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[salthesaltyfox]

Kwamis, faeries, and other creatures

[hoardingrecipes]

Mini Paleo Chicken Pot Pies

[shigashimura]

Most fans already agree. Midoriya’s pediatrician and All For One’s doctor are the same man. 

I have a hunch that the Doctor played more of a role than we originally thought. Perhaps Izuku Midoriya wasn’t born quirkless. But Tenko Shimura was. My thoughts under the cut!

Quirks are becoming more powerful with each generation. All For One is constantly scouting for potentially beneficial quirks, it would make sense to station lackeys in a healthcare setting.

All For One has been alive for while. He must have a lot of money, he knows how to work the system, he knows how to not be suspicious. He owns several properties; some of which serve as nomu factories, living quarters, hideouts, even his own personal hospital... I wouldn’t be surprised if he rented out extra space to businesses or clinics. So while All For One lives at the top of this skyscraper, his Doctor runs a legitimate pediatric practice on the ground floor.

The Doctor works with young kids who haven’t manifested quirks yet. He’s in a position with access to medical records. If he can’t figure out a parent’s quirk from researching, he can outright ask the parents about their quirks. It wouldn’t seem odd to them, since he’s a doctor. Any time the Doctor meets a mother or father with a quirk that All For One might be interested in, he passes along the information.

All For One can easily impersonate a practitioner, administering vaccines and blood tests is the perfect opportunity to steal a child’s quirk. What if he could take a quirk that hasn’t even manifested yet?

Most children in this universe develop a stronger, more complicated version of one of their parents’ quirks. Sometimes a combination of the two. Inko has a telekinetic quirk and Izuku’s father has a fire quirk. Fire quirks are... run of the mill. Common. Boring. Telekinetic levitation, though? That’s something more rare. I’ve never seen a character in this series fly from sheer will alone. Usually there has to be something else involved; like wings, fire, wind manipulation, etc. Even All Might doesn’t really fly. He takes off by using One For All. It requires a powerful jump and it’s extremely time sensitive. 

So the Doctor meets Inko and Izuku. He thinks “Oh, wow. All For One as been looking for a quirk that can make him levitate for years. This kid might actually have that.” And what is All For One doing when the protagonist sees him for the first time?

So, yeah. That x-ray of the foot that the Doctor shoes to people? It’s a fake. If All For One wants to take someone’s quirk, that person is quirkless now. Sorry. That’s just the way it is. 

When Tenko Shimura was three years old, his father brought him to the Doctor for a check up. The Doctor recognizes the family name and tells All For One immediately. All For One was ecstatic, he had been saving Decay for years, knowing that one day he would pass it to the child. No one would know. Especially not Tenko. Perhaps Tenko was quirkless to begin with. But not anymore, the plan was set in motion. Decay would manifest soon, Father would be killed, Tenko would be left all alone, and All For One would be there to pick up the pieces. 

Maybe now you’re asking “But wait, wouldn’t Shigaraki recognize the Doctor and feel suspicious when he saw him as part of All For One’s team? If Decay manifested shortly after the doctor’s appointment, wouldn’t Shigaraki see red flags?” My best answer to that is... Shigaraki doesn’t really know the doctor.

If the Doctor was assisting Shigaraki, then Shigaraki wouldn’t have to worry about injuries as much. And he wouldn’t feel the need to say this to Stain. 

It’s canonical that All For One and the Doctor “make” the nomu together. Shigaraki just seems to be in charge of training them and giving them orders.

So we can deduce that the Doctor is loyal to All For One only. We haven’t seen him interact with Shigaraki in person at all. Since All For One’s arrest, we haven’t seen the Doctor, period. His involvement in the High End nomu is just speculation for now. I can imagine Shigaraki has never seen the Doctor, and that is what All For One wanted. That way, Shigaraki would never wonder if his tragedy and rescue were staged.

Izuku inherited the OFA quirk. Shigaraki inherited All For One’s legacy.... but not the AFO quirk. At least, not yet. I’m sure that the AFO quirk can be transferred to someone else if All For One wills it. He was probably just waiting for the right time.

This is the part where we change from theory to wild headcannons. Here’s what I think could happen in the future.

The League of Villains will probably make an attempt to take down Tartarus. If they do, they can re-recruit villains like Mustard, Muscular, Moonfish, Kurogiri, All For One, several nomu, USJ villains, and perhaps even Stain. When Shigaraki breaks into All For One’s cell, All For One tells him that he’s proud of him. That he had grown up enough, that he was ready. All For One transfers the AFO quirk to Shigaraki, and with it, a plethora of various stolen quirks. All For One was storing quirks that he thought would suit Shigaraki’s personality and fighting style. So the life change should be easy.

What if the AFO quirk came with a certain... sentience. What if Shigaraki would automatically have the knowledge of how to use every quirk, what the limits of the quirks were, and even... who the quirks came from.

In that moment, Shigaraki knows that Decay wasn’t his. In that moment, he puts all of the pieces together. All For One sits dying painfully in his wheelchair, as the Longevity quirk is no longer with him. Shigaraki strides toward him and decays his chest, putting the man out of his misery, as well as severing their bond. 

Shigaraki prepares to leave the prison with a terrifyingly calm disposition. The prisoners do not hesitate to follow him in his path to shatter society. 

Shigaraki had talked with Midoriya during a time of emotional turmoil before, and he’ll probably do that again.

Midoriya isn’t the type to just kill the bad guy and move on with his life. Midoriya will know that there’s something inside Shigaraki that needs help. Midoriya will give advice that eases Shigaraki’s moral crisis. And Shigaraki will tell Midoriya that he’s on a mission to right some wrongs. “I have something for you, to say thank you. It’s yours, after all.” 

It’s Midoriya’s quirk. Levitate.

Eventually, Shigaraki will return Search to Ragdoll, as well. He’ll return every quirk he can to any living original wielders.

We can’t know for sure what Horikoshi will plan for the final climax of this story. He’s put a lot of work into making Shigaraki seem almost... understandable. Maybe even forgivable. Horikoshi is also hinting at Uraraka and Midoriya being endgame. Definitely not everyone’s favorite pairing, but I have to admit that Levitate and Zero Gravity working together and loving each other would be a fulfilling ending.

Thanks for reading! I am open to friendly discussion/criticism. 

Do not tag as Shiga//deku.

[jonghostation]

Taking a break

Your girl is drained from writing her trash so she just wanna hang out w her mutuals and followers, hehe. I’m gonna request fics from fellow writers who I’m highkey intimidated by because you know, shy and inferior, the usual. uwu need to tell someone about something but idk who

[beschmeelzebub]

My broccoli lion...named broccoli. Brocc for short. . My art, commission info coming soon!

[screaming-memes]

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[salthesaltyfox]

Teachers kwami but it’s @arcadeology’s French Fae Court (+ her Zodiac Races designs cuz I LOVE those guys)

Bonus: Cross-Dimensional Grudges

[shigashimura]

if i had a dollar for every time midoriya made a fist