TheCouchEffect
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A Hand on the Scale by TheCouchEffect
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
13 Jun 2026
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He who saves one life saves the world. This was the guiding principle of what it meant to be a hero. No life - however small or seemingly insignificant - should be cast aside. Yet in modern society, heroes were pushed to pursue fame and fortune over living up to the ideals at the foundation of their profession. Meanwhile, the public grows more and more apathetic to the plights of those around them, utterly convinced that heroes will step in to help anyone truly in need. A horrifying combination.
For one child suffering and ignored amidst the crowded streets of Japan, this would become the foundation of the future terror that would grip the world.
Or it would be... were it not for a single act. A small change in routine, a different street chosen, a dash of courage, and a hand extended. The hallmarks of a hero were not in flashy powers or catch phrases but instead the courage to act when no one else would.
Inko Midoriya had that courage.
And it would change the scales for everyone.
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AKA: Inko finds Shigaraki shortly after his Quirk awakens and tries to help him. Chaos ensues.
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A New Path by TheCouchEffect
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime)
25 Jul 2025
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Ash has finally achieved his dream after so many years. He has become the champion of a Pokemon league. Despite this victory, he feels lost with no sense of what he is supposed to do now. Weeks after his victory, he is framed for a crime he didn't commit. A twist of fate will see him drawn into a battle to clear his name and bring Team Rocket to justice before they can become unstoppable. Along the way, he will learn new skills, meet old friends, and become the person he was always meant to be.
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The Paradox of Empathy by TheCouchEffect for Stick_Surfer
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Pocket Monsters: Scarlet & Violet | Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Versions
25 Apr 2024
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There was no place for empathy in her world. Strength and domination were keys to their survival. Caring about others left you weak. It was a hard truth all of her kind learned when they were young. Ripped from her time, one Koraidon will learn that the strength of her bonds is far more valuable than any power she might lose.
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Song of the Grail by TheCouchEffect
Fandoms: RWBY, Fate/stay night & Related Fandoms, Halo (Video Games) & Related Fandoms, Wiedźmin | The Witcher - All Media Types, BioShock 1 & 2 (Video Games), Hitman (Video Games), Assassin's Creed - All Media Types, Dragon Age - All Media Types, Fire Emblem Series
05 May 2023
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Seven Masters and seven Servants. All with a wish they are willing to die for. In the midst of an eternal war fueled by feelings of hatred and bitterness, a decision is made that will change the fate of Remnant. As the war for the Holy Grail rages on, each Master must decide how far they are willing to go and what they will sacrifice for a chance to attain their wish.
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Bryce and Eleanor leave on an extended trip to Antiva. Unable to take their youngest son, they leave him with their close family friend Rendon Howe until they return.
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The Penumbra of a Dying Star by Zeptzy
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
21 Jun 2026
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"Woe to the man who leaves behind a shadow that bears his form."
In the wake of calamity, the world held its breath—and then exhaled at the sight of one boy, fist raised against the dark. Izuku Midoriya ended an era. He didn't mean to become a legend. He just refused to stop moving forward.
Eight years later, he walks the same streets as anyone else.
No lightning in his veins. No weight of the world on his shoulders. Just a man with a history. Deep and rich, but slowly fading from the public memory, replaced by simpler stories told about simpler people.
All Might's legacy had been built to last. Carved into monuments. Rendered in bold lines and primary colors. The kind of legend that gets taught in schools and painted on walls, passed on in stories of grandeur, and illustrated by the bold and proud.
But Izuku was never a monument.
He was something harder to name and easier to lose.
This is the story of what he left behind and why it took him so long to see it.
Bookmarked by TheCouchEffect
17 Jun 2026
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The Loner Club by Zeptzy
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
08 Jun 2026
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The Loner Club was never able to keep more than one member.
Nejire Hado created it as a quiet refuge for people who didn't quite belong. Ironic, really. She had everything society admired—beauty, a powerful quirk, and a destiny that gleamed. But her endless curiosity, the barrage of questions, the intensity behind every interaction drove people away just as fast as her gifts drew them in.
So she built a place for loners. But even loners found her unbearable.
At no point did she ever expect someone like Izuku Midoriya to walk through the door.
A quirkless kouhai with a dream too big for his fragile body.
For one brief stretch of her third year, the club had two members. Two lonely kids sharing dreams in a forgotten classroom—a bond forged from mutual understanding.
Until she graduated, leaving him behind.
Years later, they are reunited at U.A.
But Izuku Midoriya is no longer the powerless boy she left behind.
And Nejire must face the truth she spent years running from.
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04 Jun 2026
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Pokemon Journeys: Sword and Shield by Fanfiction_Read
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Sword & Shield | Pokemon Sword & Shield Versions
28 Dec 2025
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Follow adventures of Ash through the Galar region.
Seeing as how less spotlight Galar got as compared to other regions, this inspired me to write my own anime series. So join Ash, Gloria and Hop as they journey through the Galar region.
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How things take a turn out of blue whenever our boy is on an adventure. Ash and his luck...... *sigh* there's no end to it.
My AU! Welcome to the Poke-verse.
Series
- Part 1 of My AU / POKE-VERSE
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10 May 2025
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Adam finds himself brought back from the dead by someone who has been watching him for his enitre existence.
Evil itself. Or as he calls her, Roo. She rather likes her name.
Adam finds himself in a relationship that not only he never expected to have, but didn't expect to be this...pleasant.
The rest of Creation now has to face the startling news that Hell has received her True Devil, that Evil herself is in love with the First Man.
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- 14/?
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05 May 2025
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A series of stories about John and Linda’s developing relationship throughout the years. (i.e. forty years of slow burn, boot camp to beyond Infinite.)
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15 Mar 2025