#incurable desease

[breakonthroough]

A very sad story about a seriously ill boy Law and the hospital clown Cora.

Illustration for my text.

[magicfeatherspecialist]

Fingir demencia to realmente mal de la cabeza pipeline

[comikadraws]

What actually was Itachi's desease? Does anyone know?

I AM GETTING ITACHI ASKS! FINALLY!!! Though I imagine my answer might be disappointing :')

Itachi's Mysterious Illness

Length: • 3.2K Content: • Itachi's Illness as a Writing Tool • Itachi's Symptoms • Popular Diagnoses • Exploring Alternative Causes • My Thoughts and Theories

DISCLAIMER: I have no medical background and, for the most part, am relaying the findings of others, not my own. Some of the panels are out of order. Blue links are sources. The art in the header is mine.

Itachi's Illness as a Writing Tool

Itachi's illness is very much a mystery in canon. A side-note. Itachi doesn't make enough appearances in the story for us to get an elaborate picture of his health. While there are popular theories, the fact of the matter is, we just don't know for sure what he was suffering from.

Due to Itachi's illness not playing a larger role in the story, it is unlikely Kishimoto actually researched any particular disease to reference. He resorted to a fairly common trope called the "Incurable Cough of Death" which is known for taking inspiration from Tuberculosis and its bloody coughs. The author doesn't specify any illness. It is merely a plot device to push a storyline.

As a narrative device, you might even consider Itachi's illness as a metaphor. While dying young was a deliberate choice on Itachi's part, his illness further solidifies his decision, leaving him with no way back. It mirrors Itachi's lack of agency in life. And, of course, it also makes Itachi's suffering palpable and highlights it for the audience. Itachi is in agony, yet chooses to suffer for Sasuke's sake rather than taking the easy way out.

Of course, while Itachi's illness is an unspecified, plot- and/or narrative-device disease, that doesn't necessarily have to stop us from trying to find a real-world equivalent or an in-universe explanation. But to do so, we must describe his physical condition first.

Itachi's Symptoms

While hemoptysis is probably the trademark of Itachi's illness as portrayed in fandom, it can be argued he was experiencing a wider range of symptoms. None of these necessarily have to be the result of Itachi's illness but since they often come up in discussions, I will mention them anyway for the sake of completion.

Low BMI

To begin with, Itachi's body is in a fairly weak condition. For example, Itachi's BMI stands fairly low at 18.3 at the time of his death, which is considered to be slightly underweight. It is a slight drop from his 18.6 at 18 years old.

While BMI is not a professional way of measuring a person's health, it does bring things into perspective. Considering that Itachi is a physically active person, he probably had a low fat-to-muscle ratio. Combine that with his low BMI and we can fairly assume that Itachi had weight problems, assuming Kishimoto and/or his assistants put that much thought into those numbers.

Low Stamina According to Databooks

Itachi's stats in the Databooks also indicate somewhat of a physical weakness. While Itachi ties with Jiraiya in having the highest stat total in Sha no Sho (35.5 points), he has noticeably low stamina at a value of just 2.5 points. It is not a major deficit, but it is definitely odd, especially when putting things into perspective.

In the Databooks, characters with high stat totals usually have stat deficits at 3 or 3.5 points, not at 2.5. Stat deficits of 2.5 occur at slightly lower stat totals, like Might Guy who reaches a stat total of 31.5 and a hand seal deficit of 2.5.

Additionally, characters with stamina deficits are usually associated with physical ailments. Orochimaru is basically suffering from necrosis, Hiruzen is 70 (his old age likely impacting his physical prowess), and Kakashi basically goes unconscious every time he uses the Sharingan as early on as chapter 16 of Naruto (indicating low chakra reserves).

Again, we better hope those numbers were intentional or this doesn't mean anything.

Noticeable Frailty

But now, let's take a look at the manga to search for evidence. What other fans before me have already pointed out is that Itachi's interactions with Kisame are fairly curious.

In a seemingly random scene, Kisame worries about the weather, claiming both he and Itachi will catch a cold if they stay out in the rain for too long. It is a somewhat strange suggestion, considering that this is coming from a shark man who primarily uses water ninjutsu in his battle tactics. You'd think he isn't bothered by some rain or chill if he is already getting wet this often.

Not that this applies to his partner, however.

In chapter #364 we get a repeat of this scene in which Kisame expresses worry only for Itachi rather than for the both of them. Kisame is made out to be explicitly caring toward Itachi and sensitive to his health and needs. But looking back at chapter #353, he refrains from hurting Itachi's pride by stating it out in the open.

This recontextualizes the scene from a few chapters earlier as this pattern in Kisame's behavior is actually consistent with the rest of chapter #353.

Kisame mentions that Itachi was absent from his most recent battle against Roshi. For unknown reasons, this causes Itachi's expression to turn somber or melancholic (though it could be argued he is smirking ever so slightly). Perhaps Itachi was reminded of his physical decline. Perhaps he regrets missing out on this last mission with Kisame.

Either way, Kisame picks up on Itachi's mood and quickly clarifies that this solo battle was the former Kiri-nin's idea and not at all Itachi's fault. While we cannot say for sure, the possibility that Kisame insisted on going without Itachi specifically to spare the Uchiha from putting unnecessary strain on his body is definitely there.

Kisame goes on to say he is tired, yet the first person to sit down in search of a break is Itachi - The same guy who didn't even fight Roshi and, at least technically, should be in better health than Kisame.

Kisame's worry for Itachi's health supports the idea that Itachi has been struggling for a while now - long enough for Kisame to pick up on Itachi's condition. He watches out for any strain or health risks that Itachi might unwittingly subject his body to, implying certain frailty that could be explained by a weak immune system and/or a weak and easily fatigued body.

During the Battle (Hemoptysis, Vision Loss, Heart Attack)

Besides this, Zetsu comments on Itachi's condition multiple times - both during and after the brothers' battle. He mentions that Itachi's movements were sloppy and wonders why he was coughing up blood. He hypothesizes that Itachi's body may have already been pre-damaged at that point.

Guessing by Zetsu's reaction, this must have been a recent decrease in Itachi's battle performance rather than a long-established issue. Combining this with Kisame's behavior (that instead implies a longer history) Itachi's condition has likely been bad for a longer time but never impacted him this severely until now. The illness may have just worsened naturally, but Itachi could've also stopped medicating or caught an additional infection.

During the actual battle, we see Itachi struggling with several more symptoms. He suffers from vision loss as well as from hemoptysis (bloody coughing) and what appears to be a heart attack or otherwise intense chest pain.

After the end of the battle, White Zetsu also theorizes that Itachi's symptoms may have simply been caused by the Sharingan, only for Black Zetsu to voice his uncertainty. An odd reaction, considering that Zetsu is one of the few characters that should be fairly knowledgeable about the Sharingan and its drawbacks. This implies that Itachi's symptoms are atypical of your usual Sharingan overuse.

Medication

Obito later explains that Itachi's illness was terminal and demanded regular medication to prolong the patient's lifespan. Obito unfortunately does not comment on the origins of Itachi's illness or any of his symptoms, though.

While not necessarily canon, in "Naruto Jinraiden: The Day the Wolf Howled", Itachi uses a drug called "Kotaro", which uses hallucinogenic substances. It is applied via the eyes and also helps with irritation of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Popular Diagnoses

Once again, Itachi's symptoms are rather vague, befitting the Cough of Death trope. But some people have still managed to find likely candidates for real-world equivalents.

One such candidate is obviously Tuberculosis. It matches some of Itachi's symptoms, such as his coughing up blood, chest pain, weight loss, and tiredness. Another Tumblr user pointed out, however, that Tuberculosis is highly infectious. Had Itachi contracted the disease, other Akatsuki members would've fallen ill as well, not to mention Sasuke who came into contact with Itachi's blood and was supposed to inherit his eyes. This would've been beyond careless of Itachi. Any infectious, terminal diseases can therefore be safely ruled out.

The same user argued that Itachi may have had Lupus or ITP, both of which are immunological and therefore better suited for Itachi's diagnosis. It should be noted, however, that Itachi does not express many symptoms associated with Lupus, such as joint swelling, rashes, and skin lesions, and ITP is not particularly known (if at all) for hemoptysis.

The most popular theory is probably that Itachi had MPA. It is known for bloody coughs, cardiac failure, fatigue, weight loss, and in rare cases it may damage the eyes. But there are also people who disagree with the MPA theory, mostly due to his young age (which is atypical for MPA patients), but also because MPA causes diffuse alveolar hemorrhage, which the original poster deems more severe than just hemoptysis. While Itachi's symptoms match MPA somewhat, it might not be a perfect match.

But Itachi could have also died of lung cancer, Sarcoidosis, AIDS, SLD, Viral Perimyocarditis, Pneumonia, Paragonomiasis, Lymphoma, or something entirely different, due to the vagueness of his symptoms. But since we are talking about a fictional universe, it could also be a fictional disease or even a disease that attacks fictional parts of ninjas' anatomy (such as Tenketsu, Chakra Pathways, etc.).

And while I do like the idea of Itachi just being hated by life itself (vocaloid reference, haha) and developing a terminal condition on top of all his other sufferings, I could also see it being a manifestation of his guilt and trauma rather than just simply being an unrelated burden the universe put on him. Heartbreak Syndrome, basically.

Exploring Alternative Causes

Another way to explain Itachi's symptoms is by finding alternative causes. Believe it or not, but it is not 100% certain that Itachi had a disease in the traditional sense at all.

Obito Is a Liar

One of the reasons why is that Obito, unfortunately, is a liar. Especially in his conversation with Sasuke, his goal is to make Itachi as sympathetic to Sasuke as possible and demonize Konoha. Both are in an attempt to win over Sasuke's loyalty and Obito is not at all afraid of lying to Sasuke.

This is hinted at in the Databooks but also becomes evident in certain instances where Obito's exposition simply proves wrong - most notably the cause behind the Ninetails Attack. Obito's words directly clash with Itachi's and later Kushina's flashbacks.

Not to mention, Black Zetsu appears noticeably confused about Itachi's condition, leaving us to question how Obito acquired this much information on Itachi in the first place, if not through the Akatsuki's spy. Is Obito really this knowledgeable about Itachi? Would Itachi's condition really have been terminal? Did Itachi have his condition treated with medicine? Or is it all just a shot in the dark on Obito's part?

Long story short, we cannot trust Obito's word when making any claims about canon.

But now, let's find the promised alternative explanations.

Itachi's BMI Is a Lifestyle

To begin with, most of the Akatsuki members actually have low BMIs. Obviously, Nagato is severely underweight, but even characters like Sasori and Hidan score quite low. The average among the Akatsuki appears to be at 17.8 (or 18.2 if we exclude outliers like Nagato, Konan, and Kisame). This might reflect the Akatsukis' precarious living conditions or just the standard Ninja physique, rather than indicating any specific ailments among the Akatsuki members.

Of course, Kisame still manages to somehow reach a healthy BMI, but this might be the result of their respective diets rather than Itachi just magically losing weight. While Itachi dislikes steak (which has high calories and protein) he eats less nutritious foods like onigiri with seaweed, dango, and cabbage. Meanwhile, Kisame loves shrimp and crab (which are high in protein). And beyond that, Itachi could be suffering from mental illness instead, impacting his eating habits.

It should also be noted that low BMIs (as well as stress and trauma) can weaken the body's immune system and impair its ability to fight off common infections.

No Training, No Stamina

As previously mentioned, while Itachi's low stamina is highly unusual among characters of comparable caliber, it is just a small difference of 0.5 points. It might merely be the result of his fighting style which relies primarily on genjutsu or quick and painless assassinations rather than physically taxing maneuvers. This would be similar to Might Guy, who has a 2.5 deficit in hand seals due to a lack of practice.

But this explanation still begins to sound less sufficient when we look back at the manga itself. Itachi's interactions with Kisame in chapters #353 and #364 imply a certain frailty beyond just a simple lack of practice. But this is where Itachi's Sharingan becomes relevant.

Mangekyo and Susano'o Side Effects

Many fans underestimate the damage a Mangekyo Sharingan can inflict on its user. Most notably, the Mangekyo causes the user's eye to bleed and become irritated. Their eyesight deteriorates with repeated use until full blindness. (refer back to chapter #386). Those are not symptoms specific to Itachi at all and can therefore not exactly be traced back to any disease.

Additionally, the Mangekyo does not just affect the user's eyes. In the case of Susano'o specifically, it is stated to be hard on the user's body. Sasuke describes it as an unbearable pain affecting every cell in his body. And to top it off, it causes hemoptysis for Sasuke as well each time the Susano'o is in use.

It appears as though hemoptysis is not at all exclusive to Itachi but a Susano'o-specific symptom. It doesn't change that Zetsu remains puzzled about Itachi's bloody cough, so we have to assume Zetsu might just not be as much of an expert as previously assumed.

Assuming Itachi had already used the Susano'o at a point in time prior to his battle with Sasuke, it is possible that this jutsu has damaged Itachi's cells.

Since we know that the body's cells are partially responsible for chakra production, cell damage should logically impact a ninja's ability to produce chakra. Assuming Susano'o-conducted damage is at all permanent and that Itachi has ever used it prior to his battle with Sasuke, this may have caused an irreversible chakra shortage for Itachi.

Sharingan Side Effects and Chakra Depletion

In general, besides the Susano'o, the Mangekyo is known for wearing out its users. Not just Kakashi, who famously ends up in the hospital each time he uses it, but Itachi too requires long rests after using the Mangekyo. Notably, Kisame describes using the Mangekyo as "dangerous".

Even the standard Sharingan can deplete the user's chakra to the point of being immobilized. As we can see in early Naruto chapters, the Sharingan can put Kakashi out of commission for a weak (refer to chapter #16). It appears as though chakra exhaustion causes muscle weakness (inability to move) and fatigue.

While not as extreme, this would explain Itachi's fatigue in his interaction with Kisame in chapter #353. In this chapter, we can see that Itachi's Sharingan has remained active for an unknown period of time and likely robbed Itachi of a portion of his chakra. If this is something he did regularly, it might also explain Kisame's concern for Itachi.

If we think about this one further, it could be argued that the heart, due to being a muscle, can fail in the case of excessive chakra exhaustion.

My Thoughts and Theories

Itachi's vision loss and hemoptysis can clearly be attributed to his excessive Mangekyo and Susano'o use, as far as I am concerned. And right now, all of Itachi's symptoms can be logically explained without adding an unknown disease into the mix.

Although Zetsu still remains an unreliable source in this instance (due to not knowing that hemoptysis is a common symptom induced in response to using Susano'o) it should be noted that unlike with Itachi, this does not result in a lethal outcome for Sasuke who, as opposed to Itachi, uses his Susano'o constantly. When hypothesizing that Itachi's body may have been damaged from the beginning, he probably wasn't far off. This is also what Itachi's interactions with Kisame seem to imply.

While Itachi's Mangekyo use and chakra exhaustion probably put the final nail in his coffin, it stands to reason that his body was prestressed by yet another condition that shrunk down his chakra reserves and left him, in Kisame's eyes, "frail". It's comparable to how many diseases such as AIDS, Diabetes, autoimmune diseases, or other conditions don't kill you on their own but instead lay the groundwork for a truly lethal illness.

But even then, this pre-sustained damage has logical explanations as well. His low fat could be the result of his lifestyle. His low stamina and chakra may be the result of repeated Sharingan/Susano'o use or a lack of practice. His heart attack may have been the result of ordinary chakra exhaustion. His immune system may have been weakened due to his low weight (but then again, he is not significantly underweight), stress, and/or trauma, resulting in the contraction of a regular infection as Itachi stood in the rain without protection. This explains his seemingly "sudden" decrease in battle performance.

Conversely, it is not unreasonable to assume Itachi indeed had an incurable condition - unrelated to Sharingan's drawbacks. While Obito and Zetsu are not at all reliable sources, they do push the "Itachi was ill" narrative rather hard and the story never cares enough to dispel their claims.

Beyond that, Itachi's symptoms can be viewed as a causality dilemma. What was first? The chicken or the egg? The immune system or the illness? While low weight, stress, and/or trauma can result in frequent infections, so can a major infection lead to increased stress or low weight. While blaming Itachi's poor condition on his lifestyle is a valid interpretation, it is not at all confirmed.

Narratively, it makes a lot of sense to burden Itachi with a painful, incurable disease. Aside from externalizing Itachi's suffering to the outside, where the audience can see it, it manages to evoke stronger sympathy from the reader, mixing in a sense of unfairness and tragedy.

But alas, this is not sufficient evidence, and instead, we could also view Itachi's damaged condition as a metaphor for how very often, life does not leave Itachi with any options other than harming himself. Due to his growing blindness, he is forced to use his Sharingan more frequently. Due to his status as Nukenin, he cannot take care of himself as diligently. And then those minor inconveniences spiral out of control, piling ailment after ailment on him.

Unfortunately, none of this leaves us with a definitive answer. Perhaps Itachi did have a terminal illness. Perhaps he did not. The story seems intentionally ambiguous.

[goldenandhappy]

Angsty lawlu thought: any kids they have could develop laws disease. Imagine law seeing their kid born with those spots or gets it when their two or three. Law having to go through that trauma again. But has to focus on healing his kid.

Law sounds like the kind of dad who'd be so happy with a daughter. He'd do her ponytails, read her books, and do her nails and eyeliner when she gets older. Idk I just think he'd be so happy with a daughter. And she would remind him of his sister and he'd get emotional watching her sleep. So when the first spots start appearing, he sees Flevance all over again. He freezes. Nothing in the seven seas would have prepared him for that. It's all happening all over again. He'll lose it all again.

His daughter, barely six years old, doesn't understand why her dad is so terrified. She feels alright. Her little white spots are funny, even. They don't hurt. So why is dad so... pale ?

She tugs on his jeans and brings him back to his senses. He holds her close and tell her that everything will be alright. Silly daddy, she thinks, everything already is alright.

When Luffy reaches his house after Law's urgent call, he finds him in the kitchen, passed away surrounded by two empty wine bottles from their cellar (a gift from Mihawk).

They had moved in their house a few years after retiring. On an island in the east blue, a calm sea to raise their daughter. In a few years, they planned to start training her so that she gets to see the world with her own eyes. Those eyes were already full of wonder, in awe at the stories her fathers told of giant dragons and magical fairies, stories their friends told of giant whales and marvelous seas, stories her grand-grandparents told of great wars and great pirates.

Law never told her about Flevance. She is too young. He wanted to shield her from the horrors of the world, and yet, because of him, there she was, so young, and already thrust into them.

When Luffy hugs him from the back, Law wakes up and leans into his touch.

"Is everything alright ?" He asks, knowing fully well that everything was not okay.

"It's my fault, Luffy..." He mumbles in his husband's chest "I gave her that..."

Luffy stays silent and craddles his husband's hair. By extending his observation haki, he knows their daughter is sleeping in her room. He doesn't comment but hugs Law tighter, letting him know that he is not alone. He waits. He's not worried about their daughter. Law healed himself. He can heal her too. But that wasn't about the Amber Lead per se, Luffy knew. It was about the trauma, the loss, and all the suffering those white spots brought to his partner. His sister, his parents, Cora... Law lost them all, one way or another, because of those same spots he sees on their daughter.

After a few moments, Law broke the silence: " This shouldn't be happening."

"What ?"

"I took all the lead out of my system. I am healed. It shouldn't be happening."

" Okay. And ? "

" And ??? " Law was flabergasted. " What do you mean And ???? Our daughter has an incurable desease that she shouldn't be having in the first place !! What do you mean "And" ????"

"What does it matter, Torao, if she should be having it or not ? Why does it matter why she caught it ? "

"Aren't you worried ????"

"No-"

The slap that landed on Luffy's face was heard all across the house. He answered it by hugging his husband closer.

"I am not worried, Torao, because sometimes, the why doesn't matter. The only thing that matters is that you healed yourself, and you can heal her too. Alright ?"

"Yeah... You're right."

[valyrra]

i wanna tattoo an anchor on my shoulder sooooo fucking bad but i should probably wait for the release version of the game since they can change Lash's model however they want but like

im fucking crazy and we see that my meds pretty much did nothing to my obsessions.

its incurable desease to be in love with fictional assholes

i would tattoo just his name on my ass cheek

[shoukohime]

I have haikyuu fan desease (it's where I sit around and think about haikyuu all day. yes, it's incurable)

[sycophantzealot]

sometimes im so sick of it, im so utterly disgusted and tired that because of memories that ruin my day i cant even look at a man of cloth normally anymore, im so sick and tired of my brain needing me to get on my knees and turn this fear into pleading for forgiveness and love. and i hate it so much, because it feels so good to wail for some sort of god to see me. doesnt it feel good to be a follower? catholism is an incurable childhood desease that can only be battled through transsexuality and faggottry, if you needed to know

[yibeimolihuacha]

Not me rediscovering a fanfiction I read 11 years ago and going down that rabbit hole again. Kid you not, it had everything: french pop, vampires, witches, musicals, k-pop, ghosts, incurable deseases, dave gahan, motorcycles, wish bracelets, lots of angst and great soundtrack.

[t4tadrienette]

Turns out that if you look too much at spn posts it will give you the "need to rewatch the show desease" and it's absolutely incurable

[h-f-k]

The last post about Joe is so fucking stupid because you can use that logic against Taylor and how she puts herself out there so of course she'll get judged for actions and have haters and people that don't like her "persona" or "reputation" but swifties will never be caught admitting that 🙄

This is literally what i said to a friend lmfaooo. It’s just another case of swifties having what is known as an incurable and terminal desease called The Projections.

[mxrstar]

I love that I can almost never tell the gender of the person who is reading the statement when listening to tma. It’s really Good

but it must be said that every time there’s a mention of the romantic/sexual nature or anything of the kind, I immediately go read the episode description, frantically thinking “gay?????????????”

[hello-nichya-here]

Do you think that minors, while being 100% serious in their right mind, are allowed to ask to be euthanized and/or if living causes them a lot of pain? Do people have the right to choose to die?

Any person that isn't seen as mentally ready to drive, drink, have sex, vote, have full finantial independence, live alone, get a tattoo, get cosmetic surgery, move to a different continent by themselves, work full time, get married, raise/adopt a child, start their own business, run for president, be held fully accountable for any crimes they commit - just basically do whatever they want with their own life, and deal with the consequences, like any adult is legally entitled to - CANNOT, in any circumstance, "decide" to end said life. Child exploitation laws exist for a reason.

Now, about people having the right to end their own life, we need to remember that NO ONE just "chooses" to die. Something is forcing their hand.

Maybe they have depression, maybe they're struggling to move past a traumatic experience, maybe they're being abused, maybe they're facing some kind of oppression and feel is pointless to keep fighting for basic rights, maybe they just took a look at the horrible state the world is in and lost hope, maybe they have no money and don't want to slowly starve to death. There's ALWAYS something.

No matter what, the solution is NOT letting them give into despair, but trying to fix the problem. Killing these people would not be mercy or respecting their wishes, it would be taking advantage of them while they're vulnerable. That's not euthanasia, it's just straight up murder - often systematic murder (just look at how many diseabled people are victims of "mercy killing", by their own families, because some people see disability as worse than death).

And even when we look at situations where euthanasia could be seen as an option, when people are suffering from an incurable illness that is keeping them in a constant state of physical and mental agony, we cannot forget that many deseases that were seen as a death sentence now have cures because doctors wouldn't give up on their patients.

Even the ones that don't have cures yet are easier to prevent. For exemple, there are many people that are HIV positive and never develop AIDS (which was once seen as "the gay plague" and so goverments refused to prevent it from spreading because they thought it'd "only kill the right people") and can even have children without infecting their partner or their child with the virus.

Life is unfair and that means death can sometimes feel like the only option. It isn't.

[the-last-millenial-disaster]

Viper headcannons

(A/N: Here you go! Sorry for the wait. School is a...well, you know.)

Her name is Sabine (as we know from the voicelines).

Anyone who calls her by that name miraculously gets food poisoning.

Except for Omen.

Be it guilt, frustration hanging over their past, or simply just Omen, she doesn’t hurt him, or even acknowledge him for that matter.

Of course she takes him as a partner on the field, but doesn’t give any sort of indication that she knows him from anywhere.

Sadistic to the c.

As far as antisocials go, she’s unbeaten.

As her time in the protocol lenghtened, she found herself hanging around Omen more and more( I won’t get into this here because I intend to make a separate post specifically on their relationship - it’ll be a companion post to Omen’s past, since I want this one to be mainly focused on Viper).

Of course she has her own lab, right on the second floor, across from Killjoy.

At first she tested her formulas in the lab, but after a venting error ocurred and the entire complex got poisoned from inhaling poisonous fumes, the Kingdom kindly asked her if she could test her gas somewhere that is not inside.

Killjoy is the only one who doesn’t mind sharing a floor with Viper’s lab, and is also the only one who dares to sleep on that floor(besides Viper).

Killjoy often asks her for advice when it comes to picking materials and resources for her bots, as well as testing their durability in certain corrosive substances.

Which Viper is of curse, more than happy to provide.

I firmly believe that in order to reach new developments in science, different fields have to work together - thus Viper finds herself collaborating with every lab nerd the V protocol can provide, including Raze and Cypher as well as other independent scientists.

She doesn’t necesarrily like to work with others but Viper understands the importance of science progression and how badly they need it.

They have meetings, present their hypotheses and brainstorm improvements.

It’s nothing personal, and by now so second nature that she can easily get behind it.

Lab is probably the only room in the whole headquarters where she feels completely at ease.

It feels like home.

Raze got banned from it.

Besides the lab is a chemical ‘cabinet’.

Read: A huge-ass room filled with racks and shelves upon shelves of chemicals, her formulas, or simply chemical waste she wants to reuse.

Viper used to work in pharmacy - synthesizing medicine.

She was healing people.

Which means she knows exactly what it takes to kill them.

Chemistry is one of  the rare passions she kept throughout her life.

She later decided to pursue pharmacy and earned a stellar reputation.

Sabine was working on a cure that would get rid of an incurable desease that was harrowing the futuristic Earth.

She was always extremely curious, to the point where she even seemed malicious - it made her make a lot of morally questionable hypotheticals of ‘what if’s’ in her head.

But all of that was overriden by her desire to help, to learn..

...until her life work got stolen and plagiarited. Until everything she worked for her entire life was gone in an instant. Just like that.

And that’s when Viper was born.

Whatever held back the dark side of her curiosity? Gone like her entire life’s purpose.

Remember those ‘what if’s’? Not a mystery anymore.

The lab she worked at wouldn’t let her develop certain formulas and enact her experiments, so she built her own.

The period that followed was one of severe subconcious desocialisation.

The work she was doing wasn’t very moral, but Viper doesn’t exactly have issues with something called a ‘moral compass’.

Omen dropped by her lab often just to check that she hasn’t turned into a serial killer yet and was, at that time, her only contact with another human being.

Instead of making medicine, she changed the course of her studies to chemical weapons, venoms and their effects on living things.

With her knowledge of human anatomy, she was the woman for the job.

Around that time the first Kingdom officials reached out, who were interested in her biochemic knowledge - they needed someone with little remorse and proper specialisation to study the effects of radianite on human beings.

It took a while, but they swayed her eventually with promises of full experimental freedom.

She also wouldn’t join unless they hired Omen.

So they did.

That’s part of why she can’t look at him now - this is one of the ‘what if’s’ she could never figure out.

Would he still mutate this badly if he wasn’t in explosions close proximity?

Did she just deliver her only friend to demise’s door?

She just may have.

And it still haunts her.

(A/N: This is tbc. I have vague topics in my mind for her that I want to cover but she currently isn’t on my hype list so my ideas for this dried up pretty fast. I wanted to set up the terrain for one of the future posts, just to give you a little context.)

Thank you for reading!

[wootshakala]

A complicated riddler gives riddles to their victim while a straightforward riddler riddles their victims with cancer or any incurable desease

[alexc1ting]

How many theories of what could have happened to He Tian’s mother can you come up with?

Well, of course she could have been victim of the mafia environment, like a revenge attack on Mr. He; or could have been suffering from an incurable desease. In both these scenarios He Tian could have had time to get to know her. 

Nonetheless, He Tian’s mother could have died giving birth to her younger child, which would also explain the controversial love/hate relationship between He Tian and his father. 

[redhatmeg]

“As for me, now Master Bruce is grown, building a new Manor may be my last great service to him.”

Raise your hand if you, too, thought for a moment that Alfred was dying.

(He certainly sounded like he was expecting to die from some incurable desease.)