Or he is just the LOV counterpart to Tsuu. Aka: "Having "all" powers of a lizard."
(Cue theme song!)
Lizard-Man, Lizard-Man
does whatever a lizard can.
Wraps a sword, mega-size.
Beating fakes-just like mice.
Look out! Here comes the Lizard-Man.
A villain to the core?
Nope, just a guy saying "nevermore".
Can he see, overhead?
Do you a eye in his forehead?
Hey, there! There goes the Lizard-Man
In the heat of the day, he arrives,
like a wave on the bay,
bringing his armory of knives!
Lizard-Man, Lizard-Man,
forgotten countryside Lizard-Man.
Money and credits? He declined.
Wanting only change of mankind.
As he see,
it's not as it should be.
And until all mutants are free,
He'll stay as Lizard-Man.
(This might need some more work though...)
Edited by TitanJump on Mar 24th 2019 at 8:53:05 PM
I'd like it if they do have Deku not originally Quirkless, to have him just have a fire variant on his parents.
Not a particularly strong one, maybe something like Will O' Wisps, but Af O still took it for the purpose of combining it with dozens of other flame quirks.
There are just so many issues with All for One stealing Izuku's Quirk that could be theoretically addressed, but it just would feel pointless to explain something that really didn't need to happen.
Like, how in the world did they take the Quirk before Izuku or his Mom knew he had it, when would he have meet All for One, what about the whole toe-joint thing, why even bother with a convoluted scheme to take unproven Quirks from random children in the first place? All of that was just off the top of my head, and I'm sure there are other issues.
Edited by LSBK on Mar 24th 2019 at 4:05:48 AM
Well, considering that if Izuku had gotten a hybrid quirk from his parents that would have resulted in him breathing "fireballs" or the ability to draw fire towards himself (or just simply breathe fire or draw stuff towards him in case either quirk went dormant in favor for a dominant genetic trait) then sure, it does sound like a...
...(fridge)...
...A nomu with a "Fire Attraction" quirk, combined with "Fire Immunity", would be great to fight Endeavor with. It would even render him powerless if this nomu drew the fire away from other nomus to ensure they survived longer as well.
Even if "Fire Attraction" would be a worthless quirk on its own without the "immunity" or "resistance" towards it...it could still be a great quirk with the right combo.
Just theories of course...
I think retroactively saying Midoriya did have a quirk that was stolen would just be plain contrived, plus there's the pinky toe thing that was already brought up several times.
He might try and have the LOV go after Deku for the sake of getting a genetic sample (blood alone wouldn't do) for the sake of his Noumu-research (Since Deku is one of few people who can hold and use multiple quirks without triggering the Quirk Overload which renders the noumu braindead...)
We know from the movie that OFA does show up on genetic tests as with All Might, and can be copied but not stolen, so gene samples of it for cultivation, is a legit thing in the setting...
If i may just play Devil's Advocate for a bit:
I don't actually believe in this theory but it's fun to think about.
- how in the world did they take the Quirk before Izuku or his Mom knew he had it
- quirk that detects and analyzes other quirks
- when would he have meet All for One
- the doctor has a teleportation quirk that allows him to send people and objects to a person he knows well within a set distance. All For One hides out in an abandoned factory a block away from the hospital, doctor sends him Izuku, takes hik back after a certain amount of time.
- what about the whole toe-joint thing
- fake X Rays. Either doctored or straight-up not Izuku's.
- why even bother with a convoluted scheme to take unproven Quirks from random children in the first place?
- maybe they arent random...
It can be especially effective if Ujiko is considered a specialist in late quirk development/quirkless children, since it makes the potentially large swathe of quirkless children connected a single doctor less noticeable.
That said, the single biggest issue with lying or doctoring an x-ray is a simple one: What happens the next time that kid gets an x-ray?
Recovery Girl uses standard treatments alongside her Quirk, she presumably takes x-rays
Bewitching EyesLike I said, I'm sure it's possible to come up with an explanation for all the problems with something like this, but at this point is that really something worth doing is my bigger issue.
It's a similar situation to the "what if he can use the past users Quirks" thing that actually is going to happen, but even then I feel like that and Izuku not actually being originally being Quirkless don't really have the same kind of impact on the narrative, while execution is still the most important thing, one just feels more... "off" than the other. But that's obviously personal opinion.
On to something different - what if Izuku's Dad works for Deternerat? The prototype main character was supposed to be a super item salesman or something right? Well just recycle the concept and apply it to his father instead. Not like he's a member of the Meta Liberation Army or anything, just like a low-ranking grunt of a company, and that just happens to be the company he works for.

And we still don't know if Spinner is one of those types who looks weird and has some unrelated power, or if his power is to do "lizard things".
Or, possibly, he just looks like a lizard and has absolutely no special abilities at all.