#//hi my name is birb and i love my ships

[lokittystuckinatree]

Happy Pride losers, I’m ready to be clowned but my dumb ass is now convinced Rogue is the Master…

Rogue and Renegade have eerily similar meanings under the right circumstance.

To rebel against an organized group. To go rogue.

An endearingly naughty person

Koschei, our second fave Renegade Time Lord

Apparently they were also called a Rogue Time Lord? I am not making this up.

Although Maestro is Master in Italian and look how that turned out

“Lord” interesting.

Red and Blue. The master and 13 were red and blue coded respectively. Have they switched, Symbolically?

Rogue was looking at the Doctor rather nefariously, even once they were buddies. Just go through some of the scenes again. It’s harder than you’d think to tell if he’s trying to seem seductive or evil

The entire premise of this ep seems to be “things are not as they seem; people are not as they appear” which is a Master staple

The Master has been haunting the fuck out of the narrative lately.

Here’s my thread on just how much

When I saw the first trailer, I instinctively thought “ballroom dance guy” was gonna be the new Master

The inside of Rogue’s (familiarly messy) ship has controls eerily similar to the configuration of a TARDIS.

Rogue is obviously a time traveler if he has that space ship and knows DnD (Rogue + Time + Lord. Oh?)

DnD might be a dead giveaway

Was Rogue’s name being inspired by DnD necessary to include? Cute thing the writers wanted to put in, or clue?

Why would Rogue know what DnD was but not know what cosplay or improv was?

The Master has been taken prisoner by the Toymaker, infamous for his love of? Games. You know who also has a running theme of “winning” and “losing”? The Master

In DnD you play as a character and rely on skill and chance to survive within the confines of a structured storytelling game. Bending the rules is often involved. The Master tried that against the Toymaker and failed.

DnD players will often have little tiny figurines of their characters. Remind you of anything?

the Master is a dnd rogue archetype. Trickster, lone wolf, shapeshifter.

If the Doctor is symbolically trapped in a TV show, is the Master trapped in a game? If the Toymaker is the DM, is he going rogue against the Toymaker?

The Master is infamous for their disguises and “cosplays” and has catfished the Doctor before.

Rogue is almost suspiciously too much the Doctor’s type. He’s like the love child of River Song and Jack Harkness. He is exactly the type of character the Master would create to lure and seduce the Doctor.

He and the Doctor just…get each other. It’s like they’ve known each other for much longer than a few hours. They’re too cushy (haha)

Rogue threatened to kill the Doctor, and then imprisoned him in a nice little cage. Familiar?

He tried to make the Doctor kill Ruby, who we all know is just Clara 2.0. Familiar?

He knows too much and too little

He knew the party was attended by alien birb people but only knew about one alien birb? And did he reaaaally think Doc was an alien bird?

The Dancing. They knew they wanted there to be a dance party before they even settled on a time period setting for the episode. Enough said.

The ring was…interesting

That’s a lot of commitment, even if only a promise ring. Something tells me he intended it as an engagement ring though

Someone tried to write a book in the 80s where 5 and Ainley were ex spouses, but it was shot down

Just an unrelated detail, but a ring on the pinky is a gay thing

Mirroring. Thoschei do that. A lot.

“You!” “No, you!” “no, you!”

The way they danced

The scene where they kept turning on and off the music

Speaking of music…Bad Guy by Billie Eilish? Too on the nose? Can’t get you out of my head? Poker face?

You remember that lady’s hand that picked up the Master in his widdle toof? Hand of the Rani?

This episode was written by two women. The Master would literally be in women’s hands

I remember watching Sacha Dhawan’s Spy Master for the first time and going…darn, he reminds me so much of Avengers era Loki. Kate Herron directed season 1 of the Loki Series and had a lot of creative control. Would it really be surprising if RTD (confirmed Loki fan) went to her for the Master after Sacha?

Didn’t Russell say he’s leaving the Master for “other writers?”

“The Master is parked” did he happen to park a Tardis disguised as an everyday spaceship???

In an interview, Kate said she and Briony designed Rogue to be the Doctor’s “equal”

References

“When I see him, I’ll know” and he is drawn to Rogue like a magnet.

“Travel with me” who must you be to want the Doctor to be your companion instead of vice verse

“We can argue across the stars”

“I’m in your head” + “can’t get you out of my head” + the Master being referenced multiple times in almost every episode since PoTD

“I’m trigger happy” feels really fucking intentional

He said “find me.” If he is the Master, the person he lost was the Doctor, (notice he said “them” and not “her” or “him?”) and the Master and Doctor always find each other.

Scream of the Shalka? And didn’t the Master fall through the floor like 40 times in Curse of Fatal Death? Richard E Grant was the Doctor in both of those.

For more, @bugeater77 and friends have this lovely thread

Guys CHECK MY REBLOG, RTD posted something wild.

[r0-boat]

Hear me out, flying type hybrid darling using their wings to hug their partner.

Like 'preening' their partner's hair and hiding their feathers in their partner's clothes; chirping / hooting happily when their partner come back home with hands full of their feathers like a silly game

(Can be anyone you like I just cant get this thought out my head haha)

Now I am absolutely obsessed with shipping Larry with monster reader. And when I saw Harpy reader I dived for it aaa.

The characters I will do is Larry, Warden Ingo, Leon,

Various characters (pokemon) reaction to their beloved as a flying type hybrid harpy.

Larry

You just showed up one night scratching in his back door with your sharp claws. You were looking for nesting material the day before you never asked a human for some this human seemed shocked But ultimately gave you some cloth it was strong yet soft and smelled nice. This human was nice : )

As a flying-type trainer, he knows some of the mannerisms you have. He thinks it's cute when you preen his hair or make a small nest out of his clothes because you missed him. Sometimes, he would show you how humans court and then do the same thing to you

And his coworkers and boss are none the wiser when he starts finding feathers in his suit all day. They just assumed that he had a new flying type Pokemon and not a hybrid birb spouse. Even so, coming to work covered in feathers isn't professional, but he can't bring himself to tell you to stop. He knows you're doing this out of love for him. Maybe Larry will ask you if he could wear one feather and put it in his pocket.

Your feathers are just so soft when you wrap your wings around him. He can't help but cuddle into you and fall asleep. He can feel your nails thread through his hair, mimicking the way he touches you.

Before stepping into his house, he could hear the excited tapping of your feet as you do your happy dance. The little bird hops with your feathers all fluffed before yelling his name and throwing feathers all over the place. His home life has never been this exciting, and he can't help but smile.

Warden Ingo

You struggle the flap of your wings, kicking up the snow on the ground. The Searing pain in your left wing and arm is almost overwhelming. Your energy is slowly draining as your body struggles to keep warm. Your feathery down kept you from freezing for a while, but how long will that last? Has the wind begun to pick up? You hold your broken arm close to your chest, trying to keep in your subs of pain as you huddle your wings closer together, desperate to cling to any ounce of warmth; your vision blurs and your brain tells your body to conserve energy. The only thing you saw when you began to blackout was a man in a long coat approaching.

You were protective of the man who saved your life—wrapping your wings around him not only for affection but also for protection. For some reason, this human was drawn to you. Your beautiful white wings and Feathers jogging his memory of something, though not enough to figure out why.

Every time his Warden duties called, he would leave his cabin even though he had sworn he would go you home somehow, always following him, stalking him in the distance until he was alone. Then, you would appear either from a high ledge of a cliff or a dark cave to brush yourself up against him, cooing for his affection.

Every time he falls asleep, he wakes up to his jacket being stolen and wrapped around you, not that he Minds that you wear it, though he has to tell you to be careful; those sharp talons of yours could easily rip a new hole.

The Striking eyes of his remind you of a Braviary hybrid. You can't help but Preen his hair and put some of your feathers in it. You coo in Delight of how handsome he is. Cuddling close to him and playing and tugging on his clothes.

Leon

Wherever he was, this was definitely not the Pokemon Center. In fact, this wasn't a town at all. He didn't even know how he got so high up in the mountains. Leon swore he was following a path. As he continued to wander, getting himself more and more lost, it wasn't before long that the sun began to set. Still, he took this challenge with a smile despite being low on supplies. He was in the wilderness. They're sure to be some berries somewhere. However, before the sun dipped below the horizon, he saw a blur Bolt from the tree to the dense foliage. It was like lightning, but he could have sworn he saw feathers. The figure was a human shape, a hybrid, perhaps? It stood at a distance where he could barely see it. It stood there tilting its head almost as if it wanted him to follow. As he followed the creature until they were nowhere in sight, that's when he realized he was back on the path.

Almost every encounter with you was by pure chance. You don't even know how he does it; a dumb human gets lost, and then you guide him back suddenly. A month later, he's back?! What the heck?? What is this human's deal!? is he trying to get himself killed?!

You only watch the human to make sure he doesn't get himself killed, not because you think the human is attractive. And you absolutely didn't swoon when you saw that he was wearing the feather you dropped as a necklace.

But unbeknownst to you Leon wasn't just adventuring for adventuring sake he was looking for you. Oh yes the mysterious hybrid that led him back to the path on that night he met you. Hybrids are already so rare, and when you caught his eye, he couldn't help but relive the memory. He not only wanted to meet you, but he wanted to get to know you to understand you. And you were just as infatuated with him as he was with you.

Even though you're instincts told you to court him as a potential mate, you knew that as a human, he couldn't be trusted, but somehow, Leon knew that , he knew that you were wary of him. He didn't blame you. How could he? Thus begins the slow build of trust and your relationship

[bluiex]

I got to pirates smp an hour late and then had to dip before the stream ended nonetheless I was watching Scar's POV and now I'm having Scarian thoughts.

Mostly spoiler free all I really share is a mention of Scar's faction.

-@scitties-enjoyer

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Scar drops the anchor on his boat. It's not much now, but one day he'll have something grand, he's sure of it. He hops down onto the rocky shore and picks his way inland.

In hindsight, maybe a single knife was not the right weapon, but Scar doesn't have anything better. Yet.

Scroll, scroll.. where was- Ah

Scar spends more than a moment reading the piece of paper... 'return to the mainland with the head of the isle's monster for 300 gold'

Yep, that's a good deal. Hopefully.

Unless it's something really vicious in which case, Scar is absolutely being ripped off here. Goddamn inflation.

Again, all he has is a knife.

This is... fine, probably.

Scar can hear Jellie meowing from his ship "I'll be back before you know it!" He reassures his cat.

It takes hours. He scours the island at least twice, with no success.

Then he spots a cave he didn't notice before, stepping in to an animal den of some kind where... a bird creature is goring the wolves.

Yeah this is ... fine actually. Mhm, definitely fine. Definitely not terrifying.

It's even more fine when the creature looks up at the sound of Scar's presence, dark eyes locking with his before it scrambles back in fear, wings braced around itself as if that can possibly protect it from him.

Scar makes a reckless decision, carefully putting his knife down behind himself. He's not completely stupid, if the bird-thing makes a lunge for his knife, he's dead.

Scar had been expecting an animal, not something that had the intelligence of a human. And Scar knows what it feels like to be hunted - or, knew once - so in a moment of uncharacteristic gentleness he's opening his heart to this so-called monster.

"Do you understand me?" Scar asks, softly.

The creature flinches at the sound of his voice. So it's that bad...

"I was sent to bring back your head. But neither of us want that."

The thing curls tighter around itself.

"My name is Scar. If we play our cards right we can get the reward money without you getting hurt."

The bird hisses. Which is progress, in Scar's eyes.

"I know how you feel, I do. If you come with me- if you come aboard my ship, you'll be safer." Scar feels a little faint, thinking of how mercilessly some of the other pirates would no doubt have already slaughtered this bird in Scar's shoes. "You could be my bird! Every pirate needs a bird!"

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It's three days back to the kestrels' tavern base of operations. Or, it should be. It ends up taking Scar around a week, because Grian - the bird creature has a name! - doesn't quite have his sea legs yet so they have to stop at this island and that island and then Grian has to hide from other pirates

.Grian had gotten washed up after they left the cave, and it turns out that he's completely adorable under all that blood and viscera. Scar thinks it's very unfair that he can't just spend hours watching Grian, and instead has to steer his little ship.

Grian spends his time on the boat playing with Jellie, and honestly it warms Scar's heart.

It's one such stop where Grian finally accepts more than the bare minimum of physical contact necessary from Scar. It's particularly cold that night, sleeping under the stars, and Grian huddles up to Scar for warmth, burying his face in Scar's hair.

After that, it's like a switch has been flicked in Grian's brain. He's constantly latched onto Scar's arm, or perched on top of his hats, or his shoulder, asking questions.

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Insert continued falling in love here I've run out of traction. Anyway the quest loophole Scar had *worked* so they do get the reward money

OOOOH BROOO THIS IS SO CUTE. PIRATE SCAR TAKING A CONTRACT TO KILL A CREATURE

And it being birb Grian- AAAAH this is so good Scitties. I love it so VERY MUCH

It takes awhile for Grian to come out of his shell fully and start speaking to Scar- he's started with the physical touch and protectiveness because Scar's his flock now

[ddreamghost]

My Welcome Home AU Fanarts that I forgot to post-

Based on Order:

A Fanart for the Creator who did the Magical Girl AU, Guess who I ship-

Next is for the Welcome Home Dream AU, Fanart of Julie Joyful, I made two different versions. One her Regular Dream Form, and her Nightmare Dream Mode~

I think I have notes about Dream Julie and head canons about this- Lemme just find it and just added it here.

"Taking Note before I Forget

I saw a post of a Welcome Home Au Draw Something Fanart, I think it was on Twitter? Or was it Tumblr? I am not sure since I wasn't checking after I post- But I did remember reading a Welcome Home Au about Dreams- Which has my name on it- and I like Welcome Home- so

I checked it out, I skimmed the lore reading and I wanna give an idea to the Author n Artist's Au- (Mostly because I love my baby girl Julie)

Headcanonly or Can give you an idea- Julie should be powerful than Wally for interesting and bias reasons-

I mostly have a headcanon that the reason she creates calming and peaceful dreams is not only to help people but to also help calm herself. Think about it- Why is a Dream Guardian so dedicated to keep creating peaceful dreams instead of once in awhile fun ones? Aren't Fun Dreams the Best of Dreams?

So Julie is not fan of Wally's chaos not because of how much he gets in her way of creating peaceful dreams but How often Wally manipulate people's dream, and the side effects it has. Thankfully Wally doesn't often manipulate people's dreams or Julie and the Guardians are right on time to stop Wally's chaos. But if Wally manipulate people's dream too often then.....the Julie is going to be "different" - her body/form changing slowly or intensely into her "other" form- and well, Sally and Frank better find a way to calm Julie down or else the Dream World is gonna be in total destruction or wost- Nothing. Wally should also help calming Julie down and prepare his apology- with Home's Help-

So I say-Sally and Frank are not there to only protect people's dream and keeping check with Wally, but to also protect everyone from Julie HEHEHEHEHHEHE-

Anyway that's just my idea to share with ya fellow AU Creator- and I really love ya cute art~ Especially Home Birb- "

Alright that's It. Those are my fanarts, I was gonna create more but stawp kuz ummm- Next Post is My OC of Welcome Home and different AU Designs~

[heraldofcrow]

Alright so

For Bloody Crow : 6,13, 25 (maybe 12 too lol)

13 for Annalise too

6 for Logarius

24 for any characters

WOOHOO! We’re going all out, huh? Let’s do this.

Bloody Crow:

6. Do you have any nicknames or pet names you use for this character?

Adftgysh, my birb son, evil birb son, goth birb, lil Crow, stabby boi, Luther, beloved, darling, sweetheart, my crow-child who has done nothing wrong, Eileen’s favorite headache, lil guy, bitch (affectionate), problem child, vampire birb, Annalise’s secret bf, etc..

12/13. If you could write effortlessly and as much as you wanted, what story (s) would you write for this character? If you could draw effortlessly and as much as you wanted, what scene (s) would you draw for this character?

Well, I would finish “Christened in Blood” for one! It’s supposed to cover his whole life ffs and I only just hit his young adulthood. Just end me already lolol.

I would draw some of the key scenes I have imagined for him, specifically this sweet revenge moment he has with the Executioners and his final confrontation with Maria, which is Very Dramatic (tm).

25. What kind of fan-fiction do you read about this character? If you don’t read fan-fics about them, why not? 

Looking through my AO3 bookmarks reminded me that I had saved the extremely rare fics about Crow where he is a student or friend of Eileen, which is what I always look for. I just want stuff about him that isn’t ship-related. I love fics where he is the villain too, omg. “Childhood’s End” had that and he is portrayed like a horror movie villain. Literally the best. I’ll always read this type of fic about him.

Annalise:

13. If you could draw effortlessly and as much as you wanted, what scene (s) would you draw for this character?

I would draw her coronation with a huge, grand backdrop of Cainhurst and all of her knights surrounding her as she accepts the crown. Rose petals and blood everywhere. Golden candles and light. Annalise in a lavish crimson gown. The whole bit.

Logarius:

6. Do you have any nicknames or pet names you use for this character?

Evil bastard, Twizzler Logarius, Homeless Popsicle, Claude Frollo, and Roger (his name is Rogeriusz technically lol).

Bonus, for any character:

24. Do you ever dream about this character? If so, describe a dream you once had about them.

Unsurprisingly, the most recent character dream I had was about Sephiroth. I don’t remember many details other than he and Genesis were arguing as usual lol. Much to Angeal’s annoyance. When I woke up I was like “Wait these weirdos naturally became close friends because they were all biologically fucked up and didn’t fit anywhere else in society but they didn’t even know it” and that was it.

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Wooo, I did it!! Thanks girl.

Favorite Character Asks

[argylepiratewd]

finch for the character ask <3

Harold my beloved 💖

My favorite thing about them: His big heart. He is deeply flawed, a bit of a creep tbh, and a total mess, but he has a really good heart that can see that people change. Plus he has sooooo many layers and is just so interesting. I love himmmmm.

My least favorite thing about them: His unwillingness to trust The Machine, even when she'd proved herself many, many times. Come on, Dadmin.

My favorite canon relationship: For platonic, Harold and John. The love and the loyalty and that evolution from prickly and wary of each other to willing to die for each other is so. good. It is very much my kind of dynamic.

Romantic, Harold/Grace...though there aren't really any others to choose from. Even though some of it is kind of fucky, it's still really sweet. Plus Michael and Carrie are darling, and I just...how could they stand to act some of the more painful stuff when they've been married for so long? Badasses, both of them. 🥺

My favorite non-canon relationship: Harold/John. Everything that appeals to me about them as a friendship elevates them to OTP status for me. I'm a complete sucker for friends-to-lovers ships.

The sexuality I headcanon for them: That boy is bi af. Look at how smug he was about his gorgeous boytoy:

Birbman is bi.

What I’d do if I could spend the day with them: We're both introverts, so quietly coexist with some occasional chatter? He can hack the Pentagon or read a book while I knit and we both drink tea.

Random fact about them I like: The birds. All those bird names, his lifelong love of birds, the way he even kind of looks like a bird...Harold's love of birbs brings me joy.

[the-moth-from-elsewhere]

THE ELSIE BLOG MASTERPOST I GUESS

Hi, I’m Elsie, here’s all the hecking blogs I own, in vaguely chronological order of when they were properly introduced.

@the-moth-from-elsewhere - that’s me lol, my main

@myownquieterworld - I write stuff sometimes, sometimes I’m sad, ig, I haven’t used this in a while. Maybe I should start archiving all my writing in here, Eh?

@cookies-and-also-sandwiches - A character blog for Easton West and Northa South, two cinnamon rolls who run Compass Manor and are absolutely head over heels for each other.

@the-quiet-light - Dusk, Easton and Northa’s art project turned goddess. Goddess of winter, contentment, and Agape. The very stars in the sky.

@alpenglow-the-candle - just a lil candle girlie with a lotta abandonment issues.

@kitsune-the-magical-girl - Formerly Tea Anon, Kitsune hails from the odd world of Madoka Magica, and is here to fulfill her wish to save everyone with the power of medium awareness!

@kyubey-the-incubator - Kyubey. From Madoka Magica. He sucks, don’t listen to him.

@lanterns-and-candy - Ciana and Apollo, a loving married couple from Candleton. They’re candy-makers, and care for Ciana’s sweetheart of a younger sister, Lucy.

@chip-the-birb - A very excitable little cardinal-themed Avis who only wants to help everyone. Has a massive crush on Alpenglow. Clara’s son.

@the-conductor-paladin - Arthur, a chivalric young man who runs a set of train stations. He gets stressed easily. He smote a spider nest off of the face of the earth once.

@assassin-anon - A strange young woman who can turn into animals, usually a black cat. Despite her mysterious and odd nature, she only wishes to help. Member of the Court of Lull, Mercutio’s girlfriend.

@she-has-many-names - Chance, the redeemed Nightmare.

@bliss-clan - my clangen blog! Very cool, much kitties, even more much shipping.

@quest-anon - A very shy anon who likes to give out achievements. He’s a prep, but in an endearing way. Cannot take any affection of any kind without being flustered.

@kawaii-advice-anon - Tip anon, aka Quest’s fiancée. She’s cutesy, she’s goth, and she’s got the energy of a thousand suns. Named for her propensity to give people tips and advice.

@lady-of-the-digital-lake - Guinevere, or just Verie, a loving young woman who takes care of an orphanage. Inherits basically no character traits from her legendary namesake. A literal white mage, both her skin and hair are blank white, and her eyes are reddish-pink. Member of the court of Lull, Arthur’s Fiancée.

@mercutio-the-broken - your local maladaptive daydreaming bard, member of the court of lull.

@plush-candles - Fynn, a sweethearted but incredibly lonely child living in the orphanage.

@the-rain-of-mercy - Aokigahara, a child’s imaginary turned sweethearted rain AI. Be careful, he’s basically the embodiment of depressive themes.

@plague-doctor-anon - self explanatory

@of-sea-and-light - Yelena, a dragon girl with terrible luck when it comes to love, and formerly a lock over her heart. Works in the orphanage. Silhouette’s gf.

@the-path-of-guidance - guidance anon! Absolute terror. We love her.

@lemonade-sugar yes I am lemonade mod. A mysterious figure whose traits you’ll have to figure out yourself! Only communicates through letters…for now.

And that’s all the ones you get to know about!

[grobslobbin]

heyo this is my oc/art acct

╔══ஓ๑who art thou?๑ஓ══╗

name’s jay! formerly known as birb, egg, etc.

main: @mindgoblinworld

he/they, 21, taken.

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LIMBO UNIVERSE

>>. GROB SLOB (wip)

Two twins: Soliel and Selia. Selia is the owner of a restaurant that shut down during covid. Soliel was a former rockstar that fell off. One night, half-drunk, Soliel swipes his ex-band’s tour bus and makes his way home. There, he has a reunion with his twin, with Selia getting the idea to run a renewed food truck with the tour bus.

Upon gaining too much attention (idiots) they rush to the cops, but crash land in a secret monster town. Trapped and unable to find their way home, they survive off an improvised food truck business…under supervision of a weird “land lord.”

ocs: #soliel #seli #ashia #red #alex #lan

themes: lgbt issues, enemies to lovers, found family, generational trauma

>>. VAMP STAMP (for fun)

A werewolf mailman swipes right on a dating app, meets a vamp, and it doesn’t work. They meet again once he delievers their mail, they become bffs and gradually fall in love :3 (Comics based off my bf and <3)

ocs: #jeremiah #squeaks

themes: gender fluidity, romcom, /lh, friends to lovers

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HOMIE-ADJACENT OCS

Shipped w/ a homies ocs + da ship nicknames i gave em hehe. hashtags if my homies r lookin fr related posts/art (ㅅ´ ˘ `)♡

🌸zombipoly(zom•beepol•ee);

>aka #ianrosienoah #zombipoly

>#ian, #rosie

noah belongs to @underlyingentity

🕯️howling flames

>aka #alex n aland

>#alex #howling flames

aland belongs to @enkiiper

🪻yo mama x me

>haha #bangin yo mom

yo mama belongs to all my homies

🧰 stardust album track

>aka #max x seb lol

>#sebastian, #stardust

max belongs to @neonowes

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hashtags below if ure lazy like me:

[rose-of-pollux]

Re. that "what dnd race is your go-to race" poll, for some reason I thought you'd go with Kenku rather than Aarakocra :D But now your tags gave me a mental image of our respective bards escaping from somewhere high up (??) with my halfling being simultaneously "this is awesome" and "I'M GONNA DIE :D" on your Aarakocra's back ^^ What's her name? Who is she?

You know, I did give some thought to a Kenku, but the communication limitations (limited to mimicry) are a challenge that, as a relatively newish player, I would need to spend a bit more time on to figure out how to circumvent; the Aarakocra were a far easier birb for a beginner like me!

And aww! :D My Aarakocra bard is a male, actually--his name is Buteo (from the genus name of the red-tailed hawk, and he does, indeed, have a red tail).

And interesting that you mentioned escaping from somewhere high up, as his last appearance--from a starting session that sadly didn't pan out on continuing--he gracefully dove off of an airship (where, earlier before, he'd been entertaining his fellow passengers with a passionate rendition of Steve Miller Band's "Jet Airliner"--how does he know of Steve Miller Band? We just don't know...) in pursuit of an enemy that had been found aboard the ship.

It's a pity the adventure didn't pan out, but he still is in search of a Paladin who can protect him from those seeking the bounty on him, so it is perfectly feasible for him to turn up again in a completely unrelated adventure.

My ranger, Pandia, is female (Pandion being the genus name for the osprey)--

She cannot get a good perception/investigation roll for love or money, yet she's very good at getting her arrows where they need to go.

I can't explain how. 😅

[coolemyasi]

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#i also did ship cheese sandwich and pinkie but i was unaware that they had him come back because i stopped watching in the crystal pony arc

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I swear that the default name for the female PC in Legends: Arceus being Akari is going to just continue to mess with my brain, because since like, Alpha Sapphire that has been my go to name for my trainer, and was obviously the one I chose for my character this time, and seeing it used in like, fan art and stuff catches me off guard every single time

7 notes - Posted March 1, 2022

#4

A couple weeks ago I went to Hot Topic, and saw they were making these hoodies, and knew immediately I needed to own one

I had to order it online to get the right size, and it finally came in today, and just

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8 notes - Posted January 21, 2022

#3

I got Cult of the Lamb last week, and I absolutely love it, so appreciate the lamby boi in his fancy blue poncho that my I couldn’t help but draw today

11 notes - Posted August 26, 2022

#2

I have found a new variety of blind boxes that I am absolutely in love with

I bought two of them, and even got the one I wanted the most of the bunch (Love Struck)

They're just so cool

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56 notes - Posted March 27, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Why they socially distance the post buttons?

Like, that's just mildly annoying

363 notes - Posted February 1, 2022

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[cloudgutzwavesbyetosanity]

I don't care if you don't want ship art of me and my friend's MHA ocs, you're GETTING IT ANYWAYS /hj /lh

PS: The green one is mine, her name's Hiedra Veneno, she has a plant-based quirk and she's a villain the red one is my friend's, his name's Tori Hikoroshi, he birb and he's a hero they are in love and dating

[errantcanis]

☜ ☜ ☜ ☜ ☜ ☜

send me ☜ for a ship i have, ☞ for a ship i want

i feel like i am going to end up talking about a lot of the same ships that my friends have already mentioned, but here we go anyway! also i tagged my ship partners because i love them, but if any of you don’t want tagging just let me know! i dropped it under a cut because it got a little long.

odango - @narrationis

i weep for odango. y’all don’t even know. i adore them so so much, they’re so soft and in love. oda knew that ango was different from the moment that he walked into that bar, and many nights of staying late after dazai left to talk and talk lead to oda asking ango if he could kiss him, and that lead to oda walking him home every night, and that lead to ango eventually inviting him in because oda was always too respectful to ask. in verses where he lives, oda never blamed ango. he knows ango was just doing his job. they are so in love and i love them so so much.

steincraft - @giftandguile

i am blessed. west blesses me with this ship. when i decided to write lovecraft i genuinely wasn’t even certain i’d ever have any ships for him, i just love him and wanted to write him, but then here comes west to hurl steinbeck at him and i love them so much. lovecraft is so ridiculously soft for him and there is nothing in the world that he wouldn’t do for steinbeck. they’re both so love starved and touch starved and they’re so good together, they just fit together so perfectly and i could talk about them all day honestly so i’ll stop here.

fukumori - @errantscriptor

kui is a gift and they bless me with fukumori. these two are so difficult, but i love them so much. i’m a sucker for ships on opposing sides, and fukumori have all this history and it’s just so good. fukuzawa pretending like he isn’t soft for mori fuels me, and i just love their dynamic so much. fukuzawa is so determined not to ruin the reputation of his agency but he can’t stay away from mori forever.

ransano - @narrationis

okay so i have a few ships with dani but ransano? ransano is just such good content. i love them so so much, they have so much respect for each other and they know each other so well. honestly these two are just so good together and so good for each other and i love their dynamic so much. i completely fell in love with them and they both deserve to be happy and i love the idea of them finding it together.

skk - @lucys-chamber

hi lucy ily. i also love skk. these two just get me. they’re so hopeless, and dazai is such an ass and chuuya deserves better and yet they just get each other. they’re so perfect for each other and they both know that. no matter how much dazai tries to push chuuya away, he’s always there and i just. love them. so much. this ship gives me life.

zadipo - @lucys-chamber

i love zadiepo so much. when i went to lucy about potentially shipping this i really didn’t know what she’d say but she was on board pretty much immediately. i just had this idea about ranpo asking her to play clue finding games because they both work on solving murders at their respective offices and then that was it, she said yes and now we ship it. they still play their game and ranpo wins every single time and zadie doesn’t mind because she loves him, she loves him so much. they even have their own little sign language signals that they’ve invented so that no one knows what they are saying to each other.

[hugthepanda12]

Hunter-Jack-Zuko brainrot p1

It’s gonna be long and incoherent but I wanted to put these ideas here (and maybe in more posts). You can expect mostly comedy, but serious stuff is there too.

1) Iroh: This is my nephew, Zuko. He has some anger issues, but he's a good boy. If he ever calls you 'filth', please know that he doesn't mean that. You look like people who bathe regualry, after all!

Darius: this is Hunter. And I gotta tell you this boy CAN'T SEW. However, he's an excellent fighter and I'm really proud of him because he tries to make connections outside that toxic environment he's trapped in.

Wuya: The boy's name is Jack. He... builds robots. Cries a lot... Usually he's useless but he has his moments... Yeah, that's it. 

Oh, and as much as I appreciate the 'bathing' thing, old man... We can't apply that to jack. He stinks of oil and disappointment.

Jack: HEY! >:(

Darius: No, no, red haired boy. Don't worry! Hunter himself hasn't taken a shower for quite a time too!

Hunter: No one needs to know that, Darius!!! Darius: sorry, haha

2) Jack: So, why does your uncle call you ‘prince’?

Zuko: Because I am royalty. The son of the firelord. 

jack: Holy smokes

Hunter: Don’t swear, it’s unholy. 

Jack: .... That’s not a swear but sorry anyway.

Hunter: Hm. As you mentioned it, Zuko... Darius also calls me ‘Prince’ although I’m only the Emperor’s nephew. Weird. 

Jack: Maybe he’s mocking you?

Zuko: Probable, but it can be also a form of endearment. 

Jack: SUSPICIOUS. Hunter: (nods) 

3) Boys info-dumping traumatic experiences as a part of therapy:

Zuko: I have to find the Avatar to restore my honor. Hunter: I need to find titan's blood so the Emperor wouldn't replace me.

Jack: I have to keep on showing on the xiaolin showdowns to win as many shen gong wu possible so I could take over the world with their help.

Zuko n Hunter: ... Jack: Ok, and maybe because I have nothing else to do and it's the only social interaction I'm comfortable with.

Zuko: Well, in my case I want my father to acknowledge me. Since mom disappeared, it's been hard for our family... To be worthy of our kingdom... of his love... is the only thing I strive for.

Hunter: Same. Wild magic killed my family. Uncle is all I have left.

Jack: My mom and dad are nice and well although I don't see my father like... at all? He's always working. I almost forgot how he looks like haha. That's why I built a robot resemling him once and gave him a Heart of Jong to make him less artificial and more human. It was fun for me, but not for him... In the end, he destroyed himself because he was too overwhelmed by emotions the wu and my emotion chip gave him.

Zuko, who throughout his life ‘helped’ repair only ships and balloons and as a prince did nothing but observe: ..... Hunter, who doesn't know what a robot is: ... Bro.. Zuko: (cutting Hunter mid-sentence) That's rough, buddy. Flapjack: chirps Hunter: yeah, go Flapjack, comfort him because we're not good at this. Jack, on the verge of tears bc Flapjack is too cute: thanks, guys.

later, before the showdown Clay: Pardner, what you got there? Jack, giving Flapjack seeds: Emotional support Birb! :D Jackbots, mince them, because I'm not done feeding that little rascal!

Even more time later Hunter: hey, did you two have fun? ... Jack, why does Flapjack have a black coat similar to yours? Jack, happily: So we could match! I have a brand to maintain, y'know? So my sidekicks deserve the best quality membership clothes! You... you don't like it? Hunter, dying out of cuteness: On the contrary! Please, make more. Perhaps you can design a white-gold cape for him? Jack: I'm on it! ^u^

[jess-the-vampire]

Sooooo whatya think of the new episodeee?

Oh it’s definitely my favorite episode of the series so far, i was having such a good time at every turn. I’m glad i went out of my way to avoid spoilers, cause i was glad to actually be surprised by some elements on first watch.

I think this had by far the best opening for an episode so far, we finally get back to the villians, we meet the coven heads, we get insight on belos’s plans-

and then belos gets constipated, which starts getting into the more character driven lore, which is the best part. You instantly can tell GG and Kiki have some bit of tension between them to be Belo’s favorite, though granted i wonder if hunter is the only one to know belos is cursed and actually just always insists to help belos with his fits to prevent others from seeing them.

Including kiki.

It’s honestly unclear how aware anyone is that belos is cursed, like him eating pailsmans is apparently not something he hides, but like....i feel him being cursed is something that people would know universally if it got out...so i’m left wondering if anyone knows besides hunter.

Regardless, belos turns into a goop monster with an angry side, and i guess his mask doesn’t transform with him compared to the rest of his body so he breaks it again because i guess he goes though masks like crazy.

Hunter turns away in this scene from his outburst and even though he’s masked here i can already tell he’s most likely pained in these scenes. Like he’s probably seen this happen so many times, and i can’t imagine it gets any easier for him, it’s probably awful to watch belos suffer like this for him (Regardless of the abuse)

And to be honest, it seems pretty painful for him, i think this ep seems to at least confirm whatever this thing is that takes over belos’s body.....belos never actually wanted it in the first place. 

Yeah so after Hunter tells belos there’s not enough trees to medicate him anymore, we’re hit with the “UNCLE”. Which, when i first watched it i needed a second to even process the fact they confirmed their relation.

and i was like “CLOSE ENOUGH”, not his kid but uncle still works just fine for me, i’m just happy my assumption they were related actually came to ahead.

And i rewatched this episode a few times, and on second watch i realized more what happened in this scene. Hunter was talking about his interest in wild magic, and making more pailsman to help belos, and some method that could heal him and as soon as belos looked at him he instantly shut down.

He was clearly rambling about wild magic cures for belos because of his interest in it, and then suddenly remembered his uncle hates wild magic and felt super awkward.

It seems highly likely his interest in wild magic came from trying to cure belos and spending a lot of time reading up on the stuff. 

And then we get hit with the whole “Our family is dead because of wild magic” line, which.....i’m curious to know what happened there. But it does at least explain why belos feels how he does, if wild magic both killed his family beside hunter AND cursed him in the first place. We’re just gonna need more info on what exactly happened.

Also while Belos is def abusive and does not treat hunter how he should, this scene actually does read off to me like belos does care about hunter to some degree. If belos is cursed and his curse works in similar ways to how Eda’s curse works, then it’s worth reminding ppl that eda mentions early this season how stress can amplify the curse even more.

And sure enough, belos goes goopy on hunter’s shoulder all of a sudden when he grasps him. Which could be considered a sign of stress and that the idea of hunter dying or being in danger actually does stress him.

You could very much also assume this is just due to his curse not being fully handled and just getting worse, or that belos only cares about hunter for selfish reasons....but i’m not taking anything off the table here.

Belos can still be a shitty uncle, and still care about hunter, these aren’t mutually exclusive traits. But we need more episodes for now on this.

But anyways he asks hunter if he can rely on him, kiki is pissed......and we move on.

So i’m glad luz’s impulsiveness is addressed a ton in this episode, they actually bring up a lot of good points. That luz has no plan, that the time she’s spending here might render moot if she goes back to earth, ect ect.

Hunter even calls her out a lot later for not thinking things through, it’s a whole deal in this episode. I’m glad it was brought up cause it’s actually worth asking a lot of these things.

the set up here works, they actually made a good reason for why a pailsman didn’t bond with her. Speaking of which the adoption thing is cute and i love it, it’s a great idea. The designs are all very cute and fun.

Bump face reveal was a lot for me to process, but i find the idea of his pailsman being a pet that can help with his disabilities a good idea.

Also like, i did find it odd that they got staffs so early because we’ve never seen kids their ages with them before, but i guess it’s a new tradition? Does everyone at hexside now have one?

Honesty not sure why batqueen left the nest there overnight, i meant i guess she assumed they were safe with that shield but in context i dunno why she didn’t take them home after the school day was over.

but whatever, luz stays there overnight hoping  a pailsman will bond with her and GG just kidnapps them cause of pure luck on his part a bunch of pailsman were in a vulnerable spot tonight.

So GG continues to be charming, by whistling the theme song and then being blasted off his ship hilariously, before cockily teleporting himself right back on it seconds later. Like he and luz have great banter, he’s so extra like this it’s so funny, and god he’s so FAST with that staff it’s scary but so awesome.

Yeah so then hand dragon crashes them and i was so excited cause it meant face reveal. Poor dude looked so in pain and then we find out kiki tried to effing murder him because of course she did. But like, i think killing your boss’s nephew is the WORST way to get a promotion tbh.

(Also i got confused for a bit cause his mask has always been drawn as a mask, but now it’s a helmet in this scene for whatever reason but-)

Anyways, face reveal, Like honestly ppl weren’t too far off with their guesses, really the only thing people didn’t get was the tooth gap (That was fair tho, we couldn’t have guessed that). But it did make him even cuter.

like the banter is funny, he licks her hand, she slaps him, he looks SO pissed at her for this mess.

and i guess that outfit is his under armor apparently.

He’s lucky she didn’t run away immediately and followed him, but maybe he assumed she would since she had no where else to go.

Also his expressions in this ep are glorious, these had to be fun to draw.

Also we find out that the coven team members have never seen his face i guess? They just assume he’s a silly kid and are awful to him, so i guess he’s not only the youngest member of the coven but he never really shows his face much.

(”Call your parents”, ha ha.....whose gonna tell them who his uncle is?)

He is however, REALLY good at parkour and he’s fast even without his staff, so he’s well trained alright.

And then they reveal he’s not magical and i was SO happy cause i was so sure something was up when he wasn’t doing magic like the other witches despite his pointy ears. So they outright confirmed what i thought.

Hunter is pretty smart tho, like he can tell luz wouldn’t hurt him and wouldn’t flee so he knows he has the high ground here. Like he might be being a bit of a dick, but to be fair luz has been nothing but a dick to him throughout the whole episode (Everyone in this episode has been a dick to him tbh)

They team up and i get excited cause i love this kinda stuff and it gets more wholesome because hunter is super interested in her magic, he thinks it’s cool and you can tell how much he actually loves wild magic but then again...shuts himself down because of belos making him fear the stuff.

An then because luz asks, he tells her his backstory.

honestly with how this world treats people who aren’t magically powerful, living and growing up in a world that would find you useless sounds....awful. Hunter must be an anomaly around here, human blood or not.

Luz coming here to learn is different then growing up in a world and being the only one with no abilities and no future without them. Belos provides him with magic and a future, it’s no wonder he stays with him despite everything.

the whole “Found me” thing is weird, cause belos implies they’re blood related and hunter makes it sound like belos semi-adopted him. Which....if he did i dunno why “Uncle” and not “Adopted dad”, but ok....guess that’s for later.

Apparently hunter is important for something tho with the “Titan has big plans for me” thing, not sure what, but-

But yeah as soon as Hunter talked about wanting to make his own future and Rascal tried to land on him i knew EXACTLY where this was going, it was so cuteeeeee. The lil birb wanted to be with hunter, that’s so wholesome.

And he’s so terrified because of belos and what wild magic did to him, the poor bab.

But yeah, luz then trusts him with his staff back, because again....impulsive. But hunter does actually ask if she’s sure, so he might as well be asking if she trusts him.

The plan goes ahead, and hunter nearly betrays her.

though granted, hunter never promised her he’d stop and let her take them away, the truce was supposed to last till kiki was stopped and they were gonna fight out who got the pailsman. But it does bother luz cause she was hopeful he was better then this.

But just like he did before, she calls him out and he doesn’t betray her, because he’s ALSO too nice to do it, just like he said she was. He says his name (Which also took a moment to process), and then beats the crap out of kiki while letting luz get away and protecting her like a badass.

He might not have magic, but he’s good at fighting

like he can easily teleport to luz and take the pailsman, but he doesn’t, he lets them get away and luz knows this. Even though she also knows hunter has to go back to the emperor too and they have to separate.

It’s only slightly bitter terms, because in the end he came through for her and she knows it.

honestly, the worst part is i can’t even be mad at hunter for it, i’m sure he was terrified to fail belos. Both because he loves him and doesn’t want him to suffer....but also because of well...being punished. Really says something when his near betrayal doesn’t even make me mad at him, and i can understand why he nearly did it.

He let her go, knowing he’d be in SERIOUS trouble and that it would hurt someone he actually loves, so....ouch.

so yeah at this point i knew rascal wanted him so it was only of matter of what happened next.

Which was, luz getting the wood, which i like more anyway. Eda and King doing this offscreen and coming home like this is actually very funny, and honestly i appreciate the message of it being ok to wait.....means a lot to me.

yeah so belos is like...being an ass, like the kid tried his hardest, you don’t need to hit him with the “Is this the thanks i get?”. He’s a kid and he’s trying to cure you you dick, give him a break he doesn’t remotely have to help you like this.

Also apparently belos has not even told hunter HOW this happened, like...dude. Hunter is trying to be entirely reasonable here and belos spikes at him, which does imply some physical abuse though the only reason hunter doesn’t get a new scar is because he moves.

but how he reacts implies this has happened before, he is bracing for impact and he flinches. It’s pretty sad tbh, especially since hunter loves him and belos’s respect means something to him.

Belos is such an idiot, like c’mon dude, hunter is trying to help you and you don’t listen to him you dick. Kid shouldn’t have to say sorry for anything he did nothing wrong, he was just trying to help.

Anyways, he gloats at kiki (So at the very least she knows what he looks like under the mask), which he deserves a chance to do anyway. So i guess he didn’t rat her out for trying to kill him, personally my guess why is blackmail.....he was gonna hold it over her head to keep her from doing it again and threaten to tell belos.

But kiki quickly tells he LET the pailsman get away since he was the one to fight her (Curse his cute loose hair strand). So i guess now they have dirt on each other, so that’s fun.

His room is adorable, though the med kit by the bed is concerning.

Rascal comes for him and it;s so cute....though you can tell hunter nearly hurts him on instinct because of force of habit, but it’s so cute how he cares and how the birb loves him and is his new staff.

it was well hinted to as well, it’s so subtle, but the bird being cheery, curious, and his constant habit of escaping boundaries was perfect for hunter. He represents what hunter wants to be and why they got matched is done so well, all without explaining anything.

Hunter indirectly stated his deepest wish, to make his own choices, and rascal resonated with that. 

can’t wait to see where this goes.

great ending shot, love me some conflicted shots looking out of windows like trapped birds.

also this title was a pun the whole time i can’t-

[nerajaana]

Jonsa metas be like: Extended Cut

The miniature rant version

Yeah. We’re getting tons of romantic content in that corner. Totes. What else is the purpose of Jon Snow’s resurrection? Or rather, what even is the other purpose for Jon Snow’s existence, if not a prop to make their innocent-compassionate-empathetic af precious birb a Princess/Queen/GodEmpress?

(if they could have their way she’d be ascended to Godhood at this rate)

69? That's your foreshadowing? You wanna convince people your ship's canon based on a mfing position number? What are we, middle schoolers?!

My remaining two braincells cannot handle this poetic parallel😔😩✊🏻

Ok real talk folks.....what’s in that kool aid kid?

Listen, after pulling crap like this, you all have no rights to defend yourselves when we rightfully call you out on this. Absolutely none. No amount of mental gymnastics can justify this.

Presenting to you 🥁🥁🥁 Quotes by Jon comparing his first love to his sister🥁🥁🥁:

“She reminded him a little of his sister Arya, though Arya was younger and probably skinnier. It was hard to tell how plump or thin Ygritte might be, with all the furs and skins she wore.”

“"If you kill a man, and never meant', he's just as dead," Ygritte said stubbornly. Jon had never met anyone so stubborn, except maybe for his little sister Arya. Is she still my sister? he wondered. Was she ever?”

...... soz there ain’t any about Sansa. I checked in the back and all I promise.

And, hate to break it to ya but, remember Catelyn of Houses Tully and Stark? Yeah, she kinda, y’know, carried the zygote that grew into a fetus over a period of nine months and pushed the said fetus out whom they named Arya. Half of her mother, half a Tully. Thus, half a fish. Pretty sure there’s even a fish reference that jon made towards Arya regarding her swimming.

............So?

Let's give this a serious consideration. Firstly, lemme get this lil point out in the open: foreshadowing is wildly different from coincidences. Coincidence is there being a Jon(nel) and a Sansa in the same time period in the family, just like the current generation. Parallel/foreshadowing would look something like this:- Jon, who's the half brother of Rickon, just like Jonnel was to Cregan's heir Rickon, would marry the older daughter of Rickon (my son my boyyyy <3<3<3) in a distant future. Capisce?

And finally, the icing on the cake. My personal favourite 🙂

Look, it's bad enough that the writer decided to pepper in cursed bits throughout the books that make an incestuous pairing highly likely. (by incest i mean the emotional aspect of it, it's not the cousincest or the aunt-nephew bit that peeves me off. It was a common occurrence in the medieval feudalistic society and is still prevalent in today's day and age). At the end of the day, they grew up as siblings. Fighting over which sister gets the “prize” that's Jon Snow is ridiculous beyond measure. We didn't start off reading these humongous books thinking "oh this would be a splendid time to ship an incest otp uwu" like no. the only reason I didn't break into tears every time Jon had a very non fraternal thought while reading is because i knew by then, for sure that they're cousins and not siblings (y'all either never had siblings or think fictional siblings work on a different wavelength). Take it up with the author, demand why he chose this sister and not the other for his fOrbiDdEn rOmancE trope. Grab him by shoulders and shake an answer out of him. None of us asked for this ffs. We reached to a conclusion based on what's there in print, not what isn't and simply assuming that there are hidden meanings or that the narrator is so fucking unreliable that he's naming one and thinking of the other or something equally delusional. Dude's literal last thought was Stick them with a pointy end. Which, by the way, is strictly between Jon and Arya, just like Needle. Just like the quote "Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle". And "What do you know of my heart, priestess? What do you know of my sister?" They're all exclusive to them both and them both only.

To all of these asoiaf experts, I'd like to say one thing: For all of his flaws and fallacies, G.R.R.Martin is a brilliant writer. He's not some stupid Oracle of Delphi, sitting in his little ancient greek cave and spewing nonsense and talking in circles. Writers leave out clues in the open, not hide them under the guise of different fucking names for gods sakes.

I'm all for shipping whoever you wanna ship, gods know i have a never ending list- most of them being rarepairs or crackships. But I don't go around twisting canon into something it isn't and subject to mental gymnastics to the point where nothing makes sense anymore. And, read the bloody books before you firmly place your faith in something. Quora/Reddit/Tumblr metas shouldn't be the basis for it. The language is pretty straightforward- if I, a non native english speaker can get it, then so can you.

Cheers.

[danwhobrowses]

One Piece Chapter 1023 - Initial Thoughts

15 Minutes is on the clock

Onigashima reaches the mainland and the fights continue on. Including the Wings of the King vs the Disasters of the Beast

Without further ado, let's get into it

Spoilers for Chapter 1023, Support the Official Release too

Vivi cover page is nice, proper Disney Princess action with Karoo being jealous birb again, but now I have worries because last we heard something went down with Alabasta...all those post-Reverie questions

Back to where we left off with the boys being back in town

Miyagi can you not ominously foreshadow Zoro's future pain please?

Kawamatsu's here to save Zoro from interference, and Hyou's telling the Yakuza not to get in the way of this fight

Marco though is a pensive Pineapple, taking a good long look at King as he recalls Whitebeard telling him about King's race living on the Red Line before the world nobles, Void Century and before stuff

Mention of Gods does fuel one of my old post fan theories, but also fuels that the WG kicked King's race out of the Red Line

Izo though out here saving Marco from being an easy target, tbh Marineford did show he was prone to a surprise attack

Asking Izo if they believe in God though in a raid that may lead to their deaths is kinda irreverent right now though huh?

Queen back to hyping themselves up though

Hm? Is there a limitation to Sanji's raid suit? Sanji's saying he feels weird

Zoro wasting no time to banter with it though, saving Sanji from King as Sanji returns the favour with Queen

Queen does make a valid point though, as much as Sanji expresses that he is unenhanced by Germa he can also set himself on fire, I do wonder if it is just part of that enhancement in there that he expresses as his 'fiery hot passion'

Lunarian though, that must be King's species' name: moon people again I bet which feeds my fan theories

Also since we mentioned Germa again what happened to them? Jimbei made it out after all and I wanna see me some alive and well Baeju

I would issue doubt on Queen's claim that their enhancements are beyond Vegapunk's, given how little we know of Vegapunk after all

King's got a special sword too, it can change its edge to be teethy which he used to ensnare Zoro's swords

Wado saves Zoro's face from eating King's spiked fist though

King does make a fair point though, traditional weapons are romanticized but a fight's about getting every advantage you can, Zoro at least respects that since King never claimed to be a Swordsman, while also reminding King that he could be a feral bastard too

Kinda gave me mini Mr. 1 fight vibes there

Oh here we go, potential Zoro lineage time

Kawamatsu and Hyou muse over how Zoro was like Ushimaru when he was young, even down to his style (though that could be more Shimotsuki Koushiro's doing since he's Zoro's master)

Also Ushimaru was Ryuma's direct descendant, which means that 1. Ryuma banged, 2. Swordsmanship runs in the blood and 3. Ryuma banged

Also Ryuma also had the one eye, and it does seem pretty mythical that a swordsman of similar skill and stature returns Shusui back to Wano (even though this should mean that Shusui would be Zoro's birthright and he was kinda forced into relinquishing it)

Also worth reminding that Kozaburo was Kuina's grandpa so there may only be loose relations if Zoro is a Shimotsuki too, we don't exactly know how Kozaburo and Ushimaru are related if it's by blood or clan, plus I still wonder about Tashigi

Over to Jack vs Inu though, and Jack's hybrid form is just...weird

I did not need to see an Elephant head with abs you know Oda!

Both are pretty tired, as Jack mocks Inu saying he has forgiven Zou for the Raizo stuff, since he already destroyed most of it

Inu though with the shoulder toss, reminding Jack that they had to make these sacrifices to get to here

But we're getting the epic speech, and the hole in the roof caused by Ashura's sacrifice is changing Inu back into Su Long

Same thing is happening with Neko, turning Su Long in front of Carrot and Wanda (who I guess are covering from the moon) as he stares down Perospero

And I'm glad Neko's pointing out that Pedro's sacrifice is valid. I truthfully always felt a bit iffy about people saying that Carrot's desire to avenge Pedro was ill-found because 'Pedro killed himself'. Had Pedro not sacrificed himself then Brook and Chopper would've been dead by candy and Big Mom would've obliterated the rest on the ship

Raizo and Megaforehead though prelude with the mention of maturity, that everyone - even the Akazaya - needed time to mature into who they wanted to be

Down to the surface though and the Heart Pirates are on high alert/panic, they think Kaido's here

But it's Momo, and he looks magnificent

Shinobu's aged him up to 28, the age he'd be had he not been leapt through time, but now she's upset he looks like Kaido

There's new fire in Momo's eyes though, the return ascent begins!

Can you feel that? It feels like the last stretch before the ultimate battle of Wano

Sanji and Zoro vs King and Queen hopefully will remain a tag bout, but I am curious as to King's abilities and what's affecting Sanji in terms of the raid suit. It's not bad to have a limitation but this is the first we've heard of it after seeing him use it 4 times. I don't hate Zoro being a Shimotsuki, though I do feel like we could've built to this, plus we're still lacking in the how.

One wonders what role Marco will now play, and whether Tiny Tiny Chopper is due to recover. We haven't heard from the others for a bit, nor CP0 nor Yamato. Our Pineapple does have unfinished business with Edward Weevil tbf so he could make it out, Izo may be a variable in that, they've yet to learn of Kiku's fate.

Also we never did see who that mystery person was did we? Still could be Hiyori

Marco's musing about gods does feel like we're gonna get more about King, and more lore of the world that Robin will love to soak up like a sponge, Oda have been leaving these seeds since Skypeia, and where there are Gods, there are Devils.

We are however getting major death flags from the minks, one last turn to Su Long to enable their efforts. I like how Ashura's sacrifice is not in vain because of this though, it makes me wonder if there's a slither of hope for Kin and Kiku. If anything though the minks will die from exhaustion rather than being defeated, Su Long eats away at you after all, it's probably gonna be traumatizing for Carrot a little but I hope we see some resolve out of her more like when she was in Zou and WCI, I still want her for Nakama.

And then the final coup de grace, giant dragon Momo, it's one hell of a panel and it means we're bringing Luffy back into the fight. But the extent of Momo's ripening is only in body remember, in mind he's still young. But now we have the setup for the final fight between Luffy and Kaido, I'll expect in that time we'll have to try and finish off everything else with the Akazaya, reconvening the Straw Hats, King, Queen, Big Mom, Kid, Law, Killer, Hawkins, Apoo and Drake.

Act's not over yet, less than 15 minutes until Onigashima Falls.