#the lee gaara fight

[soldier-poet-king]

Screaming, crying, throwing things, etc

[pwhale6]

— people cannot win against their loneliness

[requirings]

au where gaara is metal's other dad and the moment temari finds out by @we-return-in-waves

[every-sakura]

[the-obnoxious-sibling]

https://x.com/captainh4ndsome/status/1774282734288138451?s=46

I saw this series of quotes and why do you think that hat has three stabs from buggy? Is it truly connected to shuggy? Could shuggy really be that important???

so, here are the tweets in question. (one of which is from @goingbuggy! hi there! this is, what, the third time someone’s asked me to talk about your tweets? i guess at least one of my anons is a fan.)

i have wondered a time or two whether in oda’s early planning it might have been buggy who gave shanks that three-slash scar. (i’ve heard that oda originally had a five year plan for one piece, though i’ll admit i’ve never sought out a direct source for that.) in that case, the slashes through the hat might have been intended as foreshadowing.

but since buggy wasn’t the one to make that scar, instead it leads us to draw comparisons between these characters who both have wielded three blades on one hand. and maybe it’s just because they were both written as foils to luffy, but i find comparing buggy and blackbeard very interesting!

similarities:

former warlord of the sea/current emperor of the sea

devil fruit user

served on a big name’s crew back in the day

intentionally went under the radar/overlooked for years

doesn’t really buy into concepts like “loyalty” or “honor,” happy to turn on a crew mate or backstab an ally if it’s to his advantage

used to wield three blades but these days prefers explosive-adjacent weapons

not happy to see red-haired shanks at marineford

differences:

fell into those positions by chance/years of plotting to get into those positions

a devil fruit with zero combat utility (besides avoiding damage)/possibly the devil fruit with the most combat utility? (though, unusually, he can take damage while wielding it)

their reasons for going under the radar (fear of being hunted down/working towards a secret goal)

the consequences for overlooking them (for shanks: losing buggy/losing to bb, or at least taking a very bad wound from him; for others: misinformation on a global scale/the literal paramount war)

buggy is a strong believer in the captain-crew bond, which bb absolutely does not buy into

type of three-bladed weapon (three throwing daggers, suggests flexibility, hidden motives, a preference for distance fighting; claw weapon, suggests light-footedness, straightforwardness—you know when a claw wielder is about to start fighting, he’s gone and put the claws on)

type of explosive weapon (bombs, suggests pre-planning, a preference for distance fighting, maximum damage for minimum effort; guns, suggests a flexibility on distance vs melee range, a willingness to threaten rather than kill outright)

why they didn’t want to see shanks (ugh, that guy pisses me off/i think that guy might literally kill me lmao)

[dayeongi]

FIGHTING DREAMERS✨

(please don’t repost or modify without my permission)

[shojoboy]

thinking about Princess Tutu again. 100% serious when I say that Ahiru's solo pas de deux scene was a level of badassery on par with Ashitaka pushing open that door in Princess Mononoke. absolutely hardcore

[0dattebanya0]

[shunshinstan]

Broke: the dog summoning contract dies with Kakashi, because he has no heirs, maybe someone signs it later on but not in any relation to Kakashi

Woke: Sakura (or Sai tbh) gets the dog contract because she's Kakashi's heir / student / mentee

Woker: Rock Lee gets the dog contract because he's Kakashi's (step?)son and therefore heir, even if he can't use chakra and actual summon them. Later on Metal Lee can actually use the contract to summon dogs.

Wokest: GAARA gets the dog contract because he's getting married to Lee and Kakashi tells him that way the dogs can reverse summon themselves using Gaara's (ex)jinchuuriki chakra and just go over to Lee and act as his.

Bespoke: SAKURA GETS A DOG! SAI GETS A DOG! LEE GETS A DOG! GAARA GETS A DOG! EVERYONE GETS A DOG!!!!

[orangesnail]

SAW A KING GAARA X KNIGHT ROCK LEE AU AND I ALMOST THREW UP, OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE SAME THINGS AS ME

[daydreamerwonderkid]

I just know in my heart that Damian would be a hardcore Naruto fan.

[bridoesotherjunk]

Studio Pierrot dropped a re-animated bunch of Naruto scenes and I am screaming, crying, and throwing up

[sandsibs-and-co]

Gaara: I have never been in a snowball fight before. I don't know the rules

Lee: What?

Gaara: like is there a point system or is it to the death?

[gaaleeceo]

first crush

[completely-real-rocklee]

Leeeee…do you think Gaara is cute

I FIND IT REALLY YOUTHFUL AND HANDSOME THAT GAARA TRIED TO KILL ME MORE THAN ONCE

[yazzdonut]

i love art, i love animation, i love my friends and being alive and- *just watched sasuke recovery mission arc again*