thinking about the parallel between the elbaf duo and zosan and especially their hunting contest, and how the elbaf duo might be what would become of zosan if nami wasn't there to break up their silly fights, and then about how the elbaf duo had spent 100 years fighting each other alone on the island, and if that isn't love then i don't know what is
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So I just finished The Little Garden arc and it's so funny to me because for most of it Sanji is just fucking around. At the start he gets into a fight with Zoro and the two have a hunting contest which leads to a conversation that sounds like a euphemism for something. Their competition ends because Zoro gets captured but Sanji doesn't fucking notice and continues on as usual. Then he spends who knows how long waiting on The Going Merry for the rest of the crew before thinking that something is off. Then he finds Mr. 3's camp and decides to DRINK SOME TEA! It's only at the end that Sanji really does something and I find that hilarious.
Sanji basically ran off on a side quest and somehow ended up a part of the main quest and it's beautiful
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Oda has been setting up Usopp's visit to Elbaf. As a pivotal moment in his character development since Little Garden, he better not fuck it up. Usopp needs to get stronger in Elbaf & make his dreams come true. The arc needs to be all about him, not Luffy & Gear 5 or any other strong character like some dude bros want it to be.
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after 22 years (little garden arc)they’re finally going to elbaf and i hope luffy law and kid reunite on elbaf since they can’t stay on egghead for banquet it’s probably gonna be on elbaf
shanks already left elbaf so saul and robin are gonna have reunion instead and i will be crying when that happens
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What a glow up for Elain's little garden 🌿
Spoilers: CC HOFAS spoilers below the "read more."
In ACOWAR, we learnt that - after wishing to learn how to grow a vegetable garden in ACOTAR - Elain had started another little garden at the townhouse.
I dragged a hand over my face before going to Elain and touching her too-bony shoulder. “Can I set you up in the garden? The herbs you planted are coming in nicely.” “I can help her,” said Azriel, stepping to the table as Elain silently rose. No shadows at his ear, no darkness ringing his fingers as he extended a hand. Nesta monitored him like a hawk, but kept silent as Elain took his hand, and out they went. - ACOWAR
In ACOSF, Nesta used Elain's work in her garden as a way to belittle her.
Nesta knew she’d hit her mark. She opened her mouth, but couldn’t continue. Enough. She had said enough. That fast, the power in her receded, vanishing into smoke on the wind. Leaving only exhaustion weighing her bones, her breath. “It doesn’t matter what I think. Go back to Feyre and your little garden.” - ACOSF
I have theorised before that Elain may have planted a witch's garden, and that maybe she will grow - or even Make - her own plants for baking or medicinal use. @wingedblooms has posted about Elain and her garden as well, and Elain as a healer or potions mistress ties in well with her learning to garden and cook, so...
Even the herbs were familiar—had the Fae of this world introduced them to Midgard? Or were plants like thyme and rosemary somehow universal? Strewn across space? Or maybe the Asteri had brought those herbs from their own home world and planted them on all their conquered planets. She knew it was a stupid thing to contemplate. That she had way bigger things to consider than an intergalactic garden. But she quickly lost interest in eating, and thinking about everything else was … too much. - HOFAS
Is Bryce eating food that Elain has had a hand in growing and cooking? I'd love that.
Additionally, rather than the Asteri, I love the idea of witches planting little gardens across the universe, wherever they may go. Spreading herbs that may someday help magic wielders to access deeper powers, or even defeat an old, forgotten foe if they are awoken once more. Subtly future proofing their new home worlds, leaving knowledge waiting to be found in songs and ancient tomes. Hoping for the best, but planning for the worst.
My other thought is that it could be related to Urd, with similar motivations as I outlined above. If the Cauldron has indeed been co-opted by a dark maker, could Urd be secretly using the Cauldron to spread seemingly innocuous plants throughout the galaxy, waiting for the day the right person could come along to use them, and potentially free her?
No spoilers beyond chapter 16 please, I'm slowly plodding through HOFAS as we speak. 😂
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If you had showed me this panel and told me it was from one piece before I started reading it I wouldn't have believed you
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I really wanna unpack the way the Sanji answered the phone by saying “hey you’ve called the damn restaurant” and Crocodile didn’t even doubt for a second that it was Mr. 3 he was talking to
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