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au @aobawilliams and i made up in our dms today where buggy tries to be ace's older brother but ace and sabo trap him in a trash heap and set it on fire commission page/ko-fi

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Luffy would make the Orphean trip to the underworld to save any of his crew, but he would also fail. Not due to any lack of willpower or any failure of courage, but because right near the surface the ghost would whisper "hey, Luffy?" and he'd turn around with a huge smile like "yeah? :D" and then there would be a comedy beat and then he'd realize what he just did and start yelling.

After that he would also go all the way back down and annoy Hades into giving him another shot, fail again, annoy Hades again, and rinse lather repeat until Hades simply bans the Straw Hats from the underworld forever (unintentionally rendering the entire crew immortal).

Zoro would succeed the Orphean quest for any of the Straw Hats, it wouldn't even be hard, although he would get so lost on the way out of the underworld that the seductive voices that were trying to entice him to turn around instead start giving him step by step directions out of pity and exasperation.

Sanji would waver for a second when the voice of a beautiful woman liltingly entices him from behind, but he would hold strong and keep walking, crying and grinding his teeth the entire time.

Chopper would fail, he's too gullible and too scared, he's just a child and should never be burdened to do this, and Usopp has like a 50/50 chance depending on which Straw Hat he's rescuing. I don't think he would ever fail for Chopper, but for Luffy... well, he'd figure Luffy can probably find a way out of the underworld on his own and leg it once things get too scary (he would be right. Luffy has a knack for escaping underworlds.)

Jinbei would fail because he would hear the footsteps behind him fall into silence, and he would think Hades has betrayed him, kidnapped the soul of his crewmate, abused his power like the Celestial Dragons do, and he would immediately turn to fight Hades to the death for the insult.

Nami would have a long chat with Persephone and she'd show them a secret passageway out and keep it quiet from Hades. Brook would perform a melody so fucking catchy and earwormy that Hades lets them go in return for an autograph.

As for Robin... I think she'd end up wandering even DEEPER into the underworld to look at the interesting architecture in Tartarus, talk to the shades and souls, learn a lot of embarrassing secrets about the gods, and use them to blackmail Hades into letting, like, a lot of people go.

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monopoly with the gang (its always sunny in philadelphia)

- mac suggests the gane after charlie finds it stowed away in one of the cupboards. it takes some pleading but everyone reluctantly agrees to play. mostly because they have nothing better to do.

- as dee is setting up the board, the boys disappear for a minute and return wearing full suits.

- two minutes into the game, everyone remembers that charlie can barely count, let alone handle money. he’s having a good time though, so everyone lets it slide. charlie is also swallowing everyone else’s houses when they look away.

- dennis immediately breaks all allyship and friendship by lying straight to everyones faces, hiding his money, and verbally berating everyone until they surrender to his terms.

- dee is playing by the rules and is actually really good at monopoly. but it turns out frank is taking money from the bank and stuffing it into her piles when she’s not paying attention.

- without fail, everytime someone has to pay mac, he punches the air and goes “BOOYAH” completely unironically. the fourteenth time he does it, charlie lunges across the board to attack him.

- over the course of the game, there’s seven physical skirmishes, twelve real life bribes, six drink breaks where they just take shots, and one genuine poisoning attempt. the poisoning attempt only fails because charlie has built up an immunity to ingesting all cleaning products.

- dee wins and dennis goes dead silent before flipping the board and throwing houses and pieces at her. mac excuses himself to cry for a moment. charlie chokes on an apartment and frank has to do the heimlich manuever.

- it’s one of their fondest memories

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the dichotomy of clown

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Wonder what they dream of...

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Prolly takes place during one of jinbeis first adventures with the strawhats where nothing super big happens (well 1 big thing)

kinda like when you remove a blobfish a high pressure environment I suppose

Quick shoutout to my favourite jinbei post which I thought about while making this comic

also I made this all before watching this filler episode in particular but OUGHHH ROBINN!!!! (ep 131)

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When I first got into one piece, i would redraw this screenshot of Op's 14th opening every so often. i thought i would continue the tradition all these years later :)

my old art and face close ups 👇

these are pieces i did when i was 12!

that first and second one, im fairly certain i shaded them with this paintbrush i had with black face paint that was still on it from the time someone used it last.

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Community!Yuu [The Beans Day Incident]

Yuu was relatively harmless outside of overblots. They simply caused more chaos than normal students do and sprout off random stuff that had people worried but all in all, Yuu wasn't violent. At least, that's what people had assumed until Beans Day came.

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Yuu had been passing by the old, unused classroom when they noticed the box. It was a generic cardboard box with nothing abnormal about it unless you consider the label on the side reading PAINTBALL GUNS FOR BEANS DAY.

Yuu dropped their bag in shock.

"Hey, Yuu, your bag just fell- what are you looking at?" Jack peered up from behind Yuu as he grabbed the fallen bag, eyes landing on the box before he grinned, "Ah, those? Those are for tomorrow."

"T-Tomorrow?" Yuu's voice cracked, panic sweltering within their chest and threatening to explode their heart into itty bitty pieces. Was my paintball pistol in my pocket when I came? Did I bring enough spare bullets? Oh gods they didn't tell us because they were going to pull a Trojan horse-

Jack nodded, wolf ears flicking back and forth in his delight. "Yeah, tomorrow. Are you okay, prefect? You're looking a bit pale." He frowned, wondering why Yuu's heart was beating faster than a Jackrabbit's.

Yuu weakly smiled, "I'm alright." Gotta take out all the weaker and slower prey first and then build a base.

"Tomorrow will surely be fun." Let's aim for a guerilla warfare tactic then and survive until the end.

Jack nodded, warily watching Yuu who had an unnatural gleam in their eyes which set off his instincts, "Yeah. Fun."

Later that night, a paintball gun and a pair of uniform went missing but no one noticed.

~ℬℯ𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝒲𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒶𝓇ℯ~

Crowley didn't expected much from this year's Beans Day. Ensure the paintball fight went well. Sacrfice the prefect in his place to try out Jade Leech and Lillia's cooking. All in all, a very simple plan.

A plan which quickly derailed when Grimm, Trappola and Deuce reported Yuu missing.

A plan which, Dire belatedly realised, should've factored in Yuu's eccentrics when reports came in of a third party in the paintball game taking out both sides. In quick and brutal succession.

By the time Dire realised Yuu's disappearance and the goddamm paintball assassin were connected. Jack was already running the heck away to safety while keeping a close ear at the trees.

Someone invaded the base and stole his teammates' paintball supply after AK-ing them. His partner was immediately wiped out by a barrage of paintball shot to his back when Jack had turned away for a second. And there was the unsettling feeling of being watched the second he stepped into the forest.

"Did they hire a professional?" Jack wondered to himself, rolling to the ground just in time as a paintball bullet struck the area he was just in.

He duck behind a tree, loading his gun before shooting in the direction the shooter had come from.

It didn't land.

There wasn't a single sound in the forest. Too quiet. Too unnatural. The hair on Jack's arms wildly stood at attention as he observed his surroundings.

Where are you? Where are you? Where are-

"Found you~"

Jack spun around and pulled the trigger-

BAM.

A single shot boomed across the terrain.

~ℬℯ𝒶𝓃𝓈 𝒟𝒶𝓎 𝒲𝒶𝓇𝒻𝒶𝓇ℯ~

"... so all of you were taken out by someone carrying black paintballs." Crowley echoed, his mask hiding how his eyebrows had rose to his hairline as he stared at his students who were covered partly in splatters of black paint.

Howl got the worse of it though, a majority of his face was painted black from a single, accidental shot to the head. At least it didn't get into his eyes.

Vil scowled, his face relatively free of paint except for his chest when the unknown assassin dropped from the trees and goddamm shot him and Rook of all people. "You did not hire a professional to rig this competition, did you?"

Dire winced, "No. Definitely not. Although-"

Grimm yawned, "Funahh~ just tell them it was my henchman who disappeared last night."

Silence.

"YUU?!" was a collective shout of incredulity, shock and anger. There was a faint "The hunter becomes the hunted~" followed by an evil chuckle in the back.

Crowley sighed, "Yes. Yuu, we have no idea of their motive for invading the competition-"

"Yes we do." Grimm cut in, giving the principal a questioning look. "I literally gave you their letter this morning when I came."

"Yeah but it made no sense." Crowley stressed, "What kind of reason is I heard about the war you tried to spring up on us. Nice try you fancy Dean Pelton but I won this paintball warfare twice and I'm getting my third win of survival so suck my- wait I can't say that last part." Crowley muttered, much to a few people's disappointment.

Azul hummed, "The prefect is usually mild-mannered unless something reminded them of their old school. Maybe that's what happened?"

Grimm stretched his limbs. "Funahh~ maybe? Henchman usually gets nightmares and mumbles about paintball and war before waking up to do something while chuckling evilly in the corner of the room."

Grimm blinked at the eyes of everyone staring right at him. "I helped of course. They give great cuddles when I hand them ink for those tiny round spheres they make."

"... no tuna cans until we find the missing prefect."

"FUNAH?!"

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Me: I don't have a favourite Community episode

Also me: *binge watches the episodes with paintball warfare* yeah, no favourites at all

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Revelations (we could do without)

Content warning: pure chaos

My brain refused to let me sleep last night because it took a random dialogue line in Punk Hazard and ran away with it and decided to make it everyone else's problem xD I hope it makes someone laugh just a little bit :)

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Nami couldn’t believe it. She had thought that with Robin and Usopp there, Luffy and Zoro wouldn’t do anything completely stupid or insane on that burning island. She had also thought that staying on the Sunny would be safe. 

But here they fucking were. 

In but a few hours, Nami found herself standing in the broken remains of some laboratory in the absolutely freezing, semi-deserted half of said island, stuck in Franky’s giant, iron body while surrounded by children of various sizes playing happily around them. An alligator centaur was glaring at her. They barely just got rid of a talking severed head only for it to get put on a walking pair of severed legs—going off to search for his creepy moving severed torso. Her body was likely currently being groped by Sanji and ogled by Brook. At least the charges she was planning to collect would be somewhat worth it, she supposed… 

But then the children started collapsing from terrible drug withdrawals and Nami really had to wonder what kind of cursed star she was born under.

And if all of that wasn’t enough, now the creepiest fucking guy Nami’d ever met was just standing there, casually chatting with Luffy as if 90 % of everything she just recounted wasn’t his own damn fault. And he wouldn’t even get her back inside her own body! Sure, Sanji was still better than Franky but she wanted her beautiful, delicate figure back, goddamn it! She didn’t work so hard to stay in shape, pampering her skin and hair just to lose it, simply because Mr Warlord here thought it was funny or something.

And as if that wasn’t enough—

“I am going to go with your decision, but Luffy—” Robin said, tone serious— “but betrayal is all too common with pirate alliances.”

—there was this goddamned alliance thing.

Nami knew there was no point trying to talk Luffy out of it but that didn’t mean she was happy about it or didn’t try. And god, did she try.

The entire walk back from the stupid mountain back to the laboratory, she did nothing but argue with him, trying to explain all the reasons why an alliance was a bad idea but it was like talking to a snickering wall.

She loved Luffy and she would die for him but she really hated him sometimes.

Stubborn idiot.

He was so lucky Nami was too tired to get mad about it anymore.

“Who’s the doctor?” Trafalgar Law asked, full of exasperation after his short-lived, pointless argument with Luffy about helping the children, then groaned when everyone wordlessly pointed at Chopper, lying immobile on the ground after Franky and Luffy’s collective abuse.

“I’ll help you with the drug antidote but I can’t really walk right now,” Chopper said apologetically. “Can you carry me?”

For a moment, it looked like Law was regretting every single life decision that led him to this point—and good riddance, it was his own fault—before he clicked his tongue in annoyance. “Fine. But you’ll have to hide.”

“I’ll get you ready, Chopper.” Usopp hurried over before he grabbed Chopper’s little backpack and started stuffing all the equipment he had used on the children earlier inside.

Meanwhile, Law was rubbing at his temples and Nami was sure he was having a headache about as bad as she herself did.

Just then, Luffy approached Law, that bright, blinding smile of his plastered on his face. “By the way, Torao,” he started, poking Law’s side a few times to get his attention.

“What?” Law sighed, sounding absolutely exhausted.

“You said there was something you wanted to take back from me earlier? What did you mean?” Luffy questioned, his eyebrows furrowed into an adorable frown while he tilted his head to the side curiously.

Law was silent for a moment, simply regarding Luffy silently before he clicked his tongue again, looking away. And this time… he looked almost embarrassed as he opened his mouth to speak.

“I meant my heart, Straw Hat-ya,” he muttered, obviously trying to keep his voice down enough that the rest of the crew didn’t hear. Unfortunately for him, however… this cave-like structure did nothing for secrecy, with all the echoing.

And so… Nami could still hear him loud and clear.

Her eyes blew wide as her mouth fell open. She exchanged a look with Usopp, the man looking about as horrified as Nami felt. She wasn’t sure if that made her feel better or worse.

Because holy shit.

Trafalgar Law, the Surgeon of Death, one of the Warlords of the Sea… really said that.

“Did he just confess to Luffy?”  Usopp mouthed in her direction.

Nami’s eyes flickered between Law, Luffy, and Usopp before she nodded stiffly. Then, she turned her attention fully to the pair, taking in the scene before her.

To her surprise, Luffy didn’t look the least bit shocked or taken aback or creeped out or… anything along those lines, really. Instead, he was standing in front of Law confidently, perfectly relaxed; only his frown had deepened even more while he stuck his bottom lip out in a pout.

It looked like he was actually unhappy about what Law had said—or maybe disappointed?

“But why?” Luffy whined, this time grabbing at Law’s sleeve and pulling sharply—an action that only got him a dirty look. “I like it! It’s not like you need it.”

“Straw Hat-ya, a person can’t live without a heart,” Law retorted, unimpressed.

 Luffy simply rolled his eyes in response. “You know what I mean, you ass.”

At that… Law chuckled. Actually chuckled.

“Fine, have it your way. Don’t blame me if you die later because of it.” There was a teasing smirk on his lips as he spoke.

And then…

Nami’s eyes blew even wider if at all possible as she could do nothing but watch while Trafalgar fucking Law leaned down, pressing his mouth to Luffy’s. While Luffy let him. Then laughed happily when Law pulled away again.

If she wasn’t so frozen, Nami would have screamed.

Because oh god.

Oh.

God.

They kissed. They fucking kissed like it was nothing, like it was normal, like they had done it a hundred times before.

Nami had no idea what was even happening anymore. Luffy did mention Law had saved him after the war but this? This was something completely different. It was absolutely insane, actually.

“I think your crew’s going to explode,” Law noted, finally breaking the oppressive silence that had settled over the lab—or at least seemed to have; it wasn’t like Lufffy and Law had stopped talking after… that but Nami couldn’t hear anything they said over the static in her brain.

“Can you blame us?!” Usopp cried, his hands flying up to cover his eyes as if the sight had burned them.

“Oh.” Robin chuckled. “I think you’ve neglected to mention something, Luffy.”

“Huh? What do you mean?” Luffy asked, full of confusion once again.

“You didn’t tell them we’re dating?” Law asked, his eyebrow raised as he glanced at Luffy.

Luffy, who merely hummed in a way that made it clear he thought it didn’t matter—or thought it was too much of a drag to explain. But finally, he turned to the present members of his crew, placing his hands on his hips and proudly declaring, “Guys, Torao’s my boyfriend.”

“Tell us these things before you scar us for life!” Usop screeched, his face still buried in his hands in despair. Or maybe he was trying to claw his eyes out. “I don’t even want to know what that thing about his heart was anymore.”

A happy smile spread on Luffy’s face and he started talking animatedly. “That one’s so funny, actually! Torao’s power is super weird. He can take organs out and it’s so cool, okay? He let me play with my intestines and stuff.”

A strangled, horrified noise came from Chopper, the only reaction from the one normal and sane doctor around, apparently. It was a reaction that perfectly conveyed how Nami was feeling in that moment.

“Luffy, please—” Usopp started but Robin interrupted him.

“Please continue, that sounds fascinating,” she said, apparently paying rapt attention to whatever creepy shit Luffy had just said.

“No! Please just shut up!” Nami begged, her hands quickly coming up to cover her ears in a vain attempt to stop the words from reaching her. 

Luffy, however, paid neither her nor Usopp any mind, his grin widening at Robin’s prompting; he continued, now even waving his hands around in excitement. “Yeah so, we couldn’t have a vivre card made on Amazon Lily so Torao just took out our hearts and switched them so now I have his heart with me. It’s such a funny feeling, you guys should try it!”

Nami didn’t have the brain capacity for this anymore.

She really should have just stayed with Arlong.

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Three Captains

Monkey D. Luffy, Trafalgar Law, Eustass Kid. Three Captains from the Worst generation. I love their relationship and interactions so much, because they remind me a lot of siblings! All their rivalry, jokes, malicious teasing on the sly and infuriating with snide comments. Inciting and dared eachother to commit illogical, absurd and actually stupid actions.

Монки Д. Луффи, Трафальгар Ло, Юстасс Кид. Трое из худшего поколения. Мне так нравятся их отношения и взаимодействие. Они мне очень сильно напоминают отношения сиблингов! Всё это их соперничество, подколы, ехидное поддразнивание исподтишка и доведение до бешенства едкими комментариями. Взятие на слабо и подстрекательство к совершению нелогичных, абсурдных и, чего уж там, действительно глупых поступков.

What’s especially funny is that Luffy, Kid and Law, despite their undoubted mutual respect, recognition of each other’s strengths and moral qualities (which, however, they will never say directly or show clearly), simply cannot be around without pissing each other off. Like three mischievous idiot brothers constantly poking each other with sticks.

Что особенно забавно, Луффи, Кид и Ло при несомненном взаимоуважении, признании сил и моральных качеств друг друга (о которых они, правда, никогда не скажут напрямую и не покажут явно), просто не могут находиться рядом, не выводя друг друга из себя. Словно три вредных брата-идиота, постоянно тыкающих друг друга палками.

We certainly know how Luffy’s childish spontaneity affects Trafalgar and how it can triggered our stern Surgeon of Death. But what about Eustass Kid?

Always cool and calm, Law instantly becomes a bully just by looking at his competitor in the Worst Generation, as was the case when they first met. It’s as if he’s a 13-year-old teenager again: his middle finger extended towards his opponent, and his mischievous grins in a verbal spat with him and quite ambiguous remarks and jokes about his battle tactics against Big Mom. At these moments, even the younger Kid seems like his older brother next to Law.

If Luffy simply infuriates Trafalgar with his childish spontaneity, like a real little brother, Law’s relationship with Eustass is more like a squabble between the same age kids or twins. Well, or at least classmates. And they are both, for a moment, quite adults!

One of them is always angry and aggressive, the second is cold, somewhat arrogant and unsociable. But both seem to happily and unconditionally succumb to the adventurous provocations to which this rivalry pushes them. But Law, even as a child, never succumbed to emotions like that, was a calm and serious older brother for his little sister, and he behaved almost the same way in the Doffy family, before getting closer to Cora. Only with Cora-san his emotions manifested themselves much more vividly and diversely. Who knows, maybe Kid evokes in Law some hidden associations with his benefactor, at least externally, since he can feel so relaxed and spontaneous in his presence.

Мы давно знаем, как действует на Трафальгара детская непосредственность Луффи и как это триггерит нашего сурового хирурга Смерти. Но что насчёт Юстасса Кида?

Всегда хладнокровный и спокойный Ло моментально заводится и включает хулигана, только взглянув на своего конкурента по Худшему поколению, как было при первой их встрече. Словно он снова 13-летний подросток: и этот его средний палец, вытянутый навстречу сопернику, и шкодные ухмылки в словесной перепалке с ним и вполне себе двусмысленные замечания и шуточки по поводу его тактики боя против Большой Мам��чки. В эти моменты даже более младший по возрасту Кид кажется рядом с Ло его старшим братом.

Если Луффи просто бесит Трафальгара и выводит из себя непосредственностью, как самый настоящий младший братишка, с Юстассом у Ло отношения больше похожи на перепалки погодок или близнецов. Ну или хотя бы одноклассников. А они оба, на минуточку, вполне себе взрослые люди!

Один — мрачно-злобный, вечно сердитый и агрессивный, второй — холодно-отстраненный, несколько высокомерный и нелюдимый. Но оба словно с радостью, безоговорочно поддаются авантюрным провокациям, на которые их толкает это соперничество. А ведь Ло, даже будучи ребенком, никогда так не поддавался эмоциям, был спокойным и серьёзным старшим братом для своей сестрёнки, практически также он себя вел и в семье Доффи, до сближения с Корой. А вот с ним как раз его эмоции проявлялись куда более ярко и разнообразно. Как знать, может Кид и вызывает в Ло какие-то скрытые ассоциации со своим благодетелем, хотя бы внешние, раз он может себя чувствовать настолько расслабленным и непосредственным в его присутствии.

So I'm very interested in what kind of chemistry is between the three Captains. Is this the influence of the power of Luffy’s fruit, or the influence of D. It still seems to me that Kid may also very well turn out to be a representative of this clan, because we don’t know anything about him yet (and besides, that’s exactly how I explained that erroneous the disappearance of the second letter D from his name, ha ha). Or is it simply a clash of similar sides of independent and free characters, but at the same time I get the feeling of precisely brotherly ties with all their feigned hostility and causticity.

I really hope that in the future they will remain comrades on the same side of the barricades, and that the fight for the Main Prize will not make them real enemies. I find their stupid relationship very valuable and touching. After all, this is a real, albeit not blood, brotherhood. And One Piece is wonderful in precisely these interactions and relationships.

В общем, мне очень интересно, что же это за химия такая между тремя Капитанами. Воздействие ли это силы фрукта Луффи, или же влияние Ди (мне до сих пор кажется, что Кид тоже вполне может оказаться представителем этого клана, ведь мы ничего про него пока не знаем, ну и, к тому же, я именно так себе и объяснила то ошибочное исчезновение из его имени второй буквы Д, ха-ха). Либо же это просто столкновение схожих сторон независимых и свободных характеров, но при этом у меня возникает ощущение именно братских связей при всех их напускной враждебности и колкости.

Очень надеюсь, что в будущем они останутся боевыми товарищами по одну сторону баррикад, и борьба за главный приз не сделает их настоящими врагами. Мне кажутся очень ценными и трогательными их дурацкие отношения. Ведь это и есть настоящее, пусть и не кровное, братство. А Ван Пис именно такими взаимодействиями и отношениями и чудесен.

Обожаю этих морепридурков)

Love these dorks so much.

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You know, the more I think about it, the funnier I find the concept of Monkey D. Luffy /& Boa Hancock (especially paired with Aro-Ace spectrum Luffy and Aro-Ace spectrum Hancock) just for what it must look like from an outsider's POV.

For the record, personally, my favorite Luffy ship is Zoro/Luffy - also with Aro-Ace spectrum Luffy, that's basically non-negotiable for me, I don't care whether he's sex-favorable or sex-repulsed, but he's definitely ace. It is so funny to me to think about Luffy's incredible pull with aro-ace spectrum folks. People who once thought "sucks for you fuckers obsessed with sex and/or romance, I'm built different" (Roronoa Zoro, Koby, Trafalgar Law, Boa Hancock, Bartolomeo, etc.) find themselves fascinated by this little rubber man, who regularly declares war on the government and can swallow a roast chicken whole. Some of them are happier about this than others. Some of them WISH they just wanted to fuck or marry him, that would make more sense than this shit.

But, okay, back to Luffy and Hancock (as a friendship or queerplatonic situationship, whatever, doesn't matter). Like, let's pretend this is some kind of Modern College AU (Luffy is probably not IN college, tbh, he's just there to hang out with his friends and for any food anyone makes the mistake of leaving out). You are on your way to class and you see this woman walking down the street and she is - hands down - the Most Beautiful Woman In The World.

Super tall, with incredibly long, muscular legs in shockingly high red heels, a short skirt, artful cleavage, a waterfall of sleek black hair, beautiful face, striking makeup, gorgeous jewelry. Looks too old to be an undergrad student. She looks like if a martial artist became a supermodel. Walks like that too. The phrase "please step on me" comes to mind, but not to the lips, because that's sexual harassment, and also this woman looks like she could stab you through the heart with a kick and her shoe heel, killing you instantly.

She sees someone and her entire face lights up. She runs forward (how is she running in those shoes) squealing in excitement and embraces this guy you didn't even notice before, shouting about how much she missed him, and kisses him on the lips. He is... uh... three-quarters of her height at the tallest. A real Mr. Short King.

Wow, he has a babyface. And a scar on his cheek and on his chest, which you can see because he's wearing an open button-up, in eye-searing rainbow colors and decorated with monkeys, and jorts with fur at the cuffs. And mismatched flip-flops on the wrong feet. And a straw hat on a string around his neck. It looks like he hasn't brushed his hair today. It is impossible to judge his looks because his outfit is too distracting. Now the Most Beautiful Woman in the World is blushing bright pink as she clasps one of his hands in both of hers. Mr. Short King is using his other hand to pick his nose as she talks.

They walk hand in hand together over to where an incredibly expensive-looking bright red car is parked. Mr. Short King opens the driver's door for the Most Beautiful Woman and she apparently nearly swoons at this chivalry. She climbs into the driver's seat and he gets into the passenger's side (Luffy cannot legally drive and also cannot actually drive). They drive off together. What the fuck kind of Roger-and-Jessica-Rabbit-ass Sugar Mama relationship did you just witness?

Boa Hancock keeps a photograph of Luffy as her phone background and also on her desk at work. Everyone is always like, "Is that your... son?" And Hancock is like, "No, that's my number one choice of future fiancé! Isn't he sooooo handsome?" And people can only be like, "...Okay, but why are there police lights in the background? And something is on fire? It kind of looks like he's in the process of being arrested..." And Hancock responds dreamily, "They didn't catch him! He climbed into my exercise duffel bag and I carried him out."

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ok so imagine being law. imagine you are trafalgar law from one piece. you decide to form an alliance with monkey d luffy because he was the most convenient option at the time and you really want to take down doflamingo. you dont really know luffy very well because you only met him one time for like five minutes. almost immediately after sealing the deal on your alliance you regret it because youve realized that luffy is a maniac who listens to nobody and his crew is made up of freaks. "oh god what have i done im screwed" you think, because luffy doesnt even understand what "alliance" means. he thinks youre his new best friend now. but the cook reassures you that luffy is good on his promises despite his eccentricity and you can trust him. he seems sympathetic to your plight, like he understands how you feel. "oh thank god, someone normal i can talk to" you think. five minutes later you watch the cook nearly pass out because he saw a womans bare ankle. you regret waking up that morning.

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Rocinante and Sengoku Relationship: An Analysis, mostly from Sengoku’s perspective rather than Corazon’s

You know, it’s actually quite disappointing that this relationship often gets overlooked both in the fandom and in canon. Because, in my opinion, it greatly humanizes Sengoku and provides further complexity to Corazon’s character, as well as showing a glimpse into who Corazon was when he wasn’t defined by his relationships to Law and Doflamingo. 

While this relationship did have its problematic elements and issues, which I outlined in one of my previous analyses (this analysis also explains how this relationship added depth to Corazon’s character), it was also a quite profound and emotional relationship, built on love and trust, that was quite sadly not elaborated on.

For the sake of comprehensiveness and cohesiveness, I have decided to separate my analysis into two separate sections: what the manga has shown us and what we can determine from what we were shown.  

What the Manga has Shown Us:

1. Fleet Admiral Sengoku displays a particularly vehement attitude towards Donquixote Doflamingo.

2. Sengoku trusts Corazon enough to entrust him to this highly important and sensitive mission and he trusted Corazon with the details of the Donquixote Crew location.

3. Sengoku keeps a photo of Corazon in his desk drawer.

What We Can Determine:

1. Considering the fact that Sengoku is an extremely pragmatic and impersonal man, as is evidenced by him ensuring that Garp couldn’t kill Akainu, the man who killed his grandson, the fact that he displays any outward signs of aggression towards Doflamingo is extremely telling. While some may argue that it’s just disgust that Sengoku expresses as a result of Doflamingo being just that bad of a person, he never has shown this kind of anger towards Moria, a necromancer who basically violated corpses (not in a sexual way, though, at least). So it’s easy to determine that he feels and expresses this deep sort of loathing towards Doflamingo as a result of him killing his adopted son, Corazon. Usually, considering his character, with any other scumbag, Sengoku would still acknowledge the importance of the Warlord system, which would cause him behave civilly, albeit coldly, towards them since he knows he needs them and doesn’t want to anger them. However, with Doflamingo, he hates the man so much for killing Corazon that he doesn’t even bother to hide his disgust and loathing, which is an extreme sign of aggression from an otherwise composed man.

2. I feel like the evidence the manga has shown us for this point is actually rather self-explanatory, really. But if we delved deeper, we can assume that as one of the top-ranking Marines, Sengoku is aware of the ills and evils of human nature, and it’s highly likely that he’s suspicious of most humans as a result of that. So the fact that he so blindly trusts Corazon speaks of an extremely deep relationship between the two.

3. Now for me, this point is the major kicker for me in terms of their relationship. Many of us, when we first read chapter 764, assumed that the reveal that Sengoku had a photo of Corazon’s marine identification in his drawer to be a Chekhov’s Gun that would foreshadow Corazon’s ultimate downfall once Vergo, who arrived shortly after, would find the poster and know that Corazon was a traitor. However, that was not the case, and nor was this poster ever brought up again within the context of the story. Now, some may argue that the main point of showing this poster was so that the audience would know that Corazon was a Marine. And that is likely true. However, that does not take away from the fact that Sengoku kept a photo of Corazon in his desk drawer. This man, who obviously values his job above all else, kept a photo of his adopted son in his desk drawers, where he also undoubtedly kept many extremely crucial, classified documents, as well as in his office, where he probably spent most of his life simply because he valued it so much. The fact that he keeps a photo of Corazon in such close proximity to him in his work quarters means that he considers Corazon, along with his job, to be the most important thing in his life. One of the major moments that gets me in this flashback is that, after Corazon hangs up on Sengoku, Sengoku just opens up his drawer and takes out a photo of his son. Hearing his son’s voice caused him to miss Corazon so much that he just needed to see his son’s face, even if it was just on a poster. *sobs*

So yes, from Sengoku’s perspective, his relationship with Corazon is largely founded upon the concepts of love and trust. And that’s why one of my major disappointments with the flashback is that we never saw how Sengoku reacted to Corazon’s demise. 

After all, this is the relationship that elevated Sengoku from a status of mostly being characterized as a cold, overly pragmatic workaholic into a man who deeply cherished others and lost the ones he loved the most.

And that’s basically why I think that their relationship is extremely important. 

(For Corazon’s perspective on their relationship, please read my previous analysis, which can be found here.)

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The Complexity of Corazon's Character

Can I just… Sorry guys, let me gush here. Because oh my god, Corazon's really fucking complex.

A lot of people just seem to think of him as only goofy and clumsy, but he’s so much more than that.

1. He’s manipulative. Except for when he’s with Law, he’s outright lied, constructed personas for himself, twisted situations to fit his agenda, misled people, and blurred the truth. (Although he does channel this flaw to noble purposes)

2. He’s violent. While Doflamingo is hedonistic in his love of violence, Corazon… isn’t. Unlike his brother, he decides to repress his urge to just… lash out at others due to trauma from his past. He understands that it isn’t the world’s fault, and, as a result, he just kind of lets that anger simmer within him while he goes out and helps others because he’s just a really good person. But when people actually anger him or actively goad him into violence, then he’s actually very violent. Like… he actually blew up hospitals after the medical staff called Law a monster. That's hardcore.

3. He’s grumpy and irritable. Like… he’s goofy most of the time (with Law, because he doesn’t allow anyone else see the real him), but whenever Law starts acting bratty, Corazon is always quick to get irritated and cranky in response.

4. Despite it all, he loves his brother. That’s why he couldn’t shoot Doflamingo, and also why he couldn’t have just slit Doflamingo’s throat in his sleep when he had many, many opportunities to do so.

5. He’s altruistic. OH DEAR GOD, HE’S ALTRUISTIC. I’m not exaggerating when I say that he’s one of the most selfless characters in the series. Everything he’s done has been for the sake of another person. He’s never once thought about himself-only of others. He’s just… He’s just such a good person.

6. He’s goofy. I don’t even need to mention any examples.

7. He’s quite possibly one of the best and smartest strategists in this entire series. In fact, he’s probably even a better strategist than Doflamingo! After all, he managed to trick Doflamingo both before and after Doflamingo learned of his betrayal. If it weren’t for Vergo, he would’ve managed to mold the situation at Swallows in such a way that he would effectively eliminate the Donquixote Pirates, distract the Marines, and get the Op Op Fruit in one fell swoop. And, despite being beaten into a near-coma, he was able to come up with a genius plan to help Law escape on the spot, and he was able to trick Doflamingo into believing that Law already escaped the island! I’m sorry, but he’s actually extremely intelligent.

8. He has a whole lot of self-esteem issues. I mean… he desperately wished that Law wouldn’t forget about him and he honestly thought that Law could hate him. He apparently believes that he’s so unimportant that Law would forget about him in an instant. He just… he just has lots of issues with himself.

Just… I love this. Corazon is literally an angelic character, one of the kindest and most blatantly morally good characters in the series, but he also has his legitimate flaws.

 I’m sorry, but I’m just reeling over how Oda managed to make such a perfect, complex, well-developed character in six chapters…

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One Piece ⛵️⛵️⛵️Meme

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Brook x Jinbe however they’re terrible advice givers for Usopp. Least, one is terrible..

“Take your binder off for the night!” Says Jinbe.

“Smoke as much as you physically can.” Says Brook.

the oracle has spoken, gay uncles (I love them as usopp's gay uncles who won't openly admit they are together but they are so obvious cuz they think that it's still 1909)