What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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Pause, Rewind, Repeat by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
08 Nov 2021
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Izuku takes Kacchan’s advice and jumps. The universe decides his story is still not over and refuses to let him die.
Or; Midoryia Izuku discovers his quirk that allows him to rewind time by dying. He is determined to use this self-destructive quirk to become the best Hero possible, even if it (literally) kills him.
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- Part 1 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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Totally Not Quirkless by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
25 Sep 2021
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Midoriya Izuku is totally not quirkless, what are you talking about? He has an analysis quirk! A double toe-joint, you say? Oh, that is just a result of some genetic mutation; it’s definitely not proof that Izuku’s quirkless. Where did you even hear that rumour from?
Or; Midoriya Inko lies on the quirk registry to protect her son from a life of cruelty. She will never regret that decision. Never.
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- Part 2 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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Tangled Fates by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Miraculous Ladybug
30 Jul 2021
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When Izuku attracted the attention of pro hero Ladybug and was offered the mouse miraculous, he gained a chance to be the hero he had always wanted to be.
He also became entangled in a web of complicated relationships tracing back to the Dawn of the Age of Quirks, but that was a small price to pay. Or so he thought.
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- Part 3 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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For Want of a Ghost by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
26 Jan 2022
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The plan was simple, really—Danny would pretend to be Izuku’s quirk. Izuku would go to U.A., become a pro hero, and they would get to help people together.
Said plan became a lot more complicated when factoring in two things: one, a semi-immortal bastard who could take and give quirks at a moment’s whim; two, Izuku had told said bastard’s archenemy he was quirkless.
And guess who appeared to have suddenly manifested several quirks thanks to Danny’s help?
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- Part 4 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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The Power of Friendship and Overlooked Skills by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
20 May 2021
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A little support goes a long way. At five, Izuku is told having a quirk doesn’t mean everything. He is removed from his toxic school environment, befriends a community of homeless quirkless people, and is taught how to be a hero through the power of friendship and overlooked skills.
That changes everyone’s lives.
Finding out he has a latent quirk is a bonus, but not strictly necessary.
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- Part 5 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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Falling (Rising) by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika | Puella Magi Madoka Magica
08 Feb 2022
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In this world, there are three ways to obtain a quirk you are not born with—receive it from a lineage of martyrs with the non-refundable attachment of an immortal nemesis, get it from said immortal villain in exchange for your figurative soul, or gain it from a rabbit-cat-alien-creature-thing in exchange for your literal soul.
In which Izuku chooses the third path, becomes a magical girl with the destiny of fighting witches, but walks a no less damning road than if he just got a quirk from All For One, became UA’s actual traitor and was done with it.
At least then he’d have a higher chance of surviving to the end of this tale.
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- Part 6 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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Dove Grey by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
22 Jan 2022
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Himura Rei agreed to her marriage with Endeavor because she was a devoted daughter who cared for her parents’ happiness more than her own, not because she loved Endeavor. She could never love Endeavor, for her heart belonged to another.
When Rei and her girlfriend were hit with a stray quirk while on a date disguised as a shopping trip, the result—well, the result was something best kept from Endeavor.
Or; Midoriya Izuku is Todoroki Shoto’s half-sibling—just not in the way everyone assumes.
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- Part 7 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
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But this time I had some practice by Pauliestorylover
Fandoms: Encanto (2021), 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Feb 2022
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MirabelIzuku doesn’t have agiftquirk.But that’s okay. She’s already had some practice being the only person without any powers.
(She isn’t okay.)
Or; Mirabel Madrigal is reincarnated as Midoriya Izuku.
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- Part 8 of What Could Have Been (BNHA)
- Part 1 of Butterfly (of rebirth and change)