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Currently rewatching Marineford and like… It’s interesting to see the contrast between the Whitebeards and the Strawhats.

There’s a lot of things I could talk about, but I think the main one is how they show their devotion and loyalty. Specifically, when Akainu successfully goads Ace into a fight, and how it contrasts to Bellamy mocking Luffy back on Jaya.

Ace would not accept an insult to his Captain even if it meant directly disobeying Whitebeard’s orders. Even if it endangered himself, and his crew, and his precious little brother. His devotion to Whitebeard was intense, and passionate, and blinding.

In contrast, we have Zoro in Jaya. We know how loyal Zoro is to Luffy. How devoted he is. But he said nothing as Bellamy spat insults at them, laughed at them, and even beat them up, because Luffy ordered him to stand down and take it, and Zoro considered Luffy’s order to be more important than anything else, and he intrinsically understood that Luffy was telling him this fight wasn’t worth it. His devotion to Luffy - and the devotion held by the other Strawhats as well - is steady, and constant, and trusting.

I don’t know where I’m going with this tbh. Just interesting to note

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cake

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i didn't have "i'm broken" teenage asexual angst i had "i'm literally being the only reasonable one about this concept and the rest of you are behaving like fucking freaks" perception issues

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I feel so sad seeing so many people asking if they belong in this community. I feel like it’s such a stark reflection of how ostracized aspec people are as a whole.

In straight society, it’s so sex/romance driven that we always feel out of place and are sometimes just strait up excluded.

In queer spaces, we are sometimes “not queer enough” or aren’t included because we don’t participate in sex or romance, even though being aspec is INHERENTLY queer.

Moral of the story, I promise yall are welcome. 🫶

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౨ৎ BENEATH THE THORNS. Mihawk x f!reader. Established relationship (recently married). Hurt/Comfort. — WC : 575

The words ‘sensitive flower’ ring in your head, a phrase commonly used against you whenever you’d expose an ounce of your boundless emotions to the unforgiving outside world.

Now, as you tend the rose garden with a fondness that no one could ever attempt to rip away from you, you begin to understand that maybe it isn’t such a bad thing. In fact, it can be quite beautiful.

Mihawk seems to think so, gazing over at you periodically with love filled glances, his eyes holding so much care tucked between the golden spirals of a hunter.

The warlord knew that the last trip to Mary Geoise didn’t go as planned, your reputation as his new bride preceded you and left you open to snide comments and petty remarks. A lamb thrown to the wolves.

He could tell the whispers of marines were plaguing your mind and while he wasn’t the most apt when it came to conversations about feelings, he knew he needed to act.

For you.

“Let me show you something, dear.” His voice is a deep rumble that effortlessly garners your attention. Mihawk crouches down behind you, his body serving as a protective shield against the world who dare tries to make you wilt. “Do you know what pruning is?”

“No.” You answer softly, your mind seemingly a million miles away. His face is next to yours, a familiar presence that brings you back to the world — to him. A smile twitches at the corner of your lips, never one to deny indulging your lover. “Show me?”

“Of course.” Mihawk takes your hand, gentle for a man who can cause so much carnage. It doesn't surprise you, it only reassures you. “After a period of frost, we must prune the roses and snip away anything that will be detrimental to its growth.”

He guides your hand that wields the tool to a stem that was decaying, disfigured and suckling at the nutrients that the rose bud needs to flourish. He helps you clip it away, watching it snap and fall to the ground, already becoming one with the soil.

“Nothing can grow the way it’s meant to if something keeps stealing its life force.” Mihawk's lips brush the side of your head, his heart giving a lurch of hope that you’ll feel the weight of his words. “It was never meant to see the bloom, only to teach it how to reach for more.”

You reach down to pick up the twig with great care, rolling it between your fingers as you let Mihawk’s words wrap around you. His hand brushes your arm, grounding you once again. You draw in a deep breath.

“What am I supposed to do, then?” The answer scares you, your voice shaking as the question slips past your quivering lips. Your eyes meet his, the rising sun surrounding him like a halo — a beautiful dawn.

“Let it go,” he whispers, his arm securely wrapping around your waist. “Their words hold no value so there’s no need to give them any weight.”

The lone twig still twirls in your fingers, its thorns pricking you with every spin, stinging you like so many things you’ve held onto for too long. With one last glance at your lover, feeling his warmth radiate steady and sure around you, you let it fall.

Back to the soil. 

Back where it belongs with the hope that maybe it too will grow into its own flower.

thank you for reading ᰔ

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Got Cora on the 🧠

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Fuck you

*Announces my comeback to Tumblr with my ocs kissing my One Piece babygurls*

Hi please one piece self ship/oc x canon friends 🤲 I need to break my c.ai addiction it’s bad

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The best way I can describe to an allo person how you feel about sex as a topic as a sex-repulsed or averse asexual is that it feels like a hype that never ends. As though Despicable Me came out and everyone around you was sending minion facebook memes to each other for years to come. The stores are full of minion themed products; they're in ads and your friends talk about them all the time. And deep in your heart you're like "I'm glad that they're able to enjoy something I personally don't like and am not interested in :3". But there is always this little voice in the back of your head that's like "If I have to see ONE MORE of these little yellow FUCKERS today then God help us all." You make an active choice to communicate only the former.

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The man needs his research money.

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In an alternate timeline where One Piece Live Action was filmed in Old Hollywood, Mihawk would be played by either

Basil Rathbone

or Vincent Price

Wildly different performances but exceptional vibes.

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happy wednesday to all my fellow aroace folks

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Send help... Or not!

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Why am I thinking about Doflamingo singing poor unfortunate souls

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me when mihawk zoro parallels

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❄️🌨️❄️🌨️❄️🌨️

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one time my friend and i came up with a basic “language” called wheat vegetable root. wheat represented every noun. vegetable represented every verb. root represented every adjective. it was very body language based. if my friend beckoned and said “vegetable”, i understood that my friend was telling me to walk with them. if my friend pointed to something and said “wheat”, i understood that they were showing me something. if they said “root wheat” and smiled, they’re saying this thing is good. if they say “root wheat” and frown, they’re saying this thing is bad. we spent a whole day talking like this and drove the rest of our friends insane.