You know, for the slightly personal vendetta I have against Teach for various crimes (primarily ensuring I will never have more than a handful of clips and frames of Thatch to fawn over and the entirety of Marineford), I can't help but wonder about his motivation.
And feel kind of bad for him.
Canonically, he never sleeps.
Like, ever.
And that just makes me wonder how thoroughly he has to lie to himself about how he grew up. Like, it couldn't have been totally pleasant on a pirate ship. God knows Shanks is an alcoholic and Buggy is... Himself because of the few years they sailed with Roger.
But there's also no denying how much Whitebeard's crew cared about each other.
Was it the fact that he could never be at the top with his adopted family? With so many brothers and sisters, he's almost certainly not anyone's favorite.
He seems ambitious but lacking in some ethereal, key thing. Perhaps it's his duplicity that ultimately means he could never be Pirate King in any real sense. A title like that demands pride and an upfront declaration of self.
(we're not touching the multiple personality allegations for now)
And the symbol. Three heads.
Even when he struck out on his own, he couldn't seem to imagine actually being alone. And that's kind of curious, actually.
For someone so determined to cheat and steal his way to the top, to stand out amongst the rabble as Pirate King, he chooses to identify as one of many.
What does he fill his time with, now that he's thrown away so much in pursuit of power? Dreaming is such a big theme in One Piece, so for a man literally incapable of this, what does he have?
What does Teach tell himself late at night when everyone else is asleep. When the world is quiet save the waves lapping at his ship.
Does he laugh at Thatch's betrayed ghost? Chuckle at the ridiculous way Ace threw away his life rather than ally with Teach?
Or did that get old--if he ever did it to start with.
Does he feel Whitebeard's disapproving eyes on his back when the stars go dark. That disgusted tone informing him with absolute certainty that he'll never be Pirate King.
That everything he's ever done was for nothing. Less than nothing.
Blood so thick on his hands the ultimate prize will just slip off his fingertips, no matter how desperate he gets.
If Teach can't even escape his worst parts through dreams, does he even understand their weight anymore? Or does he only know that the taste of want never leaves his tongue
Wet gasps on an abandoned deck.
Soft clattering of slick beads on cobblestone.
Late night parties fallen into silence.
A snowstorm raging all around him.
Condemnation from the only man he ever called father.
Do you regret, Marshal D. Teach?
Can you even feel it?
Or are the nights just long stretches of darkness with hollow ripples on the ocean?
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not to complain about being an australian mun again but sometimes with timezones it really starts to feel like I’m just kicking rocks and my muse’s are being like that “c’mon, do something” meme constantly 😭 basically a roundabout way of saying if you see this pls like this if I can come into your DM’s and plot or it’s okay to send you memes because my girls are getting antsy for me to write things. I am open to lots, despite my girls being “twilight based” they are extremely canon divergent even down to the vampire lore which I have frankensteined together from various vampire media and it is nothing like smeyer’s sparkly mormon freaks, so very open to interacting with other media’s vampries and plotting out verses or situations for them
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hello hello here is my legally obligated Art Vs. Artist for 2023!!
I struggled a bit more with inspiration and motivation this year, but I still managed to make some art that I’m proud of and enjoyed creating! I did a fair bit of OC art, contributed to Art Fight, had an unexpected amount of fun painting eggs, and of course still had time to squeeze in some slutty Izzy art <3 (albeit not nearly as much as last year).
all in all, a bit of a random mix this year, but I’m hoping to make more progress and regain some proper inspiration in 2024 :))
as always, thank you a million times to everyone who supports my art (especially to those who supported me opening my brand new inprnt shop!!) I truly mean it when I say every comment, every reblog, and every sweet message means the world to me <333 I’m eternally grateful :)
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╰ ☆ ✧ — @a-hell-of-a-lot-of-muses asked: "I'm a nice person but I'm about to start throwing rocks at people." (Lucy)
↳ -: ☆ ( 𝐓𝐔𝐌𝐁𝐋𝐑 𝐓𝐄𝐗𝐓 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟐 ) ☆ :-
˗ˏˋ *ㅤ★ㅤ‿︵ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆. The child's starry eyes only drift from the older girl to the person that had obviously made her so irritated. Lucy - san said she wanted to start throwing ROCKS at peopleㅤ—ㅤso clearly, there was only one solution to her dilemma.
⊱ ★ ⊰ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤThe child simply walks over to a grassier section of the park; bending down to rustle and rummage through the greenery. When they finally stand up, they were holding a rather HEFTY rock that soon found it's way into Lucy - san's hands. They even went the extra mile to give her some additional, smaller rocks as well.
⊱ ★ ⊰ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ❛ㅤSTART THROWING.ㅤ❜
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