A.N. — Here's a big hero (a REALLY big hero) who's celebrating a birthday today. I originally had her down as the drabble I was going to use to address the issue of sex appeal for female heroes, but it only got a brief mention in my final draft. That topic instead falls to another, later. Happy birthday, Yu Takeyama!
223. Yu Takeyama/Mt. Lady
Yu hadn't had the luxury of going to UA. She'd received her education at a much smaller, less-heralded school, where its heroics classes were almost an afterthought. The only reason she'd made a big splash upon her debut was her size, not any deft skill in her first pro villain capture.
Though she sought the spotlight, sometimes its light was harsh. Yu found herself slipping into her old country bumpkin speech patterns and was always mortified by it whether the gaffe was caught or not. So Yu leaned into her sex appeal and found success, if not always satisfaction.
