#afo as his face splits: wait WHAT

[mettywiththenotes]

Me looking for any excuse to find clues that Tomura is coming back: IS THAT YOU?? MY POOR MEOW MEOW??

[myheroblogs]

Yoichi and All For One are IDENTICAL TWINS (and what it means...)

Okay, I know this acc has kinda been dead for over a year or two by now and I haven't exactly caught up with MHA, I only started reading the last 3-4 chapters, and I wasn't planning to revive this acc after being inactive for so long, but I discovered something that I CAN'T keep quiet about.

In the newest chapter, further detail on Yoichi and AFO's backstory is revealed (Yes! The chapter I've been waiting for!), and surprisingly, AFO and Yoichi are TWINS! I think very few people really thought of the concept, so it was unexpected in general.

I assumed they're fraternal twins, because while they're twins, the anime showed them having different eye colors... (Yoichi has green eyes and AFO has red eyes)

...Until I realised that isn't actually possible.

Because TTTS (twin to twin transfusion), can only occur in IDENTICAL TWINS.

In other words, yes, Yoichi and AFO aren't just twins, they're IDENTICAL TWINS. Anime may be wrong about eye colors again (like how they were for Iida's).

And while it's both unexpected and funny to think about all this (I mean, c'mon, that means Yoichi could've had the exact same face as his brother-), a lot of people may have missed the very BIG implication that this has.

Remember, identical twins share the exact same genetic makeup. After all, they are basically what should've been one person but got split into two somewhere in the early process.

But aren't y'all forgetting...

...that QUIRKS are also genetic?

If AFO and Yoichi are identical twins the entire time, with the EXACT SAME GENETICS, then that would mean that the quirks they have, would be identical as well. Because quirks are also genetic.

All For One and One For All are the SAME QUIRK by nature.

You may be wondering, "if they're the same quirk, why do they seem to function differently?" Yes, OFA can pass itself on, AFO can't, etc.

Well, while they are identical twins, they did suffer through TTTS, with Yoichi as the donor twin.

This probably messed a lot with Yoichi's development, and thus, his quirk. After all, while identical twins, are well, identical, a lot of factors can change how their genetics are expressed (some are expressed more than others). TTTS would've been a big one for AFO and Yoichi.

Notice when looking at OFA's functions (minus the stockpile), it's a significantly weaker version of AFO? AFO can just take and give through close contact with another person. For the transfer to even work for Yoichi, he has to transfer through DNA (blood, or eating hair??), and the only way it can even store quirks if said person inherited the quirk and passed it on like hot potato. I wouldn't even be surprised if Yoichi's quirk could only story a certain number of quirks.

The functions of Yoichi's original quirk got so messed up, it had to evolve into being able to pass itself on for it to even function itself. So much so that literally no one realised he had a quirk, maybe even Yoichi himself until after his death.(Im in the camp that Yoichi died passing on the quirk and it was Kudou who discovered the transfer ability and made the plan to defeat AFO)

So yeah, Bakugo was correct about OFA being the same as AFO all along. Except he was wrong about it being due to AFO creating OFA. It's actually because the original quirk holders were identical twins, meaning the quirks they have would also be identical. But things happened, which caused the quirks to work differently from each other.

EDIT: As another addition to this post, this also explains why OFA and AFO are so intricately linked, that the two users can start seeing into the other's vestige realm. To the point that when they both come into contact, it merges their vestige plains into one. Or perhaps, it's actually two quirks temporarily merging into one.

Since identical twins are basically one split into two, then two identical quirks having contact with each other is the same as two merging back into one again.

[theloganator101]

The Great BNHA Review: Potential

So I'm actually gonna be splitting this into four parts and then one more wrapping up how I feel about the ending and the overall series. The topics I'm going to talk about are the following.

The potential the characters had and how Hori squandered them.

The world they live in and how things are done in society, only for nothing to really change in the end and for things to not make sense.

The morals and messages it tries to convey.

And then (REDACTED).

Anyways, let's get going with Potential.

With a cast of characters as interesting looking as they were and the glimpses of personality we saw, like Jiro thinking she has to choose between being a hero or a musician, or Shoji and mutant discrimination. You would think that with how interesting the class looks, that they would get some role in the story or their own respective arcs to expand on their characters.

Except that's not what happened.

The main focus most of the time either falls on Izuku, Bakugou, Shoto, and sometimes Ochako. So that's four out of twenty students that gets the spotlight while everyone else is regulated to minor characters who are only brought in to fights.

Which is honestly kind of disappointing because many of them look to have stories waiting to be told and can be good characters! Because I wanna learn more about Sero, I wanna learn more about Hagakure, I wanna learn more about Shoji. But now that the manga's over, that's not gonna be possible.

This is especially terrible since in the final war arc half of the fight is just fucking flashbacks to expand on some of the characters fighting when it should've been something covered earlier in the manga instead of hyping Bakugou up. It all just feels too little too late and makes things cluttered and unorganized.

And then we have the villains.

They were kind of cool when they got introduced and had a lot of potential to challenge the heroes. To really make them open their eyes to how flawed their society is and why it needs to change. They could each have an upbringing that brought them to where they are now and why they wanna join to make a difference. They could be some compelling and intriguing antagonists for the heroes to face.

... Except we don't get any of that.

What really hurts the villains in this series is how Hori tends to flip flop between making them sympathetic and their heroic counterparts wanting to save them, and making them so cartoonishly evil that the villains from the POWERPUFF GIRLS comes off as more compelling compared to them!

And it's like... pick one or the other Hori! Either they're victims of society or they're just irredeemable! And what sucks the most about this is that they HAD something going on! They could've rise from losing AFO and promise to make a change for the better! The My Villain Academia part shows how this was possible!

But instead they ended not in a bang... but a whimper. they all pretty much died in the end or confirmed to the very society that hurt them so what was the point of trying to redeeming them?

Then finally... we have the main character himself. Izuku Midoriya.

Oh how Hori utterly failed you...

You started off so promising in the first two episodes, You could've been a quirkless hero to make the message of anyone can be a hero really have an impact. You could've rose from your pain and suffering and show everyone what you can really do.

But sadly that's not what happened. You were given a quirk that hurts you, nobody really helps you with it, you're forced to work with your bully and never grow out of the mindset that he's awesome, every adult you associate with has failed you in some way, you're forced to distance yourself from your friends so Hori can have his Cash Cow Triplets, you're never really challenged in any unique way other than "just punch your problems away", and ultimate... you just became a watered down version of what you started off as with no introspection whatsoever.

I have never seen a character so stagnate in their arc and development in such a series before, only beaten recently by Vaggie in terms of just never growing or learning anything else.

Izuku really deserves to be in a story with an author that can utilize his potential to the fullest and give him the love and attention he deserves, because this series and Hori just wasn't it.

As for the Pro Heroes, they really were nothing in the end. All they can summed up as them just saying.

"Our society is bad, it's up to the next generation to make things better in the future. We need these teenagers to fight in wars because only they stand a chance compared to us bumbling adults!"

That's all that I get from them.

Stay tuned for next post where we'll look into society and how it's flawed, and what the characters do to change (not really) any of it.

[that-spider-fan-over-there]

Okay I have calmed down from the leaks since last night- And I have opinions (some of them are salty; again, it's because I hate leak nights XP)

Yeah I stand by what I said: This isn't the end for Tenko, since his Quirk is still half of Overhaul's, there's a chance he'll get a Quirk Awakening the vestige world (or wherever the frick that dude is, AFO/OFA all but were mutually destroyed).

So maybe it is a rebirth (If there's a chapter called "Tenko Shimura: Rising" or "Rebirth" remember I called it XD) for him, either rising from the ashes like a phoenix or even shedding that coccon from the butterfly metaphor, it is one of his motifs after all.

I'm also split 50/50 on Izuku ending the series Quirkless, but I believe it's a red herring- because he and Tenko did fist bump before he decayed, bloodied fist. OFA has a conscience of it's own, so if you say it was a "Heroes: Rising" ending I'm gonna have to ask "from the drafts" or the "final product". But to be fair I was already biased when it comes to this outcome.

Also, that thing from Chapter 362, I'm still on edge about that one; because it could've been an afterlife thing but he doesn't even know what Aura Might looks like, so maybe we'll get a return on that (I'm sorry for constantly bringing it up but I refuse to believe that was a small easter egg HORIKOSHI WHY WAS KATSUKI THERE-)

Oh yeah, speaking of which: if the goal was a perfect victory with no casualties, then Izuku won against AFO to save Tenko, but the mission isn't finished yet until he sees Tenko taking his hand with a smile; how is he gonna do that, unsure, but he does have a knack for making unlikely things happen. Remember, Eri herself wasn't saved until she smiled at the Cultural Festival.

Also maybe (and it's a huge maybe) that's the thing that breaks the hidden POV- faced with a failure from the very thing he was trying to avoid, breaking down because. Well look at everything he got thrown at him post-PLF, burdened to save the world, failing to save someone and realizing he can't be a sitting duck, finding out one of his friends was a traitor, didn't even get time to process Katsuki's death, thought he'd be unable to stop Toshinori's, for a brief moment lost his arms-

This one might actually make him get close to a Despair Event Horizon, (I'm 100% sure if Mirio wasn't there he'd shut down by 367) ... then somehow, he gets convinced to not give up, of course it's by Katsuki (he's already there might as well XP) because he's the only one that can make things stick in Izuku's head atp, finding the motivation and getting that mixed with determination to say it's not over yet. And it isn't.

Besides, I don't trust the leakers to do a good translation over bait interactions, they've done it three times that I know of, so uh maybe don't gather your emotions from what they say; trust me, it's an annoying spiral of doomerism.

... plus if Tenko actually somehow transferred something of AFO/OFA they don't have the vestiges anymore so uh maybe something is still shimmering under the surface (I'm getting my own hopes up XD). Also again I do want a follow-up on 362 because I want Tenko and Katsuki to interact it'd be very funny even with the angst in my freaking opinion please-

And one more thing: I have yet to see Izuku reaching out with a smile to save others like he wanted in the first place.

TL;DR: It's most likely a red herring, Tenko is gonna shed the Tomura mask he was trapped in and come back somehow, maybe the vestige world is intact but without the users or AFO, and I still wanna know what the fuck was 362 about. Also no offense but.

This fight is only gonna be a loss if Izuku finally breaks down, gives up and no one (*cough*letsberealitsKatsuki*cough*) is able to convince him otherwise. And we get a shit time skip. Either of the last two would have to happen for this to be real and it hasn't yet so wait this ain't over.

[stillness-in-green]

Chapter 374 Thoughts: Butterfly Effect

How’s this for a turn-around time?  XD  Next time, starting on the inbox. Back to chronological bullet points because, again, the table-shuffling going on this week means I have less in-depth to talk about. (The exception: translation quibbles. I have a lot of translation quibbles. It's one of those weeks.)

O  I love how ominous that one visible eye tracking up from the hand to Mic is.  Whereas at the end of last chapter, its forward aim and the thin line of a single eyebrow made Kurogiri look mostly surprised/shocked, here his expression is considerably more chilling.

O  I don’t have anything in particular to say about Meryl the Weather Forecast gal making a Principled Stand against AFO, save to note that the projection behind her notes that the forecast is for the midnight news.(1)  That is to say, the viewership numbers are not at an all-time high for this noble speaking of truth to power.  (Though if the government is still playing at placating AFO, I wonder if that means Tim Ackbar is out of a job?)

O  Amused that even the tail on Iida’s talk balloon is at right angles.

O  Love the note from Burnin’ that Dabi’s “will” is inherited from Endeavor, because, wow, ain’t that the truth—lethal determination that never falters or flinches, no matter the obstacle.  Touya continues to be by far the most Endeavor-like in temperament of the Todoroki children.

Well, except that, as much as I love the Dabi Is Endeavor’s Monster read, it is still worth discussing that crediting Dabi’s willpower to Endeavor is diminishing his own individuality in ways that, ironically, play right into the narrative he spun for the world in his video: that his flames are Endeavor’s flames, that there’s no boundary between Endeavor’s sins and Dabi’s crimes.  That’s dangerous rhetoric, Burnin’! Especially for your side!

O  I suppose there must be a resurgence of Phoenix Quirk theorizing in response to this chapter, huh?  What with Burnin’ being very explicit about the There’s Something Else Going On Here signaling.   Chalk that up as something I’ll wait and see on because I don’t have enough deep interest in Dabi to actively theorize about it, save a mild curiosity as to what the explanation is that Ujiko, noted quirk specialist, failed to spot it.

O  I adore that page of the portal opening up in front of Dabi, though mainly because it delights me to imagine the sheer face-splitting width of the grin Skeptic must be wearing while he delivers that free travel line.

O  I find it irksome that C. Cook decided to entirely remove all reference to the implied friends Spinner spoke of last chapter when he begged Kurogiri to rescue Shigaraki-tachi, but then here in this chapter, in a moment that allows for a touch of ambiguity about who AFO is referring to, Spinner or Kurogiri, suddenly Cook goes with friends, plural.  The noun in question is ambiguous in the Japanese, sure, but the official English would nearly rule out Spinner as the topic of AFO’s monologue thanks to that singular/plural disagreement.

For the record, yeah, I think AFO is obviously referring to Spinner here.  It’s a bit of a run-on meander, but I think the switch to Kurogiri is just to emphasize that his presence is the result of Spinner’s strong feelings, not to indicate that Kurogiri was the topic all along.  Though I’m sure Shirakumo’s feelings for his friends are not at all off the table going forward, there’s not much reason to assume AFO is placing his trust in those feelings, given that the last time they were awakened, Shirakumo was instrumental in interrupting the surgery.

(Caveat: Given that ominous shifting of Shiragiri’s eye on the very first page, I suppose there’s a slight possibility that AFO is talking about Kurogiri here, and the feeling he’s talking about is “resentment that his ‘friends’ didn’t save him from the dark life he led after Ujiko and I stole him from the nest.”  That feels like a reach to me, but it would be very funny.)

O  The microchip line feels like another case of Horikoshi overexplaining things so he doesn’t get buried in letters from confused fans again like he did after Deku’s 1,000,000% against Muscular.  It’s not quite as egregious as Hawks and Jeanist’s incredibly terrible conversation in Chapter 299 reiterating things they both already knew about Jeanist’s faux death, but it’s got the same sense.

Like, presumably Spinner—and if not him, then definitely Scarecrow and the other PLF advisors—had some way of communicating with Skeptic.  It would not be so unbelievably convoluted to just assume Skeptic could patch himself through on one of those lines the same way he does to talk to Dabi this very chapter, especially since Skeptic somehow realized right away that Spinner succeeded. Indeed, a heads-up from Skeptic is presumably how AFO himself knew when to start monologuing about Spinner's success before the portals even appeared.  That would feel less off to me than trying to imagine Spinner letting The Hand out of his sight long enough for AFO to plant some chip on it.

As it is, I have to assume that when AFO says "microchip," he really means "micro transceiver." AFO didn't know about the heroes' Tempt & Trap plan to split up his army, so he couldn't have put the coordinates Kurogiri would need on the chip in advance. Ergo, it has to be actively receiving a signal that can relay everyones' current locations. Maybe, as a Noumu, Kurogiri can automatically decode orders from radio waves a la the Near High Ends, but it seems like the simplest thing would, again, be to just use whatever comm device Spinner has. Doesn't seem like it would be any more or less prone to breaking than the microchip in The Hand did, you know?

O  I have no strong feelings about that “Heya” added to Dabi’s line as he comes out of the portal, but considerably stronger feelings (negative) about adding the “Oh” to Togawice’s.  “Oh, Hawwwwks,” makes Himijin sound like a sassy slasher killer rather than an incredibly pissed-off guy risen from the grave for revenge.

In fairness, if the Twice speaking is transformed Toga, she’s usually much closer to “sassy slasher” than “furious revenant,” but this is her confronting Jin’s murderer—a topic that makes her drop her singsong levity every time it comes up. That long, menacing growl of Hawks' name feels much more accurate to her mindset.

Anyway, somehow-not-the-most-baffling-choice-made-this-chapter localization aside, it’s a panel we’ve all been waiting for for the better part of three years now, and I seriously can’t wait to see more of it.(2)  You can tell Horikoshi loved it, too; that is some seriously dedicated attention to contours, lighting, and linework.

O  “Femme fatale” was actually the localization choice that had me scratching my head the most this week, but some research suggests that the term AFO uses—傾国, keikoku—is one that, while it literally translates to siren/beauty/courtesan/prostitute, is understood to refer to a woman of such beauty and magnetism that emperors and kings become enamored, endangering their countries as their attention strays.  Certainly the most readily understood comparison to a Western eye would be Helen of Troy.

AFO’s full phrase was 少女に傾国, shoujo ni keikoku; Toga being a teenager rather than a full-grown woman is presumably why the shoujo got attached.  I don’t pretend to understand enough Japanese to say for sure what the ni would indicate about the relationship between the two words, though, much less in the context of the full sentence.  (Terminology I can look up on Google with reasonable enough confidence that I’ll at least land in the right ballpark; sentence structure is well past my level.  Take me with a grain of salt.)

Anyway, regardless of whether AFO is literally using that term for Toga or just describing the situation using a string of words that just-so-happens to call the term to mind, I like it as a callback to what Giran tells Twice in his Deika flashback:

O  Hawks, having learned absolutely nothing, immediately leaps to the much-quoted definition of insanity: repeating the same actions and expecting different outcomes.  I cannot wait to watch him get his ass handed to him.  That last panel(3) activated every schadenfreude button I’ve got, and I will be reading the next chapter with gleeful popcorn gifs scrolling across the forefront of my brain.  Hell, I might make a bowl irl.  Do not let me down on this one, Horikoshi.  And All For One, if you want to rub it in a little harder, you go right ahead.

Taking a break from my Hedonism Bot-esque delight, I will say that I’m delighted that Tokoyami will have a front-row seat for this, too.  It always bothered me that we never got more of him thinking about the claim that his beloved mentor killed a man in cold blood.  I’m not even saying he had to disagree with the choice; I just wish we’d gotten to see more than him tearfully dismissing the claim and then literally never thinking about it again.

Time for a reckoning, lads. Past time.

---FOOTNOTES---

1:  Which would put the current time in central Japan as being a bit after 5PM the next day, by the way.

2:  Though I imagine we’re going to start in flashback next chapter, if only to see how Tsuyu’s doing, that clearly being half of her headset in the rear Twice’s hands.

3:  With one last sigh-inducing translation choice for the road, since soitsu seems to be usually singular, and Hawks is clearly focused on Twice here, not Twice and Dabi, as would be one interpretation of “them.”  Anyway, loving that Hawks not only calls for Twice to get murdered again, like he wasn’t even listening to AFO yammering on about the consequences, he can’t even be polite about it.  Soitsu is, by all accounts, at best the kind of thing you use with friends you have a teasing, rough sort of dynamic with, and much more commonly regarded as derogatory.

[allmightluver]

@amdk-lover I wanted to separate this from the original post become it became a tad long. Original post here.

I’ve imagined their meeting at the end, Toshi survives because I refuse to even consider the thought otherwise Izuku standing in the wake of the devastation, injured, but alive. AFO/Shigaraki are no more, he’s finally put an end to the century old curse. But at a price. As All For One ceased to exist, One For All followed suit. Izuku is once again quirkless. This could hardly be considered a win, what with all the damage and death it involved. It’s a bittersweet ending.

Bakugo is the first to reach him, followed by the rest of his peers and heroes, a wounded Todoroki following not far behind. Bakugo throws Izuku’s arm over his shoulders, taking his weight even as his own body protests and bleeds. Todoroki does the same, and the three of them hold each other upright. They’re already being examined, poked, and proded to stop any bleeding until further medicine can be accessible. The overwhelming group hugs and cheering from the small crowd around them are filled with blood, sweat, and tears. The hugs are full of grime and sour smells, but it’s the least important thing right now.

Suddenly a cloud of dust is seen in the distance. A black car speeds towards them and skids to a halt a short distance away. The crowd of heroes have made an opening for it to avoid being run over. Before anyone can think the back door is nearly swung off the hinges as it opens forcefully. A tall and ragged man scrambles out, moving a few feet away from the car in a rush before pausing. Taking in the scene and panting. Blood drips from his mouth and onto his shirt. The other back door opens, it’s Tsukauchi with a bucket of blood in his hands.

But for a moment nothing else exists. Izuku locks eyes with the man, one of his own starting to swell shut. His face is bruised and scraped and bloody. The man’s looking back at him is nearly as worn as his. Eyes large and shimmering, an unbelieving expression scattered in crimson smears.

Izuku tries, “…All Might?” The elder coughs in response, more blood spraying from his mouth, but he doesn’t pay it any mind. His voice is hoarse, “My boy…!” The jacket of Toshinori’s suit whips like a cape behind him, almost symbolic of the hero he once was, as he all but sprints to the boy, no, his boy. His hero. Izuku finds himself doing the same, despite his broken body. The pain leaves for a split second as all he can think about is the other, the man that filled the void in his life. His hero. His father. He abandons Bakugo and Todoroki, stumbling and limping, but rushing to the man that gave him his life’s purpose. Gave him his life.

As they near each other their arms lift and reach, already yearning for the other’s touch. Izuku reaches up as Toshinori meets him. The older man falling down onto his boney knees and skidding until his long arms wrap around Izuku’s tiny body, one hand reaching for the back of his head to tuck him close. Finally able to accommodate for their height difference Toshinori holds so tightly, as if he can’t believe the boy is here, alive, in his arms, but may cease to exist at any second. And Izuku squeezes him around the neck just as tight. He kept his promise. Izuku changed the man’s cruel fate. Toshinori is here, alive. Cheers break out and radiate around them, but they hear nothing.

Izuku cries, overwhelmed, in shock but relieved, and so thankful. It takes him a moment to realize Toshinori too is openly sobbing against him. The elder opens his eyes and looks up, as if thanking the heavens for sparing his boy, for giving him to Toshinori of all people. “My boy,” he croaks, voice ruined from emotion, coughing and the physical distress he’s forced his body through. He’s been a complete wreck. The emotional stress straining his broken body to the point Tsukauchi brought him a bucket to keep from spray blood everywhere as he hacked and wheezed. But his body can wait. The most important thing in his life is currently in his arms, safe and sound. “Izuku!” His face crumbles once again, eyes squeezing shut as his body is wracked with sobs ands more coughs. He buries his nose into the boy’s wild hair, unknowingly rocking them both gently.

Izuku cries harder at hearing his hero refer to him by his first name, “All Might,” one hand moves to cup at the back of the blonde’s head as well, “…Dad!” The man squeezes harder yet, at a loss for words at the boy’s words. The two are a complete mess as the heroes and students cheer them on. The world’s two heroes.

But then Izuku his ripped away from Toshinori by the man himself. He holds the boy at an arms length, quickly examining every inch, every wound, “Are you alright?! Are you hurt?!” Izuku’s never seen such a distressed look on his mentor’s face, tears still streaming down his hollow cheeks. The boy tries to straighten up a little, sniffling, “Just bruised and beat up, but I’m fine. I promise.” Without a second thought, he’s pulled back into the embrace, just as tight as before. “Oh my boy,” Toshinori mumbles as he tries to wrap his head around everything that had just happened, “Thank you! Thank you!”

After a beat, the man lifts his gaze, seeing Bakugo and Todoroki not far away, also beaten and broken, one of them recently revived from death. One arm leaves it’s hold around Izuku to reach in their direction, waving them over. The two obey, and Toshinori pulls them both into a group hug. His long arms alternating between holding each of their heads and keeping them close. He mutters worries and relieved comments over them as they wrap their arms each other until everyone is holding tight. Toshinori then pulls back just enough to place a kiss on each of their foreheads, “You’re true heroes. Each one of you. I’m so proud and so thankful.”

[greenhappyseed]

BnHA Ch.362 - Review, parallels & comparisons: “You’ve got to lose to know how to win” edition

This chapter deals some serious emotional damage, not just because it’s a fan favorite character dying, but because it’s a death that lacks narrative context (for now). In a series that asks “what is a hero?” and whether sacrifice and legacy are worthwhile, this chapter is devoid of answers.

What we do know is that Katsuki made a conscious choice. This wasn’t like the war, where his body moved without thinking to protect his friend. It’s not a semi-automatic “I start running my mouth a bit when I fight, whoops.” Yes, Katsuki imitates Izuku here, but it’s incorrect to say Katsuki’s imitation of Izuku “got him killed.” Katsuki chose to go on an all-out attack “no matter what happens to me.” He knew he wasn’t making it out. Katsuki had a controlled “spirit” even if his body was pushed beyond its limits, or at least it seemed that way.

So here’s the key dilemma: Did Katsuki make the RIGHT choice?

Katsuki always chooses correctly when it comes to winning, right? So this was a choice that must be worth it, right???? That’s the answer we don’t have, and we won’t have for a while, depending on where Horikoshi decides to go.

Is this an “Aizawa fighting at USJ” moment where Aizawa knew he was outmatched but chose to jump in anyway because he had the best shot of anyone there to save the kids? He told the kids not to worry, no good hero is a one trick pony, but Shigaraki quickly figured out his limits and kicked his ass. Aizawa was never going to win, but his sacrifice bought time for All Might to arrive. To make another comparison, is this the Avengers Endgame moment where Dr. Strange holds up a single finger to Tony Stark to indicate THIS is the 1 in 14 million chance they can win? (Except in this MHA parallel, Dr. Strange is Katsuki's brain and Tony Stark is Katsuki’s body). In both situations, our beloved hero HAD to set their well being aside to win and save; there was simply no other way. But is that what Katsuki did here?

Or is this an All Might-style unnecessarily sacrificial moment, where Katsuki took on the world when he didn’t have to? Where his decision to be like Izuku went too far because this WASN’T the 1 in 14 million chance to win? Where maybe running and regrouping, instead of taking the fight to AFO!Shig’s face (the same mistake he made against All Might in the exams), would have kept him alive? It doesn’t seem like Katsuki landed any major damage on AFO!Shig, certainly not like how Mirio did in the last 2 chapters by triggering memories of Tenko’s friends.

The question of whether Katsuki made the right choice hangs heavy over everything now. For example, I don’t know how to interpret this panel yet:

On the one hand, there are so many heroes a split second behind Katsuki. He could have worked WITH them. Look at how damn hard they try to save, eyes and quirks locked on Katsuki. On the other hand, the remaining heroes clearly can’t keep up with Katsuki and AFO!Shig. They’re tragically not in the same league, and perhaps Katsuki knew it. Perhaps Katsuki knew the path to a win required a sacrifice and some OFA magic. We don’t know what it means that he’s seeing Aura Might. Maybe there was a switch, and Katsuki’s vestige is with Izuku in OFA and Aura Might is in Katsuki’s body, waiting to be taken into AFO. Perhaps Katsuki is connecting with his inner heroic fire as represented by Aura Might to be “freed from the shackles of humanity” to create a “transcendent being” on the hero side.

Perhaps this is the last temptation of Katsuki. He could choose to go plus ultra and attempt a win with the risk of destroying himself from the inside, or he could choose to pull back and not do his absolute best, risking the win and his teammates. The alternative — that Katsuki simply made the wrong choice and lost in a burst of meaningless bloodshed — feels painfully out of place. That can’t be it.

Katsuki made his choice for a reason we don’t know and won’t know for some time. We have to wait for any inkling of whether his sacrifice will stand as truly “heroic” and worthy of surpassing All Might. But ultimately I think it will. Even if his body is “dead,” we know Katsuki ain’t resting. His vestige is out there doing SOMETHING to secure a win using only Katsuki’s heroic spirit, without his physical body or his quirk getting in the way. There might be more to this transcendent thing than it seems.

I think, in true Buddhist fashion, Katsuki had to lose his attachment to his body and his quirk in order to fully overcome the “stuff he was going through” — meaning his inferiority/superiority complex stemming from the development of his “stupid awesome” quirk at age 4 and subsequent nonstop praise from every human in his orbit. Katsuki had to lose all of his physicality to realize (1) he only needed his “indomitable spirit” to triumph like All Might; and (2) all he really wants is to run alongside Izuku as worthy of All Might’s legacy (ironically, just as All Might wants to “crawl through mud” to “catch up” with them).

This chapter, it’s both Katsuki AND Tamaki who found themselves admitting how they were “crushed under the weight of wealth.”

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 322: IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME

Previously on BnHA: Endeavor was all, “Kirishima please take Hagakure and Aoyama and put them away somewhere out of sight until we’re finally ready for the U.A. Traitor Plot.” Shouto was all “HEY DEKU DID IT EVER OCCUR TO YOU THAT MAYBE YOU WANDERING THE STREETS LOOKING LIKE A GOTH PRAYING MANTIS IS EXACTLY WHAT AFO WANTS.” Deku was all “I’M SORRY I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF MY CRUSHING MARTYR COMPLEX AND ACCUMULATED TRAUMA.” Mineta was all “HEY DEKU YOU SWEET THANG, IF I COULD REARRANGE THE ALPHABET I’D PUT ‘U’ AND ‘I’ TOGETHER, ANYWAYS HMU 💖”, or at least that’s what fandom apparently thought he said. Everyone was all “WELL SINCE WE’RE BACK HERE IN KAMINO WE SHOULD DO THE THING” and did the whole “launching someone into the air to save someone by dramatically grabbing their hand” thing that everybody fucking loves to do in Kamino so damn much. Iida was all “[bombards me and Deku with feels].” Deku was all, “ू(ʚ̴̶̷́ .̠ ʚ̴̶̷̥̀ ू).” I was all, “(;*△*;).” Horikoshi was all, “my work here is done.”

Today on BnHA: 

oh my god.

so I finally went back to look at what I wrote up for 321 last week, and it’s a hot fucking mess lol, and I really don’t want to deal with that right now, so we’re just gonna skip it and go back sometime in the next few days or something because I really want to read the new chapter and I have no self control. I’M SORRY IIDA

oh my god he’s breaking out the narration word bubbles oh my god. shit is about to get epic isn’t it

has there ever been a chapter that opened with these that WASN’T epic? serious question. anyways all aboard the Feels Express I guess

YEP

I saved a bunch of other crying kaomojis when I was looking for ones to use in the “previously on” summary, and right now it’s looking like that was a good fucking decision you guys. if I’m going to be an emotional wreck I might as well do it in style ʕ ಡ ﹏ ಡ ʔ

AND BY THE WAY!!

SHOULD I JUST THANK HORIKOSHI NOW AND SAVE MYSELF SOME TIME LATER. THE MAN ALWAYS FUCKING DELIVERS WHAT ELSE CAN I FUCKING SAY GODDAMN. IS IT TOO EARLY TO DECLARE THIS MY NEW FAVORITE CHAPTER? I SHOULD PROBABLY READ FURTHER THAN ONE PAGE BUT I’VE JUST GOT A FEELING

(ETA: it’s like. maybe my second favorite lol. A HUG WOULD HAVE PUT IT IN FIRST, I’M JUST SAYING.)

anyway so Ochako is releasing Iida, which is actually hilarious, because idk if you all know this but Iida can’t fucking fly you guys

like, I assume Ochako released him because she already knew that Kirishima was in place to catch him, but I really love this split-second of panic on Iida’s part where he’s all “HMM, IS OCHAKO TRYING TO KILL ME, ACTUALLY”

LOL THERE’S A THOOM AND EVERYTHING

that’s some plus fucking ultra on Ochako’s part right there. “IF THEY DIE THEY DIE” goddamn girl did you leave your chill in the same locker as Momo or what

now poor Kiri is all “DAMMIT DEKU ARE YOU PASSED OUT OR WHAT, I DIDN’T GET TO TELL YOU MY THING GODDAMMIT”

oh my gosh he is curled up so small you guys oh my fucking lord

RESIDUAL “LOST CHILD” FEELS FROM LAST WEEK COMING IN FOR A LANDING!! PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR SEATBACKS AND TRAY TABLES ARE IN THEIR UPRIGHT POSITIONS OMG ( ˚͈͈͈͈̥̆ ₍₎ ˚͈͈͈͈̥̆ )

LMAO IIDA IS TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT OCHAKO PLANNED FOR KIRISHIMA TO CATCH HIM, AND KIRISHIMA IS ALL “NOPE I’M JUST HERE BY CHANCE BRO”

Ochako is the U.A. Traitor confirmed. Hagakure I am so sorry I doubted you. Ochako get over here. so are you Toga now or what

anyway so now everyone is running over before Iida can react to this casual announcement of his attempted murder. and now Mina is taking her turn, and Horikoshi is all “HEY BTW IS MINA CRYING ON THE LIST OF THINGS THAT MAKE YOU CRY?” and of fucking course it is, you bastard. I’m not made of stone

( ɵ̥̥ ˑ̫ ɵ̥̥)

SLDKFJLSDKJ:LKWEJ

IS THIS THE PART WHERE I JUST START SCREAMING INCOHERENTLY FOR THE REST OF THE CHAPTER LOL. SURE FEELS LIKE WE ARE GETTING TO THAT TIME

OH MY GOD KACCHAN AHHHHH

I CAN’T OMG LOL I ALREADY GLANCED AT THE NEXT COUPLE OF PANELS, AND HE’S STARTING A WHOLEASS MONOLOGUE ABOUT ALL OF HIS DEKU FEELS AND OH MY GOD

“HERE YOU GO MAKESTE, A WHOLE CHAPTER OF ALL YOUR FAVORITE META TOPICS JUST THE WAY YOU LIKE THEM” THANK YOU HORIKOSHI YOU’RE A BRO (っ˘̩╭╮˘̩)っ

SLKASODIFALWKFLKJ

THEY’RE JUST DEKU AND KACCHAN. holy shit you guys. because oh my god, but it’s like when Deku was talking to the Vestiges about saving Tomura, and he turned into his little child self because his heart and intentions were so pure?? and it’s like that again, except that we’re seeing them as their child selves because that’s who they are to each other?? like, not that they actually see each other as children, but just, they can see past all of the stuff on the outside and see each other to their cores, to who they are inside, and when they look at each other they each simply see the other boy that they’ve known their whole entire life. idk?? does that make sense??? DOES ANY OF THIS EVEN MAKE SENSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT WORDS ARE ANYMORE I’M JUST SWIMMING IN FEELS OKAY. I’M TRYING HERE

they’re just boys, is what I’m trying to say, I guess. just Deku and Kacchan. all the walls are down, all the gaps are bridged, and all it is is the one boy reaching out and connecting with the other, and just,,, (꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)

OH MY GOD [GRABBING YOUR SHOULDERS AND POINTING WORDLESSLY] !!!1LK1

DO YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THIS IS YOU GUYS

HOW PERFECTLY FUCKING RAD. WELL LET ME JUST ENJOY THESE LAST FEW SECONDS BEFORE MY LIFE IS FOREVER CHANGED, I GUESS

OH

MY

GOD

CAN HE EVEN SAY THAT??? IS THAT EVEN LEGAL??? IS HE EVEN FUCKING ALLOWED TO SAY THAT. WHAT IS HAPPENING

OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!! OH MY GOD!!!!!!

─=≡Σ((( つ ◕o◕ )つ

GET IN HERE, EVERYONE!!

Y’ALL HE REALLY DID IT. “BAKUGOU IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE HE HASN’T EVEN APOLOGIZED” WELL GUESS FUCKING WHAT. GUESS FUCKING WHAT, YOU GUYS!! LET’S FUCKING GOOOOO ((((／￣∇￣)／＼(￣∇￣＼)))) AHHHHHHHHHH

OHHHHHHHH

HEH. I’M ALREADY DEAD, HORIKOSHI, YOU BASTARD. DO YOUR WORST. GO ON

YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON “US”, HE SAYS. ALONG WITH A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF OMG. KACCHAN, YOU STUDIED!! YOU UNDERSTAND!! PREACH!!

OH NO!!

OH WAIT!!!!

LOL I GOT SCARED THERE FOR A SECOND BUT ANYWAY! EVERYONE GET IN HERE!!! GROUP HUG!!! OR WAIT, NO, WHAT ABOUT -- [GRABS YOUR COLLAR URGENTLY] YOU DON’T THINK -- COULD THEY POSSIBLY -- !!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

ARE YOU GONNA HUG!??!?!?!?! I AM NOT OKAY!!!!!!! !!!hgk

REACTION PANELS LOL EVERYONE ELSE IS ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS TOO WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER

LOL OCHAKO

I KNOW THAT IN REALITY THIS FACE IS JUST BECAUSE SHE’S CONCERNED ABOUT DEKU’S FRAGILE STATE RN, BUT I KEEP THINKING ABOUT THE WAY SHE JUST DROPPED IIDA COLD THOUGH, AND I CAN’T HELP BUT FEAR FOR KACCHAN’S SAFETY LMAO. THAT FEELING WHEN THE CLASS PERV AND THE CLASS BULLY BOTH BEAT YOU TO THE LOVE CONFESSION. KACCHAN WATCH YOUR SIX

OKAY BUT LOOK, IT’S NOT THAT I DON’T LOVE ALL OF THE OTHER KIDS, OKAY, BUT CAN WE PLEASE!??!?! HELLO?!?!? MOMO, JUST -- COULD YOU JUST FOR A MINUTE --

NOOOOOOOOOOO

“DON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT, I HAVE TO SAVE SOMETHING FOR THE FINALE” HORIKOSHI YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, I’M COMING FOR YOU WITH A TWO BY FOUR!! NOT THAT I’M UNGRATEFUL!! BUT JESUS CHRIST, YOU CAN’T JUST DO THAT, AND THEN ALMOST DO THAT, AND THEN NOT!! OMG I HATE YOU

sure let’s cut to Thirteen then, yay. I mean I’m glad they’re alive lol, don’t get me wrong

(ETA: I think that might have sounded a bit sarcastic so I just want to clarify that I really am happy Thirteen is alive and on the job again lol.)

it’s just that if your name doesn’t begin with Baku or Deku I honestly am not interested for just these next five minutes okay lol. like I’m just gonna be completely honest. I am too invested lol, please, they were having a moment, JUST LET ME HAVE THIS PLEASE

OH DAMN U.A. GOT SWOLE AF

THIS SCHOOL HAS BEEN JUICING WTF. I THOUGHT YOU WERE TARTARUS LOL

I’m literally not even reading the speech bubbles though omg I’m so sorry. I really hope there is not a quiz, I promise I will come back to it later scroll scroll scroll

okay so they brought him back to U.A. and he’s all tired and out of it yes

oh goody Hagakure knows all about the security system

(ETA: is it just me or is Horikoshi really laying it on thick with the hints about these two guys lately? I’m on to you sir.)

THAT’S WONDERFUL NEWS. GLAD THIS CRITICAL KNOWLEDGE IS SAFE IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE TRUST

ffs Deku

WHAT WILL IT EVEN TAKE TO CONVINCE YOU THEN?? SWEET JESUS

-- holy shit, what??!

they know?? how did they find out??! holy shit???

I’m about to cancel the whole of Japan lmao. fucking try me dudes

-- THE PRINCIPAL!?

NEZU GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!! WHAT THE FUCK

“a ticking time bomb” tell you what, this man is just asking to be punched in the face. literally begging for it omg

(ETA: I have been advised that I misread this part; Rat Principal told everyone how safe U.A. was, but he’s not the one who ratted out Deku; that was “the rumors”, apparently. which, if I had to guess, were probably started by AFO.)

oh I see, so it’s to be Feels, Part II then

he looks so sad and tired and lonely and she goes right for the hand, god bless. though if Kacchan’s not gonna hug him, you’d think someone would at least. or is it because he still smells bad. hmm

AND THE CHAPTER’S ENDING ON HER LOL WELL OKAY THEN

I MEAN IT’S GREAT AND ALL, I LOVE OCHAKO REALLY I DO, BUT WE WERE PROMISED GREAT EXPLOSION MURDER GODS, WHAT GIVES SOB. I WAS ALL READY TO BREAK OUT INTO SONG AND EVERYTHING. SURE, HE DID THE APOLOGY, BUT WHERE IS THE FOLLOW-UP GODDAMMIT

(ETA: just to clarify the reason for my rambling here, I was really waiting for the hero name reveal and the presumed deeper meaning behind it lol. but I guess that is a conversation still to come! and we still need Deku’s response to the apology too for that matter. lots to look forward to still.)

WELL WHATEVER, SO THAT IS THE END OF THE CHAPTER! SHOUT OUT TO MY BOY RAT “LET ME JUST TELL EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE WORLD ABOUT DEKU’S SUPER SECRET IDENTITY, I GUESS THAT’S ALL RIGHT NOW, NOTHING BAD COULD POSSIBLY COME OF THIS” PRINCIPAL. listen here you little shit

anyway but if you’ll excuse me... IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME. IF I COULD FIND A WAY. I’D TAKE BACK THOSE WORDS THAT HAVE HURT YOU, AND YOU’D STAY. I DON’T KNOW WHY I DID THE THINGS I DID. I DON’T KNOW WHY I SAID THE THINGS I SAID. PRIDE’S LIKE A KNIFE, IT CAN CUT DEEP INSIDE. WORDS ARE LIKE WEAPONS, THEY WOUND SOMETIMES. BUM~ BUM~ BUM~, I DIDN’T REALLY MEAN TO HURT YOU. BUM~ BUM~ BUM~, I DIDN’T WANNA SEE YOU GO. I KNOW I MADE YOU CRY, BUT BABAY, IF I COULD TUUUUURN BACK TIIIIIIIIIIIME...

[codenamesazanka]

who am I?

watch me be wrong, but i do think it’s Shigaraki who’s speaking at the end of the chapter. Several reasons:

1) He doesn’t have The Hand on.

It’s been established that the current state of things is what it is because Spinner placed The Hand onto Shigaraki back during the Jaku battle (Chapter 295), bringing back the rage that allows AFO to hijack him.

The Hand(s) symbolize AFO’s influence over Shigaraki, ever since the moment he gave them to little Tenko, ever since Shigaraki Tomura was given his name the first time he wore the complete set. For a good while during My Villain Academia and some of the Jaku battle, when he was on his personal journey of evil self-actualization and achieving his goal of Destroy Everything and we thought AFO was only idly twirling his thumbs in prison, Shigaraki ditched wearing the mask, exposing his face, reigning as himself.

Once AFO took over the controls and proceeded to retreat, break into Tartarus, forcing Shigaraki to take a backseat, The Hand was back on. But now, here in Chapter 329, the hand is nowhere to be seen.

Φ) The Eyes

Should wait for much clearer scans but Shigaraki’s eyes look normal, I think? When AFO is at the forefront, the eyes are pupil-less, or have faint pupils.

2) First Person Pronouns, and Speech

AFO, throughout the series, has very clearly used boku 僕 to refer to himself, while Shigaraki uses ore 俺.

This split panel does wonderfully to contrast AFO!Shigaraki and Shigaraki!Shigaraki, including both traits I pointed out give even. AFO uses boku and likes to talk, and The Hand conceals his face. Shigaraki uses ore, is often much more terse, and his eye can be clearly seen behind the fingers of The Hand.

Shigaraki here in Chapter 329 uses ore - which is emphasized using a dot next to the character - and also doesn’t seem too keen to chat with Star and Stripe, giving an non-answer to her question.

It could be Shigaraki is totally out of it, speaking without truly being himself - brainwashed? As I’ve seen some people suggest - but I think that dotted emphasis is notable. It also fits with how he’s responding to Star and Stripe - vague and brief and confusing, rather uncaring, even slightly snarky, imo, as is his character. The さぁ (Saa, “who knows?”), especially, I think feels dismissive and kinda mocking, and it’s something cool, stoic tough guy characters utters when wanting to cut small talk and get to business.

The one time Shigaraki was Very Under The Influence of AFO enough to lose control of his mouth was in Chapter 277, when he calls Deku ‘little brother’:

Here he is using ore, but with all the other telltale signs of possession: blank eyes, distorted speech, and talking completely out of character because Shigaraki Tomura doesn’t have a brother nor a complex about it. Plus, right afterwards, Shigaraki himself acknowledges this, aware that the words didn’t come from him.

And he immediately fights it, assert himself, his will, his dreams.

Which brings me to my next point:

3) Stubbornness

This is more based on what we know about the character Shigaraki Tomura (and so a prediction on his status with AFO based on that); and that is that he is incredibly, shonen-protag-level determined and steadfast. He’s been that way since day one, and when AFO starts mucking about inside his head, Shigaraki’s not having it.

AFO himself acknowledges that Tomura despises him, that hatred strong enough to try to eat AFO away too - rejecting him, in other words. Last time we saw Shigaraki in action, during Tartarus, he point blank told AFO he won’t be his pawn. It’s that consistent willfulness of Shigaraki that leads me to believe he hasn’t given up that easily, he won’t; that he’s fighting to remain himself, that he will still be himself, even if he has to go play attack dog. He’s following AFO’s orders, but he’ll be doing it his way.

4-ish) In a way, I feel Spinner offers a clue to how Shigaraki might be doing, being his most loyal follower and the two of them sharing the same gamer braincell. In the chapter, we see Spinner with AFO, but he’s clearly not very enthusiastic about it; as AFO talk about his plans, Spinner only asks questions, never agreeing, silent when AFO tells him how he’ll be spearheading the heteromorph rights movement (?).

Spinner is there, apparently having been by AFO/Shigaraki’s side the whole time, but I think the vibe he’s giving off is that he’s getting along for now, all the while holding deep reservations. Perhaps if he’s acting like so, it’s because he’s mirroring what Shigaraki - the true guy he’s following - is doing, or what he believes Shigaraki would want.

5…?) I do wanna point out that, to the best of my knowledge, in the entire series, Shigaraki Tomura has never introduced himself, has never confirm definitively who he is exactly.

“Shigaraki Tomura” is the name everyone calls him and he will respond to that, but he’s never offered it himself or claim it as his? “I’m Shigaraki Tomura” is a sentence that doesn’t exist; when we find out his name the very first time, it’s because Kurogiri greets him as such; then over and over, it’s been other people calling him that.

In his dreamscape, his family calls him Tenko; then AFO is there to call him Tomura. He looks up at both. In his internal thoughts and flashbacks, he doesn’t name himself either one. This question that Star and Stripe asks him, he doesn’t answer. It’s just a continuation of the ambiguity that has existed from the very first time Shigaraki appeared in the story.

Who is he indeed.

[papuhater]

178: "You are the one." + Shigaraki Tomura

Format: Headcanons

Genre: Fluff, kinda angsty

Pairing: Shigaraki Tomura x GN!Reader

TW: Insecurities and self hate.

Prompt 178: "You are the one"

A/N: I listened to I want you by Mitski and Love like you by Rebbecca Sugar, I advice to listen to them while reading this.

-Ancient Greeks used to believed that gods created two jointed humans in a single body.

-They were considered soulmates

-Their body was described as brilliant, highly productive and phisically great.

-However they gained an enourmous ego

-And tried defiyng the gods

-This angered Zeuz,

-He decided to split them in halves

-Condemning to spending their lives looking for their other half,

-The one.

-Fear was something most people grow it out

-Tomura Shigaraki was never afraid.

-He had done and planned so many missions

-Even when the mission seemed like it would fail

-He didn't feel fear.

-Until he met you

-You waltzed in his life with your colors, some dull some bright

-But colors nonetheless.

-He tried pushing you away,

-You wouldn't budge

-You stayed by his side,

-No matter what.

-He started catching something

-Not a cold

-Ew it's feelings.

-He wanted to be with you,

-Shigaraki was afraid.

-Not of you

-Or commitment

-He was afraid of himself

-What if he hurts you?

-Shigaraki Tomura had been taught to think highly of himself by AFO

-Of course, he is the heir of the All for one.

-He ignored his insecurities

-And his real feelings.

-Until you barged into his life

-How dare you destroy his walls

-The same walls himself built to stop his true self from showing

-How dare you make him catch feelings

-How dare you make him fall in love with everything about you?

-Those 'flaws' you thought you had

-Made him fall in love even more.

-He loved every single bit of you

-From your head to toes,

-Absolutely no exception.

-Compared to you, he was trash.

-You were the absolute best

-Kind, beautiful, light hearted, a civilian

-He was a villian

-Trash, violent, a killer

-What did you see in him?

-He always meets you in the plaza

-You are always in time

-Waiting for him

-"Hey Tomura!"

-This time is different

-He plans on asking you out.

-"Hello."

-He sits with you and listens to your speaking

-God he loves your voice.

-"I-I need to ask you something."

-Your eyes are staring at him

-Expectant and full of life.

-This is it.

-The words slipped out of his mouth

-"I like you, do you want to go out with me?..."

-He knew he royally fucked up.

-You were silent for a minute

-He closed his eyes expecting rejection

-Then your beautiful smile creeped into your face

-He felt two arms wrap around him

-"Of course I'd love to go with you!"

-Huh

-His face was utter confusion

-How could you love to go out with him?

-You heard him ramble about his day for some more minutes

-You had an appointment so you had to leave

-He said goodbye.

-And felt something warm on his cheek

-You had given him a kiss

-Though a shy small one

-It meant the world to him

-That night he laid on his bed

-Thinking about you

-Maybe you were the one.

-His other half

A/N: @hermes-left-nut hey moot here's some headcanons(?) hope you enjoy them

[achairwithapandaonit]

Hmmmmm for a bnha prompt…how would you feel about bio!Dadmight trying to convince Aizawa to meet his biggest fan, Izuku? (Especially if it’s a point where he hasn’t yet/verse where he never will be given OFA)

this is a really hard prompt for me because even if aizawa's one of my favourite characters getting prompts that involve him make me go sort of insane because of both the fandom's obsession with him and the number of dadzawa fics i've read that have just ended up bashing all might. (absolutely not your or anyone else's fault! i just,,, really am so tired of that man by now) but i will try and make a five headcanons thing for this since it's been in my inbox for a while

1) first thing is that i'm not actually a fan of bio dadmight so i'm so sorry i am pretty much stripping away this au you've given me. the found family aspect of dadmight and the way they met is what draws me to it. maybe they meet and all might wants to give izuku ofa but then when he's about to offer it maybe he makes a split second decision that actually, he thinks this kid can do it without it. or maybe he's slightly more on edge, slightly more suspicious that afo could have survived. either way, for some reason he never mentions ofa but still decides to help izuku train for UA

2) izuku's a fan of a lot of heroes and there are a lot of different ones who focus on the kind of fighting he'd need to go into heroics quirkless, but eraserhead has always been one of his favourites because of how little info there's always been on him. when all might mentions that he's going to be working with the man in the following year izuku can't hold back his enthusiasm at the idea of meeting him

3) so all might hounds aizawa a lot to try and get him to meet izuku. he brings him coffee whenever they meet up to discuss lesson plans and tries to invite him out for walks and shows him pictures of his protegee and c'mon aizawa look at his little face he's so polite. eventually aizawa gives in and agrees to meet all might's supposed love child

4) i'm one of those people who actually? doesn't think aizawa would really give two shits about a quirkless hero? even if izuku idolizes him because of the way he fights, it's not exactly quirkless, and i'm sure aizawa would probably see izuku who is quirkless and only really just started training as a liability as a hero. i don't think he'd encourage him, though i think he'd at the very least be a lot more polite about it and keep that to himself in the fact that his future co-worker has taken him to see his probably kid. he probably thinks it's hopeless though. aizawa is shown to expect a lot out of his students

5) i also don't think this izuku would really idolise aizawa that much? he's definitely a hero he likes, but he's no all might. at this point in his life izuku isn't waiting for anyone to tell him that he can be a hero - all might's already told him that. so he hasn't got much of a reason to be more than a little disheartened if aizawa is a bit dismissive of him. and i imagine that'd just push him harder to prove him wrong

[mysterylover123]

BNHA Chapter 289: “She Was Crying...”

mysterylover123

OOH! Incoming Iida and Hado! That means we’re finally giving these two a chance to shine! Hooray!

OK so he means Deku and Todo here. I don’t think Kacchan has ever rescued Iida (though give it time, man. That guy’s having enough character development ,it could still happen)

OH SHIT SPEAKING OF

SHOTO YOU’RE NOW CARRYING TWO HALF DEAD BOYFRIENDS AND YOUR DAD?! HOW FUCKING STRONG ARE YOU NOW? IN ANY CASE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SAVING OUR BBS!

1) DEKU IS CONSCIOUS?!?! 2) Poor Shoto, 3) THANK GOD KACCHAN’S NOT DEAD (YET). 4) PLEASE DON’T DIE AND LEAVE SHOTO ALL ALONE!!!!

Spider-Tomura? Damn AFO really is like his Mr Hyde split personality now.

OOH I RECOGNIZE THOSE SPIRALS!!! HADO!!! IIDA!!!

I leave you three alone for five seconds...

OOH NEJIRE IS PISSED. Yas girl. Time for that fight you got jipped of during the ol internship arc.

DEKU WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU. And wtf do you mean ‘stick’ Shigaraki? I know it’s probably a weird translator error but still. Stick him with what exactly? You might wanna think about rephrasing that.

BACK TO THE REMATCH

HOLY SHIT FINALLY?!?!  I’ve been waiting for this reveal for so long. AT LAST, CONSEQUENCES!!!

I dunno Ochako, give it a few more villain encounters and you’ll probably have to do just that .Like, imagine if you zerog’d a noomu into the atmosphere? That’d probably save a lotta people. Just saying.

Well, congrats Ochako. You went at least one whole chapter without the series feeling the need to remind us you’re just here to be Deku’s love interest. Must be a record.

So Izuocha is like Togawice? That has some weird implications.

In what way though?! Besides liking deku and kinda wanting to be like him?! What else in your backstories is supposed to be WE’RE NOT SO DIFFERENT YOU AND I

Sigh. It just occurred to me that Bakugou and Todoroki both have trouble going more than one chapter without reminding us how much they care about Deku. So why doesn’t that annoy me so much? Is it just cause they’re guys? I mean, Toga liking Deku doesn’t irritate me either...I think it’s because whenever we bring up Toga, Bakugou and Todoroki’s feelings towards Midoriya, it’s so the series can develop their characters. It’s more than just reminding us that those feelings exist. With Ochako, it’s the same thing every time. Just “she likes Deku and thinks he’s cool and wants to be like him”. We get it. She’s been in the same place since chapter freaking 69. It’s been 200+ chapters since then. AT this point it’s time to either put up or cut out.

OK LET’S MOVE ON FROM THAT AND CONCENTRATE ON OUR BADASS ULTIMATE MOVE SCENE!!!

 OMG TOGA TEARS?!?! TOGA IS FREAKING CRYING?!!? Ok that’s it Ochako I am now firmly on the side of your opponent. 

Or maybe not cause I was still glad to see Tsu save you.

A cool teamup! I think. Tsuyu and Ocha vs Toga?

TOGACHAKO FEELS. TOGACHAKO FEELS EVERYONE.

You know. Platonically. About boys. Totally not about femslash or anything no sireee.  (you know, like that slumber party chapter in one of the light novels. Where the girls started talking about which girl they’d date. That kind of girl talk.)

And we cut back to this shitshow with a montage of all the faces involved as GIGANTOMACHIA CRASHES THE PARTY! OK then. I’m pretty sure at this point our heroes are completely boned. 

So! a Lot happened there. First, Iida joined the fight. I’m not sure what he’ll be able to do against Shigaraki but hey! More backup is always good. And Iida and Shoto chilling together is also good. (and Iida’s mentor Manual is here too!). Shoto saved our boys and seriously needs to get on using those ice and fire powers to pull us out of this goddamn mess. Protecc them all Shoto! You can do it! Hado is here and firece. Since she’s good against giant villains I’m guessing she’ll be up against Gigantomachia. Though she might actually be pretty effective against Tomura, TBH. Like since fire clearly does nothing. (who am i kidding nothing’s gonna do anything against this guy at this point.

We got our Toga vs Ochako confrontation. I have no idea what’s gonna come of it but hopefully something does. Ochako seems to have developed some compassion for Toga, at least. I really wish it wasn’t just about “We both wanna be Deku." I feel like I need to do some deeper analysis to figure out why that bugs me so much TBH. Anyway, we’ve got a confrontation coming up! I have no freaking clue how they’re gonna get outta this.

ALSO, DEKU PLEASE STOP IT!!! KACCHAN ALREADY TOLD YOU TO RELY ON YOUR FRIENDS, DID YOU NOT HEAR HIM?!! IIDA, SHOTO, IT’S UP TO YOU TWO TO SCREAM SOME SENSE INTO THIS IDIOT. THIS LOVABLE IDIOT WHO’S ABOUT TO GET HIMSELF KILLED FOR NO GOOD REASON (It’s time to pay him back, Shoto! Inspire him like he did you!)

[nonobadcat]

Yandere All For One X F! Reader - A Hypnotic Nightmare: Chapter 26 Excerpt

Story rating: Explicit

TW: Rape/Noncon. GORE (non-reader directed). Highly mentally and sexually abusive relationship. This story is absolutely not for minors and readers should consult the warnings/tags at the top before reading.

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"Lobo!"  Shigaraki called, waving to the man in front of him. "I had hoped you'd be by to talk at some point."

Beyond your companion stood a two and a half meter tall manbeast made of ripping muscles which strained against a torn white wife-beater. He had pointed white ears, claws hands, and a large bushy tail which swished back and forth behind his jeans. As Shigaraki strolled towards him, the ears tilted back and the man bared his fangs at the blond.

"You think you can be so casual with me after what you've done!" The wolfman snarled.

Shigaraki cocked his head and smiled pleasantly at the clawed stranger. "You'll need to be more specific. I've been busy this week."

"Don't play games!" The wolfman sneered as the fur on his tail bristled. "You killed my friends!"

"Did I?" Shigaraki rubbed his chin. "I don't recall. They must have been rather forgettable if I did."

Lobo's eyes ran red as his high blood pressure caused the veins there to throb. "ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?!"

Shigaraki shrugged. "Well I've been on my honeymoon so I had more important things to remember." He shook his head. "After all, women can be hard to please. It takes a lot of effort to do things right."

Lobo gritted his teeth. His hands were shaking. "So you just killed my men on a whim and bounced to see your whore?!"

"Oh no," Shigaraki waved at the car behind him. "This one is a homemaker. The last one was the prostitute." He frowned. "And you ought not to criticize them for doing their jobs. Both are very old, venerable professions."

Lobo glanced at the car. The pale yellow met your astonished ones. He snorted and kicked his foot back, tossing some loose gravel from the road like a dog burying its waste. "Yeah, whatever. Just looks like a generic cumdumpster to me."

All For One's face settled into a cold frown. He stood up straight. His fingers twitched against the wool of his suit pants. "I suggest you take care how you refer to my wife."

"Yeah, well you should take care not to piss me off!" Lobo fired back. "You might think you're all cocky and cool cause you wiped out my underlings with the little bunny hop plant trick number but your ass ain't so tough here!" The wolfman gestured to the walls around you. "Ain't no trees or sky." He grinned with a mouth full of razor-sharp fangs. "Just you and me and all the cement we need to bury you with our friends."

Just at the edge of the light, you saw a group of twenty shadows collecting in the din of the tunnel. Most were carrying guns or had gun like quirks, and one appeared to be secreting grenades from his hands.

"Oh no…" The driver whined, scratching his head and the damage to the interior of the car. "I just got the holes fixed from the last time. He really needs to have more faith in my defensive driving." Without much ado, the brunette crawled through the window dividing the front and back before grinning sheepishly at you. "Sorry m'am, but the closer we are the stronger the shield I can make. The car is bulletproof but Master'll kill me if I let you get hit by any stray shrapnel."

You stared in wide eyed horror as the large group formed an arch around your husband. "Is he going to be all right?"

The driver waved off your concern with a sigh. "Oh he'll be fine. It's the tunnel I'm worried about."

You raised an eyebrow. "The tunnel?"

“That guy with the grenades could collapse this thing right on top of our heads.” The driver crossed his arms and nodded sternly. “Not a real smart quirk to be using in this situation.”

“Oh…” you murmured, gazing at the group in front of you through the glass.

All For One sneered at the men down the tunnel. “Bullets and explosives? Really? How unoriginal.”

Lobo raised his hand. “I’m not one for drama. I prefer the simple things.” As the men raised their weapons into firing position, the wolf grinned cockily. “Any last words before we waste you and the fuck toy?”

Your husband's body tensed. He raised a hand and scratched a spot behind his ear.

"Just a brief question: do you have an epitaph picked out, Lobo?"

As soon as All For One's fingers touched the skin, the driver’s eyes went wide and he lunged to shut the car door. It slammed shut, the sound echoing like a clap of thunder in the dim tunnel.

"Shit! Now that idiot's gone and done it!”

He threw his hands out and a glowing box formed around you and he. His eye twitched as a second cube encased the car and then a third cube appeared around that. You watched sweat drip down his brow two more barriers appeared: one directly behind the men with guns and one behind your husband.

“Just my luck that some moron goes and ruins a perfectly nice vacation!”

“I thought you said the car was bulletproof?” you asked as the driver shoved your head down.

The drive grinned at you before covering your body with his. “It’s not the bullets I’m trying to stop. I need multiple air gaps to stop the heat.”

“The heat?”

All at once there was a blast of white that engulfed the area where the villains were standing. Despite the barriers around you, you noticed the temperature in the car rising dramatically. It was then that you heard a high pitched whining noise. You clapped your hands over your ears, trying to keep the whistling shriek from splitting your head open. As you winced a second sound reached your ears.

It sounded like screams.

You lifted your head to see the swirling white mist wrapped behind the barrier. As it started to dissipate, you could see Shigaraki . His shirt was drenched, clinging to his muscles like gossamer robes made for angels. With his hair plastered to his head and his skin a rosy pink, he was more than a heart-thumping sight to behold. You gulped down the arousal building in your chest and looked away from Wet-Shirt-Contest Shigaraki before your judgement could get any more impaired.

The walls of the tunnel beyond the barrier were dripping. The whitewash was rumpled and appeared to be all but peeling off the cinder blocks. The tar on the road was liquid and sticky. The plastic lights looked slightly melted around the edges.

As your gaze shifted, you caught sight of some lumps laying on the pavement. Most of them were flat on the ground, curled into balls but one was stretched out and twitching. You saw a blister covered lobster red hand with peeling fur groping in the open air. The skin was exfoliating in large yellow rolls and small amounts of blood seeped from the open sores. As he clawed at the ground, dragging himself forward, you realized the creature before you was Lobo.

“My… you’re still alive? That steam was pressurized between the barriers so it was much hotter than normal. Why, it must have been nearly 150℃!” All For One said, stalking forward towards the scalded carcass of a man. “You are a rather determined fool aren’t you?”

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@shigashigashig​ - Hope it was worth the wait.

@allforoneswife​ - This is your enabler calling. Come get you some wet shirt contest AFO.

[decayandfanfics]

The great book of sayings

PAIRINGS: Tomura Shigaraki x FemReader

SUMMARY: He looks at you, his scarlet eyes fixed on yours, burning a hole through your head, every bit the predator he is, but you are as tough as it gets, so, against your better judgment and any well-founded logic, you answer his silent threat, the animalistic look he gives you with nothing less than a fearless smirk, irises burrowing into his pupils.A clever girl. He thinks, finally labeling you inside his head, cursing himself in the very moment he allows his brain to think of you as more than an asset. He is sure (he knows himself enough to know) he’ll think of this moment many times from now on.A clever pretty girl.

Reader is a typical college student until she gets herself tangled with the league of villains. 

WARNINGS: Unhealthy/complicated relationships, violence, Tomura being Tomura, mentions of murder, heroes’ abuse of power, smut later. 

A/N: I’m trying so hard to write crusty boy here really in character. At least after AfO is taken.  Any misspelled words, english is not my native language so i’m trying Helen. 

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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

It takes about ten seconds to screw up your whole life.

Well, in theory.

College is a monstruous violent thing that feeds on your happiness and lets you sharp and scrawny, both physically and mentally. Medical school was brutal, you knew it before even applying, though you didn’t think it would be this exhausting. But you are a responsible person above everything else, so you use your sharpness and the power machine that is your brain, forcing yourself to do it. So, here you are, four years into it, stress flowing through you like blood, embedded in your system like is normal. You are fine with it, at peace with your constant nail chewing and the tics in your brow. It is fine, you went completely insane in the meantime, but it was worth it.

You see, there are many ways of being a hero, and with a quirk like yours, it would be nothing but almost impossible to follow the traditional path, so you take a side path, another form of saving lives (the true form in your experience) and with a head like yours, becoming a doctor is the natural way. Thinking about finals, your succulents and rent, you walk the path that leads to your little apartment in a quiet part of the city when you hear the soft whimper behind the trash cans in an alleyway. It would be wise to keep walking, but you believe in helping others and curiosity it’s been a main trait since childhood, besides, the soft hum of your quirk sings inside your chest like a promise of safety, so you turn and get close to it, prudence before you take another step.

“is anybody here? I heard a cry” you keep walking, measuring the distance between you and the street in case you need to run back “do you need help?”

You see him. A young man, grabbing his head between his hands, his body clutched against the wall. “Sir, are you okay? Can I help you?”

“My head…I’m going to split! It’s me! It’s me! No! it’s not! I can’t!”

You look carefully around you, making sure no one else is watching, then your eyes flare with your quirk relaxing him softly, easing his tensed muscles as you get close.

“hey…what’s the matter? i want to help you.” You decide the best option is to put yourself to his level, before speaking sweetly, your activated quirk shining subtly red in the dark.

“My mask” he says with teared eyes “I lost my mask. I’m going to split without it.”

It some kind of psychotic episode, you know that much, but he seems to be harmless otherwise. Concluding that if dangerous he would already lash out, you decide to look for something in your backpack.

“Does this serve you?” you ask handing him a red beanie you keep with you in winter.

He takes it with trembling hands and covers his head completely with it.

“Oh…thanks. That’s better. I feel better now. Thank you, miss, thank you!”

“You have a name?”

“I’m Jin. My name is Jin.”

“You have a family, Jin? Someone to call? Maybe a home?”

“my…yes, i. I…my phone is dead. I need to call Toga-chan.”

The moment he stands you see it. A big bloody gash at his side in desperate need for some stitches.

“Omg…you are hurt. Careful. Let me help you. We need to take you to the hospital.”

“No. No! No! I cannot get caught; they’ll lock me up if…yes, they will, no they don’t, yes, they will!”

“okay, okay. No hospitals. But i need to see that injure. It looks awful.”

“It hurts, no it doesn’t. But, yes. It hurts.”

“Let me take care of it. I’m a doctor…I mean, I’m on it, but I can take care of your wound.”

You take him home, thinking that maybe he’s been hospitalized before. You know how psychiatric patients tend to be caged up when no one looks for them, often tied up to the beds, sedated so they don’t bother anyone. It is cruel and you don’t want that. Besides, he says something about his friend Toga, something about someone called Dabi and Compress, so you just assume he actually has someone to look over him.

That’s how Jin ends seated in your kitchen, eating some leftovers, freshly patched as his phone charges in a corner of your living room.

“thank you again…you’ve been so nice to me, yes you are.”

“is nothing. I’m glad I found you. That wound wasn’t deep, but it could get infected very easily.”

You let him stay the night, trusting in your gut and the power of your quirk to keep you safe. He seems thankful and kind. His ways are soft, a hint of naivety and simplicity when he speaks, so even when you stay careful, you really don’t think he’ll be a problem truly.

Next morning and after some phone calls, Jin says goodbye to you between tears and wholehearted thanks. Your beanie still in his head, two holes where the eyes should go.

You watch him go from your window, waving your hand and a smile plastered across your face, hoping he stays with someone who cares for him, because he’s clearly in a vulnerable state. A blond girl takes his hand rushing across the street, watching every direction before disappearing in a nearby alleyway, but you think nothing of it.

You thought nothing of it when you got a basket full of candy by your door.

You thought nothing of it when you heard your neighbor talking about a strange man waiting for someone in the main hall of the building.

You thought nothing of it when you receive a letter from Jin naming you a great good friend of his, saying he would be your friend forever.

That’s why you think it’s kinda your own fault when the entire group of homeless people makes its appearance at your door one night at two am in the middle of your well-deserved vacations. (a month after your little encounter with Jin.)

Fear shoots through you like a bullet so quickly you forget how to breathe the moment you see the hands and a bunch of costumes for clothing.  

You’ve seen the tv, you know who they are, yet you just cannot fathom why the fuck are they standing outside your apartment, covered in dirt, starving and distressed; at least, not until you hear his voice again.

“Hello! I know this is unexpected, but you are my friend! Look, Shigaraki! She is the one who helped me when I was about to split! The doctor one. She was so good to me! Is my friend! Could you help us, please? I know it’s late, but please.”

You are livid.

Jin Is no other than Twice.

This is no other than the League of fucking Villains.

Chapter 2

[lovespelt]

Okay so I am about to drop a literal bomb that is this Angsty AU madness I have concocted. But basically, consider:

Nomu Neito Monoma

So first off: for context I like the weird idea that Neito Izuku Mei and Hitoshi are in a weirdly fun group they’ve had since childhood. Izuku is the soft one, Neito is the unhinged one with Mei, and Hitoshi is basically mini Aizawa but let’s them go in favor of other things sometimes. Basically they’re best friends down to knowing the perfect routine of fixing Izuku’s broken bones and knowing that deep down Neito really does care about his friends and classmates.

Now for this AU

- Everything is essentially the same with the exception of the friend group being an add on.

- So now comes the summer training camp when the League attacks and tries to go for Bakugou, before they can get away, Neito makes one last move to try and get him back, only to be pulled into the portal too as his grip slips from Izuku’s

- Now at the bar, Neito is basically extra baggage and when Bakugou refuses to join them, their plans change to instead make him a Nomu. Neito knows how much Bakugou means to Izuku and begs them to make him the Nomu instead

- The League takes the offer knowing his quirk and it just leaves Bakugou numb knowing he can’t fight his way out of this and save him

- Back with the others now, 1B knows all about Neito’s and Izuku’s friendship and know just how reckless Izuku can be and some of them join in. Namely Kendo and Tetsutetsu join to help cause Kendo doesn’t want anyone else getting hurt for their sake, and Mei and Hitoshi join in too cause they’re not gonna back down from this.

- Days pass as Bakugou is just in his cell, having to just sit and wait while he can only imagine what Neito is going through. Neito is kept on the operating table as the doctor and AFO try and get more quirks on him than what it would normally take. All Neito can feel is pain as he just has to let it happen to help Bakugou though

- Battle at Kamino happens and they split up and manage to find Neito in the undestroyed warehouse nearby, all in a daze and struggling to keep conscious. At the sight of his friends Neito just breaks down cause for days it’s been nonstop fear of dying on the table or his mind breaking as his body just gets used as another Nomu. He mutters some things like...

- “I don’t wanna die...” “I wanna go home...”

- They all manage to get out with both him and Bakugou, but when Izuku Mei and Hitoshi see their best friend he just can’t help but cry on the spot too as they realized they were too late to get him.

- Vlad Eraser and Power Loader want to be mad at their kids, but after seeing Neito like he was when they brought him they just froze on the spot as they have to now wait on the news from the doctors.

- The doctors come and they give the good news that at least Neito is alive and can recover with some procedures, but then comes the bad news that they all have to face

- While there wasn’t permanent damage, he woke up but was just dull, lifeless. Even at the sight of his friends there was no life in his eyes, they were just empty of everything that made Neito Neito. The 3 tried anything to get him to respond and all they can get is a few twitches and fingers pointing at them to at least signify he’s there somewhere listening.

- They all react differently when he finally gets cleared and comes back to the dorms.

Izuku feels all this guilt that he wasn’t powerful enough at the camp to keep his grip, and now that cost him his best friend his mind possibly forever.

Hitoshi tries to get him to respond so he can get his brainwashing going. He does anything, even pulling mean pranks to get even a laugh out of him to respond, but it’s for naught as Neito just looks and gives those dead eyes.

Mei doesn’t even find the inspiration to make more “babies” that she was excited for. Power Loader just brings her in for a hug and breaks down. She eventually gets back to building something, a mind reader of sorts for Neito so if there’s even a bit of him left, they can hear him and talk to him.

1B is noticeably silent. They always wished that Neito would pipe it down with his 1A rivalry obsession, but now the silence is just cold and hits all of them hard as they realized how much Neito brought to the class. Even Vlad can’t take it as he misses the times his kid would go crazy and liven up the class.

1A isn’t much better cause of how deathly silent Bakugou and Izuku are after it all. Bakugou isn’t even calling him “Deku” anymore, but Midoriya. They all knew what went down at the bar and how Neito sacrificed himself for Bakugou and they can feel his guilt like a truck and how he feels he doesn’t deserve to be around Izuku.

- They all try to get back to normality but no one can muster up the courage to. Not even the other courses. UA just feels grim now.

- The worst is the nights. In the dorms, the teachers made a plan so that Izuku Mei Hitoshi and Neito would share a floor on girls side of 1B so they could be together. So when Neito wakes up screaming bloody murder everyone is on their feet rushing to his room.

They find him grabbing at where they forced his new quirks on him and screaming things like...

“PLEASE STOP IT!!!” “IT HURTS!!!!!” “MEI!!!!” “TOSHI!!!!” “ZUKU!!!!!” “HELP PLEAAAASE!!!!”

They all just hug him and cry cause this is the most responsive he’s been but in his mind he’s just back at the lab experiencing all his pain.

And finally when he’s calm enough and it’s just whispers none of them even dare move as they listen to what he says while crying their own tears like...

“Help me...” “Where are you guys...?” “Not again...” “Don’t leave me please...”

And when Neito finally is able to sleep again, none of them can go back to their own rooms as they just sit in the common room and just comfort each other

- Mei finishes her mind reader invention and eventually tests it out on Neito in the support lab and they all just wait for anything. And wait... and wait... and wait...

It’s silent aside from the small sobs from the 3 and 1B until a robotic voice echoes in the room.

“...here...”

It’s small and sounds nothing like Neito, and yet somehow it’s enough to get the 3 and 1B to have hope that Neito can come back to them again.

I have some more ideas for this AU like different endings and after endings to those endings but tell me what you think.

[loser-writings]

Helloo, hope you're doing well. Are you taking requests for best jeanist? If you do, can you do Omega Best Jeanist who was actually pregnant with a pup when AFO blew a hole in his stomach and then alpha reader didn't know that he was actually pregnant.

Heyyo! So heads up, i had to change this request slightly, I hope you don’t mind! In canon, Hakamata gets hit in the lung and loses it, so I couldn’t think of a way to transfer that in a way where he would lose his lung and his baby. I hope this still works though!!

TW: Miscarriage, depression, severe injury, spoilers for S3 Episode 9

Tsunagu Hakamata, better known as pro hero Best Jeanist, was actually thrilled when he found out that he was pregnant. Despite never actually sitting down and discussing pups with you, he knew that you would be more than accepting and would be thrilled about the news. He instantly had a thousand and twelve ideas on how to tell you, but for now he decided to keep it a secret. Just until the drama started dying down and you could stop worrying so much about him. 

He doesn’t tell anybody about the pregnancy, instead deciding to just keep to himself as time went on. He did take notes of how the alphas seemed to subconsciously react to him and how the Omegas were quick to ask if he needed anything. He wouldn’t lie, He absolutely adored the obedience and attention. Even more so when it came from his favorite Alpha when he got off work for the day. 

He walked into his shared apartment with you only to be greeted with your warm scent, instantly forcing a purr out of his omega as he entered the house and stripped himself of the layers of denim before rushing himself to the bedroom so he could change. Normally, he hated wearing sweats but today was an exception. After throwing on the baggy pants and a fairly large blue T-shirt, he made his way to you. 

You were trying to cook for him, a habit you had started since he always seemed to work late, and only noticed him after his arms wrapped around your waist. You didn’t really react to it though, only leaning back more on him as he pressed his nose against your scent gland.

It was always so peaceful when he got home, yet he couldn’t help but notice how you seemed to be more attentive to his wants and needs. He wouldn’t complain though, simply smiling and relaxing as you massaged his sore hands while watching some shitty reality tv. His soft and deep purrs only only mixed with yours, causing him to completely melt with all of the attention. He wished every day could be like this.

That was never the case though.

The next day, Katsuki Bakugo was kidnapped by the League of Villains. God help anybody who passed by Jeanist in private, because he seemed extra uptight. Despite his disapproval of Bakugos behavior, he was still a child that looked to him for guidance. The Omega in him was absolutely panicking because in his core, Bakugo was a child he actually wanted to see thrive, and knowing he was in the Leagues hands only made him more stressed by each passing second. 

When they finally ambushed the league, His body was on high alert. Any noise had him ready to react, like prey under the eyes of a predator. It was only when he finally saw him, All for One, that he let his body snap. 

Within seconds, The man was tied up but Jeanist couldn’t react. This man just made his stomach roll and for a split second, he felt his mind switch to the baby before quickly moving to the situation at hand. He watched the man, ignoring Mt. Ladys words until he saw All for One move ever so slightly. Within a blink of an eye, Jeanist was able to toss away the heroes and take the majority of the blast, unknowingly pushing his body to a breaking point.

It wasn’t until he was laying on the ground, struggling to pick up his head, when he knew he had fucked up. His body was in survival mode now, focusing just on surviving, yet he had to continue to fight. He is a pro-hero, and pros don’t make excuses for failure.

As he tried to sit up and attack once more, a sudden piercing pain through his body caused him to gasp for breath. He had no clue what was happening, but he knew something was wrong. As he collapsed back on the ground, his body went to overdrive despite him passing out.

When he woke up, he instantly felt the aching in his chest. It was intense and strong, forcing a weak chirp from him as he tried to move around. His body felt so heavy, he had begun to panic but one soft word was enough to calm him down again. It never failed to surprise him. How one simple “Omega?” could cause a wave of comfort to wash over him.

As he moved his head, he could see your panicked face and could only smile. It was a small, yet genuine smile that was a weak attempt to comfort you. Even now, in a hospital bed, he still was pushing his hero persona instead of himself.

“Tsunagu, don’t do that,” He could only grin, albeit more genuinely, when he felt your hand caress his cheek. “You know I hate when you try to hero me.” He did know that, yet he couldn’t let himself relax just yet. 

“Did...We win?” He asked you softly, voice weak and pained as he tried to take a deep breath only to feel pain instead. Another pained chirp left his chest but he didn’t react to it, instead just wanting an answer. He heard you sigh which made him chuckle and cough, yet he gave you a comforting look as he waited for your answer.

“Bakugo is safe...and All Might has retired. He defeated All for One, but I can’t really say if you guys won. If I’m honest, my darling, I think we may be in for one hell of a fight.” Your tone was so calming, so comforting, almost as if you were delivering this news to a pup. A pup-

Oh shit. His eyes snapped open as he suddenly felt a wave of Nausea come over him. His pup- No your pup- fuck, wrong no “Our pup” he labeled in his head as he pressed his hand to his stomach, eyes widening as the familar ache returned to his chest. This wasn’t from All for one, but instead his Omega constantly clawing at him to notice what was wrong. He knew, deep down he knew, yet he didn’t want to acknowledge it. Your voice distant, yet slowly pulled him out of his thoughts.

“Hakamata.” His head snapped to you and he saw concern once again, quickly shoving his emotions back down in order to calm you. Yet he didn’t fall for an idiot. He fell for somebody who knew him well enough to know something was up. “I’ll be okay...I promise” He lied once again, god he hated lying to you, but he was a hero first and a man second. He needed to be strong once again for you.

You stayed by his side until he was released from the hospital, yet he had to stay at home so he could adjust to his new handicap. Having only one lung was hard at first since he would get dizzy easily and had to learn to slow down, but being forced to stay at home also gave him with you. Normally he would be thrilled at the thought of being with you, but now? God, looking at you was bitter-sweet.

You were still the same alpha. The same one he fell so deeply in love with years ago. The same one who sat by him as he climbed up the ranks as a hero and waited for him until he felt secure enough to give himself to you. You were still the same alpha whose eyes sparkled when he said your name. You were still the same alpha who would give him the world if he were to ask. And knowing that you would do anything for him, even forgive him for failing to deliver the baby you had given him, absolutely destroyed him.

At first, you had just assumed it was just Tsunagu being stubborn since he was always one to complain about making excuses, just wanting to do things himself. But then you noticed how he would shut down and refuse to talk to you, something unusual since your Omega had always been great at communicating with you. It was starting to make you worry, but you refused to push your concerns because the more you pushed, the more he would push back with his hero persona.

After about a week at home, Hakamata woke up feeling heavy and completely emotionless. He didn’t know why, but the thought of moving caused severe pain to shoot through his limbs and the loudest chirp he had ever released to escape his chest. At first, panic shot through him. He never chirps and that was such a loud, distressed chirp. Why was he chirping? Why wasn’t his body letting him move? Why wasn-

“Omega?” Another wave of comfort washed over him as his mind went blank. All of his worries left as soon as your voice hit his ears, yet he felt so guilty once you came into view. You were so concerned, and he could tell just by your eyes. He hated worrying you. 

“Honey...Something is wrong. You need to tell me.” You forced him into your arms, yet he still refused to move, only letting out another distressed chirp before he finally noticed it. His scent was burning horribly, enough to make his own face cringe in disgust...Yet you remained calm as your hand found its way over the Omegas hip, softly massaging circles into it as you tried to help comfort your mate.

After what felt like an eternity, Hakamata finally felt himself starting to let go. Let go of all of the control he worked so hard to keep together. Let go of all of the shit he forced down, and it all started with one single tear. He didn’t even notice it until it was dripping down his cheek only to be followed quickly by a sniffle. 

He could smell the shift in your scent and subconsciously pulled himself closer to your neck, whimpering as more tears suddenly fell. He could tell you were surprised but quickly adapted, wrapping your arms gently around his trembling form until he was as close to you as he possibly could be. 

You never pushed him to explain what was wrong, but just let him get the words out on his own. Slowly but surely, he told you about the pup. How he found out he was pregnant and was just so happy because he finally was going to give you the life you deserved and the life he always dreamed of. He was in the top 10. He was successful and financially stable. He was finally ready to give you both the family you had desired, yet he forced you to wait for until he was ready. 

Your heart broke hearing the news and he could sense the shift in your scent, but you never got aggressive or mad. Instead, you wiped his tears and gave him a long, gentle kiss. He wasn’t even sure if you could call it that since he was sputtering and crying while you pressed your lips to his, but he couldn’t deny that you trying to comfort him made his heart swell once more. 

Slowly, you explained to him that you are proud of him. Proud that he tried to stay strong and proud that he did everything he could to make sure you were happy, but now he needed to let go and let himself grieve. Tsunagu nodded and wiped at his eyes, now swollen and red from crying, but he smiled when you complimented them once again. 

After his breakdown, he slowly let himself recover. He allowed himself to take a moment and slow down, enjoy his time with you. Instead of being the 3rd top hero: Best Jeanist, he allowed himself to be Tsunagu Hakamata. He let himself open up to you again, talking to you about possibly trying for another pup in the future when things calm down and he feels secure enough again. He let himself have his imperfections, god he knew his cooking was one of them, and he finally let himself relax with you. You let him sleep til noon if he wanted, You didn’t care that when he woke up, his hair was a mess and his breath was kinda funky. You still loved him and treated him like a prince.

When it comes to the pup he had lost, he refuses to let himself dwell on it. After you bought a small stuffed wolf, Tsunagus favorite animal of course, he let himself move on from the loss. It sits on his desk back in his office for many people to question yet never ask about, but he uses it as a reminder for what he is working for and why he is a hero. He wants to help make the world a better place. A world where he can come home to you and your pup after a long day. 

Until that day comes, He will do everything he can to try to make the world a little bit better.