History Fanfic / BuildYourselfUpDontLetThemBreakYouDown

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23517937/chapters/56401900 Build Yourself Up (Don't Let Them Break You Down)]]'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' ForWantOfANail Fic, written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Finale/pseuds/Barid Barid (Finale)]], in which Hawks steps in to save Bakugo instead of All Might.

** The Hero Commission has been considering recruiting Izuku into their program as an analyst, as Izuku has shown to have better AwesomenessByAnalysis skills than what they have on-staff, citing how Izuku was smart enough to gauge the Sludge Villain's weak points and act upon it faster than the various trained pro-heroes on-sight.

* ForWantOfANail:
** While canon had All Might defeat the Sludge Villain as a HeroicSecondWind, here Hawks just so happened to be in the area and defeated it instead.
** Hawks publicly praises Izuku for trying to save Bakugou when no one else would, resulting in Izuku getting ''extremely'' popular.
** When she learns about the incident, Inko laments how this ruined any chance of her convincing Izuku into following the Management track like she did.
** While All Might wants to make Izuku his successor, he has no idea how to contact him or find out where he lives without raising suspicion, so he fails to do so.

* MyGreatestFailure: Endeavor shows great remorse in how through his actions lost the two closest, truest friends he ever had.

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: All Might is in the area (blending in as his skeletal civilian form) and overhears Hawks' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to the other pro-heroes about how real heroes don't stand around and wait for someone else to do their jobs for them, fully aware that that applies to himself in this moment.

** Hawks is instrumental to both due to his immense popularity.

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Jewish sidekick Steps explicitly makes the comparison to the Meta Liberation Army to the Nazi party, which is further poignant due to Step's late spouse being targeted and killed for being Jewish and Steps himself facing prejudice for being Syrian and Jewish.

* WhosLaughingNow: The principal and teachers of Aldera Middle School justifiably fear Izuku giving them their reckoning for enabling or encouraging the bullying and discrimination against him now that he has the personal ear of the Top Three Hero. They know Izuku would be too embittered to be bribed by them and know it's a matter of time (as of publishing). The heroes of Aery are justifiably questioning why another student thought it was okay to destroy Izuku's things which is only the tip of the iceberg.

* TheAce: Hawks is this as a total prodigy and beloved pro hero. As such, his opinions matter a lot to the public and his endorsement of Izuku and chastising of the other pros instantly affects their reputations.

** The Hero Commission has been considering recruiting Izuku into their program as an analyst, as Izuku has shown to have better AwesomenessByAnalysis skills than what they have on-staff, citing how Izuku was smart enough to gauge the Sludge Villain's weak-points and act upon it faster than the various trained pro-heroes on-sight.

'''Hawks''': Kid, a lot of us have noticed you. You're kind of a cryptid/legend at this point. Actually, holy shit, the moment everyone realizes it's you that Mt. Lady, Death Grip and Kamui Woods yelled at, people are going to be pissed.\\

* FairWeatherFriend: Inverted with Aldera Middle School. Normally they would treat Izuku terribly with the students bullying Izuku and the teachers either enabling or participating in it. Now that he publicly gained Hawks' favor and is on his way of fulfilling his dreams, they all become nice to him. With the students either jealous of him or trying to befriend him in hopes of riding his coattails. Or the teachers kissing up to him or intervening with Bakugou's bullying in hopes that Izuku wouldn't expose them.
* FantasticRacism: ZigZagged. There are parties who look down on Izuku for his Quirklessness, like the MLA, and those who do not care, like Hawks. The Heroics Commission also had plans to recruit Izuku as an analyst, but now view him as a potential hero.

* FutureLoser: Aoki-sensei firmly believed that Izuku would have either been a Quirk scholar or homeless. He is very shocked that its not the case.

* IWarnedYou: Inko gives a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Enji about how she warned him how everything he chose to do was a terrible idea and would backfire horribly. Said tirade causes Shoto to seemingly develop a minor case of hero worship for her.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Aldera Middle School. The student they wrote off as being a loser and a parasite earns the attention of Number Three Hero on the same day the teacher had the class publicly mock and humiliate Izuku. The same Number Three Hero is a public defender of said student and would be unhappy and appalled to find out their mistreatment.
* LoopholeAbuse: It is pointed that Izuku could be a vigilante unpunished since the legal definition of vigilantism is unlicensed Quirk usage to stop/or fight a crime.

* ParentsAsPeople: Inko loves her son but admits that she not only failed to support him from the bullying and discrimination he faced, she also failed to communicate the ways she did support him. She vows to Izuku be a more active advocate for him.
* PersonaNonGrata: Tomoko Hatsume bans Kamui Woods, Mt Lady and Death Arms from purchasing products from Hatsume Industries.

* SkewedPriorities: Quite a few articles were written lambasting Kamui Woods, Mt. Lady, and Death Arms for praising Bakugo over is Quirk given the boy was actively making the situation worse while a Quirkless child accomplished more than any of them.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Slime Villain launches Izuku into the national spotlight as he wins Hawks' attention and puts him at the crosshairs of the Meta Liberation Army.

* SuperSupremacist: Unlike canon where the focus is put on MLA's goal of unregulated Quirk use, here the focus in on the side effect of their goal: they would naturally believe that Quirked people are naturally superior to Quirkless people. Such beliefs are so prevalent that the Deika Shimbun writes and markets to people with such beliefs.

* WhosLaughingNow: The principal and teachers of Aldera Middle School justifiably fear Izuku giving them their reckoning for enabling or encouraging the bullying and discrimination against him now that he has the personal ear of the Top Three Hero. They know Izuku would be too embittered to be bribed by them and know it's a matter of time (as of publishing). The heroes of Aery are justifiably questioning why another student thought it was ok to destroy Izuku's things which is only the tip of the iceberg.
* WouldHurtAChild: Rikiya Yotsubashi, a supervillain terrorist, head of a political party, and CEO of his own company, orders his followers to kill Izuku, a middle schooler, to prevent rise of the Quirkless minority.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Kamui Woods gets a little bit less flak than Death Arms and Mount Lady in his reprimand. While they could have acted but didn't, he had a good reason for not acting - his power is ''wood'' and the Sludge Villain was spewing out copious amounts of ''fire.''

* HasTwoMommies: Genderflipped. Enji has two fathers, [[AbusiveParent Ryu]] whom he calls "father" and Touka whom he called "dad"[[labelnote:*]]WordOfGod states they loved the reveal that Enji's father died trying to save someone's life but didn't want to give up his abusive father they'd already written, so changed their plans to give him two fathers instead.[[/labelnote]].

* SuperSupremacist: Unlike canon where the focus is put on MLA's goal of unregulated Quirk use, here the focus in on the side effect of their goal: they would naturally believe that Quirked people are natural superior to Quirkless people. Such beliefs are so prevalent that the Deika Shimbun writes and markets to people with such beliefs.

* TakeThat: To the idea that Eraserhead fights Quirkless. Hawks states thats a common misconception and that despite his Quirk not having any physical enhancements that Eraserhead can use, he is still heavily reliant on it to mess with his opponents. Sir Nighteye is then given as a better example.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Every time Katsuki bullies Izuku he ends up being caught by members of the Aery. Which tarnishes his prospects as a hero and land his junior high in hot water.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23517937/chapters/56401900 Build Yourself Up (Don't Let Them Break You Down)]]'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' ForWantOfANail Fic, written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Finale/pseuds/Barid Barid (Finale)]] of ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndEmerald'' fame and ''Fanfic/FailureToExplode'', in which Hawks steps in to save Bakugo instead of All Might.

''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23517937/chapters/56401900 Build Yourself Up (Don't Let Them Break You Down)]]'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' ForWantOfANail Fic, written by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Finale/pseuds/Barid Barid (Finale)]] of ''Fanfic/CrimsonAndEmerald'' fame and ''Fanfic/FailuretoExplode'', in which Hawks steps in to save Bakugo instead of All Might.