#the roles are reversed with shanks being the one with a sword in the chest only cz it fit more with the goblin au lol

[softesttangerines]

So i saw this beautiful fanart by @amikothegreat and it gave me some Goblin: The Lonely and Great God flashbacks so here's a Mishanks Goblin au!

At the tender age of thirteen, Mihawk is to become a king after being the last of his kin alive, with no other adult to take responsibility. The Dracules and the Akagamis were to be related by the union of the little king, Mihawk, and general Shanks' youngest sister. Army general Shanks made quite a name for himself as the ruthless, conquering and much feared general who protected his land fiercely and leads his army to victory in their current war. With the king’s advisor being from the clan opposing the Akagamis and the fear that the Akagamis would gain reign soon, he made sure to fill the little king’s head with propaganda. It's being said that the general is worshipped among the people, he's considered a god, more respected than the king, how blasphemous! As Shanks and his army march back to the capital, the news of a coup planned by the Akagamis is spread and instead of being celebrated for his victory, Shanks and his whole family, including his sister, the to be queen are being labeled as traitors and their death was demanded. The no longer future queen dies under the little king's order who’s pressured by his advisors. Shanks dies by his own sword, the one offered to him as a gift from the king before heading to the war, planted in his chest and is cursed to live eternally wandering the world as a punishment for all the lives he took in the war, while being granted powers to help people as his atonement with his only hope being the prophecy of a goblin’s bride appearing one day to take off the sword from his chest and finally send him to the afterlife.

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Shanks has been wandering the earth for 930 years now, relocating everytime his face starts raising questions about his lack of aging. Through almost a century, he has gathered quite a fortune to live comfortably. This time he’s back to the first mansion his fortune brought him. Thanks to Luffy's (The latest server from the Monkey D. family that has being serving him since the beginning of his immortal journey and the only humans to know of his nature) incompetence, he ended up sharing his house with a roommate, another paranormal as well. What a joy, he has to deal with another entity that can ogle at the sword hanging off of him. Except the grim-reaper he share the place with was very much antisocial, minds his own business and a bit gloomy (just like you’d imagine a grim-reaper). The only interactions are mostly snide remarks about Shanks' hazardous ways of living which are totally understandable when the grim-reaper is very tidy. Few nights a week, they sit together in front of tv and share drinks. They sometimes go grocery shopping together. Shanks makes fun of the reaper's dark closet and the way he sleeps with his arms over his chest like some Lord Dracula. The reaper often makes fun Shanks' predicament being stuck in the world to which the red head counters by reminding the reaper that himself is dead and stuck here too because he's most likely a criminal. Overall, having him as a roommate isn’t really that bad, it's fun to have company, he guesses.

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The thing about becoming a grim-reaper means you have committed an atrocity in your past life that you wont be able to remember and your punishment is accompanying people to the afterlife until you remember your sin when you finish your years of duty (which could take centuries).

Mihawk doesnt even remember his name, but the rest of the reapers call him Hawkeyes, courtesy of crocodile, otherwise everyone would be called a "reaper" which would be confusing. He sometimes has nightmares in which he sees fragments of a past life, youthful faces, someone with his eyes but much, much younger, a babe really. He thinks it must be him from the life he fucked up. In his nightmares, he also sees frequently the unmovable sword that's stuck in his roommate's chest.

And since he moved here, new fragments started appearing and glimpses of red hair flying in the wind plague his dreams along the sword. Mihawk was never bothered by his dreams, but he hates that whatever fucked up shit he's done in the past is obviously related to his roommate and the sword that's keeping him stuck in this world.

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A kiss from a grim-reaper would grant a regular human a flash of their past life that both the concerned person and the reaper could witness. He stopped hooking up with people for that reason mostly. It has always been a hassle to experience other people's memories and them taking a second to realize what just happened which always kills a boner, especially when the life aint very pleasant.

Now he knows he cant jump Shanks out of nowhere and start an impromptu make-out session, especially since he's 100% sure that what hey'd both discover would not be pleasant.

He wants more than anything to help Shanks but he's not ready for Shanks to start loathing him just yet.

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A goblin's bride is what's supposed to stop the goblin’s suffering. A destined lover that would appear at one point, and who's love would be so strong, they'd be able to pull the sword from its place and release the goblin from his misery. Following the prophecy, Shanks and the rest of the paranormal world (he's quite the famous case) always thought it would be a human female. By the time he figures that the only one that could pull it out is the one that put it there in the first place, it's too late. He has already lashed out on Mihawk for ruining his life and his whole family's. The reaper made sure to disappear from his eyes, the least he can do is to not show his face when he cant even offer his death since he's already dead.

#mishanks #@ the artist #hope you don't mind the tag cz your fanart inspired this #the roles are reversed with shanks being the one with a sword in the chest only cz it fit more with the goblin au lol #i need to rewatch goblin and project mishanks into kim shin and wang yeo #one piece #mihawk #shanks #dracule mihawk #akagami no shanks