Late to valentines day, but consider queer platonic strawhats.
Luffy, upon hearing about Valentine's Day ((Makino would likely have told him a bit about it as a child, but it got forgotten amidst the trees and critters and love and family and also trauma of living ten years in the woods with criminals and bandits as his company)) goes absolutely APESHIT. A day devoted to LOVE?? HECK YEAH SIGN HIM UP!!!! HE LOVES HIS FRIENDS SO MUCH!!!
Robin, Ussop, Chopper and he all settle across the deck and make crafts. Luffy is very much more focused than usual, both bc Hands Moving, Colors and Glitter Good, and also bc this is IMPORTANT so he's doing his absolute best.
He makes a card for every person on his crew. He also makes stuff for his friends all over, addressed to them by name. He can't send them, not really, because it's hard to remember the addresses (Nami helps with some of those), so the ones he can't send properly (Shanks, Buggy, Boa, etc) he throws into the ocean.
((There's a quiet moment after nightfall when he's sitting on the figurehead, holding a card he worked Extra Hard On. It's addressed to Ace, and Luffy isn't one to really... be sad. He tries not to be. He's worried about seeming weak.
The crew definitely caught on, though. Nami steps up to him, puts a hand on his shoulder. Tugs him back to the deck. She leads him by hand towards the center, where the other's are waiting. Franky is beaming.
He made a little lantern like device. It has a little pocket, and it floats up and up and up, "all the way to the heavens," he exclaims proudly. Nami mentions sending a letter to Bellemere. Chopper has one for Hiriluk. Ussop has one for his mom, Sanji for his own, Zoro to Kuina, Robin to Saul, Brook to the Rumbars, Franky to Tom. Jimbei carries a few, but merely smiles softly at Luffy.
He tries not to cry as they all load up their letters, but he feels better when the only response people have to the wetness on his face is a brief touch or side hug.
It's bittersweet, but somehow he feels better than he has in a very long time.
And with his crew around him, supportive and still there, still staying.... well, Luffy didn't think he could love them any harder. Full of surprises, the lot of them.
Late to Valentine's Day too, don't worry 🫶 And I consider Queer Platonic Strawhats every day of my life actually-
This is,,, So beautiful,,, I'm sure Luffy would absolutely love Valentine's Day to celebrate his love for his friends. Maybe Nami and Sanji tell him that's not exactly how it works, because it's supposed to be romantic, but when he asks them "Why, though?" they don't really, uhh, have an answer for that. So turns out their captain is right and they can use this day to celebrate all types of love!
I adore the idea of Luffy writing letters and cards and throwing them into the sea if he can't send them. It's just beautiful. Maybe in a bottle, pirate style. Maybe fate helps him and somehow those letters end up with the correct people. Who knows?
Also, Luffy would be extra clingy the whole day and Sanji would make a huge dinner for everybody. They'd have so much fun and Luffy would just,, Take a moment to look at all of them being happy for a second and he'd go "Now this is what being a pirate should be!" and it makes me really emotional.
Not to mention the Ace thing,, All of them sending their letters to their dead loved ones in the sky? Do you want to make me cry??? Because you're making me cry.
They're precious to me.
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Rambling about purple hyacinth episode 147 [spoilers ahead]
It made me scream for many different reasons so let's just go chronologically
First of all, things are going way too well and I do not trust soph and eph to not break out hearts. Shit is going to go down before the season ends, especially taking into account the bit of the future we got to see at the beginning about how someone died
They're trying to distract us with softness qnd they're fucking succeeding. They're such a close fam I love them so much ;_; these panels made me grab my gf's leg and squeeze it as I squealed lmao
Y o u. Grabbin him shaking him what are you up to.
We all know he's been sus as hell for a while but this conversation was as if he was participating in a red flags collection challenge and winning.
Also the way Lauren reacted??? A. She was so surprised but acted collected as expected (as much as she could at least) to get some info. Love her
This felt like a threat what the fuck are you up yo march.
He must be up to something, but they authors may as well be using him as a distraction so that we don't focus on something or someone else. It all seems too obvious that he's sus.
Hermann behaving like a human person with ability to be sensible and make good decisions was a delight to see.
Jk, partially. He's just an ass but it was so nice to see Lauren's work be acknowledged aaaaa she looks SO HAPPY TOO SHE'S HUMMING LADS WE'RE WINNING
I need someone to pick me up from the ground i have been slain by that smile.
She also went straight to kieran to tell him the news I'm sobbing. He's so HAPPY for her too. I'd screenshot that whole conversation but that'd make the post too heavy. Every panel is precious, so tasty, it's wonderful to see how much their relationship has evolved. They look so damn comfortable around each other ;_;
I have been slain by this episode. This scene is going to fuel me to do anything i swear.
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