Does Izuku Think His Feelings For Katsuki Are Gross? (or, DvK2's Endless Emporium of Nuance)

This is a pretty common sentiment I see repeated, and we all know the source of it: Deku vs. Kacchan 2.

In one translation, Izuku expresses discomfort over this topic; in the other, he outright declares it to be gross.

That is quite the difference. I gotta say, Crunchyroll’s direct “This is gross” kind of shocks me, because it functionally ignores the key adverb “sasuga ni” and translates the line the same as you would if he hadn’t said it at all. The official manga translator, on the other hand, clearly made a decision about what Izuku meant by that phrase and then dispersed that meaning across the line as a whole.

So I understand why people have this straight-forward interpretation.

I’m here to offer some linguistic nuance, because my main problem with “Izuku thinks his feelings are gross” is not that it is completely wrong. It’s that it isn’t the whole story.

do you think it's too much to expect a bkdk hug? like shared trauma, mutual devotion, intertwined fates are on the table but god forbid they hug it out to express relief that they're just both alive or something

Ao3 subscriptions are so fucking wild to me. Every time I write my silly fanfictions and post them 124 people get an email just to let them know that this idiot is posting their fanfictions again. I send 124 people an email every time I write smut. Imagine sending 124 physical letters out just to be like “hello everyone, I put some guys we made up in our heads through the horrors again.” Absolutely absurd. I am kissing all of you on the lips.

subscriptions haunt me because of the lightning mcqueen incident

@thatgirlonstage

so this was last year, so i had less user subscribers than i do now, but it was still catastrophic in the fact that it was never meant to happen. when I need to figure out html code or something, I like to make a draft, title it with some absurd name, and test my stuff out on there.

one day, I am trying to figure out how to embed the "i am speed" meme into a comment for my dear friend @bakugou-klancey-lance, and it works!! lovely!!! this is everything I wanted

and then I hit publish. instead of saving it as a draft.

to the three hundred people who received an email about a fic posted by me and opened it to find the "i am speed" meme. i am so sorry

Kissing the homies (it got heated!)

oh ! jump posted a tiktok with an exploding heart around the bkdk giga cover I’m sure I’ll be normal about that

me trying to not be delusional vs bkdk official content

Katsuki: HA! I DON'T HAVE ANY HYPERFIXATIONS! HAVE FUN WITH THAT STUPID SHIT, LOSERS!

Also Katsuki's mind: Where's that nerd? Did Deku break his arm again? Why is he risking his life like that? I want him to see my new move. I want to be better than him. Deku is wasting his time talking to half and half again. Everyone's going to find out about OFA if he's not careful. I need to spar with Deku again because he's not gonna get better on his own. I should apologize to him. I should bring Izuku back. Why did he write this stupid letter and leave me here? Jokes on him I'm not going to leave his side again. De-Izuku looks tired now. He should learn to trust me with the stuff he can't handle. I'll keep an eye on Izuku. We're going to win this war together. IZUKU, IZUKU, IZUKU, IZUKU....

heroism is temporary. fanboyism is forever

Who’s ready for Saturday eh?

With the bnha memories scene...omg, I'm not prepared for when it gets animated Izuku finding out Bakugo's corpse...

Do you realize he's already traumatized with this, imagine seeing him dead?!?!

The manga was quite a reaction, but damn, the anime will add the music, the tears, the whole action....god, i can't wait.

I really like it when a power occasionally behaves in a sort of independent/instinctive way as a response to its wielder's feelings/emotional state/etc and. Blackwhip 🥹 blackwhip first bursting out because of Izuku's protectiveness over Katsuki and then repeatedly going berserk because of that same reason... and when it comes to the memories episode I wonder if Izuku avoided to use it on Katsuki on purpose, or if once again blackwhip reacted without him commending it to. Like when they did (when they will do?) the catapult thing, imo outwardly blackwhip was a way to stabilise Katsuki's arm, but it was also a way for Izuku to subconsciously reach out to him. Handholding = physical proof that Katsuki was alive and fighting alongside side him; blackwhip = a mirror of his emotions = everything that he was feeling at that moment came out as well/he reflexively reeked reassurance that what was happening and Katsuki's presence were real