#op has been going insane

[theclearblue]

Hnnnghhhh not to talk about Zoro again but after seeing people's reaction to that panel.....it's not out of character! Zoro does this ALL the time, and even more so, he doesn't say what he actually is feeling or what he means. It is a character flaw of his where when he is worried, when he feels he wasn't strong enough, he lashes out and, seemingly, puts it onto other people. Long Ring Long Land, worried about Chopper being stolen, "Man up Chopper", Punk Hazard when he hears Luffy was beaten and is worried about how strong they (he) is in the new world "get serious Luffy, this is the new world", in Zou when Sanji leaves, throws a WHOLE FIT about it which Luffy calls him out on being worried when they've heard the whole story later. there are more examples. He is hit just as hard by not being able to save Vegapunk, and is projecting his insecurities and his distress onto Luffy who is outwardly showing it. It is a character flaw, he's being a dick, but it is a consistent flaw of his that I believe WILL come to resolve and be addressed, he needs to not tie strength to everything in his life. He will eventually face Mihawk, the strongest swordsman, but does Mihawk seem fulfilled from being "the strongest?" I wouldn't say so. Will being the strongest stop bad things out of your control from passing? That's what Zoro needs to find out.

[kacievvbbbb]

I imagine the after Mihawk’s first duel with Shanks (being both older and vastly more experienced ) he beats him pretty effortlessly but Shanks is an interesting opponent and he can see the strength he will eventually grow into. So when it’s all said and done and Shanks’ lies, defeated, at his feet, red in the face but still smiling. Mihawk, haunting as ever, stares down with unnatural gold eyes and tells him;

“Get stronger, Challenge me again”

And Shanks does.

And I wonder if when it’s all said and done, and Zoro and Mihawk have their fated match up. When Zoro looks down at the pinnacle of everything he wanted to achieve; This god turned mentor turned man, defeated at his feet. I wonder if he’ll remember what Mihawk was like; powerful and bored, and decide he doesn’t want to end up like that. Maybe he’s taken a little too much from his captain, but I wonder if he’ll look down at Mihawk and demand;

“Get stronger, Challenge me again”

I imagine Mihawk would be shocked to hear those words echoing all the way back from boyhood to haunt him at what should be his final moments.

But I wonder how he’d react after the shock. Would he be angry that Zoro didn’t take his life along with his title , outraged at the perceived disrespect. Or maybe some part of him might be happy that this isn’t the end, that he has a dream to channel all his restless energy towards again. Or maybe he’d just be proud, after-all this is the boy he bet it all on, and he’s done it. His student has become the master, the unquestioned greatest.

I don’t really know which I prefer.

But I do think that no matter what, just like Shanks probably did all those years ago, he’d laugh.

Because Mihawk’s never not been excited by a challenge. And when’s the last time he felt the blood boiling in his veins with something to prove.

And so he does.

[captainshakespear]

"Nicky vs Primo unarmed cage match" "Nicky vs Primo armed combat" "Nicky vs Primo track and hunt in the forest" there's no version Nicky doesn't win. it doesn't matter how much cocaine Primo has done beforehand. because Nicky could do exactly that much cocaine beforehand and still turn Primo into a paste if necessary.

[shima-draws]

So my roommate is also into One Piece. I’m not sure if he’s watched any of the anime, I know for sure he’s watched the live action, but earlier tonight he came upstairs and watched a few episodes with me while waiting for a food delivery, and then he got hooked, and then he sat and watched MORE episodes with me without really knowing what was going on. But it was still wildly entertaining to him, esp since I’m right in the middle of one of the (arguably) best arcs rn, and now he wants to finish the arc with me LOL. NOBODY is immune to One Piece propaganda. Or Bon-chan 🥰

[kaurwreck]

oh, i figured out aya's skill.

[oh-warizoro]

[thedemon-crowley]

@the-angel-muriel They’re scattered, I know, but I’ve been trying to keep track of my thoughts…

[Image ID: 15 notes all haphazardly stuck to a dark wall.

Note 1:

I'M GOING TO SHAKE YOU SUPREME ARCHANGEL AZIRAPHALE.

Note 2:

__AZIRAPHALE__

WHY DID YOU GO __REALLY__?

YOU. ARE. A. FOOL.

Note 3:

__ANGEL__

AZIRAPHALE YOU __ARE TOO CERTAIN__

when are you ever certain!?

Note 4:

If you only had a brain...

__AZIRAPHALE__

- Being watched

- Stubborn

__IN HEAVEN__

↓

Wizard of Oz

↓

Part of him missing?

↓

MEMORIES?

Note 5:

__METATRON__

In heaven

Book of Enoch

↓

Was ENOCH B4??

Great-great GRANDFATHER (?) to NOAH.

Note 6:

__ASMODEUS + SAMAEL__

↓ ↓

DEMON AZIRAPHALE ANGEL ME

__FUN__ __VERY__ nice car

Note 7:

__The Almighty__

Talking to us?

[crossed out: IN HEAVEN] everywhere?

- In Parts ?

- On Earth ?

- In Heaven ?

The Books?

The Bee?

↓

Note 8:

__The Nightingale__

- God? (Part)

How do we put the PIECES together?

Note 9:

__Jesus???__

- MAD THE SWINE

Jesus likes Queen?

Note 10:

__Muriel__

- Clever

- Trusting of METATRON

.

.

.

NOT RELEVANT

[crossed out: MURIEL+ERIC?? HA HA]

Note 11:

__ERIC__

- Needs to calm down

[crossed out: DEFINITELY Fancies Muriel]

not relevant

Note 12:

Threatening note to Muriel?

- METATRON *

- Michael

- [crossed out: Shamshiel] - ERIC PRE FALL

- [crossed out: Agatha Christie]

Note 13:

__Note to Self__

- Go to Specsavers

- [messy writing: STOP thinking about Aziraphale]

→ Stop getting this drunk

Note 14:

__RANDOM PACKAGES?__

SUSPICIOUS?

nevermind [circled: Angel.]

X DEAD END. JUST GIFTS?

Note 15:

__MISCELLANEOUS__

- Anathema + Newt getting hitched

- The Therapist

→ Trying to get me + Az. "back" together. Ha. ]

[mugiwara--ya]

seeing so many ppl getting into one piece for the first time is so exciting and so much fun AHH

[moongothic]

I want to preface this by saying that this is meant to be kind of a shitpost. I just. The thought passed my mind. I laughed at it. Thought about it again, laughed some more and I just had to get it out of my system. So here we are

So when I read the myth of Toyotama Hime I did start to wonder if it could be used as fuel for the Crocodad Fire, the myth being about Toyotama coming from Ryuugyuu Castle to give birth on land etc. And in One Piece, we do have that very castle on Fishman Island. Which isn't surprising or anything, Oda getting inspo/names from various mythologies is nothing new by a long shot, and it's unlikely you could somehow tie Crocodile to Fishman Island through that myth. Like Toyotama coming "from the ocean" could just be turned into "Crocodile coming from the sea as a pirate", doesn't have to be deeper than that

But then I thought

...Do we actually know Crocodile isn't part-merman

Like. You see--

We know half-merfolk-half-humans do keep their fishtails like full-merfolk (see Charlotte Praline), and we know that while mermaids split their tails after 30, mermen never do. So between that and us having The Most Scandalous Feet Pics of Sir Crocodile (from the jailbreak cover story), well, we know he has basic ass human feet, so we know for certain he can't be half-merman

But also

Chimney is 1/4th mermaid. The only mermaid features she inherited from her grandmother were her hair color and her being a "good swimmer". Chimney is part-mermaid, and she has human feet

Like the only thing that could debunk this idea (based on what we know about Chimney) would be if Crocodile was a shit swimmer, but he's a Devil Fruit user so of course he can't fucking swim. So we have literally nothing to prove or debunk the idea.

So like

You've heard of "Crocodile is Whitebeard's bio-son" You've heard of "Crocodile is the missing Kuja Empress" You've even heard of "Crocodile is Xebec's son".

So how about

"Crocodile is 1/4th merman"

Why the fuck not

But the funny thing is

Not only would it weirdly explain why the fuck our beloved Sand Man Who Can't Fucking Swim is named after an animal known for swimming (like OP has weird fucking names, see; Smoker, Baby 5, Monkey D. Dragon, etc. What bugs me about Crocodile is the slightly contradictatory theming, but if he was named "Crocodile" by his merfolk parents, suddenly, it kind of works)

But also like. We know Crocodile fucking Hates the Government. And to be fair, there's plenty of reasons for anyone to hate the World Government, you don't need a personal grudge to hate them.

But if he had merfolk parents (who might be stuck living on the surface because they wouldn't have been able to get their child to Fishman Island without someone essentially delivering him there, 'cause he wouldn't have been able to just SWIM there), then there's a genuinely possibility said parent(s) could've ended up getting caught and turned into slaves. And boy would that give someone A Personal Fucking Grudge Against The Government

But also, due to the in-universe discrimination against merfolk, if Crocodile was part-merman it could mean he could've been harassed for it since a young age, or worse yet, could've become a target for slavers if anybody found out. And somehow, having to hide that part about his heritage would work really well into his trust issues

Not to mention, after escaping Impel Down, Croc and Jinbei have this brief convo (that turns racist) where Croc expresses his surprise over Jinbei being able to summon fish, having thought only merfolk could do that. Of course, Croc being a seasoned pirate and all you could totally expect him to like know about mermaid legends etc, but him having no knowledge about Fishmen is a bit odd. Especially because we know he's been to the New World, so you'd think he must've gone to Fishman Island at least once before? Although, his former Shichibukai Rights probably would've allowed him to cross over the Red Line through Marijois instead of having to pass through Fishman Island, but regardless, it's odd, is it not? But if Crocodile did have merfolk parents whom he got separated from at a young age?? Maybe he learned a thing or two about that side of his family, but never enough?? And then having to hide that side of his heritage could've left him just estranged????

Also IDK if it's worth anything but in the cover stories, we were introduced to our first mermaid Camie at the tail end of Alabasta, while the Miss Goldenweek coverstory ran during Water 7 where we meet Kokoro and Chimney. IDK it's a funny coincidence

I just

Could you fucking imagine

How fucking insane would that be, if Crocodile was part-merman

[phoenixcatch7]

What I'd really love to see is a svsss au where shen yuan had the immense powers from saiki k.

Like, svsss is already a romcom of a guy shunted into a fantasy world with meta knowledge and immense power for no reason apart from 'make a happy ending' as a fairly thick veneer over an absolute hot mess of a tragedy with a happy ending, red flags galore, complete with a protagonist completely removed from the concept of romance and resigned to his fate of being abandoned by the people around him because of the circumstances he was 'born' into, but he's funny about it.

The disastrous life of saiki k is a fast paced crack comedy about a guy granted immense power for no reason with meta knowledge of the world as a thick veneer over something a little darker and traumatic with a happy ending, complete with a protagonist completely removed from the concept of romance and resigned to being ignored by the people around him because of the circumstances he was born into, but he's hilarious about it.

Now I don't think it should be a 1-1 transplant of saiki to the svsss world, but to imagine an sy with those powers who didn't manage to find loyal friends, who moved out to live alone as soon as possible to avoid issues with his powers, who gravitated to web novels because of their regular updates as opposed to being constantly spoiled for books with finished endings. An sy who despite his ridiculous levels of power died alone in a stupid way and woke up in a world filled with people who also had immense and varied powers, dealing with the prospect of immortality when his own powers are still constantly growing and interfering with his life, but be silly about it.

I want to see a sy with telepathy still failing to understand what lbhs deal is because of his own denial, a sy with the power to crush mountains with a finger trying not to blow down walls with a sneeze because someone put him on a mountain FILLED with plants in SPRING, an sy who deleted an entire country from the planet aged four trying to dodge overly enthusiastic maidens he keeps saving because he doesn't want to steal from the protagonist and also no, lady, please. Shen yuan sitting in the water prison absolutely deadpan as people try and scare him with 10 iq stories about the acid waterfalls. An sy who hares around the peak trying to avoid being spotted on valentines day as he redirects unwanted admirers and improves his disciples dates just so they can all have a good day.

An sqh who really, honestly truly doesn't know how pidw was made real, honest!! All he could do was see ghosts! It's not his fault the story he wrote to make rent turned into all of this!! But because you're here can you pretty please make some ice, I'm in desperate need of air con and my king hasn't showed up in weeks!

Sqq and sqh playing telepathic chess during boring meetings and sqq leaving him to suffer when sqh is asked a question even though he himself knows the answer.

Lbh trying everything to get shizuns attention and discovering his total weakness to his cooking. Like, will let you cheat in class levels of bribery.

Sqq stalking dourly through fields of aphrodisiac plant because he's raised his body temperature high enough to burn out any pollen before it gets too close and the system just despairing at getting this man to do something interesting.

Cat!sqq transforming back as fast as he can because he's got a meeting in half an hour and having to rush around trying to find something to cover the cat ears he didn't manage get rid of.

Shen qingqiu pulling out his limiters and dropping the mask to reveal a deity in the shape of a man, something crafted purely of psychic energy and burning fury, determined to hold maigu ridge together and keep the realms apart with his will alone, to save luo binghe if it killed him again. A shining aura stretching miles, glowing like a star, halting the earthquake with his bare hands.

Sqq seeing a bug and freaking out so hard he teleports to the northern demon realm and lands in a slushy pond, and sqh nearly giving him away because of how hard he's laughing.

[lesbian-gnf-archive]

Oh I actually started to cry

[swordmaid]

I just finished astarion’s quest …. It was pretty good!! and I like the pacing of his character + their relationship it fits with shri’iia’s story and development so astarion’s her LI now I guess. but omg that fight I had to cheese it 😭 I’m so happy shri’iia is a paladin bc one blinding smite was enough to half health cazador before the fight begun so she just spent the whole time hunting him down and smiting

[pirateborn-a]

recent chapters have been giving me So Much surely nothing bad will come from it

[azoosepted]

another day, another reminder that a singular limbus company shitpost from this godforsaken website led to me making a full fledged parody of In Hell We Live, Lament

[franeridan]

can't stop thinking about that one post tumblr put on my dash that was like the main difference between luffy and teach is that teach is luffy without a dream..................... i mean it's cool to have our own understanding of the characters and all but how did you erase teach's introduction from your memory that thoroughly

[kits-ships]

told myself that i dont care for any of the goo/d ome/ns theories out there but for some reason my brain just went