It's not just about words. It matters who's saying them.
( but of course kacchan wouldn't understand. he's never even liked having deku tailing after him. probably, the only person kacchan would take criticism so hard from would be all might, and he'd never say something just to be cruel. he probably doesn't even respect mr. aizawa enough. certainly not deku. not the way deku respects and looks up to kacchan. )
But ... yeah. If that's the only way to make you understand, I'll prove it to your face. That I can be just as strong as you are and just as good a hero ... without relying on hurtful words to demoralize someone. Then you'll see that you don't need to either!
Pera pera pera. I'm just hearing excuses and whining.
[He knows full well how much words can hurt, both what they are and who says them. And while Deku's right in Katsuki might be willing to take criticism from All Might, if the man himself told Katsuki to give up being a hero, that he sucked, he wouldn't take a damn one of those words to heart! He aims to surpass All Might!
What man can surpass the greatest hero in the world if a few words are enough to cripple him?]
Haa? What the hell kind of dream are you having? You think you'll be as strong as me? Try it! Fuck up and I'll crush you at every single step you take!
I don't need to be some sweet-mouthed wuss to be a great hero!
My very presence will tell everyone it's going to be okay! People will see me and know I'll win! If I have to tell someone, they're either blind as a bat or dumb as a rock!
I don't believe you. Even though you act like such a jerk, you're way too smart to think strength alone is enough. But even if you do really think that... I'm going to prove you wrong. Next time, it's going to be me carrying you out.
( look, it's different when he's threatening to kill deku than talking about himself. it's too real when deku already failed to protect bakugo at summer camp and then nighteye apparently saw all might dying and. it's getting real. and the only person deku is ok with dying to save someone is him. )
oh. yeah, i guess so.
( which makes him feel kinda silly but like !! be less vivid and realistic, kacchan !! present mic would be proud of your imagery but deku is not. )
i just don't want anything to happen to you forget it sorry i don't even remember what we started arguing about
( which is kind of always how it goes, really. they just seem to wind each other up. )
[che, the hell does this shrimpnerd think this is, a fucking day camp? every time one of them walks out the door on a mission, they're at risk of dying. joking about it's stupid, but so is ignoring the possibility. katsuki doesn't ignore death; he straight up clashes with it and dares the fucker to show its stupid white face!
but he did say he'd rather die than team up with deku during their exam, so... he's not above talking like that. even if it was a one-time slip he has no intention of repeating.]
don't get so worked up, dumbass. you'll get white hair and wrinkles by your twenties.
[how lame.]
DON'T GET SAPPY ON ME! if you're gonna cry, do it over a plant and be useful!
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Date: 4/12/26 04:36 (UTC)It matters who's saying them.
( but of course kacchan wouldn't understand. he's never even liked having deku tailing after him. probably, the only person kacchan would take criticism so hard from would be all might, and he'd never say something just to be cruel. he probably doesn't even respect mr. aizawa enough. certainly not deku. not the way deku respects and looks up to kacchan. )
But ... yeah.
If that's the only way to make you understand, I'll prove it to your face.
That I can be just as strong as you are and just as good a hero ... without relying on hurtful words to demoralize someone.
Then you'll see that you don't need to either!
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Date: 4/12/26 21:53 (UTC)[He knows full well how much words can hurt, both what they are and who says them. And while Deku's right in Katsuki might be willing to take criticism from All Might, if the man himself told Katsuki to give up being a hero, that he sucked, he wouldn't take a damn one of those words to heart! He aims to surpass All Might!
What man can surpass the greatest hero in the world if a few words are enough to cripple him?]
Haa? What the hell kind of dream are you having?
You think you'll be as strong as me? Try it! Fuck up and I'll crush you at every single step you take!
I don't need to be some sweet-mouthed wuss to be a great hero!
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Date: 4/12/26 22:12 (UTC)Sometimes what people need isn't just your strength. Sometimes they're scared and need to know everything is going to be okay.
A hero they see as harsh or cruel... could never be number one.
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Date: 4/13/26 01:32 (UTC)If I have to tell someone, they're either blind as a bat or dumb as a rock!
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Date: 4/13/26 01:44 (UTC)I don't think you really believe that.
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Date: 4/14/26 05:11 (UTC)I'm gonna be a hero who can win people on sight! I won't need a damn speech to earn their trust!
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Date: 4/14/26 05:29 (UTC)Even though you act like such a jerk, you're way too smart to think strength alone is enough.
But even if you do really think that... I'm going to prove you wrong.
Next time, it's going to be me carrying you out.
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Date: 4/14/26 20:16 (UTC)I don't want anyone looking at me and thinking I can't win on first sight!
The day you carry me out, I'll be in a fucking box!
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Date: 4/14/26 20:17 (UTC)How can you say something like that?!
( deku was not emotionally prepared to go from getting teased about his hard-on to being confronted with kacchan's mortality. )
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Date: 4/14/26 22:10 (UTC)[You've spent a lifetime with Katsuki promising death to those around him. And other violent verbiage? How is this suddenly a problem?]
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Date: 4/14/26 22:31 (UTC)oh. yeah, i guess so.
( which makes him feel kinda silly but like !! be less vivid and realistic, kacchan !! present mic would be proud of your imagery but deku is not. )
i just don't want anything to happen to you
forget it
sorry
i don't even remember what we started arguing about
( which is kind of always how it goes, really. they just seem to wind each other up. )
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Date: 4/16/26 00:09 (UTC)but he did say he'd rather die than team up with deku during their exam, so... he's not above talking like that. even if it was a one-time slip he has no intention of repeating.]
don't get so worked up, dumbass. you'll get white hair and wrinkles by your twenties.
[how lame.]
DON'T GET SAPPY ON ME! if you're gonna cry, do it over a plant and be useful!
[mean.]
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Date: 4/16/26 00:39 (UTC)but that's ... kinda nice, honestly. but he knows kacchan wouldn't want to hear any kind of gratitude for that, so he just lets it be. )
Why would I cry on a plant? Isn't the salt bad for them???