#the summit by the sea

[strawberrygardenkisses]

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"For the ocean, even in its calmest moments, is never still..."

-The Summit by the Sea by Michael Lajoie

[listening-to-thunder]

THIS MOMENT.

This is Luffy showing how much he's grown. He understands, now, why Shanks didn't fight the petty bandit in Party's Bar.

He didn't then. He was just a little kid.

Shanks: Hey, wait, Luffy...

Luffy: No! I don't care anymore! I don't wanna be a wimp like you!

Nami: Eh?

Shanks: Oh? You're gonna surpass me?

Ace: The next time we meet will be at the peak of pirates.

Here, now, in Jaya, Luffy is already the kind of pirate that Shanks was back then. The kind of man who understands there are fights you can only win by standing down, and that doesn't mean you're a coward. It just means you know your worth, and have nothing to prove to shitty strangers in the face of their petty insults.

He's not a little kid anymore.

[jyy808]

🌊

[missmungoe]

I've been rereading the whole shanties for a weary voyager series and ngl. the scene where makino shows up at the party/alliance meeting in Sea Songs is just. perfection. Shanks worrying about Makino and Makino being all like 'sup? our daughter is stealing the show' and it's so goddamn cute i've been grinning like a fool for the past half hour

I'm still reeling from the fact that you're rereading the WHOLE thing, but oh, I'm delighted that you love this scene!!

[smokefalls]

some things are never kept indoors they stay forever in the rain

Yi Lu, "Heavy Rain" from Sea Summit (translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain)

[antiv3nom]

the name of the next saga is not. promising. but. you know? its. fine.

[flowerflamestars]

Shoreless Sea snippet

Instead, she met her sister’s gaze and saw a stranger. Faelit blue eyes shot through in temper, in magic, silver flame and dancing light, more dawn that drawing fire. Opalescent. Sunrise on serene water, like she’d stolen some more magic to match that pearl smeared all over her body.   Of course she had.   “You,” Feyre swallowed, thick. “You’re been in Summer this whole time. I tried to go there, I tried”-   A gentle frown reshaped Tarquin’s handsome face. “Borders are not flexible. Not after what you took from us.”   The first humiliating, furious tear, ran down Feyre’s nose. “To find Amren. To get back my family.”   Silent, they did not need to speak to carry out the charade, Tarquin twisted and Nesta pulled her leg free. Stood in a slide of soft silk layers, fingertips dancing across Tarquin’s back as he leaned forward and away.   Hand held out between them as she moved, Nesta offered a handkerchief, soft grey fabric forming between seconds.   Feyre fought the urge to take it. To throw it back in her face.   The minute went on and one, before Nesta dropped her hand. Squared those familiar, stubborn shoulders, and went stone still.   Feyre swallowed. “What do you want? For access to the Library?”   “What do I want?” Her voice was a whip crack.   A fresh wash of tears tumbled free. “You’re my sister,” Feyre said, choking on the word, “We need the library. We need- people are dying.”   Nesta did not even blink. It was like the words could not even reach her. “The Library is open to all who do not break its rules.”   She couldn’t-   “Do you want to come home?” Feyre offered, frantic. “Money. Jewels. To be Emissary. Anything, just”-   Very slowly, Tarquin rose to his full height. No true menace in the motion, but something worse. Concern, unhidden, bleeding free, the whole of his attention on Nesta’s bone white, stone cold face. He didn’t try to protect her from Feyre’s anger, painting the air with sparks, rug ruined. Did not even bother to try and end the fight; all Tarquin did was reach for Nesta’s hand, cupped in both of his.   “You would like to be High Lady,” he said, without looking up, Nesta’s unmoving hand a dead thing between the gold adored darkness of his grip, “You only have one job. Take care of your people.”   A thousand miles away, Nesta whispered, “Are they dying? Or are they paying?”   Keir, nothing left of his body but a handful of carved bones. Morrigan’s brothers, cousins, eaten whole. It was only low fae who lived, servants and prisoners fleeing, freed. A wraith who’d spit in Feyre’s face, when she’d promised they’d find her a home.   No High Fae could live through that night.

[shiominato]

there’s so much to unpack here

[monsieurbj]

DO NOT REBLOG IN NSFW, 18+ (Porno, Naked), AND not in TRASH BLOGS, racism, politic, guns/wars blogs, thanks. Thanks for your views!

The haystack at Silver Point about 3 miles south of Cannon Beach, Oregon. There's a cave at low tide through the middle of the rock that comes out on the ocean side vey near the breakers. Not nearly as high as the Haystack Rock in Cannon Beach and yet just as awesome!

[eyelectricmoon]

hide talking about Sugizo - 1993 EXTASY BOOK excerpt (English)

(from the TOSHI, HIDE, PATA & HEATH interview, p. 18)

– How was “Silent Iyarashi~zu”*?    [*T/N: made-up band name they used during the group performance]

HIDE: It was kinda ridiculous…… But that's okay! The image of NORI playing guitar as hard as he could, you just couldn’t help but find it cute. And as for SUGIZO, he really got into it.

– When you formed that invincible band “Silent Iyarashi~zu” to perform together, HIDE, SUGIZO and KEN lined up on the right side of the stage, right? But afterwards, KEN of ZI:KILL said this: “HIDE-san and SUGIZO were both playing so precisely, while I couldn’t follow the song closely and I ended up falling behind.” 

HIDE: But, while SUGIZO played everything properly at the rehearsal, at the actual live performance he didn’t, not at all ! Even though I was playing the solo guitar part, all SUGIZO did was move his body in front of me like he was doing gymnastics or whatever that was! Aren't you holding a guitar! C’mon now! I was like, “You fucker~” (laughs) If everyone acted like that, what would happen to the music? (laughs) Stop thinking only about yourself! If everyone's like “Oh, the other guy is playing, so it’s alright” then nothing will come out of it!

But afterwards I was really happy that the members of MAD GEORGE & PSYCHOSIS enjoyed it!

[T/N: original Japanese transcription under cut, as always lmk if i got anything wrong! also lmao get his ass hide]

original Japanese excerpt

ー"サイレントいやらし〜ず"は？

HIDE:　なんか、おかしかった.....、いいよね。NORIが一生けん命ギターを弾いてる姿が、かわいくてしょうがなかった。SUGIZOは、その気になってやってたけど。

ー”サイレントいやらし～ず”や無敵BANDのときに、HIDEとSUGIZOとKENがステージ上手(かみて)★に並んでいたじゃない?あとで、Zl:KILLのKENが言っていたんだけど、「HIDEさんとSUGIZOが、あまりにもキッチリ演奏してて、ちゃんとコピーしていなかったオレの出る幕がなくて困った」と言ってた。

HIDE:　でも、SUGIZOはリハーサルのときはちゃんと弾いていたくせに、本番になったらぜんぜん! オレがソロ・パートでギターを弾いてるのに、SUGIZOはオレの前で体操みたいに体を動かしているだけなんだもん。ギターを持ってないの！もう「おのれ～！」って（笑）。みんながそうなったら、音楽はどうなるんだ、って（笑）。自分だけはという考えは、やめなさい！みんなが、「ほかのヤツが弾いてるからいいや」って思ったら、何にもなくなっちゃうんだからね。

あと、マッド・ジョージ＆サイコーシスのメンバーが楽しんでやってたのがよかった。

[quinntamsin]

One Piece: Amazon Lily Arc

Kizaru tore through the pirate Captains and their cfews without abandon. SHe watched as the Supernovas did their best to fight the strange giant humans. Light flshed so brightly she had to cover her eyes. A loose growl in her throat as she used her zoan form to leap from her hiding place atop the giant mangrove. Landing on her feet she dodge an oncoming blast of fire as a Marine company sent a volley of bullets her way. Each movement she did required all of her enhanced reflexes, Only when she went sailing over the edge, though, did she truly know fear. --- The Amazon Lily Arc, whoa! WE got this far! Luffy is sent flying after a moment of pure gut- wrenching despair. His body is struck by the power of Kuma's Nikyu Nikyu no Mi and on his way at high speed through the air. After he strikes the ground we find him in the one place perhaps he shouldn't be. Amazon Lily, home to the all-cisfemale (YES I AM INCLUDING OKAMA and NEWKAMA IN THIS ASSESSMENT!) Kuja Tribe. We get to meet Marguerite and her friends as they discover poor Luffy after he stupidly consumes a parasitic mushroom. Bouncing forward and skipping over the anime dick jokes with the Kuja, what is most important here is how Luffy reacts. He wakes up, freaks out and yet as he gets chased he doesn't intentionally try to ruin a bunch of stuff. Instead, he nearly dies and get's saved by Marguerite while her friends, Sweet Pea, and Aphelandra do their best to support her. A few things about the Kuja I like. One yes, some have the pretty curvy designs of the typical One Piece women, but many also have pretty different body types. WE see broad-chested women, short, plump and more. Plus, yes, they all wear bikini's in a pretty blunt manner which is all the better when Luffy ignores everything. I love how Luffy is easily this lovable Ace motherfucker who just wants to make people happy. Now skipping through all the shenanigans Boa Hancock comes in after turning entire Marine Crew to Stone. After Luffy pops into her bath and sees her back she flips out (with good reason). The Snake Princess is shown in parts of this arc as cold and distant. Her looks and her fruit make people love her without any really deeper feeling. They see her as an object, and this makes her painful backstory all the worse. Plus I wanna say that I love her sisters, Sonia is just a fucking darling. And, Marigold is just this awesome fat goddess who can kick serious ass. The scene after they take over Luffy's execution after he defeats their giant panther is, funny and interesting. It sets up the Boa sisters as cold, and brutal. They use their Haki to easily defeat and toy with Luffy. When they move to smash the stone forms of Marguerite, Sweetpea and Aphelandra I was calling for Luffy to destroy them. There is a point to this brutality though, the sisters have been shaped by their society which forbids men, and they were tortured. So just as Luffy first unleashes a mega Conqueror's Haki burst and soundly starts kicking their asses I cheered loudly for him. One Piece is a show I can just watch for Hours and just feel good about. With gusto! I was lost in writing when I saw Sonia knocked toward the sharpened spikes and heard how her mark would be exposed. Seeing Luffy just leap onto Sonia's back even after she eagerly threatened to smash one of her own people was a clincher for why I love him. Wait no, it was him say, yup fuck my freedom, save your people please! Yeah, Luffy has a level of goodness that just makes me feel better. Boa Hancock's Backstory So, I didn't go much into my feelings on the Celestial Dragons, but lets ignore the fact that they are literal caricatures of what rick people really do! SO. All three young girl were captured as cabin girls on their own ship and then branded with the "Dragon's Claw". Let that sink in, these were young teens sold into slavery for some monsters. I swear if these fuckers were wearing crosses and were part of a mega-church or even a republican meeting! Yup, the girls got away after they were experimented on and wow. The amount of trauma they all went through and the fact they can still lead a country is pretty impressive. All of the stories and the coldness they show to their people is kind of explained in their trauma. Honestly, I am so glad they ran with how blunt the story was. Because any other idiot would have turned this into a tragic villain scene. Instead, we got a scene that shows us how a ruler can easily become distant from her own people. If they show weakness they think the people will turn on them. Damn, you think that the kids making a homemade statute would prove the opposite. I think the dissonance I felt as I watch them threaten to smash Marguerite versus revealing their trauma was surreal. It really shows how much emotional distant and masking the three do. All to maintain the false story of the Gorgon Sisters. Preparing For Impel Down After Hancock acquiesce to Luffy's request to save (and yes I realize I'm skipping a plot beat or two) she gets a pretty thorough verbal comment from Granny Nyon. As Luffy prepares to leave Hancock becomes suddenly sick. WE learn that all of Luffy's compassion has given her reason to fall head over heels in love with him. This was a bit of a weird scene, that her cold heart would come to fixate so much she could die outside his presence. The scenes where we see Luffy and her traveling aboard the ship alone was strange. Hancock's lovesickness seems a bit out of left field for me, I would have preferred if it was a little less sudden. Now,  know beforehand she had a thing for Luffy. Hell, I even tried to find a few fanfics that played around the relationship. The problem is I couldn't find any really shorter than 50k words that kept my interest. Please don't blame me that I prefer Nami and Luffy. Please note, I headcanon Luffy as a nonbinary ace hero. Overall This setting does a good job of showing more abilities derived from Haki. The idea that up until now we've barely seen it becomes more realistic as it seems it's not a widely practice gift outside of the New World. Sentamarou was a master of Armament Haki and it appears the Kuja use it as well to empower their attacks. This was a decent continual show of what Haki can achieve and it was a nice way to show how Devil Fruits can be defeated by Haki users. If Luffy didn't have his experience in battle he wouldn't have dodged all those Kuja arrows. If he didn't have Second Gear, he wouldn't have defeated Sonia or Marigold without it really. The increased speed was the only way he really got around Sonia's observation Haki and the increased velocity for his strikes assisted him against Marigold. This is a big change from when we first saw a certain annoying Skypeian using "Mantra" (Satori) against Sanji. Or hell, Shank's in episode one from the get-go. Conclusion This Arc focused on Luffy regaining a sense of hope. Watching him break down in Saobody when everyone disappeared was nerve-wracking. As someone who has felt a sense of despair, I will never reach Luffy's level. The poor kid loses his entire found family and finds out his brother is to die not long after. The actual way they emphasized each disappearance by Kuma by a bubble popping was tightened the anxiety I felt as I watched. Switching suddenly to something a bit more filled with hope was a nice change of pace. I say hope because both Hancock and Luffy brought it to each other. Luffy brought about the physical beating of two Celestial Dragons. Plus saving a friend of his from slavery ups the reality of how much Hancock can show some trust. Hancock, on the other hand, and as she treats her people better gives Luffy stability. It also seemed to give him time to remember his crew wasn't dead. They were all just sent flying everywhere. A pause to recover from watching everyone almost die. Hottakes:

That poor giant boar at the beginning, he deserved better.

The entire scene with Luffy being considered a girl was, so weird for me.

Like I was happy that the girls were like "ah yes another woman", but then the mushroom jokes and body washing. eeeww.

Mageurite deserves a bigger part in a side story, watching her help Luffy was interesting.

Sweatpea was a fucking amazing bean.

Aphelandra really shows how people in One Piece can be super tiny or fucking giants, and NOT BE ACTUAL GIANTS.

Momonga, wtf is up with the naming of this world.

The Mero-Mero no Mi is such a weird fruit, it's a fruit that creates a great sense of attraction and can turn people to stone if they have lewd thoughts.

THE FUCK ODA?!

The snake forms on Sonia and Margold into big titty nagas, shows that furries are well loved in ONe Piece.

I like how they are emphasizing this weird sort of fated pairing of Luffy almost in a folkloric way. He and her have Conqueror's Haki which is pretty damn rare.

Hancock needs a good Polyam ship with Vivi and Nami.

Robin would adore Amazon Lily since it appears to have constant sense of archaeological history.

[goodonepiecescreenshots]

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[annameowbooks18782]

I saw this picture on Pinterest...

And since I speak little to no Japanese, I decided to use Google translate.

Look at what it did.

"Sea bread here"

"Sea bread"

What the hell is "Sea bread"

Also why would Danzō go to the sea if Tobirama is sick? How would the sea help?

And what's with the "Nice Kagami!" at the bottom? What did Kagami do? Tell Danzō to go to the sea?

[royalreef]

      “Is a membership within the Guild of Calamitous Intent necessary for attendance to such an event? I am assuming my kingdom would rather myself be present, what with ambassador duties and all... It would be something they would wish to keep a pulse upon.”

[smokefalls]

how lovely to have your own sea to bring it with you wherever you go

Yi Lu, "My Own Sea" from Sea Summit (translated by Fiona Sze-Lorrain)