Mito headcanons because Kishimoto gave us nothing
- she’s Tall. like super tall. like significantly taller than Hashirama (him being the second-tallest of the founders generation)
- she has a chronic pain condition
- she’s intersex! she has Klinefelter Syndrome (XXY chromosomes); i was reading about it and thought it lined up well with some of my above existing headcanons (often associated with both above-average height and conditions like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus). ((re: anatomy: i think she canonically carried her and Hashirama’s children — i am unsure how likely it is that she would have natally had the anatomical ability to do that, so i think it’s likely that ninja medical transition was involved))
- she’s probably the most powerful sensor in the series (that might be canon, i don’t remember) — sealing Kurama in her gave her special sensing abilities, but she was already naturally gifted as a sensor before that
- as a drawaback of her sensing abilities, she CANNOT sleep if anyone else in the room (or sometimes even the house) is awake; she can’t fall asleep until the entire house does, and if anyone wakes up, she will too. and those are just her conditions to sleep at all — sometimes even when said conditions are met, the sensory background noise still prevents her from getting all the way into deep sleep. they had to build a special room with all kinds of seals on it for her to use to power nap when it becomes a problem.
- being from an influential family within her clan, she received only rudimentary training in ninja fundamentals and did very little field work, the bulk of her education being extensive political grooming and fūinjutsu studies. between her massive chakra reserves, fūinjutsu mastery, and probably a few hard-hitting offensive ninjutsu, she definitely could (and did) hold her own in a fight if need be, but she has weaknesses in physical stamina, taijutsu, and general field skills. given her aptitudes and her chronic pain symptoms, she generally stays in the village maintaining and monitoring the wards and barriers involved in the village’s defenses except under extenuating circumstances
- one such exception to this was Hashirama’s last battle with Madara. i think canon makes reference to her sealing the ninetails AFTER Hashirama’s victory against Madara, but i think it’s a bit more believable for me if it was actually DURING the battle; i think Hashirama was hard-pressed dealing with Madara and Kurama, so Mito came to the battlefield, sealed Kurama into herself, and retreated to recover (hence Kurama being nowhere to be seen by the conclusion of the battle)
- despite her regal af energy she’s actually very down to earth and non-judgemental
- she is THE emotional intelligence of the generation. she has a bit less situational angst(/cluster B/mood disorders) than most others in her generation and flawless emotional control besides, and because she has her emotions very healthily managed and she spends a good deal of energy managing those of others’ (i hate to assign this role to a female character bc stereotypes so i compensate by making Tōka more emotionally ignorant than Madara lmao)
- bc she’s such a controlled person, she had a better time of managing the ninetails than others, but it was super traumatic and scary for her if it ever did get hold of her; the aftermath of that was probably the only time anyone ever saw her like break down emotionally, including all the deaths of her loved ones she had to live through
- when she was younger she was actually awkward AF but she put a lot of work into developing her social skills and she’s very socially fluent now
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