Oh! Karasuma and aizawa would make the ultimate teacher duo, both give tough love to their students and demand more of them bc they want to see them succeed, after classes they go for a coffee to bitch about their respective coworkers (koro sensei and all might) it was by seeing how much of a good father aizawa was to eri that irina realized the hidden father potential of karasuma (both make the ultimate responsible father duo)

They would be fantastic. I would also love to see Aizawa react to Irina’s antics lol.

Kacchako fanfic rec. Two Black Dots, by Tharros on Ao3. It’s seemingly incomplete, I don’t know the update schedule, but what’s currently there is solid. That Kacchako dynamic just works so, SO, well as a slow-burn. I love Ochako’s descriptions of how Bakugou makes her feel strong. Also chapter 15 is Mina’s moment to shine – like calling Kaminari “brave, beautiful son of a bitch” for being willing to poke a sleeping Bakugou to make sure he’s asleep. It cracks me up every time.

OH thank you! I’m definitely gonna check it out! 

himiko:

So by chance I found that the 矢 (ya) in Touya is similar in writing to 失う (ushinau) for “loss”… There’s no doubt in my mind now that Dabi’s whole family thinks he’s dead.

Touya = “lost light”

(influenced by @ashuriburaun​‘s take on 弔 (tomura) = 弟 (little brother))

BNHA thoughts, re-reading. Baggage about education. There are 2 characters I don’t like being played for laughs. One is Mineta, which doesn’t need explaining. The other might seem strange: Aizawa. I glossed over it on the first read, I was interested in diving into the story more so than the details, but remember the part where Aizawa is stated to have given an entire class the boot because they didn’t meet his standards? I’d like to see an arc that acknowledges the damage that can do. PART 2 >

Pt. 2. On Aizawa’s standards: there is merit to the idea that he’s weeding out those who won’t make it as a hero, a dangerous job, which is his justification. BUT. Who is he to deem someone unworthy? I feel like such high standards are creating future villains in those who are booted out. I’d like to see someone maybe taunt him with some familiar faces, telling him that he “could have made them heroes, but look where they are now” type of thing. Even if blaming the mentor isn’t really fair. P3 >

Pt. 3. I’d like to see Aizawa have to choose between his standards and his (former) students. Treat them as villains, and judge them unworthy one more time? Or see that his strict judgements have consequences. Not every hero hopeful is Ochako or Deku, who treat such standards as obstacles to surpass. Aizawa’s methods shouldn’t be seen as the only way. You work in education, this will resonate or offend, but it’s my candid view: If students are failing, someone’s failing their students.

Well, I strongly agree on Mineta lol! But I think the thing about Aizawa is that it’s a fictional story, and I don’t agree with that reading, at least within the context of the story, though I do agree with it in educational theory. Unlike, say, Assassination Classroom, BNHA is not offering a treatise on how education should be done, or critiquing modern education at all. Education is kind of… the setting of the story, but it’s not a concept BNHA has explored so far at all. The context simply does not frame Aizawa as someone who ought to be criticized, and while in theory I definitely agree that if everyone in your class is failing the problem is probably your teaching (though, to be clear: not always) and it’s your duty as a teacher to work with your students no matter what standard they are at, I think the context of BNHA as a story doesn’t really allow for that kind of criticism because it never has set up an expectation that we should critique teaching methods, etc. 

So, educationally, I agree with you; narratively/literarily, I don’t agree but because I don’t think the story has set up that expectation. It’s different than in, say, TG wherein clearly I should see Kaneki eating kids as personal growth according to the ending when I refuse to see it that way; however, the story clearly established hurting kids as wrong beforehand in particular in regards to Kaneki, so that’s a contradiction in terms of themes. BNHA never set up that theme, so it isn’t a contradiction. However, I do think it’s something that can be critiqued about the story.

(i also can’t remember and need to reread, but is it possible that’s an urban legend about him as a teacher anyways? tbh it does seem to contradict other aspects of his character, but who knows)