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"it's all in your head" correct! unfortunately I am also in there

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Some of the marine's nicest chain smokers

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its 11:41!

prime writing time! (it will be utterly incomprehensible)

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Luffy and the east blue crew 👒⚔️🍊🎯🚬

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just because i’m not posting about it does not mean i am not thinking about it. absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

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imo sharing your art for free online for strangers to see it requires a lot of courage. A lot of mental strength. Im being serious rn i think if youve ever shared anything online and even if its not popular even if only a few people have seen it i think thats very very brave

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making every conversation into being about The Character with the same reliability and conviction of a youth pastor going “you know who else partied? our lord and savior”

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I come from a culture that has no nudity taboo - nudity is not considered inherently sexual, or somehow traumatising to witness. What that means in practice is that there is a clearly drawn line between sexual and non-sexual nudity. There is nothing wrong or inappropriate about nudity in a sexual context, and nothing wrong or inappropriate about nudity in a non-sexual context. However, it is 100% inappropriate to be nude in a situation where it is not obvious from context whether this is sexual or not.

I've seen random kids who briefly escaped from their parents bolt across a public park buck-ass naked after they were playing in the water fountain and their parents were in the middle of changing their kid from wet clothes to dry clothes when the small nudist escaped. Changing your small kid's clothes right there in public is ok because there is obviously nothing sexual about a child whose clothes got wet. But although people will have baby pictures of their kids in the bath or just running around the house like that because sometimes little apes hate clothes for some reason, it's considered common sense to not share those pictures on facebook mom groups and such, because you have no way of knowing who's seeing them, and that blurs the line of context.

It all boils down to the clearly defined context. Bathing nude in the same sauna with five of your co-workers at the office christmas party? Clearly nonsexual, therefore completely fine. Your friend-with-benefits inviting you to come over and opening the door in nothing but a doggy collar and the most porn-scented perfume? Clearly sexual, therefore completely fine. A woman checking her breasts for lumps in the gym lockers just before or after a shower? Clearly non-sexual, therefore completely fine.

But if you went to the bank today and there's some guy who walks in and immediately strips naked, doing his banking business wearing nothing but a deep smile and being clearly very content with this situation, you have no way of telling whether he's getting kicks out of this or not. There is no contextual reason for him to be nude. Therefore, that is inappropriate.

Then you go home and post on tumblr - as one does - going like "there was some dude completely fucking buck-ass naked in the bank today. That was fucking weird and I wish he had not done that." And someone immediately swoops into inform you that actually nudity is not inherently sexual or inappropriate, and there are cultures out there that have no nudity taboo. It's not fair to call somebody a freak for something like that, maybe that guy was just finnish.

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I love personalization. I love stickers on water bottles and on laptops. I love shitty marker drawing on the toes of converse. I love hand embroidered doodles on jeans. I love posters on walls. I love knick knacks on shelves. I love jewelry with goofy charms. I love when people take things and make them theirs.

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"Cut it out!" Sanji cried trying not to stomp his foot. "Im big enough to prep the main course! Im not a little kid anymore!"

Zeff looked down at the scrawny nine year old spitfire.

"My hat is bigger than you eggplant," Zeff huffed. "Until youre taller than it, youll always be just a little brat in my eyes."

Sanji growled, but Zeff didnt miss the way he eyed the hat dubiously.

"Your hat is ridiculous!" He finally declared, stomping his way back to the corner to continue chopping vegtables.

If Zeff caught the brat measuring himself against the hat once or twice, he certainly didnt say anything.

And even if he heard Sanji muttering and complaining about it throughout the years, neither of them ever brought up how each time Sanji hit a growth spurt, so too did Zeffs chef hat.

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Op x Hungry Days collab is literally crazy.

Like we get to have an alternative timeline wherein Luffy and Zoro are childhood bestfriends!

I understand why Zoro has a picture of Kuina in his room, but Luffy too?!

Compared to the other Strawhats where they met Luffy at school, Zoro has known him since they were kids. Ugh adorable

Then we get to see Zoro being devastated by his defeat to Mihawk.

Zoro was clearly frustrated. Most people would give words of comfort, like "It's okay, you'll get him next time", or "don't be sad, you tried your best." But Luffy (like in canon) already believes in Zoro's strength, and simply says "So cool!"

Luffy (his childhood friend, his best friend, his literal Sun) doesn't even need any other words. His trust and admiration are enough to literally make Zoro's world brighter.

Like what the fck!?!???!!??!?!?!?

Also, this makes me believe that Luffy would wait for Zoro afterschool right after Zoro's Kendo training. As his ever supportive boyfriend best friend, he knows Zoro has been working so hard.

So that they would get to go home together. (So Zoro wont get lost) I'm kicking my feet at how adorable this is.

Zoro may still lose Kuina in this reality but it's making me soft knowing Luffy has been there since they were kids. This makes Zoro growing up less lonely now.

It's like watching a literal Shoujo anime. I'm surprised we don't have that much Zolu Highschool Au fics but it's okay, we have the real deal right here!

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Little guy took it upon himself to end this shit. Permanently.