#power overuse

[laffy-taffy-creations]

WOOOOOOOO WHUMPTOBER DAY 8 BABES

This fic was cross-posted on AO3 here

Collateral Damage

Overcrowded ER | Outnumbered | "It's all for nothing"

Fandom: My Hero Academia

Words: 1,188

Taglist: @athenswrites @lili-loves-whump

Warnings: hospitalization, power overuse, past experimentation

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The shaking started first. It was the first sign that anything was wrong.

Next was shouting. The sounds of things, walls, doors, windows breaking. I made the mistake of going out into the hall to figure out what was wrong and almost immediately got decked had I not ducked.

Villains. So many villains.

There was reason UA prided itself on security, it set up it’s offense defensively and it’s defense offensively. But the defense had broken somehow.

Shit shit shit what are we meant to do? None of the kids from the lower levels are heroes! Are any of them safe? Are they okay?

[Focus Clo. We’re a hero. We handle this.]

I had already ended up engaged in combat with some of them, but there were just so many that I wouldn’t be able to take any of them out using only the power I showed off.

We’re outnumbered. We’re out of options. We just have to stand our ground until support arrives.

But support wasn’t arriving. I put maybe 3 out of commission, and 6 more showed up for me and the others in the hallway. If we go all out now, it’ll end up hurting people. I cant get them all to safety in time.

Someone hit me in the back.

[Fuck it. Void.]

My power stretched and I let it go as far as it deemed through out the school, causing damage like no other. I knew it would end up going out of control, I fought to stay conscious the same as my fight to contain the full power of my quirk from harming innocents.

I let it rage, let myself go for just a little bit, let them have my wrath. Let them see exactly why they should never come back ever again.

I let the anger and hatred fuel it, let what had happened to me cause chaos, let my quirk handle and give proper catharsis to at least a small sliver of my fury. My happiness, my protectiveness, my want for others to live a better life than I had barred it inside as much as it would be leashed.

And after that I was in a hospital.

“No, nononono stay down! You need rest!” the nurse said when he saw me get up. My confusion must have shown. “We barely managed to get you in but you’re the current most likely source of whatever wrecked UA. You need to rest,” he explained.

My just-waking-up mind was still confused but I wrote it off in the name of sleep.

The next thing I remembered was waking up again. I could think more clearly now. There was an IV in my arm. I was hooked up to a heartrate monitor. I was no longer wearing my suit, instead being put in a hospital gown.

“They’re awake!” I heard vaguely.

My dad was the first to enter along side Ochako and Izuku.

The same nurse as before said, “their condition isn’t critical so we’re allowing the one extra visitor, but if it is to change at any point you all will need to leave the room and they will only be permitted to have 2 visitors after that. “

My friends nodded and my dad immediately crouched down by my bed side.

“Are you okay sweetie? Is everything alright? Did you use too much power?” he whispered so only we would hear.

“Yes… to all three of those. Ugh, I feel like death.”

“Yeah well, you almost put us in death when we couldn’t find you. What happened?”

“Uhhh…” I wracked my brain for memory. “I went to the bathroom, the building started shaking, I heard sounds of general conflict and when I opened the door there were way too many villains for anybody to feasibly take in a fight storming their way through the building.”

There was a pause.

“You mean you dont remember anything about UA having a complete shift in reality for like 5 minutes before going back to normal?” Ocha asked.

“Yeah, even those of us on the training field experienced some of it,” Izuku added.

The nurse cut in, “they’re the most likely source for where all that power would have come from currently, so they probably dont remember anything about it. Plus, if it was someone near them, some part of said power might have knocked them out or caused them to forget.”

“Are you telling us they were the one that caused all that carnage?”

“Most likely, yes,” the nurse answered.

My dad looked at me and I nodded. “They are,” he said.

All eyes were on him now. “It’s been something of a secret since I adopted them, but yes, they have a very intense and powerful quirk that, under the right circumstances, would be able to have done that to UA.”

“I thought their quirk was Illusion?” Ochako questioned.

“One of, yes. I have multiple. Illusion is the one I was born with.”

“...Are you trying to say there’s ways to manifest multiple quirks?”

I sat up. “Well, considering I can do this,” I paused and concentrated, letting my heartrate monitor flatline for a bit, “for a minute straight without any sort of repercussions, I’d say that’s a fair assumption.”

“But why keep this secret?” Izu said confused.

“Because I didnt get these of my own volition. They were forced on me.” Dont think about it dont think about it dont think about it.

“By who?”

“That’s a question best left to the police,” my dad cut in.

“A pro-hero,” I responded.

The silence and tension could’ve been cut with a knife.

“A…A hero?”

“Yes. A very famous one. One that nobody would honestly believe me. He pumped me full of chemicals and now the official quirk blocker on file for me is a sedative.”

“A sedative?”

“You saw how strong my quirk is. Normal blockers dont cut it, I have to make special ones for me that are 10 times stronger than the current strongest ones available to heroes and cops, and even those still break when I lose control.”

The silence was only broken by the small shuffling of clothing as my dad offered me a cup of water.

“...We had a tough time finding you. There was a lot of people rushed to 3 different ERs to properly accommodate how many people ended up injured and otherwise passed out.”

“I can imagine.”

“...What exactly does your, uhhh… lab quirk?... do?”

“I was given three. You’ll have to be more specific.”

“Uhm… The one we saw you use?”

I put down the water. “That one’s my most powerful. It started as a general item-creation quirk, with the main component being a form of matter manipulation that with enough stamina turned into this.” I shifted the room around us, changing realities, shifting the environment, then letting it settle back to normal.

”So it’s matter manipulation?”

“At one point while it was still developing fully. Its true form is much better described as reality bending.”

Ocha spoke up, “That’s… terrifying.”

“Indeed.”

There wasn’t much else to be said.

The truth is finally out.

#whumptober2023 #no.8 #outnumbered #overcrowded er #my hero academia #fic #hospitalization #hospital scene #power overuse #past experimentation #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writing #writers #creative writing #my writing #whumpblr #whump scene #whump writing #whump writer #whump #oc: ov

[anigst]

High Card - S01E11, S02E01, S02E02

#gotta love it when a character with healing ability don't heal like thyre used to🫶 #high card #chris redgrave #whump #whumpedit #anime whump #whump gif #bruises #chest pain #back injury #coughing #coughing blood #overused powers #power at a cost #my posts

[bamsara]

Genuinely having a hard time drawing and writing because the heat is making me sluggish and nauseous. Cries and yells because I have so many Ruin thoughts and art ideas

#we dont have central air in this house and all i have is a window unit #and the power has been struggling because of overuse so it's gone out here and there #so the house is just cooking #cant go outside or drive either because that cooks even more #i know we're in a heat wave crisis but man #sara shush

[caffichai]

Paprika seems less up-tight after hours

#Never got to play her but I still like her! #I've just discovered the power of halftone so I'm going to be overusing it for a bit now I think #dnd character #Satyr #Digital art #Pixel art #artists on tumblr #Art #OC

[zorbs]

this moment really got me thinking about the theory of lu guang having lived through multiple time lines over and over. he might be “a bit more mature mentally” because he’s lived through much more than his current physical body and is genuinely mentally older

food for thought

#ali brought up the idea that lg’s overuse of his powers manifested into his hair #and if he’s mentally older then that extra time lived has manifested by aging his hair #the characters HAVE mentioned his hair being abnormally white like an old man’s #link click #link click spoilers #sgdlr #sgdlr spoilers

[squuote]

I do like the idea that stanley would punch the narrator if he ever saw him face to face but I also enjoy the idea that stanley would try to scamper off and hide from the narrator. the narrator tries to say hi and stanley scampers off like a hamster to get back to his office.

I don’t think he’s afraid of the narrator but I do think he would be weirded out by another physical person being around him after having been only around nonphysical entities for a good long while

#the stanley parable ultra deluxe #the stanley parable #tspud #tsp #sorry I’m putting all my thoughts right into the main tags #mom said it’s my turn to be annoying in the main tags and by god I’m about to be the most annoying crow #do I think the slapping or punching the narrator bit is overused? yea a bit #but I do think it’s funny sometimes. tho I think more people should make them have dumb slap fights #BUT ALSO I cannot help but imagine stanley doing everything in his very little power to get away from him #and the narrator being like STANLEY WHY ARE YOU RUNNING insert that one vine lol #my god that would be a fun lil comic to draw I should do that

[tarvek-sturmvoraus]

for christmas i want leftists to learn that 'genocide' and 'mass murder' aren't actually synonyms and shouldn't be used that way

#original post #a genocide is a lot more complicated than 'killing lots and lots of people from a specific group' #like. there's criteria that must be met. #and it's important to respect that criteria #words lose power when you overuse them with the wrong meaning

[avatarfandompolice]

So…how many times did Aang use the Avatar state in Book 1? 4 times? That’s all I can think. 4 times within 8hrs is not overuse. Idk where they’re getting that as a risk, or why they’re implying it was somewhat overused in the original???

Also, tweak what? Aang only entered the Avatar state in Book 1 when in the absolute most dangerous and stressful situations. The only way you could make it more difficult to access is if he couldn’t at all…which doesn’t make sense because then he wouldn’t have been able to freeze himself in the iceberg to make the plot even happen.

So yeah, anyone still convinced these showrunners know what they’re doing?

#atla #avatar the last airbender #natla #netflix atla #anti netflix atla #netflix avatar #i don’t disagree with not overusing big power boosts on characters #but idk what they’re even talking about here #the original show didn’t do it so what new limitations do they need to place on themselves #avatar #just why

[simply-whump]

The Heavenly Idol : Episode 2

>> Whump List

#the heavenly idol #asian whump #whump #kdrama #korean drama #kdramaedit #kim min gue #collapse #passing out #sweating #worry #overuse power

[note-boom]

You know what? Kudos to BSD for being a manga that is so GOOD with the stupid power of friendship trope even amongst its philosophical angst, family feels, and fandom ships. No, I'm not talking about friendship destroying the big bad.

I'm talking about Ranpo extending a hand of friendship to a Yosano that had lost all hope in herself, humanity, and life.

I'm talking about Odasaku reaching out in his last moments to tell Dazai he was his friend.

And about Dazai telling Mori Odasaku was his friend, and feeling angry when it looked like Ango's friendship was based on lies, then letting his friendship with Odasaku spur him to be a good person.

It's about Atsushi and Kyouka building a tenuous friendship starting with her letting herself open up to Atsushi, and him inviting her to look at the city, and her protecting him fiercely when he's in danger.

It's potentially also about Tanizaki insisting they save Atsushi from the Port Mafia.

It's about Tachihara, Gin, and Hirotsu when Tachihara refuses to kill those he has come to call friends despite being a man of orders.

It's also about Kenji's full power being unlocked when his friend died from a natural disaster, and when he heard about Atsushi getting tortured.

And when Kenji snapped out of it to offer a hand of friendship to Tecchou

I'm also talking about Chuuya growing to care about people even though he lost all his friends poor man

It's even about Kunikida and Katai having this deep bond that as of yet remains to be explored.

#i just.....i just get weak over good platonic relationships and moments #not people just being these heroes who offer someone a second chance #or do the hero thing and save other people #but genuinely extend an offer of friendship and let that change them #i was probably reaching a bit tbh... #any other underrated platonic moments i missed tho? #bsd #bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd musings #too lazy to tag all the characters #spitting nonsense #*sobs hard at the power of friendship trope even if it's stupidly overused in saccharine ways*

[sasuga-whump]

Kamen Rider Wizard - ep 5

Haruto collapses from magic overuse

#magic overuse #magical exhaustion #magical whump #collapse #sudden collapse #concerned caretakers #bedside vigil #power exhaustion #exhaustion #concerned teammates #toku whump #whump #asian whump #whump blog #whump community #japanese whump #jwhump #whump gifs #kamen rider wizard

[estherwordnerd]

Can we talk about Yaz princess lifting the doctor? The tenderness. The strength and badassery. The fact that it wasn't the doctor lifting their companion like you might expect, but instead Yaz came into her own and carried her beloved semi-conscious damsel in distress to safety like any macho action hero, explosions in the background and all. Highlight of the episode 10/10 poetic cinema chef's kiss etc etc...

#doctor who #doctor who spoilers #thasmin #thirteen x yaz #jodie whittaker #mandip gill #thirteenth doctor #yasmin khan #the power of the doctor #potd spoilers #power of the doctor #this is proof that overused tropes can be so much better when you make them queer

[anigst]

random caps of Hurt!Gero from Marriagetoxin manga <3

#marriagetoxin #marriage toxin #manga #manga whump #whumpedit #whump #mangaedit #megane whump #hehe #stabbed #head injury #scars #overused powers #exhaustion #power at a cost #My posts

[thebreakfastgenie]

Most recent "not to sound like a feminist scold but" was my speech on how the majority of relationships are heterosexual and therefore have an inherent power imbalance because men hold structural power over women in a patriarchal society.

#this doesn't mean individual partners can't negotiate healthy and fulfilling relationships #that's where the 70s radical feminists went wrong with this imo #I was just criticizing the overuse of the 'power imbalance' argument in some areas (age) #and simultaneous silence on the most common one (gender)

[bookwyrminspiration]

power is SUCH a vague word what tf are you talking about ever shannon. what are you saying. revoking her right to use that word

#kotlc #kotlc stellarlune #sorry i was rereading a few scenes and she just. KEEPS saying power as if it makes ANY sense and I’m like!!! it does not :D!! #‘ she /needed/ that power’ TF ARE TOU ON ABOUT POWER IS SUXJ AN ABSTRACT CONCEPT #you could be saying ANYTHING #smacking this book #also noticed another quirk of Shannon’s that isn’t like. a bad thing. but i think she overuses perhaps a little #it’s all the ‘something something something…..reveal’ things she does #like ‘could project moonlark be…a fail?’ #‘looks like the power source….is fake’ #like brooo #c’mon #it’s obviously jumping to conclusions for dramatic effect but like. we KNOW they’re jumping to conclusions so it doesn’t quite land #at least for me #maybe i wouldn’t mind so much if I was a younger reader #or if Shannon used it a little less #because it feels like she does it a lot #anyway

[kingedmundsroyalmurder]

For my next story, I really need to enforce a strict no adverbs rule.

I'm not fundamentally opposed to them or anything, but I'm at like one every sentence these days and that's a bit much. Other tools for conveying nuance and intensity level exist, I just need to figure out how to use them properly.

#thoughts from the fire escape #this thought brought to you by realizing that i have used the sentence construction 'resolutely [comma] rest of sentence' twice in two page #it's a good word! #but one that rapidly loses its power if overused #and i desperately need to vary my sentence structure