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Mineta stopped his gloating, turning to Brad. His smirk remained, watching him as he gave his little speech. Mineta was a traditional villain, he’d let his enemy finish his monologue. “Ya done? Good, I was just about to explain my evil plan.” Suddenly, the room around the pair of journalists began changing. The audience members would all see their own hallucinations, but he wasn’t bothered with them. “The truth is, you’re wrong. If there’s a lie going around it was probably started by the media. You’re all gossip spreading fools, too high off your own fumes to realize just how foolish you really are.” 

Suddenly, they were in the middle of a busy street, cars smacking directly into them as it went. All hallucinations of course, brought on by the grape’s quirk. The fact of the matter being, he was just toying with them. “You’re all just bullies, liars, fake. Isn’t that right Bradlaaaay?” His voice echoed, though he couldn’t be seen. Suddenly, Brad found himself right back where he was years ago, the hero course at school. “Your quirk reached it’s limit, that’s what they told ya right? You weren’t good enough to make pro-hero. Unlike you guys, I did my research.”

With that, books, shelves, lockers all began folding in on themselves and started pelting Brad all over. Susan meanwhile, was suffering her own hallucinations. 

“How does it feel, Susan? To be part of the problem~?”

“Once again a lack of imagination!” a memory taunted Bradley, as the world had shifted before him he had hesitated. “No fresh ideas, and expecting a fair fight!?”  The memory of his school days was quick to point out that he had once again failed, if he had acted with urgency...no he just had to remove such thoughts, the taunts of a lonely, angry child. Being pelted by thick books and shelving was bearable, as the chair he had held onto in the nightmare seemingly broke apart as he used it to defend himself from one side, curling up on himself.  “So, you have another quirk...I just have to ignore this fake illusion until help arrives, do you really think you could escape?” and the screams, the screams that seemingly broke through these alternate realities... Still, are reporters not talented in ignoring the screams of those in true need? He would hold fast; this onslaught  was nothing... The walls shifted, as the mist took a stronger hold on Brad’s psyce, the makeshift mask having proven fruitless at this point as his body began to be pelted with sports equipment...bats, small weights and rackets among others. hunched over the floor, Brad tried to focus his hardening in a protective dome, rather than trying to protect his whole body, he would endure; just like when his classmates ‘helped’ beat him during training. At least, that’s what a hero had to do, believe I’m himself. -------------- The smoke was thick as Susan crawled along the rubble, colored broken glass strewn about at she kept low to the ground. Without warming the sound of an explosion burst behind her as she her face turned, the flames must have finally reach the fuel tank of the helicopter she had been on, and she was the only survivor. Wait, when was she on a helicopter?  She was crawling away, but not to escape... Determined but confused Susan continued to inch forward, lifting herself down from the broken rubble, carefully avoiding the frayed electrical wire. However as she continued the smoke finally began to clear... Buildings in ruin, the result of a terrible battle however before she could take it all in a voice gasped out towards Susan, a mighty hero pinned against the pavement by a helicopter blade. “Why...Why did I have to die, protecting such a selfish fucking reporter, I didn’t have to die...if only, you had stayed away...” She...She had gotten in the way, she caused a hero to die. As she heard the sound of those in pain, her face flushed as the road patched with rubble, her path to the place she barely remembered she needed to crawl to, was strewn with people who had protected her.

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Mineta watched her, watched her spew out her false information. In his eyes, none of them were his friends, few things could be done to change his mind. Still, he simply smiled and let her finish. He just started to loudly cackle, his laughter was high-pitched and even terrifying. A laugh that only a serial killer would make. “You REALLY are misinformed, aren’t you? A journalist who know’s nothing, how surprising!!” His sarcasm could cut glass.

“Rumors were spread about me, jokes were said about me. That’s all I was to them…a joke. Denki only hung around me to make himself look better. If he really cared he would have defended me, but the buffoon couldn’t even do that. I wasn’t a friend to them, I was a pack-in accessory!!” He slammed his fist down upon his chair’s arm, breaking it slightly. “I was carried around, treated like an animal, NOT a human being! And you people have the balls to call them heroes? You’re not only awful, you’re idiotic as well!!”

The purple haze had filled the room by now, several audience members began choking and coughing. “You people, the system that makes all the rules…you think you can just walk all over people like me. You’re not heroes. You’re hypocrites.” 

Hiroshi thought about the question for a moment, adjusting his scarf as he pondered the thought. Then, after a moment, it hit him. With him raising a fist up, he had it slam down onto the palm of his other hand– the kid was obviously going to get passionate with what he was going to say now. It was most likely time to prepare for the young man to talk their ears off. .

“Well– I guess it’s safe for me to admit it now,” He began, “I’m Quirkless– I don’t have a Quirk, so when I see a really strong, super brave hero like him, looking like he won’t take anything from anybody, I think he’s super cool! He might come off as cold– which is SUPER cool because of that ‘lone wolf’ personality he had going on ‘til he switched it, which is honestly really really cool, too– it’s like. . When you’re a fan of Endeavor. . You aren’t just a fan of the badass flames, the– the really cool way he stares at the villain, all intense and ready to give ‘em a taste of the Flashfire Fist Jet Burn, or even the personality he’s got! What you’re a fan of. . Is the way he’s still able to get outta the fight. . And beat the villain– but not for himself, it’s for EVERYBODY!”

. . He was so passionate about Endeavor. . to the point he was tearing up just a tiny bit.  and making the trademark expression.

“When he was out there up against that Nomu, you could tell that he was’t doing it for himself, he was doing it because he wanted to keep everyone safe– and when he knew the people believed in him, he persevered! Can’t you see? He may be colder than most heroes despite his flames– and may not be the most well-liked, but everyone’s gotta understand that Endeavor still cares about everyone! He’s still a hero, but not only that– he knows that we have to look up to him as the Symbol of Peace now! That’s gotta be hard for a hero to get used to, right!?”

“He needs our support! He isn’t going to be any more well-liked if we don’t believe in him! Can’t you see? Even if the heroes are the ones that help us. . The people need to help the heroes, too! Give them support! Like with All Might’s fight with All For One– why was he able to beat the villain?! Not only ‘cause of his strength. . but because everyone showed that they believed in him even though everyone knew what he _REALLY _looked like behind that smile! We have to do the same for Endeavor, too! He won’t be able to handle any large villains like that if we don’t believe in him like how we did for All Might! No matter how strong he is!”

“If we don’t believe in the heroes that are helping us. . that’ll just mean the villains’ll win! I know there’s also a lot of people out there that may not have been helped much by heroes. . but that’s because heroes have to be called onto the scene by police in order to help with most cases, unless they’re passing by someone that needs help– then of course they’ll reach out to you! You just have to believe in them and push through the hardest moments! I know that– because I dealt with that, too!”

“I know that Endeavor may not be seeing or hearing this right now, but. . I want him to know. . that I believe in him! Flame On!”

He was as passionate as ever about this. He was ready for any other kind of questions. .

. . He paused, though. .

“I got. . too into the question, didn’t I?”

For a moment, the anchors thought of speaking as they were absolutely drowned out by the passion of the super fan, the type that corrects heropedia, runs a subreddit and needs better priorities when it comes to money.

And so as the young fan went into a tangent the camera left the anchors, as they remained calm and relaxed. This boy was the focus after-all, so why not take up the entire segment’s time slot in powering through his passion.

In all honesty both anchors felt that their input was really meaningless; talking heads praising Endeavor rarely came off as sincere when it was intended but this rambling, incoherent ball of passion. Nobody could question the impact and inspiration that Endeavor the Flame Hero was.

Hiroshi was however not gaining fans with the sound engineer. With a slight smirk however as Hiroshi began to return to earth, Susan readied the cue honestly they intended to make more of a show of it but alas time was indeed a factor.

As his paused, having passionately cried out Endeavor’s personal cry the lights dimmed a light red as fire graphics threw across the TV

With a bellowing cry that rang through the whole studio, the audience did their best to emulate the passion of a true fan.

“FLAME ON!!”

Susan revealed the gift, racing against the clock of the ad break. Standing tall inside his box was one of the latest Endeavor figure produced officially by the Burning.Inc license for Endeavor products. Sealed in it’s box was the Flame hero standing tall with his fist triumphantly in the sky, battle damaged and charred with near perfect detail.

Yagi has his television smile plastered on his face, hands folded on his lap. He bows his head a little. “ The honor to be here is all mine, ” although he has the very mild tone to his voice, the one he’d practiced into an art to not reveal any emotions while being interviewed, it’s clear that he means it. “ More so with such kind words to introduce me as yours. ”

He twiddles his thumbs, humming. “ Well, I cannot say I live as a civilian would, even at the wake of my official retirement – I still must help guide the next generation of heroes, and danger still lingers around even if I’m not active, such is the burden of my line of work, ” Toshinori cocks his head to one side. “ And I am still running my agency’s charities, as is. I don’t think I’ll quite know what a ‘normal life’ is, at this point, ” he laughs, and it sounds absolutely genuine.

At first glance, the world of BnHA seems like it might be a fun place to live, but that’s because we’re viewing it from the perspective of the top 1%. For most people, the only difference between their world and the real one is that they are in constant danger. 

Let’s review what we know about quirk law. Only licensed heroes are authorized to use quirks in public. You may use quirks privately, but they must be registered and there are myriad restrictions. You must obtain a license to use quirks for your job, also with various limitations.

On the surface, pretty commonsense. In practice, these laws target the lowest common denominator and thus punish everyone else. If you ever had a teacher who demanded silence from the class because one person misbehaved, it’s like that on a societal scale.

(excerpt from the spin off “BnHA Illegals”) This guy can move slightly faster than a brisk walking pace by holding 3 points of contact with the ground. He’s not allowed to do that. He becomes a vigilante hero, which is a crime.

The “Illegals” manga features several people who turned to the “crime” of vigilante heroism because of the draconian regulation of quirks. It’s on the level of thought-crime, guilty until proven innocent. 

While licenses make sense in the real world with regards to vehicles and guns, it doesn’t make sense for quirks because A) nearly everyone has them, and B) it’s not a choice to obtain it. 

(excerpt from chapter 85) Let’s talk about a case where these laws don’t just inconvenience an individual, but harm all of society. Momo has the quirk “creation” which is very tightly regulated for the sake of the economy. With a hero license she can create anything she needs for heroing, but anything else is (officially) off limits.

This is legislating to the worst case scenario, which, I contend, is a poor strategy in this world. It works from the assumption that she would use her quirk selfishly and excessively. If she created billions of dollars, she would ruin the economy and we would all suffer.

But what if she used her quirk selfishly and in moderation? She could make anything she needs for a modest life, or the money appropriate for a modest living, and it would have no impact on the economy. A good outcome for her and a neutral result for the rest of us. There’s no reason to prohibit this.

And, of course, the law doesn’t consider the best case scenario. What if she uses her quirk selflessly? What if, for example, every couple years she set aside a month to create smart phones for everyone in the world? Would that wreck the economy? One particular industry, sure. Would it benefit literally everyone but electronics CEOs? Would it save thousands of child laborers in sweatshops? YES! That’s a brilliant trade off! But, even if she applied for a business quirk license, I think she’d be denied for the potential disruption of the economy.

(Side note: It has been a topic of many forums whether Momo can make things as complex as a smartphone. I say yes. Recall in the School Trip Arc, she made a tracking device and matching GPS unit. It’s absolutely within her ability.)

Rapid fire round: what should these people do if society was more lenient? Shinso: suicide hotline operator. Todoroki: work inside a nuclear cooling tower, heat up water at the bottom, cool down steam at the top, infinite energy. Uraraka: construction worker work at NASA.

As civilians these quirks would be restricted. Even as heroes these quirks are going to waste from a utilitarian perspective. No one benefits from this arrangement. There is so much potential in the world, and its governments seem dedicated to squandering it.