#holy shit yes to all of this
The promised incoherent BKDK rant ! I’m not entirely sure of where I’m going with this, or if it makes sense, but I Realized and then I couldn’t stop Realizing and I had to put it down somewhere. This might get a bit rambly at times but bear with me guys
Op I love these observations and if I may add some of my own related ramblings :
Bkdk’s have obviously pointed out the parallels between the feelings of Ura -> Deku , and Deku -> Baku - but this talk of villainy and selfishness supposedly being expressed through indulgence made me consider -
Deku is also sort of being paralleled with Toga in this way ?? Because here he is ‘selfishly’ expressing his feelings for Bakugo when he feels like he needs to repress it , except we see that when people try to constantly repress all of their desires , it boils over and this is what actually results in villainy - Toga’s villainy didn’t come from doing what she wants here & there - it’s that she repressed everything until she snapped and went to the other extreme of hurting people to get what she wants
And for Deku ?? His 'selfish’ moments caused by Bakugo aren’t from him having feelings for Kacchan , but from Deku having repressed his feelings to the point where it bursts out in life or death extremes , which is why it comes off as so possessive and desperate in these times , and even leads to potentially hurting others - like OP said , the dangerous blackwhip incident was caused by Deku’s volatile emotions spinning out of control - he is even told that he needs to control his heart - and in the war , Deku endangered himself , OFA - and incidentally , the entire world - because he impulsively leered at AFO after loosing control of his heart again .
However , if Deku and Toga had allowed themselves to express their wants and occasionally 'indulge’ in them as OP puts it , it wouldn’t turn out that way - Society had convinced both of them that having things they want is Selfish and Villainous (as well as society potentially seeing both of their desires as especially 'gross’ and 'immoral’) , and that detrimental selflessness is heroic - but in reality they both ended up acting 'selfish’ or 'villainous’ because they repressed this supposed 'selfishness’ , and doing the 'heroic’ thing by repressing their feelings is what made them go to these extremes (Toga resorting to villainy to get blood & be more like her crushes , and Deku being possessive of Bakugo & accidentally endangering people because of his emotional reactions)
The point I’m getting to is that it seems like the story should address Deku having to figure out how to accept his feelings for Bakugo and express them in a healthy way in order to avoid these outburst and achieve true heroism & selflessness - we’ve already addressed that Deku shouldn’t be too selfless in his work as a hero because that can result in being selfless to a point of selfishness (endangering himself & potentially causing the world to lose him as a hero , making his loved ones worry about him more , as well as looking down on his peers & thinking that saving the world is solely his responsibility) Now ?? It should be time to address that Deku can’t just keep repressing his 'selfish’ feelings for Bakugo - whether or not society can accept it
Also ?? Bakugo is a the one who went to Deku and gave him that whole speech about not doing things alone , and how Deku is wrong for thinking that he should constantly sacrifice himself to be a hero - and I think now Bakugo may be the one to show Deku that he shouldn’t repress his feelings anymore , even if Deku thinks that expressing them might be 'selfish’
Anyway I went on a real tangent here oof I hope this was somewhat coherent & meaningful lol
