The Science behind Erasure
-it's actually ingenious!!
SO recently I wondered....if Aizawa does hero work after hours...does that mean he also has increased night vision?? Because it wouldn't makes sense for a hero who relies on his eyes to work at a time when he can't see....right?
(this led me on a scientific deep dive because I am a huge nerd.)
As we know, Aizawa's eyes light up (red) when he activates his quirk. It just so happens, red doesn't glare like other colors of light do. This means red light makes night vision easier. Why? Because your pupils don't need to re-adjust between the light source & the dark around you! This reduces eye strain & keeps your field of vision clear & consistent at night, while still illuminating your path!
Simultaneously, red light is difficult to see at a distance so it'll help keep your position safe from possible attackers. This is why military flash lights are usually red!
So YES!... Aizawa's quirk can improve his night vision... By acting like a red flashlight! But that's not all!
Then I started thinking of HOW his quirk works...He stares at someone, his eyes glow red, his hair floats...and somehow the enemy's power stops working??
As we know, Erasure deactivates the enemy's quirk gene. This happens when Aizawa glares at them. But HOW can he deactivate a gene by only seeing the outside of the body? Especially since Erasure doesn't erase physical mutations??
Turns out, red light has a longer wave length than other colors, allowing it to penetrate the body more easily! In fact red & Infrared light (invisible to humans) is often used in medical imaging to detect things like veins and blood vessels beneath the skin.
Simply put Aizawa's quirk penetrates the body kind of like an x-ray. The reason we can see his eyes light up, and NOT the target being illuminated( like the picture on the left below)?? It's because he likely also emits red light that crosses over into infrared spectrum. So the red light that actually enters the body is invisible to the naked eye.
However real x-rays fall on the opposite side of the light spectrum under Ultra violet light. They not only enter but pass through their target, So to be clear Aizawa probably does not have x-ray vision. You may have also heard of Infrared in terms of night vision goggles. Aizawa likely does not have thermal/night vision either. His eyes only EMIT visible red light which allows him to see better in the dark & Infrared which enters the body.
So while Aizawa's glowing red eyes may at first seem like a meaningless, but cool, feature of his quirk, it's really the tell into how erasure works!
However, glowing red eyes only tell us how aizawa's quirk REACHES the gene, not how he switches it off! So how does he do it?? With an electromagnetic field! The light spectrum is a small part of the larger electromagnetic spectrum & the only part of it visible to the human eye!
So, how do y'all know I'm not just making this up?
Because his hair floats!
What's the most familiar electromagnetic force humans encounter on a daily basis?--- STATIC ELECTRICITY! When aizawa switches on his quirk he essentially becomes a cat being rubbed with a balloon! The carbon nanofibers in his capture weapon conduct static electricity so that floats too!
Aizawa's Erasure works by emitting an electromagnetic field, which like the infrared light, penetrates the body of his target! Now that we know how his quirk reaches the inside of the body, the question is how does it disrupt the quirk function?
As it turns out, electricity can be fired at DNA to switch Genes on and off in real life! So Erasure specifically targets the quirk gene and immobilizes it temporarily with electricity!!!! That's crazy!!!
Since we know Aizawa can't erase the quirks of heteromorphic types it's safe to assume it's because physical mutations effect more than one gene & Erasure specifically targets a single quirk gene.
If Erasure got into the hands of AFO it could easily mean the end of the world, or any one who apposes AFO for that matter. Sure AFO could use Erasure as Aizawa does, but he could also scientifically manipulate it to target genes OTHER than the quirk gene. Meaning he could kill you, or even make your body fall apart, with just a look.
Congrats you made to the end! You now have a PHD is Shota Aizawa.
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Master list
(B! equals Bizarro and M! equals the Ninjago movie, just so y’all know)
A.
Abandoned || Morro x Echo Zane x Benthomaar
Absent || Maya x Libber x Misako
Abyss || B!Cole x Cryptor
AcidicFluid || Nya x Chamille x Tox
AcidRain || Tox x Nya
Adaption or Mirror || Skylor x Chamille
Aftershock || B!Jay x Cole
Allied || Lord Garmadon x General Kozu
AmberNightshade || Skylor x Chamille x Tox
AmberPhoenix || Nya x Skylor
AmberPrincess || Skylor x Harumi
Ambershock || Skylor x Jay
Anchor || Benthomaar x Zane
ArcticWolf || Zane x Akita
Arson || B!Jay x B!Cole x B!Zane x Kai
Ash || Garmadon x Ray
Avalanche || Zane x B!Cole
B.
BadBoy || Lloyd x Brad x Gene
Bear || Cole x Kataru
BlackIce || B!Zane x Zane
BlackLightning || B!Cole x Jay
Blacksmith || Lou x Ray
BlackWire || Cole x Pixal
Blizzard || Morro x Zane
Blizzaro || B!Zane x Morro
Blue || Nya x Jay x Zane
BlueWire || Jay x Pixal
Boomer || Sensei Wu x Krux
Braincell || Nya x Zane
BrainFreeze || Neuro x Zane
Brimstone || Echo Zane x Cole
Brine || Cole x Morro x Nya
Bronze || Dareth x Karlof
Bruise or Geode || Cole x Jay
C.
Cake || Cole x cake
Cannonball || Captain Soto x Ultra Violet
Cave || Cole x Benthomaar x Morro
Chaos || B!Kai x B!Cole x B!Jay x B!Zane
Checkmate || Zane x Nadakhan
Cherry || Skylor x Vania
Chrome || Karlof x Neuro
CinnamonWafer || Char x Glutinous
Citrus || Morro x Echo Zane
Cliché || M!Jay x M!Nya
Cloudburst || Nya x Morro
Coffee or Self-centered || Dareth x Garmadon
Coliel || Cole x Seliel
Conductor || Kai x Zane x Jay
Conya or Petrichor || Cole x Nya
Copper || Dareth x Cyrus Borg
Coral || Benthomaar x Cole
Corrosive || Tox x Skylor
CorruptedCode || Mr. E x Cryptor
Corruption or Staff || Staff!Kai x Ice Emperor Zane
CriminalMinds || Miss Demeanor x Ultra Violet x Reflectra
CrimsonLightning || Mr. E x Jay
CrimsonTech || Jay x Zane x Mr. E
Crypthor or Lackey || Cryptor x Pythor
Cryptzu || Cryptor x Kozu
Crystal || Morro x Cole x Zane
Cryxal || Cryptor x Pixal
Cursed || Morro x M!Zane
D.
D&D or Upply || Fungus x Plundar x Korgran
DarkGeode || B!Jay x B!Cole
DarkGlacier || B!Cole x B!Zane
DarkHistory || Garmadon x Krux
DarkHumor || Jay x Shade
DarkLava || B!Kai x B!Cole
DarkOpposite || B!Kai x B!Zane
DarkPlasma || B!Kai x B!Jay
DarkTechno || B!Zane x B!Jay
DarkThinking || Shade x Neuro
Dayle or Gareth || Dareth x Gayle Gossip
DeepSeaEnergy || Benthomaar x Lloyd
Derecho || Jay x Morro x Nya
Destiny || Kai x Morro
Dilf || Garmadon x all the Ninjago dads
Disaster || Jay x Kai x Morro x Cole
Disco || Jay x Reflectra x Zane
DisintegratedSmoke || Paleman x Ash
Doglocke || Dogshank x Flintlocke
Drought || Pythor x Kalmaar
DryIce || Kai x Ice Emperor Zane
Dumbass || Jay x Kai x Cole
DustDevil || Morro x Ultra Violet
E.
Eclipse || Kai x Shade
Ecstatic || Vania x Jay x Benthomaar x Echo Zane
Edge || Cryptor x Morro x Shade x Chamille x Tox
ElectricBoogaloo || Jay x PoulErik
ElectricEel || Libber x Maya
Electricstorm || Jay x Morro
ElectricVirus || Jay x Overlord
ElectroGlacier || Cole x Mr. E x Zane
ElectroIce or Gaydar || Zane x Mr. E
Ember || Kai & Skylor (queerplatonic!!)
EnergyEfficient || Lloyd x Pixal
Entombed || Pythor x Aspheera
Envy || Staff!Kai x Morro
Eruption || B!Cole x Kai
EternalWinter || Ice Emperor Zane x Vex
Everlasting || Echo Zane x Morro AND Morro x Zane
Eyecandy || Kai x Cole x Morro
Eyepatch || Clutch Powers x Ronin
F.
Feral || Akita x Benthomaar
Fever || Kai x Neuro
Firefly || Kai x Vania
FireStarter || B!Kai x Jay
Firewall || Kai x Pixal
Fireworks || B!Jay x Kai
Fixation || Lou x Ed
Flood || Kalmaar x Nya
Fog || Nya x Shade
ForeverAlone || Sensei Wu x tea
Forge || Kai x Karlof
Forgiven || Brad x Lloyd
Forgotten || Echo Zane x Cryptor x Morro
FourArms || Lord Garmadon x General Kozu x Samukai
Fowl || Libber x Clouse
FriedChicken || Jay x Fugi-Dove
FriedSquid || Jay x Kalmaar
Frostbite || B!Zane x Kai
Future || Cyrus Borg x Acronix
G.
Gambit || Ronin x Soul Archer
GarmaBorg || Garmadon x Cyrus Borg
Garmacest || Garmadon x Lloyd
GarmaChen || Garmadon x Master Chen
GarmaClouse || Garmadon x Clouse
GarmaKai || Garmadon x Kai
GarmKruxSako || Garmadon x Krux x Misako
Garsako or Harbinger || Garmadon x Misako
Gaymer || Superstar Rockin’ Jay x “Rocky Dangerbuff” x Rockstar!Kai x “Snake Jaguar”
Gemstone || Cole x Plundar
General || Cryptor x White Nindroid
Ghost || Seliel x Morro x Cole
GhostRider || Mr. E x Morro
Girlboss || Gayle Gossip x Patty Keys
Glacier || Cole x Zane
Gloomy || B!Cole x Morro
GoldenCircuit || Pixal x Kai x Zane x Skylor
GoldenMatter || Overlord x Lloyd
GorgonVenom || Machia x Tox
GreasedLightning || B!Jay x Jay
Greed || B!Kai x Morro x B!Jay
GreenCheer || M!Lloyd x M!Chen
Greenflame || Kai x Lloyd
Greenstorm || Lloyd x Morro
Greenwisp || Lloyd x Jay
Grief || Lou x Lilly x Ray x Maya
Gunpowder || Kai x Ash
H.
Hacker || Ronin x Zane
Hailstorm || Jay x Cole x Zane
Hazard || Kai x Echo Zane
HeavyMetal || Cole x Zane x Pixal
Hellstorm || Kai x Zane x Morro
Holly or Llokita || Lloyd x Akita
Hope || Young Wu x Faith
Hotwire || Kai x Pixal x Zane
HowlingWind || Bansha x Morro
Hubris || Dareth x Clutch Powers
I.
Iceberg || Zane x Nya x Cole
Ice Samurai or Samuraice || Nya x Pixal x Zane
Icestorm || B!Zane x Nya
Inferno || Kai x B!Kai
Inventor || Cyrus Borg x Dr. Julien
Island || Nya x PoulErik x Jay
Ivory || Hailmar x Vania
J.
JadedSnake || Harumi x “Snake Jaguar”
JadeStorm or Morrumi || Morro x Harumi
JadeWolf || Harumi x Akita
Jagged || Cole x Ice Emperor Zane
Jaya || Jay x Nya
Jaycule || Kai x Zane x Cole x Jay AND Jay x Nya
JetFaith || Jet Jack x Faith
Junk || Ed x Edna x Dr. Julien
K.
Kailor || Kai x Skylor
Killjoy or Vore || Pythor x Overlord
Kitsune || Morro x Akita
L.
Lava || Cole x Kai
LavaLamp || Cole x Skylor x Kai
Legacy || Morro x Cole x Zane x Jay x Kai
Leviathan || Great Devourer x Wojira
Life or Lloya || Lloyd x Nya
LightningDjinn || Jay x Nadakhan
LightningFast || Jay x Griffin
LightSpeed || Paleman x Griffin
Lorumi/Llorumi || Lloyd x Harumi
Loner || Kai x Ronin
Loulien || Lou x Dr. Julien
Lullaby || Lou x Maya
M.
Maelstrom || Morro x Wojira
Magma || B!Kai x Cole
Mechanic || Jay x Zane x Nya x Pixal
Mellow || Lou x Lilly
Miasma || Morro x Tox
Mirage || Kai x Chamille
Misfit || B!Jay x B!Kai x B!Cole x B!Zane x Morro
Misfortune || Nadakhan x Delara
Moriel or Phantom || Morro x Seliel
Morwu || Morro x Sensei Wu
Moss || Cole x Lloyd
MotorOil || Cole x Mr. E
Mountain || Cole x Kai x Zane
Mudshock || Jay x Nya x Cole
Mudslide || B!Cole x Nya
Mystery || Echo Zane x Cryptor
N.
Nemesis || Sensei Wu x Aspheera
Neon || Scott x Jay
Nightlight || Shade x Paleman
Nightshade || Tox x Chamille
O.
Oblivion || Staff!Kai x Cole
Obsession || Kai x Master Chen
Obsidian || Cole x B!Cole
Opposite || Zane x Kai
Ore || Karlof x Cole
Outdated || Zane x Cryptor
Outlaw || “Rocky Dangerbuff” x “Snake Jaguar”
P.
PaperStar || Sally x Antonia
Parrot || Fugi-Dove x Captain Soto
Permafrost || Ice Emperor Zane x Pixal
Pixane || Pixal x Zane
Plasma || Jay x Kai
PlayDate || Nya x Dogshank
PolyMaster || All the Elemental Masters including the ninja
Polyninja || Kai x Jay x Zane x Cole
PolyPonytail || Nya x Pixal x Skylor
PolySerpent || Great Devourer x Fire Fang x Wojira x Anacondrai Serpent(Clouse’s pet snake)
Popsicle or Unique || Zane x Lloyd
Pride || Morro x B!Kai
PunkRock || Ultra Violet x “Rocky Dangerbuff”
Purple || Pixal x Ultra Violet
Pyrotechnic || B!Kai x Zane
Pythales or Skythor || Pythor x Skales
Q.
Quiet || Mr. E x Harumi
R.
Raincloud || Vania x Benthomaar
Rainforest || Cole x Nya x Lloyd
Ratmen || Ronin x Dareth x Clutch Powers
Reaper || Cole x Ice Emperor Zane x Morro
Record || Lou x Dareth
Recovery || Lloyd x therapy
Redemption || Morro x Skylor
ResonatedGravity || Jacob x Gravis
Resurrected || Zane x Morro x Pixal
Revenge || Mr. F x Aspheera
Riptide || Nya x Ultra Violet
Risk || Jay x Morro x Kai
Roadrunner || Ultra Violet x Fugi-Dove
Rogue || Ronin x Okino
Ronya || Ronin x Nya
Rose || Gene x Brad
Royalty || Benthomaar x Vania x Harumi
S.
Sacrifice || Nya x Lloyd x Zane
Salamander || Kai x Clancee
SaltwaterTaffy || Glutinous x Gripe
SameVoiceActor || Dr. Julien x Garmadon
Samurai || Nya x Pixal
SamuraiCheerleader || Nya x Unnamed background girl
Sandstorm or Spirit || Cole x Morro
Scruff || Dareth x Ronin
Seabreeze || Benthomaar x Morro
Seafoam || Benthomaar x Echo Zane
Shenanigans || B!Jay x Morro
Shockwave || Nya x Jay x Pixal
ShortMetal || Mindroid x Cryptor
Skeleton || Morro x Ghoultar
Skelma || Skales x Selma
Sleet || Kai x Zane AND Zane x Nya (Nya and Kai are both dating Zane)
Smelt || Kai x Cryptor
SmokeShade || Ash x Shade
S’mores || Dareth x Zane
SnakeBlizzard || “Snake Jaguar” x Morro
Snakecell || Nya x “Snake Jaguar”
SnakeGlacier || “Snake Jaguar” x Cole
Spell || Master Chen x Clouse
Spitfire || Zoltar x Kai
Static || Ice Emperor Zane x Jay
Steam || Ray x Maya
Steampunk || Jay x Echo Zane
StolenData || Skylor x Pixal
StolenDestiny || Ronin x Morro
StolenKiss || B!Jay x Nya
StoneCold || Cole x B!Zane
Strike || Libber x Krux
Sunflower || Vania x Echo Zane
SunScale || Kai x Great Devourer
Sunshine || Cole x Ultra Violet
Supernatural || Snake!Jay x Ghost!Cole x Zane x Anacondrai!Kai
Surge || M!Jay x Morro
Survival || Vinny x Garmadon
T.
Tar || Shade x Tox
Taser || Cryptor x Jay
Tea || Sensei Wu x Mystake
TeaPost || Mystake x Mailman
Techno || Zane x Jay
TickTock || Zane x Acronix
TheyDeservedBetter || Show!Garmadon x Koko
Thief || Ronin x Clutch Powers x Plundar
ThinkFast || Neuro x Griffin
ThunderSnow || Morro x Jay x Zane
ThunderWave || Jay x Benthomaar
Timecest || Krux x Acronix
Tragedy || Maya x Lilly
TraitorousTrio || Sensei Wu x Aspheera x Pythor
Transformer || Ash x Chamille
Travel || Libber x Misako
Trident || Nya x Benthomaar
Trojan || Zane x B!Jay
TropicalStorm || Jay x Nya x Benthomaar
Turquoise or Waterlily || Harumi x Nya
U.
UltraE || Ultra Violet x Mr. E
Upgrade || Unagami x Mechanic
User-Friendly || Zane x Overlord
V.
VanillaCake || Vania x Cole
Venom || Ultra Violet x Tox
Vintage || Lou x Sensei Wu
Vinyl || Lou x Garmadon
Violent || Harumi x Ultra Violet
VioletSnake || Ultra Violet x “Snake Jaguar”
Virus || B!Zane x Jay
Void || Cryptor x Cole
Vortex || Morro x Ice Emperor Zane
W.
Warrior || Nya x Murtessa
WetDog || Nya x Akita
Whiplash || Aspheera x Acronix
Wildfire || Tox x Skylor x Kai
Windpower || Morro x Pixal
Wrath || Staff!Kai x Morro x Ice Emperor Zane
Wusako || Sensei Wu x Misako
X.
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Y.
YingYang or Balance || Overlord x First Spinjitzu Master
Z.
Zanecule || Kai x Cole x Zane x Jay AND Pixal x Zane
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