wano & egghead spoilers (up to current chapter 1108)
there's some interesting connection between the eyes of zunesha, luffy/joyboy and the iron giant on egghead
in the zou arc with zunesha's first introductions, each time they were on the page their eyes were big black holes, seemingly empty or hollow:
in wano arc, when zunesha got the first feeling that joyboy could appear, and was on the way to wano, their depiction was in inverse - which could still mean hollow black eyes and lighter color body, but in the shadows:
and then, when it seemed luffy died, his own eyes were very similar - black and hollow, dead and still, like zunesha's.
(this similarity especially here between them is very interesting (dead and still), and i hope we learn more about the 'crime' zunesha did, if i remember correctly, around 900years ago? and what exactly was their punishment, beside to wander around the world forever, and who were they in relation to joyboy..)
UNTIL !! luffy came back to life! not only as luffy, but with something of joyboy's spirit alongside him and unlocking/awakening his gear 5 of the sun god nika devil fruit. zunesha's eyes began almost glowing. bright and light (with hope and sun!):
and in this panel above was also another interesting thing - since then for a few panels/pages, we didn't see luffy's eyes - he had them covered, first with his hair, then even with his hand! (so much that the pose also ended up on his new bounty poster):
(when i first read it, it made me think as if he was getting used to the light/sun again after a long time, and had to shield them to protect them)
it feels that maybe the focus somehow shifted from his usually determined eyes - to his smile when he's fighting in gear 5, to give even more emphasis on him bringing laughter, joy and freedom to the people he's fighting for, so much that many times he's having his eyes closed or covered, even on egghead:
(there's still many panels where they eyes aren't covered, but it's even more curious when they are, especially on purpose, like with that bubble text above^)
even this last page of 1108, first we get to see a very intense look of luffy/nika being serious, angry and even terrifying with his power to grip both saturn and kizaru at once, and then a huge smile with eyes of similar intensity as saturn, still with something terrifying in that expression:
now with the zunesha and another connection - the iron giant on egghead.
when luffy went into gear 5 against kizaru, for few pages he was fighting in his giant form, and two times in those chapters it goes to focus right on the iron giant, who's eyes started to glow, as if he was waking up, as if he started to come back to life:
(again, looks really similar to zunesha)
i really want to see what exactly is connecting them, these beings over 900years old (with the iron giant even attacking marijoa 200years ago) very possibly it's the feeling of joyboy's presence, so i hope there could be more exposition on who exactly joyboy was.
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and then there's another connection with different looking eyes, and that's of the gorosei/five elders, in their awakened devil fruit state:
and especially, since he's been there more than the others, with saturn having these eyes when he gets very angry. (glowing? fire? poison - as there was mention the ushi-oni he's based on do have poison, and in the new chapter it was also mentioned that he's covered in poison.):
(I'm very curious how this will be animated/what colors. if it's gonna be differenciated from those of zunesha/iron giant/luffy, or if they will keep these similarities. i always love to find how luffy can resemble someone he opposes (kaido & big mom especially) bc he might be chaotic/having fun and be selfish, but never in the way his enemies are. he's always looking after the people who were kind to him/helped him, and doesn't want anyone to suffer. so it's always great to see how he use their similarities against his opponents to bring them down and win).
how is that saying, eyes are the window to the soul?
in the eye of the hurricane? or-
"the D will always cause another storm?"
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what’s going on with dan and phil? did one of them just cone out?? i thought they were already gay?
HI NORA LMAOOOOOO . YEAH THIS MUST BE REALLY FUNNY FROM THE OUTSIDE ... but they are in fact already out and have been since 2019!!
the modern day context of what got them on the trending page of every social media at once is:
dan released a proshoot of his stand-up special (very good btw !!!) on youtube and it resulted in this exchange on twitter
[ID: A screenshot of Twitter, showing a tweet from Daniel Howell (@/danielhowell), linking to the We're All Doomed! Full comedy special, and saying "presenting my live theatrical comedy show that asks - when the world is this bad, should we all just give up and die? enjoy/sorry/thank you🧡". Phil Lester (@/AmazingPhil) quote retweets the post, reading "every time i see this it makes me laugh and cry at the same time until i’m a shaking mess on the floor. great show thanks danny!!". A reply from Daniel Howell reads "🧡". End ID]
fans went bananas because thats far more public sincerity than is normal from either of them. this led to your normal combo of "awe they support each other's creative projects so much 🧡" and "PHAN IS REAL ??" posting. this all exploded about 1000x over when this morning dan posted a screenshot of the whole interaction to his youtube community page just saying
[ID: A Youtube Community post from Daniel Howell, reading "gay" with a video link and attached screenshot of the previous twitter interaction. End ID]
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Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon - All Media Types, Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl & Platinum | Pokemon Diamond Pearl Platinum Versions, Pocket Monsters Diamond-Pearl Legend: Pokemon DP | Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Saturn & B-2, Saturn/B-2
Characters: Saturn (Pokemon), K-2 | B-2 (Pokemon)
Additional Tags: Buddies, Road Trip, I didn't mean to ship this, But they vibed too hard and the rating had to go up
Summary:
Saturn and B-2 head out to catch a Magmortar, and to try and get themselves back together after Galactic fell apart at Spear Pillar.
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Jaygarcia Saturn Prediction
After looking down on people as insects, Jaygarcia will end with a villainous breakdown wherein he transforms into his full monster form and goes feral ala Ratigan. Either he’ll get a taste of his own medicine with the Sapphire disease and sunshine that turns him into a statue, gets smashed by the giant robot, or Kuma explodes on Saturn and his corpse curls up like a dead spider. Either way, dying like the “insects” he cruelly insulted people as.
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People say they know a girl
Who's lost her way, she's always angry
No one bothers to ask her
What she hears or what she hopes for
The air is cold, she lives alone
And tires of being her only provider
She can't fathom grace tonight
No not tonight, it's not an option
Searching for more than mere tastes of living water
Tired eyes tend to wander, seek the light
Create in her a sense of awe that sees Your beauty
Let Your splendor flash with blinding light
Cities slowly suffocate
What once was bright is now moth-eaten
As young girls filter thoughts that once were
Fresh now worn and beaten
Clutching pity like a prize
To her side her fingers grow weary
He cares so much for sparrows
Won't He toss something out my way?
Searching for more than mere lies disguised as dogma
Tired eyes tend to wander, seek the light
Create in her a sense of awe that sees Your beauty
Let Your splendor flash with blinding light
Standing tall, all the aspen trees drink water
As the rain falls down like laughter from the sky
-Five Iron Frenzy, “Something Like Laughter” (’The End is Near,’ 2003)
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