#cannot WAIT to see what happens when kurogiri finds tomura on the battlefield

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I LOVE me some 'oboro adopts/takes care of tenko' fluff but in light of that "characters in their late 20 getting misinterpreted as parental figures to teens when they're something else" post (and Oboro is in his early 30s and Tomura in his very early 20s but the point stands!!) I've been thinking and. their dynamic isn't really parent-child but it also isn't "older cousin or step-sibling" like that post was talking about it's like... closer to a butler/nanny but also very much a secret more fucked up third thing.

Person who was literally created and desiged to take care of you, but done so by a person who intended to harm you, and therefore fundamentally restricted in their ability to take care of and protect you but nonetheless solely devoted to that goal.

Combine that with Shirakumo Oboro's themes of being someone who takes care of those who others would walk past, even other heroes. With kid Tenko being literally a lost child no one bothred to help. It's like even before he's Kurogiri, Oboro was crafted to be the kind of person Tomura needed to take care of him.

And it's in a weird inverse of a usual parent-child dynamic. Because, generally, kids are created by their parents. Like, physically, and structured as people by how they're raised. But Kurogiri was literally created for Tomura. In-universe and from a thematic standpoint, he's made to be his caretaker. They've got this weird fucked up fate-like thing going on and Kurogiri afirms it time and time again. "I am the one who takes care of Shigaraki Tomura." Person who had no choice in taking care of you but when given that choice would make it. It's both dystopian and heartwarming. Both a sign of the utter lack of control both of these characters are given in the story and a complete dedication to a purpose in spite of a controlling force. And I'm not normal about it.