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wesleysniperking · 1 month

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It just irks me when in the OP fandom people start speculating who’s going to be the new Strawhat, when there’s still so much focus needed on the other ones. Like, we don’t have time for a new member when the other ones (other than the monster trio) aren’t given enough time and focus.

This wouldn’t be such a big problem if there wasn’t the big debate on who is more “useless” pre time-skip or post time-skip. Or “the Strawhats are a yonko crew, and they should all have haki by now.”

Adding on to that, the recency bias doesn’t help the whole matter either. The same ones who push for a new Strawhat member also criticize the Strawhats as a whole because of the non-monster trio members having not unlocked any haki, or because some can’t 1v1 an adversary. Usopp has haki but those naysayers say it “doesn’t count”.

It’s all nonsense, of course, but admittedly it gets to me.

So, why do we need one more Strawhat?

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lord-squiggletits · 1 month

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"Rodimus is a better Prime because it didn't hurt for him to bond with the Matrix while for Optimus it did" headcanon/theory my beloathed.

One day I'm literally gonna snap and make a whole post addressing why what's wrong bc I'm tired of the inaccuracy and tired of ppl not understanding the Point TM of IDW and its version of the Matrix/Primacy and even more tired of people putting down Optimus in favor of Rodimus by essentially arguing that being unworthy means you deserve to be punished/put in pain bc you just weren't good enough to hold the Symbol of Ultimate Authority

#it's wrong on so many levels both in terms of lore and as well as like what the general themes of idw1 are #it's just a validation contest using the matrix as some magical symbol to decide who's the most special #which is ironically something that was a plot point in exrid/OP. specifically how stupid of an idea that is ldskjflksd #ppl revealing that they havent read anything besides mtmte/ll as usual #like half the reason ppl think optimus is a bad prime and rodimus is a good prime is literally bc like #optimus was written by an author who was specifically trying to deconstruct him (sometimes to the point of absurdity)#and rodimus was written by an author who takes a more optimistic/idealistic approach. and is also better at writing #but also like am i seriously the only person who thinks that that argument is fucked up?????#like 'OP felt pain which means he's unworthy/not a real prime/not a true leader'#ok so you think that there's a hierarchy of moral goodness in which anyone who falls short of that Moral Ideal should suffer #as a sign of their unworthiness?? like does that not sound dystopian as hell to any of you?? why would you WANT the matrix to work like tha #even if the theory were true (which it isn't) why would you view the matrix as a good authoritative moral judge of character #if its idea of 'moral judgement' is to inflict pain on anyone who's supposedly not truly good/worthy #wasn't the entire point of the ending of LL (including rodimus being a good leader) that everyone is worth it?#like rodimus literally said 'you ARE damn well good enough' or something like that #so what? everyone else in the universe tries their best and that's enough but somehow when OP suffers it's like #a sign that he's not actually a good prime/leader?? we're really going with the punitive perspective purely for One Guy??#swear to god ppl are projecting their authority issues onto Optimus the way they shit on him for things they would excuse #if any other character did it #Optimus is uniquely deserving of pain/being marked as unworthy bc idk he was a cop once and that offends my delicate sensibilities #what's even funnier is how much harm was inflicted by rodimus as a captain sheerly due to his stupidity or ego but everyone forgives him #i guess bc as long as the matrix likes him that means he's valid no matter what he actually does as a person #WHICH IS SOMETHING IDW ITSELF ARGUED AGAINST BC A LOT OF THE PRIMES THAT WERE CHOSEN BY THE MATRIX #WERE DICKS AND THE FACT THEY COULD WIELD THE MATRIX DIDN'T MAKE THEM GOOD PEOPLE #like oh my god stop using the matrix as an arbiter of moral authority in idw1 it literally goes against the themes of the story #including the themes that are embodied in rodimus himself #idw op love

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starleska · 2 months

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OP: hello! sorry for the blank blog but im shy and i wanted to hide LOL, i wanted to practice my art and i drew a little doodle of your cute oc! im a lurker on your account and you inspired me to be more open about my self-shipping and embrace my inserts and stuff more, its so fun!!! i hope it looks ok, sorry for any mistakes ^^“ starleska: oh my GOD SWEETHEART???? THIS IS SO SO SO BEAUTIFUL 😭😭😭💖💖💖💖💖💖 i am absolutely overwhelmed, thank you SO SO SO much for this stunning gift!!!!! Harmony looks so SWEET in your style, oh my gosh!!!!! 🥺🥺🥺 aaaaa the fairy-like cut to the wings, the pretty eyes, the poofy sleeves...!!!!! she’s perfect!!!

gosh, i’m totally floored!!! thank you ever so much for this wonderful art - with your permission, i’d love to have it printed to put up in my bedroom 🥰💖 and thank you too for your kind words. it means more than i can ever express knowing that my silly little Internet ramblings have helped you feel comfortable with such a wonderful part of you!! whoever you selfship with, your blorbos love you very much, and you should think about them giving you the biggest cuddles today 🙈💖

god i’m going to be looking at this for the rest of my life. THANK YOU, brilliant anonymous artist!!! if you ever get the courage to come off anon and want to say hello please feel free, but no pressure at all :3c thank you for making my day!!! ✨✨✨

#submission #LOOK AT HER!!!!! LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFULLY OP HAS DRAWN MY ANGEL GIRL 😭😭😭💖💖💖#i am not worthy of such beautiful art but oh i am so grateful. thank you so much darling 🥺💖💖💖#harmony #hazbin hotel oc #hazbin hotel #hazbin hotel spoilers #gift art #starleskatalks #long post

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pezpenser205 · 21 days

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3am monday morning mood

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clownpassing · 6 months

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god i'm getting to the point now where i am starting to actually do something about my loneliness bc jon and i talked about it yesterday and he finally is admitting to himself that he's somewhere on the ace spectrum. which is fine but now i need to start finding people but my old fwb charlie moved to like montana or something and cameron is.. well cameron. and i don't think nick wants me like that and i am permabanned from tinder

#txt #op #again i prefer to fuck my friends over strangers anyways #its just so frustrating bc that leaves no one for me #and like i am really actually trying so hard because i want things to get better i dont wanna be stuck feeling like this forever #i am worthy of what i desire i am worthy of what i desire i am worthy of what i desire #UGHHHHHHH #i feel like a tiger trapped in somebody's backyard

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greenthey · 3 months

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The urge to meditate alone in a cave for 9 months then give birth to yourself

#who am i not in relation to others?#what is my power and how do i protect it?#how do i navigate society & social contracts w this power?#how do i balance selfishness and selflessness #how do i see myself as worthy of my own love #op

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androgynous-barbie · 3 months

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I mean it should definitely upset you that the lead actress playing the lead/title character of a woman focused movie with a strong message of “stop treating women this way” isn’t nominated and her male costar is but congrats on being so uniquely above-it-all and anti-Hollywood/Mattel/whatever that such blatant sexism doesn’t bother you. That’s really sticking it to them. You’re so cool.

#this is not a dig at anyone who puts it on my dash it’s a dig directly at OP #I just figure they’re probably getting enough hate rn that I don’t need/want to add fuel #if I’m wrong good (cuz like this isn’t death threat and influx of hate worthy) but I doubt I am cuz this is the internet and people get #violently hateful over anything #but I hope someone is telling op why their edgy martyr Patrick opinion is a lukewarm as fuck take #you’re so cool. so far and high above it all and we’re all such sheep for being upset for this blatant display of a man being praised #for women’s work

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llycaons · 11 months

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NOOOOOOOO FUCK THEM KIDS

#don't want to bother op but I am SO fucking mad. yunmeng sibs couldn't have even lost to a REAL worthy opponent #sokka and katara are NOTHING. should have been a pair like lilo and nani at the very least #cor.txt

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serenastrashheap · 1 year

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Please stop encouraging homphobia. Lesbians don't like dick or amabs and you know it. Stop perpetuating bisexual erasure too. You're just an all round shitty human being.

Answering this to say that I love my trans girlfriend and her body just the way it is. Lesbians certainly can like dick, no need to be weird about it.

Genital preferences are real, but they don't equate to sexuality. Not everyone in a group is going to be exactly like you. That doesn't make anyone wrong.

I won't be answering stuff like this in the future.

#actually checking my inbox for the first time in 3 years #sorry to anyone who's sent an ask #I forget my inbox exists #sorry beloved mutuals #I am simply terrible at being on the internet #But I try #As for this person #or probably bot #I just wanted it to be clear where this blog stands #that is with trans people #pre and post op #there is nothing wrong with you #you are perfect #love yourself #or at least give yourself some grace #you are worthy of love and there is space for you here

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lazer-cannon-deth-sentence · 1 year

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I think I just associate tumblr posts itself with guilt and shame more than actual contents of this post so yeah this fucks with my brain a lot

#it fucks with my brain that I reblog shit on Tumblr I don't say in real life #by shit I mean shit I believe in but don't actively preach or defend when confronted #most of the time #which makes me feel hypocritical every time I reblog or like stuff #I think I am not worthy of reblog ging that and that OP and the others probably made the posts with someone else in mind #yes this causes me physical discomfort actually so I am going to stop writing this post now

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welcomingdisaster · 26 days

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halls of mandos dashboard simulator... part 2

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🦊 fairfaefox Follow got a song on the tip of my tongue i haven't heard in like 400 years and it's driving me nuts. all i can remember about it is that it started with this really vivid image of burning ships & it had a drum beat that went sorta like dum deee dum ba beee crackle-crackle and got more intense as the song went on think it might have been in quenya? could be wrong

🌃wordsmithfoul Follow ........... ,,, op....... are you talking about the Ñoldolantë

🦊 fairfaefox Follow oh yeah that's it thanks! :)

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🏇 doriath_dude Follow Exhibit #4555 of the insane Noldor-centrism of this goddamn website. Most culturally important song of our age to fucking WHOM?? #ugh #curas fights the noldor AGAIN #discourse

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🧵broiderycreature Mutuals look i know it's just selection bias from my beloved mutuals but i think it's funny to imagine we're all gonna leave the halls having transed our gender & gotten radicalized. like yeah mom i'm not the daughter you thought you had but more importantly we must abolish the monarchy #lol. lmao even ( 45 notes )

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💠 LoveStruckLoaf Mutuals hey girl uhhh. sorry your boyfriend didn't come to the halls of mandos. yeah no one can say what his fate is because it isn't woven into the tapestries on of the world i'm really sorry about that haha. uhh i guess he did chose it for himself so there's that. we're still cool right? #lariel's copium

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#If they are truly so loath to restrict us they ought not fear the voice of the people #Which I am sure shall be in my favor.

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🐝 bee-leg Following anyone know whom I petition to learn the everlasting fate of my lemur (beloved companion)? thank you faithfully #personal

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#being horribly self indulgent making this #brain kept buzzing with ideas #the silmarillion #silly shit tag

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the-fluff-piece · 1 year

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"He did WHAT?" - one piece guys dealing with your toxic asshole ex - headcanon

Summary: lots of people have one - the toxic asshole ex boyfriend that did some horrible stuff to you. You told your new OP bf about what your previous relationship was like after some time to explain some of your more unusual behaviours. What might happen when they get the chance to serve that dick some revenge?

A fluff collection of headcanons about Law, Sanji, Zoro and Luffy giving that bastard what he deserves.

And check out my headcanon masterlist

Cw: mentions of unspecific abusive behaviours and trauma responses, and of course, comic violence like it happens in the show.

That said...Enjoy some revenge fantasies! Share in the comments what you want them to do to your asshole ex!

Disclaimer, I feel I need to say this) : I am no psychiatrist! This is just some silly headcanons and in no way a real help. If you feel that things people did to you years ago still haunt you, get professional help, it's really good!

Law

When he first hears the story about how you have been treated, his expression darkens. "I am here now, he's gone" is what he tells you - and himself, too. But it gnaws at him. He hates manipulators that put people in literal or psychological cages. And he hates that it happened to you.

When they meet in person, Law will rearrange your ex's body and is open for your suggestions. Why not replace his head with a cannonball and take his dick as a trophy? He doesn't need to spew abusive bullshit anymore and no one needs his sexual attention anyways.

Law will sleep better, knowing that he did to him what you wouldn't have because you are too good a person

He is not one for elaborate compliments and he is no therapist, but he will try to help healing the wounds you sustained by being the most supportive and positive boyfriend you ever had. If you need his shoulder, he is there. If you feel bad, he will do anything to make you feel better. He will not make you do anything you don't feel comfortable with.

Sanji

As you casually tell him about your past relationship he catches fire and has to run around the ship a few times to cool down. He switches between pampering you extra, extra EXTRA nice and angry mutterings to himself. He promises you if he ever meets that guy, he is going to kick him through all the grand line and back again

When the moment comes, Sanji switches into total ruffian mode. You have never heard that string of merciless trash talk from anyone before and it doesn't take long until he has totally set off your ex, luring him into throwing the first punch. It is, of course, futile, but Sanji takes his time to finish him off. He should, after all, learn that no one should hurt his lady.

He is visibly relieved to have finally gotten revenge for the unacceptable things that guy did to you. He is awaiting your praise eagerly.

Since he knows what it feels like first hand, he feels even closer to you and tells you his stories if you want to hear them. You will heal together, in time. The memories will fade and be replaced with better ones you make together. You support each other in breaking through the self harming behaviour you developed.

Zoro

His initial reaction to your explanations about why you still feel uncomfortable doing certain things is total helplessness. He cannot fathom that someone would ever take the time and effort to systematically destroy their partner. He believes you, but it is so far out of his own experience that it is hard to grasp for him.

It makes him angry, however. Because that dickhead insulted you you feel insecure? What can be broken can be fixed is Zoro's motto, so he will comment positively on everything every time. Even though he is not very creative, his compliments come from the heart, and you feel it.

When he finally meets the guy he is a bit disappointed. That is no worthy opponent. He doesn't honor him with the use of his swords. Zoro will grab him by the collar and throw him off the next cliff. "For what you did to y/n, you coward."

The job is finished, no need to talk about it anymore and forget the bastard ever existed.

Luffy

When you merely tell him about it he will think you got over it just like he doesn't stay angry for long. But when you cry the first time or refuse to do something fun because of him he realises that you are still affected by what happened to you. He will not have it.

When they meet and your shitty ex makes a mean comment? Luffy gets his murder expression and punches that guy to the other side if the city.

You get luffys hat whenever you need emotional support. No questions asked. You get to sit in his favourite spot whenever you want to. You even get the last bite of delicious food if it's what you need.

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0w0tsuki · 6 months

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Hey can we stop pretending like the only feasible reason that a trans woman would not like the term femboy is because she's some puritan anti-kinkster or somehow against men being able to dress femininely?

Like perhaps maybe the group of people who had to go through a phase of having to figure out and explore their femininity while being perceived by society as a man DON'T WANT to police the way men are able to present and express their genders? Like maybe WE DON'T want to make things even harder for transfem eggs. Like maybe we might have an interest in protecting transfem eggs and are speaking from the harm that we experienced as eggs ourselves?

Like maybe it might have to do with the fact that outside of Tumblr your average femboy is a trap fetishist? Like did we all forget the memes of "trying to figure out if the Astofolo icon is a trans woman or a fascist?"

Like some of us were discovering our transness during puberty in the early 2000s. You remember the early 2000s right? Where South Park and Family were at the height of their cultural influence, the R slur was a substitute for stupid, and bigotry was so common that "traps are gay" jokes could be made in polite company without having to worry about backlash. So imagine what kink spaces were like. Especially when you're a teenage trans girl just discovering herself.

I personally was so damaged by that experience that I began to believe that my gender-no my EXISTENCE was a fetish to be embarrassed and humiliated by and to be reviled for. I genuinely did not engage in relationships because I believed I was going to have to give in and tell them that they fell in love with a sex object. I did not believe that I was worthy of love. And it took YEARS of working through that for me to be comfortable with transitioning.

And after I worked through that I still have to deal with them. They haven't left kink communities they had their roots in. To this day there's a kink website I frequent that has community suggestions for tags IE: Unless the OP of the work goes back to delete this feature, anyone can "recommend" deletions or additions to the tags of the work. This is in place to make the proper labeling/searching/blacklisting of kinks easier to help curate content. In practice though it allows transmisoginists to basically graffiti any transfem artwork they come across. And let me tell you Femboy tags are getting added on right after they replace F/F with M/M on a transbians t4t work. And it happens so frequently that I have to check in about once a month to these trans tags to inform the most recent victim about what's happened to their works.

And outside of kink spaces I go into fandom spaces where I have had to deal with trap fetishists positioning themselves as fucking lore scholars when they harass trans positive folks about the Correct and Moral gender of the transmisoginistic character that they've got a fap folder dedicated. I got to see someone rise to twitch fame off the back of trap content turn into a “femboy icon” because he gave some of the trap money to trans charities and has a trans girlfriend. Who is still making trap content by the way.I've gotten to see reddit lose their absolute goddamn minds when the term Trap was banned from r/anime, shitting themselves so hard about it that they made their own separate website with transmisogynistic wojaks on the home page and everything. And then I got to see the fucking Bridget Debacle.

The reason I always talk about Bridgets trans confirmation is that it's the most widely recognized recent event where the exact shit I'm talking about was on full display. The reason why her being confirmed as a trans woman was such a big deal for trans girls was not just because she was one of the anime caricatures with her own folder in the trap enthusiasts masterbation portfolio. It was because she was GROUND ZERO for original coining of the word trap. And the EXACT same guys who deemed her a trap were now coming out in DROVES fuck EN MASS. But this time as self appointed femboys. We had so many examples of fucking Astofolo icon twitter facists trying to drudge up any type of left sounding argument using the femboy identity after having their initial arguments revolving around mistranslation were debunked. Crying that transfems were “stealing femboy representation” and trying to say that it was an “antitransmasculization force feminization trope” ironically. You know the cry of “Let men be feminine!!!!” y'all always bring out in defense of femboys. THAT'S who you're parroting! THAT'S who you got it from! We have had direct evidence of former trap fetishists dawning the term femboy when it became less cool to be openly transmisogynistic and then started appropriating leftist language to give their transmisogynistic arguments an air of legitimacy.

Like y'all need to understand that this magical space we got here is a FUCKING BUBBLE. Femboy communities in literally every other online space are former trap/sissy communities and are fucking cess pits of transmisoginy. I have seen posts by people who's only experience being around femboys was on Tumblr go out and check a place like r/mildfemboys to be horrified by the obsessiveness of the transmisogyny the femboys they interact with. And the femboys here aren't much better by treating being forced to acknowledge that these people exist and that is a still very active part of their community even if they don't personally interact with it as a personal attack on them and their gender presentation.

Y'all just want to pretend it doesn't exist and treat the idea that a Transfem might not WANT to interact with YOU(OH GOSH!!) because of it like it's some sort of personal judgement instead of something you're just going to have to accept happens when there's a large portion of people who share that title who are responsible for traumatizing them. But y'all got to go one step further. Y'all who go on about how femboys are our closest allies and about how “femboys and transfems are actually closer than transfems want to admit”. Y'all treat femboys like they're out little fucking brother in the queer community and it's our personal fucking responsibility to leave behind any personal baggage at the door in order to make them feel welcome.

Y'all can't handle the fucking idea that a trans woman might not be comfortable with sharing community with someone who's average member would call her a trap while jacking off to her selfies if he thought he could get away with it. That's she's not interested in playing the Astofolo icon game with them. Y'all gotta create a backwards narratives where she is against her own interests, where she is for making it harder for eggs in the future instead of you know. Asking for better from the communities those eggs are drawn too.

I have been forced to fucking put up with femboys in nearly every online space I've ever been in. And I

Am sick and fucking tired

Of putting up with femboys

#transmisoginy #trans bridget #bridget #trans #femboys #femboy #f1nn5ter #transmisogyny tw #tw trap #trap tw #trap cw #cw trap #tw sissy #sissy tw #cw sissy #sissy cw

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clownpassing · 7 days

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i hate it here (inside my stupid brain)

#txt #op #obsessing over them. as per usual #whybdoes my brain do this #i want to get high but i know that will make it worse so i wont 😔 just sit here and focus ig #i cant believe its only 10am #ive made up a situation in my mind where they hate me even though that is a completely unfounded belief #i also just feel like i will never ever get to participate. because my role in god's life is a silly little sexually frustrated jester #so i'm not funny to him anymore if i ever get to try what i want #'i am worthy of my desire' yeah sure. everybody but me #that painting mocks me every day #i want to believe its true but if that were the case then why have things been this frustrating for like 4 years. lol.

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butterfluffy · 1 year

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Hi first request here but could you pleas do a prt 2 on Daki like reader but with Mihawk,Shanks,Zoro and Doflamingo but on Doffy’s part she’s a bit cold and sinister like Daki or somethin along the lines. Thank you very much!

“demoness”

⠀⠀ੈ♡˳· various!op characters' thoughts on their s/o who is a demon like daki from kny!

⠀⠀➧ fluff? | d. mihawk, shanks, r. zoro, d. doflamingo (separate) x f!daki!reader | multi-character/oneshot

⠀⠀➧ warnings — none, bit of violence and swearing though. mistakes may be present too.. so do ignore them, thanks!

⠀⠀➧ requests are open! do send some requests for me to write!

⠀⠀꒰ 🍨 ꒱ notes: first part with other characs here.

DRACULE MIHAWK

“beauty, strength, abilities... tell me, what is it that you don't have, my love?”

for mihawk, you have everything. and there is no thing on earth that you don't have. you're perfect for him.

strength is something mihawk admires, and you happened to be strong, so he's amazed every time you showcase your strength.

mihawk is also very intrigued by every bit of you, fascinated on your abilities that are non-human at all.

this master swordsman will bow down before you, his demoness, just to show how much he loves and looks up to you.

SHANKS

“you're one hell of an amazing woman, am i even worthy of you?”

shanks, a fucking emperor, suddenly becomes insecure of himself, thinking that he doesn't deserve you.

your amazing in all places, and he knows it very well. and you do, too, for he reminds you about it every single day.

shanks also couldn't help it but have his jaw drop to the floor and his eyes sparkle like a child's every time you show what you're capable of.

low-key wishes he could regenerate limbs like how you do, since he kinda wants his arm back, lmao.

RORONOA ZORO

“hey, little miss demon. quit being cooler than me, will ya?”

zoro feels threatened. you're too cool, and he's a little jealous. moss head doesn't want you to overshadow him, hAha.

he hesitantly admits that you are very, very cool. and to him, you are someone he looks up to.

also loves how you don't need to be protected, because you're capable of doing it yourself. ofc, he loves you too.

a little weirded out by the demon abilities and stuff though.

DONQUIXOTE DOFLAMINGO

“fufu, we're such a match, right? the heavenly demon, and then hell's demoness..!”

he's evil, you're evil. he acts like a demon, you're a demon. now, tell me. isn't this such a perfect match?

doffy lets you be. want to kill? torture someone? sure, go ahead. he'll even join you if he feels bored.

let your demon show, and he falls in love with you even deeper, deeper than the pits of hell where he will surely fall into.

doffy is a fucking sadist, and he messes with you sometimes by giving you cuts and slashing your limb off just to see you regenerate.

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#ੈ♡˳· butterfluffy #dracule mihawk x reader #shanks x reader #roronoa zoro x reader #donquixote doflamingo x reader #one piece #one piece x reader #one piece fanfiction #one piece scenario #one piece headcanons

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gwenllian-in-the-abbey · 1 month

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i think Helaena can be autistic but also a happy and joyful girl , autism ≠ depression. the way the portrayed the only neurodivergent character on screen as unstable, shunned depressed, and with no importance to the plot feel very ableist and weird , but then they're the ones who made the guy with a foot disability a feet fetishist 🫠

Hi OP, finally answering this because the trailer dropped and still the only Helaena shots we have are from her Jaehaerys' funeral. There is also one still photo of her. If you haven't seen it, here she is, apparently sewing the funeral shroud for her little boy:

So it seems like season 2 is going to continue on this trajectory for Helaena as a character who exists in order to suffer beautifully.

Don't get me wrong. I am glad that the show is going to wring the full emotional effect from Blood and Cheese, not just shock value. The audience will feel the real horror of a six year old child brutally murdered in his own home and the psychological torment of Helaena. It should be terrible, it should be devastating, and I hope they do not pull any punches.

What's disappointing about how the show has handled Helaena is that they didn't really put any effort into building up her character before her tragedy. It's all well and good that she likes bugs and she's touch averse, but what are her opinions? Who is she closest to? How did she react to becoming a mother so young? To what extent does she understand her visions? What does she value? She can be happy and cheerful, or she can be frustrated and angry, and hell, she can be depressed too, but I need to know why. It's telling that I can describe the basic internal motivations for each of the male children, including Luke who was a glorified plot device, but I cannot for Helaena. Aegon wants to feel loved, Jace wants to prove he's as worthy as any trueborn heir, Aemond wants what his brother has, Luke wants to be free from his family's expectations. Helaena? Fuck if I know. I guess she wants not to die horribly.

The ableism is an issue. F&B is full of women who were deemed "simple" -- Gael, Daella, Jaehaera-- without being given much else to define them, and HotD adds another (there's something, I think, to the way the "simple" Targaryens are always women and how disability kind of used as a way to remove them from the narrative and shunt them aside, often tragically). And while it's great to see an autistic person represented on screen, the show consistently has an issue with treating representation as characterization. "Autistic girl who likes bugs" is not a personality. Autistic people, (even those with horrifying prophesies I assume), do have hopes and dreams and feelings about things. The one peek we get into Helaena's life is at the in episode 8 when she roasts Aegon and even that scene is open to interpretation (and gets taken wildly out of context). Now, I can read a lot into the actor performances, but ultimately, lines that could have given a glimpse Helaena personality were cut. It's as if they're afraid that if they give her an opinion on anything she would lose that (frankly kind of infantilizing) "pure cinnamon roll too good for this world" "i would die for her" sympathy from people who are not inclined to be sympathetic for her family as a whole.

(And anon, you're right about Larys. And let me say, turning Larys' clubfoot into the punchline of an OnlyFeet joke also does not inspire confidence that they'll handle Aegon II's eventual disability with any sensitivity either, especially when Mushroom's accounts of his last few months are incredibly mean spirited. We need to start that discourse now so they get the memo).

Sadly, I don't think the show really has any intention of course correcting with Helaena in season 2. I imagine at most we'll have her try to warn Aegon and/or Aemond about Blood & Cheese but they won't understand her warning, and then this will be a vehicle to further their guilt and grief. And while we do need to see Aegon's guilt and his grief, I also want to know if Helaena blames herself, if she wishes they'd run away when they had the chance, if she thinks Aegon could have done something, if she is angry at Aemond for killing Luke, if she wants revenge. I do think, with the public funeral for Jaehaerys, they are going to show that the smallfolk are fond of Helaena, and hopefully that will be expanded upon this season and in season 3 because her death is the catalyst for the revolt that sees Rhaenyra driven from the city, and we should understand why her death has such an impact before she actually dies.

#asks #helaena targaryen #hotd critical #hotd ableism #team green

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