War of the Foxes, Richard Siken / carol rifka brunt / @.soapstore|penelope scott / @.promqueendyke / the lobster dir. yorgos lanthimos / canal street - grand central / @.kelleyspoetry / unknown artist
I get that people want to give Ace’s mother a more interesting presence than just The Fridged Mom, that’s 100% valid, but I absolutely Cannot stand the idea that the only possible way to make a female character interesting is to make her a fighter.
We don’t know a ton about Rouge. We know that she was willing to break her body and also the laws of biology in order to keep her child safe, but motherhood and womanhood aren’t seen as interesting or worthwhile things, so when people give her more attention in fics they always just kinda brush that aside to focus on making her a #slay pussyqueen girlboss pirate captain.
This was my request fill for the One Piece Fanwork Exchange back in April that I posted on AO3. The zosan prompt was "two pining idiots"
I've been debating for months whether to post it on tumblr since long vertical comics often don't look good in the thumbnails, still not sure I'm too happy with that bit.