uh I hope nobody gets upset at me for this but I just have some criticism for both izu/ocha and baku/deku : I know a lot of the time people joke about izuocha being too bland but my biggest grievance against the ship is that I genuinely see Uraraka’s admiration for Deku as a hero

I.e constantly wanting to emulate him, comparing herself to him. all of this just looks like wanting to emulate Deku’s style of saving - and it’s not a bad thing! But the key missing here is the intimacy that feeling lacks. She wants to be a hero that ‘saves hero’ again not bad

But inherently it comes across as just wanting to learn from someone who’s better than her at that field. This COULD be a valid argument for bk/dk as well - what with deku using moves from Bakugou all the time but the distinction for ME was apparent because of

the way they go about it. Deku isn’t trying to be Bakugou entirely and is simply emulating him at a certain circumstance - and more than that I roginally believed Dk VS Bk 2 finally showed him Bakugou’s vulnerable side, so that meant Deku wasn’t idolizing him as much

There is no such time for Izu/Ocha as solidly. As of right now, it really does just look like Ochako admires Deku’s ability to be a hero and wants to do the same, and only bc she was TOLD that’s what romance looks like - she assumed that’s what it was. (Parallel to Toga)

And originally, I shipped bk/dk hardcore bc it was plain to me that they have a very intimate relationship - both parties willing to be at their most vulnerable with each other and all that. Also Deku just adores Bakugou even when he doesn’t have to, it was hard to ignore.

But recently, I’ve been getting the feeling that even if Deku doesn’t necessarily idolize Bakugou or put him on a pedestal - it just feels like Bakugou sees Deku more ‘humanly’ than the other way around?

It’s not necessarily bad, but I really do wonder now what Deku’s actual feelings about Bakugou are more than ever. He didn’t expect Bakugou to follow him when he went of on his own, was shocked that Bakugou even thought to do so on his own

Has no idea or isn’t really thinking about how Bakugou is trying to atone and it makes me wonder .... does Deku actually like care about Bakugou (or I guess the way he hurt him in the past) or does Katsuki’s inherent heroism just negate all past transgressions?

It’s weird ... does his mind only perceive yeah bakugou has asshole tendencies but good hero so I forgive him or ... is it just that he has no expectations for Bakugou anymore