#Pirate Politics

[jeeaark]

Lae'zel just wasn't ready to sort out those feelings yet.

Anyway, I lied! I had to make one more shenanigan to this dang incident after double checking and learning a thing. Involving full rests and the Astral Sea.

Apparently, full rest don't mean you gotta sleep????? It can also refer to.... downtime. Chill time. Non-adventuring time. Hang out with your squid friend for 8 hours time.

And even if you never need to sleep, eat, or drink in the Astral Sea, you can still sleep, eat, N' drink if you want to. As well as just chill to recover a certain planeshift ability.

Is cool, Lae'zel and I can both learn new fun facts at the same time~

[mapsontheweb]

Which countries have officially registered pirate party?

Pirate Party is a label adopted by political parties around the world 🌍. Pirate parties support civil rights ✊, direct democracy (including e-democracy) or alternatively participation in government, reform of copyright and patent laws ⚖️ to make them more flexible and open to encourage innovation and creativity 🌈, use of free and open-source software, free sharing of knowledge (open content and open access), information privacy 🔒, transparency, freedom of information, free speech, anti-corruption, net neutrality and oppose mass surveillance 📷, censorship and Big Tech.

by very_useful_maps

[alllsunday]

I love how Ace and Sabo are just kind of each other’s foils / inverse and cover each other’s weak points. Ace is red, Sabo is blue, Ace is hot tempered and Sabo is more level headed, Ace is like the fire to Sabo’s water, I just think it’s so perfect and I will be forever mad that we didn’t get to see them properly fighting together, back to back, one last time as adults

[thingstrumperssay]

People are freaking out because Hasan called Luffy a terrorist and One Piece a "socialist" anime... Because he is, and it is.

Luffy is a pirate who's constantly fighting against the corrupted government that he declared war against. He's literally labeled a "terrorist" for stopping them.

He very early on in the series stopped the public execution of a wanted criminal by breaking him out and stealing property seized by the government.

The Straw Hats are treated like the good guys of the show despite constantly going against the world government. If right-wingers saw that and thought that The Straw Hats were patriotic capitalists then they really are hopeless.

[patchworkpiratebear]

[xray-vex]

who the fuck gave him the right to be so fucking pretty

[cuddlytogas]

maybe it's just the Radical Rediker talking, but there's something pointed in the way that, say, popular pirate media like Pirates of the Caribbean dilutes the pirate's freedom to "bring me that horizon" as opposed to, say, "plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power" (Bartholomew Roberts).

broadly speaking, most pirates chose the life in order to escape and revenge the hard labour, corporal punishment, overworking, and unequal pay of merchant/navy/privateer ships; or the privations of their sudden unemployment once a war was over, ignored as soon as their ability to die for the state was unneeded. yes, many were thugs, but, consciously political or not, they were responding to a particular, material reality.

the pirate's desired freedom was from the effects of exploitative modes of statehood and capital production. but popular media usually shifts this into a general desire for freedom: freedom to roam, freedom to love (usually merely a cross-class white, heterosexual union), or freedom from the personal pressures of social norms. it's a vague, ahistorical, post-Enlightenment, libertarian ideal rather than a response to a real social and economic situation.

to be clear, this only really applies to specifically the late golden age of piracy, in the first quarter of the 18th century. earlier generations of pirates/buccaneers often displayed nationalist/religious motives, and were lauded, tolerated, or even encouraged by the French and English states for aiding their fights against the Spanish and Portuguese. only the last gasp of age of sail pirates had a truly anti-national energy, and both figured themselves, and were figured by the imperial powers, as the enemies of all nations.

but if we are to valourise the late golden age pirate, at his best, his ideals were for true democracy, and the abolition of nation, hierarchy, and labour exploitation; not "the horizon". he was striking out in response to specific political, social, and economic oppressions, rather than a general individual restlessness, and that reality - and its similarities to our own - are important.

I dunno, I just... have a lot of thoughts about the defanging of piracy in modern media. obviously there were a lot of things bad about them, too, and the level of egalitarianism varied between individual people and ships. but again, if we're going to be valourising them anyway... there were idealists. and they weren't subtle about they wanted.

"I shan't own myself guilty of any murder", said William Fly in 1726. "Our captain and his mate used us barbarously. We poor men can't have justice done us. There is nothing said to our commanders, let them never so much abuse us, and use us like dogs. But the poor sailors --"

[systemdeez]

It's kind of funny that there's no malicious copy protection stuff in Wii games, even though it should be really easy to do.

The Wii used motion controls for a bunch of games and you'd think some games would try to detect whether or not you're using an emulator based on motion input. Why isn't any game just like "Huh, every time the controller is shaken it's done at the EXACT same frequency? Time to crash the game lol."

I have a Wii games folder on my PC that's almost 50 gigabytes in size and not one of those games seems to care that it's being emulated.

[barbieaiden]

rememberwhen he. remember. when. when.when. he

[oleander-neruim]

• Iris, the newly fallen Ruler and often seen dictator of the Following. Power hunger and righteousness became her untimely downfall, along with anyone on her side and her very own child.

• Ivy, prisoner of the Following. Saving her from imprisonment became an ultimate goal. Her own sister locked her away in claims of containing a so called corruption that fueled Ivy's veins.

• The "Lotus Eaters": groups of lost and convinced cultists found themselves in bliss and over-indulgence as they found the island of mindless fruits.

• Additional monsters of the Codfather's island: while the other entities of the island were prone to belittle and tease the disfigured cod, they were still intent to protect him. They don't tend to be too fond of false alarms, however.

• The man-eaters: this story's Laestrygonians, Queen Lizzie created an entirely new species of seemingly mutated fish creatures, most in resemblance to Axolotls. They are hungry for any unfortunate soul who falls into their waters.

The Underworld

• Will & Eddie: two souls who miss their friends and loved ones dearly. Each were happy to see those they cherish on their journey through the Underworld. Though brief, they did what they could to give the remaining crew some sense of comfort and love they once were so overabunted in giving.

• Michela & Redd: two souls filled with bitterness and resentment. While they could find themselves forgiving their friends for foolish choices & careless disregards, wounds are too fresh for them to have a clear mind. Floods of their friends have come in, screaming their tragedies and fueling more hatred among plenty of them towards the unfortunate survivors.

Monsters

• A reflection shown to a captain long in need of a wake up call

• Scylla: a monsterous amalgamation of history's corruptions. She takes on her most recent host's appearence. From that of convincing fae, to fungal viruses that took over their hosts minds, Scylla hungers and she will feed.

Alt. Gods

• Aeor: a more casual, human esque appearence. He takes on this look for those He typically doesn't expect to live long enough to remember. He takes on this look to make sure any mortal will hear what He has to say.

• Exor: a more casual, friendly appearence. Years have passed and they wish to appear approachable as they can manage as they approach the son of someone they would once and wish to call their friend.

• Sausage, the island of paradise. He just wants to go home. He just wants to feel home.

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Pt.1 || Pt. 2 || Pt. 3 || Pt. 4 || Pt. 5 [Here]

Okay I cannot physically think of anymore characters or important appearances I need to add. I am crossing my fingers that this will finally be the end of the sketches.

The looks are rushed cos I did all these sketches today in hopes of getting a post out before the end of the month so here we are.

This project is bringing me so much joy I won't lie.

The wisdom Saga is also making me Feel Things /pos

[patchworkpiratebear]

[xray-vex]

needed some Stede-related graphics for a project so i did these!

[shrugsinchinese]

I have full confidence that if Essek and Kingsley worked together they could take control of the Exandrian shipping routes, full monopoly. The rest of the M9 wouldn't even know about it they just think that the other ships respected them bc they learned about the m9's fight with Ukotoa or something

[sassypantsjaxon]

Absolutely obsessed with Dr Kureha and the shirt she wears to the reverie

[zeb-z]

jrwi riptide 100//

Jay wanting to be a pirate just because of the freedom it gives her in this world. No lofty goals or ambitions. That’s what it’s always been about, hasn’t it? Since La Alma, who set sail from Joaldo without a thought of his future, and even before him, it’s been a clear theme. There is freedom in the open seas, there is freedom in having an open future. Not knowing what is next because you get to decide your heading.

And they help others find their freedom as well, as they make their own journey. Whether it’s by helping them fight back against whatever boot is crushing them, or trying to help them and give them resources to continue on their journey, or other such means. They’re the best goddamn pirates because they embrace this freedom, and they use their power to help others find their freedom as well.