Perfect take on Zoro. Perfectly executed by Mackenyu.
The way EVERYONE is trying to have him work for them. Mr 7, I'm here with an invitation. Captain Morgan, Join the marines or you'll die tied to a cross.
Luffy, sets him free, doesn't force him to join, let's him go, let's Zoro decide where he wants to be;
And Zoro finds out that place is by Luffy's side. Ain't that beautiful?
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I legitimately didn't remember how fucking batshit funny some of the Dooku sections in Claudia Gray's Master and Apprentice were. Qui-Gon's remembering his first mission with Dooku in flashback: okay, seems straightforward enough. They land in an ongoing crisis in a battle zone, Dooku goes to talk to the generals. Then, next scene, we smashcut directly to:
"Don't be afraid." Dooku's voice rang out over even the howling winds of Shurrapak. Qui-Gon clung to the carbon-fibre-rope riggings of the Shurrapakan ship, salt spray stinging his face and hands as they rounded the cape to approach the battle from an angle the enemy wouldn't expect. "They're shielded against skycraft and energy weapons. Not against seafaring vessels!"
He made this sound majestic, courageous, brilliant -- nothing like the last-minute, last-ditch attempt it really was. Qui-Gon took a deep breath and stared up at the stars. Big mistake. The stars weren't moving and his stomach was, and the queasiness that swept through him made him feel weak.
Dooku has been on this planet for less than 24 hours. There are already other Jedi there ahead of him with established generals working on the battle plans, which according to the scene just before this, are complete enough that its conceivable Dooku and Qui-Gon will miss the action. So naturally, the plan he then comes up with is "ABANDON ALL OTHER PLANS, WE ATTACK THE FORTIFIED BATTLEFIELD WITH OLD TIMEY ROPE-RIGGED SAILING SHIPS!"
And at his side?? A seasick twelve year old who has never left the Temple or seen battle!!! Who can't swim! And backing them up?? Rael fucking Averross, who Dooku was just nagging for being too eager to get into the fighting. Sure, Dooku. That's Rael's problem.
This is the most disaster lineage shit I've ever read. This could absolutely be an Anakin and Obi-Wan Clone Wars arc.
Bonus Rael and Qui-Gon Content, from earlier in the chapter:
"C'mon, then, let's go talk to the generals." Rael made it sound like the most natural thing for a twelve-year-old to do.
Rael, you crazy motherfucker, never change.
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episode 8 fix it where izzy does get shot, but it doesnt kill him- its on the left side after all! a gunshot does more damage than a sword, so he has a longer healing time ahead, and with him still learning how to live missing a leg, they all agree that its best he doesn't sail away with them, that itd be better if he stayed on land while he recovers
conveniently, he just so happens to know two men who are looking to start an inn on land! he can stay with them, help them complete repairs (god knows neither of them knows what theyre doing themselves) he can whittle little souvenirs on his sick bed; he can help moderate their ideas ("theres no point picking drapes yet stede, we don't have a fucking window") he can heal in peace.
maybe he could try being someone else other than the great izzy hands, maybe he could make something new here. no captains, no first mates, just izzy and ed and stede
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OH MY GOD
So there are some very smart conversations about how portraying Ed, who’s played by a Maori and Jewish dude, as disproportionately bigger than Stede, who’s played by a dude so white he’s pink, is playing into racist stereotypes about the inherent brutishness of people of color, particularly Maori men. (Yes, Blackbeard is in fact pretty terrifying, but he also cries in bathtubs, so.) This is a common issue in fandoms, particularly where one part of a pairing is a man of color (it happens most frequently with Black men — see Finn from Star Wars) and often isn’t consciously done, but it’s always worth bearing in mind when creating fic or fanart. Racism can leak into places we’d never expect, so keeping that metaphorical mop handy is always a good idea.
Plus, as people have pointed out, Stede and Ed are roughly the same height:
Except... they aren’t:
I saw this picture earlier and googled the actors’ heights — Waititi’s between 6′ and 6′1″ and Darby is 5′10″ on a good day.
Which is when I realized — and I’m sure a lot of people have realized this, but it hit me right between the eyes and then slapped me around a little with a dead fish — that the reason they look like they’re the same height throughout most of the show is because Stede wears those goddamn motherfucking kitten heels the whole fucking time.
Which isn’t to say that characterizing Ed as some big huge dude in comparison to tiny little Stede is now somehow accurate — Darby clearly is still the broader guy and could probably bench press Waititi, who would giggle the whole time — but it does make me contemplate the inevitable scene where Stede, wearing only some plain-ass flat shoes, shows up again and Ed is like “what happened, did comphet shorten you or something.”
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the way my ass was not prepared for shanks rolling up to marineford, immediately intimidating every still-conscious major player on the battlefield including gd sengoku…
and then whipping around like a soap opera protagonist the second he realized buggy was there
*:・✧BUGGY?✧・:*
i don’t have to ship them when shanks does it for me
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