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Schizo theory: Ely's mother was impregnated by this guy
>Ely's powers in-universe are seen as a complete anomaly. Tokio, Azuma, and Palma have powers that come from known sources, but Ely's just a bumpkin who has a stupid busted power that's only held in check by her self-control. Even Batista has no idea what the hell she is.
>The only other entity that has powers similar to Ely is the Nue. They're different enough to be distinct, but they're both described as deprivers and it's explicitly stated that Ely and Nue are the only deprivers known to exist.
>Batista's "daughter" looks almost identical to Ely. Note that this is not necessarily what his daughter would have looked like if she survived because it's just a substitution that the Nue is creating from its own data. Batista's only memory of his daughter was her shriveled-up stillborn body covered in eyes. So his "daughter" isn't being recreated from Batista's memories
>The Nue's hosts are selected based on their despair. After the guy in pic rel killed the Kagomuras, he apparently lacked the qualities the Nue wanted (or at least had them in smaller abundance than Batista)
My theory is this:
Buff!Nue is a survivor of the Antoland genocide who was driven by despair to take revenge on the Kagomuras. Like what happened with Batista, the Nue found him and gave him the means to enact his revenge by becoming a host. Then he met Ely's mom and her gang of bandits. At some point before the gang was wiped out, he impregnated her.
Ely's powers come from him, and Batista's "daughter" was modeled after this guy's memories of Ely as a newborn.