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skygemspeaks · 6 years

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So, I have a story idea for My Hero Academia that I’ve been wanting to bounce off of someone for a while now. You always seem pretty cool in asks and have a lot of fun AU’s, so I’d thought I’d ask you.

Izuku has gotten pretty used to people dismissing his quirk ramblings by the time he’s a pre-teen. Then one day he comes across a video online of someone talking about a hero’s quirk and sort of picking it apart, just like he does every day. He sees that the video has gotten a good amount of views and positive feedback, and it bolsters him to know that people out there do like to talk about this stuff. He notices something a bit off about one of the observations the person makes though, and feels bold enough to leave a comment about it. The person messages him back saying that the Izuku actually had a really good point, and that maybe he should make a video about it himself. And Izuku becomes inspired to do just that.

His first videos aren’t great, mainly just recordings of his usual mutterings. Some comments are mean about it, but a few provide constructive criticism about how he could make the videos better and make his point better understood. Izuku starts putting more planning into the videos, doing a bit of research and actually writing out scripts for himself, and they start to get better. A couple episodes get recognized by older and more popular channels, and that causes Izuku’s channel to become more well known.

Izuku is thrilled to have people who actually approve of his hobby, even if he’s never actually met them. He starts to recognize certain regulars, especially ones that leave comments that lead to discussions among the viewers and himself. Some people leave mean comments of course, but they never really say anything worse than Kacchan already does.

After his channel gains a certain amount of notoriety, people start to leave comments asking about his own quirk. He’s analyzed so many others, what does he have to say about his own? Izuku doesn’t want to tell them he is quirkless, because he’s afraid that they will take him less seriously or stop watching all together if they know, just like most everyone else has done. He doesn’t feel comfortable just ignoring it though.

One day when he’s having lunch his glass does that thing where water condenses in just the right way at the base of a glass that it starts sliding on it’s own, and he gets an idea. He can make people think he has a quirk. He’s mentioned in previous videos what type of quirks his parents had, so people would believe he has some kind of telekinesis. He practices enough that he figures out how to get the glass to slide when he wants it to, and during his next video he sets it up to slide toward his hand part way through. He acts super casual about it, and lets people think what they will.

People end up taking the bait. Izuku feels a bit guilty for the deception, but tells himself he’s not outright lying. One person comments it’s a shame he didn’t inherit his dad’s fire-based quirk, and suddenly Izuku is getting ideas. Could he find a way to make it look like he had? Would people believe it if he did? There’s only one way to find out.

After some research into sleight of hand and stage magic, Izuku is able to make it look like’s he’s accidentally coughing up smoke in one of his videos. People start debating in the comments about which is his real quirk and whether or not he could have inherited both. From there it starts to escalate. Izuku becomes curious to see how far he can push this. He keeps coming up with new quirks he could have and different ways to imply he has them. People start getting really into it. Entire threads are created trying to piece together the mystery Izuku is presenting them with. Some argue that he has an analysis quirk that he’s been using the whole time, and that he’s doing this to tease them for not realizing it. Others say he definitely has one of those quirks, and he’s challenging them to figure out which one it is. Some say he has an illusion quirk. Only a very small number put out that he might be quirkless and messing with them all.

Even with all the fake quirk shenanigans, Izuku makes sure that his video’s analysis content is still top notch. Because of this, a few students at UA end up showing one of videos to their teachers. Then some of the teachers start watching episodes that sound relevant to the topic they covering, and telling the students about it. At one point Present Mic mentions a video of Izuku’s in response to a caller question, and Izuku proceeds to lose his mind over that endorsement for a week.

In the grand scheme of things, this AU changes little. Izuku still ends up getting attacked by a sludge villain and meeting All Might. He still inherits One for All, and most of the events at school and with the League of Villains fold out in the same way. The difference is made in little things. Izuku becomes a bit more confident before UA, at least when it comes to his ability to analyze and make plans. Certain teachers recognize him during the entrance exam, and are delighted that they now know what Izuku’s ‘real’ quirk is. A number of the 1-A students recognize him, tell him how fun or useful they found his videos, and ask if he’ll give them advice later. Even some older students come up and tell him that such and such episode gave them new ideas on how to use their quirks in combat.

At the end of the day it’s not a huge difference, but all of them combined make a world of difference to Izuku.

So what do you think? I’d really like to get a more polished version down at some point, because I like the idea a lot. I do kind of worry about the whole ‘pretending to have different quirks in his videos’ part. Do you think that’s too out of character for Izuku?

I’d appreciate any feedback you could give. Thank you!

AhhhH????? I would read 100k of this!! It’s super interesting, and I do like the idea of him teasing his viewers about what quirk he has. It’s a fun, harmless little thing, and if I know the internet, it would ABSOLUTELY help bring in the views lmao.

I’m super interested to see how this would affect canon though, in small but noticeable ways, how the people in his life see him.

All Might, who’s seen a couple of his vids (because at this point, who HASN’T?) despite being technologically illiterate. He’s always had a fondness for the boy who does such great quirk analyses, at the easy confidence he seems to portray in his audience, the kindness that shines through, the mischievousness, the resourcefulness in making it seem like he has all these different quirks. And then he meets Izuku, and he feels his heart break for him, and he’s amazed that even with the online fame, this boy is so genuinely modest.

There’s Aizawa, who watches all of Izuku’s videos, because having in depth knowledge of all kinds of quirks is especially important for a hero who doesn’t have a physical enhancement quirk of his own, a hero whose true strength lies in his mind. When Izuku is put into his class, Aizawa doesn’t immediately dismiss him. He knows the kid has the brains to be a truly amazing hero, and maybe now is the time for Aizawa to repay him for all the help he’s received from his videos in the past.

Imagine the sports festival - the name of his channel trending on twitter as people freak out about how the winner of the obstacle race is actually this famous youtube personality? Imagine the chaos, especially if he didn’t tell any of them that he entered UA. Or maybe he told them he entered, but didn’t specify which department

(because that seems to be Izuku’s theme these days. Now in addition to what quirk he has, people are arguing over whether or not he’s in the hero department.

“Of course he’s in heroics! He’s mentioned before how much he’s wanted to be in a hero since he was a child, you morons.”

“Just because he wants to be one doesn’t mean it’s possible for him though. He obviously has an analysis type quirk, so he’s gotta be in support or management.”)

Imagine people finally getting CLOSURE as they find out what his quirk actually is, and isn’t it so cheeky of him that the quirk he was “born with” was the one quirk he never teased in any of his videos.

He makes a sheepish apology video afterwards for nearly scaring his audience to death in his match against Todoroki, and he quietly makes his disapproval known when his fans start commenting about how that Bakugou kid is so villainous and shouldn’t have won the tournament.

Dear god, imagine the Stain incident! People seeing our boy almost carried off by a Noumu.

And once people know he’s in heroics, imagine his fans begging him to upload vlogs, the day in the life of a ua hero student. At first he refuses to, because he thinks his teachers would disapprove, but after UA’s reputation takes a hit with all the villain attacks, Izuku suggests the idea to Nedzu, to help show people that UA really is doing its all to help.

Imagine him giving a tour of class a’s dorm building, and getting ready for the cultural festival!

Imagine him meeting Gentle, and La Brava is lowkey salty about how many more views he has than them, but Gentle is quietly freaking out because he’s been a fan of Izuku’s channel since forever now???

Ahh, sorry for getting so carried away my dear, but this idea is just too good for me to leave alone!! I would definitely love to read this if you decide to continue it. And if you want to talk to me about it more, please feel free. It’s such a fun verse to play in and I’d love to help contribute to it :)

#bnha #boku no hero academia #midoriya izuku #youtube au #rosejen8675 submits #bnha submit #submission #long post #raw fic

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skygemspeaks · 6 years

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So, I saw your idea of the AtLA crossover, with Shouto and Zuko being twins a while ago (the referenced post). I very much agree with the idea of Zuko getting a sibling he can actually get along with and Shouto getting the guidance of Uncle Iroh. Recently I got some ideas for how other AtLA characters could fit in.

Katara is the same age as Izuku, and becomes his classmate when her family moves during the first year of middle school. All of Katara's immediate family are quirkless and she's gotten used to defending them from prejudiced people. So when she witnesses the one quirkless kid in class being bullied by Katsuki she naturally steps up to defend Izuku. This results in the two becoming friends, and to Izuku meeting Sokka. The two boys get on like a house on fire because of their love of strategy and planning. It becomes common for the three of them to hang out at each other's homes.

Inko becomes a mother figure to Sokka and Katara and Hakoda becomes a father figure to Izuku. Gran gran starts to think of him as a third grandchild. Katara doesn't have her heart set on being a pro hero, but applies to UA anyway to keep an eye on Izuku, and eventually Sokka since he wants to join too.

When Izuku inherits All Might's quirk the two siblings question it a lot more than Inko does, and eventually get the story out of him. Katara worries greatly for Izuku, but promises to keep the secret, as does Sokka.

Hakoda is a police officer, and they moved to the area because he was transferred. Kya is somehow related to Shouto's mother, but was disowned by the family when she ran from a quirk marriage to wed the quirkless Hakoda.

Azula is still Zuko's little sister. She was an unexpected pregnancy, and Endeavor didn't bother with her because he was obsessed with the idea of the twins being the ones to defeat All Might. Even though she was a natural at using her fire quirk, nothing she did seemed to matter to her father. This drives her to run away from home, and she later shows up with the League of Villains.

That's all I have right now. Not sure how to bring in Aang or Toph since they are a couple years younger than Class 1A would be. Again, sorry for the message dump. I was super excited to share this with and wasn't sure how else to do it. Thank you so much for sharing this AU/crossover idea!

I love ALL OF THIS so much!!!! But you know what this means? With Zuko and Katara both being added to 1A, we need to balance it out with two new additions to class 1B.

I NOMINATE HARU AND YUE.

Haru and Shiozaki friendship anyone?

Sokka, being quirkless, would unfortunately have a pretty difficult time getting into the hero course, but. Take a minute to imagine Sokka applying and getting accepted into the support course? He’s actually a year older than Katara, so he’d be in the year above them at UA. Imagine him taking Hatsume under his wing and the two of them coming up with all sorts of crazy stuff together! Sokka ends up becoming one of the support staff at Katara and Izuku’s joint agency when they graduate. And maybe he’s, like kidnapped by someone one day because they think he’d be an easy way to get to the top hero, Izuku. The villains are completely caught off guard though when they find out he’s not just any other support staff. Izuku and Katara have been training against him. He can fight more than well enough to defend himself. He could probably get his hero license tbh, he’s just more interested in the support items side of things.

Suki would also be in Sokka’s year, but she’d be in the hero course. Yue, in Izuku and the others’ year and therefore a year below Suki and Sokka, wants to become a healer like Recovery Girl. She’s friends with Katara and the rest, and ends up meeting Suki and Sokka when Katara has her friends over at their house for a study group. She really hits it off with them, and eventually ends up entering into a triad relationship with the two of them.

Hakoda would totally be friends with Tsukauchi!!! Hakoda, seeing how close Izuku has become to All Might, gives All Might the shovel talk, because he loves Izuku like a son, and while he’s tried his hardest to be there for Izuku as a father figure, he knows he’s not what Izuku needs. Tsukauchi vouches for Hakoda being trustworthy, so All Might extends a peace offering by telling him his secret - he swears to Hakoda that he will try his utmost to do right by Izuku as the father figure he so desperately needs. All Might and Hakoda end up becoming super close friends.

Toph is Haru’s younger sister, and Aang is Tsuburaba’s (the guy with the Solid Air quirk from the sports festival) younger brother who is something of a prodigy. They’re both childhood friends, and through Toph’s older brother Haru, they somehow find themselves joining the dekusquad. When they come to UA as first years, Izuku and the others are third years, and Sokka and Suki have already graduated. The teachers are all super wary of the two of them because while the dekusquad are all super awesome heroes, they’re also really mischievous and always getting into trouble, so as junior members, Toph and Aang are under intense scrutiny.

Also, from now on, this au will be called the bnhatla au (courtesy of @realisticallycynical) Ask me more about it! I have. So much angst in store for the twins!!!

#bnha #atla #boku no hero academia #avatar the last airbender #midoriya izuku #the gaang #hakoda #suki #atla yue #naomasa tsukauchi #atla haru #toph beifong #all might #yagi toshinori #bnhatla au #there are probably so many more characters i've forgotten to tag but i don't care leave me be #this post is a mess i've mentioned too many people

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