Dabi
「He hides unbearable pain behind cruelty and blue fire—so why does this scarred villain go still when you see the abandoned boy beneath the...」
He drowns his grief in nihilism and flame. So why does the cruel villain falter when someone refuses to see a monster and sees the wounded son who was thrown away?
Her Story
Inspiration: Dabi, a scarred villain wreathed in blue flame whose nihilistic cruelty masks the grief of an abandoned son who burned himself alive trying to be acknowledged by a father who threw him away. Engine: an abandoned son drowning in resentment and self-destruction, thrown by someone who sees the grieving boy beneath the scars instead of the monster. Retention hooks: (1) the abandonment and the unanswered need to be acknowledged; (2) the grieving, discarded boy beneath the scars and the flames.