#prototype!uraraka

[ananayellow]

Beta togachako

[heronoegg]

when i walk in the spot this is what i see, 'okay' ever'y body stop and starin at me

[pjs-everyday]

prototype vs. final dynamic ❤️💥✨

[mazu-art]

CHAT SHE’S REAL!!!! 😭

[linxunderlife3]

The Proto Trio!!!!

[everypanelofizuku]

Chapter ???? - I have no idea on this one

[fling-graysons]

How I imagine it went.

[embitea-official]

what quirk do you think Yuu would have had if she was in Bnha , I know she was post to have mt lady quirk but mt lady got it now ? For some reason I was thinking telekinesis for Yuu, that and blue eyes so people don’t confuse her with ochako that much ?, what do you think ?) also hope your doing ok :)

Despite my lack of activity, I'm doing alright! Thanks for asking, anon!

Originally, Yuu's concept was that she was quite literally Mt. Lady, both in name and Quirk, with the only difference being in her design and a more timid/low self-esteem personality. At first, she was going to be the main protagonist, but Horikoshi changed his mind (something about her standing out too much?) and instead made her Quirkless friend, Yamikumo, go through some changes and become who we now know as our main protagonist, Deku. Rather than scrapping her completely, Horikoshi ended up splitting her into apparently 3 characters in the BnHA series:

Yu Takeyama/Mt. Lady, who inherited the name and Quirk

Ochako Uraraka, who inherited the 'female lead' role & overall design

And, surprisingly: Yui Kodai, who inherited the more 'quiet' aspect of Yuu's personality + some bits of her design from the conceptual process (and supposedly a part of her Quirk; I can't find evidence but it seems there's speculation that Yuu's Quirk not only changed her own size but the size of other things as well?)

Personally, because I like the idea of maintaining the Original Trio image (Yami as Deku and Gougou as, well, Kacchan) + feel that Mt. Lady rules that name/Quirk identity with an iron fist, I view Yuu more as Proto!Ochako and thus she keeps the Zero Gravity Quirk. If she were in canon, the easiest way I'd fit her in is to simply make her Ochako's twin. Because she's quieter and more level-headed (in my headcanon, at least), she would likely be a supporting role more so for Ochako as a voice of logical reason than for Deku. She'd also be more prone to downplaying herself compared to how much she paints her twin in a much brighter light. If you're into zodiac signs, then while Ochako displays the brighter sides of her Capricorn zodiac, Yuu would be the calmer & quieter sides (almost similarly to Todoroki, who is also a Capricorn). Also if you hurt her dear twin Ochako, she will not be afraid to drop a boulder on you.

I like the idea of giving her blue eyes to distinguish her from Ochako should you plan to make them separate from each other. You could also make her hair color just a tad darker, with her costume also using blue tones. Giving her telekinesis is also a very interesting twist, though I'm very interested to see how you'd make it distinguishable from Quirks like Reiko Yanagi (from Class 1-B)'s Poltergeist. Let me know how that goes!

[bravcguardian]

     SOMEHOW... OCHAKO'S BODY LANGUAGE REMINDED HIM A LOT OF IZUCCHAN'S. No wonder he wanted to get on her good graces, it's nice to have expressive people around since they are easy to read, their patterns were easy to follow and see through nothing too tough to crack since people's body language more often than not betrayed their words.❝ I just think your name is a mouthful ❞, Uraraka... It kind of sounded like a tongue-twister if he kept repeating the 'ra' bit, and Ochako felt too formal. ❝ I think Ocha is good enough, don't you think? ❞

     At her obvious yet somewhat adorable observation, Katsuki crossed his arms over his chest, red eyes looking upwards at the ceiling in a feigning deep-thought moment before turning to face her, his fingers snapping as they pointed at her as his lips curved into a smile. ❝ Guess so! I suck at recalling names but I can stick with nicknames, though. Izucchan, Kirichin, Shocchan... ❞

Ochako never thought she would get nicknamed green tea of all things. I mean, she supposed it made sense after hearing Katsuki’s explanation. Plus, it didn’t seem like it came from a bad place. It just was… Strange. She definitely needed more time to fully internalize it. “Hehe, I think I still gotta adjust to it,” she vocalized it out loud, then quickly moved her arms up all over in a frenzy. “It’s not that I don’t appreciate it!! I’m just used to being called by my full name if we’re at that level. Though I guess you like shortening people’s names, huh??”

[deusvervewrites]

Phantasm: Shame the letter of the Quirk says that Switch Teleport only works on physical objects, combining it with Afterimage would make for the perfect defense. Constantly swapping with clones to make it so you'll never get hit. Incredibly annoying to fight against.

What do the school uniforms look like? Blazer and tie like UA, gakuran like Aldera, something casual like Ketsubutsu? Standard gym uniform or tracksuit?

Afterimage is already a pretty strong defense. It's one of the few Quirks he can use without instantly giving himself away as long as he's careful; dodging an attack and leaving an afterimage to throw off his opponents seems like a trick of the eye or an adrenaline response in the heat of the moment but still makes enemies overextend and leaves them open to attack.

As for the Besupin uniform, I remembered that some of the prototype art showed off a possible school uniform so I stole that. It's a black blazer and tie over a white collared undershirt, like UA, with the girls having bow ties. It also has the gendered skirt/pants, though Yuu (proto-Uraraka) also has leggings and I don't know if that was part of the uniform or just her personal fashion.

Because it's a black-and-white illustration, I'm not totally sure what color that pants/skirt are meant to be.

[lilybecca1]

Ever wondered how Bakugo and Deku's original prototypes are literally a mix of what they look like right now?

Like Bakugo(Gogo) was supposed to have GREEN eyes and Izuku was supposed to have RED eyes. But not just that, their personalities were literally supposed to be the opposite too.

Originally, Deku would have been more introverted and more edgy, broody than he is right now, who didn't really smile much and was definitely not the optimistic, friendly and cute version that we know right now. Even his freaking personality was similar to how Bakugo is right now, even the way he puts his hands in his pockets

Meanwhile Bakugo was supposed to be the friendly, outgoing one who is too innocent for his own good, talks without thinking and doesn't realize he's accidentally hurting the people around him cause he's too socially clueless to pick up on other's emotions and social cues, while also having a secret "sadistic" side that comes out during battle.

So if we think about it, it's not that their original prototypes switched, it's that they literally merged.

Bakugo is still pretty bad at social cues and he is honest to the point of being an ass to others, except it's not cause he's cluelessly innocent, he just somehow ended up with Deku prototype's original design...aka grumpy looking boy who barely ever smiles and also hates social interaction. Plus the red eyes.

And Deku is the one that looks like a ball of sunshine now, who's innocently optimistic and overly friendly, but still having that edge of badassery that his prototype did. And he got Gogo's green eyes now.

On top of that, Bakugo's prototype was supposed to have the nickname Yamikumo for Deku that symbolized his personality(because he's always so reckless), just like how Deku now calls Bakugo Kacchan, which is also symbolic to his personality (many people have pointed out that it can also be translated to Victory-chan).

So, basically, Hori had this idea first to have all these characters and make Uraraka Deku's love interest and have Bakugo have his own character development arc. And then he decided to change things up and throw away the Uraraka being the love interest thing, and make Izuku and Bakugo's storyline tied together instead. And the fact that their current characters are literally a mix of their original prototypes just proves how much Horikoshi meant their characters being tied together.

Their current designs are a mix of their original designs, the current Deku is both the original Deku AND the original Bakugo, and the current Bakugo is both the original Gogo AND the original Deku. Isn't this what soulmates are?One wouldn't exist without the other, they say. Well, I'm pretty sure this redesign was intentional on Hori's part.

[heronoegg]

i was cooking up the whole AU, chat do you see my vision?

[pjs-everyday]

prototype 😬😬😬 (they all HATE each other lmao)

[mimez-meme]

Am I crazy for preferring prototype uraraka?😓

(I also love prototype izuku but it looks a little weird also I didn’t make this, the @ is who I got it off but I don’t think they made it either)

[silentmagi]

For your AU discussions, how would you go about using the prototype versions of the BNHA cast?

Series: My Hero Academia/Boku no Hero Academia AU Criteria: The original designs of the characters from Horikoshi's first draft, or at least my take on them. AU title (optional): Prototype!BNHA

So a few ground character rules that are being applied here. -Akatani Mikumo (Izuku) is quirkless, remains such, and uses martial arts, poisoned (paralysis) knives, and support items. Cold and gloomy -Katsuki Bakugou - still explosive, slightly less of a dick, likes mountain climbing -Yuu Uraraka (Ocahco) the OG Mt. Lady, gets big, cannot shrink down. - The three above form the 'big three'. -Valiant (All Might) kinda just there -Himiko Toga rougher and homeless appearance.

1 - Akatani is not grumpy, nor is he depressed. He knows your secrets and you will comply with how he claims. The only one that unnerves him is Himiko Toga, but he's working on her. Katsuki is allowed to bully him into having fun and doing things due to their childhood together. Katsuki is more of an annoying brother due to him escaping his mother to hang out with Inko and Akatani.

2 - Bakugou has a crush on Yuu "Angel Face" Uraraka, and there are more than a few times has to be held back by Akatani from going 'Mountain Climbing'. They butt heads a few times, as they are both very competitive, and Yuu sees through his facade to the sadist underneath.

3 - Somewhere along the way, they are given dorms. Himiko is given a room by Class 1-A in return for her to stop attacking them on sight. She actually cleans up pretty well, and sneaks into Gen Ed classes. Nezu is monitoring her, and has… plans. Himiko is actively flirting with most of 1-A, and dating more than a few of them.

4 - Valiant is much less involved, and kinda is held up as an ideal, possibly a bit more of the jerk, but not nearly as bad as Endeavor. He's still number one.

5 - The Big Three of Class 1-A are sadistic, insane, and trying to one-up each other all the time. They are kept on a leash most of the time, but their teacher is more than happy to let go when a villain is threatening the others or civilians. Something about needing the hands to cover eyes and ears instead.

[heyyallitsbeth]

It’s so fucked up whenever you find out things about prototype designs of characters.

Mt Lady and Ochaco Uraraka used to be the same character?

Blaziken and Latias used to be the same Pokémon???

That’s fucked up