Thread of Awesome: THIS! IS!! QUOTEFILE!!!

[Shepherd]

An interesting bit of conversation from the most recent chapter of "Locked in Digital" (My Hero Academia; quirkless Izuku goes to UA after being trapped inside a digital world and forced to beat multiple survival games):

Jeanist had presented the intern with one of his custom ‘Jeanist Jackets’- knife resistant, with pads and linings that would stop a bullet from punching through- and tuned so that Jeanist himself could take command of the fabric and threads in an instant with his quirk- drawing the subject back or using the material for capturing downed villains. The back was even marked with the Agency’s logo and ‘Intern’, for easy identification and self promotion.

And the moment it had hit the table, Katsuki had scowled and decreed he wasn’t going to wear it.

Not- at least- as it was.

Jeanist had explained that it was standard- had gone over all of its features, and when he was done, Katsuki still refused.

Frustrated… Jeanist had asked why.

And then Bakugou talked.

“MY color scheme isn’t for nothing! I use GODDAMN EXPLOSIVES. Anyone who stands next to me, if I'm attacked? If they aren’t aware of it? I could cause a panic. I could hurt someone, SCARE, someone. This? This hides all of that- the sleeves are too long and limit mobility, the color scheme clashes, and all the protection matters for shit if it’s gonna throw off my ability to BREATH. My entire goddamn body sweats explosives- dilluted as fuck compared to my hands- but it’s still COMBUSTABLE. I know for a goddamn fact that your material is absorptive, not hydrophobic standard- which my current tank top is. I wear this for a week? Then it’s gonna explode the first time someone lights a cigarette next to it.”

Jeanist had been… stunned, and somewhat ashamed.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/172927.../139713691