History Fanfic / ABeaconInTheDark

* ImportantHaircut: Midoriya, after entering U.A. Miki takes him to her hairdresser who cuts off his BlindingBangs.

* BlindingBangs: Izuku grows these to cover his useless, milky eyes. He gets them cut off after getting into U.A.

* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In no small part due to the author's art style, Midoriya is considerably more attractive, since the clothes he wears are much more form-fitting and, and because Midoriya started to train much earlier, his muscles are much more defined. Several characters do comment he is attractive and All Might disagrees when Shigaraki calls Midoriya "plain-looking."
-->'''Kirishima:''' Bro, you’re packed. I don’t know how it works in blind-people land, but for us with sight that’s generally pretty hot.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: A top of being Quirkless, Midoriya also suddenly goes blind at the age of four, spending the rest of his childhood being even more bullied and ostracized than in the original manga. He also takes his losses with much more pain than in the source material. He also has much more emotional issues and deep-seated fear and anger of people treating him with kid gloves, leading him to easily either shut down or blow up.

The story follows Izuku Midoriya's normal path except that, at the age of four, he becomes blind. After being ostracized and bullied even more than in the original, he befriends another social pariah named Miki, who helps him train self-defense and put him back in the path of being a hero.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: A top of being Quirkless, Midoriya also suddenly goes blind at the age of four, spending the rest of his life being even more bullied and ostracized than in the original manga. He also takes his losses with much more pain than in the source material. He also has much more emotional issues and a deep-seated fear and anger of people treating him with kid gloves, leading him to easily either shut down or blow up.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: In no small part due to the author's art style, Midoriya is considerably more attractive, since the clothes he wears are much more form fitting and, starting to train much earlier, his muscles are much more voluptuous. Several characters do comment he is attractive and All Might disagrees when Shigaraki calls Midoriya "plain-looking".

* AdaptationalBadass: Midoriya starts practicing much earlier and as a result, by the time things start happening, he is much stronger and capable of doing martial arts. Furthermore, his DisabilitySuperpower quirk made him even more powerful than he would be with only One For All, which he still gets. It does comes with the expected side-effect, though, Midoriya is still as prone to self-destructive behavior as before, and his extra powers only made his already self-destructive actions even worse.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but Bakugou is considerably less nasty. After he threatens Midoriya when he finds out they both were going to U.A., he actually has a JerkassRealization and no longer pesters him, though he is still pretty brutal in the Villains vs Heroes Execise. He even [[spoiler:sends a get well gift to Midoriya when the latter is in the hospital]].
* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Midoriya is considerably more self-confident and even sassier and cheeky at times, much in counterpart to his ShrinkingViolet personality in the original. However, he is also shown to have even less self control than before, to the point that All Might and Aizawa fear for him going down to a self-destructive path.

** Toshinori and Aizawa are much closer here. In the source material, they admitted to not be close and not do well together, here they are friends before Midoriya even gets into the picture and only grow closer afterwards, with Aizawa sometimes even being Toshinori's emotional support a few times.
** While Yaoyorozu is always shown to be friends with Todoroki, in the fic, she seems to become close friends with the rest of his friends too, which includes Midoriya, Uraraka, Iida and etc.

* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original, there are very little hints of Todoroki's sexuality, with his ImpliedLoveInterest being Yaoyorozu. Here, he is openly attracted to Midoriya. Similarly, Midoriya shows attraction to Todoroki, while he previously only shows interest in women.

* BerserkButton: Having spent a majority of his life blind ''and'' quirkless, Izuku has developed a complex over being perceived as weak and/or dependent on somebody else, becoming stubborn, ill-tempered and counterdependent whenever he feels like someone is patronizing him or forbidding him exclusively from doing something.
* BlindingBangs: Izuku grows these in order to cover his useless, milky eyes. He gets them cut off after getting into U.A.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler:All Might is largely covered by Midoriya's blood while trying to rescue him. He is in such a state of shock, he stays like this for a while]].
* {{Deconstruction}}: Chapter 16 is one fo the many times Midoriya was in the hospital, by showcasing how absolutely heart-wrenching and tragic it is to everyone else to see him like this, including his mother, who just thought her son was going out with friends , as well as his mentor and best friend, both of which blame themselves, not to metion Aizawa trying to reassure and keep everyone together while Iida relives the same fears he had with Tensei.
* DemotedToExtra: Bakugou is much less relevant to the plot than in the manga. Several of arcs that would focus on him end up with the focus deflected to another character, usually either Midoriya, Uraraka and/or Todoroki.
* DisabilitySuperpower: Midoriya's blindness is actually a side effect of his quirk: he can't see anything, but he can detect people in a long radius.

* TheEmpath: Midoriya's ability to see light expand into being able to see others' emotions. It comes with the LogicalWeakness that being able to see (and thus feel) others' emotions on his own can cause him to become completely overwhelmed and "shut down" mentally for a while, basically becoming a robot.
* FanDisservice: Midoriya's muscular body shows up in chapter 18, but [[spoiler:it's to showcase how absolutely messed up in scar tissue is his back and while he is feverish]].

* JerkassRealization: Bakugou has a light one when he accuses Midoriya of [[ObfuscatingDisability faking his blindness]] to gather pity and enter U.A. Midoriya's reaction is so heart-wrenching that Bakugou can't come up with an answer to it and just walks away. By the next time they interact, Bakugou avoids Midoriya.
* LogicalWeakness: Using his Quirk for long periods of time without shutting it off can cause Midoriya to become overwhelmed and "shut down" mentally for a while, basically becoming a robot. This is said to be a common problem for those with empathic Quirks.

* BlindingBangs: Izuku grows these in order to cover his useless, milky eyes. He gets these cut off after getting into U.A.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: "A Beacon in the Dark" can both reefer to Midoriya gaining hope again when he is in a dark place, as well as to how his quirk works, allowing him to see certain lights while being blind.

* OriginalCharacter: Miki and her mother Ichiko, both of which play important parts in the growth of Midoriya as he almost crosses DespairEventHorizon.

* SensoryOverload: [[spoiler:Midoriya develops the power of pushing his quirks on others, the result is that no one but him seems to be able to handle that, which leads Muscular to try to claw his eyes out]].

* TheEmpath: Midoriya's ability to see light expand into being able to see others' emotions

* {{Deconstruction}}: Chapter 16 is one fo the many times Midoriya was in the hospital, by showcasing how absolutely heart-wrenching and tragic it is to everyone else to see him like this, including his mother, who just thought her son was going out with friends , as well as his mentor and best friend, both of which blame themselves, not to metion Aizawa trying to reassure and keep everyone together while Iida realizes the same fears he had with Tensei.

* JerkassRealization: Bakugou has a light one when he accuses Midoriya of [[FakingTheDisability faking his blindness]] to gather pity and enter U.A. Midoriya's reaction is so heart-wrenching that Bakugou can't come up with an answer to it and just walks away. By the next time they interact, Bakugou avoids Midoriya.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: A top of being quirkless, Midoriya also gets blind at the age of four, spending the rets of his life being even more bullied and ostracized than in the original manga. He also takes his losses with much more pain than in the source material. He also has much more emotional issues and a deep-seated fear and anger of people treating him with kid gloves, leading him to easily either shut down or blow up.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but Bakugou is considerably less nasty. After he threats Midoriya when he finds out they both were going to U.A., he actually has a JerkassRealization and no longer pesters him, though he is still pretty brutal in the Villains vs Heroes Execise. He even [[spoiler:sends a get well gift to Midoriya when the latter is in the hospital]].

* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original, there are very little hints of Todoroki's sexuality, with his ImpliedLoveInterest being Yaoyorozu. Here, he is openly attracted to Midoriya. Similarly, Midoriya shows attraction to Todowoki, while he previously only shows interest in women.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Miki's quirk is inflicting pain on the people she touches, despite her being described as one of the nicest girls in the fic. By later on, she has decided that she wants to do the opposite of what her quirk was made to and start taking first aid classes, pondering about a medical future.

* ImportantHaircut: Midoriya, after entering UA. Miki takes him to her hairdresser who cuts off his BlindingBangs.

-->'''Kirishima''':Bro, you’re packed. I don’t know how it works in blind-people land, but for us with sight that’s generally pretty hot.

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Downplayed, but Bakugou is considerably less nasty. After he threats Midoriya when he finds out they both were going to UA, he actually has a JerkassRealization and no longer pesters him, though he is still pretty brutal in the Villains vs Heroes Execise. He even [[spoiler:sends a get well gift to Midoriya when the latter is in the hospital]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Midoriya is considerably more self-confidant and even sassier and cheeky at times, much in counterpart to his ShrinkingViolet personality in the original. However, he is also shown to have even less self control than before, to the point that All Might and Aizawa fear for him going down to a self-destructive path.

* JerkassRealization: Bakugou has a light one when he accuses Midoriya of faking his blindness to gather pity and enter UA. Midoriya's reaction is so heart-wrenching that he can't answer to it and just walks away. By the next time they interact, Bakugou avoids Midoriya.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: A top of being quirkless, Midoriya also gets blind at the age of four, spending the rets of his life being even more bullied and ostracized than in the original manga. He also takes his losses with much more pain than in the source material.

* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: A top of being quirkless, Midoriya also gets blind at the age of four, spending the rets of his life being even more bullied and ostracized than in the original manga.

* AdaptationalBadass: Midoriya starts practicing much earlier and as a result, by the time things start happening, he is much stronger and capable of doing martial arts. Furthermore, his DisabilitySuperpower quirk made him even more powerful than he would be with only One For All, which he still gets.

* AdaptationalSexuality: In the original, there are very little hints of Todoroki's sexuality, with his ImpliedLoveInterest being Yaoyorozu. Here, he is openly attracted to Midoriya.

* {{Deconstruction}}: Chapter 16 is one fo the many times Midoriya was in the hospital, by showcasing how absolutely heart-wrenching and tragic it is to everyone else to see him like this, including his mother, who just thought her son was going out with friends , as well as his mentor and best friend, both of which blame themselves.

* TheEmpath: Midoriya's ability to see light expand into being able to see other's emotions