#taz: g spoilers

[fitzroycontent]

Any magic he casts is gay magic but what ever

[chipper-smol]

... Siffrin would really hate the voidfish from The Adventure Zone

[dbphantom]

Just finished Skypiea with the bestie (not telling him G-8 is filler because I fucking love G-8) and damn I need to ramble about one piece. I'm gonna ramble about one piece. I love one piece.

Mild spoilers for most recent chapters below the cut just to address Things and Stuff

Mostly because I want the Cross Guild to reach it first so that Buggy will use it to declare himself PK. Marineford foreshadowing.

I know it is kind of being undermined rn but I still want to believe that either the OP (unlikely) or something with the OP (more likely, still unlikely) will allow whoever finds it to communicate with the entire world directly

But on a more serious note I think it would eventually be used to broadcast the true story of the Straw Hat Pirates (and probably also the Void Century, given Robin's dream + the Rio Poneglyph) to the entire world, kinda like the ending of TAZ.

I hope the reason Roger n his crew were too early wasn't solely because of a prophecy (poseidon not being born yet I can cope w/ yknow), but because they wanted to free the world from the WG and they knew if they told the truth to the entire world right then, too many people would die in the resulting uprisings and the movement would be smothered.

(I think this is also why Crocus is hanging at reverse mountain and Rayleigh is vibing on Sabaody. They are like 'check-in' points for pirates on the grand line, so they're just making sure things go smoothly. Also probably why Shanks was going after the Nika fruit bc if they are trying to weaken the WG's hold on people, having an old god of freedom and icon of hope running around would help. And why he showed up at Marineford. Also also I hope the man the burn scar is another of Roger's old crew. Scopper Gaban, I miss you every day...)

But the polical climate of the OP world is changing a lot in the current day, and I think the reason Roger chose to be executed instead of dying to the disease was to have a grand stage so he could set up the Great Pirate Era. Essentially his final words would kickstart a new world where people are more comfortable living and trading and exchanging information on the rising seas. They won't be stuck isolated on their islands and therefore easier to control by the WG.

I said in the above that recent chapters are kind of undermining this and that's bc obviously we already have the tech to broadcast to the entire world, so why tf would the OP or something as important to be included with the OP be that? But I personally think the den dens are too easily controlled/interfered with by the Marines. They were still able to cut off VP's message and (unintentionally) deflect the blame of his death onto the SHs despite his best efforts and he's probably the smartest person in the OP universe. So I think a way to 'directly' communicate (be it telepathically or via memory transfer or a comic book or whatever) so that the truth can come out would be neat. Fuck censorship. Stay silly. Uphold freedom. Or something.

Also the manga is named One Piece and I think the final broadcast reaching us through dimensions would be cool af. I'm sorry, I really just think it would be neat, that's the reason I am writing this. It'd be so cool and I love stories that get meta 🤩

Anyway yeah I just finished rewatching Skypiea and given just how many parallels are within it compared to the rest of the series I will continue to hold on to this belief that the one piece is the EOS equivalent of the golden bell. It guides lost souls home. And home is currently at the bottom the ocean so I think we are all lost souls

... That's so romantic 💙

(Also ngl the end of Skypiea is also why I believe in Space Piece so much... I want terraforming so fucking bad bro... Ship coating and knock-up streams and the space pirates and the kingdom on the moon HAVE to come back, right? Please please please please please please please please please-)

Anyway if you actually read this, thank you, here is my favorite panel of Hawkins

[somelazyassartist]

Very minor TAZ: Live in Seattle liveshow spoilers below

Trying desperately to draw art for theTAZ liveshow but I've been so excited the last few days I've barely slept and all I can think about is the fuckin g way Griffin said "go to the Pike Place Market and throw a fish idunno, get a fucking job!" (paraphrasing) and because my brain is so fucking tired I can't seem to make myself draw anything but that right nowhelp

[dndshakes]

[math is introduced]

there is a splitting

ARGGGGGG

All are feeling this, yes? there is a splitting

[further math is introduced]

WHAT IS TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND?

[mathematical lingo is introduced]

THERE IS A SOUND OF CLANGING!

SURELY YOU ALL ARE HEARING THIS YES?

ARGGGGGGG!

["okay--"]

there is a fire. there is a fire behind the eyes.

a splitting,

splitting,

splitting.

Is this required?

[umbra-staffed]

OKAY WAIT IS ANYONE ELSE FUCKED UP THAT THEY LEFT THE RUNE ON HIGGLEMAS’ DOOR SCRATCHED OFF???? IS THAT GOING TO RUIN THE WARDS????

[bucket-fucker]

Is2g if y'all don't start drawing Sir Fitzroy Maplecourt as the big beefy handsome barbarian that Griffin explicitly described him as I'm gonna go motherfuckin' ape

Y'all just decided that Griffin's character doesn't get to be taken seriously and just gets to be drawn as Griffin with elf ears

Please give us the idiot himbo we all deserve

[taz-appreciation]

So the grad lads’ team dynamic?

Chronically honest nature boy who takes things literally to an alarming degree; could probably end anyone in one punch but is felled by the concept of numbers greater than single digits

Mustachioed bastard who barely manages to hide the soft boy he is underneath; is somehow still alive despite the fact that the only thing he eats is citrus fruit

Absolute little shit; truly insufferable yet somehow incredibly endearing; deserves to have his ass kicked all the way to the Realm of Goodcastle but you wouldn’t dare because you feel sorry for how badly said ass got scammed

*master firbolg voice*

“This is....good.”

[bugsrightsactivist]

“You ain’t never had the bread dreams?” - Sir Fitzroy Maplecourt

[gayasstaz]

I am LOSING MY MIND over Justin's communist firbolg

[fabrizqueersubtext]

Do you ever enter a tribunal to decide your fate, turn the tribunal around to make all the judges turn against your mortal enemy, have a show down with your (frenemy?) with a nice ass, the demon prince, get locked in the tribunal chamber, and then end up traveling through a dangerous, demon infested hell dimension in order to escape said chamber?

[icelandicandadelight]

Sir "may I speak to your manager" Fitzroy

[watercolor-alien]

My take on all three Grad boys

[one-true-houselight]

IS OUR PLAN TO GO TO THE MONSTER AND SERVE IT A SUBPOENA????? 

[dracoria-azucar]

Clint: Argo is a water genasi, with a human parent. He has some scales.

The entire community at once:

TRITON!

[dndshakes]

Sir Fitzroy has a Familiar!

Love a magic user with a pet