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This is just an idea I had, I posted it at a response to someone else's post, thought I'd put it here too.

If I were to make a future Pokemon Legends game, what would be the three starters I would choose. I went from there afterwards.

This Pokemon Legends Johto Region takes place about 10 years after heart gold and Soul Silver. 

The rivals are 15, there's be 2 males and a female! the dick rival (the Gary or Cross type of guy) would have Cintaquil (which would be able to take on a Hisuian Typholsion form of Fire-Ghost), the friendly rival (the Hop or Hou type of guy) who has Totodile (Feraligator would be Water-Dark), and the female rival is more like a girlfriend (Serena, Dawn, May etc) and she'd have Chikorita (Meganium would be Grass-Fairy).

The Player Character is 16, and would get to choose a Region of Origin, in other words, the player moves to Johto, and upon first meeting that professor, tell the Professor what region they came from, for instance if the player tells the professor they came from Hoenn, they would get a special mystery Gift Pokemon from there father who's still in Hoenn this would be a female ralts with Happy Hour & it's Mega Stone. Choosing a different region, would provide a Pokémon with a mega stone, and happy hour, that was first introduced in that region (Kanto: Dratini. Johto: Larvatar. Hoenn: Raltz. Sinnoh: Gibble. Unova: Litwik. Kalos: Froakie it also has Battle Bond so not only can it become Mega Greninja but also Ash Greninja. Alola: Drampa. Galar: Falinks. Paldea: Frigibax. Kitakami: Ogrepon & her 4 mask forms). [Ogrepon might not be a Mega Pokémon, but the mask forms are close enough.] The professor would then give the player the option to choose one of three recently discovered regional variants of Pokémon as the starter; Charmander, Snivy or Swobble. The other two would be acquired later on, the stronger type starter would be given at the halfway point of the game, the weaker type starter would be given before the Victory road section.

Snivy, but the whole line is fire type! With a winged, horned, cobra version of Serperior as a Fire Dragon type. (Mythical Horned Serpent, the Mythical Feathered Serpent, King Cobra, maybe have it biting it's tail for an Oroborus reference, and have a fruit at the end of its tail, maybe an apple or a pomegranate, maybe a persimmon, that would be a reference to the Serpent of Eden.) this line would be fire dragon in the final stage.

Next is Swobble, make the whole line grass, a green chameleon, it's 2nd stage Drizzle has the tip of its tail, and both of its hands have heads, this would be a reference to not only the Hydra, but also to the chimera. then for it's final form Intelleon, it would have 8 heads to represent the Japanese mythological creature the Yamata no Orochi, or the eight headed serpent. Would be a grass and dragon type in its final form. This line would be grass dragon from the 2nd form onwards. 

And lastly the Charmander line, but they'd be all water type, with the final form Charizard being water dragon, and probably looking a lot more like Azulongmon from Digimon or the serpent night dragon from Yu-Gi-Oh, a very aquatic Asian Dragon. This line would be water dragon all the way through.

Now while each of these three would be starters, regional variants anyways, with dragon type final forms, the region itself would have a lot of ice types and fairy types imported (what would those be?) but these three would be the only dragon types! This is due to new evil teams that use ice types and fairy types respectively, they'd be a lot more like Team Rocket or Team Magma and Aqua, cuz I honestly HATE, Teams Skull, Star, and Yell. Both groups are enemies of the Blackthorn City Dragon Clan.

In one version of the game; The ice type evil team is very much like magma and aqua, but they want to create the second Ice age. This is also an all male team. Their leader is based on Tsukuyomi, with his eight admins being based on eight male Shinto gods, who would face the player before each gym battle, by blocking the entrance to a city where a gym is located. 

In the second version of the game: The fairy type team on the other hand, simply hate dragon types, and want to wipe them all out, believing that they are evil (mostly they think that the Dragon type Pokemon are like the chromatic dragons from dungeons & dragons, they don't believe that any dragon could be good like the metallic dragons.) this one is an all-female team. Their leader is based on Amaterasu & her 8 admins are based on eight Shinto goddesses, they too would face the player before each gym battle progressively. 

A 3rd version of the game would have you fighting both teams. The Shinto theme for the two teams is to tie in with the Japanese theme of The Johto region, while the leaders are based on the sun goddess and the Moon god, which is a reference to the day-night cycle that was first introduced in gold and silver. 

Now the region I would use, would be Johto, since the only dragon type in that region is Kingra, I think Kingdra could change, let's say that instead of the standard evolution of I believe it's trade with a dragon scale or dragonfang? You would evolve it with a stone, like an ice stone, which would give it the form of Kingdra as a water and ice type, or Queendra by giving a female a shiny Stone, which would give it the water and fairy type. The evil teams would use one of these respectively.

I would also reveal that the past paradox forms of the legendary beasts Walking Wake (Water-Dragon), Gouging Fire (Fire-Dragon) and Raging Bolt (Electric-Dragon) were actually the original form of Suicune, Entei & Raikou, before they were revived by Ho-Oh's Phoenix Resurrection flame, after the rain was put out by Lugia's, Guardian of the Sea, rainstorm. And that the fire that originally killed them, was started by a thunderbolt, came from the lion-esque silver legendary Pokemon from the Johto beta games before Lugia was introduced, and it would probably look something like Bastigor from Palworld, it would be a Steel-Electric type. 

Next a regional version of onyx that can be found on whirl island, that has the Ice & Rock type with dry skin or water absorb abilities, this would be the crystal Onix. It can become an ice and steel version of Steelix, and can still use the mega stone. 

The Johto pokemon: Murkrow, Misdreavus, Slugma, Houndour, and Larvitar, could be caught in the actual Johto region, instead of having to go to Kanto to get them. Murkrow could be caught on route 26. Houndour & Larvitar in the dark cave. Misdreavus in the Ruins of Alf. Slugma on route 36. Houndoom, Pupitar, Magcargo, Honchkrow & Mismagius on Route 45. With Tyranitar on Mt. Silver. 

the regional meowth trend continues with a Fairy Type female Meowth, which evolved into "The Shrine Maiden Cat" Fairy-Dark Persian used by the female fairy team. And Ice Type male Meowth's who evolve into "The Shrine Guardian Cat" Ice-Steel Type Perrserker, which is used by the male Ice type team.

Then add in a brand new recently discovered Jotonian Pika-Clone! Either the Shinto shrew or the Echigo mole, would be an electric ground type. It is usually found only deep underground, which is why no one ever found it before. It can be caught in any of the caves in the Johto region, such as Union Cave.

New fossil Pokemon, you'd find them in the ice path, both would be ice types, since you'd find their Frozen fossils in the Ice Path. One would be a two-stage sabertooth tiger / Smilidon line this one would look like Liollmon and Saberleomon, they would be an Ice and dark type for it's night time hunter predator vibe, the line is used by the Evil Ice Team due to its nocturnal nature, and high Speed, Special & Physical Attack stats. The other would be a two-stage woolly mammoth / mastodon line looking like Tapiermon and Mammothmon, and they would be an Ice and Steel type for it's tusks and titanium plated head, the female fairy team would only begrudgingly use this as it is a defensive tank with very high HP, special & physical defence stats. The dark and Steel type were chosen specifically because these two types were introduced in the Johto region. 

All Johto pokemon that got an Evolution or a pre-eviolution, can be caught here, as well as regional variants, even Blood Moon Ursaluna.

Celebi is Grass-Fairy type (found in the Ilex Forest Shrine), Ho-Oh is Fire-Fairy (Located at the Ekrutique Tower) and Lugia is Water-Dragon (mostly known for being at the Shimouti Islands with the Kanto birds). 

Oh, and the Orange Islands would be part of Johto, like the Sevii Islands are for Kanto. a Post Game / DLC location. 

So tell me what you all think about this?

This is just an idea I had, I posted it at a response to someone else's post, thought I'd put it here too.

If I were to make a future Pokemon Legends game, what would be the three starters I would choose. I went from there afterwards.

This Pokemon Legends Johto Region takes place about 10 years after heart gold and Soul Silver. 

The rivals are 15, there's be 2 males and a female! the dick rival (the Gary or Cross type of guy) would have Cintaquil (which would be able to take on a Hisuian Typholsion form of Fire-Ghost), the friendly rival (the Hop or Hou type of guy) who has Totodile (Feraligator would be Water-Dark), and the female rival is more like a girlfriend (Serena, Dawn, May etc) and she'd have Chikorita (Meganium would be Grass-Fairy).

The Player Character is 16, and would get to choose a Region of Origin, in other words, the player moves to Johto, and upon first meeting that professor, tell the Professor what region they came from, for instance if the player tells the professor they came from Hoenn, they would get a special mystery Gift Pokemon from there father who's still in Hoenn this would be a female ralts with Happy Hour & it's Mega Stone. Choosing a different region, would provide a Pokémon with a mega stone, and happy hour, that was first introduced in that region (Kanto: Dratini. Johto: Larvatar. Hoenn: Raltz. Sinnoh: Gibble. Unova: Litwik. Kalos: Froakie it also has Battle Bond so not only can it become Mega Greninja but also Ash Greninja. Alola: Drampa. Galar: Falinks. Paldea: Frigibax. Kitakami: Ogrepon & her 4 mask forms). [Ogrepon might not be a Mega Pokémon, but the mask forms are close enough.] The professor would then give the player the option to choose one of three recently discovered regional variants of Pokémon as the starter; Charmander, Snivy or Swobble. The other two would be acquired later on, the stronger type starter would be given at the halfway point of the game, the weaker type starter would be given before the Victory road section.

Snivy, but the whole line is fire type! With a winged, horned, cobra version of Serperior as a Fire Dragon type. (Mythical Horned Serpent, the Mythical Feathered Serpent, King Cobra, maybe have it biting it's tail for an Oroborus reference, and have a fruit at the end of its tail, maybe an apple or a pomegranate, maybe a persimmon, that would be a reference to the Serpent of Eden.) this line would be fire dragon in the final stage.

Next is Swobble, make the whole line grass, a green chameleon, it's 2nd stage Drizzle has the tip of its tail, and both of its hands have heads, this would be a reference to not only the Hydra, but also to the chimera. then for it's final form Intelleon, it would have 8 heads to represent the Japanese mythological creature the Yamata no Orochi, or the eight headed serpent. Would be a grass and dragon type in its final form. This line would be grass dragon from the 2nd form onwards. 

And lastly the Charmander line, but they'd be all water type, with the final form Charizard being water dragon, and probably looking a lot more like Azulongmon from Digimon or the serpent night dragon from Yu-Gi-Oh, a very aquatic Asian Dragon. This line would be water dragon all the way through.

Now while each of these three would be starters, regional variants anyways, with dragon type final forms, the region itself would have a lot of ice types and fairy types imported (what would those be?) but these three would be the only dragon types! This is due to new evil teams that use ice types and fairy types respectively, they'd be a lot more like Team Rocket or Team Magma and Aqua, cuz I honestly HATE, Teams Skull, Star, and Yell. Both groups are enemies of the Blackthorn City Dragon Clan.

In one version of the game; The ice type evil team is very much like magma and aqua, but they want to create the second Ice age. This is also an all male team. Their leader is based on Tsukuyomi, with his eight admins being based on eight male Shinto gods, who would face the player before each gym battle, by blocking the entrance to a city where a gym is located. 

In the second version of the game: The fairy type team on the other hand, simply hate dragon types, and want to wipe them all out, believing that they are evil (mostly they think that the Dragon type Pokemon are like the chromatic dragons from dungeons & dragons, they don't believe that any dragon could be good like the metallic dragons.) this one is an all-female team. Their leader is based on Amaterasu & her 8 admins are based on eight Shinto goddesses, they too would face the player before each gym battle progressively. 

A 3rd version of the game would have you fighting both teams. The Shinto theme for the two teams is to tie in with the Japanese theme of The Johto region, while the leaders are based on the sun goddess and the Moon god, which is a reference to the day-night cycle that was first introduced in gold and silver. 

Now the region I would use, would be Johto, since the only dragon type in that region is Kingra, I think Kingdra could change, let's say that instead of the standard evolution of I believe it's trade with a dragon scale or dragonfang? You would evolve it with a stone, like an ice stone, which would give it the form of Kingdra as a water and ice type, or Queendra by giving a female a shiny Stone, which would give it the water and fairy type. The evil teams would use one of these respectively.

I would also reveal that the past paradox forms of the legendary beasts Walking Wake (Water-Dragon), Gouging Fire (Fire-Dragon) and Raging Bolt (Electric-Dragon) were actually the original form of Suicune, Entei & Raikou, before they were revived by Ho-Oh's Phoenix Resurrection flame, after the rain was put out by Lugia's, Guardian of the Sea, rainstorm. And that the fire that originally killed them, was started by a thunderbolt, came from the lion-esque silver legendary Pokemon from the Johto beta games before Lugia was introduced, and it would probably look something like Bastigor from Palworld, it would be a Steel-Electric type. 

Next a regional version of onyx that can be found on whirl island, that has the Ice & Rock type with dry skin or water absorb abilities, this would be the crystal Onix. It can become an ice and steel version of Steelix, and can still use the mega stone. 

The Johto pokemon: Murkrow, Misdreavus, Slugma, Houndour, and Larvitar, could be caught in the actual Johto region, instead of having to go to Kanto to get them. Murkrow could be caught on route 26. Houndour & Larvitar in the dark cave. Misdreavus in the Ruins of Alf. Slugma on route 36. Houndoom, Pupitar, Magcargo, Honchkrow & Mismagius on Route 45. With Tyranitar on Mt. Silver. 

the regional meowth trend continues with a Fairy Type female Meowth, which evolved into "The Shrine Maiden Cat" Fairy-Dark Persian used by the female fairy team. And Ice Type male Meowth's who evolve into "The Shrine Guardian Cat" Ice-Steel Type Perrserker, which is used by the male Ice type team.

Then add in a brand new recently discovered Jotonian Pika-Clone! Either the Shinto shrew or the Echigo mole, would be an electric ground type. It is usually found only deep underground, which is why no one ever found it before. It can be caught in any of the caves in the Johto region, such as Union Cave.

New fossil Pokemon, you'd find them in the ice path, both would be ice types, since you'd find their Frozen fossils in the Ice Path. One would be a two-stage sabertooth tiger / Smilidon line this one would look like Liollmon and Saberleomon, they would be an Ice and dark type for it's night time hunter predator vibe, the line is used by the Evil Ice Team due to its nocturnal nature, and high Speed, Special & Physical Attack stats. The other would be a two-stage woolly mammoth / mastodon line looking like Tapiermon and Mammothmon, and they would be an Ice and Steel type for it's tusks and titanium plated head, the female fairy team would only begrudgingly use this as it is a defensive tank with very high HP, special & physical defence stats. The dark and Steel type were chosen specifically because these two types were introduced in the Johto region. 

All Johto pokemon that got an Evolution or a pre-eviolution, can be caught here, as well as regional variants, even Blood Moon Ursaluna.

Celebi is Grass-Fairy type (found in the Ilex Forest Shrine), Ho-Oh is Fire-Fairy (Located at the Ekrutique Tower) and Lugia is Water-Dragon (mostly known for being at the Shimouti Islands with the Kanto birds). 

Oh, and the Orange Islands would be part of Johto, like the Sevii Islands are for Kanto. a Post Game / DLC location. 

So tell me what you all think about this?

I just saw the new he-man movie today.

I HATE the portrayal of Prince Adam and the whole Earth segment, way too woke, pathetic, and annoying.

I was also depressed that Adam and He-man were NOT 2 separate actors, a young happy guy, and a bulky serious hero.

I disliked that the "heroes" were all already adults when Adam was 10, I would have preferred them to be 5 to 8 years older, except for Man-at-arms, who I liked at the start and was disgusted by after the return to Eternia (the drunken fool was pathetic!) Man-At-Arms' unexpected, depressing downward spiral, was disgusting! I was expecting him to be the leader of the resistance!

I also did not like that Evil-Lyn was an adult as well, she's always been the same age as Teela.

I was not happy with Adora only being revealed in the end credits, I'm going to guess that she's only 15 because there was no hint of her existence before the attack on Eternius. So she was probably born the day before, the day of, or 8 to 7 months after Adam was sent to Earth.

But the costumes and characters were great (again aside from Adam and He-man). And the Doulph Lungrin cameo was great! Would have preferred him to be King Randor, or a flashback of King Grayskull.

I also didn't like so many Big Name characters dying in the first movie.

Skeletor dying in the first movie was expected as he is basically an undead who gets revived later on, many times over. His death usually leads to Hordak or King Hiss being the follow up bad guy, before Lyn or Hordak revives Skeletor.

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I know that I certainly wasn't alone in my frustrations with the film's writing (half the theater walked out after the Business Office segment) a half of what was Left, left after the Teela ruined the romantic moment with the just friends awkward speech).

The creative choices in this adaptation fundamentally altered how the classic characters operated!!!

The Adam/He-Man Split: Having one actor play both roles removes that distinct, charming dual-identity dynamic that classic fans know and love! Yes a 30 or 40 year old Adam being the same actor as He-man is ok, but Adam is meant to be the hopeful youth, and He-Man is supposed to be the bulkier, war hardened veteran with the Power of Greyskull, the Knowledge of his predecessor's, and the Strength of a God!

The Earth Segment & The Timeline: The decision to strand a 10-year-old Adam on Earth for 15 years means skipping crucial foundational development on Eternia. Because of this, his childhood allies on Eternia aged well into adulthood, leaving Adora out of the loop and arguably just a teenager by the end of the film. It honestly made no sense!

Man-At-Arms' Arc: Instead of acting as the backbone of a resistance force, they turned Duncan into a "drunken fool" it was one of the movie's most jarring character assassinations! (And a massive waste of plot potential.)

Skeletor's Death: Killing off Jared Leto's Skeletor in the first film burns through the biggest villain immediately, completely ignoring his resilient, undead nature, but sets up the opportunity for a multi-film storyline! The 2nd movie could be King Hiss and the Snake Men retaking Snake Mountain and invading Eternia while Evil-Lyn under the direction of a shadowy figure (Hordak) works to revive Skeletor, it would culminate in Lyn convincing Adam to help her revive Skeletor to beat King Hiss, like Optimus Prime and Megatron teaming up to beat a common foe like Unicron. Skeletor would betray He-Man and set up a third movie. Hordak arrives and it is revealed that he is Skeletor's master, and that Skeletor is Randor's elder brother Kamdor, the end of that movie would be Skeletor killing Hordak to take over, maybe Evil-Lyn turns good realizing she's on the wrong side at last. The fourth movie would be Skeletor as the Final Cybernetic big bad.

The Bright Side: At least the costume and character designs hit the mark, even if the plot choices completely derailed the classic dynamic!

In MHA Izuku looses OFA, and it takes 8 years of near abandonment by his friends, before they approach him with a nanotech suit that gives him back his powers.

However! Melissa Shields built the Iron Might suit of Armor that not only mimicked quirks but also transforms into a car! And she built it in months.

Take into consideration that Izuku has Melissa Shields AND Mei Hatsume in his corner, who would definitely want to build him a similar suit, BUT he also has Momo Yaoyorozu on his side too, who can literally just stand naked in a lab with only the girls and fabricate everything they need to build the suit, (it doesn't even need to be known publicly or even shown that she did that), and on top of those 3 there is also Seiko Intelli whose quirk boosts her intelligence multiplied by the rarity, excellence, brand, type, and quality of the tea she drinks, she would also want to see Izuku back in action.

So you're telling me that the top 4 most beautiful, bombshell, brainiac, babes, in MHA couldn't make an Iron Deku suit of Armor like the Iron Might suit of Armor, in just 3 weeks using the same tech, but scaled to Izuku's size?

No I don't buy it.

In universe, it would probably just that Horikoshi got that actually pathetic "time skip bug" instead of just going into year 2 of their education, which could have shown Izuku getting the armor at the start of the year, and over time, get it upgraded to eventually mimic One For All's quirks.

Which would've matched that opening speech by Izuku about how "this is the story of how I became the world's number one hero!"

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Chapter: IRON DEKU PROTOCOL — DAY 1

The war ended the way most catastrophes end. Not with silence. But with absence.

Izuku Midoriya stood in the skeletal remains of a training field that had once been full of movement, sound, and purpose. Now it was just fractured concrete and wind cutting through empty steel frames.

He flexed his fingers again. Still no response. No ember of One For All. No familiar pressure in his bones. Just him. And the world that had already started moving on without him.

Behind him, footsteps crunched across rubble. “I’ve been thinking,” said a voice that didn’t belong to grief. It belonged to momentum. Mei Hatsume was already holding a tablet, eyes bright with sleep deprivation and obsession. “And I hate how long you’ve been standing there doing nothing. It’s inefficient. Very inefficient. Terrible hero posture.”

Izuku blinked. “Mei… I just lost—”

“Yes, yes, identity crisis, symbolic collapse of hero archetype, very tragic,” she waved it off. “I started designing your replacement immediately after you lost your quirk Muscles.” She tapped the screen.

*HATSUME INDUSTRIES: PROJECT; IRON DEKU!*

Izuku froze. “You… already started?”

Mei grinned. “I started it a month ago, at the end of the war, the moment I realized you were going to be dramatic about it.”

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Two days later, the ruins were no longer ruins. They were infrastructure. The lab was assembled inside what used to be a support training facility at U.A.—cables running across ceilings, half-built chassis suspended like dormant exoskeletons, diagnostic rigs humming with unstable promise. And inside it, impossible collaboration had already formed.

Momo Yaoyorozu stood at the central console, readjusting her hero costume for the 1000th time in the last 30 days, she was calmly projecting material schematics. “If we shift to nano-lattice carbon scaffolding, we can reduce structural inertia by twenty-seven percent.”

Mei spun in a chair. “Or we make it explode slightly when it transforms.”

“No.”

“Worth a try.”

From the side, a woman calmly set down her tea. Saiko Intelli didn’t even look up. “Your design philosophy is emotionally unstable.”

Mei gasped. “That’s rude.”

“It’s accurate.” Saiko stated.

Then, A door opened. And the room changed temperature. A voice came calling. “Sorry I’m late, I WAS in another country, AND I had to pack up half my lab and get it transferred to UA so I could continue working.” She stepped in with a kind smile. Melissa Shield looked like she had crossed continents purely out of spite for distance itself. She set her bag down like it weighed nothing. “And before anyone asks—yes, customs was a nightmare.”

Mei stared. “You just… moved countries?”

Melissa nodded. “For this? Absolutely.”

Saiko exhaled once. “Predictable deviation from baseline behavior.”

Momo looked relieved in a way she didn’t show often. “We were missing a system integration expert.”

Melissa glanced at the central frame. “I can see what you’re building,” she said quietly. “And I can already see where it breaks.”

Izuku finally spoke. “You all… planned this?”

Mei grinned. “Weeks ago.”

Melissa smiled slightly. “Longer than that, technically.”

The prototype wasn’t armor yet. It was a question waiting for a body.

Black and Green nanofiber plates folded and reformed across a suspended frame. Artificial white tendons pulsed faintly under diagnostic light. A central red core remained empty—intentionally. Waiting.

Momo studied it. “It still lacks a true reflex prediction module.”

Melissa nodded immediately. “Because you’re treating it like a machine.” She stepped closer. "This isn’t a suit.” A pause. “This is continuity.”

Izuku’s eyes sharpened slightly. “Continuity of what?”

Melissa looked at him directly. “Of you.”

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The first full activation was not dramatic. There was no explosion. No heroic ignition. Just a soft, synchronized hum as the system recognized its intended occupant.

Izuku stepped forward, and the armor responded instantly, not assembling, welcoming. Panels unfolded upward and inward, locking into place along his body like memory becoming structure. Neural links established without resistance. For a moment, He felt weightless, and then, He felt steady.

Momo’s eyes widened slightly. “Sync rate is accelerating faster than predicted.”

Mei leaned in. “If it hits 100%, does he become unstoppable?”

Saiko: “Statistically no.”

Melissa: “Functionally, it depends on adaptation speed. Like when I made Uncle Might's "Iron Might" armor.”

Izuku flexed his hand, The armor flexed before he did, he froze. “…it’s predicting me.”

Melissa shook her head softly. “Not predicting, Learning.”

The system stabilized, Then tested itself, Izuku moved forward, And the armor moved with him, not behind him, not ahead of him, but synchronized like a second nervous system learning his rhythm in real time.

For the first time since the war, He didn’t feel like something was missing, that something had been taken from him, He felt like something new had been built around him.

Later, the four engineers stood before the dormant frame as it powered down.

Mei was already rewriting the software.

Momo was already improving it by fabricating better materials.

Saiko was already calculating edge-case failure probabilities.

Melissa was already integrating a second neural layer into the helmet.

Izuku just watched them, “…you really built this for me,” he said.

Momo nodded. “We built it because you’re still a hero, our hero, the World's Greatest Hero! I won't leave you behind.”

Mei pointed at him. “Also because you look cooler in armor.”

Saiko sipped tea. “And because the world’s probability of continued stability improves by 87.5% with your presence.”

Melissa stepped slightly closer. “We didn’t replace what you lost, Izuku.” she said. “We gave you something to continue being a Hero.”

Izuku exhaled slowly, then looked at the armor, at the future that it represented, “…then I’ll make sure that I'm worthy of it ” he said.

Mei grinned immediately. “Good. Because version two already has a flight mode. Version three will add in Smoke emitters and a high tech multi-directional H.U.D. & Danger Probability Examination Matrix. Version four is goimg to come with energy whips. Version five will be made of Vibranium, or at least something close to it."

Momo: “We are not adding flight mode yet.”

Mei: “Yet.”

Melissa, quietly adjusting the system logs: "…we’re definitely adding flight mode.”

And for the first time since the war ended, the world didn’t feel like it was just a place of recovery, it felt like home.