History Fanfic / SuchADotingFather

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** Rei is much more emotionally stable than in canon, and is a pro heroine in her own right as well.
** Downplayed with Shouto, but he has far less issues and is less prickly since his family never fell apart when he was a kid.

* ForWantOfANail: The main Nail is "What if Todoroki Enji and Todoroki Rei are GoodParents?", this led to Touya not going to become the villain Dabi and the Todoroki family having a happier and stable household.

** It's also stated that Glacia is a ''huge'' fan of 80s-90s anime, and her own combat scenarios include a shout out to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', complete with the "YouAreAlreadyDead" line.

* {{Squee}}: One instance where Glacia asks to take care of a villain by herself, Endeavor is enthusiastically cheering her on, complete with teenage girl squeals.

** Endeavor is very fond of these. His combat scenarios involve him acting as villains from classic movies like ''Film/KingKong'' and ''Franchise/StarWars'' (helped by him literally being one of the kids' fathers). He even initially introduced himself to Glacia in the backstory with a ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' reference.

* ForWantOfANail: The main Nail is "What if Todoroki Enji and Todoroki Rei are GoodParents?", this led to Touya not going to become Dabi and the Todoroki family having a happier and stable household.

* ManlyTears: Endeavor has a tendency to shed these when he expresses pride towards his family.

* AdaptationalHeroism: Touya never becomes Dabi and becomes a villain.

But what if that ''wasn't'' the case? What if Enji and Rei Todoroki really ''were'' happily married, and both pro heroes? What if the Todoroki family was not a textbook case of dysfunction? What if Touya was never injured and pushed to become Dabi (okay, that one's a fan theory, but still)? What if Endeavor really was a doting father?

* AdaptationalHeroism: Due to the CompositeCharacter treatment and the premise, Touya never becomes Dabi and becomes a villain.

* CompositeCharacter: The story goes with the popular {{fanon}} stating that Dabi is Touya.

** Endeavor's high on the list of 'Heroes I Would Not Want to be Captured By' because he'll proudly show off his kids to the criminals he apprehends. That's exactly what he's doing in his EstablishingCharacterMoment in the fic, and goes from rhapsodizing about his family, to scaring the pants off his captives for not listening to his rhapsodizing, to bawling ManlyTears about his son Touya striking out on his own and build his own name for himself instead of using the Todoroki name.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Todoroki family is much better off than canon.

** Touya's (fanon, but very plausible) StartOfDarkness never happened, because this Endeavor never pushed him so hard to be his successor and so he was never scarred. He's currently a pro hero in his own right.

* LargeHam: If this fic's Endeavor was any more hammy, he'd be a smokehouse. And considering how passionate is about his wife and kids, he could make running it a family business.

* Rei is much more stable than in canon, and is a pro heroine in her own right.
** Downplayed, but Shouto has far less issues and is less prickly, since his family never fell apart when he was a kid.

* AdaptationalBadass: Rei was a civilian in canon; here she's a pro hero ranked almost as high as her husband.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The main change in the fic's AU is turning Endeavor and Rei (here the pro heroine Glacia) into these. Endeavor's high on the list of 'Heroes I Would Not Want to be Captured By' because he'll proudly show off his kids to the criminals he apprehends. Glacia, while less hammy than her husband, has been the 'most meme-able hero' for three years running.

* LargeHam: Endeavor.

* ShipperOnDeck: The Todorokis for Shoto/Momo Yaoyoruzu. [[spoiler: And Fuyumi/Fatgum.]]
* ShoutOut: Endeavor is very fond of these. His combat scenarios involve him acting as villains from classic movies like ''Film/KingKong'' and ''Franchise/StarWars'' (helped by him literally being one of the kids' fathers). He even initially introduced himself to Glacia in the backstory with a ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' reference.

* ShoutOut: Endeavor is very fond of these. His combat scenarios involve him acting as villains from classic movies like ''Film/KingKong'' and ''Film/StarWars'' (helped by him literally being one of the kids' fathers). He even initially introduced himself to Glacia in the backstory with a ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' reference.

But what if that ''wasn't'' the case? What if Enji and Rei Todoroki really ''were'' happily married, and both pro heroes? What if Endeavor really was a doting father? What if the Todoroki family was not a textbook case of dysfunction? What if Touya was never injured and pushed to become Dabi (okay, that one's a fan theory, but still)?

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: The main change in the fic's AU is turning Endeavor and Rei (here the pro heroine Glacia) into these. Endeavor's high on the list of 'Heroes I Would Not Want to be Captured By' because he'll proudly show off his kids to the criminals he apprehends.

* ShipperOnDeck: The Todorokis for Shoto/Momo Yaoyoruzu. [[spoiler: And Fuyumi/Fatgum.]]

* ParentsAsPeople: Enji and Rei's personal struggles as both heroes and parents are the centerpiece of the fic.

But what if that ''wasn't'' the case? What if Enji and Rei Todoroki really ''were'' happily married, and both pro heroes? What if Endeavor really was a doting father? What if the Todoroki family was not a textbook case of dysfunction? What if Touya was never injured and pushed to become Dabi (okay, that one's a fan theory, but still).