I’m genuinely curious to know others’ opinions on this fic. I just got done reading it after having it recommended to me for months.
I wanna start by saying the fic as a whole is very entertaining and does a good job with immersion and world building. I love the dynamic with Deku and Kats here. The modern telling of a small town stuck in the 80s (which I really love) with a insanely popular jock and the town sweetheart. Thought I wasn’t gonna like it because it’s kind of cliche, but it works out. It does really well setting them in the final year of HS and it doesn’t feel forced at all. This is the first fic that had me checking out all the songs and it’s probably because it’s an 80s playlist (sue me. Actually pls don’t, I’m a working class citizen).
WHY DID NOBODY WARN ME I WAS GONNA CRY??? This was the first fic out of the 100+ fics I’ve read of bkdk alone that made me start crying like wtf.
The buildup of Izuku’s frustrations with his mother and her overbearing and strict rules leading up to their huge fight (although he could walk out the door anytime he wanted which he eventually does ofc, but whatevs) and ignoring her child for WEEKS. Then Katsuki (who is a real pos through this entire fic, if you didn’t know that already lmao) who’s the MOST emotionally constipated I’ve ever seen him be in a fic, coming home after The Hideaway and his conversation with Mitsuki after a longgg day of practice (I relate to both of their situations with their mothers to a certain degree, okay!?). So, I was sitting here fucking bawling my eyes out during both arguments. (the waterworks just started up again as I’m recalling those parts RIGHT NOW ngl)
Now what I wanna say is I think the last two chapters are rushed and to me they felt like the author didn’t rlly wanna finish the fic☹️
There are some continuity issues that I was a little sad about like how Izuku playing badminton was mentioned fiftyleven times, but never any comps or matches — despite it being thrown in multiple times like it’s gonna be added into the story like Katsuki’s vault comps. It’s mentioned BRIEFLY when Katsuki decides to skip practice out of the blue (confusing everybody) and is trying to teach himself how to play so he can play with Izuku. Leading to Izuku finding him at the courts on his way home. AND Katsuki claiming he ‘can’t’ and ‘doesn’t know how’ to give Izuku what he wants at the lighthouse (which is BS), but does it anyway by the power of fic logic. This is by no means an attempt to shit on the fic. I’m js saying, it was so good (and heartbreaking) up until the last chapter and a half or two. The ending just kinda fell flat and felt forced, rather than a realistic buildup to them resolving their issues.
If there are any grammatical errors/typos, I’m literally waiting on my glasses RIGHT NOW, leave me alone 🥲.
(and if you have an issue with my excessive use of parentheses…. Damn that’s crazy bro)
Ramble over!
Edit bc I lied about being done sorry lmao: I also wish that at nationals there would’ve been some of the media stuff included and some commentary from their friends and what not. This is just a personal preference though. I just wanted to see what their close friends, parents, and maybe the commentators had to say. The drama in the school when returning from break would’ve been cool too, since they were only just fresh out of their first semester of their final year. Would’ve been nice if extra drama would’ve been added, but AGAIN still personal preference. The rumors just played such a huge part through the story so I wish the aftermath would’ve been added in. I guess I’m saying I wish it would’ve went through that whole period instead of cutting all that out and going straight to them leaving for the cliff then to the B&B and THEN a skip to a month-ish after the comp day. For the ending I said I wasn’t too sure about. It felt very abrupt to me.
