[It sounds like an idealistic and wildly unrealistic dream, but Aizawa can't say he doesn't see where Toshinori is coming from. People do need symbols. Regular heroes have wins and losses, but more than that: they have families, press interviews, trivia facts, blood types and favorite foods and dislikes . . . they're human, and thus people know they can and will fail. It's just a matter of effort, and so there's always a tiny bit of doubt in the back of people's minds.
But a symbol is different. A symbol is something to look at even when things are at their darkest, because they represent the glimmer of hope that things will inevitably improve. A symbol is unfailing and unflappable, roughed up but never beaten, always confident things will turn out the way he wants them to.
Always smiling, because things will be okay now that he's here.
It's admirable, and he feels his cheeks heat up as he stares at him. Ridiculous, he thinks, this boy is utterly ridiculous, but the same spark of heroism that had inspired Aizawa to come here stands up and cheers. No wonder everyone's in love with him, he thinks, and then, with the most absurd flare of jealousy, wonders how many people the miraculous All Might has flirted with.
Not slept with, at least. A symbol can't have something so human and filthy as sex.]
You've only been out of school a few years. Can you really say you'll never suffer a loss?
[Of course not. No quirk, however incredible, is undefeatable. A moment, and he adds waspishly:]
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But a symbol is different. A symbol is something to look at even when things are at their darkest, because they represent the glimmer of hope that things will inevitably improve. A symbol is unfailing and unflappable, roughed up but never beaten, always confident things will turn out the way he wants them to.
Always smiling, because things will be okay now that he's here.
It's admirable, and he feels his cheeks heat up as he stares at him. Ridiculous, he thinks, this boy is utterly ridiculous, but the same spark of heroism that had inspired Aizawa to come here stands up and cheers. No wonder everyone's in love with him, he thinks, and then, with the most absurd flare of jealousy, wonders how many people the miraculous All Might has flirted with.
Not slept with, at least. A symbol can't have something so human and filthy as sex.]
You've only been out of school a few years. Can you really say you'll never suffer a loss?
[Of course not. No quirk, however incredible, is undefeatable. A moment, and he adds waspishly:]
Stop posing.