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In this series, Bakugo will be a Villain with Good Publicity

Along with being a pervert, Mineta will be seen as annoying for another reason
Mineta will be seen as someone who nitpicks anything and will give bad faith criticisms, much like the critics of such shows as Cinema Sins and Nostalgia Critic.

The public will know about Endeavor's abusive behavior, and love him for it
All Might tries to be The Paragon, but isn't very popular with the public. So someone who goes against that would likely be popular and adored by the public. Whereas in canon, Endeavor's actions towards his kids and wife were kept private, here his actions will be known to the public, and people will love him it. He will serve as a Take That! to the '90s Anti-Hero, while the public will be one towards fans who think being dark and gritty automatically makes a work good.
  • Considering Shoutos audition lines, I'd say you are right on the money

The League of Villains, rather than being explicitly evil, will just be Heels
People naturally admire heroes rather than villains, so the League will work to change that by being public about the conflicts they bring to the table so the public can adore the heroes.

Like Sword Art Online Abridged, the story will set about deconstructing aspects of the source material
Examples, as hinted at so far (and feel free to add more), will be...
  • Quirk discrimination, both towards quirkless people and people with "useless" or "non-heroic" quirks.
  • Bakugo's attitude, cruelty and frankly terrible standards of heroism.
  • The way society views Heroes and their status as celebrities, with All Might being a Jaded Washout and possibly the above mentioned Endeavor being viewed as a heroic ideal.
  • On top of that, Todoroki's story may see Quirk Marriages being viewed in a more positive light by the public here and Todoroki, understandably, hating that.
  • Characters like Yaoyorozu may end up deconstructing the fandom discourse surrounding the way the show treats its female characters, possibly by depicting Hero Society as having issues with sexism.

Uraraka is going to have a southern accent/act like a country girl
Mostly as a nod to her hiding an accent in the original Japanese and coming from a lower income family.
  • Jossed in Episode 2. Her gimmick is instead putting up a polite and innocent front while reverting to vulgarity under stress.
  • Or maybe zig-zagged as she acts like a Proper Lady, but in reality is a Lower-Class Lout and speaks appropriately.

Stain will be even more vicious than in canon
  • In this world heroes more blatantly care about being rich and famous than they do being real heroes, and the public care more about spectacle than crime-fighting. For someone like Stain who values altruism above all else would likely be enraged even more that not only are'fake' heroes unjustly praised, but the only hero he holds up as a real bastion of what it means to be a hero is treated like dirt by an ungrateful society.

Jirou and Deku will be half-siblings in this continuity

All-Might and Deku will just improvise at the academy and Deku will become hubristic as a result of his newfound power
  • Deku spent his whole life as the runt due to not having any quirks of his own so when All-Might gives him his power, it will immediately go to Deku's head and he will start daring people to fight him and looking down on everyone else due to being All-Might's successor. He will eventually cause a problem that he can't fix and will be beaten into humility by his peers.
  • All-Might is shown to be off-guard in this version and he will barely have enough time to train Deku at the academy, so he just feeds him instructions through an earpiece until Deku can learn to fend for himself.
Stain will be Deku's antithesis and a yandere towards All-Might
  • This version of Stain will be utterly devoted to All-Might and kills pro-heroes because they spoke against All-Might or because he believes nobody will ever be as good as All-Might. He'll be Deku's antithesis because he became self-righteous and narcissistic, whereas, Deku will take responsibility for his own actions after seeing Stain's pro-hero philosophy.
Stain will actually be suffering from a blood disease, maybe rabies, and that's why he's a villain
  • Since Stain's quirk relies on him licking blood in order to paralyse people, it wouldn't be surprising that he contacted a blood disease from licking contaminated blood which resulted in him becoming becoming a villain.
There will be Internal Deconstruction regarding how the Hero Industry focuses more on profit along with the public's distaste towards All Might.
  • Due to the public not caring for All Might and how the hero industry focusing on making a profit more. All Might's retirement will end up causing the increase of crime to have worse effects as due to the focus on profit, the younger heroes will have a harder time to dealing with the increased crime.
If the pro-heroes aren't able to deal with an increase of crime after All Might retires. All Might will use the pro-heroes inability to deal with the increase of crime along with the loss of One for All against the public and pro-heroes
  • If people are begging for All Might to come out of requirement if it becomes clear that pro heroes aren't equipped to handle the increase of crime. He'd possibly feel vindictive and could use the fact he doesn't have One for All to taunt the public that he can't return to being a Pro-Hero.
How certain characters will be depicted.
  • Uraraka will be completely normal without any exaggeration to her character. After everything this version of Midoriya has been through in his childhood, a down-to-earth love interest is something he deserves.
    • Semi-Alternatively: she might receive an Adaptational Angst Upgrade in the form of a guilt complex: feeling guilty about becoming a hero for money when Izuku is doing it because it's the right thing to do, feeling guilty about her crush on Deku while he's working on bettering himself, etc.
    • Semi-confirmed. While she's prone to bouts of swearing up a storm, she's genuinely nice.
  • Tsuyu will be a female version of Kermit the Frog.
  • Todoroki will be a Zuko expy.
    • Confirmed His official characterization from the auditions is "ANGST ANGST SASUKE ANGST."
  • Mina will be a Pinkie Pie expy.
  • Momo's entire character will be based around her sex appeal, and how much she hates being seen as nothing more than eye candy.
    • Jossed, the auditions state she is a "Hyper-rich and completely clueless about how to communicate with the “common folk” despite her earnest efforts."
  • All For One will be voiced by LittleKuriboh and based on either Melvin or Frieza.
    • Probably more Marik Ishtar. And his personality will be constantly making weird observations and plans as, like demonstrated with All Might and the bag, they explain the dangers of Brain Damage on a person.
  • Aizawa will be the Only Sane Man in the faculty, but still too tired and cynical to do anything about it.
    • Jossed. He's an actual hobo dealing with the fallout of his failed marriage, lives in the rafters of the school, and has to steal wet wipes as a substitute for bathing. Even so, he's still the closest thing approaching sanity we've seen from the UA faculty.
Endeavor will be an Adaptational Nice Guy.
It will be established that after Rei's breakdown and Shoto's scarring he had a Heel Realization and has been working to make amends ever since. Shoto, for his part, has been unwilling to accept his father's apology. Midoriya of course does wind up convincing Shoto to meet his father halfway after their tournament fight.

Mr Compress will be part of the circus that threatened Midoriya's teacher in Episode 1
Episode 1 was named after the gag of Midoriya's homeroom teacher trying to recruit the kids to become sideshow attractions/carnies, and based on what happened with Don Fluffles we know that Something Witty like to bring back old gags as serious threats. Mr Compress is the most circus-esque of the League, and is at the training camp specifically to perform a kidnapping. Do the maths.

The gag in Episode 2 where Izuku's body has Organ Autonomy is Foreshadowing a Running Gag referencing the meme about Deku constantly breaking his arms
  • We're going to hear them scream in pain throughout the series.
  • Eventually they'll fuse with the original users of OFA as a way of communication ... and Nana still has trouble wondering why she's the ass.

Mama Midoriya really does know a guy
  • He just so happens to be All for One and she siccs him on UA to take revenge on the staff for their mistreatment of Izuku.

Bakugo having unexpected non-traditionally masculine hobbies will be a running gag

Uraraka's characterization will become part of the Deconstructive Parody
Given the superficiality and narcissism of this series' version of hero society, it's likely that female heroes are primarily favored if they're hyper-feminine and traditionally pretty—or more succinctly, marketably feminine and pretty. As such, Uraraka is trying to clean up her image in the hopes of being seen as a "proper" girl hero (a sort of inversion of "Real Women Never Wear Dresses"). Her arc will culminate in her (possibly literally) saying "FUCK THAT NOISE!" and embracing her Ladette side, something the crowds will love her for.

All for one will be revealed to be more of an Anti-Villain in this series.
As a stark contrast to his card carrying villain self in canon.

The League of Villains still attack the USJ to kill All Might.
While the public look down on All Might, the villains would still hate All Might for being a powerful hero and would want him out of the way. During the attack, a villain would be asked by one of the students why they want to target All Might out of everyone the villain could respond by repeating Bakugo's dialogue from episode 1 but from their perspective with how All Might can end thier crimes in seconds in a single punch (bonus points if the student hearing this is Bakugo). This sentiment is shared with All For One who dismisses the other heroes when they show up to try and stop him.

Bakugou will undergo a Humiliation Conga at UA
So far he's been shipped with Iida by Ashido, mistaken for a Butch Lesbian by Iida, and told he's a sidekick by Aizawa. What else will happen to him?

Eraserhead's ex-wife:
  • Is Ms. Joke.

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