FROM: @BOOKWORM555 ; TO: @APH-POLAND Merry Christmas from your Secret Santa! :D One of your prompts was BNHA/Superpowers AU; that sounded like so much fun, so I picked that one! (You also said you were fine with the Nyo versions of the characters, so I used them for this art!) They are sneaking some romance on a rooftop ;) (I know some buildings with a flat roof have a ledge to them with a wall surrounding it for safety, which is what I drew, here) For some background, I thought of two AUs with them: one being a general superhero AU, while the other was specifically for the BNHA universe. General superhero AU: Felka Łukasiewicz (aka ‘Phoenix’) and Viktorija Laurinaitytė (aka ‘Agent Iron’) are two solo heroes from the same agency who, at first, do not get along. Phoenix is showy and loves the limelight associated with hero work, while Agent Iron prefers to stay in the background. However, after the two end up working together on jobs too tough for one person, they eventually befriend each other, and later, fall in love. Their relationship is kept out of the public eye (much to Felka’s dismay), so while in costume, they rarely show any affection towards each other aside from friendship (though they do occasionally sneak some romantic moments in, like they are doing on the roof, here). They do know each others’ civilian identities. Viktorija is a university student who takes online classes while working part time in an archive, while Felka sews clothes and sells them. (Though her priority is hero work.) Both are nineteen, and were immigrants to America from their countries of birth (Poland for Felka and Lithuania for Viktorija) when they were children. Felka is amazed that Tori can basically hold down two jobs and still be a student. (Viktorija explains that she has to; hero work doesn’t pay enough, at least not for the work she does, and she has to provide for her two younger friends, Eevi and Milda, after they escaped from bad living situations, and now live with her. [Basically, those two are foster siblings in high school, and were kicked out of their home due to the parents discovering the two have powers. And in this universe, sometimes people don’t like metahumans.]) Powers: Felka/Phoenix has pyrokinesis, but with a twist: she can also absorb fire. The more she absorbs, the stronger she gets. But if she absorbs too much, she will burn herself out and will need time to get her energy back. Viktorija/Agent Iron has the power to absorb metal, and take on its properties. She tends to only use this power on her arms, since if her whole body becomes metallic, it makes her move slower and stiffer. She wanted the name ‘Iron Wolf’ as a nod to the Lithuanian legend, but her hero agency thought that the 'wolf’ part made no sense. The BNHA universe is basically the same, except hero work is Felka and Viktorija’s only job, since being a superhero is more of an accepted profession, there. (Though they are heroes in America, so they aren’t very familiar with the Japanese heroes, aside from All Might.) Their quirks would be the same as in the general hero AU, except that, like the other characters in BNHA, they have more of a fun name to them. Felka: Quirk: Phoenixfire Viktorija: Quirk: Metallurgy Also in this AU, Eevi and Milda are fine in their current foster home due to quirks being the norm, so Tori doesn’t have to worry so much about money to provide for them. A little note on Nyo!Poland’s name: Polish names ending with a consonant usually don’t have a female variant in modern day, which is why I kept her surname 'Łukasiewicz’. In the past, suffixes for names ending in consonants were used for married and unmarried women (’-owa’ for married women and ’-ówna’ for unmarried women), so in historical times, her surname would have been 'Łukasiewiczówna’. However, I read that this is considered very archaic now, and rarely used. Wow, this got long! Sorry about that; I am very wordy, XD.
