Vivia DLC Spoilers
I am so fucking normal about Vivia accepting the umbrella from Yakou I am so fucking normal about Vivia accepting the umbrella from Yakou I am so fucking normal about Vivia accepting the umbrella from Yakou
I am so fucking normal about Vivia holding the umbrella himself to protect himself from the rain I am so fucking normal about Vivia holding the umbrella himself to protect himself from the rain I am so fucking normal about Vivia holding the umbrella himself to protect himself from the rain
Him taking the umbrella from Yakou accepting this attachment to life, finding a sliver of himself inch back his foot on the other side to take care of himself for Yakou.
He has never protected himself from the rain before because of his disregard for his life. But now, there was thaat small something. That small something that reminds him, that maybe it's okay to live again. Even if it means continuously dying like a walking corpse. He'll live again.
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🐰 Thoughts: Dynamics With the BB Pirates [1/?]
Potential Trigger Warnings: Mentions of mental illness, depression, thoughts of death
☞ Silva wouldn’t have agreed to go along with the Bla.ckbeard Pirates when they left Mock Town had she been in a better state of mind at the time. The reality was that bun didn’t think there were really any other options left for her- her dream for the future had crumbled, her heart was shattered, and she was spiraling fast. Bun had lost hope. Silva’s decision to leave with them could have easily been the death of her. [And frankly? Bun was kind of counting on it.] And when that didn't happen, she decided to stick around anyway. Bun knows the #1 rule of nature: only the strong survive. Therefore, if she was going to continue onwards, she needed to align herself with a powerful force. ☜
☞ Yet despite being amongst a group of very dangerous people, Silva isn’t in inherent danger. [At least she isn’t in the kind of danger that she’s personally worried about.] Just so long as she stays out of their way, her biggest concern is avoiding getting bowled over/stepped on. [Everyone who makes up the crew is more than twice her height and easily several times her weight. Bun has to watch out! Though most of them are so loud she can hear them coming a mile away...] ☜
☞ Bun is merely there as D.oc Q’s assistant [and does other odd tasks here and there] in the beginning. She’s far too weak to be an actual member of the Bla.ckbeard Pirates. …. At first, anyway. ☜
☞ It isn’t until after the battle of Marineford that Bun is invited to become an official Bla.ckbeard Pirate. She accepts- aside from her pets, the crew was all she had left. The original five members of Teach’s crew are so proud when bun’s first official wanted poster is released. Look at how far their Bun has come! ☜
☞ Silva is regarded as lucky amongst the crew. Even though she doesn’t see how that alleged attribute applies to her, the others seem to emain firm with their opinion. A few even perceive her as a being that brings luck their way; a “good luck charm” of sorts.
And perhaps some credence can be leant to this belief. Bun avoided getting poisoned by Magellan because she refused to go to Impel Down with Bl.ackbeard's crew. And like Teach, Bun also escaped being frozen by Ku.zan when the crew randomly encountered him at a bar in the New World. Whenever something unfortunate happens to the group as a whole, Silva always manages to circumvent the circumstances. ☜
☞ Despite Bun’s various differences with the rest of the crew, none of them are unfriendly with her. In fact, it could be said that she’s decently liked by them. [Though she was quiet and meek when she first came aboard. It wasn’t until she hesitantly agreed to drink with them one night that that a bit of her hidden self slipped out, and Bun’s upbeat, playfully witty side came out to play. Heeey, turns out that seemingly shell of a person has a fun side! Whadyaknow, she does know how to smile!] She's affectionately regarded as the crew's resident little creature™️, and without her around, hijinks cannot properly ensue. Bun's individual relationships with the main members are as follows:
Spouse, Soulmate [or so he insists]: La.ffitte
The Best of Friends: D.oc Q + Stronger, Ca.tarina Devon, Ku.zan + Camel
On Good Terms With: Jesus Bur.gess, Sa.njuan Wolf
It Depends on the Day: Van Au.gur, Ma.rshall D. Te.ach, Av.alo Piz.arro
Avoids: Sh.iryu [he kinda reminds her of someone...🐊]
Refuses to be in the Presence of: Va.sco Shot
☞ Bun is allowed to have bad days around them. She’s allowed to be flawed, to be all the parts of her that she doesn’t like and tries so hard not to be. Those ill moods and dour states of mind are handled with a surprising amount of grace by her crew mates. It still surprises her after 2+ years of being around them. Bun has known "better" people who have left over much less... ☜
☞ Teach knows right away - from the moment they meet - that Bun has immense potential hidden within her. Sure, she comes across as a weakling, but he can tell she is stronger than she lets on; she is stronger than she knows. And she for sure has much more knowledge and awareness in that mind of hers than she lets others believe. With time, bun could develop into a very valuable asset. Teach keeps an eye on her.
He is one of the first to figure out that she has Conquer’s Haki [it’s how she is able to tame animals so easily]! Teach was also the first amongst the crew to find out about Bun’s past with Crocodile. Though this wasn’t due to intuition. Instead he found out she was kinda-sorta wanted by the World Government when he briefly became a Warlord. They wanted to… ‘question’ her about her knowledge of the Alabasta incident and… silence her so the truth behind their coverup wouldn’t get out. But all they had was a photo of her on Crocodile’s arm. Fortunately her identity was a mystery. Teach had no reason to sell her out to them, but he certainly ribbed her about her former love life the next time he saw her: “Zehahaha, hey Bun! When were you gonna tell us you used to f*ck Crocodile?!” >:)
In a way, one could go as far as to say that Bla.ckbeard personally finds Silva endearing. They've had quite a few philosophical late night talks when neither could sleep due to insomnia. He finds her sass hilarious- to the point of letting her get away with talking back to him. He always laughs her mouthiness off. Zehahaha, that little firecracker really does have the heart of a rabbit! What’s the worst she could do to him, nag him to death?
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… Aw hell, she actually probably could- ☜
☞ On the topic of nagging, Bun isn’t afraid to speak her mind when it comes to scolding the recklessness of her peers. Actually, said tendency to nag becomes part of her job in the future. Post Timeskip, Bun often works alongside her husband as something of a secondary support to the Chief of Staff, often smoothing out petty issues amongst the crew or nipping potential problems in the bud before they have a chance to make their way up to Bla.ckbeard. Bun often handles matters in a constructive way, and she does her best to be pragmatic and fair. Everyone knows they can expect Bun to speak with straightforward, well-intended honesty. On the other side of the coin, Bun can verbally tear a person to shreds when she’s in a genuinely bad mood or if the actions of another have personally pissed her off. Most would agree they’d rather deal with Bun as opposed to La.ffitte when some constrictive criticism is in order… but there are some that would actually rather take their chances with the Demon Sh.eriff when they see that trademark grimace twist up Silva’s facial features. Heaven forbid anyone screw up to such a significant degree that they have to deal with both spouses at the same time. ☜
☞ Silva is not a Titanic Captain, but she does keep a very close proximity to a few of them! Those captains being her friends, of course! Bun bounces around between the 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th Ships. It goes without saying that the majority of her time is spent with La.ffitte on the 5th Ship. Bun's official profession is 'Beast Wrangler', though as mentioned prior, she assists with staff management and still pops in to assist D.oc Q when she can. ☜
☞ Several of the crew members [aside from her spouse] refer to Silva with terms of endearment- such as “Honey Bun” or “Varmint”! 🖤🖤🖤✨ If I listed all of La.ffitte’s pet names for her, we’d be here all day. ☜
☞ Bun will allow only a VERY SPECIFIC FEW of them to pick her up and carry her. A VERY. SPECIFIC. FEW. Usually Bun prefers to be plucked up and balanced upon her friend's shoulders, but of course La.ffitte opts to hold her in his arms instead. ☜
☞ TL;DR? The super simplified explanation of the Forbidden Fruit AU tag on this bog can be found here. ☜
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I keep thinking about how Dark really isn't truly loved for who he is.
Like, for a long time, he's been competing against his host. To 'win' the host's body as his own by being the one the host's crush chooses over said host. He's the 'curse', the side of them the host has to tell the crush about and be chosen over him to get rid of.
He has been dealing with this for ages. Being the one never chosen. Being the one that 'lost' the "fight" between him and the host.
The only one who shows interest in him, canonically, is Ri.sa. But not for any actual good reason, despite the manga showing that Ri.sa would gladly choose him over his host.
Ri.sa's whole thing is 'I need to beat my twin sister, and the only thing that'll help me beat her is the perfect man!'
And Dark fits that criteria. He's tall and handsome. He'd boost her social standing and help her "beat" Ri.ku. It's a self-imposed 'competition' between Ri.sa and her twin, which isn't good in any sense of the word.
She deludes herself into thinking she loves Dark. She doesn't. She loves the idea of him. She loves the fact he'll boost her social standings, he'll help her defeat Ri.ku in her delusional one-sided competition against her twin.
Ri.sa goes to the extreme to talk to Dark. She forges a calling card and plants it, which Emi.ko finds before anyone else does. Even Dark says it's a bit far just to get a date.
She doesn't seem to care about it, only caring that she got his attention in the first place. She kisses him in an earlier volume because she "missed" him, tells him to run because she "doesn't want him to get caught".
Ri.sa doesn't actually care about Dark. No matter how much it shows that she loves him, she doesn't. All she cared about was that he'd give her the edge she needed over Ri.ku.
Even if she did honestly, truly fall in love with him near the end, it was too late. She built her love up on a competition. She truly never loved him until it was too late and he was gone.
So yeah. Dark's never truly been loved by anyone in his 'life', and it's really painful because he deserves love too.
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