feelings, her own head is too fucked up after all this time and they can only give her space for healing.

Gonna throw this wip as well

Can you guys watch over them while I sleep

posting this with like 50 minutes left in day one is diabolical!!!!!! anyways. day one i decided to draw jack because i never draw him.. its really rushed so my bad if it doesn’t look great i drew this in like an hour :’)!!!