.. Pbbly- :>
Now right of the bat, we have parallels, with Hades being the oldest of a powerful family. BUT LET'S KEEP GOING, SHALL WE!? So before Kronos's children were born, he received a prophecy. Said prophecy told him that similarly to how he had defeated his father before with the help of his siblings, his children would continue the cycle and he would be overthrown. Well, Mr. Kronos didn't like that very much-so when his first child was born...HE FUCKING ATE HIM. HE ATE THE BABY. Oh look, an infinitely powerful shitty father doing awful things to their kid, where have we seen that before!?
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-where was I-OH RIGHT OK-
SO-Rhea has four more kids, and Kronos eats-ALL OF THEM. Just-just eating his kids. Aaaas one does. So by the 6th kid, Rhea is fucking pissed. Aaaand so is Kronos's mother, Gaia who I didn't really get into but basically she's the earth-like she literally IS the planet. So when the youngest (Zues) is born, instead of giving him to Kronos, she gives him a rock wrapped in a blanket instead, and Zues is hidden away until he gets older. So once he gets older he worms his way into getting close with his father by posing as one of his servants. And yadda yadda, shit goes down but basically he manages to free his siblings by getting Kronos to vomit them and then they overthrow the titans. YAYYYYYYYYY-
delicious.
SO ANYWAYS-
they go to divide up the domains. And NEED I REMIND YOU THAT HADES IS THE OLDEST AND THE ONE WHO WAS LIKE-IN CHARGE OF COMFORTING HIS YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHILE THEY WERE INSIDE THEY'RE FUCKING FATHER'S STOMACH-Yeah well- Zues gets the sky and basically becomes the leader of the pantheon. Cuz he overthrew the titans and everybody loves him so yeah. Poseidon gets the oceans cuz Zues GIVES him the ocean because Posiedon was like his number two during the battle-aaaaand Hades gets the underworld. Alone. Away from all his other siblings. And people. Soooo I very much read this as Todoroki being Zues. Do I think Todoroki is a horny bitchbaby? No obviously not. BUT-the ruthlessness, general aloofness, aaaand awkwardness leading to things not going well for him? All very Zues things. He's the youngest and most powerful of his family and like Fuyumi and Natsuo love him, it makes sense. And sending Dabi away? Yeah-to prison duh. Not only that but like when they were kids he's basically the one who pushed Dabi out-like it was an unintentional thing but still-so it makes sense-ALSOALSO-the prison where they send LOV peeps like All For One is Tartarus which in greek mythology is a special place in the underworld where the worst of the worst are imprisoned-basically it's a giant pit. SOOOOO-Todoroki imprisoned Dabi in Tarturus. Thank you and goodnight.