History Fanfic / WitnessGoodNeighbors

* ForWantOfANail:
** Midoriya Izuku did not attend U.A.; therefore, Shouto meets him for the first time when he's assigned to protection detail, and things unfolded rather differently for U.A.'s 'Trouble Class'. In particular, ''something'' happened to [[spoiler:Iida Tenya]] that Shouto and Izuku skirt around, and Bakugou Katsuki/Cluster Bomb had troubles of his own...
** Todoroki Enji has never had any kind of HeelRealization regarding his treatment of Shouto. (If he has, [[IgnoredEpiphany it's gone completely ignored]].) Becoming the Number One Hero has not changed his ways for the better; if anything, he's gotten ''worse''.
** As part of the climax, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Dabi has never been involved with the League of Villains]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the members of the black-masked gang [[spoiler: wields blue flames.]]

* PsychologicalProjection: One of the ways Fracture needles Shouto is by suggesting that ''he's'' the one who needs to focus on his job more, such as when he turns up late to escorting Midoriya to a safehouse and tries to make it sound as though ''Shouto'' was the one who kept everyone waiting.

* ForWantOfANail:
** As ''Bleeding-Heart'' details, in this universe, Izuku tried to take Toshinori's advice and changed career paths to become a police officer instead... only to be rejected for his Quirklessness. Despite officers not being authorized to use their Quirks.
** Izuku himself cites this as part of why he follows news of U.A's Trouble Class so closely: they're all around his age. Had he managed to get in somehow, they might have been classmates.

* {{Nepotism}}: Several of Shouto's coworkers mistakenly believe that he benefits from parental favoritism, and that his assignment to protect Midoriya is coddling rather than punishment.

* NotSoDifferentRemark: When asked about Bakugou, Shouto mentally compares him to his father, wondering if he acted the way Endeavor did when he was younger: ambitious, powerful and eager to live up to the promise said power held, only to be embittered by his failures. He ends up using the same line he uses when forced to say something positive about his father: that "He was skilled in combat."

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: Shinsou has a DarkAndTroubledPast -- bad enough that he was on the streets before meeting Izuku, and met him via lifting his wallet.

* AlmightyJanitor: Even though he passed the police exam with flying colors, placing in the ninety-fifth percentile, Izuku gets rejected purely for being Quirkless and finds himself working as a janitor, struggling to keep his head above water. With time, he learns how to turn this to his advantage.

* BattleaxeNurse: Raichi Mieko, one of Izuku's coworkers at the hospital. A strict ControlFreak who shows NoSympathy for others, looking down her nose at her peers and giving them crap for showing any signs of vulnerability, weakness or general humanity. [[spoiler:She's also complicit in a scheme to test drugs on helpless psychiatric patients.]]

* TrashTheSet: After learning that the police force won't accept him because he's Quirkless, rendering All-Might's advice and years of work effectively useless, Izuku wrecks his bedroom while breaking down, tearing down things that remind him of his failure until he's left glaring up at the only poster of All-Might that survived:

* {{Foreshadowing}}: One of the members of the black-masked gang wields blue flames.

* OriginStory: For Midoriya Izuku, detailing how he starts developing into a GuileHero. The last chapter is even titled 'Midoriya Izuku: Origin'.

* NotSoDifferent: When asked about Bakugou, Shouto mentally compares him to his father, wondering if he acted the way Endeavor did when he was younger: ambitious, powerful and eager to live up to the promise said power held, only to be embittered by his failures. He ends up using the same line he uses when forced to say something positive about his father: that "He was skilled in combat."

-->'''Izuku:''' "I've gotten this far in my life without a quirk, I don't need to use others for theirs."\\
'''Shinsou:''' "Oh, yeah. Janitor. That's pretty far, good job, Midoriya."\\
'''Izuku:''' "Just because people won't acknowledge you doesn't mean you haven't accomplished anything. And I think you know that, Shinsou."
* AttractivenessDiscrimination: The staff at the high-end boutique Saitaka falsely accuse Izuku of shoplifting and kick him out of their store purely because they judge him 'not attractive enough' to part of their customer base. As Shinsou puts it, "That place is so smug they'd bottle their farts and call it perfume."
* BattleaxeNurse: Raichi Mieko, one of Izuku's coworkers at the hospital. A strict ControlFreak who shows NoSympathy for others, looking down her nose at her peers and giving them crap for showing any signs of vulnerability, weakness or general humanity.

-->'''Izuku:''' "What, you think I want to do this for a medal? She's in trouble and I want to help her. I'd like your help, if you want to give it, but I'm doing this whether or not you're in."

-->'''Izuku:''' "''They'' didn't want me, either."

--->'''Endeavor:''' "Do you have any idea how a security breach like this reflects on ''my'' agency? Did you even think of that when you decided to do a half-assed job just to spite me--"\\
'''Izuku:''' "If you don't want to look bad, then next time make sure ''your'' sidekicks don't ''leak information to the villains trying to kill me!''"

--->'''Endeavor:''' ''[leaning into Naomasa's space to try and force him to move back]'' "I would urge you to remember your ''place'', Detective."\\
'''Naomasa:''' ''[standing his ground]'' "I know my place, Todoroki-san. But it seems to me, that ever since you had your rank handed to you, you've forgotten your own."

* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
** When Izuku finally asks the office worker at the station "Was I rejected because I'm quirkless?", the man is clearly shaken. Mostly because the answer is 'Yes', though he tries to talk his way around it.
** When Inko apologizes to Izuku, saying that she didn't support him well enough after his diagnosis, Izuku reassures her that she was just being honest. Inko asks "Is that what you wanted to hear, Izuku? Did you want to hear me be honest, brutally honest, when you were four years old?"

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--->'''Endeavor:''' *leaning into Naomasa's space to try and force him to move back* "I would urge you to remember your ''place'', Detective."\\
'''Naomasa:''' *standing his ground* "I know my place, Todoroki-san. But it seems to me, that ever since you had your rank handed to you, you've forgotten your own."

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Izuku and Cluster Bomb, aka Bakugou Katsuki. As he admits to Shinsou, "He was a pretty crap friend."

* DeathGlare: Raichi's Quirk lets her weaponize this, literally paralyzing her victims with fear and shame.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Izuku and Cluster Bomb, aka Bakugou Katsuki.

* OriginStory: For Midoriya Izuku, detailing how he starts developing into a GuileHero.

* FalseFlagOperation: In the end, evidence is discovered that suggests [[spoiler:the black masked gang members were part of Silverteeth all along]]. [[spoiler:Whether or not this is ''true'' is something else entirely.]]

* AllLovingHero: Despite everything, Izuku is empathic enough that he not only forgives Shinsou for stealing his wallet, he offers to let him stay at his apartment
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Izuku finally asks the office worker at the station "Was I rejected because I'm quirkless?", the man is clearly shaken. Mostly because the answer is 'Yes', though he tries to talk his way around it.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Endeavor is so self-absorbed that he honestly believes Shouto took down Power Loader ''purely'' to upstage and embarrass him. In fact, he seems inclined to twist ''everything'' Shouto does around in his head to make it personal.

** Midoriya Izuku did not attend U.A.; therefore, Shouto meets him for the first time when he's assigned to protection detail, and things unfolded rather differently for U.A.'s 'Trouble Class'.