#av speaks

[captaintrio]

listen what i'm saying is, I know the perv trope thing with Sanji is annoying and overplayed. i know it is. i know that some of it is Oda's humor and some of it is like. shit that anime always seems to find one character to shunt onto, and I don't like it and nobody likes it but like

pretending that's the only character trait that he has, or refusing to connect the dots through what appears to both be some vestige of the Vinsmoke programming (since ALL of his brothers have the exact same kind of nosebleed awooga behavior despite their lack of other meaningful human emotions), and a strict adherence to anything Zeff taught him (bc children do not process trauma and traumatic events the way adults do, and at that point Zeff was not only his first and ONLY example of paternal love, but the only hand capable of reaching in and stopping the knife he'd been twisting in his own guts), isn't just stupid, it's a deeply shallow and backwards take of an incredibly complex character.

yes, Sanji is flawed. they're all flawed. that's half the point of the story, that people are more than the sum of their parts, or the circumstances of their birth, or their pain.

Sanji's journey in this story so far is one of broken shackles, of healing, of finding comfort in himself and trust in his found family despite how deep the roots of self-loathing and fear run in him. in that way, of course he took Zeff's perspective to heart. Zeff who cut a piece of himself off and chose Sanji's life over his own well-being again and again, when Sanji's birth father abandoned him to torment and death. Zeff, who thought he was wonderful, and kind, and intelligent, and nurtured his potential, and taught him how to make sure nobody could ever hurt him again, when his birth father discarded him as damaged goods. Zeff, who is proud, in his own way, to know what his son is up to, and for people to know that's his boy, when his birth father's only direct words to him were to make sure to never bring him the shame of letting anyone know they were related.

(and that's the wild part, one of the things that really breaks me about Sanji sometimes, is that he kept that promise, too. If WCI hadn't happened he might never have told anyone at all.)

Zeff saved Sanji in every way a hurt little boy could possibly be saved, and so when he said "You never hit a woman, that's wisdom from when the dinosaurs walked the earth." and "Beat any man's ass you want, but if I ever catch you raising a hand to a woman I'll cut your dick off and then myself too for teaching you that." like???

He's not being a misogynist, he doesn't refuse to fight women because he thinks they're weak and frail and the fairer sex that needs to be protected at all costs by big strong men, he respects Nami and Robin and Vivi and refuses to give up on his friends and even forgives Viola despite her almost killing him and agrees to help her, like?? he internalized everything Zeff ever told him, not just how to make risotto really well or how to pair wine to cheeses and desserts.

does Oda sometimes play that up for laughs, or run it to extremes? yeah, absolutely. I actively like to pretend Fishman Island was 10 episodes of political backstory and Jinbei. But those moments of hyperbole aren't the fucking point of his character, or his development, and to pretend like they are removes Sanji--and an incredibly poignant story about abuse, recovery, self-love, and the acceptance and importance of found family--from the story.

[ami-v-dragnire]

Con shenanigans! __ Booth-mates: Three In A Trench Coat @/stargia_creative and @/ragwyrm on insta Aziraphale <3: @/storyartistmitty on insta or @scrunglomeowmeow

[angelic-prodigy]

H-Hello...? Is anybody here? I guess, um, I'm finally back? Mun says 'not a word' or I'll break a wall, or something. Whatever that means.

[hydrangea-vi]

my common foods calorie list:

Rice cake + .5oz Neufchâtel cheese 🌸 75

(add cucumber +5)

Boiled eggs 🌸 78

Rice at work 🌸 100

Pretzel sticks (25) 🌸 60

Coconut water 🌸 100

Pb&j 🌸 330 😒

Honeydew .5 c 🌸 30

Strawberry 🌸 6

Strawberry smoothie 🌸 50

Salmon packet 🌸 70

Fried tomatoes 🌸 40

Rice at home 🌸 90

Carrot salad 🌸 60

Potatoes 🌸 170

An entire burrito from work 👁👁 🌸 625

wip, will add more ^^

[valentinesmuses]

Prophecies don't work unless I specifically break the world enough where I can have the prophecy not drive the protagonist but the villain to insanity. OP future seer for the win

[thebibliosphere]

when i got it, i think i technically bought the book twice! i dont remember exactly why, but something was weird about the first purchase lol. i got confused about how to access it and bought it a second time cause i was impatient and didnt wanna figure out what was wrong with it lmao.

That is such a mood, lmao. Thank you for your impatience and your patronage 😂

[taakosleftshoe]

Thinking about them (Amber and Kodira)

[ahonice]

yes we are <3

(SORRY FOR SPAMMING TONIGHT BABES)

[aerowolf]

HAAAAPPPY BIRTHDAY

i need to announce to the world ( my few followers on Tumblr ) that it is the birthday of @haileybirdart whom i love and she is amazing and iconic and so good at art mwah mwah here's the doodlesi did of Aves and Scout hehehee

THESE GUYS ARE SO SILLU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE THEM AND ILY HAILEY

[rhaenyrahightower]

florence’s stylist captioning her post “miss flo” is all im going to be thinking about for the foreseeable future. what an icon.

[captaintrio]

just thought about Kid washing his foundation off to reveal a face full of freckles and had to go lay down with a cool cloth on my head lest I catch my death of fever

[ami-v-dragnire]

aziraphale about to enter his mob boss era

[ashiyn]

"keralis usually joins our morning-hangs and speaks swedish to me" don't say this iskall i was in bliss not knowing this information before but now? now im just deathly curious and in desperate need for the swedish keralis and iskall goof please. ill add subtitles myself if so be it. screaming. crying. sobbing if you will

[hydrangea-vi]

Weight check!

110!!!

(:

[valentinesmuses]

What am I even going to put here bro where do I start I got so many of these bitches

[crow-the-unknown]

ok. as an avs and oilers fan here, and with them both being on a "downturn" lately (mostly for the avs cos the oilers still have some games, but as of right now both of their aprils have been... eugh to say the least), i'd like to point out connor's response to this reporters question from earlier today:

and i'll be real. i've been saying something similar and i completely agree. especially with the avs past two losses and so many of us just generally feeling dismal about facing winnipeg, i think this sums up my thoughts perfectly. there's no worth in putting all your bets down for the playoffs based on how a regular season goes. the playoffs are just.. different. connor points that out exactly. momentum just doesn't tend to swing between regular season to playoffs - or even from playoff game to playoff game, series to series. so all i'm saying is, to both teams and their lovely fanbases here on the blr: HAVE HOPE HAVE JOY HAVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS BECAUSE THIS IS HOCKEY AND THIS IS PLAYOFF HOCKEY AND ITS MADNESS ANYWAY!! BE FILLED WITH OVERZEALOUS AND CRAZY, WILD ASPIRATION!! BECAUSE NO MATTER WHAT WE STAY SILLY !! WE STAY SILLY!!