a while ago, i was looking something up and the first fill-in result was “bakugou x midoriya” and i literally screamed and closed the tab as a first reaction because NO
ok they can be rivals, they can even attempt to be friends only once bakugou gets his shit together and gives a sincere fucking long overdue apology, but i cannot stand the thought of them romantically together because bakugou has fucking tormented deku since he was 4 so now deku flinches if he’s even in the same room as him. he’s 14 now. that’s been exactly 10 years of bullying. he’s been bullied more than he hasn’t been bullied. bullying that went from just pointing out deku’s every flaw to straight up telling him to commit suicide and threatening to burn him with his quirk.
at this point in the anime, deku can’t even handle someone else purposefully making bakugou mad. see that face? that is ingrained fear and anxiety from a toxic relationship.
bakugou is my problematic fav, but i never forgive him for what he did and those two shouldn’t be anywhere near each other
Bakugo: “Fight me!”
Izuku: “No!”
Bakugo: “Then I’ll kill you for wimping out!”
Izuku: “Okay, okay, I’ll fight!”
Bakugo: “You dare to actually fight back? I’ll kill you!”
Izuku: “…I’m really confused right now.”
Bakugo: “Your confusion pisses me off! I’m gonna–!”
Izuku: “Yeah, I’m done here.”
Bakugo: “What? Hey! Come back! I need to fight someone or else my life is meaningless!”
BNHA: It’s actually a good thing that Bakugo treated Uraraka like shit and beat her in front of thousands of people despite her best efforts because it showed that he respects her now