good for them.

You know I wasn't going to post about this, but the more I think about it the more it drives me up the walls

So when Luffy and co release Crocodile from jail, it's specifically under the threat that if Crocodile tries anything funny, well, Iva-chan has a trick up their sleeve to put Crocodile back in-line.

So what the fuck was that actually about? What is Crocodile's secret weakness? I'm specifically looking at the way this is phrased in the manga, because the anime's added dialogue kinda messes with what's implied here. But what Iva specifically says is that Ivankov in particular holds the key to one of Crocodile's weaknesses, but they'll stay quiet about it as long as Crocodile behaves himself ("Vataashi wa koitsu no yowami wo hitotsu nigitteru", a very clunky but literal translation could be "One of his weaknesses is within my grasp". The way Viz translated the line is a bit different so I'm not bothering with getting a cap of the panel, you wouldn't be able to tell how these lines were phrased in Japanese based on Viz's translations anyways) (The dialogue Toei added was Crocodile furiously shouting at Iva-chan, telling them to not say anything and Iva-chan reminding Croc to watch his tone or else they'll reveal Croc's past to everyone. A lot of people don't remember this was in-fact added by Toei, hence I wanted to clarify/remind what happened in this scene originally)

And now. Obviously. When Oda went out of his way to introduce a brand new character whose entire personality is being queer and their power is giving people magic HRT. And then like five chapters later re-introduces Crocodile. And tells us that these two have Secret Beef. And never proceeds to fucking tell us what the hell that was about. Yes, the natural conclusion one would come to would be that Crocodile is stealth trans. That is basic, good storytelling. You (re)introduce two characters, tell us they have beef, one has a very specific ability; you're supposed to connect these dots in your mind. So that now, if Oda revealed to us tomorrow that Crocodile was canonically trans, it would not surprise anyone because it's already been set-up in the story, by this very scene. It's a logical conclusion.

But. I'm becoming more and more convinced that Iva-chan's blackmail might actually not be about Crocodile being trans.

Like the general fandom assumption for the past 15 years has been that Crocodile's stealth trans, but we actually don't know he's stealth. He could be openly trans, and between that being a borderline requirement for Crocodad to be real (since he would've been a Shichibukai for years before Luffy was even born) and the possibility that his earring could specifically be a gay earring, like. Yeah. Crocodile could be openly trans. If Crocodile's perfectly happy to let the whole world know he's gay, then him being trans shouldn't have to be a secret either. We the readers could just be unaware of it because it wasn't relevant information to us, and his transition would be old ass news in-universe and not worth bringing up.

And thus, if Crocodile isn't stealth, then Iva-chan can't blackmail him by threatening to out him, becaus he can't be outted.

Now for a while I did considder that Iva-chan could've been actually threatening to detransition Crocodile if he tried anything funny. Surely he would hate that, so much so that he might not have wanted to even hear Ivankov suggest it. But thinking about it. Unless Iva-chan can use Armanent Haki or get Crocodile moisturized, they shouldn't be able to hit Crocodile actually. Like Croc's Logia makes him impossible to hit unless he specifically allowed himself to be touched. So even if Iva-chan tried to surprise attack Crocodile with Estrogen, Croc should just turn to sand automatically, the attack should not land.

Meaning Iva-chan shouldn't be able to detransition Crocodile against his will, at least not without Haki and we don't know if they can use it, so that can't be Crocodile's weakness either.

And so we have to ask the question. What the fuck is that weakness then that Ivankov mentioned?

All we really know is that Crocodile doesn't want this weakness to be brought up, it's a secret. And for all we know Iva-chan might be the only person in the world who knows about it.

And I just. Like.

There is one weakness, kind of a universal one that many people could have, one that has been brought up time-and-time again post-timeskip, one that has become more and more relevant in the story, especially now at the begining of the Final Saga.

A secret weakness.

If pregnancy is what cracked Crocodile's egg and he transitioned immidiately/soon after giving birth, then it's entirely plausible Iva-chan could know Crocodile had a secret child. And surely he'd want nothing more than for his child to be safe, not end up in trouble because of him. And Ivankov most certainly could put that child in danger, especially now that Crocodile was officially no longer on the World Government's side, there'd be no protection for the baby. All Ivankov had to do was leak the information out, that Sir Crocodile had a child, and anybody who had beef with him could get their revenge by attempting to find the child.

Like I'm just saying. This could line up nicely, actually

My manager: 30 day evaluation for new hires (you) is tomorrow

Me (sweating): oh mg god I’m being audited for my insane Bing comments on company time. I’m being fired

Me: (checks other e malls) there’s no way they’d schedule to train me for something new and then fire me an hour later. I’m safe to continue working and be insane on company time.

Some more memes, featuring KingKay with cats vs. Jalim with cats

I still want to know what the hell happened to the Horner/Marko/Verstappen relationship in the past year

what email thing?

apparently she broke up w him over email

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REMEMBER WHEN SOMEONE POSTED PICS OF THEM FILMING THIS......

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SEE IT ON SCREEN.....

i am helplessly in the midst of a Bridgeton hyper-fixation, and all i listen to at this point is this playlist i made. helps me daydream what season 3 could be like 🫠

feel free to take a gander!

What if they didn't put ads every 3 posts. Three posts between ads, literally. Not even counting the ad for Tumblr Live.

Also what if tumblr didn't know what city Im in. I do not want my location tracked or stored anywhere unless I give explicit ongoing permission, like with my GPS app that I allow to track me only when the app is open, and then it deletes the data (allegedly) when I stop giving permission.

ok I know this might be hella controversial. But how would Nolan be in an age gap relationship? Like if she’s 6 years younger so a significant gap but she’s super mature and mentally older for her age. Ok ppl are gonna flip at this wording but I genuinely feel like some ppl are just more mature than others naturally. Like if he was 25 and she was 19 but they had explosive chemistry and she’s like his dream girl and super mature and just his type to the T physically. Do u think he’s go for it? And how would he navigate the whole age gap dynamic and would telling his family and friends be an issue since she’d be younger than his youngest sister?

If I have to go off of my assumptions, I really don't think he's one for a big age gap especially if the girls are younger then him, or more like in this case 19 and 25 sounds pretty weird to most and usually at times it is. Probably 3 years younger max, at least for his age now. Just seems like he’d prefer someone around his age or older.

I think his sisters and family and even friends would be really sceptical about it, understandably so. So they'd have to really get to know her and see how she is as a person, she'd probably have more to prove. I'd personally be very sussed out, if my older brother (which i do have) came home and he was dating a girl younger than me, truthfully.

An example of how I feel about this is Kaia Gerber (22) and Austin Butler (32). Austin is 10 years older, but Kaia radiates that she's more mature and does look way older than she is, so it comes off "passable". Though you can't help but think how odd it really is at the end of the day when you really think about everything.

HOW DOES HE KNOW THIS???

hi guys! i haven't seen much info abt this on tiktok or tumblr, and i don't even know if this should be present here but due to the amount of comments this persons has been making, i feel like i should spread awareness of this account and what they have been doing.

this account has been commenting on girls/peoples videos (mostly minors most likely) "let me sa u", their account has been banned once, but they've resurfaced and made another account, i believe that i've already seen them do their work once again, and ofcourse, as tiktok boys always do, they've made fanpages of them and hyping them up on ppl's tiktoks saying that they're "based" or "he did nothing wrong", i may add these accounts as well, but this section of the post is mostly aimed towards this tim thing.

i advice ppl to atleast just block and report them, as i've seen countless of posts and people receiving comments from this thing, and it's upsetting me to the core, but nontheless, thank you for reading. have a nice day!

ahh oh no :(

i know this is so not the right audience for this but MAN it is so hard being the only person you know who’s actively caught up on a certain series like sure we can talk leaks but if u don’t know what i’m talking about from like 3 chapters ago it’s not the same 😔