#ep 1031

[everykawamatsu]

New eyecatchers! They’re so cute but I’m so upset it’s not the Wano themes anymore 😭

Also Izo basically invisible, this poor pretty man was done dirty

[usopps-froggy-hat]

besties who scream and cry and cower together stay together

[chaoticgoodcaptain]

one piece is the story of fighting loneliness

trying to fulfill someone else's wish or not being able to fulfill your own makes you feel lonely

and that's basically in every arc

luffy saves people from being lonely, while he desperatly wishes not to be alone himself

that's why he gets stronger, that's why he fights

the story isn't that much about the friendships itself, but more about the thing they provide and that's not being lonely

i mean the friendship one piece theory is not bad, but i think it's incomplete

luffy does not want to be friends with everyone, he just doesn't want for everyone to feel alone (as he was many times in his life)

like i cannot really guess what's on laugh tale, what's the one piece, but i think the theme is a little bit too apparent for it not to be important

[myechoecho]

Queen of Tears really just took a sharp nosedive off a very steep cliff these past 3 episodes. I didn't post anything about the last two episodes since there was nothing to say. I've had issues with some aspects of the drama that I could overlook because Hae In and Hyun Woo were top tier stuff. The break down of a marriage of two people who loved one another finding their way back to each other through medical crisis was so good. It didn't even need the Eun Sung or the family business stuff (it would have made a tighter, more coherent drama but I digress). But the last 3 or so episodes I've lost all patience. We've had:

Hae In's miraculous brain surgery which required no shaving of the hair, which I can overlook because it is a drama. Her memory loss too, as again, it's a drama and it's been hinted at since the beginning. I'm not necessarily thrilled with it but it's fine.

There is no way that Eun Sung would have suddenly become her legal guardian just because Hyun Woo left. It makes NO SENSE. Hae In was clearly there with Hyun Woo. They met with her doctors. There would have been forms and documents signed, with appropriate translators for any language barriers. Eun Sung would not have been able to waltz in and say I am her guardian now. I'm fairly confident of this even without knowing German law.

Hae In's family had people in Germany following her for...reasons??? They did nothing to protect her from Eun Sung? They didn't go to her when Hyun Woo was carted off? To be fair I was kinda fast forwarding part so maybe I missed something.

Hyun Woo's arrest, extradition back to South Korea, finding the evidence to break his case, trail, release and then arrest of the real perpetrator all took place within a month. Which seems absurdly fast. Also they found and arrested the hired hit man but not who hired him??

Hae In is following Hyun Woo, taking notes to figure stuff out for herself yet does not think to look herself up on the internet? Pretty sure there would have been articles about her saying Eun Sung threatened her?

I generally forgive the burned notebook finding its way back to her.

Also, Hyun Woo's sister is married? With a kid? Living overseas?? and we find this out in ep 13 or 14? No pictures of her kid anywhere?? No phone call?

Hyun Woon has been hit by car, by Eun Sung because of course that happened. At least he won't get amnesia, right? RIGHT?

What a mess.

I still stand by the core story of Hyun Woo and Hae In being the strongest parts, even within the past 3 episodes.

How much do you want to bet they are not even going to address the miscarriage, which was catalyst for their whole marriage falling apart in the final episode. Despite the 1031 being used for pass codes. I've been wanting that from when we found out and it looks like it won't happen. Who knows if Hae In will even get her memory back.

The preview for the final episode doesn't give me much hope, even if we get a nearly 2 hr final episode like Crash Landing on You.

So much wasted potential in the drama. If only they had focused on Hae In and Hyun Woo, and not 20+ other plots.

[latenightdecaf]

There are just so many things that don't sit right with that ep 14. (And I won't be able to do my work today if I don't write it down.)

Honestly, I've been enjoying this drama because of its fast pacing and the way it resolves things fast and as clean as they can. I didn't mind the inconsistencies to be honest, and some gaps in history

like why the fuck was haraboji's gf, so mad in the first place anyway?? like yes she went to prison, had a son, left that son and worked for haraboji and then??

the 1031 baby miscarriage was fine not to be addressed (unfortunately, I can forgive that - given that I have friend who went through the same thing and honestly did not really confront or grieved that with her husband either - they never moved on, but never talked about it either, so fine - we move forward.)

But honestly, this episode is just different than the rest in an unsettling way.

First, the scenes were cut so weirdly... like honestly, what do they want us all to feel here? They had the most beautiful confrontation about life, yes they walked to the hotel without looking at each other. Yes, Hae In stayed true to her character not wanting other girls to look at Hyun Woo. But honestly, that shit felt shallow and her charcter could've been more. They could've walked into a restaurant after fighting, with Hyun Woo just holding her wrist and her noticing the small ways this unbelievable man takes care of her even when he's mad - opening the door, ordering her food, idk, slicing it for her. It could've been slow, it could've been realizing that he had wrinkles now, that he looked tired, that he was having a hard time too - realizing that she wanted to live and be loved by this man no matter what. That if given a chance, even as stranger she'd still surely fall in love all over again. Her as the stranger, NOT those girls who was just prying. They could've twisted that up in a melo way. (But of course, we needed the romcom so of course.)

I could not even begin to point out how weird that car accident was. As viewer, I already know she's not inside... I know that moment was needed but again for Hae In to somehow magically realize she wanted that surgery but that's just torture by now. After everything they've gone through in Yongduri, she already knows how loved she was. Things could've slowed down a bit. And I'm sure Kim Ji Won would've executed that brilliantly (hello, my liberation notes). Idk, Hae In could've had more stronger reasons to live, or that case could've been built differently. Hae In is not shallow but they made her that way and yes, by the time she'd be regaining or building her connection back to Hyun Woo that script will be back again not wanting anyone else to have him. (ugh, Hae In :( I need more!!)

Third of course, Eunseong - so far his character just became so predictable that it totally put me off. Honestly thought (based on the preview without any actual context, that Hae In would be in the car accident with Eun Seong and then he dies to save her so he can finally be someone who actually saved Hae In) but yeah. He came in so conveniently in the hospital that no one even bother to ask why this stranger is now the legal guardian of Hae In like come on. (I know it's kdrama but come on that was WAY TOO CONVENIENT)

And lastly, that fucking surgery. Every single build up, every single suspense gone. She woke up after 5-10 mins inside the drama not even a bandage to her head!! They've could've dragged that a bit, not make her wake up too soon. Mess with us up some more, have the doctors come in, tell them "these things take time". Make Eunseong nervous! But no, she had to wake up immediately. Like come on!! It could've messed with everyone if that was dragged a bit more to the next episode. They could've deported back Hyun Woo to Seoul while Hae In is still unconscious with the devil by her side. We could've been at the edge of our seats if suspense was all they needed and now it just felt too rushed and too much by now. And then, Hae In will be back in Seoul like nothing happened with her (physically) and then she's with Eun Seong now. Ugh.

But despite it all, I'm thankful for this drama. I'm still going to be there next week to see this through. Honestly, what a world-class acting from Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won.

I'm just wrapping up my thoughts so I can finally go on with my day.

Thank you all for coming to my TED talk.

[paalove]

BAD BUDDY FIC MASTERPOST

tumblr prompts:

pat gets injured climbing across to pran's room during the final episode timeskip, 561 words. (ao3 link)

patpran got together before pran was sent away; they meet again the same way, though, 1420 words. (ao3 link)

fluffy, jealous, post-canon inkpaa, 1124 words. (ao3 link)

ao3 one-shots:

find out games you don't wanna play - oneshot, 1869 words. written post ep 7, au coming out. patpran.

summer's a knife - oneshot, 823 words. written before the ming+dissaya history was revealed, au look at why they might hate each other. no pairing.

they always told me i was gorgeous in a way - oneshot, 1646 words. canon divergence au, getting together and making out. inkpaa.

nothing else would ever be better (better) - oneshot, 1584 words. post-canon proposal fic! inkpaa.

find a home in yours - oneshot, 2041 words. post-bad buddy pre magic is zero bodyswap fic! inkpaa. (original tumblr link)

ao3 multichapters:

cut through the clouds - 2/2 chapters, 2897 words. canon-divergence au getting together, post ep 7, inkpaa.

sequel: i've always needed something - 1/1 chapters, 1086 words. they get a dog.

help me enjoy the fall, 4/4 chapters, 5813 words. canon divergence au, wai gets shot instead. patpran, pran&wai.

i'm not a quitter, yeah i get what i want, 6/6 chapters, 6846 words. 5 times paa had to work around the height difference to kiss ink, and one time ink did the same. inkpaa.

makin' sense of having nothing left to save 1/2 chapters, 1031 words. pran is cursed with obedience and pat has absolutely no idea. the same can't be said for dissaya, though... patpran.

[naturalrights-retard]

Charles Spadille is a former agent with the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the author of two books.

Charles joined Pete for his Sunday livestream to talk about the debacle at the border and the bureaucracy behind it.

[man1nblack76]

The internet's favorite visual stand-up comic to make memes out of. Don't miss today's update of #Bluechair! #webcomic #WEBTOON

[rowrowknowa]

ABOUT ME :D

Basics

✮ name - you can just call me E

✮ age - 23

✮zodiac - can you guess?

✮ gender - i use she/her pronouns, but don't mind being referred to with they/them and use of pretty much any gendered words (bro, dude, man, boss buddy, sis, girl, etc) doesn't bother me [[[dont call me sis if ur not black tho]]]

✮ mbti - ENFP-A consistently for the past 6 years (was INTP-T in HS)

✮ studies - huge into science ask me what kind; i also like music theory/history, art history, philosophy

Interests

✮ games - nintendo fan (no matter how much they piss me off). love pokemon, fire emblem (obsessed with fe3h), zelda, animal crossing etc. HUGE sonic the hedgehog fan

✮ anime - too many to make an exhaustive list without forgetting some. obviously my favorite is One Piece (i think my favorite show in general). i started watching it when i was like 4 with the 4kidz dub and here i am almost 20 years later still going oda and i locked in fr. also love attack on titan, naruto, death note, fairy tail, jjk, knb, hxh, black butler and so many more this is stressing me out trying to think of what ive watched so im gonna stop... ask me about what i've watched lets yap

✮ non-anime shows - gotta big ups to ATLA a modern masterpiece of western artistry. don't ask me about the live action bc i don't wanna talk about it. same deal here i cant think of all of them without short circuiting but top of mind i LOVE the good place, scandal, htgawm, grey's anatomy (before it crashed out), bridgerton, BREAKING BAD (not caught up in better call saul), superstore, vincenzo, crash landing on you, goblin, anything with gong yoo and/or lee dong wok in it tbh, strangers from hell, bad and crazy, attorney woo

✮ used to be super into marvel and the mcu (and i know thats a thing people say but it was so so bad for me) but its not what it used to be and also i think i started outgrowing it once my media literacy improved its ties to military propaganda couldn't be ignored lmao (also sabra being in the mcu is sosososo crazy) .. some of the comics still bang tho i wont lie

✮ music - not to be one of those "oh i listen to everything" people as a cop out but i truly do listen to so much disparate types of music *insert laugh crying emojis* but my overall favorite genre is jazz, i love 70s-00s black american music so much (i was a 9 year old motown stan it was so serious to me), love afrobeats, amapiano, baile funk, r&b, rap (meg thee stallion is literally my wifey), pop, country, classical, VIDEO GAME OSTS (in true sega stan fashion) -- recommend me your favorite song!

✮ kpop - a separate bullet because i know where the overlap in interests comes in lmao. honestly ive fallen back from kpop a bit, not as into it as i was like even 6 months ago but groups that i still actively follow and listen to are ateez (ot8 but strong swing for mingi) and nct. also know alot about bts, txt, seventeen, exo, and shinee if you ever want to chat about them, but i listen to mostly individual songs from them and other groups and don't follow their releases

Where is E in *insert work here*?

✮ pls i hate all spoilers but these are the ones i strongly care about pls take note pls :(

One Piece: ep. 1031 ... i avoid catching up because i get sad when there's no more to watch

FE3H: Finished Golden Deer and Blue Lions, please don't tell me anything about the Black Eagle story line

[usopps-froggy-hat]

he’s so good at faces

[facetioussoup]

Burning Coal To Keep Lib Pipe Dreams Alive | Ep. 1031

Burning Coal To Keep Lib Pipe Dreams Alive | Ep. 1031

https://rumble.com/embed/v16na2x/?pub=cwkzv

[mwagneto]

OUGH.......... gently holds.................

[everymobbu]

[usopps-froggy-hat]

if nami and usopp were in jurassic park they’d be smacking the shit out of those dinosaurs

[sashi-ya]

Spoilers from Ch. 1031 ➡ Sanji's appearance.

So, at this point we all know Sanji's eyebrows have inverted (like his siblings)

And I wonder if that means that if this change is permanent we wont get to see his curly brow from the front anymore...?

Had to check how Sanji would look like, so I edited a screenshot from a past ep.

And...

OH LORD. *ovaries have left the chat *

Theory part:

1. What if Sanji is able to use this "power up" when he needs it? being like a scientific killing machine to fight? In that case his brow will be facing out. Then when he gets back to normal, the brow will to.

2. We've been seeing several physical changes during Wano on Luffy, and now Sanji... guess who's next? Yeah babe, ZORO! Wanna see that eye open, Marimo!

[alexthegamingboy]

Toonami Weekly Recap 10/16/2021

Fena: Pirate Princess EP#11 - At Mission's End: As Fena and Yukimaru find their way to a desiccated ark, Shitan finds a chest supposedly containing the Kusanagi sword when the rest of the Goblin Knights notice that Fena and Yukimaru are missing. Suddenly, Abel arrives at the entrance to the treasure room with the Royal Navy unit behind him. When the Blue Giant's Captain rushes to grab the treasure, Abel shoots him in the back, and threatens to do the same to anyone else. The Goblin Knights and sailors begin fighting each other as Abel slips away to find the true entrance to Eden. Abel finds Yukimaru and Fena, but has delusions of them as Helena and Franz. Yukimaru cuts off Abel's shooting arm, but gets stabbed in the chest for standing in his way once again. Suddenly, an image of Helena appears behind Abel and he imagines himself ascending to Heaven as he collapses from blood loss. As Abel and Helena both disappear, Franz appears before Fena, then changes form into Cody, calling himself an "Observer" of her story.

Slightly Damned Page 1031: https://www.sdamned.com/comic/1031