renaissance era
since the old version of this post was flagged for 'adult content'...
I'd fucking retire dude are you kidding me
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I think most people always agreed that Tenko's allergies were - in some form or another - emotion-based. Back in 235 we get the infamous "it only itches at home line" line.
It's also emphasized again later in the chapter when we see that the itching gets progressively worse after Kotaro yells at Tenko (meaning that it gets worse when Tenko is sad and/or in distress).
Back in the day, I saw a lot of people theorizing that the itch was a sign of Decay and that it was the early stages of the quirk manifesting within Tenko. But given what we know now, about AFO giving Tenko the quirk and especially when he gave Tenko the quirk, I don't think that this is the case.
We can pretty much pinpoint exactly when AFO gave Tenko the Decay quirk.
These two panels are from 235 and 419 - and I firmly believe that these panels take place only minutes apart from each other. This is also clearly the moment that AFO gave Decay over to Tenko, as shown by the small glow of his hand. Before this point Tenko Shimura was quirkless.
Tenko got his original quirk stolen from him when he was just a baby - meaning that during the time between being an infant and being 5-years-old, Tenko was officially quirkless. This makes a huge difference if we then look back at his allergies and why they appear.
This panel is from just before AFO takes Tenko's hand and gives him the Decay quirk. Look at his face. This boy already has irritated skin around his eyes (it looks like he's just been scratching at it too). With the knowledge that Tenko at this point in time still is quirkless, I think it's fair to say that the allergies are not an early symptom of Decay. It only itches at home. Because the itching is purely psychosomatic. Because it's a stress-response/anxiety-response to the environment this young boy is forced to come home to every single day.
This boy is 5. He's 5. It's not normal for a 5-year-old to think thoughts anywhere near "does my father hate me?"
Kotaro has already put a fear in this little boy, which doesn't stop or go away as soon as he's punishment does. The trauma in this boy is already so big that he thinks about these things in the moments when his dad isn't even actively scolding or punishing him.
It doesn't take a destructive quirk to cause a physical response like itching. All it takes is being constantly afraid of when you're going to be yelled at next, when you're going to be punished next, all by the hands of the parental figure you aren't sure even loves you at all.
It only itches at home. Especially when the four walls of your house are a prison.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, to listen to doctors and get my flu vaccine and any shots i could because they remembered Before.
then they started fighting Covid precautions.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that the ozone was disappearing and the earth was dying and we needed to recycle and save the planet.
now my parents think climate change is a myth.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that racism was a plague, that we had to love and accept everyone, that we should never judge before walking a mile in their shoes.
then they told me that protesting for my Black siblings was wrong.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that we needed to give to the poor. working at soup kitchens. making quilts. collecting food and money and supplies. building houses. because it was the christian and just plain right thing to do.
now they look at me, on food stamps with their grandchildren, and lament the "welfare state".
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Heaven and that any rich man, especially an immoral one, should never run our country.
you can guess who they voted for.
i remember adults telling me, as a kid, so very much.
when did they forget?
My man Homer is about to drop The Iliad 2.0 with the kind of lying, betrayal, love, and death that is about to happen. A whole war and the destruction of either the Naga or the Harpy over a simple thing. A little egg. But this little egg is a symbol of annihilation and blood. The skies shall turn the crimson shade of the dead while the entire flora and fauna shall be drowned in the hot blood of sworn enemies.
Disclaimer: They are adults as they are in the finale, nothing graphic about their conceiving of reader is smutty. Also, biologically inaccurate
-These two noodle bois met due to an arranged partnership between their higher ranking clan members and they quickly grew close to another, despite Bakugou’s firecracker personality (Note: Bakugou is more aligned with his better fanon counterpart rather than canon) -During the eventual mating ceremony, they quickly became official mates and united their group together. Much to their clan’s delight and enthusiasm. -Both Izuku and Bakugou had their strengths and made an excellent couple -Although trouble had risen when it came to getting a clutch. They tried everything, ranging from a different diet change to temperature, still nothing -Till one day when Izuku had shared news of his and Bakugou’s single egg had breached their clan. Everyone was naturally excited, now they would have a leader and Izuku’s legacy would live on! -Then something terrible happened, a lone, rouge harpy had swooped in and stolen the egg from the naga parents. Despite Bakudeku’s efforts, their hatchling was stolen away. -The parents mourned the loss of ever knowing their hatchling, the clan mourned the loss of their family member -It wasn’t till Kirishima had seen something completely unexpected. A green haired baby, with cinnamon red eyes, peeking down at him from a harpy clan’s nest.. Shigaraki’s clan’s nest
The drama is palpable, that’s for sure
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