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Ochako's face falls at Izuku's sudden drop in mood, and it hurts when she can tell she's disappointed him. It's ridiculous that she should care about that - he was (is?) a villain! But... even in his anger, he's trying to be understanding. He's holding back his frustrations, at least to an extent.

She doesn't know how that makes her feel.

"...I'm sorry." Ochako finds herself apologizing, eyes downcast as she plays with the fabric of her shirt awkwardly. To be honest, she still doesn't entirely get it. She wants to ask what he means when he says he wouldn't, and when he says he doesn't have a quirk... honestly, it takes her by surprise. It's not something she'd thought about before. But all the comments she's heard throughout her life, about the quirkless... suddenly rush into her head, filling her with shame.

"They... they shouldn't treat you that way." It feels stupid as she says it - obviously, he knows that already - but she still wants to make her feelings clear. But if there really are people out there who think people like Izuku shouldn't exist... how is he supposed to reach them, anyway? Is it even fair to ask him to try?

Ochako bites her lip - she can feel herself growing more and more confused, and she feels like a traitor to herself for even considering the thoughts floating in her mind! All at once, she wants to run away, so that Izuku can't "corrupt" her anymore - but she stays rooted in place, thinking deep down that Izuku doesn't deserve that.

"I guess... I don't like seeing people get hurt. But I don't even really know what you did as a villain, so it's not fair of me to judge you..." She can't help but wonder if Izuku even really is a villain. He seems just like an ordinary boy, like one of her classmates... did the Heroes make a mistake somehow...?

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getting emotional about shigaraki hours again!!!!!!! honestly i really wanna re-add him as a muse but i have zero confidence in my ability to write him otl...

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i woke up with SO much togachako brainrot. help me.

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SO. it's time to start writing here, methinks. so if you'd like, like this post for a starter?? all muses are free game, so please specify if you have a preference!

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"All Might...? What're you...?"

Shouta's words come out strained and slurred, but the confusion he's feeling is obvious nonetheless. It's frustrating, being in this state. Being unable to do anything, feeling useless, all while being unaware of what's going on around him... everything feels out of his control, and there's nothing he hates more than that. Of course... that's a feeling he's been experiencing more and more often, lately, but...

It never gets any easier.

"Is everyone- okay?" he manages to choke out, because that's his first priority. He's pretty sure he's not in an active battleground right now, but that doesn't necessarily mean a thing for everyone's safety...

"...Tell me. Please."

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Ochako hates that she can't stop herself from shaking.

But there's no forgetting Shigaraki Tomura. To her, the name is synonymous with the fear she'd felt the very first time she set eyes on them. The fear when Aizawa and Tsuyu were nearly killed... the fear when she saw them hold a hand to Deku's throat, wearing a twisted grin that made her stomach drop with dread... the fear of failing; of being killed, having her friends killed - the terror that comes when one comes face-to-face with absolute death.

Of course, she won't let that fear stop her. An aspiring hero can't run away at the first hint of danger, after all - and she knew what she was signing up for when she first signed up to join UA. ...Well... for the most part, anyway. Being a hero means putting yourself in danger for others and being prepared to face death - it's not like she hadn't known that. But that doesn't mean she ever had any intention of dying... and actually facing the fear that she could be killed isn't something she ever could've been prepared for.

But she won't give up, and she won't let Shigaraki do whatever they want. Because Ochako wants... to be a hero, too.

"You... what do you plan on doing here?" she demands, even as she trembles and hesitates to speak. Pushing past her fear, her expression grows determined and her hands curl into fists before she continues-

"Whatever you're planning... you won't get away with it...! I won't let you!"

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does anyone want........ aizawa starter. >:)

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WHAT POISONOUS FLOWER ARE YOU?

Lily Of The Valley

This is the poison of giving too much. You feel yourself emptying out, dizzying, discoloring-- until you fear you will fade entirely and wither away. You have always had to give. You never had a choice before. They pluck your flowers for their beauty, they trample your leaves carelessly, they pull out your roots by the fistful and berate you for daring to grow. And now that you have a grove to spread out in, your rhizomes tangle and curl in on themselves. When cruelty is all you've ever known, thriving seems impossible. But the answer is not to make yourself small and offer every lovely thing you are to the world in the hopes it will have mercy on you. The answer is to let yourself dare to thrive for thriving's sake, to grow in the wild ways you wish to-- and to do that for yourself for once.

tagged by: stolen from my other blogs!

tagging: anyone who wants in c:

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like this post for an ochako or toru starter?? if you'd like!

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i got a crush on you! 💞

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btw not important but i will associate ochako with bunnies Always. i need you all to know this.

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Ochako can’t help the shock from showing on her face as she sees who it is in front of her. Dabi… Touya, though it’s long before he’s revealed that name to the world.

Ochako doesn’t know why she’s so certain of it - of the fact that she’s traveled back in time. But to her, it’s as sure a fact as the sky being blue, written in her bones without explanation or evidence needed for her to believe it. She doesn’t know why, but she wants to believe that maybe, when she made her wish… someone was listening, even though a miracle shouldn’t have been possible - even though no-one had ever listened before.

Her wish - was for Himiko Toga to live. But can that really be granted so easily?

Right now, though, the villain before her is a much more immediate concern. It’s strange, the feelings she has when she looks at him. Anger and fear are the strongest, making her heart pound with adrenaline and the readiness to fight, but when she thinks about everything she’s learned about him, and the League of Villains… an uncomfortable, unfamiliar sensation rises up that seems to overshadow everything else. It might be wrong of her to feel this way, but… hadn’t Himiko called Touya her friend?

Ochako shakes the thoughts away as quickly as she can. Right now, she has to hide before he spots her! …Is what she’s thinking, but it’s too late for that now…

“W-wait!” she cries out instinctively, witnessing the look on his face. She’s not afraid to fight if needed, but even so… “I’m not here for a fight!”

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thinking about my hero aligned muses being forced into villainy rn. or even genuinely accepting it/there being nothing fake about it. like, i love that kind of thing so much! how blurred the borders can be between "hero" and "villain" when you refuse to skirt the line... especially if it's related to like, said muses wanting to save the villains who have somehow become important to them, and they're forced to accept the role of being hated by society in order to do so.

it could be like a situation where they're having to "pretend" to be villains, or a situation where they genuinely have to do morally ambiguous things, i enjoy both. i can't see like ochako or aizawa ever being willing to kill an innocent (though i do enjoy thinking about what, if anything, could drive them to that point?? still thinking of ideas for that...) - but i'm sure there's scenarios i could come up with that don't involve that necessarily.

IDK I'M NOT CREATIVE I WISH I HAD MORE IDEAS but the point is. i want to write ochako and aizawa being forced to play the villain. made to betray the ones they care. disillusioned by society. etc etc >:)

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HEROSTORIED: an independent multimuse for characters from my hero academia, featuring ochako uraraka, himiko toga, shouta aizawa and more. written by meri. if interested in interacting, drop a like and i'll have a look at your blog - thank you so much! <3

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Shouta knows that the world he's ended up in isn't the same one as home.

But it still stings to see Izuku Midoriya standing across from him - a villain.

Even Shouta's surprised at how much his chest aches as he looks at him; meeting his eyes with a gaze that's heavy and tired. He can't help but feel like he's failed Midoriya somehow... despite having never known him in this world, he'd always thought that if there was anyone who'd never be capable of villainy - it would be this boy.

The very fact that he was wrong makes him wonder how well he ever truly knew him. It's an irrational thought, and Shouta's well aware of it, but even so... did his Midoriya ever have doubts? That possibility is scarier than it has any right to be. Because, deep down, try as he does to suppress it... Shouta knows that he's been having doubts, too.

And if even Izuku couldn't face them, does Shouta even stand a chance?

"Why'd you show your face here, kid?" he asks, tone as dry as ever, but there's something exhausted in his tone, too. He wonders what kind of relationship the Shouta here had with this Midoriya - if he ever tried to save him, or wrote him off as just another villain.

"You know I can't just let you go now."

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