A Soul Of Stars...Or Pringles

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MHA + MCU Fic Masterlist

This is all just dadmight and penny parker irondad but oh well

Notes: all of these fics are rated T or G and only one rated M, the majority of them T. Some have romantic relationships, but most fics are gen or include gen. Few contain MHA manga spoilers. 

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Movie Night With Class 1A

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

This fic was actually my first, making it all more hilarious that it’s, overall, my most popular one between kudos, hits, etc.  It’s simple, fluffy, and crack-y. Like in the title, Class 1A has a movie night, Eri as their special little guest and Bakugo as the only one who refuses to join the group. 

Decay

Rated T, Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Gen, F/M

In an extreme canon divergence, rather than the occurrence of the War arc in the manga, an event comparable to the Snap in Avengers: Infinity War wipes out half of the Earth’s population. Izuku is among the fallen, so Toshinori grieves him under circumstances near impossible to cope with, not to mention trying to care for Eri and look Inko in the eye every day. 

Overall, if you can handle the agony, this is the fic for you! It’s pretty Toshinori-centric with a ton ton TON of grieving dadmight. If you’re looking for maximum pain and a journey of grief, here it is!

Straight-Up Dadmight

With Skin White As Snow

Rated T, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Gen

Izuku is taken by a particularly gruesome crime syndicate and once he’s rescued, nothing is the same inside and out, and Toshinori sees that for himself while his boy lies in a hospital bed. 

Major CW for implied torture

My Aurora

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

When Izumi’s (Female!Izuku) mother is shot by someone who was aiming to kill her rather than her mother, she goes into hiding overseas with All Might just weeks before Christmas to wait it out. It gets worse before it gets better.

Petals Without Promise

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Izumi isn’t surprised when she starts hacking up sunflower petals, but how long can she last without saying anything to the person who caused them? Familial Hanahaki AU

Love, Izuku

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

A birthday fic for Toshinori! It’s dadmight, fluff, and class 1a surprising him for his birthday!

Alarm Clocks

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Based off a true story, which makes it all the more interesting imo. Toshinori wakes up in the middle of the night to screaming, so he dashes to Izuku’s room in his apartment only to find that it was a cursed alarm Kaminari put on Izuku’s phone. But hey! There’s cuddles! 

rise and fall

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

This fic is short and sweet! Little dialogue, lots of dadmight thinking and snuggles. There is not much to say beyond that!

Bubble Wrap & Lovely Pictures

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Izuku plays with bubble wrap to soothe his anxieties before he and Toshinori hang up a few new things in their apartment on campus.

Become Kind (Destroy A Mind)

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Izuku’s personality is swapped with another person’s at a grocery store without realization. He thinks completely differently and begins to question and worry about almost everything, breaking down in the process. Thankfully, Toshinori is there, but how long will he stay?

Between Moss And Trees 

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

It’s a non-specific sic-fi au from tiny tot Izuku’s POV coming across a strange space monster in a forest...except, what do you mean he’s NOT a space monster? And why is he so nice? 

Cost

Rated T, Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Gen

Midoriya Izumi, my beloved! Toshinori finally wills himself to visit his successor’s grave months after she died at Kamino Ward along with All For One. 

Silly Fears (Not So Silly) 

Rated T, Major Character Death, Gen

My first BTHB prompt completed: Vehicular Accident

Izuku’s dad died on a plane, fueling his life-long fear of them. After having visited I-Island on a jet, it shouldn’t be so bad this time around, especially with Toshinori there with him. It’s just a silly fear! 

To Protect Your Stars (To Bring Them Home) 

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Izuku, along with Toshinori and some other classmates, try to get back to Earth after the planet they were stationed on was destroyed. With limited resources and a long time to get back home, all they can do is their best (and cuddle). 

Never Trust Hisashi

Rated T, Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence, F/M, Gen

(There’s Toshinko, but it’s very minor and not central to the story) 

On Izuku’s graduation day, of all days, Izuku is nowhere to be found, so Toshinori goes to find him when he comes across a man in green covered in red.

Eternion

Rated T, Gen

(Also a fic with minor Toshinko, but it’s in the past here)

In anotherrrr non-specific sci-fi au, Toshinori comes across a boy too young to be in a faction at one of his darkest moments. He has a lot to learn about the world and galaxy they live in and fight to have freedom for, but the kid’s got heart (and horrifyingly familiar green hair under his hair mask).

dream it (and it will come true)

Rated T, Gen

Toshinori is *pinches thumbs* this close to a mental breakdown and burnout, but still tries to be a good father to his young son. And then, he’s just about pushed over the edge

Non-Dadmight (Or Dadmight With Others) MHA Fics

Flying! It’s As Easy As Floating!

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Written for an NWA Swap event, Ochako and Hawks end up with each other’s quirks, so Ochako learns how to fly with her new set of wings and finds out that the sky is even cooler than she realized. 

(you should totally listen to Where No One Goes by Jonsi if you read this,,,those vibes)

Oceans Are Not Enough (And We See The Same Moon) 

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, F/M, Gen

BTHB Prompt: Can’t Go Home

Forced to flee the country after killing All For One, Toshinori finally calls Inko and talks to her and their young son. 

Games To Play

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply

BTHB Prompt: Kidnapped

Momo is kidnapped so her quirk can be used however her kidnapper wants. 

the end(?)

Rated T, Major Character Death, M/M, F/M, Gen

Midoriya Izuku and Iida Tenya both died not too far off from Shoto’s birthday. Based off the concept from a book called, “This Is Not The End” by Chandler Baker, Shoto much choose between resurrecting his (still alive) brother, his boyfriend, or his best friend before his eighteenth birthday...Or does he?

youth is a wonderful (and stupid) time to be alive

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

(Written for NWA Holiday Exchange 2021, for Cornflower_Blue)

Izuku is sleepily dragged to a midnight fast-food run with his classmates. Maybe it's not a bright idea, and maybe it's not perfect, but he can find ways to appreciate it.

Hokkaido Sky

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

(Written for NWA Holiday Exchange 2021, for Cornflower_Blue)

Toshinori was at peace. Sure, he was driving the car full of talking children while trying to accurately navigate the roads, but the car had his kids in it. How could he not be happy?

blush brush (and other girly things)

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

(Written for NWA Holiday Exchange 2021, for Cornflower_Blue)

Ochako, Momo, and Nejire help Eri experience a part of childhood that many young girls have.

rest your head, daisy child

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

(Written for NWA Holiday Exchange 2021, for Cornflower_Blue)

Eri has a nightmare. Good thing she has a father and brother figure who will always be there for her.

Win Your Freedom

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

BTHB Prompt: Not Used To Freedom

Katsuki hadn't won his freedom. Not even what he does with it is much of a victory, either.

rose clothes

Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Eri needed some new clothes. Either they had been outgrown, or they had gained tears from everyday life, so Toshinori thought it’d be best they both head to the mall and buy her some outfits. Shirts, pants, shorts, skirts. It wouldn’t be too difficult.

Then, he stepped into the store and realized he has never stepped into a children’s clothing store in his life.

Straight-Up Irondad

can’t make the stars shine (for you, i’ll try)

Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply, Gen

Penny has a panic attack during a long string of time of having bad mental health, so Tony helps her through it.

Angsty Angsty Mcu (yes, very creative heading, I know)

souls rest by the sea

Rated M, Graphic Depictions Of Violence

After two teenage girls die right in front of Penny in less than a month, she becomes wrapped up in solving their murders, isolating others along the way.

[blazeportal]

*wakes from coma* Fuck *walks to the nearest tree and starts punching it*

[wreckitrhino]

Minecraft respawn

[aconstantstateofbladerunner]

Fanfic Thieves on Youtube

A collection of youtube channels have been uploading preexisting fanfictions in videos with little to no credit to the original authors. These are not podfics, these channels copy-paste the fics into text-to-speech readers then upload the unaltered audio over static or unrelated backgrounds, either art that is also stolen or mobile game footage. In addition to not naming the authors, they alter the title to make it that much harder for readers to recognize or find the original uploads. Some go so far as to pretend they themselves are creating the fics in question. Many claim that their stealing actually helps give fics "exposure" despite the intentional steps they take to conceal the origins of the fics they profit off of. However, this practice has lead many authors to discontinue fics after the frustration of having their hard work stolen. Many of these channels claim they will remove videos upon request, but will either argue with the author in order to keep it up, or simply unlist the video for a time until they think the author isn't paying attention anymore. And their solution to receiving strikes against their channels in the past has been to further obfuscate the origins of their content instead of even considering asking first.

”I got caught stealing, so instead of not stealing anymore, I’m doubling down on stealing even more so it’s harder for people to find out and prove I’m stealing. Stealing doesn't count if the specific person I stole from didn't call me out. I am the real victim.”

That, plus the incessant tag scumming in all the videos (spamming unrelated tags in order to appear in more search results) proves to me that these are lazy attention seekers who don't want to put in creative effort when they could just leech off of the passion of others.

In order to report them, go to their channel's "About" page and click the flag icon. Said icon might be behind the three dots in the top bar on mobile. Go to "Report User" at the bottom and tick the "spam and scams" button. This will allow you to list multiple videos as offenders instead of reporting them individually. Youtube's policy states that video spam constitutes:

Massively uploading content that you scraped from other creators.

Auto-generated content that computers post without regard for quality or viewer experience.

If you recognize one of your fics among the stolen, say so in the additional comments box, and perhaps call out the channel directly in the video's comments. If you recognize someone else's fic, please let the original author know so they can report the channel as well. Many have been confronted for stealing previously and refuse to admit wrongdoing.

Most of what I've found has been My Hero Academia fics since that's my fandom and those are the ones I can recognize as stolen, but there are many other channels that steal from other fandoms, so I invite anyone and everyone to reblog this with their own findings.

The reality is that this extremely low-effort content and new youtube channels are both very easy to make, so most likely they'll start new channels once the ones on this list are run through. But hopefully, if we all work together and keep whacking these moles, perhaps we can instill that same defeatism they caused so many creators who didn't deserve it, and eventually they'll give up.

My sincerest thanks to everyone who helped bring additional channels to my attention. A special thanks to ao3 user InArduisFidelis who brought the initial attention to the issue, and @owlf45 whose work was stolen.

Links under the cut.

YurikoFanfics - Not only stole content, but acted in comments as though they were the one writing these stories.

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@YurikoFanfics

What-IF-Anime - Has the exact same "disclaimer" about not being the original author as the one above. Either they're the same person or the thieves are stealing from each other.

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@What-IF-Anime

quirkywhatif7 - Either an alt of the above, or all these people are talking to one another because this one made a community post identical to a comment the one above made in response to being called out (the above screenshots).

https://www.youtube.com/@quirkywhatif7/about

DekuFanfic - It's the same fucking guy again.

https://www.youtube.com/@DekuFanfic/about

InfiniteParadoxfanfics - Nothing notable, same deal as the others.

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@InfiniteParadoxfanfics/about

WhatIfAnimeChannel - Admits in their community posts that other people write the fics they post but still doesn't give credit. Migrated to a new channel after issues with youtube, likely being flagged previously.

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@WhatIfAnimeChannel/about

WhatIfAnimeAll - Alt of above.

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@WhatIfAnimeAll

FWNWorld - Makes sure to tell you that the videogame footage is theirs, but can't bother to credit anyone else.

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@FWNWorld/about

WTFW - Claims to have "[A] team of talented writers, voice actors, and artists work together to create immersive fan fiction stories that are sure to captivate your imagination." Just the same test-to-speech stolen content over videogames. So straight up lying claiming that everything is theirs (and that anything they make is quality).

https://href.li/?https://www.youtube.com/@WTFW

MHA2.0Fanfics - Lots of crossover theft.

https://www.youtube.com/@MHA2.0Fanfics/about

Collerwhatiif - Pretty sure this one is the same guy as the previous 2, also has one for another fandom.

https://www.youtube.com/@Collerwhatiif/about

https://www.youtube.com/@GoJoFanfiction/videos

ko_sensei - Another that claims to have a "team" that makes the stories they steal: " passionate about creating compelling and engaging fanfiction that explores the various "what ifs" in the anime universe."

https://www.youtube.com/@ko_sensei/about

FantasticWhatIf - Multifandom stealing, uses the exact same bs disclaimer as many others.

https://www.youtube.com/@FantasticWhatIf/about

LettuceHeadFanfics - No credit, no acknowledgement of anything. Next one is an alt.

https://www.youtube.com/@LettuceHeadFanfics/about

brocollifanfics - Alt of above, once again admits to stealing with a declaration of "☆If you want to takedown any videos. You can mail us or leave a comment below the video☆"

https://www.youtube.com/@brocollifanfics/about

whatifofficial786 - Focuses on MHA/Naruto crossovers. Identical format.

https://www.youtube.com/@whatifofficial786/about

NotWhatIf - I've lost track of who's an alt of who but yet another identical format, descriptions, and bullshit claims of "enhancing the viewer experience" by putting a robot voice over bootleg fortnite footage.

https://www.youtube.com/@NotWhatIf/about

weebxds - Same again.

https://www.youtube.com/@weebxds/about

ItachiFanfics - Naruto channel, we can at least confirm that this one is run by a human given the rare different descriptions and a real voice at the beginning of videos before the robot comes back.

https://www.youtube.com/@ItachiFanfics/about

WhatIfDN - As if mockingly, a bunch of videos have a "credit" section in their descriptions that is of course blank.

https://www.youtube.com/@WhatIfDN/about

SpiceandBooks and spiceandfiction - Apparently Youtube itself has started picking up on the bullshit, because this multifandom channel is being dinged as ai spam so they started a new one.

https://www.youtube.com/@SpiceandBooks/about

https://www.youtube.com/@spiceandfiction/about

theoriginalastra - Doesn't even bother with disclaimers, the following are multiple alts/potential alts for different fandoms.

https://www.youtube.com/@theoriginalastra/about

SillySenpai12 - Highschool DXD alt.

https://www.youtube.com/@SillySenpai12/about

RosieRealms - Naruto alt.

https://www.youtube.com/@RosieRealms/about

DekuWhatIfs - Potentially another astra alt but not sure, doesn't matter because all these channels do the same thing anyway.

AnimeStark688 - No credits or disclaimers.

https://www.youtube.com/@AnimeStark688/about

Please take the time to report these channels, spread this post around, and reblog with any additional offending channels you find.

[mhadadmightzine]

Pointing at the camera, he entrusted the future to his Successor and welcomed a new dawn— "You're next."

Successor: A DadMight Anthology is a BNHA fan zine celebrating the found family aspect and parental/mentor-mentee relationship — in various forms, from different perspectives, in any universe (!!!) — between Yagi ‘All Might’ Toshinori and Midoriya ‘Deku’ Izuku. And yes, we love them all!

Follow our account and keep an eye out for upcoming announcements! We're mighty excited to celebrate DadMight with you!

THIS LINK IS HERE TO PROVIDE MORE ZINE INFORMATION, YOUNG MIDORIYA!

[writingfish]

When you die,

we consign your

name to the stars. 

We will forget you, 

but the stars 

will not. 

[thenatsdorf]

Working from home. (via mujisama)

[msspookypickles]

Unmute

[cosmomoore]

Thor does this lol

[kaenimmx]

Cute

[naamahdarling]

[theleakypen]

Don’t Add Fanfiction To Your Goodreads Shelf

Hi folks, I know some of you like to use Goodreads to track all your reading and don’t want to distinguish between books and fanfiction.

I am, however, begging you not to do this. It is extremely jarring and disconcerting to be a fic author and find your works somewhere in the wild where you did not personally put them. Fics are not books, are not published in the same way as books, and exist in a precarious legal space.

Please don’t attempt to elide the separation that exists between fandom and the world of official publishing.

[westiec]

Well this is much nicer than how I said it 🤣

[ID: tweet from @westiectweets — “PSA: Don’t Fucking Add Fic to Goodreads What the Fuck”]

[theleakypen]

update to add:

if you are a fic author and you find your fic on Goodreads, you can get it removed!

Here’s how:

First, you gotta go to Goodreads support Contact Us page. Fill out the form as follows:

What can we help you with? - Book records: adding or editing

What device were you using? - this answer doesn’t matter

Are you reaching out as a publisher, author, neither, or both? - Author

What does your inquiry relate to? fanfiction recorded as book

In the main body of the question, include the link(s) to the Goodreads record(s) for your fic(s)

Hit submit!

Someone should contact you pretty fast; I got a reply within a couple hours, even though it was a Sunday afternoon. They wanted me to confirm that it was a fanfic and asked me to provide proof of authorship which was kinda weird to answer but I was like “uhhh my tumblr is the same handle as my ao3 does that count?” and that seemed to go over just fine.

Once they say they’ve deleted the records it should no longer be searchable although for whatever reason the direct links apparently still work. That’s Amazon for ya I guess.

I hope this helps some of my fellow fic authors!

[theleakypen]

hey guys please reblog this version

I’ve seen multiple people reblogging the original post with tags saying how they have struggled to get their fics taken down off Goodreads & I want folks to know that it IS possible

[athingofvikings]

I had this happen once. It was very strange and somewhat disconcerting.

[spicymochi]

strawberry snake

[livingwiththeinternet]

Francesco Levy, The Constellations of Summer

[coldresolve]

'people can write whatever the fuck they want' and 'its good to approach writing about sensitive topics with some diligence and forethought' are statements which can and do coexist

[devinellekurtz]

The great dragon migration

[justcatposts]

Doctor Meow and the Multiverse of Catness 

(Source)

[rylandsgrace]

Ok that's the one

[oluka]

For @starvels​, who wanted a companion piece for this art.

[godshideouscreation]

[seek--rest]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[chongoblog]

If you are referring to "clean up clean up everybody everywhere clean up clean up everybody do their share" then I'll have you know that remembering the song and having it play in my head made me clean up a section of my workspace and I am 27, so the sleeper agent codes go in deep.

[making-my-wey-down-town]

[technologyvoid]

Also

[cryoud]

Tbh…