History YMMV / HeroClassCivilWarfare

*** Izuku decided to focus not on striking against any particular individual but on helping his classmates grow, and so his team returned his support wholeheartedly, earning him not only victory in the exercise but many FireForgedFriends.

*** Those who chose to follow Izuku and join the VillainousUnderdogs thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people.

** Don't blindly follow or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who decided to follow Bakugou did so mostly because he was the assigned leader of the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

** When choosing between making things worse for someone you dislike and making things better for people you care about, choose the latter; it's ultimately more rewarding. Bakugou prioritized physically beating Izuku, and focusing on this and not on being a good leader meant he lost control of his team and performed horribly in the tactical war Izuku waged against him. Todoroki chose to spite his father over supporting Izuku when Izuku clearly needed it, and the team he chose out of spite became the most thoroughly defeated Hero team in the history of the exercise. Izuku decided to focus not on striking against any particular individual but on helping his classmates grow, and so his team returned his support wholeheartedly, earning him not only victory in the exercise but many FireForgedFriends.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly follow or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who decided to follow Bakugou did so mostly because he was the assigned leader of the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly fall behind or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who decided to follow Bakugou did so mostly because he was the assigned leader of the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly fall behind or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who joined Bakugou did so mostly because he was labeled the Paragon of the Hero Team and they wanted to be on the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly fall behind or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who joined Bakugou did so mostly because he was labeled the Paragon of the Hero Team and they wanted to be on the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of demoralizing support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly fall behind or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who joined Bakugou did so mostly because he was labeled the Paragon of the Hero Team and they wanted to be on the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of what amounts to emotional sabotage and critical support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and help those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly fall behind or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who joined Bakugou did so mostly because he was labeled the Paragon of the Hero Team and they wanted to be on the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of what amounts to emotional sabotage and critical support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku thrived under guidance and support from someone able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and who provided the support and leadership actually needed in the job and helped those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* AccidentalAesop: Don't blindly fall behind or reject leaders simply for the labels applied to them; seriously consider their attributes and skills beforehand. Those who joined Bakugou did so mostly because he was labeled the Paragon of the Hero Team and they wanted to be on the flatteringly labeled and historically more successful Hero Team. From what we see, not many gave due consideration to the type of person Bakugou actually was, and so were treated to a demoralizing ten days (a week of prep and three days of game) of what amounts to emotional sabotage and critical support failure as Bakugou let his own personal flaws limit his team and the difficulty of their leader disincentivized them from taking initiative in a way that could contradict him. Meanwhile, those who chose to follow Izuku received guidance and support from a genuinely skilled and insightful person and strategist able to put his issues aside for the sake of the team and who provided the support and leadership actually needed in the job and helped those who chose to follow him grow and develop as people. Critically considering the actual leaders would have spared many on the Hero Team a lot of trouble and upset, which Extortion realized only too late.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Overlapping with CatharsisFactor but a good portion of the story's fanbase is reading the story just to see Midoriya finally hold the advantage over Bakugou and beat him at every turn in no uncertain terms. It helps that the story finally shows that there are things Bakugou just isn't as good at as opposed to in canon, where his grades are better than Midoriya's and has shown to be a better combatant.

* MagnificentBastard: Midoriya as a villain outright dominates the entire game. If one of his team ''does'' fuck up, he quickly adapts to the situation. If he finds himself in danger of being captured, he'll have one of his team perform a HeroicSacrifice and regain them later. While Bakugou was training, Midoriya was manipulating the events of the game a week before it started.

* BrokenBase: Not to a large degree but there is a bit of it in regards to the handling of Izuku. While most people are fine with how he's been handled, there are a few who believe that he's had it a bit ''too easy'' considering he's meant to be the underdog. Bakugou being the opposing team leader is one point that that reinforces this especially when it's shown that he is utterly incompetent as a tactician in contrast to Midoriya who was strategising since he was announced as leader. An argument can be made that half of Midoriya's control is because the other team is just so '''bad''' at the game instead of the villains being good at it. Midoriya also has the backing of Aizawa, Nedzu, several students from other classes and conveniently had a DoubleAgent fall into his lap that just so happened to skirt the rules because [[spoiler: she didn't read the rules to see if she could actually get away with switching teams]].

* RootingForTheEmpire: A lot of the story's popularity comes from Midoriya truly being able to cut loose and be a villain without having to deal with the morality that comes up with a lot of other Villain!Deku fics. It helps that the story shows why Midoriya would be an ''excellent'' villain and also shows why Bakugou wouldn't be a great hero whose [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal treatment caused one of his own teammates to betray him]].

* JustHereForGodzilla: Overlapping with CatharsisFactor but the majority of the story's fanbase is reading the story just to see Midoriya finally hold the advantage over Bakugou and beat him at every turn in no uncertain terms. It helps that the story finally shows that there are things Bakugou just isn't as good at as opposed to in canon, where his grades are better than Midoriya's and has shown to be a better combatant.