#uraraka traitor theory

[mydisasteracademia]

I spend a lot of time harping on the disappointing and frustrating aspects of MHA, so I'd like to change gears and talk about some specific positives for me:

- Ida, Todoroki, and Izuku's friendship during and post Stain Arc. The way those three stuck together was just awesome, and we got the legitimately funny 'Hand Crusher' moment.

- Eri being 100% ride or die for Izuku. I'm not a fan of Eri (specifically her writing), but seeing her going so hard for Izuku in the light novels were the ONLY bearable moments for me.

- Kota becoming an Izuku fanboy and apologizing for how he acted towards him, specifically how he ran up to hug Izuku after the Dark Izuku Arc.

- All Might and Inko owning up to their mistakes and working to make up for them.

- The audience legitimately cheering for Sero after his match with Todoroki during the Sports Festival, seeing as how unfairly matched up they were.

- The OFA vestiges (for the most part) being genuinely kind and helpful towards Izuku, gently encouraging him to rest and not push himself during the Dark Izuku Arc

- Dark Shadow absolutely loving Izuku and being so gentle with him during 1A vs Izuku 🥺

- Aizawa FINALLY realizing how unfair and awful he'd been towards Izuku during the PLF War, specifically after hearing Izuku stand up for him

- AFO in Kamino Ward was badass. Enough said.

- Dadmight and Izuku. No other words needed.

- Ida comforting and reassuring Izuku that he'd always be there to help him during 1A vs Izuku.

- Endeavor actually realizing how awful he was towards his family, and Natsuo and Shoto being more or less allowed to feel conflicted/resentful of him.

Those are all very nice moments, I do have to say. I agree wholeheartedly with all of them.

Adding to that list, I love how the girls support each other. It’s such a good group dynamic and I love that despite their differences they all look out for each other and their friendship is strong.

I may criticize the plotline as a whole, but I do like that instead of turning on the Yuuei traitor they understood the traitor’s situation and promised to help the traitor with their issues. It was honestly really heartwarming.

I love Kaminari, Sero, and Kirishima’s adorkable friendship. They’re all so goofy together!

I love seeing Kirishima and Tetsutetsu’s bonding moment during the Sports Festival. Kiri definitely needed another friend and branching the gap between the (at the time) nebulous 1-B and our 1-A was really nice. (Plus the separated at birth theory makes me laugh. Too many coincidences! Get the string board!)

Eri SMILING and finally acting like a kid during 1-A’s musical number at the Culture Festival and making Mirio cry? That hit me right in the feels.

Speaking of Mirio, I love his friendship with Midoriya. He is the exact kind of friend he needed and he’s so goofy he makes me smile whenever we see him. The Big Three are honestly one of the better parts of the Academia part of the manga/anime.

This is a bit of a petty moment, but I’m petty and it makes me laugh: Overhaul’s whole cameo in the Lady Nagant arc. I personally despise him so seeing him so disheveled and bewildered all of the time gives me joy.

I LOVED Shuichi/Spinner’s loyalty/friendship with Shigaraki. He is such a ride or die friend and it made me smile every time he mentioned how much he was willing to do just to save him. It reminds me of how dedicated Iida/Todoroki were to save Midoriya from himself and it hits home that they’re effective foils of each other.

And of course, Uraraka and Midoriya’s bond is one of my favorite parts. Not only are they both super cute/adorkable, but they care about each other SO MUCH and it HEALS me to see them showing that.

There’s just so much good and while it frustrates me a lot due to the wasted potential I just can’t hate it, y’know? Not when there’s so many good parts to come back to.

[bokunodumbassery]

(I just want to infodump. If you aren’t interested, feel free to scroll. This might turn into more of a guide or overview of what I know in the fandom so far; discussion is welcome and appreciated!!!)

So. BNHA fan-devised quirk theory!!! Because the fandom is better at clarifying worldbuilding in BNHA than Horikoshi himself.

The term ‘secondary mutation’ pops up a lot, and it’s probably one of the more important ones to understand. The idea is that, there are quirks, which are the actual power, and the secondary mutations, which are evolutionary characteristics developed to support that power. For example, Toga likely has an immune system specifically designed to fight the diseases she’s get from drinking random strangers’ blood, and Uraraka is probably actually more resistant to nausea and G-force to handle her quirk’s drawbacks.

Sometimes, a character has a secondary mutation without the quirk, or (in extremely rare circumstances usually related to a quirk being given/stolen) a quirk without the mutation. For example, Midoriya’s green hair - he doesn’t use it for anything because he was born quirkless, but presumably someone in his ancestry had a quirk that was supported by having green hair, so it became an evolutionary trait.

When you have a character with a quirk and no secondary mutation, however, things get interesting (spoiler alert for UA Traitor). Aoyama, being originally quirkless before recieving a quirk from AFO, has no secondary mutation to deal with his quirk; hence, the “drawback” of the stomach aches hurting him. This can also be seen in Izuku’s chronic bone-breaking tendencies, although not to the extent that it should, which is where a lot of Dad for One theories come in. And, weirdly enough (although I haven’t seen many people talk about this out of the context of Dad for One yet), a lack of secondary mutations in the brain may be the reason for the Nomus’ lack of sentience - there has to be SOME part of the brain that processes how/when/if you’re going to use your quirk, and it stands to reason that if you have too many quirks, your brain can’t do that.

That’s also why a lot of people believe in Dad for One; from a worldbuilding perspective, it’s the best explanation for why Midoriya of all people unlocked OFA’s potential through Quirk Singularity. Midoriya having a secondary mutation, passed down from his father, that allows him to hold multiple quirks would theoretically explain why it is that Midoriya can hold all the past users’ quirks without becoming a nomu.

(Technically, you can argue that OFA changes the user’s DNA to make them compatible, but that obviously has limits, as seen in Midoriya’s chronic bone breaking. If that limit is hit before the quirk even reaches singularity, then how would he stay sentient with nine quirks in his brain??? Also, why would OFA reach singularity when Izuku is quirkless and has nothing (quirk-wise) to combine the quirk with, if not for a wierdly specific secondary mutation that comes from the same family line as the first holder?)

If you read on ao3 among the ‘Dad for One’ or ‘Quirk Theory’ tags, or longer fics that mainly centre around that area, you probably know most of this already. If you’re interested in quirk theory, I would definitely recommend checking that area of fanfics out. Even if you aren’t; a lot of these fics are really good!

[transhawks]

If you're comfortable answering

Which hero (except Hawks) do you think would make the most interesting villain and why?

Hmm...

So the thing that made me think about Keigo as a villain is the way Horikoshi wrote him so richly to parallel the villains. Not even one villain, but most of the League. And I think that's what I look for...

Most heroes don't have it, I guess, or we don't know enough to think they do. I'd say Nedzu would be the one who I find interesting, not an as outright villain, but because I find some of the greyness we have seen fairly fascinating. Wish it was explored more. The kids have more interesting stuff going for them, I guess. I was a big fan of Traitor!Uraraka theory and really thought she had a similar thing to what happened to Aoyama going on. While I don't mind how Horikoshi ended up doing it, I'm still thinking, hmm, "what could have been?".

(I also thought Aoyama was an HSPC plant lmao) So, uhh, that.

[ao3feed-kiribaku]

Another One (let's try this again)

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Fj1i6HB by WatermelonShips After being announced that Shinsou will be joining the Hero Course during his second year, Midoriya decided to make a group chat to celebrate! Aka another chatfic. What could go wrong? Words: 777, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Iida Tenya, Shinsou Hitoshi, Bakugou Katsuki, Ashido Mina, Tokoyami Fumikage, Todoroki Shouto, Other Character Tags to Be Added Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Hagakure Tooru/Ojiro Mashirao, Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Iguchi Shuuichi | Spinner/Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Jirou Kyouka/Yaoyorozu Momo, Iida Tenya/Todoroki Shouto, Iida Tenya/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Kaminari Denki/Shinsou Hitoshi, Kouda Kouji/Tokoyami Fumikage, Toga Himiko/Uraraka Ochako, Kaminari Denki's Mother & Midoriya Hisashi, Aoyama Yuuga & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Shinsou Hitoshi & Tokoyami Fumikage, Kaminari Denki & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko Additional Tags: attempt at crack, Hurt/Comfort, chatfic, Post-My Hero Academia Chapter 216: Class A vs. Class B: Conclusion!, References to other pieces of media, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Class 1-A as Family (My Hero Academia), One-Sided Kaminari Denki/Sero Hanta, Past Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Shirakumo Oboro/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Established Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Established Hagakure Tooru/Ojiro Mashirao, Established Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Shinsou Hitoshi & Tokoyami Fumikage are Foster Siblings, Kaminari Denki & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko are Online Friends, They met on Valorant, Agender Kouda Kouji, Traitor Aoyama Yuuga, S Ranked Villain Midoriya Hisashi, Sensei | All For One is Not Midoriya Hisashi, Kaminari Denki's Mother is a D Ranked Villain, Quirkless People with Extra Toe Joints Wear Custom Sneakers | Red Shoe Theory (My Hero Academia), But it isn't just sneakers, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Author Wrote This Instead of doing Artfight, More characters will tagged when they have two or more things of dialogue, OOC read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/Fj1i6HB

[ao3feed-spinaraki]

Another One (let's try this again)

by WatermelonShips

After being announced that Shinsou will be joining the Hero Course during his second year, Midoriya decided to make a group chat to celebrate!

Aka another chatfic. What could go wrong?

Words: 777, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M, Multi

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Iida Tenya, Shinsou Hitoshi, Bakugou Katsuki, Ashido Mina, Tokoyami Fumikage, Todoroki Shouto, Other Character Tags to Be Added

Relationships: Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Hagakure Tooru/Ojiro Mashirao, Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Iguchi Shuuichi | Spinner/Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Jirou Kyouka/Yaoyorozu Momo, Iida Tenya/Todoroki Shouto, Iida Tenya/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto, Kaminari Denki/Shinsou Hitoshi, Kouda Kouji/Tokoyami Fumikage, Toga Himiko/Uraraka Ochako, Kaminari Denki's Mother & Midoriya Hisashi, Aoyama Yuuga & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko, Shinsou Hitoshi & Tokoyami Fumikage, Kaminari Denki & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko

Additional Tags: attempt at crack, Hurt/Comfort, chatfic, Post-My Hero Academia Chapter 216: Class A vs. Class B: Conclusion!, References to other pieces of media, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Class 1-A as Family (My Hero Academia), One-Sided Kaminari Denki/Sero Hanta, Past Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Shirakumo Oboro/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Established Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic, Established Hagakure Tooru/Ojiro Mashirao, Established Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou, Shinsou Hitoshi & Tokoyami Fumikage are Foster Siblings, Kaminari Denki & Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko are Online Friends, They met on Valorant, Agender Kouda Kouji, Traitor Aoyama Yuuga, S Ranked Villain Midoriya Hisashi, Sensei | All For One is Not Midoriya Hisashi, Kaminari Denki's Mother is a D Ranked Villain, Quirkless People with Extra Toe Joints Wear Custom Sneakers | Red Shoe Theory (My Hero Academia), But it isn't just sneakers, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Author Wrote This Instead of doing Artfight, More characters will tagged when they have two or more things of dialogue, OOC

source: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57177913

[aashi-heartfilia]

How would My Hero Academia would have looked like without Uravity!

So I just came across various arguments stating that “Almost nothing would have changed in MHA if we remove Uraraka from the show.” For a good 5 seconds I gave it a thought and came to the conclusion on how stupid this statement actually is. So today let's have a look at how the plot of My Hero Academia would have moved forward without our Gravity Girl, Uravity:

Izuku would have lost the entrance exam in the beginning

Lol, it's not even 3 epsiodes and we already have a big consequence of removing Ochako. Recall that when the giant robot with zero points started attacking everyone, Ochako was the only one who got stuck under the big debri and it was because Deku wanted to save her, he used his OFA Smash. All 60 points he scored were rescue points because the robot in itself was a zero pointer.

Ok now let's just assume for our convinience that Deku still punches the robot because he had to defeat it eventually, then what?

He starts falling…and without Uraraka no one to save him. Lol, just 3 episodes guys!! Just 3 episodes and the story can't move any further.

Shigaraki's plan to capture UA would have been successful

Ok seriously how many of you remember that it was it was Ochako who subdued Kurogiri which allowed Iida to escape USJ and get help from All Might and the rest of the teachers!

Otherwise their was no way Iida could have escaped Kurogiri, 13 was already in a bad condition and they would have all died right there.

The thing is, being a hero isn't just about defeating villains or looking cool but it's about taking the next step in right direction in times of need when nobody has the nerve to do it.

That's what makes a hero.

.

.

Asui would have died during the summer camp

Toga stabbed Ochako and captured Asui the minute she entered the battlefield and Asui asks Ochako to escape and get help only for Ochako to do otherwise and come to the rescue of her dear friend. She quickly makes the work of Toga with her newly obtained GMA and then we have Shouto and gang arriving the scene.

Without Ochako there, Asui would have been badly injured if not dead and Toga would have gotten Asui's blood which would have been arguably even more dangerous than Ochako because with Asui's quirk she segret poison, a big tounge to attack and overall every ability raised. So imagine.

Who will stop Deku's rampage?

This is also one of the most important things in the series. Black whip was so dangerous already convinced with the power of OFA it was causing havoc when first unleashed. No one, I repeat no one dared to go near him. Infact Shinsou was so scared that he stood their frozen despite having the perfect quirk to stop his quirk.

Now I am not saying anything against Shinsou because I know it was his first time and he did very well. I'm just saying this to describe how dangerous Black whip really was.

Who will redeem/save Toga?

3/5 of our lead have their villan foils or nemeses they're bound to save. With Shouto and Dabi, Deku and Shigaraki we have Ochako and Toga. Who will save her? The rich, bubbly run away which she failed to confide in the last time they met but we also know that Ochako had some realisation during that scene. The recent events in manga more than confirm the fact that it will be Ochako who will redeem Toga.

.

A hero who saves other Heroes with a smile

Probably one of her biggest contribution in the series! When all hope seemed lost and everyone from Heroes to Teachers failed to convince the angry mob it was Ochako who took the first step again.

Her philosophy on 'saving people with a smile' parallels Nana Shimura in more than one ways in it was Nezu who finally put it into words: Taking the first step is always hard but the step taken in right direction leads the path to greatness and gives rise to ultimate Hero that will surpass even All Might.

She saved Deku with a smile on her face, reassuring him in the very beginning that it's okay for him to be here and follows it to the end finally convincing everyone including Deku that's it okay for him to stay.

She was already a very positive influence on his life saving him from falling on his two feet in the very beginning, to giving his name a new meaning, to stopping his wild rampage and even now she's doing the same thing.

She was also the first person to pick on Asui's sadness post kamino and gathered everyone in the class so that they can settle things.

JUST BY BEING THERE, her cherry and warm presence is a comfort to not just Deku but for almost everyone around her.

Additionally she saved a lot of people during war arc and she was one of the people who were going Plus Ultra desperately while even Pros were giving up right then and there!

.

.

.

Saying that removing her will change nothing is not just objectively wrong but also biased thinking.

[traitordenki]

I’m sorry I was gonna wait until I actually read the chapter but initial thoughts and all that let’s go 

Anyway, yeah, I’ve been firmly in the ‘making Hagakure the traitor is the obvious choice but it’s also by far the most boring one’ so let’s get into it

Look I don’t know how to say this nicely so I’ll just say it. No one gives a shit about her. Like if you genuinely like her as a character I’m happy for you! But most people just don’t care. And that’s bound to happen when you have an ensemble cast this goddamn big and she gets overshadowed by bigger personalities and yeah ngl the whole being invisible thing isn’t doing her any favors. She’s just kinda there. Like she says cute stuff every now and then and has some comedic moments but that’s… kinda it?

Like for the audience reading/watching the impact would be that much greater if the traitor was a fan favorite, or close enough to a fan favorite at least. Like imagine if Uraraka was the traitor? How devastating that would be not only for the audience but also the characters? Or the juxtaposition of having Kaminari, the goofy one, someone who acts like the glue in the class, to turn around and betray them with no remorse? Like... poetic cinema or whatever.

This is obviously written with a big disclaimer of ‘we don’t know yet’

Like if the username wasn’t already a give-away; I’m a huge fan of the Kaminari traitor theory. I’ve always thought it was fun and had a lot of potential so yeah, ngl, I’m kinda bummed out that he wasn’t the traitor (kinda.. it’s a weird headspace to be in lol) and so that coupled with me finding Hagakure to be boring is... yeah. Not Ideal in terms of what is happening now. But even with all that I’m well aware that my opinions could change! Maybe her reasons are super interesting! Maybe she’s a total badass and she’ll do something super cool and I’ll immediately start simping. Like realistically she’ll be more interesting following this reveal. Or maybe I’m right and she’ll still be kinda meh. Maybe she won’t be the traitor a lot of us wanted her - or someone else - to be. 

(also just like as a side note, what do folks even wanna see? bc like personal opinion here is a traitor who is extremely cold and detached once revealed but I don’t think that’ll be the case idk) 

Who knows? Like I’ve even joked that this could all be a red herring for all we know. The point is that we just have to wait and see how it all plays out before completely condemning the storyline. 

didn’t we already do the whole ‘let a storyline breathe for more than five minutes before saying it sucks’ thing with endeavor

I’m still traitor Kaminari trash though uwu

[tojo-nozomeme]

They make Dabi being a todoroki obvious to hide that uraraka could be the traitor

[aashi-heartfilia]

I wholeheartedly agree❤️ After all that has happened she deserves a big role in this final arc. She is the lead heroine of the story! Pls Horikoshi just don't reduce her to a love interest and let her shine ✨

Notice how her intelligence has increased. She is the one to point out that Endeavour was a UA alumni. She has matured a lot and it is visible. Also her hair are straight here and determination is beaming through her eyes. Just gotta love this chapter!!

the determined, calm, decisive look in uraraka's eyes is what's going to make her an amazing hero.

[balaroo]

Desperately want a comic relief chapter where the students find out about the UA traitor and suddenly everything everyone does is seen as suspicious by the others but it keeps getting disproved in increasingly hilarious ways

Like sero is shiftily sneaking boxes from the kitchen to his dorm room in the middle of the night? Turns out he's just hoarding the poptarts bc denki always eats all of them

Or they keep hearing weird sounds from tokoyami's room but the doors always locked and his explanations never make any sense but it's because he runs an ASMR channel on youtube

No one's secrets are safe- for some reason mina has dozens of audios on her phone of the others snoring, iida's secretly writing a play, and uraraka's suspiciously long runs are because she keeps challenging stray cats to staring contests. It's chaos

[the-league-of-villains]

i really wish I could send this from the blog I have litterally named after them but

ship bingo for togaocha? and may I borrow the bingo card?

[broccoli-cinnamon-boy]

Top 3 People I DON’T want them to be the UA traitor

Present Mic (don’t break my heart. Aizawa has suffered enough already. Be a good not important for the plot character, and stay important in Fanfiction)

Aizawa (b*tch, you’re my comfort character. Don’t dare to betray me)

Kirishima (we all love you. Bakugou loves you. Don’t do it)

Top 3 People I DO WANT them to be the UA traitor

Uraraka (who wants money when you can have an underdeveloped female main character with depth. Izuocha will be a better ship. My crush on you will grow even more. OchaToga shippers will dance the Macarena)

Denki (on one side, I love my dumbass bi icon. On the other, it would be so funny for him to be the traitor. And interesting. My main question would be, is he that dumb, or was he faking it?)

Aoyama (he would be even more iconic. I feel like he shines like glitter yet nobody notices him. It would be great foreshadowing)