#vivi was still exploring gender but using they/she pronouns

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"My siblings? Please don't ask about them. That was a long time ago, but some wounds are not so easily healed."

Io before she was Io, and her siblings Viveka and Arvid.

#io laithe #ffxiv #azia gposes #this did hurt my lil heart #all of the laithe siblings had Vs in their names T^T #vivi was still exploring gender but using they/she pronouns #anyway they were all super close but io and vivi were attached at the hip most of the time #this was probably about a year before garlemald wiped out their village so io would be around 19 > arvid: 17 > vivi: 12 #ngl scaling a normal sized viera into a child is SO much easier than trying to mod a miqo kid LMAO #in lieu of more textured hair for arvid he can have fluff. hard out here for black buns lmao

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One Piece Pride Headcanons

Straw Hats:

Luffy- Demisexual, Panromantic, and Genderflexible; Luffy's concepts of gender, sex, and romance are drastically different from most as he grew up in unusual circumstances. He's only been shown to display sexual interest in people he was close to (ex. Nami vs Hancock, Franky in one scene in a filler episode). There is a little projection from me as a demisexual individual starving for a character to relate to. You know this ray of sunshine is full of love for everyone and everything. I highly doubt gender matters to him when it comes to romance. On the same note, isn't overly concerned with pronouns used towards him or what others view him as (ex. had no issue using a feminine name like Lucy or trying on a dress). May take this oblivious rubber person a few tries using pronouns besides he/him to realize you're talking to him, but will respond once he realizes this.

Zoro- Gay, Demiromantic, and Cis; no sexual interest shown in woman (didn't join the peeping on Nami & Vivi). A respect for woman and attraction to them is not the same thing. Zoro clearly values loyalty and honor which gives me the impression that he wouldn't date just anyone. Feeds my Zolu soul as he only follows Luffy and treats him as his sole superior besides maybe Mihawk. Tries to act blasé about gender, but has clear ideas of gender clearly drilled into his mind. Fine with being a man and identifying as such.

Nami- Lesbian, Homoromantic, and Cis; has no signs of wanting to be a man despite pretending to be one for a few episodes. Nami has had reactions to two female characters where she showed a level of physical attraction to them. She has also shown no interest in dating or the looks of men. Sure, she has flirted with men, but it was more to achieve a goal. A means to an end and not attraction. She has only been fairly sweet to female characters with the main one being Vivi (one of the first F/F ships I ever had). How she reacts to the crew, it gave me the vibes of an annoyed lesbian tired of the others.

Usopp- Bisexual, Biromantic, and FTM Trans; well I got roped into the cult of transman!Usopp. I cultivated my own idea that he makes his own T as he's an expert with chemicals and he grows a plant that creates seeds that have a stronger effect than his previous chemicals. Maybe that it even changed his anatomy. Haven't thought much on it. Our boy here has only shown interest in women so far, but he also has an interesting attachment to Sanji. I'd say with Usopp's curious nature that he'd at least be willing to try dating/having intercourse with a man.

Sanji- Bisexual, Biromantic, and Cis; I think it's fairly clear that he has attached much of his identity to being a man and Judge wouldn't been decent enough to call a trans child by their preferred pronouns. Sanji is a loving and passionate man. Once he works through the gender trauma from his childhood, he becomes more open to his attraction to men. Still has a preference for woman, but does have feelings for the occasional man.

Chopper- Questioning; he is only a teenager. Baby doesn't have to know what he likes yet. He does careful exploration like when he's trying to make a new medicine.

Robin- Pansexual, Biromantic, and Demigirl; I wasn't sure what to peg Robin as but hetero/cis was not it. Like Usopp, our resident archeologist is fairly curious. I'd imagine she'd be open in terms of sex and romance although she's a little more cautious about who she dates. I also think she wouldn't have issues with being referred to in a neutral or masculine way, but she leans more towards being a woman.

Franky- Heterosexual, Heteroromantic, and Cis; a straight that's doing okay and is a wonderful ally.

Brooke- Heterosexual (flexible), Heteroromantic, and Demiboy; secure enough in manhood to have messed around when he was alive and has some gender hangups due to skeletal state.

Jinbei- Heterosexual, Heteroromantic, and Cis; haven't seen much evidence to the contrary.

Others:

Law- Asexual and Aromantic; this man has never shown sexual or romantic interest in anyone. He just likes his select group and no one else which is why he had to be bullied into being Luffy's friend. I swear some of you guys just ship him with people cause you think he's hot. Personally, I love the trope of the Tired Asexual(TM) just trying to keep everyone from dying. I know it's not a common one, so I take it where I can get it.

Kiku- Canon MTF transgender; shown improvement of Oda's former bigotry; treated like a normal person; 10/10

Yamato- Canon FTM transgender; shown improvement of Oda's former bigotry; treated like a normal person; 10/10

#zolu #namivivi #lgbt pride