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* ThePowerOfHate: All For One encourages Luz to channel this to PayEvilUntoEvil on her teammate's murderers. It appeals to the young girl.
--> '''Shigaraki''': ''(EvilLaugh) '''Yes! Noceda, feed your anger! Feed your rage! Allow it to overcome you! Allow your emotions to take center stage! Find those who killed your friends, and do unto them that which they did to you'''!''
--> '''Shigaraki''': ''(EvilLaugh) '''Yes! Noceda, feed your anger! Feed your rage! Allow it to overcome you! Allow your emotions to take center stage! Find those who killed your friends, and do unto them that which they did to you'''!''
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* ThePowerOfHate: All For One encourages Luz to channel this to PayEvilUntoEvil on her teammate's murderers. It This appeals to the young girl.
-->'''Shigaraki''': ''(EvilLaugh) '''Yes! Noceda, feed '''[[TheCorrupter Shigaraki]]''': ''(EvilLaugh)'' '''''Yes, Luz! [[RageBreakingPoint Show them the real you.]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes The one that you had buried for so long!]] [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent You allowed them to control you for years, allowed them to tell you that you cannot be, or who you want to be]]! [[UnstoppableRage Let that anger boil to the top and flow over!]] [[TeachHimAnger Let it be one with you, let it become you. Unleash it]]! [[StartOfDarkness Unleash your anger! Feed your rage! Allow it to overcome you! Allow your emotions to take center stage! Find true self upon those who killed your friends, that took, and took, and took from you]]! [[SuperpowerLottery You are above them all, and will forever be]]! [[CosmicPlaything They toyed with you, made you their plaything, and when they were done playing with you they discarded you and threw you into this camp and left you to rot]]! I’ve told you this before, so it bears not repeating, [[TheDogBitesBack but you should not allow them to get away with this]]! [[ThisIsUnforgivable This is all their fault]]! [[ThePowerOfHate Let the anger you’ve let sit for years rise]]. [[DeadlyGame Here, in this domain, you are free to do whatever you please]]! [[PayEvilUntoEvil Do unto them that which what they did to you'''!''you]]! [[MuggingTheMonster Show them how they messed up]]! [[MookHorrorShow Show them what happens when you toy with God]]! [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Luz Noceda, do what you know you have to]], and [[LeaveNoSurvivors KILL THEM ALL!]]'''''
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** Kennedy spits up blood after being smacked into a tree by Stanley.
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* DisappointedByMotive. Though more angry than disappointed, Luz doesn't take it well when she hears Kennedy say he and his team killed off her new friends for money.
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* DisappointedByMotive. Though more angry than disappointed, Luz doesn't take it well when she hears Kennedy say he and his team killed off her new friends for money.
--> ''Anger flashed on her face. Money…? This was all for money…? Her friend… allies… dead for extra cash…?''
--> ''Anger flashed on her face. Money…? This was all for money…? Her friend… allies… dead for extra cash…?''
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* OffwithHisHead: Its implied to be how Giovanni meets this end.
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* OffwithHisHead: Its implied to be how Giovanni meets this end.met his end.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Kennedy causally mentions to Luz that he and his team because the AntagonisticGovernor paid them ''a lot'' of money to do so. She doesn't take it well.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Kennedy causally mentions to Luz that he and his team because the AntagonisticGovernor paid them ''a lot'' of money to do so. She doesn't take it well.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Luz gains Shigaraki's red eyes.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Luz and Kennedy say their hypothesis was right in finding the other.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Luz and Kennedy say their hypothesis was right in finding the other.other at the scene of the crime taken place.
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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Darlene is described as having long, black hair, and tan pasty, white skin
* FliesEqualsEvil: Flies begin to swarm the bodies of Luz's deceased friends as she waits for their killers to come back with a SlasherSmile.
* PatiencePlot: Downplayed. Luz spends a partion of the chapter waiting for her friends killers to come back to the scene of the crime to avenge their deaths.
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* RobbingTheDead: Luz feels ome regret for taking the Quirks from her deceased friends with her PowerParasite ability, but she rationalizes it with the idea of needing their powers, especially if she planned to get revenge for them all.
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* ReturningToTheScene: Luz being GenreSavvy as always believes the perpetrators always came back to the scene of the crime. She's proven as her friends killers come back two days later.
* RobbingTheDead: Luz feelsome some regret for taking the Quirks from her recently deceased friends with her PowerParasite ability, but she rationalizes it with the idea of needing their powers, especially if since she planned plans to get revenge for them all.
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* SlasherSmile: Luz gives sinister smiles as she begins reaping her vengeance on her friends murderers.
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Both Luz and Kennedy say their hypothesis was right in finding the other.
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* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Darlene is described as having yellowish eyes and is a Quirk user.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Stanley has shades of this for Luz, as she reminds him of his little sister, Maria who's the same age as her, which part of the reason he chose to join her team. He refuses to give her up to his former friend Kennedy.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Stanley has shades of this for Luz, as she reminds him of his little sister, Maria who's the same age as her, which part of the reason he chose to join her team. He refuses to give her up to his former friend friend, Kennedy.
* DeathGlare: Luz gives one to Judy as she's about to interrupt her while interrogating Stanley, shutting her up.
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* EvilLaugh: Shigaraki does this out of joy. Almost as if he had been waiting for the like slaughter of Luz's friends to happen.
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* EvilLaugh: Shigaraki does this out of joy. Almost as if he had been waiting for something the like slaughter of Luz's new friends to happen.happen for him to exploit.
* HealingHands: When Luz takes the "Repair" Quirk, she uses it to HealThyself to get rid of bruises left behind by her sparring with Ronny.
* PowerHigh: Luz gets this when she takes the Quirks from her murdered friends.
--> ''Power surged through her, just like the last time when she stole Cody’s power. But she didn’t stop there, oh no. She went around to every corpse in the base and took their powers.''
--> ''Power surged through her, just like the last time when she stole Cody’s power. But she didn’t stop there, oh no. She went around to every corpse in the base and took their powers.''
* PsychoticSmirk: Luz sometimes gives small, malice-filled grins, mostly notably when she takes the Quirks from her recently deceased friends.
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* TheScream: PlayedForDrama. Luz does an agonising one after discovering the mangled bodies of her friends at summer camp and succumbs to All For One's influence in her rage and grief.
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* TheScream: RobbingTheDead: Luz feels ome regret for taking the Quirks from her deceased friends with her PowerParasite ability, but she rationalizes it with the idea of needing their powers, especially if she planned to get revenge for them all.
* TheScream:
** PlayedForDrama. Luz does an agonising one after discovering the mangled bodies of her friends at summer camp and succumbs to All For One's influence in her rage andgrief.grief.
** Much like Julia, Stanley does this as Luz takes away his Quirk away at his request.
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** PlayedForDrama. Luz does an agonising one after discovering the mangled bodies of her friends at summer camp and succumbs to All For One's influence in her rage and
** Much like Julia, Stanley does this as Luz takes away his Quirk away at his request.
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* EvilLaugh: Shigaraki does this out of joy. Almost as if he had been waiting for the like slaughter of Luz's friends to happen.
* OffwithHisHead: Its implied to be how Giovanni meets this end.
* PaintTheTownRed: When Luz comes across the remains of her murdered friends, blood is described to be all over the ground like a carpet, and some of the buildings at their HomeBase had giant splatters of it against the walls, haphazardly.
--> ''Blood… There was so… much… blood.''
* PaintTheTownRed: When Luz comes across the remains of her murdered friends, blood is described to be all over the ground like a carpet, and some of the buildings at their HomeBase had giant splatters of it against the walls, haphazardly.
--> ''Blood… There was so… much… blood.''
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* SheFu: Luz mentally notes that she's thankful to her mother for making her take gymnastics from when she was seven to eleven-years old.
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* ShoutOut: Luz is mentioned to use Julia's Quirk "[[GreenThumb Vines]]" just like how ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' swings around through the trees with his webbing.
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--> ''She was angry—no, she was beyond that. She was livid. Someone was to blame for this, she knew that much.''
* TorsoWithAView: Carla got several of these from the opposing teams, which presumably killed her.
* TorsoWithAView: Carla got several of these from the opposing teams, which presumably killed her.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: Thomas gushes blood from his mouth after Luz vibrates his heart to tear apart.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: BitchSlap: Stanley sends Kennedy flying into a tree with one of these after the latter tries to attack him. Its enough to draw blood.
* BloodFromTheMouth:
** Kennedy spits up blood after being smacked into a tree by Stanley.
** A fatal example, Thomas gushes blood from his mouth after Luz vibrates his heart to tear apart.
* BloodFromTheMouth:
** Kennedy spits up blood after being smacked into a tree by Stanley.
** A fatal example, Thomas gushes blood from his mouth after Luz vibrates his heart to tear apart.
* GenreSavvy: Stanley tells Kennedy he's a fool if he thinks the governor is gonna pay up the money after he hands Luz to him. Stanley's right on the money.
* OhCrap: Judy and then Luz have this reaction when they see noticing a giant plume of smoke in the direction of their HomeBase.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: When Kennedy accuses Stanley of having a crush on Luz when he refuses to betrayal, the unamused boy denies it, claiming she reminds him of his sister back at home.
* SmugSuper: Averted for Stanley. Even with his Shock Absorption power, he believed his chances of surviving the Death Camp were low enough.
* SmugSuper: Averted for Stanley. Even with his Shock Absorption power, he believed his chances of surviving the Death Camp were low enough.
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* WeUsedToBeFriends: Kennedy is this to Stanley for wanting to kill Luz for money.money, who were previously as thick as thieves and thought the other was awesome.
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* YouRemindMeOfX: Luz's mannerisms and overall behaviour reminds Stanley of his sister, Marie, back home.
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* YouRemindMeOfX: Luz's mannerisms and overall behaviour reminds Stanley of his sister, Marie, back home. Because of this he vowed he was going to do everything in his power to make sure she was safe.
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* BerserkerTears: After discovering bodies of her summer camp friends, Luz's tears of sorrow soon turns to tears of rage under All For One's sway.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Stanley has shades of this for Luz, as she reminds him of his little sister,Maria, Maria who's the same age as her, which part of the reason he chose to join her team. He refuses to give her up to his former friend Kennedy.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Stanley has shades of this for Luz, as she reminds him of his little sister,
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* BrutalHonesty: When Luz goes over {{What If}}s on how she could've prevented her friends murders to herself, All For One bluntly tells her nothing she could have done would have saved them them, causing the poor girl great pain and to hit her RageBreakingPoint.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Luz reaches hers after she discovers the brutal deaths of her teammates, including her first friend, Julia Wittebane.
--> ''[[BullyMagnet Of all the years of being bullied]]. [[LoserProtagonist Of all the years of being called a loser]]. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Of all the years of being treated as an outcast]]. [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent Of all the years of being told to be “normal” by everyone around her]], including her mom. [[RageBreakingPoint All of it came to a boiling point]]. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And it was all because of this… bloodbath]]. [[BerserkerTears Her tears were no longer of sadness but of rage]]. Pure, unadulterated, rage. [[WhatIsThisFeeling Something that she never thought she had in her]].''
--> ''[[BullyMagnet Of all the years of being bullied]]. [[LoserProtagonist Of all the years of being called a loser]]. [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer Of all the years of being treated as an outcast]]. [[WhyCouldntYouBeDifferent Of all the years of being told to be “normal” by everyone around her]], including her mom. [[RageBreakingPoint All of it came to a boiling point]]. [[ThisIsUnforgivable And it was all because of this… bloodbath]]. [[BerserkerTears Her tears were no longer of sadness but of rage]]. Pure, unadulterated, rage. [[WhatIsThisFeeling Something that she never thought she had in her]].''
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* WhatIsThisFeeling: Takes a moment to realise that what she's now feeling after discovering the massacre of camp friends is a level of rage she's never thought she was capable of.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Luz's mannerisms and overall behaviour reminds Stanley of his sister, Marie, back home.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Luz's mannerisms and overall behaviour reminds Stanley of his sister, Marie, back home.
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* BigEater: Apparently Ronny has quite the appetite. No one faulted him, since hadn't had a decent meal in a while.
* BrutalHonesty: When Luz goes over {{What If}}s on how she could've prevented her friends murders to herself, All For One bluntly tells her nothing she could have done would have saved them causing the poor girl great pain and to hit her RageBreakingPoint.
* TheCorrupter: While Luz is having a guilt-fuelled breakdown after discovering the slaughter of her new friends, All For One encourages her to PayEvilUntoEvil and avenge them ([[MoreThanMindControl heavily implying that he can and is influencing her emotions somehow]])... an idea that she finds appealing, as she takes the Quirks from her fallen comrades. The constant SlasherSmile she has during the time suggests a personality leak from Shigaraki to Luz.
* TheCorrupter: While Luz is having a guilt-fuelled breakdown after discovering the slaughter of her new friends, All For One encourages her to PayEvilUntoEvil and avenge them ([[MoreThanMindControl heavily implying that he can and is influencing her emotions somehow]])... an idea that she finds appealing, as she takes the Quirks from her fallen comrades. The constant SlasherSmile she has during the time suggests a personality leak from Shigaraki to Luz.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Stanley has this reaction when he discovers that Kennedy had half his team killed because he refused to hand Luz over to him and didn't warn the others about him. This leads to him handing over his Quirk to her out of guilt.
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* ItsAllMyFault: InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn: Before Luz plans to wait for the 2 enemy teams to fight them, she orders the remainder of her team to flee for their lives and not come back. What's left of new friends are hesitant to leave her to fight alone but comply.
* ItsAllMyFault:
** As Luz breaks down in tears, she believes she has failed her fallen comrades.
** Stanley has this reaction when he discovers that Kennedy had half his team killed because he refused to hand Luz over to him and didn't warn the others about him. This leads to him handing over his Shock Absorption Quirk to her out of guilt.
* ItsAllMyFault:
** As Luz breaks down in tears, she believes she has failed her fallen comrades.
** Stanley has this reaction when he discovers that Kennedy had half his team killed because he refused to hand Luz over to him and didn't warn the others about him. This leads to him handing over his Shock Absorption Quirk to her out of guilt.
* MassOhCrap: The Heaven's Devils and Foxtrot become terrified as luz kills her fist person, brutally.
* PetTheDog: Despite part of her wanting to blame him for the slaughter of their friends, Luz can't find it in herself to do that and instead tells Stanley its Kennedy and his team that are responsible, not him.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Luz gains Shigaraki's red eyes.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Luz was prepared to wait for over 48 hours with little sleep in-between and forgoing food and water for her friends' killers to return to the scene of the crime.
* TryingNotToCry: After discovering the grisly remains of her friends, Luz told herself that she wasn’t going to cry repeatedly, over and over again. [[BreakTheCutie But… it didn’t work.]]
* TryingNotToCry: After discovering the grisly remains of her friends, Luz told herself that she wasn’t going to cry repeatedly, over and over again. [[BreakTheCutie But… it didn’t work.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Luz's kills her first person and she isn't going to stop there.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Kennedy's Quirk "Pain assurance" relies on the person’s understanding of pain. If the person Kennedy was going to attack understood that they were going to die, then Kennedy’s power would react to that, do the same amount of damage the person thought their attack was going to do, and put that damage into reallife.life.
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!!This chapter contains examples of:
* AttackOnTheHeart: Luz kills Thomas with her new VibrationManipulation to make his heart explode.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Stanley has shades of this for Luz, as she reminds him of his little sister, Maria, which part of the reason he chose to join her team. He refuses to give her up to his former friend Kennedy.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Thomas gushes blood from his mouth after Luz vibrates his heart to tear apart.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Feeling guilty about not warning his team about Kennedy leading to some of them being killed, Stanley offers his Quirk to Luz.
* CriticalHesitationBlunder: Thomas's moment of indecision whether to be one to kill Luz or not costs him his life.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Stanley refuses to betray Luz for him, Kennedy punches him... forgetting his former friend has SuperToughness. [[ShootingSuperman Stanley lampshades that out he should've known that wouldn't have worked.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Stanley has this reaction when he discovers that Kennedy had half his team killed because he refused to hand Luz over to him and didn't warn the others about him. This leads to him handing over his Quirk to her out of guilt.
* JerkJock: Kennedy was part of the same soccer team with Stanley for years, and enjoyed playing basketball. He's also willing to take part in the DeadlyGame for money.
* LogicalWeakness: Kennedy's Quirk only is only deadly when the targets have weak wills. Those that are confident in their defenses sustain little to no damage from his strikes.
* LovableJock: Stanley was part of the same soccer team with Kennedy since childhood, and liked playing basketball. He also refuses to sell out Luz to his EvilFormerFriend and is an all-around genuine NiceGuy.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Stanley has got a HeroicBuild and is strong enough to overpower Kennedy who's LeanAndMean.
* ThePowerOfHate: All For One encourages Luz to channel this to PayEvilUntoEvil on her teammate's murderers. It appeals to the young girl.
--> '''Shigaraki''': ''(EvilLaugh) '''Yes! Noceda, feed your anger! Feed your rage! Allow it to overcome you! Allow your emotions to take center stage! Find those who killed your friends, and do unto them that which they did to you'''!''
* ThePromise: Kennedy tries to invoke this to get Stanley to betray Luz. The pact was to help one another out, regardless of what was going on. [[EveryoneHasStandards Stanley refuses.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Kennedy approaches Stanley at night and attempts he tries to get him to betray Luz for a cut of the huge prize money. Stanley all but tells him to piss off.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Kennedy is this to Stanley for wanting to kill Luz for money.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Kennedy's Quirk "Pain assurance" relies on the person’s understanding of pain. If the person Kennedy was going to attack understood that they were going to die, then Kennedy’s power would react to that, do the same amount of damage the person thought their attack was going to do, and put that damage into real life.
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* AttackOnTheHeart: Luz kills Thomas with her new VibrationManipulation to make his heart explode.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Stanley has shades of this for Luz, as she reminds him of his little sister, Maria, which part of the reason he chose to join her team. He refuses to give her up to his former friend Kennedy.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Thomas gushes blood from his mouth after Luz vibrates his heart to tear apart.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Feeling guilty about not warning his team about Kennedy leading to some of them being killed, Stanley offers his Quirk to Luz.
* CriticalHesitationBlunder: Thomas's moment of indecision whether to be one to kill Luz or not costs him his life.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: When Stanley refuses to betray Luz for him, Kennedy punches him... forgetting his former friend has SuperToughness. [[ShootingSuperman Stanley lampshades that out he should've known that wouldn't have worked.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Stanley has this reaction when he discovers that Kennedy had half his team killed because he refused to hand Luz over to him and didn't warn the others about him. This leads to him handing over his Quirk to her out of guilt.
* JerkJock: Kennedy was part of the same soccer team with Stanley for years, and enjoyed playing basketball. He's also willing to take part in the DeadlyGame for money.
* LogicalWeakness: Kennedy's Quirk only is only deadly when the targets have weak wills. Those that are confident in their defenses sustain little to no damage from his strikes.
* LovableJock: Stanley was part of the same soccer team with Kennedy since childhood, and liked playing basketball. He also refuses to sell out Luz to his EvilFormerFriend and is an all-around genuine NiceGuy.
* MusclesAreMeaningful: Stanley has got a HeroicBuild and is strong enough to overpower Kennedy who's LeanAndMean.
* ThePowerOfHate: All For One encourages Luz to channel this to PayEvilUntoEvil on her teammate's murderers. It appeals to the young girl.
--> '''Shigaraki''': ''(EvilLaugh) '''Yes! Noceda, feed your anger! Feed your rage! Allow it to overcome you! Allow your emotions to take center stage! Find those who killed your friends, and do unto them that which they did to you'''!''
* ThePromise: Kennedy tries to invoke this to get Stanley to betray Luz. The pact was to help one another out, regardless of what was going on. [[EveryoneHasStandards Stanley refuses.]]
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: When Kennedy approaches Stanley at night and attempts he tries to get him to betray Luz for a cut of the huge prize money. Stanley all but tells him to piss off.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: Kennedy is this to Stanley for wanting to kill Luz for money.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Kennedy's Quirk "Pain assurance" relies on the person’s understanding of pain. If the person Kennedy was going to attack understood that they were going to die, then Kennedy’s power would react to that, do the same amount of damage the person thought their attack was going to do, and put that damage into real life.
