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curlyhairednerd · 7 months

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Crossette and Mothers and Fathers

Crossette has known her mother was dead. But it never really affected her, because she couldn’t remember her mother. She just couldn’t understand the concept of one. But throughout her life, she finds them.

Makino and Dandan are perhaps the only women she will openly, actually call her mothers. They have been there for her since she was six years old and newly abandoned. Years of hugs, and kisses on the forehead, and private time when her brothers were too much. These are memories she holds dear.

She does not find a mother in the East Blue. Perhaps the closest she does is Rika’s mother, but she barely got to know the nice woman, so it doesn’t count. And Nojiko was more of an older sister.

There is surprisingly, a mother in Kureha. Perhaps not in the traditional sense, but Kureha is not a traditional woman. But she is gentle in her own way, as she tends to Crossette’s wounds and praises her resilience against the cold. Crossette does not tell her about her eternally cold father.

Terracotta is a motherly woman, in the brief time at Vivi’s castle. She helps fix Crossette’s torn coat, and even helps cut her curly hair since it had become so damaged and out of control.

Robin is a surprising mother to find. When Crossette looks down from the sky back to the sea and becomes almost sick from her fear of heights, it is Robin’s hands that cover her eyes and pull her away. It is Robin who finds the words to comfort her when she kills for the first time and feels like she can’t get the blood off her hands.

Robin and Crossette cry and hold each other after Enies, when Crossette shares the story of her Father. They bond over the Icy man who’s hurt them both.

There is a mother in Shakky, who helps calm Crossette in her bar, slipping her a sedative to null her fear as her trauma bubbles to the surface. Who tucks Crossette’s hair behind her ear and promises that nothing will happen as long as Luffy is around.

There is no mother to be found in Boa Hancock, not that Crossette wants one. But there is in Granny Nyon, who offers comfort and advice when Crossette falls into despair about Ace. That is the last mother Crossette encounters for awhile.

But the pain of having and losing a father figure is what affects Crossette the most. She seeks out father figures, and finds plenty.

Garp is not a father, he’s a grandfather and that’s how Crossette likes it. But Ace was like a father, even though he was her big brother. Perhaps not a perfect one, but he did his best and that was all that ever mattered to Crossette. She was loved.

There is a father figure in Gin, who pulls her out of the sea after she jumped in there with him to save him from the poison. She didn’t fully save him, but he ruffles her hair once he’s well enough to do so and thanks her with a wide grin. She tells Luffy they’re taking him, and he makes no objections to their new Quartermaster.

Due to strange circumstances, Sanji is also like a father. He mistook her and Luffy for younger than they were, so he becomes protective of her. He stays close by in Lougetown, fighting off a thug who looks at her too long for his liking. Sanji always knows when Crossette is sad, and her favorite snack is always quickly prepared.

Genzo is not a man she spends time with, but she finds herself very jealous of Nami. There is no doubt of his love.

Igaram and Cobra are good father figures. They are compassionate and kind to the whole crew. Crossette is able to leave Alabasta happily knowing that Vivi is in loving hands.

Gin once again proves himself in Skypeia, keeping her safe and taking a blow from Eneru meant for her. He is the one who helps her kill for the first time, doing the most damage to spare her soul.

Franky is not a father, at least not to Crossette. But he is to Rosé and Rosé needs a mother and father. But at least he’s an amazing big brother.

Brook is also more like a grandfather, but Crossette enjoys his company. They sing together, and she is able to sleep better with his music playing. She tells him of how the world has changed, and he tells her of how it once was.

Rayleigh is fatherly to her, joking with her to distract her when the slave house brings her to a panic. His causal insult of her father is also enough to bring her to laughter. He continues to be fatherly over the next two years.

Bon Clay is like Mother and Father in his own odd way. When Luffy is screaming and she is exhausted and finally breaks, it is him who comforts her, hugging her tight in the different forms of her friends that he has, and even in Luffy’s form. He gets her to cheer for her brother, and revives her fighting spirit.

There is still a father in the Lazy Admiral. When he walks away from her in the battle, he takes out five others that were too close to her for comfort. When Teach tries to kill her, the former warlord is just lucky that Shanks arrived, or Kuzan would’ve killed him with his bare fists.

When Kuzan fights Akainu, it’s with two thoughts. The first is that the marines and the world have to become better for his daughter’s safety. And the second is that this man will *not* make an orphan out of his daughter.

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quinntamsin · 1 year

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One Piece: Amazon Lily Arc

Kizaru tore through the pirate Captains and their cfews without abandon. SHe watched as the Supernovas did their best to fight the strange giant humans. Light flshed so brightly she had to cover her eyes. A loose growl in her throat as she used her zoan form to leap from her hiding place atop the giant mangrove. Landing on her feet she dodge an oncoming blast of fire as a Marine company sent a volley of bullets her way. Each movement she did required all of her enhanced reflexes, Only when she went sailing over the edge, though, did she truly know fear. --- The Amazon Lily Arc, whoa! WE got this far! Luffy is sent flying after a moment of pure gut- wrenching despair. His body is struck by the power of Kuma's Nikyu Nikyu no Mi and on his way at high speed through the air. After he strikes the ground we find him in the one place perhaps he shouldn't be. Amazon Lily, home to the all-cisfemale (YES I AM INCLUDING OKAMA and NEWKAMA IN THIS ASSESSMENT!) Kuja Tribe. We get to meet Marguerite and her friends as they discover poor Luffy after he stupidly consumes a parasitic mushroom. Bouncing forward and skipping over the anime dick jokes with the Kuja, what is most important here is how Luffy reacts. He wakes up, freaks out and yet as he gets chased he doesn't intentionally try to ruin a bunch of stuff. Instead, he nearly dies and get's saved by Marguerite while her friends, Sweet Pea, and Aphelandra do their best to support her. A few things about the Kuja I like. One yes, some have the pretty curvy designs of the typical One Piece women, but many also have pretty different body types. WE see broad-chested women, short, plump and more. Plus, yes, they all wear bikini's in a pretty blunt manner which is all the better when Luffy ignores everything. I love how Luffy is easily this lovable Ace motherfucker who just wants to make people happy. Now skipping through all the shenanigans Boa Hancock comes in after turning entire Marine Crew to Stone. After Luffy pops into her bath and sees her back she flips out (with good reason). The Snake Princess is shown in parts of this arc as cold and distant. Her looks and her fruit make people love her without any really deeper feeling. They see her as an object, and this makes her painful backstory all the worse. Plus I wanna say that I love her sisters, Sonia is just a fucking darling. And, Marigold is just this awesome fat goddess who can kick serious ass. The scene after they take over Luffy's execution after he defeats their giant panther is, funny and interesting. It sets up the Boa sisters as cold, and brutal. They use their Haki to easily defeat and toy with Luffy. When they move to smash the stone forms of Marguerite, Sweetpea and Aphelandra I was calling for Luffy to destroy them. There is a point to this brutality though, the sisters have been shaped by their society which forbids men, and they were tortured. So just as Luffy first unleashes a mega Conqueror's Haki burst and soundly starts kicking their asses I cheered loudly for him. One Piece is a show I can just watch for Hours and just feel good about. With gusto! I was lost in writing when I saw Sonia knocked toward the sharpened spikes and heard how her mark would be exposed. Seeing Luffy just leap onto Sonia's back even after she eagerly threatened to smash one of her own people was a clincher for why I love him. Wait no, it was him say, yup fuck my freedom, save your people please! Yeah, Luffy has a level of goodness that just makes me feel better. Boa Hancock's Backstory So, I didn't go much into my feelings on the Celestial Dragons, but lets ignore the fact that they are literal caricatures of what rick people really do! SO. All three young girl were captured as cabin girls on their own ship and then branded with the "Dragon's Claw". Let that sink in, these were young teens sold into slavery for some monsters. I swear if these fuckers were wearing crosses and were part of a mega-church or even a republican meeting! Yup, the girls got away after they were experimented on and wow. The amount of trauma they all went through and the fact they can still lead a country is pretty impressive. All of the stories and the coldness they show to their people is kind of explained in their trauma. Honestly, I am so glad they ran with how blunt the story was. Because any other idiot would have turned this into a tragic villain scene. Instead, we got a scene that shows us how a ruler can easily become distant from her own people. If they show weakness they think the people will turn on them. Damn, you think that the kids making a homemade statute would prove the opposite. I think the dissonance I felt as I watch them threaten to smash Marguerite versus revealing their trauma was surreal. It really shows how much emotional distant and masking the three do. All to maintain the false story of the Gorgon Sisters. Preparing For Impel Down After Hancock acquiesce to Luffy's request to save (and yes I realize I'm skipping a plot beat or two) she gets a pretty thorough verbal comment from Granny Nyon. As Luffy prepares to leave Hancock becomes suddenly sick. WE learn that all of Luffy's compassion has given her reason to fall head over heels in love with him. This was a bit of a weird scene, that her cold heart would come to fixate so much she could die outside his presence. The scenes where we see Luffy and her traveling aboard the ship alone was strange. Hancock's lovesickness seems a bit out of left field for me, I would have preferred if it was a little less sudden. Now, know beforehand she had a thing for Luffy. Hell, I even tried to find a few fanfics that played around the relationship. The problem is I couldn't find any really shorter than 50k words that kept my interest. Please don't blame me that I prefer Nami and Luffy. Please note, I headcanon Luffy as a nonbinary ace hero. Overall This setting does a good job of showing more abilities derived from Haki. The idea that up until now we've barely seen it becomes more realistic as it seems it's not a widely practice gift outside of the New World. Sentamarou was a master of Armament Haki and it appears the Kuja use it as well to empower their attacks. This was a decent continual show of what Haki can achieve and it was a nice way to show how Devil Fruits can be defeated by Haki users. If Luffy didn't have his experience in battle he wouldn't have dodged all those Kuja arrows. If he didn't have Second Gear, he wouldn't have defeated Sonia or Marigold without it really. The increased speed was the only way he really got around Sonia's observation Haki and the increased velocity for his strikes assisted him against Marigold. This is a big change from when we first saw a certain annoying Skypeian using "Mantra" (Satori) against Sanji. Or hell, Shank's in episode one from the get-go. Conclusion This Arc focused on Luffy regaining a sense of hope. Watching him break down in Saobody when everyone disappeared was nerve-wracking. As someone who has felt a sense of despair, I will never reach Luffy's level. The poor kid loses his entire found family and finds out his brother is to die not long after. The actual way they emphasized each disappearance by Kuma by a bubble popping was tightened the anxiety I felt as I watched. Switching suddenly to something a bit more filled with hope was a nice change of pace. I say hope because both Hancock and Luffy brought it to each other. Luffy brought about the physical beating of two Celestial Dragons. Plus saving a friend of his from slavery ups the reality of how much Hancock can show some trust. Hancock, on the other hand, and as she treats her people better gives Luffy stability. It also seemed to give him time to remember his crew wasn't dead. They were all just sent flying everywhere. A pause to recover from watching everyone almost die. Hottakes:

That poor giant boar at the beginning, he deserved better.

The entire scene with Luffy being considered a girl was, so weird for me.

Like I was happy that the girls were like "ah yes another woman", but then the mushroom jokes and body washing. eeeww.

Mageurite deserves a bigger part in a side story, watching her help Luffy was interesting.

Sweatpea was a fucking amazing bean.

Aphelandra really shows how people in One Piece can be super tiny or fucking giants, and NOT BE ACTUAL GIANTS.

Momonga, wtf is up with the naming of this world.

The Mero-Mero no Mi is such a weird fruit, it's a fruit that creates a great sense of attraction and can turn people to stone if they have lewd thoughts.

THE FUCK ODA?!

The snake forms on Sonia and Margold into big titty nagas, shows that furries are well loved in ONe Piece.

I like how they are emphasizing this weird sort of fated pairing of Luffy almost in a folkloric way. He and her have Conqueror's Haki which is pretty damn rare.

Hancock needs a good Polyam ship with Vivi and Nami.

Robin would adore Amazon Lily since it appears to have constant sense of archaeological history.

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brainfuzzz · 2 years

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Old Truths Ch. 2 "What If?"

Yep, another Crocodile learns that he's Luffy's mother fic because why not? Also, I'm making him the Snake Princess before Hancock because I'm already in Crocomom hell so why not pile on more to it, right? Expect a reunion with Dragon as Crocodile goes on a journey for the truth and eventually finds peace.

There it is. The words he knew to be true even before he set foot on this island, even before he set sail for Amazon Lily, even before the end of the battle at Marineford. His legs tremble beneath him. The image of Granny Nyon is blurring from the tears swelling in his eyes. He wants to wipe them away, to force himself to stop. But he can’t. He’s to far gone to care about his appearance anymore.

“You told me that the baby had been stillborn.” Now every part of him is shaking. Granny Nyon refuses to meet his eyes. “You never even let me hold him!”

That night, the night that had nearly destroyed him, the night he has purged from his mind, comes rushing back in one fell swoop. He had spent hours suffering the throes of childbirth. Screaming and cursing Dragon’s name with each painful contraction. Only for when it to finally be over and discover that his baby had been stillborn. Except he swears with every ounce of his being that he had heard a cry shortly after the final push. A cry that has haunted him all these years.

“Let me see her.” he had demanded after they told him of what happened.

“It will only make it that much more painful. I’m sorry.” Granny Nyon had tried to gently push him back on the bed, but he had refused.

“It’s painful now! Let me see her!” but his demands would go unanswered. He would spend years wondering why he was never even allowed to look at his child’s face. But now he knows. It was because his child had been born a boy.

In a fit of rage, he swings his arm, summoning sand to slice through the spot where Granny Nyon stands. Despite being a wrinkly old hag, she still has the speed and agility of a young Kuja warrior and dodges his attack.

“Then tell me,” His words come out as a snarl. The tears won’t stop. The pain from that night has returned and sends him down the same path of rage as it did before. “What did you do after that night? I heard that he was raised by Monkey D. Garp so he must have found his way to Dragon. How?”

Granny Nyon dodges another attack, landing on a stone a few feet away. She wipes away the sweat from her brow and waits for Crocodile to cease his attacks. He does, if only to hear the full truth of what happened.

“Yes, we hid the truth. But it was only to protect you!” she cries. Crocodile’s sand swirls wildly around him.

“Bullshit! Tell me the truth!” he’s screaming now. Even Daz had to have heard him. Granny Nyon winces and looks down.

“I was afraid. Afraid of what this could mean for Amazon Lily. What it could mean for our future. In all our history a boy had never been born from one of our people and from our Princess no less. I was afraid your love for him would make you leave us. So, I took the ship and carried him away.” She grabs hold of her cane with both hands squeezing tightly, her face full of mournful regret. Crocodile wants to wipe the expression off her face. She doesn’t have the right to feel sorry for what she did.

“And what good did that do you, huh?” he rasps. Learning that his child was stillborn sent him into a fit of madness. He wouldn’t sit still long enough for his body to heal and would scream and cry out for hours at a time, throwing anything in reach leaving the palace in ruin. He had shattered any mirror he came across and refused to eat. When the madness finally subsided into rage, he set out and became a menace on the sea. He raided and terrorized countless islands, eventually acquiring a bounty of 300,000,000 berries. Making the Snake Princess a force to be reckoned with. Eventually his path of hatred and self destruction lead him to Kamabakka Kingdom where he would meet Emporio Ivankov. Ivankov had been waiting for him on the shore. They must have predicted his war path would lead him there. But instead of reaching the island and wreaking havoc like he had done to all the other islands, he had stumbled onto those shores, dropped to his knees, and begged Emporio Ivankov for help. It was the only time in his entire life where he begged someone for anything, and it was most certainly the only time he has ever let anyone see him in that state. His face had been filled with grief and streaming with fat tears and snot. He had even gone as far as to cling to their cape begging for their help.

“Please, fix me!” he had pleaded. He must have looked quite pathetic in that moment. He would cringe at his behavior in the future, but at that point in his life he had nothing else to lose. While most would have turned away, Ivankov had looked at him with sympathy.

“You poor dear. I can’t fix you because there’s nothing broken to begin with! Though I would appreciate it if you don’t try and burn my Kamabakka Kingdom to the ground.” They had reached down and forced him to meet their gaze. “But I can help if that’s what you want?”

After that, the Snake Princess was no more, and Crocodile was born. Though that isn’t necessarily true. He had always been Crocodile but could never truly admit it. Rather, that was the day he stopped lying to himself.

“Yes, I see now that there was nothing I could have done to stop you from leaving us.” Granny Nyon says. A tear drops from her eye but it only fans the flames of Crocodile’s rage. Her betrayal has opened old wounds and has done irreparable damage to both him and Luffy.

“Tell me how he found his way to Dragon.” Crocodile demands, letting his own conqueror’s haki out, something he hasn’t done in ages. She waivers under its might but doesn’t submit like a normal person would.

She uses her cane to stable herself before saying, “That night, while you were distracted by your grief, I took the boy and set sail on the ship. I only planned to find the nearest village to leave him at orphanage or possibly even a family suitable enough to take him.”

Crocodile reels with this information, letting his sand slice through the surrounding trees. This doesn’t deter Granny Nyon as she continues, “But before I could even leave the Calm Belt, I came across a ship trying to sail through. It was under attack by countless sea kings that scattered the second they caught sight of our poisonous sea serpents. As fate would have it, Dragon was onboard that ship. Apparently, the rumors that the Snake Princess was pregnant had reached him and he assumed that the child must be his.”

“Dragon was coming?” the sand swirling around him slows until it finally drops to the ground. Dragon was coming to Amazon Lily. He lets that information wash over him until he’s suddenly lightheaded. He steps backward hoping to steady himself with the tree he had been leaning on, only to realize he had cut it down in his anger. Instead, he sits on the sliced tree stump staring down at the grass blowing in the wind. He runs a hand over his hair and lets out a strained laugh.

“I ended up giving the child to him. That is how the boy came to be in his family’s care.” She stamps the bottom of her cane on the ground as if to say, ‘that is the end of that tale’. As if this were one of her old wives’ tales and not the awful truth of Crocodile’s past.

“What did he say when you gave him the baby? What did you say?” while his anger is still there, it starts to be overshadowed with an even darker emotion leaving him with regrets and asking useless questions like what if? What if the labor had lasted only an hour longer? Would Dragon have made it to the island and be able to see the baby for himself? Would he had held their son, giving the same wide idiotic grin Dragon always wore in those days and say, “Come with!” just like he had done all those times before. Would Crocodile actually have said yes?

“All I said is that since he had come all this way, he could take the child, but he and the boy could never return to Amazon Lily.” Granny Nyon grimaces. “He had many questions, but I did not stay to answer them. Once I passed the baby into his arms, I left.”

“So that’s the truth,” the tears have stopped. The anger overshadowed by pain. The dark shadow that had restricted him to his bed for the past week washes over him stronger than ever. He stands on numb legs, swaying clumsily to the shoreline to signal Daz to come pick him up.

“You’re leaving?” Granny Nyon asks. Crocodile grits his teeth with shaking fists.

“I have what I came for. There is nothing left for me here.” But the second those words pass his lips, a scream from the opposite side of the island reaches his ears. Crocodile turns towards the sound. “Luffy.”

He takes a step in his direction but forces himself to retract it and turn his back towards the screaming. If he went to him now, it wouldn’t be a parent reuniting with his child. Luffy would only see the villain from Alabasta Kingdom.

“Listen, old hag,” Crocodile’s face is dark while keeping his back to the island, “he is a child of Amazon Lily whether you like it or not. Protect him.”

He doesn’t stay to hear her response. When Daz has the ship close enough, he leaps off the shore of Amazon Lily, landing on the deck. Daz says nothing as he directs the ship away from the island. Crocodile doesn’t look back. He stares forward, out towards the endless sea, listening to his child scream in anguish all while still asking the foolish question: what if?

Read full story HERE on AO3!!!

#sir crocodile #crocodile #one peice #luffy #monkey d. luffy #granny nyon #amazon lily #emporio ivankov #iva #dragon #monkey d dragon #Old Truths #Old Truths Ch. 2 #What If?#crocomom

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luffysfakebeard · 1 year

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Granny Nyon is like I can’t believe I have to explain this again

#Gael makes a post #mangacap #One Piece #Granny Nyon #Boa Hancock

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rodaynaayari · 2 years

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decided to draw 4 random one piece characters selected by a wheel decide!! :DD

#art #drawing #digital art #digital artist #wheel decide #one piece #op #one piece bepo #bepo #one piece granny nyon #granny nyon #one piece kinemon #kinemon #one piece Nojiko #Nojiko

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melonteee · 6 months

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Spoilers for One Piece manga chapter 1096

CAN WE TALK ABOUT GLORIOSA AKA GRANNY NYON BEING A ROCKS PIRATE???? I know she said that she used to have Love sickness in the past, but who was the lucky guy that caught her heart? Also, young Roger looks like a future older Ace if he didn't die.

YEEES OH MY GOD now we KNOW Gloriosa didn't have a love sickness for anyone seen on the page with her because she was acting completely normal. No blushing or giggling or hearts around her. I am going to SCREAM if if turns out the one she developed a love sickness for was Roger cause GIIIIIIRL...ME TOO LMAOOO

#ask #melonask #op spoilers

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charkyzombicorn · 10 months

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What do you think of this family tree

White beard + Granny Nyon = crocodile

Garp + tsuru = dragon

Dragon + crocodile = luffy

Looks completely accurate to me only problem is Tsuru and Sengoku were married and adopted Rosinante, Rosinante's brother is Doflamingo and thus Doffy is technically Luffy's uncle

#one piece #This would technically make Law and Luffy cousins but... No <3

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enigmasong · 10 months

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I think Granny Nyon was lying about the whole love sickness thing just to really make sure Hancock gets on that damn Navy ship.

For one, she claimed the empress before that died from the so-called virus, but we now know that empress was Shakky, who is still very much alive and kicking and Nyon knows that. (Before we learned that, yeah, I could believe that love could kill within the verisimilitude of the series.)

Personally, I'd diagnose Hancock with general mental illness, specifically PTSD and anxiety/depression (and possibly Bipolar disorder, but that's on the fringe of my understanding of medical psychology, so don't agree with that yet), with one of her major symptoms being an under eating disorder running headlong into the philosophical truck-kun that is falling in love.

#one piece #op logs #guess who's finally trying to get back into their one piece rewatch #the totk blockout is starting to run its course #still haven't beaten ganondorf tho

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thewitchness · 1 year

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So, like. Granny Nyon has a triple chin. Franky has a triple chin.

This is one hell of a coincidence in character design, innit?

#one piece #amazon arc #it would also explain why franky's parents were parrots #headcanon created?

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whirlybirdwhat · 3 years

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4k, Chapter 1 of 4, please heed the warnings as this fic does deal with continuous and repeated character death, including vaguely referenced sucide, and injury (all deaths and injury temporary however)!

Luffy, he’s… he’s been here before hasn’t he?

The air is familiar on his face. The cool wind of Amazon Lily, the sea breeze from the shore, the distant call of birds and animals and the slithering of snakes.

It’s… familiar.

That means that Ace - yeah.

It was a dream, right?

Ace promised he wouldn’t die. It was just an awful, awful dream.

(It’s not.)

Or: Luffy is trapped in a Marineford Time Loop, and everything is not okay. But, surprisingly, it is still a fix-it.

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curlyhairednerd · 6 months

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Where Kuma Sent Them

(Not fully complete at this time)

Gin- winds up as the protector of an island full of mines. The islanders mine and work on a very rare and precious metal that can be used to make powerful metals. He uses that metal to make new Tonfa’s and learns how to forge weapons over the two years.

Rosé- she finds a retired man, depressed at what the government calls Justice and puts a spark of life back into him. Together they decide that the world needs to know the truth and it needs to change. They create a massive spy network and Rosé takes the lead as Miss Muffet, casting her wide web across the world. Kuzan joins under the code name Pigeon and trains her.

Crossette- Since Rayleigh takes Luffy, she decides to train under the Pirate Empress. Boa makes her fight and defeat every member of the Kuja, until she can come close to beating Boa in a fight. She befriends Margurite, Sweetpea, and Aphlandra. Together the four of them continue to train, sacrificing food and sleep in their dedication. And then Granny Nyon rats her out to Luffy and they have to readjust their training schedule to have a better balance.

And a bonus!

Killian- he stays in Fishman Island, spending his two years trying to capture Hody and Van Decken. (Shirahoshi is like his baby sister, he fucking hates that creep with the same intensity he hates celestial dragons). But… the years aren’t kind to him. His cousin has joined Hody and wants Killian dead to take his devil fruit. Killian loses the Vanessa and his older sister Diane. He spends the last seven months before the Straw Hats return laying around in a depressed haze.

#Crossette #Rosé #Gin #One Piece #OCs #Killian Delacroux

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thepm-fanworks · 3 years

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Weekly whiteboard drawings for my kids. It was fun to come up with something for St. Patrick’s Day. Otherwise, the time change made drawing a little rough.

#kuja pirates #boa sandersonia #boa marigold #one piece nami #granny nyon #gloriosa one piece #one piece fanart #one piece Margaret #whiteboard art

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brainfuzzz · 2 years

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Old Truths Ch. 1 "The Truth"

One week, seven days, 10,080 minutes and the pain in his chest has yet to go away. Physically he is fine. He’s dragged several doctors into their hotel room to prove that. But still, here he is, unable to pull himself from this bed. Unable to eat more then a bite of food a day. Unable to even hurl the smallest of insults and threats to the hotel manager when he comes banging on the door demanding payment or to vacate the room. Daz Bones is the only reason he’s been able to save face from the public, but even he’s growing restless now wondering how Crocodile can be in such a state. Whenever he does ask when they will be leaving, all Crocodile can manage is “I’m tired.”

Sengoku’s announcement of Dragon’s son is still fresh in his mind. He pulls the covers over his head as if that could stop the memory from replaying over and over again. It doesn’t of course. After a moment of hiding his face, he pulls the sheet down and sits up. Daz side-eyes him from the edge of his own bed, silently wondering if his old boss has finally pulled himself together. Crocodile glances at his reflection in the window, barely recognizing the face staring back. He touches the scarred skin just under the dark circles that have formed under his eyes. There seems to be more wrinkles then usual and with his hair in complete disarray he looks like a mad old man. The announcement trills in his ears again. He closes his eyes until it passes.

“Enough,” he says, but if it’s to himself or to the memory, even he doesn’t know. He turns away from his reflection and swings his legs over the side of the bed. The floorboards are cool under his bare feet and creaks from his weight as he crosses the space to the washroom. He distracts his thoughts with the routine process of showering. He slicks his hair back, leaving one strand to fall down the side of his face and lets himself go in his familiar grooming patterns. After freshening up, his reflection already looks better. More normal. The dark circles under his eyes are still there but there’s nothing he can do about that now. He starts to reach for the door when the image of that kid screaming next to Portgas D. Ace’s body pierces his mind. He freezes, the familiar ache that has plagued him for the past week throbbing in his chest. Then, a new cry. A single cry from his past brings him to his knees. He lifts his trembling hand and left arm to cover his ears. Desperate to block out that single cry.

Images from his past flash behind his eyes. Wincing at every memory he grits his teeth trying to will the thoughts away. He must have made to much noise because Daz knocks on the washroom door.

“Should I send for another doctor?” there’s a small hint of annoyance in his voice. Crocodile can’t blame him. It’s not like they’re friends or anything and he hasn’t been acting like his usual self lately. Crocodile steadies his breathing and ignores the pounding in his chest. With shaky legs he gets to his feet, attempting to collect himself. When the trembling ebbs away, he opens the door and steps out.

“There’s something I have to do before we head out to the New World.” He says while pulling on clothes. Daz says nothing but crosses over to help with any buttons and laces. Once Crocodile is dressed, he turns to Daz, directly looking at him for the first time in a week. “While I do this, I have a condition. You cannot ask me any questions or ask why we are doing what we are about to do.”

Daz stares, expression never changing before finally saying, “Fine.”

Crocodile pulls a cigar out of his coat pocket. Daz lights it, a familiar action that they both find a small sense of comfort in. He leads Daz out of the room feeling weight on his chest with every step. He focuses on his breathing and the taste of his cigar. He won’t let himself crumble ever again.

They steal a ship and head out. It’s just small enough that both he and Daz can manage it on their own. Crocodile is already forming plans to gather a new crew in the back of his mind while the forefront focuses on his current goal. Daz stays true to his word and never asks a question. He’s never been a big talker to begin with. A trait Crocodile is once again grateful for. Their destination is far and won’t be easy to reach. When they do reach the Calm Belt, Daz frown’s deeper then usual. Confusion apparent in his disapproval. Crocodile positions himself behind the main sail.

“We don’t have the luxury of having sea prism stones on the ship or poisonous sea kings to deter the other beasts away, so expect a fight every step of the way.” Crocodile summons his sand and sends a swirling mini sandstorm just behind the sails, creating enough wind to keep the ship moving. Daz’s arms turn into blades and not even a second later, the first sea king appears.

By the time they are even halfway through the Calm Belt they are both worn out from battling the beasts of the sea. The port side has a massive bite mark where one had managed to sink its teeth into their ship and the hull is covered in gashes. But other then that, it’s fine. When Amazon Lily comes into view, Crocodile can feel Daz staring holes into the back of his head. He ignores him and takes in the sight of the island. The place he thought he would never return to. He can’t help but give a sad chuckle. Life keeps throwing him for a loop with no signs of stopping.

As they grow closer to the island, he begins to make out a familiar vessel anchored close to the island shores. His heart drops to his stomach. The yellow submarine that had carried the kid away along with Jinbei comes into view with its crew resting in front of a wall with the Snake Princesses symbol.

They brought him here.

This hadn’t been the plan. His chest aches with heart palpitations while his breathing is quickly becoming labored. He reels himself in as quick as possible. Had he been alone he would have dropped to the floor, letting his face fall into his hand, and focused on calming his heartrate and breathing. But he’s already shown to much weakness in front of Daz. So, he stays strong and ignores his frantic heartrate and fights off the shaking in his legs. Two familiar faces spot him from the shore. One is Jinbei, covered in bandages, the other is a man he doesn’t yet know but vaguely remembers seeing a wanted poster for someone named Law. Law clutches his sword ready for a fight, but Jinbei holds his hand out to stop him. When he disappears into the water, Crocodile takes a long drag of his cigar and doesn’t release the smoke until the fish man is climbing onboard his ship.

“What are you doing here, Crocodile?” he stands, ready to fight even in his current state, but Crocodile has no interest in fighting him.

“I’m not here for you, so calm down.” he sits on the railing of his ship. “I never expected that you would bring him here, but now that I think about it, the Snake girl was saying something about Garp being a grandfather-in-law or something of that caliber.”

He shudders at the thought.

“If you are not here for Luffy, then why have you come to Amazon Lily?” Jinbei doesn’t lower his guard. Crocodile takes another long drag of his cigar. Luffy.

“I’m here to see the old lady, Gloriosa.” Crocodile says with an exhale of smoke. Jinbei stares in confusion. Daz hides his own but its still there. “Tell the old hag to meet me on the other side of the island and to come alone. If she doesn’t, then I’ll be happy to drag her out myself.”

Jinbei finally lowers his guard, frowning at Crocodile. “You saved Luffy and myself in Marineford, so I will do you this service. Though I question your motives behind it.”

He begins to turn back towards the island when Crocodile finds himself blurting, “Don’t…”

He stops, staring over his shoulder at Crocodile. Crocodile keeps his face pointed in the opposite direction, not trusting himself to not give too much away. “Don’t tell the kid that I was here.”

Jinbei says nothing else before dropping into the ocean. Crocodile has his ship circle to the other side of the island. He has Daz drop him off on the shore and then take the ship out a small way so that he might have some privacy. Crocodile leans against a tree, smoking his cigar, cursing himself for being as nervous as he is. He needs to know the truth, but a small part of him just wants to jump back onto the ship and sail away. He snuffs that feeling out quickly. He will not be coward. When footsteps approach from within the jungle, he stands up straight ready to face the old hag again.

“You’ve got a lot of nerve coming here, man,” her voice is as old and shrill as ever. She finally emerges from the shadows of the trees, frowning and gripping at her snake that she uses as a cane.

“Granny Nyon,” Crocodile lets the words drip from his mouth, enjoying the sight of her freezing over at the sound of that name being spoken so casually. “It’s been a long time.”

“I don’t believe we’ve ever met.” Her grip on the snake tightens, her expression serious. “How dare you call me that.”

“Haven’t we? If I recall the last time I saw you, you were screaming for me to return to the island. Now you want me to leave again? Very rude of you.” Crocodile wears his usual grin. There’s something about staring down someone who is clearly intimidated by him that gets his blood pumping. Granny Nyon stares at him, wide eyed, refusing to believe what she must realize is true. He does look much different then when he lived as a woman. But the similarities are still there and only those who truly knew him back then would be able to pick them out. Granny Nyon begins to shake.

“You,” her voice is hushed, tears building up in her eyes. “But I heard that you died!”

“I did, in a way. The old me died so that the person you see before you can thrive.” He leans against the tree again, the anxiety from before nowhere to be found. This was more liberating than he thought it would be.

“But why? Why would you do this to yourself? As a final act of rebellion? To make it where you could never return home?” she’s raising her voice. To confused and distraught for any of it to make sense.

“I did this to be myself!” his voice is rising to match hers. They stare at each other, silence falling on them both. After what feels like a lifetime, her face softens as she slightly leans against her cane.

“I see,” she says, eyes averted from his. “Have you always felt this way?”

“Always.” His breathing is returning to normal, and his pulse slows to its normal rate. She nods, finally understanding.

“Very well, then I will find peace in the fact that you are alive and living the life you were meant to live.”

Crocodile has never needed her approval for anything, least of all this. But still, knowing that she isn’t disapproving of him calms him more then he realized it would.

“You may have come from Amazon Lily and even been a past Princess, but the fact remains that men are not allowed on this island.” Even as she says it, she knows she’s a hypocrite. Crocodile grins, he knew she would say this no matter the outcome and he’s never been bothered by it. But the fact that there is an entire crew of men anchored on the other side of the island makes this conversation hilarious to him.

He arches a brow, “A rule that seems to be broken at the moment.”

She sighs in frustration, “That Hancock is going to be the death of me! One man I can deal with. But an entire crew? What is that girl thinking? Nothing, that’s what.”

Crocodile takes a small bit a pleasure in knowing that the tradition of giving this woman hell is still going strong. She begins to turn back towards the forest, assuming their interaction is over.

“This isn’t why I’ve returned to Amazon Lily.” Now his words are laced with venom. She pauses before slowly turning to face him. He stares down at her with the same malice as he would any other victim caught in his clutches. “Seventeen years ago, before I left this island. You told me that my child died in childbirth. Is that true?”

The color drains from her face. Her ghastly expression answering the question he has been asking himself since Marineford. Since Sengoku announced that Dragon has a son. But he needs hear her say it.

“Answer me!” his sand swirls around them. she grips her cane for courage.

“No, it is not true.” Her words pierce him deeper than any sword. He feels tears forming in his eyes but pushes on.

“And that child, was it a girl?” his voice is faltering.

Granny Nyon closes her eyes before opening them and saying, “No, the child was a boy. You gave birth to the first boy born on Amazon Lily.”

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