#getting my tongue cut off

[stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale]

ey yo

Uh oh, I think Dorian's found me 😱

[katyspersonal]

FINALLY someone popular pointed out that Alberich is like Azur and Lusat, I can sleep peacefully now

[bedlamsbard]

The Terror fandom is so funny to me because the show is so popular (as it should be, it's great), but I've never seen a single person say that the show made them want to read the book or anyone who's read the book saying that show fans should read the book. And as someone who has read the book (albeit more than ten years ago), this is one of the rare occasions on which the adaptation significantly, SIGNIFICANTLY improves on many aspects of the book.

Friends. Do not read the book. Trust me when I say you are probably happier this way. And I say this as someone who ten (fifteen?) years ago really loved the book but looking back...uh...what the fuck was that.

[forcebookish]

top deepening his voice when talking to mew's moms... gun speaking higher when talking to cher's mom... i love these choices

[camels-pen]

(i haven't read Whole Cake in a while, and i never really watched it, so bear with me)

I'd love to write a fic with Usopp on Whole Cake. it'd be sooo fucking long and i'd need to refresh myself on the entire arc, but god i'd probably be so satisfied when it's done. specifically for having brought a single moment in my head to life, but we'll get to that.

On Zou, he insists to be taken along on the Sanji rescue team and has worked himself up with a whole bunch of very good reasons as to why he should go there instead of helping in Wano, but of course Luffy just immediately accepts with a "yeah sure"

With Whole Cake, I think he'd be flipping between having fun as part of the idiot trio/quartet (Luffy, Chopper, Carrot), and being terrified with Nami. There wouldn't be that many differences in the arc as a whole, though; some things would be easier/better and some things would be worse- I don't necessarily think Usopp's presence would be overall an advantage or disadvantage, just different. Like, major events would stay mostly the same, but little details would change and maybe those little details would build to a far more drastic change-

for example, maybe one of Big Mom's kids considers themself a great sniper and wants a match with Usopp, or is motivated to work harder because Usopp is around and they want to take him out and boast about it. Maybe it means Sunny takes more damage than canon, or maybe Usopp's help means less damage to Sunny. (idk if i'd really do smth like this, but it's just an example)

skjdhf fuck i'm really not equipped to try and figure this out when i don't remember shit from Whole Cake aaaa

I do know that, despite his penchant for talking and rambling, I'd probably have Usopp be dead silent after his initial shock when Sanji fights Luffy. Everything about that is the same, except Usopp is just watching Sanji the whole time- not panicking, not moving, and not speaking. He doesn't say a word the entire time, doesn't even make a sound, and that, along with Luffy's words and Nami's begging, stick with Sanji.

(Usopp is thinking of his own fight with Luffy in Water 7, he's partially wondering if this was what it was like- if it was this painful to watch from the sidelines- and partially knowing he doesn't have to say a word, because he knew, like he knew back then, that it didn't matter what was said. It wasn't quite the same, but he could tell in the way Sanji moved, in the way he spoke and held himself, that he was putting on a front, trying to be brave in all the wrong ways. Usopp didn't say a word to Sanji because there was nothing he could say that Sanji himself didn't already know. Should've known. And his quiet, direct stare, was more than enough.)

the singular moment i really wanna write, is a scene where Sanji is apologizing for dragging them into his mess- either during the big meeting in Bege's castle or some other time- and Usopp's like "I'll do what you can't, you do what I can't, right?" and Sanji pauses, a little confused, until he remembers Enies Lobby and a stupid mask and cape and-

and tears are gathering in his eyes now, fuck, but he laughs a little. It sounds wet and his face is itchy and they're surrounded by tentative allies, but he- he laughs again and he says, "Fuck, you remembered that?"

Usopp shrugs, a little smile on his face. "They were some wise words from a wise man."

Sanji laughs a third time. "You think I'm wise?"

And they banter a little more before Bege tells them to quit it since they're on a time constraint or something. Quietly, Usopp will ask, "It-it helps. On bad days. And I figured, 'what's a worse day than this?' Ah, not that you getting married would ever be bad per se-"

"Usopp," Sanji says, looking more relaxed and settled. He smiles fondly and grabs his friend in a one armed hug, crushing him to his side. "Thanks."

And yeah, don't remember much beyond that, except the whole "hiding and then busting out of the cake" bit, which would mean Usopp in a cute little tuxedo or smth- maybe with a fedora aaaaaa <- loves fedoras- helping out with the fighting and eventually sailing with everyone to Wano.

He would be so distressed about fixing up Sunny now that the whole thing with Whole Cake is over. Maybe there'd be a gag about him promising Franky to take good care of Sunny while they were gone and being confident, after being Franky's tinkering partner and learning from him over time, that he could handle minor repair work much better than he did the first time around with Merry. And so when he finally takes in all the very-not-minor repairs he has to do, he's certain Franky is gonna strangle him for not keeping his promise. Probably also try to write in some nostalgic 'repairman Usopp' vibes from pre-Water 7.

Also something something, Sanji, wanting to do more for the crew bc he still feels guilty about Whole Cake, decides to take it upon himself to help Usopp not fall into a whole anxiety spiral about the ship. In turn, Usopp ends up helping Sanji not feel so guilty- usually by handing his own words back to him on a silver platter. And, yknow, having the two of them bonding and being buddies again like they so rarely get to be in canon nowadays qwq

[cinnamonfknbuns]

don't get me wrong I hate the interpretation that griffith only took the god hand's deal bc he went crazy after prison time (he would've taken that in full lucidity. come on) but I LOOOVE the idea of fully batshit, off the rails, insane fucking brainrotted to the core griffith post prison. completely mindbroken. only animal instincts and divine madness remain.

the remaining hawks trying desperately to take care of him but he's a feral cat of a man and requires at least three people to cut his nails (one to actually cut them, one to hold him in place and away from anyone's throats, and one to hold him by the scruff of the neck and try to soothe him with kind words that he may or may not be understanding)

[woundlingus]

Everything that’s wrong with me psychosexually comes back to this one moment

[gynaephora]

Rotting again o7

[spacecrows]

hello fellow 'oh this food isn't supposed to be spicy/tingly/numbing?!?' people!!!

[oetscop]

being autistic is fucking humiliating sometimes i wish i was dead

[sekwar]

Hoo boy! Order up, old Salmon here's got a big ol' bucket of pain fries on his plate, and the emotional ketchup is a blubberin' well of tears.

[crossbackpoke-check]

i C u moyle

captured in 4k

[poptartmochi]

the blorbos are passing the blunt (my brain) this week 🆘🆘🆘‼️

[magnoliamyrrh]

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[mood2you]

YELLOWJACKET LANDED ON ME AND STARTED EATING ME But didn't bite me they love meat

[brainwasheddd]

The more I think back on my reslationship with him the more I realize he was absolutely horrible and borderline abusive