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braimin · 1 month

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Zoro and his lack of true connection to the ocean.

Zoro hungers for a good fight; he only see the water as a means of travel, a way to get to his dream. And Sanji longs for the sea, he chases after waters that collect fish from the whole world. Zoro was never really drawn to the ocean the way Sanji was, the way most of the crew was. When he joined, he was drawn to Luffy, his energy and the promise of something entertaining. He wasn't thinking about the ocean, he was completely indifferent to it.

But Sanji was already reaching out for the sea before he ever knew them, already wanting to find his all blue. The majority of the crew already had a connection to the ocean before they decided to join Luffy; Nami wanted to chart the waters, Usopp wanted to see the things his father did and become a warrior of the sea, Franky builds boats meant to sail the entire ocean, Brook was called by the song of the waves, Jimbe is a child of the sea herself. But Zoro didn't, he wanted to be the greatest swordsman, he didn't care about living on the ocean until Luffy asked him to join him.

Zoro's relationship to the sea is different from the others. Especially Sanji's. Sanji loves the water, he can watch the waves for hours, his interest never wains. His joy in swimming, in seeing fish, in the sound of the waves runs so deep. Even the smell of the salt water pulls Sanji in, he can find the shoreline from that alone, no matter where he is on an island. It all lights something up in Sanji that Zoro will simply never understand.

He's not upset over it, but sometimes it is weird to not get what it is about the water that pulls him in. Zoro spent the majority of his life on land, he's never felt the sea's call. Even now as he travels on it he just can't feel whatever it is that the others feel. His dream doesn't involve the water in any way, he could achieve it and never go out to sea again and it truly wouldn't effect him. But for Sanji, the ocean is his dream. There's no separating him from it without killing his ambition. It truly is like Sanji was born from the sea, his ties are unbreakable.

So when all is said and done, when Luffy becomes the pirate king, when Sanji finds his All Blue, Zoro feels lost. He's won his title and achieved his dream. So have the others, and as they move on and build the rest of their lives Zoro isn't sure how to move forward. His instinct is to fight, but Luffy's interest in adventure and exploration is different now, there aren't as many fights as there used to be. And Sanji has a home on the All Blue that he doesn't intend to leave. It's very hard for Zoro to take his mind out of the soldier mindset he's been in for years. He doesn't need to protect anyone anymore, they all can take care of themselves; they've reached their goals, there's no need for uphill battles and risking their lives. Zoro doesn't know what to do, where to go.

He didn't ever think about what'd he'd do when everything was over. He figured the fight to be the worlds greatest swordsman would be long, then he promised to help Luffy reach his dream and he assumed that would also take a long time. Zoro thought that once he reached one of those goal, he'd just move onto the next. He picked up his dreams from other people he didn't have a plan for what would come next. He doesn't know how to pick path for himself, or where to start.

He travels with Luffy for a while after. It just feels like what he's supposed to do. But something is missing. He can feel it calling out for him, but he can't tell what it is. It's frustrating. Zoro wonders if this pull is what the other's felt for the sea, and if it is, then why is he not satisfied yet? He's out sailing the ocean, why is it still calling for him?

It takes a while, but after a few years of wondering it finally clicks. Luffy decides they're going to the All Blue, he misses Sanji, and Zoro is happy to join, he misses the cook's food. As soon as he sees Sanji's restaurant there's a feeling of peace settling in his chest. When they dock and step foot on the ship it really hits him. Long waves of blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and Sanji is so happy to see them; he welcomes them as Luffy wraps around him in a hug. There's a sense of serenity that washes over him.

It's not the sea that's been drawing him in, it's Sanji. His Sanji, his All Blue. Zoro decides then and there he's not leaving, regardless of what the cook may say.

#zosan #sanji #zoro #one piece #I was thinking about some of the things I wrote when someone asked about 40yo zosan #also there's a dojinshi that kinda talks about this #I read it a few years ago #And I haven't stopped thinking about it since #I think it's called Noah's Arc ? something like that #But it's kinda about how Sanji really has the soul of a pirate #and Zoro just can't get it for a while #It's really good and now that I'm talking about it I might go reread it lol

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beaulesbian · 2 months

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🌘☀️ Some thoughts on Zoro & Luffy and their connection to gods and demons☀️🌒

This post started at first with just a few points about Zoro in the context to Asura/ King of Hell but since then it somehow evolved into connecting bits and pieces between Zoro & Luffy parallels again, I just can't help it, sooo...long post ahead.

Wano + Egghead spoilers

I always love remembering this one of the very first scenes where we (and Luffy) first hear about Zoro, and in the context of Zoro being a Pirate Hunter, even described as a demonic beast or as Koby says "demon in human form." None of this discouraged Luffy upon hearing this, on the contrary - he thought that if he sees for himself if Zoro was a good guy, he would be a great addition to his crew, and then went out of his way to seek him out! And only later we got the explanation that Zoro just couldn't find his way back home. "Roaming the seas" meant surviving for him, bounty hunter meant getting by in life with the skills he knew the best - swords, which is kind of sad when you think about it, but all the more interesting that it was Luffy who found him in Shells town,

where Zoro, a nonbeliever of any gods of higher power, was bound to a cross, and the first thing Luffy pointed out was "he's smiling".

I like to think that the smile might have been one of the first signs important enough for Luffy to choose someone for his crew - not only the kindness that followed when Luffy saw Zoro eating the dirty rice ball, but the smile that's by itself also very connected to Luffy himself:

After that first fight they won together, already reading each other so well, Zoro was the first one to call Luffy his captain (and later at Baratie also the first one to call him the future Pirate King!). He was someone who already fully believed in Luffy's future of reaching his dream without questioning it, perphaps because their drive towards their goals and dreams was very similar. And Luffy was the one who freed Zoro and let him have his swords - his biggest treasures - and gave him back the possibility to go into the world to actually follow his dream!

"One day, he'll show up and take you out under the sun, to the freedom of the sea!" - ch. 1095, Buccaneers about Sun God Nika (flashback with Kuma)

Fast forward to Wano - it's incredible how entangled their stories are with belief in always striving to do better/be stronger/try again next time for Luffy, someone who doesn't care what others think - he just needs to do what he wants and to be free - only for him to awaken his Devil Fruit and his God Nika powers; and for Zoro (a non-believer/apatheist) with how determined he was to successfully wield Enma so he could defeat King the Wildfire even to the lengths of becoming the King of Hell if that was what needed to be done to get Luffy one more step towards being the Pirate King.

Which brings me back to Demon Asura Zoro and where we saw this form throughout the manga:

This whole post started at first as a parallel to my other post about Zoro not really being shown to react to Luffy's Gear 5 (yet, as of chapter 1109), and I kept thinking about Zoro's Asura technique and how he used it so far only three (!!!) times, and there weren't many reactions from the strawhat crew either.

First one was during the Enies Lobby against Kaku, who even calls that vision 'demon-god' (ch. 417). If I remember Zoro was there by himself with Kaku, his crew each fighting other opponents elswhere:

The second time was during their first visit to Sabaody Archipelago, ch. 510, where it was the whole crew against the Pacifistas. The only bigger reactions were Brook and Chopper ("So many Zoros!!" - how cute!)

Luffy went right after Zoro with his last attack against the Pacifistas, so he's either seen Zoro's attack or it just wasn't the time or place to react, which, fair.

and then, third and last time so far Zoro went into his Asura form, it was up against Kaido, ch. 1010, when Luffy was out of it and Kaido was threatening how he would end Luffy in various ways.. which only angered Zoro more ("That's my captain!" - yeah, tell him, Zoro!)

All of these three times we've seen Asura, it was against few of the most dangerous opponents and all three times Zoro had his bandana on, being serious about it. All three of these times he knew his whole crew was fighting for their lives too and were in very real danger. Enies Lobby really changed the tone of the next few arcs with how serious things were about to go; Sabaody was just after Thriller Bark with Zoro being still injured and he knew what Kuma/Pacifistas were capable of - there was real fear and despair. And of course, on Wano against Kaido,. he saw how much damage Luffy took, Zoro could only hope to put more wounds on Kaido to count in their favor.

Zoro knew he had one last attack to try and make some difference in this fight - and this was before his fight with King, so he wasn't fully in sync with Enma yet, but it was good enough to unlock Asura technique - with something more to it.

Apparently along with his haki - not just the armament or observation haki, but the supreme king haki, as Kaido himself is shocked to find out. Zoro wasn't even consciously aware of having/using this haki.

Even the wiki mentions this as Zoro adding the supreme king haki to his Asura attack to strenghten it, or possibly was only able to unlock this technique because of having supreme king haki - meaning he was possibly using it even in both of those pre-time skip situations mentioned above.

The supreme king haki is something people can't learn, but are born with, meaning Zoro probably didn't know until Wano (and still wasn't sure what he did), but possibly learnt to use it instinctively - very much like Luffy on Amazon Lily.)

I already made a post that touched a bit on King of hell Zoro, and other parts around Asura (clearly, i'm never done thinking about that), with a very big possibility/hints that he could come from lineage of people of the D. (asura - enemies of gods - people of D.) - especially if it's connected to supreme king haki as inherited ability (although that isn't confirmed in the manga, as far as I understood).

This brings me to Zoro's family, and specifically Ryuma.

Wano was a great arc that connected things from Thriller Bark -with Zoro returning the legendary sword Shusui back to Ryuma's grave where it belonged.

There was an interesting panel at the end of Wano, where people were celebrating Luffy's victory over Kaido, but were given the name Joyboy as their savior - possibly Momonosuke's doing as Luffy told him not to mention him by name because Luffy didn't want to be a hero.

And in this panel, the peple are comparing this feat of victory to the legendary "God of the Blade" - which is another title for Ryuma.

It's so curious how Zoro is connected to Ryuma, even through span of many centuries and countries across, but still there is that connection, on top of actually fighting Ryuma's zombie on Thriller Bark, and Zoro isn't even aware of it. We only know about it from the SBS corner of Oda mentioning Zoro's family. (SBS corner in vol. 105. Ryuma wasn't mentioned there precisely, but the name Shimotsuki being of Zoro's grandmother and others from Wano, it makes sense they're Ryuma's descendants):

Side note: There's also something really beautiful of how the Shimotsuki line was passed down on Zoro from his grandmother - and his promise he cherishes since childhood being tied to Kuina, someone who wanted to be the greatest swords(wo)man - and therefore Zoro carrying Wado and that dream and promise for her.

Zoro & Luffy

Now to tie it all back to parallels with Zoro and Luffy - I love that there are always these small moment in how similar these two are - in their honest words and actions, in them believing in one another and believing even more in reaching their dreams, their crew and their strengths. In both being so directionally clueless and sometimes outright stupid, yet in certain situations (more so in battles and fights), they are the ones sometimes smartest and most strategic.

Then there's these other similarities between them: how much they don't care about what's told about them or -be it by luck or fate- how things work out in their favor in the end, usually. How both of them don't wish to be heroes, because heroes had to share (food and sake).

How there's that fact that Zoro doesn't know the full context of his powers, especially with his supreme king haki- or that he doesn't want to know the truth or put a name to that ability, because he fights with his swords and doesn't need to put belief of any other powers beside his own strength. (Or maybe he will soon learn how to use it to his (and his crew's) benefit.)

and Luffy, who doesn't know probably anything about Nika- and most likely wouldn't care much about them beside the scope of his new powers. The whole meaning of being something like "sun god" for others didn't register with him yet, and it might never be that important to him personally. Time after time, people around him mention luck or fate, or how people of the D. are the enemies of the Gods - enemies of the celestial dragons, but those don't really matter to Luffy because it doesn't change why he fights and why he needs himself and others to be free and achieve his dream.

How Zoro and Ryuma could be parallels to Luffy and Joyboy - one living in the present, reminiscent of those that lived centuries ago - something about the history always repeating.

When Zoro got to fight Ryuma on Thriller Bark, or even Hyogoro compares him to Shimotsuki Ushimaru (Zoro's great uncle),

and how Zunesha was waiting for Joyboy, how Roger and Oden found messages from Joyboy of his promises to return.

The parallels between sun god Nika and demon god/king Asura are so interesting in their opposites yet similarities. There's still so much we don't know about Nika or Joyboy, but Luffy himself isn't just the perfect picture of responsibility or justice. He's free, and that's the most important for him. He now has the power to do what he really wants to do with his powers, he unlocked that new potential to make it even more fun and even more dangerous against his enemies.

Even if Zoro's saying he doesn't believe in higher powers he embraces the powers that unlocked with Enma and getting him the title of King of Hell, he knows it would be the things that would keep him fighting for another minute, hour, day when it becomes necessary to protect Luffy and their crew.

Zoro may not believe in any gods but he believes in Luffy with all his being.

And in the similar vein, Luffy is the one who always believed in Zoro's strength and capability to protect the rest of their crew when it was necessary, times after time.

It's feels like it's not at all a coincidence that Luffy's whole crew is full of otherness and beings connected to hell/monsters/demons more than anything divine - because lot of the gods in One Piece are mentioned in context of standing above others and above common people - it's a bit flipped of what's good or not, or even more it's never clear because that's life, and those people are just claiming some titles. Eneru being the first example of a "god" the Straw Hats encountered, celestial dragons being called Gods, the Gorosei having each titles of "Godhead" - it's no wonder that Luffy's crew all fights for freedom and reaching whatever each of them needs to achive as their dream,

and includes: a dead man but living skeleton Brook; a demon child Nico Robin; Chopper "I don't mind being a monster for Luffy.'"; Sanji with all his hell fire and "diable" kicks and attacks, along with his non human strength and other abilities; Nami wielding the powers similar to Eneru without the need of both Devil Fruit or being called a goddess, and bringing down lightning on anyone who threatens her crew; Usopp and his powers of nature and plants sprouting new life and strengths from long distance; Jimbei - fishman and former Sun Pirate and also "First son of the Sea"; Franky the more cyborg than a man; and of course, Roronoa "I might as well become the King of Hell" Zoro.

It's not all so black and white, good or bad. Luffy is still everything that makes him Luffy - he's honest and selfish in his selflesness, kind and brave and stubborn, and always knows that Zoro (and his whole crew) has his back so he doesn't have to hold back.

And Zoro is still Zoro despite being able to wield some newer haki powers he's slowly discovering now. He's still getting lost and still is his stubborn self that puts the crew and Luffy above himself, and would follow Luffy into hell if that was needed.

Luffy and Zoro are "just" captain and his first mate, always throughout the story since the beginning. Orphans with such interestingly woven past and relationships around them, who grew up with a big dream they had to go and achieve it no matter what, and found someone just as honest, kind, powerful and trustworthy as they were. But there's that deep and fierce devotion that always borderlines on something beyond just good. They're pirates - because that means being free.

They can be chaotic and powerful, and find something divine in the loyalty of the demonic powers, and something hellish in the god-like entity bringing freedom.

It feels like something Roger said to Rayleigh when they first met - That it was a fated meeting.

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onepiece-polls · 7 months

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One Piece Shipping War - Bonus Poll

Not a single Luffy ship got past the second round, so we still gotta decide which one was the most popular of the 2 that made it to round 2.

LuSan art by @supernaturallyginger. Check out the original post here!

CobyLu art by @aroacejay. Please check out the original post here!

Propaganda under the cut.

Propaganda for Sanji x Luffy:

I don't think anyone is gonna bother denying the fact that WCI is literally just the plot of an otome isekai shoujo manga/manhwa. MC (main character) is treated like trash by family except for the 1 dead mom and 1 nice sympathetic supporter that can't do much of anything to help. MC escapes only to find themselves in an even worse situation somewhat of their own making, only to be swept off their feet by the ML (male lead) and saved, full damsel in distress style. Dramatic love confessions, crying in the rain, betrayal from an arranged marriage, it has it all.

Dude Luffy loves Sanji so so much like WCI is the best example and like you don't even really need to see the love as romantic if that bugs you but dudes. The first words out of the Luffys Shadow Possessed Oars was yelling for Sanji. He just loves Sanji so much and Sanji loves him too

The WCI arc in itself is mega SanLu propaganda. Luffy invaded an emperor’s territory, completely crashed a wedding, went up against Sanji’s evil science family, and got nearly beat to death by Sanji himself all in order to get Sanji back. Sanji offered his life to Kuma at thriller bark so Kuma wouldn’t kill Luffy. He pushed himself for 2 years all in order to get stronger FOR Luffy. Sanji feels sorry when he isn’t useful, the whole reason why he used the raid suit those few times was because he was thinking about getting stronger for Luffy, but realized that he didn’t want to become an emotionless monster like his family. Sanji broke down in tears at WCI when he tried to get Luffy to go away by fighting him. And then broke down in tears again when he ran back to Luffy and told him he wanted to go back home to the Sunny. No matter what Sanji cooks, Luffy always likes it and is proud to have him in his crew. Sanji is also one of Luffy’s “wings”, as stated by Robin! They’re both just so sweet and clearly care very deeply about each other.

Luffy saving Sanji on whole cake island got to me

[Insert everything that happens between them during WCI] how could I see luffy yelling about how he won't eat anything and will starve- LUFFY OF ALL PEOPLE- unless Sanji comes back and not ship them at LEAST a little. "Without you I can't become the pirate king" absolutely devastating cinema. Then Sanji laying out everything, in tears, and Luffy accepting it all and just saying, "well that's who you are" poetic. Final wci thing: luffy hearing judges bs about sanji and going "whyd he start listing all your good point" true love. This seems one sided but Sanji is also just as bad. "Which version of me do you prefer" anyone? They care SO MUCH about each other. Also Luffy loves to eat, Sanji loves to feed people, they're meant to be.

*gestures at the entirety of WCI* I mean that’s Love, they are Ride or Die, Luffy cannot become the pirate king without Sanji, whether that means physically because he needs Sanji’s support or just because being the pirate king means Luffy has everything he wants and what he wants is Sanji or both. And Sanji loves him just as much back! He’s his sun he’s his world…Luffy jump and Sanji’s too busy skywalking to bother asking how high. I just love them sm

Oda himself wrote the propaganda for this, Whole Cake Island just cemented lusan as canon. "I can't become Pirate King without you!" <- that's love baby

Propaganda for Luffy x Coby:

The first characters in the series who ever met and the first characters we as an audience met. Luffy is the whole reason why Koby is the character he is now and was the first to experience the “Luffy Effect”. Luffy is happy whenever he hears about Koby’s accomplishments and fully believes in his dreams even when Koby is a marine. Koby holds a very obvious bias towards Luffy (even if he is a pirate) and is the reason he learned to keep an open mind about pirates and the navy and what the meaning of Justice is. Koby’s admiration and flustered nature towards Luffy can definitely be interpreted as a crush. Koby is very ride or die for Luffy even in the face of people drastically more powerful than him (Akainu).

Coby is beyond gay for Luffy and he was the first person Luffy traveled with.

they are cute

Coby literally gets heart eyes and can't stop himself from piping up every time Luffy comes up in conversation that boy is SMITTEN. I don't know if Luffy understands but he knows Koby is one of his and that's good enough for me.

#one piece #LuSan #CobyLu #KobyLu #SanLu #op shipping war #bonus polls

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fruitysoupy · 3 months

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100 years later I finally drew all of my AU Links

Say hello to my lads! They're going to be in a comic I've been scripting and planning for about a year now I think? I'm calling it Link and the Links, latl for short!

More info under the cut :]

(please don't tag as LU/Linked Universe!!)

The Plot

The Links find themselves in a mysterious forest that seems somewhat familiar to all of them yet none of them know where they are. Now they have to work together to find their way home. On the way they'll discover a thing or two about each other and grow closer!

The Cast

I could talk about these guys for hours, but to keep it digestible I'll make it short

A bit of info before I get into it - all of them are taken from different points in time after the end of their adventure(s)!

Birdie (Skyward Sword)

Roughly 6 hours after defeating Demise

The start of it all. Unbeknownst to himself and the others, the space they find themselves in was created out of his desire to meet the heroes after him. He feels terribly guilty about the curse and very much blames himself for the possible suffering of future heroes. His main goal is to check up on everyone and help where he can!

Grasshopper (Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask)

4 days after leaving Termina

Somewhat disoriented after his journey still, he tags along simply because he thinks Birdie is an idiot who would get lost without him. He doesn't talk a whole lot but he likes listening to other people's stories

Seagull (Wind Waker and Phantom Hourglass)

6 months after leaving the domain for the ocean King

He's a real genuine pirate, yarr!! Or so he'd like you to believe. He talks a great deal about his strength and bravery, but really is just afraid and terribly homesick most of the time. He wants to fit in with Tetra's and her crew's toughness so much he might go a little overboard on the act in a way that may or may not end up biting him in the butt.

Choo (Spirit Tracks)

6 months after peace returned to new Hyrule

He wouldn't call himself a hero, in fact he'd say it's a miracle he made it out alive. Self-esteem and confidence really aren't his strong suits, he often finds himself dragged along and unable to say no. He is very friendly however, and if you just give him a little space he might even open up to you.

Wolfie (Twilight Princess)

4 years after defeating Ganondorf

Left Ordon after intrusive thoughts convinced him he was a danger to his village, now works at Telma's bar as a waiter in exchange for a room. He's responsible well liked, though he's not too fond of himself. He has some complicated feelings about the whole turning into a wolf thing

Apple (A Link to the Past, Oracle of Ages/Seasons and Link's Awakening)

Just a few seconds after Koholint disappeared

From one dream right into the next (sorta?) he's understandably disoriented at first. He pushes that aside pretty much immediately though, much more interested in getting to know everyone. He's a kind and soft spoken, weirdly wise sort of guy and near instantly becomes the heart of the team

Wallflower (A Link Between Worlds)

4 years after wishing upon the triforce with Zelda

Bitter doesn't even begin to describe this uh.. Pleasant fella. After being bossed around for the better part of his life he doesn't take orders from anybody and is this close to quitting his job as a blacksmith. He hates being stuck here, he hates these strange people, really there's not much he doesn't hate. But that can't be all there is to him...

Puzzle (The Legend of Zelda and Adventure of Link)

1,5 years after waking Zelda II

Confused, disoriented, but still happy to help and ready for adventure. Though some of the others don't really like him around he's still just as friendly to everyone. Since he struggles to communicate he tends to stay quiet. He appears to be simple minded on first glance, but he'll prove to be a valuable member of the team.

Sprout (Minish Cap)

13 years after defeating Vaati

After his grandfather died he retreated into his house and dedicated himself to improving his blacksmithing skills to live up to his grandfather's name, he was quickly forgotten by his community and faded into obscurity. Now he may be the best blacksmith in Hyrule, so good that even the royal guard hires him, but among the general castletown population he's nothing more than a forest cryptid. He only leaves the house when he has to, carefully avoiding people. Not because they disgust him, he just has a major case of social anxiety!

Squire (Breath of the Wild)

3 years pre calamity

This absolute rascal couldn't be happier about his current circumstances. These unknown woods are his playground and all of these weirdos are his friends now! Though everyone's pretty sure he's a knight trainee, he insists that he's just a stable hand for the guard. His chaotic and carefree nature surprisingly doesn't get in the way of things as he's eager to help out wherever he can, seeing the whole journey as an impromptu camping trip.

Some funfacts :]

Most of them are neurodivergent in some way!

Birdie and Seagull have ADHD, Grasshopper and Choo are autistic, Squire gets the combo platter AuDHD and Wolfie has OCD

Additionally, Birdie has auditory processing disorder and dyscalculia, and Squire has dyslexia

A few of them also have speech disorders

Choo stutters and Puzzle has cluttering speech disorder

Apple has a weak voice, so after a while his voice gets tired and gets hoarse

Choo enjoys drawings and cartography, two skills that will be very important!

One of Seagull's hobbies is photography! He takes his pictobox everywhere

Wolfie also does entertainment at the bar from time to time! He sings or does card tricks

Sprout knows HSL (hylian sign language) because his grandfather was deaf

Seagull's piratey way of talking is 100% for show and painfully inconsistent

Wolfie speaks in a thick southern (in universe ordonian) accent but he's trying hard to mask it since he moved to castletown

Wallflower absolutely hates Puzzle

Squire's special interest is horses

Birdie is a bit of a doormat so he has the ideas but Wolfie is the one to actually get them through

A number of them are blood related (has nothing to do with the colours of their names in this post, I had to reuse some because there weren't enough orz)

That's all I have for you today! Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed! :]

If any of you have any questions about my Links or AU you'd like answered, my inbox is open!

Have a lovely day everyone!

#links meet au #tloz #legend of zelda #tloz fanart #tloz au #legend of zelda au #link #artists on tumblr #not lu #link and the links au #LatL au #my art #triangles #IT IS DONE FINALLY #Apologies for my handwriting also orz I tried #LatL #the lads

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melonteee · 8 months

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The writing around the strawhats in the LA bothers me so much but as a certified Luffy fan his hits the worst, so I've been rewatching scenes of his I love and it reminded me of his sorta-fight with Vivi in Alabasta but specifically him bluntly/plainly saying "people die" and how that was sort of the first time I really got the feeling Luffy understood death on a personal level (like obvs we see him see someone die immediately in the story. But in a more significant-to-him way) though maybe hindsight and obsession in making me over think this.

Anyway uh do you have any favorite moments that show off Luffy's deeper character?

Yeah there's a lot of shit that feels incredibly off. It makes me appreciate the original Luffy tooooons more.

One of my favourite moments will forever be the Nami, Arlong Park scene in the original. That showed Luffy had such a deep, emotional understanding of people - especially those he cares for. He doesn't need you to relive nor retell your pain for him, he will simply want to help you for the fact you are you.

Another scene is when he doesn't even TRY Sanji's food but still says "I've found a good cook!' when seeing Sanji feed Gin, showing he does not care at ALL for ability but only cares for who these people are.

Another 'nother one is when Law is chained to the chair in Dressrosa and he tells Luffy "The alliance is over! Go away!" but Luffy says "Shut up! I make those decisions, not you!" Cause in his own weird, Luffy way, he knows just how IMPORTANT this is to Law. It was very obvious Law was desperate to confront Doflamingo, and Luffy literally carried him across a war zone to get him there.

Of course there's also "Robin, say you want to live!", there's the Skypiea bar scene, there's Luffy screaming from the clouds as he hit the golden bell and says "It's been here the whole time!" There's him yelling at Sanji in WCI "I CAN'T BECOME THE PIRATE KING WITHOUT YOU!" and also "That's who you are!" after the Sanji breakdown. There's Luffy sobbing "I have my crew!" in marineford, there's his whole interactions and scenes with Boa in general, especially as he tells her "You don't need to tell me what happened!" while Boa and her sisters break down just from revealing their past.

Luffy is such an incredibly emotionally intelligent person, he cares so deeply for the feelings of others even if he doesn't intentionally do so, and while his methods are unconventional, he WILL help you and be your friend, even if he has to drag you over kicking and screaming lmao

#ask

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the-orion-inexpirience · 3 months

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Oh Captain, oh Captain deal,,,,

Oooooh one piece oc loree(under the cut)

Electra is the only strawhat oc I've made,

She was a captain (still thinking about the name of her crew but think the concept she wanted to go for was sort of rockstar pirates with a mostly glam-rock aesthetic) but lost her original crew about three years before the main events of the story(romance dawn)

The purple haired guy is Cyrus, who was her first mate (and childhood friend)

They're originally from Water 7 and had set out with a small crew about one or two years before the incident.

They'd always wanted to become pirates and sailed off looking for adventure but they got swept away into the calm belt during a storm and their ship got wrecked by sea kings

Electra tried to rescue her crew (she's a fishperson) but got knocked out and swept away by currents.

Once she got her barings a little bit she asked if she could work there for a while because she physically couldn't bring herself to sail again so soon.

She got fished out by Constantine (Rabbit mink guy), he's a medic and was out at sea for vague, unspecified, research.

He brings her to the closest place he can find cause he couldn't really properly treat her on a tiny rowboat. Closest place happens to be the baratie (as a treat, cause I've been hurting her too much)

Now i personally don't see Zeff turning away this young very recently traumatized kid (cause he's just great like that, love that man) so he lets her stay since it's temporary.

When the strawhats arrive and the whole battle happens Luffy asks her to join the crew along w Sanji (cuz he's physically incapable of seeing a person with odd vibes and repressed trauma without asking them to join his crew)

But she tells him she's not ready to join a new crew yet, but, because she liked them she promises she'll catch up and join them as soon as she can bring herself to.

They meet her in water 7 next, but i think i rambled for long enough, I don't even know if people will read this

If anyone wants to know more about her i will literally explode.

My other three ocs have an equal amount of lore behind them i just can't convince myself to post it yet 😭😭

Anyways if you read till here i love you so much like literally.

#one piece #this is the first time I've attempted to post her actual lore pls go easy on me👍#one piece oc #op oc #op ocs #electra

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Time to talk a little bit about a duo I personally love and think is criminally underrated: Usopp and Robin. Rereading their meeting with the tontattas has reminded me how connected they are despite not being very obvious at first glance.

There will be HEAVY MANGA SPOILERS from the most recent arc. From chapter 1066, if I'm not mistaken. You can read the first part without problem if you don't read the manga, I'll let you know when I talk about the events of that chapter.

From the beginning, Usopp was was one of those most opposed to Robin joining the crew along with Zoro. It was quick, yes, but he was the last one (of course, not counting Zoro because that's a whole other post) that she managed to charm.

Robin is stoic, she's brave, she's strange, she's morbid, she's surprisingly inappropriate at times and practically nothing fazes her. Usopp is talkative, he's loud, he's shameless, a not-so-cowardly coward and a charismatic brat who often behaves like a sassy teenager. If you think about it enough, few mugiwaras could be more opposite than these two.

But they have two things in common:

They are incredibly good when they have to lie and pretend.

They both left the crew at the same time.

Usopp didn't get on the train willingly like Sanji did to rescue Robin but he did stay because he wanted to when he could have disengaged himself from her. He made up Sogeking out of embarrassment to help after the events in Water 7, but he stayed.

Their conversation on the train is one of my favorite scenes in the entire Enies Lobby saga because it speaks so much about both of them, their relationship with Luffy, and I think it's where they really start to feel the doubt that maybe leaving him like they did (in different ways and each for their own reasons, but they both left) wasn't the solution to their problems.

Despite having just had one of the biggest arguments of his life with him just hours before, Usopp knows exactly what kind of person Luffy is. He knows that his priority is the welfare of his nakamas, Robin included. She was not present in Arlong Park and did not see with her own eyes what Luffy can do for the people he loves, but he did. Nothing will stop Luffy to do what it takes for them.

Robin had already left by the time the misunderstanding between Luffy and Usopp occurs but she is very perceptive and by the end of the Enies Lobby arc I think we can assume she has been picking up on what has been going on in her absence. I think this arc really brings them together, I think they both feel a little bit guilty (especially him because she, at least, had a legitimate reason) for what they have put the crew through.

And I only thought about all of this recently, after the revelation in chapter 1066. So, MANGA SPOILERS from now on.

Then, in chapter 1066, it's revealed something we were already suspecting at that point: Saul is alive and he is hiding in Elbaf.

We are in the final saga and there are not many islands left to visit, we only know that Elbaf will be one of them. Elbaf will be Usopp's arc, his connection with the giants from Little Garden and his illusion to become a great warrior like them can't come to nothing.

But we also have one poneglyph left to find in order to reach the One Piece, and it can't be a coincidence that the only person alive besides Robin who can read them is a giant. Chances are that the poneglyph itself will be there. So Elbaf will be Usopp's arc but it will also be Robin's arc. Exactly like Water 7 and Enies Lobby were.

What I'm going to say now is more my theories about the events of this arc: I think Elbaf is the place where Luffy and Shanks are going to meet again (we know he is going there and he is looking for the last poneglyph), where Usopp will meet his father and where Robin will give Luffy the last piece he needs to be the Pirate King. Luffy and Robin need each other like no other to achieve their respective goals, so she will also be one step away from fulfilling her dream when this happens.

In Enies Lobby, Usopp and Robin left the crew because they didn't trust Luffy enough. In Elbaf, I'm sure both of them (and Nami as a navigator, of course) will be the key to lead him to Laugh Tale.

I've talked a lot again, oh well.

#one piece #usopp #robin #nico robin #water 7 #enies lobby #elbaf #manga

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blacklegsanjiii · 2 months

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North Blue Language CH 12

“Sanji's home,” Luffy shrugs, “I need you all to become the next pirate king.” He's smiling at the last part and well, no one will deny the future King of the Pirates what he wants, will they?

(Last one, I forgot to post last week's here)

Luffy has his legs wrapped around Zoro and his hands in hair and he's yelling happily. Zoro is holding him up and smiling. They made it to Wano. They're back.

“I got separated from the Sunny, Jimbe is there too. Sanji needs help.” Luffy says seriously after a few moments of celebrating his return.

“Why'd you bring him back anyway?” Zoro asks as Luffy climbs down. “He wanted to go.”

“No he didn't.” Luffy says, giving Zoro a confused look. “Nami and everyone said that. His family are a bunch of jerks too.” They start heading to the crew, Luffy tells him about their fight, their escape. About Katakuri, Zoro leads the way back so it took a couple of hours and when they get there Sanji is with everyone, dressed like he belongs in Wano.

“Shit cook.” Zoro nods at him. He'll berate him later and the way the cook looks away from him means there's more he hasn't heard. Luffy, for once, calmly goes and curls up next to Sanji so the captain has forgiven him.

“When did you wake up?” Luffy asks him.

“Halfway here, Jimbe was carrying me. It was weird.” Sanji shrugs.

“Why didn't we kill them?” Nami huffs as she leans into Robin. “I get your sister saved Luffy but-”

“Don't worry, Mellorine.” Sanji smiles at her. He doesn't continue though and Nami lets out another huff at him.

“Either Law or I should check up on you, that last fight was rough.” Chopper says and Franky calls something from the Sunny that sounds a lot like ‘blood’ and ‘stain’ and Sanji shakes his head.

“Not right now, Chopper. Later, alright?” Sanji says reaching to pet Chopper on the head but Zoro kicks him off his seat. There's yelling around them but Zoro doesn't care and Law is running to Sanji but Zoro beats him there but as he yanks Sanji up and goes to lay into him again a hand gripping tight on the cook's arm he feels wet on his hand. He looks and it's red and soaking and he drops the cook. He's pitiful looking.

“What the hell, Zoro?” Nami yells at him and Law is pulling the kimono away and there's more bandages than skin.

“Blackleg-ya?” Law asks but Sanji waves him off.

“Didn't even last an hour. Guess I better get the blood outta this.” Sanji grunts as he stands.

“The hell happened?” Zoro asked.

“I was protecting my captain.” Sanji spits at him as he peels the kimono off with a hiss. He's covered in bandages from head to toe.

“You need to rest. I'll wash it.” Law says as he takes it from him.

“I slept the whole way here.” Sanji waves off again.

“I sedated you, you dumbass!” Chopper yells.

“I need to be useful for a bit.” Sanji says.

“You never were.” Zoro snaps at him and everyone freezes. “Anyone can cook, twirly brows.”

“Zoro, enough. Quit being mad at Sanji.” Luffy says.

“What do you want from me?” Sanji demands. “What the hell happened?” Zoro doesn't answer though as Nami stands abruptly and shoves Zoro.

“Can't you be happy he's back? He's nakama!” Nami snaps. “We can't do this without him. You weren't there! You were in Dressrosa and Wano for everything! You can be mad for all I care but where was this when I said he wasn't okay?” She's pissed and Zoro isn't scared of Nami, he's not.

He's not.

“Nami-” Luffy starts.

“You're not innocent either, Luffy!” She turns towards him. “If Zoro's going to repeat what that bastard said then I will-!”

“Nami, it's okay.” Sanji smiles at her. It hits Zoro that it's just Nami, not Nami-swan or Mellorine. Nami. Robin is giving the cook a curious once over as she goes back to her tea. The cook's not dead. Never had been. Not even to Zoro.

~*~

“If I come back different, I need you to kill me.” Sanji ordered through the denden mushi and Zoro hated it. Hated that he was being trusted with this even if everything was different with the cook. They were farther apart than they had been and Zoro wanted to scream ‘No!’ over and over again. The call ends before he answers, meaning the cook is fucking serious about being killed.

They don't see each other until after, well Zoro doesn't see him until he's done clawing his way out of hell and shocks awake to Hiyori swooning over him and the cook nearby. He last remembers fighting King and Law finding him. He wants to wring him by the neck as the cook shies away from the swordsman.

“I came back from Hell to kill you!” Zoro yells at him and to his credit the cook looks ashamed.

“No, don't worry, it's fine now.” The cook mutters and it's not. It's not fine. Hiyori leaves after double and triple and quadruple checking Zoro so Cook sits next to him and lights up. “I don't know how many people have been giving you jealous looks about Princess Hiyori caring for you specifically.”

“Don't know what to tell you, Cook. She's not my type.” Zoro says and Sanji nods.

“I remember when my dad was declared a warlord.” The blond says so quietly that Zoro knows he's the only one to hear. “They found him while he was out on a raid he and my mom planned out. He only took it so the Navy would quit trying to get so close and he still sank their boat.”

“Why?” Zoro asks back just as quietly.

“You've seen him, he'd feed his sword to the sea if she asked.” Sanji chuckled. “He started learning North Blue because he wanted to know what I was saying.”

“That's all they talked in most of the time.” Zoro whispers harshly and the cook nods, a crooked smile.

“Apparently he fucked up a whole meeting because he picked it up quick so we just talked in it while I was home, pissed off everyone because he wouldn't speak Common.” The cook fucking giggles. Zoro blinks at the cook who is shaking lightly with laughter. “She and Luf talked on his way to get me. It's the first time in a while I considered myself their kid again.”

“What do you think would happen if you claimed it?” Zoro asks and Sanji hums, his cigarette is half gone but a deep drag takes it down to its last third.

“I don't know, chances are our bounties would be higher. They'd tack on a few extra crimes on me. It'd be higher than yours probably. Maybe she would have one too.” Sanji shrugs. “We'd get attacked more, kidnapped more.”

They're still quiet enough no one is listening, if his haki is as good as Robin says it is, then no one can really hide from the cook. Who has finished his cigarette. He's staring at the ceiling and huffs another small laugh. “They'd probably try to get us all on the same execution platform if Ace simply existing is anything to go by.”

It's the first time they've mentioned Ace at all. Zoro knows it hit the cook hard, hit Luffy harder because he was there holding Ace. Because Ace did the thing Luffy hated most which was sacrificing oneself for him. He thinks of hearing Mihawk come home and the only signifier was Sora’s wails of despair. Whatever Sanji's father did, the fact Zoro copied his words with so little care irks the swordsman that he doesn't know more.

“Tell me something in North Blue?” Zoro asks and Sanji looks at him with curiosity.

“Anything specific?” Sanji asks and Zoro shakes his head. Sanji's North Blue accent is a lot like his mother's, all hard consonants and rolling vowels. Zoro doesn't ask what it means but he's heard it before. When Mihawk and Sora would sit and talk quietly amongst themselves as he and Perona would argue and he would be deemed ‘not cute’ for the night. When they would bid them goodnight and head to their room.

“Are you going to take it?” Zoro asks after a while.

“I can't even make the Navy get a good picture of me. Why the fuck would they believe that's my name?” Sanji says and Zoro nods, it's a fair point. Sora could do it though so it's not outside the realm of possibility, Zoro thinks.

Sora is terrifying and Mihawk is fucking wrapped around her little finger, Zoro thinks as he watched the cook light another cigarette. If the Navy did believe them, if Mihawk was honest when he said he would die for his family then Zoro knows this time they won't fail if there's another execution of someone close to them.

Sanji hums, not in thought or in answer to anything. Just that melody that Luffy calls ‘the moon song' and asks for constantly.

“He really likes that song, huh?” Zoro asks as he drinks a cup of sake.

“He does.” Sanji nods as they lapse into a comforting silence.

#north blue language #my writing #strawhat pirates #dracule mihawk x sora #mihawk x sora

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panthera-tigris-venenata · 1 year

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For the headcanons ask thing - Harriet Hook?

Realistic

Yeah, so I spent far too much time thinking over the hierarchy in the port, and this is my qualified analysis ✨, in which all semi-insulting words are used in the most affectionate way possible, because I love them, Your Honour.

Anyway.

Both Harriet and Uma have pirate crews, right? (Also, Rise timeline is a suggestion because you don't get that kind of loyalty in that short time. You just don't.)

So. Two pirate crews, right?

Harriet's probably a bit better established, because Harriet is older and doesn't spend half her time fighting a petty feud with Mal.

On the other hand, Uma is That Bitch (affectionate), and decides that she'd like a little more control, thank you for asking.

(They might or might not fight. It is the most terrifying time the Isle kids can remember.)

Eventually, Harriet's reaction is essentially this: „What are you doing, girl?! Why are you doing this?! Really?! ... Oh, wait. I have, like, actual free time now. Keep doing it.“

(Look, she is tired. She deserves a break.)

...Yeah, no. She still doesn't know how to relax. But she now has the free time to do so! Occasionally!

Only too bad her favourite hobbies include wrestling with crocodiles and yelling at Judge Frollo.

(Fortunately for the Isle, she also has more time to keep CJ from blowing shit up. Which is a full time job in itself.)

Unrealistic but funny

There is a competition among the siblings over who can tag their name on the most ridiculous/impressive place.

Harriet is winning, despite the fact that no one ever sees ger in action. Which would be because out of her siblings, she is the only one with enough common sense to ditch her bright red cloak when doing shit that will likely upset a great number of dangerous people.

(She got her name on one of the the towers of Maleficent's castle; Harry got Castle across the way by flirting with Evie, and Frollo's is basically a free real estate.)

Heartbreaking

I think she has an alcohol problem. It runs in the family.

Her hangovers are the reasons CJ swore to never ever drink. (Also, CJ is a control freak and dreads losing control of her mind. Harriet, on the other hand, would like to forget. Everything.)

(Harry, as usual, is in the middle of the scale.)

Canon is a suggestion ✨

Once in Auradon, she and Uma get *psychotherapy license*, to help their crews, 'cos, you know, „if you wanna something done right, you gotta do it yourselves.“

(Yes, she does this without admiting she needs therapy herself. She has issues.)

She becomes Ben's therapist, because come on, the boy needs it, and because Uma would be biased in this case.

Like, yeah, her advice might consist mostly of „Punch them.“ („Can't do that unless I want to start a war.“ „...Punch them only a little?“) and „Sometimes, it's okay to start biting people,“ and „Cheers, I'll drink to that!“, but Ben adores her. She does give helpful advice occasionally and, what's more important, doesn't care that he is the High King of Auradon in the slightest.

She just gives no fuck.

Unlike all Auradonian therapists who are gonna dance around King's and Queen's feelings, she is not afraid to call him out when he is about to make a stupid decision or when he is being too nice for his own good.

Also, this lovely conversation between Mal and Ben:

Mal: „Ben? Why did you just throw Queen Leah out of the palace indefinitely?“

Ben: „My therapist told me, and I quote, to ‚never take any shit from that awful abusive old hag of a queen ever again.“

Mal: „...She was yelling the whole time she was packing her bags.“

Ben: „Not my problem.“

Mal: „You need a better therapist.“

Ben: „What is wrong wrong with Harriet?“

Mal, at the verge of panic attack: „Who the fuck gave Harriet Hook a therapy license?!“

(Ben invites Audrey to stay over until her grandmother cools off.)

And of course, this sweet exchange once Mal storms Harriet's office (on the off day she actually bothers to come)

Mal: „You are a therapist?! Why- What?!“

Harriet: gestures to the license on the wall

Mal: „Yeah! Who the fuck let you have that?!“

Harriet: „Oh, yeah. Trust me. I have no idea why they even let me take that course. I mean, look at me.“

Uma, from the office next door: „That would be because you cheated on your own psycho-evaluation exam!“

Harriet, shrugging: „Oh, yeah. That would do it. I have almost forgotten about that.“

(Say what you want, the pirate Captains are very effective therapists for the Isle kids.)

#disney descendants #harriet hook #cj hook #harry hook #uma descendants #ben florian #mal bertha

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Like the sun...

First of my pieces for the amazing @opluffyzine :D First time writing Reiju but I quite like how she turned out (she's a Luffy fan like the rest of us now #canon)

The zine's aftersale's are open right now so go check it out and give yourself a Christmas present (or you know... just treat yourself, you deserve it) <3

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Reiju couldn’t believe it. When she had seen Sanji arrive at Whole Cake Island, she had thought it was all over for him, that his hard-earned years of freedom were finished. All because of their father’s ridiculous ambition. But what neither she, nor their father and brothers—and obviously not even Sanji—had expected, were people chasing after him.

She was honestly surprised when she and Yonji ran into the Straw Hat crew out at sea on the outskirts of Totto Land, and even more surprised at the state their captain was in. She had to wonder how he even managed to ingest that much armored stone fish poison, nevermind surviving it. She could only silently marvel at this boy’s luck in meeting the one person who could save him at that point.

However, she was sure that if the Straw Hats didn’t turn back, their luck would run out very soon. There was a limit to such fancies of fate and they would need nothing short of a miracle to get as deep into Totto Land’s territory as they had intended.

Even while they were riding the carriage taking all the Vinsmokes over to Big Mom’s castle, everything still seemed hopeless. No way out, no means of escape, no room to hide; not even a will to run. Not until their coachman pointed out the large figure charging at them from the direction of the forest.

“Your majesty, something is approaching!”

Reiju frowned slightly, leaning forward to see past her father. Was that… a tree? And someone waving from the top of it?

“Hey! Sanji!” the person shouted right then. “Haven’t seen ya in a while!”

Reiju could barely believe her ears. It definitely sounded like Straw Hat Luffy, Sanji’s cute little captain. It seemed like the man’s luck and determination ran deeper than Reiju had given him credit for and she felt a smile pull on her lips. It was quite refreshing.

But then Sanji spoke up behind her, his voice weak and shaky, “What are they doing here?”

With that simple sentence, it was obvious what Sanji’s answer was going to be. Still, that knowledge didn’t make hearing Sanji speak like a Vinsmoke any easier, any less devastating, and Reiju only hoped Straw Hat wouldn’t blame Sanji.

Unfortunately, it would probably take yet another miracle for that. Reiju didn’t want to watch the following fight; she could see Sanji’s heart breaking with every kick he threw Straw Hat's way, yet, for some reason, she couldn’t look away either. The way Straw Hat took every hit, not even trying to block a single one, the way he refused to back down, saying he wasn’t going to fight Sanji… It was something Reiju had never seen in her life.

She had witnessed countless fights, fought countless people herself, and she had met countless pirates. But this boy was simply something else entirely.

And, as shocking and painful as this scene was to witness, her smile widened the slightest bit.

"You can kick me all you want but you're the one feeling the pain!" Straw Hat screamed after the retreating carriage.

Reiju couldn't even say she was surprised by Straw Hat's words in the end. Yet, she was still incredibly happy to hear them—happy Sanji got to hear them. Happy her little brother had found people who loved him this much and had the power and will needed to act on it.

And even with the gates of Whole Cake Chateau closed tightly shut behind them, Straw Hat's words still echoed around them. "Come back, Sanji! Without your help I can't become the King of the Pirates!"

They were inside the castle now, but Reiju still felt the dark skies above part just a little bit.

There was yet a small ray of light above.

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Listening to Sanji retell what he had seen and heard in Pudding's room, Reiju was surprised by the feeling of relief that washed over her. For one, Sanji finally had no reason to stay. There would be no wedding, no alliance, and no threat to the hostages come tomorrow. There weren’t even any bombs on his wrists.

And two, Germa 66 was as good as dead.

The only problem was Sanji’s kindness. How do you convince someone selfless like Sanji to let people die? Reiju didn’t know. She had tried and tried but she knew it was hopeless. For her, anyway.

She had to leave it to the person who appeared to have the power to sway the tides of fate itself.

As if on cue, there was a loud crash outside the medical room, followed by shouts that got louder and louder with every passing second. What did she say about luck and fate? It was honestly so incredible that it was absurd.

It didn’t take Straw Hat very long to speed past the door Reiju was hiding behind. Quickly dragging him inside, Reiju took in the state he was in; ragged clothes, wounds and dirt all over, a missing tooth, cheeks hollow as if he hadn’t eaten for days. A complete mess, yet so desperate to reach Sanji—and not even being quiet about it even though he was running all over the Chateau, Big Mom’s very own castle.

“We’ve been tricked, Pudding lied to us! The very girl Sanji’s getting married to said she’s going to kill him—” Straw Hat stopped suddenly, blinking at Reiju with a slight frown on his face. “Are you okay? You got hurt?” he asked then, gesturing to her thigh.

Reiju chuckled at the concern. “I’m fine,” she said, dismissing him. You really should worry more about yourself right now, she added to herself as she shook her head, a small smile playing on her lips. “And don’t worry, my brother knows about Pudding.”

“What?! He knew?” Straw Hat cried.

The genuine shock on his face got quickly replaced by rage, however, when Reiju explained the situation Sanji was in—or the situation he thought he was in.

“Hostages? You mean the Baratie?! I know them!” Straw Hat said, nearly shaking in anger. “If they’re really in danger, I’ll go back to the East Blue to fight if I have to!”

Reiju blinked, taken completely aback by the declaration. But before she could so much as ask if he was serious, a loud growl came from Straw Hat’s stomach.

“Do you… need something to eat?” she asked uncertainly.

“N-No, I’m fine!” the boy replied immediately, a bit too loud and a bit too forceful. Like he was trying to convince both Reiju and himself that he wasn’t hungry after all.

His words from the day before echoed in Reiju’s mind. ‘I won’t eat anyone’s food but yours anymore!’ When he had said it, Reiju had thought he was exaggerating but looking at him now, weak and tired and with stomach empty, she could tell he had been dead serious. And she found she couldn’t say anything in that moment; not about his hunger and not about Sanji. Both of those were now fully in Straw Hat’s hands. And so, she only watched silently while the pirate gathered himself, breathing heavily as he tried to calm his complaining stomach.

Finally, after a few moments, he got up to his feet. And whatever it was that Reiju expected to see, to hear, it certainly wasn’t this wide, happy smile or the relieved tone of his next words.

“But at least now I know Sanji’s aware what Pudding’s up to! As long as he’s not being tricked, I’ve done everything else I can!” he announced, looking perfectly satisfied with everything.

“Wha—” Reiju only managed to say before getting interrupted.

“Thanks, Sanji’s sister!” Straw Hat called, his hand raised in a wave even while he turned on his heel and started running towards the window.

Reiju’s eyes widened at the suddenness of the situation. And why the window?! “Where are you going?! That’s not—”

She was cut off again, this time by the loud crash of glass breaking, and she could only stare with an open mouth after the man. Did he seriously just jump out of the window, at this height?!

“I made him a promise, but it’s not here!”

His last words repeated themselves in her head over and over while she tried to process what just happened. It was only when people started screaming all the way down at the foot of the Chateau that she finally broke out of her stupor.

And Reiju… laughed.

Laughed, because of the absurdity. Laughed, because she didn’t know what else to do. Laughed, because of the relief. This man, this pirate, was certainly something; a raw force of nature, maybe. Sanji truly was in good hands now.

Letting her head fall back, Reiju stared at the ceiling above, wondering when exactly the dark clouds disappeared.

#one piece #luffy #monkey d. luffy #strawhat luffy #reiju #vinsmoke reiju #reiju & luffy #reiju & sanji #luffy & sanji #canonverse #reiju pov #whole cake island #whole cake island arc #luffy zine #zine stuff #katie pretends to fic #like the sun #zines

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just-here-for-the-art-shit · 2 years

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Alright before I go into this blurb SPOILER WARNINGS and also sorry to like the ten people that follow me this isn't my usual bullshit but fuck it I'm talking about one piece right now in a completely disorganized fashion.

I just went through chapter 1045 and 1046, and we see how Luffy's using his new powers in wild and zany ways, which isn't new for him, but it feels "different" this time. This new form, Joy Boy, is already showing its physical repercussions, but there's something happening mentally too. Luffy has put his crew in risky situations before, believing they can handle it, but this time it almost seems ... Dismissive, cruel even, as the entire castle is burning up in flames. Luffy is losing himself to this extreme Joy that it seems all other emotions and moral concerns are going out the window. His heart is thundering. The entire island of Onigashima will crash down from the sky if Kaidou can't maintain it with his clouds - and in response Luffy grabs a fricken lightning bolt and prepares to smash it down on Kaidou (left as a cliffhanger right there). The next chapter I guess will decide whether he strikes or not - and will show if he's so far gone, or if he's still in control of this almost god-like persona.

A lot of this lines up with tales of how gods can be overly destructive, unempathetic, and caught up in themselves rather than thinking of others, shown with Luffy contemplating what to name his attacks rather than worrying about what the attack is going to do.

My fear/head canon idea is that Luffy is going to do something undoable, something he will regret. For him, it's always been about getting stronger - he blames himself, his perceived weakness, when he couldn't save Ace, when he couldn't stop his crew from being separated by Kuma. His crew has managed to pull through his antics before, but what if they cannot this time? I think it's possible this time that instead of protecting his Nakama, he'll become the number one threat. I can bet that the next few chapters will be some variation of him either realizing what he's doing and getting it under control, or continuing to blindly let loose and risk the lives of everyone involved.

What good is a King without his kingdom?

What's the significance of sitting on a throne, if the room is empty?

Ok - other thing I wanted to discuss that's a more shippy, headcanon-y thing:

I want to ask a question (panic tw) - have you ever been so joyous, so happy, that it sends you into a panic attack? Laughed so hard until something is wrong and suddenly you can't breathe, your hearts pounding, you can't think straight? But you're laughing - you must be happy, right?

I'm wondering if that's what Luffy's suffering right now. A joy so powerful it's sending him into a panic attack. Spiraling out of control.

Now who's been unconscious/pre-occupied this whole time to see Luffy's current state? His first mate - Zoro was knocked away by Kaido, right before Luffy woke up and began to transform. Zoro has no idea this is going on. As current as it gets, Zoro is unconscious with Franky and Chopper, and while the castle fire has been put out, the battle above rages on. If Zoro wakes up and sees this, I think it's possible he may realize that Luffy could be jeopardizing his dream of becoming Pirate King if he can't think straight, if he gets "stuck" as Joy Boy. Someone's going to have to stop him, and it can only be a friend, his crew, to remind him of himself. And there's no doubt in my mind that the moment Zoro's conscious his ass would be the first bolting into the thick of it, Sanji too.

#zolu #text post #one piece #one piece chapter 1046 #spoilers #spoiler warning #monkey d. luffy #joy boy #au idea #panic attack tw

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escapepodding · 2 years

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You ever think about how Stede is Sheherazade? We're introduced to him the day he is spared mutiny and likely death because he tells stories and does the voices and the crew needs to know how the story ends. Then he pisses off Izzy and accidentally tells Blackbeard, basically the king of pirates, to suck eggs in hell, and he is once again spared because Ed can't kill him till he finds out more about the Gentleman Pirate, who is at this stage a story Stede is telling the world.

Then when they do meet Ed is captivated, but Stede still goes on telling stories in his own way, the pageantry of dining, and using tales from the staff to destroy the French ship. When he's scared Ed is bored he creates a whole adventure for them, but the most captivating part of the day for Ed is when they make up a story together. It's not an adventure in the traditional sense but Ed is completely there with Stede talking about his fictional restaurant that was inspired by him beating up a snake (which Stede didn't take as threatening and Ed was kind of embarrassed about but was still a case of de-escalating violence through story telling).

Izzy is scared Blackbeard is disappearing into these stories but he's actually emerging from his own story and becoming Ed again, and he falls in love with Stede without needing the stories anymore, like the king does after 1001 nights. Stede's win mirrors Sheherazade but rather than enjoy his now non-murderous husband Stede thinks he's destroyed him and in his horror leaves.

Another part of this tragedy is that after this he reaches out to Lucius who turns the situation back into a story, referring to Ed again as a character. It's a kindness, he's using fiction to protect Ed's feelings while they explore them. But then Izzy shoves Ed back into the Blackbeard story and without Sheherazade to break the cycle of violence Lucius becomes another executed wife.

#our flag means death #omfd #ofmd meta #stede bonnet #blackbeard #blackbonnet #gentlebeard

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onepiece-polls · 9 months

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One Piece Shipping War - Round 2 Side C

Lusan art by @supernaturallyginger. Check out the original post here!

Propaganda under the cut.

Propaganda for Sanji x Luffy:

Luffy saving Sanji on whole cake island got to me

Oda himself wrote the propaganda for this, Whole Cake Island just cemented lusan as canon. "I can't become Pirate King without you!" <- that's love baby

Propaganda for Sanji x Usopp:

PLEASE they are so great for the needs love/gives love dynamic because it goes both ways.

My fav somewhat rare pair. I specifically love on skypiea when Sanji sacrifices himself to save Usopp from Enel. (And of course the scene when they wake up from their injuries holding hands!!!!)

It is simply the best Sanji ship I’m afraid

Consider: they cute

#One Piece #sanuso #sanlu #lusan #op shipping war #tournament poll #round 2 #side C

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justasillyoldfox · 2 years

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One Piece: Strawhat Ansgt Headcanons

♡This is my Strawhat angst headcanons. Don't like 'em? Leave ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

♡This non-angst headcanons are here

WARNINGS: Dark themes, angst, mention of character death, derealization, cursing, trauma, spoilers

♡Luffy: Because of watching their brother, Ace, die in their arms he has PTSD, severe depression, and he does have episodes where he detaches from reality and thinks his surroundings aren't real (derealization). Jinbei will help him cope with his depression and derealization episodes sometimes. He touches his scars a lot, exspecially the one on his chest

♡Zoro: He is highly afraid of his friends and crew members dying, that is why he always thinks he needs to be stronger. So he can protect his friends. He cannot handle the anxiety of losing his friends and a few of his coping mechanisms are sleeping so he doesn't have to think about it and training so he is focusing on something other than the horrible thoughts that come to his mind. On rare occasions he will wake up in a cold sweat because he had a nightmare about what happened back at the Sabaody Archipelago (Arc)

♡Nami: She is afraid that something like the past will happen to hear or her friends so she tries to keep everyone safe in her own ways. She does have PTSD because her past and because of what Arlong did to her mother, her village, and her mentally and physically. Usopp and Luffy will help her cope with episodes she has and try to keep her spirits and tell her they won't let anything like that ever happen to her again

♡Usopp: He is very insecure of himself and how he is perceived by the world, they don't want to be a burden to others and have them clean up their mess. He is afraid his crew will leave him if he made a mistake or not be seen as manly (Water 7 Arc). He has improved on his state of mind and physical well-being...but you can never stop the horrible thoughts that will come from the back of your brain and remind you of horrible things you have done. Nami will usually help him with these hard times and remind him of all the good he has done for the crew and how they can't move on without him

♡Sanji: After the Whole Cake Island Arc he will get reoccurring nightmares about how he was a kid, locked up in a cage, tortured by his brothers and father. He will sometimes cry, Zoro will usually accompany him in these times and let him ramble on about it, cry, stay silent, or even fall asleep on him. Luffy will let him take a break from cooking so he can get some actual sleep and let Nami or Robin cook for the time being if that's what he wants. He doesn't usually let others see how tired he is of doing anything so Luffy and Zoro both have to pressure him to take a break and enjoy the sun or being pampered by everyone a little bit

♡Chopper: Chopper's anxiety used to be really high but after being with the Strawhats he has learned he doesn't need to go by societies rules and can be whoever he wants to be. He usually sleeps in due to his insomnia and tries to make up for it by taking care of the crew while hes awake. He makes sure everyone feels welcome so they don't have to feel like he did when he first ate his devil fruit

♡Robin: She is a bit afraid of not being wanted but after Water 7 (Arc) they have come to the realization that she is truly wanted somewhere safe from her past and the feeling of being hung by the neck if she did anything wrong. She is grateful for such a place as being with the Strawhats and Luffy especially so she will protect him at all cost so she can keep the man who told her to say that she wanted to live to fulfill his wish and become the Pirate King

♡Franky: He is afraid of his closest loved ones dying so he will continue to upgrade himself so he can protect those he loves from harms way. In the beginning he was to afraid to really be close with the Strawhats because he didn't want them to end up like Tom, dying to save his life. He misses Tom dearly but is grateful for his close ones still being alive

♡Brook: Even though they joke about how they are already dead, he is still very afraid of death, as this is his last chance at surviving. He will get depressed about life and how he has left his past crew mates behind but will keep reminding himself he has the Strawhats and needs to see Laboon again

♡Jinbei: Sometimes he feels as if Queen Otohime's death was his fault and how Nami suffered a great deal because he let Arlong loose. He will try not to show it but he is an emotional person, so he will occasionally say sorry to Nami and she will continue to forgive him as she knows he still needs to grow from his slight traumatic past. He is grateful to have such another caring crew. They don't let people judge him for how he looks or acts because they will smash a couple of bitches who hurt his feelings in any way

♡I'm sorry if this is a bit shitty but I have been holding this off for about 2 days so here take this :)

#one piece #one piece angst headcanons #strawhat angst headcanons #luffy angst headcanons #zoro angst heacanons #nami angst headcanons #usopp angst headcanons #sanji angst headcanons #chopper angst headcanons #robin angst headcanons #franky angst headcanons #brook angst headcanons #jinbei angst headcanons #angst headcanons

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lollytea · 3 years

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Hi! I love you Shageera fic! The fandom is so small and your fic is so good, I can't thank you enough! And I wanted to ask you, do you have any headcanon about their relationship outside of Talespin? In the original Jungle Book "canon" or some other AU? I'd love to hear them if you do have them, your takes are gold!

Hi! Thank you so much!!

Hmmm. All the versions of shagheera in my head follows the same basic story structure of “friends as kids, grow apart as they get older, reconnect as adults” EXCEPT for the jungle book/canon universe, where the first two DO apply to them (thank you jungle cubs for making that canon, idk where I’d be without jungle cubs canon.) but they continue to keep their distance from each other once they’re grown. I mean Khan tried to kill Bagheera’s kid AND his bear husband. I don’t think they ever can bounce back from that one. They got bad blood and they probably always will.

Unless….just kidding…..unless….

I think about the plot of this cancelled third jungle book movie very often. Yeah it would’ve been bad but….but….but adult Khan and Bagheera might have interacted. Also I wanna know how the fuck a shere khan redemption arc is written. Not very well probably but I still wanna see it. I think Disney should send me the script to this film. As a gift. I think I deserve it. It’s not like they want it. Hand it over, lads.

ANYWAY

Besides the talespin universe, I’ve got like two shagheera AUs

Treasure Planet AU — Bagheera is a scholar and astronomer who comes aboard Captain Shere Khan’s ship. The two know recognize each other as the childhood friend they used to play pirates with. So, rather ironic circumstances they’ve found themselves in. Neither know how to react to reuniting so they’re pretty awkward about it and refuse to acknowledge that they were ever close. They mostly interact with the distant politeness of people who barely know each other and strictly refer to the other Captain/Doctor (unless circumstances are dire) But they’re gonna be stuck on this ship together for the next few weeks so they better figure out what the fuck their relationship is.

Bagheera is deeply out of his element. He’s intimidated by the crew and he doesn’t know how to handle a weapon so he considers himself rather useless on this expedition. He’s never even held a pistol before and now he’s expected to know how to shoot one. He’s so frazzled that he nearly (accidentally) shoots Khan dead at one point. But he wouldn’t be Bagheera if he wasn’t stubbornly insisting that he knows what he’s doing, especially when the captain shoots some sardonic comment his way. The two get into more squabbles than he cane keep track of.

Shere Khan is exasperated with the doctor, with the boy he brought aboard, with the entire idiot crew he hired, but especially with the doctor. He attempts to keep himself composed but he keeps stooping to the most childish arguments and he feels like the presence of Bagheera is forcibly dragging him back 25 years every time they interact. Shere Khan does not know how to feel about that.

Shere Khan finds himself having to acknowledge that Bagheera is brilliant. Due to the doctor’s calculations, the ship avoided the waves of impact during a difficult path through a black hole and he’s the reason they got out alive. He never felt all that much admiration for the little brainiac when they were children but now he is absolutely blowing him away.

Bagheera starts spending more time in Shere Khan’s office because it’s the only place he feels comfortable. (The crew really creeps him out.) and they do everything from argue to discuss alternate routes to pour over the map. This evolves to Shere Khan teaching Bagheera what he knows about wielding a sword and they have many homoerotic sparring sessions. Sometimes they’ll lay out in the escape boats and Bagheera will teach Khan the names of all his favourite constellations. They have many homoerotic star gazing sessions. BASICALLY they have a gay space pirate love story but it’s behind the scenes stuff cuz Kit is the protagonist of this au and he doesn’t give a fuck what Shere Khan and Bagheera are doing.

They are forced to acknowledge that they care about each other when the stakes get more dangerous and both have their near death experiences, rattling the other considerably. At the very least they start calling each other by their first names again ❤️

Fairytale/ Dragon Princess AU — OKAY i don’t think I’ve ever publicly posted about this au so I won’t unpack all of it cuz I know y’all aren’t familiar with it. It’s mostly focused on Baloo/Rebecca and the bear family as a whole but Shagheera is involved too so I’ll focus on that part for now.

So basically Shere Khan was a kid prince and Bagheera was the son of a servant so, as the only two children in the castle, they’ve been playmates since before they could walk.

The only other children they interacted with were Bagheera’s friends (Baloo, Louie etc.) and Shere Khan’s wife-to-be, Princess Rebecca. Their parents arranged the engagement and neither Khan or Rebecca were thrilled about it. As they grow older, Bagheera leaves the palace to make his own way and he and Khan don’t keep in touch.

By the time they were young adults, mysterious circumstances paused Shere Khan and Rebecca’s upcoming marriage when word spread around that the princess had been horribly cursed and locked away in a tower. Details were sparse, even to her fiancé. All that was known was that she had last been seen talking with a man who had a reputation for being a dark mage and it can be deduced that he was the one behind the curse.

But before she disappeared, Rebecca sent Khan a letter begging him to please not retrieve her from the tower, warning him that whoever ventured out to save her would not make it back alive. Khan obliged of course, both because he respected her wishes and if she returned, he would have to marry her.

As a king, Shere Khan had excellent publicity. He was charming and charismatic in public, masking the fact that he was an absolute bitch in private. He was also obliged to act like he cared about his fiancée being returned to his side so every now and then he allowed whatever arrogant glory seeking fool who offered, to go “save” her. None of them lived.

Years later, Khan drops into an ancient, desolate library on the outskirts of town, hoping to find a particular book on plants. It’s after midnight, so he doesn’t have to deal with the scandal of the king being out and about. And who does he find between the shelves, bathed in the dim glow of oil lamps, but Bagheera, snoring on the floor in a pile of open books.

This begins a tentative acquaintanceship in which Khan escapes to the library every now and again for a change of scenery and to meet with Bagheera, who lives on the floor above.

It doesn’t take long for Shere Khan to learn Bagheera’s reputation. As it turns out, the passionate yet introverted scholar with books on the brain, is allegedly the “dark mage” that put a curse on Rebecca all those years ago. This would explain why his library is always empty. Everyone in town is petrified of him.

Rather than turn to anger or fear, Shere Khan can only feel disbelief and intrigue because whatever rumors are going around are clearly fabricated. He challenges Bagheera to perform some evil little spell for him, summon hellbeasts if he must. But Bagheera falters and it is revealed that underneath that reputation is a bit of a sham. Bagheera has been trying for years to become an adept mage but he just can’t get the hang of it. His spell-work is terrible. Always has been.

“Well surely you can’t have cursed the princess then?” Shere Khan reasons. But that’s not exactly true. Yes, Bagheera was not behind the original curse but when Rebecca came to him for help, he accidentally made it so so much worse. Bagheera is the reason shes been forced to hide herself away in a tower and he’s been spending all these years attempting to improve his magic so he can finally undo what he’s done.

And so Fairytale/Dragon Princess AU is a fantasy love story where Shere Khan attempts to help Bagheera effectively channel his magic. The fun part about it is magic is intricately tied to a persons emotional state so when you’re having homoerotic little scenes with your childhood buddy and he touches your forearm, you nearly set the whole goddamn library ablaze. Real gay shit.

I have run out of steam and cannot ramble anymore. Hope I have pleased you.

#this is very rambly and not very arresting I am sorry #I had a lot to say but not the worlds to say them

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