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[zestgeeksolutions]

Harnessing the Power of Use Effect Hook in React: A Practical Guide with Code Samples

The use of Effect Hook in React is a powerful tool that allows developers to manage side effects in functional components. Whether you're fetching data from an API, subscribing to events, or performing cleanup operations, useEffect simplifies the process of managing component lifecycle events. Zestgeek Solutions offers expert reactJS development services. With a focus on cutting-edge technology, we deliver high-quality solutions tailored to your needs. Our team of skilled developers ensures seamless integration and top-notch performance, helping you achieve your goals efficiently.

In this guide, we'll explore the intricacies of the useEffect hook and provide practical examples to demonstrate its usage effectively.

Understanding useEffect:

Before delving into practical examples, let's first understand what useEffect is and how it works. useEffect is a hook provided by React that enables developers to perform side effects in functional components. These side effects may include data fetching, subscriptions, or manually changing the DOM. useEffect is called after every render and can optionally clean up after itself.

Basic Usage: The basic syntax of useEffect is straightforward:

javascript:-

import React, { useEffect } from 'react';

function MyComponent() {

  useEffect(() => {

    // Side effect code here

    return () => {

      // Cleanup code here

    };

  });

  return (

    // JSX for component rendering

  );

}

In this example, the useEffect hook takes a function as its argument. This function represents the side effect you want to perform. Additionally, useEffect can return a cleanup function, which will be executed when the component unmounts or before the next render.

Common Use Cases:

1. Data Fetching: One of the most common use cases of useEffect is fetching data from an API. 

Here's a simple example:

javascript:-

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

import axios from 'axios';

function DataFetchingComponent() {

  const [data, setData] = useState(null);

  useEffect(() => {

    axios.get('https://api.example.com/data')

      .then(response => setData(response.data))

      .catch(error => console.error('Error fetching data: ', error));

  }, []);

  return (

    <div>

      {data ? (

        // Render data

      ) : (

        // Render loading indicator

      )}

    </div>

  );

}

Subscriptions: useEffect can also be used for subscribing to events or managing subscriptions. 

Here's an example using the WebSocket API:

import React, { useState, useEffect } from 'react';

function WebSocketComponent() {

  const [message, setMessage] = useState('');

  useEffect(() => {

    const socket = new WebSocket('wss://example.com/socket');

    socket.addEventListener('message', event => setMessage(event.data));

    return () => {

      socket.close();

    };

  }, []);

  return (

    <div>

      <p>Received message: {message}</p>

    </div>

  );

}

Cleanup: useEffect allows you to perform cleanup operations when the component unmounts. This is useful for scenarios like removing event listeners or canceling asynchronous tasks.

 Here's an example:

javascript:-

import React, { useEffect } from 'react';

function MouseTracker() {

  useEffect(() => {

    const handleMouseMove = (event) => {

      console.log('Mouse position: ', { x: event.clientX, y: event.clientY });

    };

    window.addEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);

    return () => {

      window.removeEventListener('mousemove', handleMouseMove);

    };

  }, []);

  return (

    <div>

      {/* Component rendering */}

    </div>

  );

}

Conclusion:-

The useEffect hook in React is a versatile tool that simplifies managing side effects in functional components. By understanding its usage and applying it effectively, developers can harness its power to create more robust and maintainable React applications. With the examples provided in this guide, you should now feel confident in utilizing the useEffect hook in your projects. Our experienced team excels in building robust web applications using ReactJS, ensuring top-notch performance and user experience. Feel free to hire reactJS developers from Zest Geek Solutions for your next project.With a focus on quality and efficiency, we deliver results that exceed expectations. Partner with us for your ReactJS development needs.

[semiweirdshipper]

Killers reactions to doing trials in swimsuits (Hooked on You addition).

Notes: Sfw. Non-binary reader insert.

-

Bubba Sawyer

He's absolutely embarrassed. Ashamed. Humiliated. And disgusted. Not only is nintey percent of his body exposed, but his face is showing as well. While he did find the hot-dog themed swimshorts oddly endearing, the joy was short lived.

During every trial, Bubba spent most of his time hiding his face underneath his straw hat while staying in secluded areas. If anyone tried to approach him, he would rev up his chainsaw to scare them away. Just go away. He didn't want to be seen like this.

While other survivors mocked and made fun of him, you were more understanding.

From a distance, you would call out to him to try and gain his trust and comfort him. Everything was going to be alright, you would say, and you would gently explain to him the severity of completing trials. There was no need to be embarrassed. In fact, you thought he looked cute and handsome.

Bubba found himself motivated and comforted by your words, and soon he began to do the trials without mercy. Anyone who mocked him would be shredded to bits.

Expect lots of half naked hugs and kisses at the end. He was so grateful to you, you have absolutely no idea.

Michael Myers

Is this a joke? Seriously? Is this a joke? Did the Entity really think this was funny?

Michael, not only frustrated by the lack of shoes and warm clothing, was utterly infuriated. Stomping around in orange and black swim-trunks with a literal, broken shell to stab people with, it was safe to say that Michael's attitude became even more brutal.

Another aspect that angered him was how almost every survivor began to tease and flirt with him as if he were some piece of candy. Some of them even tried to touch him, but their greedy paws would be quickly lacerated.

This lack of respect made him so angry that he began to commit overkill in every single trial. However... There was one survivor who didn't treat him any differently when he had to wear his swimsuit.

You.

As if nothing had changed, you treated him with respect. You didn't tease him, stare at him, touch him or try to flirt. Instead you did the trial like you were supposed to and minded his severe fits of rage. Michael even suspected that you might have been helping him to kill other survivors...

In an act of appreciation, Michael let you live most trials, and he hardly ever harmed you. After this entire event, he might even cling to you a little bit more.

Pinhead/Elliot Spencer

Was it a swimsuit? Or some kind of bizarre bedroom cosplay?

Pinhead's "swimsuit" was an array of harnesses that covered his chest, thighs and hips. Small chains hung from his nipples, and only a leather, black speedo with matching chains covered his crotch. His thoughts?

It was actually kind of nice.

No opened wounds, no cuts, and no bones or flesh hanging out? Pinhead could do with that. Sure he still had his pins and piercings, but he had adapted to those. And while it did get cold some times, nothing really changed. He was used to pain and rough environments.

But it was kind of annoying to witness the mixed reactions from the survivors. Some acted out in disgust and others in desire or mockery. Pinhead didn't let it get to him much and simply did the trials as he was supposed to.

Though he did notice that your desire towards him had heightened, and you became more eager to hide and run away from him during trials. It was amusing. He had always tried to get you to accept his offers for pleasure, but you were too shy and scared. But now?

Call it immature, but Pinhead was loving hunting you down and giving you no choice but to look at him. The feel of your desire and innocence was so endearing to him, he couldn't help but to playfully torture you.

Perhaps soon you would break under the pressure and accept his offers?

Evan MacMillan

Screw the Entity. Screw the survivors. And screw this stupid, dumb, ridiculous swimsuit!

If anyone thought they had seen Evan angry before, then they'd better think again. Because this time? This time he was absolutely furious. Why?

Try accidentally stepping in a trap with no boots on. Try doing a trial in Ormond. Try getting outrun constantly. And try getting grabbed and gawked at all the time.

It was safe to say that Evan's behavior during trials became increasingly dangerous when he wore his striped swimsuit. Many survivors teased about the size of his bulge and made a habit to try and grab him for fun. The outcome? Certain, painful death.

Evan was tired of this stupid situation.

The only break he got was when he had trials with you. Finally, someone who didn't play the "ball grabbing game" and actually did the trial accordingly. He respected you for that. And the fact that you didn't treat him any differently than normal was also appreciated.

If ever Evan came across you in a trap, he pretended to overlook you and simply walked by. You seemed to notice this as well, and soon you began to actively help him trap your perverted team members.

Hmp. You were pretty awesome, you know? He could hang with you.

Albert Wesker

The Entity really needed to work on it's fashion skills. Honestly. Did it really think this was his style? First off, the shorts were too colorful and far, far too short and tight. Wedgie much? Also, what cheap sunglasses. And why the silky black button-up and neck bandana? And were those... Flip-flops?

Most trials, Albert felt quite embarrassed and rather ridiculous, but he did good not to show it. While few survivors did make fun of him, he simply snapped back and told them not to be so jealous. And the other survivors?

The other survivors acted like he was made out of gold and jewels.

Eventually Albert grew to enjoy the attention. Of course he'd rile up this many survivors. How couldn't he? He was handsome and toned and oh so sexy. It was only natural that everyone either be jealous or attracted to him.

Except... You.

You didn't pay any attention to him. You made no faces, no comments and no reactions. Even when he tried teasing you, you wouldn't really respond with anything other than annoyance. And that bothered him.

Soon you became his top priority in every trial. While it was irritating that you didn't respond to his obvious charm, he did find it fascinating. It meant that your mind worked differently and you didn't let yourself get distracted. You were actually becoming super attractive to him.

He wanted to see how far he could go with you.

Pyramid Head

Let's put it bluntly. His swimsuit... Was seaweed. Yes, seaweed, with a dash of barnacles and slug shells here and there. He looked like a monster that crawled out of the ocean. And did this astonishing array of seaweed stay in place very long? No. No it did not.

The Executioner didn't care about clothing though. He was used to being barefoot and half naked. Natural elements didn't bother him that much. This fishy "swimsuit" was nothing more than an obstacle and a gift.

See, of course the survivors were going crazy because of his exposed body, but that only made it easier to kill them when they tried to get too close. It was so convenient that the Executioner didn't even have to fight much anymore, the survivors just came right to him to be killed.

The Executioner knew that it was perversion and desire that brought the survivors to him, but he wasn't interested in any of them. The only thing he did in response to their attraction was kill them.

But you? You were different.

You did have desire for him, but also respect and modesty. You put the trial and your objectives first, and you stayed composed when coming into contact with him. It was such an astonishing strength. The Executioner couldn't help but to envy you.

Maybe some time in the future he could approach you with his real face and show you gratitude for how well you behaved during this outlandish experience?

-

And that's how they became... Hooked on You!

[blaithnne]

Remember this post where I talked about how funny Host!Vic’s gender neutrality is? Well now it’s even funnier because this episode seemingly confirmed something I have suspected to be true for a while now, which is that fictional Vic Michealis SOMEHOW DIDNT REALISE THEYRE BI?????

[sillygoofyqueer]

THIS IS GOING ON MY MAIN BECAUSE I JUST HAVE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THIS FANFICTION BROKE ME. I'M CURRENTLY VIBRATING. UNABLE TO THINK OR PROCESS ANYTHING. I HAVE SO MUCH ENERGY AND NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. JESUS FUCKING CHRIST. LORD ALMIGHTY. @vinelark, YOU HAVE SINGLE HANDEDLY GRIPPED ME INTO THIS PLOT AND I'M THIS CLOSE TO SOBBING AND THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR WRITING IT AND I HATE YOU SO MUCH AND I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND I WOULD WHIP OUT A RING FOR YOU AND I'D LEAVE YOU AT THE ALTER AND AND AND

[wagsandswishes]

🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[sirenemale]

everything abt the httyd remake feels like such a deep insult to the first film. Insulting animation as an artform, insulting the texture and lighting work that still holds up so so well. Insulting everything they put in to make it such a tightly written and skillful film. Like what could you improve with this scene, the amount of character you get from toothless here and seeing his thought process, fhe mix of accepting his fate, weariness and curiosity, you're just sucking the life and intention out of it for what. To see the dirt in between toothless's scales? Guess what you can already see that in the first movie. To flatten the lighting, remove all mood so you can see how good they modeled his new scales? Show you how real the mulch looks. Whatever. They do this all the time but this is personal (autism) you're being shown up by a film from 2010. She is eating you ALIVE. Even the other httyd films couldn't quite re-capture what they did with toothless in this first one, they remodeled him ever so slightly and he lost that edge of intelligent Animal, and became a Slightly more condensed version of himself now that his personality was established.

[emblemcest]

I'm not gonna lie I. sorta. feel kind of uncomfortable at the direction the TCOAAL fandom has taken since the latest update.

The way people so very *insistently* paint Andrew as 100% responsible for every decision he's ever made - to the point of stubbornly ignoring the many Many points in canon where he demonstrates guilt to claim that he's a sociopath who hates everybody (despite Decay outright contradicting that in the phone survey!!) has always rubbed me the wrong way. Like, surely there can be some middle ground between 'Ashley is responsible for everything bad and Andrew is just an innocent victim' and 'welll he could've just walked away :/'

But when you get to the point of claiming that Ashley wasn't actually sexually assaulting him in Shots & Such. Because she 'can tell what he really wants deep down' and is just giving it to him, like she did with Nina.

which is. an actual comment I saw on reddit. that got upvoted.

uhhhhhhhhhhhh no guys!!!!! consent is actually. a thing. lmfao. going along with something despite your many many protests because you know there's no chance in fighting anymore, or because you're scared of what the other person will do, or whatever, is not actually freely given consent!!!!

And we should be able to talk about the learned helplessness of growing up knowing that adults won't ever help you. That everything is your responsibility and you just have to suck it up and take it no matter how much it hurts because what happens to you doesn't matter. If Andrew were a female character, we sure as FUCK would be having those conversations.

so just. idk man. 'he could always have chosen differently' makes sense in some canon scenarios (he sure wasn't under any particular pressure to kill the campers. That was 100% Andrew baby!!!) but like. god. why even CARES about this all??? the characters are what they are due to their circumstances. why are people SO OBSESSED with giving Andrew this perfect pure omniscient agency they don't even a teensy bit expect from Ashley? In what way does that improve this game about abuse and neglect and self-hatred and shame and unhealthy coping mechanisms and lashing out and reacting poorly and regret?

and yeah sure that was just ONE comment on reddit but. y'all. some of y'all are like half a step from just saying it, too.

[gideonisms]

Can I say something controversial? I think it's actually easier to meet people to date/hook up with in person and skip the dating app step altogether. I've literally never had success with a dating app because like I can't eavesdrop on the culture until I figure out what to say. In person I can gauge the vibes and in online hobby groups I can gauge the vibes but when it's me and another random person in a chat unrelated to our interests or hobbies I only have them to go by and they're giving me nothing. because they are going by what I say

[cephalog0d]

Yeah I'm not done yet.

The thing I keep coming back to is that as much as I'm down to nit-pick things like how characters are written and plot details (and boy are there a whole infestation of nits to pick), what it boils down to is that the basic premise here shouldn't even be happening.

I get they're doing a Thing with Bruce and the after effects of Failsafe and Zur and Insomnia so sure I guess it makes sense to have him acting totally unreasonably. I'm not saying it's a plotline I'm thrilled with, but whatever. This is about everyone else.

You have half a dozen people routinely patrolling in Gotham, who've been doing it for years, who know the city and how it works, who have at least two people who are particularly inclined towards collecting and parsing data for patterns for crime fighting purposes, and none of you noticed anything amiss until Selina called and was like "Hey did you notice my neat new plan I've been doing?"

To that point, in a room full of literal canonical geniuses not a single person has thought to ask any of a dozen very practical questions that occurred to me, a non-genius reader, roughly 10 seconds after reading what The Plan was. Things like, oh, I don't know

How is this going to be a sustainable long-term effort?

For example, what happens when Gotham's wealthiest realize what you're doing and dramatically beef up their security (with tech or with actual people), making it much harder and more dangerous?

Like iirc you, Selina, have definitely had some real dicey situations as a result of your profession, and you're a lot more experienced than these people.

(Hey speaking of which isn't there a whole secret society of Gotham's wealthiest and most powerful who have access to nearly unkillable assassins? Who keeps coming back even though they keep being taken down? You think any of these people might belong to that?)

What happens when the rich folks get pissed and sic the heavily militarized GCPD on you? Don't act like they won't, I'm sure someone's squirreled away stuff from that whole Fear State fiasco.

For that matter, what happens when the costumed villainry figure out who swiped all their henchpeople and decide to object to it, presumably violently?

How many people are we talking here anyway that you're training? How many ultra-wealthy people live in Gotham? How many easily stealable things do they have sitting around to take? (As opposed to, like, other non-liquid fake assets like stocks)

How are you fencing all this anyway? Isn't that a great way to get caught? Or is everyone just stealing cash? (Or did nobody think about the part between "got the valuable thing" and "have usable money from it"?)

How on god's green earth did you ever assume this was going to end in anything other than violence?

Like of course one of your guys got killed. It doesn't matter that you told them no violence, even if they fully buy into that it only takes one panicked reaction when someone's home who shouldn't be, on either side, and there you go.

Look I get what they're trying to do. It's supposed to be a big moral quandary about whether it's right to allow some crime if it decreases other crime, the struggle between Batman being unreasonably violent and unwilling to listen and this new plan of Selina's. First of all that's a weird debate to have when everyone having it is technically a criminal to some degree. And second of all, it doesn't matter, this isn't about the morality, this is about how this plan is fucking dumb and was destined to fall apart even if Batman was still asleep and the fact that any of you are buying it just means there's a gas leak in Gotham somewhere.

[moongothic]

You know. If Crocodad Real. How would Luffy even react if he found out. Like really, how the fuck would he feel about it.

'Cause like how I went over in this post (briefly at the end), we don't even know how Luffy feels about Crocodile as he is right now, so can you imagine how that bombshell would impact things

Like my running theory is that Luffy still hates Crocodile but maybe not quite as much as pre-Impel Down since he kiiinda owes him etc

And Luffy does not seem to give a shit about blood connections, at least not that much. Like don't get me wrong, Luffy's family are the people who were there for him when he was a child, those are the people he cares about and his bio-parents don't really matter. But also, honestly, I think the reason Luffy doesn't give a shit about who his parents are is because he doesn't know them. Luffy cares about people who he knows and likes, and while he doesn't give a shit about Dragon right now, it's arguably because he simply just doesn't know him. If the two actually get to meet and know each other, like if Luffy takes a liking Dragon, he'll probably accept Dragon as his dad and as his family. But on his own terms. It's up to Luffy to decide

And that's why like. How would Luffy react to finding out he has another dad and that one is fucking Crocodile. Because he already hates the man. It would not be happy news for him I'm sure

The other thing is that normally Luffy does not give a flying fuck about people's sad backstories. He didn't care to hear what happened to Nami and her village for example, because what really mattered was that there was a person he cared about who was deeply hurt and in danger and he wanted to help said person. And that's where I'm so torn. Because on one hand, it would be perfectly on-brand for Luffy to not give a shit of Crocodile had a sob story to tell. But also, I could imagine Luffy being so fucking confused over the news that he'd want to hear the truth of like, who what where how why, in detail. So that, you know, he could make his own decision and figure out if he wants to considder Crocodile is other dad or disown him.

Like, both feel like things Luffy would do

So really, would the real deciding factor might be just... the circumstances where Luffy finds out???

God knows, I can not imagine Crocodile himself telling Luffy anything ever. The kid already hates him, he knows it, so he'd probably think it'd be for the best if Luffy never found out

So how else could Luffy find out then?

As far as we know, the only other person who could confirm it would be Dragon himself, and considdering how he probably feels about his ex (see: Alabasta Coup Attempt), I can't imagine him wanting to talk about Crocodile to Luffy in lenght or in a positive light. Like I can't imagine Dragon wanting to tell Luffy at all is the point, not unless he wanted to like apologize to Luffy because it is arguably his fault Luffy and Crocodile fought in Alabasta to near-death to begin with. (Sidenote since we don't know how the break-up happened to begin with, it's totally possible Crocodile could've asked Dragon to never let their kid find out what happened to his "mom")

And now, this is where I'm gonna go completely off the rails, but. As I was wondering if there was any other way Luffy could find out...

S-Croc is made with Crocodile's DNA.

(And actually before I even go into S-Croc, super quick sidenote: If Kuma can extract memories out of people and allow other people to literally see them... Like I can't tell if Kuma's memories got absorbed by Bonney when she looked into them or if Kuma's Memory Bubble is still on Egghead, but if viewing the memories isn't the same as having them inserted into a vessel permanently... Like if Kuma isn't turbo-dead, could there be a scenario where we have Kuma (or S-Bear) yeet out Croc's memories and have Luffy just look into them? Because god knows Crocodile might just refuse to speak about it and that could be the only way to get The Whole Truth if Dragon doesn't want to talk about it either?) (Of course, Crocodile would understand just How Persistent Luffy is so if Luffy just kept on annoying him about it, Crocodile could maybe give up eventually because he knows he can't get Luffy to piss off until he spills the beans)

So currently the Strawhat's plan is for them to go and escort the Vegapunks to Elbaf (if nothing goes funny after the flashback is over, which remains to be seen)

2. There is the mystery of what sex S-Croc is going to be, because there is a possibility that if Crocodile is trans then his Seraphim could be pre-T (though this entirely depends on whether or not Ivankov's HRT changes even the DNA of person. Since it's MAGIC HRT I would prefer it to, not gonna lie, and I would not appreciate any "you may look different but your DNA will tell the truth!" rhetoric in the story but I may be asking too much from Oda)

3. And there's also the mystery of what Devil Fruit ability S-Croc might have, since all the Seraphim have been given Fruit powers, and we know Vegapunk can't replicate Crocodile's Sand Logia.

All things considdered, I think the actual, most likely known ability S-Croc might end up with would be like, Mr 3's wax powers (hilariously), mainly because I could imagine it being flexible enough to work in Crocodile's fighting style, so it'd be the easiest for S-Croc to adapt to (like if you can make anything from wax, then why not sharp blades to fling at people) (Also we know Vegapunk would have access to this power since Mr 3 was in Impel Down, when they also got Daz' powers)

But also I had joked before how it'd be funny if S-Croc was a Crocodile Zoan for no reason. Like it'd be fitting since Crocodile was already the Only Logia of the OG Shichibukai, so making his Seraphim the Only Zoan would be funny as hell (if it's even possible, which we can't say if it will/won't be). Additionally, making him a Crocodile Zoan would be hysterically on-the-nose.

(Sidenote: If there was a crocodile Zoan Fruit, what sub-category do you think it'd fall into? Like would it be Ryu Ryu like all the dinosaur-themed Zoans are, or maybe even a different model of Uo Uo (same as Kaidou)? Since "wani" could be considdered a different type of serpent-dragon, and if Vegapunk was researching how to recreate Kaidou's fruit, it's plausible he might've accidentally recreated some other related-fruit in the process or afterwards?? (Also since Kaidou's Uo Uo is a specific model (Seiryu) it would make sense if there was another Uo Uo model Fruit, and this could be an excelent opportunity to use it))

The thing about Zoans though is that, as it's been brought up once or twice before, Zoan fruits can kind of have a "mind of their own" and influence the user in unexpected ways.

And as all we Crocodad Truthers know.

Crocodiles are protective of their babies.

ALSO: The Seraphim do have enough personal will-power that they may (slightly) disobey orders they've been given. Case-and-point, S-Snake undoing the Petrification on the Strawhats after Luffy asked her to, since S-Snake is fond of Luffy just like Hancock is

Sidenote, it was kind of made a point how Vegapunk considdered his artificial replica of Kaidou's dragon fruit a compete failure simply because instead of a blue dragon, the user would turn into a pink one instead. So if Vegapunk tried to make a Seraphim of Crocodile, knowing full-well he couldn't even give the Seraphim the same ability as the OG, and then the Seraphim turns out the wrong sex for no reason?? I could see him being confused as hell and considder S-Croc "a failed Seraphim"

So really, all we'd really need to happen would be for the Strawhats to somehow encounter the remaining three Seraphim while escorting the Vegapunks to Elbaf. Mind you, IDK how that could even happen since as far as we know they've been deployed the Emptee Bluffs

And then just have S-Croc either disobey orders to hunt Luffy or even even have him be protective of Luffy (following that Zoan Instinct, one even he can't explain, it's just Instinct). Have Sanji be like "hey why the fuck is this one a girl, isn't it supposed to be Crocodile", followed by Vegapunk explaining this Seraphim was a failure for reasons even he can't understand

Then have Jinbei remember the conversation Crocodile and Ivankov had at Impel Down (suspicious considdering Ivankov's abilities and this "failed Seraphim"), and maybe if Crocodile had any involvement with the Revolutionaries and Robin was suspicious of him she could even bring that up

Along with any other minor details that may be bothering the crew about the whole deal

And so if the Strawhats and Vegapunk just put all their braincells together and rubbed them real hard, they could maybe come to a hypothesis as to why S-Croc is a "failure" and protective of Luffy, and maybe even a potential explanation as to why The Real Crocodile was protective of Luffy in Marineford for no fucking reason

And maybe, just maybe, Vegapunk could confirm that suspicion with a DNA test. All he needs to do is check Luffy's and compare it to Crocodile's.

Not sure Luffy would want to do the DNA test, like knowing Luffy he might prefer to just ask Crocodile in person if they ever ran to each other again

But boy, if he somehow did agree to a DNA test, and there was a match... oh boy

But again. This entire scenario is BEYOND off-the-rails. Technically plausible! But honestly if Luffy is ever gonna find out (assuming Crocodad Real) then it's gonna be from Dragon

I just wanted to get the theoretical scenario out of my system okay, I had to get the brainworms out of my brain

[jeanmoreaue]

hello hello foxes ranking based on who jean would get along best with?

- @you-know-i-get-itt

omg hiii queen love your social media aus <3

1. Andrew - by “get along with” i mean they exchange like 5 words but idk Jean is so similar to Neil (and Andrew). i hope they end up on a pro team together

2. Renee - we’ve already seen they get along well

3. Neil - they piss each other off but also they’re forever partners. they look out for each other and they have the same brand of insults. homies <3

4. Matt - Matt is good at exy so Jean would respect him and Matt is nice and funny and hot. would take some time but eventually backliner buddies

5. Dan - Jean seems to appreciate a strong, skilled woman. like Thea

6. Kevin - im sorry that Kevin is here i just think their friendship is kind of ruined forever. i think if they played tg again they would piss each other tf off lmao. Jean would get prickly at Kevin’s harsh criticism after their history lol and Kevin would get pissed off that Jean isn’t listening to him and would feel guilty

7. Aaron - i think Jean would feel so neutral about Aaron. unbothered king

8. Allison - ik they’re both tall, pretty, and cunty but i think they probably wouldn’t find a lot of common ground lol

9. Nicky - they’re not vibing. Jean would get annoyed quick i think lol

[kuroananosanji]

Just as I thought the anime Baratie backstory couldn’t get any deeper the manga comes out with this. The second page really encapsulates Sanji/Zeff and the Baratie staff’s relationships so well I’m crying

[bookshelfpassageway]

I am once again asking people to consider the Ace Attorney playthrough by Save Data Team

Featuring: an actual lawyer, a group of 3 friends who genuinely like the game/story and at least one is playing blind, so many running jokes, my new headcanon Miles Edgeworth voice, unhinged questions from Ohio's bar exams, genuine interest in the context of the original Japanese version, increasingly absurd stream funding goals, canon Narumitsu, and much more

it starts off like a standard "that's not how law works!" series but do not be fooled. It's very good

Here's a fun highlight reel comp, or, this one from Case 5/Rise From the Ashes to see the gang in full swing of things

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[cracks knuckles] prev lesbian anon with an ESSAY here. part 1: the awkwardness between them at first! that unspoken something was definitely there, and now that they’re both trying to ignore it, it seems even louder. val being terse to get it over with and distance herself from jo, acknowledging that she was wrong about the situation and misread what was happening. and then jo upends the table! i can only imagine what’s going on in val’s head right now. sapphic mental gymnastics are never easy!

YEAH BUDDY! PLA! This is delicious! Attaching the other parts here instead of answering them separately for anybody who wants to read the read but also so we can answer them properly…

We gotta give it to Val, she really must be going through it. She absolutely decided that the ball is in Jo’s court now. She’s closed herself off and rather literally, shut the door in Jo’s face. That’s why when Jo even asks to even come inside, Val subtly makes her be the one to implore her. Her pride is hurt, and she does have some inkling that Jo toyed with her, but she’s also too interested in Jo to write her off completely.

But boy oh boy, are you onto me about the house being a metaphor. At surface level it represents Jo (and us) uncovering more about Val with each step. But so much of it really represents Jo’s desire for something “more” and the ways in which that goades her into making choices. Combined, this is nothing short of dangerous for Jo, and the more she sees of the house the more her desires to go further are stoked. It’s the same thing with her life on the road, and as we’ll see, once her foot is in the door she doesn’t let go.

So no. Jo is lying to herself. She’s obsessed with control and yet she’s spiraling out under her own nose. She’s driven by nebulous desires that don’t have a clear end, and in reality they have more of a hold on her than she has on them. Even worse than that, she’s fully convinced herself that she IS in control, because she feels like she controls others. But we can see in this post that that’s a ruse, right? Because if Val opens that door, does she really have control of herself then? And can you even really say you’re in control when you’re playing with fire just because you like it?

Now I must ask (totally rhetorical questions to plant in your brain going forward)….is Jo really softer with Val? Or is she just presenting herself a certain way for her own agenda? Is she mindful of who Val is and what she wants? Or is she seeing Val as a fantasy, an antithesis of Gio and a reflection of the life she’s chasing? And what would happen if Val fucked up and Jo has something to hold over her head? Because that’s what Gio did, isn’t it? He fucked up and she chose to stay with him and use it against him for her own gains rather than process her hurt. Val seems shiny now, but people aren’t perfect and love makes you vulnerable. THAT is what Jo doesn’t want to accept.

In other words what Jo REALLY shoulda said when Val opened that door was…

[mintmentos]

WHAT THE FUCK

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every time i think i can be normal about laura by billy joel i hear it again and lose my fucking marbles. by jove man