Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Surprise Limb Removal Service (now with a discount for repeat customers!) by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
01 Sep 2023
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Lyric: “But now this room is spinning while I’m trying just to fill in all the gaps.”
Someone finds Ojiro, and then Ojiro finds something out.
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Safety Net | Swooning | “How many fingers am I holding up?”
(Alt. Body Modification)Series
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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How (not) to Hibernate by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
02 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I’ll call out your name, but you won’t call back.”
Asui is alone in the snow.
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Thermometer | Delirium | “They don't care about you.”Series
- Part 2 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Midoriya Gets Interrogated by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
03 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “Like crying out in empty rooms; with no-one there except the moon.”
Midoriya is accused of being the Yuuei Traitor. He isn't, but he's getting arrested anyway.
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Journal | Solitary Confinement | “Make it stop.”Series
- Part 3 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Does this thing have an off switch? by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
04 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I see the danger, It’s written there in your eyes.”
Kaminari gets 'invited' to a 'Quirk Research Training Camp' hosted by the HPSC.
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Cattle Prod | Shock | “You in there?”Series
- Part 4 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Misplaced Grief by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
05 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “You better pray I don't get up this time around.”
Midoriya's apartment building collapses during a villain attack. His mum dies, but for some reason, losing his favourite All Might figurine gets to him more.
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Debris | Pinned Down | “It's broken.”Series
- Part 5 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Iida Tenya and the Art of Isolating Yourself by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
06 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “Do or die, you’ll never make me; Because the world will never take my heart.”
The news shows footage from the Stain fight in Hosu, and Iida feels compelled to watch and beat himself up about it.
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Recording | Made to Watch | “It should have been me.”Series
- Part 6 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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The Ringing in my Ears by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
07 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I paced around for hours on empty; I jumped at the slightest of sounds.”
Jirou wonders if the reason she stops hearing the others is because her equipment broke. She ends the night wishing that were the case.
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Alleyway | Radio Silence | “Can you hear me?”Series
- Part 7 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Overwhelmed & Outnumbered by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
08 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I’ve got soul, but I’m not a soldier.”
Kirishima is overwhelmed during a villain fight, but not just physically. These words got hands.
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Overcrowded ER | Outnumbered | “It’s all for nothing.”Series
- Part 8 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Trapped in the Past by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
09 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “Learning everything ain't what it seems, that's the thing about these days.”
Yagi is hit by an amnesia Quirk. He starts seeing old ghosts among the living.
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Polaroid | Mistaken Identity | “You're a liar.”Series
- Part 9 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Rooftops and Roof-falls by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
10 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “Can’t you see that you’re lost without me?”
Sero has their first failure as a hero, they don't cope very well with this.
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Broken Phone | Stranded | “You said you'd never leave.”
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Out of the Woods, Into the Creepy Lab by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
11 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “All the lights going dark and my hope’s destroyed.”
Rumour has it that there is a mythical albino deer roaming the forest. Rumour has it that the deer's blood works as a cure for any and every ailment. Rumour has it that someone wants their hands on this deer.
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Animal trap | Captivity | “No one will find you.”Series
- Part 11 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Panic in the Night by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
12 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I haven't slept in days but who's counting?”
Bakugou's sleep schedule gets disrupted by nightmares and insomnia. He lashes out in class.
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Red | Insomnia | “I’m up, I’m up.”
(Alt. Shaking)Series
- Part 12 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Todoroki 'Hiding injuries and paying the price' Shouto by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
13 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “It comes and goes like the strength in your bones.”
Todoroki gets an injury, but because he's stubborn he doesn't tell anyone and now he's sick.
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Cold Compress | Infection | “I don’t feel so good.”Series
- Part 13 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Situationally Innapropriate Humour (ft. a really big puddle) by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
14 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “Feed me poison, fill me ‘till I drown.”
Kaminari gets dumped in the Shipwreck section of the USJ. He and water don't really mix.
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Flare | Water Inhalation | “Just hold on.”Series
- Part 14 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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One Step Forward, Always Three Steps Behind by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
15 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I don't need you to help me I can handle things myself.”
Shinsou doesn't need to be coddled. He's perfectly capable of catching up by himself, and he'll prove that he doesn't need anyone's pity.
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Makeshift Bandages | Suppressed Suffering | “I’m fine.”Series
- Part 15 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Heartbeats and Flatlines by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
16 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “Would you lie with me and just forget the world?”
Hagakure has been in the hospital being treated for a mysterious sudden illness. Jirou pays her a visit at the worst possible time.
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Gurney | Flatline | “Don’t go where I can’t follow.”Series
- Part 16 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Sweaty Palms (bleeding poison) by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
17 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “You’re the lump in my throat and the knot in my chest.”
Bakugou sweats a lot more in the summer heat. It doesn't bother him, except for when his idiot classmates refuse to leave him alone.
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Collar | Touch Aversion | “Leave me alone.”Series
- Part 17 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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How not to be a good hostage by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
18 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I tend to deflect when I’m feeling threatened.”
Kaminari gets kidnapped by the LOV. It all goes very downhill very fast, but not in the way you're thinking it does.
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Blindfold | Tortured For Information | “Hit them harder.”Series
- Part 18 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Hiding on a Rooftop by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
19 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “I’ll take one final step, all you have to do is make me.”
Kaminari is fed up with being the joke. Someone says something during a lesson and he breaks.
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Floral Bouquet | Psychological | “I’m not as stupid as you think I am.”Series
- Part 19 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair
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Dorm Life and Villain Fights by natgeowo
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
20 Oct 2023
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Lyric: “People don’t change people, time does.”
Aizawa was looking forward to a night of relaxation with his husband. Of course, with 1-A the way they are, he instead gets dragged feet-first into a battle.
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Blanket | Found Family | “You will regret touching them.”Series
- Part 20 of Whumptober 2023: A Series of Despair