Snowflake Challenge: Day 3
Jan. 3rd, 2019 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quietmoonDay 3: In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much.
I don't have the time I wish I had right now to create the essay (with accompanying screencaps and video links) that these moments deserve. I could talk about them forever — but that's precisely why I can't let myself. There are also so many choices to pick from, so to narrow it down I'll pick one or two moments that stand out to me from the fandom I'm most invested in right now: my hero academia.
The first would be a fight that could maybe be called the climax of the first 'chapter' of the story, and the part that's made me cry the hardest. I think it recentres the story, it brings your attention to why exactly we are reading/watching a story about heroes. I am, of course, talking about the Kamino Ward fight between All for One and All Might. I watched the recent episode adaptation while it aired, and was already crying, covering my face and watching the screen in horror along with the characters within as if I didn't know exactly what was going to happen—
And then they animated Bakugou and Midoriya watching, and then they animated everyone crying and cheering him on, and then they animated him guarding the dying fire of his quirk haggard and weak but through sheer force of will, and then he beat him and Deku was crying and everyone was crying and I was crying, and then he raised his fist, and he said "Goodbye, All for One. Goodbye... One for All..." AND THEN!!! When he pointed to the camera, the 'you're next' and Deku crying because he alone knew what that meant, he alone knew the heavy burden of those words,,, aajggkkgkg
It's so so iconic. I love All Might so much. He truly felt like a hero more than any other media I've consumed with superheroes, I've never wanted to cheer someone on so hard. And it was so bittersweet, it was just... god, masterful storytelling.
The other moment likely isn't nearly as memorable for the vast majority of people, but I think about it often and it brings me great joy. During the tournament arc, when Bakugou walks into the room with Todoroki in preparation for their final match... That entire interaction. I mean, if I'm being honest, the whole 'don't ignore me, keep your eyes on me' vibe from Bakugou (one of my favourite characters ever) during the entire arc coupled with Todoroki (one of my other favourite characters ever) essentially finally finding some solace and a way to start moving forward from his painful past regarding his parents... Oof.
But yeah, when Bakugou stumbles into the room— his face, Todoroki's deadpan expression, then decided indifference, and Bakugou's responding fury, and the table he blows up, and Todoroki just sitting there like 'oh' stop it's so cute I cannot deal I love my otp so so much. They're so stupid. They're so powerful and dumb. I adore them.
Yeah. (ꈍ ᴗ ꈍ✿)
I don't have the time I wish I had right now to create the essay (with accompanying screencaps and video links) that these moments deserve. I could talk about them forever — but that's precisely why I can't let myself. There are also so many choices to pick from, so to narrow it down I'll pick one or two moments that stand out to me from the fandom I'm most invested in right now: my hero academia.
The first would be a fight that could maybe be called the climax of the first 'chapter' of the story, and the part that's made me cry the hardest. I think it recentres the story, it brings your attention to why exactly we are reading/watching a story about heroes. I am, of course, talking about the Kamino Ward fight between All for One and All Might. I watched the recent episode adaptation while it aired, and was already crying, covering my face and watching the screen in horror along with the characters within as if I didn't know exactly what was going to happen—
And then they animated Bakugou and Midoriya watching, and then they animated everyone crying and cheering him on, and then they animated him guarding the dying fire of his quirk haggard and weak but through sheer force of will, and then he beat him and Deku was crying and everyone was crying and I was crying, and then he raised his fist, and he said "Goodbye, All for One. Goodbye... One for All..." AND THEN!!! When he pointed to the camera, the 'you're next' and Deku crying because he alone knew what that meant, he alone knew the heavy burden of those words,,, aajggkkgkg
It's so so iconic. I love All Might so much. He truly felt like a hero more than any other media I've consumed with superheroes, I've never wanted to cheer someone on so hard. And it was so bittersweet, it was just... god, masterful storytelling.
The other moment likely isn't nearly as memorable for the vast majority of people, but I think about it often and it brings me great joy. During the tournament arc, when Bakugou walks into the room with Todoroki in preparation for their final match... That entire interaction. I mean, if I'm being honest, the whole 'don't ignore me, keep your eyes on me' vibe from Bakugou (one of my favourite characters ever) during the entire arc coupled with Todoroki (one of my other favourite characters ever) essentially finally finding some solace and a way to start moving forward from his painful past regarding his parents... Oof.
But yeah, when Bakugou stumbles into the room— his face, Todoroki's deadpan expression, then decided indifference, and Bakugou's responding fury, and the table he blows up, and Todoroki just sitting there like 'oh' stop it's so cute I cannot deal I love my otp so so much. They're so stupid. They're so powerful and dumb. I adore them.
Yeah. (ꈍ ᴗ ꈍ✿)
