#ambush simulation

Mama’s My Clothes Part 15

If you’ve read the Ambush Simulation AU, you’ll recognize the scene as Touya’s canon divergence where he had resolved to leave the house, but Fuyumi saw him before he could and she stopped him from leaving.

I really love this scene in the series because of the tragedy behind it. It has been written as a flashback from a few points of view and everyone has their own perception of it. But from Touya’s perspective, he’s home. In a moment, the housekeeper will see him and start screaming which will bring his father running. Endeavor will recognize him and for a moment, while he’s in his father’s arms and finally feels safe, Touya thinks maybe staying will be enough to change things.

And then they bring him to the hospital for evaluation.

They learn was Garaki and AFO knew. He won’t survive longer than a month.

Rather than face his guilt and live through Touya’s death twice, Endeavor abandons him again.

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If you're new to Ambush Simulation and have no idea what I’m talking about, it's an alternate universe in which the Vanguard Action Squad's attack on the summer camp was a test sanctioned by UA. (Because of course UA would pull something like this.)

Other canon divergences include:

Shimura was adopted by All Might before AFO found him.

Touya returned home after the fire/coma, but nothing else changed so he's still a mess physically/mentally/emotionally.

Toga is still a disowned teen, but she's got the best support group she could as for.

Full fic found on Ao3.

Mama’s My Clothes Part 14

Every now and then, I really love drawing Touya with the softer hairstyle he had as a kid.

Bit of a more daring outfit then I usually draw him in. Normally when I draw Touya wearing women's clothes, I tend to put him in more modest, feminine clothes that are similar to what his mother or sister would wear. The more moderate style is a good contrast with the rougher elements of his appearance and it does set him apart from Tenko's punk aesthetic in the same AU.

Yes, the Ambush Simulation League of Villains are all canon characters from the films.

Nine is AFO's successor in place of Shigaraki.

These four have a goal that was similar to the Meta Liberation Army, so the suspicion is they're in league with both Re-Destro and AFO. Re-Destro denies this and claims they're a disgruntled outlier faction who's gone rogue, insisting the PLF as a 'peaceful movement,' and the police can't prove his involvement in any of their actions.

That said, their backstories (such as Slice and Magne's previous connection, Mummy having been born into the Humarise cult, etc.) are not canon, but since we know so little about them, I had to make something up.

A wild preview appears.

The Summer Camp Ambush Simulation Chapter 15: Old Faces

Coming soon. Thank you, everyone, for your patience. It's been an emotional roller coaster of struggling with writer's block, working on other projects, and my computer ended up frying.

But...I am hopeful I'll have Chapter 15 up by the end of the month.

...I don't want to jinx it, but I finished closing the gaps for Chapter 15 of Ambush Sim Summer Camp this morning. So the new chapter is complete and is in it's editing phase. I'm hoping to finish it within the next couple weeks.

That said, I did post another chapter for One More Birthday this morning. (This one is 18+, minors do not interact.)

Happy Pride, people, and I'll hopefully have another Summer Camp chapter for you soon.

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Ambush Simulation is an alternate universe in which the Vanguard Action Squad's attack on UA's summer camp...was a test sanctioned by UA.

Other canon divergences include:

Shimura was adopted by All Might before AFO found him.

Touya returned home after the fire/coma, but nothing else changed so he's still a mess physically/mentally/emotionally.

I like the thought that these two are friends.

My headcanon is they met while Katsuki was a newborn and Inko was still pregnant with Izuku. Mitsuki, being the type to be fiercely independent and prove she can do everything herself, was making a supermarket run with the new baby. Masaru, her parents, her in-laws, everyone offered to go for her or at least watch the kid while she was gone, but she insisted she could handle it. (Typing it all out now, that screams trauma response to something.)

Anyway, she gets to the store and quickly realizes she cannot handle it. The walk took more out of her than she expected and Katsuki is fussing, but she’s too proud to admit defeat. So she presses on, dealing with the now crying baby and ignoring all the judgmental and pitying stares around. People are whispering.

“Can’t she shut that baby up?”

“That poor woman, why isn’t her family helping her?”

Enduring all this and regretting the day’s choices, Mitsuki eventually drops a carton of eggs. Now the employees are giving her the stink eye, people are still whispering, and all the sleepless nights, stress, feeling like a failure of a mother, and postpartum hormones catch up to her and Mitsuki breaks down sobbing then and there.

Inko is the only one to break the Bystander Effect and ask if she’s okay.

Yes, I am mirroring this scene.

They abandon their groceries, apologizing to the staff, and go outside. Inko manages to calm the fussy baby because there was no way Mitsuki was able to do it given how worked up she was. They get to talking. Mitsuki is mortified her strong, independent front has cracked and now she’s inconvenienced this total stranger who is clearly pregnant herself and apparently better at calming down her kid, but Inko keeps handing her tissues and telling her not worry about it. Mitsuki says it isn’t like her to cry over dropped eggs like that. Inko assures her that she believes her.

Inko insists on walking her back home and they learn they live in the same apartment. They continue to bond over their small children and remain friends even after the Bakugou family moves out and into a house of their own a few years later.

Originally, Touya and Aizawa were supposed to have more of a rapport in Ambush Sim, but this dynamic ended up being put on the back burner due to time constraints and the focus shifting more toward the sibling relationship with Touya and Shouto.

Maybe if I revisit the idea of a separate fic focusing on the provisional license training, I can find a space to explore this dynamic since I have touched on it a bit in Summer Camp.

They're not exactly friends. Touya kinda resents Aizawa as being part of the hero world but concedes he's an okay guy as far as heroes go and acknowledges that he’s a Pro the vigilantes can reason with. Aizawa sympathizes with him as someone hero society left behind as well as recognizes the Vanguard’s efforts as vigilantes bridge the gap between the heroes’ publicity and the marginalized people who get left behind.