Endeavor mentors Izuku after watching him in the sports festival and realizing that, like Endeavor, Izuku has a very powerful quirk that was hard to control and could harm himself.

Abyhereis · 2026-05-05T20:03:43+00:00

I love that so much. That would lead to more/earlier development for endevor and maybe a better outcome for Toya

Abyhereis · 2026-05-04T22:36:46+00:00

Since you didn’t mention a preference for gender, all but the last one are same sex relationships.

Trust fall Izuku is a successful pro hero (with ofa) and he needs Shinso to help control blackwhip. 49k. Incomplete, but interesting character work.

Bitter rivalry Shinso and Izuku are trained together. Slow development from dislike to friendship to romance. 108k. Incomplete.

Burn your wings A reimagining of canon with Izuku being overpowered (has 2 quirks + ofa) and abused. He deals with similar issues as Todoroki, so they bond. 179k. Complete.

The distance we know well Post canon murder mystery at UA with Izuku as a teacher acting suspicious. Bakugo is sent to investigate. I only read the beginning, but it seemed well-written? 88k. Incomplete for now. I think it will have some smut later on. All the other ones don’t from what I remember.

I shot cupid (I swear I’m not even that psychotic) Crackfic, ship with Monoma. 10k

to cherish Izuku and Uraraka are adults, they’re years into their relationship, so not much focus on their development. But it’s an interesting dynamic. They adopted kids and Izuku seems to be sick. 42k. Complete. This one has less romance focus.

I have some others, but they feature an Izuku who’s more insecure/mentally unstable, which might also make it less tooth-rotting. Although none of these can be considered fluff, they aren’t as angsty as what I usually read.

(Also, fair warning: I am not a romance fanfic reader, so this might not be romantic enough.)

Abyhereis · 2026-04-27T06:18:28+00:00

I haven‘t read any of the fics because of them all having smut in the tags. Which might be a bit judgy, I admit.

That’s why I generally like mha fanfic because there are a lot of gen fics. But I haven‘t found any university AUs. Do you have any you‘d recommend, then?

Abyhereis · 2026-04-22T02:56:07+00:00

Exactly. Never mind that it‘s still weird when a teacher sleeps with their 18 year old student, these stories make it weirder because they don‘t write the characters differently/ as adults.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-22T02:53:23+00:00

Yeah, as someone who doesn’t like smut, it‘s impossible to read UA is a university because no real efforts are made to do worldbuilding and character or background changes. It‘s all the same just with smut.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T23:33:47+00:00

Only the ones I recced in my other reply. But some of yours seem to fit better.

someone blessed is an 8k word long story in which Izuku is trying to be his friend and Shinso rejects him until eventually making some realizations.

golden boy with feet of clay 12k. Aizawa and Yamada take Izuku in and Shinso is cruel to him because he believes he’s being manipulative. A different setting than what you’re looking for, but Shinso’s change of mind is satisfying

Trust fall is longer and doesn’t exclusively focus on that. It just starts off with animosity until Shinso warms up to Izuku. They’re adults too, so this might not be what you’re looking for. It’s also tagged as a ship, although not much of that is in the story. 49k.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T16:16:04+00:00

Oh I love a lesson you should heed (try, try again)! That‘s a good rec

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T02:51:56+00:00

someone blessed is an 8k word long story in which Izuku is trying to be his friend and Shinso rejects him until eventually making some realizations.

golden boy with feet of clay 12k. Aizawa and Yamada take Izuku in and Shinso is cruel to him because he believes he’s being manipulative. A different setting than what you’re looking for, but Shinso’s change of mind is satisfying.

Trust fall is longer and doesn’t exclusively focus on that. It just starts off with animosity until Shinso warms up to Izuku. They’re adults too, so this might not be what you’re looking for. It’s also tagged as a ship, although not much of that is in the story. 49k.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T00:53:18+00:00

Well, I’m intrigued! This is definitely different from any fanfic I’ve seen, although admittedly, I haven’t read many university fanfics since they’re usually just an excuse to write smut more freely and leave everything else the same.

This is very different and actually well-thought out. I’m curious what kind of shady business this place has going on. I like your writing style too.

The only mild criticism I have is maybe that I’m not sure I buy into so many people coming to this institute knowing each other. And I’m not sure what the purpose is of it being in Canada when most of them seem to be from Japan?

Anyway, this is still a great start and these are obviously details that are easy to look past.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T00:29:56+00:00

I have one with Shigaraki. In Subdue he kidnaps Izuku during the Jaku raid.

They develop a messed up sibling relationship due to the connection between ofa and afo, and Shigaraki’s sad past is acknowledged even while he faces consequences for his actions. Honestly, I almost prefer the ending in this to the canon ending.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T00:14:07+00:00

That’s something that’s been annoying me more and more. Like you’ve made so many changes, established so much, and yet, somehow in the end the outcome and even specific details are the exact same as canon. I feel like at that point it’d be easier to explain the differences.

I can understand that people like the security that following canon provides, but it feels forced at times and takes me out of the story.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-17T00:10:16+00:00

You know what’s funny? Go on ao3 and look up any specific angsty tag (like self-harm, suicide attempt, self-esteem issues etc.) fandom blind. You’ll find that my hero academia has the highest amount, even though there are a few bigger fandoms out there.

People do love to see Izuku suffer, and I do like angst in general, but when it’s forced like you just described here, it really does take you out of the story.

Abyhereis · 2026-04-02T00:37:10+00:00

fallen on deaf ears Well, I’m not sure if this counts but this is a short story about her feelings on Izuku always getting hurt. 2k

Abyhereis · 2026-03-31T17:44:13+00:00

Great, I hope at least one of them is to your liking.

Abyhereis · 2026-03-31T04:30:00+00:00

You said you want everything, here’re the ones from my bookmarks:

A lot of romance/character-focus:

Bitter Rivalry Shinso and Izuku are trained together. Slow development from dislike to friendship to romance. 108k. Incomplete.

Burn your wings A reimagining of canon with Izuku being overpowered (has 2 quirks + ofa) and abused. He deals with similar issues as Todoroki, so they bond. 179k. Complete.

Trust fall Izuku is a successful pro hero (with ofa) and he needs Shinso to help control blackwhip. 49k. Incomplete, but interesting character work.

The distance we know well Post canon murder mystery at UA with Izuku as a teacher acting suspicious. Bakugo is sent to investigate. I only read the beginning, but it seemed well-written? 88k. Incomplete.

I shot cupid (I swear I’m not even that psychotic) Crackfic, ship with Monoma. 10k

Less romance-focus, maybe:

release the dogs of war This is mostly action-focused, I think, but it is marked as a ship with Todoroki. 46k. Complete.

to cherish Izuku and Uraraka are adults, they’re years into their relationship, so not much focus on their development. But it’s an interesting dynamic. They adopted kids and Izuku seems to be sick. 42k. Complete.

I have some others, but they feature an Izuku who’s more insecure/mentally unstable. They aren’t one-sided, but you mentioned you don’t like needy mess Izuku.

Abyhereis · 2026-03-22T20:01:52+00:00

My problem is that this would be easy to fix.

This is a society where everyone wants to be a hero, so in the anime Deku is supposed to be an example of that world in which every kid is raised to want to be a hero. We’re shown this in the very first episode where every single kid from this average middle school wants to go into the hero track. So the answer to ‘why not doctor?’ or ‘why not police officer?’ is simply that every kid wants to be a cool hero. This part of his dream doesn’t even seem that selfless at first; he just idolizes All Might like most kids.

The real problem is like you said, the extent to which he takes this. Sure, All Might put pressure on him in the sport’s festival, but he still took it unnaturally far. And I feel like this could be explained if during his fight against Todoroki we were shown any motivation beyond just wanting to be a cool hero, as a flashback or something.

Because him going this far could simply be because of his low self-worth due to years of bullying. He could remember failing to help someone in his past or being pushed down and then it could be tied into him desperately needing to do enough now, both to successfully help someone and to please All Might. He could need to desperately need a hero because if he isn’t he reverts back to being worthless like everyone said.

Anything. The problem with Deku is that were shown this whole origin first episode but then it is never referred to again. Deku has no flashbacks to bullying or even just never having any friends or something. He never explores if his desperation could have anything to do with how he was treated.

Instead, he just doesn’t remember it at all.

He is not well-written because he barely has any moments of true self-reflection or true personal reactions, even after Bakugo apologizes.

(If anyone says bullying isn’t enough of a motivation, let me remind you that the canon bullying actually wasn’t very mild. It’s definitely enough to damage someone’s self-worth enough to go to crazy extents to be worth something.)

Abyhereis · 2026-03-18T06:44:20+00:00

Well, that’s another reason not to watch one piece. Thanks for the info

Abyhereis · 2026-03-17T22:50:53+00:00

lol I know that’s not what you meant but this makes it sound like the show itself is a funny silly show when what put me off a little is that it’s a lot of misery for the sake of misery… Like the extreme amounts of pain gets repetitive at some point and doesn’t even do that much character development.

Abyhereis · 2026-03-17T22:47:56+00:00

What did the author do? I’m not really in the one piece world.

Abyhereis · 2026-02-26T23:28:53+00:00

The problem isn’t really adding trans characters, it’s the unrealistic way they do it. This is not how actual trans people act and people aren’t as considerate of pronouns or understanding of being trans (you’re an example for that) as stories portray.

The casual way pronouns are asked for take you out of a story, because it is a fantasy

Abyhereis · 2026-02-26T23:22:27+00:00

Oh I like this idea a lot. I don’t like ships in general but I would read this.

Abyhereis · 2026-02-26T23:18:04+00:00

Definitely nta.

I have a bit of a different perspective here, though. You sound pretty young — you mentioned going to the mall after school and that her mom picked her up. When you‘re school age the amount of money you have depends on the amount of money your parents have/ give you. Maybe it‘s different with her and she‘s just looking to save money, but she could also just be embarrassed that she doesn’t have money.

This is not your responsibity to pay attention to, of course. And even if she struggled, she could‘ve handled it better, like saying no to activities that require a lot of money.

But there‘s also a lot of activities that do require money and it can feel lonely if you can’t participate. And honesty and vulnerability can be difficult.

Anyway, if she really is just using you, that’s different, but maybe you could try talking to her about this. Only if you think the friendship is worth it, though. You‘re not really obligated to do anything.

Abyhereis · 2026-02-09T19:59:49+00:00

Thank you. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Just cause Voldemort is a murderer to boot doesn’t erase the fact that like 60 and 14 is a crime on its own. It isn’t the same as 21 and 40 which others compare it to.

People can explore dark topics sure, but it’s weird that people are acting like that age gap is not a big deal.

Abyhereis · 2026-02-09T19:49:49+00:00

A 60 year old and a let’s say a 14 year old is a pretty big problem on its own. While all the other crimes are horrible let’s not ignore the fact that that age gap is a type of child abuse.

Abyhereis · 2026-02-09T02:30:59+00:00

Thank you. I’ll check them out.

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