The Video

The Attraction of a Hero to a Disaster

katydid

Summary:

Toshinori Yagi loved Izuku like a son. He thought Inko Midoriya was a sweet and genuine soul, raising her son as a single parent after her divorce. But it was starting to get embarrassing how badly Toshinori had the hots for Izuku’s dad.

Meanwhile a disguised All for One does not know what to make of his mortal enemy asking him out to dinner. Is this a trap?

Rating:

General Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandom:

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

Relationships:

Sensei | All For One/Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Izuku & Sensei | All For One, Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Midoriya Inko & Yagi Toshinori | All Might

Characters:

Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Sensei | All For One, Midoriya Izuku, Midoriya Inko

Additional Tags:

Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi, Good Parent Sensei | All For One, Good Parent Midoriya Inko, Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Protective Sensei | All For One, Protective Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Fan Midoriya Izuku, Fix-It of Sorts, Alternate Universe - Happy, Crack Treated Seriously, Secret Identity, Enemies to Lovers, Oblivious Yagi Toshinori | All Might, Izuku's merch collection is the real winner

Language:

English

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Collections:

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Stats:

Published: 2023-09-28 Words: 6,732 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 153 Kudos: 991 Bookmarks: 216 Hits: 7,246

It bugs me that so many people's default example of published fanfic is 50 Shades of Grey.

What about West Side Story, a famous modern AU of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

What about Dante's Inferno, a self-insert RPF if I've ever seen one?

What about Wicked, a pre-canon AU of The Wizard of Oz?

Hell, what about Percy Jackson? There's definitely an argument to be made that that's a modern AU of various Greek myths.

Humans have been writing fanfic as long as they have been telling stories. In about the year 20 BC, our dear Roman poet Ovid wrote the Heroides, a series of aggrieved "letters" from the female characters of famous myths to their respective male heroes. Are you telling me that Ovid, writing a letter from the perspective of Queen Dido to Aeneas -- Aeneas, whose fantastical adventures were put into poem by Virgil -- wasn't writing an outsider-POV fic? A fic that is, in fact, translated in Latin classes world-wide today!

There is so much famous fanfic out there, but people tend to forget that it is fanfic once it becomes mainstream enough. And as a consequence of that, people who aren't into fandom don't see how beautiful fanfic is, and some members of fandom feel shame associated with writing and reading fic. But fanfic is beautiful, and it is something humans have always done, and it is nothing to be ashamed about.

So if you ever find yourself in a situation to give an example of published fic, think outside the box. Remember that published fanfics hide in plain sight; once they're famous enough, we no longer think of them as fanfic. And never forget that fanfic is a very, very old human tradition, and your ancestors who partook in it would not have wanted you to feel ashamed of it.

and you crashed into my life (please won't you stay by my side)

asthmaticbee

Summary:

Izuku never gets One For All, and never goes to UA. Away from Bakugou, he finds that most people don’t care about his Quirklessness as much, and actually makes friends in his class.

This, however, gives rise to a new problem - namely lots of confessions to the sweet and smart boy. In his attempts to make them stop, he lies that he’s dating UA star Todoroki Shouto, certain the lie will never come to light.

Sucks that Shouto stops a villain attack on his school while interning with Endeavor. Trying to keep up the lie Izuku takes Shouto aside and asks him to play along for his classmates.

He doesn’t expect Shouto to come back to his school and keep up the act.

Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandom:

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Relationships:

Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto Bakugou Katsuki/Consequences - Relationship

Characters:

Minor Original Characters - Character Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Inko Todoroki Shouto Yagi Toshinori | All Might Background & Cameo Characters

Additional Tags:

Fake/Pretend Relationship Romantic Comedy Quirkless Midoriya Izuku Gay Disaster Midoriya Izuku Gay Disaster Todoroki Shouto Miscommunication Todoroki Shouto is a Dork Inspired by Twitter Gift Fic no beta we die like Izuku's poor gay heart author plays fast and loose with the LOV because this isn't about them Strangers to Fake Boyfriends to Friends to Actual Boyfriends

Language:

English

Stats:

Published: 2022-08-02 Updated: 2022-08-23 Words: 5755 Chapters: 4/16

When I was young my dad offhandedly told me he thought people treated fish with so much casual cruelty because fish can’t scream.

The words branded themselves across my soul.

As an adult I think he may have been joking. He payed no especial attention to any indignities fish suffered in our household but I could never forget. I saw fish in a different light after that.

Fish kept in tiny bowls, breathing their own poisons, dying by inches. Fish kept in cold tanks, casually disposed of. Fish touted as being short lived when they could outlive the better loved family dog if only they could breathe. Fish casually won and discarded in cheap plastic bags, thrown away a week later.

How they would scream, if they could.

Quirk: Extra Toe Joint

2_dumb_4_dis

Summary:

Izuku has a quirk. He really does. He was diagnosed with an extra toe joint. While it is nothing like his mom or dad's quirks, he knows that he can still be a hero. The greatest hero there ever was.

This is pretty much a comedy. Enjoy the laughs.

Rating:

General Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

Gen

Fandom:

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Relationships:

Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto Midoriya Izuku & Shinsou Hitoshi Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku Kirishima Eijirou & Midoriya Izuku

Characters:

Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Inko Bakugou Katsuki Todoroki Shouto Yagi Toshinori | All Might Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead Shinsou Hitoshi Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic Nezu Class 1-A (My Hero Academia)

Additional Tags:

Midoriya Izuku Has a Quirk totally does not a lie He is the hero Pinky Midoriya Izuku Fakes a Quirk Quirkless Midoriya Izuku Kinda

Language:

English

Stats:

Published: 2021-09-25 Updated :2022-09-11 Words: 6654 Chapters: 6/?

Fun family story: when my aunt was marrying her wife everyone was really excited but also dreading it because my aunt is known for her insanely long speeches so everyone knew her vows would be like 9 hours long so when it came time for her to say her vows she had a shit ton of cue cards in her hands and even her wife started groaning and my aunt took a deep inhale and then unravelled all the cue cards which were taped together and they all just read ‘HOT DAMN’ in giant letters and those were my aunts vows.

The Turn

aconstantstateofbladerunner

Summary:

"So. Izuku dug his fingers into his hair. In order to win the festival and keep Father from pulling me out of the hero course, I have to contend with: the non-hero course students who want to take my spot, the other hero class jealous of 1A’s attention, the rest of my own class full of powerful quirks and experience fighting villains, including my childhood bully who’s never lost anything in his life, and my asshole half-brother with one of the most powerful quirks I’ve ever seen, a decade of training on how to use it, and a lifetime of barely repressed hatred he’s been waiting for an opportunity to unleash on me. All in full view and judgement of millions of people, including my teachers, hero scouts, my mentor the number one hero who wants me to declare myself his successor, my horrible father who will surely turn on me if anyone finds out he is my father, and my Mom who’s scared of me getting hurt. And I have to do all that using a quirk I can’t control without breaking my bones. He crouched down and silently screamed into his hands. I am going to die!"

Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning:

Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Category:

Gen

Fandom:

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Relationships:

Midoriya Izuku & Todoroki Enji | EndeavorMidoriya Izuku & Todoroki Shouto Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might

Characters:

Midoriya Izuku Todoroki Enji | Endeavor Todoroki Shouto Yagi Toshinori | All Might Midoriya Inko Shinsou Hitoshi Bakugou Katsuki Class 1-A (My Hero Academia) Class 1-B (My Hero Academia)

Additional Tags:

Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might Todoroki Enji | Endeavor's Bad Parenting Midoriya Izuku is Endeavor's Secret Lovechild Midoriya Izuku is a Todoroki BAMF Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Izuku Has One for All Quirk Sports Festival Arc (My Hero Academia) Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Quirkless Discrimination (My Hero Academia) Hurt/Comfort Angst with a Happy Ending Families of Choice the other todorokis are mentioned including Touya but only Fuyumi appears briefly Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con Midoriya Izuku Can Say Fuck Once Canon-Typical Violence except for this one bit about a burnit's brief Sibling Rivalry Implied/Referenced Child Abuse Child Neglect Emotional/Psychological Abuse Implied/Referenced Suicide NOT bashing

Language:

English

Stats:

Published: 2021-07-13 Words: 33843Chapters:1/1

Operation Get All for One Laid

katydid

Summary:

Yoichi sets up All for One on a series of dates in a desperate attempt to get his older brother to chill.

Rating:

General Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories:

F/MM/M

Fandom:

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Relationships:

Sensei | All For One & Yoichi | First One For All User Second One For All User & Third One For All User & Yoichi | First One For All User (MHA) Second One For All User/Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia) Sensei | All For One/Many Bad Dates

Characters:

Sensei | All For One Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia) Second One For All User (My Hero Academia) Third One For All User (My Hero Academia) Yotsubashi Chikara | Destro Gigantomachia (My Hero Academia) Garaki Kyuudai | Ujiko Daruma Original Characters

Additional Tags:

Alternate Universe - Pre-Canon Surprise Pairing Sensei | All For One Being an Asshole Yandere Sensei | All For One Bad Matchmaking Dysfunctional Family Dark Crack All for One Demon Week

Language:

English

Stats:

Published: 2022-07-21 Words: 6536 Chapters: 1/1 Comments: 55 Kudos: 174 Bookmarks: 27 Hits: 1579

Civilian Besties, Professional Enemies

katydid

Summary:

All for One accidentally becomes best friends with All Might on social media. Between swapping work advice and parenting Izuku together, their friendship careens like a runaway train toward the inevitable wreck.

Rating:

General Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

Gen

Fandom:

僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia

Relationships:

Sensei | All For One & Yagi Toshinori | All Might Midoriya Izuku & Sensei | All For One Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might Midoriya Hisashi/Midoriya Inko

Characters:

Yagi Toshinori | All Might Sensei | All For One Midoriya Izuku Midoriya Inko

Additional Tags:

Sensei | All For One is Midoriya Hisashi Parental Yagi Toshinori | All Might Parental Sensei | All For One Good Parent Sensei | All For One Protective Sensei | All For One Good Parent Yagi Toshinori | All Might Midoriya Izuku is a Shimura Shimura Nana is Midoriya Inko's Parent Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Kid Midoriya Izuku Izuku is Too Adorable for the World Quirk Discrimination (My Hero Academia) Crack Treated Seriously Identity Reveal double life shenanigans enemies to found family Family Fluff Oops! It's Therapy dad wars DadWars2021

Language:

English

Series:

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The New York Times did a piece titled 100 Small Acts of Love and these are some of my favorites 💕