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superpowers for the rest of us

[dollar-store-quirks]

Miss me yet?

Hi everybody! Sorry for the wait! I’ve definitely been busy and invested in fun, exciting projects and not withering into dust from pandemic quarantine!!!

If you keep up with the MCU as much as I do (I think I watch about half the movies and shows, eventually, and I am a little familiar with the comics), you might agree with me when I say the MCU sucks. Cool characters, meaningful narratives, heart-wrenching plot twists, and fascinating concepts that stick in your mind for days... wasted for the sake of cheap thrills & more pocket change for Disney P. Mouse!

But! All this is salvageable! At least, I’ll try (for content, lol). Over the next few weeks, I’m going to pilfer various characters from the MCU and reformat their recognizable traits, arcs, and backstories until the whole shebang fits in a BNHA-style narrative, with appropriate powerups, depowering, and reorganizing. Why? Because I happen to like the worldbuilding and potential depth of the BNHA universe! Its power scaling is more grounded, the fights are more satisfying, and the potential for thematic and narrative storytelling is much easier to flesh out.

Now, because MCU characters vary so much in the scope of their character arcs and the scale of their superpowers, some of them are already perfect for the BNHA verse! And others are less perfect!! Let’s review the ones I can remember right now:

Already Almost Perfect

Hawkeye

Ms. Marvel

...and more!

Needs a Day’s Work but Mostly Good

Daredevil

Captain America

Hulk

Falcon

Black Widow

Spider-Man

Quicksilver

...and many more!!

Needs So Much Changing, Oh Golly Gosh

Captain Marvel

Iron Man

Thor

Loki

Shang-Chi

Dr. Strange & Co.

Scarlet Witch

...and so, so many more!!!

I have workable drafts for some of these characters, but others are big stumpers. I’ll make a single post for each character or coherent thought, but I won’t commit to releasing my thoughts in any particular order or on any particular schedule, just for my own sanity. Of course, if any of you have suggestions for other characters in the MCU or Marvel comics that you’d like to see as time goes on, please send them to me!

This post will be pinned as an explanation for new readers and I’ll be updating it as I feel the need to do so. I’ll hopefully be posting some new standalone Quirks during this time, as I’ve done in the past, but mostly I aim to demonstrate to you all the quality of my transformative works here over the next few weeks and months. I hope you enjoy!

[loish]

Drew this one with inks first and then reworked it digitally to get more of a retro vibe. It’s a girl and her fun guy. Get it? 🍄

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Symbiotic Medium. The user's body can adapt to support the root structures of plants and the mycelium of funguses! This doesn't hurt the user directly, but the plants do draw precious nutrients from the user's skin, organs, and bones. Fortunately, the plants usually share nutrients and carbohydrates back to the user as well!

[quirkwizard]

What are your thoughts on how the red panda transformation power would translate as a Quirk?

do you think there could be a quirk like the curse in turning red 🤔

What’s up! I was wondering how you’d implement a red panda Quirk?

I don't exactly see the point in me talking about the red panda Quirk. They're basically raccoons with a palette swap in terms of abilities, and I've already made a raccoon Quirk before. But I can talk about the transformation.

I don't think that could work. When it comes to animal-centered Quirks that greatly differ from the animal, which is to say not turning into the animal itself, they're usually Mutant types. There's nothing like a giant transformation like in the movie. When we do see something like that, it is the result of serious tampering by a third party, meaning that something like that isn't exactly natural. And unlike something like "Beast" or "Dragon", it's generic enough or has any basis in myth to try justifying a Quirk around it.

[dollar-store-quirks]

Hey, Wizboy! Dollar-Store-Quirks coming out of my hiatus well to quibble endlessly about fictional media. You said a Quirk like Turning Red’s Red Panda Transformation wouldn't fit well in the BNHA world, but I disagree!

Recall:

Not only does Gigantification exist, but the purse snatcher in episode 1 has a similar size-changing Quirk, so breaking the law of conservation of mass has precedence in canon.

We also have other Quirks that change the user's weight (All Might mentions during Izuku's beach cleanup training that his weight increases when he turns bulky) so breaking physics as part of a different Quirk also has a place in BNHA.

We have total transformation Quirks with something like Dragon or Sand Form (the fella that Compress killed after the final fight in the Overhaul Arc) even if they’re not animal-specific.

And animal-specific Quirks are a dime a dozen!

Plus, Turning Red also neatly encapsulates a possible trigger for the transformation: a high emotional state, the fight-or-flight reflex, some kind of arousal or attraction. Lots of bodily responses create quick changes, so it's not unreasonable to think that the Red Panda Transformation could be directly tied to one of these.

In fairness, the part about trapping a panda inside a Tamagotchi is not compatible with BNHA, outside of someone else’s really exotic Quirk. And Ming's gigantic transformation at the climax of the movie might have to be precedented by a father or grandfather's size-changing Quirk. Or perhaps the size of the panda transformation is dependent on how long it's been since the last transformation? I.e. the user's body stores stress hormones and only releases them when transformed - this is like how an excess of hormone molecules can get caught in muscle fibers and other places in the body, or how normal activity creates reaction products in the brain which only get removed when you sleep.

But other than that, the only remarkable thing about this Quirk (in my opinion) is how little it changes over the generations. I'd almost expect the activation mechanism to mutate on its own, or perhaps the red panda becomes a tanuki, red squirrel, American raccoon, white panda, or sun bear, depending on the fathers' Quirk. I’d understand if you wanted to stick a little more closely to canonical Quirks, but I’m willing to give this one a pass as fairly believable!

In related news, you might also want to check out the Fruits Basket anime, where a whole family is cursed to turn into zodiac animals when they make contact with members of the opposite sex. Adapting this story to BNHA would take a few more changes, given the transformation animal changes from parent to child and the lore has reincarnation vibes throughout. But a creative writer left with the concept could absolutely turn the whole shebang into a believable and elegant part of the BNHA universe!

That’s all for now! Ta, whiz kid!

[yakult-kettle]

VERY old art (2018) that I still like the idea of.

Pillbug-chan is shy and dreams of eating dirt.

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Pillbug Mane. In lieu of hair, the user of this quirk grows a sturdy carapace which can enclose and protect their entire body!

[quirkwizard]

Can you please do a Quirk Marriage for Transform and Muddiness?

New Quirk Name: Enigma

This Emitter type Quirk allows the user mentally fog others of their appearance and actions. This makes it so any details of the user's body is removed, with no one able to describe them if the Quirk is being used. Their voice, body, everything will just comic up blank. This also extends to the user's actions to a certain extent, like a target not recalling when they were attacked by the user. The user can activate and deactivate the Quirk whenever. This makes the user great in espionage, moving around unnoticed as their enemies memories fade from their mind. They can move around enemy territory, confuse people with certain actions, or just be impossible to pick out in a line up. Though the user is completely defenseless outside of the Quirk, meaning they cannot fight back if they are noticed, and its only really useful after the fact since they cannot remember the user being there. The Quirk only has a short range to it and cannot alter any electronic devices like cameras.

[jaubaius]

A collection of me turning into random objects.

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Roto-replacement! The user can swap places with one or a number of objects as a form of transportation, but needs to know where those objects are and must resemble them in some way!

[the-reverse-mermaid]

I got an iPad Pro and the first thing I drew was a self portrait ✌️

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Reverse Mermaid. Already illustrated for your convenience.

[probablybadquirkideas]

Ballyhoo: Microbroadcast

Effect: This Ballyhoo’s user can project miniature versions of themselves anywhere in a 6-meter radius. These miniature versions have similar abilities to the original, but scaled down for size. Individually, they’re very weak.

[ameperyton]

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Reverb. The user can produce sound from inside their body, mimicking any sound they’ve heard before! The user’s other organs interfere, though, dramatically reducing the sound quality.

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Thick Air. The user can turn the air around their body dense and murky, making it difficult to move or see. This also affects the user.

[dollar-store-quirks]

New icon! If you don’t recognize it, it’s one of midoriya’s middle school classmates from the first season. If one of you clever people have a better icon, by all means message me!

[dollar-store-quirks]

this meme is dead but EARTH CHAN QUIRK

what

[quirkwizard]

Hi. Since you're the resident Jojo/BNHA expert, do you think Ratt's abilities could work as a quirk?

Oh boy, I’m an expert!

I’m on the fence about the idea. While the ability to shot darts that turn people into Jello is powerful, and not as fun as it sounds, there are Quirks that have results like that of Ratt. Both “Decay” and “Meatball” have very similar uses, but the former is touched base while the latter is only temporary. “Acid” could also be used as a comparison, but I feel like that results are different enough to not warrant contrast between the two. So if such an ability was to be a thing, you would need to apply either one of the drawbacks present in the two Quirks mentioned before hand.

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Jellify. The user can make anything soft, squishy, and malleable with just a touch! The target snaps back to normal when contact is broken, though.

[dollar-store-quirks]

Quirk: Impulse Control. The user can give targets a strong desire to do what the user wants! It’s not foolproof, though: it doesn’t last long, the impulse could be misconstrued, the target can resist, and it doesn’t work if it’s the desire to do something impossible.

[probablybadquirkideas]

Go follow my Order counterpart @dollar-store-quirks for some Quirks that won’t automatically kill someone

[dollar-store-quirks]

bruh go follow @probablybadquirkideas for the quirks i'm too practical for

[probablybadquirkideas]

Is there anyway to improve this quirk? Water Embodiment: His body is fully made out of the water and his ability to control his body mass by will. If he is in contact with the ocean or any body of water other than himself he could bend the waves to his will and make natural disasters that include tidal waves and floods. However he could only hold 200 gallons of water. His attacks weaken when his in a very hot environment since the water could just evaporate and it might hurt his body as well.

I’m not sure what you mean by “improve” - it feels like a very solid Quirk already! You’ve certainly thought this one through!

[dollar-store-quirks]

Original Name: Oyster Acne

Quirk: Oyster. The oil from the user’s skin collects in their pores, hardening into a special type of pearl. It’s not as valuable as regular pearls, but there’s a lot of them! The pearls tend to fall out in waves once there’s no more room for them and that gets uncomfortable.