#Linlin

[shankss-magnificent-ass]

Imagine Katakuri getting a crush on you and Big mom arranging a marriage between you two

Big Mom: -takuri... Katakuri!

Katakuri: *snaps out of his day dream* Oh yes, Mama

Big Mom: where were you, you've been distracted during meetings for days.

Katakuri: It's nothing, sorry mama, it won't happen again. I have some paper work to attend to, may I please be excused?

Big Mom: yes.

Daifuku: *soon as Katakuri leaves* I believe he's fallen in love, Mama.

Big Mom: Ehh, with whom?

Perospero: With (y/n), they attended your last tea party with their father, who owns the largest vanilla orchard in the world.

Big Mom: really? Are they single?

Daifuku: I ... I'm not sure, Mama.

Big Mom: I'll look into it then, in the meantime look after your brother, make sure he keeps up with his work.

Perospero and Daifuku: Yes Mama.

Daifuku: *once Big Mom is out of ear shot* Did we just sign Katakuri up to get married.

Persopero: Probably, you know how mama is about securing ingredients for sweets. And unfortunately for our dear brother, vanilla is found in most sweets, from angel food cake to zingers.

Daifuku: but what if (y/n)'s father doesn't agree to join and marry of his only child?

Persopero: If that happens Mama will do a hostile take over, and either marry or give (y/) to Katakuri.

Later at Big Mom's residence

Katakuri: *arrives for a meeting only to find you in the conference room* Oh, what are you doing here?

You: My father has agreed to join your pirate group, and to marry me off into your family.

Katakuri: * sits next to you* ... Do you know who you'll be marrying?

You: not yet, but that's what this meeting is about.

Katakuri: *knows his mother only invites the child she wants to marry off to these meetings but doesn't want to scare you* no mater who you marry, I'll make sure you're taken care of and have everything your heart desires.

You: *gives him a weak smile* Thank you, Kata, you wouldn't believe relieved I am to hear that.

Katakuri: *extends his hand for you to hold* Mama, should be here soon.

You: *takes his hand and squeezes it with trembling hands*

Katakuri: You're shaking.

You: I've... just never not been under my father's protection, and I'm scared.... but I do feel better with you here with me.

Katakuri: *rubs the back of your hand with his thumb* Really? Even though we've only met a handful of times in the part?

Big Mom: *kicks open the door* (y/n)! I'm so glad you could come... Oh, I see you've already met your betrothed.

Katakuri: Me!?

Big Mom: *glared* You like them, don't you?

Katakuri: *blushes* mama! Please let's not embarrass me in front of our guest.

Big Mom: mmmr, very well, since you two are already getting acquainted I'll leave you to it. ... Oh, by the way the wedding is in five days. *Leaves*

Katakuri: Five days until we're married... *flops back into his chair and is lost in thought, coming to grips with the fact that he is to be married.*

You: ... I'm sorry about this I don't know what my father was thinking offering me up like this.

Katakuri: He didn't offer you up, Mama offered me up first. Mainly to gain your father's orchard, but that is beside the point. If there is anything I can do, please let me know. You probably won't be moved into my house until after the wedding, but I can have my sisters look after you.

You: You mean you won't be staying with me?

Katakuri: *takes your hands into his and presses them to his lips through his scarf* No, but only because I need to work double time, so you can have me all to yourself during our honeymoon.

You: ⁄⁠(⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠☉⁄⁠-⁠⁄⁠☉⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠)⁠⁄

Katakuri: *realizes how that sounded* Not that we have to do anything during our honeymoon that you don't want.... I'm going to go start on my work, I'll have Brûlée come and get you settled into your rooms, in the meantime please wait here.

You: Okay, and for the record, I look forward to... to having you all to myself during our honeymoon, if you catch my drift.

Katakuri: ⁠ ⁄⁠(⁠⁄⁠ ⁠⁄⁠•⁄⁠ロ⁠⁄⁠•⁄⁠ ⁠'⁄⁠)⁠⁄

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[cerulean-devil]

some drawings of my beloved linlin with some bonus old lady yuri

[daftydill]

Been wanting to draw Linlin again, might do more, might not

[kxizoku-ou]

Linlin is one of my favorites! I think the fandom tends to dislike her a lot and I really don’t get it, her character is super interesting.

I would absolutely love to know more of your thoughts on her, if you would like to share them.

Soooo this ended up as a generaized rant on my interpretation of Linlin's character... I hope that's close enough to what you wanted? XD I have a LOT of thoughts about Linlin— she's an incredible character and an exceptional villain (and one of my fav OP characters overall), so a post like this could have gotten very long...

Linlin is an excellent example of someone who could have been a perfectly decent person, but was failed by her environment every step of the way. She's an eternal child who doesn't understand concepts like Everything Can't Always Be Her Way and Other People Have Feelings Too.

Starting with the initial parental abandonment (because her birth parents felt that they couldn't handle her), then her time with Carmel (who also focused more on pacifying Linlin than teaching her right from wrong), and then ending up with the worst influence of all, Streussen (who saw Linlin as an entertaining piece of chaos to enable), her early life was spent under the care of people who saw her as a danger/hassle at best, and a tool of violence to be honed at worst. Initially, Linlin wasn't selfish or cruel, but when she learned that those behaviors were acceptable, if not outright encouraged by the adults in her life, she stuck to them.

As seen during her period of amnesia in Wano, and especially in her interactions with Tama, Linlin, deep down, still has the capacity for kindness. Lacking the memories of her time as a pirate, she defaults to a naive hopefulness, accepting everyone she meets as a potential friend. Even when her intentions are pure, however, her sheer size, strength, and lack of self-control make her a threat for other people to be around— the exact circumstances that led to her current self.

I think that a lot of the nuance in Linlin's character is that she's both a legitimately hatable, terrifying villain, and a pitiable person who could have ended up so much different than she did if someone other than Carmel or Struessen had stepped in. She's a powerful, capable pirate who expects perfect obedience from everyone around her, and yet, she's also still that abandoned little girl wondering when her parents would come back for her. Her perception of family, relationships, and happiness is totally warped, but she's ultimately still aiming for the same thing she wanted sixty years ago.

[kanashimitwilight]

[minniiaa]

Nah fuck Big Mom but LINLIN? She’s THAT bitch. You can’t tell me you wouldn’t want to put a baby in her when she looked like THIS.

[haropro-confessions]

Every time I hear Aisare Sugiru Koto wa Nai no yo or Aishite aishite ato ippun I can't help but feel angry that the entire 8th gen was so wasted. All three of them had amazing voices... Linlin especially. They really wasted her talent.

[soundless-storm]

Have a young Linlin for her birthday (I'm late, I know shhhh)

Little close up under the cut

[kamizuya]

The real reason why King lost his fight against Zoro… 🤭

King(Alber) x Katakuri in a nutshell. 🍩🐦‍⬛

[immortalcultofjmusic]

リンリン (LinLin) ~ 抱いてよ！ PLEASE GO ON (Daite yo! PLEASE GO ON)

[monkiemp3]

🌺

i am not normal about her, admittedly

[one-piece-moment-comparisons]

One Piece — "What a... beautiful eye..."

From Volume 86 - Chapter 862 / Season 13 Episode 832. Pudding plans to take down Sanji at the wedding. Sanji knows this, and is planning to dodge it. What he didn't expect is that Pudding was supposed to catch him off guard with her third eye. It works, but not in the way she expects!

[arbitrarygreay]

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMO_HrRNFYs

Oh yeah, I remember this! (For potential link rot purposes, it's the performance of Hajimete Kuchibiru wo Kasaneta Yoru from H!P Summer 2008)

Really good lineup, but each singer had their slight disadvantages. Ogawa didn't quite have a handle on doing those serious songs yet, still focused on that double time bounce. The Japanese isn't natural to Linlin. Airi...I think I can only perceive any gap in Airi's performance because of hindsight, knowing how much further she will grow to her current soloist state. Without that hindsight, I don't think there are any faults with her lines here. But without that language handicap, Linlin would be audibly the best singer of the three, the most maturity in her interpretation. Where Airi is treating it as just a wailing ballad, which is one way to go, Linlin better understands the arrangement's R&B elements.

So, not unlike how original lineup performances of Yume to Genjitsu go. Miyabi the eldest with the best vocal interpretation, Airi with the widest range, and Saho the new rookie.

For other covers of Hajimete Kuchibiru, I would slot Risako's above Ogawa but below Airi and Linlin. But Tanaka Reina's 2017 Cotton Club rendition's is easily the best, even on par with some Ayaya performances.

[daftydill]

This was meant to be part of a bigger thing but I’m impatient so I’m posting this now

[magicmorningmeteora]

Who is your birthday oshi? ~Mid-March 2024~

Rejoice! You can pick the new girls on this one!

[kanashimitwilight]