Honestly I think crocodile/dragon and crocodile/Doflamingo are only interesting when treated as failed relationships spinning off into increasingly petty grudges and instigations. Become a warlord to piss off one ex by working with his hated father only for the OTHER ex to ALSO become a warlord to drive you insane. Etc.
I am now going to take his as an opportunity to rant about Dragodile because I unironically think it's an interesting ship if Crocodad Real and I don't think I'm ever going to find a better excuse to rant about it unprompted lmao SO HERE WE GO
But yes like. Dragodile is so fucking interesting to me
A marine and a pirate falling in love with each other is already some starcrossed lovers kinda BS. But then it's like, a FORMER marine and pirate who is WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT. That's EXTRA JUICY, it adds layers to the starcrossed lovers shit, and I am not immune to it, it's FACINATING, like what was the dynamic here
But also we don't even know when Dragon left the marines and when he and Crocodile first met, so for all we know it could've been some real enemies-to-lovers-to-enemies shit AND THAT'S SO INTERESTING
(Also the mere concept that Dragon could've been chasing Crocodile around kinda like Smoker tried to chase Luffy, only for Crocodile to become a Shichibukai and Dragon having to give up because they're on the same side now (kinda). Like. That is so fucking funny. And then he leaves the Marines to start a revolution. Or just out of spite dshgjdgs)
Then there's the absolutely hysterical part where Crocodile is the meanest, most intimidating, standoff-ish asshole around. So the idea Dragon was fucking into that is INCREDIBLE. THIS MAN LIKES BEING BULLIED DFSHFKGHFGJHDS
(It's possible Young Croc might've been less mean but it's funnier if he wasn't)
And yeah. Somehow. In complete secret. A romance blooms.
And then there's a baby.
And Crocodile transes his gender.
And there's a divorce.
And 17 years later Crocodile has commited dozens of unforgivable warcrimes that are almost exactly the kind of things Dragon wanted to stop the government from doing to begin with.
Mind you, I don't actually think there's coming back from that, this relationship was burned to the ground and the ashes blown away by wind, there is nothing left
But could you imagine if despite the anger and the hurt and the warcrimes they still somehow loved each other
I would just
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Qrow’s Semblance is Fortune! 🐦⬛
I talked about this briefly before, having speculated that Clover’s pin carries on his good luck after death or that Qrow has just done a lot of training mentally and/or physically. @benevolentslut had some amazing additions as well & I want to sum up this theory for you as best as I can as we reached similar conclusions even before I had read her reblog.
Qrow has only been in the negative all his life, mentally and emotionally.
This man has had barely any positivity in his life.
"His whole life he's been the epitome of cynicism and pessimism." - @benevolentslut
Qrow grew up under constant stress & threat of those around him.
Needless to say, but I don't think he could trust anyone he grew up around except maybe Raven.
Then he has to constantly worry about being found out by the other huntsmen! Also growing up with the threat of huntsmen and Grimm the entire time!
Then Oz drops the whole Salem problem on him & I'm sure that didn't help his mental health in the slightest!
"His sister leaves him and their team, and then summer disappears." - @benevolentslut Yeahhhh he is losing everyone close to him in one way or another! That cannot be a fun experience!
This look like the face of a guy that's doing okay?
I'm just going to copy paste this here as I hadn't noticed it & it feels worth noting that the intensity of his misfortune seems to increase with the increasing mental strain.
While we don't know for sure that all of these things are a byproduct of Qrow's misfortune semblance, it certainly isn't out of the realm of possibility. Notice the worsening of his mental health resulting in potentially more disastrous outcomes. 😰
"we see him blaming himself constantly for everything that goes wrong, and it only causes that to become more true." - @benevolentslut
She lists a lot more examples of where Qrow's semblance has potentially worked this way in the original post. Clover comes along & starts lifting him up, giving him actual hope. He now has a little seed of hope planted in him. 🍀
Wow, Qrow is doing so good for himself lately! I sure hope nothing-
Oh... oh no. From his perspective Ruby & Yang could literally be dead. He is stricken with grief as he watches it all unfold & probably sunk back down into a negative spot mentally. He may even blame himself in some way.
When you're this low, there's a saying that goes "nowhere to go but up."
I firmly believe that Qrow would see things that way, especially after reaching his lowest point. He can only do his best to help those around him. Though he's the most alone he's ever been, he's becoming a part of a new community where people help one another. In that sense, it's impossible to be alone. In spite of it all, he slowly finds his mental health improving! Ruby's message to the world is bringing people together! 🌹
"and we see him take up clover's role, both in terms of how he's helping out around shade, and more literally, in the unmissable parallel where he catches the guy who trips." - @benevolentslut
Ruby & Clover have both filled him with hope & he's more optimistic than he's ever been, which results in bursts good fortune! ✨
There's also already a premise for shifts in mental health and trauma resulting in semblance evolution.
Cinder betrayed Neo & so she winds up in the Ever After & through her form changes is showing us that she now has negative feelings towards Cinder.
She's so upset that her semblance starts to make multiple clones of her which it has never been able to do before. Her Overactive Imagination semblance has evolved due to the state of her mental health.
Her semblance begins to evolve so much to where she can create entire architectural structures and buildings out of it!
She can even use it to talk through the people she recreates, something she's not physically capable of herself.
While we do have to take into account that the Ever After plays by rules that are a little bit different at times; this absolutely confirms that semblances, much like people, can change & grow! 💪
My conclusion: Volume 10 & beyond will show Qrow's personal semblance evolution as he finds out that his power is actually Fortune itself & the ability to control it, good and the bad.
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I’m sure this news has passed along here, but today Itsuno has announced his departure from Capcom after 30 years.
I’m sure its come to a shock for many, especially Devil May Cry fans, but it isn’t the end. Personally speaking, with how DMC has been an important part of my life personally, I was admittedly worried about the future slightly, but I have faith in the rest of the team who may still around. Whoever champions DMC onwards, I look forward to what you may bring.
Itsuno may be leaving Capcom, but he’s not gone. He’ll always be around, giving us more of his works and can even potentially be a consultant and cheering on DMC with the rest of us. With how successful DMC5 was, I definitely don’t see the end. A long wait, perhaps, but not the end. We still have the Netflix anime project coming up that’s supervised by him! And if anyone hasn't yet, I definitely reccommend giving his other recent work, Dragon's Dogma 2, a try if it has any bit of interest for you. Its definitely a passion project of his, just like DMC5 was.
With how persistent I’ve seen this fandom, we’ll be alright. I’m wishing the absolute best for Itsuno and all his future projects, and can’t wait to see what he brings to the table wherever he goes. Be sure to leave him a comment too on Twitter/X if you also wish to give thanks and wish him luck!
Thank you for the 30 years and good luck Itsuno-san!
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misc. strange hill high headcanons Yippee!!
becky
- gives me the vibes of a will wood and/or tally hall and lemon demon fan, i don’t know why
- likes infodumping about her interests to her friends
- probably a kandi kid and/or scene kid
- has a massive collection of worms on strings
- theatre kid, specifically a starkid fan. again she just gives me the vibes of a starkid fan
mitchell
- will both try to kill his friends (/lh) and kill people for his friends
- constantly finds new nicknames to lovingly insult his friends with
templeton
- collects pop culture memorabilia
- can and will quote/reference things from very obscure pieces of media that barely anyone knows
- doesn’t understand why nobody ever gets any of his references
- probably listens to weezer, or almost exclusively listens to songs that he found through memes or TV and film
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Masterlist: Pixar Movies
All my Pixar writing will be linked here!
Imagines
full one shots with your favourite Pixar characters
BRAVE
Merida
Loving a Princess (Female Reader)
COCO
Nothing Yet
ONWARD
Ian Lightfoot
Follow the Plan (Gender Neutral Reader)
Barley Lightfoot
Baby It's Cold Outside (Gender Neutral Reader)
LUCA
Giulia Marcovaldo
Bello (Female Reader)
TURNING RED
Priya Mangal
Nightfall (Gender Neutral Reader)
Meilin Lee
Chinese New Year (Gender Neutral Reader)
LIGHTYEAR
Nothing Yet
Headcanons
Headcanons related to Pixar characters
Luca
Being Alberto Scorfano's Adoptive Mother (Female Reader)
Luca Paguro x Chubby! Reader (Male Reader)
Dating Giulia Marcovaldo (Gender Neutral)
Dating Alberto Scorfano (Gender Neutral)
Brave
Being Princess Merida's Girlfriend Would Include (Female Reader)
Turning Red
Platonic!MeI Lee X RedPanda!Reader (Gender Neutral)
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