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moongothic · 6 months

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You know I am gonna go on a limb and say that Dragon isn't a bad father who "abandoned his child"

Like we didn't need confirmation that Dragon is an ex-marine to come to this conclusion, but it does add to the fact that Dragon would've known that if he ever fathered a child, that child would be in grave danger simply for being Dragon's child. Dragon would've known he couldn't have stayed with his child

The Government went out of its way to hunt for the Pirate King's literal unborn child, hurting countless people, innocent pregnant women, their husbands and babies in the process. Because Roger's blood was "evil" and so was the child for carrying that same "evil blood"

And mere years after the hunt for Roger's child, the Government would put a gigantic bounty on an 8 year old child because she could read forbidden texts. And we know the Ohara Incident became the final straw that transformed the Freedom Fighters into the Revolutionary Army.

Dragon was the head of that Army. Even without being an ex-marine, he would have known that the government would treat his child (and partner) the exact same as Ace and Robin. But knowing he was an ex-marine, it might have even given him extra insight into just how fucking bad the Government was

The Army would have been no place to raise a child in general

And being raised in the Army would've robbed the child from ever having any freedom, the ability to choose from themselves who or what they wanted to become and make their own path

If Dragon ever wanted Luffy to be free, he could not have kept the child with him. The child had to be left somewhere safe, away from him. And if Dragon knew Ace had been entrusted to Garp, then he would've been 100% certain Garp would be willing to take care of his son (as Garp was clearly bending the laws for Roger's kid, like surely he'd then do the same for his own grandkid)

Dragon was in a shit situation and in the end, I do genuinely believe he did the best thing he could to give his child a future by not endangering him with his own existence

#Moon posting #OP spoilers #One Piece #Of course there is the question of why Luffy ended up with Garp instead of his bio-mom #Maybe bio-mom died from Shounen Mother Disease #Maybe bio-mom also had a bounty on their head and Luffy would've still been in danger with them #Bio-mom had been affiliated with Dragon regardless and if that ever got out both them and the kid would've been in danger #Maybe Luffy was with a foster mom for a few years (like can we know for sure Garp went on full paternity leave for Luffy??)#Regardless he ended up with Garp eventually #I mean this isn't to say that if Dragon would've been great at parenting (though Sabo did turn out fine)#Disaster Family and all #((Mind you Sabo was rescued after being wounded by a Tenryubito. That kid was in danger anyways))#I'm just sayin' I want to hold back on the Dragon Slander #He did the best he could man :(#OP Meta

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monkeydluffy19920 · 5 years

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“I don’t need a parachute, baby if I’ve got you Baby if I’ve got you, I don’t need a parachute You’re gonna catch me, You’re gonna catch if I fall”

- Ingrid Michaelson - Parachute

Sannami week 2019 Day 7: Protect

Alrighty-o! Here is another prompt for @sannamiweek ‘s amazing event!

Parachute is probably better known from Cheryl Cole’s version but as far as I understood, it’s originally made by Ingrid Michaelson but they are all good in my opinion but for this project, I used her acoustic version of the song because well, it kind of fit plus ever since that bridal carry panel and the reunion hug, I wanted to add that scene to the end of the acoustic version. So this has been a thing in the to do list for a while so Sannami week and a few day offs was perfect timing because otherwise it would’ve taken forever because procrastination, trust me. The publicication schedule kinda failed but at least it’s done *thumbs up*

So, in last prompt (passion) I pondered about how their pasts have affected on their view to love in general and that both might have fear of loss and rejection which can strongly impact them in their own ways. Nami especially seems that kind of person who really would want to be more open about her feelings (she is pretty open in general but when it comes to romance, she might be really private about it) but for some reason, she is very private about these things.

Although both of them have done lots of sacrifices for each other and helped in the tight situations, I think this song is more from Nami’s point of view because of her way to keep certain feelings inside her whereas Sanji is very openly having a crush on her and he admires her in all ways. Well, One Piece is mainly about adventures and friendships and chasing dreams so if there was going to be some canon romance in the end, Oda-sensei wouldn’t give direct hints about them.

don't tell anyone about the way you hold my hand I don't tell anyone about the things that we have planned I won't tell anybody, won't tell anybody

Well, if they started to date Nami would probably want to keep low profile first because well, becoming an official couple would be quite a step whether they were still on the middle of the adventures or after them. Headcanonish thinking but Sanji would try to keep their dating as a secret but of course, he would be all hyped up so it would probably not be a secret long enough *laughs*

They wanna push me down, they wanna see you fall down

This was a direct reference to their own arcs where they fought with their demons because well, the Fishmen practically wanted to keep Nami forever as a hostage before the Straw Hats came to save her and then Sanji had to face his disrespectful family after years of abuse so both of them have the ghost of their pasts that probably still gives them nightmares and insecurities at times.

Won't tell anybody how you turn my world around I won't tell anyone how your voice is my favourite sound Won't tell anybody, won't tell anybody

More things she only can admit to Sanji, like how his smooth voice can calm her down and how she enjoys him pampering her. I think fellow Sanami fans are familiar with @sanjiafsincedayone ‘s post where was ponders about how Nami might get relaxed from Sanji’s continuous smell of cigarettes (because it reminds her of Bell-Mere).

Don't believe the things you tell Yourself so late at night and You are your own worst enemy You'll never win the fight Just hold on to me, I'll hold on to you It's you and me up against the world It's you and me

The second verse reminded me of he Zou/Totto Land arcs and it would’ve been shipwise very remarkable if Nami saw him on his weakest moment (when Sanji realized that the marriage wouldn’t have solved a thing) but it’s understandable that Oda-sensei wouldn’t make anything so obvious. I’ve said this a lot when the chapters were fresh but it’s still a fact that taking care of the crew mates and taking a share of the huge emotional burdens of theirs is part of Nami’s personality. She was distressed from Usopp’s and Luffy’s separation and worried to death when Robin suddenly disappeared so Sanji’s case would stress her as much as it did and probably even more because she was literally witnessing it and couldn’t do a thing since Sanji wanted to solve it all by himself.

I don't believe anything, don't trust anyone any more

This part of the lyrics reminded of Nami’s past again, how she fought all by herself to save a whole village. Wherever she robbed, she was hated and she had to learn to survive in order to gather the money and she also hated pirates because Arlong’s era made her very cautious.

But I believe you when you say we're never gonna fall Hand behind my neck, arm around my waist Never let me hit the ground, you'll never let me crash (Down)

With the power of friendship, they managed to free Nami and ever since that one building (that had her “office” and maps there) was put into pieces, she finally felt the freedom. Sanji has always shown interest in her and he has always shared compliments to her for example, he keeps telling her how talented she is with navigation and how beautiful she is. So, definitely, he has been a big emotional support to her. Well, others have been too but Oda-sensei has given interesting parallels that give us the feeling that they’d have potential to end up becoming canon, just like the other shippers see other details a significant. Of course, it’s again all about interpretation but there are similarities (for example, they are temperamental but deep down in their heart they are sensitive and emotional persons who are very compassioned and who put others’ need in front of theirs. Also, both of them share a soft, maternal/paternal side which is seen when they act like big siblings to younger crew members. They both remember flashbacks where their pasts have been mentioned (Sanji in Fishman Island, Nami in Zou). Also both of them grew in foster families, both lost their mothers who were dedicated to their children although both fought with their own problems (Sora fought with her health and Bell-Mere struggled with money), both become invisible prisoners and craved for freedom.

Then as said, there are lots of parallels many sharp eyed SaNami fans have pointed out and analyzed. For example, their childhoods were pretty much opposite, Sanji was rich and despised whereas Nami was poor but loved and encouraged to hone her skills. Then there is this theory that All Blue is a place which means their dreams might have a link (which would mean they’d need each other to fulfill their dreams).

One of the biggest parallels so far is that both have been dealing with the marriage in their own ways, both were forced to get married and both made huge effort to prevent it to happen. Also, both have been unconscious when the other was coming to save them or thank them (Sanji in Skypiea, partly also when Nami fought Kalifa and Nami didn’t have a clue of what happened in Thriller Bark when Absalom tried to steal a kiss from her). On top of that, Oda-sensei gives ship-tease with their “Do you love me”- gag where Sanji goes all mellorine and Nami is like “yes yes, focus!” but on the other hand in the later happenings, she hasn’t been as ignorant with the reply as she could be. Perhaps she won’t say it out loud in front of everyone but maybe she starts to develop deeper feelings (or has done it already) but well again, it’s all up to what we fans see and in the end, it’s Oda-sensei who makes the final decisions about their futures.

By the way, it was very nice from Toei to add some more shippyish scenes to the let’s escape from Big Mom-episodes because as far as I remember, when Prometheus attacked them (before Nami made Zeus attack Bg Mom) , there wasn’t this kind of scene or when Big Mom attacked them with sword, there wasn’t the scene about it either so the animation team deserves a big high five.

Frankly spoken, had to edit quite a lot the length of the song so it would be shorter because the last part is basically just repeating the same lyrics but anyway, maybe the main point of this video project was to add as many shippy moments as possible to the choruses to demonstrate where Sanji has been with her and what if those moments have affected her view on him.

Well, like said, she wasn’t aware of Thriller Bark but she has seen so many sacrifices so she is at least impressed probably and they both definitely share huge respect on each other and who knows, maybe this song will become canon? If not, then at least in our headcanons, fellow shippers :)!

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dixxyfics · 7 years

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The Vow - What Could Have Been

So prior to the release of 850 I was had started to come around on Pudding (as a lot of us did) and I started work on The Vow, which would have featured some actual Sanji x Pudding (as opposed to the toxic marriage depicted in Knotted). Note that BOTH of my betas had been asking about this for a while and 848 briefly opened the door for me being able to write that story. I’ve basically abandoned the project, but I did write some scenes and had a working outline, more or less, for what I wanted to do.

And since there seems to be a genre of Tumblr posts for AUs that might never get written, here’s my first foray into this type of post.

So the key difference in this AU (other than Pudding not being a massive piece of shit) is that the Vinsmokes and Big Mom decided on the marriage several years earlier, figuring that it might take Germa Kingdom a while to hunt down their lost prince. Instead they find him when he’s still and working at the Baratie, about two and a half years before Luffy sets off on his journey to become Pirate King (yes this would be about the same time Ace set off on his journey, no it’s not relevant to what I had planned). Anyways, whoever finds Sanji basically threatens him with the safety of Zeff and the Baratie to convince him to leave with them. It takes them a while to get Sanji to WCI (because, well, distance and such) but not enough time for him and Pudding to be of legal age to marry, so they end up meeting at seventeen and having a year to get to know each other before their wedding.

Pudding, for her part, is not happy about the engagement. She didn’t think it would even come up until she turned eighteen and she’s met the Vinsmokes before and assumes Sanji is going to be the same. Then she finds his brothers casually kicking the shit out of him and starts to realize that maybe her fiance isn’t so bad after all. They each have a confession to make (Sanji talks about his upbringing, Pudding reveals her third eye to him) and over the course of the year start to fall in love and develop a relationship. Key moments during that year would have included:

- Sanji would have given Pudding a locket for Christmas that year. This ends up being her most prized possession later in the story for reasons that are expanded upon later.

- They end up sleeping together a month before the wedding in order to take control of one aspect of their marriage that Big Mom has no say in and continue to do so behind everyone’s backs. Part of this was tied into Pudding having a sort of “complex” about the value of her virginity.

The wedding goes off without a hitch and the pair honeymoon in Dressrosa because it’s like, the only relevant island on that half of the Grand Line. They decide they want to make the most of their life together, probably including a search for the All Blue and some sort of dream for Pudding to chase that I never figured out before OH LOOK SHE’S EVIL. Anyways when they get back from the honeymoon Big Mom tells them that, on Judge’s request, they’re going to live in Germa Kingdom, and since neither of them thinks Big Mom will listen to how bad of an idea this is they end up spending the next 5-6 months in Germa Kingdom, where shit is bad.

The couple decide to escape, but they get separated in this escape attempt and Pudding is pretty sure that Sanji was killed. Deep in mourning, Pudding gets a job on a passenger ship. She keeps her wedding ring in the locket, partly because she doesn’t think she’s married anymore and partly because they make this really cheesy promise that anytime they take off their rings their partner needs to put it back on, meaning with Sanji absent Pudding won’t put her ring on. Eventually she ends up in the East Blue and decides to look for the Baratie to make sure her husband’s childhood home is safe.

Pudding succeeds at finding the Baratie but Zeff won’t give her a job in the kitchen but offers her a job as a waitress. This goes on for a while, with Pudding trying and failing to get a job as a cook and occasionally sneaking into Sanji’s old room to sleep, since it still smells like him. She doesn’t tell Zeff about her relationship to Sanji, but she’s well aware that Zeff is very worried about him.

One day, Pudding is told to procure a specific wine for a Marine officer trying to impress his date. While in the wine cellar, she hears a loud crashing sound, like someone fired a canon at the restaurant. Everyone should know EXACTLY where this is going and EXACTLY where the next part of the story is headed.

So needless to say we’re now in the Baratie arc sans Sanji but with Pudding. Luffy probably offers Pudding a spot on his crew, seeing as she wants to be a cook for the Baratie but Zeff won’t let her and Luffy needs a cook for his pirate crew. Pudding probably declines, though likely not as firmly as Sanji did. Luffy and the other Straw Hats learn that Zeff had a foster son who left under strange circumstances a few years earlier but don’t learn much about him. Then we have the whole Don Krief and Nami stealing the ship business and blah blah blah fight scene blah blah blah Pudding would have showed off some sort of fighting technique blah blah good bye Don Krieg.

Before Pudding accepts Luffy’s offer (because of course she is in this scenario) she and Zeff have a talk and Zeff reveals he’s aware she’s been sneaking into Sanji’s room at night. Pudding doesn’t reveal everything to Zeff, like who Sanji is and who she is, but she says he was taken away for a political marriage she’s his wife. She explains they were separated and she doesn’t think he’s okay.

Zeff reveals that he knows Sanji is alive as he had a vivre card made sometime after he left. Unfortunately the hair sample he found was too old and while it can tell whether or not Sanji is alive it won’t act as a compass like a normal vivre card will (because plot reasons). Pudding takes a piece of the card and keeps it in the locket with her wedding ring.

And so goes most of the completed arcs of One Piece with Pudding at the Straw Hat’s chef, right up through Zou, where she is taken by the Big Mom Pirates who are intent on bringing her home. It’s possible the group divisions are different, with Robin heading to Zou with that group instead of staying in Dressrosa while someone else stays behind. While this is going on, Luffy and co. are en route to Zou after finishing up business in Dressrosa and get into a scuffle with a group of bounty hunters, one of whom goes toe-to-toe with Zoro and primarily uses kicks.

The Straw Hats most likely don’t know who she is (Nami MIGHT depending on how things played out with Lola on Thriller Bark) and are afraid that Pudding is going to be married into the Big Mom Pirates. The Straw Hats go as a group to rescue her (seeing as her kidnapping was more hostile than Sanji’s). While en route to WCI, they are attacked by the bounty hunters again. Robin and Nami figure out the kicking guy won’t hurt women and they’re able to capture him. The other bounty hunters leave their companion behind - the Straw Hats feel bad but don’t let him go either. He’s kept tied up in the kitchen while they discuss Pudding’s predicament and if anyone hasn’t figured out the bounty hunter is Sanji by now I am disappointed in you. Sanji claims to know Pudding and that he’s her husband and he’s been looking for her for the last three years, bounty hunting to make ends meet while looking for her, and is able to prove it by use of information Pudding told Robin and Nami during some, eh hem, “girl talk”.

Ultimately Pudding is rescued and Sanji stays with the Straw Hats, giving Luffy two cooks and they all set sail for further adventures.

So yeah that’s what The Vow would have been about but since Pudding is a horrible shit monster I’ll probably never finish it.

#sanji #charlotte pudding #one piece #theoretical fanfiction

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