History Fanfic / ThinkBeforeYouSpeakMHA

** Both also didn't consider the possibility of others stepping up to defend Midoriya against their accusations, much less that said defenses might come from major figures like All Might and Endeavor. And to top it all off, neither of them accounted for the fact that Midoriya's mother Inko is one of the senior partners at Tokyo's ''third largest heroic law firms'', meaning she can easily sue the Iidaten Agency ''and'' U.A. for slandering her son.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Aizawa's excuses for his MaliciousSlander BatmanGambit. He argues that Heroics doesn't need someone as self-sacrificing as Izuku. It's pointed out that willing to put oneself at risk to save others is a valid and necessary aspect of Heroics as well as a major aspect of the UA entrance exam, while the student Aizawa favored demonstrates a pattern of violence and no instinct to help anyone. Aizawa argues Bakugou can change, but denies that Izuku can. When questioned why, he gives as evidence that Izuku hasn't even bothered to learn quirk control in the ten years he's had his strength, whereas every other student had better control. Upon learning how wrong ''that'' assumption is, he doubles down on insisting that Izuku isn't fit for UA because he'll need copious resources to learn quirk control... despite the fact that he's at a school designed, in part, for exactly that, and it's pointed out within the story that individuals not given a Heroics Education typically ''don't'' get the chance to learn much of quirk control, so Aizawa's argument is basically that Izuku should be deprived of proper training because he needs the training ''too much.'' After making this statement, Aizawa goes silent, refusing to back down or respond to any more questions.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Aizawa's excuses for his MaliciousSlander BatmanGambit. He argues that Heroics doesn't need someone as self-sacrificing as Izuku. It's pointed out that willing to put oneself at risk to save others is a valid and necessary aspect of Heroics as well as a major aspect of the UA entrance exam, while the student Aizawa favored demonstrates a pattern of violence and no instinct to help anyone. Aizawa argues Bakugou can change, but denies that Izuku can. When questioned why, he gives as evidence that Izuku hasn't even bothered to learn quirk control in the ten years he's had his strength, whereas every other student had better control. Upon learning how wrong ''that'' assumption is, he doubles down on insisting that Izuku isn't fit for UA because he'll need copious resources to learn quirk control... despite the fact that he's at a school designed, in part, for exactly that, and it's pointed out within the story that students not given a Heroics Education typically ''don't'' get the chance to learn much of quirk control, so Aizawa's argument is basically that Izuku should be deprived of proper training because he needs the training ''too much.'' After making this statement, Aizawa goes silent, refusing to back down or respond to any more questions.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Aizawa's excuses for his MaliciousSlander BatmanGambit. He argues that Heroics doesn't need someone as self-sacrificing as Izuku. It's pointed out that willing to put oneself at risk to save others is a valid and necessary aspect of Heroics as well as a major aspect of the UA entrance exam, while the student Aizawa favored demonstrates a pattern of violence and no instinct to help anyone. Aizawa argues Bakugou can change, but denies that Izuku can. When questioned why, he gives as evidence that Izuku hasn't even bothered to learn quirk control in the ten years he's had his strength, whereas every other student had better control. Upon learning how wrong ''that'' assumption is, he doubles down on insisting that Izuku isn't fit for UA because he'll need copious resources to learn quirk control... despite the fact that he's at a school designed, in part, for exactly that. After making this statement, he goes silent, refusing to back down or respond to any more questions.

** In return for Izuku allegedly seriously injuring Tenya during their class' first training exercise, Tensei intentionally seeks to catch the media's attention so he can blast Izuku in the press. Prior to Tensei's actions, Izuku was a no-name high school student who hadn't even debuted in the sports festival, and Tensei was a fairly popular and admired Pro Hero. If not for the even-higher-profile adults in Izuku's life speaking up for him and making sure public attention is on the more sympathetic narrative they told, Tensei very likely could have ruined Izuku's life and career prospects. Many civilians and professionals alike are quick to point this out and express that Tensei's actions, even if performed in a MomentOfWeakness, were so completely excessive as to be disgraceful.

** In return for Izuku allegedly seriously injuring Tenya during their class' first training exercise, Tensei intentionally seeks to catch the media's attention so he can bash Izuku in the press. Prior to Tensei's actions, Izuku was a no-name high school student who hadn't even debuted in the sports festival, and Tensei was a fairly popular and admired Pro Hero. If not for the even-higher-profile adults in Izuku's life speaking up for him and making sure public attention is on the more sympathetic narrative they told, Tensei very likely could have ruined Izuku's life and career prospects. Many civilians and professionals alike are quick to point this out and express that Tensei's actions, even if performed in a MomentOfWeakness, were so completely excessive as to be disgraceful.

** In return for Izuku allegedly injuring Tenya during their class' first training exercise, Tensei intentionally seeks to catch the media's attention so he can bash Izuku in the press. Prior to Tensei's actions, Izuku was a no-name high school student who hadn't even debuted in the sports festival, and Tensei was a fairly popular and admired Pro Hero. If not for the even-higher-profile adults in Izuku's life speaking up for him and making sure public attention is on the more sympathetic narrative they told, Tensei very likely could have ruined Izuku's life and career prospects. Many civilians and professionals alike are quick to point this out and express that Tensei's actions, even if performed in a MomentOfWeakness, were so completely excessive as to be disgraceful.

** Many civilians and professionals alike feel that Tensei went too far by naming Midoriya and blaming him for the accident in the media. It's pointed out that even ''if'' Izuku had caused Tenya's injuries, a Pro Hero using their fame to shame a child in front of a national audience in retribution for a training accident is disgraceful, unheroic, and way out of line.

* OpinionMyopia: InUniverse, this is the FatalFlaw in Aizawa's Batman Gambit. He can't understand why the public ''don't'' demand Izuku's expulsion after Tensei blames Izuku for Tenya's injuries in the press. When his manipulations are revealed, he also can't understand why no one else sees his attempt to nationally ruin Izuku's reputation as a justified response to Izuku's poor quirk control and self-sacrificing behavior.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Aizawa's excuses for his MaliciousSlander BatmanGambit. He argues that Heroics doesn't need someone so self-sacrificing. It's pointed out that that's a valid aspect of Heroics as well as partially the point of the test, while the student he favored is "feral" with a pattern of violence and no instinct to help anyone. Aizawa argues Bakugou can change, but denies that Izuku can. When questioned why, he gives as evidence that Izuku hasn't even bothered to learn quirk control in the ten years he's had his strength, whereas every other student had better control. Upon learning how wrong ''that'' assumption is, he doubles down on insisting that Izuku isn't fit for UA because he'll need copious resources to learn quirk control... despite the fact that he's at a school designed, in part, for exactly that. After making this statement, he goes silent, refusing to back down or respond to any more questions.

** While this is pre-CharacterDevelopment Endeavor, even ''he'' wouldn't condone Tensei's behavior nor the effects it would have on Midoriya, causing him to speak out in Midoriya's support when reporters question him thanks to his son being in the same class. He's also appalled to learn that Aizawa was favoring a student who got in entirely on Villain Points over a student who got in entirely on Rescue Points, as he considers the former infinitely more alarming.

** While this is pre-CharacterDevelopment Endeavor, even ''he'' wouldn't condone Tensei's behavior nor the effects it would have on Midoriya, causing him to speak out in Midoriya's support when reporters question him thanks to his son being in the same class.

* AnAesop: When children make mistakes, the primary responsibility is on adults to react appropriately, not on the children. While consequences for intentionally wrong actions are appropriate, the purpose of the response should primarily be to productively guide the children involved through the mistakes to help them grow.

** Many civilians and professionals alike feel that Tensei went too far by naming Midoriya and blaming him for the accident in the media. It's pointed out that even ''if'' Izuku had caused Tenya's injuries, a Pro Hero using their fame to shame a child just starting training in front of a national audience in retribution for an accident is utterly unheroic and way out of line.

** Many civilians and professionals alike feel that Tensei went too far by naming Midoriya and blaming him for the accident in the media. It's pointed out that even ''if'' Izuku had caused Tenya's injuries, shaming Izuku in front of a national audience in retribution for what would have likely been an accident is cruel and way out of line.

** Many civilians and professionals alike feel that Tensei went too far by naming Midoriya and blaming him for the accident.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Aizawa's plan to ruin Izuku's reputation in the field of Pro Heroics actually ends up ruining a lot of things for himself. However, it has the additional side effect of forcing more people in UA to recognize that Izuku's circumstances require more support than UA was initially set to give him. Bakugou offhandedly mentions that Izuku is now getting additional personalized lessons, which will presumably help Izuku avoid further bone-breaking.

** Tenya fears that this will happen to ''him''; namely, that their classmates will assume he was responsible for Tensei being misinformed and punish him accordingly. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Izuku makes it clear that not only did he know Tenya had nothing to do with it even before he learned it was Aizawa (since he knew Tenya was so hopped in tranquilizers there was no way he could have said anything coherent), he also promises to defend him from anyone accusing him. The rest of 1-A also state that they also believe in Tenya, much to his relief.]]

** Bakugou is not only aghast at actually being punished, but attempts to defend himself by insisting "I only did that because it was Deku!"

** Aizawa arrogantly believes that he should get to decide whether or not Izuku is ''allowed'' to continue pursuing his dream of becoming a Pro Hero. Even being prevented from expelling him directly just spurs him to try and set the kid up for failure in a more insidious fashion... which completely self-destructs in his face, costing him his own career at U.A.

* TheUnapologetic: Katsuki shows no remorse for how Tenya was caught in the crossfire, protesting his punishment and claiming it only happened because of Izuku's involvement. By which he means [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence his presence]].

* PlotParallel: Aizawa, Tensei and Katsuki are all hamstrung by the same issue: all three incorrectly assume that others will see things ''precisely'' the same way '''they''' see them. Aizawa's whole plan hinged upon his presumption that others will agree that Midoriya wasn't cut out for the Hero life and follow along with his scheme; Tensei thinks he should be allowed a MomentOfWeakness after what happened to his brother, regardless of what he did during it; Katsuki honestly thinks that his unrestrained result was justified because he was targeting Deku. Sadly for all three, reality refuses to align with ''their'' specific perspective, leading to various consequences.

* PsychologicalProjection: Aizawa's plan effectively hinged upon his belief that everybody would share his sentiments about the situation, joining him in condemning Izuku as a reckless MartyrWithoutACause who couldn't be ''allowed'' to become a Pro Hero while Katsuki was still salvageable. He expected others would help MaintainTheLie rather than exposing it and condemning those who spread it.
** The therapist President Saito brought with them heavily implies that Aizawa has been projecting his feelings regarding Oboro Shirakumo onto students that reminds Aizawa of him. Aizawa's judgemental and unforgiving nature regarding "recklessness" also implies that on some level he blames Shirakumo for his own death and is projecting Shirakumo's fate onto "reckless" students as an inevitability.