What Are The Best Ms Joke And Aizawa Fanfiction Ships?

Ms. Joke/Shinsou. Hear me out. It's not a common one, but think about it: she's all about forcing laughter and breaking tension, he's got a voice-based quirk that requires specific verbal triggers. What if she trains him to use humor as a distraction or a setup? The mentor-student potential is huge, and it naturally creates a bridge to Aizawa content without being directly about them. Found a couple with that tag that were shockingly thoughtful about hero methodology.

Everyone always goes for the obvious pairings, but I think the most potential lies in platonic or antagonistic ships for Ms. Joke. Her whole shtick is being annoyingly upbeat, right? So pair her with the most dour, serious characters and watch the sparks fly—not romantic sparks, but the kind of friction that makes for great dialogue.

Imagine her constantly trying to prank Endeavor, and him just being so confused and irritated that he can't legally incinerate a fellow top-ten hero. Or her teaming up with Nezu for some chaotic-good scheme that has Aizawa and All Might both having simultaneous stress-induced headaches. That's the good stuff.

Even within the Aizawa sphere, I'd rather read a fic where Ms. Joke and Present Mic are weirdly competitive besties who drag a reluctant Aizawa into their nonsense. The ship doesn't always have to be romantic; sometimes the dynamic is just more fun when it's about forceful friendship and mutual annoyance. Found a few like that by searching for 'Team Up Mission' style tags, where the focus is on hero work and banter rather than will-they-won't-they.

Really depends on what you're looking for. The Ms. Joke/Aizawa tag is flooded with fluffy, one-shot stuff where she finally gets him to laugh. It's fine if that's your thing, but it gets repetitive. The more interesting fics use them as a contrasting foundation to explore other dynamics.

Like, I read one where Ms. Joke was actually the ex of All Might, and her relentless cheer was a facade covering some serious baggage. Aizawa, being the observant insomniac he is, figures it out and an uneasy alliance forms. It wasn't even romantic, just two professionals recognizing each other's masks. That stuck with me more than any wedding fic.

Another angle is shipping Ms. Joke with someone from her own school, like another teacher or a pro hero we haven't met. It lets authors build out her world beyond just being 'Aizawa's would-be girlfriend.' I'd kill for a fic where she and Cementoss have a deadpan rivalry over the school's drama club funding.

This is a weirdly specific cross-section of the fandom and I'm kind of living for it. The classic 'Joke' ship is obviously Ms. Joke/Aizawa, that's the whole point of her character. Some writers really lean into the potential awkwardness of a professional hero with a pun-based quirk trying to thaw the eternal grump, and it can be fun. But honestly? I've read a few where Aizawa is paired with Present Mic and Ms. Joke becomes this amazing, supportive third wheel who just shows up to annoy them both, and it's unexpectedly wholesome.

On a weirder note, I stumbled across a 'crack' fic ages ago that shipped Ms. Joke with Mirko. The logic was something about them both having loud, high-energy personalities, but Mirko's being pure aggression and Joke's being performative. It was surprisingly well-written, exploring how two people who seem similar on the surface could have completely different motivations.

I also have a soft spot for fics where Ms. Joke mentors a younger, more anxious student—sometimes it's a younger version of herself, sometimes it's an OC—and Aizawa begrudgingly gets dragged into it because the kid shows potential for underground hero work. It's less a romance ship and more a found-family dynamic, but the slow-burn respect between the two pros is the real draw.

Most of the good stuff I've found tends to be on AO3, filtered by the 'Ms. Joke & Aizawa Shouta' relationship tag, then digging through the related works. You find the real gems in the bookmarks of authors who write that dynamic well.