HI HOW DOES YOUR BRAIN WORK

HI HOW DOES YOUR BRAIN WORK

a fun au komahina idea i keep fiddling with in my mind is hinata realizing he does have a talent, but that talent is something super fucked up like being the Ultimate Talent Neutralizer or some such. so like, his talent is just draining other people's talents. he's literally the nega talent.

so he's technically upgraded to being an ultimate at hope's peak, but he's still reserve course because they can't have him around the other ultimates during class hours or else... their education will be utterly pointless. because he'll just make it impossible for anyone to practice or hone their skills. and hinata is very, like... damn. i've always wanted a talent, but this one fucking sucks. i've spent all these years idolizing talent only to find out i destroy it?? what the hell. fuck off with that.

and when komaeda finds out, at first, he's fully like ''omfg, i knew it, you're actually a demon, you literally destroy talent, you destroy hope!!!" and it's this huge debacle, just the most dramatic hissy fit imaginable, up until it becomes clear that actually... being around hinata makes komaeda's talent fuck off. like, his luck literally can't hurt hinata or him or anyone else in his presence. and this realization just... short-circuits komaeda. fully breaks his brain.

like, everyone else just find it funny and kind of refreshing being around hinata, because they can just be regular with him and chill and not worry so much about being Ultimate, but for komaeda, for obvious reasons, being around hinata is life-changing. world-redefining. and he ends up just more obsessed with hinata than ever.

but also it ends up being hinata's secret superpower, because he can interact with any high-level ultimate in society and negate whatever their talent is, putting them on even footing, and sometimes come out on top in interactions with them concerning their talent. this first comes to light with chiaki, of course, who realizes "Hey!! I'm actually being challenged in a videogame!!! Omg, Hajime, you actually won against me!!! Holy shit, this is the best!!!!" and it's insane. it ends up being an amazing talent, after all.

but even with all these wonderful friends and an insanely useful talent and this beautiful twink drooling over him, hinata is still endlessly grumpy and bitter about being the Ultimate Anti-Talent forever. and it's hilarious. one of my favorite brain worms to consider.