(Ex)Changed Abilities: Gifted Thinkers
AUs starring characters who are known for plans, research, (over)thinking, +/or impulsivity - often with a tendency towards being (somewhat of) an outsider due to the way their thoughts make them stand out - who have/aquire(/fake) non-canon(/expanded) abilities/powers:
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AtLA/K /B(M)HA /DP /RR(PJ) /Other:
Sokka(is a water bender)
Midoriya Izuku(is quirkless/has(/fakes) a different quirk)
(Pharaoh)Tucker Foley(is liminal)
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:DC / Marvel:
Tim Drake(is a...speedster)
Barry Allen(is not a speedster)
Tony Stark(has extremis/...)
(Dr Strange(doesn't)learn(s)magic(differently)
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:NCIS/Criminal Minds/Numb3rs/H-50/911:
Spencer Reid(has mind powers)
Evan Buckley(has...powers)
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:(the)Sentinel /Stargate /TM7 /Other:
Blair Sandburg(is a Guide/Shaman)
Daniel Jackson(has Ancient Powers) / Rodney McKay(gets Ancient Powers)
Stiles Stillinski(is a Spark)
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Ever since they flew into the heart of a hurricane to search for the cruise ship lost at sea, which happened to be the one their captain and his wife were on, Buck has had own storm of jealousy brewing inside him. Between a girlfriend and a new best friend, Eddie never seems to have any time for him anymore. Is he being selfish wanting Eddie to pay attention to him? Bouncing around him like an overeager puppy screaming look at me, look at me? Maybe. He knows his abandonment issues can turn pretty ugly. But maybe he can get somewhat of a handle on things with a bit of self-reflection, and maybe learn a few new things about himself.
On top of everything, someone might be trying to kill him.
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Midoriya Izuku disappears on a sunny day in April. He simply never comes home from school one day. The police find only a single lead: his backpack and notebook on the roof of a building way off from his normal route. His notebook contains All Might‘s signature, proving the Number One Hero was the last to see him alive. But even with his help, it’s as though Izuku vanished into thin air.
Five months later, he washes up in Okinawa.
He isn’t the same.- Language:
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21 May 2026
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Ch.13 <3 Rumi <3
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Don't Forget the Support [HIATUS] by FandomsandFlowers
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
14 Apr 2023
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Midoriya Izuku is well aware that life is not fair. That's a lesson that's been beaten into him since he was four years old. But that doesn't mean he can't find his place in the world. A couple events in his life go very differently and with the aid of a handful of good friends and supportive mentors, Izuku is able to prove himself. Quirk or no Quirk, Heroics or Support, Izuku will leave his mark on this world; and come hell or high-water, there's nothing anyone can do to stop him.
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Taken (to Space) by SassyAngel
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies), Iron Man (Movies)
30 May 2020
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Ever since 2012's failed alien invasion, they have been patiently waiting for the moment Earth's hero falls. They've been waiting for the man in the red metal suit to lose everything, to be so close to losing his life. It took four years, but finally he fell.
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In which Tony Stark is kidnapped by Ravagers right after getting injected with Extremis. Right after he nearly died from Captain America's shield bashing in on him.
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- Part 2 of Tony Stark's Slow Burn
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20 Jan 2025
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Licensed Villains by Deatmat
Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia
02 Jan 2023
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Heroes are kind. Heroes save people. Heroes want to help people no matter what. Heroes are like All Might, smiling regardless of how a tough a fight is. Heroes, Izuku has learned, can also not be heroes at all.
One article about a bad hero turns into four articles, then ten, then twenty and soon the whole country is reading about licensed villains playing at savior. Izuku writes them haphazardly, picking heroes whose wrong doings are masked by their fame. That is, until he meets Endeavor.In other words; the one where Izuku sees the fault in the hero system, makes it his mission to fix it with the help of one burnt fire-user vigilante, and eventually finds himself deeper in this mess than he originally planned.
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- Part 1 of Licensed Villains and Bonus Extras
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(Ship: v.occasional lightly ref.d/implied atrraction, early ch.58)