Who Is Best Girl?

Who is best girl?

There was something I wanted to clarify about Princess Peach which I felt was important. 

She has had different adaptations. Different tempers. Different playable roles. All of them valid. But there is one element that I’ve always been able to identify in her, and which (to me) has always been her biggest, most essential quality. 

Her kindness.

The way I personally view her, she may be a bit of an idealist, but she is a resolute and unfaltering diplomat first and foremost. Always seeking peace and mutual understanding. Always willing to make compromises and find common grounds no matter what. And there is nothing she wouldn’t do for her dear subjects, including putting her own self in peril in order to protect them. 

I wanted to draw something that could properly illustrate this vision that I have of her character, and I thought interesting to revisit the kidnapping narrative to turn it into a voluntary surrender on her part. Accepting Bowser’s terms and essentially letting herself be captured, so that her people could be spared.

Because this, to me, is what a great leader is. One who relentlessly puts others before themselves and wouldn’t hesitate to take risks for them, because they love and value others’ lives more than their own. 

And Peach is a wonderful Monarch. 💜🙏

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(Manga Spoilers and character rant, as well as images some may find disturbing or triggering. PLEASE proceed with caution or turn back)

So, I decide finally go back to Twitter and I see Ochako is a topic. So I click on it. And I see spoiler posts for CH.392.

Hori.

I already hated this character. It’s okay! You don’t need to give me anymore reason to hate this bitch!

Don’t worry! It’s okay! Toga’s a girl! And she has a sad uwu backstory! So this doesn’t make this creepy and disgusting and Toga a downright horrible individual, right?

Right?????

RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?

Hori, I hate to break it to you. But if you wanted me to look at this character as complex and to feel the least bit bad for her, like Bakugou…

YOU. FUCKING. FAILED.

I know Uraraka wants to save Toga just like Midoriya saving Shigaraki, and it truly is admirable, but their arc together and how it’s written constantly comes across as forced and stupid and their dynamic just doesn’t work! Toga is just too far gone for redemption to realistically be a factor for her unless shit writing allows her to get it. (Which, sadly, I think will be the inevitable.) Toga, for God knows why, has a huge fan base and naturally they want to make sure their bloodthirsty, psychotic waifu gets a happy ending. To hell with actual consequences, right?

Seriously, this bitch can go to Hell.

As a fic writer, i need every reader to know that:

I don’t care if your comment is coherent. I know what you mean and i love you

I don’t care if you ramble. I read every word and i love you

I don’t care if you leave a comment on a fic from four years ago or leave comments/kudos on like ten of my fics in one go. This isn’t IG, pls stalk my AO3. I love you

I don’t care if you mention the same thing in your comment that four other people have already mentioned. It’s actually really useful to know what resonated with people and I love everyone who takes the time to tell me they liked a particular turn of phrase

I don’t mind if your comment is super long or just a couple of sentences, i love them all

I love you