#Katsuki Shimura AU

[hotpotatopotat]

"Calling for Backup" Endeavor tries to find Tenko a good suit for his upcoming review, but Shoto calls in backup. Bakugou and Deku aren't much better at this though 😅 [Shiggy-Endeavor Agency AU]

[terrible-my-hero-academia-aus]

AU Where...

Bakugo is a top ranked pro hero with CelebrityChildhoodFriend!Midoriya who is famous for such a completely different job/career from a Hero that the rest of Bakugo's class, who stayed in touch after UA, have no idea they're friends.

Through a series of events, this is all eventually revealed to the pro hero friend group

Whether Midoriya has a quirk or not is up to the author

Midoriya wasn't interested in being a hero growing up

Whether AFO exists in this au is up to interpretation

Appearance of LoV members as Midoriya's co workers/employees or friends??

BodyguardTouyaBodyguard TouyaBodyguardTouya 👀

Stylist Toga

Personal Assistant Spinner

Manager Compress

Co-worker/WorkBFF Tenko??

Use of canon villain names to protect Midoriya's staff from the public spotlight??

Midoriya didn't attend UA

Shinsou got into 1A

Bakugo has made vague references to Midoriya in the past but no-one knew what he was talking about

Bakugo and Midoriya stayed friends in this au

Bakugo has a Midoriya Merch ShineTM

Midoriya is still a hero fanboy

They trade merch, Midoriya gives his to Bakugo in return for merch for his hero shrine and All Mights' signature

Midoriya's celebrity status can be anything the author chooses as long as it doesn't relate to hero work. So things like a singer, dancer, actor, sportsman, model, YouTuber are all good, but nothing like a hero analyst or support worker for this au

Unbeknownst to even Bakugo, Izuku has met Shouto through Touya but somehow neither Shouto nor Izuku recognised each other's professional identity and both thought the other was a regular civilian.

[ultimateempath]

edit: update post here

Alright so I've been trying to put together an MHA Steven Universe AU, but I'm struggling to figure out a couple of the roles! So I'm enlisting all of you wonderful people to help!

Heres what I have so far

Ruby- Katsuki

Sapphire- Izuku

Garnet- bakudeku (named Katsudori in the au)

Steven- Eri(?)

Connie- Kota(?)

Lapis- Hawks

Peridot- Shigaraki

Jasper- Dabi

I have had ideas for the other roles, but nothing quite fit the way I wanted it to. My request to you all is to comment and/or reblog with your suggestions for the remaining roles as well as other suggestions for who to put into Steven and Connies roles as i'm not entirely certain about them yet. Thank you!

Roles that currently need filling: all four Diamonds and Pearls, Amethyst, Greg, Lars, Sadie.

[lioma-art]

HERO X FAMILY Halloween episode

Let's face it: Halloween is HERE and I didn't even manage to start writing that episode in time, especially since I've estimated it at 3-4 chapters (12k words). So, I dropped the episode from my write / draw to-do list for now (but might pick it back up sometime).

Which is a little sad, because it would have been more of a Dadmight episode rather than a Toshinko one. And it has little grumpy Kacchan in it, too.

Anyway, for your pleasure, here's how the episode would have gone:

The story opens with Inko POV as she hears Mitsuki drag Kacchan up the stairs of the apartment complex. The two are bickering loudly. When Inko gets the door we find out that Mitsuki drops off Katsuki at the Midoriyas so he can go with Izuku to a Halloween street fest.

Katsuki wears a golden age AM costume and is upset about it, since he wanted to be his own hero, but Mitsuki thought grenade bracelets were stupid and that's what their fight had been all about. Izuku is dressed as Silver Age AM (a gift from Toshi) and Kacchan points out that there can be only one number one.

Inko calms him down by offering to sew Katsuki his own costume for next Halloween. She's dressed up as Nana, because Toshi suggested it, and oh boy, he regrets that suggestion because now his wife looks like his mother figure and that's weird(!). Also Inko has to tell everyone who Nana was, but both Toshi and Inko agreed it's a good thing to remind people of who she was.

(I'm still undecided about whether or not Mon is living with them (yet). If so, she can wear a simple Ryukyu dragon costume.)

Toshi shows up in a villain outfit (yes the one from the OVA), so he and the kids can stage mock battles, but also because Inko wouldn't let him pick a scary costume. Katsuki immediately calls mock battles pointless since a gust of wind could defeat him. Well, that's just how Katsuki is around Toshi in this AU.

Skip forward. Toshi POV. They're out on the streets. There's decorations, music. Children are going trick-or-treating. Toshi notices a shady group of people next to a van and awkwardly lies to Inko about having to double back bc he forgot his painkillers.

Now alone, Toshi sneaks up to the suspected villains and listens in as they discuss a robbery. Bc odd coincidences happen in this AU, these first-time villains got their costumes at the same store Toshi got his. He puts on a mask and buffs up, planning to scare them away when he is discovered and mistaken for the requested backup.

Toshi decides to play along since they haven't actually commited a crime yet and they aren't particularly strong or confident.

Izuku or Inko POV. We see Katsuki "demanding" sweets. He is mistaken for a "villain AM". Izuku tells him to be nicer. Katsuki tries. He's hilariously bad at it.

Meanwhile, the group of villains has prepared a stage in the middle of the road and is drawing in a small crowd with free sweets and claiming to announce the winner of the costume contest. "All Smite" is with them.

Inko, Katsuki and Izuku go to see what the commotion is about when one of the villains creates a dome around the crowd, and another makes passers-by oblivious to that dome. A third threatens the civilians and demands their valuables. If they don't comply, All Smite is supposed to step in.

Toshi doesn't let it come to that. He pretends to be frightened of Izuku and Kacchan because "his only weakness are children dressed up like AM on Halloween, for they can gain the power of the hero!" It's horribly contrived, and the only person willing to believe him is Izuku.

Little Izuku throws a punch and Toshi pretends to get hit by jumping back and into the other villains.

Now convinced, Katsuki joins in.

It's actually Toshi knocking the villains around, but who cares? The children get to be actual heroes for a day.

Before long, the villains flee (thoroughly scared of the kids and discouraged from committing another crime), and Toshi runs away with them. He actually lets them go since no one got injured (besides the villains) and because it'll be one less report for him to write.

Closing scene probably has Izuku and Kacchan excitedly telling Toshi all about the adventure he missed out on.

[boss-the-goofball]

(I swear if everyone gets two chapters in their Vignettes before Katsuki gets his first Vignette then I know Clue will flip his lid)

[hardieworth]

Uraraka is the new girl in town. Bakugo and Midoriya warm up to her in different circumstances and are now literally fighting each other to win her over. Both go to Toshinori for love advice, but he's terrible at it. Shigaraki is the weird cousin who likes to watch the misunderstandings and makes things worse. In the end, Bakugo and Midoriya start dating, and Uraraka is happy to be friends with them.

[ladymiria]

I'm not feeling very well, and when I'm not feeling very well but I'm not defeated, I write. I think I'll publish something new soon, but as always, I overthink everything. This time there are two things: Will anyone really be interested in a canon divergent semi-au ShigarakixMidoriya? Well, who cares, I'll write it anyway. The other thought, however, is... them again: the damn tags. How do I signal a story that gets darker and heavier chapter by chapter? I feel like such a newbie on AO3.

Does it really work to use progressive tags?

[thebnha-auhoard]

The Court

He Never Wanted this. He never wanted to search for a dead boy. He was going to die. And it's because the Dead are never found in this world.

But one Bakugo Katsuki had family and friends on the line. Scratching and Tearing for their Rights and Needs.

The Orpheus City was a Electric one. And All For One Rules it with a Hard Fist. Scorches the eyes, burns the skin if unlucky enough to attract attention from Hellfire. It's a city of Heat and Pain.

So Bakugo sought out another place. A haven. He almost could laugh. Another City of no Name, Few entrances and where people disappear if they proved themselves. He does the same.

Tenko (A traitor his brain cries out. A Runner and Betrayer. Why would they make him a Entrance?!!) would meet him, as the Eurydice Entrance. his only way to safety and hope to find that Dead Boy named Izuku Midoriya.

[chaosverse-mainblog]

Soooo mythology MHA au

I know it kind of goes into the Eldritch au i created but eh, though an au would be fun with the vestiges as gods with Bakugou as an honorary holder and others as well

[ivorycowboy]

So I… got back into my hero academia recently

Made an AU .5 seconds after getting through Tomura’s backstory.

Have some art for it.

Some Touya, members of the resident accidental villain savers, the Luciolas, and a cute moth girl! Also, poor Touya has to deal with Bakugo during the internship arc.

[stealthsuitdeku]

Page three and four just dropping!

BNHA canon divergence au where all the vestiges held by TomurAFO make a plan to come back to life once he gets weakened Spoilers to the last arc, sorta ^^'

[armenianwriterman]

So I spent the last few weeks going on a My Hero Academia fanfiction reading binge and here's some of my recommendations!

All It Takes is One Good Friend: An anthology fanfic where in each chapter, a different character meets Izuku Midoriya (usually but not always due to an exploding firework truck), becomes friends with him, and helps him deal with Bakugo's bullying in the process, often with hilarious results. Some examples include Iida becoming a delinquent in order to control delinquency at Aldera, Overhaul and the Shie Hassaikai taking over as the school's teachers, Pony challenging Bakugo to a spice off, and Kota punches Bakugo in the nuts so hard it ends up killing Muscular via the butterfly effect. For anyone looking for fun crack, sweet friendships and occasional seriousness, this is the fic for you! (Warning: not for fans of Bakugo).

The Future Briefing Island: Izuku, his friends and his teachers wake up on a mysterious place with a mysterious woman, who has something they're very interested in seeing. A "characters watch their own show MST" style fic differentiated by having an actual plot outside of its premise. Highlights include Izuku getting therapy, Nezu using the mystical realm they're stuck in to troll his students, and the most awkward sex ed lesson ever, starring Midnight.

Cain: After the Sludge Villain incident, Bakugo finds Izuku a bit later then he did in canon, and gets to overhear All Might offering Izuku One for All. He takes it poorly, very poorly, and decides to do everything in his power to prevent "shitty stalker Deku" from becoming All Might's successor. This fic takes pre-character development Bakugo and plays it for horror. It gets legitimately scary at times, especially since we're restricted to Katsuki's POV throughout the fic. A well written story with terrifyingly unhinged unreliable narrator, this is my recommendation for anyone looking for something more intense. (Warning: very not for fans of Bakugo).

Ignited Spark: In a world where Izuku manifested a Quirk, he gives up his dreams of being a hero after a horrible accident until a chance encounter with All Might leads him to become a part of the great Hero team Japan has ever seen. This is an elseworlds/alternate universe fic where everything is different: Ochako is Izuku's childhood friend, Kendo is the next wielder of One for All, Nejire is a part of Class 1-A, Tenko Shimura was rescued from the streets and became a hero, and that just scratches the surface of this story has in store. There are a few AU changes I'm not a big fan of but that could be just me. It's a very long fic and I'm still only about halfway through, but I'm recommending it anyway because of the well written prose and action sequences, intriguing re-imaginings of My Hero's cast, and an excellent dynamic between the three leads. (Warning: gets a bit nsfw later on)

rock'n'roll buckaroo: Kaminari and Shoto create the My Hero Academia version of Buzzfeed Unsolved where they talk about superhero conspiracies. This ends up butterfly effecting into the League of Villains becoming famous YouTubers. Another fic with a good mix of crack and feels.

to convince what joy can bring: A huge cold snap spreads across Japan and poor Tsuyu can barely deal with the temperatures. Fortunately, her friends are there for her. A cute fluffy, Tsuyu centric story.

Rules for 1-A: Aizawa gets sick of dealing with his class of chaos children, so he makes a list of rules for them. What seems like a by the numbers fic is enhanced by the genuinely funny jokes within. Lines like "Todoroki: You're not allowed to set a garbage can on fire and bring it to parent-teacher conferences in place of your father", "I have no desire to explain what a thot is to All Might", and "When someone asks you to pass the salt, please pass the salt, do not produce a hand-written list of every complaint Bakugo has made about Midoriya and begin reading them aloud in a whiny voice," make this fic a laugh riot from start to finish.

Things That Haunt Our Hallways: While on a class trip, the 19 kids of 1-A (Mineta doesn't exist here lol) get hit with Fear Toxin, and it's up to Aizawa to save them. A very angsty fic exploring the fears of the kiddos and lots of Dadzawa and Dad Might as they comfort their students. Recommended for those who love hurt/comfort.

old game (new rules): Jiro is starting a new life in UA and she's determined not to let anyone get close her, not after last time. Another angst fic about dealing with internalized homophobia and trauma from being bullied in middle school. A must read for any fans of Kyoka.

fs in the chat and other forms of emotional support: Ochako learns her friend is a lesbian and decides to set her up with one of her buddies. What follows is pure horny crack as Ochako, Jiro, Mina and Camie fight over Momo and talk about lesbian sex on Discord. Slightly OOC but funny nonetheless.

He's Mine: Ochako activates yandere.exe, Izuku's a little too into it and everyone else is terrified. I actually joked about Ochako being a yandere in my liveblog, so I was amused by this fic. Hope you like it as much as I did.

soulmates die ten years apart: A tragic story about a hero losing her life in the line of duty, and Izuku's grief. I read this when I was having a bad mental health day and it kinda fucked me up. Have some hurt/no comfort.

Colors of You: When Bakugo and Kirishima's relationship gets outed, the kids of Class 1-A come together to let them know they aren't alone. A story about realizing things about yourself and queer solidarity.

It's Called Polyamory: One day, various people from Class 1-A end up seeing Izuku, Kaminari, Momo and Jiro out together in public, and end up in a huge debate about who's in a relationship with who. Little do they know, everyone's right.

Her truest reflection: During the USJ attack, Izuku is hit by a Quirk that makes transforms your body to match your inner self...and gets turned into a girl. As she adjusts to this change, all the girls in 1-A collectively go "OH NO SHE'S HOT!" A sweet emotional story about Izuku learning to love herself, and her six future girlfriends loving her.

his hair's a mess and he doesn't know who he is yet: Kaminari comes into possession of a dress while dealing with some issues, and ends up learning a few things about herself in the process. A good fic about self discovery, friendship, and dunking on Mineta.

Hulk-akure: Toru is shredded as fuck. That's it that's the fic.

it was a grave yet bore no stone: Class 1-A finds out Izuku accidentally leaves his notebook at school while he's visiting his mom, and discover a huge secret about their classmate. Featuring Class 1-A actually getting to react to One for All's existence and be supportive without being interrupted by the plot (cough canon cough)

how to destroy a man and get two dads, a guide by Izuku Midoriya: After learning about Todoroki's backstory, Izuku decides to torment Endeavor by flooding the internet with Omegaverse fanfic of him and All Might. Hilarity ensues.

Fear No Evil: This fic takes the relatively common fanfic concept of All for One being Izuku's father, and takes it in an interesting direction by having Izuku be abducted by Humarise, forcing All for One to team up with All Might and Aizawa to rescue him. The novel and unique premise alone is worth reading, and it contains a lot of fun back and forth between the reluctant allies and well written tension as Izuku tries to survive a cult of genocidal fanatics.

[filipinoizukuu]

what comes next though? (MHA ch. 413)

// major spoilers for mha ch. 413 since its leaks, so please stop reading if you arent quite caught up. i havent written one of these in a LONGGG while lmao.

ANYWAY, with all that being said.... this week's leaks huh?

We saw it coming a long time ago, we speculated it to hell and back, we made aus and fics, and now it's finally here. The conclusion we've reached and the one that's been hinted at since the release of Heroes Rising in 2019:

bnha is going to end with deku giving up one for all and becoming quirkless.

(LOTS of words under the cut -- youve been warned.)

For those who are a little lost; the basic premise of the ending we are hurtling towards is that Kudou (the 2nd user of ofa) has a plan to take down Shigaraki. With AfO dead and gone + Shigaraki becoming so powerful he is essentially invincible -- theres no other choice for the heroes other than destroying him inside out; the plan being the equivalent of charging a battery so much it explodes.

the way they're going to go about this is by essentially, feeding Shigaraki bits of One for All until he's given all of it -- then allowing the vestiges of the previous wielders to create a massive revolt similar to what SnS did until they can successfully tear him apart from inside the "quirk realm" and shut him out. Kudou volunteers to go next since danger sense has already been taken, and if Shigaraki uses gearshift again after Deku already used it twice, Tomura's body will likely shutdown and receive twice the backlash Deku does when he uses kudou's quirk.

(sidenote: funny as fuck that deku only understood once kudou equated the strategy to bkg throwing papers at him. bro stupid af.)

its a sensible(ish) idea. one that seems plausible given the context of the last hundred or so chapters with heroes like Hawks and SnS having their quirks revolt against both AfO and Shigaraki in a way that makes it clear that its not uniquely OfA that animates the souls of peoples quirks. Its inherent. Quote, Nana Shimura, "romantic" even.

(let it be known though that i think hori absolutely did not plan on delving into this plot point as much as he is now. ill explain in a bit, but heroes rising was 100% a major factor of why he moved in this direction.)

That being said, the conclusion of the plan (and subsequently, the major plot of bnha) is as follows: Deku gives up One for All to Shigaraki. One for All unites with All for One within Shigaraki and destroys it in one final clash between Yoichi and his brother. The break in the barrier of Shigaraki's hatred will part, letting him find the consciousness of Shimura Tenko behind it after years.

Shigaraki dies, taking OfA and AfO down with him,

and then Deku is quirkless once more.

Sad conclusion aside for now, I firmly believe that no matter what way you look at it; Deku was always meant to end the story without a quirk. Given some of the original drafts of bnha where Deku was never supposed to be given a quirk in the first place, this is clearly unsurprising. What's more is my favorite piece of information relative to katsuki and deku's character development:

the fact that heroes rising was (one of the) ideas for the original ending of bnha.

a refresher for some of you: heroes rising is about class 1a going to the isolated village of nabu island and defending it against an upcoming big bad villain named "nine" with a quirk that is essentially a scaled down version of all for one. katsuki and deku eventually resolve the conflict together via brute force by deku giving katsuki ofa, them rushing in while the quirk is transferring and both of them have it, and then ultimately defeating nine at the end. the movie then of course circles back on deku losing one for all, undoing that consequence by saying the transfer never completed bc ofa chose him over katsuki and they all move on to the endeavor agency arc with katsuki remembering absolutely nothing of the final battle.

many fans often misunderstand one of horikoshi's quotes about the movie in that it was, without a doubt, the original ending of bnha. for the sake of accuracy, that is not what horikoshi really said; what he ACTUALLY said was something closer and to the tune of of how it was "one OF the endings" he planned on using for bnha, but his original idea for how the story ends "has not changed one bit."

obviously disregarding the cop out where ofa sticks back to izuku in order for the series to continue as normal; this can only confirm that bnha was going to end with midoriya izuku quirkless whether katsuki was involved or not.

so what's different this time?

its hard to figure out how far horikoshi had planned the ending of bnha with heroes rising's prototype conclusion in mind. if heroes rising never pulled through and horikoshi had planned on bnha ending with the shared ofa transfer and katsuki continuing deku's legacy -- then that means katsuki wouldve died an early death because of all might's confirmation that only quirkless people can hold on to one for all without dying young, meaning he either intended on katsuki dying soon after the story ends or only planned that plot point after heroes rising was released.

the plot as well of heroes rising's conclusion cannot have been thought of all that early on because of ANOTHER tidbit of information that changes perspective of the entire series: in that,

bakugou katsuki was never supposed to be a major character to begin with. (keep an eye on this link; i reference this interview a LOT)

he was not supposed to have an arc. he was not supposed to become a major focal point of the series. he was not meant to be the hero he is in the story today. bakugou katsuki was not written with the intention of being a major narrative this late into the story -- instead originally only existing as a character that deku would surpass within the first few arcs.

but then katsuki cried, and deku apologized, and then opened his big fat mouth, and then told him a secret he didnt even tell his own mother -- and suddenly bakugou katsuki was not just another footnote in deku's story, but a legitimate character that grew and created one of the most loved (and hated) character turnarounds in shonen history. he started of as a literal EXTRA before snowballing into the very same character horikoshi decided would defeat all for one, the original scariest antagonist of the entire series. someone not even ALL MIGHT could defeat.

but circling back, yeah. heroes rising was definitely not the ending horikoshi thought of first, nor was it the ending he thought of last. ultimately, it was simply another route he couldve taken into wrapping up deku's fate into what it was (probably) always meant to be:

deku was gonna lose one for all no matter what.

it's kind of fitting, honestly -- for this to be the ultimate conclusion to the series. it makes the most sense, since what sent deku down this path so many years ago was his mother apologizing to deku for being quirkless; as if being quirkless meant he was born inferior to those who had quirks. people, after all according to deku's famous beginning monologue, are not born equal.

Even still, i thought to note: deku never stopped wanting to be a hero. we all know this, obviously. this was his driving force -- but then when you REALLY think about the implications, you have to ask. what the heck was deku even planning to do?!

he had ideas. he had hope. he wrote notebooks for the future and thought of his costume for being a hero -- but not once do i remember him writing about his hero experience as if he was suddenly going to develop a quirk. he was planning on saving people quirkless -- an extremely interesting motivation especially when he couldve so easily chosen to walk the path of being a doctor or engineer instead if he wanted to save people so badly. its a story about conviction, about doing the things you wanna do in the way you wanna do it no matter what ANYONE else says and hey wait a minute that sounds familiar

it doesnt quite read that way at first, especially because of how izuku almost listened to all might about "being realistic" when the first met and nearly gave up on becoming a hero entirely, but izuku is a lot similar to katsuki in the sense that no matter what gets in his way -- he is determined to achieve his dreams in the way HE CHOOSES, and not the way that is more "convenient".

even when you look at just his name, "deku" in the way that uraraka had interpreted it (dekiru -- "you can do it!") and the way deku reexplains it to katsuki in deku vs kacchan 1 ("the deku that doesn't give up!") you can so easily tell that deku from the very beginning has only ever needed the slightest push to pursue being a hero, quirk-or-not-be-damned. hell, we even see a glimpse of this possibility in the sports festival race when deku absolutely DECIMATES not just bakugou but also TODOROKI (as well as every single other damn student participating in the festival) with nothing but robot scraps and his balls of steel. it just so happens that until the promise of one for all, no such encouragement or push was ever given to deku in his pursuit of heroicism, most especially in comparison to katsuki who had been receiving praise and validation for his goals his whole life.

i'd argue that deku's conviction is even stronger than katsuki in a way no other person seems to recognize (except maybe katsuki himself). katsuki had received only positive feedback and zero competition for his goals growing up while deku received nothing but discouragement. both of them kept the conviction of being a hero for TEN YEARS; neither wavering til the day of the sludge incident.

that aside; what comes next?

we know the story after that. deku gets his quirk, he goes to school, he fights, he drops out, he fights some more, and now he's standing before shigaraki tomura with every quirk of one for all unlocked and over twice the power that all might had in his prime -- fully knowing he's about to lose EVERYTHING in order to defeat shigaraki.

this is deku we're talking about. he doesn't care. he knows the implications and what that will mean for his dream -- but his goal right now is in front of him. his goal is shigaraki, consumed by hatred, threatening to take down the world izuku loves most into a pit of misery and decay because society failed people like them. does he care? probably. will he refuse to give up his power if it means not saving the world and fulfilling one for all's purpose? absolutely not.

deku has made all might's quirk his own, but one for all does not belong to him. it belongs to yoichi. and kudou. and bruce and nana and all of the other users who built that quirk for generations in hopes that one day, someday, someone would be able to yield it all and bring down the monstrosity that created it in the first place. deku will not hesitate, but also deku knows what he will lose.

i have... a few things i dislike about this.

Admittedly, i do think that this is a better resolution than the simple brute strength approach of Heroes Rising. For one, while i do love heroes rising with my entire heart and soul, i firmly believe it would not have been a satisfying conclusion to the core lessons and teachings bnha tries to impart throughout the story. simply outnumbering and outpowering afo/shigaraki would not be enough to close yoichi's story and one for all -- much less the story of shigaraki himself as tenko, the boy consumed by hatred.

Still, this new ending that horikoshi has laid out leaves me with more questions; as well as large expectations for how izuku's character will close out. its complicated, because deku's evolution and development is subtle and intricate in a way i havent seen from other shonen protagonists and i worry about doing it justice.

but most of my problems have to do with bakugou katsuki.

(aint that the truth)

i know i mentioned that bakugou was never intended to be a major character, but i want it to be known that that was only in the beginning. season 1, maybe even season 2 -- but horikoshi had said it best himself in that bakugou katsuki, against his permission, had gained a life of his own and inserted himself into the very grain of mha's story. you cannot deny this.

he is the series deuteroganist inarguably. one of the most beloved characters and one of the most attentively-written development arcs in the whole series. katsuki in and of himself embodies major themes in bnha that make it so that ditching his development and impact last minute after defeating all for one would reflect poorly upon the conclusion of the story itself. he and deku are intertwined in arcs -- even if they do have separate paths at the end of the day. katsuki is the one izuku told about the quirk. the one who followed izuku during the paranormal liberation arc. the one who understands one for all and is determined to learn about it more than anyone else barring all might and deku himself. the one who is closer to izuku than anyone else.

it can't be over for their arc, no matter what way you see it. friends? rivals? hero partners? what comes next, when the smoke clears? what comes next when izuku gives shigaraki hell, like katsuki told him to?

katsuki's atoned. we accept that, have known it since chapter 285 and have continued to know it until the iconic apology in the rain. that's not where katsuki stops however, because we know that its not all about begging for izuku's forgiveness nor atoning for himself. its about catching up to izuku -- the last words he uttered before shigaraki crushed his heard say it all.

"can i still catch up to you, izuku?"

since the moment katsuki died, we've been given a metric ton of material to read through what he and izuku have become in the story. firstly, the point of katsuki being the person closest to izuku. what does this mean? what does that say about katsuki? is he supposedly the person izuku loves the most? the person izuku believes in the most? i'd argue these two criterion would easily fit his mother or all might a lot better -- not his childhood friend turned bully turned rival turned barely-friend. katsuki sure as hell didn't believe he was the person closest to izuku before shigaraki brought it up as evidenced by the fact that he let IIDA bring deku back to UA -- and neither does izuku as far as i bet. what was shigaraki's intention?

katsuki heard that statement. he hasnt said anything, but he definitely heard it. its an open end that is left entirely unanswered PRECISELY because katsuki fought afo on his own and izuku is about to tackle shigaraki without katsuki by his side. if it was heroes rising's ending wherein they would both fight shigaraki and take him down together -- then that statement would easily be answered by how their strength and bond is the one thing that gave them an upper hand in the final battle. other than that... i'm not entirely sure how they're going to have katsuki and izuku acknowledge katsuki's brief "death" and Tomura's reasons thereof.

But fine, lets ignore that for the time being and move on to what happened when Katsuki came back.

katsuki answered izuku's cry for help. he came back to life in the last moment to save all might when izuku was too busy fighting tooth and nail to win. they are the penultimate example of two sides of a hero; the win and save. not one without the other. every single parallel thus far between izuku and katsuki have always been to draw attention over and over to each of their stubborn convictions to win and save under all might's tutelage.

katsuki has chosen to prioritize winning and fighting over saving and rescuing over. and over. and over. and over again. at every single opportunity from the very beginning of the series. in usj, in sports festival, in the final exam, every choice he's made up until --

chapter 285 - bakugou katsuki: rising.

he chooses to save izuku in this instant. as he says, his body moved on its own -- or in other words, he felt like how izuku has always did since the sludge villain incident. this is bakugou katsuki catching up to midoriya izuku. its katsuki realizing that he needs to save so deku can win, and actually being okay with that for once. it's a major turning point in his character that clearly tells even horikoshi that there's absolutely no way katsuki can go back to being a side character within the plot of bnha after a development like this.

and then, after this instance, we notice it happen again and again. katsuki choosing to save to win instead of winning to save. katsuki protecting best jeanist against the nomu. katsuki coming to chase after izuku when he runs away from UA. katsuki (in a way) saving aoyama when its revealed he's the traitor. hell, katsuki saving ALL MIGHT as soon as izuku -- the savior -- begs someone to save his idol when he can't because he's too focused on trying to win.

so what changed?

what changed since the moment of chapter 285 was katsuki accepting his fears and anxieties. katsuki letting go of his aversity to working with deku. the reason katsuki started accepting the path of saving to win was because he TRUSTED deku to win where he couldnt.

this is katsuki accepting that him and izuku already surpassed all might together.

but katsuki said it himself. it's not over. he accepts that him and izuku are finally on equal footing -- hell, he admits he's the one who needs to play catch up. it's not about katsuki conceding to weakness, but katsuki being able to trust in izuku to finish the job. the point is that they both will break and break until they win the way they choose to, and the other will be there to win while they save and save while they win. moreso, katsuki still wants to be number 1. he still wants to catch up and surpass deku. he wants to fight by deku's side. but ... as we've established:

deku will be quirkless soon.

my problem (or, i guess, curiosity?) with the path horikoshi seems to be going down for the end of this story is what happens to this end? what happens to the wonder duo? i believe in a quirkless deku plot as much as the next person -- but any reader would find it easy to see that once deku loses one for all, he will not be nearly as efficient nor quick nor capable of a hero as he once was. especially not against a developed katsuki with mastery over cluster explosions.

he will lose one for all and he won't ever be the pro-hero he was going to be before the final war arc. katsuki will get number 1 surely, but will he be happy about this resolution? i don't think so. All Might himself had said it when Katsuki spoke to him about his relationship to Izuku; that the twin stars reminded All Might very much of his own rivalry with Endeavor and the bitter feelings it created.

endeavor expressed regret and a bitter end to their rivalry; the acknowledgement of the bitter truth that the only reason he was the number one hero is because all might lost his own quirk. he knew he didn't deserve the mantle all might had held for a long time before him. he knew that he was still only just playing catch up with the wisdom and understanding of heroicism that all might had in his heart from the beginning. endeavor will likely retire from being a pro-hero unsatisfied with this truth and his own victory at becoming the no.1 at the very end -- never feeling like he truly surpassed all might of his own accord. both enji and toshinori -- victims of their destiny.

is this the fate that will befall katsuki once izuku is quirkless for good?

There are many questions I have in wake of the recent chapter. The end of the series is here, and that's a whole can of worms i haven't touched in and of itself. We all saw this coming; some of us know that this was always going to be Izuku's fate since the beginning of the series. But now that it's more than just izuku's character involved in his dreams of being a hero -- i dont know how this series is going to conclude and if it will be satisfying to any means. there's a lot of questions i still have; bakugous arc feeling incomplete ever since he came back to life, the conclusion of all might and one for all's dreams now that they will disappear altogether. where does deku go after this? where does bakugou go? where do any of them?

i guess i gotta wait and see lol

[kitkat13001]

⋆⭒˚.⋆ 𝚖𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚊 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝

𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜

⭑ just like a movie | mha boys as rom-coms

⭑ part 2 | more mha boys as rom-coms

⭑ strrrike! | bowling w the mha boys

⭑ mha x latina!reader smau

⭑ oh, if the media could see them now

𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚒

⭑ favorite | tomura shigaraki x villain!reader

⭑ corpse bride | tomura shigaraki / tenko shimura x reader

⤷ in which your childhood best friend has resurfaced after being presumed dead, and then it becomes your turn to haunt him…

⭑ scaredy cat | tomura shigaraki x reader fluff

⤷ in which you hate scary movies and your villain boyfriend is your witness…

⭑ night changes | tomura shigaraki x reader comfort

⭑ did you know there’s a tunnel under ocean boulevard? | tomura shigaraki x reader

⤷ in which tomura realizes he wants to spend the rest of his life with you…

⭑ boygenius | tomura shigaraki / tenko shimura x reader

⤷ in which your neighbor and best friend tomura wishes your confidence would rub off on him…

⭑ tangled lights | tomura christmas drabble

𝚔𝚊𝚝𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚒 𝚋𝚊𝚔𝚞𝚐𝚘𝚞

⭑ tipsy | katsuki bakugou x fem!reader fluff

⤷ in which you come home drunk and katsuki takes care of you…

⭑ is it casual now? | katsuki bakugou angst/fluff

⤷ in which katsuki has to answer the infamous “what are we?” question, and you both confront feelings you weren’t aware of…

⭑ soft spot | katsuki bakugou x reader fluff

⤷ in which you’re about to leave for a mission and katsuki can’t say “i love you” like a normal person

⭑ bakugou w/ a picky-eater s/o

⭑ bakugou x reader coraline au

⭑ always been you | bakugou fluff drabble

𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚒 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚘𝚞

⭑ power outage | hitoshi shinsou x reader fluff

⭑ hitoshi shinsou drabble

𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚘

⭑ maybe | mina ashido x fem!reader

⤷ in which you and mina are maybe more than friends…

𝚝𝚘𝚞𝚢𝚊 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒

⭑ home for the holidays | hero!touya x reader (christmas special)

𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚘𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚒

⭑ like-like | shoto drabble

⭑ in da club | shoto birthday drabble

⭑ halfway to forever | pro-hero!shoto x pro-hero!reader fluff

⤷ in which shoto comes home to his fiancée after a long day of work…

��𝚎𝚗𝚔𝚒 𝚔𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚒

⭑ ultimately | friends-to-lovers denki x reader

⤷ in which you and denki are heading down different paths, but he doesn’t want to lose you (spoiler: he doesn’t)…

⭑ the house of fun, the number one

⤷ in which denki tries to get you out of a funk in time for the new year, and midnight brings around something more than you anticipated…

⭑ denki needing a trusting s/o

𝚒𝚣𝚞𝚔𝚞 𝚖𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚢𝚊

⭑ about time | teacher!izuku x pro!reader

⤷ in which after a late patrol, you decide to spontaneously propose to izuku…

𝚘𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚔𝚘 𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚔𝚊

⭑ this side of paradise | bandit!ochako x knight!reader (multi-part series)

𝚎𝚒𝚓𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚖𝚊

⭑ look after you | friends-to-lovers kiri x reader (comfort?)

⤷ in which eijirou always takes care of everyone, but especially you…

dividers by @/agsthv and @/saradika-graphics — icon from the manga edited by me <3

[decayingflames]

So I figured out a whole bunch of notes for my Tomura x Reader College Au fic. It is a quirkless AU as well.

I put them under the cut because a) it's long and b) incase someone doesn't want to read 'em ^^

○ Tenko/ Tomura is adopted by Inko

● Izuku is his little brother

● Inko's husband is dead and she never remarried/ got a boyfriend

○ Tomura is his gamer tag/ online persona

○ On paper is Tenko Midoriya, but has the option to go back to his birth surname Shimura (isn't sure about it)

○ Computer Science Major with a focus on Video Game design

○ Has a Gengar onesie

○ Y/N is an art major focus on graphic design

○ From a small town (nervous about city life)

○ Touya lives with Rei and his three siblings

● Rei got full custody from Enji

● Enji got charged with abuse/ neglect, but family paid to have his jail time reduced to a couple months

● Rei has a restraining order for her and the kids

○ Has some nasty burn scars from the abuse

○ Second year student

● Possible Majors: Music with focus on guitar, Music with focus on producing, Undecided (trying out electives/ getting GenEds out of way), or Social Work

○ Shuichi Iguchi is human

●parents love him, but have neglected him a bit

● Spinner is his game tag/ online persona

○ Tenko's childhood/ current best friend

● Has a massive crush on Tenko, but didn't realize it until Y/N came into the picture

○ Man games in a TMNT Raphael onesie

○ Either goes to trade school on Tenko's college campus or Majors in Computer Science with a focus on data analysis

●Side gig as a dragon V-tuber

○ Atsuhiro Sako (Compress) is a theatre professor

○ Jin is his boyfriend

○ Has adopted Himiko

○ Himiko Toga was adopted by Compress after being taken away from parents at age 10

○ goes to the same middle school as Ochako (developed a crush)

● Goes to the same highschool as Ochako and gets a crush on her new friend Izuku (still crushing hard on Ochako)

○ Helps her dad out with his plays/ enjoys sitting in on auditions

○ Trying hard to get Atsuhiro and Jin to get engaged/ married

Random notes:

○ Inko thinks Izuku might be poly halfway through his freshman year of highschool because he's close with Shoto, Katsuki, and Eijiro.

● Even though the boy says he's crushing on Ochako

○ Izuku's favorite fictional show character is All Might and still has all the merch

○ Izuku does have a crush on Ochako, but also his childhood friend Katsuki and eventually Shoto

○ Tenko doesn't like Katsuki

○ Tenko and Touya have a slight tiff later because Izuku and Shoto become friends and Touya doesn't like Izuku/ doesn't think he's good enough for Shoto (absolutely ships them)

○ Izuku is friends with Ochako and Himiko

● Tenko gets used to weird dinners when he's home because of Izu's weird friends

○ Inko tends to invite and befriend Izuku/ Tenko's friends parents so ◇possibilities◇

[boss-the-goofball]

TENYA WILL NO LONGER APPEAR IN THESE POLLS UNTIL THE OTHERS CATCH UP TO WHERE HE IS IN HIS VIGNETTE SERIES