#mer shouto

[bioplast-hero]

Betta Run

8k • explicit • tdbkdk

Midoriya is determined to win his first ever mating battle. Bakugou and Todoroki have other plans.

Betta mer battle AU! Imagine a bunch of male bettas sharing a tank, except they're all gay so they fight for dominance until... well, you get the idea. ⚡️ Please mind the tags!

[Read the fic on AO3]

[creativitygoggles-artblog]

It’s mermay 🧜‍♂️

[marxistluffy]

People on twitter liked this lil doodle so I figured I’d post here too. Betta fish merroki is peak fashion

[andypantsx3]

me: "oh im gonna write a bakugou fic after i wrap up on mer sho!!"

also me: *immediately opens ideas folder, scrolls past bakugou to flesh out sci fi shouto fic*

[hotpotatopotat]

One more ask: I remember art of Shouto-Shrimp in a tank at a fish show or a fish sale or something. There was a cameo character behind him (I can't remember who but I loved the design, was it Shinsou?). But my actual question is will we get more of Shouto-Shrimp's backstory? <3

Shoto Shrimp's backstory is actually available right now on my patreon, which only has a $1 pledge to see it! But I think eventually I WILL be sharing his backstory a little more. You're right though, he was purchased as a captive-hatched specimen before the captive mer ban. Shinsou was in the bg of that but im not sure i will go with that design - could be retconned.

[thyandrawrites]

I love reading your insightful thoughts on topics regarding mha and especially touya you alone bring my hype up

I just wanted to ask, after having read your rei meta (which I agree with wholeheartedly) I can't help but feel kind of a distaste towards some actions towards some members BECAUSE of the narrative framing

Rei calling her son "dabi" in the hospital scene was so distasteful considering she was ready to forgive her husband after everything but it almost narratively seems she holds no such regard towards the son whose demise she took part in regardless of intention

Also in the mental hospital scene where fuyumi was telling that "natsuo is the only one who isn't letting begones be begone" like hello? we are talking about you dead brother who mer his end due to your father's actions?

I don't know I am pretty sure it's because of horikoshi and I shouldn't think like this blaming the characters because he is the writer after all but the way he writes rei and fuyumi sometimes is so distasteful to me that I almost wish touya never returns to that home where he was labeled a black sheep simply for being self aware because of how they used him as a scrapegoat especially in the hospital chapter

Ps i am well aware touya will probably reunite with his family and all will be well but it's the narrative choices that kind of make me dislike them even endeavor who is pathetic is at leadt enjoyable to read in a sense that he stays true to character to an extent. Shouto is on the way of reaching an epiphany about how to reach his brother as family instead of a hero so i still have hope for him and natsuo is still true to character kind of in the hospital chapters but fuyumi and rei got me fighting against everything in me to not dislike them. Even toga and freaking afo calls him touya but his family is stuck with dabi like bffr

Hey! First of all, thank you for reading my stuff! I'm glad it can bring you some positivity in these otherwise trying times as a Touya stan. 

Now, to answer you... I debated how best to approach this reply, because there's a number of ways I could go about this. But you specifically mentioned the framing, so I'm gonna build my argument on that. 

So. How is Horikoshi framing Touya in the eyes of the Todofam? As you said yourself, they’re treating him like the black sheep to Shouto's golden child, and uniting to stop him. 

From what I understand, though, you seem dissatisfied with the execution because you think that while every other fam member acts coherent about either blaming or wanting to rescue Touya, the Todoroki women are outliers because they have instances where they go back on that resolve to save him to blame Touya instead. 

Am I getting this correctly? 

If so, I think there is a problem with that conclusion. It's not just the women who go back and forth, and in fact, I think Rei and Fuyumi are the mildest ones of the bunch. But for reasons that I'm going to dissect later, I also think the fandom… latches on to them as exceptions, and in the process doesn't understand that it's meant to be a family narrative in which all of them are imperfect. 

(putting this under a cut for length)

I think it’s important to remember that all the Todorokis agreed that Touya needs stopping. Not just Rei and Enji, or not even just the two heroes, Shouto and Enji. All of them gathered in that hospital room to discuss family matters, and they reached that conclusion as a collective decision. 

Now, I’m stressing this because the language they used is peculiar. We all noticed that they said that Touya needs stopping, not saving. But when it comes to the Todofam, that word carries a certain weight, and I don’t think it was used randomly here. 

As this person pointed out in this post, Touya was always asked to “stop” whenever his self-awareness or his attempts to be acknowledged disrupted the family dynamics. This is less apparent if you haven’t checked out the revised flashbacks in chapter 302. But the fact that Horikoshi went back to alter the storyboard and narration for the tankobon release means he wanted to draw more attention to something, to make it clearer for the audience. And indeed, the why becomes clear when we see Shouto confront Dabi and echo the same words: “please, stop.”

[source]

The Todorokis haven’t yet reached a place where they can fully sympathize with Touya. In Shouto’s case, it’s because he doesn’t know his brother; he can empathize with Touya’s circumstances, but not with Touya’s reasons. After all, Shouto is a successful creation. He never faced the brunt of the entire family’s blame and disappointment. As a result, he doesn’t understand that this approach is doomed to fail, because it echoes the scoldings Dabi’s used to. 

Whenever someone tried to reason with Touya, it was always framed as if the root of Touya’s unhappiness (and the family’s by extension) was his refusal to quit his ambitions. Basically, they told him that it was his fault, and not his father’s for putting those ambitions in him. Even if it’s Enji who’s guilty of rewriting Touya’s sense of self around an impossible goal, the one who’s held accountable for it is the victim. 

Not only do they all ask Touya to stop over and over (and not his father), but Touya’s also blamed for the fallout of Enji’s abuse. First, he was framed as the reason for Enji to keep making replacements, then for why Enji isolated Shouto from his siblings. It’s always because of him. Because Touya couldn’t quit. 

Even now that the family supposedly knows better, they’re still struggling to move on from that pattern. Just like how back then Touya was always singled out as the disruption, as the element of unrest, Dabi is still pushed into this role. Except now he’s singled out as the disruptive element that exacerbates not only the inner dynamics of the family, but of society as a whole. Once again, his refusal to stop is making things worse for everyone willing to just lay down and take it in silence. Because of it, he’s not regarded with sympathy. Instead, all the flaws he addresses are his responsibility to bear. It doesn’t matter if those issues existed before him. He becomes the suitable scapegoat.  

Now, all of these are things you seem well aware of. But you still singled out Fuyumi and Rei as subjects of your ire, and I don’t think that’s entirely fair. If this was something we could blame just on one character, or just on Rei and Enji as parents, we wouldn’t have heard the same words repeated by multiple family members. We would’ve at least seen someone push back against them. 

Instead, even Shouto is still torn between seeing Touya as a villain and as his older brother. Linkspooky wrote an excellent post on this recently that I encourage you to check out. 

This makes sense for him because Dabi was just a villain to him until a while ago. He has no solid memories of Touya because as a kid he wasn’t allowed to exist in the same room as his siblings. Yet, he has several memories of his brother as an enemy. He fought against him. Dabi kidnapped his classmate. So that mental divide is at least somewhat justified. It’s hard to wrap your head around the fact that your presumed dead brother, who you only saw as a normal kid in your sparse memories, committed atrocities and tried to kill you and your dad (and himself). 

However, I also think this divide works on a societal scale as well. During the present arc, we’ve seen the hero kids struggle to reconcile the idea of the League as victims with the crimes they’ve committed. Those two sides should coexist; one doesn’t exclude the other. Hurting people doesn’t mean someone can’t have hurt you first. The kids seem aware of this, unlike the rest of society. They see the League’s victimhood. The problem is, they still think in terms of which side weighs in more, which one deserves more of their heroic efforts. And because the people they’ve hurt are multiple, while their victimhood only involves a single person, the good of the many always ends up being more important than showing sympathy. 

This is what happens with Uraraka, for example. She remembers Toga’s tears, and wants to help her smile, but because Toga is part of the League and wreaked havoc in several cities with the PLF, killing many innocents… that sympathy becomes conditional. So Uraraka looks at the destroyed landscape to remind herself that there’s also another side of Toga. One less worthy of her concern. One that deserves it, because this suffering she’s experiencing is Toga’s own fault. If Toga wants to live her version of a happy life, she tells her, she also must be ready to live with the consequences. 

This sentiment is the same that Shouto later directs at his brother. You can’t blame dad for the lives you took, he tells Touya, because you did those things, not Endvr. They are your own fault. 

The problem with this approach is that it asks victims to put their shit together on their own, for everyone else’s convenience, without anyone else involved in fixing a broken system. And most importantly, it also asks victims to face the consequences of their actions, while also turning around and not holding abusers accountable for their own. 

The fact that this idea is explored through Toga and Shigaraki as well makes me think it goes beyond the Todofam’s dysfunctionality. But to bring this back to them… 

Do I think it’s distasteful that the framing treats Touya this way? Yes. It hurts to watch on a near constant basis, even when I know there’s likely a reason for it. But at the same time, I dislike on principle when people hold Rei and Fuyumi to a higher standard than the men in the house for displaying character flaws. 

Now, don't get me wrong. I'm not accusing you of purposeful malice or anything like that. You're clearly struggling against your instinctive dislike, and you came here to discuss it, so I presume you're looking for reasons to either reinforce it, or to let go of it. I hope that by the end of this, you will find some more reasons to be kind to them regardless of the quality of the writing. 

What I’ve noticed during my time in this fandom is a certain... expectation, almost...? for women to always perform the role of "perfect victims", with the penance of getting the brunt of the fandom's anger when they don't. 

What does that even mean? 

In short, women in fiction aren't given the same leniency as their male counterparts when it comes to displaying said flaws. While for men having any is typically regarded as a good thing because it gives the character depth, when women do something “wrong,” they get crucified. 

I believe this happens in the bnha fandom as well, particularly amongst Todofam stans. While Shouto, Natsuo and Touya are all allowed to be imperfect, and their rough edges get widely recognized as faucets of trauma, Fuyumi and Rei aren't given the same sympathy. 

As I mentioned above, Shouto gets to be undecided and to direct unkind words to his brother without the same backlash from fans. Natsuo is allowed to put faith in Enji because he shows reluctance to trust his old man. But the women are hated because they take a less belligerent approach to Enji’s atonement. 

I believe that the reason why so many fans struggle to like Fuyumi and Rei is because they misread them. Their lack of outright hostility is widely interpreted as forgiveness, when in fact, it’s not quite written that way. I find that equating their willingness to let Enji try to be a better person with forgiveness is a flattening of their depth as abuse survivors. 

I think much of the blame Rei faces isn’t actually rooted in anything particularly bad she did in canon. Most of the things we can blame her for are also things that Enji did alongside her, and Enji did them with far more cruelty and selfishness. But! I also think that some people have an instinctual dislike of her because she’s written with a lot of stereotypes of submissive femininity in mind, and that understandably makes a lot of folks uncomfortable. 

What I’ve seen is that because Enji is a pos, people have turned to Rei in hopes she could be a better parent, or someone okay-ish enough to make up for the bad, you know? And that’s totally fair. I’ve done the same. But I also think that in the process, people sort of created this idealized version of her that then didn’t live up to her canon characterization. They—perhaps subconsciously—wanted her to be a good victim and a good mom, when she’s meant to be neither. I think she’s more nuanced than that, and that perfect victims don’t really exist anyway. 

But because they expected her to balance out Enji’s bad, they don’t really know what to make of a character who’s now written to parallel him in many ways. While she did not hit her kids, she still hurt them in other ways. While she tried her best to oppose her husband’s will, she still didn’t oppose it in a way that mattered when it came to Touya’s mental well-being in particular. Just like Enji, she was shown to be neglectful and avoidant of her eldest.

This makes her a nuanced character. Just like Touya, she can have done horrible things and still be a victim because the two things can coexist. But expecting her to be just one over the other, ironically, results in the same scapegoating Touya’s being subjected to by the narrative. 

The fact that she’s a victim and that she ended up hurting others as a result of unaddressed and spiraling mental health problems aren’t factors that are battling for dominance. You’re not supposed to look at her and think “the bad she’s done outweighs the good, hence she doesn’t deserve any sympathy.” If you’re not doing that for Touya, why are you doing it for her? 

To address the one complaint you mentioned about her, the fact that she calls her son “Dabi.”

She does that once. 

In fact, if you look at it closely you’ll notice something interesting. She calls him “Dabi” when she’s thinking of him as a villain. When the topic of fighting comes up, and with it, the emotional baggage that “stopping” Touya already has as an ongoing theme. But Rei also calls him “our son” when she’s apologizing to Hawks for the burns, and she calls him “Touya” when she’s confronting Enji. To me, this confirms the idea I talked about above, the mental divide that makes it harder to reconcile the villain with the crying boy they remember. Rei, like Shouto, loves Touya, but her reaction isn’t perfect because she’s an imperfect victim living in a flawed world. 

In the grand scheme of things, the issue with the framing of Touya as a bad sheep does exist, but I don’t blame it on Rei specifically. I think there’s a fundamental difference between her calling her son “Dabi” that one time versus Enji privately thinking of Touya as a mass murderer. 

Putting this out there for those who can’t read japanese. The word (in kanji) Enji uses here reads tairyousatsujinsha. Which means indeed “mass murderer.” We only know that he’s even referring to Touya because the furigana (which typically shows the actual reading of the word in kanji) reads a different word, musuko, “son.” 

So, sure, might be more internally coherent as an asshole who can’t face his actions, but getting angry at Rei for calling Touya “Dabi” seems rather… mean-spirited imho, when it’s not even on the same magnitude of alienation Enji shows for the blood of his blood here. He doesn’t even call him the more generic word for villain. Not his chosen villain moniker, either. He goes straight for the moral upper ground of calling attention to Dabi’s crimes, when he can’t even properly own up to his own.  

Anyway. Moving on, there’s also the topic of Fuyumi. You mentioned that her line “letting bygones stay bygones” was in the hospital chapters, but I couldn’t find it there. Were you by chance referencing this?

because if so, I believe the above panel on the left comes from a fan scanlation. If you compare it to the official Viz translation, her words don't carry quite the same edge. Now, the wording is similar enough that it might be an instance of Viz correcting the release at a later date (it has happened before. Japanese is a tricky language). 

But since you quoted this line, let’s discuss the nuance. 

In the picture on the left, Fuyumi appears less sympathetic towards Natsu. It reads like she's blaming him for being too stubborn to let the past go, while also minimizing the extent of his trauma as something that can be just… brushed off. As something that should stay in the past. 

As opposed to that, the version on the right puts more emphasis on the process of grieving, on Natsuo's mental well-being. "Can't seem to let go" still carries the same implication that closure on Touya’s death is desirable, but her phrasing is soft enough that it comes across like she's sad about Natsuo’s sadness. Like she wishes he'd let himself find some peace, after all this time.

I'm bringing up both these versions because I wanted to compare and contrast them to the original. See, the jp text says this: 

Which translates to: "Only Natsuo can't lower his raised fist." 

Being fair to the eng translation, all these versions more or less say the same thing. She's still singling out Natsuo for reacting differently from the rest of them. Which does indeed seem like she’s blaming him for it.

However, the original wording has a completely different nuance imho. By bringing attention to his raised fist, Fuyumi is commenting on Natsuo using anger as a coping mechanism to deal with his grief. The emphasis then is not so much on whether or not she thinks he should "let go" or "let bygones be bygones," but on the fact that Natsuo is stuck in that defense position. His fists are permanently raised, and he cannot let them lower. He's constantly poised for a fight, and as a result, he always slams headfirst into one. 

I think this confirms my reading of Fuyumi as a mediator, as someone trying her best to de-escalate all the fighting in the house. 

In this post I explained why I think she's stuck into a part herself. As the big sister who stepped into the role of caretaker at a young age, Fuyumi displays all the traits of someone who learned early on to fear explosive tempers, and resorted to acting like the patient one to protect her siblings. She sorta acts like a… fire-retardant blanket, so to say. She attempts to put out fires before they can get bigger by sucking out the air that keeps them alight. She’s shown doing this with Natsuo during dinner, and she’s shown often playing mediator to avoid explosive tempers from bursting. 

I think a lot of people read her as someone pursuing her idea of a perfect family because she remembers a time where things were better and wants that again. The problem with that, imho, is when people call her selfish for it. When they say she’s pressuring her brothers into forgiving Enji like she did. I find that—at least the latter part—a malicious misreading rooted in badly hidden misogyny. Why is she not allowed to want things that are at odds with her brother’s wishes, but her siblings are allowed to want things that are at odds with hers? Why is she perceived as selfish for it, but her brothers are not? And why is the reading of her as forceful in this pursuit so widespread, when she made no attempts to steer Natsuo back in both times he stormed out the room?

It seems to me like the same issue with Rei. Fuyumi needs to be a good victim and a good sister, or be crucified if she dares have flaws and imperfections. But again, just like Rei, she’s a victim as well, and she has trauma too. I think people shouldn’t presume that her feelings for her abuser are clearcut and black and white. 

I know it’s easy to dislike her because she seemingly “forgave” Enji, but so far she’s never stated that. It’s the audience’s inference that she has. The fact that she wants a shot at having a more normal family doesn’t mean she thinks Enji did a 180°. It just means she’s willing to give him a chance to be a better person, which is something that Shouto’s also shown doing. But because Shouto remains hostile while Fuyumi makes an effort to treat Enji like a person, it’s widely assumed she must have no complex feelings for her father, or that she’s okay with moving on. 

I find that an oversimplification. Don’t get me wrong, I know the Todoroki women are much less fleshed out than the men. Rei doesn’t even have a character profile yet. But because of this, I wish the fandom didn’t jump for their throat based on those few sparse lines we do have. Just because Horikoshi hates women doesn’t mean we should all follow in his example 

Let’s all allow ourselves to think these characters can have depth. To experiment and play with ideas when something’s yet unconfirmed, to headcanon and theorize and fill the gaps of missing info like we do for other (male) characters. I promise it’s much more fun than getting angry or upset at all the failings from canon

If that's not your cup of tea... that's fine, but I hope I was at least able to make you consider something you hadn't thought of before

[radiantallomancer]

My very first MerMay piece!! A kiritodo meet-cute with a side of bkdkbk!

Summary

“Ah, I’m Eijirou, by the way. What’s your name?”

“I’m Shouto.” The newly-named mer’s eyes sparkled brightly. “It’s nice to finally have a name to call you besides ‘handsome mer.’”

[makeshift-moth]

Mer Shouto for my AU! He’s a koi mer with perfect half and half coloration. Check out Secondhand Scales if you’re interested!

[deadboyswalking]

[I need somewhere to write worldbuilding info that isn't my outline document]

Mer Abilities in the Pirate AU

Sunlight-zone mer: Most mer in the story, notably Endeavor. They need sunlight for their powers and can only use them during the day, though all warriors are highly skilled in weaponry as well. Additionally, some extremely powerful mer like All Might and Endeavor can use their powers to some extent at night, though they are greatly weakened. All Might was the exception to that rule, a mer so powerful that the sun was a bonus, not a necessity. Endeavor can shape and move water with enough force that it can flay the skin off of anyone it hits and cause massive destruction to his surroundings (basically, how he fights in canon but swap fire for water). Touya and Shouto, two of his sons, can do the same thing. Some particularly high-ranking mer from strong bloodlines can take human form.

Sunlight-zone mer cannot survive past a certain depth of the ocean. Their skin doesn't have the necessary pressure barrier and they cannot see in the dark very well.

Mer can have various magical abilities, but only the king and owner of the legendary One For All trident can command the seas themselves and all creatures within them.

Midnight-zone mer: These mer live deep in the ocean and there are very few of them compared to the Sunlight-zone mer. In fact, you could say that it's almost like they're a single family 👀.

These mer can survive at great depths of the ocean, but can come up to the sunlight-zone or even the surface at night. They can have a wide variety of other powers, but all Midnight-zone mer are sirens and have siren song abilities. Their powers, though great, can only be used in the darkness.

Midnight-zone mer are covered in a phototoxic skin coating and sunlight severely burns them. Because of this, mer from this zone do not hold royal power over other mer and tend to stay away from humans (except when using their siren powers). Some have the ability to take human form (and, by extension, protected human skin), but their photosensitive skin is always worse in mer form if that's the case.

Mer Interactions: Mer from the two zones can and do mate and form families together from time to time. Like most meetings between the groups, this takes place in the twilight-zone as it's a safe area for both types.

Cross-breeding can be dangerous, though it can be managed through careful marriages and magical intervention. If powers of one or both parties are weakened or removed through magic, or simply nonexistent, the drawbacks of both mer types have a lesser chance of forming a sickly and mismatched offspring. Only a total power-hungry idiot would deliberately choose a mate from the other zone with equally strong powers in an attempt to create the perfect warrior baby who could live and use their powers in all depths of the ocean, times of day, and on land 👀

But who would do such a thing, right?

[ao3feed-bakusquad]

Little Mer in a Jar

Little Mer In a Jar by Gothmothbri

One day on his way to work izuku comes across a little betta mermaid in a jar that is just sitting outside, on his neighbor's porch. Quickly he steals the mermaid off the porch and brings him back to his apartment. Izuku just hopes his own mermaid, Eijirou won't mind the new addition.

Words: 6736, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Bakugou Katsuki, Kirishima Eijirou, Midoriya Izuku, Uraraka Ochako, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Toga Himiko, Todoroki Shouto

Relationships: Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Neglect, Happy Ending, Mermaid Bakugou Katsuki, mermaid kirishima eijirou, Kirishima Eijirou is a Ray of Sunshine, Kirishima Eijirou is a Good Friend, Midoriya Izuku is a Good Person, quirkless au, TodoDeku is a side pairing, Mermaid Abuse, Hybrids, Hurt Bakugou Katsuki, Fluff, Cuddling & Snuggling, Sweet

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/48777736

[bioplast-hero]

Lure

40k • mature + • tdbkdk ot3

Deku’s got a secret mer boyfriend. Not so secret anymore— not when he needs Kacchan’s help to sail away with his pretty fish boy before summer's end. Katsuki isn't exactly on board with that. And the closer he gets to figuring out why, the harder it is to imagine letting them go.

Coastal town mermaid AU recently completed for MerMay! Featuring fisherman's son Katsuki, childhood friend Izuku, & siren Shouto.

[Read the fic on AO3]

[ao3feed-tododeku]

Lure

Lure by hiro academia

Deku's got a secret mer boyfriend. Not so secret anymore— not when he needs Kacchan's help to sail away with his pretty fish boy before summer's end.

Katsuki isn't exactly on board with that. And the closer he gets to figuring out why, the harder it is to imagine letting them go.

Words: 6262, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Bakugou Katsuki, Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Bakugou Masaru, Bakugou Mitsuki

Relationships: Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Bakugou Katsuki/Todoroki Shouto

Additional Tags: Alternative Universe - merfolk, MerMay, Fisherman Bakugou Katsuki, Childhood Friend Midoriya Izuku, Siren Todoroki Shouto, Secret Relationship, Secret Mer Boyfriend, Plotfic, Slow Burn, Pre-Poly Relationship, Mutual Pining, Coming of Age, Heavy Petting, First Times, Friends to Lovers, Getting Together, OT3, Adventure, Learning to Sail, run away with me, Orphan Background, Adopted Midoriya Izuku, Good Parent Bakugou Masaru, Good Parent Bakugou Mitsuki, Growing Up, Leaving Home

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47161015

[ao3feed-bnha-girls]

Edge of the World

Edge of the World by JoWithTheFlow

“What is our course, Captain?” Fumikage asked.

“Pursue the mer,” Momo said, as she reclaimed her place at the helm. “We'll pursue him to the edge of the world if we must. But he will be mine by the end of it all, mark my words.”

The crew turned back to their chatter, all of them going about their tasks with a renewed vigor. All of them were excited by the prospect of their new prey, and she was no exception.

Shouto quietly joined her at the helm, pausing for a moment before he rolled out his map. He flicked her ear unexpectedly, and Momo covered it with a hand, despite the flick not hurting very much. She cast him a questioning glance.

“You're missing an earring,” he said.

“Oh,” Momo said, dropping her hand as a grin crept across her face. “A surprisingly crafty mer stole it from me. I think I ought to get it back, don't you?”

“In that case,” he said, as he finally spread out his maps, “I better chart your course.”

Momo is a pirate, pursuing a treasure. Izuku is a mer, protecting his heart. They meet each other somewhere in the middle.

Words: 3413, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Yaoyorozu Momo, Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Bakugou Katsuki, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Shinsou Hitoshi, Sensei | All For One, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Yaoyorozu Momo, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto & Yaoyorozu Momo, Past Midoriya Inko/Yagi Toshinori | All Might

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Merpeople, mermaids and pirates, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Pirate Yaoyorozu Momo, Mer Midoriya Izuku, Quirks are a Type of Magic, Mer magic specifically, Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead | Dadzawa, Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Yagi Toshinori | All Might is Midoriya Izuku's Biological Father, Dead Midoriya Inko, Not that it's super relevant, Clever Midoriya Izuku, Members of Class 1-A as Crew, only really as cameos though, MerMay, Happy Ending

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47001673

[andypantsx3]

12, 18, 22 for the ask game. How was your week lovely? I’ll kiss your sweet cheeks right now ♥️

Hi Honney!!! My week was busy but good!! How about you?? I accept ur smoochies and then I give u double the smoochies right back 🥺

I just got to another ask on 12 so I will skip if that's okay, and do the other ones!!

18. Do you enjoy research?  Which fic of yours required the most research?

I don't mind research when it crops up but sometimes I find it hard to know where to start! My mer prince Shouto fic, something in the water, has required the most research so far, but luckily I've been able to consult with some of our resident fandom biologists @/procrastination-artist and @/imptbusiness on how to best work the pollution angle. Thank you guys for helping me so much. 🥺

22. Do you title your fics before, during, or after the writing process?  How do you come up with titles?

Usually post-outline, during authoring!! I typically go one of three ways on a title:

a single word or short phrase encapsulating the general subject of the fic or the vibe of the fic's MC (like incendiary, savvy, fingerprints)

a pun (cover shot through the heart, ready or knot)

song lyrics or a phrase I've invented that sounds like song lyrics to seem deep lmao. (if i could keep cool is a lyric from an Alina Baraz song, for instance, but lay low (take it slow) is a fake lyric I invented lol.)

I think the one divergence has been Deceiving the Duke, which I wanted to be in line with and respect the regency romance tradition lol.

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Hi I just found your art and I'm obsessed with Shouto Shrimp now thank you 🙏

I'm so glad!!! The mer au is being reposted slowly but he gets a bigger and bigger role as time goes on!!!

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Edge of the World

Edge of the World by JoWithTheFlow

“What is our course, Captain?” Fumikage asked.

“Pursue the mer,” Momo said, as she reclaimed her place at the helm. “We'll pursue him to the edge of the world if we must. But he will be mine by the end of it all, mark my words.”

The crew turned back to their chatter, all of them going about their tasks with a renewed vigor. All of them were excited by the prospect of their new prey, and she was no exception.

Shouto quietly joined her at the helm, pausing for a moment before he rolled out his map. He flicked her ear unexpectedly, and Momo covered it with a hand, despite the flick not hurting very much. She cast him a questioning glance.

“You're missing an earring,” he said.

“Oh,” Momo said, dropping her hand as a grin crept across her face. “A surprisingly crafty mer stole it from me. I think I ought to get it back, don't you?”

“In that case,” he said, as he finally spread out his maps, “I better chart your course.”

Momo is a pirate, pursuing a treasure. Izuku is a mer, protecting his heart. They meet each other somewhere in the middle.

Words: 3413, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Yaoyorozu Momo, Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto, Bakugou Katsuki, Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead, Shinsou Hitoshi, Sensei | All For One, Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Yaoyorozu Momo, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shouto & Yaoyorozu Momo, Past Midoriya Inko/Yagi Toshinori | All Might

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Merpeople, mermaids and pirates, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Pirate Yaoyorozu Momo, Mer Midoriya Izuku, Quirks are a Type of Magic, Mer magic specifically, Parental Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead | Dadzawa, Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Yagi Toshinori | All Might is Midoriya Izuku's Biological Father, Dead Midoriya Inko, Not that it's super relevant, Clever Midoriya Izuku, Members of Class 1-A as Crew, only really as cameos though, MerMay, Happy Ending

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47001673