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Genesis by HailcorePhoenix
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)
24 Feb 2026
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A boy made of lies that were all supposed to mean something. His quirk, his past, his NAME, all carefully built to mean nothing. But it never goes according to plan. Izuku thought he had everything handled, under control. His quirk is nothing, like everyone thinks it is. His past is locked away, where it can't hurt anyone anymore. His name? Fake, obviously. Both of them.
How long can this relative peace last when a desperate vigilante bites off more than he can chew? How will run-ins with heroes, villains, and a strange girl with a penchant for knives alter the course of history?
Meanwhile, a different girl sits on a beach, an outcast from birth. A destiny approaches her, brought on by one lucky chance and a conversation with a man the shadow of what he used to be. When destiny and the public eye prove to be too much, who will be there to pick up the pieces?
And what's wrong with these quirks?
This is the beginning of something more.
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Or, Izuku has AFO and nothing ever goes according to plan. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.
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24 Feb 2026
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Excellent Izuku-with-AFO fic
Last checked 2/24/2026, ch. 117 -
Fundamental Theorem of Heroics by NightowlRobin
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
19 Feb 2026
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Shinsou Hitoshi grew up always being told he was destined to be a villain, and everyone knows a villain can't be a hero.
So he couldn't really be a hero, that's fine. He'd be as close to a hero as a villain could be.
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Shinsou becomes a vigilante and is surprisingly good at it.
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- Part 1 of FToH Universe
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16 May 2025
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The beautiful, painful Shinsou fic <3
Last checked 2/13/2026, ch. 218 -
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A roleswap AU longfic about what would happen if Lace decided not to free Hornet at the beginning of Silksong.
Featuring per-chapter illustrations by @squiffers on Tumblr (also the creator of the original AU idea)- Language:
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27 Nov 2025
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Agonizing roleswap lacenet <3
Last checked 2/11/2026, ch. 10 -
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Things… change.
Ghost supposes that many would probably say that they get better. They do get better, don’t they? Yes, they do. Things change, and they are better. The Infection is gone, and Hollow is safe, and Hornet is happy, and so Ghost is fine. Perhaps they are selfish, and they mourn a dying world that they can never return to, and they are more alone than ever before, but they’ll get over it.
…And it’s not as if anyone will notice if they don’t.
Ghost goes back in time, kills the Radiance, and sets everything right. They tell no one, and do it on their own. It is only after their family is happy, and the kingdom is safe, and the Abyss is soothed to sleep, that they realize just how lonely it is as the last remaining piece of a future never to be.
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09 Oct 2025
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Phenomenal time travel HK fic
Last checked 2/11/2026, ch 7 -
you’d better forge a heart of steel by dont_leaf_me_alone
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
15 Nov 2025
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Messing with the Dai Li is foolish, as anyone with half a brain could tell you, but the Dai Li have a way of forcing your hand; particularly when they capture your family. Ba Sing Se has a big storm coming.
Sequel and direct continuation of 'we rise and we fall and we break'.
The Russian translation of this fic can be found here: https://ficbook.net/readfic/0194ef2f-018a-711a-b9d4-cbe9a2a1f104
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- Part 8 of is there a way back home?