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[mishy-mashy]

On the note of Banjo, it makes more sense if he were a Vigilante. I believe he actually was this, rather than a Pro Hero.

Daigoro Banjo, AKA Lariat. It's not explicitly stated he was a Pro Hero, and he recognizes Japan during the first appearances of Abilities.

In the anime (ep 133), the subs translated this as:

"This devastation... it's like we've gone back in time... Trying not to catch the eyes of villains, just hiding every day... it's like when superpowers first appeared."

Banjo recognizes Japan's disarray, and from brief flashbacks of the vestiges, including All Might talking about his dream for a symbol, we can see Japan really was as Banjo recognizes.

But Tomura, in the mall, says people just smile without concern. They've forgotten, or never experienced, that past. Banjo can clearly identify it, and when we get his full name, he definitely lived during that turmoil (neverminding his age, I think of him as 36 or somethin, and Shinomori died at 40).

This would actually make Banjo a Vigilante. They mention that back then, Vigilantes and the first Villains used codenames like comic books, so Banjo being Lariat could easily just be that.

(Not so related, but references to recognizable things like Pokémon and superheroes like Spider-Man appealed to the masses as familiar, so when Abilities first showed up, it would've been around our time [2000s].)

Look at when the League of Villains asked Toga why she had no villain name;

When we see Banjo using his Ability and we get his name, we see that Japan isn't in the best state. Look at all the damage and fresh smoke below him.

All Might says that during this time, All For One's power ran unchecked, and he stole many powerful Abilities, if not crushed the users. Other than simply being first/second-generation, this also explains why, individually, all the OFA vestiges had weak Quirks. Even Kudo's was weak. It's just that it evolved with One For All and had enough nuance to become something more. Abilities like Float and Danger Sense didn't change at all, and Smokescreen only increased the amount of smoke Midoriya could make.

Since Banjo lived in the same time as when Quirks had started appearing, he knows the turmoil, but also was around long enough to be a Vigilante. Pro Heroes hadn't come into play immediately; Vigilantes were where they started.

Even Gran Torino was a Vigilante. It's why Midoriya found nothing on him when he looked him up. Gran Torino only became a Pro Hero to get his teaching license so he could teach All Might for a year, but that didn't stop him from being a hero, per se—he just did it through vigilantism. Gran Torino still did hero stuff before the hero license, and we see him flying and talking with Nana in a costume before he ever taught All Might.

Banjo doesn't strike me as a guy willing to jump through all the hoops when he can just go out and do it himself anyway. And with Japan in chaos still, does he – or the officials – have time for that?

Bakugo even describes Banjo as a nobody, because he doesn't recognize him. This would make sense when remembering Gran Torino was also unknown; because they were Vigilantes. I don't think Bakugo is referring to not knowing them just because their Abilities are weak. Heroes back then would be well-known as retro (ex. Crimson Riot, who Midnight recognizes immediately, despite his not-so-strong hair-hardening Ability), even if they weren't powerful.

Blackwhip is a useful Ability, and back in Banjo's time, considering Abilities in the first generations included Smokescreen, Danger Sense, Float, and Air Jet, Blackwhip is actually higher up in power and usefulness. And he's still unrecognizable.

If he were a Pro Hero, he'd be considered pretty amazing. But he's unknown, has a codename, and acted as a hero when Japan was troubled; his being "nobody" makes sense as a Vigilante.

Heroes didn't happen immediately. They began as Vigilantes; so for Banjo, at the start of using Abilities to bring some sort of order, he would've been in the Vigilante age. Or where heroes are just starting.

Nana was a Pro Hero. Kotaro resents heroes because she was one. Her friend, Gran Torino, was not a Pro Hero until he had to teach All Might for a year. People were more likely to be Vigilantes than Pro Heroes at their time, just because Vigilantes are where they started first.

Being a hero meant courses and licenses, and in a time where Pro Heroes were barely existing, with people still using their Abilities as they pleased? Banjo was probably a Vigilante.

Look at how America handled Vigilantes and starting the Pro Hero business;

Out of 189 Vigilantes, only 7 were recognized as heroes.

America wanted to make a divide between how people should use their Abilities for good. That's why so little people got to be heroes; Vigilantes were too destructive, and that wasn't proper behavior for those protecting the peace. We even see that UA teaches to keep damage to a minimum.

And whoop-dee-doo, look at how Banjo uses his Quirk.

HE'S DESTROYING STUFF. JUST TO GET AROUND. NO NO NO.

He was never actually called a Pro Hero. It was assumed because he has a codename; and codenames were just customary back then, to make identification and classification easier between Vigilantes and Villains while hiding their real identities.

He wouldn't have made the cut as a Pro Hero, lived during a time of rising Vigilantes against society's chaos, wasn't known at all (typical of Vigilantes) despite his good Ability, but had a codename (Lariat), and lived at the same time as Nana and Gran Torino.

So yeah, I consider Banjo to be a Vigilante rather than a Pro Hero. There's more things that push him toward being a Vigilante, compared to just having the alias Lariat being why he's called a Pro Hero by the fandom.

[moonlunee]

silly little traumatized hero family

[shih-coulda-had-it]

One for All Band AU! Generation 1. Banjo's talking about fight night (code for "We are vigilantes disguising ourselves, but really effectively, as a rock band") which Toshinori enthusiastically wants to participate in. Torino and Bruce are gossiping.

[smolthealmighty]

[the-chikyuu-times]

[tekitothemagpie]

Nana : here you go, Toshinori

Toshinori : thanks, mom

Nana and Sorahiko : ....

Toshinori : what?

Sorahiko : you just called Shimura "mom"

Toshinori, embarrassed : what?! No I didn't! I said "thanks, ma'am"!

Nana : do you see me as a mother figure, Toshinori?

Toshinori : no! If anything I see you as a bother figure! Because you're always bothering me-

Sorahiko : hey! show some respect to your mother!

Toshinori : I didn't call her mom!!!

[quirkwizard]

What kind of Quirk disorders or disabilities have you either noticed in the series or think to exist?

For the sake of this, I'm not counting any instance of deviations like Eri. While they could technically could count, as their immense power and lack of control could count as a disorder, those are pretty far outside the normal wheelhouse for Quirks and thus should not be be considered for this.

So I think that the condition of Quirks can be broken down into four different groupings.

-Quirk Delirium: This is the result of a Quirk influencing the user mentally, causing them to act irrationally. Specifically, acting certain ways that coincide with their power or having it influence their outlook. I don't entirely believe this is a thing or is at least more of a fringe theory. The only real example we have is Toga and her obsession with blood, of which there could be several other reasons why she may act that way. No one else in the series is like this, especially to the degree she seems to have it. I figured I would include it to be thorough and to give it a name.

-Quirk Impairment: This is a Quirk being hindered through a physical issue the user has unrelated to the Quirk itself. Instead of the Quirk itself being hampered or harmed directly, the Quirk is made less effective by some condition the user has that correlates to the Quirk's function. This is often an injury, but could be any number of other conditions. For example, Mr. Compress lost his arm, and his Quirk was made less effective for it, but still functional. Another one is Gran Torino, whose old age weakened his lungs and made it harder to use "Jet" to its full power.

-Quirk Dysfunction This works as a catch-all for any Quirk that behaves beyond the normal limits of the power, namely in the drawbacks. This often leads to more serious consequences for the Quirk, to the point where any usage of it is difficult at best and actively harmful at worst. Unlike deviations, these are still within the normal wheelhouse of Quirks, yet are faced with more serious issues in spite of it. The most notable example of this Dabi, who had such immense firepower that he could not protect himself from, and Aoyama, who had major backlash from the Quirk whenever he used it.

-Quirk Suppression: This is a result of a mental or emotional block. Unlike other Quirk users, this is a subconscious block that places artificial limits on the power. This is often the result of some kind of trauma related to the Quirk itself. This is often mental but can be physical, such as Kochi's mother hurting him to the point his Quirk weakened. Unlike physical issues, these can be overcome with the right impetus. The two most notable examples of this are Tomura, who ended up killing his whole family with his power, and Twice, who under went a mental breakdown from seeing all of his copies kill each other.

[delawaredetroit]

So Nighteye spent less time with All Might than I remembered. Out of All Might's around 38 year long pro hero career, Sir Nighteye was only All Might's sidekick for five years (All Might had One for All 40 years minus his three years at UA but add the half a year he kept going with the embers of One for All after transferring it).

How short his working relationship was with Sir Nighteye has a few interesting implications for the timeline:

41 years ago - All Might receives One for All

39 years ago - Shimura dies

Around 35 years ago - assuming the cover story for going to America was college, he at most spent four years there with Dave before returning to Japan

11 years ago - Sir Nighteye became All Might's sidekick

6 years ago - All Might's injury and Sir Nighteye quit as his sidekick

Less than 6 years ago - All Might befriends Tsukauchi

1.5 years ago - All Might met Izuku

So that leaves an approximately 24 year period in All Might's hero career as the Symbol of Peace where All Might was completely isolated where he and All for One lived for hunting each other. Also, credit given to Sir Nighteye's tenacity. He was the only person to get close to All Might after he settled into his role as Symbol of Peace but before his injury. All of All Might's other notable connections are either from before becoming the symbol (Shimura Nana, Gran Torino, and Dave) or after his injury (Tsukauchi and Izuku).

They seemed like they had been working together forever, but there is a good chance that scene where Izuku and Bakugou got their limited edition All Might cards chronologically happened before Sir Nighteye even started his sidekick gig.

[fever-dreamer97]

Yagi: It will be okay, my boy. Here, want a peppermint?

Izuku, crying: Okay.

Gran Torino, pulling something out of his bag: Do you want an ashtray-Ashtray? Where did I get this?

Izuku and Yagi:

Gran Torino, reads the bottom: ‘The Grand Aman’ Oh sure.

[champion-prism]

my secret slightly ooc headcanon for prime all might is that he smokes.

it starts because of gran torino, who would smoke in the agency around nana. strong, brave, basically broken nana, who knows she can't afford to take on vices, not after giving up her baby to fight off that monster AfO. but smoking isnt the same as drinking. it won't make her faculties take leave of her. it won't...incapacitate her. and at the end of the day, sometimes, she just needs something to take the edge off so badly.

so when torino holds out a cigarette, she takes it.

she basically stops when toshinori becomes part of the picture. but sometimes- just sometimes, he'll get a whiff of smoke from her on a bad day. same smell that around torino and the agency.

and when nana dies, and torino smokes a pack a day because it hurts his heart and there isn't a damn thing he can do except training her boy the only way he knows, he can't even be mad when he finds toshinori, sixteen, grieving, aching, unlit cigarette between his fingers as he stares at it.

torino can only be grateful it isn't anything worse, so he tosses toshinori a lighter and tells him to say no to drugs and alcohol.

[michiiilada]

future kiddos! (they were grown in a lab!! 🤭)

sora has type 1 diabetes which is why he's getting his glucose monitor put in

they're both twins and fight over who is oldest

[all-mights-mullet-of-justice]

I refuse to draw gran torino tall. I simply think it’s way funnier if toshi was always getting bullied by a man a third of his size.

[spinji]

MHA Cheebs 14/?

I keep forgetting to post AAAAA

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[shih-coulda-had-it]

i can leave you two alone for a minute, right?

[lily-claw]

Bnha x Gravity Falls Crossover

I'm still not sure about which person should be which character but I'm %100 sure that Mina'd be Mabel Pines in another universe.

I'm gonna make another sketch for this au, I kinda like it. (Though Im still not sure who should be Soos. Maybe Kirishima?)

ALSO I'm actually not sure about if Katsuki should be Pacifica or Wendy🤔 if he is Wendy he will have an axe but if he will be Pacifica, then will be able to act mean🫠

[fractiflos]

I'm just wondering...

Izuku and Bakugo aren't there because AFO is old (the AFO simps are what made me curious about the simp rate in the first place), so I thought it'd be best to poll all the users over 50. Torino is there because Nana is and I didn't want him to feel left out. Feel free to put your reasoning in the comments/reblogs. I'm curious to see who has the most simps.