Board Thread:Theories/@comment-34172004-20190508085746/@comment-45387321-20200523211356

Razzylada wrote: Turi123456 wrote:

About Live you yourself said that we never show him get a headache (chapter 112 a side) (not even when Erwin dies) so I don't think it is a headache in chapter 112.

About Ackerman, we don't know if what Eren said was truth half-truth or just lies, I guess it was a half-truth (the part about the Titan Power and the "Paths of Ackerman" truth the Headaches and the "Host" was a lie). You can't conclude that it's not a headache, same as we can't strictly affirm that it is. But there's still a lot of things that hint us at it being a headache. Like... The fact that it's represented exactly like Mikasa's. But even if it's a headeache, that doesn't strictly mean it's because of the Ackerbond, it might be intended to be a red herring. Regular people have headaches too. Nothing surprizing if Levi get one too one day.

And I don't think the headaches are really a lie, because Mikasa has been shown to have them when thinking about the moment she awoke her Ackerbond since chapter 2. But what could be a lie from Eren would be the "headeache means that your ancient yourself is trying to emerge again", but that doesn't mean headaches related to the Ackerbond aren't real. The lie would be the reason of the headaches, but not the headaches by themselves. Levi did not have a headache. Every single time that Isayama wanted to showcase a headache he accompanied it with a "throb" sound effect. It's very specific and this wasn't used on Levi. He uses it for Mikasa, even in cases where Eren's safety is assured. An example of that would be her reaction to Armin's state after the fight with Bertolt. Isayama also uses the same "throb" sound effect for Eren's headaches. The exact same as Mikasa's. You can read volume 1's  chapter 3 to confirm it.

Mikasa's headaches are probably a result of severe traumatic experience. Not of any supernatural, non-existing bond.