History Fanfic / DandelionsInTheWind

* BlobMonster: Katsuki gets the displeasure of being ambushed by a Slime Mugger who's arms and body can turn into goo in Chapter 6.

* BaitAndSwitch: At Chapter 13's end, [[spoiler:Bakugou goes back to the apartment worried over Shinsuke's cryptic text. It gets worse when he finds the apartment in disarray and blood on the floor. It's later revealed that it's from another man's blood while Shinsuke is not even present]].

* ForWantOfANail:
** The story begins when Bakugou's animalistic display at being crowned the Sports Festival winner results in various online users accusing him of being an undeserving bully.
** Because Bakugou was expelled from Yuuei, the League of Villains decide to target [[spoiler:Shouto Todoroki]] during the Forest Camp Raid.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Along with beating up [[spoiler:Odei, Spinner also mugs the guy calling it an "Asshole Tax". Bakugou would embrace this practice when he targets public assholes to beat them up on the spot and later to steal from them]].

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler:Izuku]] is able to see through Bakugou's disguise after hearing him swear.
* ShoutOut: At one point in the story, Bakugou calls [[spoiler:Shinsuke]] a "self-centered [[{{WesternAnimation/Tangled}} Rapunzel]] bastard".

* HappyFlashback: Chapter 3 starts with a flashback featuring Katsuki as a child and showing a beautiful stone to his grandmother.

* ItWasAGift: Katsuki carries a stone necklace his grandmother made him when he decides to wander the Earth. [[spoiler:After having it almost stolen by a Slime Mugger, he decides to wear it at all times]].

** Izuku is still pitted against Muscular to save Koda.
** The villains succeed in kidnapping a Yuuei student.

** The Vanguard Action Squad commit to raiding the Heroes' Summer Camp Training site and Izuku is still pitted against Muscular.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The disgraced hero hopeful reacts this way after [[spoiler:him attacking the first person to show him kindness (Shinsuke) out of pride not only injured the man but forced him to go back to the streets]].

** The Vanguard Action Squad commit to raiding the Heroes' Summer Camp Training site.

* ForWantOfANail: The story begins when Bakugou's animalistic display at being crowned the Sports Festival winner results in various online users accusing him of being an undeserving bully.

* InSpiteOfANail: Izuku, Shouto and Tenya are still involved in defeating Stain.

* ForcedIntoVillainy: [[spoiler:Bakugou has no choice but to accept Dabi's offer in participating in the Forest Training Attack as Dabi due to his fears of his former classmates becoming targeted or killed by the Vanguard Action Squad while hoping to save them however he can]].

* MythologyGag: Dabi was able to uncover Bakugou's vigilante identity through [[spoiler:the brand of his hair dye along with his shoddy dye job.]] Dabi himself has experience with [[spoiler:dying his own hair to hide his true self]].

* ShoutOut: At one point in the story, Bakugou calls [[spoiler:Shinsuke]] a "self-centered [[{{WesternAnimaton/Tangled}} Rapunzel]] bastard".

* VillainousRescue: In Chapter 7, [[spoiler:Spinner saves Bakugou after he's brutalized by the Slime Mugger Odei (it helps that Spinner had a grudge against the guy for being Quirkist). He even treats Bakugou's wounds with a bag of instant-healing substance called Bloom.]]

* YouRemindMeOfX: Shinsuke confesses to Bakugou that he reminded him of [[spoiler:himself]] in regards to [[spoiler:wanting to achieve his dream of being somebody important but was unable to, leaving him lost and unsure of what to do]].

* TheSpook: Shinsuke is a man of mystery as he keeps his personal affairs along with his actual career a secret from Bakugou.

* VillainousRescue: In Chapter 7, [[spoiler:Spinner saves Bakugou after he's brutalized by the Slime Mugger Odei (it helps that Spinner had a grudge against the guy for being Quirkist). He even treats Bakugou's wounds with a bag of instant-healing substance called [[HealingPlant Bloom]].]]

* CerberusRetcon: In Chapter 6, the blonde thinks back to his past as Izuku's bully along with his first days at Yuuei and is literally repulsed by how violent and sadistic he was.

* CerebrusRetcon: In Chapter 6, the blonde thinks back to his past as Izuku's bully along with his first days at Yuuei and is literally repulsed by how violent and sadistic he was.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler:Bakugou discovers that Shinsuke organized his own mugging so the explosive blonde would intervene and allow them to meet. Unlike common examples, the blue-haired man has no sinister intentions and only wanted to help the boy]].

* EveryoneHasStandards: As the story's description states, the aggressive blonde is not a liar and won't deny his past sins.

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Bakugou comes clean to Nedzu and Aizawa about his past as Izuku's decade-long bully. It's because of this that they're forced to expel him.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/40100823/chapters/100431477 Dandelions in the Wind]] is a ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' FanFic by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/TiredPurple000/pseuds/TiredPurple000 [=TiredPurple000=]]] on [=AO3=]. After his barbaric performance at the Sports Festival Award ceremony result in online accusations over his past as a bully, Katsuki makes a decision that completely changes the trajectory of his envisioned dream life while forcing him to reevaluate his own ideals of heroism.

* ForWantOfANail: The story begins when Bakugou's animalistic display at being crowned the Sports Festival winner results in various users accusing him of being an undeserving bully.

* SoProudOfYou: Mitsuki and Masaru are openly proud of their boy for being honest about his past.

* {{Hikkikimori}}: His expulsion at Yuuei along with being blacklisted from every high school in the area has forced Bakugou to be trapped in his room with little to do and with minimal hopes of obtaining a future.