#ochako deserves better

[bibibbon]

Hello bibibbon! Currently I’m rewatching the ochako vs katsuki sports festival match and oooo, either ochako should’ve won and/or katsuki should’ve faced some sort of physical repercussions for that giant as hell explosion he pulled (perhaps both a fractured wrist and a dislocated shoulder)

In my rewrite, I’m planning on changing up the sports festival and adding an additional round, so four rounds in total- every first year participating is assigned to a team of four students a week prior to the event. The top ten teams with the most combined points gets to move on to the second round. No teams are elimated from round 2 going to round 3, but the top 16 students with the most individual points gets to move on to the final round which is still the canonical 1v1 tournament.

But! ochako deserves to win against Katsuki so I’ll still be having them go up against each other in the 1v1 tournament.

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Definitely! I personally understand why ochako didn't win, but katsuki should have received a heck ton of consequences, whether those be due to the obvious overexertion or the fact that he was just fooling around with ochako and you know being a total douche.

I know there are many people who agree and have the view that katuski was never taking ochako seriously, which is a view I personally agree with since before she literally collapses bakugo thinks to himself "right it's time to get serious".

I am sorry, but that just sounds like he wasn't truly taking her seriously even though the narrative tries to paint it otherwise, and even gas eraserhaed defending bakugo, saying that him being 'catious' was him taking her seriously.

I think that it was an incredibly interesting fight, one of my favourites in the Sports Festival arc, as we got to see Ochako's abilities. I loved her strategy and honesty she was so close to winning.

However, the fact that bakugo never got any consequences for his fight was weird and kinda showed the favouritism hori has for him, in my opinion. For example, we see people stand up for ochako and point out that bakugo is just fooling about, but when he wins, he gets the most internship offers?

Or the fact that he unleashes a huge explosion upwards with no support yet his arm or wrist isn't injured? In fact, in the entirety of Canon, we really don't see bakugo suffering from quirk overuse or his quirk, causing him any disadvantages or issues. For example, I know fanon likes to suggest that bakugos' quirk causes him hearing loss, yet we don't have anything similar to that in Canon. He just seems like an invincible machine with no weaknesses when it comes to his quirk, which is pathetic.

It's interesting for you to spice up the sports festival since it can get repetitive writing the same thing as Canon. The majority of fics usually copy and paste the Canon version of the Sports festival.

Having people being set up in groups of 4 the week before would allow for characters to come up with strategies and bond so you can develop the characters and maybe have new friendships and connections starting due to it. This would mean that the festival would have to be harder than in Canon, and it would have much higher stakes.

However, you can also introduce various problems when it comes to the sports festival, such as:

The ethical issues surrounding the sports festival

The mental distress the dance can cause

Is it mandatory to participate?

[moonsb1996]

shiper and toxic relationships

okay ! Finally, I had to talk about this. As you can see, how many Yuri and Yaoi red flags have been flying in recent episodes? Yes, I'm talking about what we all know. A long time ago, I remember seeing Izuku and Ochako looking at each other and saying, So we all like the same thing? (Something like that) And it's Bakudeku and Togachako who have the same thing: golden-headed, likes to harm people (exploding, biting, or sucking blood?) Or the fancomic type where Bakugo gets into something. He exploded on himself. It's going to hit Izuku. And he exploded in his own throat, nearly suffocating Izuku. Even though later he will come to know and try to take care of him. Or the person who said Imagination Togachako, they were hugging each other. Then Toga will bite Ochako. (Something like that)

And everyone will say, wow, they love each other, they're so cute, etc. And I want to puke. What the fuck is this? Why do you all see physical harm? Or verbally abuse a lover, a person's partner, or a boyfriend or girlfriend. To be normal? Don't say to me, "It's just fiction, what are you thinking!" Guys! The manga's target audience is teenagers or younger.

You want to teach them that. Abuse of others Or is it normal to be abused? You don't do that. You wouldn't do that. That's like saying to the victim: It's just a slap, that's all. Just saying something hurtful. It's not that bad. Do you really think this is good? Is it acceptable? The answer is no.

These things can't be completely solved because humans are bad. I mean, yes, we are imperfect creatures. and the world we created From our imagination, it can lure people in one way or another. It's like something that happened a long time ago. The government wants its citizens to be able to read and write. created a TV series in which the MC wanted to be able to read and write and talk about its importance That country has children who want to be able to read and write. And it took a long time to reach the goals that their leaders wanted them to achieve. But you see, it can be done. And now you want to think Toxic relationships are good. Do you listen to yourself? Being fantasy isn't bad. But choose to express it appropriately.

Fantasy isn't bad. But you should show both sides. Like, is this kind of relationship good? If you make everyone feel like Even if people abuse you, no matter how bad, they do it because they love you. And you are at fault. Isn't it like we let him die? We adults know what is good and what is bad. But children perceive information differently than us. Even in this era, they say they're smart. But that doesn't mean they know everything like adults. And not all adults know everything either.

As I said Fantasy isn't bad. No matter how you fantasize, it's not wrong. But to scream at people who disagree with you Because he doesn't like your ship and then tries to put it in people's mouths and say, "You must like the toxic relationship too." It doesn't work. Scream, giving you satisfaction, but not too much. It's not difficult, right?

[justatalkingface]

What do you think about the hosu trio (Izuku-Shoto-Tenya)? I like their dynamic and I wish it was more prevalent. Also I'm rather disappointed that it is overshadowed by the main trio and Uraraka-Tenya-Izuku trio, when it deserves the spotlight as well.

Honestly, I'm still of the opinion that the 'Main Trio' thing is bullshit to prop up Bakugou, and they should have stayed with the Uraraka, Tenya, Izuku dynamic, and just put Shoto with them organically.

Let me explain: for all the various 'Trios' in the series, they're built around Izuku, right? But the first Trio was still there, and still allowed to be relevant at that point in time, and even when it was made less relevant that dynamic never stopped. So then Shoto is beaten into friendship, and there's this whole interesting arc we never had that could have explored him more, via Tenya and Uraraka, and those three becoming friends in their own merits.

Shoto wants to become friends with Izuku, and since Izuku hangs out with Uraraka and Tenya all the time he wants to do the same with them, but he's having problems with the doing of it; not because they hate him or anything, but because he's an awkward traumatized disaster who doesn't know how to people.

Cue Tenya and Iida teaming up. Suddenly, there's a connection between them, forged in a life and death battle, and because Iida is Iida, and both really Good and also blunt in a way Shoto could use, he starts reaching out in these very basic ways that a lot of people would find awkward, but is just right to reach Shoto who still doesn't get a lot of things, and helps form a connection to bring him into the group proper.

From there, they could develop Shoto's friendship with both him and Izuku, and then Uraraka either via sort of osmosis, or some sort of event to bond them together in their own right; my heart says a sort of mutual Izuku defense alliance against Bakugou, because I feel like that's a thing they'd do (and not because Iida wouldn't, for the record, try and protect Izuku, but because he's inflexible in his thinking in ways that I think would make him miss things that Uraraka, with her common sense and Shoto, with his history with a person like Bakugou, could have noticed and responded to accordingly, and in turn lead Iida to that same realization, where in of course he'd side with them 110%, Plus Ultra).

It never happened, though, because at that point Bakugou was being hastily reworked into the plot, taking on Shoto's role as a 'friendly' rival which in turn disrupted a lot of other characters in a sort of domino effect, and well, Uraraka and Tenya started to be left behind in the process, and this is a shame because there was so much there to explore with them. Not only as their individual characters, but with Uraraka as a view into the average citizen, and Tenya into look into the good side of heroes, as contrasts to Shoto and Endeavour as a look at the corrupt side of heroism, that really could have fleshed out MHA's worldbuilding.

[nimuello]

my poor pookies you deserved better 💔

[assassyart]

Happy birthday, Himiko Toga <3 I'll always love your smile... 🩷🩷🩷

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I love them sm 😞

[bibibbon]

And this is another reason why the shop doesn't make any sense to me. To be honest as much as Iam not close to ochakos character I do feel immense pity for her. Seriously, I feel like horikoshi just made her the love interest point blank when she had so much more rooting for her. She was the love interest for izuku and now she is the love interest for toga and that's all thats going for her. She never got a chance to thrive and for us to see her other characteristics or struggles ie her financial struggles or her wanting to become a hero for her family (people she cares for) and other heroes.

Ochako becoming toga's love interest is low-key outta pocket and I can only see it happening if she met toga and became friends with toga before any of the UA students especially tsu and izuku. I think it would of added this tinge of betrayal and overall confusion which would of made ochako curious and hurt she would of wanted to find out more and then she would and the story can go on from there. Her conflict of who is she loyal to or who she would protect can also come into her character arc.

Overall, this goes into another character inconsistncy issue that MHA seems to have all of the time.

To be honest toga and ochako is a hard "healthy" (i think hori's intention were to make them seem like they had potential to be a healthy pairing) to try and get together or work with especially because ochako doesn't have much screentime so there could of gotten ochako and asui but I would want Ausi to get actual character development and expansion before that happens because i have deemed her to be somewhat there when it comes to the plot

I find it a bit disturbing that Ochako supposedly fell in love with Toga, who supports a cause that involves everyone Ochako knows dying in some way, including Deku.

WHO IS TOGA’S LEADER’S NUMBER ONE TARGET!

Why is nobody addressing that?

Like seriously, Ochako wtf? You know that Toga is responsible for bloodshed and literally intended to brutally injure you and your friends for some blood.

Imagine being Class A and finding that out, I highly doubt that they’re gonna welcome that with open arms. (Especially Tsu and Deku)

@theuntamedangel

@bibibbon

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ik im a bit late but i just wanted to doodle smth for himiko’s birthday! happiest birthday to the cutest girl in the whole world!!

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When I'm in a "My character got pushed aside for Bakugou" contest and my opponents are any of the Dekusquad

Wow, what a nice picture of the MC and his good friends, I sure hope they aren't ignored or lose complexity in favor of the MC's childhood abuser

[bibibbon]

Reddit is a funny thing because the main subreddit is still largely in denial about how terrible the ending is. But other subreddit groups are making fun of it like crazy, some are at risk of becoming a Jujutsufolk or Lobotomy kaisen lol. One particular thread that I wanted to bring up that makes me laugh is how many people turned on Ochako, calling her a gold-digger and other unpleasant things. I don't think I've seen a hetero pairing crash and burn like IzuOcha has. Even if they did hook up in the sequel, its still a bad look, can't believe Horikoshi chickened out and made blank. The reception has gotten so bad people have been shipping IzuMei again, so that feels like a win of sorts lol

I have done some research when it comes to the MHA Reddit and what people think (no it wasn't extensive research I couldn't be bothered tbh) but most subreddits deem the ending as rushed and bad. They even go into explaining how unrealistic it is into a deeper level.

From the little browsing I have done this seems to come from r/myheroacademia and r/characterrant. However, I also saw subreddits that said that izuku ending up quirkless is perfect for his hero journey and that the chapter being a fake out was also good.

I will take your word for it anon since I didn't actually dive deep enough into the depths of Reddit to find ochako bashing but said ochako bashing is incredibly unrealistic and shouldn't be there considering the whole pairing of izuocha never became canon and a huge part of ochakos development was to develop out of the crush she had for izuku and her aspirations to be exactly like izuku (I still don't like the whole crush fiasco but meh). Also, ochako's parents probably had a lot of work cut out for them after the war making them financially stable and ochako has become a popular hero all on her own so that would earn her a lot of money without izuku being involved. Heck I think People seem to forget that izuku isn't rich at all he seemingly just comes from an average income family.

Also, to me it was evidently clear that izuocha wouldn't become canon since act 2 and act 3 like I said were all about ochako getting over izuku and her aspirations of becoming exactly like him. I have seen people argue that they're canon but if they are then that's just a badly written ship.

Overall I ship izumei (even though I know it wasn't gonna be canon) but even though it's cool the ship is gaining some popularity, I do hate the fact that people are using it as a type of cope because of how badly butchered izuocha was to them.

We don't talk about the horrors of Jujutsufolk and lobotomy kaisen.

[theloganator101]

I know I'm probably late to the party but here're my gripes with Ochako and how I would rewrite it to make her more compelling.

My Gripes:

She doesn't get get a lot of screen time compared to the other characters so by the time we get to her big fight, she doesn't feel developed enough for the moments to hit.

She doesn't work as a love interest, and I know that's probably a hot take for some people or thinking I'm preferring gay ships over straight but no. She and Izuku doesn't have enough interactions to really sell me on the idea of them in a relationship. And from what I've seen in canon like her just believing he deserved to be in House Arrest, being shock at the idea of him fighting quirkless, not cheering or expressing joy at his progress with his quirk... those moments kind of sour the idea of them being a couple.

And finally... her motives for being a hero changing. Her original motive for being one was making enough money to support her family since they lived in poverty for a while. But in season 6 it changed into "who saves the heroes?".

I can understand finding a new reason to becoming a hero, but her original motive felt more relatable in a way. You could've given the other motive to ANY other character and nothing would change. I'm not even joking.

How I would rewrite Ochako:

I've spoken of rewritten scenes and scenarios that included her but here they would be together in a way.

Generally, she wouldn't be the love interest. I would have her more as a best friend character, the first person Izuku connects with after his disaster of a friendship with Bakuhoe. Keep her motive of wanting to make money to help her family.

And instead of having Toga as her villain, it would be Twice since they tend to share more parallels than Toga.

About Ochako Uraraka

Guys, how are you all writing Uraraka's character in your MHA rewrite series? She is supposed to the female lead heroine, but I'm dead sure Whori's definition of it is simply being a satellite character to the male lead with no purpose in life whatsoever.

When she said she wanted to be a hero that saves other heroes, I felt it was too little too late. We are 6 seasons too far off for that (and this is not me attacking Uraraka fans). Throughout the entirety of the series, her biggest shining moment was her fight against Whori's faggot in the UA sports festival. After that arc, her character completely stops evolving and she is FORCEFULLY relegated to the role of a love struck, dewy eyed school girl, totally crushing on her crush. I'm not saying this is a morally wrong thing to do. After all, it's totally natural and a human thing to have romantic feelings for someone.

Is it too much to ask for if I want to see some Uraraka character defining moments? I guess I'm asking way too much if I want to see her in some really good fight scenes, engaging herself against the villains and also learning more about herself and her own moral values and ideas and see how they affect herself and those that mean to alot to her. How come we, the readers and viewers never see her in an important light like the original trio of Izu, Lida and Uraraka? How come we see Tenya, Izu, and Shoto (was that retarded faggot in the stain arc? i forgot) but Uararaka is completely missing in action?

Have I lost my reasoning skills or am I making sense?

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[rewrittenmha]

UA Sports Festival Arc

I've been waiting to get my hands on this arc (this is a long one so be prepared).

Despite the USJ incident, the Sports Festival is still going on. However, Aizawa, Midnight, and Present Mic vehemently protest against broadcasting it nationally. They remind Nezu that the school is very clearly being targeted and that exposing the weaknesses of their students- especially their first years- is not a good idea. Nezu acknowledges their concerns and agrees, but tells them that the HPSC has demanded that the Sports Festival goes on as planned. That the country needs to be reassured that UA- and the hero world- is as strong as ever.

(Me trying to make UA a competent school be like-)

All Might stays quiet during the discussion, but internally realizes that security concerns never even crossed his mind. He wonders why that is and why his younger colleagues seemed to recognize that while he didn't. He's starting to realize that there's a lot that goes on around him that he fails to recognize.

(Deconstructing All Might's toxic ideals around heroism is a very important part of the story as they're usually perpetuated through him. He's the poster boy of toxic hero society even if that isn't his intention and he doesn't realize it. Changing All Might's way of thinking- especially because of the affect is has on Izuku- is very crucial)

In the days preparing for the Sports Festival, Izuku notices how focused Uraraka is. She's been quiet, scribbling in her notebook and not being as talkative. When he asks about it, she admits to him and Iida that she needs to succeed at UA and feels like she's behind compared to the two of them. Her parents have struggled financially all her life and becoming a hero is her only chance to do right by them. She knows that it isn't a selfless, noble goal but it's been important to her all her life.

Iida assures her that wanting to provide for her parents is a noble end goal. Izuku agrees, but begins to think about his own mother. He had always had everything he needed, but Izuku knew they didn't have much money to spare. Inko had wanted to move to get him out of Aldera due to the bullying she knew about, but it just wasn't possible. His father refused to send more money from America and she could only do so much on a seamstress' salary.

He never wanted to be a hero for monetary gain, but he would like to make his mom's life a little easier, if he could.

Lunch with All Might goes about the same (it's so wholesome). The one difference is that All Might asks Izuku about his relationship with Bakugou. Izuku wasn't expecting that question and stumbles over his words, answering that they're childhood friends. But when All Might points out that Bakugou seems to be very aggressive towards him, Izuku replies with, "That's just how Kacchan is."

All Might's concerns are not alleviated by this.

The school day ends with 1A being confronted by the other classes. Bakugou is being his usual self, but Uraraka- who has found herself growing more and more annoyed with his attitude- tells him to stop being such a jerk. This stuns Izuku, who has never seen Bakugou being called out directly. But before he can process what's happening, Iida agrees, reprimanding him for his unsportsmanlike and pretentious behavior. Yaoyorozu chimes in that his actions reflect on the rest of the class and calling people "extras" is childish and not befitting a hero.

(Izuku.exe has stopped working)

Bakugou is about to rage at the three of them. Kirishima, however, brings up that while Bakugou's attitude sucks, it's unmanly for the other classes to gawk at and gossip about them. The kid in the front of the crowd- a general department student- scoffs and says that he has the chance to take one of their places in the hero course. He declares war on their class and tells them to watch their backs.

(Oh Shinsou, as pleasant as ever)

A class 1B student is also there, remarking on how unimpressive 1A appears to be. He warns 1A not to embarrass them during the Sports Festival since the audience is mostly going to be looking at them.

(Monoma being a bastard as usual)

The first event of the Sports Festival and everything leading up to it goes relatively the same. Todoroki confronts Izuku in the locker room and Izuku maintains that he'll try his best. Because Bakugou came in first during the Entrance Exam, he confidently and seriously declares that he'll win, which continues to make 1A a target.

Izuku wins with Todoroki and Bakugou coming in second and third. I'm keeping this because it's one of the best moments of the Sports Festival (the only thing I'm changing is Mineta on Yaoyorozu's back). And it sets up the Third Event well. I don't feel the need to change the Cavalry Battle that much either. I thought about having Monoma's team win instead of Shinsou's, but decided against it.

I'm also having Yaoyorozu confirm with Midnight before listening to Kaminari and Mineta about the cheerleading uniforms. She tells them that no, of course that's not a requirement for the female participants. Yaoyorozu, silently furious, scolds Kaminari and Mineta and tells them that she's reproting them to Aizawa.

Battle Tournament: Round 1

Round one basically goes the same. Except, I do have a few minor changes and one big change.

Izuku Midoriya vs Hitoshi Shinsou: I was going to change this fight, but then I realized that the OFA users snapping Izuku out of Shinsou's control was the first contact he made with the OFA users. And that's preeettty important. So I'm only changing it slightly.

Instead of OFA breaking Izuku's finger, a voice intervened before Izuku can snap at Shinsou. It's a woman's voice, reminding him of what Ojiro said and warning him not to lose his head.

She tells him that his quick thinking and ability to stay calm under pressure is one of his most valuable abilities. She tells him that keeping a level head in every situation is important. So Izuku, despite being upset as Shinsou's taunting of Ojiro, easily knocks him out of the ring.

(Nana gets scolded by the other users for intervening so soon. But she shrugs and defends that he was doing so well and just needed a little nudge in the right direction. Izuku reminds her so much of Toshinori- who she misses immeasurably- that it's hard not to get attached)

Izuku is snapped at by Shinsou, who accuses Izuku of having it easy because of his quirk. He assumes that Izuku had it easy his whole life and doesn't know what it's like to be outcast and labeled.

Izuku, who understands more than Shinsou could ever know, simply smiles. It's both kind and heartbreaking, which shocks Shinsou to his core. Izuku thanks Shinsou for the fight and tells him he can't wait to see him in the hero course one day.

Shinsou doesn't know why, but he gets the feeling that Midoriya does understand. But he doesn't know how that could be possible.

Momo Yaoyorozu vs Fumikage Tokoyami: This fight doesn't change much, but I thought I would get into Yaoyorozu's head a little here. Her entire life, she was the smart one. The one with the plan. She thought that she could face anything as long as she was smart and careful. It had worked all her life. It impressed her teachers, it made her parents proud. How could it not?

But for some reason, it never occurred to her that sometimes, she wouldn't have time for a plan. She was completely thrown off by Tokoyami's relentless assault. He didn't give her time to think or process, just kept dealing blow after blow that she couldn't counter in time.

Yaoyorozu was forced out of the ring. And she had never felt the sting of failure until that moment.

Ochako Uraraka vs Katsuki Bakugou: Uraraka has... a plan.

She distracts Bakugou as best she can. Using the smoke from his explosions, she attempts to attack him from all angles, diverting his attention from her real attack. She knows that it's risky and even a little foolish, but she has to try.

All this time, she's watched her classmates push themselves and give their all. That's something she's never done in her life. She can't be left behind, she has people counting on her. She has to succeed.

But much to her dismay, Bakugou figured out her plan. He blows up every bit of rock she had sent into the air, crushing any hopes of victory with it. Uraraka falls to the ground in dismay, fighting off tears. She's exhausted and hopeless and knows that she's going to lose. So why bother? She can't beat Bakugou.

She's been on the ground for too long. Midnight starts counting down.

5... 4...

Bakugou advances, telling her that she knew she would lose and that she should have quit earlier. He stands right in front of her, ready to deal the final blow and ring her out.

3... 2...

But something about his words make Uraraka angry. She's seen how he talks down to people. She's seen how he treats everyone as below him. She's seen how he targets Izuku who never fights back or defends himself. And she knows he's been looking down on her this whole fight.

And she's sick of it.

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In a fit of rage, Uraraka's arm shoots out and she grabs Bakugou's ankle. Making him weightless, she flips him over her shoulder and towards the edge of the ring. Bakugou, completely thrown off since he assumed she was defeated, falls to the ground.

Ochako Uraraka wins.

This was so, so satisfying to write this y'all don't even know. I told you guys that Uraraka's underdog story was coming. Idk what Aizawa's on about, but trying to say that Bakugou didn't look down on her was BULLSHIT. He literally told her she should have given up. So I thought, what better way to have her beat him than to use his own arrogance against him?

Every other round one fight stays the same.

Humiliated and angry, Bakugou confronts Izuku after the fight. He, through tears, accuses Izuku of telling Uraraka to fake him out and is upset that Izuku would use his weakness against him. But Izuku firmly tells him that Uraraka refused any help from him and that she won completely on her own. Bakugou doesn't believe him and tries to attack him, only for Iida to intervene and tell him to back off.

Izuku, who's never had someone stand up for him against Bakugou, is extremely touched, but also guilty when Bakugou runs away. He hadn't wanted to upset him, but he was telling the truth. He'd had nothing to do with Uraraka's victory.

And he wasn't going to stop himself from being happy for her.

Battle Tournament, Round 2:

Izuku Midoriya vs Shoto Todoroki: This fight goes relatively the same. The only thing I would change is that Izuku tells Shoto he's free to be his own hero and that what Endeavor wants doesn't matter. He encourages Shoto to reclaim his fire for himself. That's essentially what he does say in canon, but apparently Izuku haters need everything spelled out for them (eyeroll).

He loses this round, but he's not upset by it. He's just glad he could help Todoroki.

Toshinori is both proud and incredulous. Proud because Izuku helped his classmate. Incredulous because it had cost him his win. Nevertheless, Young Midoriya has impressed him greatly. This calls for a treat after the Sports Festival!

Ochako Uraraka vs Eijiro Kirishima: You know, at first I thought that Kirishima would be the winner of this fight. But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that Uraraka could easily win. Kirishima can't fight without touching her, which immediately gives her the advantage.

It's hard to touch Kirishima with all give of her fingers due to his quirk and attempts to rush her out of the ring, but Uraraka isn't giving up. She's determined to push herself as much as she can. Grabbing hold of his jagged flesh, she makes him weightless and kicks him square in his chest. This is enough to push him out of the ring.

Because she actually likes Kirishima, Uraraka apologizes profusely. But Kirishima is completely impressed and admires her manliness. Uraraka isn't sure how to take that, but thanks him anyway.

All the other fights stay the same.

Battle Tournament: Round 3

Ochako Uraraka vs Fumikage Tokoyami: Unfortunately, Uraraka is unable to effect Dark Shadow with her quirk. It's solid, but it seems to be able to regulate its own mass with negates her quirk's functionality.

However, she doesn't allow the fight to end quickly. She holds off against Tokoyami, dodging his attacks and targeting his body. She's able to kick his feet out from under him and gain the upper hand for a split second.

(Yaoyorozu watches enviously from the audience. How could Uraraka do that and not her? What was she missing?)

But while she did that, she momentarily forgot about Dark Shadow. It wraps around her and while she struggles futilely, it gently places her outside of the ring. Uraraka was disappointed to lose after coming so far, but she was met with an admiring smile from Izuku as she joins him in the audience. He commends her for getting so far and tells her she did a really good job. Uraraka blushes and compliments his performance back.

They sit back and watch together as Iida loses to Todoroki. He joins them in the stands as they offer apologies, but Iida waves them off with a smile. His phone rings and he goes to answer it.

Izuku and Uraraka don't see him again for the rest of the event.

Battle Tournament: Round 3

Shoto Todoroki vs Fumikage Tokoyami: Even though Todoroki doesn't feel the same disdain towards his left side, he still hesitates to use his fire. It still came from Endeavor, no matter how much he wishes he could reclaim it as his own like Izuku advised him to.

He thinks that maybe someday he could manage to use it without seeing it as what drove him mother away. But for now, he's unable to stand bringing the heat to his palm. It burns, even though it realistically shouldn't.

Tokoyami is thankful that Todoroki doesn't use his fire. If he had, then he might have negated Dark Shadow resulting in his victory. But because Shoto is exhausted from his earlier display of power against Sero, it gives Tokoyami the upper hand. He's able to maneuver Dark Shadow around Todoroki's defenses of ice and slam it into him.

Todoroki gets knocked away and falls outside the ring. He collapses from the emotional and physical toll and passes out.

Fumikage Tokoyami has won the Sports Festival.

FINAL RESULTS:

1st Place - Fumikage Tokoyami

2nd Place - Shoto Todoroki

3rd Place - Ochako Uraraka & Tenya Iida

All Might hands out the medals to the winners, though Iida is suspiciously absent. Izuku is happy for his friends, though he wishes he could have performed a little better. But he's cheered up by a call to his mom, who's simultaneously worried about and proud of him.

Izuku knows his mom loves him and knows that she would do anything for him. But to hear those words from her in support of his dream... It breaks something in him. He starts crying, thanking her and quickly hanging up.

He's so glad to hear those words from his mother, but he can't help but wish he had gotten those words of encouragement from her sooner.

Notes:

Of course it's right after I say I was struggling with this arc that it all comes to me. Idk, rewriting Hawks got me motivated

I seriously debated having Uraraka beat Bakugou. I wondered if it was even possible at this point. But the more I thought about it, the more I realize she didn't have to overpower him. Bakugou's biggest weakness is his ego. All she had to do was target that. My original plan was to have Bakugou lose to Todoroki but you know what? Fuck that, this is Uraraka's underdog story

So the thing with Izuku vs Shinsou. I did think that OFA breaking his fingers out of nowhere was... dumb. Like, it just came out of nowhere to get Izuku out of that situation. I think the OFA users gently guiding him throughout the story before revealing themselves makes a lot more sense. Also, I love Nana

I actually do think Tokoyami could have beaten Todoroki at this point. Tokoyami had relatively easy fights before this. He only lost to Bakugou in canon because Bakugou had an inherent advantage. Todoroki not using his fire + him using all his energy against Sero and Izuku means that the fight was in Tokoyami's favor

I intentionally didn't give Iida a lot of focus because all of his major characterization is being saved for Stain

There was no glazing from Aizawa or booing from the heroes in the Uraraka vs Bakugou fight. Both were dumb and plot manipulation in canon

[justatalkingface]

Honestly, I’m mostly rooting for IzuChako to happen because I doubt the series will end with Izuku without a partner and if that isn’t Uraraka I could actually see Horikoshi completing his descent into the pits of Tartarus and giving the BakuDekus what they want

Even if there's no Izucahko, I doubt Bakudeku is ever going to be a thing, and for one simple reason: the way he turned on the originally impressive development of the various female characters, among other things, means he's going to be defaulting to a lot of more typical shonen tropes. One of which is, well, in a typical shonen story the main character isn't gay. It just.... never happens, up there with woman having real roles of importance. The Main Character almost always hooks up with a girl, or is implied to, and on very rare occasions just doesn't hook up with anyone.

*shrug*

It's weird to phrase it this way, but Hori is so locked onto the typical way this kind of story progresses, to MHA's overall detriment, that he's not going to deviate from that formulaic approach in any way at this point, and for this one specific thing it actually works out for the better, because fuck. There is so much unhealthy bullshit with Bakugou and Izuku that Bakudeku just sounds like the start of an abusive relationship... you know, since Izuku and Bakugou started with an abusive relationship, and still haven't resolved that in any healthy way. That's not even talking about if you can ever have a truly healthy romantic relationship with a background of such an unhealthy power balance, resolved or not, or if that would taint the relationship forever, which is kind of in the air in it's own right.

I'd honestly rather it be no relationship, though, rather than a empty shell of a relationship made just to pair up The Hero with The Girl, but... I don't think we're that lucky.

[healercharm]

Some uratoga edits ✨

[kisasan]

"In another life

I would be your girl

We'd keep all our promises

Be us against the world..."

"Can't replace you with a million rings,

I should've told you

what you meant to me

Cause now I pay the price…

…

In another life

I would make you stay

So I don't have to say you were

The one that got away

The one that got away..."

[punkeropercyjackson]

Gwen and Hobie are LITERALLY in-text everything 'female fantasy' girlies have said they want from m/f ships for years.Slightly older boy,boy towers over girl,edgy punk x kiddy pastel,him as the alternative love interest to the goody two shoes male mc,deep connection,nonstop support to eachother,him saving her from her abusive situation,so much casual cheesy flirtatious banter.And yet they don't touch it with a ten foot pole.And i know damn well it's because Hobie is black so they don't see him as capable of good romantic partnership and they don't think Gwen is canonically trans either,much less headcanon her black as she should be which falls into it too.Absolutely in-fucking-sufferable