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Rebooting this like two years later or something like that, realizing that Maven essentially has “American Sign Language” with an M in the background tattooed on her arm, and I can’t change it now.

Oh well. Now I have to come up with a way to teach Maven ASL just to make jokes about the accidental second meaning behind the tattoo. Plus, I think Maven knowing ASL would be neat.

This is the real tattoo that Maven has, not the filler I put on her sketch

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Had to draw her with her battleaxe!

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I couldn’t help myself 😔✌️ Here’s Maven again! @hopeless-island

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So good!!! Thank you so so so much!

Maven from the lovely story Second Guessed, by Catthhay! @hopeless-island

#one piece fan character #one piece fanfiction #gol d. maven #second guessed #one piece #fic fanart #so pretty #omg I love her

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Your story is so good! I loved the childhood arc, Ace and Maven's relationship growth was so satisfying to read, and I love her relationship with Sabo and Luffy as well! I love how she forms her crew, and every single member that ends up joining! They're all so well written and I'm super sad knowing they're all going to die someday😭 I love her interactions with Whitebeard and the way Shanks always teases her and how she handled Ace joining the Whitebeards😂 I love this whole story, tysm for it!

Aww thank you so much! Sunday is a bit of a no-writing day for me since I spend like 4 hours playing D&D every week, but hopefully chapter 25 will be out soon! I’m super glad that you enjoy the story so far. Sorry this reply isn’t better, I’ve been up since 3am. :P sleep is for the weakkkkkk

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Dying Dream Cast Directory

A helpful guide to remind you about the main crew of the Hopeless Pirates and their basic info stuffs. Keep in mind, names are done the Japanese way. So, Last name/middle initial/ first name

Also, there are spoilers in here for all people who are not caught up with the story. Read at your own risk.

Captain: 

Gol D. Maven 

Nickname/known as: Maven/ Usurper Maven/ “Momma Maven”/ Big Sis Maven

Age: 20 (at the beginning of Canon)

Disease: Usurper’s Syndrome. A terminal illness that is continual, and progressively aggressive, muscle degradation. Combats this disease by building muscle faster than it can degrade, leading to painfully slow increase in strength and low muscle mass on her body.

Appearance: Like a gender-swapped Ace essentially. Small chest, much wider waist than typical for OP characters. Clearly defined abs, lithe but defined muscles on arms and legs. She is not thickly built, her disease keeping her from being “bulky” and making her body remain rather lanky despite the strength on it. About 6′1″, long wavy black hair that goes down to her butt and is extremely wild and untamed. Freckles on her face that add a slight childish appearance to her face, and sleepy looking gray eyes. Always carries Stormfall, a large battle axe/halberd with a purple metal butterfly-winged blade. Stormfall is over six and a half feet tall, so the blade is always poking above Maven’s head a bit. 

First Mate:

 Nymph Katylan

Nickname/Known as: Katie/ Dark Nymph Katylan

Age: two years younger than Maven. 

Disease: Unnamed terminal immunodeficiency, alluded to being like AIDS. 

Appearance: Stereotypical blond rich-girl appearance. Classic OP-girl physique, with large bust and small waist. Straight gold-blond hair that falls a few inches past her shoulders, and large sapphire-blue eyes. Commonly wears light colored sundresses with exercise shorts underneath just incase she fights, so there is never an indecent moment. She is also the Helmsman and Archer for the crew, and uses an ivory-white recurve bow made by Kilik.The center of the bow can change lengths, controlling the strength and range of the bow. Average female height of about 5′7″

Navigator (Original):

Linral

Nickname/Known as: Rabid Linral/ Lin

Age: 18 at death

Disease: Unnamed cancer, alluded to being more than just one type as it is “everywhere.” 

Appearance: Short tomboy, but with classic OP-girl body. She had short silver-white hair cut in a boyish pixie cut, and bright emerald-green eyes that she took pride in. Her body was littered with small scars, though not so many as to keep guys from blatantly trying to flirt with her. As stated earlier, she was very short-- just barely over five feet tall. Primarily a brawler, she had slightly more defined muscles than even Maven, considering Lin’s own disease didn't effect her muscle mass. Usually wore boy’s sports shorts and a grey or black tank top.

Weaponsmith (Original):

Kilik

Nickname/Known as: Kilik/ (I couldn’t remember/find his pirate name, so I made a new one up) Killing Steel Kilik

Age: 21 at death

Disease: Due to being unwillingly experimented on, his body developed the ability to produce its own organic poison straight into his own bloodstream. It never stopped his production, and production sped up over time. Too high of a concentration, and it would be fatal. 

Appearance: About 5′10″, with fluffy cinnamon-brown hair that is on the long side, almost brushing his shoulders, and chocolate brown eyes. He is somewhat lanky, not muscular but with his own brand of lithe strength. Overall boyish, with most of his muscle mass being centered in his arms without being bulky, because of his occupation as a blacksmith. Also a swordsman. Known for creating a bunch of really wacky, weirdly-designed “swords” and other weapons in an attempt to find his own unique sword style. He finally did, after making round “swords” in the shape of clocks. Usually wore a simple black or mustard-yellow t-shirt and dark jeans with brown or denim overalls. 

Doctor: 

Razdall 

Nickname/Known as: Raz/ Misery’s Herbalist Razdall

Age: 24 at the start of Canon

Disease: Unnamed heart condition, makes him extremely susceptible to spikes in blood pressure and heart rate. Weak heart. 

Appearance: About 6′0, with short but messy purple hair. Gray eyes the same shade as Maven’s, but instead of having narrow eyes like she does his just look perpetually bored. His body is pretty lanky, and since he isn’t a fighter he doesn’t have much muscle mass at all. he has a slight, perpetual slouch and usually wears a black or dark purple turtleneck with black, slightly baggy pants and a lab coat with the Hopeless Pirate jolly roger on the back.  Never seen without a utility belt laden with different pouches, orbs, and syringes full of his battle-ready herbal concoctions.

Seamstress:

Yalla

Nickname/Known as: Yalla/ Pretty Ninja Yalla (at least I think that’s what I went with as her pirate name... I can’t remember/ find it >.<) 

Age: 15 at the start of Canon

Disease: Assassin’s syndrome. Similar to Usurper’s, but instead of muscle it is a constant degradation of organs in the body. 

Appearance: A cutsey girly-girl, she has bubblegum-pink hair and bright golden yellow eyes. Originally she wore her hair up in constant long pigtails, but she started to wear it down after Kilik’s death. It reaches her knees when left down. She usually wears a frilly pink, gold, and black kimono that is cropped around the knee with sunflower-yellow boy shorts underneath incase any incidents occur. The kimono has three-quarter sleeves instead of the traditional long sleeves. She pairs it with flip-flops or goes barefoot. Still growing, she is relatively short at about 5′4″. She ate the Ribbon-Ribbon fruit and grew up as an acrobat in a circus, so she is not only very nimble and usually fights aerially, but she can turn her body into ribbons. 

Shipwright:

Gino

Nickname/Known as: Gino/ Black Thorn Gino

Age: mid-thirties by Canon

Disease: Akui Hanahaki. Like the Hanahaki in other stories, this disease grows flowers in and off of the victim’s lungs, causing them to hack up flowers and leaves from it as the disease progresses. Unlike the normal mythical disease, this one is caused by hatred from a loved one rather than unrequited love. The only cure is being forgiven, but the person whose hatred caused Gino’ s illness is dead so it is officially terminal for him. He coughs up black roses. 

Appearance: A large tiger-shark fishman, he clocks in at about 7′7″ and has greyish-blue skin with subtle grey stripes down his back and the back of his bald head, and partially over his shoulders and the back of his upper arms. Usually wears a black or dark grey tank top and black cargo pants or cargo shorts. He fights with spiked iron knuckles, and (spoiler alert) gets them upgraded to Seastone spiked knuckles after the Magician arc. He is very bulky, unlike the majority of the crew. Classic body of a thug/body builder type, with bulging biceps, very well-muscled chest/torso, and several tattoos. 

Dancer: 

Synalla

Nickname/Known as: Synalla/ “Crew Grandma”/ Slice-Dancer Synalla 

Age: Late twenties by Canon. About 28 or 29..?

Disease: Unnamed lung disease. Fashioned a bit after Cystic Fibrosis, but obviously made into a fantasy terminal illness. 

Appearance: She is a Snakeneck, and from her feet to the top of her head she is about 11′4″, with her neck by itself taking up almost half of that. Her body, like with most Snakenecks, is naturally lithe and lanky. Her hair is jet black, and goes down the entirety of her over-four-foot neck in sharp zig-zags that for some reason never lose shape. She dresses like a tango dancer almost constantly, in long brightly colored Mexican-styled dresses that end at her ankle and matching flats. She fights with tessen, or bladed war fans. She dances with them, too. She is naturally maternal and tends to mother hen, earning herself the nickname “Granny” or “Grandma” within the crew. 

Scout/ Navigator (new): 

Cala

Nickname/Known as: Cala/ Lynx Cala 

Age: about 26 by the start of Canon

Disease: Nature’s wrath syndrome, another disease similar to Usurper’s and Assassin’s syndrome. This version is constant degradation of the bones and severe calcium deficiency/the body burns through calcium at a really fast rate.

Appearance: Is it even a surprise by now? Cala is lanky, as apparently most of the rest of the crew omfg where is my originality at? But to the point of being almost bony. He has very short-cropped blue hair, buzzed but not shaved. He ate the cat-cat model: Lynx fruit, and can change into a lynx. He is incredibly frail because of his disease and tends to stay out of fights unless absolutely necessary (I have bones of glass, and paper skin...) But he makes an excellent scout and spy with his enhanced senses from his Zoan fruit. He, uh. honestly I haven’t put much thought into his wardobe. He’s a bony cat dude. Probably wears long blue basketball shorts and goes shirtless half the time honestly, idk. 

Crew Hypnotist..? I honestly don't know this guy’s role, I think he’s just a combatant/ bums out on the Dream honestly. 

Dyan

Nickname/Known as: Dyan/ King Dyan/  Deranged Prince Dyan (Pirate nickname)

Age: idk if I put a solid age for him, but he’d be about 40 by the start of Canon

Disease: Similar to Kilik, Dyan’s blood itself is mutating and becoming toxic to itself. There is no known cure. 

Appearance: He ate the child-child fruit, so he looks to be about 10 years old instead of his true age. He has spiky dark green hair, and is about 4′3″. He has a child’s body, so no real visible muscle mass or anything. He did used to be the King of the Ceres kingdom though, so he is constantly dressed in high quality clothes and somehow always looks like a stereotypical child prince/ rich brat. His devil fruit hypnotizes people along with making him stay in a child’s body, but you can read more about his devil fruit in the story itself. 

Magician

Azalea

Nickname/Known as: Azalea/ Scarlet Magician Azalea

Age: I don’t remember if I gave her an exact age, but we’ll say 23 by Canon

Disease: Cancer (sound familiar? (;)  Cured by Trafalgar Law. 

Appearance: about 5′9″, with bright, vibrant red hair in an asymmetrical pixie cut that she is just now beginning to grow out. Classic OP-girl body, but with muscular legs that most people seem to not notice. She is a magician, and as such is always wearing a maroon suit jacket, black slacks, and a bowtie. She has a flair for the dramatic. whatever she wears, she is always stylish. She does, in fact, have a magic wand that she uses occasionally. sporty-cute-girl. OH yeah, she has the feel-feel fruit and can sense everyone’s emotions and shit

I think that’s it for the Dying Dream crew. Whoo that took a while. There ya go!

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This is the real tattoo that Maven has, not the filler I put on her sketch

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When you find yourself getting back into your own fic and going back to writing the latest chapter, but find that you need a little inspiration

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Not really a question, but just wanted to say that I was so happy when you last updated, cause it was my 20th birthday! The day was amazing, but when I saw the update it just became perfect! So thank you for that! This is one of the few fanfictions where I don't lose interest in it no matter how long it has been between updates ^^

Thank you! The next chapter is still a while coming I’m afraid, but I am really glad you like the story so much despite my wack posting times. And that is so cool that I happened to update on your birthday! Happy super belated birthday!

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Working...

Someone on Fanfic asked if there was a list or directory of sorts for all the Hopeless Pirates and their diseases and such. As of right now— no. I know that somewhere in the early Hopeless Pirates chapter, there was a mini list showing the Original Six’s names and ages, but that’s obviously outdated at this point in the story. So, I’m working on a full up-to-date directory for all the Hopeless Pirates, their names, ages, diseases, and basic info. And when I say all of them, I mean ALL of them. Past and present, dead and alive, so there will be spoiler warnings on there for those of you who might not be caught up.

I realized, though, that the main crew is like 10 people... sooo... it’s gonna take me a hot minute to finish up that directory. I’m gonna have to sort through older chapters to get everything accurate, too. Not even I can remember every detail from 100k+ words, my friends, even if I wrote them. >.

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Tumblr was a goof. It didn’t tell me that I had any messages, so I didn’t even see that I DID until I accidentally clicked on the message tab and realized—oh shit, I got stuff in here! So, sorry that it took me so long to get this posted. Technology hates me. Also!!! I did not get to see any username for the person who submitted this character, so if this is your OC then please don’t forget to comment or DM me your username so you can get proper credit. Thank you! And I can’t wait to put this character in the story, I have a feeling she’ll be a fun one to pop up every now and again.

Character name: Tourtel

Character age: 17

Disease: Progeria. Due to a genetic mutation, causes the appearance of rapid aging beginning in early childhood. Symptoms often include baldness, a large head relative to their body size, limited range of motion, and a hardening of the arteries which increases the chance of heart attack or stroke. In medical history, only about 100 cases of Progeria have been documented with few patients living into their 20s.

Ship: no preference

Personality: Opinionated and impatient. Stubborn and slow to change her mind after it's made up. Quick to overrule arguing parties with a compromise guaranteed to make both unhappy. Protective of people she perceives as unlikely to speak up for themselves

Background: Her island revered her disease, which showed up randomly every century or so, as the embodiment of a local God. She was raised as an arbiter and judge and was meant to be ritually sacrificed at age 18. She rescued herself from her fate but would have died at sea if the Hopeless Pirates hadn't fished her up.

Appearance: Little old lady with short, wispy salt and pepper hair and a permanent scowl. Wears thick cozy sweaters and uses a cane.

Role: Purser, responsible for inventory management

Devil fruit: no

Skills: Negotiation and management. Fighting dirty and Taking advantage of how people view her.

Quirks: loves Grandma style sweets, embarrassed about this

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It doesn't matter how long the gap between updates is. Reading your work is such a cozy and satisfying experience. Accept no substitutes! Probably my number one One Piece self-insert!

Aww thank you so much! I know Maven started out as a self insert for the first chapter or two, but she has definitely morphed into a complete OC by now. Very little of the self-insert inspiration has stuck behind for her character, and I actually like it better this way. You are way too sweet （≧∇≦）

I really appreciate your patience and that you’ve stuck around and enjoyed this story for so long. It really warms my heart and encourages me, tbh. I will be working hard to get chapters out a bit faster so you don’t have to wait as long, but I will always focus on quality first. I rather you enjoy one really good chapter every month than five crappy ones. I hope you continue to enjoy the story, and I really appreciate your support!

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Character name: Tourtel

Character age: 17

Disease: Progeria. Due to a genetic mutation, causes the appearance of rapid aging beginning in early childhood. Symptoms often include baldness, a large head relative to their body size, limited range of motion, and a hardening of the arteries which increases the chance of heart attack or stroke. In medical history, only about 100 cases of Progeria have been documented with few patients living into their 20s.

Ship: no preference

Personality: Opinionated and impatient. Stubborn and slow to change her mind after it's made up. Quick to overrule arguing parties with a compromise guaranteed to make both unhappy. Protective of people she perceives as unlikely to speak up for themselves

Background: Her island revered her disease, which showed up randomly every century or so, as the embodiment of a local God. She was raised as an arbiter and judge and was meant to be ritually sacrificed at age 18. She rescued herself from her fate but would have died at sea if the Hopeless Pirates hadn't fished her up.

Appearance: Little old lady with short, wispy salt and pepper hair and a permanent scowl. Wears thick cozy sweaters and uses a cane.

Role: Purser, responsible for inventory management

Devil fruit: no

Skills: Negotiation and management. Fighting dirty and Taking advantage of how people view her.

Quirks: loves Grandma style sweets, embarrassed about this

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Ahhh!!! I think i squealed of joy after seeing the notification for this story the other day that you updated! I’ve spent the last three or four days rereading the story just to remember all the detail and my god, I cried like a baby throughout it all 😭😭❤️

Aww, thank you so much! I’m beyond glad that you like my story so much, that’s a lot to reread! I really shouldn’t take so much joy in making people cry (does that make me a sadist?) But it shows that I’m doing something right, so... sorry? Or... not sorry? Either way, it warms my heart to hear that an update made you happy enough to squeal ^u^ I hope you continue to enjoy this story! And if I have another gap in updates, don’t be afraid to send me an (polite) ask as to what’s going on, or even (politely) ask if I can write a short imagine or something to tide you guys over. You awesome readers are, like, 70% of why this story is still going on. So keep being awesome, and I’ll keep writing for you! <3

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Character name: Blair

character age: 24

 Disease: Nervous cells are infected, causing gradual loss of muscle control through muscular spasms that are getting harder over time. First gradual paralysis, then death. No treatment known. 

Ship they are on: Dying Rabid

Personality: Mild-mannered, patient and respectful with strangers. Become more mischievous and eccentric when at ease, setting up pranks or going along with them. 

Background: Travelling scholar who was hoping to write a book of adventure, when he was diagnosed with his disease. Now, he’s hoping to live as much adventure as he can, to make his book one to remember. 

Appearance: Fairly short man, 1 meter 60 or so, with dirty blond hair, grey eyed with reading glasses. He’s wearing a brown travelling coat over blue pants and black shirt.

Role: Logbook keeper. 

Devil fruit?: No

Skills: Sword-fighting, good general and scientific knowledge. 

Any character quirks?: Has an incredibly hard time refusing to do anything, for fear of missing out. 

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Character name: Blair

character age: 24

 Disease: Nervous cells are infected, causing gradual loss of muscle control through muscular spasms that are getting harder over time. First gradual paralysis, then death. No treatment known. 

Ship they are on: Dying Rabid

Personality: Mild-mannered, patient and respectful with strangers. Become more mischievous and eccentric when at ease, setting up pranks or going along with them. 

Background: Travelling scholar who was hoping to write a book of adventure, when he was diagnosed with his disease. Now, he's hoping to live as much adventure as he can, to make his book one to remember. 

Appearance: Fairly short man, 1 meter 60 or so, with dirty blond hair, grey eyed with reading glasses. He's wearing a brown travelling coat over blue pants and black shirt.

Role: Logbook keeper. 

Devil fruit?: No

Skills: Sword-fighting, good general and scientific knowledge. 

Any character quirks?: Has an incredibly hard time refusing to do anything, for fear of missing out.