#god bless jinbe

[hauntingblue]

Ace still standing there. Isn't this enough I wonder

[melonteee]

every day I think it's so funny Jinbe genuinely likes Sanji, like he thinks Sanji is so nice and neat. But Sanji's emotionally messy ass just doesn't know how to understand or receive any kinds of affection so he just acts like a feral cat towards Jinbe. Like, Jinbe saves him and Luffy? He yells FUCK YOU THAT WAS MY FIGHT!! Jinbe helps Sanji fight a huge fishman? He screams GO AWAY I STILL DON'T FORGIVE YOU!!! Jinbe asks Sanji if he's okay?? He shouts GO TO HELL AND DIE!!!

God bless Jinbe's beautiful and mature soul to handle all that, Sanji's scratching out cause older men treating him nicely is alien to him and Jinbe just thinks he's the funniest little thing

[nohuelii]

Strawhats as demigods (PJO ver.)

Jinbe: he would totally be roman cause he's more organised and calm. at first i thought he would be an amazing child of Poseidon, but then i realised that he's a fighter but also he's morally correct, so i think he would be a child of Bellona. yes, he's calm like Poseidon, so i think he would have his blessing just like Frank Zhang. In the end, Jinbe would be a child of Bellona, legion 1.

Brook: due to his connection to music i think it is really obvious which god would be his parent, still i kinda want to elaborate a little. he loooves music, he even fights with some instruments! he uses music as a weapon just like Apollo/Lester, but also he lives for the music. So, it's easy to say that Brook is a child of Apollo, cabin 7.

Franky: this one is easy due to Frank's ability to create, he's a carpenter, an engineer, a mechanic... he creates amazing things and it takes him little to no time. he's into technology (this even leads him to modifying his own body) and he repairs things. he even breathes fire! and if you tell me that's not a Hephaestus' child thing, you're wrong. So Franky is a child of Hephaestus, cabin 9.

Chopper: he's a ray of sunshine, of course, and his main ability/function is not fighting even when he's really good at it; he's a healer, someone who worries too much about everyone else's well being because he's a doctor. and even when he's good at one on one fights and does not rely on long distance weapons like bow and arrows as many kids of Apollo, he's got other traits that relate to him. and that's why i think Chopper would be a child of Apollo, cabin 7.

Robin: i wasn't sure if i should let her epithet influence my decision but i'm weak and so i let myself love "the devil child". i was thinking that because she's an archaeologist she must be Athena's kid, but... do you know who else would be super interested in the past and finding skeletons and wouldn't be scared of spiders (like Black Maria)? that's right, a child of Hades. she's gloomy, has a dark humor and is always saying macabre things, but she also has the trauma just as Nico and Hazel; she's surrounded by darkness and death, but she chooses to live thanks to friendship, and she even accepts her most terrifying and demonic look for the sake of those who she loves the most. So, Robin would be a daughter of Hades, cabin 13.

Usopp: look, he reminds me a lot of Leo Valdez not only for his silly personality, but because of his interest in crafts and creating various gadgets. Hephaestus' kids are not always the best fighters, so they compensate with creating things they could use in fights and they usually are very clever at doing so, and Usopp is just that type of guy. also, he likes to create things to help his friends just like Franky. That makes Usopp a child of Hephaestus, cabin 9.

Sanji: this one's a little tricky cause he has a lot of traits that makes him a child of Aphrodite (he's french according to Oda, a lover boy and chef, and that screams Aphrodite), but i choose to focus on other things. he hates his biological father, whose a king, and he can skywalk... do you remember who also does both of those things? right! Jason Grace. he's caring, he's blonde, he's kind, he's really tidy so he must be roman. yes, he lights his foot on blue fire, but my main proof is that he didn't die when Enel shot him with a lightning bolt. that's what makes Sanji a child of Jupiter, legion 5.

Nami: i was also debating on this one cause i feel three gods would be a perfect fit for her, but i will explain my choice. even if she's really beautiful like a child of Aphrodite, i think that's not the main point to her character; same goes to her being a child of Zeus, cause even when she can control the weather, it is due to the weapon she uses. so, the other characteristics we have about her is that she's not only clever but cunning, she's good at improvising when in need and she always achieves what she wants cause she's a really clever liar; and, of course, she's a great thief and a pretty good negotiator. All those things make Nami a daughter of Hermes, cabin 11.

Zoro: he's not only obsessed with being strong just for the sake of it, but because he feels like strength will give him control over things he doesn't have control such as "destiny". he uses his strength to protect those who he loves (that's what i mean by saying to have control over things: to protect and avoid having to experience the loss of someone important to him again). he's aggressive, yes, but he's also caring in his weird cold way, and if that's not screaming Clarisse La Rue, i don't know what it is. also, even if he's a mess and has a tendency to get lost, i think he's really devoted to being a swordsman and so he's really disciplined, and that makes Zoro a child of Mars, legion 5 (cause he's part of the worst generation).

Luffy: okay, yes... he technically is the sun god, but lemme tell you that i think it would be kinda like a blessing, not from Apollo, but from Zeus. Luffy's kind, but he also has a sense of justice and freedom, and he has saved a lot of people because of that sense of right and wrong even when he's not a hero because he also does questionable things and i think he would be a child of Nemesis, cause of course she would've loved a revolutionary like Dragon. so i think that after all that happened in Onigashima, Luffy would have won the Olympians favor and so Zeus' blessing, and that's how i would justify him being a minor god of the sun and king of pirates. and so, Luffy is a child of Nemesis, cabin 16.

Bonus:

Law: i kinda want to say that he's a child of Apollo cause it would be so funny, but no... he's gloomy, scary, has a dark humor, is surrounded by death (his epithet is "the surgeon of death"!) and has a tragic backstory, that's why Law is a child of Hades, cabin 13.

Vivi: she has a really great sense of good and bad, she's caring and has a strong sense of justice. she's great with animals and uses short-range and long-range weapons. she's also a fighter, and is linked with social movements, so i think Vivi would be a daughter of Nemesis, cabin 16, but also an Artemis hunter.

Ace: just because he hates his biological father and is technically the prince of pirates, he's strong, has this complex self-esteem and even has the physical characteristics that Thalia is described with, i think Ace would fit as a child of Zeus, cabin 1, and of course he would hate him.

Sabo: his father is a king and he fucking hates him, he's a revolutionary and gives steam punk Thalia Grace vives. he would be roman because he's blonde (like Jason) and he's part of an army. Sabo would totally be a child of Jupiter, legion 1, and he would hate him a lot just like everyone else.

[charkyzombicorn]

God au headcannon

Usopp made flowers for each of his friends

Luffy - sunflower

Brook - moonflower

Nami - Dianthos (mythology reference to Zeus)

Robin - blue iris (symbolizes knowledge)

Chopper - sakuras (Hiriluk)

Sanji - daisies (they are used in cooking)

Zoro - Gladiolus (also been referred to as xiphium, which comes from the Greek word, xiphios — also meaning 'sword')

Jinbe - Bougainvillea (they tolerate salt water)

Franky - the fennel flower (associated with have Hephaestus ) 

Omg these r so cuteeee u can tell who's alters belong to who because the flower Usopp gave them spontaneously grows around them

There's a wall of Sunflowers around Ace and Sabo's tree house. Sunflowers appear often near family homes and around any of the other blessed flowers

Moonflowers grow where there's lots of music to be heard, concerts or solos, and sometimes around lonely people

Dianthus thrive where the weather is harsh or to keep weeds from starving tangerine trees

Blue iris is a sneaky flower that finds its way between floorboards to listen for secrets

Daisies grow in abundance, and around edible plants to protect them. They grow with dianthus around orange trees

Gladiolus grow on battlefields, the more vivid the petals the more honorable the fight. Sheer white gladiolas grow where there was one-sided slaughter of innocents

Bougainvillea grow on sailships, always facing north to guide sailors, full of vitamins to keep them well but with poison in the sap to remind sailors to be diligent

The Fennel flower grows in thriving cities full of progression, fennel flowers outside someone's door is the greatest good omen an inventor can receive. Fennel flowers can sometimes be found growing in engines - this is completely harmless, and good luck

[tinycurlyfry]

Early morning One Piece binge because I wanna see Yamato dammit! Rambling liveblog thoughts contained in ‘Read More’ like last time

Episode 990 -

THERE HE IS! GO DOGBOY GO! 

GJKLSDFJ Luffy just standing there as Ulti yells at him like “.....Huh?” even though he’s not T-posing he has such confused t-posing energy

Luffy, regardless of situation, regardless of who asks, will always answer “Who (the hell) are you?” with “I’m Luffy. I’m going to be pirate king” Love that about him. Yes you are babe, you tell ‘em!!!

Him seeing Ulti come at him with a headbutt and he’s just like “BET.” and meets her headbutt with his own haki-d forehead. Reasonable person would’ve moved, or knock her away but of course not Luffy.

“THAT HURT!!!” Yeah I bet it fucking did, stupid! Luffy what happened to not making risky moves to save your energy for Kaido lmaoo

I love Yamato already oh my god what an entrance. What a first impression to make on Luffy. Striking Ulti with the same attack his father used and then immediately turning around going from intimidating AF to fanboying over Luffy in 2 seconds. “YOU’RE MUGIWARA NO LUFFY, AREN’T YOU?” Luffy extremely confused that his instinctive response of “Yes, it is.” kicks in as he just stares, trying to process- OHP!! HE’S BEEN SNATCHED! JUST GRABS LUFFY AND RUNS! Yamato Ily oh my god

Luffy just letting himself be carried as he continues to try to piece together what the fuck is happening lmaooo 

Episode 991-

“It’s like an all you can assassinate buffet!” Robin oh my god. YESSS! KILL!!!

Jinbe with a big smile on his face “You scare me.” JGSKLDFJGG YEAH ME TOO DUDE.

Luffy I get it but oh my god stop wasting energy and just listen to what he has to say! 

Yamato recognizing Red Hawk is made to resemble Ace’s powers ;;;n;;; 

Episode 992 - 

gjklfdg them arguing over how long Yamato has to speak before Luffy runs off to fight Kaido. Children.

Bless Robin and Jinbe being the only ones with restraint and actually keeping up the façade in face of the beast pirates, even while they’re getting ready to execute Momo.

HEART PIRATES SCREEN TIME AGAIN!!! Law is such a good captain. The way his confidence is reflected by his crew. His steadying hand on Hakugan  helming the ship, leaning in close as he guides him. Am I going to gush about every gesture, every action he makes with his crew? Absolutely. Yes. 

The blue eye effect as he activates room? STUNNING. I will never tire of Law using his abilities. It’s so fucking cool.

YESSSSS MARCO GANG ARRIVES!!! REUNION TIME ;;;;v;;;;; Oh my god this scene is beautiful I’m going to sob. The SNOW, Oda!? Bless. Thank you for giving the siblings the fucking best setting for their reunion scene. The Red Scabbards deserve the world. Also Marco is so good. I love one phoenix who hasn’t loss his smile after all that he’s been through. He’s such a sweetheart.

gjskdfg thank you for allowing Yamato 5 minutes instead of 1 minute. Truly you are the pinnacle of patience, Luffy.

Episode 993 -

Luffy looking down so his hat covers his face when Yamato says Ace spoke of him a lot - I’M GONNA SOB! HIS EXPRESSION TIGHTENING AS HE TRIES NOT TO CRY NOOOOOOO OKAY I AM SOBBING NOW. 

Oh?! Law’s not going to join the samurai to take down Kaido? Huh! Okay! I wonder if he’s just going to give them their chance to take him down first since this is for their revenge. Law knows about revenge. He is not one against getting vengeance in the least bit. I could believe he wants to let them have the first chance at killing him. This is important to them. He’s there for support if they need it and to keep the plan going.... as smooth as it can gjkslfgf

Oof, Izou didn’t know till now that Kanjuro betrayed them ;;; Him still complimenting Kanjuro even in the face of betrayal, saying how skilled his drawings are. But he knows that while he was ‘on their side’ his drawings were awful. He’s got to be realizing Kanjuro’s creation could have been LEAGUES better than what he was giving them. That he was faking his poor ability to draw in using his powers. The subtlety in Izou’s “What a great actor” comment/compliment. He is angry but still can’t completely shrug off that bond they had. That he thought they had. My god I love the red scabbards so much.

God I’m so proud of Momo ;;; He really is trying to fight back. Kanjuro fucking snapping when Momo draws blood in striking at him with the knife. A member of the Kozuki family drawing his blood that sends Kanjuro into a brief craze. God this is so good.

Awww nooooo Kiku tearing up and wanting Kanjuro to say it to her face that all that time together, the bond they built as a family, that it really was all a lie before she attacks him. God Kanjuro’s betrayal has hurt them so deeply. They loved Kanjuro. They all mean so much to each other. Kiku darling, sweetheart, I’m so sorry. But also Kanjuro saying he IS full of emotions again. God, I wonder if he really does feel that love for them. He feels that bond. But he’s so detached from his emotions that to him it is just that person is his role. That person is a performance. But that person is also real. Kanjuro says he sees their tears as compliments of his acting, but I wonder if deep down, beyond his own awareness, he wants them to mourn him.

OH SHIT! Kiku those were some of the coolest fucking lines ever oh my god. GO OFF, BABE! 

My god, MORE EXPLODING CUFFS?! If I had a dollar for every father that put exploding handcuffs on his son to keep him prisoner and keep him in line I’d have two dollars which isn’t much but weird that it’s happened twice. I want Sanji and Yamato to interact now. I want them to bond over having the absolute worst fathers alive. 

Yamato: “Because what kind of parent would blow up their own son?” Luffy like ‘This again? Oh HELL no. Okay hand them over, I’m taking these off right now immediately.’

[banalope]

Things that hit me on a film red rewatch:

this movie is sad dude

shanks was in it even less than I remembered lmfao

maybe jinbe only just joined and maybe he didn’t have TOO much to say but by god toei made sure that man had some action every time he was around he’d take up like the full dang screen

speaking of toei like actually seriously holy budget man we’ve been blessed

ofc sanji knew what those shrooms do

shanks’ crew is so cool wtf I love the parallels particularly between benn beckman and zoro and I always have but it’s just so good to see them

speaking of tho holy fuck did zoro and sanji interact a lot. so like in a movie when the main cast is kind of pushed aside, they like REALLY seemed to interact a LOT since what little time they have on screen was spent being together. So then they dedicate that precious screentime to their bickering and touching each other in the middle of a whole lot of other busy shit going on. All of this is on brand and hilarious

why were they sleeping together?!?????????!????????????? was the outfit thing intentional?????????? im screaming hoarsely

sanji even manages to sleep like a simp. somehow

uta gaining popularity online ‘2 years ago’ soo in 2020, when covid hit is that what you’re telling me?? how did this movie come out of NOWHERE and resonate so fuckin much how did they do dat

yasopp didnt deserve any of that whatsoever.

honestly the whole movie just hit me so fuckin sadly as soon as Im Invicible started, that is a different feeling entirely on a second watch just holy shit what a fuckin tragedy I am so invested in this character fuckin a pls bring her into canon more Im BEGGING

in short it was amazing, its just Bad Dads the Musical, I know I’ll watch it again and pick up even more stuff but seeing it on the big screen is just such a fuckin cool experience I’d go 5 more times if I could A++++

[hydine]

Robin in ep 1044 was great

as a demon, but the execution was kinda weird? I had intense Devilman Crybaby Netflix flashbacks 😧 Like, Robin becoming evil for her found family is HYPE, but the style of the episode (like the animation and the colors) was absolute whack and made no sense to me.

But all in all, last few episodes were all a blessing (looking esp at u Jinbe vs Who's-Who)

Then came 1045 and reminded me of my extreme ZoSan brainrot which is VERY bad this week and that I've become a Sanji simp ever since Wholecake Island (sorry Zoro, you'll stay my #1 ofc but Sanji is a gift)

These screenshots do NOT do him justice tho. I love the skywalking prince, chef of chefs, God of the kitchens. And I'll stay by it, him in this suit is a fucking blessing. I hope he gets more time to shine in his upcoming fight 😍

Also, preview for next episode was narrated by ZoSan. While I'm OK with any ship, I'll probably ride this ship until the day I die.

[dandunn]

Tiger by the Tail chapter 11 is up! (SPOILERS IN CHAPTER SUMMARY)

Fish uncle, Sabo and clowns oh my!

[sw33tcaram3l]

Straw Hat recruitment process

I’m bored so I study the recruitment process of Straw Hat pirates.

I’ve read a lot of info in random websites but, this is still based on One Piece Manga. When it comes to reading books, series or novels, I prefer to base my beliefs on the original content/storyline rather than random thoughts coming from me or others. It will be okay if someone can explain it as long as their references were from the original author. So I will put more Manga screenshot here to make it more easy and reliable.

 Here we go!

Zoro -->> Invited by Luffy -->> Refused invitation -->> Save by Luffy -->>

Fights at Luffy side  -->> Officially join the crew

Nami -->> Save by Luffy -->> Invited by Luffy -->> Refused invitation -->> 

Fights at Luffy side -->> join the crew -->> left the crew -->> 

Saved again by Luffy -->> join the crew officially

Usopp -->> F Fights at Luffy side -->> Saved by Luffy -->>  Invited by Luffy -->> 

join the crew officially -->> left the crew -->> Circumstances came and join Luffy’s fight -->>

 Rejoin the crew

Sanji -->> Invited by Luffy -->> Refused invitation -->> Fights at Luffy side -->>

Saved by Luffy -->> join the crew officially -->> left the crew -->> 

Circumstances came and join Luffy’s fight -->> rejoin the crew

Chopper -->> Save by Luffy -->> Fights at Luffy side -->> Invited by Luffy -->>

Refused invitation -->> Refuse the refusal and join the crew officially

Robin -->> Save by Luffy -->> Ask Luffy to join the crew -->> Luffy accepted -->> 

Left the crew -->> Saved again by Luffy -->> join the crew officially

Franky -->> Fights at Luffy side -->> Save by Luffy -->> Invited by Luffy -->>

Refused invitation -->> Refuse the refusal and join the crew officially

Brook -->> Invited by Luffy -->> Refused invitation -->> Fights at Luffy side -->>

 Save by Luffy -->> join the crew officially

Jinbei -->> Saved by Luffy -->> Fights at Luffy side -->> Invited by Luffy -->> 

Refused invitation -->> Ask if he can join if ever they meet again -->> Luffy said yes -->> met again -->> 

Circumstances came and fights at Luffy side -->> join the crew officially

And of course I will add Vivi here since she is still a Straw Hat. And you never know, just like Jinbei, she got a potential on becoming a permanent member.

Vivi -->> Saved by Luffy -->> Fights at Luffy side -->> Invited by Luffy -->> 

Refused invitation -->> Ask if she can join if ever they meet again -->> Luffy said yes -->> ??

I observe that its more on Luffy saving the person first before they join the crew.

Its also a loophole in Yamato joining the crew since she ask Luffy first if she can join the crew before Luffy take’s off her chains (form of saving him).

Another thing is, most of the Straw hat has their own Dreams. But Yamato idolize Oden and still doesn’t know what her real dream. 

Theirs also seems a circumstance in recruiting a straw hat girls. Its when Luffy first met them, they have this goal of stealing something.

1. Nami stealing Buggy’s Grandline Map and his treasure.

2. Vivi stealing Labon (Whale’s meat).

3. And Robin stealing a country or rather the knowledge written in the poneglyphs.

But you never know how Oda plays on this recruitment process. Just like what happen to Robin and Usopp.

Well its fun do this things. If you have comments or miss something, or if you have other knowledge about this topic, feel free to pm me. God bless everyone!

[lunnamars]

small things

@einfach-antonia didn’t ask, but it’s for her. Hope you like it.

"Oe, Tashigi! What are you doing?"

It was almost 3 p.m. and Zoro was looking for the marine to start their daily workout. Tashigi was nowhere to be found — not in their bedroom, not in the kitchen, not in the Crow’s Nest already waiting for him. He looked on every corner of the Sunny and was surprised to see her laying on the floor under Nami’s tangerine trees. 

"Meditating", she said with her eyes closed.

"Lying down? I'm pretty sure that's not how it's done", he looked at her from above, an eyebrow raised.

"It's a different meditation."

"How so?", Zoro decided to sit next to her and watch her soft features.

"Instead of focusing on the tranquil wind or the swinging of the leaves and the grass, I'm focusing… on the sound of the water running down the sink while Sanji-san washes the dishes, focusing on the sound of the wind hitting Luffy-san's straw hat while he fishes, or the sound of Chopper-kun's laughter", Tashigi hums and continues, "I'm paying attention to the noise of Usopp-san's hand working on the Clima-Tact and the turning of the pages of the book Robin-san is reading…"

She closed her eyes and tells him more, "I'm concentrating on the sound of Nami-san's pencil scribing the paper, on the screw and unscrew of bolts of a possible new project of Franky-san."

Zoro simply couldn’t tear his gaze away from the peaceful expression Tashigi had on her face while she spoke. It was mesmerizing. 

"I'm listening to the soft whistling of Jinbe-san while he steers Sunny and to the low murmur of a possible new song of Brook-san", then suddenly she opened her eyes and glanced affectionately at him, "and lastly, I'm listening to the clink of your three earings, Zoro."

He didn’t know how that woman was still able to make his heart flip even after five years. Maybe she is really a witch as people call her, he thought. Zoro came to the conclusion that she was an enchantress not only because of her unusual ability to bend swords to her will but because she was also able to bend him to her will.

That's the only explanation.

Tashigi pulled him by the hand so he could lay down next to her (and there she goes making him abide by any request she makes) and then hugging him and resting her head in the curve of his neck.

"I'm focusing on the small things that make you all, well… be who you all are. On the small things that made me feel at home."

He understands what she's telling him — after all, she was one of his methods of meditation. He has never told her, but sometimes, he'd just sit close to her and focus on her breathing and on the simple fact of her presence near him. They had danced around each other for so long that just having her there with him was like a real blessing.

And Zoro didn’t even believe in the divine.

"Mmm, aren’t you becoming too soft? Who would have thought that becoming a pirate would turn you into such a corny woman", he sneered because he knew the exact reaction that would come right after. He even lifted his hand already.

"You bastard!", she punched and he defended with his hand, "I'm allowed to be a little sentimental once in a while, thank you very much."

To be honest, Zoro thought she was allowed to do many things — he knew she'd always do good things, so he wouldn’t lose his sleep over that. The swordsman started to stroke her hair in slow movements and Tashigi seemed to calm down. He called her corny, but he was somewhat a softie too. Especially with her.

Or maybe just with her. 

(Probably just with her since he wasn’t the type of person to show affection, but he didn’t know what’s with this woman that made him want to hug her every time he could. Obviously he doesn’t. God forbid him staining his aloof reputation.)

But when she’d say things like that, he'd become scared, something would always tug in his heart. He decided to never voice this doubt, but after her speech, he wanted to finally make sure.

"Don't you regret joining us?"

He was scared of her answer. He has always been scared she would break out of this strange spell someday and decide that that life wasn’t for her.

That he wasn’t for her.

"What a silly question. Of course I don’t. Why?", she leaned on her elbow and stared at him like she was talking to a dumb person.

 "We're pirates. You've always been, you know… Miss Right. And I'm nothing but a pirate—"

"You are a lot of things, but you’re especially the man I choose to be with, you moron", she said without stuttering, but couldn’t hide the huge blush that crept in her face. Always wearing her heart on her sleeve, he thought fondly.

"Haa… you're really cheesy today, huh?", he shot her a crooked smile. Tashigi just rolled her eyes and leaned in to give a sweet kiss on his nose. 

"Just shut up."

For some reason, Zoro liked what they had. And he liked to tease her or to feel her skin on his or to just touch her. It wasn’t a complicated relationship and he had to admit he was surprised in the beginning. She has always been a tough nut to crack (as well as him), but they seemed to fit. In every aspect — from their shared love for swordsmanship to her small figure that fills the right amount of space below his chin to the way he could hold her whole naked body in his arms.

"Get outta here with this chaste kiss, woman", he mumbled in her lips and smiled the most enticing smile he knew she liked. Tashigi blushed even harder and Zoro felt a wave of pride fill him to know he still made her feel like that after five years.

In a swift movement, he scooped her in his arms and spoke in her ear with the huskiest voice he could muster — the voice that he knew was truly effective against her, “Cmon, Glasses, we’re not gonna meditate anymore. We’re gonna do a different kind of training.”

Tashigi bit her lips with something alluring in her eyes. He smiled in a devilish manner and kept walking.

“But it’s in the bedroom.”

[zoromance]

strawhat pirates, ranked least to most huggable

nami: good hugs in theory, but it’s nami so there are strings attached. go on. take that hug and see what happens. get ready to pay interest you buffoon. 2/10 huggability

brook: god bless him he tries. bony and pointy and generally uncomfortable, but delightful nonetheless because he’s really putting in his best effort. 2.5/10 huggability

franky: post-timeskip robot dad hugs are a little terrifying, but warm regardless. 4/10 huggability

robin: rarely hugs, but when the correct opportunity arises, gives the best and most comforting hugs of all time. points docked for rarity. 5/10 huggability

sanji: wonderful hugger. points docked for intentions that are often impure, however. 6.5/10 huggability

usopp: sweet thicc boi gives awesome hugs. unfortunately, his humanoid hugs are slightly overshadowed by other crew members with special abilities. 8/10 huggability

chopper: oh yeah fluffy reindeer hugs. delightful all around, especially in human point. points docked for sharp and stabby hooves/antlers. 8.5/10 huggability

luffy: oh boy oh man oh jeez. stretchy limbs make for UNREAL hugs. less of a hug and more of a warm cocoon. again, delightful. 9/10 huggability

jinbe: LARGE FISH DAD HUGS!! so warm and round and stronk. you can’t argue that jinbe is a good hugger. excellent method of reaching inner peace. hug your local fish dad, 10/10 huggability

zoro: we all knew who was gonna be number one. this warm beefcakey dork would give the best tightest safest hugs. no one can deny a zoro hug. you thought he was training his body to be a perfect fighting machine? no. he was just honing his hugging technique all these years, you fools. wow. just imagine. 15/10 huggability

[hauntingblue]

Another insane episode title: luffy's inconsolable cries

[whirlybirdwhat]

Compass Left Behind

Ao3 - One Piece, Gen, Modern AU, Look for Warnings! (See Ao3), Focus on Straw Hats.

Word Count: 2,847

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When Ace dies in a flurry of fast motions and undeniable death (gun fight – a gang fight, Akainu fire arson why were you born- oh god it burns) Luffy screams at the pain of being alone. His brothers are dead, Shanks spirited away into the wind, Garp, military (abusive) and untrustworthy, and Makino and Dadan’s gang, underserving of this mess.

Luffy is 14 when he becomes completely abandoned, and he is 14 when the thought whispers into his mind

Why? Why am I alone? It shouldn’t be this way - Never should be this way. Where are they?

And so he starts to search.

-

Monkey D. Luffy first whispered into their lives with the soft smile on Zoro’s sunlit face as he wandered home from school. This smile last for the week, a week of Koushirou’s adopted son seeming more complete and alive than he has ever before - and then he is gone, katanas packed away with sturdy clothes and tracking chip pulled out of his phone

Koushirou wonders about the boy who Zoro mentioned only once (I met someone today – his name is (and the way he said the name sounded like a king)) but accepts it. Zoro always had the spirit of a wanderer in him - but it never seemed to belong just to him.

He reports Zoro’s disappearance to the authorities but it gets buried. Somethings were not meant to be - somethings were meant to be lost to the world (Zoro had always been lost – always had an internal compass that only pointed at one person.)

Koushirou hopes the boy he raised (in place of a daughter who died) is happy now.

-

They meet Nami in the mall, her life safe at last and her family and their tangerine farm whole and unharmed. There is nothing stopping her from saying no when Luffy stretches out hand, to stay with her family who have no recognition of the name Arlong.

But she takes the hand anyway, the weight she never knew was there lifting off of her. She was supposed to be a navigator for a big company in the fall, with big rewards, perfect for a girl who had no interest of spending big bucks at college

But she drops it all and takes the hand offered.

And well -

That is that.

(They, piled into Luffy’s (Ace’s) old custom flame-detailed Camaro, make for an odd bunch with Luffy’s scars and Zoro’s swords and Nami’s maps and money bags (and three shriveled tangerine tree seeds kept in a golden locket) but they could not care less.)

-

Usopp joins them three states over and for once does not lie - he speaks truthfully about the pull he feels, like waves to the moon’s commands, like a compass to the north and laments that maybe he’ll meet his dad on the road - out in the big wide radiant west.

He brings along a ride and tall tales, a reminder that there’s joy in the smallest of things.

(Kaya, they learn, is a name not to be spoken for she died a year ago, officially due to an illness. Unofficially, Usopp tells them of a butler who had a history in poison and botany, and how his claws quickly sunk into the family riches once the orphan girl passed away suddenly.

This is not a tale of heroes or interference in carefully laid plans- this is a tale of people finding home and family.

And Kaya, while she had a place in Usopp’s heart, never had a place aboard the sunny, beloved ship (home) in their dreams of before.)

-

Sanji kicks them from his restaurant, freshly inherited from Zeff who died three months previous, four times until he finally caves and agrees to go with them.

The chefs and waiters are happy to see him go, even if his boyfriend, Gin, isn’t (he’ll miss him, can’t he see that?).

The restaurant was never the twenty-two-year old’s dream, only a prison made of a debt and a soured paternal love and the staff knew that.

They do not understand what makes these strangers so important to him, but they do not stop him from leaving, from kissing his mafia boyfriend one last passionate time, from signing restaurant over to his most trusted workers and hopping in the car with two teens and a young adult.

It was never their place to know what made him so weary of food being stolen.

(Besides. His cigarettes were clogging up the air.)

-

They never meet Vivi. They only ever hear of her in newspapers clippings, proclaiming that the last princess of Alabasta perished during an uprising in her kingdom.

(It’s not a world of heroes and happiness, in this life)

The story is sad in general, but they are even more so because more than it being a tragic tale, they never got to meet her again.

(But they knew she would never, ever stay, no matter how hard they begged. Her heart belonged to the desert sun and the sand beneath feet, and the people hailing her name. Some things are constant like that.)

-

Chopper, prodigy and fully-fledged doctor at the age of twenty-six, takes one look at them and quits his job at his adopted father’s old clinic.

No one comments on how though he is the eldest, everyone ruffles his hair like he is the youngest.

No one talks about the little cherry blossoms and antlers embroidered on his sweater, or the way he despisesmushrooms.

No one mentions the way he gapes at Zoro and Luffy, one with too little scars (though they are thankful for that) and one with far, far too many.

(He’ll pass creams to both of them, helping smooth it over Luffy’s back and arms and chest and face and just anywhere really (so many scars - skin didn’t scar this easily before) and letting Zoro do his own, spreading the cool substance over his chest and ankles and face (but never his back - would be a shame if he did), places that had always ached mysteriously previously, and always during storms like Luffy’s did now)

-

Robin comes into their lives silently, appearing in the back of the Merry (Usopp’s mothers old Volkswagen van that he inherited, that he and Kaya had painted with pictures of seas and sheep and dreaming words before ... everything) one day and never leaving after that.

There are no doubts that she belongs with them - not this time, and not ever again. She brings a multitude of books with her and helps finishes Zoro’s and Luffy’s spotty education, filling in gaps of knowledge with care and love.

She never speaks of genocide, never speaks of the circling brand on her left shoulder blade, and the haunted look in here eye but she doesn’t have to.

Like before, the past does not matter here, with them.

(Unlike before, the only thing that does matter is them - there are no dreams in this concrete world, only slowly filling in the ache of where were you and I was alone.)

-

The blue haired man who tried to steal their car is Franky, and this time only his arm and nose are metal - it doesn’t make him any less strong or big though. Once he sees the little keychain of a straw hatted jolly roger, custom made, hanging on the mirror, however, he stops, sitting there in the front seat, the wires already hotwired, and smiles. That’s where they find him, and after only the briefest of introductions (for they all know each other already, really, in some inescapable way) and goodbyes (the Franky family are still family but the world is crueler now then then, and bonds like that aren’t meant to stay (but bonds like theirs are)) they leave after a small pitstop.

Merry cannot hold him (cannot hold three more people, they need more) and so it is a near blessing in disguise when Merry is forced to be ripped away from them by a bad car accident - a cop careening down the road after a clown with a sword (an odd sight but not the oddest. They were all more worried about clinging together and making sure they were all alive). No fights happen between them (they do not know how they would take it if one of them walked away - they don’t know if they even can now that they’ve found each other).

Instead, they watch as Franky commandeers his brother’s company for one week, and creates a home on the road for them. Simple and deceiving on the outside yet extravagantly homey within, the extremely luxurious and custom RV is familiar enough with a small shielded garden on the top, a library within and couches and bunks soft and plush to rest their weary head.

Sunny, they decide to call the RV, now detailed on the side in bold, dreamful lettering with a painted lion face, for all the sunny days they will have together.

(They’re almost complete.)

-

Brook sees them in the crowd and steps off his stage, disappearing into the night. His fans are disappointed and the rest of the world confused - where had the man gone?

The man himself is gaunt, brittle and bone like, which is only accented by his skeletal make up, but he laughs and cracks jokes with them all, one more puzzle piece, one more weapon to defeat the battle that is loneliness.

His music soothes them to bed with the sweetest tunes, and the songs he releases to the public are more popular than ever - for they have something the old Brook used to have but thought he never would again.

The love of family.

(He does not speak of years spent by the coast, playing songs with other folk and whales, as they danced happily to the breeze. He does not speak of tsunamis and death and wondering why he above all others survived because he knows why - so the loneliness would end when he was with them.)

-

Jinbe is last and when they break him free from the prison on the coast, it is all they can do not to cry with relief. They are whole again, never mind the mafia and government after them thanks to Jinbe’s escape, they can breathe again.

When they collapse inside Sunny, far away from the lights that searched for them, bandages applied to broken boys (why did he have so many scars?) and smiles given, they do cry, and Jinbe envelopes them all with a hug until they fall backward into a giant, happy dog pile.

He is warm and big and steers them in the right direction, just as he always did. The last part of the puzzle is complete and now they can be free with each other instead of trapped alone.

(Jinbe is the first to know about the beginning, what happened to their captain in this life, (for he knew Ace as well) and he does not forgive himself for not being there like he was before. But he does pray to and thank every god he knows that Luffy was able to get up alone - and find them all.

It’s a miracle, really. (It’s what he was known for))

-

Together they travel, making money in dubious ways (street performance and thievery among them – stealth is a skill that Luffy has somehow acquired now but they do not like to think about how) and having as much adventure and life as they can before their time inevitably runs out.

They travel and learn about each other what makes them different from before (they learn what before was.)

They learn of new ages (Luffy 14, Zoro 16, Nami 18, Usopp 20, Sanji 22, (Vivi would be 24) Chopper 26, Robin, like before 28, Franky 30, Brook 32, and Jinbe, 34 - two years apart for the two years they spent apart. They wished their youngest weren’t so young,) new habits (video game design was what Usopp was going to go to college for, once he had saved enough) and the things that stayed the same (Nami can still haggle prices down to a quarter of the original price, and Zoro still uses three katanas.)

It’s a good life, a happy life. They found each other again - how could it not be?

-

Of course - not everything’s perfect. It comes back to them in the little moments

It’s In the way Zoro will sit himself beside the door on rainy days, ready to catch anyone who slips; in the way Nami hoards money like she’ll die without it and what she’ll be willing to sacrifice for it (herself and others but never her family), in the way that Usopp, though understanding, will lurch whenever someone seems just a tad too sad and frantically tell a tale as if everyone’s life depended on it, and the way he’s wary of every trusting, loyal servant they come across.

It’s in the way Sanji won’t eat if someone else wont (all too common, none of them are okay with food sometimes, even Luffy, who will sometimes stop eating randomly, or Zoro, who occasionally forgets he can keep eating) or in the way Chopper will quadruple check every medical thing he does when not in an emergency.

It’s in the way Robins mind goes blank at certain books and the way her fingers tremble even when doing something she loves; in the way Franky will ghost his hand over his nose and arm and belly and scars and remember the day everything was lost; in the way that Brook can’t stand foggy nights that become like his mind occasionally, clouded and alone.

And especially it’s in the way the Luffy, Luffy who used to never be afraid (because rubber couldn’t hurt, at least not easily), will flinch and snag fingers in Zoro’s or Jinbe’s clothing, arms taut and eyes wide, trembling and so abruptly quiet and push whatever food on his plate away whenever voices raise or fists fly in the kitchen (only ever the kitchen), and will shriek and go silent, crouched in a ball if its directed at him - (The kitchen area is a no fight zone now, if they have to do it they do it beyond the divider and in the other areas while the rest distract Luffy.) It’s in the way Luffy has far too many scars (from punches and kicks and being thrown off balconies and cliffs from supposedly loving hands, from fights in back alleys and scrambling to survive – he’s only 14 and before it wouldn’t faze them but this world is so much more real in the way the other wasn’t) and in the way one used to be able to count each individual rib on his side.

No.

It’s the little moments that hurt the worse.

-

But there are also happy moments, happiness found in places one wouldn’t think to look.

Like being chased by cars flashing red and blue lights, in a flame detailed beat up Camaro, like seeing how high cola rockets could blast, like finally hearing the end to Robin’s memorized bed time story that spoke of pirates of old and new, and sunny days always looking toward the horizon.

Like being there to see Zoro and Luffy, always on the same page, experience something for the first time, like the high school dance they snuck into or the stars on the unlit coast (well that was a first for most actually). Like seeing Brook’s guitar strum a special song just for each of them, or having Chopper give special band aids for each of them (Luffy’s had pirates, Zoro’s tigers, Nami’s tangerines, Usopp’s birds, Sanji’s hearts and Franky’s gears. Robin and Brook were more careful so everyone was still vying to see what design they would get)

It was the joys that built them up again

-

And it was the experiences that reminded them of who they were

Because no matter the world, no matter the life now or the life before, Luffy would always have the soul of a conqueror, of a king- and the rest of them would always be his most loyal crew.

These experiences included back alley fights and dealings and tussles with gangs, included hunting down Ace’s killer and killing him in return (because none of them are perfect, even now) in breaking out of prison as a family (whoever thought of imprisoning them all together made a mistake) to shielding Luffy from his grandfather when the mere mention let alone actually meeting with the man made him tremble and near cry.

It was falling from the mountain Skypeia, miraculously making it out alive and visiting Fishman Island off the coast of the southern continent. It was visiting Venice and Antarctica and the pyramids and breaking into historical places (but being respectful because robin loved history) and everything amazing in-between.

And it was being together that made it all worth it - because in this life they didn’t have dreams to reach for, to strive for, to devout their lives towards. They just had each other.

And that was enough

[justm3h]

OP CHAPTER 903 REACTIONS

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH A LINK OH MAN HERE WE GO!!!

Thanks @pointvee I’ll remember you fondly in death.

SPOILERS HOOOOOOOO

Oh man we are off to a good start with that cover hello VIVI DARLING.

AND OLD ALLIES ARE APPEARING WELP I REALLY AM GONNA DIE

Mad respect Sanji, no tricks for you. But I would have loved to have seen you in the suit.

And AYYYYYYY Nami gets a little stronger by stealing Zeus. Of course.

Oh man, newspaper. ITS ABOUT TO BEGIN!! MY HANDS ARE SHAKING.

Sanji back to being dead or alive. And IS NOW WORTH MORE THAN ZORO. YOU DID IT BOYO!! But bad luck about the name...

Holy shit Luffy, hahahaha kiddo plz. That’s absolutely a miss print, missing a zero to be sure. You can’t just go down in price after beating Katakuri.

Noooo don’t remind me about Jinbe! I want him back already!

Ahhh look at this page full of people! Can’t wait to see them all again!

Ugh I could have done without Akainu tho.

...

AAHHHHHH IS IT

Omg

OMGGGGGG IT HAS TO BE RIGHT??? I CAN SEE HIS FUCKING BANDANA

HOLY SHIT I FUCKING CALLED IT AGES AGO THAT HE WOULD SHOW UP FOR REVERIE

BABY

MY BABY BOY.

I CAN RETIRE THE MILK CARTON MY BOY COBY IS BACK AFTER 6 LONG YEARS

And what hero’s entrance. Look at that smile, the light and sunshine of my life.

Plz be nice to my child, he likes Luffy too.

Hey Helmeppo nice to see you too. Shhhh I just love Coby more I’m sorry not sorry.

STRONG HAKI YOU SAY

Wait wasn’t Law involved with the Rocky Port incident? LAW AND COBY HAVE MET??? EXCUSE ME LET ME GO SCREAM MORE. Ot3 I may have you just yet.

And he protect all the civilians be still my heart.

Such. A. Cutie. YOU ARE A HERO DAMN IT.

Omg Coby please, you are very bad at pretending he’s a foe. With you’re serious face and then tears. AND HIS GLASSES OMG CUTIE BOY

And fuck I see that Weevil image. ... and that big head line of Dr.Vegapunk.

OMFG YESSSSS FANBOY PLZ

I am shock how much I had though of Coby geeking out with the people Luffy has saved and it’s happening , but I thought it would be Vivi. Lol

And we see all the Yonko! HEY SHANKS BAE!

PFFFFF HAHAHAHAHAHA HE JUST CANT READ THE EXTRA ZERO.

Of fucking course.

Omg

I’m emotionally drained.

God

Just

I’m so fucking happy.

[charkyzombicorn]

Where each god lives

Brook the moon

Nami in a traveling weather temple that has mostly been around alabasta

Usopp is green-bit ( a former floating island until it was attached to dressrosa)

Zoro lost his home

Luffy lives anywhere he wants

Sanji is a nomade

Robin use to live on ohara but know lives wherever she wants

Franky lives under water 7

Jinbe lives in the sea forest next to fish man island

This sounds so great!!!!

- Once people hear about the tree house where Luffy "lives" They start going to the mountains outside Goa more, some people thought Goa was blessed by Luffy but Luffy outright said 'nah I hate those guys they killed my little brother' and Everyone boycotts Goa. Sabo saw this in the news and was like "The sun god had a brother-- Ooooooh... "

- Some people say Zoro lived in a town that was wiped off the map, and is just ruins of a town full of pitch black gladiolas with one sheer white one in the middle.

- Nami technically lives in a temple in Weatheria but she will be gone for months at a time disguising herself as a human and visiting her gf.

- Usopp technically has claim over anything with plants on it, and until he attached his green bit to Dressrosa people just kept arbitrarily picking their forest as the best one that Usopp must live in somewhere.

- Sanji was disguised as a human at a resturaunt to teach the humans a few things about not wasting food (he was bored) and underestimated how tall humans were. Then the resturaunt got raided and he got adopted by Zeff. Now he works at the Baratie part-time and he doesn't know Zeff knows he's a god

- Chopper lives on Drum and teaches medicine with his apprentice, Kureha, who is very confrontational and scares him a little. Chopper sometimes forgets Kureha is supposed to have died of old age by now. He's procrastinating on letting her die and be reincarnated because then he'll have to start his teachings all over and they might repossess the castle and--

- Robin mostly just lives with Franky, but she will leave for years at a time collecting information. Franky follows her sometimes.

- Franky so lives under water 7!!! He also sometimes disguises himself as human so he can build battle Franky's with Iceberg

- Brook goes to the moon when he's sad! But he usually just rides on Laboon and plays music

- Jimbe asked for help from Usopp with making a sea-plant house and everyone thinks he regrets it but he absolutely adores his glowing neon sea-plant house!!! It's disgustingly bright but he loves it!!!!

[yuki-loves-mango]

One Piece 874

Nice! Dragon is cool. Also Boa.. ;)

But there’s no poll anywhere...? Maybe next week? Or the end of this chapter?

Holy shit

That sounds like a political issue

Poor tree stump..

That design... why

Nami’s attack was super effective!

GET AWAY HURRY

GET OFF THIS DAMN ISLAND

GET THERE HURRY TF UP

They’re not going to make it right

Oh god this things here

LMFAO Sanji please

Give him some water Jinbe he’s thirsty

... I’m not going to point it out...

Oh god she’s here!! GET TO THE DAMN SUNNY

Jesus christ

You guys are just leaving him to die!? 

TREE!!! Luffy pls

Save the trees...

I don’t know what these things are but I love them

And dammit they’re trying to surround the Strawhats! 

They’re back on the Sunny already??

Oh...... nevermind

Are they going to even get away

Her personality keeps changing is she good or bad!?!?!?! DOES SHE LIKE OR HATE HIM

Oh well SHES TRYING TO SAVE THEM BLESS 

AH here’s the polls!!

Wow Zoro is still in 2nd place! I thought Sanji would beat him this time since he’s had a lot of development. But the Zoro fans are strong :P They’re super close though. Luffy’s number 1 as always. I can’t read the Japanese writing its too hard to make out the kanji and furigana :( Zoro’s says something like he hasn’t been around but he’s taken 2nd place, or something, I guess

Jinbes surprisingly popular!! He’s been pretty cool lately I guess. Not a huge fan in all honesty, I mean his character is cool but I’m still unsure about him being a Strawhat and fitting in

Rankings are generally the same as last time except Reiju is here now. I’ve also noticed my boy Bart isn’t there anymore yet Cavendish is :( Probably the fangirls kept him there lol. Can’t blame them, he’s pretty ;) Bart was probably a fav while he was here but overall the hype for him died a bit. Still one of my favs :P

Vivi is still popular! Oh Bart is at 29, still an ok ranking. 

Lmao Pandaman and Oda are still there :P

Sanji’s bros aren’t very popular huh, wonder why..