When I say "trauma characters" all that people hear is "cake" rather than "layers".
I NEED PEOPLE TO REALIZE THE EXTENT OF TRAUMA. THE LAYERS OF PAIN, HOW THEY AFFECT, AFFECTED, AND WILL AFFECT THAT CHARACTER. TRAUMA ISN'T, "Oh child abuse haha, that's all." OR AN OVERUSED COPING MECHANISM, "He doesn't understand social interactions so he is practically stupid-" NO. PLEASE I'M BEGGING I NEED LAYERS.
(I'm saying this after an old friend of mine introduced me back to MHA. I was once in that fandom; I'm not anymore, but I enjoy the occasional edit about my old comfort character, Todoroki Shoto. I love him so much and despise sexualizing ships and stuff like that T-T)
SPEAKING ON SEXUALIZING, THE FREAKING KNY FANDOM HAS BECOME LIKE MHA?!? THE CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN DEGRADED SO MUCH IT JUST THEIR "Looks/Stereotypes" RATHER THAN THE ACTUAL CHARACTER. I AM SO SICK OF SEEING MUICHIRO, A FAIRLY COMPLEX CHARACTER, JUST KNOWN FOR HIS LOOKS AND "hot/handsome/cute" APPEARANCE. IT'S NO LONGER MUICHIRO AND HIS STORY BUT MUICHIRO X OC. HE DOESN'T EVEN FEEL LIKE A CANNON CHARACTER ANYMORE BECAUSE OF HOW BAD THE FANDOM HAS MADE HIM.
I hate it when characters become less than their whole. It makes me sick.