OH MY FUCKING GOD. I THINK I MIGHT JUST CRY AGAIN.
we knew that Shigaraki was always a victim of the wrong things of society. not only was he raised in a toxic environment created by his father, but following the events after, no one stopped to help him. in fact, the responsibility of helping him was passed on to the next person, which led him to being with AFO. no one questions what made him like that and simply villainize him for everything he’s done wrong. and the rare times someone actually wonders what happened to him, they get shut down (remember All Might and Gran Torino). Gran Torino had a point, despite his past he is a villain and should be convicted of his crimes. but if he’s a victim of society, then shouldn’t we look at society as the general villain and question it too? both Shigaraki and Touya shouldn’t be to blame for the things that made them into villains, but should be convicted for murder and the crimes they’ve committed (and need therapy). idk if my point is getting across well but in general, Deku saying “it looked like he needed help/saving,” hit hard bc for once another person who we’ve seen as a morally good character, someone who is determined to fight villians, is looking at a villian in a different light. Deku is now seeing Shigaraki as someone who needs saving rather than someone who he needs to defeat.
OH MY FUCKING GOD. I THINK I MIGHT JUST CRY AGAIN.
we knew that Shigaraki was always a victim of the wrong things of society. not only was he raised in a toxic environment created by his father, but following the events after, no one stopped to help him. in fact, the responsibility of helping him was passed on to the next person, which led him to being with AFO. no one questions what made him like that and simply villainize him for everything he’s done wrong. and the rare times someone actually wonders what happened to him, they get shut down (remember All Might and Gran Torino). Gran Torino had a point, despite his past he is a villain and should be convicted of his crimes. but if he’s a victim of society, then shouldn’t we look at society as the general villain and question it too? both Shigaraki and Touya shouldn’t be to blame for the things that made them into villains, but should be convicted for murder and the crimes they’ve committed (and need therapy). idk if my point is getting across well but in general, Deku saying “it looked like he needed help/saving,” hit hard bc for once another person who we’ve seen as a morally good character, someone who is determined to fight villians, is looking at a villian in a different light. Deku is now seeing Shigaraki as someone who needs saving rather than someone who he needs to defeat.