what's your number?

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what's your #?

a meme about what it says on the tin.

1. post with your character, canon, prefs if you like
2. include in your comment the number of individual sexual partners your character has had (feel free to headcanon it up; zeroes are valid)

3. comment to others. be surprised, scandalised, delighted, etc.

Comments

[seaandsummer]

He's suffered just as much as you. [He hates this, hates having to protect his younger brother from his older, but he's going to make Touya promise to leave their brother alone.] Maybe they won't listen to me, and maybe that man will get away with everything he's done, but I'm going to try to make sure no other kids suffer as we did.

And he knows the difference between a good hero and bad, he's not going to be like Endeavor. He's going to go places. I'm going to help him.

[He holds out a hand] But I can help you too. Please, don't make me choose between the two of you.

[creamation]

[ Not even close to what Dabi suffered, but he's glad for it. It's not a contest he'd ever want to argue and there's nothing for him to be proud of. Shouto suffered enough, even though Dabi... Touya did whatever he good to keep that from happening. In the end, what does it matter though? He failed, and they're still here arguing about this. ]

Don't you think that's what I'm trying to do? What I've always fucking done? I'm trying to end this too!

[He yells. He doesn't want to hear about Heroes, and how much they'll thrive. It's the same people teaching them the same values, over and over again. There needs to be a new start. He knows the only way is burning it all to the ground.

Dabi looks down at the outstretched hand. He has the urge to grab it and set it all aflame. In the end, he's nothing but a villain, after all. No one but his own people are actually going to help him. ]

You don't have to choose between anything, Natsuo. Stay on his side.

[seaandsummer]

Killing others isn't helping!

[He wants to shake Touya until his teeth clack, but he manages to keep that urge down. He lets out a frustrated growl and shoves his hands into his hair.]

No one's going to listen to you either! History shows that violent rebellions like the one you're trying to cause, or whatever the fuck you and the League of Villains are trying to do, never last. A generation later everything goes back to the status quo. And sometimes it's worse than what it was before.

Change, real, lasting change, happens slowly. I... goddamnit. [He swipes angrily at his eyes again.] You've made me cry twice in a half-hour, you asshole.

[creamation]

Yes it is! It's the only way they'll learn! No one will listen, no one will change until we burn it all to the ground!

[That's Dabi's absolute truth. It's been his mission since that very last time he saw any of them. Maybe even before that, when he used to look up at Endeavor while being pressed down by his boot, coughing and sputtering up blood and bile. All those dark thoughts sprouted even when he was supposed to be learning how to be hero.

In the end he was a failure. Endeavor made sure he knew he could never be one of them. Dabi knew that if Endeavor was a hero, if that's what they stood for, then he'd rather be a villain.]

The generation after wouldn't dare. Not when all their false heroes are torn down. You can defend him all you want, Natsuo, but deep down you know I'm right!

[Dabi knew this was a mistake. His own fault all over again. He watches Natsuo wipe at his eyes and suddenly he doesn't feel so much like Dabi anymore. This was all a huge mistake. He never should have contacted Natsuo. What's the point of all this added misery?]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry I wasn't fucking strong enough. I tried to be, Natsu. I really tried to be. You don't have to worry about me anymore though, alright? Forget this ever happened. Touya is dead. I'm just the guy who's gonna kill your heroic dad. Keep an eye on Shouto. He'll probably be next after that.

[seaandsummer]

No learns if they're dead! And the way you're killing people is just flashy and meaningless! It's not making them listen. It's making them afraid, and there's only so much fear people take before they push back.

[He puts his hands on Dabi's shoulders, eyes pleading through the tears.]

I'm not defending him. I'm defending Shouto. And they will dare. You're stupid if you think otherwise. Look at history. The French Revolutions are perfect examples of everything go straight back to how they were after the grand, violent revolution.

[He lets go. Wipes his eyes and then glares at him.]

You hurt him, and you'll be just like Endeavor. I hope you made peace with that.

[And that, is the greatest insult he would ever give at anyone.]

a sex meme, todoroki style lmao whoops xD

[creamation]

Flashy is what those fucks understand! They're the ones who turned this into a goddamn show! They should be afraid. For once in their fucking lives they should be the ones who are fucking afraid, not us!

[How many times were they the ones left afraid by a supposed hero? Their very existence is because their mother was forced into a meaningless, loveless relationship with a tyrant, just so he could breed his own kind, so Dabi doesn't want to hear shit about any of this being meaningless.

His eyes narrow hard when Natsuo's hands grab his shoulders. He wants to lash out and push him away, but he can't.]

At least we'll have damaged them enough where it matters. At least we'll have tried!

[He growls out, ready to rage on about his cause, and about all the false dirty heroes he's going to kill. But those words stop him in a way that nothing else ever could, stilling him completely. He hasn't made peace with that, because it's something he'd never think about. It's the greatest insult anyone could ever give.]

It's not the fucking same.

[It's not the same, but it doesn't matter. Deep down he absolutely knows Natsuo is right.]

Keeping up with the Todoroki's

[seaandsummer]

You can't blame everyone for the actions of one man!

He's the root of all of this. And, yeah, if you get down to it, he's a product of everything wrong with our society, but taking it out on others is wrong!

[He sees when his insult hits. He feels tears swim in his eyes again, and he doesn't stop them from falling. But he won't apologize for it. Because Touya needs to see what he's doing is wrong. That it's worse than what their father did.]

Dabi... Touya. It's exactly the same. Shouto's getting his revenge on dad. He's going to be a better hero than he'll ever be. Because he loves more than he does. Despite everything our father put him through.

The best revenge is living well. Please. Come back to us.

[creamation]

But I can blame them for turning a blind eye. For putting him up on a pedestal. Do you really think he's the only one?! How many other dirty heroes are allowed to rise to the top without any consequence? You of all people should fucking know this. Everyone I'm taking it out on deserves it.

[ It hurts that Natsuo sees it differently. Dabi had always imagined that if anything, he would be the one on his side. Not telling him how he'd be just like Endeavor. That man took everything, ruined all of them, sent their mother away. Dabi can't just let that go. ]

Shouto isn't getting his revenge! He's making Endeavor proud! The last fucking thing any of us should ever do is make him proud. That's when you know you're truly doing something wrong. The best revenge is making him see what he's done.

You know that I can't come back to you.