“You’re such a pretty man,” Makino sighed, touching her fingertips to his cheek, before rubbing his beard with her thumb. “Your wife is very lucky. Oh—hey.” Her whole expression brightened, her smile entirely cheeky. “That’s me.”
Shanks grinned, delighted. “You are absolutely hammered, aren’t you?”
“Hmm, I think I’m about to be.” She frowned. “Wait—was that not a euphemism?”
My masked Zorro, the unbelievably generous and tantalisingly mysterious Cover Anon, sweeps in once more with another gorgeous cover from Shanties, this time for Penelope (aka, the wedding fic, my beloved), by the incredible @sacred_pirate on twitter.
I...don't know how it's possible to capture the way a fic exists in my mind so perfectly it's like the artist reached into my soul, and yet that's what this feels like. This is one of the most beautiful artworks I've ever seen, and I can't believe it's from my fic, and this fic.
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Two episodes into the live action one piece and I already adore it to bits!! They’re doing such a fantastic job of maintaining the good and goofy nature of the show, still making it more crunchy and real (they genuinely made buggy menacing which is absolutely fucking wild) and have done a great job altering the content in a way that works much better for a live action storytelling style. Truly this is everything I could have wanted and more!
I’m especially appreciative of how they altered the story of the gathering of the crew and have increased the external stakes a bit so that you feel more invested in the larger world off the bat. That has always been a criticism of one piece I’ve seen is that it takes a while to really get invested in the world because of how sparse information is until it becomes relevant. While personally I don’t mind the slow pace of world building at the beginning I’ve also been a fan for sixteen years and the need to have investment of the larger world immediately is hardly a priority when you’re 11 years old. At that age you just care that luffy is fun, the people you meet are interesting, and the stories are exciting. The live action has the benefit of knowing the world at large as it is now and being able to foreshadow those external parties we otherwise only got allusions to through the cover stories (which were never even adapted in the anime for the most part) as well as rework how we meet everyone as necessary is wonderful.
Spoilers under the cut (including down the line spoilers, not just for the first couple episodes!!):
Having Nami and zoro meet luffy at the same time in shells town while dealing with Morgan really helps smooth out the time it takes for them to partner with luffy and gives us more time to spend with all of their characters which is an absolute win in my book. I love that we’re already foreshadowing baroque works by witnessing zoro’s meeting with Mr 7, nami’s ‘betrayal’ by having her contact arlong at the end of episode 2, and Garp’s eventual meeting with luffy later on in the series as well as coby’s rise in the marines. Threading Garp in already by introducing him at Rogers execution and then having him be a constant shadow dogging luffy’s rise to power in the background is honestly such a fantastic move and I’m already gleeful at the payoff of the gramps joke reveal that’s on the distant horizon.
Even though I’m only on episode two I already adore the crew dynamics and how you can see zoro’s loyalty taking hold to luffy, as well as the conflicting nature of nami’s partnership and the beginnings of her desperately wanting to actually be a member of this little gang of pirates. Truly, every time Iñaki is on screen I’m immediately so happy because that’s my boy!! That’s Luffy! Hes doing such a good job!!
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I like to think that Gear 5 has a lot of eldritch horror vibes, you stare at it too long and you start to go insane
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Let me tell you something about Luffy
Luffy does not hate.
It isn't that he is incapable of hatred.
No, he isn't that naive.
Considering now emotionally intuitive Luffy is and how well he understands people, there is no emotion Luffy is incapable of.
Luffy does not hate and does not resent because he chooses not to.
You see, Luffy wants to be free. The freest person on the ocean.
And hatred, regrets, resentment and rage are ugly ugly things to shackle unto oneself and Luffy understands that better than most.
So he wants to be free of any and all burdens in life.
So it’s a choice Luffy makes not to hate and chooses not to carry resentment in his heart for his rivals, foes and enemies.
He will let it all go and bury it before he chooses to take a step forward.
Always always forward.
Because Luffy wishes to be free and in all the best most poignant ways he already is.
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got thrown, smashed, slammed in the most loony tunes way. this is the strongest creature ladies and gentlemen, mufukin will e. coyote lookin ass villain
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People out there calling episode 1072 an insult to the fans: Shut up. You are an insult to the fandom.
Like have you watched the episode? Have you watched One Piece? This is peak silliness! And it’s amazing.
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