Line #43 Fanfic/MyHeroAcademiaEntropy


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2	[[caption-width-right:180:No one is immune to entropy, heroes least of all.]]
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4	Midoriya Izuku didn't change overnight. The process was slow and gradual, the end result of a life filled with rejections and roadblocks: All Might's refusal to train him, the daily torment of his friends and teachers, the crushing weight of society's collective dismissal of his existence. Not even life as a student in U.A.'s General Studies course could dampen his ambition - but everyone has a breaking point. Destruction brings renewal, and with the death of his old dream, Izuku has gained a new one - one he intends to share with all of Japan.
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6	All orderly systems descend into chaos. No one is immune to entropy, heroes least of all.
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8	''Entropy'' is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fanfic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Imperium42/ Imperium42]]. It can be read on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15650361/chapters/36349839 here]] and Website/FanfictionDotNet [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13031828/1/Entropy here]].
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10	!!''Entropy'' provides examples of:
11	%%* AdultsAreUseless: Aizawa, All Might, and arguably Inko.
12	%%* AffablyEvil: The Syndicate as a whole, notably Gentle and La Brava.
13	* AintTooProudToBeg:
14	** [[spoiler:Asui Tsuyu]] finds themselves pinned down by Toga, who threatens to cut off their [[spoiler:tongue]]. Toga draws a lot of pleasure from their begging, [[spoiler:but decides she didn't ask politely enough and lops it off anyway]].
15	** After losing an arm and a leg to [[spoiler:Gentle]], [[spoiler:Suneater]] begs them to spare their life, right as [[spoiler:Gentle snaps out of his UnstoppableRage]].
16	* AlasPoorVillain: The death of [[spoiler:Tomura]] is pretty tragic -- they get beaten to a pulp while unable to defend themselves, then casually ignored as [[spoiler:Dark Shadow tears them to pieces]].
17	* AnArmAndALeg:
18	** Tsuyu goes through this when [[spoiler:Toga cuts off her tongue, though it gets reattached later]]. She also gets shot in the hip by [[spoiler:Hatsume]].
19	** [[spoiler:Midoriya ends up cutting off one of his limbs]] after almost being caught by Kendo.
20	** A literal example with [[spoiler:Tamaki]], who loses both an arm and a leg after a battle with [[spoiler:Gentle Criminal]].
21	* AnyoneCanDie: Casualties in this series include [[spoiler:Iida, Tsukauchi, Gran Torino, All Might, Hawks, Uraraka, Vlad King, and Aizawa]].
22	* ApatheticTeacher: Aizawa. This factored into [[spoiler:Hakagure]]'s defection. When confronting him, they point out that he never bothered [[spoiler:helping her get a proper costume during her time at U.A., as he was more focused on the more powerful members of his class three years she was at U.A. Aizawa himself agrees.]]
23	* ArmsDealer: Hatsume is this in order to fund the Syndicate.
24	* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Midoriya after he cuts off half his arm.]]
25	* AttackTheMouth: Overlap with TongueTrauma when Toga [[spoiler:cuts off Tsuyu’s tongue]].
26	* BadassNormal: Midoriya is still Quirkless. He is also the undisputed leader of the Syndicate.
27	* TheBadGuyWins:
28	** This happens multiple times, most notably on the Black Day, when the Syndicate [[spoiler:erases police records, kills the Number One hero Hawks, infiltrates UA and kills All Might, ''and'' kills off half a dozen heroes, while injuring Edgeshot and Mandalay severely enough for them to stop heroing]].
29	** [[spoiler:Again at the army base, where the Syndicate escape with David and Melissa Shield, gaining some sort of leverage against the United States Government while crippling Red Riot and Suneater.]]
30	** [[spoiler:One again during the U.A. raid, where they manage to kill Vlad King, Aizawa and Uraraka, blow up the campus, and expose Endeavor’s familial abuse, while painting the next generation of heroes as incompetent and incapable of fighting back.]]
31	* BadPowersBadPeople: Mustard, Shinso, Toga, Shigaraki, and All For One all suit this trope, as their Quirks are labeled "Villain's Quirks" by society.
32	* BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Midoriya went from wanting to be a hero to public enemy number one in three and a half years.
33	* BlackMail:
34	** [[spoiler:David Shield]] gets blackmailed into working with the Syndicate after they learn that [[spoiler:he helped organize a terrorist attack, which the government helped cover up]].
35	** Along similiar lines, [[spoiler:Kaminari]] is recruited into the Syndicate when they [[spoiler:answer a phone that Shigaraki dropped, exposing his status as the League's mole inside U.A.]].
36	* BlatantLies: Kendo attempts to pass off [[spoiler:Black Whip]] as just another evolution of her Quirk.
37	%%* BloodbathVillainOrigin: Midoriya, Shinso, and Hatsume.
38	* BodyHorror: Dabi and Midoriya fit the bill, the former’s skin is burned and rotting, while the latter is missing his arm and his torso is made up of scars.
39	* BrokenPedestal: After All Might crushes Midoriya's dreams ''again'' by backing up Aizawa's refusal to let him try out for the Hero Course, he throws out his whole collection of memorabilia.
40	%%* TheBully: Bakugo.
41	* BullyingADragon: Uraraka opts to give Midoriya ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine by hitting multiple {{Berserk Button}}s at once, all with a shit-eating grin on her face. [[spoiler:This ends poorly for her in the long run.]]
42	* CareerEndingInjury: Invoked upon [[spoiler:Tamaki, Kirishima, Edgeshot, and Mandalay]].
43	* CartoonishSuperVillainy: Gentle and La Brava before they [[spoiler:join the Syndicate]].
44	%%* TheChessmaster: Midoriya and [[spoiler:Re-Destro.]]
45	* ChokeHolds: Toga to Melissa, Izuku to Toga during training and [[spoiler:All Might]] just before his death.
46	* TheCorrupter: Midoriya is meaninglessly responsible for corrupting [[spoiler:five former hero students to his side.]]
47	%%* ClawingAtOwnThroat: Shigaraki.
48	%%* CoDragons: Yaoyorozu and Monoma to Midoriya’s BigBad.
49	* ColdBloodedTorture: [[spoiler:After Spinner and Gentle are kidnapped they are tortured for information.]]
50	%%* CopKiller: Dabi, Overhaul, Eight Expendables, and Hatsume.
51	* TheCracker: La Brava mainly, but Hatsume and Yaoyorozu to an extent.
52	* CreateYourOwnVillain: All Might and Aizawa do this to Midoriya, though both deny full responsibility for it.
53	%%* DarkAndtroubledPast: Midoriya and Shinso.
54	%%* DarkMessiah: Midoriya becomes this.
55	* DeconstructionFic: Of Villain!Midoriya fanfic, tackling many of its usual tropes and clichés and picking them apart:
56	** As the summary above notes, Izuku did not turn villainous overnight. Even without the Sludge Villain getting free again and providing a chance for him to prove himself to All Might, he continues pursuing his dreams, even making it into U.A.'s General Course.
57	** While Izuku and the Syndicate hold All Might and Aizawa responsible for driving them into villainy, both hold firm that they are responsible for their ''own'' decisions.
58	** Villain!Midoriya is frequently depicted as a nearly unflappable [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]]. Here, however, while he remains an EvilGenius, he's hardly immune to making mistakes, especially when it comes to sensitive topics...or matters of revenge. This spiteful streak repeatedly works against him.
59	** [[spoiler:The idea of Izuku joining the League of Villains. He goes to Shigaraki to join him but is turned down [[FantasticAbleism because he is quirkless]].]]
60	* DehumanizingInsult: Deku to Midoriya, Sub-Human to Spinner.
61	%%* DiabolicalMastermind: Midoriya.
62	* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Midoriya didn't expect Kendo to come back so soon to save All Might.]]
63	* DismembermentIsCheap: Invoked with [[spoiler:Midoriya]] after he replaces his arm with a [[ArtificialLimbsAreStronger better, robotic version]].
64	* DontCreateAMartyr: the reason not all Heroes who cross paths with the Syndicate die, and why Kendo is spared in the [[spoiler:U.A. raid]].
65	* DontTellMama: [[spoiler:Shinso]] gets worried about what his parents will think when they find out he became a villain.
66	* {{Doorstopper}}: As of August 11, 2022, exactly four years after its start, the fic has over 450,000 words, 33 chapters, and does not seem to not even halfway done.
67	* DrivenToSuicide:
68	** [[spoiler:Midoriya Inko]] attempted suicide twice after the Syndicate's broadcast. Following the second attempt, they were transferred to a hospital and kept under surveillance.
69	** The demise of [[spoiler:Uraraka]] is made to look like this; in reality, [[spoiler:Hagakure finishes them off]].
70	* DyingAsYourself:
71	** During the opening chapter, [[spoiler:Tomura dies as Tenko]].
72	** In their last moments alive, [[spoiler:Uraraka]] regains enough control of themselves to realize what's about to happen to them.
73	* EndOfAnAge: [[spoiler:The Black Day marks the end of the age of peace within the hero community and causes the end of U.A.]]
74	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Despite all his crimes, Midoriya and the other UA villains still love their parents.
75	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: The members of the Syndicate to one another.
76	%%* EvilDuo: Gentle and La Brava.
77	* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler:Midoriya pulls this on Tomura]]
78	* EvilFormerFriend:
79	** [[spoiler:Monoma to Kendo.]]
80	** [[spoiler:Yaoyorozu to Class A in general, especially to Jiro and Todoroki.]]
81	** [[spoiler:Hagakure to Class A in general, Uraraka in particular.]]
82	** [[spoiler:Kamakiri to Setsuna Tokage.]]
83	* EvilGenius: Played with. Midoriya is clever and analytical, but he also makes some very biting mistakes out of spite and malice which end up costing him resources and allies.
84	* EvilGloating: Midoriya's trademark most of the time. Played straight with Tomura, Kendo, and U.A. in general. Subverted with [[spoiler:Uraraka, who succeeds in making him fly off the handle after mocking his Quirkless nature and past weakness]].
85	* EvilPlan: Midoriya has a bunch of them. So far, notable examples include:
86	** [[spoiler:Kidnapping strong U.A. students to serve as assets for his group.]]
87	** [[spoiler:Using Toga's affection for him to break up and absorb the League into his own organization.]]
88	** [[spoiler:Killing Number One Hero Hawks by luring him into a rigged hostage rescue operation.]]
89	** [[spoiler:Assaulting and sacking the Tokyo PD headquarters to erase police records of Syndicate and Shie Hassaikai members.]]
90	** [[spoiler:Using the surrounding chaos to infiltrate U.A. and kill the (quirkless and retired) All Might.]]
91	** [[spoiler:Infiltrating the U.S. Airforce base in Okinawa to capture David and Melissa Shield.]]
92	** [[spoiler:Letting Gentle Criminal and Spinner get kidnapped by the MLA in order to locate and monitor its HQ]]
93	** [[spoiler:Hijacking Uraraka's body in order to lure out and execute Aizawa.]]
94	** [[spoiler:Using sleeper agents to crash the U.A. graduation ceremony, kill several prominent members and humiliate the remaining attendants, Kendo in particular.]]
95	** [[spoiler:Use the above operation as a distraction to try and extract Gentle and Spinner from Deika City.]]
96	** It must be mentioned that, with the sole exception of the last plan, all of these end up succeeding to varying degrees.
97	* EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: The Syndicate is remarkably close.
98	* EvilNerd: Midoriya still knows virtually everything about heroes.
99	* EvilVirtues: Midoriya has ambition, determination, diligence, equality, love, patience, resourcefulness, and valor.
100	* EvilVsEvil: The Syndicate and the League of Villains, and later the [[spoiler:Meta Liberation Army]].
101	%%* EvilPlan: Midoriya has plenty of these.
102	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Monoma, Yaoyorozu, Tokoyami, Kamakiri, and Hagakure.]]
103	* FakeArmDisarm: [[spoiler:Midoriya]] injures his prosthetic during a fight with Kirishima.
104	%%* FallenHero: Monoma, [[spoiler: Yaoyorozu, and Tokoyami]].
105	%%* FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: All of the violence.
106	%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Midoriya seems to love invoking this.
107	%%* FemmeFatale: Toga, surprisingly.
108	%%* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Midoriya has one.]]
109	* FriendlessBackground: It is implied that Hatsume and Shinso were the first friends Izuku ever made.
110	* FriendInTheBlackMarket: Giran to both the Syndicate and the League.
111	* FriendlyEnemy: Invoked and subverted with Midoriya. He acts friendly and refers to the heroes he is fighting as "friends" but it's clear he'll kill them if given the chance and only acts that way to mock and belittle them.
112	* FromNobodyToNightmare: The Syndicate's main top members in general but especially Midoriya, a Quirkless general education student.
113	* GainingTheWillToKill: Gentle gains this after La Brava [[spoiler:is shot by an attack helicopter]].
114	* TheHeavy: Midoriya is the main cause for almost all of the conflict in the story.
115	%%* HellHolePrison: Tartarus. [[spoiler:Even lampshaded, according to Nighteye they have human rights activists trying to get more privileges for them. Like being able to move.]]
116	* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Izuku kills All Might, then later cripples Kirishima.]]
117	%%* HeroWithAnFInGood: Bakugo.
118	* HypocriteHasAPoint: Despite being formerly Quirkless himself, All Might told Midoriya that heroes need to stand on their own merit. Still, he has a point about heroes needing their own power in order to survive the dangers of their line of work.
119	* IJustWantToBeYou: During an argument, Bakugou admits to Kendo that he's incredibly jealous of her, wishing that ''he'' was the one who [[spoiler:All Might chose as his successor]].
120	* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Monoma has this pretty badly.
121	* ItGetsEasier: Mr. Compress tells Gentle this before [[spoiler:the battle with Hawks.]]
122	%%* ItsAllAboutMe: Bakugo.
123	%%* JerkAss: Bakugo, Aizawa, and Endeavor.
124	* KnightOfCerebus: Midoriya's appearance makes the world of ''My Hero Academia'' much grimmer. People die, former heroes are turning traitor, and people are turning against heroes.
125	* KnockoutGas: Possessed and used by both Midnight and Mustard.
126	* LifeOrLimbDecision: [[spoiler:Midoriya cuts off his own arm after getting it caught by Black Whip to avoid getting killed/captured by Kendo.]]
127	* MadScientist: Like in canon, Hatsume has the personality of an insane inventor.
128	* MagneticHero: Midoriya like in canon - although on the Villain side.
129	%%* ManipulativeBastard: Midoriya.
130	* MindRape: Midoriya to [[spoiler:Uraraka]], after activating the "Baku" neural chip implanted into [[spoiler:her]] brain.
131	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Kaminari Denki is a spy for the Syndicate.]]
132	%%* MoralEventHorizon: [[spoiler:After Midoriya, Shinso, and Hatsume beat the robbers, Shinso uses his quirk to make them kill themselves but before says that they can't claim self-defense after it.]]
133	%%* MotiveRant: Midoriya to Uraraka and Yaoyorozu, [[spoiler:Yaoyorozu]] to Todoroki. The Syndicate to all of Japan during their broadcast.
134	%%* {{Narcissist}}: Bakugo.
135	%%* NoNonsenseNemesis: The Syndicate.
136	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Mr. Compress evokes this when talking with Gentle Criminal.
137	-->'''Mr. Compress''': "I've been watching you with great interest ever since you joined us, Gentle. Partly because I've been asked to keep an eye on you, admittedly, but also partly because you remind me of myself when I was young. We're both showmen at heart, we thrive on the stage, on an audience. So while some parts of villainy come naturally to people like us - the theatrics, the scheming and deception, the grand drama of it all, I know that others… are more difficult."
138	%%* NotSoHarmlessVillain: La Brava.
139	* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Midoriya tells this to Uraraka after she tells him that he will be stopped.
140	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: All Might and Aizawa pushing Midoriya over the edge.
141	* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:Aizawa and Bakugou's attitude toward Midoriya.]]
142	* PointOfDivergence:
143	** All Might didn't drop the Sludge Villain, so Midoriya never got the chance to prove himself to him.
144	** Instead of Midoriya facing off against Muscular at the training camp, Kendo tried to stop him themselves. This led to [[spoiler:All Might selecting her as his successor]].
145	** Since Izuku didn't inherit One for All and never made it into Class 1-A, he wasn't around to [[spoiler:save Iida from Stain. Both he and Manual were killed, while Todoroki and six other heroes were injured. Endeavor then murdered Stain with the media watching, making him into a martyr and giving Midoriya and his group the perfect opportunity to escape]].
146	* PoliceState: Japan is on the verge of becoming one with the Japanese government beginning to push for extreme measures to counter The Syndicate.
147	* QuirkyMinibossSquad: The Syndicate's twin Strike Forces, Visigoth and Vandal, during the Black Day.
148	* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: Midoriya's intelligence according to the author.
149	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Midoriya gives one to Tomura and gets one from Uraraka.
150	* RedBaron:
151	** [[spoiler:Midoriya Izuku - Seraph]]
152	** [[spoiler:Monoma Neito - Chaudron]]
153	** [[spoiler:Hatsume Mei - Longshot]]
154	** [[spoiler:Shinso Hitoshi - Synapse]]
155	** [[spoiler:Yaoyorozu Momo - Pandora]]
156	** [[spoiler:Toga Himiko - Carmilla]]
157	** [[spoiler:Hagakure Toru - Lightwave]]
158	** [[spoiler:Kamakiri Togaru - Scimitar]]
159	* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:Hatsume made some sort of device that weakened Tokoyami's consciousness and strengthened Dark Shadow's consciousness and blood-lust to the point where Tokoyami was enslaved to his own quirk.]]
160	* RefusedByTheCall: Midoriya's attempts to become a hero were repeatedly rejected and stymied at every turn.
161	* SatanicArchetype: Midoriya's villain name is [[spoiler:Seraph]] for one. He creates distrust in society. He preys on people's weaknesses and corrupts those around him.
162	* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Kendo promises Inko that she will save Midoriya to stop her from killing herself.]]
163	* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Aizawa refused to let Midoriya even ''attempt'' the transfer exam. When his friends protested, he threatened to bar Shinso from trying as well and got Hatsume barred from working in the lab outside of class before hitting all three of them with detentions.
164	* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:Kendo tells Aizawa about One for All.]]
165	* ShoutOut: A couple to ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' when the Syndicate finish their drinks at the same and when Izuku tells Uraraka that it is "useless, useless, useless" to resist.
166	* SmugSuper: Though not exactly smug, inheriting One for All has not made [[spoiler:Kendo]] humble. [[spoiler:She]] has come to expect people to treat [[spoiler:her]] differently ever since being publicly announced as the heir to All Might. Midoriya calls [[spoiler:her]] out on this hard.
167	* SniperRifle: Used by Hatsume [[spoiler:during the Syndicate’s fight with Hawks.]]
168	* SocialDarwinist: Seems to be the main tenet of the [[spoiler:Syndicate's]] ideology.
169	%%* TheSpymaster: Midoriya and Monoma.
170	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Subverted with Neito he wants to be the leader because of his inferiority complex but is still completely loyal to Izuku.]]
171	* StartOfDarkness: Midoriya's comes when he's refused the right to even ''attempt'' the exam to transfer into the Hero Course. This spurs him to [[spoiler:try proving himself by arresting a villain, only to end up accidentally killing a purse snatcher in self-defense. Since he used Hatsume's tech, she fears that she'll be charged as an accomplice. Then the brother of the mugger and two other villains break into the Midoriyas' apartment. One of the crooks is killed in the ensuing fight, and Shinso uses his Quirk to make another kill the third before killing himself. After a week, they decide they can't stay at U.A. with the police investigating, and decide to go on the run]].
172	* SuckySchool: U.A. gets this reputation after the Black Day and because of all the other scandals.
173	* TakeMeInstead: Kendo attempts to bargain with the Syndicate this way, offering herself in exchange for their hostages. Midoriya [[DeconstructedTrope flips it around on her]], accusing her of considering herself more ''valuable'' and ''important'' than anyone else.
174	* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler:Midoriya's endgame is to take over Japan.]]
175	* ToxicFriendInfluence: [[spoiler:Being friends with Midoriya caused Shinso and Hatsume to become villains with him.]]
176	%%* TragicVillain: Just about every villain in the story.
177	* TranquilFury: [[spoiler:Kendo when talking to Izuku after he killed All Might.]]
178	* TeensAreMonsters: Applies to the first five members of the Syndicate, as well as Toga and Mustard.
179	%%* TerribleTrio: Midoriya, Hatsume, and Shinso.
180	* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Part of Shinso, Mustard, and Toga’s reasons for villainy.
181	* TongueTrauma: Overlap with AttackTheMouth when Toga [[spoiler:cuts off Tsuyu’s tongue.]]
182	%%* {{Ubermensch}}: Midoriya and the rest of the Syndicate.
183	* UnholyMatrimony: Toga/Midoriya and Shinso/Hatsume.
184	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Zigzagged and Deconstructed. Midoriya and co. insist that Aizawa and All Might indirectly caused the most dangerous terrorist organization in living memory to form, though both heroes maintain that the actions of the villains are their doing alone. Ultimately, the question is open to interpretation.
185	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Happens with Midoriya, Hatsume, Shinso, [[spoiler:Monoma, Yaoyorozu, and Tokoyami.]]
186	* VillainHasAPoint: Yaoyorozu brings up that the idea of the Syndicate is because of this.
187	%%* VillainousFriendship: Midoriya, Hatsume, and Shinso.
188	%%* VillainProtagonist: Midoriya. Full stop.
189	* VillainRespect: [[spoiler:Totally subverted with Midoriya. He may respect All Might to some degree but he does not view Kendo as anything more than the next One For All. He invokes this against Kirishima but clearly views him as a toy.]]
190	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:The Syndicate gets a cult following larger than Stain’s after the Black Day.]]
191	* VillainsActHeroesReact: This happens for practically all conflict in the story. [[spoiler:Even the act of creating the Syndicate-hunting Task Force Fenrir is a reaction to the events of the Black Day.]]
192	%%* VisionaryVillain: What the entire Syndicate is made up of. [[spoiler:Superficially for the most part. They all have their personal motives with the exception of Momo's.]]
193	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Toga and Tamaki when using their Quirks.
194	* WorthyOpponent: Midoryia viewed Kirishima as one. [[spoiler:Averted as soon as the fight gets going it becomes obvious Izuku only viewed Kirishima as a stupid toy.]]
195	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatOpposition: This happens to Kendo after she [[spoiler:gains One For All.]]
196	%%* WickedCultured: Izuku, Monoma, Yaoyorozu, Gentle, and La Brava.
197	* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Toga]] even more so than usual. Especially with Midoriya.
198	* YouHaveFailedMe: Monoma does this to some of Overhaul’s goons.
199	* YoureInsane: Yaoyorozu to Midoriya, Hatsume, and Shinso [[spoiler:after being kidnapped]].
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