History Fanfic / DeadOnArrivalMHA

* AdaptationNameChange: Izuku calls himself Defiant instead of Deku for his code name.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Musician, the hypothetical entity responsible for the birth of quirks, is most certainly this. Possibly timeless, impossible to be located much less understood, its mere influence (quirks) almost ending the world in the far past and having the power to do it again in the future. It's not even known if it's aware of the existence of Mankind. ]]

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Izuku is a superhero nerd and very good at analyze quirks, which makes him the closest thing to an expert in practical applications of the meta-abilities in this setting.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The villains in this story tend to take much more horrific actions than in canon. And instead of being in a society where Heroes are seen as champions, and All Might as the number One Paragon and Winner above all, this is a post [[WorldWarIII World War III]] society where crime runs rampant, and the police can barely do their job. As a result, many characters are members of villain groups as opposed to heroes in canon.

** [[spoiler: Kaminari is loyal to a clan of yakuza that took him in after his quirk manifested]]

* FateWorseThanDeath: The girl responsible for Mustard's trauma is now imprisoned by him (stated to be limbless thanks to Overhaul's quirk), Mustard free to do whatever he wants to her.
** Dictator becomes a lab rat for Overhaul after failing a secret test of character.
** The mad scientist in the mountains (likely Garaki) has also been doing this to others.

* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Musician, the hypothethical entity responsible for the birth of quirks, is most certainly this. Possibly timeless, impossible to be located much less understood, its mere influence (quirks) almost ending the world in the far past and having the power to do it again in the future. It's not even known if it's aware of the existence of Mankind. ]]

* Sidekick: the heroes that are not supposed to fight villains are categorized as this. They are also the ones that contribute the most to the day-to-day operations of the police and rescue services, while superheroes are typically deployed only during larger engagements involving supervillains.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Yoichi caused World War III to stop his brother from controlling the world and forced the awakening of quirks to get people to work together or perish!]]

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Izuku Midoriya always dreamed of becoming a superhero. Of fighting supervillains and saving people with a superpower to call his own. Except, the world he was born into was one devoid of superpowers. The Japan he lived in was not one of capes, masks and catchprases, but one of post-war chaos, collapsing economy and police struggling to maintain even vestiges of control over the cities in the wake of a raise in criminal activity and collapse in funding.

It was a dream that couldn't come to fruition. A dream born of escapism, desire to help others and a weak health that together with Bakugou Katsuki killed all of his potentially achievable dreams. Something that Izuku himself was aware of. It was a fantasy that made the world a bit more bearable as days, months and years passed in a blurry. Nothing more.

Everything changed when Izuku Midoriya awoke a genuine superpower. Dawn of Quirks has began, and with it, the age of supervillains and superheroes. As the society around him slowly collapses, Izuku will do his best to save as many people as he can. Despite the world of superheroes being way more complicated, dangerous and painful than he ever imagined.

The entire cast of MHA has the distinct misfortune of being born way earlier. Just in time to witness the Dawn of Quirks. Izuku Midoriya awakens a powerful telekinetic quirk... and, being the superhero fanboy, he decides to become one. And he won't let his broken body, lack of funds, and the on-going collapse of the country around him stop him from achieving his dream.

Izuku always dreamed of being a superhero. Something hard to achieve with a broken body, in the world where superpowers do not exist and in a country recently ravaged by war. Until he suddenly develops a genuine superpower. Dawn of Quirks is upon them, and the clock is ticking until the end of the world as they know it. [probably the most serious of all the works here except for Exiting the Stage, expect no crack here, a lot of angst... and heroism in spite of it]

** Toga Himiko: The meta-abilities started to manifest around two years for the second generation, so Toga had to deal with the bloodlust aspect of his quirk for less time than in canon, making her more stable and wanted to be a hero to redeem herself of the times that she lost control.
* AdaptationalVillainy: The villains in this story tend to take much more horrific actions than in canon. And instead of being in a society were Heroes are seen as champions, and All Might like the number One Paragon and Winner above all, this is a post [[WorldWarIII World War III]] society were crime runs rampant, and the police barely can do their job. So many characters are members of villain groups as opposed to heroes in canon.
** Katsuki by not growing up with héroes or All Might to admire, is left only with the worst of his presonality, to the point that Izuku hates is guts, his family has disowned him, and other characters are horrorised when they know of his actions to the point of compare them with war crimes.

** [[spoiler: Kaminari is loyal to a clan of yakusa that took him in after his quirk manifested]]

* AdaptationalWimp: Many characters that had quirks in canon are common people here (the term quirless still doesn’t exist) included but not limited to: Hawks, Death Arms, Yagi Toshinori, Kurono, Midnight, Present Mic, Recovery Girl, Enji Todoroki, etc.

* AllAccordingToPlan: Averted/Subverted. In a number of engagements some unexpected variable is going to show up and ruin somebody's plan. Like Overhaul being nearby while Izuku is trying to rescue Eri or when Overhaul's plan to take over a district fails to eliminate all resistance due to his forces not following along.
* AscendedExtra: lots of characters that barely appeared in canon are more central to the story in this fic, included but not limited to: Shinso, Overhaul, Mei.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Izuku is a superhero nerd and very good at analyze quirks, which makes him the closest thing to an expert in meta-abilities in this setting.
* BackFromTheDead: Overhaul can use his quirk to [[DeathIsCheap revive his troops]], but only in a timelapse of 20 ish minutes after their death, and the person revived has to rest for a while after coming back to life.
* BreakTheScientist: Mei is this initially to the appearance of quirks that defy logic, reazon, science, etc.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: A yakuza group is kept alive and not imprisoned in order to combat Overhaul's influence. They will become this world's [[spoiler:League of Villains]].
* CardboardPrison: Discussed and defied by Tartarus. Izuku, Aizawa, Sasaki, and Torino all work together to develop a system that can keep villains in proper containment based on their danger level.
* CompositeCharacter: Mirai Sasaki is like his versión from canon, exept that he is also the principal of UA, a Chessmaster, and a little sadistic, attributes that reminds of Nedzu.

** Ochako's is implied to be worse than Izuku by a substantial degree.
** Mina's parents were murdered and she was kidnapped and forced to dispose of material evidence, including bodies for the mob, starting by their parents bodies.
** Mustard was led along by a girl only for her to lead him on and get him gangraped.
* FateWorseThanDeath: The girl responsible for Mustard's trauma is now imprisoned by him to do whatever he wants to her.

* DarkerAndEdgier: this AU is after [[WorldWarIII the third World War.]], the countries are trying to ge back on foot, the law doesn´t apply to all the cities because the government and the pólice just can´t maintain the order everywhere and as to be selective of their resources. And on top of that superpowers start to being a reallity? As Aizawa said: “What a time to be alive”.

* GenreSavvy: A lot of characters (Overhaul, Izuku, Aizawa) are this, and it makes them very competent at their jobs.

* Sidekick: the heroes that are not supposed to fight villains are categorized as this, but they are the ones that contribute the most working as support to the police and the rescue services.

** Overhaul can do anything to anybody and anything he touch, but a good shot to the head would be enough to kill him. And Izuku Telekinesis is a perfect counter to him.

* SuperiorSuccessor: the first users of meta-abilities started to appear about twenty years ago, but their abilities were weak, unstable, or self-destructive, actually every meta-human of twenty years or more is in this group that is called the first generation of meta-humans. The second generation started to manifest their abilities about two years ago, are usually between seventeen and nineteen years old, and their abilities are neither unstable nor self-destructive, some are weak but they are a minority.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Downplayed, Izuku and the héroes don´t want to kill, after all they are just eighteen years old, but they know that is gonna be nesessary sooner or later. And some villains the sooner are death, the better for everyone.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The villains in this story tend to take much more horrific actions than in canon. And instead of being in a society were Heroes are seen as champions, and All Might like the number One Paragon and Winner above all, this is a post [[World War III]] society were crime runs rampant, and the police barely can do their job. So many characters are members of villain groups as opposed to heroes in canon.

* GenreSavy: A lot of characters (Overhaul, Izuku, Aizawa) are this, and it makes them very competent at their jobs.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The villains in this story tend to take much more horrific actions than in canon. Many characters are also members of villain groups as opposed to heroes in canon.

* BreakTheScientist: Mei is this initially to the appearance of quirks that defy logic.

** Mina's parents were murdered and she was forced to dispose of bodies for the mob.

* CompleteMonster: Overhaul allows his minions to do as they please regardless of how horrible it is so long as they remain loyal to him. He even allowed them to wipe out an entire village after they had just been freed in an absolute Kick the Dog moment.

* {{Troll}}: Shoto is far more one in this story than in canon.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Izuku's father apparently sacrificed himself to protect his family and Izuku's own powers have a strange power boost form.

* Foreshadowing: Izuku's father apparently sacrificed himself to protect his family and Izuku's own powers have a strange power boost form.

* Troll: Shoto is far more one in this story than in canon.

For other works by this author, see ''Fanfic/CureToEvil'', ''Fanfic/TiesThatBind'', and ''Fanfic/ExitingTheStage''

* AdapatationalVillainy: The villains in this story tend to take much more horrific actions than in canon.

* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: Izuku's power consists of only pulling things. He uses it to devastating effect.