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Hero Class Civil Warfare

By RogueDruid (Icarius51)

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

How does one even describe this story? A character study of the sunshine optimist realizing he has a dark side and it is scarier than he ever imagined—but not until after he's committed to seeing it through? The underdogs handing the hotshots a serious reality check about what being a hero is actually like? A celebration of side characters canon underutilized? One of the best examples I've ever seen of intercutting between points on the timeline and controlled information release both to characters and to the reader? All of these are true and yet none of them fully encapsulate how amazing I find this work. In the end I think I summed it up best thus: Our underdog hero plays against type a little too well in a class practical exercise and shocks and horrifies everyone involved.

Author's summary:

Heroes lead by Bakugo.

Villains lead by Midoriya.

Seven days prep time.

Three days for Izuku Midoriya to show why they should be glad he's not a real villain.

Commitment level: just under 86k words over 33 chapters

Warnings: highly likely to confuse the heck out of you on a "which name belongs to whom?" basis, especially if you are not the most familiar with canon. On a more serious note: violence and property destruction on a level that I believe is consistent with the messier parts of canon; some psychological warfare tactics in later chapters; small amounts of semi-graphic gore; multiple on-screen character "deaths" (people getting shot with what are essentially paintballs putting them out of the exercise; within the exercise this is treated as them having died) and some exploration of the psychological impacts of same. It gets away with a T rating on ao3 because this is a class learning exercise and no lasting (physical) damage is done to characters but this story does *not* pull punches. Be aware and read accordingly.

AO3 link

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Wanted to make an entire post about the Barneses but couldn't encapsulate it any better than Richard "Everybody Knew My Lifestyle" Winters himself did so here are the pages, read 'em and weep:

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You can use any travel method you like, walking, public transport, so on. You can get an uber but their map has failed so you'll have to give directions. You can travel to other countries and count those libraries but you have to be able to completely navigate from your home without assistance. So you can catch a plane but must be able to travel to and from the airport. No limit on how long it takes. If you know which block it's on or which tram line but aren't sure precisely, but you feel sure you'd find it once you got there, count that as a yes (if you're not sure maybe google it now and see if your plan would work). You cannot rely on asking for directions though, this must be all your knowledge

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Stellarium Dress

My original plan was to paint a planetarium dress with the Solar System as the main focus, but I got so carried away with making the dress go woooosh that the composition no longer works for a Solar System lol. I'm still happy with how this one turned out, and I still get to paint the actual planetarium dress later ahahaha The full hours long video recording, HD image, and PSD file will be DMed on my Patreon on March 3rd

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Blind fic exchange gifts!! I will admit I looked at your bio before making my selections, so most of these are partially chosen to be not from fandoms you had listed there 😉 but also they are all works I have particularly enjoyed on multiple occasions!

Fic 1: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13273611

A grandfather's perspective on the adoptions of his son's many children (2 chapters, first is complete as written, second provides additional perspectives on some events)

Fic 2: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4105674/1/

Outside POV on a tight-knit special ops crew executing a rescue.....and maybe gaining some sympathetic not-yet-allies in the process (one shot, complete as written)

Fic 3: https:/archiveofourown.org/works/14446512/

Our underdog hero plays against type a little *too* well in a class practical exercise and shocks and horrifys everyone involved (long multi-chapter, complete as written)

Bonus fic 4: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9506482/1/

Epic length slow burn mutual pining with some of the best portrayals I've seen of trauma recovery and love after loss (part 1 of currently 2, extremely long WIP) I am including this one as a bonus recc because while I think you might really like it, it does kind of skirt the edges of your request for no self-inserts - the female MC is very much her own character and has some excellent character development in my opinion, but she is ultimately based on the author. Also, it's just. Stupid long.

I love that you intentionally tried to find fics from fandoms I don't know! <3 Thank you so much for the recommendations; this was a lot of fun.

I ended up choosing number 3. I know practically nothing about My Hero Academia, so that was a trip XD I don't think I've ever seen so many collections listed for a single fic @_@ But then, I'm not into many of the really big, popular fandoms.

I had a good time reading; thanks for the recommendation!

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He is sealed in there for all of mankind’s safety

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Trying to distil fics i have loved down to one fandom-agnostic sentence is quite fun actually?

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Just think of how many times Faramir must’ve drawn attention to the fact that it was his wife who took down the Witch-king of Angmar. He never left a room until he was certain that its occupants knew and respected his wife for what she did. He was just the proudest husband in all of Middle-Earth.

He heard someone on the street telling the story of the great siege of Gondor. He stayed silent through all the parts with him in it. But when it got to the part where the Witch-king was finally killed, he interrupted the story to say to the listeners, “That was my wife. My wife did that. She did that and then she chose me, of all men.”

He told the story himself to their children and made sure they knew and remembered, “That was your mother. Your mother did that.”

He heard his adult children tell the story to their own children in his later years and called out from his lounge chair in front of the fireplace, “Your grandmother did that.”

He read Pippin’s copy of the Red Book that he brought to Gondor, skipped ahead to that part, pointed at the page, and said, no matter if he was with someone or alone in the room, “I’m married to that woman.”

And every time this happened, when they were in their prime, and when they were old and wrinkled, Eowyn always blushed the same blush and said “will you ever shut up about that and let me brag about how my husband resisted the Ring and saved the world?” And Faramir always kissed her and replied, “Never.” It was the only request he ever denied her.

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this is fred, the dot.

fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

reblog to give fred a branch

i will post fred status updates as he grows

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Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

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rb to give your mutuals a silly little paper valentine card and a red heart shaped lollipop 💖

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I was Gracie growing up but it sort of dropped off in my preteens, but I've used it to differentiate myself from @contagiousgrace so I've noticed some people using it and got curious.

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Jason: *walks into living room and pauses, looking at tim* uh Tim: *frowns as he looks up from a book* what? Jason: um. Tim: dude. Spit it out. Jason: *still staring* you like that book? Tim: yeah I’m really loving it! It’s a new bestseller, Steph recommended it. It’s a fun fantasy. ‘S got dragons and the romance is nice and Jane Austen-esque. You should read it, it’s right up your alley. Jason: uh. Okay. I’ll, uh, look into it. And, uh, what about the author? Know anything about them? Tim: *frowns* aside from the fact that there’s like, no information about them, no Jason: *chuckles nervously* ah, yeah. Haha.

Jason, later to his editor: hey can we change my pseudonym? I wanna use “Todd Peter” and see how long it takes for my brother to yell at me editor: Jason that’s not how pseudonyms work