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    The world will hurt you, and you must love it anyway.

    (Or: Extremely Human Reactions To Extremely Alien Trauma)

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  1. Public Bookmark 16

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    Iida sits next to him outside the bath, holding his hand tightly—as tightly as he had when he caught Izuku out of the sky just a few hours ago.

    “You can sleep if you want,” Iida says quietly. “I will make sure you don’t fall in.” Iida’s smile is smaller than his brother’s, more subdued than All Might’s, but it is just as steady. Perhaps more genuine. A quiet I am here, I won’t let you drown that Izuku wishes he could inspire in others.

    Trusting his friends to keep him safe, he lays his head against the wall of the bath, but he doesn’t fall asleep.

    Across the room, Kirishima catches his eye and gives him a thumbs-up and a grin. Izuku watches him blankly, wishing he could return the smile, but he just can’t.

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    Basically, I thought the end to the Dark Deku arc was too lighthearted, and I wanted more of a tender, angsty beat about recovering through burnout.

    A rewrite of Deku's POV in "No Man is an Island".

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    17 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark 7

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    Feeling useless, the Godpoke explores the tunnels under the Grove and finds a quiet place to have a couple important conversations.

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    17 Jun 2026

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    Izuku is five years old the first time he's saved by heroes. He's an instant fan of the woman in pink with her cheerful smile and the man with his ice powers and fine-boned features, even if they both refuse to tell him their names.

    For most of his life, Izuku has been the centre of villain attacks, but he has never been injured. Every time, he's saved by bright, unknown heroes—heroes who smile at Izuku, and ruffle his hair or ply him with hugs, and seem mesmerised by how small he is.

    Heroes that the rest of the world doesn't believe exists.
     

    (Time-travelling Class 1-A AU)

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    16 Jun 2026

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    It's Raz's 11th birthday, and in light of everything he's done the Motherlobe wants to throw him a party!

    They just need to get him out of the way while they set things up for the surprise... what's a goose chase they can send him on...

    Oh! There's this place called Amity Park that's known for ghosts. Let's send him there. It's not like ghosts are real after all.

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    21 Jan 2025

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A good tone, a good style, and an interesting plot that humanizes a joke character into a sympathetic and understandable one. I’ve come back to reread this a few times now.

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    We must admit: we didn’t think much of these mortals. How, though finite, and living brief but fiery lives, a few can undo the wrongs of many. How one can shift the world to miraculous degrees—if only they ask.

    May these reviews be a lasting compendium of truth, so the next era will think twice before they start any bullshit—ahem.

    A record of informative and (mostly) bias-free user reviews by yours truly—the Chaos Emeralds.

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    13 Nov 2024

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Not quite as lighthearted as the title implies- a story told from an interesting angle. I loved the prose!