HEY IM GONNA BE REAL WITH YOU!!! YOUR BRITISH KID IS FREAKING ME OUT, NOTHING STOPS HIM AND HES KILLING OFF ALL THE TREES WITH HIS LAZER BEAM EYES, CAN YOU PLEASE, PLEASE, PLLLLEASE, GROUND HIM???? OR TRY TOO??? COME ON MAN STEP UP AS THIS BEAN BOY'S DAD OR FATHER FIGURE OR WHATEVER
I REALLY CANT AFFORD TO MOVE PLANETS AGAIN THIS YEAR.
um uhhhh uhmm
HEY @fleetwaysupersonicheritageposts LOOK
a totally real master emerald just sitting here
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I like the idea that shouting your moves is a Pirate thing and Shanks and Zeff made sure Luffy and Sanji knew this.
Like if the whole town doesn’t hear you screaming shit for your entire fight, you’re basically a marine.
Luffy:And you’re sure this is a real pirate thing?.
Shanks:Yeah, absolutely. Key part in being a pirate.
Luffy:You didn’t say anything when you fought that Sea King.
Shanks:Well I just lost an arm, I think the pirate community will forgive me.
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Best Sanlu trope is Luffy openly and enthusiastically declaring his affections for Sanji literally all the time but Sanji just. Doesn't get it. Either due to his own insecurities or the fact that he thinks Luffy's just being overly affectionate he brushes it off and when the rest of the crew are like hey. Can you stop ignoring Luffy's confession you're being really inconsiderate and we can tell he's upset and Sanji's like what? Huh?? What are you talking about?? And then Nami grabs him by the shoulders and she's like Sanji-kun. Look at me. What does Luffy tell you every morning when he sees you and Sanji goes "'Sanji I'm hungry make me breakfast'?" and Nami's like NO AFTER that and Sanji's like "Well then he usually says 'Sanji's the best I love Sanji the most!' And that's normally when I roll my eyes and go 'yeah yeah I know' but that's...just..." and Nami fucking STARES at him and he's like oh. Oh my god. Oh my FUCKING god he was SERIOUS?? THE ENTIRE TIME??? And the entire crew facepalms bc how fucking DENSE is this guy. PLEASE
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Can we appreciate and analyze how impeccable Vash’s skills as a marksman is bc I hadn't noticed anyone talk about it in length and this gif literally drives me insane:
Content warning: mentions guns / gun and shooting below the cut because otherwise this analysis would be moot.
This is coming from someone who used to only shoot air rifles for sport like how you'd see it in the Olympics with paper targets!
Ok so as I’ve said I've shot guns before (not at anyone ya sickos) and believe me when I say that Vash has such a good steady aim his arm doesn’t even bend when he moves it - he moves it from the shoulder/ his waist to keep that arm straight and relaxed as possible, which is crazy because that gun looks like a BRICK made of solid metal. There's no way that thing is light, there's definitely some weight to it, but the way he moves it is smoother than most people I've seen lift a credit card.
Now it’s not unusual in sport to have at least some tiny weight on the end of the barrel to keep it steady and act as a counterbalance but that’s like Olympics, not a fight. Vash may be superhuman but I don’t think carrying a cross like the Punisher would make fighting any easier, so it’s safe to say holding a decently heavy chunk of metal filled with lead isn’t easy either (I’m pretty sure the humans we’ve seen so far held their guns with two hands either due to weight or stability and they're not so smooth anyways).
So him tracking someone with a gun like that in only ONE HAND is kind of impressive even at that close range bc it doesn't matter how many times you hit your mark, your barrel would NOT be as steady as Vash in that gif unless you're this gif of Kobeni from CSM:
Even that scene in episode 3 when Vash is aiming at Knives (which I can’t find a good gif of) he doesn’t move the barrel at ALL until he has to lift it and follow Knives’ head. No shaking, no wobble, not even the SLIGHTEST figure 8 you’d normally get when you aim down a barrel - it’s a smooth turn of his wrists following Knives’ head up.
And that’s all from EXPERIENCE. Look at the two gifs below:
You can literally see how much he’s improved since he lost his arm - he’s expectantly super wobbly compared to the last gif in episode 2. He notably doesn’t “force” the gun to stay in one spot and aim where it needs to be - he raises it then let’s it “settle” on where he’s aiming to shoot before firing. A good shooter knows how to aim and take the shot before they lose the target w/o moving (called “following through”), but a great marksman knows that when it comes to shooting you should never fight against the body’s natural tendencies to move the way it wants to even when you’re aiming at something because you’re less likely to wobble or move when your body is relaxed and comfortable. Moving it away from that position will cause you to quiver and inevitably try to return to that same comfortable position against your will. That’s not just something you pick up on naturally - you have to LEARN that shit.
Which means Vash literally took the time to either completely unlearn every single one of his body’s natural ticks in order to shoot like a pro OR he learned how to work along with each one so his aim was always on point. Either way, it took him 150 years of practice to reach that level and it definitely paid off for him I think!
There’s a bunch of other ticks I noticed, too, like him keeping his trigger finger on the side of the gun if he’s not aiming to shoot anything in that moment but still has the gun in his hand so he doesn't accidentally misfire:
Or how he never keeps one eye closed bc the twitching WILL make you shake and lose focus so he always keeps both eyes open when aiming so he sees better:
But this post is long enough as is and I think we all get the idea that he’s that fricking good at using a gun.
TL;DR Studio Orange did a fantastic job convincing me that Vash is an INSANELY GOOD marksman and this is coming from someone who used to shoot air rifles for sport and had an incredible coach who would also agree with me and say this guy’s aim is surreal if he ever watched this show. Also his reload speed is absolutely demonic too like what the actual hell-
EDIT: added that scene from episode 3 just to show you guys what I meant (sorry it's low quality but you get it!!! Also the fact he's keeping his finger on the trigger bc he knows how unpredictable Knives is and could strike him down at any moment just shows how confident he is at keeping his hand steady bc if he were shaking he would DEFINITELY have misfired by now).
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i think people dont realize dogs in suits comes from a s2 line?
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So I know we here at Startrekfandom love that "came back wrong but from the pov of the wrong" thing and apply it to many different characters and canon situations and I am far from trying to complain about it (I'm "came out wrong" trope myself so I was always gonna obsess over it) but having recently watched a very important episode (you'll know which one) for the first time I think there's a character who hits both tropes mentioned but llike, intertwined, opposite and subverted, and whom I wanna talk about.
Julian Bashir.
From his parents' pov he's "came out wrong but we got him help and he came back better" while from his own pov it's "came out 'insufficient', was destroyed for it, came back wrong and only later slowly came to terms with his new self tho never the process (justifiably so)" and it's heartbreaking because in a way, he's right! Jules Bashir died! His parents had an intellectually disabled child and decided to eugenics him! Julian is not the person he used to be and while I do love the person he is now, that doesn't bring back who he was! Part of me wishes we could've gotten to see Jules at least once and part of me hopes we never do because my heart would shatter.
This isn't a good comparison but nonetheless one I can't help drawing: it's giving similar vibes to anti-vaxxers. "I'd rather risk having a child who is dead than one who's autistic". Obviously this doesn't map over since Julian is still autistic and the procedure his parents subjected him to specifically targeted his intellectual disability and if any folks with id wanna comment on this I definitely recommend you listen to them over me, but it's a similarity I, as an autistic who has encountered anti-vaxxers again and again, can't help but point out. "Give me a normal child or give them death."
This may have been written about already but there needs to be stories about teenage Julian (after finding out and rediscovering who he was) practicing some good ol' recognition of the self through media. I need to hear about how he would encounter a story about someone who came back wrong (I'm gonna assume there's plenty of "wrong" pov stories floating around by the 24th century) and absolutely weep. I need to see Julian mourning Jules, taking years and years to process his feelings, experiencing guilt about how he, the imposter, didn't deserve to live Jules' life.
Came back wrong from the returned's pov but it wasn't an accident. It was done to you deliberately by the people who claim to love you. And now you are here, piloting the corpse of your predecessor.
Jules Bashir is dead. Long live Julian Bashir.
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Luigi: Can you pass me the salt for me, please daddy?
M&L’s Dad and Bowser: *all reaches for the salt*
Dad:........
Bowser:.......
Extended family:.......
Mario: *fainted in Italian*
Dad, look at Luigi, wide eyes: Son......
Luigi, sweating and freaking out: DAD, WAIT, I CAN EXPLAIN!!!!
Peach, confused af: *look at Bowser* Why did you grab the salt? You’re not his daddy.
This ask is one of those times where I really wish I had the ability/skills to draw out this scene because I can easily imagine Bowser having either of these two reactions:
He's either just as mortified as Luigi is.
OR
While Luigi hides his face in embarrassment (while also turning as red as Mario's hat), Bowser stares at everyone with a dumb smirk on his face like he's proud of the fact that Mario and Luigi's entire family now knows that he and Luigi are banging.
And I honestly do not know which reaction I like better. 😂
Also, Peach, my girl, you are literal BFFs with Daisy (the person who would most likely ask you whether you and Mario did it after every date you two have), how has she not already told you about the other definition of "daddy?"
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