Morrigan

@alek_ackerman Yeah. Probably the safe route. Wattpad just feels like such an archaic platform to interact with people on, it's so outdated in 2025. We've only just got the poll function and its not even in message boards 

@minesweeper0 While good on paper, the Wattpad space is a fuckin mess and whenever Discord gets involved shit tends to go down hill rather fast. I like the idea but the the hyper-isolationist in me screams for my corner too. The fact that the space consists of either Children or brain rotted gooners is also a rather worrying factor. 

Again your my long lost sibling/stalker/skinwalker

@Dannocal Billionaire, playboy, Philanthropist.

@alek_ackerman I appreciate the understanding, and I’m glad that you’re still enjoying it. I am at least slightly fortunate though, one of my original ideas was to genderswap Bakugo too (simply because there is a pretty popular genderswapped Bakugo design online that I really like – it genuinely wouldn’t have had anything to do with a romance) but I scrapped it just cause I wasn’t as drawn to it as with Todoroki and I thought the bully dynamic between Bakugo and Midoriya would’ve been altered too drastically. It just wasn’t something I wanted to explore, if that makes sense. 
            I now know that if I had done that too the comments would’ve been like ten times worse. If I had to deal with questions about a harem every other chapter I might’ve just given up completely lol.

@minesweeper0 honestly I prefer the way you've done it. I read far too many stories nowadays where romance in the main focus point so it's nice to experience the story fully for a change. People nowadays need to realise that just because a man and a woman are close, doesn't mean they're dating or have a romantic interest in one another. 
            
            I'd be perfectly fine if they remained close friends, there something about [L/N]'s friendship that seems so sweet. Like you can tell the guy is struggling with the fact that he's on semi friendly terms with someone given he's not had the chance to experience it because of what Graviton did.
            
            Hell I kind of prefer the genderbent version, the way you've written her is very likeable and whilst there's always gonna be that reflex part of me that goes "Huh they'd make a good couple", it would go against [L/N]'s character and his goals.
            
            They've barely even explored their friendship, it would be far too early and stupid to be chucking them into a romance so soon. People just need to get that in their heads. 
            
            There's like barely a hint of romantic intentions between the two, and while yes opposites attract, I think the fact that they're sort of two loners that know more about eachother than the others, helps them feel more comfortable around eachother.
            
            Again, it comes with the territory nowadays. I don't mind the ranting because honestly I myself have thought similar things when reading the comments on the past chapters. Like sure romance is a very likeable aspect in a book, but so is a good plot line and story. I always enjoy watching the characters develop and experience their own stories. 

@alek_ackerman If I can be real, the Todoroki decision has caused me nothing but grief, those comments are the worst because the assumption is that cause it’s a genderswap its obviously gonna be a traditional romance story. I've messed around with the romance a bit because I thought it would be interesting to subvert expectations around it. But now it feels like people expect it to happen and or happen in a certain way and then I get critiqued on the progression of their romance as if it is THE focal point of the story when it isn't even supposed to be the main point in the first place, perhaps I just liked the design of genderswapped Todoroki, yknow? If anything, it’s a red herring, but either I’ve done too good a job of baiting people, or nobody can tell it’s a red herring. Like with Bakugo’s comments in the training camp arc for instance, the fact that they are close is played off as a joke for the audience since Bakugo thinks they’re close or dating, when neither [L/N] nor Todoroki has even initiated something like that prior to that point, they are just around one another often. Instead, some people have taken that as literary canon that they definitively have feelings for each other and are dating, which is completely bizarre to me. There’s then other issue then of, how do I respond to that sort of comment then, cause I don’t just want to spoil how things are going to go, or say it’s a red herring, so do I just say it’s not a romance story?
            Maybe it’s my fault for insinuating it’ll go in that direction but the amount of comments that go: ‘the author wouldn’t have changed the gender if it wasn’t a romance’ is so annoying. I can’t lie though, if someone's read all the way through FF and still assumes [L/N] is the sort of atypical MHA romance protag then I think they’ve just not understood the story.
            My bad for the rant but it’s been getting on my nerves a lot lmao

@alek_ackerman Luthor hired you as Superboy's babysitter? What is he? A few weeks old? Oh wait...

@LordKiyoshi ...I'm so fired 

@alek_ackerman Ain't my fault if Superboy's literally posting it on IG

@alek_ackerman When you're in a yearning competition but Y/n is already there

@LordKiyoshi It's a rather beautiful relationship they have, and very rare these days. To love and crave someone so deeply yet so purely, I've always found that quite beautiful and yes I am very envious of such a bond.