#*ponders*

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Claps hands

Speaking of that, Gorillaz fans quickly give me your discord or insta because I want to make friends I love you guys and finding servers is near impossible wtf

I swear I am kind hearted and draw so that's just a bonus we can trade art lovingly 😋🫶

[malikselfindulgence]

Hi this is Chidi when she was just wee tot

SANDY RECORDED THISON HIS TINY BUSTED CRACKED SCREEN PHONE

[angelsonthesideline]

Man.. how does ovulation feel like you’re getting shanked at the same time as being feral and rabidly horny

[monkeydluffy19920]

Is Nami a mermaid? The evidence includes: An original drawing by Luffy of Nami as a mermaid. Her name means wave in Japanese. Shirahoshi instantly liked her. Nami understands the ocean even without any formal training. She’s Swedish (this is important because Scandinavian mermaids warn sailors of storms and danger). Her past is completely unknown. Also, she has constantly worn those two circles on her skirt and pants that we see the mer guards wear

Hiya Nonny and thanks for the ask :)

First of all, amazing background work made there!  It took some time for me to do some as well so sorry for the delay but let’s move forward to the ponders whether Nami could be a mermaid.

This post will most likely be long since there are lots of interesting themes to talk about so here we go! :)

Mermaids in (Scandinavian) mythology

Ok first the basics, mermaid is a mythical sea creature with the head and trunk of a woman and the tail of a fish, conventionally depicted as beautiful and with long flowing golden hair [x].

Since you Nonny made a good point about Oda-sensei picking Nami’s nationality to be swedish so I will (try to) focus on scandinavian folklores in this post.   By the way, if you dear reader are native Swede and know more about the folklore please let me know, I’m completely leaning on Google at the moment *laughs*

Anyway, in Sweden Mermaids are called Havsfru and they are believed to be seen in the open ocean, living peacefully with other creatures that live in the oceans. According to the legends, the sailors that meet mermaids usually give little sacrifices such as small coins, food or warm pieces of clothes in winter in order to honor them and as an exchange, the Havsfrus repay the kind gestures with either sharing weather information (i.e warning for approaching storms, or good winds, like you Nonny said) or warn them about icebergs etc.

Mermaids can take different figures, an indescribable beautiful lady (like Sanji dreams of) with the tail of a fish tails and sometimes they move with legs. Also according to the folklore, mermaids can also transform into another sea creature.

Transformation is something we saw in Water 7 when Oda made a plot twist and made Kokoro saved Zoro and the others from a huge wave: 

In European mythologies, all kinds of tales have given mermaid a very  variant imagos. Sometimes they were portrayed as beautiful and seductive maidens who were greatly desired by lonely sailors whereas they also were sometimes portrayed as siren-esque beasts that dragged men into the inky-black depths.

Also in swedish folklore, the continuation of your travel depended on the way you treated the mermaids. If you refused their requests, you surely got to taste the wrath power of hers and you’d end up deep down to the sea with your sunken ship. If you were nice and did what she asked, you would get rewarded.

If we think about this mythology and compare it to Nami’s appearence, we indeed can see some similarities in her and mermaids’ characteristics. First of all, she now also has long wavy hair Sanji imagined her to have before the time skip (frankly spoken that mermaid Sanji mentions back then indeed looks a lot like Nami, especially in colored version, not only the hair but the earrings and stuff) but again it can all be coincidence.

We can reminisce the  she still worked for Arlong she was sneaky and used her cute appearence to fool other pirates (just like mermaids lured sailors) in order to rob them and also she charmed Sanji to get away with paying the food in Baratie. 

Now that One Piece has gone further with Time Skip and stuff Nami hasn’t used her looks so much to fool the enemies. I think there are various reasons for this, first of all back then she worked all alone. So she needed always to be one step ahead of the game if she wanted to steal the gold and stuff.

Now she is a part of a pirate group which means she can always lean on her crew mates and second important reason is that her fighting skills have been improved a lot. She started with a (portable?) stick-kind of weapon which wasn’t quite strong but enough for her to get away just in case.

Now she has a clima-tact that has been upgraded ever since it was introduced the first time and now we can say that now she really is strong enough to fight so she won’t end up in such trouble first hand.

Last one thing why Nami doesn’t use her looks is that she simply doesn’t have to. She collected money to save the her home village from Arlong but now that Arlong is out of the game she can be more relaxed. One of her life goals was achieved. Also, she is now a part of a pirate group. Her main occupation is being a navigator.

Despite that she is still proven to be a quick and excellent thief. She freaking robbed a whole village while bidding them goodbye at Cocoyashi *laughs* She keeps her thief-skills still updated because she snatches important things every once in a while.

The point is, stealing money etc. isn’t a must anymore for Nami. Like a thing which her life depends on, it’s nowadays more like a “hobby”. Also now it’s easier to steal stuff vs. when she was alone so no more need to fool the others with body and so on.

Ok then about the other thing, at least from the comical aspect the travel indeed depends on Nami’s mood. I mean not only hers but if she is in a bad mood, she isn’t shy to show it.

No matter canon or filler one of the running gags is that Nami hits people to make them behave or stop the idiocy. This we learned very well before Skypiea when she was literally so pissed off because they became laughing stocks at Jaya.

Nami indeed is a great strategist ad negotiator, I mean she even got Zeus to turn against Big Mom. Let’s not forget that Zeus was made of Big Mom’s soul so a literal yonko soul is scared of a random pirate. That is something incredible.

But let’s not forget Nami does have a soft side too. Despite her greediness is huge running gag she did give away some treasure back in Thriller Bark which was a big moment of confusion for Luffy and Usopp.

Not only this but also in general Nami "repays" the good deeds which means she is thankful for everything Straw Hats done for her and gives back too. She might give chills if things are not in order (as a comical relief though) but she deeply cares about her nakama and is very protective of them.

For example it was her who felt the most openly distress when things start to fall apart in Water 7 and even tried to fix things by reasoning her mates. Then back in WCI she drove forward the retrieval team and showed constant worry about her missing nakama.

Let's not forget that Nami was also ready to save random kids at Punk Hazard (since she herself experienced a miserable childhood after Bellmere died she could somehow relate to the childrens' pain although they didn't know for a long time) so it really speaks for the fact that she is far from selfish.

We must not also forget that although her element is air, she also enjoys swimming a lot. That alone doesn't make her the mermaid but I have to say it's an interesting coincidence Nami was chosen to be a mermaid in one of that One Piece Straw Hat Theater-episode where Straw Hats were mythological creatures.

This was part of Oda's One Piece Omake-series so even though it was "fictional" and "spin off"-styled, I partly wonder Oda picked the mermaid-role for her on purpose.

Nami's unknown past

So, like Nonny said, we know just a little scratch of Nami’s past. She first met her foster mother Bellmere in Oykot where the Marines went to save the kingdom that was battling for some unknown reason. Then later she adopted little Nami and Nojiko and raised them in Cocoyashi Village.

There is basically nothing told about this place named Oykot (which is Tokyo backwards) but somehow it’s almost 50% safe to expect that Oda-sensei somehow returns to this topic and perhaps even reveals more about Nami’s origins (because things have been connected earlier too and everything seem to have a meaning when it comes down to the main characters, the Straw Hats and their character growths).

Like mentioned in this post, what puzzles me the most in this flashback in chapter 77 is the smile of hers. Also Nojiko is pretty much a “wild card” when it comes down to Nami’s past. Why?

Because when Bellemeré asks Nojiko claims that they are not blood related siblings. However she carries Nami around the rainy battlefield so it kind of gives the vibes that they might know each other but I don’t know enough to tell whether it’s normal to carry a stranger in your arms as a kid in middle of a battlefield.

Nojiko and Nami do look alike, maybe it’s Oda’s way to draw but this could indicate that they could actually be (distant) relatives?

She understands the ocean

So, in the folklore-part was talked, mermaids had some sort of ability to predict the weather and they'd share the information to the men of the seas. Nami's one most significant skill is related strongly to the weather (and linked to the ocean) this is something for example Vivi brought up back in Grand Line.

It's an amazing skill, no one knows where she has inherited it (like from books or just going by gut-feeling?) but she has honed it in Weatheria and even if she wasn't a mermaid, her skills are still beyond amazing!!

Friendship with Shirahoshi

Nami and Shirahoshi befriended quickly back in Fishman Island. Hard to say what was the "ice breaker" but mysteriously Nami replies her compliment with: "I guess we have some things in common".

This could be interpreted in many ways but somehow I have the feeling Nami is relating to the similarities in their pasts: both were under the influence Fish Men (and literally trapped by them) and lost their mothers tragically. They are also both emotional too. Would be interesting though if Shirahoshi would be the only one to sense Nami's mermaidness and at thait point these panels could become foreshadowing:

She has constantly worn those two circles on her skirt and pants that we see the mer guards wear

Frankly spoken, I've never paid attention to this detail so this is a great catch, Nonny!!!

There might not be info about who has created one of Nami's favorite clothing brand (which seems to be the one with the two circles-style since she wears it a lot in different forms) but perhaps it has taken influence on Fishman Island?

An original drawing by Luffy of Nami as a mermaid.

So, Luffy drew a “mermaid” version of Nami inspired by Sanji’s thoughts by basically adding hair and eyelashes to his sketch of fish-man. That could be another great foreshadow from Oda for sure but at least we know one thing. Oda is great with details and loves hiding easter eggs and atcually in chapter 262, Luffy’s drawing can be found too "alive"!

All in all, the conclusion of this post is, I really find this theory interesting although I can't say for sure whether there could be possibility that Nami is secretly a mermaid but it would require another arc for her.

Nami basically had already one main arc but now to think about, this could be a huge plot twist just like Sanji had, another arc that explained basically everything I mean.

So, who knows, anything can happen in the story of One Piece!

[cubffections]

and if i spend $90 on boothill then wut !!!

[cult-of-dollbabies]

This was such a fun experience! @twyz is so so awesome to work and talk with and is so very talented !! (CHECK THEIR PAGE OUT RN IF YOU HAVEN’T ITS SO LOVELY) I’m so happy you were interested in doing this with me and I hope we can again in the future! ❤️

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do i study or do i watch txt's mma performance

[0nofaceddd]

my words, my heart, my fear, my love. Life is weird, okay so we’re born and spend so much of the time trying to figure out whyy individually are we here.. imagine being born and quote on quote knowing your purpose.idk just a thought.

[ace-and-spacey]

I used to read fics where Naruto was physically attacked-like-tortured and nothing was done about it, and I got thinking… Naruto realistically wouldn’t have gone through something like that, nothing physically harmful would have been allowed to happen to him, but not all abuse is physical y’know?

Do you think he fell in love with Ichiraku’s ramen immediately and was so loyal to it because it was the first time he’d ever gotten a 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐦 meal?

[ilkll]

universal yearning

Some days, the morning light shines through my bedroom window, reaching for a peak of the words my eyes are infatuated by.

A story book of love and wonders, seems the sun wants that fondness too I believe ..

[anthropolitical]

Undergoing a lot of different readings that are contextual in elaborating the human curiosity within the contemplation under the information gathered around the verbal and written. For me, this is an exercise in what my mind can bring forth since reading such publications or watching other people talk about informative things regarding the ancient and historical times. Here by written form, I can identify the undergoing complexes within my own psyche. A sort of inner wealth search to unravel the complications within and without, the internal and the external. To gather the processes within the times of ongoing information which is growing fast on the internet. For such purposes I want to establish the on going commitment in researching and collaborating with top minds to understand the crisis of the spiritual and physical - to elaborate on this, the judgement foretold on the people, such humanity within the grips of ancient prophecies or current situations which seem to of been prophesied in the latter years. In my comprehension and experience within my dream world has pointed that I could be under a spiritual battle, my experiences in dream time and physicality within the dreamtime have had astrally placed things in my subtle bodies. To know the chakras and other modalities are real in the meditational space, which is not the psuedo-science but actualised in the vedas. Do we speak with integrity in the way that most ancient texts match up with different information for the new age or spiritual to come together as esoteric in nature. 

How to put in words, the experiences in dream time. To know that the ancient gods are mere metaphor or literature which is designated in the comprehension of the 3D world. To understand the psychosomatic, the subtle bodies in play - how do we reach a cosmic understanding in the lines of curiosity and safety? To navigate from the dangerous towards to the protected, which is why indeed I have asked Jesus to be my saviour and if he as a deity of the known in the religious world would be there for me. Still waiting for that to happen, so it’s curiously waiting to be understood if there is only one form of god or if the god/goddesses or ascended masters are truly there (all in their own time). Maybe for now, I can focus on myself and others that I can see and not annoy or dismount any god/goddess/ascended master from their primal duty.

It is so said, to me, partly in due course to understand the whereabouts of my true self and other - not as a fixation or a fantasy but to establish a rapport in studying my own truest self and part here on Earth. As Earth is an anagram for Heart. To grow my true heart into the petals it shall bloom in the nourishment of the commitment of establishing a relationship with souls that are great for my own soul and others to proceed in the navigation of the world. It is in my part, to completely evolve from limiting desires and to remove the bad consequences my own past has foreshown. In my duty it is to understand the limitations of myself and others to establish a ‘why’ sort of sense and to understand fate and wisdom in its hands to intellectually and spiritually nourish my apprehension. Such parts on my growth will be found in undertaking such witnessing tracks in my own albeit understanding and thought processes and the cycles of our times which correspond with the attitude in which humanity will sway. 

Let the beauty undertake such essence, in the poetic minds of such artistry to convey such brilliance in the decorum of the god/goddess. Such pantheon, such polytheism, monotheism, the masters - the different sects of the world that has each cultural matter in its own proceedings to ensure the cultural tradition in the remarks of the historical latitude and longtitude. Each culture having their own take on religion and mythic deities. It is to know, the understanding and commitment of connecting to such forefathers to communicate a great deal of esoteric knowledge in the space of matter, such starry events in the sky. To contemplate what this information really means for the inner work to be of causality, towards the comprehension of the inner planes of existence. Such understanding in the context of reality space/time - it’s mesmerising in a way, the continents of the west, east, north and south. How do people get to these understandings and are they truths? Innovation and excavation of resources from the earth, who taught such a thing? How did we know that the precious metals in the crust of the earth would make such a thing? Was it god/goddess/angelic creatures alike which took akin the understanding and knowledge of parts in which sees to completion in a complete structure of intelligence. In understanding such technologies, the world is going on a transformation in regards to the current possibilities and probabilities. 

Activating the third house profection, liberating the Aquarius vibes in the moment of innovation and technological advancements within the human body (not to be inserting technologies in my brain but the activate the pineal and pituitary gland - higher mind intelligence and god/goddess complex of informational transformation). Contributing to the time of writing this text, in 2022 - the remarks of the body and how it may or may not know that I am sat there using this device and its just stuck there, sat in this chair - thinking its looking at the wall but actually using a device which can create such a thing in its complexity in the coding and data on it. Maybe your sight and attention is subtly being influenced by faraway subjects in the physical, mental and etheric plane? You’re seeing more than what meets the eye. These walls don’t cause the feelings and energies to stop?! It’s like when you’re sat down on a chair and you’re scrolling on your phone and your body is thinking it’s just looking at its own crotch haha. 

You have to be ready and well versed in such a display of temperament, in the ideologies, the psychologies, the biologies, the astrologies etc…

How do we get to a conclusion, is it forever? 

[hyenasbreath--archive]

i cant tell if i have a new headfreak or if its those fuckers that just appear after being here for years

[malikselfindulgence]

Whgat if my bnha s/ihad like a rlly lame quirk . Can give u migraines telepathically but it gives HIM a migraine too . He takes an inadvisable amount of ibuprofen per day

[timefospookies]

art is never finished

it is only abandoned when it looks good.

there is no such thing as finished art

only abandoned and good looking art

Think about this

(Its 1:00am rn Im so tired)

My dude this is so poetic, thank you :O/gen/pos

[medievalbutch]

Mcr mcr mcr mcr thissss weekend

[precariouswizardry]