"May the Force be with you."note
Ryukyu's surprise at a crashed experimental plane turns to horror when she and Mirko learn it was piloted by a child. Of course, that's nothing compared to the shock when this blind, supposedly Quirkless girl named Camilla Sharro somehow manages to dodge their attempts to bring her back to the hospital. Just when it seems things can't get any crazier, they learn she's actually an extra-terrestrial from a galaxy far, far away...
Binding the Galaxy Together is a crossover between Star Wars and My Hero Academia, which can be read here
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Tropes that appear in this fic include:
- Adaptational Badass:
- Izuku manages to score several points in the practical exam before smashing the Zero Pointer.
- Ochako receives swordsman training from Camilla before the entrance exam making her a better fighter by the time of the mock battle.
- Adaptational Early Appearance:
- Ryukyu, Mirko, Nejire, and Detective Tsukauchi appear in the first few chapters, which takes place when Izuku was training with All Might, months before they debuted in canon.
- Izuku meets Ochako several months before the Entrance Exam.
- The vestige of Yoichi Shigaraki appears right before the USJ and warns Izuku about All for One still being alive.
- Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: Mirko and Ryukyu don't even interact in canon, while here they're both former classmates and longtime friends.
- Amazon Chaser: Izuku seeing Ochako being badass makes him blush a lot.
- Ambiguous Situation: When Izuku meditates in Chapter 29 and meets the vestige of Yoichi Shigaraki, Yoichi reveals that he knows about the Force and that one of Izuku's friends is a Jedi. How he knows isn't explained.
- Androids Are People, Too: Camilla has this view towards droids (which she picked from Anakin), believing they deserve to be treated with the same dignity and respect as organics
- A Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Read:
- Bakugo's sheer hatred of Izuku at times manages to disturb Camilla.
- Played for laughs with Mineta, with much of the class sympathizing with Camilla when she has to keep track of him during the battle trials.
- Aliens Speaking English: Camilla has no trouble at all talking with everyone she's met on Earth.
- Armor-Piercing Question: When Izuku decides he has to tell Bakugo about his Quirk, Camilla drops one that forces Izuku to reevaluate his relationship with his old bully.Why do you want Katsuki to be your friend again?
- Berserk Button:
- If you insult Izuku's friends, he will hit you. Bakugo learned that the hard way when he calls Camilla a "blind bitch" and accuses her of cheating.
- Todoroki explodes when Camilla insists on asking him why he doesn't use the fire half of his Quirk.
- Downplayed, but Camilla really doesn't like people treating her like she's helpless due to her blindness.
- The Cameo: Few major characters from Star Wars actually appear, but Obi-Wan appears in the warning message he sent out to the rest of the Jedi, Yoda appears in a holocron on meditation, and Anakin appears in a holocron of lightsaber instructions he made for Camilla.
- Canon Welding: It's strongly implied The Force is the cause for the emergence of Quirks, as Earth has an incredibly strong and unique connection to it. Camilla notes that people with Quirks have a stronger, brighter connection to the Force than people without them. As well, All Might, and later Izuku, have multiple connections to the Force due to how One For All works, implying that the vestiges of previous holders are similar to Force Ghosts, as All Might, the eighth user, has eight lights, while Izuku, the ninth user, has nine.
- Cassandra Truth:
- Detective Tsukauchi and Mirko were skeptical about Ryukyu's hypothesis that Camilla is an alien until they were given proof.
- In the chapter Secrets Revealed (Part 2), All Might refuses to believe that Camilla is an extra-terrestrial until he sees the remains of her ship.
- Like in canon, Bakugo refuses to believe Izuku and Camilla legitimately passed the entrance exam.
- When Camilla explains that she's an alien, no one from 1-A or the teachers (save for Izuku and Ochako) believe her until they see her space fighter.
- Child Soldier: Camilla joined the Clone Wars when she was just 12 years old. When Ryukyu learns of this, she is understandably horrified.No... no this can't be right... she's... she's only a child now. Why would a child be brought into a full-scale war knowing full well what's in front of them? Why would her master do this?
- Camilla notes that her master did his best to prevent her from having to join the war for as long as possible, but failed to keep her out entirely.
- Cliffhanger: Chapter 29: The League of Villains invasion of the USJ begins, and Camilla is at an impasse on whether to help Aizawa and risk blowing her cover or not.
- Commonality Connection:
- Anakin took a shine to Camilla as both of them were brought into the Order despite people's objections (over his age for Anakin, over her blindness for Camilla).
- Izuku and Camilla bond over their shared experience of being called "defective" and pushing forward regardless.
- Subverted with Todoroki, who believes he has this with Camilla because she says she's the byproduct of a Quirk Marriage like him. But he's unaware that Camilla lied to cover her Force abilities as an unusually strong Quirk, something Camilla downright hates herself for. Unfortunately, this means his reaction to learning the truth is far worse than the others, to the point that he is one of the only two students who refuses to attend the class meeting Tenya holds the day after the reveal, the other being Bakugo.
- Crash-Into Hello: Played with: Izuku first meets Camilla when the trash pile she stood on collapses, and she fell on top of him.
- Crazy-Prepared: Nezu reveals that, despite Camilla being the first blind person to even apply to UA, he's actually had a Braille printer for years, since the very first day he became principal, just in case they had a blind applicant/student. He makes it a point to be prepared to handle any possible issues UA could theoretically have to handle with hypothetical applicants.
- Disability Superpower: Camilla may be blind, but the Force allows her to "see" her surroundings in a similar way to Daredevil's Radar Sense. Downplayed, as it is shown to have limits: she can't "see" people's features (not that she really needs to much of the time, as she can tell people apart thanks to their connection to the Force, which appears as a light in their body to her), can't "see" the colour or details of objects, can't read regular text or see pictures, sometimes has trouble finding smaller things, like the manual release lever for R3, and she needs to put extra effort into things like seeing what's on table. Living beings are easier for her to see than inanimate objects, thanks to their stronger connection to the Force, especially on Earth, as people with Quirks have a stronger connection to the Force.
- She also can't see holograms, like the ones from holocrons. Because of this, the holocrons with instructions on various lightsaber styles aren't the most helpful outside of giving her advice on the styles she has already learned, until Ochako starts training with her. Since she can "see" Ochako, she has Ochako learn the new styles from the holocron, and then learns them from Ochako.
- Distant Reaction Shot: Iida calls Ochako the day after Camilla revealed her secret to invite her to a 1-A meeting to discuss it. Unfortunately for him, he makes the mistake of calling her at 6 AM - and Ochako is, very definitely, Not a Morning Person.Ochako: Iida… do you know how important sleep is to me?
Iida: Um… no?
Seconds later, the whole building ended up being awoken by a loud chain of expletives screeching out from one of the neighbor’s units. - Dreaming of Things to Come:
- Camilla has a Force vision where she sees herself being welcomed by several people. In the beginning, the only people that are clear are Izuku and someone implied to be Todoroki, but when she touches certain people the vision returns, with that person's image in the vision becoming clear.
- Happens again at the end of Chapter 27, where she has a vision of the USJ, the Nomu, and Shigaraki.
- Dramatic Irony:
- One of the first things that actually brings a smile to Camilla's face after her breakdown is practicing with a training probe while listening to a holocron of lightsaber instructions that a friend recorded for her. Said friend was Anakin Skywalker, who, unbeknownst to Camilla, is one of the main people responsible for the Fall of the Jedi and Camilla getting stuck on Earth.
- In Chapter 36, Yuga Aoyama decides to keep the truth about Camilla secret from his parents and from All for One out of fear that he wouldn't be believed. Yet the beginning of the chapter shows that All for One is already suspicious of Camilla being a Jedi and is implied to have some kind of connection to a Sith.
- Dual Wielding: Camilla wields both her and her deceased master's lightsabers. She later teaches the duel style to Ochako who begins to wield two blades of her own.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Kyoka, rather understandably, doesn't trust Camilla when they run into each other in the downpour zone in Chapter 31, since Camilla admitted earlier that she knew something was going to happen at the USJ. Thankfully, it's subverted by the end of the chapter after Camilla saves her and Tokoyami.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!:
- Izuku has one during Camilla's fight with Bakugo. He mentally asks himself a lot of questions about the new girl, including why it looks like she's trying to kill Bakugo... and realizes that it does look like she intends to kill him.
- All Might has one later on when he expresses his fear that Aizawa will single out Izuku, but notes that Ochako and Camilla would give him emotional support... only to realize there is a very real risk of Aizawa exposing Camilla as an alien if his Quirk doesn't work on the Force.
- First Contact: From the perspective of most of the MHA cast, except for OFA, Camilla is the first person from another planet to visit Earth.
- First-Name Basis: Camilla calls almost everyone by their first name, which is standard in the Star Wars galaxy, but is considered odd in Japan, where that is usually only done by people who are close to each other. A number of characters point this out.
- Freudian Slip:
- After they meet for the first time, Camilla nearly says "May the Force be with you" to Izuku while saying goodbye, though manages to catch herself partway.
- After Aizawa apologizes for outing her as blind and explains his reasons for doing so to all of 1-A, Camilla accidentally calls him Master, a clear sign of the former Padawan's respect for the man.
- Girl's Night Out Episode: Chapter 37 focuses mostly on the seven 1-A girls (plus Nejire Hado) hanging out together, with the only "male" so to speak being R3. Though the chapter takes place during the morning rather than night.
- Greater-Scope Villain: Chapter 36 hints that All for One is working for another villain, which is strongly implied that they may be a Sith.
- Heroic BSoD: Bakugo has one during the Heroes vs Villains class from the combined effect of losing to Izuku (noting he read all of his moves) and seeing how powerful Camilla and Todoroki truly are.
- Howthe Mighty Have Fallen: Even before the Clone Wars and Order 66, the Jedi of the prequel trilogy are far from the Order at its height, or even the days of the High Republic, a mere three hundred years ago, when they had fully occupied temples on several planets across the galaxy
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: One USJ villain (a former member of the Japanese police force Ryukyu brought in for excessive force and who was dishonorably discharged), hits Camilla's Trauma Button by saying "I'm a soldier with orders! And good soldiers follow orders!", reminding her of Order 66. The resulting panic attack Camilla suffers from ends with her impaling the villain with her lightsaber, killing him.
- Innocent Innuendo: In Chapter 37, Camilla is confused about why saying the music genre Jizz caused Kyoka to do a Spit Take (as described below) and keeps saying the word until Nejire tells her what jizz means on Earth.note .Camilla: What word? Jizz? What's wrong with saying jizz? I like jizz a lot. It's honestly one of my favorite things I've ever experienced along with…huh?
- Innocently Insensitive: After learning Camilla is blind, Mina wonders aloud if she wandered into U.A. by accident during the entrance exam and was allowed to stay after doing so well. To her credit, she apologizes not long after.
- In Spite of a Nail:
- Despite her additional training, Ochako still gets pinned by debris when the Zero Pointer is released, causing Izuku to jump in to rescue her.
- Izuku is still sent to the shipwreck zone with Asui and Mineta during the USJ.
- Internal Reveal: Both Camilla and Izuku reveal their secrets to Ochako and each other in Secrets Revealed (Part 2).
- Handicapped Badass: Camilla may be blind, but she can use the Force to "see".
- Heroic BSoD: Early in the story, Camilla has a major breakdown upon finding out that, not only is she stuck in another galaxy with no way home, but her master in most likely dead, the Jedi have been all but wiped out, and the Republic has fallen, meaning she'd have no place to go even if she could go back.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Mirko is extremely abrassive, blunt, doesn't care much for children, and enjoys violence, but she is truly heroic and cares deeply about her friends, including Camilla, though it can be hard to tell as she often practices Tough Love.
- Lastof His Kind: With the fall of the Galactic Republic and its' reorganization into the Galactic Empire: Camilla is effectively the last of The Jedi Order.
- My God, What Have I Done?: The teachers' and students' reactions as they are forced to acknowledge how unheroic their reactions to Camilla's secret were.
- Mythology Gag:
- While using a Jedi Mind Trick on them, Camilla tells Bakugo's fellow bullies "You want to go home now and reevaluate your life choices".
- Camilla's examinee number during the entrance exam is 1138.
- The multiple places named after Star Wars locations come up several times since Camilla recognizes them from the original.
- During the Battle Trials, Camilla greets Todoroki with Obi-Wan's famous "Hello there." Upon realizing that she came to face him alone, Todoroki comments that "You are a bold one."
- When Bakugo states that the only way people can have power is through Quirks, Camilla replies with "Amazing. Every word of what you just said is wrong."
- All of the music genres mentioned in Chapter 37 are canonical genres in Star Wars, including Jizz, which notably is one of the few we actually hear in the moviesnote .
- Nerd Gasm: Power Loader's reaction when he sees Camilla's space fighter.
- No-Sell: As the Force isn't a Quirk, it isn't affected by Eraserhead's Quirk, which helps sell her word that she's an alien.
- Oh, Crap!: Upon Mirko pointing out that kicking Camilla out of school after they took a really long time convincing her to come to school, as well as her being a broken, lost teenager in need of help, all the teachers who were more on the fence about her panic at realizing how badly that could end for Camilla.
- One Myth to Explain Them All: Discussed briefly in Chapter 36. After learning of Camilla's true heritage, Momo mentions how the very concept of Camilla's existence throws every religion into question. Kirishima, though, points out how Camilla's explanation of the Force is similar to what his grandmother told him about Shintonote with the students briefly wondering if Earth's religions were based on the Force but misinterpreted.
- Possession Implies Mastery: Averted during the Battle Trials. Todoroki takes Camilla's master's lightsaber and attempts to use it against her, but, as Ochako predicts, he's making a mistake, because just turning it on is hard enough, never mind defeating Camilla, who has years of experience fighting with (and against) lightsabers, especially since the Kyber crystal inside of a lightsaber is significantly heavier when wielded by someone it isn't attuned to, meaning that the lightsaber is significantly heavier and harder to use in Todoroki's hands than in Camilla's. In fact, Todoroki's lucky that he got through the fight without injuring himself.
- Referenced but averted after the USJ, where Ryukyu shoots down Aizawa's suggestion that she could have picked up Camilla's lightsabers to kill the Nomu, saying that only Camilla is attuned to them.
- Robot Buddy: R3-F14, or just R3 for short, Camilla's astromech droid, who is to her what R2-D2 was to Anakin and later Luke. She mentions that he was initially assigned to her when she first joined the Jedi, as she hadn't gotten the hang of using the Force to "see" and needed someone to help her get around until then, making him one of her oldest friends. It's later revealed he actually spent some time around R2-D2, with Camilla noting he became significantly snarkier after that.
- Sarashi: It is mentioned that Camilla wears these instead of more regular, Earth-style underwear, which she finds uncomfortable (especially bras).
- Space Battle: As in the canon Star Wars timeline, almost the entire galaxy Camila is from was in the middle of a major civil war with fleets of spaceships fighting on multiple planets.
- Screams Like a Little Girl: This is Izuku's reaction to his first encounter with Camilla. All Might initially thinks it was Camilla who screamed until Izuku states otherwise.All Might: (Thinking) Rule one of talking to girls, kid. Never admit you can scream like one in front of them.
- Secret-Keeper:
- Originally, only Ryuku, Mirko, Nejire, and Naomasa knew that Camilla was an alien whose power wasn't a Quirk.
- In the aptly titled "Secrets Revealed" two-parter (chapters 17 and 18), the secret behind Camilla's identity is shared with Izuku, Ochako, and All Might. At the same time, Camilla's caretakers and Ochako learn about One for All and All Might training Izuku to be his successor.
- After saving them from villains in Chapter 31, Camilla decides to let Kyoka, Tokoyami, and Dark Shadow into her secret when the USJ situation is over.
- At Nezu's suggestion, she later decides to share the secret with all of 1-A and the teachers.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Despite being mostly well-off currently, Camilla was traumatized by the Clone Wars and Order 66. During the USJ attack, she experiences a flashback to a battle and briefly lapses back to then. And when a villain mutters "good soldiers follow orders", she has a panic attack, recalling the clones during Order 66 saying the same thing, and kills him.
- Ship Tease: Between Izuku and Ochako, actually more so than canon as a result of them becoming friends before the entrance exam.
- Sitcom Archenemy: R3 quickly develops a one-sided animosity towards Nejire Hado, mostly due the latter's Motor Mouth tendencies and desire to accessorize R3 with clothes.
- Spit Take: Kyoka does this in Chapter 37 when she learns from Camilla that her home galaxy has a genre of music (and one she likes) called "Jizz", spraying her drink on Momo.
- Tragic Keepsake: Camilla has her master's lightsaber, who was killed in Order 66.
- Trappedin Another World: Due to the damage received to Camilla's spaceship during her escape from the events of Order 66, she effectively cannot leave Earth no matter how much she wishes to do so, due to the different levels of technologies existing between Earth and the Galactic Republic.
- Trauma Button: The villains during the USJ attack unintentionally hit Camilla's. One, especially, which causes Camilla to kill him in a panic attack.
- Troll: In Chapter 37, Ochako didn't tell the other girls that Camilla lives with Mirko, simply because she knew their surprise (and fear) when an annoyed Mirko answered the door would be hilarious.
- Uncertain Doom: The Order was functionally wiped out by Order 66 and the following Purge but there was also a not insignificant number of Jedi who survived and went into hiding. There are a number of Jedi who's fates are technically unknown; it can usually be assumed they died in the Purge but without explicit confirmation it's possible they are among the handful of survivors.
- What the Hell, Hero?:
- Less so than other examples but All Might calls Aizawa out on forcing Camilla to reveal her blindness to her new classmates, even if he had a good reason to do so, leading Aizawa to apologize and explain his actions to all of 1-A the next day.
- Camilla calls Thirteen out on just standing and doing nothing during Kurogiri's monologue, instead of attacking him, as anyone would do in a life-or-death situation.
- Kyoka calls Camilla out on not telling any of the teachers about her vision that villains would attack the USJ.
- Mirko calls All Might out for using all of his time in stopping small crimes instead of saving it up for the class, as his absence was part of what caused the USJ attack to be such a clusterfuck.
- Several of these occur over the course of chapter 36 as a result of people's reactions to learning the truth about Camilla. Specifically:
- Mirko (very harshly) and Nezu (more reasonably) call out the teachers over basically abandoning a hurting, broken child last night and considering kicking her out when she’s in desperate need of help.
- Izuku and Ochako come down on their classmates for walking out on a friend in need the prior night, and everyone calls out Kyoka for having called Camilla a freak.
- Nezu also calls out Mirko and Ryukyu for not trying to find Camilla a way to go through therapy. Ryukyu says they were trying to keep knowledge limited to as few people as possible, but admits they should have done more to help Camilla.
- You Can See Me?: Thanks to her force abilities Camilla can see Hagakure as well as she can anyone else, causing the invisible girl to become curious about her. She's quite happy to learn Camilla can't see any of her details.
- You Can't Go Home Again: Camilla's ship and hyperdrive ring are broken beyond repair, so she's stuck on Earth. It's just as well, though, considering the Republic and Jedi Order have fallen with the shadow of The Empire rising to take their place.
- You Have GOT to Be Kidding Me!: Pretty much Camilla's reaction to learning that Bakugo is one of the figures she saw in her vision.
- You Talk Too Much!: Camilla says this to Kurogiri when the villain starts to monologue during the USJ attack.
