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@thealtdeku Hi. No worries about the late reply. I have notifs from months ago that I still haven’t checked. Yeah so with Licensed Villains I wanted to toe the line of mature themes and having it be dark. There are def mature things (Izuku calls out the bullshit of the hero system and quirkism, there are several conversations about Bakugou’s treatment of Izuku, things go into how hawks was treated by the commission, the complexity of the todoroki family and how that has left trauma/guilt/etc for Dabi and todoroki and even some stuff about fuyumi and Natsuo, I talk about manipulation of systems and taking advantage of privilege, and go into some stuff about discrimination - you get the point) I try to deal with them with a serious but not dark tone. I didn’t want the story to feel brooding and painful, but more like a conversation. Yes, there are complex and touchy topics, but they are handled not with a joking tone but a lighter one than most fanfics. It’s about walking through those issues and confronting them without it being driven by pure angst, if that makes sense? Things aren’t happy go lucky and Izuku’s not naive (at least not after the first 6 or 7 chapters) but they’re not depressing.
I’m sorry, I’m rambling. I hope this makes sense.