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My Hero Academia Rec list

So here is a list of all the BNHA fic i am reading that i love Please make sure to look at the tags and last updated date of the fics below. Most of these are W.I.P.’s The fics are listed in alphabetical order. and all pairings are in listed in alphabetical order by first name

Afterpoison

Author: Fire_Of_Yin

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Warning: Non-Con

Summary: That day at the mall, things took a much darker turn, and in fear of All Might getting hurt, Izuku covers it all up. He soon starts to deny it himself, until it comes back and hits him with panic attacks, nightmares, and a rapidly decreasing will to live. As time goes on, Izuku hits rock bottom, and Katsuki is left to pull him out of it all, despite their unstable relationship.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki, Izuku/Shigaraki

NEW All The Light that Can’t be seen

Author: Evil Teddy Bear

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Warning: Major Character Death, Women in refrigerators

Summary: Years ago, Yagi Toshinori met Midoriya Inko during his daily commute to Yuuei, and it was love at first sight. Unfortunately, their story didn’t have a happy ending.

Izuku might have grown up ignorant of his origins, but the truth has a tendency of eventually getting exposed— one way or another.

Pairing: Gen

NEW And then the sun rose

Author: Grayclouds

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Summary: Eijiro Kirishima is three years old, too young to even start elementary school, when his mother tells him that they’re moving to the city of Musutafu. That is when he first meets Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo. This single meeting changes their lives forever.

Pairing: Ejiro/Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Atlas Inherited

Author: midoizuku

Rating: Tenn and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku has plenty of reasons to be nervous. A lone 15-year-old has to deal with:

-A secret that, were he to tell anyone, would send the world toppling into havoc.

-A chilly heir-to-the-Fire-Nation-throne that seems hellbent on finding him out.

-Word of an ominous organization gearing up to ruin life as everyone knows it.

...You could say he's a little bit stressed out.

(In other words: Avatar AU)

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

Atonement

Author: pornosophical

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Warning: Suicide Attempt

Summary: “If you want a quirk so damn badly, just throw yourself off the fucking roof and hope you get one in the next life!” Izuku jumps, and Katsuki learns that it’s harder to build than destroy.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

A beacon in the dark

Author: NohaIjiachi

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In progress

Summary: “My thanks.” He says, smiling back. “What is your name, boy?” “I’m Izuku! Izuku Midoriya, sir!” The boy replies, excited, looking up at him. And Toshinori looks into the unmoving washed out green, into milky white pupils visible behind the mess curly hair, and realizes. The boy is blind. The boy that he distinctly saw dodge a series of fairly quick attacks, light on his feet and clearly used to some kind of training, the boy that had thrown him the bottle at the perfect height and perfect speed, the boy that has easily collected his spilled groceries and orderly put them back into the little plastic bag— The boy. Is blind.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

Before midnight

Author: DriftingGlass

Rating: Explicit

Status: Complete

Summary: Izuku Midoriya takes the same train to and from school Monday through Friday, morning and night. His only company during these lonesome hours comes in the form of another boy his age—a teen with scarred hands and blood gem eyes, a stranger with ash-blond hair who walks in a shroud of danger and mystery. "Would you stop with that fucking muttering, idiot?"

And before Izuku can find his footing, his life becomes a full-blown collision course thanks to walking cannonball Katsuki Bakugou. (And along the way he may have found the missing fuel to his fire).

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Bleeding hearts are fatal

Author: anonymouseling

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Quirk: Self-Inflicted Healing Can heal others by absorbing injuries through touch. Izuku has always been a kind and selfless person, but when he finds that he has just the quirk to let him help others, he can't help it if maybe he over does it once in a while. But bleeding hearts and what not.

Pairing: Gen

Bloom in winter

Author: E_va

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku Midoriya used to want to be a hero. It seems a distant dream, now, after everything that he's done—after everything that he's been made to do. But it's still there. It's a dim, flickering flame, burning lower by the day. He doesn't have time to concern himself with that though, these days he's too focused on staying alive to think too much about what he can never have. Then All Might takes a job teaching at UA, and the universe says hey you know what would be fun? What if we fucked Izuku over even more than we already have? and thus, Izuku ends up in the General Education class of UA with strict instructions to report everything he can, because, thank fucking no one, he just can't catch a goddamn break. AKA Hisashi Midoriya is a member of one of the most notorious underground supervillain organizations, and Izuku is being forced to help them (even though, trust him, he'd really rather not). Too bad that they don't predict that Izuku's going to get adopted by half the faculty when they send him to spy on the prestigious hero academy.

Pairing: Gen

NEW The Book of Deku

Author: melody_dramatic

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku is born with a quirk, and it is a terrible, burning thing that will not let him rest. It has stolen his ignorance, his innocence, and his safety. It has driven him to restless obsession. But he is still Midoriya Izuku, and he will be a hero, whether his quirk cooperates or not.

AKA: Izuku gets a quirk that's actually awesome except for the part where it keeps messing with his head, but he's not about to let that keep him down. Even if it means resorting to vigilantism.

Pairing: Izuku/Ochako

Bruises and broken glass

Author: DeadDoveExtraordinaire, Raccoonheck

Status: In Progress, being re-worked

Rating: Mature

Summary: year after Deku throws himself off a building to his death, Bakugou is taken hostage by a villain who bears a striking resemblance to his dead childhood friend. Probably because they're the same person.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Buff Boy

Author: AjSpammin

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: "Somebody sit on my back."

"What?"

---

Aka they learn just how strong smol Izuku is.

Pairing: Eijirou/Izuku

Burn your wings

Author: oWhiteKiwibird

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Warning: Child Abuse

Summary: Izuku inherited his parents’ quirks, but he swore he’d never use his fire. He knows first hand how—bright, burning, scorching, painful, terrifying—destructive it is, after all, and Izuku promised (promised his mother, promised himself) that he’d become a hero who stops that kind of despair. Even if he has to burn his own wings to do so. But when someone with the exact same pain, problems, and fears shows up... Izuku can't help but try to heal them. And in doing so, he himself may be healed.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

but you gotta get up at least once more

Author: simkjrs

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku’s never run into this problem before with anyone else, but it’s still not much of a problem. “Oh, that’s alright,” he says. “I don’t have a Quirk.” Tsukauchi stares incredulously at him, and then looks at the iron bar that Izuku is currently straightening with his hands. Midoriya Izuku does not let his lack of a Quirk prevent him from being strong. Also known as that one AU where Izuku follows the ridiculous training regimen of Saitama from One Punch Man and becomes stronger than anyone ever imagined he could be.

Pairing: Gen

NEW By Design

Author: EtherealBeing

Rating: Explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: As time went by, Izuku found it more and more difficult to reconcile his perceived quirklessness with the ever-growing permanence of his imaginary friend, Kacchan. This boy he’d created, whose very existence was designed to balance out his own shortcomings — he couldn’t always see him. Hear him. Feel him.

Kacchan, this boy whom Izuku made as an extension of himself — he wasn’t always real.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Can I Get A Side Serving Of Sugar And Order It To-Go

Author: cricketmilk

Rating: General audiences

Status: Complete

Summary: After hearing that Midoriya had never been on a date before, Kirishima offers to take him on one himself.

After all, that's what bros are for.

Pairing: Eijirou/Izuku

Chasing the sun

Author: Soulstring

Rating: General audiences

Status: In Progress

Summary: Eijirou’s mother told him that the sun is a star that hangs in the blue sky, far away from them because it’s too hot to touch and too blinding to look at. Kirishima Eijirou is three years old when he finds out that’s not entirely true. It takes ten seconds to come to that conclusion and even less to become smitten with the one he finds on earth. An AU where Kirishima and Midoriya meet each other as kids, grow together as childhood friends, and ultimately fall in love.

Pairing:Ejiro/Midorya

Coloured bricks, pick up sticks

Author: wyrvel

Rating: General Audiences

Status: In progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku is a very warm person. Not his personality (though that’s also true). It’s his quirk. His quirk is that he’s warm. - Eight-year-old Izuku is positive that his quirk isn't useless. It's just something that requires a little more work than usual, and if he researches the ins and outs of quirks and scientific theory, he'll prove it! All he has to do is to find his body's physical limits, and push them until he learns how to make it work for him. Easy, right?

Pairing: Gen

The curse of the anime protagonist

Author: masterdipster

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In progress Summary: Or; the one where Izuku is blessed with the most heroic quirk in existence. The problem is, er, being a hero's the last thing he wants to be.

Pairing: Gen

Cut from the same cloth

Author: ShanaStoryteller

Status: Complete

Rating: Explicit

Summary: When Endeavor finishes delivering his ultimatum, All-Might uses one of his precious minutes in his hero form to punch Endeavor in the face. The force of it sends the number two hero staggering back and into an alley wall, leaving an Endeavor-sized imprint in the bricks.

“THAT IS NOT HERO-LIKE BEHAVIOR!” All-Might roars.

Endeavor find out some secrets, and the price of his silence is the marriage of Izuku Midoriya, the anonymous hero Deku, to his youngest son.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

NEW daisies bunches and heather branches

Author: halcyonwhispers

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: izuku falls in love with the foul-mouthed tattoo artist next door.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW The Dark Below

Author: DarthPeezy

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku was never Quirkless. Sometimes Quirks hide until they are triggered. Izuku died and came back. He gazed into the abyss and it followed him home. Everything he thought he knew about the world is about to change because there are monsters lurking in the dark below. Izuku wonders if he is one of them.

Pairing: Gen

Notes: This is another Quirk!Izuku fic.It has a great ambience to the whole story and has some great worldbuilding and of course, all the angst.

Daymare

Author: IntrospectiveInquisitor

Rating: Explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku Midoriya has endured a decade of abuse, ridicule, and social ostracization due to his status as 'Quirkless'. Even his childhood friend, Katsuki Bakugou, has tossed him aside and made it a mission to drill his uselessness home. But despite his obstacles and the derision of his peers, Izuku will never give up on his dream of being a hero, and will never feel shame for being called Quirkless. Because it's easier than acknowledging that he has a Quirk at all.

Pairing: Ejiro/Izuku

Has a podfic by me!

NEW Death and Taxes

Author: Penkindisbestspecibus

Rating: Explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: It is a widely held belief that in the universe, there are only two constants - Death, and Taxes.

The truth is much simpler. Death is merely the Tax all Life must pay. Some more than others.

Pairing: Ejiro/Izuku

Notes: An izuku has a quirk AU. He can’t die. I really like this one. Izuku is really affected by his quirk and he is a much differnt character from the one in canon while still being recognizable.

Demolition lovers

Author: TMOTC

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In progress

Summary: It was a mistake, Shouto thinks, to fall in love with a hero. (Or the one where Todoroki is a quirkless school nurse and Pro Hero Deku’s longsuffering boyfriend.)

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

NEW A Demolition Boy & his Cryptid BF

Author: kewltie

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: Bakugou of the Demolition Squad is famous for running one of the most popular Youtube channels on the web that regularly blow shit up and jumped off a perfectly good building for shit and giggles. He's also famous for his Cryptid BF™, never appearing on camera except for a few bodyshots and all information on him is kept locked up tighter than Fort Knox, therefore drawing all sort of attention and curiosity toward his mysterious boyfriend.

Deku from Deku Explains is a hopeless chatterbox who is known for uploading 20-30 minutes video that talked about his favorite shows and comics and have one of the most devoted following on Youtube. He also can't seem to shut up about his boyfriend Kacchan, who regularly make his presence on the channel as a disembodied voice.

They should theoretically have nothing in common except a shared platform to host their content and an army of fans with an endless curiosity and devotion to their Youtubers. Vidcon is where we lay our scene and the internet is about to get a rude wake up call.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW The Devil went down to Tokyo

Author: Orphaned recently, unsure if they are continuing

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: The creature lent down, its massive jaws opened as it crooned out the words; “You see me, child?” It’s voice was as soft as a babe’s skin, yet chilling as a murderer’s heart.

But Izuku paid no mind. He giggled as he tapped the creature's rusty red horns, ignoring the fact he was facing a terrifying monster. “Of course I can silly!”

“Hmmm.” The creature said thoughtfully, its rumble like the roar of a motorbike. “This is exceedingly peculiar indeed.”

Or.

Izuku was born with a Quirk that makes him what the Americans call a 'cryptozoologist', D&D players a 'op necromancer' and everybody else a 'weird kid with little to no sense of personal space'.

Pairing: Katsuki/Iida/Izuku/Shouto/Ochako

NEW Edna’s Intervention

Author: RoseJennison

Rating: General audiences

Status: Complete

Summary: At the end of each school year, UA hires a consultant to evaluate the costumes the first year students designed for themselves, to make sure they are both aesthetically appropriate and safe to use.

That consultant is Edna Mode.

i.e. A story where Edna Mode comes to UA and gives costume advice to Class 1A. And she isn't afraid to call people out about their questionable choices.

Pairing: Gen

Erased potential

Author: theslytherinpaladin

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku, determined to become a hero before ever meeting All Might, looks for another way. He might not have a quirk, but that can’t be all that being a hero is about. He has the intelligence, the drive, the determination. All he needs now is to know how to use it. Enter Aizawa Shouta.

Pairing: Gen

New A Fight to the death

Author: iknewaman

Rating: Explicit

Status: Complete

Summary: Izuku isn’t competitive by nature, but when the blond, cocky asshole from the other table’s team gets involved he suddenly becomes hellbent on winning. Rival Pub Quiz AU

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Finding that balance

Author: Itcamefromashes

Rating: Tenn and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: “I really don’t think we need to have this conversation right now!” Midoriya Izuku called out, his red face only making his freckles stand out more as he attempted to cover himself with his arms, “There could be a much better use of your time! Like lesson planning! Or training! Or literally anything other than this!” He gave up in hiding from view and instead lasered his focus on a crack in the school’s tile.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Free-Falling

Author: theDapperDemonicGentleman

Rating: General Audiences

Status: Complete

Summary: The quiet Slytherin boy who never participates in practical lessons turns out not to be a squib after all, which is excellent news for Ochako and her whole falling to her death situation. Although they could all probably do without the side-effects.

Pairing: Gen

NEW FUCK!

Author: LNoGame44

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: Bakugou didnt know when it started. Maybe it had being going on for a while and he hadn't noticed it. But every time it happened, it sent a shock up his spine and boiled his blood. No one else reacted to it. They all continued as if their train of thought hadnt just been violently derailed and Bakugou was getting fucking sick of it.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Fuck! Stay down will you!

Author: InkspillsNotebook

Rating: Mature

Status: Complete

Summary: A mission gone wrong leads to unexpected events, leaving heartbreak and realizations a bit too late.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Gentle Nightmares

Author: artemancy

Rating: Teen and up

Status: in progress

Warning: child abuse

Summary: Izuku's life is a cosmic joke.

Kidnapped as a child and used as a tool for evil, all he wants is to be seen.

Punchline: With a quirk like his, that's never going to happen.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Get by with a little help from my friends

Author: SpectrumArcadia

Rating: Mature

Status: Complete

Summary: Midoriya goes into heat early and asks his childhood friend to scent him so he can safely get home without being accosted.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Grief Counseling

Author: Merrywetherweather

Rating: Explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: Katsuki remembered the first time he had failed to save someone, watched helplessly in horror as an elderly man had been crushed beneath the girth of a thrown car. He had already propelled himself forward to grab a small boy when he noticed, too late, the car fly by overhead. Two other heroes had been on the scene at the time and had assured him.

There was nothing that could have been done.

Most of class 1-A had already gone through a similar experience. The only one left with a clean track record in the rescue department had been Deku.

Well, except for today.

A slowburn fic where Kacchan tries to convince Deku to take advantage of the grief counseling provided for free to heroes experiencing their first failed rescues. Lots of flirting. Healing their relationship comes first. The romantic bit where they fall helplessly and stupidly in love comes after.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Guillotine

Author: PsychoLimbo

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: After being told by his favorite hero that his quirk would be unsuitable for hero work, Izuku takes it upon himself to become a hero by himself - without the limitations of a license. (An AU in which Izuku is essentially Deadpool with less murder)

Pairing: Eijirou/Izuku/, Izuku/Shouto

NEW How to train your shitty Omega

Author: deanvspanties

Rating: explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku will have Bakugou's knot. He's Izuku's alpha after all.

I'm sorry for this, but I just had an image in my head of omega!Izuku destroying the school, hunting down Bakugou, and demanding his knot.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW How was Your day?

Author: Pt_Tucker

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: "Hi Kacchan, how was your day at work?"

“YOU FUCKING PUNCHED ME THROUGH A BUILDING! THAT WAS MY DAY AT WORK!”

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

A hymn for destruction

Author: clenchedhands

Rating: mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: They say that if you stick a frog in pot of boiling water it will, of course, jump out. However, if you turn up the heat slowly, its senses will adapt and it will not notice until it is too late. This is what Todoroki Shouto thinks of when he hears of the new villain that has been dominating the news lately. Bakugou spoke, “I know him. His name is Midoriya Izuku. He- we though he killed himself.” (Midoriya Izuku doesn't go to UA, doesn't get One For All, and doesn't get told he can be a hero.)

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

If I only had a heart

Author: LunartheDragon

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Being born quirkless wasn't a curse, Midoriya Izuku refused to believe that, and he would show the world through astonishing intellect, bravery, and a heart that feels for all paths he crosses that this is true. Even when damaged, ridiculed, and put down, he will be strong, for all these things are a challenge. A challenge from the very universe to become something great and change the foundation of society as he knows it.

Pairing: Gen

NEW I’ll Carry you home

Author: Renesvetta

Rating: General audiences

Status: Complete

Summary: While training with All Might, it wasn’t uncommon for Izuku to be so exhausted at the end of the day that he unwittingly fell asleep without regard for where he was. It consequently became part of All Might’s routine to help his young protégé home. During that time, Izuku may have let loose more than one sleepy confession towards his mentor.

Pairing: Gen

New The Intervention

Author: IwaizumiFanClub

Rating: Explicit

Status: Complete

Summary: Deku’s grasp was gentle but firm as he slowly guided Bakugou’s face to his front again. The look in his eyes had changed; instead of innocent, it was more assertive. . . dominating. They were still wide and unblinking, though, as if Deku was daring him to try anything. As if Bakugou even could, with his entire back flush against Todoroki’s chest.

“That wasn’t very nice, Kacchan. Do you want to try again?”

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki/Shouto

Notes: Some really hot porn with some really good feelings

I Summoned a Demon 101: an In-comprehensive guide to Corporeal Demon Do's and Don'ts

Author: EAter

Rating: Explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku was born with a quirk: the ability to summon and bind demons from an alternate plane to do his bidding. With only a few days left until the UA entrance exam and still no offensive-type demons in his arsenal, Izuku makes a desperate attempt at summoning one corporeal, a feat he had never before attempted. He'd say it was a success but, he doesn't actually know if it'll be more a help or a hindrance. Especially since Bakugou Katsuki is, well, kind of a shit.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

I am cold, can you hear me

Author: midoizuku

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: As Todoroki learned from a tender age, growing up with your dad as the #2 hero in all of Japan has a few hazards--especially when you’re his designated prodigy and are constantly being goaded to do more, to be better. Said hazards include: getting dragged to literally every villainous scene to observe from the sidelines, rigorous (and sometimes illegal) training sessions, and family issues out the whazoo. But hey, at least his dad’s rival's kid is kind of cute.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

NEW It's not really a quirk (but yeah sure let's go with that)

Author: Asarielle

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: It had been ten years since Bakugou last saw the friend who followed him around. Since then, all he’s had are letters he was told to burn and a cryptic sense that either Deku was the coolest (and only) friend he’d ever had… or he was batshit crazy. Honestly, what's he supposed to think when he gets a letter about Deku living with werewolves? And why did he say that demons were after him? Also, how can you have a power that's not a quirk? Deku had some explaining to do, and it better be the show-and-tell kind, or Bakugou was going to explode his face off or make him sit still in one place or something.

Featuring: an Izuku who was raised in a werewolf culture, has no concept of personal space, uses a magical ability to explode things/pause time, and sometimes accidentally summons demons to his location. Throw in some Dekubowl, cuddles, crack treated seriously, and a bit of PTSD and action to balance it all out. This was originally a thought experiment into how many people Izuku can be shipped with before the Dekubowl falls apart, so it also features soulmate theory, a dash of first time romance, and a swamp of polyamory for everyone to figure out.

Pairing: Dekubowl

NEW Ignite the Ashes

Author: IceEckos12

Rating: General Audiences

Status: In Progress

Summary: The Dragon is said to be one of the worst supervillains in history. His capture and subsequent incarceration was celebrated as a resounding victory for All Might.

Less well-known was that the Dragon had a son. His name is Midoriya Izuku, and he will spend the rest of his life trying to escape the shadow that his father cast.

With his mother's loving support and All Might's careful guidance, he will become a hero.

Pairing: Gen

NEW I’m Friends with the Monsters in my closet

Author: GIOpet

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Denki hunched his shoulders as he got closer to the group. Everyone was leaning in to hear what he had to say.

"So, what do you think his deal is?" He discretely nods to the blond leaving the lunchroom.

"He acts like a delinquent." Ochako says with a slight frown.

"Or maybe he's crazy." Mineta adds.

"Well, I think he's very cool." Kirishima joins in. He saw nothing wrong with the guy.

Pairing: Izuku/ Katsuki

Notes: A really good creepy story, it has such an ambiance to it and you aren't entirely sure what is going on.

In the eye of the storm

Author: CheshireButton

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Summary: Izuku Midoriya is a scientific prodigy seeking a cure for a rapidly spreading neurodegenerative disease. A potential clue in his research points to a fabled island, guarded by an eternal storm from which no travelers have ever returned. He navigates through the hurricane and discovers an island that is anything but uninhabited. He must adapt to survive against the natives who place intruders in three categories: warriors, mates, or meat

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Izuku is afraid

Author: Sleepingugly

Rating: Mature

Status: in progress (The first story in the series is complete)

Summary: Izuku doesn‘t have a quirk. He swears. His mind isn’t always on the ocean. He lies. (He’s just maybe drowning. He promises it’s nothing.)

Pairing: Gen

NEW Leave at your own chosen speed

Author: MikkiOfTheAnbu

Rating: teen and up

Status: in progress

Summary: He learned later that Deku’s heart was broken, shaping the word “congenital” in his mouth until it made no sense. Katsuki thought it was bullshit. No one, no one, had a stronger heart than Midoriya Izuku.

(In which Izuku has a bad heart but also a really good one, and the real heroes were the friends we made along the way)

Pairing: Gen, Eijirou/Katsuki

NEW Leviathan

Author: Rest_in_RIP

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku's only truly used his quirk once. He was four years old.

He took thirty-two lives that day.

Now, he's sworn never to let that power possess him again. Hiding the true nature of his quirk from everyone, he hides behind the thin facade of a useless, showy quirk, refusing any and all connection to the mysterious creature recognized in a few sparse news reports as the Leviathan.

Lies don't last forever, however, and one day or another, his world will have to come crashing down.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Li2CO3

Author: dweeblet

Rating: Teen and up

Status: in progress

Summary: Izuku was born to be a villain.

This was the least he could do.

Pairing: Gen

Notes: I love, love love this fic. It features a quirkless Izuku who has a disorder where he doesn't really feel emotions. What i love about this, is instead of using this as an excuse to go kill things, he works at being good (Along with medication and a therapist). It really reminds me of a line from the movie thoroughbreds (Which you should all watch if you havent) “I don’t feel things. That doesn't make me a bad person, it just means that i have to work a little harder than everyone else to be good.”

Limerance

Author:Serie11

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Summary: Izuku stares at the TV. “Mum, what’s a Hero Duo?” She ruffles his hair. “It means that the two of them are soulmates. They’re stronger together, so they fight together. They support each other.” Izuku sighs dreamily at the screen. “I wish I could be part of a Hero Duo one day.” Someone who would always be there for him? It sounded like a dream come true. Then of course, Izuku finds out who his soulmate is: and his dream suddenly feels a lot more like a nightmare

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Live a hero

Author: BeyondTheClouds777

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In progress

Summary: "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Or, you're raised a villain, rebel when you're nine, and fight against the odds to become a hero anyway. That's how it is in Izuku's case

Pairing: Gen

With Podfic by me!

Looking glass

Author: twistedthicket1

Rating: Mature

Status: In progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku goes missing as a child. No villain is ever held accountable, no one ever brings his mother any answers. For ten years, the only people who remember the quiet, Quirkless boy are Inko and Bakugo Katsuki. They both feel his loss in different, inexplicable ways. Eraserhead's been on the hunt for an elusive villain only known by the press as 'Ghost'. No fingerprints, blood, or evidence of any kind can ever be found at the scene of the crimes. All of the villain's cases inevitably run cold. Izuku wishes he'd been born Quirkless after all. Maybe then, he could've believed in heroes. Maybe then, he could've turned into someone good.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

New Love Notes

Author: aideyn

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: Prompt Fill: Izuku doesn't take love confessions seriously due to bullying.

In middle school it was a pretty common prank for people to leave fake love notes in Izuku's shoe locker and then stand him up (or worse) when he responded to them. In high school, Izuku is fairly popular with his peers, much to his own surprise, but when he receives his first love note his first response is, as usual, to ignore it outright, to the bewilderment of his classmates.

But his secret admirer doesn't give up, and Izuku's weak excuses for ignoring the notes piling up begin to wear thin with his classmates.

Pairing: Eijirou/Izuku

NEW Mark me up

Author: Flightless_Bird

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: Katsuki's gaze cut into him again like a lightning bolt and it took Izuku a second to realize what the tilt of the blonde's head meant: come here.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

A matter of perspective

Author: SkyGem

Rating: teen and up

Status: In progress

Summary: When six-year-old Midoriya Izuku is kidnapped right out of his own front yard, it takes four years for them to find him again. But the boy that comes back isn't the sweet, cheerful boy that was taken. This boy is hurt and broken, and All Might finds he can't bring himself to let go. (Or alternatively, the AU where All For One fucked up and chose Izuku as his protégé instead of Shigaraki Tomura.)

Pairing: Gen

NEW Milk and Honey

Author: Magdaleria

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku isn’t naïve, for all that he still wants to be a hero. He’s done his research, he’s lived with his mother day in and day out, and a part of him knows. Even if he doesn’t think he could say it out loud, he knows.

His mother isn’t going to live forever. Kaa-san loves him more than anything in the world, and he does her, and he never wants to hurt her. So he tucks her back into bed, cleans up the dishes, does his homework, and he waits.

Because he’s living for her. For now, he has to live.

He waits.

_____

A story in which Midoriya Inko is terminally ill, and becoming a hero isn't the hardest thing Izuku has ever done.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Never too old to learn

Author: iknewaman

Rating: Explicit

Status: Complete

Summary: Katsuki has only ever heard of how omegas behave when nesting, but actually seeing it happen is… educational, to say the least.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW NomuZuku Series

Author: TubbsTheCat

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Warning: Human Experimentation, Suicidal ideations

Summary: The Alliance decides to go for a more subtle approach to their anti All Might weapon, abducting the child he intended to pass One for All to and turning him into one of their Noumu.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Oblivious

Author: Soulstring

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: “C’mon Bakugou. Admit that you’d miss us and our cuddling nights.” Katsuki sputters and takes his hand back, hardly minding Eijirou’s dissatisfied pout. “We don’t cuddle.” “Are you sure, Kacchan? If I remember correctly, yesterday we all fell asleep on Kirishima-kun’s bed and—” “—because you know how much I hate being cold!” In which Izuku and Eijirou are having a hard time convincing Kacchan that they're all, in fact, very much in love and dating. For KiriBakuDeku Week.

Pairing: Eijirou/Izuku/Katsuki

NEW One Phone Call away

Author: saltandburnit

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: “Don’t feel bad for not picking up the phone, Mom. There’s- there’s been an accident…” Midoriya Inko receives a voicemail. Yagi Toshinori a very disturbing phone call. Midoriya Izuku doesn’t know which one was worse but he was glad he could hear at least one comforting voice right then.

Pairing: Gen

NEW The Path to Villainy

Author: Greyliliy

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: Against his will, Izuku has transferred to U.A.’s General Studies program in order to spy for Shigaraki and his League of Villains. It’s a warped version of his old dream, but at least Kacchan is there. (It's a shame that only makes things worse.)

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Notes: I really like both of the stories in this series. It has a sort of reluctant villain Izuku who is def Yandere for Katsuki. This series follows his fall.

NEW Persephone

Author: nikk_pfefferneuse

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Warning: Medium character death

Summary: "Stop killing my dad's tulips, stupid!"

The boy looks up, and Katsuki is greeted with the biggest, greenest eyes in the whole entire world. Round baby cheeks dotted with freckles. Petals in his hair.

The air is stolen from his lungs. Words leave him. The world stops moving.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW put a bullet (where I should've put a helmet)

Author: canlah

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Warning: PTSD, Depression

Summary: Midoriya Izuku has a very high pain threshold. It's useful, until it's not.

It isn't until Izuku reaches his breaking point that he realises he doesn't have to carry this pain by himself.

Pairing: Gen

Put the meat on my bones

Author: wonduhwoman

Rating: Explicit

Status: In Progress

Summary: “Dude,” Kirishima said, “How much did he tip you?” Katsuki glanced down at his hand clutching the money, “Two-hundred bucks.” Sero whistled low. “What’s this?” Yaoyorozu asked, stealing the slip of paper off the bar before Katsuki could protest. She unfolded it, eyes widening, “He gave you his number, Bakugou! He even drew a winky face next to it!”

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki/Ochako

A path to trace

Author: aquaticflames

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Everyone on the planet is assigned a cell phone at birth, personalised to the owner and carrying their life in its small casing. On an hourly basis, new words appear on screen, notifying the user of the key events their soulmate will encounter within that timeframe. Misplace it and risk losing contact with your soulmate forever. Break it and you die- it's really that simple.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

NEW Phantom Be Still in My Heart

Author: widdlewed

Rating: Teen and up Audiences

Status: Complete

Warning: Major Character Death

Summary: Bakugou Katsuki's world was ripped apart, tossed to the wind as nothing but scraps of what it once was. Left with a suffocating weight of guilt, remorse, and self-hate, Katsuki struggles to continue living in a world where Heroes can't save those who need it the most.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Play it cool

Author: warschach

Rating: Teen and up

Status: Complete

Summary: Izuku accidentally becomes Katsuki's secret cuddle buddy.

(or that time Izuku and Katsuki snuggle on real pretenses then false ones, each finding a way to poorly miscommunicate their emotions cause what do these boys do aside of making carters in infrastructures and in each other, make the whole class of 1-A weep for them, and manage a romance to bring Ryan Gosling to the brink of tears.)

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Quirkless

Author: InkHound

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku's heartbroken at the tender age of four— the doctors have confirmed he is quirkless. But the truly crushing blow is when not long afterward, little Izuku has a chance meeting with his number one hero; All Might, who tells him that without a quirk, he can't be a hero (it's just too dangerous).

Later that night, Izuku is watching his favorite All Might video in a daze. He puts the question to his mother; can he still be a hero, without a quirk? He watches as she freezes up, pale-faced and wet-eyed before she rushes to his side and speaks in a trembling, tear-filled voice;

"Oh baby, my sweet baby 'zuku," she says through her tears, "Of course you can."

And everything changed.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Quirk: the gamer

Author: pinchess07

Rating: Mature

Status: Abandoned

Summary: [Welcome to your life: THE GAME!] Today is your fourth birthday, and you just activated your quirk, [The Gamer], for the first time! Congratulations! [The Gamer] This is your Quirk! They say that there's a microscopic chance of developing a quirk that's entirely unrelated to your parents' quirks, but no one really knows where quirks came from, so what do they know? Just accept this gift from the gods! It comes with two initial Skills: [Gamer's Body] Passive. Lv. Max. Grants a body that allows for the user to live the real world like a game. After sleeping in a bed, HP and MP are restored and all status effects are removed. Injuries will result in pain and a decrease in HP but won't result in physical damage. Depleting MP down to 0 results in [Fatigue]. Depleting HP down to 0 results in a loss of consciousness. [Gamer's mind] Passive. Lv. Max. Allows the user to calmly and logically think things through. Grants immunity to [Confusion], [Panic], [Rage], and [Fear].

Pairing:Midorya/Bakugo

Quirk Type: Memento Mori

Author: RoseJennison

Rating: General audiences

Status: In progress

Summary: Izuku wasn't sure what his quirk type would be called. He'd never heard of anyone else having a quirk like this, so it would probably have a category all to itself. 'Memento Mori' seems like a fitting type name. 'Remember Death'. With his quirk, it's important to remember that all things must die. Because if one individual denies death for too long, another must take their place. Pushing Daisies AU- in which Izuku has a quirk that allows him to bring dead things to life with a touch. The catch is that they will go back to being dead if he ever touches them again. Plus, if he keeps them alive for too long, another similar life will be taken in their place.

Pairing: Izuku/Hitoshi

Roots

Author: HunterOfTheWild

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: To be a hero, that is Izuku's only wish. But then why does he dream of green canopies and fragrant blooms? Why do his limbs creak and tremble, and why does Kacchan's quirk scare him so? Izuku will have to dig his roots deep if he wants to become a hero

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki, Izuku/Shouto

Registered quirk: open heart

Author: Liketolaugh

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Inko liked to say that Izuku had always, in a way, had his quirk. From the time he was born, she told him, he’d cried when others cried, laughed when others laughed, and had a way of knowing when something was wrong. Sometimes when she was upset, he’d tug on her skirt, smile, and say, “Happy please!”

Pairing: Gen

NEW The Small claim of bones

Author: jurassicqueer

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: When Izuku is five he kills his father.

He had wanted to be a hero but that dream was crushed- butchered when he and his mother were waiting in the hospital, when the doctors announced that Hisashi had died hours ago. When Izuku had ripped his father’s heart apart in his chest, killed him before he knew he was dying, a future as a hero had ended. That was the first and last time Izuku would ever use his quirk on another person.

But fate has other plans, and against the forces of destiny, Izuku hasn't a chance.

Pairing: Gen

NEW Soft

Author: IfItHasAFandomImAPartOfIt

Rating: General audiences

Status: Complete

Summary: For BNHA Cuddle Week Day 1!

Kirishima really likes having Midoriya's attention on him. It doesn't happen often but.... He has his attention now though, and having Midoriya next to him, focused on him, makes his chest swell with too many feelings.

Pairing: Eijirou/Izuku/

NEW Soft Spots

Author: Saysi

Rating: Explicit

Status: Complete

Summary: Midoriya and Bakugou don't have the best of relationships - except when they find themselves alone.

Bakugou quickly finds himself developing a soft spot for the nerd.

Happy birthday Midoriya!

Pairing: Izuku/ Katsuki

Something borrowed

Author: ThisCat

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Izuku wants to be a hero. There's nothing in the world he wants more than to be a hero, no matter what anyone says, his teachers, his classmates, or even Kacchan. He's going to be a hero. Even if his quirk is what it is. Even if he's limited to slight sensory abilities 90% of the time. Even if his quirk in action is the quintessential villainous ability. He's going to be a hero, and he's going to find a way to do it without pushing anyone else down. Somehow.

Pairing: Gen

Something like a star

Author: realisticallycynical

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In progress

Summary: “An empathy quirk, huh?” It’s clearly a hypothetical question, though the monotone way he says it makes it sound more like a statement. “Unusual, but it explains why you’re up here.” There is… so much about that statement that doesn’t make sense.

Pairing: Gen

Standing in awe of death

Author: Ramabear

Rating: Explicit

Status: the series is still in progress, but a lot of the individual stories are completed

Summary: Katsuki drives Izuku over the edge and, together, they discover Izuku wasn't quirkless after all. Rekindling their childhood friendship, Katsuki and Izuku begin to test out the limits of Izuku's incredible new quirk. It is a very messy process.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

NEW Triangle series

Author: crabapplered

Rating: explicit

Status: the series is in progress, but the first story is complete

Warning: Dubious consent (Would have been non con, but the parties aren't exactly aware of what they were doing)

Summary: Midoriya and Todoroki get hit by a quirk that triggers heats and ruts. In the 48hrs that follow, the secret that Midoriya has kept hidden is painfully revealed. Both Todoroki and Iida must find a way to keep him safe without hurting him further...and they'll need Bakugo's help.

Pairing: Iida/Izuku/Shouto, past Izuku/Katsuki

A trip up no memory lane

Author: acernor

Rating: Explicit

Status: Complete

Summary: Midoriya loses his memory to a villain's quirk in senior year and re-meets his classmates for the first time. With 20x the confidence, he takes absolutely 0% of Bakugo's shit, and pushes back when Bakugo tries to push him around. Bakugo likes it.

Pairing:Midorya/Bakugo

NEW United in the storm

Author: theslytherinpaladin

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku may have saved All Might during the attack at USJ, but in doing so he attracted the attention of the League of Villains. Unable to strike at All Might directly, the League decides to focus on a much easier target. Afterall, how can they ignore someone so completely undefended?

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

Until you come back home

Author: dandelion_weed

Rating: Teen and up

Status: It is a series that is still in progress, but the stories are stand alone and could be seen as complete

Summary: Saturday finds Katsuki in front of Izuku's apartment, holding a box of expensive snacks for afternoon tea in one hand and Izuku’s goddamn poster in another. In his backpack are his change of clothes and toothbrush for the sleepover. He’s ready for war. --- Katsuki tries his hand at apologizing, being a better friend, and maneuvering both his life and growing feelings for Midoriya Izuku, and succeeds with extreme damage to his pride.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Victim of circumstance

Author: Chalcet

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: When you're a Quirkless orphan on the streets, you have to fight twice as hard for just about everything. Survival. Respect. Allies. Most of the time, you're just barely scraping by. And, for that matter, so is everyone else around you. So Izuku does what he does best: he helps. Sometimes that means mediating gang disputes; other times, it's something as simple as grocery shopping. It's not like anyone else will, after all. With so many hopes riding on him, there's only ever been one option. Quirk or no Quirk, UA or no UA—he's going to become a hero.

Pairing: Izuku/Katsuki

Vicious

Author: feelslikefire

Rating: Explicit

Status: In progress but only one more chapter to go

Summary: Midoriya and Bakugou wind up in the very last position either of them thought they'd be in: Hero Partners. It's not fun, but they learn to cope. Their first big assignment together takes them undercover to infiltrate a cult, but the situation turns out far more sinister than they first thought. (Or: Midoriya and Bakugou pretend to be Fake Married, join a cult, start having sex, and learn not to suck as partners, not necessarily in that order.)

Pairing: Midorya/Bakugo

A wallflower’s thorns

Author: A_ToastToTheOutcasts

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Maybe one day he'd be unafraid to tell people that he existed. Stand tall and announce that he was, in fact, there. For now though, he was more than content going day to day, weaving past his classmates and having them none the wiser. (Aka where Izuku does, in fact, have have a Quirk, it's just that no one notices)

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

We can all be heroes

Author: Amandyalmonds

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In progress

Summary: Izuku wanted a lot of things. To not be quirkless, to save lives, for Kacchan to act like his friend again. But as the years went by, none of these things happened, until he started running into the now-graduated class of 1-A. Or, Izuku listens to Kacchan's bullying and doesn't apply to U.A. He still wants to save lives. So instead of becoming a pro-hero, he becomes a paramedic.

Pairing: Izuku/Shouto

What I am

Author: vanabean

Rating: Mature

Status: In Progress

Summary: "Shouta can see it even as it lays dormant. It curls alongside the darkness, their tendrils caressing the shadows like a doting parent. He watches the power ripple in Izuku’s dark irises like pulsing lighting, sees the flash of something dark and hungry hidden in the murky depths of his pupils. If Shouta hadn’t already heard the kids calm, sweet voice, and his polite way of speaking, he would think the child was from some twisted part of Hell."

Pairing: Gen

With what was left behind

Author: C_AveryWrites

Rating: teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: When Izuku was eleven years old, All Might had announced he was a guest speaker at an event being held at a local college, and Izuku had begged and begged his mother to take him until she gave into his pleading. That was the happiest day of Izuku’s life. To be able to meet his idol in person, to hear him speak about what it was like to be the Number One Hero, about the things he felt on and off the job, about his life as a person behind the smile that defined All Might. It’s something Izuku will never forget. *** Midoriya Izuku was born insignificant in a world where those who were extraordinary prospered. The world around him was special, basking in the radiant sunlight of a bright future while he was caught in their shadows, destined to live an empty life without meaning. That was before he met Tsukauchi Naomasa, and certainly before he met U.A. Hero Course Class 1-A.

Pairing: Ejiro/Midorya

NEW Yesterday Upon the stair

Author: PitViperOfDoom

Rating: Teen and up

Status: In Progress

Summary: Midoriya Izuku has always been written off as weird. As if it's not bad enough to be the quirkless weakling, he has to be the weird quirkless weakling on top of it.

But truthfully, the "weird" part is the only part that's accurate. He's determined not to be a weakling, and in spite of what it says on paper, he's not actually quirkless. Even before meeting All-Might and taking on the power of One For All, Izuku isn't quirkless.

Not that anyone would believe it if he told them.

#my hero academia #boku no hero #fanfic rec

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sw fics i love (vader + leia-centric)

because it’s helpful to organize one’s thoughts. a work in progress.

long post is long.

old but memorable (written before 2013)

ebony and jade by brendon j. wahlberg, with illustrations by ian mcintosh (gen, vader + mara). lord vader & the emperor’s hand team up against a jedi and his psychedelic plants, and it’s glorious.

father’s heart by fernwithy (gen, vader + leia, series). vader befriends young princess leia. the fic that shaped me as a child. politics, corruption, betrayal, handmaiden culture, unspoken affinities, and fire.

the penitent by bellebayard, fernwithy, jediskysong (mostly gen, some anakin/padmé). begun in 1999 and now only available in its original form*, it seems - the jedi council forums, where so much fic was written back in the day - and only incompletely, this post-rotj anakin redemption story is the sprawling product of collaborative authorship (and a follow-up to “father’s heart”). ymmv on some of the plot devices and characters as a result, but it had an enjoyable take on skywalker family dynamics and a riveting, fully-realized trial for vader. *if you find a better copy of this, please message me!

the smart one by fernwithy (gen). written in 2002. excellent outsider pov on vader, who has taken especial interest in a particular piece of naboo art. a meditation on art and politics.

by the grace of lady vader by fernwithy, ami-padme and alderaan21 + the ascension of the queen by fernwithy, ami-padme (vader/dark!padmé, han/leia). written from 2000 until right after aotc on the jedi council forums (original posts + comments here & here). this story has remained with me as a set of unforgettable scenes and images - amidala in blood-red veils, praising schoolchildren for their talents and services to her empire, luke the obedient child, leia the freedom fighter, vader at once gratified and disturbed by what they’ve all become.

dark labyrinth pt 1 | 2 | 3 by Shayne1 (luke, han, chewie, vader). luke’s in trouble. vader kills the best lead on his whereabouts, and has to team up with han to find him. terrific voices all around.

various one-shots (also here and here) by MjMink (gen, mostly luke + vader). these were incredibly influential back in the day, and still manage to surprise and delight.

tamarisk by Arco (vader gen). splendid little vader adventure with memorably gory imagery and one hell of a bizarre twist

about turn by Mina / Mina1 (gen, vader + leia, vader + luke, luke + palpatine, background han/leia). written in 2001. vader & leia work together to save luke from the emperor. creepy luke-emperor interaction plus some nice scenes on tatooine. see also: legacy (vader + leia), a lovely short where vader survives rotj and leia has to come to terms with him, and in plain sight (vader, luke, leia), a variation on the theme.

deep as you go by @garnettrees / Meredith Bronwen Mallory (vader/padmé). written in 2002. vader creates a clone of his wife. a terrifying glimpse into his psyche - and the ethics of cloning. “but she’s not the painting, she’s just the print – no texture.”

return of a jedi by JHMLYNDALE (gen, vader + leia, rotj-legends cast). written in 2005. luke, han, lando and mara jade all die in the attack on jabba’s barge. leia, vader, and their allies take on the emperor. if you can stomach the character deaths, this is one hell of a ride.

equally cursed and blessed by Mina / Mina1 (gen, vader + luke, rotj-legends cast). written between 2005 and 2008. epic luke + vader story with a vividly-portrayed full cast, particularly leia, lando, chewie, piett and palpatine.

the protege by jedinemo (gen, vader, luke, obi-wan, leia). written in 2007/8. vader discovers a familiar clone skulking around the imperial palace. vader’s personality issues are on full display.

missing in action by cwbasset (gen, vader + luke). written in 2008. my favorite take on the ‘luke and vader crash-land together’ trope. includes grade-a vader-artoo bickering. fantastic author, see also: shattered (wip, luke + legends & prequel cast, time travel AU)

omelas by Deja Vu (vader, luke, xixor). short story from 2009 that packs quite a punch.

interregnum by PlaidButterfly (clone trooper + vader). written in 2011. short and chilling story showcasing just how desperate vader is to believe he’s still the hero.

canon-compliant

and there I shall find by ambiguously. lovely take on post-TFA General Organa in a whump/survival scenario, speaking - listening - to her father’s hated ghost for the first time. Anakin is insufferable, jealous, smug and sullen and somehow still unable to understand why his children were kept from him - and yet also knowingly deploying his worst traits to keep the daughter so like him alive. Leia has no reason to forgive but is listening, and not only to his engineering advice. Hopeful, with flashes of humor, and crawling with sorrows that would never end

the black buzzard by @jerseydevious (vader + luke). sweet, sweet body horror and father-son banter. see also gleaming in the wreckage

bursts of stardust by @redrikki (anakin/padmé, assorted cast). set of insightful shorts, including AUs, that lend shade and nuance to anakin, padmé, the jedi order, even palpatine.

the funeral pyre by anendda_rysden (gen, vader, piett). superb story showcasing vader’s struggle with his own body from an outsider pov. vivid, powerful writing. contains sci-fi/horror elements.

liberation by redone (gen, vader + luke). vader’s walk with luke from the throne room to the end. written in 2002, as lovely now as it was then.

PRojects IN Controlled Environments, version Sith by Beth Winter (vader, ocs). clever imperial outsider pov on vader, showcasing his engineering skill. ketha, the female protagonist, picks up on fascinating little details, my favorite being: “The handwriting was atrocious, a combination of two different styles - one with romance holo titles flourishes, one absolutely primitive - and cramped enough that she needed to zoom in.”

the sith who brought life day by ophelia_interrupted (vader, ocs). vader is often at his best when one has to guess at what’s going on behind the mask, a job all the harder for imperial underlings without access to the force. very nice outsider perspective made all the richer for how believable it remains while mixing the serious and humorous.

speak to me by @cyberdyke-industries (kylo ren, anakin/vader’s force ghost). read this now. this gets what makes kylo and vader monsters, what makes them pull at us - a way of being vader both understands and condemns. cinematic, mythical, chilling down to the level of syntax. the ending is less a cliff-hanger than an image to think through, a powerful allegory..

AUs

everything, including in the valley, by @darth--nickels (many wip, vader-centric, be aware that you need to be logged into AO3 to see them). gems, all of them, even if some may never be finished. my go-to for insights into vader’s psyche. vader is hilariously and horribly unstable–suicidal in one moment, megalomanic and full of bluster in the next, and yet deeply compelling through it all.

> timetravel / parallel universe

of queens, knights and pawns (wip) by @chancecraz (vader + leia, han/leia on the horizon, full cast). tfa!leia ends up reliving her life as anh!leia, and comes to terms with both her past and future. this story is currently my life. come for leia yelling at vader, stay for the lovingly realized cast, their constant miscommunication, and deep-seated psychological trauma. see also scenes from the middle game, encounters in queens told from the perspectives of other characters, starting with a harrowing vader pov, and of dreams and other whims, a au re-write of chapter seven with old man luke!

queen’s gambit by @bedlamsbard (anakin/padmé, padmé/obi-wan, tcw!cast), sequel to wake the storm. this swept me away. ymmv on the pairing(s), but the opening scene alone deserves an essay, and there’s so much to love here: incredible world-building, a full and well-realized cast of characters, political intrigue, media critique, and finger-biting tension.

out of the dark valley by @irhinoceri (anakin/padmé, eventual luke/mara, leia, ahsoka, cast). riveting au where vader is able to return to his rots!self with his consciousness intact, and make slightly different choices. things still go downhill, and the author is unafraid to explore those dark and frightening places, especially with leia.

stand the hazard of the die (wip series) by KeelieThompson1 (anakin/padmé, vader + luke, TCW!cast). young luke is sent to the past, but his mind is marked by a sith lord’s magic and the trauma of what he’s seen. anakin and padmé have to deal. lovely exploration of a situation where anakin does not fall (yet), but vader is still a factor and palpatine still at loose. leia’s story here is at once highly tragic and highly amusing.

edges of the world (wip) by @glompcat (leia, vader, ahsoka, anakin/padmé). leia organa and leia skywalker switch places, de-stabilizing anakin and shocking vader. a brave and important story about the struggles of identity, growing up, what family means, and finding acceptance.

reflected legacy (wip) by DAsObiQuiet (han/leia, anakin/padmé). legends!leia and han are sent back in time to when anakin still dreams of his mother. terrific characterization. see also hindsight is not perfect + the dangers of foresight (wip series), where vader’s consciousness is sent back to his tpm!body, and his emotional stuntedness is both a boon and a problem.

old man luke (wip) by @scarletjedi (luke, obi-wan, anakin). tfa-era!luke - and possibly his sister - ends up in the middle of the clone war. enjoyable exploration of how age contributes to perspective.

> canon divergence before ROTJ

afterimage (wip) by @garnettrees (vader/padmé). vader pursues the promise of resurrection. for those who enjoy clever metaphor, games with myth, linguistic invention, and a shot of gothic horror. “The first word she says is, ‘Help’. ‘I am here,’ says the thing in the dark.”

betrayal of the finest sort (wip) by @cadesama (vader/padmé, vader/obi-wan, ahsoka). relentlessly bitter, spiteful dysfunction at its best. fantastic author, see also: if blood be the price (padmé/anakin, obi-wan, AOTC!AU) and lost things that are never found (adult!ahsoka/anakin, leia, rebel!AU).

echoes of mortis by @sunshinedaysforever (anakin/padmé, cast). powerful what-if with palpable, believable character growth. see also time to change the road you’re on (wip; anakin + ahsoka, timetravel).

flesh of my flesh by @igrockspock (vader + leia, gen) - when precocious eleven-year old Leia is taken from her home on Alderaan to live with her birth father in his lava castle, both understandably have to adjust. An absurd situation that the author mines for its humor and the humanity it can reveal while never forgetting what Vader is and what he ultimately wants.

how the other half lives (series in progress) by @reedroad (luke + leia + vader, OT + Rebels + comics cast). gorgeously written switched!au, with prince luke and jedi leia. and while much remains the same, the devil’s in the details. vader steals his scenes: angry and awful.

in loco pirates + palpatine ad portas (wip) by @izzythehutt (gen, vader, palpatine, luke, leia, aphra). vader, driven by his fear of weakness, and luke, who sees right through him. lovely father-son interaction offset by an utterly compelling and terrifying palpatine. leia’s in for the ride, too. also: hondo!

in which vader discovers he’s a father by @glompcat (gen, vader + luke + leia). vader kidnaps or discovers one or both of his children, in situations varying between the harrowing and humorous.

the light you leave behind (wip) by @laventadorn (anakin/padmé, anakin/obi-wan, ahsoka, tcw!cast). great author in many fandoms. this particular story features vivid action and even lovelier domestic scenes - wonderful characterization especially of the female characters, from padmé and ahsoka to ventress.

masquerade (wip) by PlaidButterfly (gen, vader-centric). vader is forcibly taken out of the suit, only to find that the emperor has his hands on luke. memorable for the physical description of vader as a kind of grey-haired shaggy bear, his chilly interactions with leia, and his attempt to survive unnoticed in the lower levels of Coruscant by returning to what he knows best: fixing things.

on the day ... by @cacchieressa (vader + leia, series in progress). vader discovers his daughter and comes to an agreement with her parents

the tyranny of kinship (wip) by @amarielah (mostly suitless!vader + leia, cast). vader and anh!leia come to an understanding. leia shines in particular, bringing across that astuteness and political savvy she’s often said but not shown to have. see also precious illusions (wip; vader/vision!adult!ahsoka), an unsettlingly lovely take on vader’s contradictory impulses.

slipping by radioboca (gen, vader, leia, luke, bail, breha, han, etc.). leia gives in to her hatred for her biological father. leia is so, so young in this story, and painfully, palpably afraid. vader just thinks he’s doing the right thing.

violence in the library (wip) by @radioactivepeasant (gen, vader + luke). alien meets star wars. a heady mix of uncompromising gore and father-son shenanigans, with a great supporting cast and lots of humor.

> canon divergence after ROTJ, i.e. vader!lives

wounds by @azalea-scroggs (han/leia, vader + leia). luke dies in the battle of endor - vader acted too late to save him. leia is left with her grief. mesmerizing take on vader and leia, their struggles to hold on to reason despite overwhelming emotion. a powerful statement on mourning. see also: black squadron (wip, vader + luke), a take on the ‘luke becomes an imperial pilot’ scenario where luke is faced not only with vader, but also his own morality.

love thy enemy (series in progress) by @threadsketchier (vader + luke, leia, cast). vader survives rotj, but luke may not. body!horror, angry!leia, lovely prose and quality angst.

the trial of darth vader by The Librarian (ocs, vader, luke, leia). brilliant examination of vader’s crimes and legacy from the perspective of his prison interviewer, the kind of man vader would not have hesitated to kill. while this might seem like the lead-up to a trial rather than the trial itself, the reader is invited to be a juror of sorts. vader is dispassionate and alert, reciting information with cold precision, warming only to artoo and luke in his prison cell as his suit wastes away, unsure if he can use the force again - some incredibly memorable scenes here.

the smell of burning by deaka (luke + vader). luke saved vader, but at what cost? short but searing conversation between luke and vader about selfishness, about the costs of getting what one wants, about forgiveness, about whether we change so much in a setting as telling as it is metaphorical.

unvadering (wip) by @cadesama (vader, ahsoka, luke, leia, cast). vader loses the suit and works for the alliance now, but what does that really change? a conundrum nicely played-out in a scenario where ahsoka hadn’t known what he became. features glass-smashing leia.

untitled by @jerseydevious (vader + luke). vader survives rotj and is subjected to probing questions from an alliance doctor. poor luke plays interference

untitled by @sith-shame-shack (vader + luke). vader survives rotj and surgery, slipping in and out of consciousness. panic over loss of the suit, consuming awareness of touch, exhaustion tempered by luke’s presence.

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