#weaponizedhorse

So basically Hawks killed Twice, not by accident or even in self defense, but it was closer to a murder than anything else. Of course, he had reasons, very valid reasons imo which I will address later, but that doesn’t negate the fact that Twice was scared, pleading, didn’t want to fight Hawks, and Dabi apparently caught the majority of it on video.

Hawks actually wasn’t planning on killing Twice initially; he wanted to restrain him until the fighting between the Heroes and Paranormal Liberation Front was over.

But then Dabi intervened and things escalated from there: Twice almost escaped, Hawks killed him and then Dabi attacked him, burning his back to the point his Quirk was reddened useless (and it’s very possible he won’t be able to use it anymore), and also revealed Hawks’ real name, which had been kept a secret since he was a child (more on that later).

Now as for Hawks reasons for doing such a thing... well he needed to find a way to stop Twice no matter the cost. Twice’s Quirk, almost on its own, was literally able to overwhelm the entire PLF.

Who knows what he would have been able to do during this war; create two Gigantomachias, or two Shigarakis, or multiple maybe. Just one of them each are creating enough destruction on their own.

At least that’s what I believe. It is a morally gray situation all around that rises some very interesting questions, chief among them, I think, is if the end justifies the means. And of course, we know how Morally Upright™ heroes in this society are supposed to be. Dabi is manipulating a lot of facts to affect Hawks’ image as much as he can, but he does know that Heroes are not under any circumstances supposed to kill, that’s what separates them from villains like Dabi himself.

Of course I don’t think Dabi will be showing this part in his little expose video. He’s basically painting Hawks as a murder not only responsible for Twice’s death but Best Jeanist’s as well (who is in fact, not dead, that was a lie fabricated by Hawks so that he could infiltrate successfully into the PLF ranks, but people don’t know that yet).

Also when Dabi revealed Hawks’ real name, he outed him as the son of a former famous villain that we still don’t know much about, implying then that Hawks is just like his villainous father and that’s why he killed Twice. Which coming from Dabi out of all people is pretty rich but y’know, he’s in an unhinged roll right now, so I’ll let it go.