#pro-heroes

First round of pro-hero costume criticism per @thoughtfulraven ’s request

Part 2

Where Kacchan thinks they're married, but they really aren't.

CW: alcohol drinking

They both stumble into Izuku's apartment after one of those pro-Hero parties. Izuku, being the more coherent and more sober one, fumbles for the switch.

He chucks off his own shoes by the entrance. He'll remove Kacchan's too because knowing the only love of his life, the blond will probably set it on fire because he can't remove it himself.

Kacchan's body is a lightweight when it comes to breaking down alcohol--he's always been.

Meanwhile, Izuku just simply outdrinks everybody. Must be because of OFA or something, or the other.

They barely get past the entrance and Kacchan flops down immediately on the floor, almost completely passing out. He better not throw up there, Izuku just got it cleaned this morning.

"Ngghhh... I am Great Explosion Murder God Dynamight!!" He shouts at the floor. Izuku bites his lips to suppress his laugh, but the slight alcohol buzz in his system is making every single thing hilarious.

Yep, Kacchan's gonna have a terrible hangover tomorrow.

With his own shoes off and giggling to himself, Izuku peels the mighty Mr. Dynamight off the floor to take him to bed.

As soon as Izuku deposits him on the bed, Katsuki snuggles his face on Izuku's pillow. God, Izuku would do anything and everything for this man. It's a good thing they're both on the same, good side.

Anyway, they'd better get sleeping. Izuku starts removing Kacchan's shoes but the blond kicks him off weakly, "Get the fuck off me, I'm married to Deku. Ya know him? He's a bad-ass motherfucker and he'll kick your ass! DIEEE!!"

"Kacchan, it's me, you idiot." Both shoes are now off. Izuku gets up from the bed and puts them away.

"Deku?!!" His voicealthough incredulous, softens a little, "Come here! It's hug time....!" Kacchan rolls on the bed, to lie on his back and stretches out open arms at Izuku.

It takes so much effort for Izuku not to jump him right now. Izuku's face grows warm and so does probably the rest of him, "You know we're not married, right?"

"What?! YOU DIVORCED ME?" Sparks start igniting on Kacchan's palms, "DEKU! WHO the fuck coerced you into unjestifiable marriage?!? WHO?! I'll fucking explode them!"

"No, you won't." Izuku puts a tiny, little bit of OFA to his own palm as he gently weaves his and Kacchan's fingers together. He brings one scarred hand to this beautiful face and kisses Kacchan's knuckles.

It'd be very convenient if Kacchan will not set his bed on fire. "Get some sleep, Kacchan."

"...kay, but you didn't divorce me, right?"

"No, babe." Izuku grins and brushes Kacchan's hair up to place a kiss on his forehead.

"Good." Katsuki groggily mumbles against Izuku's chest. Soon, his chest rises and falls as he falls asleep.

But Izuku lies there, his chin on top of of his boyfriend's chest and watches him breathe, with a small smile on his face.

He can't wait to spend every waking moment of his life with Katsuki. Soon, he'll be brave enough to ask him.

Nana Shimura quirk was floating. That lady could only fly. That means the rest of her traits were normal stuff she worked hard until they became amazing. Her strength and speed, her power of attacks, that's a human woman working so hard she got ripped muscles. She went AGAINST AFO LIKE THAT.

Aizawa only erases people's quirks. The rest is him fighting in fair conditions people. That means he's also insanely strong and have an amazing ability. He worked on that, he doesn't depend on his quirk.

Look at the kids at UA. Look at Ojiro or Uraraka, for example, or how their quirks are not that big stuff and yet— AND YET they are amazing heroes.

Look at Toga, who disarmed Rock Lock and stabbed Aizawa without using her quirk. That kid?? She's on a whole other level and that's without even using her quirk.

Shigaraki? His mad speed and strength at the beginning of the manga? I don't know how to tell this, but that's no his quirk bro. That's just him. The same with Spinner and Magne. They just fight like that.

Moral of the story:

These dudes are more because they work really hard and are some amazing athletes, less because of his quirks. Because yes, you have Deku or Bakugo or Shoto or Iida, who use their quirks a lot and they are a great point, but they are just a part of the hero system and yet, even they work like crazy to have those abilities. They all have to work constantly to maintain their bodies in a level were they can move and fight like that.

Inko:

Izuku: there were eight pro-heroes in the living room, mom.

Izuku: eight.

⌽Aizawa‌ ‌Shouta,‌ ‌Hizashi‌ ‌Yamada,‌ ‌‌Nemuri‌ ‌Kayama,‌ ‌Keigo‌ ‌Takami,‌ ‌Enji‌ ‌Todoroki,‌ ‌&‌ ‌Rumi‌ ‌Usagiyama‌ ‌‌X‌ Reader‌ ‌

⌽Characters‌ ‌ ➷Aizawa‌ ‌Shouta(Eraserhead)‌ ‌ ➷Hizashi‌ ‌Yamada(Present‌ ‌Mic)‌ ‌ ➷‌Nemuri‌ ‌Kayama(Midnight)‌ ‌ ➷‌Keigo‌ ‌Takami(Hawks)‌ ‌ ➷‌Enji‌ ‌Todoroki(Endeavor)‌ ‌ ➷‌Rumi‌ ‌Usagiyama‌(Miruko)‌ ‌  ‌⌽Warnings‌ ‌ ➷Angst ⌽Prompt/Summary:‌ Come back to us. ⌽Notes‌ ‌ ➷Me‌ ‌finally‌ ‌doing‌ ‌Pro-Heroes-‌ ‌

⌽Eraserhead⌽

⌽Hearing the slam of the front door, he didn’t flinch or move, just stared at the wall. You were asking for attention again, but he didn’t want to cuddle or whatever you were asking. He just didn’t feel like it. A part of him knew it was wrong to leave so touch starved, but what could he say he was a selfish man. Even with how you stormed out, he knew you’d be back, eventually. He didn’t want to acknowledge you’d leave him.

“Y/N loves me. So they wouldn’t leave me… right?”

Izuku, a well-dressed bot with a CPU and no brain, stands in the wreckage of a large battle. He is unscathed, and happily taking notes on Shinsou's quirk.: :)

Pro Hero Colleague: What what's wrong

Shinsou: I don't know, its like there's nothing there

Izuku: HEY!

haha b o i

did I speak too soon? 

I spoke too soon. Also, yay! nagant is alive (barely)

mm well Deku has officially turned dark, like for real dark, buuuuuut in a way that is actually a natural progression of his character, because if you remember Horikoshi loves parallels, and what’s more obvious than the fact Deku has been trying to walk down the same path as All Might ever since he was told to ‘show himself’ to the world back during the School Festival arc, and then again with All Might’s famous “You’re next” line.

It was a while ago when I read it, but I believe it was in vigilantes where we understand what All Might means by “You deserve to rest” and that he understands. I won’t go digging for that specific chapter lol, but in basically in the spin-off series bnha Vigilantes, we get glimpses of All Might in his prime.

In particular, we see that he really never stops to rest, constantly flying off to save as many people as he can because it’s a job “only he can do”. We even see Sir Nighteye (who is still All Might’s sidekick at the time) upset at the fact that All Might doesn’t even sleep, and while it’s somewhat played off as a gag aside from Sir Nighteye’s worry, we can see now that Deku is doing the exact same thing. 

In any case, Deku’s believed since the War arc that as the wielder of One for All, its burden is his to carry, especially with the added pressure of the fact that he’s been told he may be the last user and must defeat AfO himself (because only a quirkless person may receive OfA without dying early, and quirkless-ness is very rare now)

There was no clear turning point, not really. It’s more that Deku is sinking himself deeper and deeper into his duty, to the point that he can’t see past the next job. He won’t eat like we see him do heartily earlier, he won’t even, in All Might’s words, look back at his mentor anymore. 

AfO really managed to get under his skin with that video, and if there’s a way to describe Deku right now, it would be “staring straight ahead blindly”. He’s marching forward without thought for his surroundings, including his own self. In the previously ideal and bright hero world, this made All Might look heroic. But now in this grey, doubtful world:

Deku is, literally and metaphorically, tearing himself apart. His hero costume gets more and more worn, and thus so is his image as a hero. On a side note, he looks super badass, but more importantly he looks like a dark version of All Might - like some sort of skewed or twisted version of the hero who always comes to save the day.

Aside from Deku, we get a little more insight on the status of heroes, namely the mass retirement. I actually sympathized with Death Arms, even though I saw some comments that he wasn’t a real hero. To be fair, what the heck is a ‘real hero’? Sure, a lot of heroes retired when the going got tough, you could say that the ones ‘in it for the money or the fame’ were weeded out, but what was Death Arms real reasoning for leaving? Yes, it got tough, but on top of the fact that it got tough, being a hero suddenly went from something of good status to a cursed position. 

This pretty much sums up the state of the hero world right now, which is that ‘heroes are humans’. This mass retirement was bound to happen, but what makes it troubling is what’s going on with Deku amongst all this. I don’t need to explain it, since the pro-heroes explained everything in that meet-up scene about how the media is closing in on Deku and a reveal of OfA would shove Deku into the cycle of negativity. So yeah, the fact that AfO hasn’t revealed OfA himself means he still has plans for Deku, ‘cause he doesn’t care about All Might anymore. All I can really imagine is AfO trying to get Deku on his side, or stealing OfA, I can’t wait for the next chapter so we can get some more insight.

Anywayy on a less serious note:

Mount Lady is lookin super fine with that scar, but more than just aesthetic purposes the addition of scars and messier/dirtier costumes/settings is to keep with the more serious and dark tone. It allows us to take her seriously when before she was portrayed as a flirty/image-conscious hero. I kind of love of small design choices like that can change a character’s entire demeanor. Uhhh the closest example I can name in real life is when Canada’s prime minister Trudeau grew a beard. Lemme tell you, it did wonders in making him appear more serious and reliable during covid, as opposed to his earlier washy playboy looks.

Also, Stain is back! That weirdo. Uhhh he sure seems happy to see Deku still jumping to the rescue. Or maybe he’s just glad to see All Might, we all know he’s lowkey a fanboy. Urk, well in any case it’s definitely foreshadowing that there will be a potential confrontation between him and Deku.

aaaaand finally,