#HPSC

[valenteal]

I know that the mha fandom kinda had to make up shit for Hawks because his backstory came out slowly but I really wish it hadn’t taken over. As far as I am aware the HPSC doesn’t torture him or have super strict control of his life anymore. Obviously they groomed him and trained him properly pretty brutally but I don’t think they’re unnecessarily cruel. They wouldn’t want to risk him turning against them and with how young they got him the don’t need to.

Hawks is Lady Nagant’s replacement, meaning all the people she would’ve been sent to assassinate he took care of. Corrupt heroes who needed to be silenced, political enemies, criminals with ideas to dangerous like the league and the mla, he was sent to kill them. Hawks is an assassin and a spy with a background reminiscent of Black Widow. That’s traumatizing enough and I wish I could find more fics that address that rather than him being overworked and pushed to be perfect to the point of mutilation.

Cause like— Hawks isn’t a perfect golden boy? Where did people get that idea? That would be like All Might or Best Jeanist. Hawks is super socially awkward and covers it up with bravado and ends up coming off as rude. In terms of social experience he’s at the same place as Shouto if he never went to UA. He has no idea what he’s doing, he’s just winging it and everyone ignores it because he flashes a pretty smile. He’s like completely tactless.

I don’t think the commission even intended for him to be so high ranking, he’s just too damn good at his job and too pretty for his own good. He was supposed to be an assassin and an infiltrator and being so high profile is not conducive to that.

Anyway those are my thoughts on Hawks, I love him and I love Dabihawks but god do I wish there weren’t so few fics that actually use their canon characterization, or as close as you can get with a Dabihawks fic since canonically they hate each other. But their like so perfect from a narrative standpoint, they could be each other’s perfect foil with all the parallels and similarities in their backstories!

[delawaredetroit]

Haven't seen it mentioned before that the heroes were not having these elaborate ranking ceremonies during All Might's era. It seems that the Hero Commission's response to All Might's retirement was to double down on the bread and circuses.

It's either that or the commission was trying to facilitate hero team ups in the wake of All Might's retirement by forcing the top ranking heroes to attend a ceremony at the same time. Their sudden pivot to teamwork and hero teams in the Provisional Licensing Exam Arc and Hawks approaching Endeavor for a team up immediately after the ceremony support this theory.

[put-me-on-a-hitlist]

One of the mischaracterizations that piss me off the most in mha is people making Keigo out to be some damsel in distress that needs saving from the commission. He is completely capable of saving himself but he chooses not to. He chooses to give up his autonomy for the sake of others. He doesn’t really have the incentive to save himself. The only thing in his life is being a hero. When he started being trained to be a hero from that young of an age, he wasn’t given the chance to see any other options for him to take in life. This is just how it is to him. So rather than say he needs someone to save him, say he needs someone to show him a reason to save himself. To show him another option.

[wizzidoodles]

I know it’s pretty much decided among the fandom that Shinso is in foster care

But imagine we all get a random backstory and his dad is this mf

[shoutashii]

Eraserhead straight out of yuuei gets picked up by the hpsc for a 'special program' since he doesn't want to work under an agency, and his quirk is so applicable, the power to take power from others.

A mercenary, essentially. The hpsc want 'train' him to be a hired gun. Shouta, out of his head, depressed over Shirakumo, and having cut contact w his friends, accepts.

After years of having the blood of people he can't remember on his hands, after being what is, at its simplest form, a government pawn, shouta sees sense. He calls Mic, who is now top 50 in japan, popular radio host, and ethics teacher at Yueei High School, and asks for help for the first time.

Yueei acts out of a different government body than the hpsc, so they can't technically deny Principal Nedzū a new law and ethics teacher if that comes in the form of an extremely underground hero with erasure.

They do, however, have the power to enable him with a license to kill, and call him in for the bigger cases they need kept quiet.

Is this only revealed when Hawks becomes hpsc chairman after the war? Yes.

[korkietism]

As an indigenous little lad, I decided to take a whack at redesigning the hero Native from BNHA. Because as someone who’s native… I’m not super fond of his character.

So he’s a two-spirit queer inuit/japanese hero who is a tad short. His quirk is now spotted seal or just seal which gives him seal capabilities. This mostly influences his navigation which is really good. That would explain why he is found with Stain. Maybe he was tracking him down. I could also give him angst with the HPSC.. perhaps.. he has a side nose ring and wants tattoos and has cool top surgery scars and he’s stoic and cool but actually shy (like a seal) and a little awkward. He’s well meaning and very close with his family but pretty closed off apart from that. He’s protective over kids and is pretty against kids experiencing the horrors of heroes work methinks.

Native had nothing going for him at all except a dash of cultural appropriation. Hopefully this brings some culture to him.

[autumnmobile12]

My Hero Academia: Healthcare?

I don't know if any fanfic writers will find this useful or not, but I think the information is interesting and worth speculation in the My Hero setting. This also applies to any fanfic writers in the anime fandoms who want to have more immersive and in-depth writing. Obviously, writing fics that are 'accurate' is not a requirement since the point is to have fun, but here's some knowledge to use (or not use) if anyone is interested.

Obviously, Deku's been in the hospital a lot. A lot of the characters are injured and in the hospital a lot. But for all the hospital visits, nobody in the series is going to be bankrupted by astronomical healthcare costs. (Yes, that's a jab at America's system.) And it's not because the Pros, especially the popular ones, have money.

Here's why:

Quick rundown of how healthcare in Japan works: Everybody receives healthcare, everybody has health insurance. In Japan, your employer is legally required to provide you with health insurance. If you are unemployed, you will be on a community healthcare plan. There is also a plan for citizens over the age of 75. This also applies to foreigners who have established permanent residence of three months or longer.

Article 25 of Japan's Constitution is paraphrased as follows:

“all people shall have the right to maintain a certain standard of healthy and cultured life” and that “the state shall try to promote and improve the conditions of social welfare, social security, and public health” for this purpose.

I'm not going to reiterate the system in its entirety, but if you would like to learn more, this site here (the Article 25 quote I used is also found on that page) has a brief and comprehensive explanation of how healthcare is handled. However, one thing I am going to mention that is relevant for Deku and other Pros is the threshold out-of-pocket expense.

In Japan, citizens enrolled in healthcare do not spend more than ¥90,000 per month out of pocket, protecting them from financial disaster.

(To Americans, this may sound like a sweet deal, but hold your horses because Japan also funds this system through heavy taxation. Medical procedures are expensive and people will be paying for them one way or another.)

The question that needs asking now is how does this system apply to the hero society? Well, first off, since My Hero does take place in a slightly futuristic setting, we could take into consideration the system has been revised.

Assuming not much as changed, are heroes that operate their own agency technically considered business owners and are required to insure their employees and sidekicks?

Or...

Because they are all government employees, is the Safety Commission responsible for insuring all heroes and sidekicks no matter what they rank in their popularity?

Personally, I think it would be the latter since, in the coldest sense of the word, the heroes are essential to the Commission in upholding their system. So that makes them an asset. The Commission would want to protect its assets because as shady as they are, their own system could work against them. They certainly don't want heroes going on strike for lack of benefits or complaining the government doesn't take care of their people. So I assume it's the Commission who is covering insane healthcare costs on behalf of heroes.

(And since the system is probably funded by taxpayers' money, that also feeds into the prevalent societal discontent that's ongoing throughout the series.)

Now what about Deku and his classmates since they have not graduated and are not officially licensed yet? Honestly, I think it's probably UA itself that insures the students. That probably has to do with accreditation and so on, which is another matter entirely, but again, the backing is likely coming out of the Commission (and taxpayers') pockets.

And there you have it. Happy writing, happy research.

[fan-dweeb]

Hawks: I’ve come to a point in life where I need a stronger word than fuck

[the-cookie-monster-tm]

fighting against best jeanist would suck, i mean you have two choices basically, get caught or strip and fight the heros with all your bits exposed

[class1akids]

What can we fit into 5 chapters?

I decided to reread the Todofam dinner chapters to see how many plot points are in a single chapter.

Ch 192:

P1: (Exposition)

Battle aftermath,

Endeavor's recovery (explained in 1 panel)

Mirko cameo

P2-3: (Endeavor and Hawks dynamic focus)

Endeavor & Hawks changing dynamic, including Hawks introspection and info about Hawks quirk

P 4-5: Hawks focus, spy plot

Hawks flashback to spy mission

Dynamic with HPSC

Hawks backstory tease, Endeavor plushie

Hawks character mission statement

P6 - Transition to Todo-fam plot

Aizawa cat gag

Shoto sluuurp gag

start of the family dinner

P7-8: (Natsuo - Endeavor confrontation / family history)

sluurp gag continues

Start of Natsuo - Enji confrontation

info about neglect, the "failures" narrative, the lack of interaction between the siblings

Natsuo and Shoto introspection

Toya namedrop

Natsuo tells Enji that heroing better won't fix the family

P9: (Fuyumi POV)

Natsuo leaves

Fuyumi's wish

more Shoto slrrp gag

P10-11: (Exposition of shifting public opinion in the aftermath of the battle)

Shoto's POV on Natsuo's outburst

the public opinion on the battle starting with mixed or negative povs

can't you see-kun

Shift to positive public opinion on Endeavor

Endeavor's reaction to the public opinion

P12: (Shoto's changing view of Endeavor / challenge to him)

Shoto praises Endeavor as a hero -

Tells him that he can't forgive him -

But believes that people can change -

And he wants to see what Enji does as father -

Some Endeavor introspection

P13-14: Endeavor character development

Endeavor's resolve as No 1 hero

Endeavor's resolve as father

[ Transition to Deku and OFA plot]

P 15-17:

Deku's OFA dream

Clearer introduction of vestiges

Start of the AFO vs Yoichi flashback

Summary:

in a 17-page chapter we got:

1 page aftermath

4 pages Hawks POV including his backstory, HPSC, quirk info, introspection, etc

6 pages of Todofam conversation covering POV of all characters present + major shifts and realizations in dynamics + Toya namedrop

2 pages of public opinion reflecting shift in society

4 pages OFA plot

Various gags and iconic panels

[transhawks]

what did hawks rename the hpsc to? did i miss something?

Other translators/leakers have pointed out that the word hero was left out of the raws so it was just PSC/Public Safety Commission. Caleb just sucks ass, per usual and probably added " hero" due to the perceived "attention span" of Viz readers and ignoring that it was intentional/important.

[bibibbon]

As for besties and many of my aus...HC is evil. As you said before, really twisted and sick what they are doing (withholding resources and selecting who is worthy to receive it) this is a type of cruelty that feels canon.

But then I ask....who IS worthy, in their eyes, to gain resources?

My mind went to Mirko (in canon she lost all the limbs bc ofc😒 right hori?) but here ? She can regain her limbs back thanks to technology (if may not be process that lest 5 mins but if she loses her legs, she can get them back with no problem)

And then....and what about AM? He is the #1!

Ok what if HC CAN restore his health but AM never thought in fix himself? In one movie David shield had a machine or a way to help am and...had to trick the man to that...and ended up arrested (if the info I got is correct)

Many talk "Eri can fix am" but no one talks "does am ever attempt to try fix himself?"

I do think Endy would receive help.

The help is for the 1% and ...only Izumi sees how unfair this is.

Hi @mikeellee 👋

That's an interesting question! How does the hero public safety commission rank the worthiness of heroes and how they should allocate their resources.

Obviously, the hero public safety commission would ration and save their resources for who they view is the best or for whoever has the money to pay for them. However, it's an interesting question to decipher who is worthy in the hpsc eyes.

Logically, I believe that all might is definitely worthy of the resources that the hpsc but that worthiness that all might holds depreciates as he gets older and the hpsc starts to put a timer on his usefulness and his ability to continue to be a pillar for Japan. This nay cause for them to withdraw and not actively aid him as directly as they would in his prime. Ultimately, I feel like the hpsc would start to spend a lot more of their resources actively searching for another person or hero to replace all might, then keep an already deteriorating puppet on display.

Miriko and other iconic heroes on the top 20 list would receive the resources that they need and want from the hpsc. This is because these heroes contribute to being a backbone to society, and losing them would do more harm than good for the hpsc.

I believe that the hpsc can efficiently help in making heroes stronger and giving them resources to better themselves, but I don't feel like the hero Commission can perform miracles. I believe that there should be obvious downsides for everyone if the hpsc does do things like regenerate miriko's limbs whether that be something as small as chronic pain or the fact that she may need to start taking pills because of the risk that her new limbs may be rejected from her body.

All might could probably receive help, but would it be efficient? I believe that the downsides of all might getting better would outweigh the benefits of it all. David's device was still at its early stages, and not fully finished. There is also the fact that David's device wouldn't have fixed all Might's internal issues but would of only elongated and strengthen the duration of all might's quirk which is something he was way more than ready to pass down to the next generation.

Eri can for sure be exploitated to produce perfect medication and heal individuals but we seem to not take into consideration that Eri's quirk actively rewinds an individuals state meaning that there could be problems like going too far back and opening a previously healed injury which could be dangerous or the fact that the rewind can cause memory loss if she does rewind the entire body and so much more.

[kainagant]

"angel with a shotgun" by the cab is the hpsc agent anthem. hawks has wings like an angel and lady nagant has a shotgun. "i don't care if heaven won't take me back" "yeah, they still say I'm a dreamer" if i had enough space on my computer to store large video files and use premiere pro without unplayable amounts of lag then i would be making an amv right now

[thenamelessdudessecondblog]

Mera stans

have ya'll seen there's a weird sweat falling down Mera's face that looks - yk, a little like weird tears??? if he was crying, that would be.... you know, quite interesting !!!

[sakumon16]

Owing to a recent request, I have a new story for you all. It’s not half bad!

It involves a certain blue-haired hero somehow surviving death, and how he escaped with the help of a mysterious magician…..

I don’t own this. The creators do.

[jade-eclipse-lithium]

Hawks: This is a Commission impossible.

Eclipse: Well we always get Commission accomplished.