100% canonical that Shanks still believes children are found in the treasure chests, a bit like the story of cabbages and storks. For some reason this is all Roger's fault, as always...
And I'm also certain that there was a conversation with Luffy that went something like this:
Luffy: Shanks, Grandpa told me babies are brought by storks, but I know that's not true.
Shanks: Yes, you are right. Sit down, the time has come for you to know the truth.
Red Haired Pirates & Makino: NO!
Shanks: Children are found in the treasure chests.
Luffy: Really? So cool!
Red Haired Pirates & Makino: *sigh of relief*
After Luffy is gone.
Yasopp: For a moment I almost thought you wanted to tell him the truth.
Shanks: What are you talking about?
Punch: Of the children's story, Boss.
Roux: Yeah, I don't really know how you came up with the treasure chest story so quickly.
Gab: The Captain is fantastic, always full of imagination!
Shanks: Guys... wait... you don't know that children are found in the treasure chests?
Snake: Wait... you mean...
Limejuice: You really believe it?
Hongou: Are you kidding, aren't you?
Shanks: Guys, this is how I was found.
Red Haired Pirates & Makino: *shocked silence*
Beckman: Oh God...
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Is it worth buying the cheap off brand Film red Shanks bear?
This is the real one vs the off brand before fixing and the most important differences are the film red logo on the foot / lack of logo, the huge color difference and the lack of the cool box to display him in. I like the brighter color of him tbh makes him less gloomy. The off brand has wonky eyes and nose too but it's not too noticeable in person if it's not pointed out to you. I got mine from eBay for £15 and I know what you might be thinking. "£15!? For a 22cm bear?? You call that cheap?" Yes. Yes i do because the real brand one is £100-£300 so yeah, he's cheap. (£15 is $19 and £100-300 is $125-$374 USD for anyone wondering)
This is mine once he was all fixed up!
Effort to fix: 4/10. I think he's worth it.
Here's what to expect and how to fix your off brand / how I fixed mine up.
In these pictures, you can see the long red string on his foot and the messy parts on the shirt. Loose string was all over the place in all colors, even the back of the collar. I cut off the long strings and then decided that the ones on the shirt can be tucked in so I did that but if you don't have a small sewing needle, you can just cut them off or if you're brave enough you can burn them off as burning them prevents them from fraying again.
I didn't expect this amount of visible plastic backing. I didn't even know this was common cheap practice until I saw a video about plushie making recently but apparently it is. So, to fix this, i took my de-seamer, cut it and pulled it out by hand. I'd recommend tweezers if you have any and more so if you have short nails like mine just because it's a bit hard to grab.
Also the foot embroidery, the white is over the outline a bit but it's not that bad and hard to notice in person. You could draw or sew over if tho if you really wanted to do something. Also if you've noticed, the 3rd claw mark isn't on both sides of his eye and I didn't decide to do anything about that because I don't think hand embroidery would match well enough to look good.
Here's what he looks like fixed up. I decided because the shirt's cut had raw edges that I'd loop stitch around it to keep fraying down to a minimum in the long run. So now the shirt is safe and his face is fluffy.
As you may have noticed, this bear has 2 arms. I joked about cutting it off, my mum joked about crocheting a sea king sleeve for him and my sibling told me to leave it but in the end, i did this
I sewed the cape to the shirt to cover his arm. In the picture you can see it a little bit but i didn't want to sew it to the trousers because they come off separate to the shirt and cape and i like that that's an option, even though I'll probably never take them off anyway. When i get fabric paint I'll probably paint that part of the shirt black but you guys can just cut it off and glue a patch over the hole or glue the cape down if you cant sew.
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I just watched One Piece Red.
And it was f***ing AMAZING. I love the songs, and Uta is great.
But I also cried at the end. (Not gonna tell you why in case you haven’t seen it yet).
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Haiii!!! Heres a Uta drawing i did recently!! The movie was great really loved it and i really really hope to watch it again soon XD!!
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