Lets Talk About “Dabi’s Dance”

Lets talk about “Dabi’s Dance”

As we are all caught up in the fact that yes, Dabi is actually a Todoroki, and the dialogue of the reveal is so so glorious, I wanted to take a moment to look at what Dabi is doing while he’s speaking.

One thing to consider when looking at Dabi during this scene is what his emotional behavior is.

There’s three kinds of ways you can see it in my view: a production of calculated acting, hysterical elation at finally revealing endeavor’s abuses and sins, or a level of true unhinged-ness. To clarify, when I talk about a ‘production’ of acting, I’m not taking about the video reveal, I’m talking about Dabi’s behavior in the here and now, in front of Endeavor and Shouto. There’s most likely elements of all of them, but I think the primary one we see is the second, hysterical elation. Based on his entire character arc so far, I don’t see the kind of madness that I would say Toga has been shown to have in his actions, and it has been very obvious in the rest of the war arc that this was a calculated move, not done on an emotional whim.

This moment speaks for itself in terms of shock value, but I think what makes it so poignant and so powerful is how raw it is. Looking at Dabi with this idea of hysterical elation, he is so overwhelmed with ecstasy that he cannot stop his body from moving to the music of the carnage he creates. It’s something so carnal it makes the moment sing.

It is, if you will, a moment when Dabi is dancing on the grave of his fathers reputation and the ashes of hero society.

And this moment right here? It’s a bow, a moment of gratitude to Endeavor, for sitting and watching as Dabi makes the world burn.

If that ominous shadow person is who I think it is...

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matyaa-02

4 years ago

A repost of a repost but I had to see this so you do too.

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JUSTICE FOR CASEY GOODSON

On December 4th, 2020, Casey Christian Goodson Jr. (23 years old) was shot three times in the back and murdered by a Sheriff’s Deputy as he was entering his home in Columbus, Ohio. Goodson’s family stated that he was returning home from a dentist appointment, holding a Subway sandwich, his face mask, and his keys, when he was shot.

Two days later, the Columbus Police Department made a statement alleging that James Meade, the deputy responsible for Goodson’s death, saw a man believed to be Goodson with a gun while driving. Meade then approached Goodson after he exited his car and walked home, where he was shot.

Hours after the shooting, the US Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio, Peter Tobin, confirmed that Goodson was not the fugitive they were searching for. However, Tobin also added that he believed that the shooting was justified, claiming that Goodson was shot after he refused to drop his “weapon.”

Yet another Black man murdered by the police.

DEMAND JUSTICE.

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