My Hero Academia: Rewritten Sparks

Here's a new blog for my MHA Rewrite AU!

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First Post Here...Oh Boy.

Hey, guys! My name is Rae-J or Rae! I'm also known as @anartisicandautisticstararcher on my main. I've decided to make my own separate account for my Rewrite AU of My Hero Academia.

My main inspiration for making this blog is @sapphic-agent's (aka @rewrittenmha) own secondary blog and @my-rewrite-academia's own blog (who was also inspired by my AU).

For now, this will be my first post for this blog. There's more to come soon, such as:

Plot and Setting Summaries!

Character Bios!

Locations!

Lore Expansion!

Character Sheets!

Breakdown of My Writing Process

Critiques of MHA as A Whole!

And so much more!

So tune on in as I share with y'all...

My Hero Academia: Rewritten Sparks

Coming to AO3, FF.Net, and Wattpad soon!

(Hopefully...if I don't have any repeats of the last few years. :'))

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Aizawa: "Just disgusting how much All Might plays favourites with Midoriya. He should be treating all the kids the same. So unprofessional, I don't know why Nezu lets him get away with it."

Mic, subtly closing the tab on his work computer where he has been making a tier list ranking all his students for the past 30 minutes: "Yeah, someone should say something."

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@maneatermidnight

If you put into account that he goes out of his way to personally train Shinsou in comparison to his own students and excused everything Bakugou has done as him working harder than any student...then yes. He does give special treatment to his favorites.

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Thank you for answering my questions, here are a few more:

1 - Can you show headcanons of Izuku and Victor?

2 - Will Hisashi have a role in your rewrite?

3 - What will the Star and Stripes character be like? Do you intend to show what the world of heroes is like in the USA and other countries?

Headcanons for Izuku and Victor

After Victor got his Zhao, he started exhibiting the mannerisms of a wolf. Izuku mimicked Victor's behavior, like a little kid usually mimicked a dog's behavior. However, Izuku was forced to stop after he got sick from licking up puddle water. Victor, out of regret, forced his wolf urges down.

Izuku wasn’t judged by the people of Laurentum (the town he moved to) for lacking a quirk. In fact, they welcome him with open arms. This treatment was a huge whiplash for Izuku, as he had been used to people discriminating him for his quirklessness.

Victor is Norwegian-Japanese like his parents, both in the previous and current timeline. While learning some Norwegian with his dad, he discovered the Norwegian version of his given name. He then told everyone that he would be going by Victor from now on. Mitsuki thought it was just a phase, but Victor stubbornly kept his name to the present day.

Izuku obsessively tracks the changes to the timeline like a hawk. He knows almost every change, big or small, that has happened. Some changes he has missed, as they’re either changes that he never observed before dying or had happened before the Quirk Emergence.

Will Hisashi Have A Role?

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Maybe.

Stars and Stripes Role in Rewritten Sparks

She's the leader of The USA Peacemakers, or The Peacebringers. Stars and Stripes will appear in a future episode that references how Power Rangers are the westernized version of Super Sentai, but she'll be also seen throughout the series as a minor role.

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Questions about your rewrite:

1 - What is the OFA training that Toshinori gave Izuku in your rewrite?

2 - Who are the heroes that are part of Toshinori's team?

3 - What is Inko's role in your story?

4 - In the rewrite, does Izuku train a lot? Like before he started training for OFA?

Sorry about the late answer! I was busy doing stuff.

Since Toshinori was able to meet Izuku two years earlier than he did in the original, he basically trains him throughout his entire middle school career. He's uses the same training regime as before, but after the one year mark, Toshinori has Izuku start some One for All training.

Stryxxxer (Volante), Sunny Day (Sunnetta), Mystique (Nemuri), and Loud Cloud (Xiaoyun) are the members of Toshinori's team. Together they make The Peacemakers. Toshinori created The Peacemakers after meeting Xiaoyun while they were both in China training.

Inko is a bit more involved with Izuku’s life after an incident that resulted in both him and Victor's families moving to the Tatoonie countryside.

Izuku did daily exercises during his time in the countryside, as he didn't want to lose his edge.

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I, of course, questioned them about it and what was the account in question. No response to the latter question. So I decided to look at their account. Not only was their account brand spanking new, but I looked up the exact phrasing. Low and behold, people said that the exact same thing happened to them.

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Please report this account, and if you see a DM similar to this, report and block them.

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Questions about your rewrite:

In your rewrite, will you focus on the three years of the hero course?

In your rewrite, will you include original characters, in order to expand the world?

If you could make your rewrite into a comic, who would you like to draw your story?

Oh!

Yes, Rewritten Sparks will take place over the course of three years. Well...technically four since there'll be an one year delay that'll stop them from graduating.

Yes. One of which will be the new Kurogiri.

So I would do the storyboard and would choose both @spoopy-sloth and Cheska to do the inking. @spoopy-sloth was my artist for my FMA Big Bang fic (which I still need to finish and I will this upcoming October), and I loved their inking that they did for the art. I'm even planning on commissioning them again for more scenes in the fic...once I finish it and get a job of course.

Cheska, who some of you MHA fans may remember her from her Erasermic Hanahaki AU, is one of my many favorite MHA artists from during quarantine. I even saw her on TT and told her, and she followed me back. I even commissioned her to draw Sunny Day.

She also has this really cool comic on Webtoon called Caretaker that you guys should definitely check out!

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Hello how are you doing? Will you be redesigning all the characters? Also, what will Momo's character be like in your rewrite?

Pretty good!

Yes, I'm planning to redesign all the characters. There are some official art that I'll be referencing along with some ideas that I had for a while.

Momo's character will be explored more in the story, as seen with one reblogged post on the blog. I plan to explore the limits of her quirk and her relationship with her classmates. Along with that, I plan on exploring her handling Tenma get to be the class representative instead of her. I think that plotline would be interesting to explore.

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What is the rivalry between Izuku and Victor like? Will Shoto also be Izuku's rival? Do you intend to adapt the films in your rewrite?

Sorry I took so long! I took a nap.

Izuku and Victor are a lot more friendly in their rivalry. Victor still wants to be number one, but he instead pushes Izuku to do his best rather than put him down. What kind of rival would you be if you just hinder the person you're competing against? Limiting them would be limiting yourself.

Shoto will be Izuku’s rival at first, but as he slowly remembers their past friendship he'll open up to him more.

Yes, but there will be some major changes. The plot of the movies won't happen in the previous timeline, but the current. So if Izuku and the other characters don't seem to recognize the movie characters, that's why.

Also, I've decided to change my mind adapt Vigilantes as well, but with some changes. Looking back at the post I made strongly react to some very...disturbing facts about how some of Vigilantes' story was handled, I've come to realize something.

Not only would it be a bit hypocritical to adapt the main MHA story and not Vigilantes because they both are bad at addressing some more darker themes in the story...

...but that's why I was so repulsed at Vigilantes originally. How they mishandled those darker themes.

I'll make a post later explain more about why I changed my mind, but the short of it is that I don't hate dark themes. In fact, I love dark themes. But only if they're executed properly. This is why I hate Endeavor's "atonement" arc. We're shown this dark part of MHA's universe, only for it to be yanked away because Endeavor's popularity rose up I mean because Endeavor genuinely feels bad for what he did! Yeah definitely that! But in all seriousness, how are you going to canonically have Endeavor buy Rei, treat his family terribly, perform eugenics, and things of that nature...only to pull back and reduce him to the role as a clingy father trying to impress his edgy son and everyone knows that he messed up but he changed for the better and he's a great hero?

Hello!? Either properly address the elephant in the room or don't bring it in to begin with! Characters like this are why the writers of Bojack had to double down on his behavior when he started getting sympathizers.

But that's for another post.

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It's not about your rewrite, but I wanted to know your opinion on Izuku and Katsuki from their canon version. I'm also asking for some tips on rewriting the manga; I'm also doing a rewrite, which is called Chronology of Team Ultra.

While I don't blame people for completely removing Bakugou because of how much of a Gary Stu he is, I personally want to use the potential he has as a rival to Izuku.

Have him face coincidences for once. Let him actually grow. Have people call him out. Have him give Izuku a genuine apology that doesn't just excuse his behavior.

And definitely don't start the story off with him telling Izuku to go swan dive off the roof only to retcon it later. Either keep it and work with it or scrap it and have it not be a problem down the line. (That last one was less aimed at you and more aimed at Horikoshi.)

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Howdy o/, so some of the characters have some name changes going on 👀, what is both the out-of-universe and in-universe reasons for these name changes?

Um...holy cow. You legit just read mind. Okay!

Meta Reason: I wanted to separate some characters from their canon counterparts to avoid confusion, but I only do it if there's some mild/huge changes.

In-Universe Reason: Like with past memories, a person's name in the current timeline shows how even with or without those memories how different they are in personality/alignment/gender/status/etc.

Tier 1: Same Name

People under this tier are the same as their past selves to the point that if they regain their past memories, they would identify as their past self.

Examples: Midoriya Izuku, Todoroki Shoto, Yagi Toshinori, and Kayama Nemuri.

Tier 2: Little to Mild Changes to Name

People under this tier have some slightly different change to their background. The change will vary depending on severity of the name change. Usually focuses on the person's given name. If they were to regain their past memories, they wouldn't identify as their past self, but would see their past self as a part of them, often out of respect or regret.

Examples: Victor Bakugou, Uraraka Sakurayu, and Iida Tenma.

Tier 3: High Change to Name

People under this tier are so unlike their past selves, others who do have memories of the past won't immediately recognize them. Their background will often have little to no similarities to their past self's background. Full name changes, even family name. If they were to regain their past memories, they would consider themselves a full reincarnation of their past self.

Examples: Volante Tafoya-Litvinov (Aizawa Shouta), Sunnetta Greenfield (Yamada Hizashi), and Xiaoyun Bai-Iqwe (Shirakumo Oboro).

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What will Hitoshi and Neito's characters be like in your rewrite? Is Victor the Izuku's main rival? Or is it someone else?

It's still Victor (Katsuki), but like he'll also be a less toxic and more uplifting for Izuku.

Neito, as implied in the first draft description for Episode #9, will be a lot less antagonistic to Class 1-A as before since he gets to know them more. Although he still arrogant about his class, much to their chagrin.

Hitoshi? He's the antagonist of the RS version of the Sports Festival Arc. See, he has vague memories of the previous timeline, and hopes like last time his adoptive dad, Eraserhead, will train him.

Nope.

Volante not only doesn't want to train him, but he's more focused on those Class 1-A losers. What's worse is that everyone seems to love them now, even Class 1-B. That's in spite of them causing the Sports Festival being delayed.

Hitoshi wants to throw up, since he knows the truth. He'll just have to show everyone how awful Class 1-A really is.

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I am legally required to ask you what's gonna be up with Dabi

Dabi...

Todoroki Touya...

This one is a bit obvious but he's going to get the atonement arc, not Endeavor.

Dabi initially denies it in the previous timeline, but he still cares about his family. He cares about Shoto. And after being reincarnated and living through that hell again with knowledge of the past, he wants to destroy Endeavor's reputation.

But...he has to be smart about it.

He gets news that Shoto is temporarily out of Endeavor's custody. He's currently being foster by a Child Rescue Hero. When he finds out who, Dabi sees his meal ticket.

She might not remember who she used to be, but Dabi does. And if she's even a sliver of the man she once was, he knows for sure she'll help.

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So what's spinner like in your au?

Like quirk and personality-wise?

I know I technically already answered this one in the MHA Criticizers/Rewriters community, but since some people might not be in this community, I'll paste the answer here.

This is based on both @seraphicghost's interpretation of Spinner and the idea I have for Rewritten Sparks as a whole:

Spinner will be more of an advocate for those less fortunate in the system and will start off mentoring under Stain. He would soon realize how biased his mentor really was, and eventually leave for the LOV. Seeing how guideless Shigaraki is, Spinner decides to convince him how much help the LOV could be to others if they focus more on those less fortunate.

This will lead more into my idea of making the LOV more of an activist group, while still being Antagonists for Rewritten Sparks.

His quirk will be the same with one caveat.

I need to thank you for this idea, but I plan to give him more reptilian abilities for his quirk.

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In your rewrite, do you intend to expand the worldbuilding? Also, a silly question: in a boxing match between Izuku and Victor, who would end up winning?

Short Answer: Yes.

Long Answer: I'm planning on implementing more religious themes, technological advancements, and the secret to where quirks came from. Things will get a little dark though. Keep in mind, some of the inspiration for Rewritten Sparks comes from Madoka Magica, Omori, Sir.Johnald's Steven Universe AU, Unicorn: Warriors Eternal, and as of recently Kittielitta's MHA AU. So...yeah. Brace yourself.

Also if Quirks and/or Zhaos are involved, it's a tie. If it's regular combat, Izuku.

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Tell me about Tsuyi!

Absolutely! She still the same old Tsuyu, only she'll be more active as a minor character in Rewritten Sparks. She's best friends with both Izuku and Sakurayu (Ochako), and has a bit of an one-sided rivalry with Tenma (Tenya) at the beginning of the series.

She's also been a huge Sunny Day fan since she was five, as Sunny rescued her from a burning building when she was little. She actually applied to UA because Sunny, like all the Peacemakers, is an UA graduate.

While she doesn't remember the original timeline at first, Tsuyu eventually does a bit later, which causes some conflict.

As for her past self...

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Let's save that one for another time.

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Can you tell me what Nine and his gang are like in your rewrite? Nine is one of my favorite antagonists of manga. Do you also have any concept for Izuku in your rewrite?

Nine will be basically the same as before. Believing that the powerful should rule the weak and how he's essentially closer to a god than a human.

I mean it's not really a surprise. After all...he gets it from his father, All for One.

See, Nine is a result of All for One's many attempts at cloning Yoichi in Rewritten Sparks. AfO only had so much of Yoichi's DNA left that by the time he created Nine, he had to use some of his DNA to fill in the blanks. It wasn’t that hard since he was Yoichi's older twin. Nine's weaker All for One will now be the result of Yoichi's and AfO's quirk factors combining. His weather quirk now being one that All for One gave him.

Nine's new legal name is Shigaraki Ryōsha, to symbolize how he's technically the clone of two people rather than one. All for One was hoping to make Nine older, but he was the only clone 'born' because of how little DNA he was working with.

If you mean some concept art for Izuku, yes but I'll have to look around for it. I kid you not, I've been so obsessed with perfecting Sunny's design for years that it literally took me last night to finally finish. I barely focused that much on Izuku’s design. You know...DESPITE THE FACT HE'S STILL THE MAIN CHARACTER!!! OH MY GOD, WHY'S MY BRAIN SO PRESENT MIC OBSESSED!!!???

Anyway, I'll look for those concept designs and post them here.

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Thanks for the answers!!! In your rewrite, what are Katsuki and Shoto's characters like? Also, who is part of the Izucrew in your rewrite?

No problem! Thanks for the questions!

Katsuki, or Victor as he's called now, is still a bit of a hot head, but he's dialed it back after remembering how badly his past self treated Izuku. He's a bit overprotective of his friend as a result of his memories and his Zhao, Wolf Pack. This causes the user to turn into a wolf-like creature whenever a member of their 'pack' is harmed or killed and hunt down the assailant responsible.

Shoto? He's a bit more aloof in this timeline as a result of him going through the abuse and neglect of Endeavor yet again. This actually causes him to double down on not forgiving Endeavor.

The main members of the Izucrew are Victor (Katsuki), Sakurayu (Ochako), Tenma (Tenya), and Shoto. Other members will include Tsuyu, Momo, Mei, and Tokoyami, although they are the members whenever Izuku isn't doing Peacemaker work.