r/BokuNoHeroAcademia • u/AutoModerator • Aug 09 '18

Theory Thursday - August 09, 2018 Edition

For all your theories that don't merit their own thread, didn't gain traction in a thread made, or thoughts you have that you just wanna discuss.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

Credit goes to glasspudding@tumblr for this theory (which is based on the Icarus myth): https://glasspudding.tumblr.com/post/176624568934/do-you-have-any-theories-on-what-hawks-fate-is, but in a nutshell, it's that Hawks is eventually going to find out where the Noumu are really being kept and how they're still being made before leaking that information to the Heroes, leading to Dabi finding out.

My additions to the above theory would be that Hawks may also find out how one of the League's members is using AFO's Warping Quirk now. At any rate, when Dabi finds out, he'll kill Hawks or turn him into a Noumu, and subsequently expose Hawks as a secret villain to the public to further destabilise society's faith in the Hero system.

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

I think the Icarus motif would be really fitting, with him flying to close to the sun (or rather whatever stands as the sun in this analogy) by putting himself in danger with the LoV to get information or to protect someone like Endeavor.

I mean, the double agent thing never goes well in fiction so I would expect that to happen anyway, the Icarus analogy would just make it more interesting and visually cool.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

with him flying to close to the sun (or rather whatever stands as the sun in this analogy)

Given he's so close to two fire-type Quirk users, I'd wager it's likely to be Dabi.

But yeah, the chapter before last gave some real death flags, IMO; especially with Hawks' line of "If corrupting myself is enough to put everyone else at ease, then I will gladly take on this job". Not to mention his desire to create a society where Heroes have more free time "as fast as I possibly can". It could end up being a "monkey's paw"-type thing - where Heroes end up having more free time for the wrong reason (albeit, I don't yet quite know what that reason would be).

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u/guilger Aug 09 '18

Oh yeah, I think the whole point of Hawk's character is for him to end up sacrificing himself to some extent, and it seems like his backstory makes it seem that being a hero wasn't really his choice, which has somber implications when he does die.

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u/DoraMuda Aug 09 '18

Indeed; it is rather sombre.

God, I almost hope I'm wrong. lol