I meant left side and left hand symbolism can you tell me please

I don’t know if there’s deeper symbolism in Japanese mythology and/or culture, but I do know that in many cultures (India, for example) the left hand is associated with uncleanness–aka you would not shake somebody’s hand with the left one, you wouldn’t eat with it, etc. Which… does fit with how Shouto treats his left side, but not exactly, because the left side is usually used for like… bodily functions. 

In more Christian superstition, it was traditionally associated with the devil (like, my dad was forbidden from using his left hand as a kid when he was left-handed and forced to use his right because #thedevil). Which, considering Shouto’s left side takes after Endeavor (who even has the flame symbolism and whose quirk is literally called hellflame), also fits. 

can you tell me what the left side symbolism has to do with shoto?

Hello Anon! Are you asking about a particular kind of symbolism? I’ll just talk generally for now, but if you’re asking about a specific aspect, please don’t hesitate to come back and clarify! 

Shouto’s left side is his fire side, aka the side he takes after his father with in terms of abilities. He wanted to reject this part of him because of the abuse he’s suffered from Endeavor. It’s also the side his mother rejected, when she snapped and burned his face as a result. 

Dichotomies are kind of a recurrent motif with Shouto. He struggles to see himself as a full person and not as two halves, one good and one bad, by virtue of things certainly beyond his control. In his first hero costume he wears ice over his left side even though that’s the side for fire, because he wants to be one or the other and doesn’t want to see both. 

As we’ve seen and as Deku reminds Shouto in the Sports Festival Arc, it’s his power and it’s his choice about what he does with it. It’s not inherently rotten because it comes from Endeavor, and limiting himself in hopes of sticking it to his father is ultimately not hurting Endeavor so much as it is hurting Shouto in terms of his potential. It’s also hurting his friends, because his not using his fire quirk is definitely part of why the villains were able to kidnap Bakugou and it’s why Dabi taunts him (and Dabi, who also probably wants to stick it to Endeavor for the exact same reasons as Shouto since Dabi is probably Touya, overuses his quirk).

If Shouto wants to be a complete, full hero, inside and out, in public and in private, he has to accept the darker possibilities and choose differently, and he has to reconcile with himself, but it’s a journey–one we’ve seen him making progress in, but one he’s still struggling with. I’m curious to see when this will be addressed again, and if it will come up in the current manga arc. 

The three main characters–Deku, Bakugou, and Todoroki–all have a negative foil that they are trying to be better than, but the main struggle for them is to grow up, and to do that they have to overcome their own insecurities. Deku is trying to be All Might, Todoroki’s trying not to be Endeavor, and Bakugou’s trying too hard to be himself at the expense of others around him, and they all need to kind of find a healthy medium via overcoming their insecurities. 

What did you think of Bonaporta? I found him to be an interesting character. What I always found interesting about the ones involved with Kinderheim 511 experiments was that they wanted to create a human that wouldn’t be crushed by nihilism, destructive urges, etc. All the while never realizing that all that was needed for that was love. I do very much dislike him for what he did to Johan’s mother, and what he did to his own son.

Yes, I’d agree with this. He did terrible things and is a good antagonist in that he really wanted to create someone perfect, but in his actions created someone bound by the very nihilism and destruction he supposedly didn’t want, because he acted them out on his victims like Johan’s mother. Even when he experiences love, he can only destroy with it. I liked that he kind of worked to redeem himself in some ways, but in the end was still killed by Roberto because it again is a consequence for the actions he took no positive steps to remedy because he was probably afraid of facing his worst self. 

What do you think about The Big 3 of BNHA?

Nejire is lovely, but thus far, she doesn’t really have focus. She has potential though and I really hope it gets developed. 

Tamaki and especially Mirio, on the other hand, are well done AF. Tamaki’s anxiety makes him interesting to me especially given that he wants to be a hero, but doesn’t appear to jive with the fame or esteem that comes with it. He just wants to be a hero. 

His friendship with Mirio is also endearing, and Tamaki and Mirio’s relationship foils Bakugou and Deku’s. They are two childhood friends, but without the rivalry Deku and Bakugou come with, and are wholly supportive of each other. My guess is we’ll see Bakugou and Deku growing in this direction even if they’re never like BFFs.

Mirio in particular seems to foil Deku in that he notes his family wasn’t able to be heroes because of their quirks (rather than Deku not being able to be one because he didn’t have a quirk in the beginning) but he works really, really damn hard to not only get into UA but become a candidate for OFA and a strong hero. His relationship with Night Eye definitely parallels Deku’s with All Might (and, tbh, it’s end is exactly what I expect for Deku and All Might) in how much Night Eye believed in him. Mirio’s relationship if you will with his quirk also is the inverse of Deku’s with his quirk: Deku starts out without a quirk, Mirio ends up without one (currently. I do think Eri will give him his quirk back eventually).

And Mirio also shows that you don’t have to have a quirk to be a hero: you can still save people without one. You can still be someone’s hero, as he tells Eri he is her hero. He is the utmost of Deku’s ideal of a hero: someone who saves people, and he can do without his quirk too. Mirio therefore is a refutation to Endeavor’s philosophy of having to develop the strongest quirk to be the best hero. 

I love Mirio. 

The Burnouts Ch 3- Hamliet – Hunter X Hunter [Archive of Our Own]

Chapters: 4/15
Fandom: Hunter X Hunter
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Hisoka/Illumi Zoldyck, Kuroro Lucifer | Chrollo Lucifer/Kurapika, Phinks/Oito Hui Guo Rou, Feitan/Machi, Palm Siberia/Milluki Zoldyck
Characters: Hisoka (Hunter X Hunter), Killua Zoldyck, Illumi Zoldyck, Kuroro Lucifer | Chrollo Lucifer, Kurapika (Hunter x Hunter), Phinks (Hunter X Hunter), Oito Hui Guo Rou, Feitan (Hunter X Hunter), Machi (Hunter x Hunter), Palm Siberia, Milluki Zoldyck, Kalluto Zoldyck, Alluka Zoldyck, Tserriednich Hui Guo Rou, Leorio Paladiknight, Gon Freecs
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe – College/University, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Redemption, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Depression, Romance, Angst, Fluff
Summary:

When Illumi leaves the Zoldyck manor for a rickety old house occupied by Hisoka, Chrollo Lucilfer, and Chrollo’s group of friends, he expects a hellish semester. However, the more he gets drawn into Hisoka’s schemes, Chrollo’s frustrations with a red-eyed boy in his class, and Machi’s secret, he starts to realize hell might be where he came from, instead. College AU. Hisoillu, Kurokura, & some side ships.

The Burnouts Ch 3- Hamliet – Hunter X Hunter [Archive of Our Own]