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[theweeping-whistlers]

The Daily Fanfic Rec #31

Fandom : Boku no Hero Academia / My Hero Academia

Site : Ao3

Title : Q. A. B.

Author : jihnari

Summary :

One month after @hawks_unofficial's initial viral post, the blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future", otherwise known as "Q. A. B.", has gone from an average of 10 views per post to an average of 20,000 views per post.

Midoriya Izuku does not know how to view the impressions analysis for his suddenly popular blog, and only notices that sometimes, people actually comment on his posts now. He does not google himself or his moniker and thus does not see the rise in online articles and speculation.

He is unaware that the "kyuu-ei-bee" he begins to hear about in passing refers to his own blog. He does not have a Twitter account.

At the time, Midoriya Izuku is 15 years old.

Izuku (accidentally) starts a cult.

Notes :

Okay, so this fic and really the whole series is a trip. It feels like pure humor. Yes, there is some angst, but even that feels tinged with funny juice. The cult has such a wide range of people that would most definitely not interact with each other, all looking at the cute string bean and going 'ah yes the purpose of life'. If you want a good laugh while reading a good scheme, then this is just right for you.

[risualto]

“You should go out,” my mother said, through a screen.  Of course, having her voice in my ear for two decades meant that I could hear exactly how she would say it--she would try to sound like she was scolding me, but we would both hear the nostalgia in her voice from her own missed opportunities that made it sound soft, and I would pretend not to notice.

I, of course, complained that it was hot (81, I’d say, and then wonder again at when I would get around to learning to translate Fahrenheit to Celsius without manually calculating it step-by-step).  But I did go out to the bakery my mother suggested, instead of the little sushi joint I’d been thinking of.  That bakery, of course, was delicious.  One of the most delicious bakeries in the whole city, and one of the most memorable restaurants anywhere in the world, for me.  It just hadn’t been what I’d planned.

Shifting the planned sushi meal farther ahead in time was easier, ultimately, than taking the plate off the board and throwing it out on the designated trash day, so I went there for dinner, instead.  I’d never been to that restaurant for dinner, actually.  As I approached, I realized that meant the menu was possibly different in the evening, and the sign outside didn’t make it obvious how. 

Still, I went in, and found the place busier than I’d ever seen it: four people at the six-chair bar, with none of the three other tables occupied.  The hostess smiled at me, a little surprised but clearly happy I’d come back, and gestured to the seat at the corner of the counter.  It did take a little deciphering to figure out the evening menu, but I settled on a course of nigiri that seemed similarly priced to my favorite lunch set.  The names of the exact nigiri included were nowhere to be found on the menu, but I’ve only ever discovered a few sushi fish that I dislike.  (The only food allergy I’ve ever found is kumquats, and--more crucially--I have a good poker face.)  The moment my order was accepted, I quickly pulled my hair out of its tie and swept it over my left shoulder, both to make a curtain between myself and the other customers, and to avoid any attention on the back of my neck by the three older men sitting there.

The first point was, as it turned out, a complete failure.  Putting up an obvious sign that I didn’t wish to be spoken to was no deterrent when weighed against my obviously out of place features.

“The couple over there,” the chef said to me as he placed the second piece of nigiri in my course on the bar before me, “would like to buy you a roll.”

(She eats sushi!  She eats Japanese fish.  How? I heard, from over there.)

“Is there anything you’d like?  Maguro?  Anago?“ asked the chef.  His prompts were the two fish I said specifically that I loved last time I came here.  Tuna and saltwater eel.

I turned towards the over-there side of the bar and bowed my head.  “Thank you,” I said, and looked at the chef.  “Anago, please.”

“With cucumber?”

“Oh, yes!”

“Anago-kyuu maki, understood!” said the chef, loud enough for the whole restaurant to hear.  I ducked behind my hair, but kept a smile on my face whenever I wasn’t eating.  Now that I’d been offered food by strangers old enough to be my parents, to look ungrateful would be just about the worst social faux-pas I could commit, and I would prefer to be remembered for my sushi preferences than a bad attitude by the one sushi restaurant within walking distance of my apartment.  Some of my colleagues frequent this area, and half of my job is being a cultural ambassador, after all.  Of course, anyone who has been such a thing understands that this actually means you’re a local celebrity.  Your public presentation is an open invitation to speculate on not just your character, but the character of all foreign people.

Doesn’t that just make sense?

Now that I’d revealed myself to be capable of at least elementary Japanese, though, hair curtain or no, the two businessmen closer to me than the couple-over-there were determined to talk to me.  “Where are you from?” asked the older one.

I told him.  America.

“The West half or the East half?” he asked.  Seiban or touban.  Of course, if the words had been written down, I would have realized their meaning instantly--West half or East half--but I’d never heard them spoken before.  The rarity of those words could be equated to asking something like, Occidental America or oriental America?  With a few seconds to compute, one might be able to arrive at an understanding even without knowing the phrases fully, but a non-native speaker would be thrown for a loop.  My confusion must have showed, because he rephrased the question.  “West coast or East coast?”  Higashi-kaigan or nishi-kaigan.  Longer words, but ones that had been drilled into my head in my second year of language study.

When I answered him this time, the older man grinned and started telling me everything he knew about the area--the local baseball team, the time he’d seen Otani Shohei play there on TV, the abundance of casinos and how fascinating the process of minting casino chips was.  His companion, who I realized quickly was both younger and probably subordinate to the excited man, watched me respond softly in disbelief, and his colleague with the same, but to an exceptional degree.  I must not have been the first person to entertain this man’s excited tangents, I realized.

He was so excited to tell me all about how incredible the fish was in this city--”It’s a great success that you came here, and not to Tokyo!”--and this shop in particular, that I couldn’t help feeling a little warm to it.  “If Osaka has okonomiyaki and takoyaki,” he said, listing their local specialties, “then this shop has seafood.”  I chuckled.  “She even understands jokes!” he said.  I laughed.

Despite not being part of this conversation, clearly the couple-over-there were listening, because the chef came back to ask me if I liked shrimp tempura.  I said yes, and he told me that I was being offered some by that same couple.  So I turned over there and bowed, a little deeper this time, and thanked them a little more properly.  The husband shook his head, laughing, and pointed to his wife.  All her doing, he told me without words.  I tried to catch her eye, but she was hiding from my line of sight as if embarrassed by her own generosity, so I just bowed again.  She did assure me--through the chef--that I could take the food to-go if it was too much on top of my meal already.  (I did, in the end.)

And now it was almost a competition, because the older businessman turned to the chef and asked if he had anything in specially today, and to get three plates of it.  The chef did--I think what he had was a specific kind of tuna meat, but certainly not one I had ever heard of before.  I did, however, receive a thorough lecture on how it was very different from any preparation of fish that could be achieved in America.  (Pointing out that this man probably had no idea of all the ways fish were prepared in America would have thrown a wrench into the evening, so I just agreed that I’d never had this before.)

So I ate some of the most delicious maybe-tuna I’ve ever tried, and a free roll of eel and cucumber, with a box of shrimp tempura sitting beside me on the counter, as I explained that food was my initial inspiration for wanting to study Japanese, with music and history as close seconds.  And in return, besides the food, I got recommendations for a few tourist spots in the city I hadn’t been to yet, along with the name of a comedy performance troupe to look up on YouTube.

In the end, the couple-over-there refused to be outdone in terms of generosity.  They paid for my whole meal, telling me that I just had to make sure to come back to the restaurant.  I’d lived there a year by this point and never met them before, so it seemed unlikely I’d ever meet them again.  But it did make me think I should, perhaps, go to that restaurant for dinner every now and then to increase my chances, and perhaps speak to them.

The one point that everyone kept going back to during my meal, though, was that I understood the humor.  I knew when they were joking and when they weren’t, and that somehow served as proof of my mastery over the language.

Actually, though I didn’t say as much to anyone in the shop since pride has always been my fatal flaw, mastery would be a strong word.  The man I primarily spoke to, the businessman, was older (and so using very casual speech), excited, and at least a few beers in.  I grasped the literal meaning of maybe 70% of what he said to me, and that’s being generous.  And at times, I didn’t understand exactly what part of his delivery should make something he said particularly funny.

It’s not that I’m fluent in Japanese humor, or even textbook Japanese.  It’s that the way your mouth curls and your tone embellishes your words is more universal than you want to think.  I didn’t say this, though.  Not because I lacked the vocabulary to say it in Japanese, but because I lacked an opening in the mood to slide something like that into the discussion.  English and Japanese both have an expression that means “to read the room,” after all.

Being able to read people, however, is no substitute for learning languages.  After all, I did my best for the beginning of the night to close myself off as much as possible, hoping not to be approached.  Soft voice, no eye contact, hiding my face--and yet, things worked out the opposite way I’d hoped.  Not badly, of course, but differently to what I wanted.

It is a crutch, however.  One that got me enough of a leg up for about $35 of free sushi and a very good night, in the end.

[miyamorana]

July Fic Recs

Here are the fics that I’ve really liked this past month. All of these are complete. Enjoy!

Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (3), Baldur's Gate 3 (1), Boku no Hero Academia (8), Harry Potter (2), Merlin (1), Percy Jackson & Related Fandoms (1)

Find June's Recs here or browse my fanfic recs tag.

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Title: Amateur Theatrics Author: Haicrescendo Pairing: None Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 2,540 Summary: [“Draw a portrait, Sparky,” she says, “It’ll last longer.”

Zuko does not draw a portrait. Zuko gets up and disappears to wherever he’s been sleeping (alone and far away, like he’s hiding, even though sound carries too well in this temple for him to keep his screaming nightmares to himself), and Toph thinks for a moment that she’s run him off. She hasn’t run him off.

Zuko returns in a matter of minutes, holding what’s clearly a book in his hands.

“Hasn’t…” he begins, anxious without fail every time he brings attention to himself, “Hasn’t anyone ever read to you?”]

Or,

Toph thinks books are stupid. Zuko disagrees.

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Title: Make No Apology Author: Haicrescendo Pairing: None Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 6,909 Summary: [Aang’s the one who brings it to him. It’s tea, obviously, but it doesn’t smell like any tea that Zuko’s ever had. Spicy but also kind of...sour?

Zuko stares down at his cup with a sort of vague concern. He doesn’t want to drink this.

Aang’s staring up at him so earnestly, though, and Zuko’s never been able to say no to cute, googly eyes. It’s not right. He doesn’t want anything to do with Aang’s weird, spicy tea.]

Or,

In which Zuko isn’t poisoned, but in fact finds himself at the tender mercies of a truth serum. In retrospect, maybe being poisoned would have been more pleasant.

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Title: Foundations of Good Diplomacy  Author: Haicrescendo Pairing: Hakoda/Zuko Rating: Explicit Word Count: 15,571 Summary: [Zuko doesn’t know how he got here.

Actually, that’s a total lie—he knows perfectly well how he got here. Fire Lord Zuko hasn’t slept in anything longer than a quick catnap in three days— the first two because of a somewhat routine, but excessively bloody, botched assassination attempt and the third because of the envoy from the South Pole. Relations between the other nations have warmed drastically since the end of the war, but Zuko will be apologizing for his country until the day he dies, and matters still need to be handled delicately.

And if said matters involve his best friend’s father, well.

There are some secrets that should be kept to oneself.]

Or,

Sokka’s dad’s got Zuko down bad.

Fandom: Baldur's Gate 3 Title: Perceived Impressions Author: Acinonyx1 Pairing: Astarion/Haslin Rating: Explicit Word Count: 45,260 Summary: When Astarion awakens in the aftermath of the Nautiloid crash, it is not to a friendly face but the press of goblin steel against his cheek.

Now a captive of the Absolute, he is left starving and huddled in the corner, waiting for the beast that shares his cell to finally strike.

Bears, after all, are not known to be the most gracious killers.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: Q. A. B. Author: jihnari Pairing: Kaminari Denki/Toga Himiko (mostly background) Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 21,050 Series: Part 1 of how to (accidentally) start a cult (Words: 149,807 - Works: 4) Summary:

One month after @hawks_unofficial's initial viral post, the blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future", otherwise known as "Q. A. B.", has gone from an average of 10 views per post to an average of 20,000 views per post. Midoriya Izuku does not know how to view the impressions analysis for his suddenly popular blog, and only notices that sometimes, people actually comment on his posts now. He does not google himself or his moniker and thus does not see the rise in online articles and speculation. He is unaware that the "kyuu-ei-bee" he begins to hear about in passing refers to his own blog. He does not have a Twitter account. At the time, Midoriya Izuku is 15 years old.

Izuku (accidentally) starts a cult.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: the shadows on my wall don't sleep Authors: achievingelysium and the_crownless_queen Pairing: None Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 2,589 Summary: “Sensei! Please don’t move!”

Shinsou’s voice snapped him back to attention, and Shouta forced his eyes open despite the pain.

“What happened?” he croaked out.

Shinsou’s face came into blurry focus. “The building came down on us,” he said matter-of-factly. “I’m beginning to think your class is cursed, sensei.”

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: class pets  Author: beeclaws Pairing: None Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 1,362 Summary: “Right now there are three cats to a ratio of four people,” Todoroki says. “Any more, and we all get less time per cat.”

“That’s not a very heroic attitude, Todoroki,” Tsuyu points out.

Todoroki continues scritching his favourite kitten’s chin: the black one with white feet, mentally dubbed ‘boots cat.’ (There had been a sub-meeting about naming the kittens, which determined it would be too heartbreaking to do this until they were reasonably sure they weren’t going to be made to give them away tomorrow). “It’s just math,” he adds softly.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: testing, testing Author: beeclaws Pairing: None Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 10,646 Summary: Izuku swallows. “My plans would have…gotten civilians killed?”

Aizawa stares at him for another long moment, then breaks off and rubs at his eyes. “Your plans had an excellent chance of preserving civilian lives.”

Izuku waits, uncomprehending.

“However,” Aizawa continues, “I’d say on average, there was about a 30% chance your suggested course of action would have gotten you killed.”

Izuku fails a test and Aizawa issues an ultimatum.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: to work, to rest Author: beeclaws Pairing: None Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 2,797 Summary: Three times Eri falls asleep on Aizawa.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: Memezawa  Author: RayShippouUchiha Pairing: Aizawa Shouta/Yamada Hizashi Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 2,177 Summary: Shōta slumps his way out of bed, the top sheet draped over his head and clutched together underneath his chin, and drags himself to the kitchen.

“Stop,” Shōta mutters as he does his best to avoid Bastard and Trash as they wind around his ankles, “I coulda dropped my croissant.”

Shōta pauses for a split second, something about that sentence not sitting right with him, before he shrugs and continues to ooze his way towards the fresh cup of coffee he knows Hizashi will have waiting for him.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: belonging  Author: beeclaws Pairing: None Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 3,596 Summary: Izuku is hit by a quirk that temporarily erases more than two years of his memories. Aizawa helps him fill in some missing pieces.

Fandom: Boku no Hero Academia Title: The Future Forged in Our Palms  Author: nolov (louscr) Pairing: None Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 14,725 Series: Part 1 of our trust shot full of holes (Words: 27,879 - Works: 4) Summary: The deep breath Izuku takes is steadying, a comfort. Hope newly fostered in his heart is too difficult to stifle.

mightdoriya [4:27] want to play again tomorrow?

There is so much fear in asking, shredding and heavy at his lungs, and it only grows as minutes pass. Izuku has been alone for so long and wariness, in all the forms he knows it, has been etched into his very bones and soul.

Fandom: Harry Potter Title: passageways to windows that don't close Author: basketofnovas (slashmarks) Pairing: None Rating: Mature Word Count: 11,567 Series: Part 1 of what's holding up her face (Words: 19,290 - Works: 2) Summary: After Tonks is kidnapped by Walburga as a child, certain relatives are determined not to let history repeat itself. But the aftermath doesn't end with the kidnappers' deaths. A thank you gift for a beta.

Fandom: Harry Potter Title: i won't just survive (no you will see me thrive)  Author: EclipseWing Pairing: None Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 77,395 Summary: In which James Potter isn't as dead as everyone thought and Harry has a strong mistrust of all adults. Reconnecting with his son isn't going to be easy, not just because Harry's in Slytherin.

Fandom: Merlin Title: Empty My Heart  Author: athena_crikey Pairing: Merlin/Arthur Pendragon Rating: Teen and Up Audiences Word Count: 10,401 Summary: The dragon stares down, gaze heavy. “Understand this, Arthur. To find the strength to save you, Merlin has shaken the foundations of this world. He has drawn from nature that which does not belong to him, has filled himself to bursting with the magic of this land. That can only be put right by returning it.”

Fandom: Percy Jackson Series, The Kane Chronicles Title: Summer Heat and Gentler Love  Author: ShadeCrawler  Pairing: Annabeth Chase/Percy Jackson/Carter Kane Rating: General Audiences Word Count: 37,50 Summary: The time has come for Carter Kane to take on the crown of Egypt. With that and his GED looming in the background, Carter has no time for any distractions. Enter Annabeth Chase and Percy Jackson; the world's best distractions.

Or: Five times Carter Kane was asked on a date and one time he asked his partners on one.

[tacticalmaladjustment]

ok this is really interesting so i thought i'd a add a few more:

1. Bitter Pill to Swallow (angsty)

2. Head over Heels (for the unexpected, unforeseen canon kazurei ending)

3. Hook, Line and Sinker (Kyu-chan centric episode where deception or conspiracy of some sort is involved ...don't betray us Kyuu-chan)

4. Two Birds One Stone (potentially very angsty? may also be for a clever plan to foil the antagonists)

5. Cat out of the Bag or Spill the Beans (another Kyuu-centric one)

6. Sleep with the Fishes (i mean they're hitmen...it goes with theme)

7. Off the Hook (our protags finally escape the organization)

8. Cold Shoulder (i've seen some posts speculate Rei leaving Kazuki and Miri to keep them out of harm idk)

Some Possible Future Buddy Daddies Episode Titles:

1. Blood is Thicker than Water

(The true meaning of this idiom is actually the opposite to how it is often used. The common usage of this idiom is that blood family comes first and is the most important, but the actual version is: “ the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb,” so the opposite - our chosen bonds are stronger than our blood ones).

2. All’s Well that Ends Well or Right as Rain 

3. Back Against the Wall

4. Bite the Bullet

5. Burn Bridges

6. On the Line

7. Fuel to the Fire

8. Down for the Count

9. On the Fence

10. Fair and Square

11. In for a Penny, In for a Pound (shortened for the title)

12. On Thin Ice

13. Come Rain or Shine

14. Darkest Before the Dawn

15. Through Thick and Thin

16. Fortune Favors the Bold

Let’s see if any of these ones get picked/used for the remaining four episodes! Also, if there are any others out there that you think might make a good episode title, feel free to share them! :D

[twistedintern]

An analysis of Trein’s valentine messages.

Text beneath the cut contains content from paid merchandise that I own, coupled with a hefty helping of personal musings and theoretical rambling.

If neither of these pique your interest, dear visitors, do feel free to scroll right on past.

(Please do not leave comments or privately message me requesting links to or images of others’ thank you letters (especially the students’) from this year or last. I previously shared Trein’s from last year not too long ago and am expecting the staff’s notes from this year within a week or two--make no mistake: I have every intention of sharing those when they arrive.)

[Mozus Trein’s 2021 Message]

Dear student, You have sent a present...to me? I am not especially fond of people stepping beyond their station. Students should focus their attention on other students, and behave accordingly. ...Having said that, I do appreciate the gesture. If there’s anything you don’t understand from my lectures, you are welcome to ask me. Mozus Trein

Observations/Notes

Deliberate thought and careful wording

Clear professionalism and adherence to hierarchy and rules

An expression of gratitude

Willingness to repay the gesture in kind

[Mozus Trein’s 2022 Message]

Dear juvenile--- First, I should thank you for the gift. However, if you want to ensure your teachers view you charitably and grade your tests favorably, I’d advise being a good student and showing up to class punctually rather than giving gifts. But perhaps a thank-you note isn’t the place for a lecture. The sentiment is appreciated, at the very least. Mozus Trein

Observations/Notes

Use of the term “juvenile”

Reluctant acknowledgement of sentiments

Obligation to see that proper etiquette is followed

Gentle reprimanding in the form of advice

Notable changes in language and tone between messages The very first--and frankly, most startling--difference between these two messages is Professor Trein’s method of addressing the reader (presumably “Yuu” or the prefect). His informal “student” has been abandoned in favor of a curious and irregular (and almost--almost!--dare I say it... demeaning) alternative: juvenile.

His surprise, while previously clear, is not quite so palpable in this year’s message. There is an absence of ellipses which would indicate that something has occurred that might contradict expectations.

Where he once simply gave an opinion on gift-giving and stations and propriety, he eagerly divulges with criticism and instruction.

What he is not saying, and why it is just as, if not more, important than what is written (or, explanations and conclusions) I will start by conceding that this year’s message came as an utter shock to me. His word choice and pacing lends itself to a portrait of one who has grown frustrated--perhaps downright irate--with recent developments and behavior.

At first.

Upon further review of the messages (after some rather... less-than-model, incredibly vocal griping on my part. I was hung up on the word “juvenile” until a friend suggested that perhaps the writers took the wakamono from one of his voice lines literally), a few outstanding details came to my attention. Namely, how the drastic shift in what he deems necessary to speak at length about when faced with responding to a particular gesture (the act of giving gifts, in this case).

There is, without a doubt, present in the second message some of the same reluctance and hesitation that colored his first. What has changed is his willingness to accept that there is an individual who would tread or even cross boundaries in order to show him admiration and good will.

How do we know his reaction is not out of anger? Professor Trein does, in both instances, take pains to communicate that the gifts are not unwelcome, and moreover does well to convey his (somewhat reluctant) appreciation. He’s less displeased with the person than what the act could ultimately suggest (i.e., bribery/exploitation, unsavory intentions, inappropriate affections).

Taken a step further, measured change from reserved and indirect but amenable to insistent and harangued in people is more often than not a means of defending one’s psyche. I personally feel it belies a growing (non-romantic) attachment to or responsibility for the reader (the prefect). This itself may be due to both his paternal instincts as well as a subconscious desire to maintain emotional distance since the death of his late wife in an effort to avoid pain associated with loss of those dear. He therefore chooses to rebuke to remind both himself and the recipient that theirs is a relationship best kept formal.

[zoopzopp]

A post for some BAMF Izuku fics <3 (more of these will be added and the list will be updated as i read them)

Fics i've read:

The Secret Ingredient is Crime- Izuku only had a whole month to further prove himself worthy of Yuuei's golden acceptance, and he was going to do whatever it took to make it in. Yuuei would never truly know what hit them until it was too late. (The secret crime AU in it entirety is fucking amazing and what wouldn't i give to read more stuff with it)

Deku the Villain Hunter: Support Hero - We all know the story: After being told he couldn't be a Hero by All Might, Midoriya Izuku still wandered over to a supervillain attack where he could save Bakugou Katsuki. But what if he had made the other turn? The answer is a butterfly effect that would lead him on a path to paving his own future. A path of revenge, finding his own moral compass, and doing the impossible. (OKAY MANY THOUGHTS. Very cool story and aspects. I binged it overnight and lost a bit of sleep the next night as well.)

The Story of How Midoriya Izuku Asserted His Dominance (And Traumatized Japan) - The Sports Festival was supposed to be a break from stress. Shouta should have known there is no such thing as a break with his class.

making it right (for real this time) - - Izuku is a support course student at UA, and Katsuki's neighbor, best friend, and former bullying victim. After Izuku's performance at the sports festival, Katsuki realizes something. He has to make things right. -

Hero Fall (UA Civil War Exercise) - It's now the end of the first year of UA for our students. Nedzu had decided to bring back the annual Heroes vs Villain fight. The fight shall last 5 days and the villain leader is Izuku Midoriya, with the commanding officer of the hero team being Katsuki Bakugo. But, what happens when Izuku is left alone?

Hero Class Civil Warfare - 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.

"I Didn't Know You Had It In You." - Midoriya goes feral rage mode in his fight against Overhaul. The beat down still happens, but with Eri no longer at his back, he gets more violent. One For All reacts in an interesting way and Midoriya commits a terrible and unheroic act - the cold blooded murder and maiming of Chisaki Kai. Shigaraki is there to watch it all unfold.

Plan C meets Plan A - Even if All Might is right and Izuku can't be a hero, Izuku refuses to be useless. So Izuku uses his analysis skills to develop Plan C: Consulting in order to help the heroes. Eraserhead is impressed by this mysterious new consultant but alarm bells in Deku's behaviour quickly have Aizawa recruiting help for Plan A: Adoption.

Q. A. B. - One month after @hawks_unofficial's initial viral post, the blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future", otherwise known as "Q. A. B.", has gone from an average of 10 views per post to an average of 20,000 views per post. Midoriya Izuku does not know how to view the impressions analysis for his suddenly popular blog, and only notices that sometimes, people actually comment on his posts now. He does not google himself or his moniker and thus does not see the rise in online articles and speculation. He is unaware that the "kyuu-ei-bee" he begins to hear about in passing refers to his own blog. He does not have a Twitter account. At the time, Midoriya Izuku is 15 years old.

How to murder your father - It's dangerous to be a bad father when you have a life insurance. Just saying.

Negation - Passive Quirks are a bitch. Izuku is reasonably done with the situation.

Thanks For Your Support - Izuku has the talent and the intellect to be the first Quirkless pro hero, and everyone at UA knows it. Unfortunately, his desire to become a hero has long since been buried thanks to the words of his childhood friend and childhood hero.

Policed To Meet You - Izuku takes All Might's advice and becomes a cop.

Vigilante Work And Other After School Activities - Izuku is a vigilante, Aizawa likes cats and therefore kids who help cats, and sometimes breaks must be forced upon overachieving teenagers.

When the Commission Lost Total Control - The hero polls have a small part where one can suggest their own hero. This is done just because of the amount of heroes is to great to name them all. This creates a little problem for the commission because a vigilante is assumed to be a brand new hero by the public- and ranks pretty high. Because of that, this vigilante now is too popular to hide and they can't come out with their mistake either! Think of the chaos that would bring.

Izuku being Badass but like in not that grand of a way but still tearing-people-down-in-some-way kind of way

He Was Quirkless - Midoriya get's sick of discrimination against the quirkless and decides to do something about it. It leads to some interesting situations. A trilogy.

bloody, but unbowed- It's Advocacy Week for Yuuei's hero students and it gives Midoriya Izuku a lot to think about about what kind of hero he wants Deku to be.

Called Out - When Izuku is hit by a quirk that will cause him to call out the first person to be rude to him on the way to school with every mistake they've made in the affected persons presence or have otherwise effected said affected person, Aizawa is in for a rough ride. In other words, with some help from a quirk, Izuku rakes Aizawa over the hot coals until he gives out. (a great fic but i've got mixed feelings on this one because on one hand, izuku is badass but on the other its Aizawa bashing and really like him skhdskdb so yea! Read it as per your tastes!!)

The time when everyone learned that izuku respects Bakugo more than all might. - I didn't like how Bakugo was tied up during the sports festival and so izuku didn't. Badass izuku roasted all might and midnight.

Villainous Sunshine - After an innocent question, Class 1-A learns just how terrifying Izuku's analysis is. Nedzu's along for the ride.

Never understand ( and you can't ) - Midoriya is sick and tried of his classmates bias and prejudice against the quirkless community and finally breaks

Mastermind: Strategist For Hire - Izuku Midoriya never got the chance to save Bakugo from the sludge villain and impress All Might. With his dream crushed, Izuku becomes bitter and angry. It also doesn't help that he faces discrimination at every turn. All he ever wanted was to be appreciated, so when the villains are the ones to recognize his talents rather than the heroes, well, Izuku just can't resist. He might as well help those who actually want him around. Mistakes were made, and now society must face a villain of their own making: Mastermind.

Malignance - Deku is far scarier than anyone gives him credit for.

Fics in my to read list which has/probably has BAMF izuku

Young Midoriya - Izuku Midoriya couldn't help himself when he saw someone in trouble. Even at 12 years old, his instincts drive him to help those in need. So when he sees Kacchan and his goons about to ambush another student, he has to step in, right? It's not like this hasn't happened before. What is different this time though, is that he's never had an audience that consisted of the Number One Hero.

Heroics and Other Things That Don't Require Superpowers - Izuku doesn't have a quirk. That's the long and short of it. After being told his whole life he can't be a hero, General Education at UA is the best he can hope for, right? Wrong. Dead Wrong. So super wrong that his best friend from Gen Ed, all of Class 1A and a whole mess of Pro Heroes are going to prove to him how wrong he is. Izuku has the makings of a hero, and his lack of a quirk only throws those qualities into starker relief. After all, who wants to be as strong as All Might when you can be the cleverest hero in the business?

Cases of More Than - Izuku is known as Deku online. He's an analyst of quirks, sometimes even working with the local detective, Tsukauchi, on a case. He meets new friends, builds a few relationships, and slowly crushes on his best friend. But then he's thrown into the General Studies Course at U.A. It doesn't help that All for One is showing an interest in him at all.

No Regret - In this world there is no hard set villain or hero. No victim and aggressor. Everyone is at fault for something and Izuku, with his own villain group, will make everyone pay. Even the bystanders who did nothing. This is what society gets for abandoning it's people. Deku will manipulate everyone and be the greatest villain, all so the world can be a better a place. With the stakes so high there is no time for regret.

We Are a Different Kind - Mirio doesn’t think he can be a hero anymore now that he’s quirkless, Izuku calls bullshit.

Live a Hero - "You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain." Or, you're raised a villain, rebel when you're nine, and fight against the odds to become a hero anyway. That's how it is in Izuku's case.

Prodigal - After being convinced to give One for All to Mirio, Midoriya Izuku must rebuild his shattered dreams with bloody hands.

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Vigilante - Izuku is orphaned at the age of four and is sent into the Japanese Foster Care System. After multiple failed attempts at finding a forever home and some unfortunate circumstance, he ends up on the streets. Eventually, the vigilante, Deku appears. Eraserhead must gain his trust to bring Deku back to the right side of the law. If he he does, however, the untrustful but pure-hearted boy may just be a bit more than Aizawa Shota can handle.

From Muddy Waters - - but the sleeve of his tracksuit was bulging, tearing and ripping and a mass of twisted flesh, nearly as big as the boy himself and nauseatingly familiar (the arm of the man that had torn a hole in his side with a grin and left him a frail shadow of himself) swung forward and slammed into the flat face of the giant robot. Izuku wants to be a hero more than anything.

Pieces are easily sacrificed when they're nameless - Nobody ever thought quirkless, weak, weird Midoriya Izuku was dangerous. This perception carried over to his first year high school class, because really despite the super strength Midoriya didn't have it in him to be dangerous. That was their first mistake. And the one that would see them fall.

Not exactly BAMF izuku but i just wanted to rec these fics <3

In the shade of a sunflower - Being biologically quirkless came more with an extra pinkie joint in the toes and a stunning lack of vestiges mutations. It came with smaller things, like extra teeth that did virtually nothing, exploding organs, and weird exposed nerves that weren't designed to feel pain.

Throat Punch - In which Aizawa attempts to teach Izuku how to use various battle tactics and it goes just about as well as you'd expect. At least Shinsou is there with his fantastic commentary. (just a fun lil thing where izuku is really stronk and trains with shinsou and aizawa)

So Be It - He could still do good. Midoriya could show them all what a hero without powers looked like. If he had to break a few rules to do it, so be it. So be it… (as stated not exactly BAMF but its a vigilante izuku so ye-)

Never Enter a Drinking Game with Bakugo or Izuku - Izuku walks in on Kirishima and Kaminari having a drinking competition (no alcohol involved). And it reminds him of an old story.

5 Times Midoriya Taught Class 1A about Memes and 1 Time they Found a Villain that Understood Them - After being diagnosed as quirkless, Midoriya gets into pre-guirk media and finds memes. He shares them with Class 1A. Aizawa doesn't get paid enough for this. (THIS FIC???? FUCKING AWESOME. LITERALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SEE)

Midoriya: JD Version - Nedzu has decided that a play should be put on so that the students can learn how to "go undercover", an idea which Aizawa thinks is utter bullshit. They're putting on Heathers and when Nedzu chooses to cast Midoriya for JD, everyone objects. Midoriya is a much better actor than they thought.

that is a lot!! I hope you have fun reading it!!!

[eyes-of-mischief]

weekly fic recs | 16

prompt: social media

fandoms: aftg, bnha, dc, mdzs, hq, tgcf

aftg

Reputation by lemonicee

(mature)

The rise and fall of the Minyard-Josten Rivalry.

  Usually when Neil starts shit in a post-game press interview, he does it on purpose. This time, he really just meant for it to be a joke.

“How do you feel about the possibility of ending up on a team with a former Fox teammate?” is the next question.

“Great,” Neil answers, sincere. “I would love to play with Matt or Kevin again.”

“What about Minyard? Would you sign with Atlanta?”

Neil says, “Andrew? He’s a nightmare.”

He knows it’s a joke. His team knows it’s a joke. Andrew will know it’s a joke.

The press does not seem to know that it’s a joke.

Retweet by pawnofkings

Neil @Jos10: Warning: I don’t know how to use this app

Andrew Minyard @AMinyard: As evidenced by the fact that your tweets are the most boring, inane shit on the entire platform

Neil @Jos10: I may not know how to use Twitter but I know how to use my fists to come beat ur ass

but you ain't got my number (no, you can't pin me down) by orphan_account

neil josten versus the internet, a story told over 15 years

(featuring andrew minyard, a hug, and terrible journalism)

#TEAMKIKO by OneSweetMelody

all hail the raven king @ onetwopunch Counting down the hours til Kevin Day returns to the coup #cawcawmothafuckers

wifey @fckevinday looks like someone is still holding out for the impossible @ onetwopunch

all hail the raven king @ onetwopunch @fckevinday I’m being a realist, Kevin ditching the Ravens for the PU Foxes was a mistake _____ The Foxes and Ravens play in the NCAA Exy Championships. The Internet reacts.

bnha

Q. A. B. by jihnari

One month after @hawks_unofficial's initial viral post, the blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future", otherwise known as "Q. A. B.", has gone from an average of 10 views per post to an average of 20,000 views per post. Midoriya Izuku does not know how to view the impressions analysis for his suddenly popular blog, and only notices that sometimes, people actually comment on his posts now. He does not google himself or his moniker and thus does not see the rise in online articles and speculation. He is unaware that the "kyuu-ei-bee" he begins to hear about in passing refers to his own blog. He does not have a Twitter account. At the time, Midoriya Izuku is 15 years old.

Izuku (accidentally) starts a cult.

And Now I See Daylight by DancingInTheStorm

AnalysisOverload Current mood: HERO CON HERO CON HERO CON HERO CON

AnalysisOverload reblogged AnalysisOverload  Okay, let’s talk HeroCon. 

Look around, and you’ll see a lot of discrimination—against people whose Quirk is debilitating, against people whose Quirks scare us, against people who have trouble controlling their Quirk, against people who don’t have a Quirk at all. It’s easy to feel alone in a sea of discrimination.

Enter HeroCon:X. 

A social media fic following Deku post-graduation. 

awake and (un)afraid, asleep or by driedupwishes

“You,” Shoto says, picking his head up from where his screen is filled with The Worst Photograph Ever, curtesy of Shinsou, Jiro, Kaminari, his brother, and nearly everyone they know. “You are so dead to me.”

Kirishima blinks, mouth half open while Izuku mutters oh god, it’s too late, isn’t it on the other end of the phone, before Kirishima is leaning into his space to see his screen.

“Oh,” he says, in response to the photo someone in the crowd of civilians watching the fight had taken of them. “Oh, that’s-” he cuts himself off for a minute, leaning back to eye Shoto’s face while on the other side of the phone Izuku smothers what is probably a laugh, and then changes tracks.

“It’s super manly to love and support your friends,” Kirishima tells Shoto haughtily, as if this whole thing isn't his fault in the first place.

-

or: Kirishima and Shoto accidentally start trending on Twitter and in retaliation Shoto decides to make an Instagram to showcase all his Hero Deku merchandise, so that everyone knows how much he loves his boyfriend Izuku, and no one expects how quickly it will all spiral out from there

dc

Anti-Social by Unpretty

Batman needs a Robin.

#gotham is trending by helenabertinellis

thghhhh:

ahhhhh, i'm back in gotham. can't wait to get back to a supervillain attack every other day. i've missed this.

[the city of gotham, it's vigilantes, and resident billionaires - as seen through social media]

hq

No Retakes! by WinteRey

Hinata kept a smile as he sang, not stopping until he finished the whole song. After he did, he was about to thank everyone for the nice words when someone beyond the camera view—by now, infamously omniscient in all of his livestreams—piped in.

“Huh,” it was uttered absentmindedly, as if not intentionally said out loud. “I forgot that you can actually sing.”

---

Or, the Kagehina quarantine slash live-streaming fanfiction no one asks for.

Japan's most subscribed by NeverNothing

Kuroo Tetsurou @blacktetsurou changed his bio : volleyball player, co-owner of Bouncing Ball Corp. and so much more ;)

mcu

the spider-man conspiracy by tempestaurora

WHO IS SPIDER-MAN?

The screen showed Peter Parker, sixteen years old and determined to prove the identity of Spider-Man over the course of the three-part documentary he was making, unknowing that it would become viral within days of the first part being released. Behind the camera, way off screen, was Harley Keener, Tony Stark’s other prodigy child, grinning like crazy as Peter started the documentary. Only a few people knew what was to come, and those few people were about to have a great few weeks.

“My name is Peter Parker, and with the help of my friends, Ned Leeds, Harley Keener, and my Aunt, May Parker, who provided me with a lot of red yarn for this project, we’re going to uncover the identity of Spider-Man.”

OR

"what if peter just decided to fuck with everyone who didn’t know he was spider man and make a documentary about him trying to uncover the Truth."

mdzs

call me, beep me by myung

Wen Qing ✓ @qingwenn

Listen, kids. You might think you know everything there is to know about yourself but you really don’t. Be willing to grow and learn from your mistakes. Yes this is about the fact that I once dated a man and am now married to a woman.

life, drama and action by Akai__hana

Wei Ying✓@wei_wuxian how mad do you think Lan Zhan is going to be when he finds out that i’ve broken all the mugs we own yinandyang @istanwuxian @wei_wuxian i don’t even want to ask but…..how????

or where wangxian are internet's power couple

tgcf

all i need is your love by peerlessnut (awhalenamedblue)

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[kvroii]

Kioku notes!!

- Kioku is Kori Omoide’s catfish persona. The entire reason Kioku exists is because Kori thinks it’s responsible to catfish a scientist for his help. Because of this, not only did Kioku need to be visually distinct so said scientist wouldn’t recognize her Immediately, but also this quite possibly may be the only way Kori is willing to let herself act in a flirtatious manner. 

- Kioku Kyuurei is supposedly a former idol. This is a lie she thought of upon first hearing the name of her disguise, and thinking it would be more fitting for an idol debut than a convincing pseudonym (not that she has a track record of more convincing names, if the name Marun Ookami is anything to go by). 

- Kioku’s design is actually Kori’s old design from 2014-2015. While Kori’s main design is closer to her 2013 design, for a while her hair was smoother and she wore predominantly black/gray/blue rather than black/red/gold like her first and final iterations. 

- The main features that distinguish Kioku from Kori are her somewhat wavy hair (as Kori keeps her hair often more rough), and her makeup (as Kioku wears more than Kori usually does, because Kori hates the feeling of heavy makeup near her eyes). The blue contact lenses also distinguish Kioku in this way. 

- While Kori’s suspicious and dry internal monologue is still present with Kioku, outwardly Kioku acts more flirtatious, complimentary, and polite. She also is somewhat bolder, and rather than her usual nervousness and desire to avoid Situations, she is willing to instigate them as Kioku. 

- The back of the jacket has the decal reading 9-0 on it. The nine and zero are somewhat a joke on 9 (”kyuu”) and zero (”rei”) respectively. As this is a jacket Phecda had given Kori to disguise herself with from his theatre stuff, his suggestion of an alias for her may have partially come from that decal, which likely was just a way to keep track of his costume pieces. It is unknown who the previous owner of this coat is, but Phecda likely sewed it himself considering his sewing skills and the fact that it remained in his possession until Kori needed it. However, as the decal is only noted briefly and the meaning not elaborated, the true extent of the coat’s origins or the decal tagging it are merely speculation. 

- The costume test took hours with Phecda’s and Tekuka’s help. The second time she wore it, it only took an hour to get it all on, get her makeup done, and have her hair curled and straightened to achieve the softer look. 

She's ready to catfish someone <3

[couldyouspeakmyname]

thedevilprobs

Couldn't agree more Pina was probably one of the only characters I was completely satisfied with I also miss some of the stuff they cut out like at the beginning of the season when Louis walks out of the school and the shishigumi are waiting for him I thought that reveal was EPIC and was very sad they cut it I also miss the scene where Legoshi borrows Gouhins ex wife clothes and he says "do I look like your wife" I laughed out loud then Also all the scrapped -

thedevilprobs

The scrapped flashbacks with Jack and Gosha ?? Like why?? we could've had baby jack and legoshi meeting :"(

I FORGOT ABOU THAT OH BOY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO COOL!! The drama kid in him would have really been in the spot light. Why they gotta let me down with my bois?

I DO HAVE A THEORY ABOUT GOSHA THOUGH!

I think maybe they’re trying to rearrange Gosha’s story. In the manga it’s implied/told he was a soldier (chapter 85), and that doesn’t fit in with the story told later on. In the story he goes from high school (dropped out maybe?) to be with Toki, then a dad to Leano, then a grandpa to Legoshi. I think they’re trying to get his timeline down better. Gosha being a soldier could work, but that would mean he’d be technically a child soldier, since there is nothing in his character that leads me to believe he would abandon Leano to fight in a war that is NOT happening (it happened years prior). I’m HOPING the flashback will come with teaser of Gosha later on, maybe they’re decided to do a big reveal down the road and have it be like BAM! Gosha. I’m hoping. The flashback with Jack could be added in technically at any point? Maybe when Legoshi moves out and everyone visits, Jack would have a flashback at the point to the awkward boi who is now living on his own, but who knows? 

I think part of what they struggle with is the fact Paru has the Dragon Ball problem. She starts storylines or has ideas and many of them seem forgotten or dropped later on (poor Kyuu, so much potential). Sometimes it feels like she straight up forgot about them??  It feels very similar to how the writer of Dragon Ball, who has admittedly forgotten parts of his own story, frequently retcons or adjusts his story to go with whatever plot comes to mind. It’s messy and leads to a lot of speculation, and I think the animation studio is struggling with that.

I’m really hoping they don’t ruin Yahya/Yafya. He’s one of my favorites of the series (ties with Free, my absolute fave). I don’t see how they could, outside making him a bigger butthole than he already is or making him seem emotionless (which is how he comes off, but his inner thoughts and pained expressions let we as the readers know better). I’m worried about that part. 

Part of the fun of Beastars is the WORLD BUILDING for me. There is so much depth and thought put into it, the second season has me worried they wont show everything Paru has put into it. 

I AM really glad Pina got more spotlight. He was really well done and I really enjoyed him. I think I may actually like him more thanks to the anime, which isn’t something I could say for a lot of the cast

Also sorry this got long ;-; I don’t usually get to talk about this series much OTL

I need to read the manga again, it’s been a while

[gazeopard]

My Thoughts on Chapter 193

SPOILAHZ. Link: https://read-beastars.com/manga/beastars-chapter-193/ WHELP. I don’t know if I should be happy or terrified about that smile. That happy, squinty kitty smile... XD This is giving me some real-life serial killer vibes right now. Like, holy schtick. Melon keeps proving me wrong again and again. I thought he was gonna die, we ALL thought he was going to die with Yafya, but nope. XD Just... nope. I’m kind of curious about the fan-mail, as it’s giving me some Charles Manson and Ted Bundy vibes. Is it from Holger (pfft, imagining the sloth writing all those letters to Melon so Melon could pretend he has friends is depressing as fuck XD)? The people at the tattoo parlour he frequented? The guys working behind the Bloodbone drug? Members of the Ivory Tusk Trade? A new character (or characters)? The carnivores that hate Yafya? That last look on his face makes me think he’s getting some trick up his sleeve and he’s not done just yet. That something is going to go down in the future. I swear, if Melon evolves into an Overarching Villain, I will freak out. XD That would be freaking AWESOME, but that’s most likely just wishful thinking due to the anticlimactic ending this arc has gotten. The conclusion to the Revenge of the Love-Failure arc is very.... anticlimactic and rushed. The BAM is demolished, which I have mixed feelings about, as Louis stated a few chapters ago that “carnivores need meat”. When Louis said that it was necessary for carnivores to eat meat, I don’t think he meant destroying the BAM. I always thought that the Back-Alley Market was going to stay and the carnivores and herbivores were going to have to live with it, while fish meat and seafood were going to be included in the market as remedies or alternatives for carnivores that had cravings for herbivore flesh. But, I guess they're all just going to eat fish meat now? Yay? How did that not occur to them before? This sudden resolution feels like a Deus Ex Machina, and the sudden pacing of Chapters 192 and 193 make me wonder if Paru's editors or publishers are forcing her to rush it to move on. It's disappointing, because I was really invested in Melon's story, despite the arc's flaws. I was on board for most of the way and was very excited to see what happened after the end of Chapter 191, until Chapter 192 happened. The Revenge of the Love-Failure arc was all over the place, to say the least. It started off great, with Melon’s introduction and his clashes with Legoshi and his interactions with Haru, but after the game-quiz thing, it started getting crazy and a lot of things were left unresolved, like in my previous post. Legoshi’s fight with Melon was kind of anticlimactic and all over the place, and this ending has left plot-threads revolving around Melon hanging and unresolved. What was the point of introducing Melon’s father if they’re not going to meet at all? The guy might as well have just stayed dead if that was the case. And what happened to Melon’s ‘promise’ with Haru? It makes all their previous scenes together pointless. Unless Melon somehow breaks out of prison or his father decides to drop by and visit him, I can't see either happening. With Haru being the only animal that gave him the urge to eat for the first time in his life, I thought his promise with her was going to conclude with him kidnapping her and recovering his sense of taste after his fight with Legoshi. Even if Haru had changed her mind, it wouldn't have hurt to have had a brief scene where she'd tell him she changed her mind, only for Melon to try to kill her anyway. Kyuu’s betrayal also comes across as filler as well. Even if she did tell him Legoshi was using dentures, what was the point of that if Legoshi grew his teeth back anyway before Melon could use it to his advantage? The whole thing with Legoshi starving himself in preparation for the final fight didn’t really change anything, either. I remember people speculated that he was going to lose control and try to eat Melon and go feral, but nothing ever really came from it. From the way Ch. 191 ended, it looked like Gosha was going to get shot and I feel like having somebody (be it Yafya or Gosha) get wounded or die in that moment would've been very powerful, realistic, and would've risen the stakes higher. I thought Ch. 192 would open up to Legoshi and Yafya rushing to Gosha's side and Gosha was going to say some heartfelt words to both of them and die, Melon was going to see his killing of Legoshi's grandfather as an opportunity to goad Legoshi into killing him by harming more of his friends, like Louis or Haru. I thought he was going to escape with Louis, Louis was going to discover a kidnapped Haru, where we'd get a flashback chapter as to how and when Melon caught her, Louis was going to buy Melon some time until Legoshi got to them, Legoshi was going to turn up and, with Louis, fight Melon one last time. For something so unexpected and big like the death of Gosha to happen, it would've made Legoshi and Melon's animosities toward each other more personal, and it would've shown us that nobody is safe and anybody could die at any time much like in real-life. But for everybody to just survive at the end, and for everything to be just magically resolved like this, it all feels like a cop-out. And another thing... I wish Melon had had a bigger goal, or at least a warped vision of the society he wanted to achieve. I remember there was a theory on Reddit about Melon inspiring the carnivores of the Back-Alley Market to rise up in a civil-war against the city that was forcing them to hide away what they were, similar to what he did in the Turf-War scene (the one where he cut Dolph), and I was hoping something along the lines of that was going to happen. I suspected Melon was plotting something bigger and crazier than Yafya and the others were prepared for, and it was going to get crazier and crazier, forcing Legoshi and Louis to put a stop to it and their cooperation and efforts would earn them the titles of “Beastars”. That would've been an epic climax, but alas. If this is the end of the Love-Failure arc, I kinda hope this isn’t the end of Melon. I know some people are getting sick of him, but I kinda hope he’ll make a better-written comeback since his introductory arc was rather weak. But that’s probably just wishful thinking from me, as it does feel like the manga is reaching its conclusion. On a less depressing note, I think I’ll end this with.... a happy Melon. The Fruit-Boi may be behind bars, but the Fruit-Boi is behind bars with no fucks to give.

[minkyuvld]

minkyu oppa’s birthday vlive

ft. @vldmoonsoo, @joonbinvld mentions of. @gyuminvld, @vldmars, @vldhyuck

Everything was set up just for him. A table and a chair in one of the Summit Media dance studios, a wall decorated with balloons spelling out MINKYU in large letters, completed with streamers from twentytwenty’s staff. There was a cream cake decorated with various fruits on a table that was only to be eaten by him ( unless he decided otherwise ), ready to celebrate his birthday. In the years since debuting with his group, the dancer had come to dislike birthdays less and less. When he was still at home, they seemed like an excuse for his parents to give backhanded compliments and criticism, hidden behind expensive gifts. Now, he had people to celebrate with. Thousands of them. Even if those people could only see him through a screen and he couldn’t see them at all.

Instantly as the live was finally turned on, the flood of PS started pouring in. The chat was filled with heart emojis, OMG HI!!! I love you, and of course Happy Birthday!! It was hard not to smile, knowing there had been people waiting for him to go live all day. He knew this especially because he’d been watching twentytwenty’s mentions on twitter and instagram, and through the day in between birthday wishes ( and even edits ), there had been people asking when he was going to come and say hello. Who was he if not The Nation’s Boyfriend? Of course he was going to. They knew him well.

“Hello my lovely PS!” Is how he started, short and sweet with a bright smile across his features and a double handed wave. The camera had a good view of the table in front of him, and his decorations behind. Comments continued rolling in about how nice it looked, how handsome he looked, and how yummy the cake looked. “Thank you for all the birthday wishes! I have been reading them all. Thank you so much. I have been well, I’ve had a good day. I hope you all have, too.”

Immediately, he began reading some more of the comments ( as many as he could with more and more people joining the chat ). “Who gave me the cake? Ahhh, this cake is from the staff here. I had a cake with my team last night, too. It was delicious.” Pausing, he licked over his lips, intently watching the screen and reading comments regarding him eating well before continuing. “What did I get for my birthday? Ohh I got many nice things. You mean from twentytwenty? They have all wished me a happy birthday. Like always, Gyumin was the first at midnight.” The dancer smiled as he thought about how excited the younger always was to celebrate others. It was a trait that caused him to feel fond for his group member. “Hyuck hasn’t gifted me anything for my birthday, shocking right?” Minkyu faked a teasing gasp, letting the chat speculate on his words for a few moments before continuing. “He’s promised to cook a delicious meal for tonight after the live, making it specially for me. If the others members are nice to me I might share it with them.”

Pausing, the performance leader winked at the camera while he continued reading. Still, he had to consider something else another team member had done for him, regardless of how... Tense their relationship had been as of late. “Mars actually gifted me something really nice. He uh, he ordered me this stuffed bear online... I wish I had it with me so I could show you, but he had an outfit made for it similar to the one from our Aju Nice music video, like the ones we wore with the suspenders...” Minkyu had to pause once more, smiling and biting at the skin at the corner of his lip before continuing. His trademark habit PS would know well. “If you squeeze it, it sings one of my lines. Like a voice recording. I thought it was very creative. The group is joking that he ordered two and is keeping one for himself to sleep with.”

More comments began pouring in about MARS BEST BOY, and right now, it’s not something Minkyu could disagree with. Regardless of their prior argument, he had put thought and effort into getting the performance leader something nice for his birthday. “I also was given a very pretty shirt from our fearless leader, Joonbin, and Moon-” Almost as if they’d been summoned when he spoke their names, Kyuu looked up and behind the camera, noticing the mentioned members subtly attempting to enter the room. Although, Joonbin was trying to motion in a way that explained he wasn’t actually here. Furrowing his own brow, the dancer watched his leader get onto his hands and knees, as if he was crawling and staying low to avoid the camera. Moonie on the other hand didn’t seem to be bothered. The dancer wasn’t sure if they’d come to ‘join’ his live together, but either way they both seemed to have very different ideas of how they wanted to be featured.

“Here is Moonie, just who I was going to talk about-” As he was finishing his sentence, he was cut off by the slightly older group member rushing into the frame, wrapping his arms around Kyuu’s shoulder and planting a big, dramatic kiss to his cheek with a smack sound and a loud HAPPY BIRTHDAY! No doubt it was purely showmanship for the reaction of PS watching, and it definitely threw him off. “Yahh! I’ve had my makeup done~” Kyuu complained in a whine, noting Moonsoo had simply wandered in bare faced. Right now, he couldn’t imagine doing so himself, not with their filming of One Fine Day during the week. He couldn’t push the other member away though, not while the fans could see him. Instead, he pat gently where he’d been kissed, looking into the screen of the smart phone to make sure he hadn’t wiped off any of his foundation. “Since you’re here, I was just going to show off the watch you bought me.”  Holding his arm up to the camera where the watch settled around his wrist, the one he’d just inspected his cheek with, he held his hand behind it ( almost like an influencer ) so those watching could see the gift he’d been given.

While all of this was happening, a stray hand belonging to their leader had appeared in the bottom screen, blindly reaching with a fork it seemed he’d prepared earlier in an attempt to take some of Minkyu’s cake. Cake he himself, hadn’t had a chance to taste. With his member still draped over his shoulders, it was all he could do to slide the cake away from the stray utensil, slapping at the hand gently. If he wasn’t on camera, he knew the cake would be gone, and there’s every possibility his own hands would have been slapped twice as hard in return. Still, he was going to take the opportunity while he could to act a bit cheekier than usual towards Joonbin. “I haven’t even had any yet, I would kindly share if simply you said please~” It was obvious he was speaking to Joonbin under the table, even though PS watching in their homes didn’t know it was Joon trying to steal the cake. Of course, comments of WHO IS THAT??? could be read, if he were paying attention.

Keeping one eye on the hand that still was attempting to help it’s self to some cake, the performance leader wrapped an arm around Moonsoo who was dramatically wrapped around him like a cat as he tried to continue with the live. “What did you wish for when you blew out your candles yesterday? Ahhh, definitely not this.” Clearly, he was referring to Moonsoo where he seemed far too comfortable resting against him for his liking. “But if I tell you what I wished for, it won’t come true~”

After some poking, prodding, and playful pulling of his ears from Moonie, eventually the twentytwenty member became bored and announced he was leaving, placing a tender kiss to the top of Minkyu’s head ( once again, for PS’ benefit and not Minkyu’s ) before doing so. In that time, the birthday boy had almost forgotten about the man still huddled under the table, that is, until he finally went to take a bite of his own cake, and was met with a fork trying to do the same.

Rolling his eyes ( fondly, for the camera ), he pushed his birthday cake towards Joonbin’s fork, helping him out with a piece before taking his own, humming out with how delicious it was. “You know, I think PS would prefer it if you came out and said hello.” Instead, he was met with a peace sign that could be seen on the live, Minkyu unable to help the laugh that spilled from his lips as he pulled the cake away from him again. “Okay, you don’t get any more cake unless you come out, then.” They both knew the performance leader wouldn’t finish it himself, and at least three quarters would be left to the other boys and even the staff when the live was over. However, he knew PS enjoyed him being on their side, wanting them to see other members who don’t host lives as often as Kyuu does.

Finally turning his attention back to the chat on his screen, he took a strawberry from the top of his cake with some of the frosting, eating them while he read some more comments from his fans. “The silver hair looks so good on you, oppa! Ahhh, thank you. I’ve never dyed my hair and I wanted to try something different. I’m glad you like it.” Bowing his head, he smiled and finished his bite before continuing. “Someone should have bought lip balm for Kyuu’s birthday so he stops biting his lips... I do have lip balm! I put it on at night time, biting my lips is a habit. I don’t realize I’m doing it most of the time.” As if it were planned, he sucked his lower lip into his mouth, the motion of him chewing on his skin obvious. Maybe that one was on purpose. He did love to give fan service, after all.

The next twenty or so minutes were filled with Kyuu quietly playing some of his favorite songs on his phone, singing along sweetly, and talking to PS. He couldn’t explain the warm feeling he had in the pit of his stomach when staff were signalling it was almost time for him to wrap up, but he always felt it when he was able to spend time with fans. It’s like was he was born to do it.

“Oppa did you enjoy your birthday?” Reading the question out loud caused Minkyu to think. Should he be honest with PS? “You know, I haven’t always liked birthdays... But since joining twentytwenty and debuting, PS have made it very special for me every year. I...” Trailing off, he inhaled through his nose, not really sure what he was feeling. It was quite bittersweet that his family was the reason he didn’t like birthdays, but these people on the other side of the screen had made him feel otherwise about it. He could even go as far to say he liked birthdays because of his members, too. “I did enjoy my birthday, and I have you all to thank very much for it. I spend a long time reading comments and messages from you all, and even though I can’t always reply, please know I see them. I appreciate every one of them.” Bringing a hand up to his lips, he blew a kiss to the camera, followed by a finger heart. Minkyu wasn’t sure if he’d ever really have the words to describe how much the support of PS meant to him. “I do have to go. Like I said before, have a delicious dinner waiting for me. Thank you for your kind comments and birthday wishes. I hope you all have a good night. I love you~”

With the final sign off, Minkyu gave one last wave and kiss to PS before he leaned forward, turning off the live. Slumping back into his seat, he signalled to staff that he needed a minute before he headed back to the dorm. Occasions such as this only pushed Kyuu to work harder, and he only hoped PS could see that. It’s all for them.

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→ One month after @hawks_unofficial's initial viral post, the blog titled "Quirk Analysis Blog for the Future", otherwise known as "Q. A. B.", has gone from an average of 10 views per post to an average of 20,000 views per post.

Midoriya Izuku does not know how to view the impressions analysis for his suddenly popular blog, and only notices that sometimes, people actually comment on his posts now. He does not google himself or his moniker and thus does not see the rise in online articles and speculation.

He is unaware that the "kyuu-ei-bee" he begins to hear about in passing refers to his own blog. He does not have a Twitter account.

At the time, Midoriya Izuku is 15 years old.

Izuku (accidentally) starts a cult.

[yourhealthmattersblog]

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[twistedintern]

~A summary/analysis of Mozus Trein’s voice lines [from Unified Exams No.7]~

Once again, the following analysis would not possible were it not for the efforts of the one and only Ras and their terrific Mystery Shop Translations. Theirs is not short of a bonafide labor of love; I am eternally grateful for their kindness in allowing me to corroborate my own interpretation of game content with top-quality translations.

The voice lines under examination in this post can be found here.

DISCLAIMER: As with my previous writings on staff voice lines, please keep in mind that this post is speculative in nature and should not, under any circumstances, be heralded as canon.

Let’s not delay any longer, dear visitors!

(As an added bonus, I furthermore have in my drafts a critical treatment for your reading pleasure: that is, a “mini-study” detailing Professor Trein’s relationship with another canon character, featuring evidence gleaned from personal episodes.)

FACTS

- He lives alone - His adult daughters correspond with him through written letters - They are concerned for his well-being; they often ask after his health and urge him to call upon them if ever a need - His view of academia is certifiably a no-nonsense one. He insists the duty of students is singular in nature: learning should--no, must--take precedence - He is firmly against utilizing the Internet as a research tool and/or study aid. According to him, it is rife with false information that anyone can claim factual. Books and printed matter (which require review in most cases) are far more reliable in his eyes - Not only does he loathe yawning during his class, he finds the gesture rude in public settings in general - He asserts that each and every one of Night Raven College’s instructors care deeply for students’ success and behave in accordance to seeing pupils realize their potential. No matter how strict he and his colleagues may be, what they do is for students’ own good - He strives to keep up a presentable, professional image befitting a scholar: little else factors into his choice in attire. In the interest of tidiness, he always has a lint roller handy for the removal of cat fur - He demonstrates admirable dedication to maintaining an orderly home and domestic environment, such that he cleans his kitchen and bathroom daily. He attributes this habit of his to his late wife--he thinks it unkind toward her memory to live in squalor - He does not play favorites; he treats all students equally - He has on a prior occasion consulted Vargas on the topic of keeping physically fit in a manner befitting his age. True to form, Vargas suggested he take up Magift... Trein is reluctant to pursue the latter’s advice on account of the risk of injury - He provides us with another example of Sam’s product savvy: despite Trein’s misgivings, Lucius has loved each and every cat toy the former has recommended. (A curious thing indeed, as the same cannot be said for the toys he personally selects!)

Logical Assumptions

- When he mentions “living alone,” he means, “living alone with Lucius”. Lucius is an indoor cat, after all: it would be strange if he did not share his domicile with his beloved companion - As he speaks of (laments) time passing since his daughters were small, it’s quite likely many years have passed since they “left the nest”

Speculation

- His daughters demonstrate incredible devotion to their father as well as an interest in his affairs: this very pronounced attachment could be an immediate consequence of having lost their mother early in their lives. Taken a step further, it’s possible that upon entering adulthood they came to recognize his labors and sacrifice as a single parent--a tremendous feat of selflessness and love

[twistedintern]

~A summary/analysis of Divus Crewel’s voice lines [from Unified Exams No.6]~

First and foremost, I wish to extend my thanks to the stupendous Ras over at Mystery Shop Translations for granting me permission to use their phenomenal translation work in this analysis, which can be found here.

As in with my previous writings on staff voice lines, please keep in mind that this post is speculative in nature and should not, under any circumstances, be heralded as canon.

So without further ado, let’s hop to it!

FACTS

- One of his hobbies is antique hunting, particularly of vintage articles of clothing--he has a deep respect for their unique and veritable bearing - He took up clothing design as a way to refine himself: to hone his creativity and otherwise sharpen his imagination. Before he knew it, it became a hobby - In addition, he worked in the garment manufacturing sector for a time - He has two cronies from his high school days with whom he still keeps in touch. They’re not the brightest of individuals, but he finds that in their company he can be himself - There were occasions carelessness were cause for catastrophe way back when - His magic has improved a great deal since his time as a student - He is of the belief that cutting loose is a vital part of the maturation process and is quite essential to building character in youth--when done in moderation, of course. Studying is crucial, yes, still it’s clear he adheres to the philosophy of ‘all work and no play makes for a dull person’ - The cologne he wears is unique (it’s his own handiwork) - He feels composure and comport are what make the man; to keep in top form, he regularly exercises by way of running and swimming - He is capable of recognizing hard work--he will gladly praise those who deserve it - Although he and Sam have wildly different tastes and styles, he finds the latter’s sensibilities and disposition incredibly appealing in their own right - He and Crowley don’t always “click” in terms of reasoning

Logical Assumptions

- “Twisted” equivalents of 101 Dalmatians’s Horace and Jasper indeed exist!

Speculation

- It seems he may actually respect Trein more than he lets on, given his love of antiques - He appreciates confidence in one’s expression of self through fashion. Clothing and looks alone are meaningless without personality to accentuate them -  As evidenced by his homemade cologne, it’s apparent he makes the most of his knowledge of alchemy in other aspects of his life - He could be an infrequent exercise buddy of Vargas’s... or at the very least acknowledge him as someone who fits his notion of a commendable person - He likes game meat, albeit not as much as a certain headmaster....

[twistedintern]

A rudimentary (and mostly no-nonsense) summary/analysis of Vargas’s voice lines.

(You had one chance, Ashton. One chance...!)

(You can find an analysis of Trein’s voiced lines here.)

Second verse, same as the first! I again would like to emphasize that this post is chiefly speculative based on what I have gathered from this particular set of voiced lines! This is not a definitive reflection of in-game facts. I repeat, this is pure conjecture: it should not, under any circumstances, be heralded as gospel of canon truths.

Everything has been placed below a cut out of respect for those who wish to remain unspoiled.

FACTS

- He is NOT an alum of Night Raven College! He explicitly states that he did not attend as a student - He does, in fact, consume roughly four dozen (48) raw eggs a day--just as he did during his childhood - His clothes are custom-made for very obvious reasons - He cares for and maintains Night Raven’s campus’s green/lawns - His favorite location on school grounds is the Coliseum - His hometown is no stranger to frigid weather; he doesn’t mind the cold - He’s a pro at all things athletic, including (but apparently not limited to) magift and winter sports such as skiing and ice hockey. Moreover, he is capable of “killing beasts”(*) - He is of the belief that muscles, fitness, and wellness are vital for any magician as exercise heightens focus, thereby allowing for finer and more deft manipulation of magical energy

LOGICAL ASSUMPTIONS

- He did not attend RSA either, but some other school entirely. The reasoning here is twofold in that (1) he speaks as though his high school magift career was rife with losses to NRC, and (2) any reminder of RSA’s winning streak over NRC serves to rub him the wrong way

SPECULATION

(*) We do not know how credible Vargas is when he talks about himself due to his overt and otherwise painfully acute narcissistic sensibilities. His is a bizarre reality viewed through a distorted lens; he is incapable of making impartial comparisons between his person and others or acknowledging possible foibles - He’s not one to sweat the small stuff; his general outlook is remarkably positive and accommodating--he wants his students to do well and enjoys watching them succeed. He is of the helpful sort; not a malicious personality in the least and is almost always well-intending. (He is the most “Kalim-like” of the staff in this regard) - He professes to know quite a bit about mirrors... but frankly that’s to be expected from the textbook case of a narcissist, no? (It is nevertheless interesting that he should make mention of the peculiar “uniqueness” of NRC’s magic mirror...) - It’s quite likely he hails from the same region of Land of Pyroxene as Jack (and consequently, Vil) do/does - His relationship dynamic with Professor Trein is remarkably similar to that of Gaston and Belle - One of his hobbies may be hunting - Like Gaston, he does not read books for pleasure. Unlike Gaston, he is probably not illiterate

Furthermore!

- He recounts how Crewel spoke of tending to the upkeep to his cars personally. (Now excuse me as I make to envision one fetching, topless alchemy professor washing his most beloved classic automobile...) - He firmly believes Crowley is a kind person. He furthermore confirms that no one seems to know what he looks like beneath his mask - His words suggest that Trein is a true bibliophile; the man is seldom seen without a book in hand - He notes that, among his many talents, Sam has quite the knack for fortune telling and divination