History Fanfic / ICantBeAMagicalGirlYouAMagicalGirlSay

* CrackFic: The author describes the premise as 'Crack Treated Seriously'.

* TrojanPrisoner: [[spoiler:Kronos pulls this to be taken to Tartarus, where the authorities have places all the other Gray Men they've captured. Armed with the stolen ability to control metal, Kronos escapes, devours the other Gray Men, attains more power than any other Grey Man seen to date, and goes on a rampage for more.]]

* AdaptedOut: While it is a central setting and character cast in the manga, here UA high school is never mentioned by name and never seen. It's only references obliquely through Yamada's short mention of "high school memories." The teachers and staff are also few in representation and just as brief in their appearances as heroes associated with any other school. Other Hero schools, such as Ketsubutsu and Isamu, are mentioned by name but are equally peripheral. Breaking fanfic conventions, the story even features a nationally critical investigation on the part of the Heroes and police, yet UA's Principal Nedzu, typically treated in fanworks as the primary person to go to in regards to information-gathering, has no presence in the story at all, let alone in the investigation.

* AdaptedOut: While it is a central setting and character cast in the manga, here UA high school is never mentioned by name and never seen. It's only references obliquely through Yamada's short mention of "high school memories." The teachers and staff are also few in representation and just as brief in their appearances as heroes associated with any other school. Other Hero schools, such as Ketsubutsu and Isamu, are mentioned by name but are equally peripheral. Breaking fanfic conventions, the story even features a nationally critical investigation on the part of the Heroes and police, yet Nedzu has no presence in the story at all, let alone in the investigation.

* AdaptedOut: While it is a central setting and character cast in the manga, here UA high school is never mentioned by name and never seen. It's only references obliquely through Yamada's short mention of "high school memories." The teachers and staff are also few in representation and just as brief in their appearances as heroes associated with any other school. Other Hero schools, such as Ketsubutsu and Isamu, are mentioned by name but are equally peripheral.

* NecessarilyEvil: [[spoiler:While the reasons and the point at which the line is crossed varies between the characters, no adult involved feels proud of their complicity in encouraging a fifteen year old child to battle and suffer for them. Unfortunately, Izuku's UniqueProtagonistAsset means that while many are doing their best to support him, nobody can spare him. In Tsukauchi's talk with Inko over why he chose to let Izuku fight, he openly says that his position is understandable but still wrong and not excusable, and the authorities who review his decision ultimately rule the same: it was morally awful, but also the only known option at the time that would be effective when the risk of ineffectiveness was mass casualties.]]

* NecessaryEvil: [[spoiler:While the reasons and the point at which the line is crossed varies between the characters, no adult is happy that everyone's lives depend on encouraging a fifteen year old child to fight for them. Unfortunately, Izuku's UniqueProtagonistAsset means that while many are doing their best to support him, nobody can spare him. It wrecks havoc with many characters' conscience, especially after the stark brutality of the fight with Kronos.]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: The police's announcement that they are seeking to apprehend Minute Maid is made not with the intent to arrest the presumed girl but to find her so she can aid the authorities. However, they botch the messaging to the point where everyone else--Heroes, media, civilians, and Minute Maid himself--assume the police are stating their intent to ''arrest'' Minute Maid. Because of this, interactions between the authorities and Minute Maid from there on out are aggrevated--Minute Maid regards the authorities as a threat to his person and the force and manner with which the Heroes try to capture Minute Maid only reinforces the misunderstanding. It also means the public sees Minute Maid and the authorities as being in opposition, which earns both the Heroes and Minute Maid unnecessary negative PR. [[spoiler:But by far the worst consequence is that it delays a proper exchange of information between Minute Maid and the authorities until it's too late to correct for the government's dangerously flawed Grey Men storage practices in time to stop the formation of Kronos]].

It's like entropy--inaccessable energy in a system. To have magic is to break the rules of your universe, and to become a magical girl is to take that power and use it for good.

* BystanderSyndrome: After Mako expresses criticism to Inko regarding how she's more focused on how hard her own life is raising a Quirkless child than on actually supporting her son emotionally, Inko reacts with defensiveness, denial, anger and upset. Seeing this, a bystander suddenly intervenes, asking Inko if they need to call the police on Mako, and, after Mako leaves to avoid trouble, commenting to Inko "I’m glad that’s over. They really should up security in this place if they’re going to allow people like her in." Inko does and says nothing in Mako's defense during the clearly discriminatory incident.

* CowardlyLion: Izuku suffers from an accelerated version of the canon bullying, leaving him stuttering in front of company, self-depreciating, and timid, but he is noted to visibly calm and become more stern when defending his friends.

** In the same section as she details this, Inko is shown to ignorantly share some of these same prejudices, and gets called out for it by Mako. Inko clearly loves her son, but refers to his quirklessness as his "condition" and treats him like he's less capable than other children because of it. [[spoiler:After learning about his vigilante activities, she's furious the authorities enabled his vigilante actions and still insists that he "can't defend himself like other people," not comprehending how capable he has proven to be and, indeed, ''critical'' he is to everyone's safety as Minute Maid. She's under the mentality that he "needs" a quirk to be a fully functioning person, considers her inability to provide him one a personal failure, and admits to being against her son's dreams because she thinks he needs to learn there are things he can't do.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Izuku becoming a magical girl changes the story drastically, from extremely visible points like [[spoiler:Izuku dying and becoming the front-line warrior against Residue/Gray Men]] to commonly overlooked points like [[spoiler:Bakugou never being caught by the sludge villain because of Izuku's death]].
* FrillsOfJustice: Like many examples in the genre Izuku's magical girl outfit has a frilly skirt, collar, socks, fingerless gloves and an apron.

* HumansAreFlawed: There are several characters who make many mistakes that has either a minor or major affect on the world around them. [[spoiler: Acknowledging and attempting to correct those flaws will be important in improving their own state of being as well as others.]]
* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: It's implied magic is this, as the form and powers it manifests appear reliant on how the magical girl wielding it ''expects'' such power to work. In the case of Izuku, it manifests as superpowers. Other hints that magic manifests and is limited by the magical girl's mind include the incorporation of "cute" styles that Izuku privately likes but never admitted to, and the fact that [[spoiler:magic didn't bother imitating a heart beat until Izuku woke out of his coma and expected to have one]].

** In the aftermath of the Kronos attack, she tells Hiboshi off for suggesting the heroes are to blame for the casualties, telling him "This isn’t the time for a manhunt, it’s the time for recovery!” She then almost immediately [[{{Hypocrite}} dovetails into suggesting Minute Maid left the heroes to die,]] and then repeats her baseless claims that Minute Maid was responsible for the attack.

* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:Inko, regarding Izuku, is eventually revealled to have been making parenting choices based on what makes ''her'' feel better and what ''she'' can accept, rather than what helps Izuku emotionally handle his problems and feel good about himself in spite of them. It gets to the point where Izuku, her child, very clearly has to put aside dealing with his own pains and repress expressing his own feelings and opinions in order to comfort his mother and help her cope with ''his'' traumatic experiences. She eventually gets better.]]

* MentorMascot: Handyman. He aids Izuku in his quest against the Residues/Gray Men by explaining his powers, regulating his HealingFactor and occasionally upgrading items Izuku finds to be more useful in combat. Unlike most examples, he's not a cute animal, but a watch that doubles as a TransformationTrinket.

* OhCrap: Detective Naomasa and company have a massive one when they realize [[spoiler:that the Gray Man they just captured is intending to absorb all the other Gray Men that were defeated without the aid of Minute Maid and contained in Tartarus]].

* ParentalAbandonment: It's strongly implied Izuku's father walked out on his family after Izuku was diagnosed Quirkless. [[spoiler:The pain of this abandonment manifests most noticeably with Inko, as it contributes heavily to her unintentionally self-centered parenting choices--she still isn't over the effect Izuku's diagnosis had upon their family and her other relationships, and is still pitying herself years later.]]
* ParentsAsPeople: Inko dearly loves her son, but the [[FantasticAbleism discrimination against him for being Quirkless]] has cost both of them a lot, and she's allowed her own self-pity to taint how she treats him, becoming a force that seeks to impose limitations to "protect" him rather than helping to mitigate the emotional damage of the discrimination by supporting him and helping him feel good about himself. This means that while she loves her son, she also damages his self-esteem through reinforcing the idea that he's weaker and less capable than everyone else. Mako notes that even when Inko talks about how much she loves Izuku, she only ever mentions his weaknesses and never his strengths. [[spoiler:Inko also takes criticism of this as a personal attack by people who don't understand how hard raising Izuku has been for her, even when the criticism comes by way of concern for how she affects Izuku. In her mind she justifies this by telling herself she's "protecting" Izuku to provide "what Izuku need[s]," but she's so self-pitying that Izuku has long developed the habit of not discussing what he needs in order to help ''her'' cope, even when he's the one experiencing direct trauma, because she unintentionally makes these conversations [[ItsAllAboutMe revolve around herself and what she can accept]]. However, when she finally realizes Izuku feels unable to confide in her she's willing to put aside her own baggage and respect his decisions, resolving to be a more supportive parent.]]

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: If a Gray Man manages to make physical contact with a victim, it can strip them of these. The Gray Men can't steal Quirks, but they can steal aspects of or potential to use them. In Chapter 9 a young man with an ice quirk [[spoiler:later revealed to be one of Shouto Todoroki's older brothers]] is attacked. Later on it's mentioned that the Gray Man took his ability to regulate his own temperature, and that he now can't create more than a mild frost without getting hypothermia and going into a coma.

* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Averted big style. Handyman points out at one point that if Izuku's HealingFactor wasn't there, one of Bakugou's attacks should have left ''2nd degree burns'' and that covering for him in order to not screw up Bakugou's chances of becoming a hero won't help either of them in the long run.

* StockShoujoBullyingTactics: Coming back to school after the Sludge Villain incident, Izuku find himself on the receiving end of the flowers on desk for a funeral tactic, complete with envelope for the next life with "''A Quirk ''" written inside it. It's as upsetting as it sounds.

* WholesomeCrossdresser: Oh, ''Izuku''. It has the effect to help him hide his identity, since everyone meeting him in his FrillsOfJustice immediately concludes he's a girl.
* WingdingEyes: Part of Izuku's transformation turns his irises and pupils into yellow four pointed stars. The stars change size in accordance with his emotions--smaller for shock and stress, larger for joy and sorrow.

* ImaginationBasedSuperpower: It's implied magic is this, as the form and powers it manifests appear reliant on how the the magical girl wielding it ''expects'' such power to work. In the case of Izuku, it manifests as superpowers. Other hints that magic manifests and is limited by the magical girl's mind include the incorporation of "cute" styles that Izuku privately likes but never admitted to, and the fact that [[spoiler:magic didn't bother imitating a heart beat until Izuku woke out of his coma and expected to have one]].

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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: Tazmine Girl has a major problem with this.

** In the aftermath of the Kronos attack, she tells Hiboshi off for suggesting the heroes are to blame for the casualties, telling him "This isn’t the time for a manhunt, it’s the time for recovery!” She then almost immediately [[{{Hypocrite}} dovetails into suggesting Minute Maid left the heroes to die.]]

* InteractiveNarrator: Handyman is heavily implied to be the narrator of the story, who literally grants Izuku magic through DeusExMachina as he's dying. They sometimes narrates "outloud" (when Izuku can hear), much to Izuku's confusion. They explains this as them accidentally leaving their microphone on. Handyman also serves as a character in their own right, fulfilling the role of both Izuku's MentorMascot and TransformationTrinket.

* InteractiveNarrator: Handyman is heavily implied to be the narrator of the story, who literally grants Izuku magic through DeusExMachina as he's dying. He sometimes narrates "outloud" (when Izuku can hear), much to Izuku's confusion. He explains this as him accidentally leaving his microphone on. Handyman also serves as a character in their own right, fulfilling the role of both Izuku's MentorMascot and TransformationTrinket.

* InteractiveNarrator: Handyman is heavily implied to be the narrator of the story, who literally grants Izuku magic through DeusExMachina as he's dying. Handyman also serves as a character in their own right, fulfilling the role of both his MentorMascot and TransformationTrinket.

* ParentsAsPeople: Inko dearly loves her son, but the [[FantasticAbleism descrimination against him for being Quirkless]] has cost both of them a lot, and she's allowed her own self-pity to taint how she treats him, becoming a force that seeks to impose limitations to "protect" him rather than helping to mitigate the emotional damage of the discrimination by supporting him and helping him feel good about himself. This means that while she loves her son, she also damages his self-esteem through reinforcing the idea that he's weaker and less capable than everyone else. Mako notes that even when Inko talks about how much she loves Izuku, she only ever mentions his weaknesses and never his strengths. [[spoiler:Inko also takes criticism of this as a personal attack by people who don't understand how hard raising Izuku has been for her, even when the criticism comes by way of concern for how she affects Izuku. In her mind she justifies this by telling herself she's "protecting" Izuku to provide "what Izuku need[s]," but she's so self-pitying that Izuku has long developed the habit of not discussing what he needs in order to help ''her'' cope, even when he's the one experiencing direct trauma, because she unintentionally makes these conversations [[ItsAllAboutMe revolve around herself and what she can accept]]. However, when she finally realizes Izuku feels unable to confide in her she's willing to put aside her own baggage and respect his decisions, resolving to be a more supportive parent.]]

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: The Gray Men can't steal Quirks, but they can steal aspects of or potential to use them. In Chapter 9 a young man with an ice quirk [[spoiler:later revealed to be one of Shouto Todoroki's older brothers]] is attacked. Later on it's mentioned that the Gray Man took his ability to regulate his own temperature, and that he now can't create more than a mild frost without getting hypothermia and going into a coma.

* UniqueProtagonistAsset: While other heroes can battle and even contain the Gray Men, only Izuku can injure or destroy them. The longer the Gray Men are around, [[spoiler:the more likely they are to [[CannibalismSuperpower consume each other and grow in power]], so the world desperately needs to eliminate them as fast as possible. [[spoiler: Inspector Yayoi tells Inko directly that without Izuku helping to get rid of the Gray Men, society as they know it could collapse within two years]].

* UniqueProtatonistAsset: While other heroes can battle and even contain the Gray Men, only Izuku can injure or destroy them. The longer the Gray Men are around, [[spoiler:the more likely they are to [[CannibalismSuperpower consume each other and grow in power]], so the world desperately needs to eliminate them as fast as possible. [[spoiler: Inspector Yayoi tells Inko directly that without Izuku helping to get rid of the Gray Men, society as they know it could collapse within two years]].

* OhCrap: Detective Naomasa and company have a massive one when they realize [[spoiler:that the Gray Man they just captured is intending to absorb all the other Gray Men that couldn't be defeated by Minute Maid that are locked up in Tartarus]].

* OutsideContextProblem: The "Grey Men." Society initially has no idea what they are, what they want, what's causing them to appear, what they do to their victims, or how to stop them. All they know is that Grey Men somehow permanently disable a person's ability to regulate their Quirk, often kill people, are seemingly invincible, and if not destroyed, pose an existencial threat to the human race.

* WrongContextMagic: Quite literally--in a world of superpowers, magic has no natural manifested presence, isn't widely known, and makes no sense with their present-day understanding of biology and physics. And, like an invasive species with no natural predators, "Grey Men," being magic, face little resistance from the world's native powers. While there have been "magical girl scenarios" before, the magical nature of those situations weren't widely known and are implied to have been kept quiet.

* OutsideContextProblem: The "Grey Men." Society at large has no idea what they are, what they do to their victims, or how to stop them.