#vigilante shigaraki

[a-little-ball-of-anxiety]

I've been thinking bout the world All Smite exists in would look like 🤔

Enij Todoroki would still be a bad father if All Might was All Smite.... Dare I say, even worse.

Ok so Endeavor's whole thing about his abusive behavior was that he wanted to surpass all might, and so he "trained" both Toyia and Shoto right? If All Smite existed then Endeavor would have an even bigger obstacle + he'd probably get the idea in his head that "it's for the greater good" as a way for him to justify the torment he's putting his children through.

Enji Todoroki as the #1 would likely realize that he can't beat it even restrain All Smite on his own. So what does he do? Not only would he get Natsuo and Fuyumi in on the training, Toyia would have never would have gone into those woods.... If his father is giving equal amounts of "attention" to all of his kids Toyia wouldn't have had to prove himself. After all, 4 children to fight beside would dramatically up his odds of success. Not only that but 4 hero children would likely be a boost in the public eye/ a beginning of generations of heros like the Iida family.

Oh but don't be disappointed Dabi lovers, I think by the time Shoto is ready for UA, Toyia would have already faked his death. He likely wouldn't become the Dabi you know, more focused on getting his siblings out of the abuse than revenge. Toyia also would have a strong bond with Shoto because they both showed the most "promise". On the topic of UA, I think that Midoriya would still attend, with OFA.

Let me explain, in my mind All Smite is a hyper violent vigilante/ Stain if he did an extensive amount of research on his victims/ protector of civilians (I'll explain more later). All Smite is a good guy deep down, and supports Midoriya's dream of becoming a hero with all his heart. Dad Smite basically. Also I think that anyone inspired by All might (excluding Izuku) in canon follows all smites path of "Villainy" ex: Sir Nighteye, Cathleen Bate/ Star and Stripe.

Midoriya eventually confesses to his friends about the good that All Smite does from the shadows

taking down trigger distributers

controlling illegal weapons

defending citizens

squashing any dangerous organizations

helping the quirkless

helping abused and orphaned children find good homes

everything the Hero Public Safety Commission doesn't do

Good things that All might can't do while being restricted by the HPSC

So that covers a lot, so I'll quickly run through a couple of characters that would be changed by these things and why

Keigo Takami- would have been saved by All Smite when he was 6-7 instead of Endeavor. All Smite being a villain would have known about how abusive Keigo's father was sooner than Endeavor

Tomura Shigaraki- would have been found by one of All Smites underlings before AFO

Twice - actually becomes one of All smites underlings shortly after his trauma

Dabi- dabi went out looking for smite to fight, ended up joining him

Himiko Toga- found dirty and alone by Sir and was brought in

Eri- Sir and Smite raid the Shie Hassaikai slightly sooner than canon, right as the bullets were being produced. Smite originally did it to crack down on the bullets, but then saved Eri (with Izuku's help) and found her a home with Eraserhead

Shinsou- poor baby was abused in foster care for his Villainous quirk, his latest foster parents decided to try and sell him off, but luckily Smite got a hold of him. Shinsou is going to UA with Midoriya and lives with Eri and Eraserhead.

Present Mic - Mic, Eraserhead, Sir Nighteye, and Nezu all secretly work with Smite to keep Japan's underworld from becoming it's over world. Present Mic is only slightly different from canon, only now does he have an old scar on his lip from being muzzled from when he was in the foster system.

Eraserhead- the same as canon and as mentioned above, but his scar from the Nomu fight doesn't exist, but instead it's on his eyelid from a knife fight against a villain on trigger.

Hmm what else, oh yeah!

Midoriya and Shoto are secretly vigilantes and work with all Smite, Natsouo and Fuyumi are both badass ice heros, while Fuyumi still tries to keep peace, the men in the house are constantly at odds. Rey isn't in a hospital, but presumed dead. ( She's not shes has been rescued by Smite, it was Shoto's idea)

[yokai-girlie]

Kurogiri’s final line in the manga being “Give Tomura Shigaraki back. His friends are waiting for him.” is BEYOND fucked up actually. Do you know who’s waiting for YOU Kurogiri??? Your friends!

anyways

OBORO SHIRAKUMO COME BACK TO MEE PLEAASEEE I MISS YOU

[nightshadow1607]

Aizawa: Let me see what you have

Vigilante Izuku: A KNIFE! :D

Aizawa: NO!

--

Kurogiri: If you kill a killer, the number of killers will stay the same

Himiko: Kill two

--

Hizashi, shining a flashlight under the bed: Shouta, are you ready to come out yet and interact with people?

Aizawa: *angry hissing noises*

Hizashi: Understandable, have a nice day

--

All for One: I’m here to kill you

Izuku: Hold on, let me ask All Might

All for One: That’s not how it works!

Izuku: He said no, and he’s coming over

--

Kaminari: *sneezes*

Nedzu, from the vents: Bless you!

Kaminari: God?

--

Vigilante Izuku: It’s not illegal if you don’t get caught!

Vigilante Shinsou: We’re literally being chased by the Eraserhead right now! HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT?!

--

Shigaraki: I invited both of you into the woods because I crave the most dangerous game

Vigilantes Izuku and Shinsou, nodding: Knife Monopoly

Shigaraki:

Shigaraki: I was actually going to hunt both of you for sport but now I’m in interested in whatever the fuck knife monopoly is

--

Aizawa: This is our son, Hitoshi

Hizashi: Yes, I’m aware

Aizawa: This is my other son you never met, Izuku

Hizashi:

Aizawa: And this is my lovely unicorn daugther, Eri

Hizashi: You can’t just adopt kids like stray cats!

Aizawa: Watch. Me.

--

Aizawa: Hizashi and I are having a baby

Shinsou: That’s gre-

Aizawa: *slams down adoption papers* It’s you. Sign here

--

Aizawa: I hope you three have an explanation for this

Todoroki: Actually...

Izuku: We have three!

Bakugou: Pick your favorite

--

Sero, setting down a card: Ace of Spades!

Kirishima, pulling out an Uno card: +4!

Kaminari, pullling out a Pokémon card: Pikachu, I choose you!

Bakugou, trembling: What are we playing?!

--

Uraraka: I think we are missing something

Izuku: Teamwork?

Iida: Cohesion?

Todoroki: A general sense of what we’re doing?

--

Izuku: *Gently taps table*

Bakugou: *Taps back*

Uraraka: What are they doing?

Tsu and Tokoyami: Morse code

Izuku: * Agressively taps table*

Bakugou: *Slams hands down* YOU TAKE THAT BACK--

--

Izuku to Shinsou after he moved to class 1-A: I made you a friendship bracelet

Shinsou: I’m not really a jewellery person

Izuku: Oh, it’s okay. You don’t have to wear it if you don’t wan--

Shinsou: No, I’m wearing it forever. Back off

incorrect quotes because why not (part 7)

[codenamesazanka]

I'm thinking. I'm thinking. it would be cool if all of my dislike and criticism of Deku's actions in this final war arc (and maybe before) was actually supposed to be the intended feeling. That he was supposed to be read as an arrogant little shit with no plan and failed at saving Shigaraki all along. Saving Shigaraki was his ego talking - him wanting to save that Crying Child, because it makes him feel good to be a Hero... in the easiest way possible. He pried open Shigaraki's lid with no regard for how questionable such an act is. He never understood Shigaraki at all.

Deku has the potential to be a great hero. When Yoichi and Kudou talked about his great qualities, it was because they can sense the seed of it at his heart. But it hadn't been cultivated. He does have a drive to save, but it was too early to call it that. He does believe everyone has the same heart, but he hasn't actually come to that conclusion himself. That's why they needed to speak about his own feelings for him. He's 16 years old and thrown into a war. How can anyone have proper development and meta-cognition in such a scenario?

I'm thinking. It was Stain who spared Shigaraki and told him he sensed the seed of a warped conviction inside of him, when all readers saw at the time was an erratic manchild. But Stain was right. Shigaraki's conviction grew and developed and became such a noble desire, but 'twisted' - A Hero, but for the Villains.

Deku just had the high of his life. What if he's about to enter the lowest? He failed to save someone. Society is getting rebuilt and where it goes from now on is absolutely crucial. He's "quirkless" again - that personality is gone so who is he now?

I'm thinking. There's a reason why his agreement with Overhaul hasn't been resolved yet. I'm thinking Compress and his vigilante ancestor's dream of reform can't be just ditched like that. I'm thinking how Deku can fail so incredibly at not realizing why Shigaraki stayed the leader of the League all through the end, and how Shigaraki tells him 'ganbare'.

I'm thinking about Shigaraki, and how he's a fair guy. But he's a Villain. He sensed Deku's intention, understood just how sincere it was, and can respect that. And the guy did just helped heal his childhood trauma. And thus, he's holding Deku responsible for making sure his destruction is permanent, and leaves with a semi-sardonic 'do your best'. I think that's actually just like him.

I'm thinking about Uraraka and Shouto getting two sad looking panels in this semi-celebratory chapter where All Might calls Bakugou and Deku the greatest Heroes. They were the two who actually considered the suffering their Villain went through. They acknowledged the whole of their Villain, their agency and desires, and they supposedly saved them. But there's no celebration for them. Maybe it's because they've seen the truth and can't be unaffected.

I'm thinking about Spinner, who saved Deku from a teammate at the camp raid because he believed in Stain who believed in Deku to be a true Hero. And then Spinner became Shigaraki's most devoted friend and Shigaraki left a message to him, via Deku.

I'm thinking maybe Horikoshi got out all the battle shonen stuff they wanted out of him and now he can do his own thing. He sucks at fight scenes and great at character writing and darker material.

The issue to this thinking is that this hope is sooooo dangerous. I had a similar thought that Endeavor, after the Touya reveal, was going to get some brutal atonement. I thought post-Jaku would be a really cool chance to examine the issues of Hero Society, and that Tartarus being recognized as a human-rights violations would end up somewhere. I loved what I felt was the subtly realistic built-up of the Heteromorph arc, and I still love it, but then it ended up the way it did. I thought AFO's tragic backstory getting revealed could be awesome. I've clowned myself again and again. I guess this is the latest clowning.

And none of this actually saves Shigaraki or brings him back. Rather, his death and last words is pretty much required for this brutal realization and haunting on Deku and the story.

Worse, this all has the potential to make me think Deku is interesting. What am I doing to myself. 🤡

[fabled-lady-twilla]

Hi, I'm Twilla and I'm currently in the process of writing a ShigaDeku Dystopia/Soulmate AU fic that no one, and I mean literally NO ONE, asked for! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Why do I always join fandoms late and why do I always somehow end up loving/shipping the rarepairs in fandoms that barely anyone likes or wants to read about lmao? 🥺👉👈

I just finished reading the latest manga chapter, watched all six seasons, and binged all three movies. I am absolutely BURSTING with ideas of where I want this story to go. I want to at least post the first chapter by the time ShigaDeku Week 2024 is here next month. :)

In my fic timeline, the MHA canon story line doesn't happen until Class 1-A's third year, and since my story is set six years after their graduation, most of the main characters are in their mid to late twenties. My story starts after the Quirk Affliction, a strange illness that begins killing off Quirk-users all around to world, resulting in a massive a death toll that causes civilized society to collapse.

Anyways, here's the general synopsis:

The Final War was over before it had even begun. With the onset of the Quirk Affliction, a mysterious illness that disproportionately targeted the Quirks of heroes over the Quirks of villains, the world was left defenseless as it plunged into a new era of chaos and devastation.

It’s been six years since the onset of the Affliction and the death of All Might. Six years since the world’s heroes, and the society they desperately fought to protect, have crumbled into dust in Shigaraki Tomura’s hands.

From the ashes of this destruction, Japan’s new regime was born. The country was split into three territories, each with its own Grand Commander, united in nothing save for one singular rule: life for those who submit, and death for those who do not.

As Grand Commander of the largest and most plentiful of Japan’s territories, Shigaraki has lived the last six years reaping the fruits of his labors and taking pride in helping his Sensei accomplish his dream. But as of late, Tomura has been having strange dreams of his own: hazy memories of an abandoned park, of blooming wisteria trees, of laughter and freckles and forest green eyes.

Midoriya Izuku, now Quirkless due to the Affliction, has not stopped his pursuit of helping others, despite the world — and everything in it — turning itself upside down. Izuku dreams of a brighter future, and strangely enough, dreams of his long-lost childhood friend, Shimura Tenko.

The same Tenko that Izuku had unknowingly befriended as a young boy. The same Tenko who’d stopped him from jumping off the rooftop all those years ago. The same Tenko that, Izuku realized with horror, was now the monster known as Shigaraki Tomura.

Unfortunately, Izuku learns all too late that having a Soulbond with the King of Villains comes with a heavy cost. Shigaraki seems hell-bent on keeping Izuku as close to him as possible, believing Izuku to be his Soulmate, and thus, Shigaraki’s only true weakness, stirring up an ill-fated romance that neither has prepared themselves for.

As a new calamity encroaches upon them in the form of a mad man attempting to become a god, the heroes and villains must find a way to work together and solve the mystery of the Affliction before it destroys the world and everything they hold dear.

✨ P l e a s e ✨ let me know if you're interested in hearing about this by either, liking, reblogging, or sending me a PM. I'm working really hard to get the first chapter of this out by ShigaDeku Week 2024 in May!

Thank you so much for reading. 💚💚💚

[demon-lord-afo]

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

[delawaredetroit]

"My master showed me his picture once."

All for One: Tomura look, it's your quirk donor!

He might have just been showing Shigaraki pictures of all his business rivals. But knowing All for One the goal could have been making Shigaraki keep tabs on Overhaul the way he made Number Six obsess over the hero O'Clock (whose quirk he was given and then tried to become)

[ace-touya]

I’m back on my vigilantes BS. Spoilers for the school days arc

These were a group of kids that Oboro and Shouta met during their work study. The work study that Oboro died during. Shouta ended up saving all these kids alone, and losing his best friend, all in one battle.

These kids are, like, probably the same age as Tenko since he was like 5-6 when Oboro died. And that’s like an entire can of worms on its own, because his final act as himself was protecting a group of children, and All For One turned him into a monster that existed for the sole purpose of doing that again and again and again for Tenko. Protecting him but never able to truly save him from AFO, the one person who Tenko truly desperately needed protection from.

But on a happier note, I’d like to imagine at least one of these kids going to UA in the future, around the time Aizawa starts working there, and they meet him and know instantly - that’s the hero who saved my life when he was just a kid. He’s the reason I’m here, both here at UA so that I can save people like he saved me, but also here, alive, in general. He’s not active in the media so they haven’t heard much about him in a while, but they knew as soon as they saw him because, well…

How could they forget?

[arjengelly]

So it looks like Deku’s rewinding

And we’re gonna get to see the babies bond in what little time they have left 🥺

Omg wait….

[aamputation]

potential scene from the quirkless mentor!au i've been plucking away at but will probably never post.

~2022

[autumnmobile12]

Ambush Simulation: Final War

I have not actually written anything for Final War in the Ambush Sim au, and I would absolutely love to play with the finale and the Vanguard’s part in it, but here are some notes and vibes for now.

…

Shimura: You know, I’m realizing Ambush Sim Tenko really draws the short straw compared to his canon counterpart. The death toll of people he loses…

His entire family, which he does feel guilty about

Twice and Magne

Sir Nighteye, basically an uncle to him

Star, probably someone he never met in person but cared about her as part of his surrogate family anyway

He shares All Might’s tendency to take on everything/take care of everyone…this is gonna be rough.

…

Toga: After already losing Magne and Twice, currently watching Touya fall apart, and seeing how hard Shimura is trying to keep it together for them, she’s actively nervous about losing everyone in this.

…

Touya: Weirdly enough, I think the most emotional goodbye he has before the fighting starts and they all move into position is him crouching down to say goodbye to all his students clustered around him. The students he frequently jokes about being afraid of him all anxiously asking if he’s coming back and him knowing he’s destroyed his body to the point where he knows Final War might finish the job.

“You’ll be back, right? You’re gonna teach us again?”

…

Spinner: Stationed at the hospital with Shoji and Koda. Not thrilled about Chimera, who has by now messed all of them up pretty badly, leading a riot as a giant wolf monster.

“…this is fine.”

…

Compress: Honestly, I didn’t really know where to place him. Given how badly he hurt himself in Jaku City, showing up for the fight was pretty last minute and probably ill-advised, but no way was he missing this. He gets stationed on Okuta Island with Toga, Uraraka, and Asui, and ultimately finds himself watching out for all three of the girls who are roughly the same age he was when he lost his whole family.

[nyc3]

One thing that is now unfair to ask is...what is Nine's name? Look hori treated him as an afterthought but his lack of origins works better than the comical twnko's origins.

Yes his family was all killed thanks to him but ...I can't help to think that scene was too ridiculous.

We never saw anyone mentioned them again, not even shig. (He remembers them in MVA and we do see the disgusting human puppet hori flay around) But that's it.

So Nine...

Im not one of those people who think a new character needs to be related to a pre stabelished one. Nine doesn't need to be a Todoroki, Shimura or hell even a lost Midoriya (hahahahahahaha as if hori would care for this family)

But ....imagine if Nine was related to Oboro, somehow, wouldn't that be interesting?

Maybe, maybe not.

Oboro's character became a thing to turns Aizawa into a better character...and fails. Kuro was sacrificed for nothing.

The thing about Shigaraki/Tenko backstory is that it feels... a bit overdramatic?

Well we can say that about his whole character, but the part of his backstory in particular when he kills his family is so exagerated for the sake of shock value that it kinda feels comical.

Horikoshi tried a bit too hard on make MVA feel like the edgier and "different" arc of the series, but the contrast in so big that I can't take it seriously.

Especially when Hori already nailed a dark tone without being super explicit or over the top.

Take the simplicity of Eri's backstory for example:

No blood, no unnecessary violence, just two panels giving a basic idea of what happened to Eri's father and yet the image of those clothes lying on the floor is much more haunting and eerie than the enterity of Shigaraki backstory.

Why Horikoshi stop being subtle with his storytelling?

...

Anyway going back to Nine real name, or the lack of one, I think it's interesting how that aspect of his character adds to the underlying theme of how AFO and Garaki dehumanize people, especially the ones that are part of their experiments.

We know very well how AFO doesn't view other human being as persons but rather objects that belong to him. This starts with his very own twin brother, which name Yoichi means something like "my first possesion".

And just like Nine, number 6 from Vigilantes was a child which whole life was modeled by AFO. They both are just numbers without a real name.

In this case the idea is presented even more explicitly because Six was a child who suffered some kind of amnesia and couldn't even view himself as a normal human with a face.

He even died as a monster without ever know if he had an identity outside being the number 6.

It's funny how you mention the idea of Nine and Shirakumo being connected somehow, as isn't the first time I've hear that.

It's interesting notice how they share this common theme about sky and clouds as part of who they are (Nine's name also is supposedly a reference to the term "cloud nine") both Nine and Oboro are individuals willing to sacrifice their own lifes for others, and ironically both of them ended being experimented by Dr Garaki.

I even have the headcanon of Kurogiri being the "Number 7" in this line of experiments were Nine and Six belong, as sort of missing link between Six and the sentient nomus.

I probably should make a post later explaining better this idea.

And yes for Horikoshi, Shirakumo was just a diposable character to make Aizawa look cooler and more edgy.

While the author of Vigilantes clearly invested a lot of effort on making Oboro a real and memorable character which complements Aizawa rather than just being an accesory. But that topic deserves it's own post as well.

P.S: I have an idea of what real name we could give to Nine, but I keep it for me at least for the moment.

[shih-coulda-had-it]

Since you drew En playing the electric guitar do you have any headcannons for an OFA band AU? Like what user plays/does what?

I love the OFA logo that's on electric guitarist En's shirt btw! 💓

Not only am I going to give you a list of who's doing what, I'm going to give you 1.4k of a ficlet from Bruce's POV because I've been doing everything but my final papers!

THE BAND

Yoichi: Lead vocalist, ex-bass guitar

Kudou: Drummer

Bruce: Band manager, does travel and concert arrangements; ex-electric guitar

Shinomori: Equipment manager, helps with logistics; ex-electric guitar

Banjo: Electric guitar 1, ex-keyboardist, percussionist when necessary

En: Electric guitar 2 + Smoke effects

Nana: Bass guitar, female vocalist when necessary

Toshinori: Nana’s ward, roadie, learning bass guitar

+ Sorahiko: Full-time roadie, electric guitar when necessary

Izuku: Not here yet, but he's probably part of a One for All revival era

OFA Band AU in my hands still has Quirks, and the majority of the group practices vigilantism when they're not playing music. AFO is less demon of the underworld evil, and more capitalist/the guy funding industry plants evil. He's a music executive. He and Yoichi used to play music together, but when AFO went to college to be a business major, Yoichi doubled down on music and was recruited by Kudou and Bruce. OFA developed from there.

Pairings are Trio Holders, FourthFifth, and who knows what's going with Sorahiko. (This is a no Husbando Shimura/no Kotarou AU.)

Read the ficlet below!

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“Banjo,” Shinomori says with a tone more indulgent than scolding, “stop bullying En with Blackwhip. He’s going to trip and fall on his face mid-performance, and then where will you be?”

“Laughing, probably,” Bruce cuts in before Banjo can say something flirtatious. He needs their equipment manager present and sharp-eyed. Shimura’s friend does a passable job at rounding up stray amps and cords, but only when he’s not herding Toshinori away from chatting up the crowds who want to stalk One for All members backstage. “Pack the instruments in the bus, would you? We’re cutting it close.”

Banjo winks at Shinomori and strums a quick, humorous cue anyway. “Yeah, no problem, Sandaime. We going out after?”

“Depends on Kudou.”

“Ah, gotcha. See you in a bit.” Banjo tips his chin up and obligingly, Shinomori bends his neck and plants a chaste kiss to the carefully maintained stubble on the electric guitarist’s cheek. The roguish grin softens. Bruce manfully restrains himself from being a hypocrite about PDA, and goes to find Shimura.

She’s a little further backstage, and her bass guitar is already locked away. Set beside her bedazzled monstrosity of a case is En’s unassuming one. When Bruce chances upon them, Shimura is in the middle of fussing with her cousin’s jacket. She straightens the high collar, notices Bruce, and says a cheerful hello.

En echoes her, but he adds a respectful, “Sandaime.”

God. Bruce is going to strangle Banjo for starting that up, especially as it’s been picked up by not just the band but also the media. The more impressionable members of the band—En and Toshinori—treat the titles with more respect than a bad joke should get, and the journalists have started using them in place of their names.

“Everyone packed? Where’s Torino and Toshinori?”

“Sorahiko had a phone call,” En volunteers. “I think Toshinori headed back to the bus early because he had homework to finish.”

“What? Did he tell you that? It’s a week to the deadline!” Shimura scoops up her case and En’s, inclines her head at Bruce, and starts booking it. Her decision to apprentice Toshinori still strikes Bruce as a shortsighted one, but it remains one of the few times Bruce actually remembers her performing some kind of paperwork magic to ensure the application was filled to perfection. Usually, Shimura procrastinates to the point of Torino needing to swoop in and forge her signature.

En peers up at Bruce like he’s expecting something.

“What,” says Bruce. The junior electric guitar player shrugs in deliberate carelessness.

“Are we heading out after?”

“Have you been talking to Banjo?” Bruce asks, dry, and shakes his head. “It depends on Kudou. Where’s our illustrious leader?”

“Necking with Nidaime in the dressing room.”

Wordlessly, Bruce digs into his pocket and hands over the carton of candy cigarettes. En isn’t actually capable of eating tobacco, much less real cigarettes, but he has a sweet tooth and a sly sense of humor. Moreover, he is amenable to being bribed.

Clever fingers pop open the carton and slide one white chalky stick of sugar out. En sticks it into his mouth with a pleased hum and chirps a half-garbled, “I’ll get Banjo-senpai to the bus. Is Yondaime driving?”

“Torino knows the city streets better. He’ll get us to the inn, and after that, we’ll figure out carpools back.” Bruce rubs the back of his neck and sighs. “Hey. You did good with the bridge for ‘Residual Mayhem’ tonight. Make sure to do the hand exercises later.”

“Okay!” Thusly flattered, spoiled with sweets, and charged with malicious intent to put a (temporary) damper on Banjo’s evening, En darts off to pester his senior into hurrying the hell up. For his part, Bruce double-checks the area for stray litter, then ventures to the dressing rooms.

He finds a nondescript black sock slipped onto the doorknob. Bruce raps his knuckles against the wood, ignores the muffled “OCCUPIED!”, and uses the skeleton key to break in.

The door gets closed immediately behind him.

“We’re going to be late,” he manages to snap, before his brain fully processes the sight of Kudou’s legs hooked ‘round Yoichi’s skinny hips. The dressing room is equipped with a single chaise longue, and Yoichi has Kudou pressed down against the entire length of the single-armed sofa. Thank god, they’re both still in jeans.

“Mrrmph,” Kudou says, and Yoichi chimes in, “Hi, Bruce!”

“The set wasn’t that horny,” Bruce says, nonplussed.

Yoichi grins. “Well, I know tonight’s a fight night, so I thought I’d give Kudou incentive to not make you guys stay out so late.”

“Really effective,” Kudou reports, sounding dazed. He has clearly been kissed stupid. Is it irresponsible of Bruce to want to trade places with Kudou? For a brief moment, Bruce thinks about Kudou taking the role of band manager. In that projection of an alternate universe, One for All loses all access to professional recording studios, and not only are their songs recorded with a shitty boombox, but their concerts are held at last-minute reservations.

Also, in that universe, Kudou is cursed to never find a replacement drummer he approves of for more than three months. Yes. This is the right timeline.

Bruce approaches the sofa as Yoichi sits up and pulls Kudou upright with him. “You don’t think I need any?”

“You’re way more responsible,” Yoichi asserts, but makes a ‘come here’ gesture with his long slender fingers. Obligingly, Bruce bends at the waist. Yoichi cradles Bruce’s jaw with one hand and kisses him squarely on the mouth, nips his bottom lip, and breaks it off first. He smiles as he says, “Thanks for coming to get us.”

Kudou slips two fingers down the collar of Bruce’s shirt and tugs him in for his own kiss. That too is brief, and sharp, and it’s possible Bruce is going a little kiss-stupid as well, especially when he can hear the rumble of Kudou’s groan building at the base of his throat.

“Wait,” he gasps, “wait, time, time. Our inn’s not taking late check-ins, and Shimura’s going to murder one of us if her ward sleeps overnight in the bus again.”

“Toshinori-kun thinks it’s cool to sleep in the bus,” Yoichi protests. “Did Shimura-kun say that?”

“She implied it,” Bruce says.

“Up we go then,” Kudou says, and manhandles Yoichi off his lap. Bruce straightens up and does a cursory once-over at the dressing room. Any hairbrushes? Hair ties? Stray math homework sheets that Toshinori will swear he lost to Torino’s cutthroat corrections? Distracted, Bruce helps Yoichi to his feet, then Kudou.

“Shinomori got your drumset loaded,” he tells Kudou. “Yoichi, did you take your guitar out for an impromptu vibes session with Toshinori?”

“Still in the bus,” Yoichi answers, and before Bruce can fend him off, Yoichi is fussing with the folds of his headband. Kudou is too busy shrugging into his windbreaker and shaking out the wrinkles in Yoichi’s. “Ah, Bruce, you should really think about hemming this…”

“Ragged edges are punk,” Bruce says blankly.

There’s a knock at the door. It creaks open, because even though Bruce kicked it shut the instant he saw his boyfriends making out, he forgot to lock it. Torino pokes his head in warily. “Bus is loaded up,” he reports, eyes cast to the ceiling. “En said I’m driving?”

“Yup,” says Kudou. Finished with his doting, Yoichi gratefully accepts his windbreaker and zips it right up to the top. He combs his bangs back and ties his distinctive white hair into a low ponytail; Kudou fetches a cap and plops it on Yoichi’s head before tugging the hood over. “I’m your co-pilot. Bruce, where’s your jacket?”

“The bus. Torino, we’ll be right out.”

“Gotcha.” The door clicks shut.

“Hey, is the sock on the door yours or Yoichi’s?”

“One of mine,” Yoichi confirms. He hooks his hand at the crook of Bruce’s elbow, leans into him. “Bruce, stop worrying, we haven’t left anything. Kudou, you’d better run ahead before Toshinori-kun gets the idea that he can sit co-pilot again.”

“That kid,” Kudou curses, and bolts out. It’s a reasonable response.

The last time Toshinori had wheedled his way to the front, Shinomori had been at the wheel, and between the both of them—Shinomori, possessed of a sick sense of humor that included entertaining the whims of a preteen, and Toshinori, too proud to admit that he couldn’t understand the traffic navigation app—One for All had wandered off-route and wasted three-quarters of the gas tank just to arrive at a three-star aquarium. Not that Torino would get them lost. 

No, it’s more likely that Torino would reach the limits of his Toshinori Tolerance and put pedal to the metal, and then get caught speeding (in a bus) by a cop.

Yoichi hums the opening lyrics to ‘Daisy Days’, and it sounds too sad on its own, so Bruce obligingly provides the guitar riff as they follow after Kudou.

[nightshadow1607]

Kirishima: I’ve done a lot of dumb stuff.

Sero: I witnessed the dumb stuff.

Mina: I recorded the dumb stuff.

Kaminari: I joined in on the dumb stuff.

Bakugou: I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM DOING THE DUMB STUFF!!

--

Iida: You need to stop with this jaywalking

Bakugou: Miss me with that gay shit

Iida: What 'gay shit'? THE LAW??

--

Vigilante Shinsou: Are you sure this is the right direction?

Informant Kaminari: Certainly, I'm as sure as I am honest!

Vigilante Izuku: In that case, we're definitely lost.

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Vigilante/Villain Izuku: It goes against my moral compass

Shinsou: Your moral compass is a FUCKING ROULETTE WHEEL

--

Kendo: Do you know where Monoma is?

Shiozaki: Off somewhere. Disappointing God

--

Villains: You're violent

Vigilante Izuku: Yeah, but I'm short so it's cute

--

Tsukauchi: You have the right to remain silent

Villain Izuku: But do I have the ability

--

Vigilante Izuku: Don't worry, I have a couple knives up my sleeve

Aizawa, concerned: You mean cards

Vigilante Izuku: Nope

--

Bakugou: How's the biggest asshole in the world doing?

Shinsou, not looking from his cellphone: I don't know, Bakugou. How are you today?

Bakugou: Fuck you, Eye-bags

--

Izuku: Do not tell Aizawa-sensei about this

Todoroki: You want me to LIE to Aizawa-sensei?

Izuku: It- It's okay! You don't have to-

Todoroki "ride or die" Shouto: Oh, no, I'm going to

--

Kurogiri: have a good day

Shigaraki: don't tell me what to do

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Young Dabi: Dear diary

Young Dabi: My teen angst bullshit now has a bodycount

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Eri: I made a marshmallow Aizawa-san. His arms are crossed because the other marshmallow make him annoyed. Do you like it?

Aizawa, choking up: It's fine

--

Aizawa to Class 1-A (+ Shinsou): If I'd ever had a child, I imagine they might have been something like you... which is perhaps why I've never had kids

--

Bakugou: And how do you think you can stop me?

Izuku: I'll tell All Might

Bakugou:

Bakugou: You sick bastard

incorrect quotes because why not? (part 8)

sorry for the delay ;-;

[gece-misin-nesin]

bnha au except the league is a theatre troupe. they all have the same backstories as canon.

[nobody-is-here01]

Shigaraki, to vigilante Dabi : One universe, nine planets, seven seas, seven continents, and I had the unfortunate luck of meeting you.

Vigilante deku : Hey, that’s not very nice-

Vigilante Dabi : There are only eight planets, you uncultured swine!

Vigilante deku, forgetting about Shigaraki : VIVA LA PLUTO, FUCK YOU!