#idea rattling in my head
So, this is something that has rattled around in my mind for a long time. It’s mostly common knowledge at this point that when a parent, usually mothers, see their child in danger they can go into a state that allows them to go far beyond the normal strength and pain thresholds of their body. There are stories of parents lifting whole cars and ripping the muscles off their bones to save their kids from danger. This is where my idea comes in.
Do quirks work in the same way in the BNHA world? Would parents be able to activate their quirks far beyond their normal strength in order to save their kids? A father with a slight elasticity quirk stretching 30 feet to create a bridge for his child during an earthquake. A mother with a warming quirk, normally only getting hot enough to be slightly uncomfortable to touch, being able to melt through a car wreck to release their baby from the back seat.
And if this is how it works, wouldn’t it be an interesting idea to see what would happen if a certain green haired boy got in a tough spot with his mother nearby. Imagine Inko Midoriya being first hand witness to a battle with her son on the losing side. Deku getting knocked to the ground and right as the killing blow is about to be struck, something in Inko would snap. Her slight levitation quirk being amplified to something akin to a wall of force or being yanked by a bungie cord tied to a truck. The villain being slammed into walls or just flung hundreds of feet into the air then slammed back down like a meteor spike. The villain would be down for the count and Inko would follow as soon as she saw Izuku was okay.
The consequences would be similar to quirk fatigue, like Endeavor over heating or Bakugo’s wrists hurting, but cranked up to 11. Inko would likely have be hospitalized for some kind of seizure due to the psychic nature of her quirk for some time. It would also be interesting if these types of quirk usage would be treated differently that illegal usage since they are more of an instinct to the parents.
This could also be a fun idea to explore with the other parent figures in the BNHA world, like how Toshinori or President Mic would be impacted by parental instinct quirk enhancement (PIQE?). I would add Aizawa to that list, but we have already seen him in those situations and his quirk can’t really be enhanced in any real way.
