Fanfic / Support Via Quirk Larceny

He only sometimes blows stuff up

Support Via Quirk Larceny is a My Hero Academia fanfic by Flapjack09.

The basic premise is based on the All for Support AU by DeusVerve, combined with several other AUs.

Izuku is born with what may be one of the greatest quirks of all time, All for On- er, Quirk Transfer. What does he decide to do with this power? Become a hero? Villain? Perhaps a vigilante? No. He decides to become a Support Engineer!

Part of a series that can be found here.

Contains Examples Of:

• Adaptation Deviation: Izuku convinces Shouto his Quirk is his Quirk, not Endeavour's, before the Sports Festival, not during.
• Adaptational Early Appearance:
  • The One for All vestiges appear soon after the Sports Festival instead of after the Cultural Festival.
  • Eri appears and escapes Overhaul's clutches long before she would have in canon.
• Adaptational Gender Identity: Moe Kamiji wears a trans-pride shirt, indicating she's a trans woman, not a cisgender woman. She's actually Touya Todoroki as per DeusVerve's "Blaze of Glory" AU.
• Adaptational Heroism:
  • Spinner does not join the League of Villains at all, instead being a normal employee at some business.
  • Twice defects from the League after Izuku proves he is the real person, not a clone.
  • Downplayed with Himiko, who after the discovery that she is the victim of Quirk deprivation which led to her becoming a Villain, is put through a Villain Rehab program so that she gets the help she needs to become a functional member of society. In the final instalment of the series, it is no longer downplayed as after the discovery Himiko is perfectly lucid if she gets enough blood, she becomes a ward and student of U.A.
• Adaptational Job Change: Instead of being an unspecified teacher working at some unspecified school, Fuyumi is All Might's teaching assistant in this one.
• Adaptational Late Appearance: The League of Villains delay their debut to the day of the Sports Festival.
• Adaptational Superpower Change:
  • Izuku has Quirk Transfer, which is pretty much just like All for One in function, instead of being Quirkless.
  • Tsu is the one to become the ninth bearer of One for All.
• Adapted Out: Mineta is expelled on Day 1 of UA.
• Apple of Discord: Though the remaining Shie Hassakai were initially united in their attempt to bring Izuku low and recover Overhaul's Quirk, disagreements quickly prop up when it comes time to decide who gets their boss' Quirk.
• Avenging the Villain:
  • The Shie Hassakai kidnap Izuku with the intention of killing him to avenge Overhaul.
  • Following his death, Garaki and Kurogiri sic Gigantomachia on Izuku hoping to avenge All for One.
• Batman Gambit: All Might manipulates All for One into wasting time cutting his hair by taking advantage of his pettiness during the I-Island incident.
• Big "WHAT?!": All Might shouts a loud "What" upon learning about Izuku's Quirk.
• Breaking the Fourth Wall: When Hawks threatens to kill Inko to get Izuku to join the HPSC, Izuku checks the story tags before calling his bluff.
• But for Me, It Was Tuesday: When Overhaul's men attempt to get revenge on Izuku for him, Izuku initially has no idea who they're talking about when they mention he took his Quirk since he does that all the time. It took them mentioning Izuku turned Overhaul into a meatball for Izuku to narrow it down.
• Comically Small Bribe: One of Hawks' attempts to recruit Izuku is to bribe him with money. One yen.
• Compliment Backfire: Izuku is mad about being called a Hero by Stain because he doesn't want to be a hero.
• "Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: The bulk of the events in Eraserhead: The First Quirkless Hero where Izuku tries to convince Eraserhead that Quirkless can be heroes could have been skipped entirely if Izuku remembered that Miruko regularly comes to him to take her Quirk so she could do Hero Work while Quirkless. Eraserhead says they could have spared themselves a lot of trouble if Izuku remembered that very convincing argument.
• Death by Adaptation: All for One dies an undignified death when Melissa destroys his helmet, which removes the life support keeping his lungs working, and he more or less drops dead.
• Deliberate Under-Performance: Hawks is purposefully half-assing his attempts to recruit Izuku for the HPSC. He knows Izuku doesn't want to be a hero, but Hawks is having so much fun taking full advantage of the discretion the HPSC gave him for this one mission.
• Description Cut: Tsu thinks that Izuku would let the issue of why he can't take her Quirk go. The story immediately cuts to him telling Mei he refuses to let the issue go.
• Drama-Preserving Handicap:
  • Newer Order makes things too easy, which is why the author plotted things out so that it goes to Tsu whose heteromorphic traits affects her speech enough to prevent its activation and Izuku is unable to take it back.
  • After Kurogiri is reverted back to Oboro, the Warpgate Quirk is also gone, preventing the heroes from having such a convenient Quirk.
• Dude, Not Funny!: No one is amused by Mina's prank where she pretends to be hurt by Metalwork.
• Epic Fail: Bakugou fails the USJ Rescue exercise due to blowing up the rescue dummies himself.
• Every Man Has His Price: Hawks is able to bribe Nedzu to give him free movement in the U.A. campus with cheese.
• Evil Is Petty: All for One is, among other things, an extremely petty bastard and if given the option, he'd choose to be the pettiest dick he could be. All Might takes advantage of this to buy time at the cost of losing some dignity during the I-Island incident.
• Food as Bribe: Hawks at one point bribes Nedzu with cheese.
• Groin Attack: Mei kicks Mustard in the balls when he points a gun at her.
• Hypocritical Humour: Bakugou is annoyed Mei can't remember his name to which Mei cheekily retorts he can't remember her name either.
• I Warned You: When they go to Nedzu's office, Izuku tells Mei the door opens automatically. Mei takes it as a challenge and falls face first for her troubles. Izuku just tells Mei that he told her so.
• Instantly Proven Wrong: Garaki thinks Nine's attempt to kill Izuku is going well but is quickly proven wrong when Nine lands in his lab after being fired out of a cannon.
• Love Confession: Mei confesses to Momo in the side story Flirtation Via Support Engineering.
• Love Epiphany: Mei is in denial she has a crush on Momo up until she describes that she likes her looks and the way she puts her hand on her chest.
• Medal of Dishonour: Izuku is extremely upset to receive a Hero License because he quite explicitly did not want to be a Hero.
• Mythology Gag: Hatsume asks Shouto if he's Endeavour's secret love child, a reference to how Shouto asked if Izuku is All Might's in canon.
• No-Sell: When Stain tries cutting Izuku with his blades, they just break against his skin. Izuku even keeps daring the Hero Killer to keep trying.
• Noodle Incident: When Mt Lady fights an unidentifiable giant... thing, she remarks it is the third weirdest villain she ever fought. Leaves one to wonder what the first and second place holders are like.
• Paralysis by Analysis: It is a noted issue that Momo's Quirk being so versatile actually works against her because she has too many options and not enough time to decide what's best. Getting a copy of Mei's Zoom is her attempt to defy the trope.
• Point of Divergence:
  • Because of their amazing performance during the Sports Festival when the League attacked, Izuku and Mei get the highest number of internship offers, and Izuku decides to go with Miruko while Mei goes with Best Jeanist.
  • Tsu's actions during the League's attack on the Sports Festival resulted in All Might choosing her to be the Ninth Bearer of One for All. This in turn leads her to pick Miruko as her internship mentor due to the need to master One for All sooner rather than later.
  • Tomura hearing All for One considering Izuku a potential replacement to him prompts him to attack Izuku with the new recruits he got, which results in the League being more or less defeated by Izuku and Mei.
• Power Misidentification: Godzillo turns out to be a lizard with a human Quirk, not a human with a lizard Quirk. Godzillo himself did not know this until he asked Izuku to temporarily take his Quirk so he could experience being normal sized.
• Related in the Adaptation: Discussed. Nedzu and All Might, as well as All for One himself, separately assume Izuku is related to the Symbol of Evil, but Nedzu and All Might rule out that theory after DNA tests confirm there is no relation while All for One rules it out after going over his memories and re-confirming he's still a virgin.
• Relationship Upgrade:
  • In Flirtation Via Support Engineering, Mei and Momo officially get together.
  • In Izuku Midoriya Must Die, Izuku and Yui officially get together and go on their first date in Izuku's Perfect Date.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Upon seeing Izuku demonstrate the ability to take Quirks, Tomura immediately turns tail and runs with Kurogiri back to base.
• Serial Escalation: When Bakugou first tried to bully Izuku, he took his Quirk. Then Bakugou's cronies try something, and Izuku took their Quirks. Then the teachers got involved, and the same thing happened. It culminates with the principal of their school getting involved and getting their Quirk taken too.
• Shout-Out:
  • Several of DeusVerve's other AUs are referenced, usually through the Quirks Izuku has:
    • Heirs via the Hammerspace Quirk.
    • Chameleon via the Colour Changing Quirk.
    • Moss via the Moss Quirk.
    • Bakugou for All via the Metalwork Quirk.
    • Hamster Ball via the Bubble Shield Quirk.
    • Pixie Dust via the Pixie Dust Quirk.
    • Energy Conversion when Mei asks if Izuku got a Quirk that turns him into pure energy.
    • Transferless through that one guy whose Quirk prevents Quirks from being transferred to or from him.
    • Stopwatch when Mei asks if Izuku got a Quirk that lets him turn back time.
    • Hive Mind via the Hive Mind Quirk.
    • Weaponmaster via the Weaponmaster Quirk.
    • Toontown when Izuku uses Newer Order to bring in Looney Tunes physics and other gags.
    • Chuni Dabi when Burnin tells Dabi to stop pretending he's Touya Todoroki and reveals Endeavour has a restraining order against him. Burnin is Touya, in a shout-out to Blaze of Glory.
    • Manager Toga when Himiko returns as a mostly sane member of the Management course.
  • Power Loader sings the Dig a Tunnel song from The Lion King 1 ½.
  • Melissa's username of SupportGrrl47 is inspired by Constants and Variables (Aliandris).
• Sneeze Cut:
  • When Nedzu assures All Might there are no villainous spies in UA, the scene cuts to Aoyama sneezing.
  • When Tsu asks if All Might has been in a relationship with David Shield, the scene cuts to David sneezing and him hoping no one is accusing him and All Might being in a relationship, again.
• Springtime for Hitler: Izuku helps Gentle and La Brava break into Tartarus hoping it would force the revocation of his Hero Licence. What actually happens is that it results in the public demanding reforms to the justice system and Nedzu informs Izuku it is likely he will graduate right into the Top Ten in the Hero Rankings.
• Stating the Simple Solution: Izuku could have proven Eraserhead wrong about how Quirkless cannot be heroes very quickly if he just told him Miruko regularly does hero work without her Quirk.
• Story-Breaker Power: A convenient as Newer Order can be, that Quirk nullifies all potential drama from a storytelling perspective and sucks out all the fun from Izuku's In-Universe perspective. This why Izuku gives it to someone else. After a competition, he gives it to Tsu and it turns out her heteromorphic traits causes her to talk differently enough to not be able to use Newer Order and Izuku is unable to take it back, preventing Newer Order from solving problems.
• Superpowerful Genetics: Izuku developing a Quirk so identical to All for One is due to it being a mutation of his mother's ability to pull small objects, and DNA is small.
• Superpower Lottery: Izuku scores one of the greatest Quirks of all time with the ability to take, hold, and give Quirks.
• The Svengali:
  • Aldera Middle School insisted that Izuku could be a hero with his Quirk. Izuku cites their behaviour as a contributing (though not primary) factor for why he chose to do Support.
  • Mirio is upset to learn Nighteye only trained him to be a vessel for One for All without any regard for what he himself actually wants.
• Title Drop:
  • Izuku quotes the story's title during the I-Island incident.
  • In the sidestory Izuku Midoriya Must Die, Nine says those words when he hears about Izuku.
• Took a Level in Badass: Izuku accidentally turns Ochako into a Time Goddess when he gives her a Quirk that deals with Zero Gravity's drawback.
• Tricked into Signing: Subverted. Izuku almost signs what he thought was a delivery receipt, but notices at the last moment that it is a contract with the HPSC and refuses to sign.
• Undignified Death: All For One has his life support melted away by Melissa using Metalwork, leaving him unable to support himself, and dies from his internal injuries.
• Unrelated in the Adaptation: As per DeusVerve's "Chuni Dabi" AU, Dabi is quite explicitly not Touya, which makes him unrelated to the Todorokis, no matter how much he insists otherwise.
• What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: One of the Quirks Izuku has is Colour Blind, whose previous owner insisted he take. Luckily, Izuku can toggle mutation Quirks on and off as needed.
• What the Hell, Hero?: All Might is furious with Nighteye over him grooming Mirio to be a One for All wielder without telling him about it.

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