I'm going to yap and it will be from the AU fantasy.
It's self insert + fantasy AU
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So, in every AU or any experience with the S/I (Anzu) I always do it also to express myself. Some thoughts or feelings. And in this AU it's the same.
I like to imagine that in the AU Anzu is a dragon affected by the war as a prisoner, isolated from the world who already forgot how to interact and live with people. This is because of a time in my life that was the worst so far, I was isolating myself, feeling shitty and basically a depression that led me to neglect.
So in this situation, she was like a prisoner under the AFO castle because in order for the madman to max their magic, he uses magical creatures and their mana. She was one of them.
And when Izuku discovers her and takes her out of there, even though at first he thought she was a threat but she simply gave up waiting for death, Izuku shows her again what it's like to be appreciated. He teaches her slowly and is patient about it, realising that Anzu is just a very depressed creature who sees the beauty in little things (cliché, I know, I wanted to tried that of narrative).
She's experiencing things again, she's relearning things again, to take notice of herself, to have to bathe, brush her teeth, comb her hair and groom herself to feel good about herself, and I imagine it as such a quiet love. As Izuku teaches her, he finds that she really tries hard even though it's difficult and he too gets exhausted in the process, but as his personality pushes him to put her more as a priority, he goes for it.
And Anzu grows to like him, appreciate him, a slow burn that goes very slowly with quieter moments that I like to illustrate from both of them.
Now for Izuku's he is also going through things, as I could still put that OFA's power is gone (the sword I mean) and that he is also relearning everything, so they both help each other in some way. Izuku by Anzu showing him the good things in life, he is reencountering those details and that helps him to move forward and see that he can help by guiding people as well as being the hero that saved everyone.
So basically it's, dragon = metaphor for depression and Izuku the saviour.
The dragon with mental illness and the paladin, her saviour who also have mental illness issues✨
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