#like sure post redemption bakugou okay but what about one where they stayed friends

[redrobin-detective]

So while I was raking leaves today I was thinking that as much as Bakugou bullying Izuku and later redeeming himself is an integral part of canon, it could be improved upon. I’ve always been a fan of AUs where Bakugou is exactly the same personality wise but he stayed friends with Izuku and is his biggest supporter.

Basically baby Katsuki looked between his best friend in the whole wide world who just got diagnosed as quirkless and the prejudices of society and took Izuku’s side. And because this boy doesn’t do anything by halves he is so ride or die. Izuku trains his mind and body, he and Katsuki hang out constantly and make plans for their future agency, they spar together until they’re both formidable fighters. You can obviously insert canon in here which would be the same only Izuku a) starts out buff b) has a bit more confidence/self worth and c) All Might has to deal with an angry Pomeranian barking at him not to hurt Izuku 24/7. Aizawa clocks them as the class’s disaster duo within 5 seconds of meeting them and he’s not wrong but he underestimates the trouble they can get into.

Me, being me, I was playing with it today in my quirkless verse. They both get into Yuuei, Bakugou in Heroics and Izuku in Gen Ed. Katsuki would be hissing and sneering at his classmates for “stealing Deku’s spot” and it’s annoying but also kind of cute. They hear a lot about this Deku person, he’s tactically brilliant and a dirty fighter and doesn’t need a quirk to pound Katsuki into the ground. They’re shaking, imaging like a 7′ demonic beast. Only one day, the door to 1-A opens and its this sweet boy with curls and freckles and the friendliest smile like “Kacchan, you left your school books at my house again :)” And they collectively lose their shit that THIS is Deku. Then they watch him and Bakugou spar and its like, oh okay then, I am Afraid again.

Anyway, point being, I still think we could have had a compelling, interesting story if Bakugou was still his kind of douchey self but at the same time was Izuku’s best friend and biggest hype man.

#basically i took my favorite part of MGM and pasted it on top of TLWA #I just finished a 22k fic I can have self indulgent AUs while raking #I'm craving some Bakugou and Izuku are good friends content and cant find ittttt #like sure post redemption bakugou okay but what about one where they stayed friends #where even when it was Hard Katsuki wouldn't let Izuku go #even with a quirkless diagnosis he wanted so badly to be a hero with his bestie #that he does everything to encouarge Izuku not to give up #if its canon OFA changes everything bc before Katsuki thought it would brain and brawn but now Deku is more powerful than him #Hes so happy but also still needs to do some growth on his own superiority complex #if its TLWA he's Izuku's biggest advocate to transfer #he literally harasses Aizawa constantly about it drags Izuku to class activities all the time #From there its just training until they graduate and form their agency just like they said they always would #idk man #I spent a lot of time in bakus head recently #I want him to be an aggressive neurotic a little bit of asshole but still good friend