History YMMV / MastermindStrategistForHire

* HeartwarmingInHindsight:

** At one point, Principal Nedzu laments that it's a shame that Mastermind's skills and smarts are being used for villainy instead of heroism, and wishes he could have met Izuku before becoming a villain because Nedzu would have gladly taken him in as a student. Nedzu gets his wish in '' Fanfic/CheatCodeSupportStrategist'', another AlternateUniverse fanfic by the same author, when Izuku enrolls into UA’s Support Course as an intelligence and analytics student.

** A few weeks after [[spoiler:Shoto Todoroki is kidnapped]], his classmates assume he's dead and turn his desk into a memorial.
* WhatAnIdiot:
** Izuku produces a plan to rob Okane Bank for the Blue Dogs gang one month after taking the top 50 Pro Heroes in Japan hostage and having #8 Pro Hero Wash killed in protective custody.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' The Blue Dogs pay Izuku's fee for the plans.\\
'''Instead:''' The Blue Dogs [[MuggingTheMonster hold Izuku at gunpoint]] to get the plans for free.\\
'''End Result:''' Immediately after the meeting, Izuku sells plans on how to kill each member to the gang's enemies, leading to their deaths.
** Dragon learns Mastermind's true identity after the villain blatantly states he will never work with him.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' [[spoiler:Dragon to realize his son refuses to work with him because Izuku hates him for abandoning him.]]\\
'''Instead:''' Dragon decides Mastermind won't work with him because [[spoiler:Izuku doesn't realize Dragon is his father]], and that Mastermind will be happy to make plans for him once that's cleared up.
** Izuku has to leave one of his murder notebooks in his room in family's house.\\
'''You'd Expect:''' He would hide it in the locked box under his bed or at least put it in a desk drawer.\\
'''Instead:''' He leaves it on the desk.\\
'''End Result:''' [[spoiler:Inko stumbles on it while cleaning his room, becomes worried when she reads the contents and goes to the police with the notebook, allowing Tsukauchi to finally learn Mastermind's civilian identity.]]

'''Instead:''' Dragon decides Mastermind won't work with him because [[spoiler:Izuku doesn't realize Dragon is his father]], and that Mastermind will be happy to make plans for him once that's cleared up.

--> ''YMMV/DekuIThinkHesSomePro'' | '''Mastermind: Strategist For Hire''' | ''YMMV/MastermindRiseOfAnarchy'' | ''YMMV/ViridianTheGreenGuide'' | ''YMMV/CheatCodeSupportStrategist'' | ''YMMV/ShadowsTheHorrorMovieHeroes''

--> ''YMMV/DekuIThinkHesSomePro'' | ''YMMV/MastermindStrategistForHire'' | '''Mastermind: Rise Of Anarchy''' | ''YMMV/ViridianTheGreenGuide'' | ''YMMV/CheatCodeSupportStrategist'' | ''YMMV/ShadowsTheHorrorMovieHeroes''

* MagnificentBastard: Izuku Midoriya, aka [[VillainProtagonist Mastermind]], was once a Quirkless teenager with dreams of becoming a Pro Hero but a combination of his dreams being crushed by All Might and [[FantasticRacism discrimination against the Quirkless]] preventing him from getting a legitimate job ultimately drive him to become the title character, selling plans to other villains to make a living. His [[AwesomenessByAnalysis excellent analytical abilities]] and the high-quality plans he provides to villains via said abilities quickly make him into TheDreaded within months, becoming responsible for the deaths of hundreds, including more than a dozen Pro Heroes. He takes full advantage of his public life to throw off the police, letting him evade capture for more than two years. On top of that, he made plans in the event he does end up captured and incarcerated in [[TheAlcatraz Tartarus]].

** Dabi's family bond with Shouto become this [[spoiler:when it's revealed in canon that Dabi's original vengeance against Endeavor involved killing his youngest brother.]]

* HolyShitQuotient: [[spoiler:All Might's death at the USJ]] was met by universal shock and disbelief.

** At one point, Principal Nedzu laments that it's a shame that Mastermind's skills and smarts are being used for villainy instead of heroism, and wishes he could have met whoever Izuku was before becoming a villain because Nedzu would have gladly taken him in as a student. Nedzu gets his wish in '' Fanfic/CheatCodeSupportStrategist'', another fanfic by the same author, when Izuku enrolls into UA’s Support Course as an intelligence and analytics student.

* HeartwarmingInHindsight: Dabi's family bond with the League become this [[spoiler:when it's revealed in canon that Dabi only cares for the League as a means to an end.]]

* MagnificentBastard: Izuku Midoriya, aka [[VillainProtagonist Mastermind]], was once a Quirkless teenager with dreams of becoming a Pro Hero, a combination of his dreams being crushed by All Might and [[FantasticRacism discrimination against the Quirkless]] preventing him from getting a legitimate job ultimately drive him to become the title character, selling plans to other villains to make a living. His [[AwesomenessByAnalysis excellent analytical abilities]] and the high-quality plans he provides to villains via said abilities quickly make him into TheDreaded within months, becoming responsible for the deaths of hundreds, including more than a dozen Pro Heroes. He takes full advantage of his public life to throw off the police, letting him evade capture for more than two years. On top of that, he made plans in the event he does end up captured and incarcerated in [[TheAlcatraz Tartarus]].

'''End Result:''' Immediately after the meeting, Izuku sells plans on how to kill each member to the gang's enemies, leading to their deaths.

* MoralEventHorizon: Invoked by Izuku, when he [[spoiler:stabbed Glimmer, one of Uwabami's Sidekicks, to death]] to prove to himself he had become a real villain.

* TearJerker: All Might's [[spoiler: funeral and Tsukauchi's subsequent [[HeroicBSOD breakdown]] in Chapter 14.]]

* TearJerker: All Might's [[spoiler: funeral and Tsukauchi's subsequent [[HeroicBSOD breakdown]] in Chapter 14.]]

* TearJerker: All Might's [[spoiler: funeral.]]

* TearJerker: All Might's [[spoiler: funeral]]

* MoralEventHorizon: Invoked by Izuku, when he [[spoiler:stabbed Glimmer, one of Uwabami's Sidekicks, to death]] to prove to himself he had become a real villain.