#// if that makes sense wheeze

[blacknovelist]

(one piece wano arc spoilers)

So like @guardianlioness and I were talking about one piece and thematic stuff and generally losing our minds and we were talking especially about like

How Zoro and Sanji and Luffy are a Trio but also how Zoro and Sanji are explicitly also painted to be a duo to Luffy, right, like. They're the "Wings of the Pirate King". Together, they protect and look after the crew, but also their captain. They are, effectively, equals in what they do, "official" roles IN the crew itself aside. Zoro, with his high physical power as their physical defense and Sanji, with his high empathy and compassion as an emotional bulwark

And

Like

Okay. Here's the thing. Here's the proverbial problem. Cause right now, as it stands, Oda's introduced an unbalance to the duo. We were specifically talking about how frustrating it kind of is that the imbalance exists.

Because Oda gave Zoro conqueror's haki. He and Luffy share this— but it leaves Sanji as an odd one out. Thematically, it makes no sense to end with this like... off kilter seesaw. Why would you build these two up to BE on even standing only to take that away from them? Don't get me wrong, Zoro having conqueror's haki is a delicious character choice that I think adds fascinating complexity to Zoro and his position in the crew. He's a powerhouse, he's exerting his will over reality, and he follows his Captain the future Pirate King without question. Haki. Love it. Brilliant. But it makes no sense in the overarching thematic line between him and Sanji in regards to Luffy.

Giving Sanji conqueror's naturally wouldn't fix the issue, because frankly that defeats the entire purpose OF the char building that's been established in whole cake island. Sanji rejected the line of noble, of royalty, of power. It makes no SENSE for sanji to have it, he's not someone looking TO conquer or overcome the way Zoro is, it doesn't FIT him. And saying the stuff with his raid suit and the Germa augmentation rearing its head is the balance point is nonsensical for the same reason. Sanji already rejected all of that power and what it means and reclaimed it in a new way. Explicitly, directly, he denounced these things, directly ASSOCIATES them with a loss of humanity and his very self, wants nothing more to DO with it. Not only does it not make sense, but going back on it would be a slap in the face to all the development Sanji's gone through up until now, even laying aside the fact that it doesn't parallel Luffy at all so the unbalance isn't really addressed in that case.

But you know. Conqueror's Haki isn't the only thing Luffy has to proverbially offer. Conqueror's Haki is the overt, the direct, the loud and forceful. There's a lot we don't understand, between the stuff we do. It bears down and exerts over reality, makes demands of it. It tells you to listen.

What do we know about The Voice Of All Things? Not a lot. We know it seems to enable one to hear not the words, but the intention, the truth of other living things and even in objects, especially those with will like the Poneglyphs. We know Roger had it, Zunesha has it, the Kozuki line seemed generally to have it. The Three Eyed tribe may be capable of awakening it in themselves. We don't know if it's purely something you're born with or not. We don't know what it means, if anything, except for this: to hear the voice is to listen to the world around you and understand its heart.

When Luffy enters Gear 5, the only one who can tell at first is Zunesha. Zunesha can hear his heartbeat, and conveys this through the Voice to Momonosuke.

The anime conveys it more clearly, but it's in the manga text, too. Immediately after Zunesha realizes this... Onigashima is shaking. No one quite knows yet what's going on, other than Kaido is here and the world around them is trembling. Those on the battlefield, they've got front row seats to witnessing the transformation, what comes next.

Zoro and Sanji have finished their fights. They're conked the fuck out post battle, like usual... or they should be. But here's the thing. Right after Zunesha calls for Joyboy, from a room distant to the fighting, offset from the war waging outside...

Sanji's part in the major battles is over by this point. If they wanted to emphasize a "the crew knows their captain" moment, why not showcase the other strawhats too? The ones not on ground zero? But it doesn't show anyone else. It focuses. on. him.

Sanji, who's a deeply compassionate and kind man. Sanji, who stopped and paid attention even to the biological relatives he couldn't stand when he could've walked free without a care. Sanji, with his skills in Observation, in already listening to and feeling out others' intentions...

Zoro having conqueror's haki doesn't make sense on its own. It unbalances the duality of the Wings of the Pirate King. But give Sanji the power to hear the Voice Of All Things or something damn well close... that's a pretty good parallel to each other and their roles to Luffy, don't you think?

[operationlove]

ive been wheezing over page 20 for like 5 minutes now make it stop

We can only make it stop by removing the source of the problem: your lungs. Sorry, it's the only way

[sharlmbracta]

this was official source material btw

[madelgard]

You can tell Han Solo defected from the Imperial Navy because he possesses the unifying trait present amongst all the tall Naval officers, which is: the hairy chest.

The deep-cut gentleman's blouse flaunting his devil's mounds... insidious... and de rigueur in the Imperial military:

And of course...

[akkivee]

hayami-san once again proving he’s the funniest hypmic seiyuu LMAO

[honeybyte]

I was wondering... with your vampires/parasites/whatever you call em, the ones with the extendy second jaw, how does that jaw fit back in? can you give us a little anatomy sketches or just sketches of the jaw in various half-extended positions? I'm fascinated by them but I realised I had no idea how they worked—are they just magic or are they ligament and bone that has an actual bending structure?

i meant to answer this earlier, sorry sorry 😭

OKAY so 👏 important thing to note is that Odelia and Euan's jaw is based off moray eels' pharyngeal jaw

this is a really messy version of it but it Is a physical transformation, the second jaw sits in the back of the throat for the most part, but extends forward when the jaw starts to split

[pixlokita]

Okay yeah angst Cassie and Cassie|Vanny but like- Imagine the severe PTSD Cassie has to go through every time she enters an elevator- She really needs (NON Fazbear Entertainment managed) therapy- Poor girl-

Why can't she just live on with her animatronic wolf mama staff bot papa (Controversial there but whatever/ +even more trauma to the already traumatized girl so we better give her the best therapy-) 😭😭😭

And it's part of the reason she gets (most likely) Glitchtrapped in the first place!!!

(I know that we believe differently when it comes to who we play as in HW2 and that's good! I like to see different opinions play out. I'm not going to unfollow you just because we have a different opinion because you're that good of an artist and I love your comics. Period.)

Lmao 😭 eyyy thank ✨ tbh can’t blame Cassie if she ends up with elevatophobia :v as someone who’s been in malfunctioning elevators =w= that is terrifying as heck every time but still better than her straight up dying from the fall >>)b I love seeing Vanny Cassie too tbh just because :v bunby ;w; 💜✨🐰 but yeah too much sad Can get depressing fast TTwTT sometimes you gotta cope with the possible happier outcomes and hope they’re canon so you can enjoy all the sad stuff without guilt

[definitelynotshouting]

Honestly, it's a little hilarious to think about the fact that, seemingly, the reason the watchers chased Grian after he fled the colony was basically the equivalent of them going "Oh No! The baby! He's gonna get himself killed all on his own!"

I've always mentally likened it to an abusive family who does deeply care but the dynamics are just so fucked that it doesnt even matter, yknow??? These are entities that essentially told Grian-- and hold the deep-seated belief-- that he can never survive on his own again. That he has to give up his independence and live within their control, their rules, all to help bring their population up. And theres the additional horror that if he had stayed, they wouldve viewed their experiment with him as a success, and he would've eventually been forced to do the exact same thing to another Player. The dynamics were just SO unhealthy and horrific, and so he very understandably ran at the first opportunity that presented itself.

Idk theres just a very specific horror to me in being chased and trapped, but out of genuine perceived care, because the disregard for your feelings isnt even something that's intentionally malicious. But a cage is still a cage, and losing your autonomy is still losing your autonomy, no matter how good someone else's intentions are. So to me, the Watchers are basically like Grian's extended abusive family, who would try and force him back in a heartbeat if they happened to find him again

[lavendernlilac]

the hotguy hoodie stays on during sex

[angelpuns]

I'm use he/hims and they thems and I'm coming to eat all of ya ankles! I'm HUNGRYYYYY AUAGHH...

THREE YOU CANT JUST DECLARE WAR ON EVERHONE LMAO

[hart-on-my-sleeve]

I was talking about the studs in a building wall because a video was talking about them and my bf had no context to what I was saying (because i frequently do this for some reason) and he goes "oh I thought you were talking about Jimmy"

"because he's always in between two studs"

I MEAN HE'S NOT WRONG

[that-jack-kline-bestie]

Are you watching the star trek with Spock or the one with Data.. kr the other ones

mr spockkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk

[subbanator]

I didn't realize this is your hockey blog so when I saw your newest post I went "....Rosberg?" for a whole ten seconds

I would never nico rosberg post that's against any and every principle I hold

[madd-ace]

DAY 11 OF 30: DUEL -------- At dawn, you promised you'd run away. Don't back out now... Dual Swords for your Duel

[akkivee]

Gentaro for the fanart meme? 😄

i didn’t know how to draw a stage gentaro gomen 🙇‍♀️ pls accept this gero gen instead 🐸🐸🐸

[missallanea]

@anonymous : What character have you not had a chance to write much yet that you'd really like to?

Oh, god. That's honestly probably a long list... especially because I think all the different characters have someone. But, I'll try to keep this on the shorter side !!

Literally ANY Atlantis: the Lost Empire characters. Kida is exclusive with Mal's Milo, but other than that, she's wide open and I'd really love to interact with any of them.

LoliRock characters. Again, literally any of them.

I'd love to throw Kagami at Chloe and Zoe! I think they'd vibe.

Literally anyone from the Tenchi Muyo franchise for Ryoko, but especially Ayeka and Sasami. Or Mihoshi.

I'll say it for the billionth time : Magic: the Gathering characters. Any of them. Begging, pleading, throwing up. Ajani, Gideon, Jace, Liliana... Rowan and Will. I could keep going, but I'll stop.

I'm sure I have SOMEONE for each specific character, and I'd be more than happy to do up a whole post dedicated to just that, if anyone would be interested.

unprompted !!