#afobee2023

yosh, here goes the afo bad end entry! in which afo is fond of collecting quirks and mementos of his late brother.

AU in which yagi fell prey to afo's collection in their fated battle 6(ish? he can't really tell anymore) years ago. he manages to escape with the assistance of young tenko but was promptly retrieved after a year on the run. much to afo's annoyance, ofa is no longer in his possession. yagi already passed it on to another, in a desperate bid to keep it off afo's reach.

For my submission for All For One Bad Ending Event, I decided to go with the AFO Wins idea:

A Lost Second Chance

@possiblycringe and I are happy to announce our winners for writing and art! This was INCREDIBLY difficult and I can honestly say that the differences between any rank is “by a hair”!

Everyone’s work was outstanding and I’m honored to have so many talented people interested in this event!

Writing

So, let me reiterate how incredibly difficult this was! Everyone’s work was SO DAMN GOOD! This meant, I had to go with my gut and what endings satiated my AFO loving self! I also took into account how the story worked with the inevitable bad ending.

1st: Katydid’s Erase These Scars @aimportantdragoncollector

Katydid submitted three works for the event for each type of bad ending. This work, however, hit me differently. I’m a sucker for whump and following Yoichi’s struggle with trauma and how his brother evolves to understand him(the best AFO can) was a very interesting read. AFO won in the end, but Yoichi won’t ever be the same, as is true for anyone living with trauma.

2nd: Ginko’s Learned Helplessness @ginkotracks

This was a hard read and I couldn’t help but tear up throughout this story of reconditioning and helplessness. I like how the ending can be taken as AFO finally winning…or a nobody wins scenario thanks to the reveal of a certain “savior”. I’ve never read a fic that tackles this type of very believable canon divergent plot!

3rd: Space-Cryptid’s if the devil don’t take me, hell will @space--cryptid

Not going to lie, I had Coffeeandtoastforbreakfast’s submission in my head reading this, but most importantly, the horrific AFO in the OFA vestige world sketch they did as a follow up! I loved how AFO was so sure of himself in his win here, but Yoichi turned the tables and pulled a fast one resulting in a heartbreaking ‘nobody wins’ ending! Cryptid also did an alternative bad ending for their collab fic with Katydid, “Perennial Bloom” which was also very “bad”! Check that out too!

Honorable Mention: Silver’s Lost Treasures

I love a good alternate universe and this one was very interesting with the initial setting of an old boat taking AFO back home after finding an important treasure in the deep jungle. The relationship between Yagi and his son, in this AU, Izuku, was very well done. AFO being a maddening, manipulative, rich creep was amazing. What’s more…I just couldn’t help but have flashbacks to my youth loving the movie ‘Anaconda’, especially when Yagi is almost drowned by what I tell myself was most definitely an Anaconda! The end is frustrating for the reader, but in a good way! You can really feel Izuku’s sorrow!

As an honorable mention, I will write a 500 word snippet if you decide to do that!

Art

I know @possiblycringe was definitely a mess trying to figure out who should get #1 and, just as with the writing submissions, entries won by “a hair”!

1st: Coffeeandtoastforbreakfast’s AFO destroying all the OFA holders except his brother within the OFA mindscape! @coffeeandtoastforbreakfast

Possiblycringe says that this is a MASTERPIECE of color!

2nd:FDBlaize and their comic about AFO hoarding “parts” of each wielder @fdblaize

Possiblycringe loved the pacing and amazing shading!

3rd:Redoaktree’s AFO and his minions @redoaktreehill

Possiblycringe just loves these snippets given life through redoak’s art!!

Obtaining Your Prize

Prizes are on a first come, first serve basis! As soon as you see this post, please contact ME to tell me if you want an art piece or a written prize! I will contact possiblycringe to let them know if you want an art prize!

For both: please state what you want (written or art) and then give a prompt! We’ll both get started as soon as we can!

Please note, we are both very busy people and will definitely get your prize done, but do give us time!

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Sensei | All For One & Yoichi | First One For All User Characters: Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia), Sensei | All For One, Yotsubashi Rikiya | Re-Destro, Meta Liberation Army (My Hero Academia) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Dark, Alternate Universe - Pre-Canon, Dystopia, Sensei | All For One Being an Asshole, Possessive Sensei | All for One, Manipulative Sensei | All For One, Vault Time, Platonic Yandere, Yandere Sensei | All For One, Caretaking, Captivity, Medical Abuse, Mental Institutions, Hero Sensei | All For One, But that doesn’t mean he’s good, Suicidal Thoughts, Yotsubashi Rikiya | Re-Destro Being a Creep, Timeline What Timeline, AFOBEE2023 Series: Part 19 of Author Makes the First One for All User Regret Living AUs Summary:

In one world - in many worlds - a boy grew to be a monster while the boy’s little brother fought to oppose him, even past death.

This is not that world.

In this world, there was never a feud between All for One and One for All

In this world, that boy never took the name All for One.

In this world, he never cast off the name Hisashi.

Instead, it was taken from him.

~

“Which way is the repository?” a voice asked, footsteps echoing through the metal, white hallways.

He could hear the footsteps, he could see them from the echoes. He could hear their breathing, their heartbeat, the rustle of their clothes. If he closed his eyes, he could see their body heat, their emotions, their thoughts scrawled into the air above their head.

His head pounded.

Horns sprouted from them. Antlers followed, only to immediately clatter to the floor. He flinched, and the chair he was always strapped to creaked and whined (too loud, too loud) from the shock of too many strength metas.

Please, no more, the repository thought.

Instantly, a deafening clamor of voices began speaking in his head. So loud, so many, he had no hope of picking out a thing they were saying.

They used to only speak when he was asleep.

Now there were too many of them.

He couldn’t think.

The door unlocked. The door unlocked. The door unlocked. The door opened.

The repository squinted open one eye.

The smell of fear hit his nose like rancid trash.

He hoped against hope it was Little Brother.

It wasn’t.

His stomach dropped.

The person next to the White Coat was blue.

Another one.

They unstrapped his hand.

“R-1,” the White Coat warned, “Behave.”

The repository closed his eye. He would.

The person put their hand in his.

He was so full.

“Take it.”

He took.

That, I feel, would also be a pretty awful ending.

Anyways, here’s a sketch!

Horror Warning?

Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Midoriya Inko/Sensei | All For One, Sensei | All For One & Yoichi | First One For All User Characters: Yoichi | First One For All User (My Hero Academia), Sensei | All For One Additional Tags: Hanahaki Disease, Platonic Hanahaki, Vault Time, Character Death, Blood and Violence, Pre-Canon, Creepy Sensei | All For One, Non-consensual Medical Procedures, Possessive Sensei | All for One, Captivity Summary: