#this post is for pirate wannabes ONLY

[mysteriouslybluepirate]

hi bestie saw ur post and im kinda curious about this since it's something not a lot of ppl are talking about next to ed's arc and izzy's death and all— what do you think about how they handled stede in the finale? I felt like a lot of the "incompetent wannabe pirate" jokes undermined his progress this season and also him deciding to stay at the inn with ed felt odd as he expressed he wanted to be a pirate and sail the sea. just wondering what other people think about that

[Oct 31, 2023]

Before we get into it, you are allowed to enjoy this show! My past (and next few) responses WILL be negative, but you aren't wrong for agreeing or disagreeing with most posts. Thanks to all the people who have already sent in messages! I can't wait to respond!!

I am an Izzy fan first and foremost, but how a show handles it's protagonist says a LOT about how it handles it' characters overall!

TLDR for this post: In any character-centric media, explore your characters as characters first. Develop your plot around them and their arcs. Don't treat an ensemble cast as faceless props for the story you're trying to tell. Stede's arc is weird because Stede is shoved in places where it feels like he doesn't fit anymore.

Creating a narrative focused on central character conflicts can work. This is how S1 was written. Stede and his actions directly lead to revealing truths of the world that push the plot forward. This worked because I'd argue the strongest part of OFMD overall is its characters. S2 misses out on this strongest aspect by only referencing its characters when it needs something from them.

S1 We went from Stede killing a guy-> The Act of Grace. S2 Stede tells a guy he shouldn't be an idiot and leave behind a calling card -> burning down the Republic of Pirates and killing Izzy. S2 doesn't feel as tied to Stede's arc of growing into a pirate. But Stede isn't the only person this has fucked over.

Each crew member has their role established from S1, we fans know how they work as a family. But in S2 most of the cast can be swapped out interchangeably unless its something that features this side character NICHE (Wee John in drag being good with fabrics, Roach being a cook).

Sadly, by focusing on the larger Zheng vs. Military arc, a story our characters BARELY caused, the audience misses out on potential character development. Instead of our characters facing the consequences of their actions, our favorite side characters are used as faceless narrative tools. This is largely why the crew was abandoned this season unless they had a romantic side plot. Seeing The Revenge sail off in episode 8, it feels like we barely care about them at all anymore.

As seen from @the-buttspie 's comment, even Stede's arc isn't left out of the firing range. His characterization in episode 8 is constantly thrown back and forth between 'Captain doing his best' and 'Village idiot' if the scene needs it.

Analyzing WHY I started to dislike Stede post episode 4 is FASCINATING, and I feel that digging all the way back to the beginning is a smart way to look at his character growth this season.

FRAMING: Stede's early story get's fucked over pacing-wise because his storyline happens side by side to that of Ed/Izzy.

Any dramatic moment is cut short to show just how much the other crew is NOT about to die. Every time I watch S2 with a new person, for episodes 1-3, they'll comment on how much they don't care about Stede's plot. Which is not a thing you'd want for your protagonist in a season of TV that's only 8 episodes long.

Stede goes through a really strong arc from S1 to the start of S2. For the first three episodes of S2, he puts the needs of his crew before the needs of himself. Literally making sure his crew is safe before going down to see Ed's corpse. I genuinely enjoyed how Stede stepped up for his family. How he doesn't blame the Revenge crew for killing Ed, realizing that yes. Ed is the love of his life and also a man who has seriously hurt so many people.

Eps 4-5: From that we see him trying to talk it through with Ed. While both of them aren't telling the whole truth, it's a good start! We're midway through the season, so we should expect things to get fleshed out more soon.

Until Stede decides 'I'm going to bring a man that tortured my family for 80+ days onboard less than 24 hours after my crew voted him off' Yes. Stede loves Ed to a stupid extent, but this starts the trend for Stede to be dangerously selfish this season using his power as captain to overwrite the want of his crew, a habit of his that partially gets Izzy killed.

I really enjoyed Stede in episode 5, and for me, this felt most like the Stede we recognize growing into a real Captain with hints of who he was. I think it says a lot that Stede still misses his layers and silks. That he craves the softness he used to have in the form of that cursed jacket. But as soon as Izzy is like 'you idiot, please listen to them, they will mutiny' Stede gives it up!!!! He's grown. He's listening to Izzy, he's talking with his crew! This episode did the one thing I wish the season did more of, show the reunited crew just living their lives.

This is where Stede stands out, it lets him be a bit more of a leader to the crew. Let him find his groove again. I loved it!!

Now: Killing Ned Low.

Stede choosing to kill Ned Low is the first time Stede killing someone counts. Yes, he burned down the ship French ship. But this is the first time the audience is supposed to care. I think this moment WAS in character and a really important moment for Stede. He chose this. This wasn't up to crew vote, Ned insulted Ed so fuck him, he deserves to die. Ned walks the plank, also referencing historical Bonnet's tendency to do the same thing.

This is where both Ed and Stede make an in-character mistake, having their first time after the rush of 'oh shit, I'm still alive, and I'm hurting and you're here too'. They don't regret their first time, clearly, they both enjoyed it, but both of them can't ignore what fueled it. Stede has had 3 episodes to re-establish himself with his crew, and now has very little time for the rest of the season with them to show off his growth. That's why, after the party, we don't feel like this show is showing off a family anymore. Even when reunited, they barely feel like a united front.

But from this point on, I personally feel that Stede should have toned down the humor a bit and act like he did in episode 3. Well, I'm getting a bit ahead of myself so-

Episode 7: Stede enjoys being popular, following in Ed's footsteps. He holds his ground against Ed, and overall this feels like a natural progression of his arc from episode 5. He knows what he wants in life and Ed not communicating is genuinely frustrating for him. Him being heartbroken and trying to fight Zheng like she's Izzy is one of the few callbacks I feel that works. As it compares a Stede who was supported by his crew, to this Stede who feels totally alone. I loved Stede this episode, only to be disappointed by-

Episode 8:

Where Ed is allowed to have his silly moments in private, I feel that Stede fluctuates between silly and serious WAY too much for us to take him seriously. Stede's response to Ed telling him he loved him being 'I know' also felt off to me.

"You're not a dick, life's a dick" This line is frustrating to me as it's Stede's response to Ed apologizing. Genuinely apologizing for his actions in the previous episode. This could have been a moment for us to feel like Stede and Ed were a united front but Stede's constant joking and not taking shit semi-seriously. Yes. He feels more comfortable around his family which is amazing.

But I can't help but point out how Stede chooses to go along with a plan the rest of the crew doesn't like. What NARRATIVE purpose was there for Stede trying to sell the captain? He has money, clearly. With the loot they still have, and a future alliance with Zheng.

Stede fucks up. His choice a plan that gets Izzy killed. The writers sacrificed Stede being a competent Captain who cares about his crew into what is described as a 'suicide mission' to push Izzy into his rushed death. A disservice to both characters.

ONTO:

Stede abandons piracy

I'm not shocked they did this, not after the other flubs of the episode, but I hate that it wasn't a conversation held between Ed and Stede.

They could cut the stupid joke about Ed being bad at fishing at the beginning and have these two idiots talking about their issues. Maybe establish that, yeah, piracy is a lot, and they deserve to settle down and get to know each other. Even if they return to the sea, this frames it as Ed finally finding peace and Stede getting pulled along, going against his character growth this season.

I'm surprised that they're setting this up now and not at the end of Season 3. Hell, I used to think S3 would be focused on Ed and Stede avoiding/faking their historical deaths. Given all the bullshit they'll have to clean up to wrap up all the loose ends established this season- S3 will be VERY Ed/Stede focused, I think the crew will still be inserted in without care or arc. Characters like Jim and Oluwande will be prioritized as they are in a relationship before our nonromantic characters like Wee John and Frenchie.

Stede and Ed's relationship, the driving force of the plot, still falls flat because after everything it still feels like puppy love. They've spent at most two months in person together, and two weeks in a serious relationship. I don't really feel convinced that they actually love each other. Ed still doesn't know that Stede was kidnapped at the end of S1, or why he struggles to talk about his feelings. Ed still hasn't talked about why he feels he needs to leave piracy, or his issues feeling like he doesn't belong anywhere in life. Their habit of running away the MOMENT things get hard just makes me not care about them.

I blame the size of the Izzy fandom on the fact that if you don't buy into the leads, there's almost nothing left here to sink your teeth into. The moment the show seems like they'll talk about it they hard pivot.

I hope S3ep1 happens after a LONG time jump. I want these fuckers to be snippy like two people snowed into a cabin for months. Sick of each other and bitching back and forth like no tomorrow. S3 is about genuinely breaking down their walls. Until then, I'll stick with Izzy, the Canyon, and his depressing version of this reality.

#stede bonnet #I'm a bit worried this post will reach all the Stede fans directly and they'll feel attacked. Please don't feel that way! #I genuinely enjoyed where he was going until episode 8 where Stede seemed emotionally distant the entire episode #I just wish Stede had more impact to his own central story #ofmd critical #ofmd meta #ofmd season 2 #ofmd s2 spoilers #stede bonnet critical #IDK if thats a tag #stede critical #? #ofmd s2 finale #ofmd s2

[unreadpoppy]

Galatea's background

Because I reorganized some stuff I decided to finally write down Galatea's back story into a post. It's gonna be bullet points because I don't have energy for paragraphs right now.

BEFORE

Her father was human noble from Cormyr and her mother was a sun elf. Her family didn't approve of the marriage but they went with it anyways.

The couple struggled to conceive, after years of trying.

One of their servants over hears them talking about their struggles and offers help. She tells them to meet with this 'healer', promising that she'll have the solutions to their problems.

They meet with this 'healer' and she tells them of a ritual they could perform, a offering to some fertility god, and they'd be blessed with a child.

They do the ritual and she gets pregnant.

Baby is born and it's a tiefling. No one is happy. The baby is named Galatea. Of all family members, her grandmother (on mother's side) is the one who apparently hates her the most.

CHILDHOOD

Galatea doesn't have a lot of friends, and most of her family members seem to resent her. Her parents are slighlty less cold, but there's still this air of uneaseness to them.

To make herself feel less lonely, she starts playing with her imaginary friend, the Shadow Man.

The Shadow Man is literally a shadow in her room in the shape of large, horned man, who doesn't talk but plays with her by interacting with the objects in her room. She considers him her only friend.

When she's 10, her mother gets pregnant again, and this time, a beautiful half elf daughter is born, whom they named Briseidas.

Galatea gets very upset at all the attention that her younger sister is getting, and that's when she starts manifesting magic. At the same time, the Shadow Man begins to talk, encouraging her to use more of her magic.

Eventually tho, Galatea warms up to her sister and they do form a bond, becoming inseparable.

ADULTHOOD

Years had passed, and Galatea's grandmother was getting very agitated over the fact that she hadn't married yet. The main problem is the marriage proposals keep getting turned down by either Galatea herself, or possible suitors.

Also, the more that Galatea uses her sorcery powers, dark marks start to show up on her neck. She tried to cover it up with makeup but it didn't work. The Shadow Man tells her to not be ashamed.

Eventually her family sees this. They try to clean her, but seeing that it wasn't dirt or paint, her parents finally decide it's time to tell the truth.

They tell her grandmother about the ritual. Then, a research is conducted and they track down both the servant and the 'healer'.

They reveal that both of them were in service to a devil and the ritual the parents performed was actually a deal - they'd have a child, but that child would forever be marked by that devil and this is why Galatea was born a tiefling.

And yes, the shadow man is the devil .

After discovering this, her grandmother sends her away to a monastery that is in a very isolated island, so that she will no longer be a problem to the family.

While on the boat, due to her anger, Galatea's magic ends up causing an explosion of sorts (like a ball of energy) and everyone but her dies. She decides to then jump into the waters cause there's nothing else for her to do.

She gets found by a ship of wannabe-pirates and ends up travelling with them for awhile. Because of her powers over the elements, especially thunder and lightning, they nickname her 'Storm Witch.' Also, she gets into a brief relationship with the captain.

During that time, Galatea adopts the surname 'von DeWilde'.

Eventually, Briseidas, with the help of a cleric, sends her a sending message, telling her she now lives in Baldur's Gate with her husband and asking Galatea to go visit her.

Galatea starts living with her sister and brother in law. It's while living there that she gets tadpoles and the events of the game begin.

#oc: galatea von dewilde #lore post of my own oc i think

[chuplayswithfire]

imagining a situation where Ed comes back to the Revenge after Izzy has already been tossed overboard, but he doesn't want to become captain again. He's heartbroken and miserable and really would rather not be in charge of anything. Oluwande is captain and not terribly thrilled with it, but after talking it over with Jim and Lucius, comes to a plan. He and the crew are rather worried about Ed, and his obvious depression is kinda ruining the vibe, and they totally respect that he doesn't want to be in charge, but how does he feel about being first mate?

Surprisingly? Really good about it. He's still having a rough time of it, but having things to do to bring his mind out of the post-break up misery helps, and the crew are still loveable goofballs, and before they know it, they're pirating away and having a good time of it. If Ed's still mourning getting dumped, that's his business - the crew is compassionate about it, they gently roast Stede with him for what a dick move ghosting is, and they move on.

Only, of course Stede is on his way back, wanting to win Ed's trust, love, and forgiveness back.

And... maybe the news has spread that Blackbeard has taken a spot as first mate and now Oluwande is fielding all kinds of new and upcoming pirates who want to be rivals to the man who clearly beat and won over Blackbeard, and Ed is fielding all his old rivals who want him to come be their first mates if he's going to be up for grabs.

(Jim is having the time of their life, dueling all of Oluwande's wannabe rivals to defend his honor. Stede is about ready to try the stun move again if one more pirate tries to steal the love of his life.)

#ofmd #stede bonnet #edward teach #blackbonnet #jim jimenez #oluwande boodhari #oluwande x jim #our flag means death #aus open to good homes

[anniilaugh]

I travelled home in such a beautiful weather today, that sun oh man✨❄️ ..it was -20C and I couldn’t feel my toes tho but that’s just Finland for you, starting the new year with getting even colder : D

…While I’m at it, writing a post for once and all, I pondered if I have the energy to write any 2023 recap, do I even have anything specific accomplishments to write about? My daily life is pretty stable and boring lol. Like I grew a hokkaido pumpkin and tomatoes at my balcony? Saw The one and only Sacabambaspis?? Grand. :, D But hey, I guess I did pretty ok. Creatively this was a year of comebacks even!

I managed to get more back into cosplaying with some retro favorites non the less, stepped out of my comfort zone a bit, tried to keep it simple where it didn’t matter (shut up, perfectionism!) and had super fun and cool shoots with friends! It felt good to be excited about silly costumes again, and hanging out with like minded friends is always the best part❤️

(The 4 horsemen of wannabe-cool selfies)

And heck, I finally got back into drawing too which was Huge for me! I’d spent so many years with zero motivation and several anxieties to the whole ordeal I hadn’t even touched my pencils. It all felt so pointless that at some point I even thought if that part of my life was all over and done for.

Que the OPLA and my old love for two pirate idiots bursted back to flame, read the manga up to date and here we are!!

(The one that restarted it all. You have no idea what an eraser struggle this was haha)

So yeah. Special thank you ZoSan fandom for being an inspiration!💚💛 I have no idea how long this hyperfocus will fuel me but I’ll enjoy this silly ride while it lasts~

I hope you all had a cozy New Years! 🥂

#2023 recap #happy new year #and thank you for being in my life ❤️ #yes you #ramblings #video #anniilaugh #cosplay #anniinart

[allthecastlesonclouds]

Is someone were to start watching dimention 20 . What series(?) would you reccomend n where ?

omg omg okay okay so i'd say there are so many different routes you can take depending on what genre you like!! this is truly so hard omg. i can start off by saying most seasons are on a subscription service called dropout which is the only subscription service i will be paying for in my life (unless you're counting a patreon as a subscription service), but they also have a youtube where they've released a couple full seasons.

i'm putting Escape From The Bloodkeep at the top because a) Villainous Found Family, b) free on youtube, and c) there's an NPC named J'er'em'ih. It's a Lord of the Rings knockoff from the perspective of the villains who are dorks and also queer. Found family to the max and so many bits.

i will be crunching this post because it is LONG! genres galore!

if you want Drama: A Crown of Candy is a Game of Thrones/Candy Land mashup. The Ravening War is the prequel. Both of them have a nonzero chance of making you cry and Do have permanent deaths. A Court of Fey and Flowers is the other drama but it's. queer Bridgerton with fairies. no angst many flowers and there's LETTER WRITING and a RUMOR PHASE

Coming Of Age: Fantasy High Freshman Year, Sophomore Year, Junior Year, and The Seven. While I think t7 is higher in quality than Freshman Year, you do need FY for context. either way, both feel as realistic as an adventuring school can be to an actual coming of age story.

Misfits and Magic is also a Coming of Age and an homage and just. a fabulous piece in general which I think is a GREAT introduction (if you have dropout)! it's a group of people going "how much can we poke fun at jk rowlings books bc we grew up on those but we Don't Like Her and actually her system is trash?" it's a smaller cast using the kids on brooms system, and, once again, it's queer and coming of age and found family. there's a wet cat of a man if that's what you need in your life.

Horror Seasons: Neverafter and Burrow's End are the two Overtly Horror seasons and they both pull it off very well. Neverafter is found family. Burrow's End is a literal family (of stoats) (not anthropomorphized, just plain stoats). they're Good Horror.

The Unsleeping City (Part I) is also very good. only filmed media that's made me cry. i can't speak to part ii specifically because i did not vibe with the virtual filming style. i got dropout because of Pirates of Leviathan, but i had the context of s1 and s2 of fantasy high so. idk man. is this coherent?

romance: Shriek Week and A Court of Fey and Flowers. Monster dating sim and Fairy Bridgerton. i'm not a dating sim person so i couldn't really do shriek week but ACOFAF. Man. That season.

Mystery: Mentopolis. I cannot tell you how much I loved Mentopolis. such a good season. Hank Green is there. Mike Trapp (creator of J'er'em'ih) is there. It's truly just tropes tropes tropes. everything is a pun.

Mentopolis also fits under action, which is what I would put Coffin Run under as well. Coffin Run my beloved. 2 vampires a wannabe-vampire and a jewish-old-man-who-misses-his-wife walk into dracula's castle and go. "hey we're your favorites, right?"

i'm so sorry. i hope this helped. i really love this show man. there's very few seasons i couldn't finish and 20 seasons out right now (the 21st is coming out every wednesday starting last week) and while there are MORE seasons like A Starstruck Odyssey (scifi comedy, 10/10 no notes) this is a long post to say. TLDR: you gotta know what style of show you like. my friend and i both watch it but she REFUSES to watch fantasy high and i can't stomach A Crown of Candy but we still both watch other seasons.

#adl :D #and i'm talking i guess #it's just. a really good show. there's so much heart in it #dimension 20 #eftbk #fuck it we're maintagging #i do hope this helps i LOVE this show. it's beloved to me. got me through covid

[panthera-tigris-venenata]

I’m just gonna post it here. With no context. There is some but I don’t feel like finishing it rn. (The context is that Uma isn’t on the Isle and the Hook siblings are running a crew together.)

Anyway. Enjoy about 750 words of the Hook sibling being mean to one another I guess.

Things are going fine, they really are. Really.

Well, fine. No one is actively dying, at least, which is about as good as it gets on the Isle.

And none of the Hook siblings are yelling at each other, which might be due to the fact that Harriet is, ehm, rather busy at the moment, and CJ is nowhere to be seen.

Harry is more or less haunting the deck of the ship, sitting at the railing of the command bridge and scaring the pirates into actually performing their tasks with his mere presence.

He is reading a book, or maybe just pretending to so he could catch the port rats slacking – one might never know with the Hook siblings. No one can tell what they’re thinking at any given moment, and they love it.

Harry smirks and taps his lips with his hook, only glancing up to tell Desiree to move it unless she wants to be scrubbing the deck for the rest of eternity, and off her own blood at that. 

He gets back to reading without checking if she obeys her command.

Next time Harry looks up, it is to greet Ginny Gothel, who just walked from the Captain’s cabin, smudged lipstick and tangled hair. Self-satisfied smile that doesn’t quite reach her eyes, which are so dark they might be black holes. Pupils and nothing else.

She doesn‘t look him into the eyes much longer.

„So long, witch,“ he tells her, sliding of the railing and coming closer, „Ad arbitrium.“

She catches his hook before he can touch her cheek: „Fuck you, Hook,“ she says. 

The deck is silent.

„You wish,“ he answers, or maybe „Is my sister not enough?“

Maybe he said both, and maybe neither; Ginny laughs, high and wild. The wind carries the mocking sound away.

She never answers.

Harry doesn’t look after her as she leaves the ship. After all, Ginny Gothel is not his problem. He barely cares if she lives or dies.

He takes out a flask from his pocket; his rings clank on it way too loudly as he opens it. He takes a sip of the vile liquid inside.

His sister, the mighty Captain Harriet Hook of Dead Beauty, stumbles out of her cabin and immediately tears the flask out of his hands. He lets her have her drink before he pushes her away and takes <i>his</i> flask back. She can get her own alcohol, please and thank you.

Besides. 

She just saw Ginny.

„She left already?“ Harriet asks. She does <i>not</i> sound heartbroken or sad in the slightest,please and thank you. She is a Hook and they don’t have a heart, anyone could tell you.

Harry doesn’t deem it worthy of an answer anyway.

With another drink, he says: „And this is why I should be the Captain, sister dear.“

She sneers at him, grabbing the alcohol again. He will be resupplying from her personal stock.

Unsurprisingly, the taste of cheap rum does nothing to lessen her sneer.

„You, sister dearest, spend your time drunk and fucking that witch of yours, or worse yet, the Tremaine world wannabe.“

If the deck hadn’t been dead quiet and abandoned before, it certainly was now.

„You say that as if you didn’t fuck half the Isle, frater care,“ Her knuckles turn white where she holds the flask. Neat.

„And you drink as much as me.“

„Are you calling me a whore?!“ he declares in mock offence, loud enough for half the port to hear, really. 

„And I ain’t lying!“

Neither of them knows who started throwing things at this point, and the crew is too scared to tell.

Sometime during the fight, CJ comes, sneaking around them to get to her cabin; the older siblings interrupt their fight barely long enough to ask her where was she so long, and where does she think she is going?

„Why,“ the youngest Hook turns her nose up, „I’m crashing at Freddie’s now. Just getting some weapons and jewels and stuff. Eyeliner.“

„Touch my eyeliner and die–“ They both threaten at the same time, „Touch my jewels with one of your fingers and I cut off your whole hand, savvy?!“ adds Harriet.

„Geez, chill a bit. As if your stuff were Freddie’s style,“ sneers Calista, undisturbed by her older siblings, „Also, Anthony’s coming over. Just thought y’all would like to know.“

CJ cackles as her older sister pales considerably and uses the distraction to slip away from her siblings’ grip once more. Chaos cannot wait and all that.

#disney descendants #harriet hook #harry hook #cj hook #Ginny gothel #tw alcohol #tw discussion of sex life #swearing #they're not having a good time AT ALL

[harudnae]

I marked Copper, Silver and Gold as complete but inspiration came back so here's more!

CW: character death, skip the last paragraph after the very last horizontal line if you want to avoid bad feelings.

Also posted on AO3 on 2024.02.19

Rating: Mature

Pairing: Roger x Rayleigh x Gaban

Summary: Their story is a funny story too, a tale full of laughter.

Content warnings: major character death (off-screen, at the very end of the fic), spoilers for Wano, idiots in love, fluff, feels, polyamory, heavy drinking, shanks x buggy kiss, rated M for nudity and mentions of sex

Word count: 3k

✨ Waraibanashi

Rayleigh laughs at the young wannabe-pirate telling him their meeting is fate.

Roger laughs too, and invites himself aboard his stolen ship.

He who laughs last, laughs best.

Roger is big, he's loud, he's proud and stubborn. And against all odds, his presence aboard the ship and into Rayleigh's life has become comfortable and familiar irritatingly fast.

Rayleigh can't wrap his mind about the undeniable fact that he now truly enjoys Roger's company, that he even finds himself looking forward to the next unlikely adventure he'd drag them into. The worst thing? He even laughs about it.

Roger brought him unpredictability, along with the audacity of someone who doesn't give a single fuck and simply lives.

Rayleigh just had to adapt and improvise, had to get out of his carefully constructed comfort zone so he could follow Roger. He's still asking himself why, because of course he's still wondering, Roger might have impacted the way he acts but he remains the same deep inside.

But it doesn't matter, there's no comfort zone anymore, or rather, Roger is his comfort zone. As long as they're together, Rayleigh's confident they can go through anything.

And Roger's right here, laughing his heart out on the deck under the storm that threatens to capsize their tiny ship.

And Rayleigh stares at him, thinking that his life is absolutely absurd. And then he laughs, because he wouldn't want it any other way.

Rayleigh ponders the mysteries of life. More precisely, he wonders how he developed such a huge crush on Roger.

It definitely started with Roger's comfortable presence in his life.

The way Rayleigh missed the familiar warmth by his side on the rare occasion when Roger woke up and got out of bed before him, the way Rayleigh knew he'd have a good day just because they would spend it together... He should have had a hint then, but it became clearer much later.

Then Roger wanted to explore the East Blue, and dragged him out of his comfort zone, always pushing him forward with unwavering trust that they'd get through anything together.

Rayleigh thought it was trust, and in a way, it is. But it's so blind, so solid and most importantly, it was there right away. Unlike trust, that would build over time after learning to know each other, something that just was from the instant they met. It was faith. And faith is something Rayleigh never had an interest in, until he started feeling something just close enough to it for Roger, too.

On the occasion when Rayleigh gets hurt in a fight, Roger goes berserk against the whole lot of their foes – these are the very, very rare moments where Rayleigh is slightly scared of Roger, but mostly proud and glad to be fighting by his side instead of against him – and afterwards, Roger always takes care of Rayleigh like he's the most precious thing in the world.

Slightly annoyed to be treated like he's made of glass, Rayleigh often complains then, but with time, he lets Roger tear down his barriers one by one, until he allows him to pamper him and give him all the affection he can.

Roger tells him then, "You always take such good care of me. You teach me stuff and cook good food. For once, I can take good care of you, too."

And only then it hits Rayleigh like a brick in the face. It's not trust, it's not faith, it's endless devotion, and it's mutual. He huffs a surprised laugh. "Okay. I can go with that." And for a while, he does, until something new starts bothering him.

Roger is a man. A very manly man.

Rayleigh has always been a ladies' man. Well... Rayleigh was a ladies' man, since apparently he's attracted to Roger too, now.

Roger. Big, loud, stubborn, affectionate, devoted Roger. Stupidly handsome, obnoxiously beefy, effortlessly charming Roger. A heart as big as the sun and hands twice as warm.

Rayleigh huffs a startled laugh when his dangerous train of thoughts derail.

Roger glances at him, smiling, then resumes peeling his share of potatoes. His skin is glistening with sweat under the sunlight filtering from the clouds.

Rayleigh's gaze travels up Roger's arm and follows the curve of his shoulder. His thoughts drift back to the warmth of Roger's skin, and Rayleigh feels the increasingly urgent need to feel it against his own. He wants to taste it. He shouldn't think about it too much, but it's so tempting.

Roger exhales a low chuckle. "I can feel your stare, you know."

Damn Observation Haki. Rayleigh tilts his head up and his gaze finds Roger's mouth stretched in a smile. He stares a little, wondering what these lips taste like, and by the time he finally meets Roger's gaze he thinks he's an idiot and he's probably just about to mess something up between them.

But Roger only smiles. "I can hear your gears turning from here."

Rayleigh exhales a surprised laugh. "Yeah, sorry."

"Say what you want", Roger invitingly says. After a quiet while, he adds, "I'd give you anything, you know."

Rayleigh's eyes open wide at that, and he just knows that he'd do the same, he's known for a while how devoted to each other they've been and– "I love you", he blurts out before his brain catches up.

Roger instantly lightens up, and he all but throws himself in for a searing kiss.

When they finally break apart, Rayleigh is positively out of breath and he has an uncontrollable fit of laughter at the absurdity of the situation, and the way Roger defused any worried he might have had like he always does.

Roger laughs too, eyes shining with mirth and want. "I love you, too."

Roger's been talking about recruiting more people for a couple of years now.

Rayleigh knows that eventually they'll need to do so since they want to head to the Grand Line soon, but he doesn't know where to start.

Does Roger have any idea how hard it is to find people they would want to travel the world with?

Eventually, they laugh with Gaban on the day they meet him, and they laugh again, all together aboard their small ship, at night after he agrees to sail with them.

It's absurd, the way he joins them, but Rayleigh doesn't mind half as much as he thought he would.

Rayleigh swears he was a ladies' man at some point in his life. And now he fears Roger might have twisted his preferences forever, because he thinks Gaban is very, very handsome.

Roger eventually solves the problem by revealing he's got a crush on him too, and from then on they all kind of, just, are together.

Rayleigh doesn't understand how it works, but it just does. He laughs at the absurdity of it all, and marvels at Roger's stubborn attitude that got him aboard that fateful day. He can't imagine his life without either of them now, and he's glad Roger insisted.

Gaban filled whatever space was left aboard their ship and in their hearts.

Now they feel complete, at last, ready to take the world by storm and mark history.

(As well as each other's skins, too, but that's another story.)

The day they take turns marrying themselves to one another gives them yet another collection of stories to retell and laugh about.

First, Roger is so impatient to get married to Rayleigh that he all but rushes the ceremony so that he can finally slide a gold ring on Rayleigh's finger and, most importantly, eat his face in front of everyone, smiling like an idiot.

Gaban rolls his eyes but doesn't really fare better when Rayleigh replaces him and takes his sweet time before they actually get to the point. He's antsy and seems just about to burst from anticipation alone when finally, Rayleigh calls for the rings.

And then Gaban can't find his.

It takes him all of ten frantic minutes to throw everything in his cabin upside down before he finally finds the two copper rings he just fucking forgot to take with him after days of preparation.

He's back flushed from embarrassment, under the roaring laughter of the whole crew.

Roger is more impatient than ever, and before the ring slides to his last knuckle, he pulls Gaban in for a fierce kiss.

Rayleigh joins the hollers and subsequent collective fit of laughter.

(They're idiots, but they're his idiots, and he loves them to the sun and back.)

Once copper and silver shine on his hand, Roger's eagerness turns a little softer, and he very seriously holds the last office of the day. He tears up a little when he gets to the rings, and he gives Rayleigh and Gaban a moment together before hauling both of them up for a tight hug. Their feet aren't back on the deck yet that Roger is already calling for the party.

They eat to their hearts content around the feast with their whole crew cheering for them all. They get stupid drunk and party until dawn, happy with their decision to get married at sea because the their ship is their home first and foremost, but also because no land could have possibly endured the ruckus they make that night.

And they're slurring and swaying, and they're clumsy once they drank the whole lot of their crewmates under the table, but they're stupidly in love and stupidly happy and also maybe, just a little, stupidly horny.

So they make their way over their drunken nakama sleeping on the decks, occasionally bumping on a leg or an arm, slurring half-baked excuses while their hands are busy doing anything else than steadying themselves.

They all have their coats and shirts off, they have been discarded for a good part of the night already, but they're all clearly intending to remove more layers of clothes and get all over each other.

Rayleigh clings onto Roger, fully taking advantage of his drunken state as an excuse to run his hands across Roger's heated skin.

(As if he ever needed an excuse. As if Roger wasn't enjoying the situation, too.)

Gaban isn't faring much better, shamelessly groping Rayleigh's ass while his mouth leans in, dangerously close to his neck and ear, warm breath fanning over pale skin. He bumps into another couple of their nakama before they finally reach Roger's cabin.

They stumble into the room and knee each other in their drunken haze, but they manage to undress and eventually find themselves together on the bed, looking at each other like animals in heat.

Rayleigh breaks the silence first, cheeks dusted with a light blush. "Will you both take me?"

Roger laughs loudly, earning a frown from Rayleigh.

Gaban doubles over, and he wears a smug grin when his laughter subsides. "Oh, yeah. We kinda had a bet on that."

Rayleigh glares at them, mock-offended. "Then what are you waiting for?" He cracks a smile then, and laughs with them.

Under Roger's guidance, Gaban steers the ship to the ends of the New World, to the island at the end of the Log Pose.

Rayleigh approaches Gaban when he remarks that the Log Pose needles are spinning aimlessly.

Roger grins, and exhales an excited hum.

Gaban cracks a smile of his own, and exchanges a knowing glance with Rayleigh before they both turn their attention to Roger.

"There must be another island. And we'll find it."

"We'll just have to follow, won't we?" Gaban exhales an exaggerated sigh.

"What a bummer", Rayleigh gently teases.

Roger laughs, shortly followed by his lovers and the rest of his crew.

Rayleigh's love for his partners is boundless. And he didn't know he could love even more.

And then they found a baby in a chest.

Rayleigh never really thought about being a father, then Roger didn't give anyone a choice, and now here they are.

Shanks giggles in the brand new cradle Gaban just finished.

Roger runs a hand across red hair, earning a happy squeak.

Rayleigh nudges his shoulder against Gaban's arm, then he nods towards their Captain, lover, husband, who somehow turned into an absolutely love-struck father. "He's such a softie."

Gaban adjusts his position against the railing and glances in Roger's direction, then he looks at Rayleigh from over his glasses. He deadpans, "Says who?"

Rayleigh gives him an unimpressed stare. "Don't make this a contest, you're no better."

"Says mama hen always careful that the baby eats properly."

"Who built that cradle?", Rayleigh counters before pointing at Roger, "And I'm not the one cooing either!"

Roger turns to them then, flashing them a bright smile. "Come, come", he eagerly says, motioning for them to approach.

Rayleigh exchanges a knowing look with Gaban and strides to the cradle around which they all gather.

Gaban's gaze softens when it falls on Shanks, comfortably installed and peacefully sleeping. He runs his hand across the blanket wrapped around the baby, absentmindedly checking if he's correctly tucked in.

Rayleigh exhales a quiet hum, and a soft smile grows on his face. He leans onto Roger, snuggling against his side, looking at the baby like it's the most precious thing in the world.

(Maybe it is.)

Roger suddenly laughs. "I'm with Gaban. If we're softies, you're sappy."

Rayleigh leans back and glares, slightly grimacing.

Gaban comes closer and leans onto him, effectively trapping Rayleigh between him and Roger as he starts laughing too.

Smothered between his lovers, Rayleigh has little other choice but to just endure his terrible predicament.

(Who is he even trying to lie to? Stuck between his lovers, a terrible predicament? He'll gladly spend his life here if he can.)

Eventually, Rayleigh draws the conclusion that they're assorted bastards, softies at heart with endless loyalty and love to each other.

It's stupid, but it's simple and it works, and most important: it's them.

And that makes him laugh too.

Gaban does his best to keep the ship steady under the raging storm.

Rayleigh, unfazed, studies the copy of the Poneglyph they got while they wandered on Linlin's turf. "This one was red. I bet it's more important than the others."

Roger dangerously smiles. "Great. That makes it even more interesting!" He glances behind and laughs his ass off when Linlin's ship capsizes a little further away. "Wahahahaha! Serves her well!"

Shanks and Buggy are inseparable, often bickering but never far from one another, even more often all over each other, whether during chores, training, exploring or keeping watch in the lookout.

Rayleigh wonders if there's more to their friendship that meets the eye, if there's something deeper. They're still kids to him, but they're teenagers already, so he wonders.

He wonders, until he finds the boys hidden in the pantry, their lips messily slotted together, Shanks' ears as red as his hair while Buggy's hands tightly grip his collar.

Rayleigh quietly retreats to the upper deck, and tells Gaban when he meet him on his way there.

Gaban exhales an awkward chuckle. "Oh, yeah, we must have given great examples."

Rayleigh half-heartedly glares.

Gaban shrugs. "What? They love each other, either way. Let them kiss, we'll give them the talk soon."

Rayleigh cringes a little.

Gaban raises a threatening finger. "Don't. No complaining or I'll ask Roger instead."

Rayleigh barks a laugh at that. "Yeah... No, thanks."

They meet with Tom in Water 7, following Nozdon's recommendation when they're looking to buy a bigger ship.

Tom agrees to build them a fancy new one so they can reach their dream destination.

Rayleigh laughs along with his lovers, when they learn of The Fish-Man's idea of building a sea train to travel between islands.

(The world is full of crazy people, but their friends are always the good kind of crazy.)

Rayleigh smiles when he watches over the gift exchange following their battle against the Whitebeard Pirates.

When Oden joins them, they throw yet another party where everyone eats and drinks and laughs to their heart content.

Then they embark for the last leg of their incredible journey, singing an old shanty about drinks and dreams and laughter.

On the final island, Roger laughs.

Gaban doubles over and falls over Rayleigh.

Rayleigh wraps an arm around Gaban's shoulder for support, and only laughs louder, tears prickling at the corners of his eyes.

It had to be absurd, it had to be magnificent, and it had to make them smile and laugh. It had to be just like Roger, and it's perfect.

(Rayleigh wishes their kids were here. He hopes they come back when they're older, as they promised.)

Roger names the island, and it rings truer than any name this forsaken island could have ever had.

It sounds like them, too, and that's something Rayleigh will treasure forever.

About a year later, Roger has the last laugh and sends the world in an uproar, completely fulfilling the promise he made to Rayleigh on the day they first met.

Rayleigh laughs again, even as his tears soak his smile.

(He knows that somewhere on the other side of the world, Gaban is doing just the same.)

He laughs to honor Roger's memory, crying for his loss but no less proud to have been by his side for such an important part of his incredible adventure. And he laughs, and he cries, and he drinks and laughs again. And when his tears have dried, he patiently waits for his time to shine again. He waits for the man Roger wishes he could have met and for the one yet to come, for the man from the young mermaid's prophecy.

He waits for the one who will bring laughter to the world again.

Copper, Silver and Gold: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - [6] - 7

#one piece #op fic #nae's writing #🥇🥈🥉 #roger #rayleigh #gaban #shanks #buggy #roger pirates

[yujo-nishimura]

"Told you so..." - Part 10

This is a private ongoing fic just for me and @lostfirefly

Since tumblr doesn't let me post it privately I need to share it publicly, but feel free to scroll through the content, since this is just for our own amusement. ;)

Warning: Buggy x fem OC smut, Minors, do not interact, this part is also not proof-read, I just wanted to get it out into the world quickly. ;)

As the sandstorm subsided, Buggy and Helga could finally see Crocodile and Yujo standing together on the other side of the staircase.

"Darling, look how close they are now. Are you sure they're not involved romantically?" Helga asked, her amusement sparked by the potential spicy twist this situation could take, momentarily diverting her attention from their escape.

"Cutie pie, I really don't care," Buggy replied nonchalantly. "I'm just glad we have Crocodile to shield us from harm. I only wish we could find a way out of here more swiftly..."

Yujo overheard their conversation and motioned for them to come closer. Her eyes shimmered with a hint of feverish excitement. Crocodile averted his gaze, seemingly indifferent to the discussion. The tension between these two was unbearable. 

The captain of the Aqua Pirates cleared her throat, her voice slightly shaky as she began to speak. "I believe we're wasting our energy down here. The guards will continue to send reinforcements until they overpower us. We need a better plan."

Helga nodded, acknowledging the reasonableness of the suggestion. "You're right, Yujo. Especially since their backup seems endless, while our powers are not."

"Well, I could easily leave without any of you," Crocodile retorted coldly. 

"Don't forget who saved you from prison, you damn sand snake!" Buggy snapped back, unable to tolerate Crocodile's disrespectful tone. The former warlord swiftly turned his gaze towards the pirate clown, ready for picking up a fight.

"Do you need a reminder of who holds the upper hand here, Pierrot?" Crocodile sneered, his eyes narrowing. "You and your little red-haired plaything haven't proven to be of much use, if I recall correctly."

Buggy's fists clenched, his anger surging, ready to retaliate with a barrage of attacks aimed at Crocodile's face. "You can call me whatever you want, but dare you to insult Helga," he seethed, his voice laced with a dangerous tone.

"Darling...!" Helga swiftly grabbed Buggy's fist, her gaze conveying a mix of caution and intimidation. "Please...!" she pleaded, understanding that they stood no chance against Crocodile, even if he were to continue insulting them.

"The plan!" Yujo interjected, attempting to steer the conversation back towards the matter at hand. "The plan would be to use our combined Devil Fruit powers to break through the ceiling. From there, we could attempt to either ride a sandstorm upwards or create a water fountain. The water option would likely be less dangerous to all of us, except for Crocodile...!"

Yujo's suggestion hung in the air, and Helga attentively listened, contemplating the potential course of action. Meanwhile, Buggy and Crocodile maintained an intense stare-down, their mutual hate palpable.

"I refuse to ride any sandstorm made up by this wannabe-warlord. He'd probably end up getting us killed!" Buggy snapped, crossing his arms defiantly in front of his chest to emphasize his disapproval.

"And I won't risk coming into contact with water, Missy. Unless you all want to meet your death while I'm rendered powerless," Crocodile added, his tone dripping with skepticism.

Helga and Yujo let out simultaneous sighs, realizing the difficulty of delegating tasks to these two stubborn men, especially in the face of imminent danger from the approaching guards.

"What if I create a fountain for the two of you, and then Crocodile and I follow using his powers?" Yujo proposed, a spark of excitement lighting up her eyes as she presented her plan.

Buggy, who had slightly fewer trust issues with Yujo, nodded slowly but added a condition. "You need to ensure that you bring us to Level 1. Once water touches me, I won't be able to utilize my Devil Fruit powers."

"That's why I'll accompany you and provide protection, darling," Helga chimed in, a warm smile gracing her face as she tightly squeezed Buggy's hand.

Crocodile rolled his eyes once again and hissed at Yujo, his patience wearing thin. "Let's get this over with quickly. I'm tired of witnessing their lovey-dovey display right in front of us."

"Are you ready?" Yujo asked, her hands transforming into water as she prepared to shoot it up towards the ceiling. Everyone nodded in agreement, bracing themselves for what was to come. With a surge of power, Yujo unleashed a mighty water fountain against the building's ceiling, causing it to crumble and crack under the intense pressure.

"Careful!" she shouted, warning the others as wet stones and debris cascaded down from the impact. Buggy swiftly grabbed Helga, and together they evaded the falling rubble. Meanwhile, Crocodile transformed into sand, effortlessly avoiding any harm.

As the dust settled, signifying the end of the impact, it was evident that the powerful water attack had likely pierced through multiple levels, possibly reaching the 1st floor. Sensing the urgency, Yujo urged Buggy and Helga to take their turn.

"Make your way to the main entrance and try to secure a ship for our escape!" she quickly instructed, aware that time was of the essence. She emphasized the need to hold on tightly to each other.

Helga nodded, and Buggy firmly wrapped his arms around her waist, providing a stable grip. Without further delay, Yujo created another water fountain, this time less explosive but still forceful like a geyser. It propelled the two escapees upward, serving as a water elevator of remarkable speed.

Overwhelmed by the sudden impact, Helga couldn't help but let out a shriek, but Buggy held onto her tightly, refusing to let go as the powerful surge of water propelled them rapidly upstairs.

As Helga regained consciousness, she found herself lying next to Buggy, completely drenched and coughing, remnants of the water still lingering in her throat. Buggy, too, coughed as he regained consciousness after the powerful impact.

"Where are we?" Buggy inquired, his voice still laced with coughs, scanning his surroundings for any clues. The pirate clown slowly sat up, the water-soaked clothes clinging to his body, but otherwise unharmed. "This looks like Level 1... I think that little captain girl did a good job!" Helga exclaimed with joy as she stood up, taking in their surroundings. She vividly recalled the imposing iron bars that had greeted them when they were first brought into the prison, marking the beginning of their life sentence.

"Now all we need to do is wait!" she declared, turning to face Buggy with anticipation in her eyes.

"Shouldn't we try to get out and search for a ship?" Buggy suggested, gradually rising to his feet and wringing out his wet ponytail.

"I believe we should wait for them. Only Crocodile can transform this door into sand and dissolve it. We promised them a ship, but I've just realized how helpless we are without their damn powers," Helga explained, a hint of frustration creeping into her voice.

"Right..." Buggy's expression suddenly transformed into a mischievous smile. With a surprising leap, he bounded towards his girlfriend and guided her between two stone pillars, concealing them in a dark corner of Level 1.

"What shall we do while we wait for them...?" he whispered gently into her ear, eliciting shivers of anticipation and excitement from Helga.

The vice captain blushed, rendered speechless, as Buggy began planting kisses along her still-damp neck. He pressed his hands gently against her hips, pushing her back against a cool stone wall.

"The whole adventure has me pent up...!" he whispered, his voice husky with desire. "And seeing you in these wet clothes...!" He couldn't complete his sentence, overwhelmed by his longing to continue kissing and savoring her.

“Darling, they might come after us soon…!”, Helga uttered weakly, her voice lacking conviction. She knew that she was like butter in his hands when he started to kiss her. 

“Let them come, I can teach that damn Crocodile a lesson or two about how to treat a lady..!”, Buggy murmured and pressed himself against his girl, she eagerly leaned into his kisses, throwing her head back to give him easier access to her neck. 

The atmosphere crackled with heat and tension, as if an electric charge filled the air around them. The surge of adrenaline that had coursed through their veins during their daring escape now sought an outlet, an avenue for release. Helga let out a tiny moan as Buggy quickly pulled down her pants, knowing they didn’t have much time. He gently but firmly pressed his hands on her mouth, preventing her from being too noisy. 

“Apologies, sweet pie, just bear with me for a moment..!”, he hissed as he quickly entered her already wet folds. Helga never got tired of the feeling of how Buggy could completely fill her up. She could feel how his hard member twitched against her velvet folds. He immediately began pumping into her, panting while kissing her neck and her lips.

Helga tried to suppress her moans, but she felt too overwhelmed by the sensations caused by her own lust and his forceful movements. 

“Damn, baby, you take me so well..”, Buggy moaned into her ear, still pressing her against the wall, holding one of her legs up to pump into her relentlessly. 

Before Helga knew she was close to her climax, but Buggy was quicker. Chasing his own orgasm he started moving more sloppily, trying to hold the rhythm for her, but eventually came inside of her slick folds, filling her up groaning loudly. 

“Fuck, baby, I love you…!”, he leaned breathless against her shoulder, feeling her hot heartbeat against his chest. 

She smiled, gently stroking his blue hair as she whispered weakly: 

“I am not done yet. You owe me one later, when we got out of here…”  

#one piece #friends on tumblr #yujowriting

[vicontheinternet]

I watched fate so you don't have to. This has been in my drafts since yesterday. I honestly didnt know if I was going to post this. Don't worry I don't go through Netflix to watch it I pirated it netwinx won't get views on Netflix from me. Honestly it's such a blur and made my head explode I never laughed unironically and cussed at a tv show this much in my entire life.

Fucking hell this show is fucking mixing all first three seasons of the cartoon to get their second season Rosalind and bloom had a icy and bloom type confrontation shadow haunt kinda and realix and valtor what the fuck and it’s only 7 episodes

I honestly thought that sebastian was going to be their version of hagen. Not valtor with darkar motivations and the more I learn a WOW the more I think it’s a adaptation of that because sebastian looks more like the sebastian from there

Bloom talked so much fucking shit to aisha about being farah’s pet she should look in the mirror now from let her out from flip flopping from trusting her to not to trusting her again then doing her homework this is all the things she accuse aisha of doing ohh I have so many words for her

You remember how quickly how the cartoon got over the initial love triangle in szn 1? yeah this show got over it quicker they only bring it up once and Stella is only affected

The outfits are a little better this season they aren't like winx better more like wannabe pinterest or out of touch adult trying to by clothes for their kids better. Also stella physically looks more like daphne thus season I see daphne to be a cottagecore queen. They finally put bloom in blue.

They made Stella look like the mom from modern family it was styled pretty every once and a while

Bloom is so much worse this season

On tumblr we often joke about sky and skloom being boring. But this sky is giving wonder bread skloom is giving stale. I wanted to skip every skloom scene because it was giving nothing why was I supposed to care abt them when I didn't even see their development.

Honestly andreas was a low calorie charlie hunnam. And I suppose to feel bad for him when he kill his father whom he probably only knew for two years of his life collectively.

A list of who fate whitewashed, flora via terra Musa saladin via saul stella's uncle whom I assume is Celsius he could just be an oc they made sure not to say his name

My mind stopped working at how beatrix died the only words that came out of my mouth was what the fuck three times because what the fuck was that death scene

Sky's entire arc this season was as kennie jd puts it "a brooding hot 25 year old teenager"🎶

Only this show could make a friendship between a villain and hero more believable then their main friend group. Stormy and stella would laugh at how their fate counterparts being friendly

Stormy would throw a fit if she knew her fate counterpart was a fairy

Beatrix and Aisha and kinda stella were the most likeable characters in this season yes my girl Aisha can be the best girl even in the the shitty adaptation.

Flora is fine ig but she acts nothing like flora. Terra tells one of the girls that flora is shy but all we get is flora not being shy closed off maybe but shy no.

What happened to marco?

I hate that daphne isn't a character in general but it's also great for me because know the cant ruin her

I hate that that was the sky resurrection scene. Cartoon sky did died for bloom and friends only so he could just die without cause because bloom was to stupid not to think of burning the fucking vines

What was the point of making terra and sam siblings when they don't have any scenes together

They dubbed down on not making Aisha a princess and gave the black girl a treacherous love interest

Rosalind who looked like a prime minister and acted nothing like she did last season too the point were they could've said she was a different character and I would've been like ok. Also was I suppose to be sad or elated or feel anything when she was killed.

Terra and flora are second cousins by marriage? and it was only brought up once because they keep calling each other their best friend which there is nothing wrong with your cousin being your best friend at all

Istg that fate has writer’s going through tumblr post for idea because I kid you not bloom is a 1,000 years old

Bloom murders a person goes to trial gets sentenced somewhat the get off scott free. I honestly don't remember how she got out of this plotline.

Musa pulled a darcy with sam

We get introduced to the greater value demodogs

In conclusion winx fans all over the world could have done a better job making a show. I'm glad I'm done with this show I only watched because I wanted to make a youtbe video because I'm better at expressing myself when I'm talking then writing. I will not be watching the third season hope they don't get one.

#i binged this show in in two days and im not touching it again #i watched it so you don't have too #anti fate the winx saga #netwinx

[starsprlte]

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AHH! WARN me before you click next time! geez!! freakin' scared me... welcome to my little cabin quarters aboard a ship that 'surfs' the web. i'm starsprLte, or just pay (if we're friends!)

i'm a digital artist! i also experiment with crayons and paper crafts. i may even post kandi projects i've made, from time-to-time! currently, i'm working on a webcomic called DREAMCAST. digital art tag (present): "#vapour.png" old digital art tag (2018 - 2022): "#liquid.png" traditional art tag (2021 - present): "#traditional art" crafts tag (2021 - present): "#craftz"

DREAMCAST is a webcomic that i've been writing since 2018, and started releasing pages for in 2019. it follows the story of ethan, a goat plushie, trying to save the plushies that mysteriously disappeared after a strange storm. it also features some... 'arg' elements, with hidden codes and secret pages to find! read DREAMCAST here! it's hosted on tumblr! it's got a way better 'about' section over there!

speaking of! i'm really interested in, and passionate about, webcomic creation. i curate a list of tips that i've accumulated over the years, for people interested in making their own webcomic. the kinda stuff i wish i'd known when i was starting, you know? it's by no means a complete list, and probably won't be for a long time. i'm always happy to answer any questions you might have about webcomic creation! :+) click here to read it!

aside from DREAMCAST, i have a whole plethora of original characters and story concepts that i hope to develop in the future! for all OC content, i use the tag "#seedpods". as for story-specific tags...

"#journalist's worst nightmare" - is about orion, his little sister iris, and their weird alien fratboy hikari! they go on cryptid hunts, trying to find ONE that'll consent to having a research paper written about them, to prove the existence of cryptids- and so orion has an impressive portfolio opener for college.

"#who killed finnegan finch?" - is about nina and finnegan. finnegan finch has died! now a ghost with only hazy memories of his life, he and nina are trying to figure out who killed him. in life, finnegan’s made a lot of enemies, so any one of them could’a done it! all he remembers is that nina is important to him... but how?

{the following stories are under construction, the content within their tags is outdated!} {because i haven't. worked on them. in a longtime}

"#retailiation" - is about toi, xavier, and kyra. three very different people, all working very different jobs. they get swallowed up by their places of work, and transported to a strange pocket dimension, where their true appearance is only revealed when they're display the emotion they try to hide the most.

"#kabloom" - is about wanderlust, roseate, analog, and iliad! everyone has a special power, with a pro... and a con. i have a lot of cleanup i need to do around this story (character redesigns...), so i can't exactly give a concise and snappy description of what it's about.

"pirates need toothbrushes" - is about crowell, a pirate from the past who fell through a wormhole to the modern day; denny, an eccentric and strange little dentist who collects teeth; and jan, a wannabe witch with a flying broom! everyone has an 'itembond', a specific item/category of item that they've used for so long, it's almost like an extension of oneself! this one's more slice of lifey, and mainly about what 3 different kinds of weirdo would get up to. there's a LOT more i could say about any one of these stories, but this post is so so so long already. this isn't even all of the story ideas i have, i just haven't posted the others on tumblr yet! ack!

again, all of these characters and descriptions are heavily subject to change whenever i sit down to actually start making them. the unyielding hands of time!

this is the stuff that most of my followers are here for- yes i put my OCs above the fanart section LOL. the fan content i post here mainly includes: pokémon, minecraft, undertale/deltarune, disco elysium, OFF, ace attorney (rare one!), 17776 (rare one!) HOWEVER. this is NOT the only fan content i will post. i'll post shit for fandoms i'm not even in, and will never post for again! i'm a loose cannon! you'll never guess my next step! wa-ha-ha! beholden unto no one but myself!

and that's about it. thanks for sticking around this far, happy blog browsing!

#juice.txt #fine. i'll make a pinned. #WARNING: it's long. press the J button on your keyboard if you decide you dont want to read all that

[qazastra]

Kpop groups for the kpop ask: Rocket Punch, Golden Child, Everglow, Enhypen. I cannot remember if I've seen you post any of these, so this will be an adventure, but I like all of them, so I'll be intrigued by your reaction.

(here’s the ask post if anyone wants to see or rb themselves) oooooh fun thank you!! i know some songs from these groups, have a positive impression of all of them, and wouldn’t mind knowing more :-)

favorite member if I have one:

i don’t know anyyyy of their names lol

favorite song(s)

rocket punch: flash! but i don’t know any others yet! 

golden child: wannabe is one of the best kpop songs ive ever heard (also the kingdom version is SOOOO GOOD)

everglow: first, but i only know a few tracks

enhyphen: drunk-dazed... blockbuster is a veeery close second tho. i love the use of the electric guitar (might be bass idk) and that breakbeat is so delicious

why I don’t stan (yet) / if I want to

rocket punch: i just dont know anything about them and have yet to do like an actual dive into their catalog but i think i’d really like them

golden child: i DID try to get into them but their last release wasn’t super vibing w me? open to recs though! my friend saw them in central park for that free concert thing they did over the summer and said they were good

everglow: haven’t heard anything that really impresses me but havent heard everything they have to offer. idk i haven’t taken the time to fully investigate yk? but i do love the pirate music video its sooo fun

enhyphen: i’m gonna just listen to the 4 songs i already know from them and leave it there atm! i did listen to the dimension:dilemma album when it came out but blockbuster was the only song that got my attention

question for veteran fans

rocket punch: what’s your favorite album era!!

golden child: how has their sound changed over releases?

everglow: what’s their best choreo?

enhyphen: where do you see their concepts going in the future?

#thank u!! i rly gotta listen to more rocket punch lol i started because u recd them and am now infatuated with flash #this was fun :-)) #asks #kpop

[recentanimenews]

VTuber Houshou Marine Goes Pirating in Anime MV for Her Latest Single 'Marine Set Sail!!'

  Aye, pirate cosplayers! It's time to jump ship as hololive VTuber Houshou Marine's latest music video has been sent to the open seas for anyone to watch. The animated music video, set to the song "Marine Set Sail!!" by the hololive star, see's the wannabe pirate get her own ship and sailing the high seas in adventures with her crew and fellow hololive friends, tackling the dangers that she may face with heart and beach episode-level jiggle physics.

    Not only is the quaility of music high, but the level of staff for the music video is higher than the waves, with The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter director Kenta Onishi both directing and storyboarding the video, Kakushigoto character designer Shuhei Yamamoto performing the same duties here, and one of the chief animation director of Iwakakeru -Sport Climbing Girls-, Yoshihiro Watanabe from Frontier One, designing the props. The animation was produced at entertainment company Frontier One, which has worked with hololive's parent company Cover on event installations in the past.

  RELATED: VTubers Cross the Multiverse in Official Hololive x Marvel Studios Collab

  Houshou Marine debuted with hololive as part of their third generation of Japanese VTubers under the guise of "hololive Fantasy. She's gone on to sail to 1.89 million YouTube subscribers making her the third highest-subscribed VTuber of all time.

  Source: Houshou Marine on Twitter

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Daryl Harding is a Japan Correspondent for Crunchyroll News. He also runs a YouTube channel about Japan stuff called TheDoctorDazza, tweets at @DoctorDazza, and posts photos of his travels on Instagram. 

By: Daryl Harding

#Anime #News #Latest in Anime News by Crunchyroll!

[arguablysomaya]

you know what. peter lukas had the right idea. people are annoying and running away to sea is the right coping mechanism

#this post is for pirate wannabes ONLY #fuck off you cottagecore fucks #tma #the magnus archives #peter lukas #piratecore #pirates

[legendaryjellyfishfest]

When Luffy decided on each of his crew.

With the release of episode 1000 I decided to finally put together the post I’ve been wanting to for a while.  Each of the moments I feel Luffy “decided” each person was going to be part of his pirate crew.  Something we’re shown in chapter one is really important to him.

His crew is something incredibly important to him; without it he’ll never complete his dream of becoming King of the Pirates.  Over the years I’ve seen people list when each person joined the crew.  The manga even has chapters titled when each member joins so it’s easy to track. But I haven’t seen a breakdown of when and why Luffy decided on each of his crew.  I’ve narrowed down each moment I feel Luffy felt he had found a perfect addition to his crew.  This is a long one so for the sake of people’s dashboards I’ve put a “keep reading” to compact things.

1: Zoro

When Luffy first meets Zoro he’s willing to have him join, but he’s hesitant to ask him because he’s unsure if Zoro is really a “bad guy” like he’s heard all day.  He’s aware of Zoro’s strength; Luffy even sorta compliments Zoro’s perseverance by admitting he’d starve to death fast in Zoro’s place on the stake. To this point though he only knows Zoro as “bad.” It isn’t until after the incident with Helmeppo and Rika that Luffy sees who Zoro really is.

You can see the relief on Luffy’s face that Zoro is a good man.  He may be gruff and abrasive, but at his core he’s a kind man. Then he learns of how Zoro got on the stake, by saving Rika, and he decides that he’s not leaving Shells Town without Zoro.  But the rice ball scene is the moment I feel Luffy chooses Zoro. 

2: Nami

What’s funny about Nami is that at first Luffy wants nothing to do with her.

A common thread of these moments is that Luffy is an incredible judge of character, and I think this is a good example of that.  He’s incredibly wary of Nami.  It’s not until he finds out she’s good at navigation that he entertains sailing with her.

After she reveals she has no interest in being a pirate, and in fact hates them Luffy begins to half heartedly asks her to join. She then sells him out to Buggy, and he takes the offer off the table. It’s not until well into the party Buggy throws that we get these two moments.

Feeding Luffy is the surefire way to get into his good graces, but notice how he says it.  “I guess I’ll let you join my crew.” He guesses she’s good enough because of this, and she might be crew worthy.

But this is the key moment. When Nami falters on Buggy’s order to kill Luffy.  This is before the Chouchou moment where Nami herself sees what kind of a man Luffy is, and what treasure means to him. As far as she knows he’s just an annoying wannabe pirate, and if she doesn’t fire that cannon she’s dead.  But she lacks the resolution to do that.  Luffy picks up on it, and as you see calls her out.  I don’t see it as mocking, but rather he’s trying to educate her on what it means to deal with pirates.  Because he’s decided right here that she’s his navigator.  And she needs to learn the lesson he did at a young age watching Shanks. 

And that’s something that leads into Arolong Park and then her really joining, but that’s something for another post.

3: Usopp

The second Luffy realizes that Usopp is the son of Yasopp he was never going to leave Syrup Village without him. He even says Yasopp is one of his favorite members of Shanks’ crew. So it’s very obvious this is when Luffy decides to bring Usopp with him.

4: Sanji

Figuring out when Luffy decided on Sanji is also fairly easy. He openly tells the audience so here.

Luffy sees with his own eyes what kind of chef/person Sanji is right here.  No mater who the person is Sanji will feed them.  We later find out why feeding people is so key to Sanji, but Luffy doesn’t care one bit.  All he sees is someone that will provide no questions asked. Not only that, but someone that enjoys feeding others.  I don’t want it getting mixed up that I think it’s cause Luffy just wants someone to feed him, but it’s more like he can tell that Sanji is someone that’d cook for even someone he hates; because he’s a cook and that’s what they do.  A trait only one other chef at Baratie shares, Zeff, the others do it because it’s a job.  One they enjoy yes, but just a job.  To Sanji it’s very much more than that as we see.

5: Chopper

There’s two moments I decided worked with this, but they are kind of hand in hand.

The other moment is when he flat out says they have to have Chopper join because he’s cool.  This though is where we the reader, and Luffy, See just how important life is to Chopper. That even though it makes things harder for those that are in the castle, the lives of these snowbirds are just as important to him.  It’s what gets Luffy to actually think about Chopper as more than meat. And once he does we get this.

Chopper is cool, and he is now a crewmember.

6: Robin

Another easy one to pinpoint.

Robin asks, and Luffy accepts. She’s not the most trustworthy at this point. Literally only a few days ago she was an enemy.  But once again Luffy is an incredible judge of character.  While he doesn’t know why she saved him multiple times; Robin did take the time/risk to save him. So to Luffy she’s a good addition to his crew.  Plus her logic makes sense to him so why not?

7: Franky

Probably one of the hardest ones to explain considering how antagonistic things started with Franky.  Hell even deep into the events of Enies Lobby Luffy still kinda hates Franky.

He lets it got in order, and passes on the rescue of Robin to Franky.  A responsibility that Luffy would give to no one else but someone he trusted.

But here is where Luffy figures Franky could be a good addition to his crew. Notice his phrasing “Great!!!! He was a good guy after all!”  He was already considering asking him, but Franky gets the additional bonus of being a good guy.  The Franky family, and Iceberg may both ask Luffy to bring Franky on his ship.  But similarly to Sanji; he won’t force anyone to join even though he’s told it’s the only way to get Franky.

Luffy actually seems shocked that he’d need to force Franky to join. 

This is the moment Luffy knows Franky will be part of his crew, because Franky does want to sail with them and the Sunny, but he just needs the excuse.

8: Brook

I really don’t think I need to say much about this one.

The literal second Luffy meets Brook he knows he’s got to be part of his crew. And surprisingly Brook is the first person to just say “Yes”. A reverse of Robin’s in a way. The others all refuse at one point or the other.  Brook has other complications to joining, but this isn’t the post for that.  This is all also before Luffy realizes how perfect Brook really is.

He finally gets his long awaited musician for the crew. Is it no surprise why Luffy fought so incredibly hard to get Brook to be on his crew? After all:

A musician was the role Luffy wanted to fill after navigator, and cook at the very beginning of his journey.

9: Jinbei

Last but certainly not least.  The one Luffy(and readers) waited for the longest.  This was probably the hardest one for me to place. Post timeskip it kind of comes out of no where that Luffy askes him.  It makes sense why, but what was the moment during it that convinced Luffy to ask Jinbei?  That’s when it hit me.  The moment isn’t during the Fishman Island arc.  It’s the Post Marineford arc.

Luffy is at his lowest.  His literal breaking point.  The moment Moria warned him about.  His crew is lost.  Ace is dead.  There is nothing left. But wait. There’s Jinbei. To remind Luffy that though they may be separated, they are not gone. He still has his crew.  It can’t be understated how important this is for Luffy.  He was ready to give up before Jinbei got through to him. By reminding Luffy of what he still has; Jinbei guaranteed himself a spot on Luffy’s crew. And I’m very well reading into details that aren’t really there, but notice Luffy’s fingers. He’s counting his crew’s numbers.  At that point counting himself there are only nine Strawhats, but Luffy is holding out ten fingers.  Because he’s counting Jibei as one, but he can’t ask yet.  Not until the rest of the crew is back together. And once the Strawhats (including Jinbei) are together what happens?

Luffy finally gets to ask the question he’s been holding in for two years.

And that’s it.  Thanks for reading my ramblings if you’ve made it this far. Episode 1000 was amazing, and seeing the flashbacks of all the crew leading up to the big group shot is what spurned me on to do this finally.  It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a while now.  I just figured I’d wait till post Wano for a potential 11th Strawhat to drop this, but I can always add that afterwards. Once we get a clear idea of who it may or may not be.

#one piece #monkey d. luffy #one piece episode 1000 #roranoa zoro #nami #usopp #sanji #chopper #Nico Robin #franky #brook #jinbei

[lunaastoir]

how i think a meeting between childe and kaeya would go down

just some wannabe pirate and war criminal brain rot!!! this idea has been stuck in my mind for WEEKS and i just needed to get it down so i could breathe thanks aifjskfj 

also sorry if someone has already done this!! i did not check the tags or anything to see if a similar idea was posted but here’s just my take on it!! weewoo had to throw out a disclaimer just in case 

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so the only way i could ever truly imagine them meeting is if you’re hanging out w one of them and suddenly woAH HEY CHILDE FANCY SEEING YOU HERE???

like i don’t see them meeting on their own unless kaeya a) travels to snezhnaya/visits liyue for some reason or b) childe comes to mondstadt on fatui business

but anYWAYS- i digress,,, let’s say a chance meeting happened between the two (pls mihoyo make this happen i am BEGGING) 

so you’re just walking around mondstadt after completing your commissions w paimon yapping abt trying out the new dish at good hunter (i wonder if it’s called emergency food)

you run into kaeya as you’re making your way over to said restaurant  

pirate boy was patrolling since he’s a knight and even tho i clown him out of love he does take his job very seriously 

so you bump into him and the smooth mf says smthg like 

“fancy meeting you here, it’s almost like we’re destined ;)” 

pls smack him thanks <3 

you roll your eyes and you can practically fEEL paimon’s glare 

so y’all get caught up in conversation and just end up walking around town (w promises to paimon that you will treat her to some good food later) 

kaeya’s retelling something that happened earlier in the day w klee i had to include her i love her sm pls 

and then you just hear a 

“huh if it isn’t mondstadt’s honorary knight” 

dEAR GOD you would know that voice anywhere- JDSJFS 

so many questions??? are running through your head??? as you turn around???? 

first and foremost being ayO childe what are you doing here???

his hand is held up in a wave and he has his trademark soft smirk playing on his lips pls im gonna wring his pretty little neck lovingly

he makes his way over to you and you guys just kinda stare at each other for a good second 

paimon breaks the silence w her scream of “chILDE???” 

that snaps you out of it and you give him a questioning look while waving back (very delayed might i add) 

“it’s good to see you too paimon” he laughs

he briefly explains that he’s here on fatui business and relax he’s not here to cause any trouble yet

this is basically when kaeya cuts in 

knowing the both of them they were definitely sizing each other up when pleasantries were exchanged

also kaeya (being the cavalry captain) is DEFINITELY aware that childe is in mondstadt especially since he’s a harbinger - it’s not like he can be quiet abt it 💀

assuming that they haven’t had a chance to meet tho since i mini headcanon that jean would probably have been the one to escort him and his underlings to the goth grand hotel, there would just be some intense eye contact

both men are v prone to putting up a friendly demeanor while having the ability to practically slice you apart w sweet threats and razor sharp looks 

kaeya would take the initiative and say smthg like

“i dont believe we’ve met - i’m kaeya of the knights of favonius” 

childe would shake his hand and out of propriety introduce himself too 

now here’s where things could get a touch complicated 

as fatui harbinger to cavalry captain, obviously there’s some animosity (hidden ofc under sweet words of deceit and sugar coated phrases of diplomacy) 

however, as just kaeya and childe, i think these two would hit it off pretty quickly LMFAO 

they remind me a lot of oikawa and atsumu from haikyuu if you’ve ever watched it 🕴 same exact vibes 

there would be the formalities in the beginning before childe’s playful nature would come through 

kaeya seeing that you two knew each other and were quite amicable ahem even if he did try to kill us would join in w his own smooth nature 

expect lots of cringe worthy moments and just jokes™

childe would probs say something like 

“i’ve heard mondstadt is famous for it’s wine, i would like to try some and see just how good it really is” and BOOM it’s over for you

you thought they needed you to keep it amicable???

naH now you’re just third wheeling bestie💀

100% inseparable and now drinking buddies at the end of the night 

their natures just FIT like you thought dealing w them alone was bad??? BYE you’re in for a treat then 

enDLESS TEASING!!! it!! will!! not!! stop!!! 

they just team up to make sure you’re either flustered or ready to wring their gorgeous necks 

they would probs end up being spar buddies too 

childe would casually bring up the fact that he likes to fight and would maybe p o s s i b l y like to spar especially w someone in the famed knights of favonius 

kaeya would agree and BOP BOP sparring buddies 

but in conclusion!!! to this very unnecessarily long post!! kaeya and childe would meet as a result of you, they would hit it off bc c’mon they’re so similar it hurts and they’re not following you anymore now you’re following them <3 

a lil bonus scenario bc writing this has been sm fun:

“you’re such a lightweight” kaeya laughed out while his new friend was miserably collapsed on the bar stool next to him. childe looked up from where his head was tucked into his arms and raised an eyebrow. “is that a challenge captain?” he huffed out, his usually clear ocean blue eyes now dilated with the effects of the wine. “you shouldn’t have ordered hardcore alcohol as your first sample of mondstadt wine. that’s a rookie mistake” kaeya remarked while amusedly staring at his companion’s deconstructed state. “yeah well, honestly i think i can still take a couple more drinks. probably more than you anyway” childe retorted. his flushed cheeks however, told another tale altogether. kaeya smirked, a competitor huh? “i wouldn’t expect anything less from a fatui harbinger” were his words and with that, two more drinks were waved over by the cavalry captain.  

needless to say, an hour later, two extremely drunk, flushed men stumbled out of angel’s share, all the while giggling about gloves of all things. it’s safe to assume that they were both kicked out, if the ten drinks they had ordered were of any significance. as they help each other up while making their way onto the streets of mondstadt, they leave behind a bill fit for a feast, and a night that they will certainly remember (especially due to the nasty hangovers they will inevitably wake up to the following morning). 

#childe #kaeya #genshin crack #genshin impact masterlist #genshin imagines #genshin childe #genshin kaeya #this is so long for no reason i am so sorry #genshin headcanons #genshin scenarios #genshin impact headcanons #kaeya alberich #genshin fluff #tartaglia #childe imagines #kaeya imagines