Creator / DeusVerve

DeusVerve is a fanfiction writer whose work includes fanfiction written for My Hero Academia. They can be found here on Archive of Our Own and here on Tumblr.

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Fanfics with their own pages:

• Adalheidis
• Aspect
• Haigha
• Hold the Banner High
  • In Triumph Doth Wave
  • When Freemen Shall Stand
• What it Means to Be a Hero

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Tropes used by this author include:

• Accidental Murder: Played With in "Ground Zero"; while Katsuki didn't actually intend to kill Izuku, his declaration that "He won't die if he dodges!" proves that he knew he was using potentially lethal force.
• Actually a Doombot: "Clone for One" has All for One as a body double made by the original 200 years ago. The original AFO retired after his brother died, being referred to as "Legitimate Businessman Midoriya Hisashi" and is Izuku's father.
• Adaptation Name Change: In both "Miss Direction" and "Seiai Academy", following the realization they are a trans girl, Midoriya changes her legal name from Izuku to Kumiko.
• Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: This happens a lot in their Tumblr AUs.
  • "Adopted Mei": Mei is adopted by Power Loader after her parents die.
  • "All Of You Might Be Adopted": The future students of Class 1-A are all kidnapped by AFO, then subsequently found and rescued by Toshinori, who takes them all in as his wards.
  • "Bakugou Izuku": Inko marries Mitsuki and Masaru and Katsuki and Izuku end up as their sons. Katsuki has much more of a protective brotherly instinct towards Izuku.
  • "Blue Sky": Gran Torino becomes Hana Shimura's mentor, who ends up mentoring Izuku.
  • "Brass Knuckles": Izuku gains Knuckleduster as a mentor.
  • "Cousin Kota": Kota is related to the Midoriyas, and winds up living with them after his parents are killed.
  • "Grandma Nana": Nana is now Inko's mother and Izuku's grandmother.
  • "Homeroom Teacher Torino": Due to Aizawa being kidnapped by the League, Gran Torino becomes 1-A's homeroom teacher.
  • "Ice, Wind, and Fire": Shouto and Yoarashi are cousins.
  • "Iida Himiko": Himiko has a chance encounter with Tensei, who oversees her being adopted into his family.
  • "King Explosion Murder": Katsuki is bullied at Aldera for his 'villainous' Quirk, and Izuku stays by him/remains his friend despite this meaning that he gets isolated as well.
  • "Little Mouse": Nedzu is the one who raises Izuku.
  • "Mentor Miruko": Izuku goes to Miruko for a work study.
  • "Mufasta Private Middle School": Inko transfers her son into the same middle school that Mina and Ejirou attend, leading to the three becoming fast friends.
  • "Reversal of Fortune": The second and third wielders of One for All approve of Izuku a lot more in this one due to him locking All for One in a bank vault, which they find absolutely hilarious.
  • "Seiai Academy": In canon, Saiko and Izuku never met. Here, they are childhood friends.
  • "Teacher Swap": Vlad King is 1-A's homeroom teacher while Aizawa is 1-B's.
  • "Uncle Cat": Sansa is Himiko's uncle, and winds up adopting her.
• Adaptational Context Change:
  • "Shattered Masterpiece" has Aizawa following through on his expulsion threat being seen as a good thing since he pulled it on Shouto who is quite provably literally half-assing it by refusing to use the fire-half of his Quirk. Nearly everyone agrees that Aizawa is right to expel a Hero Student who refuses to give their all and is unnecessarily holding back.
  • "Springtime for Todoroki" recontextualizes a lot of Shouto's actions as deliberate attempts to get expelled from the Hero Course that keeps failing to his complete bafflement, including him committing vigilantism and the police sweeping that under the rug.
• Adaptational Heroism:
  • Many different AUs involve Himiko either being redeemed into becoming a hero, or never becoming a villain to begin with. This includes "Future Toga" where she accidentally puts herself through a redemption arc and "Manager Toga" where the inciting incident that led her to becoming a villain never happens.
  • "Royal Hive" has Kuin never becoming a villain, instead being one of Izuku's supporters.
• Adaptational Superpower Change: Several of their AUs involve somebody else being entrusted with One for All, or Izuku winding up with a different Quirk.
  • "All Of You Might Be Adopted": All for One gives Izuku a collection of Quirks meant to mimic One for All, which is informally referred to as 'We have One for All at home'.
  • "Basilisk": Habuko Mongoose becomes the recipient of One for All. Meanwhile, Izuku has a shark mutation.
  • "Chameleon" gives Izuku a mutation Quirk that gives him the physical attributes and traits of a chameleon.
  • "Cloud Nine": Izuku has a cloud Quirk very similar to Shirakumo's, much to Aizawa's dismay.
  • "Demon Midoriya": His Quirk makes him look demonic, along with granting the ability to control fire.
  • "Draconic Hero": Getting OFA has the side-effect of unlocking a fire-breathing, draconic mutation Quirk.
  • "Elementalist": Izuku can manipulate the elements of earth, water, fire and air.
  • "Equivalent Exchange": Izuku has the same Quirk as Overhaul.
  • "Eraser Midoriya": Izuku has the same Quirk as Aizawa.
  • "Explosion Midoriya": Flips the script by giving Izuku Explosion while Katsuki is Quirkless.
  • "Failed Foresight": Sir Nighteye ends up with One for All after Toshinori dies following his climatic duel with All for One.
  • "Fire and Ice Midoriya": Shouto winds up Quirkless while Izuku has Half-Cold, Half Hot.
  • "Frozen Legacy": Fuyumi ends up with One for All.
  • "Godspeed": Izuku has a Quirk that lets him become living electricity.
  • "Grandma Nana": Izuku inherits the power of Float.
  • "Hagakure for All": Hagakure is given One for All after impressing Toshinori with her conduct during the Entrance Exam.
  • "Hamster Ball": Izuku can make a force-bubble shield around himself.
  • "Hatsume for All": Mei Hatsume gets One for All, and is also a vigilante.
  • "I Am Speed": Izuku has a speed-based Quirk.
  • "Inverse Copy": Izuku's Quirk gives him a power that serves as the opposite of whatever Quirk he's borrowing.
  • "Mahoudoriya": Izuku becomes a Magical Girl while still in junior high.
  • "Mirage": All Might gives Camie One for All.
  • "Musketeer": Izuku manages to unlock All for One inside of One for All during the Entrance Exam.
  • "Not So Ordinary": Ippan Josei has One for All. Izuku instead has a Quirk based on Cerberus, with three heads and fire breath.
  • "One for Ashido": Toshinori gives Ashido One for All after witnessing her tricking Gigantomachia.
  • "Protégé Swap": Toshinori gives One for All to Mirio; Sir Nighteye was not involved in this decision, and spitefully decides to champion Izuku as his choice for a superior successor.
  • "Psychic Stockpile": Izuku is a psychic whose powers gradually build up over time.
  • "Quasar": Inko has One for All.
  • "Shadow Twins": Izuku has a sentient shadow who is powered by his emotions.
  • "Shiozaki For All": Shiozaki is given One for All following All Might's big fight with All for One.
  • "Sweet Dreams": Midnight is the one to get One for All following All Might preventing Oboro's death.
  • "Time God Uraraka": Ochako's Quirk awakens, giving her control over time and space.
  • "Toontown": Izuku has a Quirk that runs on Cartoon Physics.
  • "True Foresight": Sir Nighteye's visions start being accompanied by a version of his future self.
  • "Vampire Lord": Izuku possesses latent vampiric powers.
• Adaptational Gender Identity:
  • "Blaze of Glory" makes Moe Kamiji a trans woman instead of being a cisgender woman.
  • In "Miss Direction" and "Seiai Academy", Izuku eventually realises that they are actually a she. She realizes it earlier in the latter AU.
• Adaptational Karma: Crops up fairly frequently.
  • The "Expelled" and "Double Expulsion" AUs, along with their variants, have Aizawa follow through on his threat to expel Midoriya, with "Double Expulsion" having him also kick out Bakugou for trying to attack Midoriya as well. This inevitably costs him the respect of all his remaining students and leads to him suffering various consequences.
  • "MLA Bakugou" has him expelled from U.A. for how he flagrantly ignored All Might's orders to stand down and used potentially lethal force against Izuku. He then winds up falling in with the MLA, culminating in him suffering a humiliating defeat... at the hands of various candidates.
  • "Ground Zero" has Katsuki's "test run" of his gauntlets actually connect, leaving him with a very dead Izuku and forced to deal with the consequences of his reckless assault. The fact that he blatantly ignored All Might's orders to stand down while making clear that he knew he was using lethal force ensures that he faces legal consequences on top of the horror of realizing what he did.
• Adaptational Late Appearance: "Grand Debut" has the League of Villains delaying their UA attack to the day of the Sports Festival.
• Adapted Out: Frequently happens to Mineta. As an example, in "Homeroom Teacher Miruko", she's irritated by his leering at her, then realizes that he's also harassing his classmates and promptly boots him out. Like a football.
• Already Met Everyone: The premise of "Young Heroes Camp" is that all the kids who would eventually become Class 1-A met at summer camp. While they all promised to stay in touch, by the time they're at U.A., most of the others have forgotten save for Izuku, who jogs their memories once they're all in the dorms.
• Back from the Dead: The "Ground Zero" AU revolves around Katsuki accidentally killing Izuku during their first training exercise at U.A. Fortunately for Izuku, Fa Jin is able to use that kinetic energy to reconstruct his body; however, the process takes a whole month, meaning everyone has ample time to grieve and leading to considerable confusion at his unexpected revival.
• The Bad Guy Wins: "Paradise of the Strong" is built around the premise that the Meta Liberation Army successfully conquers Japan forty years before canon.
• Be Careful What You Wish For: Aldera wanted Bakugou to become famous in order to raise their own profile as his alma mater. In the "Ground Zero" AU, Katsuki indeed rockets to infamy after accidentally killing Izuku during the Heroes vs. Villains exercise, with Aldera being recognized for the role they played in creating him.
• Birds of a Feather: In "Seiai Academy", Saiko and Izuku hit it off as children when they bond over analysing Quirks.
• Brainwashing for the Greater Good: "Instilled Idea" gives Izuku the power of suggestion, allowing him to give others commands and influence their behavior, provided said commands aren't too far out of character. He uses this to gradually reform his abusive classmates and teachers at Aldera, gradually nudging them in better directions, while Katsuki is Forced to Watch as their Sucky School grows less hostile.
• Brought Down to Normal: The "Dequirked" AU has most of Class 1-A exposed to a gas based off the Quirk Destroying Drug, leading to Izuku teaching his classmates how to fight Quirkless.
• Butt-Monkey:
  • Aizawa, Overhaul, and especially Nighteye tend to get dunked on in the various AUs.
  • The "MLA Bakugou" AU has Katsuki join the MLA after getting expelled from U.A. This particular iteration of Bakugou tends to crop up in various asks and suggestions purely to get his butt kicked. This includes crossover AUs.
• Commonality Connection:
  • "Future Toga": Himiko finds that she relates a little too well to Eri calling her Quirk a curse, as she's instantly reminded of how her parents treated her once her own power awakened.
  • Played for Laughs in the "Stray Cat" AU; Himiko takes an interest in Izuku partly because he has a tendency to bite.
  • In "Toontown", both Izuku and Shinsou idolize Ms. Joke. Izuku because she's a comedic-themed hero; Shinsou because her powers work on call-and-response like his own.
• Composite Character: "Blaze of Glory" makes it so Moe Kamiji aka Burnin' is actually Touya Todoroki post-transition, and she is working for her father without him knowing she is his eldest for shits and giggles.
• Control Freak: Frequently highlighted as one of Sir Nighteye's Fatal Flaws; as far as he's concerned, nothing Toshinori does with One for All is right. Used for Dramatic Irony in "Protégé Swap", where Toshinori picks Mirio as his successor on his own... but since Nighteye wasn't involved, he doesn't approve, and decides Izuku would make a better bearer.
• Crossover: A few of their AUs combine the setting of My Hero Academia with other franchises, whether that be through certain elements from one series or combining the two settings.
  • "Heroes May Cry": Izuku is a grandson of Sparda from Inko's side, bringing him into the world of Devil Hunters and incursions labeled as "extraterrestrial", disguising the fact that demons exist.
  • "Heroes and Pokemon" and "Pokemon Legends Musutafu": Both take Pokemon and put them in the world of My Hero Academia.
• Death Activated Super Power: The "Ground Zero" AU uses a variant; Fa Jin uses the kinetic energy created by Katsuki's explosion to bring Izuku Back from the Dead... eventually.
• Didn't Think This Through: Played for Drama in "Failed Foresight" when Nighteye decides to pass One for All over to Mirio without explaining anything or even asking his chosen successor for permission first.
• Driven by Envy: Shinsou despises Izuku in the "Instilled Idea" AU because he hates that Izuku has been accepted by their peers despite how similar their powers are. He refuses to consider that Izuku's willingness to reach out to others and make friends compared to his own hostility and defensiveness might have anything to do with how differently they are treated.
• Driven to Villainy: "Gentle Whispers" has Izuku track down and join Gentle and La Brava. While Gentle is reluctant to let him join at first, Izuku explains that he has no other good options; this is an AU where Quirkless people are actively barred from applying to decent schools, leaving him stuck in Aldera or trying to find a job that will actually let a Quirkless teenager work there.
• Dynamic Entry: "Homeroom Teacher Miruko" shuts down Katsuki's attempt to use lethal force against Izuku during their first training exercise by popping into the middle of the fight and kicking him with a sharp "No!" It takes two kicks for Katsuki to get the message.
• Everyone Can See It: In "Future Toga", it's obvious to everyone that Himiko is crushing hard on Izuku and Ochako... save for her two targets.
• Failed a Spot Check: When someone asked about how long it would take Aizawa in the "Blue Blazes" AU to figure out what had happened (namely, Tenya killing Stain), Deus pointed out a flaw with that idea:
  Aizawa saw Iida submit a single internship choice despite there being three options per students, noticed that Iida should have had better options than Manual, and failed to connect a single dot. This man would never realize what happened in Hosu on his own.
• Foil: In "Foretell", Izuku possesses a future-seeing Quirk similar to that of his Uncle Nighteye. However, his open-mindedness enables him to see multiple possibilities, and he adapts his behavior in order to help point things in the direction he wants, unlike his rigid Control Freak of an uncle.
• Heel Realization:
  • In "Wayward Bakugou", Katsuki winds up on the Infinity Train. By the time he meets the Apex, he already understands that the Train's denizens are sentient individuals; the Apex, by contrast, refuse to recognize them as anything other than playthings to torture and break for their own amusement. Katsuki is horrified to see his own treatment of Izuku reflected in how they treat the denizens.
  • "Gentle Whispers" has Katsuki realize just how awful he's been when their teacher harasses Izuku for not listing any schools on his application list, only for Izuku to reveal that none of them would let him apply due to his Quirklessness.
• Hoist by Their Own Petard: Combining the "Ground Zero" and "Reflection" AUs results in Katsuki attacking Izuku with all the power he can muster in an ill-considered effort to counter his reflective abilities: "I WON'T DIE IF I OVERLOAD THE QUIRK!" Suffice to say, it doesn't work out the way Katsuki intended, leaving Izuku and everyone else traumatized. At least it was quick.
• His Own Worst Enemy:
  • A recurrent theme with Shinsou; since he believes others will label his Quirk "naturally villainous" and reject him, he typically doesn't bother trying to make any friends. Highlighted especially well in the "Instilled Idea" AU, where he despises Izuku for managing to endear himself to their classmates despite having a Quirk much like his own... without realizing that Izuku's popularity stems from him making the effort to make friends.
  • Nighteye can also fall into this, as his stubborn belief that You Can't Fight Fate drastically undercuts the power of his Foresight, while his general inflexibility often results in him making matters far worse for himself and those around him. Especially in "Failed Foresight".
• Hybrid All Along: "Draconic Hero" gives Izuku a minor dragon mutation that has no visual indicators, only a tendency to "hoard" Hero merch and his extra pinkie joint, until he gets One for All.
• I Hate Past Me: Nighteye becoming a holder of One for All in the "Failed Foresight" AU means that a Vestige of himself develops inside the Quirk after he passes it on to Mirio. Witnessing all of the horrific fallout of Nighteye's decisions while unable to do anything about them causes said Vestige to develop this attitude towards his living counterpart.
• I'm Dying, Please Take My MacGuffin: Certain scenarios, like "Failed Foresight", "Frozen Legacy", and "Shiozaki for All" involve Toshinori passing his Quirk on to somebody after being critically injured. Though this doesn't always end in his demise...
• In Spite of a Nail: Despite Toshinori taking Nighteye's advice in "Early Retirement", the Control Freak still drives a wedge between them by insisting he should get to pick All Might's successor rather than Toshinori himself.
• Laser-Guided Karma:
  • Katsuki frequently has to deal with his Karma Houdini Warranty running out and facing actual consequences for his behavior. This often applies to Aizawa and Sir Nighteye as well.
  • Several AUs have Aizawa follow through with his expulsion threats against Izuku; this tends to come back to haunt him later.
  • In the "Save Eri Speedrun", Sir Nighteye's reputation takes a beating after he makes clear that he would have rather let an abused child continue to suffer rather than alter his plans. This is entirely his own fault, as Izuku had already rescued Eri; even if he didn't approve, he could have just kept his mouth shut. Due to his Control Freak tendencies, however, he reveals his Skewed Priorities by publicly berating Izuku, earning the scorn of all and sundry.
• Mons as Characterization: In the "Heroes and Pokemon" AU, Izuku creates Pokemon based on a person, and the Pokemon selected is based on personality traits, Quirks, and other symbolism. There's a long list here, but specific examples:
  • Inko produces a Ralts, whose final evolution is Gardevoir, a motherly Pokemon with psychic powers.
  • Bakugou produces a Turtonator, a Fire-type Pokemon with a predisposition towards exploding.
  • Nighteye produces a Natu, whose line can see the future, and its evolution Xatu is said by at least one Pokedix entry to be paralyzed by the fear of its own visions.
• Never My Fault: A frequent issue with Bakugou, and something that often winds up biting him in the backside.
  • In "Blue Sky", Hana warns the proctors about him and prevents him from taking the Hero Exam. Katsuki winds up in Gen Ed, where he proceeds to keep himself isolated due to constantly mocking all of his peers. When he's unable to assemble a team for the Calvary Race because nobody is willing to work with him, he immediately blames Izuku and tries going after him in front of Midnight, getting himself expelled.
  • "MLA Bakugou" involves the MLA exploiting this tendency of his in order to recruit him. After all, it was so incredibly unfair for U.A. to expel him — just for ignoring All Might's explicit orders to stand down and NOT try to kill the shit out of Deku! How dare they act like blowing him up would've been wrong!
  • This is also one of Nighteye's Fatal Flaws, as he fails to see how his attempts to control and micromanage others keep making matters worse. The future is completely set in stone, after all, isn't it...?
• Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
  • "Expelled" has Aizawa learn about Izuku's 'late bloomer' status during the Quirk Assessment Test and immediately boot him out of 1-A, wanting him to train his Quirk in the relative safety of Gen Ed. He refuses to explain his motives; as a result, Izuku assumes he's yet more proof that teachers can't be trusted, none of the remaining students in 1-A trust him, and Katsuki takes the expulsion as proof that he was right to treat Izuku like shit and becomes even nastier as a result.
    • "Expelled" is also commonly combined with other AUs as a shorthand for "What if Aizawa expelled Izuku on his first day at U.A. in this AU?" The results tend to get quite ugly. Such as the crossover with "Yakuza Inko", wherein Izuku cheerfully informs him, Kan and Nedzu that he has no intention of transferring back into the Hero Course at all after winning the Sports Festival, having decided that he'll take over the family business after graduating from Gen Ed. Cue Oh, Crap! from Nedzu, the only one aware of what that actually means.
  • "Failed Foresight" has Nighteye ending up with One For All after Toshinori dies in his battle with AFO. He proceeds to repeatedly make things worse due to his critical lack of foresight, such as passing his Quirk on to Mirio without warning Mirio or getting his permission first. The AU could effectively be summarized as "Sir Nighteye Ruins Everything", to the point of where it's used as a shorthand for inter-AU crossovers — combining "Failed Foresight" with any other AU effectively translates to "Let's see how he screws this one up."
  • In the "Runaways" AU, Izuku dies during the Overhaul Raid, passing One for All to Eri. Nighteye then pressures her to give it to Mirio, making Eri conclude that he intentionally got Izuku killed because he wanted his Quirk, causing her to run away. On top of his, Nighteye's report on the incident includes a description of her original Quirk, drawing the attention of the HPSC.
• Nice Job Fixing It, Villain:
  • "Deika Civil War" has Re-Destro reviving Destro assuming this would galvanise the cause of Quirk "Liberation" and Quirk Supremacy. He is caught off guard by how disgusted Destro is by Quirkism against Quirkless and destroys the Quirk Supremacists.
  • The "Future Toga" AU essentially boils down to Himiko accidentally putting herself through a redemption arc through her efforts to get closer to Izuku and Ochako. Such as bringing about the downfall of the MLA through a hastily-penned book report.
• Off with His Head!: "Homeroom Teacher Miruko" deals with the USJ Noumu in this fashion, taking off its head via Luna Tijeras right after Shigaraki brags about its power.
• Poor Communication Kills:
  • Central to "Expelled", where Aizawa learns that Izuku is a 'late bloomer' and immediately boots him into Gen Ed. While his intent was simply for Izuku to learn how to control his Quirk in a safer environment before earning his spot back in 1-A, his refusal to explain this to anyone leads all involved to assume the worst. Izuku trains hard, aces the Sports Festival, and pops into 1-B since he doesn't trust Aizawa; pretty much nobody trusts Aizawa, in fact.
    • Since Katsuki wasn't privy to Aizawa's reasoning, he takes Izuku's expulsion as validation of his toxic worldviews and promptly doubles down. This triggers a massive Villainous Breakdown during Izuku's rise through the Sports Festival that culminates in him beating the shit out of Todoroki during their final exam until they're forcibly separated.
  • This is a frequent thread with Aizawa in Deus's AUs; in instances where this occurs, he is often described as being "allergic to communication".
• Put on a Bus to Hell: In the "Homeroom Teacher Torino" AU, the whole reason Class 1-A needs a new homeroom teacher in the first place is because Aizawa gets kidnapped by the League of Villains. Nobody knows what happened to him until Shigaraki gloats about being responsible during the USJ raid.
• Pyrrhic Victory: The "Pyrrhic Victory" AU involves Dabi successfully taking down Endeavor after he was weakened by the High-End Noumu Hood. However, he winds up succumbing to the heat of his own Quirk, leaving behind a society badly shaken by the revelations about Endeavor, Touya and the Todoroki family as well as the death of the new Number One Hero just one day after his new rank was made official.
• "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In a snippet for "Eraser Midoriya", Izuku combines this with a Curb-Stomp Battle in his match against Shinsou, as he forces him to face his own hypocrisy and overreliance upon his Quirk during their fight.
  Shinsou: (struggling to stand) What the hell is wrong with you?
  Izuku: I don't know. Maybe it's that some jackass showed up to rant about me about how great I had it when I almost died. Up.
• Related in the Adaptation:
  • "Cousin Kota" makes Kota related to the Midoriyas.
  • "Cousin Rumi" makes Miruko Izuku's cousin.
  • "Cousin Shoto" makes Inko and Rei sisters, which makes Izuku the cousin of Shoto, Fuyumi, Natsuo and Touya.
  • "Escaping Gravity" makes Ochako the daughter of All for One.
  • "Foretell" makes Nighteye and Inko siblings, with Izuku inheriting a power similar to his uncle's.
  • "Secret Love Child" is built around Izuku actually being All Might's bastard kid.
• Role Swap AU:
  • "Eraser Midoriya" plays this darkly; Izuku gets Aizawa's Quirk after Aizawa swaps places with Shirakumo, meaning that Loud Cloud is 1-A's teacher while Eraserhead became Kurome. Izuku is blissfully unaware of the true origins of his Quirk.
  • "Explosion Midoriya" gives Izuku Explosion while Katsuki is Quirkless.
  • "Fire and Ice Midoriya" makes Shouto Quirkless while Izuku gets Half-Hot, Half-Cold.
  • "Protégé Swap" has Toshinori mentoring Mirio while Sir Nighteye mentors Izuku.
• Sentient Phlebotinum: "Guardian Spirit" gives the Quirk One for All sentience, and it, not All Might, chooses Izuku to be its Ninth Holder.
• Sins of Our Fathers: Nighteye is a huge believer in this. One of the ways he tends to break things is by vilifying victims in this fashion. Especially anyone who happens to be Related in the Adaptation to All for One.
• Spared by the Adaptation: Occasionally. For instance, "Blue Sky" revolves around a world where Hana wasn't killed alongside the rest of her family, and becomes a Rescue Hero tutored by Gran Torino and working with All Might.
• Springtime for Hitler: The appropriately named "Springtime for Todoroki" AU revolves around Shouto desperately trying to get himself expelled so that he can pursue his passion as a professional snowboarder.
• Success as Revenge: By proxy in the "Future Toga" AU. Nedzu and Vlad King both mess with the Toga parents who are in jail for their abuse of Himiko by showing them how well she is doing at UA with friends, becoming a hero with the Quirk they decried as villainous, and marrying her crushes, all without Himiko knowing about what they are doing, or that her parents are in jail to begin with.
• The Svengali: The "Protégé Swap" AU has Nighteye take Izuku under his wing, encouraging him to pursue his dreams of heroism... because the Control Freak is upset that Toshinori chose Mirio as his successor instead of passing it down to another Quirkless kid.
• Time Travel: The various "Future Blank" AU cast various characters as time travelers who come back to try and Set Right What Once Went Wrong... or, occasionally, the opposite.
• Trapped in Villainy: A common plot point when "Failed Foresight" crosses over with any other AU is Nighteye inflicting this upon others. Particularly anyone who happens to be Related in the Adaptation to All for One — no escaping the Sins of Our Fathers for them! Not on Nighteye's watch!
• What the Hell, Hero?:
  • In "Failed Foresight", Mirio is... deeply unimpressed by Nighteye deciding to transfer One for All to him without bothering to get his permission first. Or even telling him what's going on.
  • In the "Save Eri Speedrun", Nighteye reads Izuku the riot act for daring to save Eri, declaring that he should have left her where he found her "for the sake of the investigation". This is swiftly followed by Nighteye and his agency coming under fire for their Skewed Priorities.
• Who Would Be Stupid Enough?: In "Failed Foresight", All for One refuses to belive Garaki's theory that Nighteye gave Mirio One for All due to his minor physical resemblance to All Might because it is, frankly, absurd to give away one of the most powerful Quirks based solely on looks. While All for One is right that it is very stupid, what he doesn't realise is that Nighteye did give Mirio One for All based entirely on his appearance alone.
• Yank the Dog's Chain: One scenario combines "Springtime for Todoroki" with "Shattered Masterpiece"; Shouto actually manages to get himself expelled and kicked over to Gen Ed. He then decides to taunt his father by using his fire during the Sports Festival, unaware that this was what U.A. was looking for. They then transfer him right back into the Hero Course, kicking and screaming the whole way.

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