PLAYER: Celty CHARACTER: Shouta Aizawa / "Eraserhead" CANON: My Hero Academia
AU NAME: Shouta Aizawa (does not go by Eraserhead in any capacity for obvious reasons) AU AGE: 30 AU OCCUPATION: That one hardass high school math teacher ofc
BLURB: HISTORY
Born in Tokyo to Japanese parents; mother was a lawyer, father was a cop. Always admired his dad's altruism and devotion to being a police officer. Said dad was also a huge comics nerd and Shouta's childhood memories of him largely consist of reading said comics together. Tldr the memories are fond.
Dad dies on the job while Shouta is midway through middle school; not taking this well, Shouta promptly clams up emotionally and stays like this. His mom notices this and eventually steps away from being a lawyer in an attempt to be more present in Shouta's life. Meanwhile the household begins to fall on financial hard times. After Shouta graduates from middle school, his mom pools their remaining finances to move in with family in America, where there might be more support and opportunities for Shouta.
Makes his way through high school morosely, but graduates with grades high enough to earn him scholarships for college. Works two or three different part-time jobs at once over the course of his studies, sending most of the funds to his mother; having free time becomes more commodity than necessity, and there's little room for socializing. Or sleeping.
Discovers he likes math, the reliable rationality numbers can provide. A stint as TA for a calculus professor reveals that helping people with math isn't a terrible time either. Shouta figures he might as well continue doing both of these things, since the only other childhood career dream he ever had was--being a policeman?? But that would mean dealing with years-old feelings first, so let's not do that.
Graduates. Finds a teaching position at a high school in Recolle, moves into an apartment in Recolle as well, and has been there ever since. Currently teaches several math classes, notably AP calculus.
Has probably gained notoriety among the student populace as a strict and nigh-unfairly difficult teacher to end up with, but it's generally agreed-upon that by the end of a year in one of his classes you either know how to do calculus or have gotten expelled. Since Mr. Aizawa has allegedly racked up a larger track record of students expelled than any other teacher in the school. ...Which is entirely the student rumor mill talking tbh, the number of actual students expelled on his behest being one or two at most. But numbers sure do multiply through word of mouth....and Mr. Aizawa hasn't tried to debunk it. Might even be encouraging it?? Why are you like this Mr. Aizawa
His classwork is accordingly intensive, especially for AP students. But he's still a good teacher despite the initial harshness, willing to slow down and help students who are genuinely trying their best to learn. It's not unheard of for him to put aside time to tutor a pupil or two outside of class hours; all you have to do is actually get the courage to ask for math help.
PERSONALITY/ETC
Still very professional on the job, with an edge of acerbic wit towards students and colleagues alike; can come off kind of prickly and antisocial as a result. Teens beware though, he will still lowkey dad the shit out of you if you start growing on him long enough
Much more cynical about heroics as an idea, thanks to mixed feelings wrt the circumstances of AU dad's death. Currently kind of salty about hero comics/media in that genre in general by extension, how ironic
Still tired as hell all the time. Became practically nocturnal during the three-parttimers-and-college stage of his life, and his sleeping habits continue to be terrible even now that he has a job with sane hours. Takes a lot of power naps at his desk during class--some on purpose, some accidental. Has lately taken up long city-round jogs at ungodly hours of the night to kill time when he can't sleep, in the hopes of wearing himself out or at least getting some decent exercise out of it.
Since hobo mummy aesthetic actually isn't an acceptable teaching dress code in this AU, will be found in Decent Teacher Wear most days (though it's not impossible to catch him in sweats when he's home). Wears his hair up more often in this AU too probably.
Absolutely has his own cat; probably picked it up as a stray shortly after moving to Recolle. Looks like it's already been in at least a dozen fights, complete with notched ear and eye scar. It does what it wants. It doesn't have a name, because he's still awful at names (somebody please give this cat a name before he settles on "You", that's all he's been calling it for the past year). Rare Aizawa sightings out of school and around town often involve him carrying cat food or misc toys alongside groceries.
His eyes are not actually dry in this AU, what a blessing!! This would change as soon as physical/quirk regains hit though, rip
LOOKING FOR: - Students! Could be in one of his classes, or maybe his reputation just precedes him around the school, how does your kid react to passing him in the hallway... - Fellow teachers/coworkers - Other misc adult associates his age! Friends are a bit of a stretch for a guy like Aizawa but acquaintances aren't impossible. Maybe he knew you in college, maybe there was a bonding moment over cat treats in the pet store aisle, maybe you also jog at night?? etc... - obligatory FELLOW SUPERHEROES...
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: My first go-round with this AUing thing! Mostly just testing the waters here and tossing tldry ideas onto the page, idk what I'm doing but more ideas would be a+
shouta aizawa | my hero academia
CHARACTER: Shouta Aizawa / "Eraserhead"
CANON: My Hero Academia
AU NAME: Shouta Aizawa (does not go by Eraserhead in any capacity for obvious reasons)
AU AGE: 30
AU OCCUPATION: That one hardass high school math teacher ofc
BLURB:
HISTORY
- Born in Tokyo to Japanese parents; mother was a lawyer, father was a cop. Always admired his dad's altruism and devotion to being a police officer. Said dad was also a huge comics nerd and Shouta's childhood memories of him largely consist of reading said comics together. Tldr the memories are fond.
- Dad dies on the job while Shouta is midway through middle school; not taking this well, Shouta promptly clams up emotionally and stays like this. His mom notices this and eventually steps away from being a lawyer in an attempt to be more present in Shouta's life. Meanwhile the household begins to fall on financial hard times. After Shouta graduates from middle school, his mom pools their remaining finances to move in with family in America, where there might be more support and opportunities for Shouta.
- Makes his way through high school morosely, but graduates with grades high enough to earn him scholarships for college. Works two or three different part-time jobs at once over the course of his studies, sending most of the funds to his mother; having free time becomes more commodity than necessity, and there's little room for socializing. Or sleeping.
- Discovers he likes math, the reliable rationality numbers can provide. A stint as TA for a calculus professor reveals that helping people with math isn't a terrible time either. Shouta figures he might as well continue doing both of these things, since the only other childhood career dream he ever had was--being a policeman?? But that would mean dealing with years-old feelings first, so let's not do that.
- Graduates. Finds a teaching position at a high school in Recolle, moves into an apartment in Recolle as well, and has been there ever since. Currently teaches several math classes, notably AP calculus.
- Has probably gained notoriety among the student populace as a strict and nigh-unfairly difficult teacher to end up with, but it's generally agreed-upon that by the end of a year in one of his classes you either know how to do calculus or have gotten expelled. Since Mr. Aizawa has allegedly racked up a larger track record of students expelled than any other teacher in the school. ...Which is entirely the student rumor mill talking tbh, the number of actual students expelled on his behest being one or two at most. But numbers sure do multiply through word of mouth....and Mr. Aizawa hasn't tried to debunk it. Might even be encouraging it?? Why are you like this Mr. Aizawa
- His classwork is accordingly intensive, especially for AP students. But he's still a good teacher despite the initial harshness, willing to slow down and help students who are genuinely trying their best to learn. It's not unheard of for him to put aside time to tutor a pupil or two outside of class hours; all you have to do is actually get the courage to ask for math help.
PERSONALITY/ETCLOOKING FOR:
- Students! Could be in one of his classes, or maybe his reputation just precedes him around the school, how does your kid react to passing him in the hallway...
- Fellow teachers/coworkers
- Other misc adult associates his age! Friends are a bit of a stretch for a guy like Aizawa but acquaintances aren't impossible. Maybe he knew you in college, maybe there was a bonding moment over cat treats in the pet store aisle, maybe you also jog at night?? etc...
- obligatory FELLOW SUPERHEROES...
OPTIONAL ENABLE ME: My first go-round with this AUing thing! Mostly just testing the waters here and tossing tldry ideas onto the page, idk what I'm doing but more ideas would be a+