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ace? luffy? WRONG [INCORRECT BUZZER] ROGER AND GARP!!!!!!!! (ok ill slow down for a bit im kinda spamming 😭😭)

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read the ace novel now. go

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they are like bubblegum and cotton candy to me

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ah yes the brook/franky/robin/jimbei polycule also known as the babysitters also known as monkey d luffys biggest enablers

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I couldn't save even one of my friends

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why fight we all know they all hold hands and kiss anyways

Zosan, Lusan, Zolu discourse on my tl, it's time to go outside kids and stop doing useless discourse.

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oh...i do have a corabug request just a tiny one ive been thinking abt those two raising law its like actually the worst

anyways heres some hcs i have abt this:

- I think buggy would teach law how to juggle for the bit and so when they meet again when laws like his age in canon and everyones like law ??? you can juggle ???? and hes like yeah some clown taught me 😐😐

- random shanks appearance to annoy buggy and then he finds his bff for lifer married and with a son (law is in denial of this) (shanks then proceeds to talk to them abt some random brat he found on some island (its luffy the brat is luffy))

- buggy is the one that cooks bcz if cora tries too hed burn the whole house down but i genuienly think buggy likes baking more since its basically like chemistry but instead of making bombs and fireworks its making sweets

- on the same branch law and buggy are nerds and this is like the one major bonding point these two have <3

god this is one i think abt so often,, whenever i draw corabug ft law i mainly draw him as a kid just bc i think the interactions between buggy and kid law have the potential to be hilarious

i also almost always draw them being antagonistic towards each other bc a) its funny, b) thats just kinda how they are

law when hes got two clown dads 👍

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franky n iceberg's relationship is definitely one of the more compelling dynamics that i've seen so far (to me). they can't be in the same room without resorting to fighting. so much bitterness, so much anger, so much resentment. because franky is franky -- and he can't change that. and iceburg knows that. they're polar opposites. oil and water. iceburg will never forgive franky for what happened to tom. for destroying their family, even by association. and god knows franky won't forgive himself. stood in front of a sea train even though it almost killed him...... to the point that he was so mangled he had to rebuild himself with metal..... all for retribution. but they're devoted to the ties between them. iceburg -- sturdy, frozen, larger than life -- sobbed because he was so glad franky was alive. he hadn't lost him too. and franky, despite knowing he had little left in water 7 except painful memories, stayed because he wouldn't let iceburg be taken by the government. he'd protect him in a way he'd failed tom. its complicated and its NOT easy but they're family and they love each other no matter how much it hurts (to the point they coexist in a city as enemies. as ship builder and ship demolitioner. mayor and crime lord)

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i think its really neat how you have the obvious parallel of luffy and roger with their child-like sense of adventure, but also whitebeard and ace who have more family-oriented goals (and you can really see that in ace in how he settled with the whitebeard pirates and stopped senselessly throwing himself into danger just for the hell of it, because now he had a family, and a man he respected to call his father) and i only realized this recently, but you can also trace a parallel between oden and sabo as nobles who felt suffocated in their sheltered lives and wanted above all else to see the world and break the status quo

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The real reason Oda had to get rid of her was not for plot convenience, but bc she would have kicked everyone’s ass. (Source: trust me bro)

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Feeling… thoughtful… about them……

These recent chapters doin numbers for my brain waves. Give me more, Oda, i stg.

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Hey y’all, come get your monthly 2/3 asl brother hug whery post

I was just thinking about what Sabo’s reaction to gear five would be…

Im obsessed with this style i hope you guys like it too. I think its really pretty :3

Speed paint in keep reading 👇

Here’s the song used. Its slowed and reverb Somewhere Only We Know by Keane

Thank you @the-editors-hideout for editing this for me, and thank @orange-artist for the png of the radial knives :)

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i remember noise brushes are a thing

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Zoro and Sanji's devotion to Luffy is fundamentally different in the sense that:

Zoro considers Luffy to be this sort of deity to him because he has never believed in anything, not before Luffy appeared in his life and gave him a future and a life to share while he tries to fulfill his dream. They're both kings. Equals. Zoro would go to hell and back (and has) for Luffy and would give his life for him because he has given him something bigger than his own original dream. And he worships Luffy but in a way in which both of them win because Luffy wants to devour him and Zoro wants to be consumed by him.

Sanji follows Luffy with so much dependence it would be worrisome, if it wasn't because Luffy is basically the same. Call it codependency if you want. But despite sharing the same wish for not wanting to be separated and the fear of losing each other, Sanji seems to offer his life and persona to Luffy in a way that might as well could be just Sanji giving him his heart on a platter. Sanji used to base the value of his life on not being like the Vinsmokes, but now hay he can't say that, he does that thing valuing himself as Luffy's cook.

The thing is: Zoro gives and takes. Worships and is worshipped back by a king and a god, being a king himself too. While Sanji gives and gives and refuses to take because he thinks his whole existence is to serve. Their whole lives revolve around Luffy, yes, but not in the same way.

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WHAT IS YOUR EXILE AU LIKE....

I HAVE BEEN WAITING AGES FOR SOMEONE TO ASK ME THIS

Okay SO a LOT is up in the air right now because I'm doing Research as best I can between classes BUT here's what i got so far:

Lord Kogane is from a very powerful family that wants to take full control over Neo Edo. They think he's doing a poor job because the yokai are running free again and he's overall a pretty useless ruler. They step in and force him to enforce some pretty Messed Up Stuff that put all the people in danger (something to do with the Makkine tech probably). Usagi and his friends have a front row seat as to what he's up to and Usagi decides he won't let them get away with it. I haven't worked out the details but the Koganes' plans threaten the people and the yokai. BUT Usagi's not strong enough to take out the Koganes on his own.

My Usagi has a mystic power of sorts, which makes him very sensitive to spirits. All of the visions he gets through the Ki stone in the show, plus his ability to speak with Miyamoto stem from this ability. A simple way of seeing it would be like, he can see the threads of their lives. So he can read souls and connect with them, and sees ghosts when others cannot. I think the Ki stone sort of unlocked and amplified it when he connected with her. I'm still working on the details of his power but basically he can see and talk to ghosts with a little extra stuff sprinkled in

So the Ki stone encourages Usagi to seek help. Turns out the Koganes have a rich history of killing entire villages and armies that oppose them, dating (maybe) all the way back to Miyamoto's time. So he finds a couple of restless ghosts that are still waiting for vengeance and asks for their help. He strikes a deal that was supposed to help him fight Kogane while allowing the ghosts to avenge themselves their loved ones and their clans. I think he would amplify their power while they help him fight. But he doesn't realize who exactly he's making this deal with and ends up tethering his soul to very powerful VERY ANGRY ghosts that are WAY stronger than he is (I've been researching onryo and yurei for reference). They can take possession of his body, amplify his emotions to be in tune with their own, manipulate his power, and generally cause a lot of destruction. Basically, he becomes their puppet. I'm thinking it's a Venom or Little Shop of Horrors type dynamic between them. Also think of any poltergeist type film

He makes the deal and the ghosts possess him. When Usagi wakes up, he's killed Kogane (who really wasn't even the Big Bad behind the whole thing) and has to flee the city before he's caught and put to death for treason and murder. His friends are all imprisoned but he can't risk returning because he has lost control of his power and is unable to control the ghosts that are bound to his soul. The ghosts are starving for power and burning with hundreds of years of fury and anguish, and feed off of destruction (maybe the living?) It's sort of a pandora's box situation. The ghosts are just a whirlwind of chaos and use Usagi as a means to exact their wrath

I called it exile because Usagi can't return to the city without being arrested and killed for his crimes. The gang was the only one standing up to Kogane, and with his friends in prison, he's sort of stuck. He blames himself for everything that went wrong because he ran off without his friends and jumped headfirst into a situation he did not understand. He was reckless and cocky and now everyone is paying for it.

That's where EMD comes in, but the story continues after EMD season 2 as well.

Some extra notes:

- The timeline for srtuc would probably be a bit different so I can have more flexibility with the season one and season two events, since I wasn't sure when it would take place and I want there to be a pretty big time gap between Usagi leaving and returning. I also might use the Makkine invasion in the story

- I’m still working out Usagi’s backstory/past, but have pretty much decided that he has some history with the Kogane family

- I'm planning for Miyamoto to have a pretty big part in the story as well, acting as a guide for Usagi when he goes into hiding. I'm really interested in their relationship so I really want to take the chance to explore it.

- I'm thinking of adding someone as a nod to Tomoe Ame as well (descendant of her apprentice perhaps), since we got a representation of Chizu, Kitsune, and Gen in the tv show but not Tomoe (sad)

I wrote out the sparksnotes version of this here

In addition to the artwork there I have some other concept art

Blood warning under the cut

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bluestar is the best example of the “you could barely handle her” complex female character meme

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123/365 : Aladdin and Kogyoku from Magi MAGI I 2023 ??? More likely than you think.