[technically he was describing allen with that comment, not his power, even if the two could be seen as one in the same. allen himself is the monster that tries to "help" people even when there's no desire to have that "help" in the first place. like any hero, that moral compass he holds so dearly with his bleeding heart is used to validate his decision to force his intents and wants on other people, to decide for them what's "better" for their lives, all because the other isn't living or doing in the way that the hero is convinced is the "right" way to exist. funny that heroes conveniently don't ever see their actions that way.
oh allen would have a lot more hatred for those "professional" heroes in shouto's world if he could get his hands on some of the rhetoric and records the villains have levied towards their opposites. (of course, allen's smart enough to realize a lot of emotions and circumstances come into play here, as many villains from dabi and shouto's world are extremely good at blaming their problems and villainous decisions on other people and social constructs rather than accepting their personally responsibility and culpability in their actions.) it gets very twisted when the ideas of who is "good/bad" and "right/wrong" begins to turn nebulous.
the question earns another derisive noise from the burning villain in front of him. what an idiot.]
As soon as that perfect little puppet was born, Endeavor never looked at me again. Ya ever had your existence taken away from you? Ever been told ya whole life is for one purpose, and then cause ya struggle a little, have it all stripped away and given to someone else? When Shouto was born, Touya ceased to be in Endeavor's eyes. He didn't even care when I died. Nothin changed. All he did was focus on his masterpiece. What good's bein "here" if ya ain't ever seen?
[again, this fool is getting mixed up between the emotional core within dabi and the physical person living in trench. despite the rage and insanity inside, the villain's kept a relatively low profile in the outside world. even had two mostly peaceful interactions with his little brother. don't go basing his actions outside with the inner parts of his soul. he knows how to keep things compartmentalized.
as for how he defines himself... should be a very easy question to answer. touya never had a chance to define "himself"; he was defined by endeavor and his father's ambitions from the moment he was born. touya's dreams were endeavor's dreams. touya's values were endeavor's values. there's no other way he can define himself. the definition for "touya" is "endeavor" or "not endeavor" ever since the beginning. but dabi's not about to tell him those things. because he hates that damning reality.
and he's done talking about himself.]
Then I've been corrupted even before I arrived in this place.
[no other way around it. everyone has negative emotions. amplifying them is going to happen regardless, right? and dabi can no more "let go" of this than allen can drop all his guts on the floor and continue to live with an evisceration torso.]
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oh allen would have a lot more hatred for those "professional" heroes in shouto's world if he could get his hands on some of the rhetoric and records the villains have levied towards their opposites. (of course, allen's smart enough to realize a lot of emotions and circumstances come into play here, as many villains from dabi and shouto's world are extremely good at blaming their problems and villainous decisions on other people and social constructs rather than accepting their personally responsibility and culpability in their actions.) it gets very twisted when the ideas of who is "good/bad" and "right/wrong" begins to turn nebulous.
the question earns another derisive noise from the burning villain in front of him. what an idiot.]
As soon as that perfect little puppet was born, Endeavor never looked at me again. Ya ever had your existence taken away from you? Ever been told ya whole life is for one purpose, and then cause ya struggle a little, have it all stripped away and given to someone else? When Shouto was born, Touya ceased to be in Endeavor's eyes. He didn't even care when I died. Nothin changed. All he did was focus on his masterpiece. What good's bein "here" if ya ain't ever seen?
[again, this fool is getting mixed up between the emotional core within dabi and the physical person living in trench. despite the rage and insanity inside, the villain's kept a relatively low profile in the outside world. even had two mostly peaceful interactions with his little brother. don't go basing his actions outside with the inner parts of his soul. he knows how to keep things compartmentalized.
as for how he defines himself... should be a very easy question to answer. touya never had a chance to define "himself"; he was defined by endeavor and his father's ambitions from the moment he was born. touya's dreams were endeavor's dreams. touya's values were endeavor's values. there's no other way he can define himself. the definition for "touya" is "endeavor" or "not endeavor" ever since the beginning. but dabi's not about to tell him those things. because he hates that damning reality.
and he's done talking about himself.]
Then I've been corrupted even before I arrived in this place.
[no other way around it. everyone has negative emotions. amplifying them is going to happen regardless, right? and dabi can no more "let go" of this than allen can drop all his guts on the floor and continue to live with an evisceration torso.]