History Fanfic / KnowWhatIveMadeByTheMarksOnMyHands

''know what i've made by the marks on my hands'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfiction, started on Tumblr by Simkjrs and also posted to Archive of Our Own [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/11356197/chapters/25417506 here]].

** The Kamino Ward incident is a huge source of trauma for Izuku as he remembers [[spoiler: destroying All for One's spirit after fusing with One for All]].

** Rather than the mentor/student relationship between All Might and Izuku, in here, they are strangers on opposite sides of the law, [[spoiler:although Izuku did save All Might from All for One]].

* AdaptationalSpeciesChange: Izuku is not entirely human, and he has been suggested to have fused with his spirit as a young age.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Izuku, being the Name Eater, [[spoiler: effectively has the abilities of All for One]].
* AppropriatedAppellation: Instead of it becoming his hero name, Izuku uses "Deku" as his identifier, as for some reason, he does not have a name (implied to be his true name).

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Izuku is able to [[spoiler: replicate the effects of All for One, even though he really wishes he could not]].

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: What Overhaul does to Izuku, figuring out how much blood he has, grafting his arm onto separate objects and seeing if he can still control it, and testing how much foreign energy he could take.]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Izuku, whose conscience eventually drags him into helping everyone restore their Quirks, at the cost of his recluse, sleep, and patience.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Izuku's trauma stems from a combination of a "Temple Incident," Kamino Ward, and having to deal with spirits on a daily basis.

* DealWithTheDevil: Izuku makes a deal with Red Riot's spirit, the Temple-Dog, who would help him escape in exchange for Izuku providing Red Riot with information later. He realizes too late that the spirit intends to help him escape by possessing him, something he does not deal with well. At all.

* IKnowYourTrueName: Names have power for spirits, and knowing their true name would give the wielder power over them. Izuku possessing the Temple-Dog's name would allow him to break the deal they made.

* SayingTooMuch: Izuku, under Shin Nemoto's truth-forcing quirk, reveals that he was the one who [[spoiler: stopped All for One by fusing with All Might's spirit]].

** The idea of being possessed by another spirit, though for Eri's sake he would have agreed to a full possession by her spirit.
* WeDoTheImpossible: Izuku, having gained a reputation from interfering at Kamino Ward, is now the go-to person whenever someone loses their quirk.

* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Zigzagged. MSA was written before the full details of quirk-erasing drugs was revealed, and was working under the assumption that they would be permanent without interference. This was later validated by canon, when it is revealed that permanent ones do exist, they simply took longer in development. Now, MSA canon has it that the permanent ones were developed earlier and can be undone with a purchased antidote, that the permanent drugs are available on the market if expensive, and that the temporary ones also exist.

** Instead of only having to deal with being quirkless, Izuku also has to deal with spirits who see him as a means to an end constantly dragging him into danger to do favors for them.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: Izuku's Character is tired, done with life, and shies away from attention like the plague. He has also given up on the heroes being able to help him, though he still does admire them to some extent.

* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Izuku, being the Name Eater, [[spoiler: effectively has the abilities of All for One.]]

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Izuku is able to [[spoiler: replicate the effects of All for One, even though he really wishes he could not.]]
* BadassInDistress: Izuku, when arrested, still manages to sass everyone out to the point he impresses the heroes and makes some of them laugh.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: What Overhaul does to Izuku, figuring out how much blood he has, grafting his arm onto separate objects , and testing how much foreign energy he could take.]]

* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Izuku, whose conscience eventually drags him into helping everyone restore their quirks, at the cost of his recluse, sleep, and patience.

* DarkSecret: [[spoiler: Izuku destroyed All for One's spirit, and is eventually forced to confess to Overhaul while under the influence of Shin Nemoto's, or Dark Scale's quirk.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Izuku makes a deal with Red Riot's spirit, the Temple-Dog who would help him escape in exchange for Izuku providing Red Riot with information later. He realizes too late that the spirit intends to help him escape by possessing him, something he does not deal with well. At all.
* DeathWish: Izuku thinks that if he cannot find a way to escape, he would rather remove his medallion and have the Skinbeast eat him than spend the rest of his life as [[spoiler: Overhaul's experimental subject]].
* DefectorFromDecadence: Izuku could have taken credit [[spoiler: for defeating All for One]], but sees it as too stressful as well as traumatic to want to remember it ever happening.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Following the Kirin was an impulsive decision as Izuku did not know if he would be able to spot it again. He did not count on being [[spoiler: caught in Eight Precepts territory]].
* DudeWheresMyRespect?: Izuku, despite restoring Eraserhead's quirk, gets arrested and interrogated for his efforts.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Because of an incident when he was young, Izuku was exposed to Spirits and was able to learn how they work. This also means that others are incapable of understanding his totally true explanations of what he is doing.

* HitchhikerHeroes: Senshajou, Eri, and [[spoiler: Rappa]].

* ItsAllMyFault: Izuku blames himself for [[spoiler: destroying All for One's spirit]], even thought that was probably the best anyone could have done. The narration implies that he used [[spoiler:All for One's spirit's]] true name to destroy it, for which he is nicknamed the Name Eater.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Even prior to [[LivingLieDetector Detective Tsukauchi]] showing up, he answers with truths that are too [[RefugeInAudacity absurd]] to be believed.
* TheOathBreaker: Averted with Red Riot, although he had to be convinced to keep his word. Even though he would not have suffered Supernatural Consequences, he kept his word because he is a honest man.
* PunchAWall: Izuku is so affected by [[spoiler: Overhaul experimenting on him]] that he does this in his cell's bathroom.
* OhCrap!: Izuku when called out on being the guy who called Eijirou about the Kamino Ward incident.

* SpiritAdvisor: Izuku temporarily gains many of these.
* TearsOfFear: Izuku releases these in the bathroom of his cell in the [[spoiler: Eight Precepts of Death's headquarters after enduring [[BodyHorror experimentation]] by Overhaul]].

* TheyWouldCutYouUp: This is the very reason [[spoiler: Izuku tries so hard to prevent Overhaul from finding out his deepest secrets. Then, he gets cut up anyways]].
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* WrongContextMagic: Izuku's "quirk" is not a quirk so much as manipulating spiritual energy. That being said, what everyone thinks is scientific evolution quirks are actually granted by said spirits.