History Fanfic / CrasVivereParaBellum

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: In spite of his [[ImNotAHeroIm claims otherwise]], John tends to get into scrapes with villains.

* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 13 involves Hitoshi and Katsumi dragging John to an arcade in between the USJ incident and the Sports Festival.

* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance: Hitoshi Shinsou (who is HappilyAdopted by Aizawa and Present Mike here) is introduced when Izuku rescues him from bullies.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Those who have seen John in action note how good he is at utilizing whatever he can get his hands on. During his fight with the Sludge Villain, he gouges one of their eyes out with [[MythologyGag a pencil]].

** Bakugo has gone from TheBully to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, primarily thanks to Wick!Izuku serving as his MoralityChain. Compared to him not getting any Rescue Points during the entrance exam in canon, he actually gets five of them here because of that influence.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: During his fight with the Sludge Villain, John gouges one of their eyes out with [[MythologyGag a pencil]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: [[CaptainObvious Izuku, of course]], has changed from a ShrinkingViolet to [[CombatPragmatist John]] [[{{Determinator}} Freakin]]' [[OneManArmy Wick]]. But apart from that, Bakugo has gone from TheBully to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, primarily thanks to Wick!Izuku serving as his MoralityChain.

* LoopholeAbuse: It is noted that while civilian Quirk users can't legally subdue criminals, the same doesn't hold true for those that are Quirkless. Izuku racks up a fair number of captures just while minding his own business, which the local police are okay with as long as he continues to call them about it.

* TitleDrop: In chapter one of Si Vis Pacem, when watching a video of All-Might rescuing people, John!Izuku absently says the English translation of the title. "If you wish for peace..."

** In spite of John!Izuku advising All-Might on how to properly carry the bottle holding the Sludge Villain, the latter still escapes when he comes to, as [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a plastic bottle can still be ruptured]].

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: [[CaptainObvious Izuku, of course]], has changed from a ShrinkingViolet to [[CombatPragmatist John]] [[{{Determinator}} Freakin]]' [[OneManArmy Wick]]. But apart from that, Bakugo has gone from TheBully to JerkWithAHeartOfGold, primarily thanks to Wick!Izuku serving as his MoralityChain.

** In spite of John!Izuku advising All-Might on how to properly carry the bottle holding the Slime Villain, the latter still escapes when he comes to, as [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a plastic bottle can still be ruptured]].

* BewareTheSuperman: John declines All Might's offer to be his successor, partially because .

[[caption-width-right:350:"If you wish for peace..."]]

Everything has a price. That's what [[Franchise/JohnWick John]] has always known and will forever remember, even in death. Which is pretty ironic considering his current circumstance. Instead of a grown, scarred, weary body belonging to a man as cruel and broken as him, he's inhabiting a younger, smaller, unblemished one belonging to a child with strangely colored hair, and is living in what seems to be [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia a superhuman society]]. Well. May it never be said that John isn't a strategist. He can live with this. Maybe. (Somewhere out there in the universe, he's certain he could hear the laughter of his enemies from beyond the grave.)

* BewareTheSuperman: John declines All Might's offer to be his successor, partially out of fear of this trope.

Everything has a price. That's what [[Franchise/JohnWick John]] has always known and will forever remember, even in death. Which is pretty ironic considering his current circumstance. Instead of a grown, scarred, weary body belonging to a man as cruel and broken as him, he's inhabiting a younger, smaller, unblemished one belonging to a child with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair strangely colored hair]], and is living in what seems to be [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia a superhuman society]]. Well. May it never be said that John isn't a strategist. He can live with this. Maybe. (Somewhere out there in the universe, he's certain he could hear the laughter of his enemies from beyond the grave.)

* MuggingTheMonster: At age 11, John and Katsuki get kidnapped by human traffickers. [[CurbStompBattle Big mistake]].

* BullyingADragon: At age 11, John and Katsuki get kidnapped by human traffickers. [[CurbStompBattle Big mistake]].

* InSpiteOfANail: In spite of John!Izuku advising All-Might on how to properly carry the bottle holding the Slime Villain, the latter still escapes when he comes to, as [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a plastic bottle can still be ruptured]].

Everything has a price. That's what [[Franchise/JohnWick John]] has always known and will forever remember, even in death.
Which is pretty ironic considering his current circumstance.
Instead of a grown, scarred, weary body belonging to a man as cruel and broken as him, he's inhabiting a younger, smaller, unblemished one belonging to a child with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair strangely colored hair]], and is living in what seems to be [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia a superhuman society]].
Well. May it never be said that John isn't a strategist. He can live with this. Maybe.
(Somewhere out there in the universe, he's certain he could hear the laughter of his enemies from beyond the grave.)

* RedBaron: Due to John's (multiple) scrapes with villains, he gets the nickname of the Viridian Devil of Mustafau.

[[ https://archiveofourown.org/series/2444092 Cras Vivere Para Bellum]] is a series of fanfiction that asks a simple question: WhatIf Franchise/JohnWick was [[{{Reincarnation}} reincarnated]] as [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midorya]]?

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: [[CaptainObvious Izuku, of course]], has changed from a ShrinkingViolet to [[CombatPragmatist John]] [[{{Determinator}} Freakin]]' [[OneManArmy Wick]]. But apart from that, Bakugo has gone from TheBully to JerkWithAHeartOfGold, primarily thanks to Wick!Izuku serving as his MoralityChain.