Gamer71796 - Who knows :P The quirk is described in detail in a pinned message in my own writing channel on a certain discord server that I think I advertise a while ago, so there is that.
TheGreatBubbaJ - Aye.
The Archivist of Nyx - Fun fact. I'm currently writing and publishing an alternative AU of this series where THIS Midoriya family mostly goes villains. It's probably for a valid reason that this fic [Exiting the Stage] is the grimdarkest of my all creations. Should probably start dropping it here as well, ehhhh.
PokeKingCharizard - Star and Stripe, American Number One Hero. And IFoundAGun is naturally Lady Nagant :v
Detrametal - Aye, aye aye :D
SmokyGhoul - See the response to Gamer71796 above :P
InfinityMask - Too many posts to reply to them all, sorry _
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Izuku Midoriya Support/Fanclub
LeadSinger: You know, the main class chat has mostly died now
LeadSinger: it's hard to find a reason to chat through the internet when you are all living in the same building, so it's mostly Midoriya's announcements
LeadSinger: at least the life here still perseveres
CreativeSpirit: and it booms
MadScientist: Yeeeee
Vampire: OCHACHAN
Vampire: OCHACHAN
Vampire: OCHACHAN
GravityGirl: What?
Vampire: finally you're here
Vampire: so how was it
GravityGirl: How was what?
Vampire: The kiss
GravityGirl: please don't
Vampire: I guess it had to be pretty good since I believe that the process was repeated in the bus.
LeadSinger: and once we unloaded ourselves from the bus
Mindhack: and when you left alone in the room during the festivities (you failed to notice me trying to nap behind the couch)
CreativeSpirit: and after the festivities, when we were all about to go to our rooms
GravityGirl: STOP IT
GravityGirl: PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT
GravityGirl: SO WE PRACTICED
GravityGirl: also damn it stop teasing me like that I don't know how to react ;_;
GravityGirl: I'm burying my face into a pillow rn
Vampire: Too… bright… too… pure…
Froggy: Indeed.
GravityGirl: meanies! all of you!
Vampire: Ouch she pulled out the heavy artillery
Vampire: the m-word, really?! I'm betrayed
Vampire: Also I have a proposition
GravityGirl: now I'm scared
Vampire: Let's use Yaoyorozu's wealth (if Yaomomo agrees) to fund a social campaign for the legalization of polygamous marriages ;3
GravityGirl: HIMICHAN NO
Vampire: HIMICHAN YES
Froggy: …
GravityGirl: Tsuyu, not you too
Froggy: It's a tempting prospect when Izuku Midoriya is taken into account.
GravityGirl: I WAS BETRAYED BY THOSE CLOSEST TO ME (except for Izu)
Vampire: HAR HAR HAR HAR
Froggy: *moderately smug ribbiting*
CreativeSpirit: This is a horrible idea. Even if seeing Izuku Midoriya being so pure and innocent with more girls IS a prospect that warms my heart.
CreativeSpirit: 1. He is going to put an equal amount of effort into you all AND heroism (we know he will, if this hypothetical scenario occurs, and he won't die out of heart attack at his second love confession) and then he'll run himself into the ground trying to make you all happy. He is still a human being, and a relationship is a time-consuming thing. Heroics doubly so.
CreativeSpirit: 2. Feeling slightly neglected because the other person gets more attention from your loved one is a perfect way of ruining your friendship. The three of you are your own best friends, please do not ruin that as you might end up having neither a boyfriend nor each other.
CreativeSpirit: 3. Uraraka clearly doesn't want to share and it's perfectly normal and understandable. Please, respect that.
CreativeSpirit: 4. If he truly is going to become the Number One Hero, he will become a bit of a symbol to the country. Please do not make him teach the country as a whole any weird things.
Vampire: I have been thoroughly demolished by this logic.
Vampire: of course unless Ochachan changes her mind… I kind of don't care about the other points.
GravityGirl: Himichan stop ;_;
Vampire: I said unless you change your mind, just don't change your mind if you don't want to, sheesh
Vampire: no boyfriend stealing on my watch, and I'll bite anyone who will try it, especially on my friends
Vampire: only super dummies do that, and only super dummies let themselves get stolen
GravityGirl: phew
Vampire: I still love teasing you about it, though
GravityGirl: nooooo
Froggy: How are you so knowledgeable about that, Yaomomo?
Froggy: Did you research the issue?
Froggy: And if so, then why?
Froggy: Because most of these arguments sound as if you were trying to persuade yourself.
GravityGirl: …
CreativeSpirit: Whatever it is that you are accusing me off, I'm innocent.
LeadSinger: Oh, reeeeally?
Froggy: *doubtful ribbiting*
MadScientist: I'm almost certain that you are not innocent at all, Momo.
CreativeSpirit: MEI DON'T SAY THINGS THAT CAN BE MISINTERPRETED
WarpedPerception: YOU ARE SHIPPING PEOPLE
WarpedPerception: AND YOU DIDN'T INVITE ME
[User WarpedPerception was muted by the administrator LeadSinger for 1h. Reason: Horny Jail.]
LeadSinger: let's find a different subject for the talk
LeadSinger: and fast or she'll roll over us all with her theories
LeadSinger: She is worse than Mina I swear
CreativeSpirit: Is Ashido still shipping Kirishima with Bakugou or that 1-B steel guy despite Kirishima clearly having a crush on her?
LeadSinger: yes
LeadSinger: BUT AS I SAID ANOTHER SUBJECT PLEASE
LeadSinger: something nice, something non-divisive, something wholesome and not dangerous to anyone at all
CreativeSpirit: Are Mindhack and Vampire truly Aizawa-sensei and Ms. Joke's children?
LeadSinger: I SAID NOT DANGEROUS YAOMOMO
CreativeSpirit: THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND
CreativeSpirit: I'M SORRY
Thermostat: Didn't Shinsou say yes when I asked?
CreativeSpirit: I'm like 90% sure that he was actually joking about it.
Thermostat: Would he be insane enough to do it in front of Aizawa-sensei?
CreativeSpirit: … that's a surprisingly good question.
Thermostat: … I shouldn't have asked that question in front of him, yes?
CreativeSpirit: Yes, Shoto. And it's great that you noticed this on your own. Even if it's a bit too late.
Vampire: I'd absolutely love to be their biological daughter, ngl
Vampire: but no, only an adoptive one
CreativeSpirit: wait a second
CreativeSpirit: You are THEIR adoptive daughter?
Vampire: SHIT
Vampire: I HAVEN'T WROTE THAT
Vampire: YOU HAVEN'T READ THAT
Vampire: THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN
Mindhack: you should have just say that you have miswrote it, Himi
Mindhack: ugh
Vampire: … oops.
Mindhack: We're so dead.
CreativeSpirit: Please refrain from movement or any other activity for a minuscule increment of time.
LeadSinger: …
LeadSinger: that's an odd way of saying 'hold up for a second'
LeadSinger: and also
LeadSinger: WHAT THE HELL
Froggy: …
Mindhack: UGH
Mindhack: please, this is all a secret stuff
CreativeSpirit: Ah, makes sense.
LeadSinger: what makes sense it doesn't make sense
CreativeSpirit: underground heroes are often very secretive about their lives, as they lack the high profile of the limelight heroes. And those two are pretty much top underground heroes, with MANY enemies. There is a reason why they are both working at some of the top hero schools.
CreativeSpirit: It also explains why Ms. Joke keeps inquiring Eraserhead about marriage. It's both an inside joke AND a good deception if they are actually married.
LeadSinger: I have a feeling that we weren't supposed to know it.
Mindhack: What tipped you off? Is it the 'are often very secretive about their lives' part?
LeadSinger: … oops.
Froggy: Ochaco is suspiciously quiet.
Vampire: Ochachan?
GravityGirl: … I knew, but I promised to keep it quiet.
Froggy: I see.
Vampire: REALLY?! Hey, you could have at least told me, I of all people DO know about it xD
GravityGirl: I'm sorry Himichan!
Vampire: You are forgiven!
LeadSinger: I absolutely cannot imagine those two being together.
LeadSinger: He is… like… why would she pick him?
LeadSinger: And how did he agree to it without a threat of overwhelming force?!
CreativeSpirit: Kyoka, stop digging into this, it's their secret.
Mindhack: Ehhh, for as long as it's never mentioned away from this chat. Cat's out of the bag, either way. And Mieko knows already. Mom and dad are sneaky but we're literally living together so most of the Villain Rehab kids at the very least suspects it.
Vampire: what cat?
Mindhack: It's an idiom, himi
Vampire: Idiom? Is that the cat's name?
GravityGirl: … I'll explain it to you on priv, Shinsou, please continue.
Mindhack: Apparently they had their hero offices next to each other, he impressed her with his dedication, hard work and the fact that he is, and I quote, 'all soft and mellow when you get through that grimdark exterior'. So she pretty much knocked down the door on his flat and dragged him out to a date.
Mindhack: things escalated from there
Mindhack: he isn't showing that but he would totally jump headfirst from a skyscraper if someone kidnapped her and told him that they'll let her go if he does that. Without hesitation.
Mindhack: sigh
Mindhack: And I still kinda suspect that she meant it as a joke at the beginning but, as I said, things escalated. Out of control. For both sides.
Mindhack: Considering who his best friends are, I think that dad has a second quirk that makes any extrovert in the vicinity immediately desire to adopt him.
Mindhack: also Ketsubutsu is waaaay away, so they are only living together on weekends, unless the school is out
Mindhack: Satisfied?
LeadSinger: yes
CreativeSpirit: I'm a bit confused as to why they are allowing him to be your homeroom teacher to be honest.
Mindhack: Underground heroes don't really care about stuff like that. And Eraserhead has a nasty street rep.
Mindhack: If he's the one training us, the Underground Hero Network is alright with this. Regardless of the family status.
CreativeSpirit: makes sense
Thermostat: I have a question to Mindhack.
Mindhack: yes?
Thermostat: If Aizawa-sensei has a secondary quirk that makes extroverts desire to adopt him, is he in any way related to Izuku Midoriya? It makes sense considering the latter ability to adopt or get adopted by almost everyone in his vicinity.
Mindhack: Oh shit here we go again
(***)
"So you all passed." Neito looks like he is trying not to get a brain aneurysm at that discovery. "Every single one. No one tried to fight each other during the second stage of the exam, thus ruining their chance of passing. Or anything like it."
The 1-A students present look at him weirdly. Who would have done that?
"THAT WOULD BE STUPID!" Inasa yells. Todoroki nods to himself. Neito promptly ignores them.
"And you got more than seven hundred kills in the first stage." Neito continues. "Seven hundred. Seven. Zero. Zero."
"Uhm, yes?" Izuku replies for his class, secretly wondering what the hell is it going to be about.
Neito takes a deep breath. Notices that Kendou is sneaking up on him. Exhales. Inhales again.
"Well, that's absolutely brilliant!" He says with a bright smile on his face. "As expected of our beloved class 1-A!" Kendou stops her approach. The 1-A students stare at Neito in shock. Even Midoriya is taken aback. "You're truly an inspiration for us to perform even better! Now, please excuse me."
He promptly departs. The room is quiet enough to hear his distant scream of existential pain. There is a lot of it, judging from the duration of the pained wail.
"Uhm, Kendou-san?" Izuku finally decides to ask. "What did you do to him?"
"It took me a while, but my lessons managed to stick." She replies. Izuku shudders. He suddenly remembers his mom saying something like that but about his stepfather's 'become my heir' plan.
Traumatic flashbacks are a go.
Why are all women so scary?
(***)
"Son…" Yagi Toshinori looks at him with an almost overbearing sadness. "You're yet to realize how scary they can be."
"Oh." Izuku blinks at his father a few times. He did come to ask this question after the principal's speech about internships and the world without All Might. He got his answer. Just not all of it yet.
"So let me share with you an ancient wisdom that I obtained during my long, eventful life." Toshinori continues. "Living your life with a woman is arduous, complicated and torturously painful on occasions."
There is a pause after those words. Yet one significant. Izuku is supposed to say something to allow this encounter to proceed. So he does just that.
"And… uhm… living your life without a woman?" Judging from the look on All Might's face, it's the right question.
"It's much worse." His father finishes enlightenment of his son.
(***)
It was Izuku's day to throw out the trash. Sure, there was a timetable and sure, he was the captain, navigator and the helmsman of this ship (and also the only person to deny this fact when asked), but he was doing his own part in menial stuff!
Stuff like that was no fun ever since Kat… Kacchan stopped being forced to take the trash shift due to overflowing his swear jar. No fun at all.
"Trash, right?" The bodiless face sticking out of the wall asked. "The food trays are ok to go to the combustible trash, got it?"
"Oh, okay." Midoriya asked absentmindedly. Was it Mirio Togata's idea for a joke? Spooking the first year a little? He had no idea how to react to that. He generally tends to not know how to react to people.
Of course he knew him. That guy was famous after the whole accidental exhibitionism stunt he pulled during the last school festival. And he had an extremely powerful combat-oriented quirk that in Izuku's opinion was a bitch to counter. He had twenty pages of notes regarding that in one of his notebooks.
Would he answer some questions about his quirk? That would greatly help narrow down the ways of eliminating him.
That came out wrong. It's all purely theoretical of course! Lemillion is a splendid hero material and it's nothing but pure hobby for Izuku. He isn't going to use such knowledge for nefarious ends! Besides, telling Mirio how he can be eliminated will help him be on guard against such takedo…
"Wow, you talk a lot." Mirio comments with a bright smile. "And you're kinda ambitious, oh, King of the First Years."
Now that's blowing things out of proportions. Unfortunately, it turns out that Izuku's habit of starting mutterstorms when he runs into a quirk that he is yet to sufficiently analyze yet finds it fascinating isn't yet over.
Damn.
"Sorry, Togata-senpai!" Izuku quickly corrects himself. "I'm just… talking to myself occasionally." It was the only way for him to talk about quirks with someone intelligent and knowledgeable after his stepfather died.
Mom was intelligent but knowledgeable, but not an authority on quirks. His siblings were a bit too young. And no one else wanted to talk with him. Except, to make fun of him. Or chastise him for talking too much. Or give him a bad grade because it's obvious that a quirkless guy couldn't have gotten that answer correctly.
Damn. What's with him today?
"I see." Mirio nods. It looks weird when it's just his face. And it's sticking out of the ground. "Well, it's great that you recognize me! I heard a lot of interesting things about you and I wanted to take a look at you myself."
Is that Sir Nighteye's idea then? It sounds like Sir Nighteye's idea for sure. But considering that it's the guy whose brain is working on the same level as Nedzu (and Izuku isn't there yet, let's be real), he has no idea what's the point. And he is almost certain that it was probably what Sir intended.
Unless, it's actually just Mirio. He is quite smart. If Izuku's intelligence level was six on 1 to 6 scale, his would be a solid five. And even with Nedzu and Sir Nighteye (plus whoever's running the PLF show) on the board, Occam's razor is still a thing.
Or maybe he is simply trying to be friendly? Hmph.
"And… uhm… do you like what you see?" Izuku decided to ask. Maybe Mirio will spill the beans on what it's all about. Or about the fact that it's about… well, nothing.
Lemillion looks at him for a few seconds in silence. Midoriya feels thoroughly analyzed.
"Sorry, I have a girlfriend." Mirio replies. Midoriya stares at him in silence in total shock for several seconds before Lemillion explodes in laughter. "Oh my god, you should have seen your face! That would be my third good joke today. I'm trying to go for at least five per day, Sir's orders."
Oh, great. He almost forgot. Sir Nighteye, the infernal fusion of Ms. Joke's humour, Eraserhead's stoicness, Gran Torino's work ethic and All for One's love for impeccable suits. Ugh. Why was anyone even remotely connected to All Might this weird?
Or, to be more on point, why was anyone really smart also really weird? Nedzu with his sadism and tea obsession, Nighteye with his jokes, All for One with his… honestly, summarizing that would take several pages of text.
His stepfather was absolutely dysfunctional when his underlings and enemies weren't looking, and Uncle Yoichi is going to have the time of his life once Izuku will be able to talk to him about it. Especially about those slippers. Izuku's looking forward to this.
Also wait. Does this mean that Izuku is gonna be weird as well? As weird as they were? He is perfectly normal right now, right? Right?
"Well, now that I have taken a good look at you…" Mirio pauses for a second for dramatic effect, no doubt. His words bring Izuku's mind back to reality. "... I'll be going! See you soon, King of the First Years!" And then he vanishes into the ground.
Ugh.
That was confusing.
(***)
Izuku Midoriya realized what it was about when Aizawa-sensei started talking about getting some additional experiences before the internships that Nedzu announced.
He promptly raised his hand. He took advantage of Eraserhead pausing his words for a second, of course. He wasn't suicidal.
"Does this mean that we're going to meet the Big Three?" He quickly asks and he knows that he was right on point because Eraserhead gives him the 'Midoriya stop being yourself or I swear to god I'm going to expel you with extreme prejudice' face.
People tend to tell other people to be themselves to be happy. Is Midoriya succeeding in that too much if people tell him to stop being himself so much? Huh.
"Ugh." Aizawa-sensei rolls his eyes. Some of his classmates look like they are about to ask what the Big Three is, but he isn't giving them the time to do that. "Come inside. The cat's out of the bag, either way."
It's them. Mirio Togata. Nejire Hadou. Tamaki Amajiki. Izuku relates to the last one the most, all things considered. Except, Tamaki's best friend was genuinely nice to him rather than telling him to take the swan dive off the roof.
Relating to people has its limits, it seems.
"Introduce yourself to people that aren't Midoriya, please." Eraserhead deadpans. He looks way more tired, as if Izuku's sudden question reminded him of something and made the existential weight placed upon him suddenly thrice as heavy. "Starting with Amajiki."
Amajiki has an intense stare. It quickly turns out that it's due to him being so-focused on imagining the group in front of him as potatoes to overwhelm his extreme social anxiety. Yes. Izuku definitely relates to him. Except, he tends to imagine them as rice balls.
Especially when Amajki loses the fight, and turns his back on class before muttering that he wants to go home.
That's EXTREMELY familiar.
Nejire promptly erupts into a storm of questions that are asked way too fast for them to find anything resembling an answer. She is an airhead, at least in behaviour. Whether it's because she is way too smart for people to catch-up to her or because she is just an airhead is another thing altogether.
Izuku would like to see her school grades to confirm his suspicions.
Also she reminds him of Ochaco. Just… ten times more. It's a bit painful to watch.
Her hair is rather incredible, Izuku has to admit. But it's a weakness! What if someone grabs it by the end? Her quirk lets her fly around, but for example Shiozaki would probably manage to grab it and then slam her into a wall or something. That would hurt a lot. Why don't people think about stuff like that? It should be obvious!
Mineta would probably manage to pull it off too, especially in combo with Sero. Ugh. Focus on the talk, Izuku. He would have said 'note that weakness down just in case', but he already noted it down after seeing her in the school festival.
Mirio decides to salvage the talk. Unsurprising. He feels… well, Midoriya isn't going to say 'the least weird of them all', as they are pretty equal there. But he's weird in a way that allows him to retain communication with other people. That's a lot.
"The journey ahead…" He tries, only to be met with silence. "You were supposed to say 'will be full of difficulties', damn, you really missed the point of this."
And now he sounds like discount Eraserhead. Their homeroom teacher has been telling them that for the past several months, does he expect that with him there this is something new to the 1-A?
"Well, I can see from your faces that you have absolutely no idea what this is all about, now ain't you?" Mirio manages to look serious for a change. "The explanation of the internships that aren't even mandatory has been left to the people you never even see before. It doesn't make much sense, now does it?"
Wrong. It makes absolutely perfect sense, as Nedzu is probably hoping to provide the 1-A with a more direct contact with their most successful senpais in order to further their growth. While also making Eraserhead slightly less overworked.
And probably give the Big Three some prep time as teaching assistants. After all, who knows? Maybe they'll end up being a hero teacher at some point down the line?
His classmates do look vaguely curious. Except for Yaoyorozu. She understands. He will explain it to the rest when he'll have the time. He prefers not to do it in front of Aizawa-sensei, he'll be exasperated again.
Oh. And Mirio as well.
"You have acquired provisional licenses as first years." Mirio looks slightly intimidating now. "Quite lively, eh? How about we put that to the test? Let's have you all team-up against me, huh?"
OH MY GOD IZUKU IS GOING TO WITNESS HIS QUIRK IN ACTION THIS IS LITERALLY THE BEST DAY EVER
How does it work in practice? How does it handle multi-material surfaces? How does it handle empty spaces within the materials that he phases through? Can he see while intangible? Is light passing through his retinas without contact? He'll get so many questions answered for his notes!
"Ehhh?!" Seems to be the dominant reaction about his classmates.
"Famous last words." Eraserhead comments dryly. Obviously Izuku created some generalized countermeasures for people that were intangible, sure it's a rather rare branch of quirks but he had a lot of time to work on his analysis. He has that covered. He is really looking forward to this!
(***)
Look, we all know that men live shorter than women. You know why? Because most of them are married to women. Badum tsss. I'm probably going to die once my wife gets her reading of my fics to this point but oh well. It'll just prove my point, right? Right?
[hmph, I'm increasingly surprised that this fic still doesn't have a TV Tropes page, hmph.]
Also, you get a brief Midoriya's PoV. His mind is weird. And it's very good that he's visting Hound Dog, yeah.