Midoriya Izuku is not happy.
So, @dckv made a positive post and brought up something I full on support.
The headcanon that even though he acts like it, and acts like he path he chose is one he’s content with, that’s not entirely the truth.
Midoriya’s path to villainy was built up over a long time-- He took his friendship with Bakugou ending as well as the bullying more personally than canon Midoriya. But the final push for him was that day with the sludge dude-- first feeling completely helpless as he nearly suffocated/drowned to death, then All Might telling him that being quirkless couldn’t lead to him being a hero, and finally aiding in rescuing Bakugou from the sludge guy only for Bakugou to yell at him. It’s after this that things drift away from canon.
All Might never got the chance to talk to Midoriya about gaining OFA and becoming a hero-- Midoriya instead hurried on home before he could get the chance. These events festered inside of him and eventually, after signing up for the UA entrance exam and getting an apology letter back in return, he gave up.
He went on in a trance for a while, going on to some lower, local high school until one day, he met Shigaraki. It was normal at first-- He just ran into this random guy and was asked why a kid like him was behaving the way he was. He didn’t know why, but he ended up spilling out the entire thing. Whenever he stopped talking, it had been silent for a moment before Shigaraki had told him to meet him at the same location that weekend.
Cut to the meeting time, Shigaraki propositioned him something; he could prove the world wrong and show he could be powerful.
Now, this made him hesitate at first but with some sweet words from Shigaraki, he agreed,
With this, Midoriya had to go missing.
Now, he made this choice himself. Midoriya is a careful kid and couldn’t see it being safe for him continuing on in life-- the threat of being caught seeming imminent. So he decided to begin living at the bar, going straight there after school. Of course, not informing his mother would aid in this, as she’d be too frantic and mournful to be acting like she was a part of the whole thing should Midoriya end up getting caught in the future. He proceeds to be trained by Shigaraki and eventually met Sensei, who saw him as a good fit to their team with his observational skills and knowledge of quirks.
Midoriya is well involved in villainy, but he can’t find himself happy. At the beginning, he convinced himself that he’d be better and he’d finally be at level with Bakugou...
But he’s always wanted to be a hero.
He left his mother alone, without a husband and without a son. To grieve and think that her baby is probably dead in a ditch somewhere.
Imagine her finding out her son just ran away to become a villain because he was so desperate to prove himself worthy, to show he could be strong, that he wasn’t as weak as shown to be.
He doesn’t like the villainy.
He just wants this to be a dream, wake up at home and have everything be normal.
But he’s already so involved that he feels there’s no other choice but to continue.
And so he acts-- He continued to be the villain he’s expected to be by the League and to be the villain he’s not so expected by the rest.