History FandomSpecificPlot / MyHeroAcademia

* A common element in ForWantOfANail fics is for All Might to try to find Izuku after the Sludge Villain incident to make him his successor, but be unable to find him, such as ''Fanfic/{{Unlimited}}'' and ''Fanfic/BuildYourselfUpDontLetThemBreakYouDown'', the latter of which points out the difficulty in tracking someone down when you have to be ''very'' discrete about it.

** Among other aspects used to deconstruct Bakugo is the idea that his entrance exam results, where he only got Villain Points and no Rescue Points, are scrutinized and used as a reason to put him under greater watch or as a mark against his character (up to and including him [[ForWantOfANail not being accepted into U.A. at all]], ex. ''Fanfic/FailureToExplode''). While this was noted in canon, it was not seen as anything negative and was just contrasted to Izuku's Rescue Point only total with the two being treated as equally odd.

** One kind of plot related to the above point that's becoming increasingly popular is Aizawa expelling Izuku anyway during the Quirk Apprehension Test, using the fact that Izuku still broke his finger as evidence that Izuku can't control his Quirk and thus he lacks potential to be a hero. While not always, this is often for the sake of making room for Shinso. The ramifications of this almost always are All Might ResignInProtest from UA in order to personally train Izuku to be his successor, the rest of the 1-A students now walking on eggshells around Aizawa over fear of being the next one expelled[[note]]funnily enough, this ''never'' happens in fics where [[TheScrappy Mineta]] is the one expelled, with the rest of the cast ([[EveryoneHasStandards even fellow perverts like Kirishima]]) agreeing that [[AssholeVictim he brought it on himself]] by being too creepy with his harassment[[/note]], this atmosphere of fear and tension, combined with Izuku not being there to play TheHeart resulting in the classmates' relationship among each other being worse, and the USJ attack being much worse than in canon due Izuku and All Might's absence, often resulting in at least one classmate dying (usually Tsuyu and/or Mineta, since they were the ones with Izuku at the Flood Zone, through the Butterfly Effect may cause other people to die instead) and sometimes others dropping from the hero course entirely because of the trauma. This always results in Aizawa being fired by Nezu before the Sports Festival even arrives, often accompanied by a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.

** One kind of plot related to the above point that's becoming increasingly popular is Aizawa expelling Izuku anyway during the Quirk Apprehension Test, using the fact that Izuku still broke his finger as evidence that Izuku can't control his Quirk and thus he lacks potential to be a hero. While not always, this is often for the sake of making room for Shinso. The ramifications of this almost always are All Might ResignInProtest from UA in order to personally train Izuku to be his successor, the rest of the 1-A students now walking on eggshells around Aizawa over fear of being the next one expelled[[note]]funnily enough, this ''never'' happens in fics where [[TheScrappy Mineta]] is the one expelled[[/note]], this atmosphere of fear and tension, combined with Izuku not being there to play TheHeart resulting in the classmates' relationship among each other being worse, and the USJ attack being much worse than in canon due Izuku and All Might's absence, often resulting in at least one classmate dying (usually Tsuyu and/or Mineta, since they were the ones with Izuku at the Flood Zone, through the Butterfly Effect may cause other people to die instead) and sometimes others dropping from the hero course entirely because of the trauma. This always results in Aizawa being fired by Nezu before the Sports Festival even arrives, often accompanied by a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.