#USJ was kinda anticlimactic

[mutable-manifestation]

Is this from a fic,, or ? Just amazing thing that you had to make bc reasons?

Anyway a scenario painted itself in my head because of this, so like. Here ya go.

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DP doesn't really give a timeline so I'm gonna say everything happened in his first year of HS, making him just 15 when Phantom Planet would have happened.

In this AU there is no Phantom Planet (as one does) but there is ghost puberty (as many do) and Danny starts having a crisis about his appearance on top of increasing issues from the year of constant property damage to Amity (bills add up, repairs create issues, him chasing out the ghosts doesn't mean there are no problems, no consequences).

Danny tries his best but he's a high schooler - sometimes he forgets he even has certain powers.

The Realms are Infinite, connected to every living dimension there is. Clockwork can see the stress getting to him, stress steadily reaching a snapping point (not another Dan scenario, but the Crown Prince of the Realms becoming a depressed recluse and refusing his crown/violently pushing everyone he loves away is also a bad outcome - and it makes Clockwork sad, he got attached).

So Clockwork sends him to the bnha-verse.

What better way to teach him to accept himself than to send him to the world with so much aesthetic diversity. Let him meet the fanged, red-eyed, moody heroes and the bubbly golden villains, let him see all the diverse appearances and realize that it is their choices that dictate their actions, that there is no such thing as 'evil puberty.'

Being around humans with more diverse appearances and abilities will do him good.

And what better way to learn how to fight and rescue more efficiently than from the people who have perfected it to a curriculum.

"Three years," he says when Danny once more appears to him, seeking advice.

"A school that will better teach you to use your powers, to minimize property damage, to work more efficiently," he offers.

"You will be sent back to the exact same time in your own dimension, to continue on as if you never left. Your town and world will remain safe, because you will never truly be away from it," he promises.

And Danny - who is spiraling over his growing fangs, his elongating ears, his hair that seems just a touch less material with each passing day, his steadily paling [blue, blue, it's turning blue] skin - accepts with all the fervor of a dying man lunging at an oasis in the desert.

He hesitantly drops his phone and wallet, leaving him with nothing but his clothing - still slightly scuffed from the latest fight with Skulker - and steps through one of Clockwork's mirrors into an alley.

He waits, just as Clockwork asked him to.

He doesn't know what he's waiting for, but he does all the same.

A black cat curls up next to him as he sits by a dumpster until Aizawa Shouta drops from a nearby roof and ends up taking him in.

A few weeks later, Danny takes the entrance exam for UA High School and is placed in class 1-A (ghost speak is like all speak, he just had to learn the alphabet. Guess who he replaced? Yeah ur right it was Mineta)

So anyway, skipping a lot of timeline to get the scene this fic inspired:

edit: Forgot to say, this is set between hosu & final exams

another training exercise 'heroes vs villains' style.

The teams are 'villains' Danny & Yaoyorozu vs 'heroes' Deku & Iida.

(it's really just team fights in an urban setting but making it themed motivates the teams shhhhh)

The hero team has to catch both villains in 10 minutes or it's an automatic loss, but the villains have to 'kill' at least one hero and play keep away, or kill both heroes to win.

Danny already made the 'rip your lungs out' joke before, so Yaoyorozu (who can probably make very realistic looking fake organs even if she can't make actual organs) made a plan based on that...which really freaks out Deku & Iida.

***

Izuku is excited for the fight, if a little nervous.

Danny's quirk, Archetypical Ghost, is one of the most diverse he's seen - up there with Yaoyorozu's and Fukidashi-san's.

His main downfall is his own underutilization of his abilities; sometimes he just forgets what he can do. He also tends to get distracted in fights - looks away from enemies too easily, falls for fake-faints, has trouble moderating his strength and often underestimates how much it takes to take someone down.

But he's improved since the beginning of the year, and with Yaomomo's own diverse skillset and tactical mind this was bound to be a tough battle.

Worst of all was the aniticipation; Danny- Phantom's invisibility and intangibility were incredible for sneak attacks. Beyond even Hagakure's ability to sneak - unless he made noise he could go completely undetected.

He and Iida go in with both ears peeled.

They hear the scream not 30 seconds in.

It's high and blood-curdling and so clearly Yaoyorozu. She's screaming like she's dying.

They bolt towards the sound as soon as it begins, wary of a trap but too concerned for their classmate to not go anyway.

Then, as abruptly as the sound began, it cuts to silence.

It chills Izuku to the core, right alongside the increasing cold of the air as they approach where the noise came from.

It turns out Danny and Yaoyorozu were only a few streets down, and he and Iida arrive just in time to see Yaoyorozu drop to her side, making a small gurgling noise as she paws at her red-stained chest with red-stained hands.

Danny leans down, grin stretched wide as he places a small red object down right in front of her face.

It squelches with the movement, more blood oozing out.

It's blood.

Izuku's mind goes back to the lesson two weeks prior.

--------Flashback---------

Kaminari whistled as Danny came back from his match with Koda.

"You weren't kidding about animals not liking you."

"Nope, walking bear-spray commercial, that's me," Danny jokes, finger-gunning as he floats closer to chat while they wait for Koda's return to discuss the match.

"Still! I thought you meant, like, cats don't want to cuddle because your cold or something! Those birds literally fled en masse! You're like, one of the chillest guys I've met, I don't get why they'd hate you."

"They don't hate me," Danny shrugs, "They just register me as a threat and react accordingly."

"Pffft, strong I can get, but threatening?"

Then Danny stuck his hand into Kaminari's chest, grinning wide and floating up to loom, eyes brightening.

"I could literally rip out your still-beating heart whenever I feel like it."

Then his hand flopped out harmlessly.

"Anyway, that was a great match! I never expected Koda to be such a dirty fighter in close combat; He really caught me off-guard with the pocket sand thing!" Danny chattered away as if nothing had happened, steamrolling Kaminari's nervous laughter and the general unease.

After a while, the mood was back to normal (if not with a few people wondering if Mirio could rip their hearts out...)

--------End Flashback---------

Danny briefly puts his right hand out of phase, letting more red, red blood splatter onto the pavement and the object, leaving his white glove just as pristine as it had been back in the observation room.

All the while, Yaoyorozu clutches at the object - 'Her heart, that's her heart oh kami-' - and shoves it towards her chest, eyes watering and mouth moving soundlessly. More red trails out from between her lips.

Izuku is moving before he can think.

He lunges at Phantom fist-first, screaming in rage. Praying to anyone that will listen that Iida can help her, the teachers, Recovery Girl, anyone-

The fist passes right through Phantom's head, and Izuku is ectoblasted across the street, through a building, and into a second one for his trouble.

He can hear Iida requesting the teachers end the fight over comms as he gets back up.

Phantom laughs loud enough to hear through the comms and the distance, and Iida cuts off mid-explanation.

Izuku makes it out of the rubble and onto the street just in time to be tackled back through the second building by Iida.

By an Iida with green, green eyes.

"Too slow!"

He aims to stomp Izuku's head in, but he's clumsy - unused to Iida's larger frame, maybe? He'd only used this power once before, after all - and Izuku is able to roll away and kick him into the wall.

He winces at the pained blue eyes that flash briefly.

The teachers have to have seen Yaoyorozu, or heard Iida, or- or they'll be on the way anyway because the cameras went down and they know something is wrong.

He has to trust them to help Yaoyorozu, he can't fight Phantom- fight Danny and save her.

He can't even move her safely in that condition.

He has to trust the others to help her while he plays keep-away.

While he...fights Danny.

Seriously.

"What do you think you're doing!?" Izuku yells, voice thick. "WHY!?"

"Why?" he tilts Iida's head owlishly. Smiles. "To test my ability."

"To- what does that even mean!"

"Haven't you noticed how far ahead we are? In terms of strength, of skill...isn't all a little too easy? Don't you want a challenge? I do. Everyone here is so...weak," Danny spits in distaste with Iida's mouth.

"These little sanctioned spars...people fight harder when their lives are really on the line. Maybe no one else can keep up with me, but you..." Iida's eyes rake over him. "If you gave it your all, you might be more than just 'entertaining.'"

Izuku lunges on his last word - unable to listen any longer - aiming to sweep Iida's legs out from under him.

'If I can just pin him, maybe he'll leave Iida alone...I don't have enough information. Dammit! What do I do!?'

Dan-ida jumps his sweep and twists into a kick aimed for his head as he does.

Izuku drops to the ground to dodge it and manages an upper-cut kick to his chin before he rolls back and away to get on his feet once more.

"Get out of Iida!"

"If you want to force me out you'll have to put this body to sleep. Do you really have it in you? To attack your own ally? Your friend?"

"Like you did!?" Izuku yells, moving for another lunge, this time a tackle.

Danny bounces off of the wall, using Iida's quirk to mimic Izuku's own moves and dodge. They end up trading places.

"Aren't you tired of being nice?" Danny asks as he lands and turns back to lock eyes with him, holding out a hand - palm facing the ceiling; in offering instead of as a threat. "Don't you just want to go apeshit?"

Before he can even think of how to respond to that, Danny uses a reciproburst.

He barely manages to get out of the way in time.

"OOooh that was fun!" He claps Iida's hands together as he comes to a stop. "More fun than norma-GKH-"

Danny's distraction costs him, as his little run stops not far from Izuku, who manages to close the distance get in a heavy strike right to the chin while Danny is busy celebrating using his own classmate like a toy.

Iida drops to the ground like a sack of bricks.

Izuku wants to pick him up and run, hoping Danny will follow and stay far away from where Yaoyorozu is no doubt receiving treatment.

'Please, please let them get here in time. Please be okay, Yaoyorozu-san.'

But Danny practically melts out of him and lands with a foot on his back.

He grabs Izuku by the elbows before he can react - forcing his hands to aim towards Iida - pulling him in close.

"Come on then, hero," he all but purrs, eyes glowing so bright they nearly look yellow and mouth curling into an unnaturally wide grin, "Challenge Me."

Before Izuku can do anything beyond glare him down, he feels a prick in the back of his neck and his world goes dark.

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Izuku wakes up in the infirmary to the sound of Yaoyorozu...

"Yaoyorozu!" He bolts up right, head spinning as he whips it around to find Yaoyorozu sitting calmly between his bed and Iidas, chest and hands still slightly red but appearing unwounded.

Iida's head is cradled in his hands.

"Easy, easy," she turns to Izuku. "I'm okay, I'm not injured, I promise."

"You- you were-"

"Here," Recovery Girl interrupts, appearing at his side with a pill and a glass of water. "Take this and drink up."

What follows is a relief, but also kind of stings.

Apparently, Yaoyorozu wanted to test her aim with some new tranq darts she'd been studying to create.

And apparently they also wanted to try out some new ideas from Midnight-sensei's workshop on the benefits of acting in the field - for villain combat and civilian calming proposes.

Which had led to them faking her own murder, separating him from Iida, using Iida as a puppet - he was originally just going to be taken out but Danny thought that would alert Izuku that something was up, since the teachers would never announce him out if Yaoyorozu was actually dead or dying - and then distracting him long enough in a relatively small area for her to line up her shot.

"Aizawa sensei thought it best that I be here when you both woke up...and that Danny wait outside until I was able to explain things to the both of you."

The reason for that went without saying.

"But we're both deeply sorry," she bowed from her chair, "We took things too far, making you both believe I was truly...grievously injured. We were too caught up in trying out new techniques and we didn't think about how seriously it might affect you. We hope you can forgive us."

Danny appeared from thin air, standing and bowing next to her just in time to echo the apology.

"I cannot say that I'm happy with the situation, but I understand the desire to broaden your heroic horizons, even if I do find the methodology of it a bit distasteful," Iida chops. "U.A. is a place for learning, it is only sensible that you try such things here. I am... hurt, but I understand. I forgive you."

"Ah," Izuku says, eyes filling with tears, "I-I'm so glad you're both okay-"

His voice cracks on the last word, tears spilling over as Yaoyorozu winces and Danny looks like a deer in headlights.

***

anyway.

I don't feel like this does the picture justice, because it is b-e-a-u-tiful, but I had to get it on paper [digital] to get it out of my brain. Anyway, enjoy!

Villain Danny? Or just Danny getting too into the role in class? The world may never know because neither do I

I think Danny would be terrifying as a villain tho, he would be unstoppable and everyone should be thanking god that that he isn’t one. When I have some more spare time I’m going to need to do an actual piece of art

[mysterylover123]

BNHA Rewatch: Season 1 Episode 11 “Game Over”

mysterylover123

So first up, I totally forgot to add onto the You Say Run drinking game last episode! Sorry, my bad. I am ashamed. 

Secondly, onwards! So we open with Deku, Mineta and Tsuyu headed off to where Aizawa is fighting off villains. Deku is quick to start muttering like crazy, which Tsuyu finds creepy (nobody seems to find Deku’s muttering charming or anything other than weird, oddly. Not even Uraraka).  

Todoroki is showcased here, being very...cool. I’ll stop. (This is probably Shoto’s darkest scene, at least in terms of him being something of a jerk at the beginning. He implies he’ll just kill these villains with ice if they don’t give him info. EarlyRoki is very sinister.)

Now to the Momo-Kamijirou team. Cute Kamijirou flirting antics are really fun to rewatch. They have this great back-and-forth, bickering sexual tension thing going on and it just shows up whenever they hang out. Nothing dramatic, nothing over-the-top, but there’s always a little chemistry there. 

I like this little fighting trio. They’re a particularly great combo. 

And now, presenting, the Full frontal Alchemist, Momo Yaoyorozu! (that’s actually a joke from FMA’s manga. The locker room scene with Ed and Al, the manga notes “full frontal alchemist”. Also, Momo’s english VA=Riza Hawkeye!) I’ll bet including this will get this post flagged. Sigh. Anyway, despite the wardrobe malfunction it necessitates, this  is indeed, in my opinion, the best, most OP quirk. All-purpose. Nearly unbeatable.

Meanwhile, Tomura being all analytical and clever and figuroug out how to fuck up Aizawa’s elbow. This is one of his Bad Guy counterpart to Deku aspects that I think is pretty neat - I mean, yeah they have similar circumstances, but being over-analytical hero otaku, now that’s a Not So Different I can work with.

Now over to more of Iida somehow still not having left and Uraraka being all “just go already!” Seriously Iida what took you so long?

See what happens when you stall out, Iida?! 

Now over to Kirishima and Bakugou beating up some baddies. Kirishima makes a fantastic point that if they hadn’t jumped at Kurogiri everything would be fine. Bakugou is as bullheaded as ever (though actually proves himself smarter than thought later on. He’s kinda like Edward Elric - comes across as a hotheaded brawler, but is actually a genius. That’s 2 FMA comparisons. Can we get to 3?) 

You’re probably wondering what my position is on Kiribaku, since it’s like the only BNHA Ship I haven’t really commented on yet. It’s basically one of the big ships that I honestly only see as friends. I don’t really get the shipping hype around them. Sorry. 

Now on the other hand...these two need to be shipped more. Uraraka saving Iida from Kurogiri! This is one of Ochaco’s best moments, taking on the Big Bad/final boss and tossing him out of the way to save Iida’s life, and by extension, the rest of Class 1-A. Go Uravity! 

More gruesome Aizawa injuries. Holy crap. The animation on this is so brutal. (nowhere near as brutal as some of the later injuries, especially that last arc. Dear god that’s gonna be...brutal seems too mild.) 

Deku calls back to this bit where Tomura just quits and decides to peace out as soon as trouble comes. It’s interesting, thinking of Tomura’s progression, that Deku’s had the same effect on him that he has on Class 1-A (alongside Bakugou): raising the standard. Forcing everyone to try as hard as he does. 

Apparently the Japanese fandom has a Tsu/Aizawa ship. While I’m obviously not into that, it did make me curious to take note of their interactions. She does seem to be particularly close to him, of the kids in Class A. (not that kind of creepy close, of course; just that she’s often the most concerned for him, and he saves her life specifically here.) 

And Deku manages to control OFA! How powerful was that smash? How far was Deku able to go at this point, already, without getting hurt? I really want to figure out how Deku can potentially regulate OFA in the future, and this is the only moment where he pulls off a pretty impressive smash without being broken; this ain’t no 5%. Aside from ‘putting on the brakes’ to avoid killing someone, what else helped him here?

“Watashi ga kita!” (One day, Deku will storm in, and the reaction will be the same. Who am I kidding, he already does this all the time anyway.)

So this ep is a big set up from the previous one. The USJ Arc is not one of my favorites, but it does have a lot of great moments. It’s well-executed. It’s a fine place to end season 1. First time around, I remember feeling that it was kind of anticlimactic because my boy Deku didn’t get to do anything big, but of course this is just the end of season 1, so it’s all cool. 

BKDK Corner: 

They don’t talk this ep, but there are the usual parallels - like in the ep where Baku first displays his capacity to work with others, trust in his classmates, respect talents from those besides himself, we also see Deku first use OFA without breaking himself, on top of his leadership/powerhouse role in the fight against villains. Bakugou being the Power of Friendship gruff Shonen Hero and Deku being a confident OP badass. 

Best Girl: No new best girls in this ep. (So far, they were: Mt. Lady, Inko, Uraraka, Recovery Girl, Jiro, Momo, Mina, Tooru, Reporter Lady, & Tsu)

Ranker: Most Brutal BNHA Injuries (my picks)

5. Twisted and dissolved arm - Aizawa vs Nomu 

4. Both Arms dissolved - Chisaki (thanks Shigaraki)

3. Multi broken right arm from OFA ( All Might)

2. 2 broken arms from OFA overuse - Deku vs Muscular, Todoroki, etc.

(Hon mention: Endeavor vs high End - face cut, Iida vs Stain - multiple stab wounds, Todoroki’s burn scar)

1. Blood blown up from Inside out (Toga vs Chitose) and blown up hands and feet (Shigaraki vs Redestro)

[dannyphantomphan]

VILLAIN DANNY YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!

As you can tell I want more villain Danny >:)

Villain Danny? Or just Danny getting too into the role in class? The world may never know because neither do I

I think Danny would be terrifying as a villain tho, he would be unstoppable and everyone should be thanking god that that he isn’t one. When I have some more spare time I’m going to need to do an actual piece of art