#monoma neito is the villain

[tenderheartedtheodore]

Shigaraki: Vlad King, we have taken one of your students hostage. If our wants aren't met, they will suffer greatly.

Vlad: You foul criminals, you will suffer if- wait.

Vlad: Which student?

Shigaraki: ... What?

Vlad: Which of my students is it?

Shigaraki: Uh. (pause)

Shigaraki: Blond, Weezer blue eyes? Laughed for a full minute then stopped abruptly to just stare at us smugly?

Vlad: ... You have Monoma.

Vlad: Good luck. (hangs up)

[summ3rg4l]

hii how are u🫶?i was wondering if u could write headcanons abt monoma with a 1-A class reader who has a personality like his(but much calmer) so they naturally fight a lot,but reader secretly likes him a lot! it's okay if you can't(sorry if this is hard to read english isn't my first lenguage)have a great dayyy💗💗

🩰🍊 “Open your ass and smell!” 🥰

→＞summary: Monoma and reader fighting over nonsense but they actually love each other + what the relationship would be like.

→＞warning(s): Arguing?

→＞type: Headcannons

→＞authors note: Tysm for the request sorry it took 10 years to make 😋 also your English is really good XD I had no problem reading your request!!! Keep up the good work!

Every time you two would see each other one of you would start talking loudly about sometime that the other lost. “Hey remember that time Kendo’s team beat Yaoyarozu’s HAHAHAHA!” He’d laugh extremely loud just to make sure you heard him.

When you guys aren’t arguing or bragging or you don’t notice each other near by, you silently stare at one another, admiring them but god forbid one of your classmates notice. “Why would I stare at him!? He’s barely my type anyway!”

That one time during the summer camp Monoma was feeling slightly…disappointed(?) that your weren’t there. You can just imagine how his eyes lit up when he saw you training your quirk with the rest of your class.

I’m running out of ideas

I feel like the girls in your class wouldn’t even notice that you liked him because they’d be too distracted by Deku and Ochaco. Same with class 1-B. They would be none the wiser.

In the event that one of you confessed (which would never happen) it would be so awkward the first few MONTHS and people wouldn’t even be able to tell you two were dating until Tetsutetsu caught you guys having lunch together all alone.

After getting comfortable neither of you would be super into PDA except for maybe just walking close together.

No one in class A or B were actually surprised when you guys started dating but it’s not like they expected it to happen..

Don’t think for a second that you guys stoped your little quarrels over which class was better. They still happen but they’re just a lot more lighthearted.

I peg Monoma…for the type to make competition out of how much he can fluster you but you’d never actually be aware of the challenge and would just think he’s trying to be romantic…😭

Unintentional backhanded compliments. “You’re so gorgeous for a lower class citizen my dear!” “What?” 😭

[mishy-mashy]

Got my hands on a Ultra Analysis BNHA book from a library

Some points I liked (I focused more on 1B since they don't get a lot of attention)

1B once had a Tetsutetsu BBQ. They heated him up and cooked food on him. He proceeds to ruin it when he declares his sweat is the salt to their food

Yui is canonically the prettiest first-year

Mineta has no sex appeal at all, but he thinks being a hero will make him lucky

Class B does respect Monoma. He's sharp-minded, witty, and has a way with words

Monoma sometimes wanders into 1A's dorm just to throw down a mean speech, and heads back to 1B

Juzo probably isn't helping Monoma's confrontations with 1A, since he just always asks him why he can't say it to their faces whenever Monoma complains about them

Shiozaki tries to be polite even in a fight

Pony hosts anime parties, so 1B knows a lot about anime. Vice-versa, they teach her Japanese, and everything nasty is Monoma's fault

Tokage was a gyaru

Tsuburuaba, Kaibara, and Kuroiro get worked up whenever they talk about girls

Manga likes Kenranzaki

Awase's family runs a small factory. He also restrains Monoma whenever Kendo isn't available

1B likes hearing Rin say "Aiyah", so he does it for them

Kamakiri is obsessed with cutting into things

Class B's play was really successful

Tamaki is scared of Kirishima's energy

1C was planning a send-off party for Shinsou for his upcoming hero transfer. They didn't doubt he would make it, ever since the Sports Festival

Shishikura (meatball Shiketsu boy) might've chosen Shiketsu because he likes the uniform's hat

Nakagame and Yo are dating

Tsuyu's family gets to spend a lot of time together now, since their parents' busy jobs have calmed down

Tsubasa (devil wing kid in Midoriya's memories) suspiciously lost touch with Midoriya and Bakugo in middle school (his Wiki page confirms Garaki - his grandfather - turned him into a Nomu)

Torino likes goofy gags. This rubs off on All Might (ex. when Midoriya thought he died when Torino fell with ketchup. People don't know whether to laugh or be concerned)

Nighteye has yellow streaks in his hair as a homage to All Might

Nezu likes worming into tight, dark places, so he likes Aizawa's scarf. They went into detail, describing why Nezu likes it, such as material to crawling in, etc.

Recovery Girl has to travel around Japan regularly to help people with her Quirk (as in, she uses her Quirk to help them. Healing Quirks are SO rare)

Hojo, Tabe, and Sestuno are kept in the same jail, so at least they're not separated

[buttery-olives]

fanart from my 15 year old self's mha comfort characters from 2020 (shinsou, monoma, izuku, kiri, shiggy, katski)

[splo0shh]

Can we PLEASE talk about how pretty Neito is? Like when he's not bullying Class 1A and acting all crazy, he's actually super pretty-

[grimmcheems]

Time to Study!

More of the blonde trio. Part of my Aoyama/Monoma traitor AU. Yes Aoyama is wearing a scrunchie and I’m mad no one appreciates his short long hair and hate how no one utilizes that detail lmao. I had the thought to draw this randomly and this is how I think they would react and and feel towards the actual “Student” part of the mission, in which they painfully have to actually put in an effort to pass their classes. Not Toga thoe, she’s out here balling, but not without consequence since Kurogiri has to teach her.💀

Aoyama def hates Iida’s teachers pet behavior and it sets his once happy day into an all nighter bc he prefers to procrastinate. Monoma also hates 2-A so bad bc they are all a lot more social than Aoyama’s class. He def has a ranking of most annoying in the class in his mind, he also tunes out during the lessons bc he’s an academic weapon and actually absorbs information pretty easily. Aoyama failing his classes was not planned and he actually gets scolded for it but it gives him an excuse to be in a study group and further observe and spy on his classmates. Toga on the other hand hates learning, specifically bc Kurogiri is the one teaching her and he ‘makes things too hard’. Lmao. She gets punished for not competing her work and rewarded when she does, so she basically gets what she gives🗿💀.

[the-copycat-hero]

AU where Toga is a student at UA and Monoma is the UA spy and part of the League of Villains

Toga's parents freak out upon seeing their daughter drinking blood, but rather than responding in the worst way humanly possible they actually try to seek help.

Vlad King, who also has a blood-based quirk, takes a particular interest in their case; he ends up serving as Toga's mentor and teaching her how to mitigate her bloodlust.

when Toga applies to UA later on, Vlad is also assigned to be her common room teacher.

Monoma, in contrast, spends years facing relentless bullying and scorn from his classmates, who either think his quirk useless or villainous.

he finds no support at home, where his cold and distant parents only pay him mind if it is to reproach him for something he has done or been falsely accused of doing at school. (as it turns out, [Copy] makes him the perfect scapegoat.)

Monoma's pain and resentment grow and grow, but he is initially determined to become a hero and prove everyone wrong regardless.

his dreams are ultimately crushed when, at nine years old, Monoma accidentally copies and activates a destructive quirk at one of his parents' work parties. in a series of horrible events, he ends up scorching a majority of the family manor to the ground, killing and/or seriously injuring the dozens of individuals trapped inside.

as Monoma is staggering from the scene, he is found by Compress, who takes one look at this sobbing, shivering child covered in soot and decides to take him under his wing.

Compress doesn't actually recruit Monoma to join the league - he just took him in because it felt like the proper thing to do - but Monoma finds out about Compress's involvement in the League and refuses to be left out.

the League insists on Monoma carrying a weapon, so he learns how to fight with a staff and some short daggers.

the League has Monoma apply to UA to serve as a spy and he ends up in class B; Monoma ends up fostering a deep distaste towards class A because everything about Bakugo pisses him off, and no one around Bakugo even attempts to keep him in check. (it reminds Monoma a lot of his old bullies and how everyone just sat back and let them treat him so horribly. all heroes are the same, huh.)

while at UA, Monoma does NOT present himself as someone with a copy quirk. instead, he carries around a marble that Compress gave him that contains someone with a teleportation quirk so that he can copy it instead. (the distance that Monoma can teleport is greatly reduced since he is copying the power from the marble and not directly from the source, but he's able to work with the short range).

despite his best efforts to remain focused on the task at hand, Monoma ends up befriending some of his classmates. (uh-oh).

some notes

even as a hero student, Toga still struggles with a lot of stigma surrounding her quirk and ends up falling for Midoriya when he expresses nothing but awe over her abilities

Toga also falls for Uraraka who, despite initially reacting poorly to Toga's quirk, is someone that Toga feels a deep connection to. (it's the rivals-to-friends-to-lovers, 100k slow burn scenario that Toga has always dreamed of)

Monoma is still drawn to Shinsou (it is a Universal Constant); he sees Shinsou's performance at the Sports Festival and is instantly smitten. it helps that he still feels that connection to Shinsou, RE: having "unfavorable" quirks.

the fact that Shinsou is NOT in the hero course while some of these other clowns are only feeds into Monoma's growing hatred towards the heroics system as a whole.

[bicheetopuff]

Hi, can I ask from both ask game :

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For anime/manga : Boku no Hero Academia

Anime Ask Game - BNHA

Favorite Character: Katsuki Bakugou… I know everyone already knows that but it still makes me feel ashamed to say it cuz it’s such a basic bitch answer lmao. But no one can make me not adore him.

Favorite Arc/Episode/Scene: I know this is supposed to be ��either or’ but I’m gonna answer all three.

My favorite arc is probabaly My Villain Academia. Believe or not I actually really like the villains, especially Shigaraki, and I think it’s one of the few arcs in the anime that was done complete justice (then again, I haven’t watched it in a while. I’m sure if I rewatched it my opinion would probably change because of how weird I am about the anime in comparison to the manga). The animation was great and it did what it was supposed to which was to give you engaging back story on some of the villains… and it successfully made me cry the first time I watched it. Anyways, yeah it’d either be MVA or the Paranormal Liberation War arc which is also pretty villain heavy but i like it for different reasons that I won’t go into right now cuz I don’t want this post to be super long.

My favorite episode is Deku vs Kacchan 2. I go back and watch it at least once or twice a year but I reread it more often than I wanna admit because I reference it/the things they said during it in my fics a lot. Light Fades to rain is definitely a close second though.

My favorite scene hasn’t been animated yet, but:

Haven’t been the same since tbh…

Character I think is Underrated: Monoma. I know Hori highlighted him at the end, but I don’t think we as a fandom acknowledge him enough for how cool his quirk is and how impressive the way he uses it is.

Character I think is Overrated: Endeavor… I’m sorry but his character development is literally just going from shitty wife beater -> the bare minimum. He literally tried to kill Touya still towards the end and take himself out with him, and his family had to stop him. I know the whole family blames themselves and thinks “we all failed Touya” but I will always disagree with that. Natsuo and Fuyumi were children and Shoto was literally five and being isolated by his father when Touya went to Sekoto Peak. And all Rei was doing was trying to keep her kids out of danger from their father. Of course she made mistakes, but can you blame her? It’s not like anyone is taught before hand how to handle that kind of abusive situation. I’m sorry, but it’s not a “we’re all to blame” situation, it was all rooted from Endeavor and no one can change my mind about that. I’m glad he doesn’t beat his kids and his wife anymore, but like I said, that’s literally the bare minimum. I don’t think he’s some great hero or anything either when he lost most of the fights he was involved in. I think he’s well written, but well written doesn’t always make a nice character. The only good decision he made as a dad was moving his kids away from him.

Favorite Ship/Pairing: Bkdk, but we already knew that.

Something I love about the Show/Movie: I actually don’t like the anime all that much… after I watched it the first time, and then watched it again with my brother, it stopped being enjoyable. I prefer the manga so much more, however, I will say that I do enjoy most of the music from the anime as a dropout music major. Might+U is unironically one of the prettiest/most impactful/most rememberable orchestral piece I’ve heard in superhero media. It elicits a lot of emotion for a lot of people and I think that’s super cool :)

Fandom Ask Game - BNHA… again

The first character I first fell in love with: Denki Kaminari. I thought he was funny and dumb and I just adored him while I watched it for the first time.

The character I never expected to love as much as I do now: Katsuki Bakugou. I literally hated him for the first three seasons but I only stopped minding him after DvK2. When I read the manga though, how quickly he became my favorite character of all time came completely out of left field. It felt like a punch in the face.

The character everyone else loves that I don’t: Present Mic. Idk why but he annoys me so much and I just don’t really see much that significant about his character. I don’t hate him or anything, I just find him annoying.

The character I love that everyone else hates: …I don’t think I have one? Maybe Himiko? I know in our community she’s well loved but apparently a lot of dudebros hate her. So yeah. I love Himiko :)

The character I used to love but don’t any longer: Mitsuki Bakugou. I don’t hate her, but the way she blames Katsuki for being too weak to defend himself and being the reason All Might retired, hurt my feelings. The first time I watched it, I saw it as a gag, but when I read the manga, it was literally the exact words Katsuki said later to Deku while mentally breaking down. I didn’t like her as much after I realized that. It hurts more when you think about how he used to call Deku weak all the time to make himself feel better. Bullying is often projecting your parental issues onto someone else to lift yourself up in some way because your parents don’t, and since you’re a kid, you don’t know how to lift yourself up in a healthy manner. It just made me sad realizing what Mitsuki’s treatment had to do with Katsuki’s behavior :/

The character I would totally smooch: Mirko. Enough said.

The character is want to be like: honestly everyone in this manga has issues. I’d wanna be like Katsuki, but I don’t want the anger issues, mommy issues, inferiority complex, heart issues, and potential high blood pressure that comes with his good qualities… oh wait I already got all that. Do u think it’d stay the same or would it all double? I ain’t gonna risk it.

I’d wanna be like Sero. Yeah, he seems like he has the least amount of issues. Plus he dresses nice. Anyways…

The character I’d slap: Chisaki and Endeavor. I don’t think I need to explain…

A pairing that I love: Bkdk, but again, we been knew that

A pairing that I despise: EndHawks. I’m sorry but Keigo is literally Touya’s age first of all, and I think anyone who’s willing to date someone the same age or younger as one of their kids is fucking creepy. And two, the way Hawks admired Endeavor is a lot like the way Izuku admired All Might and it just feels icky??? Oh and three, I don’t think a guy who beat his wife and kids, and even drove one of his kids to accidental suicide, shouldn’t be in another relationship, especially one with an unbalanced power dynamic like a 20+ year age gap. Anyways…

Thank for the ask anon! I enjoyed answering it!

[logicaldelta]

Scrunkly Week Day 4 : Autumn

Prompt: sitting by a cosy fire

Have I ever watched My Hero Academia? No (unless we count that one movie). Do I know much about it as a whole? Also no. But am I endlessly fixated on a Monoma villain AU that my friend @hero-nerd and I have been slowly developing? Yes, absolutely. So! Here's some art from that, haha

A theory that we have fully incorporated in this AU is the idea that Toga and Monoma are actually twins that were separated at birth, and so the drawing I chose to do was of them sitting together while watching a fire during their first autumn together after they found each other again

The items on the mantle are, from left to right: one of Toga's needles, Compress's mask, Monoma's bag of marbles (very specific to the villain AU), a teddy bear that Compress gave Monoma when he first became his mentor (Also very AU specific), and a framed photo of the three of them together :]

Bonus doodles of Compress watching them from the kitchen while he does some baking, ehe

[chickenfriedawesome]

i know it has been explored before but i cannot stop thinking about an au where, in a complex and horrible chain of events, monoma somehow ends up with AfO. (he copies the original, then uses the copy to steal the real thing).

on the one hand, it would be delightfully grim to watch this boastful yet insecure teenage boy have to deal with a literal mass murderer camping out in the back of his mind and compelling him to do evil things. on the other hand, the meme potential would be off the charts: AfO is the ps5 speaking to monoma inside of his brain, and monoma is So Tired.

[bnha-more-like-bnh-gay]

Could we have headcannon for Izuku having a cat quirk?

I see you like dadzawa /hj

No, but dudeee, izuku is feral in his own right, add that with the chaos of a cat😭😭😭 doom. Doom to all that befall izuku’s wrath

Fuck those who befall izuku’s wrath though, because my son doesn’t even get mad easily, and when he does it’s justified

Get angry at kaachan, izuku. Do it. You know you wanna.

Okay though, so I wasn’t sure if you wanted where like,,, he can shape shift into a cat or he has like,, cat senses, but I’m going to go with cat shape shifting and when he’s in human form he still has some cat like reflexes? Like heightened hearing, always landing on his feet, and such!

I just think it’s kind of funny to imagine someone (we all know who) pushing izuku off a tall place and him just landing in his feet like nothing happened. Like, it’s horrible, but also just izuku being unbothered is so personal to me

Just, chaos going on around him and he’s just like, “oh, are you okay?”

Or even better, as a kid, he’s climbing a tree and falls out, scaring inko half to death, and he just lands perfectly on his feet or in place where he was about to land is a little cat, and both of them are like ?????

What type of cat do you think he’d be? Like, would he still have green fur/hair? Or would he be some type of regular house cat? I’m low key leaning towards green little cat because that’s adorable, but it’s up to you, really!

But I imagine izuku shifts into cat form a lot to get away from bullies and to sneak closer to villain/hero fights.

Is koda able to control izuku when he is in cat form????????

Shinsou “I’m not here to make friends” hitoshi

Izuku “I can shift into a cat and I think your quirk is incredible”Midoriya

Shinsou: ….

Shinsou: if anything happened to Midoriya, I’d kill everyone in this room and then myself.

Mic takes so many pictures. So many. So does Aizawa, but he won’t admit that. Bastard.

He 10000% uses his smaller form as a cat to sneak out of U.A. for his. Unadvised adventures.

One time when Aizawa was sleep deprived and checking in on class a in the middle of the night, he spots izuku sneaking out in his cat form and doesn’t connect that the cat is his problem child, so he takes the cat up to his and mic’s apartment

He doesn’t realize it’s izuku until the next morning when mic is like, “was Midoriya trying to sneak out again?” Aizawa is confused, and then he remembers. And then he realizes.

And then izuku gets scolded :(

I once read a fic where izuku got turned into a cat due to some quirk, and bakugou was being mean to Shouto and he just did the cat thing where they stare at you while pushing your glass/mug/something off the table, and it was so important to me

But like. Imagine him doing that 😭

Imagine he gets found roaming around by the league and they don’t know it’s izuku at first, but toga decides that he’s adorable and she wants to keep him. So he’s like, okay, I can gather information I guess??????

And then he just like,,, completely fucks with them??

Like, shiggy is gaming and he just sits on the controller or computer keyboard or whatever

And shiggy is considering designating this goddamn cat, but toga would probably kill him if he did that

He helps Eri calm down from her panic attacks/ptsd by shifting into his cat form and sitting with her! Sometimes she prefers if he helps her in his human form, but she also loves running after cat izuku

Mina 1000% sets up a social media page for the cat hero. Not his hero profile. Just a profile for him as a cat. No one knows it’s even a human with a quirk. They’re all just like, damn, U.A. Has a pet cat

Izuku is very affronted by this at first, but accepts that it’ll probably help his cover once he does go pro

He 10000% made a hairball for overhaul to find later on. He fits as many, “fuck you’s” to overhaul as he can

As he should

Likes to fuck with endeavor the same way.

Has 1000% chewed/scratched holes in endeavor’s clothes

Shouto was so proud.

I already say that he’s a vent gremlin, but imagine bent gremlin izuku with a cat quirk😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

U.A. Is not safe

Was it ever?

But nezu finds it rather fun to try and determine where izuku will pop up next

Nothing will be happening, and all of a sudden, there is a cat falling out of a vent and everyone is screaming

Nezu sips on his tea and smiles

Aizawa is totally not itching to pet the little cat whenever he sees him. Not at all. Nope. He would never.

He succumbs to petting the cat once he finds that it calms izuku down sometimes.

He’s not happy about it though!

If you pulled down his capture scarf you totally wouldn’t see him smiling!!!!

No matter what hizashi or nemuri tell you!!!

If stain had control over izuku while he was in cat form and was making him stay still, if koda was also there, would he be able to override stains blood control????

Monoma finds himself petting a cat one afternoon and is surprised that the cat is acting like he understands him. It isn’t until izuku shifts back into his human form and starts talking back to Monoma that he understands.

He also freaks the fuck out.

But izuku nerds out about Monoma’s quirk and he’s suddenly pulling a Shouto and a shinsou with the whole “I’ve only had Midoriya for ______, but if anything ever happened to him I’d kill everyone in this room and then myself”

Shouto, shinsou, and Monoma are the trio who, “didn’t come here to make friends/didn’t want to be friends with class a bastards-“ and then they talked with izuku and suddenly they’re best friends, and this is something I hold very dear

I HOPE YOU LIKED THISSSS!! I’m so sorry it took so long 😅😅😅 my mental health was absolute shit and I had a lot of homework💀 I know this wasn’t super long, so sorry about that too 😅😅 I still hope you like though!!!! Thank you for the ask!!

[lizzle-the-edu-gamer]

Chapter 7 of my MHA MonoMinari fic BibliophiLe is up.

It's Monoma's birthday!

Everyone loves a birthday, right?

Only... Monoma's birthday just got a lot more complicated.

Birthdays aren't nearly as fun when you are realizing new aspects of yourself that contradict societal expectations.

Kaminari Denki is very much not what Monoma had planned for.

We have existential crisis after crisis! A villain fight that turns horribly awry! And the sweetest and saddest exchanges of "Happy Birthday" that may leave you as forlorn as I was after writing this.

Enjoy!

[utaite-mun]

[NOTE: this is not to be used as any evidence towards any anti-bakugou/bakugou hate rants, this is neither the intent behind its creation or its posting in a public space. I know these words will mean nothing to some people, and I will block you as is my right. Thank you for understanding.]

i wouldnt say ultra impact provides anything of major substance to any of bnha, and of course you run into any issue of arguing its canonicity.

but i do feel very strongly that it is very good at portraying the characters, like the writers get the essence of a character even if nothing of bombast is being done with them.

yes this is entirely because i am consistently happy with what materials the game provides for 1B, we got a 1B monoma-centric event which understands both that he is a competitive little prick who really would like to stick it to 1A, while also being intensely aware (in a very humble way) that he is NOT better at utilizing the quirks of his classmates after pulling off a fairly complicated strategy

Of course, he immediately undercuts himself by going back to his, "and with this we will be better than 1-A" schtick, but that too is part of his character.

[quirkwizard]

What would a combination of Sludge Body and Copy create?

New Quirk Name: Symbiotic

This Transformation type Quirk allows the user to break down their body into a semi-amorphous state, making them more flexible. When touching another Quirk user, the user can envelop and then remove themselves from their target's body, using this process to copy their Quirk. This grants the user all the information about the Quirk in the process, able to use it as their own. The user can either apply this off the target or while they are still on another person, able to extend the range and capabilities of the Quirk while on the original user. If the user and the target have a different Quirk, they can use their abilities in tandem with each other. The user can stick to people without copying their Quirk. This gives the user a lot of versatility, capable of strengthening themselves and their allies with the power of their enemies. If nothing else, the amorphous state can work to mitigate damage and undermine an enemy's ability to move, making it good for insurance. The user can only copy one Quirk at a time and they will lose it in five minutes. The Quirk is heavily dependent on whatever other Quirks may be around them. The user can still be damaged and knocked off of a target.

[grimmcheems]

I made this a long time ago…..✨Villain Aoyama and Monoma✨ a very goofy AU I came up with way before the reveal happened lmao. I still like this one despite it being like a yr old now.💪🏽

Idk what it was but Aoyama became my fav character when I was first getting into MHA. I always thought Monoma was a bit annoying and just very condescending to ppl who aren’t his immediate friends (I I didn’t hate him lol) but I figured that he wasn’t all that bad the further I read in the manga. I had the idea to have Aoyama be the “traitor” that was brought up after the whole UA security issue. Later on I added onto that idea with Monoma bc they’re both blonde👩🏽‍🦯but the story goes that Aoyama was found as an orphan by other league members (Kurogiri and young Dabi) and given a quirk and trained until they found Monoma. They basically grow up as brothers and adopt opposing personas to their actual personality for when they go to UA.

[the-copycat-hero]

Villain Monoma: thoughts?

what do you think he'd be like? how do you think he became a villain? or just generally, any thoughts on Villain Monoma? 👁️

initial thoughts: YOOOOOOOO

longer thoughts: tbh as it stands in canon i could never see Monoma becoming a villain because of just how determined he has been to stand out as a hero - and also because he is a Kind Boy who i can't imagine would ever be willing to harm innocent people. that said, there are a few AUs where i could see him fighting for the other side, and i think that the general concept is SICK AS HELL.

(going to put the rest of this under a read more because as i am typing this i can already tell that this is gonna be a long one)

HOW MONOMA BECOMES A VILLAIN

Option #1 - Classic Case of Kidnapping: an AU where All-for-One isn't a massive dumbass and realizes that acquiring a kid who can literally copy quirks like a smaller, less lethal version of himself would be a Very Good Idea. he yoinks small child Monoma soon after his quirk manifests and raises him like he did Tomura. not really my favorite AU though, since Monoma would likely be a very different person were he raised to hate hero society from the start.

Option #2 - Siblings (Doomed by the Narrative): Monoma and Toga are related, and he defects to the villain's side because he cares about her and is stupidly loyal to those that he cares about. the problem is that he also cares about his friends at UA, so he generally has a terrible time of it all. (this is basically the plot of Blood the Color of Pomegranates).

Option #3 (my favorite) - the League of Villains Adopts Another Child: kind of like option #1, except someone else from the league (maybe Compress?) takes Monoma in after some traumatic event in his life and treats him better than his biological family ever did. i may actually make a separate post about this AU (or at least a similar one) because the idea haunts and vexes me.

HOW MONOMA BEHAVES AS A VILLAIN

it really depends on the circumstances that lead to him becoming a villain, but in any AU i'd write, i think he'd behave a lot like he does in canon. just like... 20% more unhinged.

very loud and dramatic at his baseline, but occasionally drops a line that is so serious and borderline heartbreaking that it gives pause to whomever he is fighting. ("Surely, you've felt that way before... how the hopes and dreams of childhood now grow heavy as burdens. It's as if we are cursed." WHAT KIND OF HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS SHIT LIKE THIS? WHO HURT YOU???)

loves monologuing, but is incredibly smart about it; he never gives away any information that could help the heroes, but he does occasionally drop misleading clues / red herrings that they inevitably waste their time pursuing.

fantastic strategist. sometimes, he'll copy a hero's quirk just so that he can study it and figure out its weaknesses.

still provokes his opponent during fights, but he gets even more personal with it somehow. he reads the heroes to filth, and unlike in canon, he genuinely means every word that he says.

i like the idea that Monoma can use a diluted form of someone else's quirk as long as he has access to their hair, so as a villain, i could see him cutting a chunk of hair off of anyone that he's downed.

incredibly OP and lowkey terrifying because he has access to the most busted quirks ever. imagine how nightmarish it would be to have two Shigarakis on your ass. TWO ALL-FOR-ONES. (Monoma steals quirks and then they disappear with his copy of AFO.) the heroes are so cooked it is not even funny.

would not endorse targeting young kids, even as a villain. if there is a little kid in the vicinity of a fight he's involved in, he WILL relocate. (it's easy with Kurogiri's quirk at his disposal).

wanted to be a hero at some point, and sometimes wishes that things could be different. but once he's found his place in the league, he'd be far too attached to ever consider abandoning them.

POSSIBLY COULD PLAY THE ROLE OF UA TRAITOR? (food for thought).

stopping here but i will be plotting